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Pitbull Songs
DJ Felli Fel ft. Cee-Lo Green, Pitbull & Juicy J - Have Some Fun (Steve Aoki Edit)
How do you make a record like Have Some Fun, the latest dancefloor-scorching single from DJ Felli Fel, even more fun? Simple: get club heavyweight Steve Aoki to give it the remix treatment. Pitbull and Juicy J's...Read More
Pitbull - Fireball
When Pitbull releases a new single, you can rest assured it'll impact dancefloors and radio airwaves with the explosive force of a Fireball from outer space. The club-rap kingpin's latest effort, a Booth-exclusive...Read More
Pitbull ft. Jennifer Lopez & Claudia Leitte - We Are One (Ole Ola)
On his last single, Wild Wild Love, Pitbull injected a little folk-rock into his dancefloor-ready sound. While it didn't reach the stature of his biggest hits, the experiment was enough of a success for the hip-pop...Read More
DJ Felli Fel ft. Pitbull, Juicy J & Cee Lo - Have Some Fun
The last time I heard DJ Felli Fel's name was several years ago at the beach when my iPod put on Get Buck In Here. The Los Angeles heavy hitter is back, however, to change my digital music listening habits with another...Read More
Pitbull ft. G.R.L. - Wild Wild Love
If you have been living anywhere on this earth for the past few months, you have undoubtedly come across Pitbull's chart-topping hit Timber; it's only everywhere, all the time, every single second of the day....Read More
Katy Perry ft. Pitbull - Dark Horse (Remix)
Between Pharrell's hat choice debacle and the whole Best Rap Album travesty (not to mention Kendrick and Imagine Dragons' epic performance) you might have missed a few things at the 56th annual Grammy Awards;...Read More
Pitbull ft. Ke$ha - Timber
When Pitbull and Ke$ha come together on a track, you'd best get out of the way, 'cause "it's going down." Fresh off lending his high-energy flow to Gary Caos's FCK earlier this month, the Latin-rap...Read More
Gary Caos ft. Pitbull & Snow Tha Product - FCK
This evening, Gary Caos is fixing to FCK; to make the night complete, all he needs is "U." Depending on your tolerance for punny pickup lines, this freshly-released promo cut's hook may elicit a chuckle or an...Read More
Flo Rida ft. Pitbull - Can't Believe It
Unicorns, dragons, white girls with bubble butts—according to common wisdom, these creatures exist only in the realm of fantasy. Thus, you can imagine Flo Rida's incredulity when he spotted a member of the last-named...Read More
Pitbull ft. Danny Mercer - Outta Nowhere
Since the start of the new year, Pitbull has been on top of the world thanks to his Platinum-selling single, Feel This Moment. Just when you thought he'd go into hibernation or take a vacation, though, the Latin-rap...Read More
Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Live It Up
Previously heard collaborating on 2011's On the Floor and '12's Dance Again, pop heavyweight Jennifer Lopez and Latin-rap hitmaker Pitbull once again combine their powers on Live It Up, the former...Read More
Jamie Drastik ft. Pitbull & Havana Brown - Chasing Shadows
Ladies beware: pursuing a long-term relationship with Jamie Drastik is about as futile as Chasing Shadows. As the upstate New York repper admits on his latest promo cut, he's been stung too many times to risk getting...Read More
Pitbull - Welcome to Dade County
Earlier this month, in response to an incident in which he was allegedly ejected from a Heat/Lakers game, Lil Wayne took advantage of his gig at an All Star Weekend event to bust a few shots at the NBA and the Heat's...Read More
Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment
As Ferris Bueller famously put it, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you just might miss it." On the latest video single off his seventh studio album, Pitbull follows the...Read More
Pitbull ft. TJR - Don't Stop the Party
Whenever Pitbull enters a room, you can be certain that drinking, dancing and general good times are soon to follow. Thus, when he demands we keep the festivities going on new single Don't Stop the Party, it's a...Read More
Clinton Sparks ft. Pitbull & Disco Fries - Watch You
After recruiting the likes of Kardinal Offishall, Pitbull, and Lil' Jon for his 2011 single Smash The Club, singer/DJ/producer Clinton Sparks has found himself back to work once more with a familiar voice. While Sparks...Read More
Pitbull ft. Shakira - Get It Started
Still riding high of the success of Men in Black III theme Back in Time, Pitbull returns with a video for the dancefloor-scorching lead single off his own forthcoming full-length. On Get It Started, producers DJ Buddha, Marc...Read More
Jay Sean ft. Pitbull - I'm All Yours
Been craving a little alone time with Jay Sean? Well, you're in luck; on the latest single off his senior set, the UK pop hitmaker announces "I'm All Yours." Here, OFM's upbeat club production...Read More
Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Dance Again
Update: Click "Listen Now" above to watch Jennifer Lopez' "Dance Again" video. Jennifer Lopez may be an international star, but her longings are simple—as she puts it on her latest promo...Read More
Pitbull - Back in Time
On the latest promo single from Kinetics & One Love, featured this evening along with its visual accompaniment, the Northeastern duo consider traveling Back in Time to change the past, but ultimately elect to leave things...Read More
Play-N-Skillz ft. Pitbull - Richest Man
Quick trivia question: who's the richest man in the world? Nope, not Bill Gates. Oh, you thought it was Warren Buffet? Some Saudi prince? Mark Zuckerberg? Wrong, wrong and wrong. The man with Earth's largest checking...Read More
Sean Paul ft. Pitbull - She Doesn't Mind (Remix)
Originally featured back in October of 2011, Sean Paul's current single has received the official remix treatment with the help of a fellow club heavyweight. On this version of She Doesn't Mind, Latin-rap hitmaker...Read More
DJ ABSOLUT ft. Wyclef, Pitbull, Jim Jones & Bounty Killer - My Generation
Star-studded DJ singles aren't exactly known for their substance, but DJ ABSOLUT's latest promo cut is far from your average street banger. On My Generation, Fugees alumnus Wyclef Jean does double-duty on the mic...Read More
Havana Brown ft. Pitbull - We Run the Night
While school, work and other obligations consume many of our daylight hours, evenings have traditionally been our own to spend as we please… until now! On new promo single We Run the Night (released internationally in...Read More
Timbaland ft. Pitbull & David Guetta - Pass at Me
Released to a disappointing critical and commercial reception back in 2009, Timbaland's Shock Value II represented a sizable step backwards from its "near-classic" predecessor, and 2010 online series...Read More
Pitbull ft. T-Pain, Sean Paul & Ludacris - Shake Señora (Remix)
Perhaps inspired by Weezy's use of The Banana Boat Song on 6'7", Latin-rap heavyweight takes inspiration fromthe calypso singer's Shake Señora on his latest feature, a remixed version of a standout...Read More
DJ Noodles ft. Pitbull, Fella & Billy Blue - Everyday Allday
DJ Noodles may have made himself scarce in the Booth since bringing us Hands High back in April 2010, but don't let that fool you into thinking he hasn't been getting his paper. On the contrary, he's been...Read More
Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony - Rain Over Me
If you're average recording artist is an artisan, meticulously hand-crafting each record before releasing it to the public, then Pitbull is a one-man assembly line. That's not a criticism of his work –...Read More
Pitbull ft. Chris Brown - International Love
Though Pitbull calls himself "Mr. 305" out of loyalty to the Magic City, the moniker "Mr. Worldwide" would be equally apt—over the course of his career, the Latin-rap heavyweight's attracted a truly global...Read More
Flo Rida & Pitbull - Turn Around pt.2
Previously-released as a single off Flo Rida's Only 1 Flo EP, Turn Around is back in the form of a new remix (or sequel, if you prefer), set for inclusion in forthcoming summer blockbuster The Hangover II. Pt. 2 of the...Read More
Shaggy ft. Pitbull - Fired Up (F The Rece$$ion!)
Not spotted in the Booth since making his debut with February 2009's Bad Man Don't Cry, Shaggy hooks up with Pitbull on this newly-released single off his forthcoming full-length. On iFired Up (F The Rece$$ion!),...Read More
Kardinal Offishall ft. Pitbull, Lil' Jon & Clinton Sparks - Smash The Club
Those who have been closely following Kardinal Offishall's career over the last couple years have seen the Toronto emcee's career go through more twists and turns than Lindsay Lohan driving after a weekend bender. The...Read More
Jamie Drastik ft. Pitbull - Save Me
Since the August '08 arrival of Jamie Drastik first and, to date, only Booth feature, the electro-pop style of Now or Later has only become hotter. With a trendy sound and nearly three years' worth of artistic...Read More
DJ Felli Fel ft. Akon, Pitbull & JD - Boomerang
DJ Felli Fel has been working on his debut project for a minute. And when I say a minute, I mean that 2007's Get Buck in Here was one of the singles that was planned for his Go DJ! album. Though the album has officially...Read More
Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo & Nayer - Give Me Everything
Known for pumping out hits like BP pumps oil into the Gulf (is it too late for that joke?), Pitbull has developed the perfect formula for that thing we call the "single." Year after year, I've heard a Pitbull song...Read More
Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - On the Floor
Featured back in November of 2009, the lead single off Jennifer Lopez' seventh LP was a bit of a misstep (hey, it's tough to keep your balance while rocking Louboutins), and 2010 came and went with no album in...Read More
Pitbull ft. T-Pain - Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)
Put down that "Big Book of Pick-Up Lines," fellas – why overcomplicate things (and risk getting slapped) when a simple "Hey Baby" will suffice? On the latest single off his album-after-next, Planet Pit, the...Read More
Ray J ft. Pitbull - One Thing Leads to Another
You know how it goes. You're out in the club with Ludacris, the Patron's flowing freely, the music's bumping, it's a Celebration. And then Pitbull stops by the table with an entourage of hotties and, well, One Thing...Read More
Usher ft. Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love
As visitors to the DJBooth, you probably don't need to be told that the individual spinning the tunes can make the difference between a decent night out and, well, magic. And if you won't take it from me, take it...Read More
Naughty By Nature ft. Pitbull - Get to Know Me Better (Ecstasy Mix)
When we think of rap group Naughty By Nature, we instantly think of the good old days when hits like OPP and Hip-Hop Hooray blasted through the airwaves. Now, fast forward more than a decade and the group sounds a little...Read More
Pitbull ft. Machel Montano - Alright
While the lyrics on Pitbull's next album, Armando (dropping in May) will be totalmente en español, the Latin-rap heavyweight isn't leaving his many non-Spanish-speaking fans behind – Planet Pit, his next next...Read More
Cypress Hill ft. Pitbull & Marc Anthony - Armada Latina
I'm sure my colleague richard would start off this blurb by discussing prominent Latin American naval battles, but I'm not nearly so well versed historically, so I'll just have to stick to saying that Cypress Hill's...Read More
Verse Simmonds ft. Pitbull & Darkchild - America
I know what you're thinking: "A Verse Simmonds record that isn't about beautiful women/getting it on with beautiful women? What has this world come to?!" Well, there's really no need to worry; on the...Read More
Janet Jackson ft. Pitbull, Machel Montano & Rock City - Heart, Beat, Love
If there was an award for the most unexpected collab ever, Janet Jackson's (potential) new single Heart, Beat, Love would be up for a nomination. At first glance we have a random crew of musicians on Heart, Beat, Love, but...Read More
Pitbull ft. Nayer - Pearly Gates
Are y'all going to revoke my hip-hop pass because I immediately knew that the sample from Pitbull's new track Pearly Gates was from DJ Sammy's 2002 hit Heaven, which is itself a cover of Bryan Adams' 1983 track of the...Read More
Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull - Fresh out the Oven
In the music industry, sexy comes and sexy goes. And since the definition of sexy is constantly changing, many feel the need to bring it back, however they deem necessary. As the latest example in this time honored trend, I...Read More
Pitbull ft. Nicole Scherzinger - Hotel Room Service (Remix)
With the tremendous success of Rebelution's singles Krazy, I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) and Hotel Room Service (the artist's three biggest hits to date), Pitbull has been catapulted to mainstream stardom...Read More
Pitbull - Give Them What They Ask For
For the past year, Pitbull has been dropping hits, hits, and more hits in preparation for the release of his senior album, Rebelution. Though that approach has resulted in considerable Billboard success, there are some...Read More
Pitbull ft. B.o.B - Across The World
In his most recent interview with DJ Z, Pitbull let us all in on his simple yet damned-near-foolproof strategy for success in today's unforgiving music industry: just drop hits, hits, and more hits. In addition to...Read More
Sean Kingston ft. Pitbull - Fire Burning (Remix)
Spontaneous combustion must be a really painful experience. I mean, think about it: you're just walking down the street one day, minding your business, and then before you know it you're completely engulfed in flames. To...Read More
Omar Cruz ft. Pitbull - Where the Booty At
Though both of Omar Cruz' previous features (Gangsta Music, To The Top) received positive reviews from our readers, neither of them truly had that "hit single" appeal. Fortunately, it looks like the third...Read More
Baby Bash ft. Pitbull - Outta Control
One of the primary questions label A&Rs ask when scouting for new signees is "How well would this artist mesh with the rest of our roster?" That concern is clearly of paramount importance to RCA Music...Read More
Hot Dollar ft. Pitbull, Yung Berg & K-Young - All Night Long
When his debut album, My Dreams…A Day in the Life first got pushed back from its original August 14, 2007 release date, Hot Dollar brushed it off, saying that So So Def/Island Urban simply wanted him to pick up more...Read More
Hurricane Chris ft. Various Artists - She's Fine (Remix)
In his exclusive interview with our own DJ Z, Hurricane Chris gave his thoughts on the massive success of She's Fine (Halle Berry), a smash hit single that's spawned an equally popular dance craze—Halle Berry...Read More
Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
Though the three studio albums he released at TVT Records were chock full of club bangers, Pitbull has scored his biggest hits to date (the Lil' Jon-assisted Krazy, which peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and I...Read More
Flo Rida ft. Dade County All-Stars - Yayo
Flo Rida might be on top of the club-hop scene, but his background was just as rough as that of any rapper coming up from Miami-Dade County. Fulfilling the promise of his sophomore LP's title, Flo enlists the help...Read More
Pitbull ft. Pharrell - Blanco
Strong hip-hop soundtracks have been a hallmark of the entire Fast and the Furious franchise; the 2001 original featured several hits by Ja Rule and the Murder, Inc. camp, its '03 sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious, spawned...Read More
DJ Class ft. Lil Jon & Pitbull - I'm The Ish (Remix)
Baltimore club music, as much a part of the city's culture as the Ravens and the Orioles, has recently been growing in popularity outside of Maryland, partially thanks to the connections made by the late DJ...Read More
Uncle Luke ft. Pitbull, Ace Hood, Yungen, Casely & Billy Blue - Playaz Play
With the release of biopic Notorious, the buzz around the late Christopher Wallace is bigger than ever, and as a result we've seen an upswing in Biggie-sampling beats. The latest record to take production cues...Read More
DJ Felli Fel ft. T-Pain, Sean Paul, Flo-Rida, & Pitbull - Feel It
Despite his hit debut single, Get Buck In Here, (with Akon, Diddy, Ludacris, and Lil' Jon) and its semi-successful follow-up, The Finer Things (with Jermaine Dupri, Kanye West, Ne-Yo, and Fabolous), DJ Felli Fel still...Read More
Pitbull - Calle Ocho (75 Brazil Street)
Though his former label home, TVT Records, filed for bankruptcy in February of 2008, Pitbull hasn't missed a beat – currently signed to his own label, 305 Music, the Cuban-American rap star is busy looking for...Read More
Nina Sky ft. Pitbull & Rick Ross - Curtain Call (Remix)
When twin sisters Natalie and Nicole of Nina Sky recently jumped inside the DJBooth with our very own DJ Z to discuss their new album, The Musical, they revealed how their project came to life, "When you put together a...Read More
Traffik ft. Jadakiss, Pitbull & Gorilla Zoe - Hercules (Remix)
Traffik, a Brooklyn native currently residing in Orlando, Florida, has waited patiently at plenty of red lights during his brief but hectic rap career. Moving from state to state four times as a youth, Traffik finally...Read More
Savage ft. Pitbull - Swing (Remix)
Savage may be considered the king of New Zealand, but this husky emcee runs the risk of wearing out his hip-hop welcome with a remix to the remix of his single Swing, which now features M-I-Yayo black sheep Pitbull. The...Read More
Trazz ft. Pitbull - Watch for the Haterz
Following the previously-featured Wayne Wonder collabo Gonna Love U, DJ Noodles protégé Trazz serves up yet another new twist on an old hip-hop topic. Knowing that detractors and dissenters come with making it big, he...Read More
Pitbull ft. Lil' Jon - Krazy
Imagine if gas prices were over ten dollars a gallon, Jay-Z had really retired from hip-hop, and DJBooth wasn't your number one online destination– doesn't the thought just make you go Krazy? Well, rapper...Read More
Pitbull - Dem Miami Boyz
While hometown pride has always been a tenet of hip-hop, few rappers have matched the intensity of Pitbull's devotion to Miami. He rarely misses a chance to plug his birthplace, naming his debut album and a handful of songs...Read More
David Rush (a.k.a. Young Boss) ft. Pitbull - Shootin Star (Remix)
Every once in a while you'll encounter a news story about an independent artist whose music was illegally jacked by a major player in the game. Kanye West, Dr. Dre and Eminem have all been taken to court for such...Read More
LMFAO ft. Pitbull - I'm In Miami Trick (Remix)
What kind of look and sound does a pair of artists named LMFAO maintain? Not catering to the drug pushing-obsessed hustler music that has reverberated throughout South Florida, this skater-ish, Vans-rocking,...Read More
Avery Storm ft. Pitbull - Here I Am (Remix)
Almost all of the hits on DJBooth's Top Picks chart feature a lead artist using the help of a guest feature; while the collaborations certainly can help the lead artist, the feature artists also have the opportunity to make...Read More
Three 6 Mafia ft. Pitbull - Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body) (Remix)
After launching one buzz single after another since late 2006, Three 6 Mafia have finally struck gold with Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body), which helped the long-delayed Last 2 Walk finally hit store shelves last month. ...Read More
Qwote ft. Pitbull - Don't Wanna Fight (No Quiero Pelear) (Remix)
When R&B singer Qwote signed with Slip-N-Slide earlier this year, label CEO Ted Lucas said the signing would "demonstrate the next level of Slip-N-Slide," and that future records would allow "artists...Read More
DJ Laz ft. Casely, Flo Rida & Pitbull - Move Shake Drop
DJ Laz is cut from the old-school brand cloth; the type of DJ whose primary focus is to get a party 'started.' Hailing from Miami, Laz has heard his fair share of club and party anthems (mostly geared towards the...Read More
Bizzy Bone ft. Pitbull - That's How
Before Bizzy Bone releases his second major-label solo album, A Song For You, on April 22, the former Bone Thug will drop his twentieth (no, that isn't a misprint) independent effort. Known for releasing three or four...Read More
Clinton Sparks ft. Pitbull & Fatman Scoop - On 2 U
One of the best known and highly respected DJs on the East Coast is also the newest to brave the mainstream album waters. Unlike fellow DJs Kay Slay, Khaled and Drama, however, Clinton Sparks will actually provide most...Read More


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— Floyd A. "Smitty" Smith of Clayton died Thursday at Manor Care Prestwick in Avon. He was 84.
Born July 12, 1928, in Indianapolis, he was the son of Otho and Betsy (Evans) Smith. He married his wife Geraldine in 1960. She preceded him in death in 2006.
Mr. Smith owned Allied Construction Company from 1972 until his retirement in 1997. He earned his General Equivalency Diploma while serving in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne. His memberships included Hazelwood Christian Church.
Survivors include two sons, William and Floyd; four daughters, Theresa, Gaye, Lynn, and Joyce; a brother, James Smith; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He also was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie, in 2002 and a brother, Arthur Smith.
Services are 2 p.m. Dec. 31 in Hazelwood Christian Church, with visitation there for two hours prior to services. Burial will be in Clayton Cemetery.
Weaver & Randolph Funeral Home, Clayton, is in charge of arrangements.

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Please remember that all changes on Test are subject to change and may not make it to Live servers depending on the results of testing and feedback.
Also, bug fixes on the Test Server are often for bugs that only appeared on the Test Server during the development of new features.
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We are giving our test community a seek peek at one of our upcoming expansion features, the Barter System. This new system allows players to set up their own automated trading method! Offer up your own items or coin for other items.
To allow our test community to be the first non-beta players to experience this new system, we have updated the Plane of Knowledge to include an entrance to the Barter zone. You can find the entrance on your map.
Once you are in the barter zone, please refer to the Barter window help text for instructions on how to use this great new system.
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*** Update Message - 01/31/05 ***
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The ground rumbles beneath the feet of many soldiers. From the west rises a massive army of fierce warriors, both corporeal and demons wrenched from Hate. Twisted faces filled with hatred march with heated anticipation of victory. Leading them through the icy hills is none other than the dark lady Lanys T`Vyl, her blood-red armor gleaming in the cool morning light.
Across the lands to the east, the great wizard Al`Kabor spearheads an army of light. Elven warriors and archers move forward with grim determination to keep safe the fair city of Firiona Vie. Resolve is etched upon every face; every elegant sword gleams with purity and truth. We reported that
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ores from Europe are still widely exported to China. Meanwhile, back in Firiona Vie itself, the princess lays ill in bed. With her father Galeth Veredeth at her side, Firiona rests upon silken sheets, slowly gaining back the life that has been siphoned from her.
The air swells with silence as the colossal forces are drawn inexorably towards each other. An age has passed since a battle of such magnitude has been waged upon Norrath. An era has ended, one of peace and prosperity. The time of war is upon us.
*** Update Message - 01/31/05 ***
The primary reason for this update was to improve server stability and correct some network problems.
Most of the changes to code were server side and should not directly impact the players.
Client Changes:
- Networking problems related to routers should be resolved. If you are continuing to experience connectivity issues please visit the tech support forums where our development team has been working with the players to correct the problems that some people have been experiencing since the update on 1/27.
- The network status display (F11) had a display problem corrected.
-- The EverQuest Team
*** Update Message - 01/27/05 ***
- The Ikkinz instances should be functioning properly again.
- Fixed the errors that were causing the "Your XML files are not compatible" message.
- Money will no longer appear missing from your inventory after attempting to give coin to an NPC.
- Fixed several bugs with the following epic effects:
-- The EverQuest Team
*** Update Headlines - 01/26/05 ***
Mistmoore and SplitPaw revamps live for all servers
New and improved Lavastorm!
Item Changes
- Many Epic 2.0 effects have been modified. Please see the EQforums at Eqforums.station.sony.com for details.
- These items are now primary and secondary slot usable:
Totem of Shattered Hope
Wand of Twisted Fate
Infernal Staff of Fiery Fate
Bazu Claw Hammer
- Increased the drop rates on some items from Planes of Power zones that were too rare
- The ending effect (casts when the rune wears off) of the Enchanter 1.5 and 2.0 epics has been changed so that it won't cause initial aggro on surrounding NPCs. It will only lower the enchanter's hate on NPCs in the area of effect that are already aggro on him/her.
- Mace of Grim Tidings is now No-Drop
- Added a Globe of Discordant Energy drop to Anguish.
- Fixed the combine for the cleric epic 1.5, AA points should now be rewarded. People who missed their AAs can hail Tavon to receive their AAs, if they have spoken to Natvil already.
- Revised the various Anguish armor sets. Some pieces now have effects added
- Earring of Eternal Flame - This item now has the focus effect of Flame of the Lightbringer
- Anuek Dagger of Eye Gouging - This item now has a +12% mod to backstab.
- Deathwhisper - This item now has +2 mana regen and +2 regen
- Upgraded the +damage augments from Tacvi
Spell, Discipline
- The skills windows will now show the modified skill of the player, including buffs/item mods, etc.
- Added a negative resist modifier to Crippling Strike, Stunning Kick, and Eye Gouge.
- Modified Hastened Purification of the Body to reduce the base time.
- The spell, Elemental Simulacrum Recourse, should no longer be removed when the recipient is hit in melee.
- Hide will work while levitated again.
- Tiny companion will again switch target to the pet correctly.
- An exploit with Lifeburn has been corrected.
- /stopsong, /cast, and anything starting a song other than /melody now clears the /melody buffer as intended.
- Bard Chants should once again generate the correct amount of hate.
- Fixed problem with the Ranger AA Guardian of the Forest where if you had maxed buffs this AA would not reset if it did not take.
- High level shaman pet should now automatically dual wield.
- Modified the effect slots for Hobble of Spirits so that it will stack with other contact innates.
Code Changes
- Players will now receive a message when they are too close for ranged weapons to be used when /autofire is being used.
- Ranged weapons are no longer subject to additional z-distance limit checks.
- Server side collision fixes have corrected various problems in certain areas in new zones such as the ramp entering Abysmal that was causing warping problems for NPCs.
Event Changes
- Players can now select a type of LDoN Adventure (Rescue, etc.) when requesting one from the Recruiter.
- Lowered combat regeneration of the Dragorn and Bazu forms in the Trial of Adaptation.
- Modified the spawn timer on the Tyrant of Nightmare in the Plane of Nightmare and the Decaying Lightcrawler in the Plane of Disease. Signing up for poker
will save you lots of money. Both should make more frequent appearances.
- Lowered spell resists significantly in all MPG Raid and Single Group trials.
- Fixed some oddness that happened sometimes when Memblurring Hanvar.
- The non-loot dropping version of Arch Magus Vangl will be easier than the loot dropping version.
- Changed the level 70 bard /who title from Performer to Harold, er, Herald.
-- The EverQuest Team
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December 17, 2004
- 12-17-2004 16:35
*** Update Message 12/17/2004 ***
We apologize for the recent issues with our attempt to ease backflagging. Our coders and designers have worked tirelessly through the night to come up with tonight's update which should resolve the backflagging solution issues. We have also identified a few other issues and added corrections for them as well.
- Backflagging issues have been resolved.
- Raids can again enter Anguish.
- Huntress / High Priestess titles should now display correctly based upon gender.
- An itemization issue in South Karana and Splitpaw has been corrected.
- The debuff in the Muramite Trial of Efficiency will not cast as often.
- The mirrors in the Tower of Frozen Shadow should once again function properly.
- The Monk AA Hastened Purification of the Body has been corrected to be 10% of the newly reduced reuse time for Purify Body.
- Added the spell Tranquility of the Glade to the ranger's repertoire, which rangers can recieve by turning in a rune.
- The berserker ability Crippling Strike should now have a fixed duration
-- The EverQuest Team
December 15, 2004
- 12-15-2004 16:34
*** Update Headlines ***
* Backflagging
* Gates AA point refunding
* New Hot Spots
* Mistmoore & Splitpaw revamps going to Stormhammer
Backflagging *
As you know, when a guild gains or loses members, they often find themselves dedicating a large amount of time re-playing content that they have long since completed in order to gain access to zones for newer members. During our Community Summit this last summer, and in many subsequent discussions, we have heard the recurring desire to find a way to ease the frustrations associated with this backflagging.
While the issue is not as simple as removing flags altogether (we feel flags are necessary for the zones they are currently attached to), we have looked into ways that we can reduce the frustrations of backflagging and feel that we have arrived at a fair and equitable solution, which is detailed below.
- A new implementation of the 85/15 rule has been introduced into Planes of Power zones including the Plane of Time. This should resolve the outstanding problems that occur from time to time with the current 85/15 implementation.
- The new 85/15 has also been introduced for the locked zones in Gates of Discord.
- An alternate means of flagging guild mates for locked content in Planes of Power and Gates of Discord has been implemented that will allow you to flag raid members for the zone you are in by completing raid content within that zone.
The implementation varies slightly from zone to zone to fit the story and nature of the zone, but in general will involve killing a raid target within that zone, looting an item, and completing a single group quest to change that item into a zone flag. This only applies to zones that don't already have a single group task or system to gain access.
AA Changes
- Reduced the cost of many Gates AAs. Players will receive a refund equal to the difference on AAs that now have a lower cost. *
- Changed the monk AA Crippling Strike to an activated ability that does an eagle strike attack as well as a snare.
- Changed the monk AA Stunning Kick to an activated ability that does a round kick attack as well as a stun.
- Changed the monk AA Eye Gouge to an activated ability that does a tiger claw attack as well as reduces the targets offensive ability.
- Due to major changes in how these work, AA points for Crippling Strike, Stunning Kick, and Eye Gouge have been refunded.
- Reduced the reuse time of the Ranger AAs Frost Arrow and Flame Arrow to 3 minutes. *
- Hobble of Spirits will now stack with the Beastlord's proc buffs. *
- Fixed problem with the Beastlord AA Bestial Alignment where if you had maxed buffs this AA would not reset if it did not take.
- Duration enhancement focuses and AAs should now increase the duration of pet buffs.
- If your stored AA's go above 30, they will no longer be set to 30 when you zone. However, you should still not be able to gain more than 30 unless you get a refund, get the AA from a GM, or get an AA from a script. * - Fixed an issue with Half Elf Paladins of Tunare and the Origin AA. * - If your character was created before EQ started storing starting location data, when you log into the game you will now be prompted to choose your home city from a list of valid starting locations for your character. You will only need to do this once and once this has been set, it cannot be changed. This will correct the problems with the Origin AA not returning some characters to their expected home city.
Zone and NPC Changes
- Hot Spots have been moved (level ranges are approximate): *
Shadeweaver's Thicket 1-30
Kurn's Tower 10-25
Unrest 15-30
Crystal Caverns 25-35
Solusek's Eye 25-45
Katta Castellum 30-60
Lower Guk 35-55
Nagafen's Lair 40-55
Umbral Plains 50-60
- Respawn time for the bosses in Tacvi has been increased from 3 to 5 days.
- Some Tacvi loot has been upgraded. Bosses now drop more items per kill and some all new items have been added to the zone. *
- An alternate entrance into Tacvi has been added in Txevu that will allow guilds to bypass the Zun'Muram after they have defeated him at least once. Guilds that have previously defeated the Zun'Muram will need to do so at least once more before they can use the new entrance. *
- Gilipus of Ak`Anon has joined the Beta Neutral Faction. You will now be able to complete his quest without having to raise Gem Choppers Faction.
- The 3 Tormentors in the Jelvan event now share hatelist when idle or aggro. Anyone that is on one Tormentor's hatelist, but not on the other 2 Tormentor's hatelist will be added. This should make it difficult (if not impossible) to avoid AOEs.
- Modified the Warden Hanvar event, all guards should appear in their appointed places.
- Fixed a bug in Anguish that could make Warden Hanvar unkillable.
- Clicking on the door to Anguish while having the Seal: Mastery of All on your person will now prompt red text indicating your flag has been granted.
- The respawn of Globes of Discordant Energy are now tracked on the event timer for Anguish. The method for obtaining the Globes has not changed.
- The pile of stones that was used as a secondary zone between Dranik and Bloodfields has been removed. There is now an actual zoneline there.
- Plane of Justice - previously, you could not click the red teleports to leave the Seventh Hammer's room unless the Seventh Hammer was dead (or not up). This has been changed so you can leave the room as long as it is not aggro. If you click on a portal while he is aggro, you should get a message and remain in the room.
- Grennet Stormhand in North Qeynos is no longer a task master since he is part of a quest. His task master job has been taken over by Jorren Boxmover.
- Increased the maximum duration for all Labyrinth Trials from 1 hour to 2 hours. When an event is successfully completed, the instance will shut down in 30 minutes. If it is failed, the instance will shut down in 5 minutes.
- Changed the reclusive Girplan event in Bloodfields so that each NPC in the sequence stays up for 15 minutes instead of 3 minutes before depopping.
- Elemental NPCs are once again Charmable in Bastion of Thunder.
Epic Alterations
- Updated some text to clarify what is needed for the bard epic 2.0. *
- Part of the rogue epic that could be skipped has been repaired as this was not intended to be possible.
- The zonewide shout that occurs when killing base pop NPCs in the special instance of Vxed for the paladin epic has now been removed.
- Added another check to the monk epic to make sure that the monk looting the item also has the Mark of Justice needed to access the 7th Hammer's area.
- More details regarding the combine for the Beastlord Epic 2.0 have been added to the text. *
- Fixed the hand in to Uisima for the Ranger Epic 1.5.
- Added a hint to the Druid Epic 2. *
- In the Hider Event in Frontier Mountains for the Druid Epic 1.5, the goblins should teleport a bit less frequently. *
- Additional lore has been added to the rogue epic 2.0. *
- Moved the Dark Huntress from Mistmoore to the Tower of Frozen Shadow.
- Changed a few of Lirprin's dialogues to hint at where the last few steps are that players are missing. *
- Arly Golyeck in Paludal caverns will now accept bribes from half-elves, or those that are in half-elven illusion while also wearing a Burnoose of the Halfbreed.
Tradeskill Changes
- The Tradeskill window will now allow up to 500 favorites (up from 100). *
- The drop rate of spiderling silk has been increased, as there are many new combines that require this item as a component. *
- The Rune of Zephyr should now drop off of the appropriate level of NPC's. *
- Several Tradeskill recipes have had their missing ingredients added to the game. These items will now drop off of appropriate NPC's. *
- Increased the drop rate of Tae Ew Scales. *
- Increased the drop rate of Putrescent Blood. *
- Made several quest-related combines "Learnable". *
- Fixed a few grammatical issues with the "Forge of Icewell Arms" book.
- Fixed an issue with one of the Abysmal Sea tradeskill books (The Beauty of a Simple Stone). It should now be able to be read.
- Fixed the recipe for the Imbued Northman Kite Shield (Rallos).
- Fixed the research recipe for Malosini, it should now combine properly.
- Fixed the recipe for Tuna Rice Surprise, it will now return the Wok on success.
- Fixed the Large Sandblasted Steel Girth, it is now usable by the appropriate races.
- Fixed the Sandblasted Ringmail Bracelet, it is now usable by the appropriate races.
- Fixed the multiple-recipes for Vegetable Oil, they will now return the correct yields.
- Fixed the disparity in between the cast-times on the various "Greater Elixir of Concentration" potions.
- Added the Blood Treated Kaniz Hide to the game.
- Added a recipe for players to create a package of vegetables. *
- Added a "Fully Charged Gnomish Vanishing Device" to the game. *
- Added LDoN Foraged items to the Interactive Objects in all LDoN zones (this includes the foraged alchemy components). *
- Removed the lore tag from the Smithing Chisel. *
- Taught Barbarians how to make Large Leather Gorgets and Pants. *
- Evaluated the PoP Smithing disparity between plate and chain. *
1. One block of ore will now yield two sheets of metal. *
2. Removed the Chain Jointing requirement from the combine. It now requires one Superb Leather Padding instead. *
Item, Spell, Discipline and Skill Changes
- Auto range attack implemented, no longer will it be necessary to range attack manually - /autofire is a toggle command that will fire your ranged weapon until you run out of ammunition, turn on autoattack to switch to melee combat, or use the /autofire command again. *
- /melody ability implemented for bards - To use /melody, type /melody . The numbers are the same numbers you would use for the /cast command. The melody will repeat the songs in the specified order until a note is missed due to an interruption. *
- Modified Mirrored Mask, so it is no longer no rent and poof on death, however the click effect only works inside Anguish. - Increased the chance on the Cleave effects to affect DPS as they were originally intended.
- Fixed a bug with the Frenzy of Conquest benefit.
- No-rent containers no longer poof on login if they contain items. They instead change into an unenchanted container with the same number of slots, and a chat message notifies the player. *
- Changed the Mark of Justice to take the player's group instead of just the player when attempting to engage The 7th Hammer. *
- Cryston, Staff of the Riftnow has the focus of Quickening of the Ikaav.
- Dragorn Head Statue Piece and Dragorn Torso Statue Piece are now very large and can fit in bags.
- Clear Rock and A Large Rock are now very large and can fit in bags.
- Polished Stone of Renewal can now be used by berserkers. *
- Berserker: Hastened War Cry has been fixed.
- Bards will stop playing songs when feign death effects hit them (some NPC encounters do this).
- Players are no longer able to have Form of the Great Bear and a mount on at the same time.
- Holyforge will now increase your chance to slay undead, and if you have the Slay Undead AA you will have an even greater chance of a slay with Holyforge. *
- The spell Nature's Blight was not increasing the damage as stated and should be working as intended now. *
- Fixed a bug with haste items and haste augments. Their effects were stacking when they shouldn't have. It will now only take the greatest haste effect from the item including augments.
- When combining the aegis of chaotic worship with the soul temper and a flask of water, you will receive the temper and the aegis of chaotic worship back if you don't have the correct flags instead of just the aegis back.
- The Monk's feign death success rate has been improved. It was previously capped at 95% at 100 skill and now it ramps up the success rate for higher skill levels. *
- Fixed several inconsistencies with pets affected by focus items.
- Increased the mana regen gained by Elemental Simulacrum.
- Touch of the Devourer was changed to allow partial damage when it is resisted. This is an increase in the overall damage of the spell.
- New items are available on the PvP point merchants. *
- Might of the Wild Spirits and Savage Wildcaller's Blessing should now stack better.
- The effect on the Wristband of Secrets no longer works on other players.
- Increased the focus % of the following effects:
Hastening of the Ikaav
Quickening of the Ikaav
Alacrity of the Ikaav
- Increased the potency of Pure Spirit.
- Nature's Balance should now only remove beneficial spells from the target.
- Removed the scaling focus mods from the following spells:
Force of Ikkibi
Order of Trushar
Sylvan Anger
Taelosian Geomancy
Burning Night
Anger of Taelosia
Sylvan Kindle
Clear Fire
- The the class-specific quest chest armors from Omens of War now have a .8 second cast time.
- The pre-nerf LDoN armor sets can now be sold back to the merchants, like other LDoN items. They are the versions with two type 2 slots and one type 3 slot (instead of one each of types 1, 2, and 3). These items are those with the following in the item name:
Royal Attendant * of Sand
Incorporeal * of the Specter
Mucus-Drenched *
Immortal's Bloodied *
- Multiple procs on a pet are now working properly. *
- A resource leak in the graphics engine was corrected and we have seen a measurable improvement in client stability as a result.
- The sky system now influences the ambient lighting.
- Animated traps such as the ones in soldunga/b are now detected by the collision system and will cause a small amount of damage.
- You can once again target things on the other side of a water surface and other passable surfaces.
- Added code to check and validate specialization skills. If the values are not legal, the player will be informed why they are not legal and they are reset. - Added popup confirmation dialog when you attempt to give an augmented item to an NPC. *
- Added optional parameters to /book command -- /book open, /book close. *
- Fixed bug where a player who had more than 2 million plat in his inventory was unable to purchase anything from a vendor or trader.
- /yell messages are no longer displayed if the yelling player is in your ignore list. *
- Some models that were scaled dramatically could cause the collision system to fail, resulting in warps to ceiling and other strange side effects. For example the vases in dranikcatacombsa at 1000,-1011, 0 would always cause players to be pinned to the ceiling due to this bug.
- Players standing on the lip of an edge should now slide down off them more smoothly.
- There have been some optimizations to the collision system. You should see improved performance in zones with very large stationary objects (potimea, bloodfields, etc).
- Fixed a number of small bugs in the zoom camera behavior. These fixes include removing the possibility of having the first mousewheel click causing the camera to bounce back into first person, a bug that could cause the camera to get stuck "one click" out of first person, as well as smoothing out the camera motion a bit.
- Scrolling to third person and tabbing to another window should no longer cause the screen to bounce back and forth.
- Summoning mounts in certain places should no longer cause players to fall through geometry.
- Getting out of water should be much easier to do. *
- Mounts are no longer dismissed when zoning. *
- Spell scribe timers (putting a new spell into the spell book) now take only 1 second.
- Players should no longer experience 20k falls when standing on cliff edges while suffering from low frame rate.
- The bounding radius for small races was too tall, preventing them from accessing some areas. For example, gnomes couldn't enter the small huts in Steamfont. This was a global problem that is now fixed; that is just one example.
- Weather effects are now working properly when the Wake of Karana spell is used. Additionally, sounds related to starting & stopping of various weather types due to zoning and Wake of Karana should be working correctly.
- /who commands now display both class title and base class name for players over level 50, e.g. "Bedazzler (Enchanter)" *
- Fixed a bug that caused a lot of writing to the dbg.txt file during a raid.
Zone Revamps - Mistmoore (Legends)
In Mistmoore's Catacombs, the servants of the Trueborn, a sect of vampires with Mayong Mistmoore's blood flowing through their veins, grew tired of their masters throwing them into the fray against the Norrathian intruders. They came to desire more power for themselves.
It was not long before the first words of dissension crept through the catacombs on the will of whispers. The Trueborn servants congregated in dark, musty halls away from the eyes of their masters and over time their numbers grew along with their ambitions. Their time had come and soon they would rise up to claim their rightful place in Mistmoore Castle, gaining accolades from Lord Mayong Mistmoore himself for their brilliance and bravery -- or so they supposed.
Over several months, the Trueborn traitors recruited an army to their cause. On a black night as the moon was swallowed by a thick veil over Faydwer, they struck, killing their masters and leading their army toward Mistmoore Castle. They slaughtered all in their path and many masters of the Scions sect, the Trueborn's rival blood-children of Mayong, were destroyed that night.
The fierce wave of the lesser Trueborn rushed into the cellars of Mistmoore Castle without detection. Unbeknownst to all but the servants, Norrath's adventurers had uncovered winding caves beneath the surface that bypassed the castle's defenses. In a matter of hours, the castle was overrun and the servants of the Trueborn declared themselves the true Children of Mistmoore.
Since taking control of the castle, many Children have busied themselves repairing the damage from the battle while others continue to seek the magical ore that was uncovered in the catacombs.
They all prepare, waiting for the day their master returns to grant them glory.
Zone Revamps - Splitpaw (Legends)
Farsoth Mal, son of the Ishva Mal, leader of the Verishe Mal tribe, sat by his father's side watching him rule his minions in Splitpaw Lair. His father may have conquered this lair some years ago, but Farsoth believed they should rule far more than just one underground kingdom. He grew to despise his father for his lack of ambition and many hours were spent in bitter arguments between the two. The Ishva Mal grew tired and angry at the ceaseless challenges to his authority, gaining as much contempt for his son as his son had for him.
During a particularly heated argument of growls and grisly barks, the Ishva Mal reminded his willful son that his power was absolute and that he shared his throne with no one. With one quick motion, the Ishva Mal brandished his spear and sliced off his son's paw, determined that he would finally win the respect he deserved from his son. But the Ishva Mal's cruel methods would prove to be his downfall.
The Ishva Mal grew to be a greater tyrant each day, so much so that the Verishe Mal mages and warriors secretly formed the Council of Nine to challenge his rule. Farsoth saw the plans the Verishe Mal had in store for his father, but did nothing to stop them and instead chose to use them to his advantage.
Farsoth learned much from the council's mages and became obsessed with the summoning arts they practiced. His fascination eventually led to a plan that would secure the throne . . . for him.
Through all he'd learned from the Verishe Mal mages, he believed he could summon a powerful entity from the Plane of Fire itself. Farsoth thought with such power at his side, nothing could stop him from ruling the Splitpaw Lair and any lands he desired.
He prepared for weeks, researching and gathering the reagents he required and finally he set to work to summon a terrible beast to bring an end to his father's rule.
Farsoth was distracted by his own anger, forgetting vital components as he wove the spell and the unthinkable happened. Flames shot out of the portal that Farsoth opened and, at the same time, rocks rained down upon the inhabitants of the lair. Then, the portal shifted its focus and water flooded into the corridors, extinguishing the flames and washing away the rocks. The portal shimmered once more and waves of all types of elementals poured into Splitpaw.
Farsoth certainly attained part of his goal. His father was killed, but so to were most of the gnolls he wished to lead to greatness.
Now he is a prisoner to the swarms of enraged elementals that have made Splitpaw Lair their new home.
* Denotes a change requested by the community.
- The EverQuest Team
Ronaldor Vladimir - email@example.com
25th of October 2004
- 10-27-2004 15:38
Items for Anguish!
New Storybook entry.
Omens of War
Due to a database error, itemization of the Anguish zone was lost. We have re-itemized the zone and wish you luck in uncovering its riches.
- Fire Beetle Eyes now stack.
- The Smithing Chisel is no longer flagged Lore.
- Lightning Core is now stackable.
- Changed the name of the Gnomish Vanishing Device to Half Capacity Gnomish Vanishing Device.
- Golanda Nuts now stack.
- The Beauty of a Simple Stone should now have text.
- The Sandblasted Ringmail Bracelet and Large Sandblasted Steel Girth should now fit the appropriate-sized races.
- Caerlyna should no longer be dispensing no-drop bag tokens.
- The cast time on the 5 and 10 dose Greater Elixir's of Concentration should now have the same cast time as the single-dose version.
Warcry and Hastened Warcry should now work as intended.
-- The EverQuest Team
The Conjurer's Tower is Now Open!
- 10-26-2004 17:12
The Conjurer's Tower - eq2.magecompendium.com is the new EverQuest II forum dedicated to the Conjurer Class.
- Xalmat Lunaire email@example.com
October 13th, 2004
- 10-17-2004 08:09
- Summoned pets no longer vanish when their owner turns invisible
- Froglok animations are now fixed, seriously, no really we mean it this time.
- Continue the Adventure! Read the first in the new series of EQ Novels.
Warrior Epic
- Modified the way Decaying Lord Galuk Drek is spawned in Veksar. He should now be more approachable and less of a bottleneck for those warriors at this step.
- Lowered the respawn time of the Dragorn Champion in Wall of Slaughter significantly. We have also lowered his aggro and help radius.
Bard Epic
- Corrected an issue in the Dragons Necropolis that caused more NPCs to be present than was planned for.
- The Kithicor Forest encounter should now reset properly.
Ranger Epic
- Rangers triggering the Senvial, Grinbik and Uisima events for their Epic quest will need to have the trigger item on their person.
- It should no longer be possible for a ranger with Senvial''s Blessing to get the reward for the Senvial event.
Druid Epic
- Corrected an issue with the Coven spawn in South Karana.
- The Blackened Dryad event in Kithicor should now respawn correctly after a failed attempt.
- Only the druid who initiates the Goblin Hide and Seek event will be allowed to the loot the bag upon completion.
- More than one Druid can now summon and talk to the Compelled Spirit.
- We have increased the drop rate of the carved Prexus totem.
Magician Epic
- The Path for finding the air essence should last a bit longer.
- Magicians will now receive a message when the air essence is not available.
Gates of Discord
There's a new NPC in Natimbi that will make traveling to Qvic much easier. Speak with her for a small teleport.
- Alchemists can now create Amber Resin.
- The Feran Glove and Boot recipes will now combine and return their intended items.
- The recipe for the 56th level Necromancer spell, Servant of Bones, should now combine correctly.
- The Dagger Blade Mold, used in Gates smithing recipes, has been renamed to a Knife Blade Mold.
- Seething Fists of Slaughter- Previously this item had no equipped slots. This now has primary and secondary equippable slots
- Fangs of the Serpent- Previously this item had no equipped slots. This now has primary and secondary equippable slots.
- Bone Plated Sledge - This item now has 36% haste instead of +36 atk.
- Boots of Shifting Time - Previously these boots had a worn leather graphic. They are now a worn plate graphic instead.
- Zulaqua's Cloak - Added 30 AC to this item
- Crystal Dagger - This item now has a +12% backstab mod.
- Tome of New Beginnings - Berserkers now can equip this item.
- Lambent Stone of Focus - This item is now a type 7 and type 8 augmentation.
- Crystal Mail Sleeves - This item now has berserkers as usable classes. We have removed Beastlords from this items usable classes.
Altered Spell Casting Reinforcement and Spell Casting Reinforcement Mastery so they will no longer increase the duration of the following spells.
- Flame of Redemption
- Hawk Strike
- Fateseer's Boon
- Protection of the Eye
- Savage Wildcaller's Blessing
- Flames of the Valiant
- Falcon Strike
- Prophet's Gift of the Ruchu
- Aegis of Abstraction
- Might of the Wild Spirits
Altered Healing Adept, Advanced Healing Adept, and Healing Adept Mastery so they will no longer increase the healing of the following spells.
- Harmonic Balance
- Divine Balance
- Added a new option to turn off the loading screen when zoning. You will still see the progress bar.
- Added a new shadow command to allow you to turn off the shadows in your text bar. The command is /shadow
- Changed the Dynamic Zone window to show player status in the member list. Online players are yellow, Link Dead players are red, Offline players are blue.
- Hide / Sneak will now remain active across zone lines.
- All NPCs in Omens of War expedition zones are now KOS. Beware!
- Summoned pets will no longer vanish when their owner uses invisibility! Rejoice!
- Vallon Zek should no longer assist Tallon Zek.
The Rogues Hour!
RA Salvatore presents a brand new series of EverQuest fantasy novels. Explore the ever-expanding world of Norrath in the first book, EverQuest: The Rogue's Hour, available in stores soon.
-- The EverQuest Team
September 23rd, 2004
- 09-23-2004 16:15
Monk Epic
- Speaking to certain monk epic mobs will no longer reset the monk's progression.
- Monks that turned in their letters will now be able to continue the quest from where they currently are.
- Monks should have an easier time locating the lost Disciple.
Warrior Epic
- Corrected an issue with the Decomposing Pages in Dranik's Scar. They should now respawn in an appropriate amount of time.
Guild Tribute
- Players with Gates, but not Omens, should now be able to open the Guild Tribute Master to both opt-in and donate for Guild Tribute Benefits.
- Suspended pets will no longer vanish when their owner turns invisible.
- Skies will now show correctly for Windows 98/ME users.
- Warriors will be reimbursed for their Press the Attack AA. They can buy the ability with its new range if they wish.
- Salvage will no longer return items that would be returned normally.
-- The EverQuest Team
Staff of Elemental Essence
- 09-22-2004 19:01
Congratulations to Celecar on the Mithaniel Marr server for being the first magician to wield the Magician 1.5 Epic, the Staff of Elemental Essence!
Xalmat Lunaire
September 14, 2004
- 09-15-2004 06:15
Omens of War is live!
New Teleportation Spells to Barindu.
Just me and my shadooooow!
Reflective Water?
Register now for the New Orleans Fan Faire.
Omens of War
- Explore the war torn lands of Kuua and reap the benefits of new AAs, spells and items including the new, powerful, Epic 2.0. Lush new areas, filled with beautiful creatures and vibrant, living landscapes await you at every turn. We hope you enjoy all that EverQuest: Omens of War brings to the game.
Level 70
Earn your way from level 65 to 70 and learn new spells and abilities along the way.
Travel to the Omens Zones
The Priests of Discord in Norrath believe they have been granted a gift. A unique knowledge has been bestowed upon them which they believe was granted as a reward for preaching the way of Discord. That gift, they claim, is the knowledge of a way to a world that is enveloped by Discord itself -- an ethereal poison that wreaks havoc and strife upon all it touches.
Speak to a Priest of Discord to learn how to enter the World of Kuua.
The Task System
Only have a short time to play or are you waiting for a group or raid? Immerse yourself in a Task. You can find Task Masters all over Norrath. They can be found in most home cities as well as in places like the East Commonlands, the Butcherblock Mountains, Toxxulia Forest and the Swamp of No Hope. For the more daring individuals, the most challenging tasks can be found by speaking with Task Masters in the Dreadlands and the Overthere.
You can open the task window by hitting Alt+Q and start enjoying this new game-play style and enhancement to the EverQuest experience.
Be mindful of turning in task items in stacks, as with all quests in EQ, please separate the items before turning them in for a reward.
Epic Weapons 2.0
Will you be the first of your class to earn these powerful new items?
Guild Tribute
Omens of War expansion brings a new Guild Tribute system. This system will allow guild members to donate items/cash for Tribute points, and allow officers to select benefits that the entire guild will receive, deducting the cost from the guild''s tribute pool.
Guild Tribute is an extension of the tribute system introduced in Gates of Discord and purchasers of either expansion, will be able to reap the new benefits.
Retail Claim Item
Those of you who purchased the retail version of EverQuest: Omens of War will need to use the /claim command in-game to receive your in-game items. Enjoy!
Select your title
You can hit Shift+T to bring up the new Title selection UI which will allow you to choose from the titles you have earned, through AAs, levels or accomplishments, to be shown with your character name in-game.
Voice Macros
Using Ctrl+V will bring up the new Voice Macro UI. There you will see a list of available voice macros as well as the options of Play, Tell, Group and Raid. Selecting a macro and play will play the macro for you only. Selecting a macro and using one of the other options will send the voice macro to either a tell (using the person you have targeted as the recipient), group or raid.
To create your own voice macros, make a sound file using the same name as one of the existing voice macros, which can be found in your EverQuest>Voice>Default directory and place it in your EverQuest>Voice>User directory.
You can create hot keys of your favorite Voice Macros by selecting the macro you would like and clicking and holding on the Tell, Raid or Group button until the icon appears on your cursor.
We hope you enjoy this new way to immerse yourself into the EverQuest experience.
New Spell Slot
For the first time in EQ, you can open up a new spell slot by learning the Mnemonic Retention AA ability. 9 Spell slots! Wow, Why I remember in the early days of EQ, we only had 8 spell slots and we liked it. We cast spells all day, going uphill both ways. You whippersnappers have it easy =)
More Buff Slots
If you find that you need more room for beneficial buffs on your character, activate the Mystical Attuning AA and open up more room in your buff slot window.
Live Changes
Improved Customization for Graphics
-There are now 3 sets of options (Spell, Environment, and Actor). All 3 sets have similar options that affect each type of particle. These options allow for more customization when setting up your display and filters.
-An "advanced" button has been added under the display tab in the options window. This will allow you to toggle some of the new settings, for our new customizable graphics and effects. You will most likely need to expand the options window to see the new Advanced button.
- Shadows; Toggles the new dynamic shadows.
- Water Swap*: Switches between old style water, and new reflective water the next time you zone.
- 2.X Pixel Shaders: Toggles the use of pixel shaders 2.0.
- 1.X Pixel Shaders: Toggles the use of pixel shaders 1.0.
- Vertex Shaders: Toggles the use of vertex shaders.
- Dynamic Update Interval: Control the CPU costs of the dynamic reflection by adjusting how often to update the reflection texture
- Dynamic Sky Reflection Size*: Allows you to control how large the reflection texture is.
(The * indicates a setting that will take effect next time you zone).
- You can now see real time shadows within the world of Norrath. Use the shadows option in options>Display>advanced to turn them off and on. Now, even when soloing, you will never be alone. Those of you with older video cards may have some performance issues when attempting to use shadows. If your machine does not meet the recommended system specifications, we suggest that you play with shadows off.
- Enjoy sunsets and moonrises viewed above EverQuest's new reflective water which is available for everyone, wherever there is static water, e.g. Oceans, seas and lakes. You can toggle the new water shaders on and off using the Water Swap button, under options>display>advanced.
Zoning Screen
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ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 31, 2010)—No one tabbed six winners in Sunday's popular Pick Six at Santa Anita, resulting in a carryover of $126,946 into Wednesday. With no live racing on Monday or Tuesday, it is expected Wednesday's total pool will easily exceed $500,000.
Sunday's Pick Six got underway in race four, and jockey Garrett Gomez executed a furious stretch rally with English import My Aunt Fanny, getting up to win by a neck. The 5-year-old English-bred mare paid $18.00 to win. She is trained by Sandy Shulman and owned by Santa Anita President Ron Charles.
Race five went to Devine Actress, the second wagering choice in a field of eight. Ridden by Victor Espinoza, the 5-year-old Kentucky-bred mare by Theatrical paid $8.60 to win. She is owned by Amerman Racing, LLC and is trained by David Hofmans.
The only betting favorite to win in today's Pick Six was Yodelen Dan, who took the sixth by three lengths under Tyler Baze. Owned and bred in California by Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams, the 7-year-old gelding by Swiss Yodeler paid $5.40 to win. He's trained by Jeff Mullins.
Race seven went to Manhattan Beach, who paid $9.20 to win and provided Gomez with his third win. Trained by Mike Mitchell, the 5-year-old Irish-bred mare had been idle since July 30 at Del Mar. She is owned by Tony Lawlor.
The Gr. I Santa Monica Handicap served as Saturday's eighth and it went to longshot Gabby's Golden Gal under Martin Garcia. Although favored in her most recent start, the Gr. I La Brea Stakes on Dec. 26, the Bob Baffert trainee paid $25.20 to win in the field of 11. A 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Medaglia d'Oro, "Gabby" is owned by her breeder, Arnold Zetcher.
The ninth went to Moonskipper, providing Espinoza with his second tally on the day. Trained by Paddy Gallagher, she paid $9.60 to win. A 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Stephen Got Even, Moonskipper is owned by Bronson, Lavino, Moonves and partners.
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Petition for removal of ability to punish for team kills in BF2
The ability to team kill punish only gives certain people with no concept of team work some kind of morbid satisfaction of knowing that while they may have not killed the enemy, but they did get back at SOMEONE! Unless someone is acting like a 4 year old child and thinks you stole his seat on the precious Blackhawk, and proceeds to put a bullet in your head because of it, or slices you with a knife because you are not a member of his 3l33t K-rAd crew and \"this chopper is 0wN3d\", there is no real reason to punish for a team kill. Period. Team kills are an accident 99.9% of the time. They provide a method for someone who has made a dumb mistake to somehow get revenge on another player on his team. Team kill punishments do not promote teamwork necessary to succeed in the game. Just a few examples: - Someone running into your tank (either on foot or in a speeding vehicle) while the tank is moving or stationary. - Someone running over your AT mines because they don\'t know how to drive a tank or see the mines labeled with the big red skull and crossbones. - Artillery strikes because someone doesn\'t understand the concept of getting out of the way. EA needs to get rid of team kill punishing. It is the intelligent thing to do.
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Original post made by pat on Mar 14, 2007
- If you ask people to play straight with the facts, seems you have at least a little obligation to do so yourself.
- I wish posters would provide data to back up their claims, rather than stressing "substance" and "studies" without proof points. We can all learn from these online discussions if only people will play it straight. We would all benefit.
I sent an email to a PAO official and received the following guidelines:
- "If posters can't manage to focus on substance, and instead insist on characterizing other posters, we're inclined to remove them."
- No posts that are "just silly and brings down the value of the site to people who are really interested in having a discussion or in reading what others are saying."
- "Sarcasm is not a productive or respectful form of communication, even when sprinkled with humor."
Yet the following posts were NOT deleted:
- " . . . instead of living in their imaginations, it results in a sad lack of public knowledge, with the further continuance of ignorance spread to others. If you don't do these things, then you will continue to argue from ignorance, . . . " (Apparently OK to say someone is ignorant.)
- . . . "if we give in to a few vocal naysayers (who consistently provide skewed fiscal critiques on these projects), . . . " (No proof that critiques are "skewed.")
- "It must be a bitter pill to swallow, especially when someone points it out . . . It must be even more bitter when all the naysaying crowd has left is a desperate mocking tone directed at those who have passed them by, or toting out a poverty stricken bag of old ideas that barely flew the first time."
- "Many of these naysayers are . . . mostly good people, but very misguided." (I guess it's OK to call people misguided, as long as you also say they're good.)
- ". . . all you have is your "silly" rationale. Pease produce your own studies (23 of them) refuting the 'silliness' yuo claim to be truth. Until you do that, your refutation has no substance, and is itself living in the "Land of Silliness". (Also OK to call people silly.)
- "Please do attempt to answer the challenge . . . instead of coming up with arguments like 'they're silly'. Otherwise, you're just whistling Dixie." (But not OK to be called silly.)
- "Next, we see . . . an "expansus ad absurdium" argument that any high school kid would see through." (I would say this is sarcastic and insulting.)
Enough! There are many more examples. But I'm not in favor of deleting ANY posts unless they're threats, curses, racist comments or otherwise obviously offensive.
My point is that the PAO deletions are subjective. Who decides what's insulting or sarcastic or silly or humorous or substantive? Does PAO think we're not able to sift through nonsense and respond to insulting comments ourselves?
IMHO, the ones who "bring down the value of the site to people who are really interested in having a discussion" by repeating the same arguments over and over without every responding to questions or comments from others. Should their posts be deleted? NO. Vox populi. But let's hear the voices without subjective censorship.
on Mar 14, 2007 at 11:20 am
Completely agree. Keep profanity out, of course...keep threats of bodily harm out..of course....
But, let us decide whether or not somebody is too sarcastic or brings down the discussion too much. We are capable of ignoring or responding to the muck.
In the interest of disclosure, I have to say I have had posts deleted, and been completely flummoxed over why, especially when they are in response to others' posts. And I have never used anything resembling bad language, never called names, nor ever been demeaning or threatening. I HAVE matched tones of the people I am responding to, though.
on Mar 14, 2007 at 11:35 am
I just took a copy and paste of your entire post because I'm betting someone at PAO won't like it and will delete it.
"Sarcasm is not a productive or respectful form of communication, even when sprinkled with humor."
I think their censorship statements they made to you (which you thankfully quoted above) are amazing, insulting, arrogant, and outrageously undemocratic.
You might expect this kind of censorship from a biased website dedicated to a particular position, political bent, or issue, but Palo Alto Online is a community conversation sponsored by a NEWSPAPER. So much for freedom of speech! A Newspaper!!! In the US! In California! In Palo Alto!!! It's Unbelievable.
Did we all just get caught in a wrinkle in the time-space continuum? I feel like I must have woken up this morning on the other side of the globe.
Wow, shameful. This is prime time news worthy if you ask me.
(Although I bet the next news agency you tried to send it to would hit the censorship button as well.)
on Mar 14, 2007 at 11:44 am
I am pretty much in agreement with Pat. I do think the post deletion tool has been used unevenly - although I have some sympathy for the huge job it must be for the Weekly 'censor' to wade through the posts and pick out the objectionable ones.
I also agree with Pat that the standards are stricter than they might be no matter how carefully and objectively they're enforced. Sarcasm and humor often are the best ways of making substantive points. True, sometimes it's hard to draw the line between sarcasm that makes a legitimate point adding to the debate and pure ad hominem argumentation. But some of the examples cited above clearly show that sometimes the standards are enforced with comic puritanical rigidness, and the debate is impoverished thereby.


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PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates' newest relief pitcher was expected to appear at PNC Park at just about first-pitch time for Saturday's game against the Brewers, but Hisanori Takahashi's first game appearance won't happen before Sunday.Takahashi, claimed on waivers from the Angels on Friday, may have had a uniform waiting for him. But he did not have room on the roster: The Bucs will have to clear space on both the 40-man and 25-man lists prior to activating him for Sunday's series finale with Milwaukee. After a brief run with Doug Slaten, and cameos by Jeff Locke and Justin Wilson, manager Clint Hurdle looked forward to having a second, versatile left-hander at Tony Watson's side. Takahashi, a Japanese veteran who was a 35-year-old Major League rookie as a starter for the Mets in 2010, has a varied enough repertoire to fill a variety of bullpen roles. "He's a four-pitch guy. It makes him able to go through a lineup, not just a left-on-left guy," Hurdle said. "He's another of those guys who don't become available when they're pitching well. It's a good fit for us and for him." Takahashi was recently optioned to Triple-A after he'd pitched to a 4.93 ERA in 42 outings with the Angels. The control specialist had a 4-3 record, seven holds and two saves along with a 3.44 ERA in 61 appearances last season. Hurdle ran down some reasons this was a good get for the Bucs: "The experience factor. The skill-set. He gives us another weapon."
After injury scare, McCutchen back in lineup
PITTSBURGH -- Andrew McCutchen went hard left-knee-first into PNC Park's right-center wall in vain pursuit of Aramis Ramirez's bases-loaded drive in the seventh inning Friday night, and grimaced in pain as three Milwaukee runners scored to snap a 2-2 tie.What loomed as the tragic nadir of the season turned out to be only a disappointment. The Pirates did lose, but only the game. McCutchen shook off the impact, stayed in the game, was frisky in going second-to-home for a ninth-inning run -- and was in his usual lineup home for Saturday night's rematch with the Brewers. Manager Clint Hurdle recalled Ramirez's drive off Jared Hughes and its consequence. "I said a bad word when the ball came off the bat. I usually don't do that in the dugout,' Hurdle said. "I didn't think he'd catch it -- and he still almost tricked me." Seeing McCutchen go, and stay, down made Hurdle's heart skip a beat, then "I was like, 'Man, look how far I have to run.'" Hurdle was just happy that when he returned to the dugout, he didn't have McCutchen with him. Remaining in the lineup meant McCutchen had another chance against Shaun Marcum to rev his bat back to its previous bolt. Through 22 games, McCutchen's August average is 200 points lower than it was in July -- still not bad when reminded that he batted .446 last month while taking his second consecutive National League Player of the Month award. "That's your starting point, then you look at his August, and you hair goes up," Hurdle said. "But there's balance to the game. There's a little disconnect in his swing, but not for the reasons of last year [when McCutchen hit .216 in the second half while over-swinging to compensate for a team slump]."
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One big reason the Pirates had lost five of six going into Saturday night's game: In those six games, they struck out a total of 75 times, while hitting only five home runs; not a very good tradeoff. The Bucs continue to aim higher than a breakthrough .500 record. Or even a Wild Card playoff spot. Manager Clint Hurdle: "We haven't lowered the bar. We haven't backed off our intent to win the division." Still, for .500 watchers, to break through, the Bucs had to go 15-22 in their last 37 games -- and had gone 18-19 in their last 37, prior to Saturday night. Starling Marte (right-oblique strain) played catch for the first time Friday, but "he's not going to be running the bases all of a sudden. He'll do things incrementally. But he is starting to move around more," Hurdle said.
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"I don't think I've ever met a more intelligent, mentally-tough, balanced young man in my life. I've had some conversations with him in the past month that have been awesome. Interesting. I don't know what it's like to go on the field and have people screaming 'M-V-P!' for you. I know what it's like to go on the field and have people screaming at you."
--Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, on Andrew McCutchen.
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In the 80s, Loggins became more famous than ever as the king of the movie theme songs, thanks to massive smashes like "I'm Alright" (from Caddyshack), "Footloose" (from Footloose), "Danger Zone" (from Top Gun), and "Nobody's Fool" (from Caddyshack II). Loggins also continued to record albums that were introspective and deeply personal, including 1985's Vox Humana, 1988's Back to Avalon, 1991's Leap of Faith (featuring "Conviction of the Heart," a song Al Gore called "the unofficial anthem of the environmental movement"), The Unimaginable Life (1997) and 2003's It's About Time. During this same period, Loggins continued to take on new challenges like recording a Christmas album (1998's December) and two successful and acclaimed CDs for children: 1994's radiant Return To Pooh Corner and its worthy follow-up, More Songs From Pooh Corner.
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Gary Williams will formally announce his retirement as Maryland's basketball coach in a press conference at 1 p.m. Friday. This press conference is unlike most press conferences in that it is open to the public. The event will take place in the Comcast Center and will be broadcasted on TerpsTV.
Williams made the news official in a press release on Thursday night. He will depart after 22 season at Maryland's head coach, a ride that included 14 NCAA Tournament berths, seven Sweet 16 appearances, three ACC regular-season titles, two Final Four appearances and one national championship. Many big names have been linked to the Maryland opening, including Villanova's Jay Wright, Notre Dame's Mike Brey and several others.
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Ben Chapman, an assistant professor and food safety specialist, put video cameras in commercial kitchens and found that risky food preparation practices happen more often than previously thought.
Chapman has a real passion for food safety (he calls himself a "nerdy dinner companion"), and he regularly publishes infosheets on food safety. He's also the co-founder of the always fascinating Barfblog. Don't worry, it's way more interesting than it is disgusting. It's a really accessible blog about food safety that will have you washing your hands a lot more often than you do right now (be warned . . . there is some barfing).
The inquisitive folks in the Alumni Association caught up with Chapman yesterday and talked to him about restaurants and some ways to avoid food poisoning. Here's an excerpt from the interview:
How reliable are those sanitation grades in restaurants?
They're not indicators of whether I'm going to get sick. They're this window into when the inspector showed up. We know from research that when inspectors show up, people do things differently. They try to be on their best behavior. It's a piece of information that I think is necessary for people who are interested in eating safely. It's not a guarantee. There's not a match between low scores and likelihood of outbreaks. That's why I look at these things over time and say, OK, if they have consistently bad cross-contamination violations, I don't want to eat there. If they consistently have no tools for washing hands, I don't want to eat there. If the last four times the inspector showed up they had the same violation, that gives me a better picture.
What sends you running from a restaurant?
If I go into a place, and they ask how I want my burger cooked, I say, can you measure to 160 F? That sounds really nerdy. There's about 10 places I've been to that say no problem. They have a meat thermometer. That makes me really happy. They know the risk associated with that product and they know how to manage it and they have the tools to manage it. If I asked that question at a restaurant and they said, we don't have a meat thermometer, I wouldn't eat there. I want someone to tell me how they manage risk. They could be lying to me. But at least they know how to answer that question, which is better to me. I don't think you can walk in and go to the bathroom and judge the restaurant by asking, is the bathroom clean? I think that's an urban myth. Really food safety is about processes.


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Hampshire hasn't hit many bumps in the road this season, and the Whip-Purs weren't about to be knocked off course by a shaky start Saturday.
Despite falling behind by 10 points in the first quarter, Hampshire had no trouble righting the ship and blasting past host Grayslake North for a 76-57 Fox Valley Fox win.
Tyler Crater poured in a game-high 27 points and Ryan Cork added 20 points and four assists as the Whip-Purs (19-4, 7-2) posted their highest scoring output of the season behind a blistering 25-for-47 shooting effort from the field.
"Once we get in that flow and we're working well in transition, that's hard to stop," Crater said. "With Ryan and his court vision, I know I just have to get down the floor and he'll get me the ball."
Grayslake North (13-10, 3-6) drained three three-pointers in the first three minutes and led 16-6 before Hampshire coach Bob Barnett called timeout with 3:33 left in the first quarter.
The Whip-Purs addressed some defensive breakdowns during the break in the action and clawed to within 20-14 by the end of the period. They then blew past the Knights and took the lead for good with a 13-2 run to start the second quarter.
The onslaught continued in the second half as Hampshire turned a 33-29 halftime lead into a commanding 57-42 advantage going into the fourth. Crater accounted for 11 of his team's 24 points in the third quarter and hit a contested three-pointer in the final seconds.
"I think we just woke up and decided we wanted to play some defense," Cork said of the turnaround. "We started pushing the ball more, and that helped in the second quarter because we got a lot of easy layups and fast-break points."
Brendan Waterworth chipped in with 10 points and Shane Hernandez added seven points and seven rebounds for Hampshire, which won for the seventh time in eight games and completed the season sweep of Grayslake North.
The Knights were paced by A.J. Fish's 22 points. Danny Mateling added 13 points and Nick Carmody had 11 points and four assists.
"(Hampshire) scoring offensively really affects us because it takes us out of transition," Grayslake North coach Todd Grunloh said. "It kind of gives us the mentality that we have to score, and rather than working as a unit you kind of force things. A couple forced shots later, you go from being down two or three to being down 12."
Hampshire (19-4, 7-2)
Crater 8, 8-8 27, Cork 8 4-6 20, Waterworth 4 0-0 10, Hernandez 2 3-4 7, Bridges 0 4-4 4, Dumoulin 2 0-0 4, Tuttle 0 2-2 2, Barnas 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 21-24 76.
Grayslake North (13-10, 3-6)
Fish 5 11-13 22, Mateling 5 0-0 13, Carmody 4 0-0 11, Einloth 1 3-3 5, Windield 2 0-0 4, Taskovic 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 14-16 57.
Hampshire 14 19 24 19 -- 76
Grayslake North 20 9 13 15 -- 57
Three-point goals -- Hampshire: 5 (Crater 3, Waterworth 2). GN: 7 (Carmody 3, Mateling 3, Fish). Fouled out -- None.
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- Riesling Eden Valley
- Vintage: 2013
- Australia has long made Riesling one of its classic white wines and no region makes a more classic style then Eden Valley.
- About this bottle: Grape Variety: 100% Riesling
- Country of origin: Australia
- Region: Eden Valley
- More information
- Bottle size: 75.000 cl
- Alcohol content: 12 %
- Alcohol units per bottle: 9.0
- Alcohol units per serving: 15.0
- Serving Size: 125 ml
- Allergens: Sulphites
- Stopper type: Screw Cap
- Consume Within: 6 months of purchase
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Followup: Warwick Davis Charity Auction ResultsDavis
July 18, 2006, 08:45 AM
Previously we told you actor Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) would be part of a charity auction that contained some Harry Potter items. The results of the auction are now in, with this very cool unique Quidditch World Cup Program from GoF that was autographed by Dan Radcliffe selling for £2,000 (approx $3,640 USD). The Peterborough Today reports that the involvement of Mr. Davis with this auction " helped conjure up about £6,000, which will help buy equipment for Holme Pre-School." Page from DanRadcliffe.co.uk also let us know she has some additional photos of the event, here. Thanks Page!


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First, Thomas Barnett talking at TED in 2005. And his slides suuuuuuuuuuck! But his content is superb and his delivery is just stunning. Even when he walks up to the big screen to use his fingers as pointers, even when he walks in front of the projector ["I'm Eclipse Boy!"] it simply doesn't matter. He uses the most vomit-inducing animations I have seen for years and his graphics [frequently introduced with PowerPoint sounds - yay!] are just dire.
But his presentation is utterly compelling.
His subject matter is huge and visionary, his thinking is all-encompassing, and his total conviction reverberates out of every word he utters. Plus he's funny as hell. Treat yourself.
[For RSS readers, for some reason you have to click through to the post to see the presentation. It's a TED thing - sorry.]
- His words didn't flow as well as they might have.
- His vocabulary was even more repetitive than usual.
- He kept looking down at his playbook during the Demo sections.
- His bridging from section to section was just ... flat.
The style / substance debate has raged since time immemorial. Both sides could use both of these presentations to make very convincing arguments in support of their point. This isn't a cut-and-dried case of a CEO giving a god-awful, head-down, reading-from-the-4X6-cards presentation. But one of these presentations rocks and the other just doesn't. Visual folk can watch Steve with the sound muted and enjoy the pwetty, pwetty slides. Content heads can try and shield their eyes from Thomas' ghastly PowerPoint but enjoy his antics and revel in his delivery.
Over to you - what do you think?


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