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Canon to Announce 19K 4D $99 Camcorder (or Something Else) in Hollywood on November 3
Today Canon pre-announced an announcement — which they're calling "historic" — to take place in Hollywood on November 3rd. What would be hilarious is if they show up in Tinseltown and announce a new line of inkjet printers. But because it's Hollywood, hopefully it will have something to do with, you know, movies. In the "proper video camera with large sensor" market, Sony has their FS100 and F3, and Panasonic has their AF100. As of right now, Canon has nothing. Just saying! Here's their teaser:
That's it. No one knows anything more, though in the past few days there have been rumors of a 4K Super35 camcorder for $15K floating around. Canon could also disappoint everyone and launch a short film collaboration with Ron Howard (no offense, Ron). There is no link to use below because there is no more information other than "historic" and "Hollywood." But if you were thinking of buying any of the aforementioned Sony or Panasonic cameras, it might behoove you to wait a couple of months (and if you were wondering why RED has been rapidly revamping their lineup lately, perhaps they know something we don't). And that's why Canon dropped this information-free teaser: so people don't buy camcorders from their competitors in the meantime. Competition = good. Oh, and where's Nikon in this fight? Making even less information announcements. But Nikon isn't a video camera company. Canon is and they've been conspicuously absent for quite some time…
[via Engadget]
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andrejvgo on 09.15.11 @ 10:54PM
if they would want to keep people from buying a sony or red in the meantime… wouldnt it make more sense to just announce it, or at least with a little more of a hint? that is if they actually want to play the apple-marketing game, which is understandably unpopular in the professional world. and a strange move… its not like they would cannibalize any of their own sales if they teased it "clearly" now, if its a new kind of camera / new market.
i think it will be something else, "just" some kind of service / cooperation…
Good point.
Thom on 09.16.11 @ 8:39AM
It definitely works though, the fact that it is blogged on this website is an example. Most blogs or websites are talking/discussing this announcement and by that they already create huge attention. Keeps marketing costs low and makes a hype of the announcement. Announcing it now without any notification will give the product to be announced a different image then when Canon lets us wait and calls it historical. Don't know if this will work for other companies though. Canon is somewhat the Apple of the photography/video industry.
Besides that, I'm curious. I don't think they will sell anything aimed at consumers or prosumers. But lets just wait and see.
good point Thom
I know what it is! : ) But I'm not going to say it…. All I can say is Hello Mr. Mark III. ; ) Wait til' you see the Specs! : )
Is this a guess or have you got some inside info?
Everyone knows a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy, that has a neighbor who works for Canon, you know… Lol
Might be a modified Hair Drier sample. lol
please, please, please, let this not be a small-sensor camera, no matter how many pixels they can cram on it…
my bet is EF-mount video camera, and I hope it's good enought that they don't feel they have to cripple the video functions of the 5D3, for which I'd say the time is 2012Q1, and I'd hope for clean image (no aliasing/moire), better codec (422 XF), better low light (clean ISO 6400), and 1080p60
Will see . . :)
Angelo on 09.16.11 @ 2:13AM
There has been a rumor that a PL mount camera/camcorder has been in the works and the existence of their 4k concept video camera points in that direction as well.
I'm not holding my breathe for an EF mount video camera. The unclutched focus rings (for ultrasonic focusing) and their electronic irises (cause slight step adjustments in exposure on cheaper zoom lenses) aren't ideal for video.
another thing this could be: PL lenses with astronomical prices
sorry, this was already done:
so it woulnd't be "historic" anymore
Vers on 09.16.11 @ 5:16AM
I'm not buying the whole rumor. We might be disappointed at November 3rd. On the other hand, it's true, Canon video has been very quite for a long time…
Alec Sprinkle on 09.16.11 @ 9:38AM
I hope it's a new printer. Mine is acting funny.
It's a full frame camcorder using the same sensor as the 5D Mk 2. EF lenses and a host of other features. Price is very competitive to take on the Sony NEX FS100 etc.
Alec Sprinkle on 09.16.11 @ 4:07PM
Then it isn't a 5DMkII at all, then.
Mike on 09.16.11 @ 5:35PM
The camera is a Super 35 cmos sensor shooting 4k with optional Ef or Pl mounts which will cost $15,000…and it's a
camcorder, not a dslr
People are saying that… it would certainly be historic for Canon, whose most expensive video camera to date was, what, $6k?
I think the XL H1s was around 8 or 9 grand when it first came out. But the XF305 is the most expensive atm.. $7500.
Ah yes, I was thinking of the later days of the XL1, when it had been around for years.
They have waited too long to replace that series. If this think is a mega sensor and still 1080/30i I will punch babies.
Paul on 09.16.11 @ 7:26PM
Given it opens with 'The story begins' – id say its a whole new line based on new imagers. So yes a 5DmkIII but also models to compete with the FS100, F3 and possibly even the Epic/scarlet – all with staggered release dates.
Also Koo dont forget Nikon was actually FIRST to the consumer / prosumer video party…and Im not talking the D90. Back in the 70′s they had two super 8 film cameras! So who knows, they may decide to jump on in to this party that's just getting started ;-)
Canon CEO on 09.17.11 @ 10:49AM
Hi I'm Canon CEO, I was wastin' some time you know, surfin' the web and I just saw that our little announcement got huge! I mean, we don't have nothing yet, but than you for all your speculations, now we know what to do :D
Canon CEO.
Thanks for stoping by to my little blog! ;)
i am definitely interested in this. i guess this is where they'll "right" all the "wrongs" of the 5D (which, make no mistake, i freaking love). But here's to hoping we don't get a 4k Super 35 camcorder for $15000 that only shoots in 30p and outputs a 480p signal from it's hdmi port. :) also, and i'll say this for the F65, if they could include a mechanical shutter that would be fantastic
BriceD on 09.22.11 @ 2:12AM
end of 2009 I remember that Canon said they have produce a 215 Millions pixel captor, it was a communication from their R&D department… Do you think they found the chips to let this become effective ?
I was about to buy a 60D but now i'm definitely waiting! ARRG!! :P
If it's $15,000 shooting 4K I'm not interested. RED came out like that and prices hang around $30-50K to get a workable rig. Nothing historic there. Maybe for Canon but not the video world.
It'd have to be something that would basically shut RED down and have DP's (IN HOLLYWOOD) wanting to switch from film and Indie wannabees tossing their cams by the wayside.
It could be a Light Field Camera. They capture full 3d, give the ability to choose your focal point and DOF after you take the photo, and also give some awesome exposure controls. Now that in a 'movie camera' would be pretty historic.


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Alumni Newsletter 2011-2012
UPDATES: From the Class of '53 to the Class of '10
Class of 1953:
Larry Lundgren, A.B. writes: "I put up front an Environmental Geology question to call attention to a situation in the United States that puzzles me. Pursuing this question during my annual six weeks in New England is one of my passions and the only one that is connected to the Geological Sciences. The question is phrased in what may seem to you, the reader, as odd language but try it.
THE QUESTION: If you are a homeowner I ask why in the world would you use oil-burner heating or natural-gas heating if a renewable energy alternative (specifically GSG see below) were available? (If you have read this question I would be most grateful for an Email-see blog address below, and blog has contact information).
Here is Perry Hall at Champlain College, heated and cooled entirely using Ground Source Geothermal (GSG). The photo is cropped so that the source well and return well are visible at the lower right and lower left corners of the photo. Water up, water down-that simple. The oil burner became extinct here.
In Sweden, where I have lived since retirement in 1996, the oil burner is extinct (as it became at Perry Hall) and natural gas was never significant. This extinction was brought about by the development of two technologies, one of which solves a basic American environmental geology problem and the other of which reduces the fossil-fuel demands one installation at a time.
The first system, perhaps the major source of space heating in every Swedish city, is based on the high-tech incineration of municipal waste to heat water that is then distributed to every dwelling in the city. The other system is Ground Source Geothermal (GSG) or bergvaerme in Swedish (rock heat). In my city the two systems function beautifully, with my house heated by the former and that of my neighbor by the latter.
If there is a copy of my long-extinct second edition of Environmental Geology around, you can read there about the first system. The environmental benefit is the end of the landfill as you Americans know it.To read about the Perry Hall system, go to my blog Only-neverinsweden.blogspot.com (November 23, 2010: Ground source geothermal or Why do Americans love oil burners? and July 23, 2010 Even in Burlington, Vermont). There you can see pictures of a system in operation.
I pursue this passion by writing countless letters to the New York Times, but for the Times and the President's advisers the only renewable energy sources are wind and solar. The Times will not publish. I also try to create a network of professionals in New England and that task has now been partly taken over by NEGP (Google and you will find). Where are Brown geologists on this frontier? Where is Brown?
I reported last year about another passion, running, so I need not say much about that here except to note that my Swedish-American daughter Annika and I will be running again in the same race reported last year, the Gothenburg Midnight Race (10 km starting at 22.00 h. She as a near elite runner starts in an early group and I as one of the two oldest among the 14,000 start in the last group an hour later). Here we are at Fairhaven, MA Father's Day Race 2011.
Three other passions are playing trumpet, working with and writing about refugees, and doing editing and translation for medical researchers at three leading medical schools. I beg anyone reading this who is near retirement to consider helping immigrants whether refugees or others. This work with people especially from Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea, and Lebanon has led me to research the strange American practice asking you to check a box indicating your "race". The most recent fruit of that research has been to be in contact with Ann Morning, author of the just published book The Nature of Race-How Scientists Think and Teach About Human Difference. My reviews are at amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. Very likely the next blog post also.
Please somebody, reply to my question about Ground Source Geothermal!"
Larry Lundgren
Geology, Class of 1953
Linkoeping, Sweden
Class of 1956:
Peter Rona, A.B. continues as professor of marine geology and geophysics at Rutgers University. With partners at Rutgers and at the Applied Physics Lab-University of Washington, he reports (Eos, volume 92, number 20, 17 May 2011, p. 169) their development of an innovative new Cable Operated Vent Imaging Sonar (COVIS) system that quantitatively images seafloor hydrothermal flow (photo attached), connection of the system to the NEPTUNE Canada seafloor cabled observatory in the Main Endeavour Field on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, and acquisition of spectacular time series imagesof black smoker plumes and surrounding diffuse flow. Peter is credited with leading the exploration and discovery in 1985 of the first black smokers, massive sulfide deposits and vent ecosystem found in the Atlantic Ocean. This discovery for the first time made all slow-spreading ocean ridges prospective for such hydrothermal systems. He is lead editor of AGU Geophysical Monograph 188, Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges, released at the December 2010 AGU Meeting, which reports the subsequent discovery of hydrothermal fields as he predicted on slow-spreading ocean ridges in the Atlantic, Indian and Arctic oceans. Photo: Peter Rona (right) with partners Vernon Miller and Russ Light (Applied Physics Lab-University of Washington) in front of their Cabled Observatory Vent Imaging Sonar (COVIS) on deck of R/V Thompson for the deployment cruise in September 2010.
Class of 1958:
Harold Taylor, A.B. Harold is the Task Force Chairman for ASTM WK31671 "Standard Practice for Calculating the Resource Depletion Potential for Mineral Commodities" for the E60 Sustainability Committee. Anybody who wants to join ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) and/or work on the document is welcome. Please contact Harold at firstname.lastname@example.com if interested.
Class of 1963:
Robert Salter, A.B. writes: "In late July and early August of this year I took a trip to Tanzania and Kenya to climb Mount Kilimanjaro (successful thank you very much) and view EARS (East African Rift System). (I) Have given a couple of talks about the trip, including one to the Daisy Mountain Geology & Rock Club, which four of us geologists and a lawyer from Boston formed about a year and a half ago. (I am) looking for someone to share a trip to Patagonia in early February to view the glaciers in Fitz Roy, the granite monoliths in Torres del Paine, visit Tierra del Fuego and Buenos Aires as well." Contact Bob at email@example.com if interested.
Class of 1964:
Tomas Feininger, Ph.D. In the summer of 2011 (August 17-31) Tomas led a field trip of 12 petrology students from Université Laval to Iceland. Knowing that Icelandic is the mother of all Scandinavian languages, he was optimistic (being fluent in Swedish). False hope! It turns out that linguistic ties across the North Atlantic have thinned markedly over the past millennium. Icelandic is largely unaltered, but Swedish has changed greatly, including a major language reform in 1905. Nevertheless, Tomas looks forward to putting his left foot on America, and his right one on Europe. More to follow in next year's Alumni Newsletter.
Class of 1965:
Bernard Boylan
Charles Shabica, A.B. See story by James Carew in the Class of 1966
Class of 1966:
James Carew, A.B. Jim has recently been involved in the development of a new natural history museum at the College of Charleston, mostly comprised of fossils from a local collector. They currently have about 3000 square feet of display space, plus a prep room/office. The fossil displays include Oligocene North American Mammals, Mosasaurs, Pleistocene Mammals of the Carolinas, Ocean Life through Time, Dinosaurs, Cave Bear, Crinoids, and a reconstructed "Megalodon" shark jaw using actual fossil teeth. Jim is the Director and Curator of the Museum. For his role in the development of the museum, in May 2011 he was given the College of Charleston School of Sciences and Mathematics second annual Noreen Noonan Award (given in honor of a former Dean of the School of Science and Math).
Also, this past year Charlie Shabica, A.B. 1965 and Jim became reunited when Jim learned that Charlie had opened a branch of his coastal geology company in Charleston. He visited the new museum, and as a result he is putting together a display (for Jim) of Mazon Creek fossils from the museum that is being decommissioned at Northeastern Illinois University (where he was a faculty member until his recent retirement). Charlie studied the Mazon Creek fauna for his PhD dissertation, and is co-editor of Richardson's Guide to The Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek.
Class of 1967:
Norman Smith, Ph.D. Norman received his MS in 1964 and PhD in 1967; Tim Mutch was his advisor for both degrees. Norman's subsequent career has been entirely academic: 1967-1998 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998-present at the University of Nebraska (retired 2010). Norman was a department chair for six years at each institution and now lives with his first and only wife, Judy, in Denton, NE, a few miles outside of Lincoln. Judy is a Rhode Island girl whom Norman first met while in grad school at Brown. Norman is a sedimentary geologist and geomorphologist. His field work over the years has been interesting and scattered around the globe (e.g. Antarctica, Alaska, Iceland, Philippines, India, South Africa (including the geologically famous Witwatersrand gold mines), Botswana, Guyana, Chile, New Zealand, and all over the USA and Canada. Norman will receive the SEPM Pettijohn Medal at the 2012 spring meeting in Long Beach, CA.
Class of 1972:
Walter Greenberg, A.B. Walter writes that he hadn't done anything Geophysically for many years until last year. Then for a week he worked in Frederick, Maryland doing a micro-gravity survey along Interstate 70 to check for sink holes before they redid some ramps. A few months later he did a small resistivity survey to check to see if some test wells were best located,to track ground water pollutants. Walter did this working for a friend of his, Andy Forrest, who has an environmental company out of Herndon, VA called Forrest Environmental. Non-geophysically, Walter has signed up for FEMA to help with disaster relief but has not been deployed yet due to some scheduling conflicts.
In other news, Walter says: "I recently went to Ireland which is beautiful and the people are extremely nicebut economically, it is not doing so well.To let you know how the mighty dollar has fallen, even in Ireland – which is just behind Greece and Portugal for money problems – it is, I would say, about 30 or 40 per cent more expensive than in Peoria, Illinois,where I live.Still, seeing the countryside dotted with Norman fortresses, and drinking and eating in pubsisn't allbad, eh?I went inside of King John's castle.This is the King John as in Richard the Lion-heart's brother that was forced to sign the Magna Carta. Also, Errol Flynn didn't care too much for him in Robin Hood! I kind of like Basil Rathbone, nonetheless."
Class of 1973:
Margaret Power, Sc.B. See story by Ken Jones in the Class of 1974
Robert Thunell, A.B. Bob was recently appointed Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences at the University of South Carolina. His son, Thomas (Brown, 2010), is working for EOS Climate in SanFrancisco, the world's leading producer of verified emission reductions from the destruction of ozone depleting substances.
Class of 1974:
Ken Jones, Ph.D. writes: "I have now completely retired from both science and motion pictures. Margie (Margie Power, Sc.B. 1973 ) is still a proposal manager usually working with clients in the aerospace industry. Our son, Chuck Jones, graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston last year. He is the bassist with the music group Dopapod and is currently touring up and down the East Coast.
Since my last update about two years ago, I have continued with my photographic explorations around the United States photographing "ghost signs" - the faded ads on old brick buildings. I have now photographed close to 3,000 signs in almost every state, including Rhode Island. It has been adventure to visit hundreds of towns - small and large - and meet as wide a variety of people as one can imagine. I am trying to photograph as many signs as quickly as possible since they are being over painted, torn down, and "restored" almost as fast as I can get to them.
Each of my final photographs consists of dozens to hundreds of individual digital photos stitched together to create a single image as though I am shooting the sign straight on. (The)signs are usually blocked by all sorts of foreground clutter such as utility poles and wires, as well as other buildings, I shoot from multiple camera positions and distort the images to appear straight on and remove the clutter. Because I shoot from multiple camera angles, I also need to replace the backgrounds behind the buildings as well. I have shot around 150,000 separate images that are combined into the 3,000 signs. The resulting high resolution allows me to print the photos at mural sizes and maintain the fine detail.
Besides being attractive, the signs are historically fascinating. This wonderful Mail Pouch Tobacco sign is in Cleveland, Ohio. It is in both English and the Czech language. It can be dated to 1898 thanks to an artist name and date at the bottom. It is nicely preserved because it was protected for most of its lifetime by another building, which abutted this building. One can see the tar line at the top of the roofing material from the now demolished building.
Some of the signs consist of many layers of sign upon sign, preserved because the old paint tended to stain the bricks, much like a tattoo. Unscrambling the multiple layers is sort of like stratigraphy, as in the Tom Moore Cigar sign in Hot Springs, Arkansas. One can also see ads for Coca Cola and Selz Shoes.
Some of the signs are in narrow alleys and passageways. I have worked out methods to shoot these signs using a camera on a pole that I can adjust to multiple heights to shoot swaths of images at each elevation. An example is the Harvard Cigar sign in Butte, Montana, with me at the bottom of the pole. In many cases, I am able to obtain access to private property and rooftops to photograph the signs.
If anyone is interested, many of the signs are on my website at drkenjones.com.
Most people don't include places like Hope, Arkansas, or Sprague, Washington, in their travel plans, but trust me, these towns are far more interesting than one would think. See the town, meet the people, spend money ......"
Class of 1975:
Ross Stein, Sc.B. see article composed by Ross in the class of 1988 section
Rich Thayer, Ph.D After 15 years in exploration and 20 years as an organization consultant with Shell, Rich Thayer [PhD-'75] has set up his own change management consultancy in Baltimore. He'd love to hear from you at email@example.com.
Class of 1976:
Joel Scheraga, A.B. Joel is the Senior Advisor for Climate Adaptation in the Office of the Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In January 2011, he was appointed the leader of EPA's efforts to develop and implement a Climate Change Adaptation Plan to ensure its programs, policies, regulations, and operations are effective even as the climate changes. As a result of Joel's initial efforts, EPA released its first-ever Policy Statement on Climate Change Adaptation on June 2, 2011. Joel also represents EPA on the Federal Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, established by Executive Order in October 2009 to develop recommendations for President Obama on how the nation might adapt to climate change impacts. The Task Force delivered its first report to President Obama in October 2010 outlining recommendations for how Federal Agency policies and programs can better prepare the United States to respond to the impacts of climate change.
In addition to these responsibilities, Joel was Lead Author of the Human Health chapter of the State of Maryland's Phase II Strategy for Reducing Maryland's Vulnerability to Climate Change, released in January 2011. He also was a member of a federal Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health that received a 2010 GreenGov Presidential Award. During a year-long effort, the group assessed the implications of climate change for human health and identified areas where further research was needed under 11 categories of disease, in addition to other health consequences that are occurring, or are likely to occur, as a result of climate change. The GreenGov Presidential Awards are given for outstanding efforts to promote and improve the goals of President Obama's Executive Order on "Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance."
Class of 1981:
Christina (Tina) Neal, Sc.B. writes "I am still employed by the USGS in Anchorage Alaska. I've been working as a volcanologist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory since 1990. Ilove living in this vast, spectacularnorthern state. This last year I have been part of a strategic planning team preparing a road map for USGS hazard science. I've enjoyed learning more about other parts of my agency and trying to articulate critical priorities for the future.
During a recentoffice cleaning; I have enjoyed leafing through "Dynamic Stratigraphy" and "Earth" textbooks from my Brown days - yes! - with scribbled notes that brought back memories of my discovery of geology in college. Whata thrill it was and how grateful I am to my professors and TAs and fellow students for sparking my love of thinking about the planet. How fun to see the now mostlydated pages on volcanism! Atthe time, listening toTim Mutch, Terry Tullis, Jim Head, Mac Rutherford, Jan Tullis, Paul Hess, Robley Matthews, I had no idea I would spend my life on the topic!"
Photo: summer 2011 at Brooks Camp, Katmai National Park, pointing to the 1912 Novarupta/Katmai ash horizon
Class of 1982:
Ruth Bernstein, Sc.B. On May 15, 2011, Ruth received her Doctorate, however, it was not in Geology, but in Management! During the past 5 years she returned to school. Ruth began by getting a Master's in Philanthropy and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management at Indiana University and then spent the last three years on her Doctorate at Case Western's Weatherhead School of Management. Ruth says she feels like a kid again; ready to take on the world, and sitting through her first interviews in years. Currently, she plans to teach Nonprofit Management at Seattle University and Pacific Lutheran University.
Class of 1984:
Michael Wysession, Sc.B. Michael has begun installing a 2-year seismic deployment in Madagascar. He has also been working this year as a leader for Earth and Space Science in the National Academy's efforts to createa new set of national K-12 science education standards.
Class of 1987:
John Humphrey, Ph.D. This is John's sixth year as Head of the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. He is co-PI on a very active research consortium (28 companies) focused on the Niobrara petroleum system, an unconventional hydrocarbon system in Rocky Mountain basins.
Student field trips, other fieldwork, and meetings and conferences in the past year took John to Indonesia, Morocco, Colorado, Cozumel, the Pyrenees, San Diego,
Kazakhstan (twice), and London. In summer 2011, John once again led a field program in the western Tian Shen mountains of south-central Kazakhstan, studying stratigraphic equivalents of the supergiant oil and gas fields of the Devonian-Caboniferous in the Precaspian Basin. Photo: Humphrey (center) teaching a group of Kazakh visitors aboutPaleozoic geology of the San Juan mountains, southwest Colorado.
Jeffrey Yuhas, Sc.B. Jeff has been teaching Earth Science and Physics at Concord-Carlisle High School for the past twelve years. During this time, he started Concord-Carlisle Weather Services (CCWS), a group that does forecasting for the local access TV station and the campus radio station, goes to the elementary schools to work with younger students, and has presented for three years running at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. The group took second place in the Student Chapter Poster contest last year in Seattle and will be presenting four more posters in January 2012 in New Orleans. All this by what are the only high school students attending the AMS Annual Meeting.
This fall, Jeff is co-teaching a Climate Policy seminar class. It is an evening class with twelve students from CCHS, Weston High School, Concord Academy, and Middlesex School. Jeff says the class has opened his eyes to the type of teaching that he would really love to do: small groups, engaging discussions about current issues, chances for him to learn a lot, and teaching a class that has real world implications. Unfortunately, these opportunities are rare in today's public high schools. AbovePhoto: Jeff and students in Seattle during their trip to the AMS Annual Meeting. The Olympic Mountains over Puget Sound in the background. The "CCWS" logo on the jackets stands for Concord-Carlisle Weather Service
Class of 1988:
Jian Lin, Ph.D. Article composed by Ross Stein, Sc.B. 1975 Jian Lin, Ross Stein and Shinji Toda (Kyoto Univ.) taught a short course on their earthquake interaction and deformation software, Coulomb 3.3, at Peking University on June 5. Although we have taught the course in several countries, this was our first effort in Jian's homeland. The classroom was filled to the gills with 85 participants, 20 over our absolute cutoff level because Jian could not say no to anyone. The 90° outside temperature and modest air conditioning system was no match for the combined heat output of the wall-to-wall bodies and laptops, but the students did not seem to notice. In fact, we had never held a class in which the students not only arrived early, but were back in their seats early after every break. I taught in English, and when Jian was not racing around to attend to individual student needs, he broke in to explain things to everyone in Chinese.
Teaching software is a lot like teaching a dance class: no one feels adept and everyone feels exposed to what they imagine is the withering view of others. But when it works, there is the pleasure of 85 people moving in unison, each supported by his neighbor, and all feeling a part of something larger than his or her own screen, like a well-rehearsed dance troupe.
What was remarkable was to watch Jian hold the class in the palm of his hand. He had them laughing and crying, always in rapt attention. Or course, I couldn't understand a word he was saying, but it must have been good because it felt more like a seance than software. At the end of the class, he asked for questions, and they pummeled him for an hour. Jian had created a course completion certificate that the three instructors had to sign individually (255 signatures!). I thought this was nuts, but it turned out to mean a great deal to the students. He has started a class blog, where he urged the students to get to know each other, share data and results, ask questions and build a community of co-explorers.
What I saw more than I could have appreciated before was Jian's intense desire to give back to China the gift he had received at Brown, and later, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where he works. He wants to enable Chinese scientists not just to learn—but to lead. And so he has hosted numerous Chinese post-docs, receives a mind-numbing number of Chinese delegations to WHOI, served as co-Chief Scientist on several Chinese research ships, and convinced China to join InterRidge when he chaired its program office and steering committee. China is now welcoming its accomplished ex-pat scientists back with open arms, creating new opportunities for collaboration and discovery.
Who would have thought, when Brown accepted Jian into the Geophysics PhD program shortly after the end of the horrific Cultural Revolution, that he and his cohort would end up leading his country back into the forefront of science and education. Photo: Jian Lin, Ross Stein, and Jian's colleague, Zhen Sun, at the Emperor's Summer Palace in Bejing
Class of 1991:
Daniel Britt, Ph.D. Daniel was elected Chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society. The DPS is the largest international professional society of planetary scientists. He was also elected a Fellow of the Meteoritical Society.
Scott Miller, Sc.B. Scott is an associate professor (watershed hydrology) at the University of Wyoming. Last year, he was named Chair of the MS and PhD programs in hydrology & water resources, which are cross-disciplinary grad programs. Scott has slowed down on international research aside from some small projects in Panama and Nepal while focusing more on regional hydrologic issues, including being part of a high performance computing consortium for hydrologic modeling of the upper Colorado River basin. This summer, he participated in a teacher training grant in which he worked with Wyoming elementary school teachers to build place-based learning about water into their curricula, which was very enjoyable and will hopefully build better links between the University with local schools. Scott's main research focus is on field-based hydrology in support of developing spatially explicit models of the fate and transport of water (www.uwyo.edu/sawls).
Class of 1992:
Betina Pavri, Sc.M. Betina hopes that everyone is doing well and writes "I have spent the past few years working on the integration and test of the science instruments on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover mission. Now that all of the instruments are integrated onto the rover, we have moved on to system-level testing to simulate "sols" on Mars. It's been a challenge, but we are looking forward to seeing the Rover explore Mars' Gale Crater starting in August of 2012. In family news, Randy continues his work on Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2, which will study the Earth's carbon cycle; our son Jason now has his driver's license and is starting to think about college. Best wishes to all!"
Class of 1994:
Edward Gonzalez, Sc.B. In May of 2010, Eddie's wife completed her seminary program in Berkeley, California. Over the summer, they made the move back to Washington, DC. Eddie has joined the education staff at National Audubon Society as manager of the TogetherGreen Conservation Fellowship program (www.togethergreen.org/fellows), a program that provides fellowships to leaders in conservation education to support their efforts to get more individuals involved in conservation.
Eddie was also recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL, www.appl.org), a DC-based non-profit that represents the non-profit partners of the state and federal land management agencies such as Park Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife, and Army Corps of Engineers. This is in addition to serving as Secretary of the North American Association for Environmental Education (www.naaee.org).
Eddie continues to scuba dive as often as he can and has increased his work in getting more youth engaged in marine conservation through scuba diving. He recently became a certified divemaster and plans on getting his dive instructor license at some point. Every March, Eddie helps chaperone a group of high school students to Roatan, Honduras for a week of diving and marine education. He has also started to volunteer with a group in Nashville, TN called the Tennessee Aquatic Project, a program that provides leadership skills to urban youth through scuba diving. Under a partnership with the National Park Service, their goal is to get the youth certified in NPS underwater archeology protocols to aid park staff researching and documenting wrecks located within park boundaries--especially the wreck of the Guerrero, a slave ship know to have sunk near Biscayne National Park. They are still waiting on our next big grant to get that program off the ground. Anyone wanting to help us out can contact Eddie directly.
After three amazing years in Berkeley, Eddie and his family have settled in Falls Church, VA. He can be reached at 703-868-2333 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Above Photo: Eddie, wife Betsy and daughter Ruby, Halloween 2010
Class of 1996:
Charles Magee, Sc.B. Chuck is still working as a geochemist for Australian Scientific Instruments.
Thisinvolvesbuilding,commissioning, and running the SHRIMP mass spectrometer. The travel and communications part of the job is also challenging; Chuck gave his first talk at a Chinese-language geological conference in 2011. Chuck invites anyone at an instrumentation-poor institution who wants access to one of his institution's instruments to email him at email@example.com. He hopes to make the AGU meeting this year.
Class of 1998:
Matthew Fouch,Ph.D. and Michelle Minitti (Ph.D. 2001) recently relocated to the Washington, DC area for Matt's new position as a staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Michelle is looking forward to exploring Mars via the Mars Science Laboratory mission, on which she is a Co-Investigator on the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) science team. Kids Sydney (6) and Zachary (2) (pictured with Michelle and a model of the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, at the Air and Space Museum) are enjoying riding the Metro and visiting all the great Smithsonian museums.
Class of 2000:
Emily Lakdawalla, Sc.M. In November, Emily has the cover articles in both
Sky & Telescope and The Planetary Report, both of them about the
Curiosity rover. They're complementary; the Sky & Tel one details the
capabilities of the rover, and the Planetary Report one talks about
the landing site and what the mission will look like there.
Class of 2001:
Michelle Minitti, Ph.D See story in Class of 1998
Lauren Vigliotti (graduated under the name Lauren Wincze), Sc.M. Lauren writes: "Since earning my Master's in 2001, working with Tim Herbert, I pursued a career in environmental consulting. I found a great fit at Woodard & Curran, Inc. in Dedham, MA, via Brown's career fair. After four years of interesting work, I longed for a change of scenery, specifically, the San Francisco Bay Area. Fortunately, during the prosperous economy of 2006, I was able to find a position with ease. I continued to work in the environmental consulting field and eventually realized (after nine years) that I wanted to continue my education and pursue a PhD. I am very excited to be starting as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Hydrologic Sciences program at the Desert Research Institute/University of Nevada - Reno. I will be working on ice core and atmospheric chemistry with a focus on global climate change. Reno is a gorgeous place and I am thrilled to be a part of the the lively culture of the Desert Research Institute!"
To stay in contact, or to reconnect with Lauren, email her at email@example.com
Class of 2005:
Sarah Milkovich, Ph.D. Sarah's son, Marko Milkovich Sekanina, was born on April 8, 2011. The whole family is doing well. Sarah is back at work at JPL, working on science operations for the Cassini and MRO spacecraft.
Matthew St. Peter, A.B. Currently, Matthew is in his final six months of medical school at George Washington University. He is applying to Emergency Medicine residency programs and has been invited to interview at Brown in December! Matthew has also applied all over the U.S. but keeping his fingers crossed that maybe he will be back in Providence again for residency.
Class of 2006:
Brian Yellen, Sc.B. writes: "Marcie and I are settling into Western Massachusetts. I am working at a geothermal energy company in Northampton and I am very passionate about geothermal. I also recently had the opportunity to do some post-Hurricane Irene geomorph work in off-channel ponds along the Connecticut River with Jon Woodruff. It looks like the sediment inputs from Irene far exceed those of typical spring floods, even though peak discharge from Irene was similar to that of spring floods."
Class of 2008:
Corinne Myers, Sc.M. Cori is pleased to announce that in February 2011 she married her long-time boyfriend, Mike Andersen.
Class of 2009:
Marc Mayes, Sc.B. has been studying land use impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry in south-central Turkey. He has researched satellite remote sensing methods for mapping arid agricultural landscapes, and methods for using geospatial data to inform sampling and study of soil properties at landscape-wide (500 km2) spatial scales. During summer 2010, he organized a field season in the Konya Basin, a region cultivated in some places since 7500 BCE, to collect soil samples to study if and how long-term agriculture and range land use practices have affected soil carbon and nitrogen stocks differently across different soil parent materials. While pursuing this work for his M.S. thesis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he has enjoyed interacting with other professors and graduate students at Cukurova University (Adana, Turkey) and Wagenigren University (Wagenigren, The Netherlands). Marc graduated with his M.S. from the Environment and Resources program in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies (UW-Madison) in August 2011. He will began work on his his PhD in Geological Sciences in the Brown/MBL program in September 2011.
Above Photo: Marc Mayes and M. Akif Erdogan sampling volcanic soils in the Konya Basin, Turkey, August 2010
Marc Mayes recovering a bulk density core on lacustrine soil terrain in the Konya Basin, TR, August 2010.
Class of 2010:
Bethany Ehlmann, Ph.D. Bethany is an Assistant Professor of Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology.
Tyler Lucero, A.B. In August 2011, Tyler completed the Master's program in Science Education at the University of Rochester. After a year student-teaching in the Rochester City School District, Tyler has a new job as aseventh gradescience teacher at Rochester Academy Charter School in Rochester, NY.

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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Friends and relatives said their goodbyes to the Louisville mother killed by a driver fleeing from police.
Last Tuesday police said they were conducting a drug investigation on 14 street when the driver of a white Chevy Silverado fled from the scene.
Officers said the truck ran the stop sign at 39th and Kentucky Streets killing Stephanie Melson, 31.
Joseph Johnson, 63, is now charged with her murder.
Melson had just left the daycare where she worked to get some lunch when the truck crashed into her red Pontiac.
Melson's funeral was held on Tuesday. She leaves behind three children.
Police said Johnson suffered only minor injuries.
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HOUSEHOLDERS in the New Forest are turning to wood fuel to escape rising fuel costs.
The Government is expected to expand renewable heat incentives (RHI) to domestic households to promote conversion to wood fuel boilers this summer.
And as part of this scheme, average sized households with biomass boilers or solar thermal panels could receive tariffs worth about £1,400 a year for up to 20 years for the hot water and heat they generate and use themselves.
Liz Rolfs and her husband Bill Peach have been living in their newly built green home, complete with biomass boiler, in the Forest since December 2012.
Mrs Rolfs said: "Our main motivation was environmental. We wanted to generate our own power. We didn't want to depend on the national grid and be at the mercy of price hikes from the power companies."
Georgie Watson, from the New Forest Land Advice Service, which is promoting the use of biomass boilers, said: "As fuel prices continue to rise, wood fuel in the New Forest is a real and sustainable alternative. Biomass boilers are a renewable, low carbon energy source and after the initial installation costs are a cheaper alternative to many other fuels.
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Shooto promoter Sustain today released the complete fight card and bout order for "The Way of Shooto 6: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon," which takes place this Friday, Nov. 19, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
The Way of SHOOTO 3: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon Quick Results Shooto World 143-Pound Championship Bout: Hatsu Hioki (21-4-2) def. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (18-4) via split decision (30-27, 29-30, 30-27) Shooto World 154-Pound Championship Bout: Willamy "Chiquerim" Freire (16-2) def. Yusuke Endo (13-4-2) via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-27) Shooto World 123-Pound Championship Bout: Yasuhiro Urushitani (17-4-6) def. Ryuichi Miki (10-4-3) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-28, 30-28) "Moon Wolf" Rumina Sato (26-14-2) def. Ryota "The Shooto Junkie" Matsune (15-2-1) via TKO (knee and punches) R2 0:21 Masakatsu Ueda (11-1-2) def. Akitoshi Tamura (14-9-2) via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-27, 30-28) Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (9-2) def. Hiromasa Ogikubo (6-2-2) via submission (rear-naked choke) R3 1:21 Kotetsu Boku (17-6-2) def. Yoshihiro Koyama (14-4-1) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Shintaro Ishiwatari (7-3-3) def. Wataru Miki (16-10-3) via majority decision (19-19, 20-18, 20-18) HT: Sherdog Live Chat Photo via Sherdog.com
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The Extreme Cinematography of Brain Farm's Snowboarding Epic 'The Art of FLIGHT'
Surf, ski, and snowboard films frequently make use of slow motion to emphasize the effects of gravity (or lack thereof). One could easily think "it's all been done" when it comes to snowboarders catching air in slow motion. But Brain Farm Cinema's forthcoming feature The Art of FLIGHT, filmed at snow-dusted locations the world around, should cause even jaded jaws to drop:
The film's not out until September, so I'm not entirely sure which cameras it was shot on, but Brain Farm lists their cameras as the CineFlex HD, RED, Panasonic AJ-HPX3700, and Phantom HD Gold. As seen in the video, they also use a Canon 1D, and the POV helmet shots were recorded on something similar to a GoPro. To capture such extreme angles, they use a number of specialty vehicles, though it looks like this time out they relied primarily on choppers. Presumably they also put to work a plugin such as Twixtor to aid in the slow-mo-ification of feats for which mere mortal need not apply. More on the film itself:
The Art of FLIGHT follows Travis Rice, John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Scotty Lago, Jake Blauvelt, Nicolas Muller, Gigi Ruf, DCP and Pat Moore as they dream up new global adventures and progress the sport to unimaginable levels. Brain Farm has gathered an arsenal of the most advanced and progressive film making technology to bring the masses a snowboarding adventure of epic proportions. Filmed on location in Jackson Hole, Alaska, Chile, Aspen, Patagonia, British Columbia and more, FLIGHT brings the viewer along for the perfect blend of adventure/travel drama and high-energy snowboarding action. The Art of FLIGHT releases September 2011.
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Stunning…as much for the snowboarding and cinematography as for the editing. Did you notice, though, that they show a lot of snowboarders flying through the air, but nearly none (none, perhaps?) actually landing?!
Actually, having landed the trick is quite an important factor to see for a snowboarder when someone pulls off a cool trick.
So, as a snowboarder, if you get to see something as awesome as this but without the landing – you will wait eagerly to see the finished stuff when you can see the trick AND the landing. So, I think not showing the landing is merely a method of getting snowboarders to want to wait for the film to be released :)
I'm not sure I'd need Twixtor if I were shooting with the Phantom Gold. However, I'm sure they didn't shoot EVERYTHING with that camera so maybe there is some slow-mo trickery.
I can't wait until speeds above 120fps in HD are affordable for the masses. As far as I know, RED is the cheapest camera that can do this – am I wrong?
I think there are a number of consumer cams that can shoot faster — but they do so in reduced-resolution mode (640×480 VGA, for example).
Twixtor is cool. I use it for skydiving videos I shoot with DSLR.
Gotta have clean background though. Otherwise, too many artifacts show up.
one of the best snowboard-movies i have ever seen. awesome pictures, the best riders in the world and a lot of action in great landscapes…and there is a special feeling when you watch it, which no other movie gives… and the music become the sound of the next winter! a complete playlist i`ve found at this site: http://www.sportpantoffel.de/detail.php?ident=snowboard_gHkl00911


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Tuesday around 11:30 p.m., a father was driving with his 21-year-old son. The son began fighting with his father behind the wheel and the man pulled off the freeway where Interstate 5 intersects with Clairemont Drive.
A passing officer stopped to help thinking there was a traffic accident. That's when the 21-year-old began fighting with the officer and cut his hand.
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The 2012 corn crop continues to shrink. Farmer and market expert Jerry Gulke says his own crop is nearly deteriorating in front of his eyes.
"I went out in my fields this week," says the president of the Gulke Group. "It was one of my fields that if you drove by it, you'd ask: what drought?"
He chose a random row and picked 10 cobs. The results weren't pretty. Half of the cobs were only half-filled with kernels.
"If I get 70 bushels to the acre, I'll be happy. There were enough stalks there for 200 bushels or more, until June's weather hit."
The depressing yield situation Gulke is seeing in his fields, is common across the country. So common, that Informa Economics drastically chopped their corn yield estimate on Friday. Its corn yield projection is now 120.7 bu./acre. However, the firm's is expecting a final national average yield of 131 bu./acre.
"The market tried to trade Informa's corn yield estimate on Friday. We were up about 21 cents in corn and closed above $8."
On Friday, Aug. 10, USDA will release its first survey-based estimates for corn and soybeans. Currently USDA's national corn yield average is currently 146 bu./acre. If they drop it down to the mid-120s like Informa, Gulke says we have a demand nightmare on our hands.
He says reducing feed needs, ethanol use and exports down to make Informa's 120 estimate pencil out looks like an almost impossible job.
Gulke says on a recent CNBC segment, it was reported it takes 3 lbs. of corn to put a 1 lb. of gain on a hog, 5 lbs. of corn to put 1 lb. on a cow and about five times as much to make a gallon of ethanol. "There's going to be a real push out there to do something about ethanol."
The general public, Gulke believes, is not going to want to see meat and food prices increase, at the expense of ethanol.
"If we allow ethanol to kill the livestock market, then we'll have to buy our demand back. It has some repercussions for quite awhile. I don't know how we solve this in the short-run, but I think we need to keep the pipeline flowing for the animals."
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Hopefully I've converted some of you into crazy chicken people. If so, you're probably balancing stacks of egg cartons in your fridge now and wondering just what you're going to do with all of those eggs. It is, after all, the golden time for egg production–for my chickens, at least–when none of them are molting and it's not yet hot enough to slow them down.
Besides giving away the extras to some very, very appreciative friends, what else can you do with all of those eggs? Don't despair and don't let them go to waste–here are my tried and true recipes for using up massive amounts of eggs in delicious ways for any meal of the day.
Spinach, Mushroom, and Feta Crustless Quiche from Budget Bytes
Obviously, quiches and frittatas are guaranteed a spot on this list (though, make sure and get yourself a cast iron before even attempting one–that's an order!).
This one, by Beth at Budget Bytes, transcends the normal quiche by incorporating some healthy veggies with feta. When it comes to eggs, I've realized you can't go wrong when there's feta involved (see next recipe), at least most of the time (see last recipe).
Average meal for four uses four eggs.
Shakshuka from Smitten Kitchen
I need to write a post about how much I adore Deb from Smitten Kitchen, but suffice it to say that any time I have a new ingredient or am not sure what to cook for dinner, I go to her blog or cookbook (!!) first.
Shakshuka, an Israeli dish of poached eggs in tomato sauce with feta, may not immediately sound amazing (it's why I didn't try it for years), but Deb never leads me wrong. The eggs are a triumph here, poached to your liking and the feta ties it together into an amazing savory blend that is delicious on warm pita.
For a super fast, mid-week lunch, I throw two cans of Rotel in a small saucepan, heat it up, and throw in two eggs for a protein-rich fast lunch.
Average meal for four uses eight to ten eggs.
Salted Butter Caramel Ice Cream Recipe from David Lebovitz
I lie. This recipe is not tried and true, mostly because I just stumbled across it while researching this post. We have, however, made Lebovitz's vanilla ice cream and it is absolutely superb with the rich, silky creaminess I demand out of my ice cream. This one promises to be so much better.
I mean, salted butter and caramel and heavy cream…? I'm afraid the ladies won't be able to keep up with egg demands when we start making this in the summer. Or, you know, right this instant, temperature be damned.
Average batch uses five to eight egg yolks (use up to eight for a richer custard).
Of course, if all else fails and these recipes seem like too much work, you can always go for one of Rebecca's favorite dishes. What are your favorite recipes for using up large amounts of eggs?
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The Hurricanes decided to double dip on defensemen with theird second and third picks in the fourth round of this year's draft by selecting Jaccob Slavim from the Chicago Steel of the USHL. Slavin led all Steel defensemen in points last season with 30 in 60 games and he ranked third on the team in +/- with a +6 rating. He is committed to Colorado College and will be playing there next season.
Slavin is described as a two-way defenseman with solid puck-moving skills and good vision. He turned 18 last month and possesses a very strong frame at 6'2″ and 170 lbs. He might need to gain a few pounds before he can be more effective physically but the scouts have said that his defensive game is very polished and well-rounded. It's always tough to project defensemen like this because they can either go one way or another. Sometimes their point totals dry up as they get into tougher leagues and other times they will turn into more one-dimensional players. We will learn more about Slavin and where he stands by this time next year after he has a year of college hockey under his belt.
Those who have followed him in the USHL have some promising things to say about him.
Bill Placzek at The Draft Site
A developmental two way defender who is gaining confidence and strength and a bit of physicality. Calm and smart with the puck, and is a good outlet passer. Carries the puck and has stick-handling abilities and soft hands. Good on the point shot. His skating must improve as does his gap control.
Shoots left. Has been doing nothing but improving since last year and may very well prove to become the dark-horse of this year's NHL Draft. Holds intellect and savvy with the puck and continues to be one of finest defenseman in the USHL. Has become a calm and collected presence across the sheet. Keeps his head-up, reads the play and knows his options before it is time to act. Not mistake free but can always be relied upon to give consistent, honest and simple effort.
Has a smooth and powerful stride. Quick first set of steps and can explode to the puck. Poor backwards skating ability and lacks lateral mobility, which makes it hard to close his gaps properly.
Smart and has tailored his game to make up for his skating deficiency. Pro-active and positions himself well from the start and waits for the puck carrier to make the first move. Is uncanny with getting his stick on the puck to fend off the rush and keep the play to the outside. Does overextend his reach at times though which throws him off balance and causes him to become caught standing still, and not being able to use his size or strength in a second effort. Is not prone to hearing footsteps and remains composed with the puck when under pressure. Huge on-ice awareness and does a good job jamming up lanes and leaving his net-minder a clear view of the puck. Supports his defensive partner very well.
Outstanding vision with the puck and has a nifty pair of mitts. Poised and waits for passing lanes to emerge. Effective at getting crisp, low passes towards the net from atop the blue line but needs to open it up a bit and shoot the puck more. Is the trusted eye on the power play to lead the breakout from the zone. Owns a soft touch with the puck and can distribute it like a pro.
Two-way defenseman that is committed to Colorado College. Is just now coming into his own with an upgradeable frame, high learning curve and severe vision with the puck, all of which will make him extremely intriguing come draft day.
Slavin sounds like most prospects of his age; very skilled in a lot of areas but he has a few things he needs to work on and it looks like skating is one of his key flaws. That could keep him from becoming a good offensive defenseman at the NHL level but he was only 17 this year so it's not like he can't get better. Like I said earlier, we will have a better idea of Slavin as a player in another year or so when he develops. As of right now he doesn't look like anything spectacular but he could be a fine two-way defenseman if he develops well enough. Much has been said about his work ethic so that could be a sign of good things in the future, even if he doesn't project to be more than an AHL-er.


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I. Introduction
Theorycrafting Tools
While talking about skills can be useful, sometimes you need to crunch the numbers to see what wins out. This is where these tools can come in, to help you find out what gear is better for you. As far as I know there is no Holy Paladin spreadsheet updated for 3.0, but if there is please let me know and I'll include. Besides that there is Rawr, the Healadin module isn't fully updated for 3.0 (just models FoL/HL cycle), but it should be by the time people hit 80.
There are many acronyms in WoW, and Paladins are doing there part to keep that true. For the new Paladins out there this is to help you not be totally confused while reading posts.
- HL: Holy Light
- FoL: Flash of Light
- BoL: Beacon of Light. Was formerly Blessing of Light, but that spell no longer exists.
- HS: Holy Shock.
- DF: Divine Favor.
- DI: Divine Illumination. For the purposes of this thread, it doesn't refer to Divine Intervention.
- AW: Avenging Wrath
- IoL: Infusion of Light.
- LG: Light's Grace
- JotP: Judgement of the Pure
- JoL: Judgement of Light
- JoW: Judgement of Wisdom
- SS: Sacred Shield.
- BoK: Blessing of Kings
- BoW: Blessing of Wisdom
- Mp5: Mana per 5 sec.
- SP: Spell Power
- 5SR: 5 second rule.
- CD: Cooldown.
- ICD: Internal Cooldown.
- HPS: Healing per second.
- HPM: Healing per mana.
- WWS: WoW Web Stats.
- OOM: Out of mana.
Assumed Raid Buffs
With the changes to buffs so that they are almost all raid wide, it is safe to assume during discussion you will have these buffs (unless otherwise stated).
- 5% Spell Haste, from Wrath of Air totem.
- 3% Spell Haste, from Sanctified Retribution or Imp Moonkin Aura.
- 5% Spell Crit, from Moonkin Aura or Elemental Oath.
- 144 Spell Power increase from Flame Tongue, or 280 from Totem of Wrath.
- 0.25% max mana per sec, from Replenishment, with 90% uptime.
- 10% increase to stats with Blessing of Kings.
- 91mp5 from Blessing of Wisdom, or 109mp5 with Imp BoW.
- 97 Intellect, from Arcane Intellect and Mark of the Wild.
II. Stats
For each stat I will try to demonstrate what 100 items points gives, which is equivalent to 5 epic quality Northrend gems. For most stats 1 item point is equal to 1 point in the stat. The exceptions are Spell Power (1 item point = 1.166 sp), Mp5 (1 item point = 0.4mp5) and Stamina (1 item point = 1.5 stamina).
While this won't increase how much healing you do directly, a dead healer is not doing any healing. You won't need stamina for all fights though, but if you are going to get a piece with low (or no) stamina I would recommend keeping a set of gear around that has higher stamina. So you can throw them on for fights with heavy AoE damage. For 100 item points you get 150, which with BoK becomes 1650 health.
Intellect has received a HUGE boost with WotLK mechanics, and is now one of the best (if not the best) stat for Holy Paladins. Let me list what 100 Intellect gives you:
- 126.5 Intellect, with BoK and Divine Intellect
- 1897 Mana at the start of the fight
- 39.5mp5 from Divine Plea, if its used on CD.
- 21.3mp5 from Replenishment, with 90% uptime.
- 4.7mp5 from Arcane Torrent, if you are a Blood Elf.
- 25.3 Spell Power
- 0.759% Spell Crit
This gives you a lot of mana, which lets you cast a lot more Holy Lights and be more liberal in using them.
Despite being told while WotLK was still in its initial phases that they wanted to make spirit good for all healers, nothing ended up getting changed. Spirit still is as crappy as ever for Paladins, you are never out of the 5SR to gain any mana from it. 100 spirit gives you nothing .
Spell Power
Increases how much healing your spells do at a rate dependent on each spell, exact values are given in the spells section. FoL scales really well with Spell Power because it has a low mana cost, but gets more benefit from Spell Power then most 1.5sec spells. So once you get to higher gear levels its low amount of base healing won't really matter, since 75% of the healing it does is from Spell Power. 100 Item points gives you 120 Spell Power, which increases each FoL by 134, and HL by 223.
Critical Strike Rating
Critical Heals end up healing for 50% more and cost 60% less mana, and 100 Spell Crit gives +2.17% crit rate at 80. Crit scale really well, but it starts out not being that great compared to other stats. This graph shows you how much effective mana is gained when you add 1% crit at varying initial crit rates. As you can see crit scales geometrically with itself, because you spend the extra mana from crit heals casting more heals which can crit. So going from 48% to 49% crit gives you twice as much mana as going from 0% to 1% crit. It also scales with how big your effective mana pool is.
While Crit Rating is good, especially at high gear levels, Intellect gives you 1/3 of the amount of Crit for the same item points while also giving you all the additional mana.
Haste Rating
Increases how fast your heals cast, but they cost the same amount of healing per mana. 10% Spell Haste does not mean your spells cast 10% faster, rather it means in a given time period you will cast 10% more spells. So the cast time after haste is calculated by (Base Cast Time)/(1 + Spell Haste). Some people like it because it allows them to react to damage faster. Personally though I think 23% passive haste we get from buffs is enough, and stats are better spent elsewhere. 100 Spell Haste at 80 will give you 3% haste.
Mana per 5 sec
Gives you the specified amount of mana over 5 seconds, wether or not you have been casting a spell. This stat is pretty crappy now, with Divine Plea intellect is better then it in every single way by far. 100 item points will give you 40mp5, which is 2880 mana over 6 minutes.
III. Abilities
Holy Paladins are no longer restricted to just casting two spells in combat. We got a few new good ones, and some old ones are now worth using. At level 80 a Paladin has 4394 base mana, which is a 48% increase over level 70. This is a brief run down of all the skills.
Flash of Light
This is your bread and butter heal that every class wish they had. It receives 113% of spell power per cast, if you have Healing Light. This was buffed by 25% with WotLK, so it scales even better with +healing now. This scales exceedingly well with spell power, since it has such a low mana cost for its coefficient. Typically you will be spamming this spell on the Tank (or the Raid) waiting for enough damage to be taken to use your mana on a Holy Light or Holy Shock.
Holy Light
This is your spell you use when things start to get hairy and you need to pump out the healing. Holy Light receives 188.5% of spell power per cast if you have Healing Light, which was also buffed by 25% with WotLK. This is one of the most expensive healing spells in the game, but it is also strongest single target spell. Generally when the tank health dips low or predictable burst is about to come you switch over to Holy Light to pick up on the healing. This is where a lot of the power of the Holy Paladin comes in, being able to spam efficient stream Healing (FoL) and then being able to power through the hard spots with Holy Light at a moments notice.
Holy Shock
Yay! This spell has sucked for so long, it used to only deal damage, and now it is finally a good healing spell. This spell got greatly improved in WotLK, to heal for a lot more, have a 40 yd range as a heal (finally), and a 6 sec cooldown. Along with Infusion of Light, which makes it so whenever you crit with Holy Shock, your next FoL is instant or your next Holy Light is 1 sec shorter cast time. It receives 90.5% of spell power per spell casting, if you have Healing Light. This is great a spell to use when you are moving and can't cast anything else, or the tank took a huge burst and they will likely die before you can get a Holy Light off. It is around as efficient as Holy Light, so I wouldn't use it in place of FoL if you don't need the extra hps or an instant heal.
Beacon of Light
This is the spell that we were given to help us deal with being able to heal multiple targets at the same time. This is no CoH or Chain Heal, but its not meant to be. It can be much better, or it can be worse, it depends on the situation. This only takes into account effective heals, so if you heal someone for 4k, but they are only down 3k then the BoL will get healed for 3k. A common complaint of it is that it can't be relied on because of overheals not providing any healing. It also only works on Paladin healing abilities, so if you have a trinket (or something else) that heals then that won't proc BoL. If you place the Beacon on tank and go to raid heal you will need to watch the tanks health still and be ready to toss Holy Lights on him when needed. It can be a huge mana sink to keep it up, but it can be very worth in a lot of situations. But don't feel like you need to have 100% uptime on it, sometimes it just won't be effective when you only have 1 target that can use heals.
A perfect example of using it while tank healing is in Illidan Phase 2. While you can't rely on it to keep the tank you are healing alive, you can use it to greatly help the other tank stay alive. So at the start of P2 I will cast it on the tank the I am not healing, and then just heal my tank as normal. Let me tell you, getting a 1.7sec 10k Holy Light crit (with AW) that heals my tank, and then heals the Beacon for 10k is amazingly awesome.
Sacred Shield
First I will clarify how SS works, when you cast the spell on someone they gain a 30 second buff. Nothing happens until the target takes damage, when they do they will take the full amount, but will gain a second buff. This new buff will absorb the next 500 + 75% of your Spell Power damage and then expire, while it is active it will also increase the crit rate of FoL by 50%. This 2nd buff lasts a maximum of 6 seconds, and can only occur every 6 seconds.
This is most effective on Tanks since they take damage often, but can also be useful on group members if you know they are going to be taking damage more often then every 6 seconds. I am excited for this spell, and it will help smooth out burst on the tank. I'll talk more about it when I had some time to play with it.
Avenging Wrath
With WotLK this now effects healing, but is reduced to a 20% increase. One disappointing fact, that I hope they change, is that using this spell still incurs a 1sec GCD. Which is abnormal for spells that just buff effectiveness of other abilities. It still causes Forbearance (now 2mins), so you should be careful while using it on some fights.
Divine Plea
This spell gives an insane amount of mana back, and makes Intellect an amazing stat. You do lose healing output so you might not want to just spam it. This will require more actual in game use once WotLK goes live to discuss it more. Especially how viable it is to spam on cooldown, which will likely vary a lot fight to fight.
Divine Favor
This is unchanged with WotLK, but with IoL it warrants no longer being relegated to just a HL macro. Saving it to use with HS for when the tank gets a big burst, for a combo with HL, can be very useful.
Divine Illumination
Nothing really changed with DI, try to save it for when you are going to be casting a lot of Holy Lights or have to renew BoL. But, don't let it sit off cooldown for too long.
Lay on Hands
Is significantly better to use in fights now, since it no longer drains all of your remaining mana. Its uses are pretty obvious, save it for when the tank gets a huge burst and will likely die before a cast time spell reaches him. If you cast this on yourself with Glyph of Divinity and Glyph of Lay on Hands you will get 4680 mana back. Which is a substantial amount mana if you won't need to use it on the tank.
Judgement of Wisdom/Judgement of Light
With Crusader Strike no longer refreshing Judgements and JotP, a Holy Paladin needs to actually judge on a regular basis. There are two main different strategies you can use for judging, you can either be trying to keep a 100% JotP uptime, or to keep 100% uptime on the Judgement debuff. It costs 3 GCDs per 2 min to keep JotP up, and 7 GCDs per 2 min to keep JotP and Judgement debuff up. Either way though with 15% extra haste you will be able to get more total healing spells out even after "wasting" 7 GCDs.
JoL was also buffed with WotLK and is definitely worth keeping up, but it scales significantly better with AP then SP. So if you have a Ret or Prot pally in the raid it is better for them to do JoL and you do JoW. Conversely though the Ret/Prot Pally will have a much more reliable uptime on there Judgement, since sometimes you just can't spare the global, and some classes are dependent on 100% JoW uptime for their DPS cycle. So if you can't guarantee to keep up JoW, it might be better for you to do your weaker JoL.
Hand of Sacrifice
The new version of this spell for WotLK is now very useful for PvE. A good button to use to help keep your tank alive when he gets some burst on him. Be careful though, the tank can take a lot of damage which will the be transfered to you. If your tank has BoL on him, it can be useful to just heal yourself while HoS is active so you don't die.
Hand of Protection
Nothing new with this for WotLK besides a new name. Its good to use on someone when they pull aggro. Can also be used on tanks in some fights when you need to force a tank transition.
Hand of Salvation
This now gives 20% threat reduction over its duration. A dps will likely call for you to use it on them when they are close to pulling aggro.
IV. Gear
Most of the individual stats are discussed in the stats section. So this section is going to more geared for abnormal stats on items like meta gems, librams, and trinkets.
While there will always be one stat that is the best for you, that doesn't mean you should stack it with little concern for the cost. The more of a stat is on the item, the more items points it takes per stat point. For example, one item could have 10 intellect, or it could 8 intellect and 7 crit rating, while being the same item level. So it is in your best interest most of the time to have items with balanced stats, and use gems to stack a stat since they are exempt from this rule. Sometimes balanced items won't always be the best, or the distribution of stats on another item could be better, but in the general case balanced items are better.
Meta Gems
WotLK added a lot of new options for meta gems to choose from. This section isn't finished yet, and I'll provide more complete comparisons between them later.
Insightful Earthsiege Diamond
5% chance to restore 600 mana with a 15 second ICD. It is approximately 50mp5, but its worth depends on your ratio of HL to FoL.
Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond
This is an interesting new meta, that can be a large healing increase.
Ember Skyflare Diamond
This probably surpasses Insightful in mana regen. I will run the numbers on this at various 80 gear levels, once I have an idea of what they are.
Beaming Earthsiege Diamond
Similar to Ember, but you miss out from the extra crit and spell power that is gained from Intellect.
Deadly Gladiator's Libram of Justice
This is will most likely be the best Libram when you get to 80, because with lower gear levels you will be mostly spamming FoL. If you can't obtain the rating for Deadly, they have a similar ones for the other Gladiator sets.
Libram of Renewal
Once you start Holy Lighting more this will be a huge increase in output. It reduces the cost of your Holy Light spell by almost 10%, it might even be better than the Gladiators in Naxxramas.
Libram of Tolerance
This libram seems decent, but I don't see any situation where I would use it over Renewal. Since I can use the 113 mana I saved on a Holy Light to do a lot more than 141 healing.
Just a list for now, I'll add some discussion for them later.
[Living Ice Crystals]
[Forethought Talisman]
[Illustration of the Dragon Soul]
[Soul of the Dead]
[Darkmoon Card: Illusion]
[Embrace of the Spider]
[Je'Tze's Bell]
[The Egg of Mortal Essence]
[Forge Ember]
[Figurine - Sapphire Owl]
[Soul Preserver]
V. Glyphs
Personally at 80 I am going to use Holy Light, Divinity, and Seal of Wisdom for my Major Glyphs. Here are all of the options you have currently.
Glyph of Holy Light
With 3.0.3 this Glyph got change, so the initial target of the heal can no longer get a proc from the Glyph, and how much it procs for is different. If your heal doesn't crit, it will proc off of effective healing amount if its less then 50% overheal, otherwise it will proc off total amount. If it does crit, it will proc off of effective healing amount if its less then 66% overheal, other wise it will proc off total amount. While it isn't as good as it used to be, it can still do some decent healing, and there is no better option available.
Glyph of Flash of Light
Personally I would never use this Glyph, even if I had a free slot with nothing else to use. It totally goes against the purpose of FoL, which is its spammability. Most of the time you are casting FoL on just one target, so how much direct healing you lose is no where near made up by the HoT.
Glyph of Seal of Wisdom/Glyph of Seal of Light
Both really good glyphs, especially since you will be keeping a Seal up anyway for JotP. I am going to go for SoW, because our mana pool isn't what it used to be, it works well with Glyph of the Wise, and sneaking it some auto attacks with SoW up during a lull in the fight can be some massive mana return.
Glyph of Divinity
A good Glyph with no downside. If you cast LoH on yourself with this you will get double the mana returned. Which will make it great for fights where you are crunched on mana, and don't need the burst heal of a Lay on Hands.
Glyph of Spiritual Atunement
Can be very nice on fights with a lot of AoE damage for free mana, but they did say they are moving more away from that. So it might end not being that great, time will tell.
Glyph of Cleansing
Situational, but I don't think I cleanse enough for it to be better then my other options.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of Lay on Hands – A big increase to LoH mana for a minor glyph, use this one.
Glyph of the Wise – Great Glyph to use with Glyph of SoW. Saves the cost of approximately 1 FoL per cast.
Glyph of Blessing of Kings – If you have Kings, this makes your life easier, and there is no better 3rd minor for raids.
VI. Consumables
While you can only use 1 per fight now, you do have some choice about which that will be.
Runic Mana Potion – The good old bland mana potion. Thankfully they also greatly reduced the range of mana restored.
Potion of Nightmares – This got changed from its former brethren, so that it lasts 6 seconds and is no longer dispellable. Can definetly see being able to use this easily in many fights for the extra 1200 mana over Runic. I will carry a stock of both of these along with me.
Potion of Speed – This could be useful in some fights if you know there will be 15 seconds where you will need to totally maximize output.
Potion of Wild Magic – Same idea as Potion of Speed, but I don't see any reason to use this one over a Potion of Speed though.
Well Fed
These are the 4 relevant different buff types, but you can get different food that give the same benefit. Just chose them how you would your gems.
Firecracker Salmon
Imperial Manta Steak
Mighty Rhino Dogs
Spiced Wyrm Burger
Flask of the Frost Wyrm – A solid throughput increase, my flask of choice for WotLK.
Flask of Pure Mojo – With how poorly Mp5 has scaled to WotLK content I don't see any reason to use this over Frost Wyrm.
Flask of Distilled Wisdom – Sadly this flask from Vanilla WoW is still half decent. I wouldn't use it over Frost Wyrm though.
Spellpower Elixir
Elixir of Deadly Strikes
Elixir of Lightning Speed
Elixir of Mighty Thoughts
Elixir of Might Mageblood
Spellpower/Mighty Thoughts could beat out Frost Wyrm (67 SP vs 45 Int), but is more expensive to keep up while learning a boss.
Mana/Wizard Oils
They discontinued these with WotLK, and any old ones you have will not work on your new WotLK weapons.
VII. Trade Skills
Listed are the benefits you get from being each profession. With WotLK enchants can require you to have the profession to receive the stats, so you can no longer level Enchanting (or any other profession) for ring enchants and then drop it.
Mixology – 37 Spell Power or 13mp5 depending on Flask used. Also reduces how much gold you spend on consumables.
Socket Glove/Socket Bracer – Gives you 46 Spell Power, 40 Int, 40 Crit, 40 Haste, or 16mp5.
Enchant Ring – Greater Spellpowerx2 – Gives you 38 Spell Power.
Hyperspeed Accelerators – Which is pretty crappy for healing, it averages to 23 haste rating, and the normal spell power enchant is better then that.
Lifeblood – Small amount healed, but it is off the GCD.
Fire Seed – You take 10% more damage, and have 0 resistances. 33 Spell Power on average, but requires heavy farming of them to use every minute.
Master's Inscription of the Storm or Master's Inscription of the Crag – 37 Spell Power increase over The Sons of Hodir version.
Dragon's Eye Gems – Gives you 21 to a stat, 27 spell power, or 12mp5.
Fur Lining – Spell Power – Offers you 37 spell power upgrade over normal enchant.
Toughness – This is pretty useless.
Master of Anatomy – 25 spell crit.
Darkglow Embroidery – 18.75mp5 on average at the cost of Enchant Cloak – Greater Speed.
VIII. Add Ons
A good UI for a healer is essential, you can be much more effective at healing with it then the stock UI. Here are some suggestions for AddOns.
Grid (Raid Frames)
Grid is a raid frame addon that I highly recommend for any healer. It makes it much easier to see the health of everyone in your raid, and is very customizable to fit your needs.
Pitbull (Unit Frames)
I find it much easier to keep track of your health and mana with this, then the insanely small bars in the default UI. This mod is also highly customizable, and can do almost anything you want it to do. XPerl is another popular Unit Frame addon. Both of these can also serve as your raid frames, but I find Grid does a better job.
Parrot (Scrolling Combat Text)
This addon helps me better keep track of damage incoming to me, and the healing I am doing then the default one. Another option is MikScrollBattleText.
Clique (Click Casting)
With a click casting addon you assign a mouse button (like middle mouse) to a spell, and whenever you press that button on a unit frame it casts that spell at that unit. I like using this with Cleanse, because I find I have better reaction times with it. Some people like assigning a button (or key-button combination) to all there heals, and using just that to heal.
PallyPower (Blessing Asssignments)
This AddOn will make your life keeping everyone blessed with the proper blessings much easier. While I am sure a lot of us have had their frustrations with PallyPower, it is significantly better then not using one. An alternative is ZOMGBuffs.
ClassTimer (Spell Timers)
Keeps track of the time left on all of your buffs/debuffs like Beacon of Light and JotP. Being able to see the time left on these spells at a glance makes it significantly easier to keep them up.
IX. Talent Builds
Here are a few sample talent builds that will give anyone a good starting point, and are by no means the only builds you can go. All of them are just guidelines meant to give people an idea of where to start and then customize for themselves.
Paladin (51/0/20) – World of Warcraft: PvE without any Blessing talents
Paladin (51/5/15) – World of Warcraft: PvE with Blessing of Kings
Paladin (51/0/20) – World of Warcraft: PvE with Imp Might and Wisdom
Paladin (51/20/0) – World of Warcraft: A guideline PvP build.
X. Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How much Mp5 is X% Crit worth (or vice versa)?
A: It depends on your spell rotation. If you are mostly spamming just FoL, then crit isn't that much of a mana return. It is when you start using HL heavily, that it overtakes Mp5 in mana returns.
Q: Which is these two items are better for me?
A: There is rarely a right answer if it is close enough to deserve a post in this thread about it. Most of the time each item will be better in different situations. I would recommend using whichever is better in the situation you find you have more difficulty.
by Endoscient
Tags: holy-paladin, Paladin, Raiding, world-of-warcraft, wotlk, wow, wow-guide, wow-profession


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Cardellina pusilla
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Gerrit Vyn
A common warbler of willow thickets in the West and across Canada, the Wilson's Warbler is easily identified by its yellow underparts and black cap.
Breeds in shrub thickets of riparian habitats, edges of beaver ponds, lakes, bogs, and overgrown clear-cuts of montane and boreal zone. Winters in tropical evergreen and deciduous forest, cloud forest, pine-oak forest, and forest edge habitat; also found in mangrove undergrowth, secondary growth, thorn-scrub, dry washes, riparian gallery forest, mixed forests, brushy fields, and plantations.
Insects and occasional berries.
Bowl of vegetation, lined with grass or hair. Usually placed on ground, at base of shrub or under bunches of grass. May be placed low in shrubs.
Picks insects from foliage and twigs, hovers to pick prey from leaves, and flycatches.
No special status on federal lists, but priority species on several conservation listings of western states due to recent population declines and threats to breeding habitat. Degradation and loss of primary breeding habitat, western riparian woodlands, are likely among the leading causes of declines.