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Dominican in 1244 at age 14. Taught theology and Bible study. Prior of his house in Genoa, Italy. Provincial of Lombardy from 1267 to 1286 where he was a noted preacher. Chosen archbishop of Genoa in 1286, but refused the position. Genoa was placed under interdict for supporting a revolt against the King of Naples; Pope Nicholas IV apppointed James to raised the interdict in 1288. Again chosen archbishop of Genoa in 1292, and this time he was ordered to accept.
He tried to reconcile the warring Guelphs and Ghibellines, was generous to the poor, built and repaired churches, monasteries, and hospitals. He worked to insure clerical discipline, and is reported to have translated the Bible into Italian, though no copies have survived. Wrote the Legenda Aurea Sanctorum (the Golden Legend), a collection of scores of tales of the saints; it has become an invaluable source for information on the middle ages.
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WASHINGTON - With sequestration looming, Metro says it could lose $22 million over the next six months in federal grants and fares from riders if the billions in planned federal budget cuts kick in.
"Like many others who have observed this process, I am disheartened by the inaction to find a better solution to the budget challenges we are all facing," says Metro General Manager Richard Sarles.
About $12 million in federal grants Metro receives through the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act are in jeopardy. Metro uses the money for repairs, maintenance and the recently unveiled Momentum plan to improve the system for the next generation.
Metro receives $150 million total from the rail grants annually. The program faces an 8 percent cut under sequestration.
D.C., Maryland and Virginia each contribute another $50 million annually to match the federal grants, giving Metro $300 million for capital improvements.
"It is absolutely essential that we not lose ground today. At minimum, we need to hold the line on the federal funding that is crucial to continue safety investments and reliability improvements for our customers," says Sarles.
Meanwhile, Metro projects it could lose another $10 million through September because of lower ridership from federal employees, who represent about 40 percent of users during rush hours. Thousands of civilian federal employees in the D.C. area could be furloughed because of the cuts.
"On a typical weekday, about 320,000 bus and train trips are taken by federal employees, generating about $820,000 in revenue," says Sarles.
Metro couldn't reduce service in response to sequestration because furloughs would likely be scattered across the work week, rather than all on one day.
Metro will consider budget cuts to make up for the lost revenue.
"I am going to do safety projects, that'll always come first. But other projects that'll affect customer service may be affected," says Sarles.
When asked, Sarles mentioned track maintenance would not be affected, and a plan to replace 128 older escalators, including those at the Bethesda station, would not likely be affected either.
Metro recently entered into a $120 million contract to address escalator problems across the entire system between now and 2020.
But Sarles would not go into details about what specifically would be cut, other than to say that he'll unveil a plan for cuts at a committee hearing in mid-March.
He also said there are no plans to revisit the issue of fare increases. Fares account for about 62 percent of Metro's operating budget.
Metro announced in January that it would not push for higher fares in 2013.
Sarles suggests that federal lawmakers should take a cue from Virginia, where lawmakers negotiated a bipartisan deal reforming the state's transportation funding. The compromise bill is now awaiting the governor's signature.
"The best thing possible would be (for the federal government) to follow the lead of Virginia, settle the thing and get the funding for us," says Sarles.
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Avoidance set
Effective health set
Threat set
Block set/ Heroics set (not really needed)
Resist set (if needed)
Dps gear (although you can keep it banked most of the time)
Okay so i've been talking to people and looking at my own gear. I currently have a VERY avoidance oriented set. I like it alot but i tend to be rage starved in simple things like heroics and some bosses. so i guess what my question is, what sets should a tank carry? Avoidance set and block value set? should there be more sets? also gear/enchant/gem ideas would be great
Avoidance set
Effective health set
Threat set
Block set/ Heroics set (not really needed)
Resist set (if needed)
Dps gear (although you can keep it banked most of the time)
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okay so 1 set that provides the most possible avoidance. 1 set that provides the most possible health. one set that provides the best tps (but wouldn't that kinda mix with the BV set as BV raises dmg done?)
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the thought of a threat set always confused me. i think of it as a hit capped expertise capped tank with okay mitigation and lots of BV and Attack power and a decent health pool
I was about to start my own thread on this but i guess i can continue with this one.
I have a few questions on sets as well.
Should you gem/enchant fully to compliment a given piece's current stats? For example, it seems obvious you would gem EH pieces with full stam, but what about threat pieces? Full expertise? And avoidance? A mix of stam/expertise?
Also, i'm very new to raid tanking, so this may be a silly question, but what exactly is the specific purpose for each set? I have some ideas but i'm not sure, i.e., threat set for trash mobs or bosses with damage modifiers to DPS? Or avoidance for when you're tanking adds that aren't going to be killed for a while or at all? Or am i way off? And what exactly is EH set for? I've heard it's best for new content but what is the reasoning behind this?
Sorry if i hijacked this thread but the topic seemed relevant to my interests.
Thank you.
The point of a threat set is to give your dps more room to open up and get bosses down quicker.
I generally find that as the gear level of your raid improves
1) Healers are able to keep you up much easier
2) Dps start to put out more and more threat
Adding in pieces focused towards building threat lets you kill those bosses faster, and the loss in EH and avoidance which generally comes with threat pieces is balanced by the increase in your healers' ability to push through heals.
Each fight is different, for some it would be beneficial to have more avoidance (Archimonde in Hyal), for some it would be beneficial to have more threat (Gorefiend in BT), for some stack stam (Kael'Thas in TK).
In the current level of content, I find a shield block set is fantastic for add tanking on Sarth-3D for example. Trash has no real danger of causing me to die, so I stack block and AP to increase the chances of them sticking to me and not a lock or mage.
As for EH vs Avoidance theory, there are lots of great threads on them in the Warrior Reference Library.
well the way i had been taught was the avoidance set was to be used on bosses where you have more time to set up threat. bosses where adds have to go down and such. on bosses where threat is imperative and you need it fast and strong, say like malygos where you're guild is putting out TONS of dmg from sparks. you'll need a bonus in tps. every fight is going to have a certain set that is best for it.
I have never found the point to a full stam set. like as a warrior i pride myself on having really good avoidance, or really good tps. those two sets make sense to me. my avoidance set has 30k health and i do not die unless a healer has an issue like lag/death/misclicks/w/e... or a wipe has been called.
so in my opinion the only two sets a warrior needs is a threat set/and an avoidance set
Effective Health Set: Focus is on Armor and Stamina. For bosses with huge spike damage. Especially if that spike damage is magic-based, like Malygos and Sartharion (avoidance is useless against a breath weapon). In some of these fights, you also need high threat, like Malygos. In others, you don't, like Sarth 3 Drakes, where your mob is being killed last, so you can go for Maximum EH and not worry at all about threat stats.
Threat Set: Focus is on Expertise, Hit, and Block Value. For trash, and for bosses in which you dying is not much of an issue, but killing the boss faster is. Also for easy farm bosses that you outgear. If there is no worry about you dying, you might as well raise your damage and threat so the DPS can go all out more, and you contribute more damage as well.
Avoidance Set: Focus is on Dodge, Defense, and Parry. As MT, I have rarely used this set. Most high damage bosses, I have always just gone with high EH mainly, although with a good mix of decent avoidance. This is a good set, though, if you are offtanking something that is not first to die, which also does not have high spike damage. Threat is no issue and spike damage is not an issue, so you might as well minimize incoming damage. There is no reason not to. Also, haven't seen one yet in WotLK, but the prime boss example in BC where Avoidance was king was Bloodboil in Black Temple. He stacked a high damage DoT on you. He was untauntable, so it wasn't always easy to swap tanks timely (like Gluth). You had to wait for his knockback to lower your threat. High avoidance helped you avoid more of the DoT's and thus it stacked up much more slowly, so you wanted as much as you could stack. Threat was also not an issue, because you didn't WANT too much threat... you wanted to lose it to another tank after while.
Those are the three main sets, IMO. A pure Block Value set used to be valuable for certain situations with the old Shield Block mechanic (Reliquary in BT: Phase 1), and for soloing elites for fun. But now I consider Block Value to be mainly a pure threat/damage stat. My threat set has high Block Value.
For most boss encounters as MT, I use a hybrid of the three above, with a focus on EH first, avoidance and threat/damage second.
Developing alternate sets will become easier once Ulduar comes out, because you will start replacing epic gear in your main set, and can re-gem/chant your old pieces and mix and match stuff. You will have a lot more quality items to choose from.
Great, thank you. That was very informative.
Also, if for whatever reason, if you don't have completely different sets for different encounters, an easy way to tailor your gear a little to the encounter is by just swapping trinkets. Wear two stamina trinkets for EH encounters. Swap on Block Value or Expertise trinkets if you want more threat. Swap on two Dodge or Defense trinkets if you want more avoidance. Etc.


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Education evolves to cater to changing social needs
Information technology is an area often ignored in schools, and lessons are limited to repeating the same instruction in touch-typing and how to use Microsoft Word and Powerpoint. Although these basic skills are often required in workplaces now heavily dependent on digital systems, there's no denying that the younger generation is often more tech-savvy than their predecessors -- and by the time they enter high school, have already mastered these programs and others besides.
The real questions are: Do schools have the resources to teach children computing more suited to social needs, and will children see the value in learning code?
In order to prepare students for a more competitive workplace, coding should become part of school curriculums, perhaps not compulsory for those who have no technological aptitude, but at the least as an option. We must place more emphasis on IT, and teach children not only the how but also the why.
Why should programming get special treatment?
When this debate came up, I really wanted to argue the "no" position. For one thing, there seems to be almost universal positivity for this idea, and it's usually fun to play the foil to things that are "obvious".
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Putting blues on the map in NavasotaWritten by Erin Inks | Published August 9, 2012
As musicians and fans roll in for the annual Navasota Blues Festival this Friday and Saturday, I wondered: How did this town get its title as the "Blues Capital of Texas?â€
A key figure in the area's music heritage is songster and blues musician Mance Lipscomb, who was born in Navasota in 1895 and spent much of his life as a tenant farmer before releasing his first album 1960. (The term "songster†refers to traveling musicians who played in a wide variety of styles that influenced and blended with blues music as it's known today.) After being signed by a major label at age 65, Lipscomb became a regular at music festivals and blues clubs around the country before returning home to Navasota in his final years. Today, the city celebrates his musical legacy with a two-day festival featuring celebrated local and regional blues performers.
New Events Blog: Texas To DoWritten by Erin Inks | Published July 31, 2012
Howdy, folks! My name is Erin, and I've mostly worked behind the scenes here at Texas Highways as editor of the event listings on the website, as well as in the magazine and the Texas Events Calendar. I'm excited to join the team on TexasHighways.com to highlight the wonderful events the Lone Star State has to offer on my new blog, Texas To Do.
Let's get started with some picks for events happening around the state this weekend. If you've never experienced the Texas Panhandle, this weekend would be a great time to make the drive to Dalhart for the XIT Rodeo and Reunion. Starting in 1937, cowboys who worked the once-sprawling XIT Ranch gathered here to reminisce with their families, and put on a rodeo and free barbecue for the public. Today, the event has grown into a massive affair that triples the size of the town, offering the World's Largest Free Barbecue, a fiddlers' contest, arts-and-crafts show, concerts and more. Check out the links below for details on the XIT Rodeo and Reunion, and other events this weekend.
Sunday Morning River WalkWritten by Jane Wu | Published June 12, 2012
TH's May cover story of San Antonio's River Walk reminded me of a recent visit to the area. After an evening of celebrating my nephew Will's graduation from medical school at Tower of the Americas Chart House, I intended to stop for a nightcap at the Esquire Tavern on the River Walk on the way back to the hotel. But I overindulged and was ready to turn in for the night. By morning, I was rested and ready to take a stroll on the River Walk, with the goal to walk as far as the Museum Reach extension to see the art installations and recent additions to the area.
From Texas to China and BackWritten by Jane Wu | Published May 2, 2012
Texas Photographers: Descriptions of China, now showing at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, offers perceptive views of a vast and fast-developing nation through the eyes of five photographers whose careers and creative visions are widely varied: Peter Brown from Houston, Al Rendon, Ricardo Romo, and Ansen Seale from San Antonio, and Joel Salcido from Austin. I had a chance to view the exhibit with my daughter, Lucy, as Fiesta celebrations drew to a close.
The images, shot last fall in and around Shanghai, Lishui City, Wenzhou, and Beijing, were part of a cultural exchange between the Confucius Institute at The University of Texas at San Antonio and the China Photographers Association. The photographers were also invited to show their Texas work at the association's International Photographic Art Exhibition in Lishui.
Film Fans vs Music FansWritten by Jane Wu | Published March 22, 2012
As I was covering SXSW Film for TH, I spent my time in line waiting to get into screenings to observe and chat with my queue-neighbors. Like my colleague Lori Moffatt, I attended most of the screenings with a film pass. I kept thinking about my experience as a music fan, going to free SXSW music shows and ACL Fest, and how rabid music fans differ from serial filmgoers, and what these tribes have in common.
Among the film-pass people I've met at various theaters, I found that they tend to be local Austinites. In contrast, more of the SXSW music fans, even the wristband- and badge-less, hail from out-of-town, and with ACL Fest it's about even. Film-pass folks are loyal, too—many buy SXSW Film passes every year, much like ACL Fest goers. My cinephile friends Tina and Michael are in the film-pass camp, and they also get passes for the Austin Film Festival in the fall.
SXSW Music: Hits & MissesWritten by Jane Wu | Published March 22, 2012
As SXSW Film was winding down, I set aside time for some of the free SXSW music shows. I went to Thursday's Auditorium Shores concert and saw M. Ward and later, the Shins. I was pleased and surprised by M. Ward's high-energy set, and also the Shins' recent addition, guitarist Jessica Dobson, who I think brings an edgier and more distinctive sound to not only the new material, but enhances their older hits without changing the structure. I also spent most of Friday afternoon at Waterloo Records, another major hub for free SXSW shows. I heard Talib Kweli, Jimmy Cliff, Of Montreal, and Gary Clark Jr. play to a near-capacity crowd and all performed phenomenal shows. And I returned to Auditorium Shores one last time to hear Bomba Estereo perform a short but explosive set before heading to UT for the Big Easy Express film screening with Mumford & Sons headlining a live show.
Two big misses/goofs: I took a break for lunch around 4 and missed Father John Misty, who I later discovered is Josh Tillman, former member of the Fleet Foxes, one of my favorite bands. And I stuck around for the headliner, 80s' hard-rock veterans the Cult, mistaking them for a younger indie pop band called the Cults. I felt so foolish, as the Cult took over a half-hour to set up and I had plans to meet friends on S. Congress. But the next day I felt somewhat vindicated when one of my young SXSW houseguests revealed to me that she and her friend made the same goof. Legions of middle-aged biker types surrounding the stage also tipped them off that maybe they weren't here to see the same band!
Texas Creatives add Pulse to SXSWWritten by Lois M. Rodriguez | Published March 21, 2012
With more than 2000 bands to choose from at SXSW this year, there was no way anyone could have seen even a small fraction of it all, and if Bruce Springsteen was right in his assessment during his keynote speech, the odds were 50/50 that you'd either stumble upon the best band in the world or … "They suck!â€Â It's hard to agree on music these days, he says, after rattling off a breath-defying cache of subgenres, like "alternative metal, avang-garde metal, black metal, black and death metal, Christian metal, heavy metal, funk metal, glam metal, Medieval metal, indie metal, melodic death metal, metalcore, rap metal …â€
His speech offered an endearing education on the history of music from his personal influences – do wap, blues, gospel, Woodie Guthrie, the British Invasion – to the plethora of sounds that have manifested since.
Having been a bit haphazard in my SXSW music picks, I know of what The Boss speaks. SXSW puts it all out there on the streets of Austin. It was easy to weed out what was or wasn't going to be interesting, if even bearable, just by the sounds bellowing out of venues. But so much was good, even if I felt like an antique in some crowds. I will say you can enjoy SXSW without a badge (some venues offer cover charges, too), but I appreciated the flexibility a badge afforded me - allowing me to pop in and out of venues without feeling committed to something that might not be my style.
Some of the highlights for me, though, turned out to be homegrown Texas talent – both new and legendary (What happened to all those unsigned bands of yore?).
I'm really excited about San Antonio's trio Girl in a Coma, who are signed to Joan Jett's Blackheart Records label. Sisters Phanie and Nina Diaz, along with longtime friend Jen Alva have been making strides over the past few years, but I see even bigger and better things ahead for them. Others agree. They are nominated for two Independent Music Awards for Best Independent/Alternative Rock Album and Best Independent/Alternative Rock Song. Going to keep an eye on them.
And my heart just loves listening to Austin's Quiet Company, named the 2011-2012 Best Band of the Year at the Austin Music Awards. They are touting their CD, "We Are All Where We Belong.†Luckily, amid so many choices, they had three time slots slated to make it easy to catch them.
Kat Edmonson, who I saw in hybrid interactive-music setting for a SXSW-meets-TED conference session at the Driskill Hotel, is another favorite. The session was touted as an "intersection between humanity and technology" that "allows us to rediscover our human connections amid the tech-enthusiasm of SXSW." With some of the boldest thinkers and most interesting minds from the SXSW community taking the stage, Edmonson set the tone with her unique, lilting voice. I feel like I've tuned in to 1930s radio. It's akin to Billie Holliday, and I find it refreshing.
I also enjoyed music that was mixed with the highly-charged atmosphere like those hosted by well-knowns. Film director Richard Linklater – a native of Houston – hosted a party after the screening of his new film "Bernie,†which stars Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey and Shirley MacLaine.
Linklater, who founded the Austin Film Society, also brought us films like "Slackers,†"Dazed and Confused†and "School of Rock.†He is a genuinely fun guy – too Texas to be "Hollywood." It was nice to be able to thank him for bringing attention to Austin and Texas as viable locations for movie making. You can't talk about filmmaking in Austin or Texas without bringing up Linklater. (See: Texas films at SXSW).
Blues great Marcia Ball ranks high on my list of performers that I admire. She didn't perform for SXSW, but I was able to visit with the 5-time Grammy nominee (the latest for her album Roadside Attractions) at a SXSW-inspired luncheon for women in music. The event, hosted by Carla de Santis Black of M.E.O.W (Musicians for Equal Opportunity for Women) with assistance from Nancy Conklin of Women in Music Professional Society, included a phenomenal array of empowered women who were performers, music label reps, publicists and key movers and shakers in the music world. … all in one room to do one thing, support each other. A beautiful thing. It was inspiring, and you could feel a push to the moment women in music are feeling right now. At the end of the event, a performer from Boston took the mic to share this was her favorite part of SXSW so far. Others echoed the sentiments.
On the last evening of SXSW, I finally made it to Rachael Ray's private three-night bash on Austin's east side (she also hosted a musical showcase for the public during the day Saturday). I arrived in time to see her husband take the stage with his band, The Cringe. It's nice to have a supportive wife, no? Ray has become a regular SXSW party host, and she was A-OK. Thanks Rae-Ray! But after about an hour, I have to admit I started to feel a bit of withdrawal. I had a hankering for more of the Texas vibe. I found it.
I think music is like the blood in our veins … the air in our lungs. I imagine we'd wither and die without musical expression. So, THANK YOU Texas, because an event like SXSW makes me realize how incredibly blessed we are with the creative community that has been fostered within the Lone Star borders. The state is brimming with talent, and its up to all of us to support our local performers. We have a good thing going, let's help keep it thriving.
Final Days of SXSW Film: Movies and MusicWritten by Jane Wu | Published March 21, 2012
On the last two days of SXSW, I saw two more films, and one that combined two of my favorite SX components—film and music. Both films also happened to have scenes shot not only in Texas, but in Austin, close to home.
In Someone Up There Likes Me, director Bob Byington gives us a cockeyed, comical glimpse into 35 years of the lives of three people, and their predicaments and entanglements as they navigate through life. The timeline is prefaced with animation sequences, which adds to the film's stylized, whimsical feel. The main character, Max, played by Keith Poulson, never physically ages through the years even as everyone around him does. The wry, deadpan dialogue, combined with Max's detached observations as life's pleasures and pain pass him by give the film a cerebral and surreal quality. Nick Offerman (from Parks and Recreation and at least one other SXSW film, Casa de mi Padre) also stars as Max's friend, Sal. The part gives Offerman a wider character range to explore than what I've seen in his other work.
An added bonus: I didn't realize how much of Someone was filmed in Austin, which makes sense since Byington lives here. I had fun picking out signs for various Austin spots such as Royal Blue Grocery and Justine's. Also, a scene was filmed in Smithville, across from the "Tree of Life†house, according to Byington at the Q&A after the film. And Austin musician Bob Schneider does a hilarious turn as an over-the-top wedding singer. The film does not yet have a release date. Byington also directed the indie fave Harmony & Me, which was shown at the Austin Film Festival in 2009.
BIG EASY EXPRESS. Part concert, part road-trip film by Emmett Malloy, which follows three acclaimed indie-folk/roots-revival bands, Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show as they tour by vintage train to six destinations, replicating the journey of the old railroad-revival tour days, and enjoying the camaraderie. The tour begins west in Oakland, and concludes in New Orleans, making two Texas stops: Marfa and Austin. I'm not a fan of concert films, preferring the live experience. However, the sweeping, scenic landscapes of Northern California, the desert Southwest, and the distinctive West Texas terrain are breathtaking. I also enjoyed the Marfa scenes of the water tower and the courthouse, as well as the astounding sight of 2,000 fans attending the show in a remote field (which, according to the tour website, is roughly equal to the town's population). In addition, both screenings at the Paramount Theatre and at UT's LBJ Library lawn included live performances by all three bands.
I went to the LBJ Library event, where thousands packed the lush lawn to hear a two-hour performance by Edward Sharpe and Mumford after the film. In the Austin segment of the film, members of Mumford & Sons visit the Austin High School Band, and both perform for and with each other in the high school band hall, as well as at an outdoor concert. The Austin High Band was also there for the after-film show and performed with Mumford & Sons for their finale. This was a personal thrill for me, and my daughter Lucy, who was with me, as she is an AHS Band alumna. From our view on the hill overlooking the nighttime crowd, the scattering of lights emanating from smart phones shooting video mementos reminded me of an earlier era, when audiences flicked their Bic lighters in appreciation.
Even as the SXSW Film Festival has grown from its Texas roots and become a global showcase, I can't help but notice the large number of films this year that have origins in Texas or were produced here. Either Texas has become a significant part of the film world, or the film world has become a significant part of Texas.
From SXSW to Your Local Theater, Part 2: BernieWritten by Jane Wu | Published March 19, 2012
In my previous post, I mentioned lucking into an added screening preview of the Will Ferrell comedy Casa de mi Padre. Here, I'll describe my experience at the red-carpet premiere of Bernie, at the Paramount Theatre.
Bernie is another made-in-TX film from director Richard Linklater and stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey. Based on a true story (written by Skip Hollandsworth in Texas Monthly) about a bizarre murder in Carthage, I found this self-described dark comedy more funny than bleak, and gives humorous but good-natured insight into the mores of small-town life. The film was shot in Bastrop, Smithville, Austin, Georgetown, and Carthage.
Linklater, McConaughey, Black and some of the other actors were on hand for red carpet interviews and photos ops as well as the screening. This was my first time at a full-blown movie premiere, but as expected, there was plenty of crowd frenzy and tight security keeping people away from the stars and from spilling into the street. When I arrived an hour before the screening, the lines had stretched well past the corner. But somehow, everyone seemed to get in, as witnessed by a scattering of empty seats in the balcony.
The premiere had an air of homecoming of sorts for Linklater and McConaughey, whose mother, Kay is also in the film and in attendance. More than a handful of local Central Texans appear in the film and it was refreshing to see "real folks†mingling with the stars in the lobby. I was touched to see both Linklater and McConaughey warmly hugging and greeting Flo, one of the Paramount's longtime ushers.
In the film, Jack Black plays Bernie Tiede, an assistant funeral director and beloved member of the community in the East Texas town of Carthage. Bernie has a penchant for providing companionship to the town's rich widows, and MacLaine's character, Marjorie Nugent, is the wealthiest and meanest of them all. Through Bernie's tenacity, he wins Marjorie over with tickets to a Van Cliburn concert in Fort Worth, and they soon begin spending much time and Marjorie's money together. Marjorie is so taken with Bernie that she signs over power of attorney and wills her fortune to Bernie, despite protests from her tight-fisted accountant (hilariously played by Richard Robichaux, also a Texan, born in Channelview). Marjorie becomes possessive and controlling, and keeps Bernie on a tight leash. Frustrated, Bernie inadvertently snaps and kills Marjorie with her gun. Panic-stricken, Bernie does what "any funeral director would do†with the body. In the meantime, he tells everyone, including her Marjorie's family that she suffered a stroke and is convalescing out-of-town. As power of attorney, he uses Marjorie's money to boost the coffers of the town's college, churches, and police force. The accountant, Marjorie's family and the D.A., played by McConaughey, soon become suspicious. Bernie is forced to open Marjorie's home to be searched, and the body is discovered in a shocking state in the freezer. Bernie is arrested, but the town is in disbelief that he would do such a thing. The trial is moved south to San Augustine, yet the Carthage community still stands by their man.
I thoroughly enjoyed Linklater's tongue-in-cheek, unmocking portrayal of small-town Texas. Black's performance was brilliant, and is the most fully-realized character he's played to date. McConaughey's character role was understatedly deadpan and well-played. MacLaine continues to shine in her versatile performance.
Along with another Texas film, Trash Dance, Bernie won a SXSW Special Award at the SXSW 2012 Film Awards. Bernie is scheduled for limited release April 27. In the Q&A following the film, Linklater mentioned he hopes the movie will make it into small town theaters.
SXSW 2012: Now Just a MemoryWritten by Lois M. Rodriguez | Published March 19, 2012
(Win a CD: See below)Like a whirlwind weekend with a beloved old friend, there are mixed feelings as we say goodbye to South by Southwest 2012. It all comes to a stop when our film- and music-fed souls – so full of tremendous energy and excitement (and next-to-no sleep) – simply can't take in any more.
Makeshift venues and lounges that seemingly popped up over night come down just as quickly. Those remaining visitors – looking a little worse for the wear – take in their last hoorah of Austin hospitality along South Congress for one of the breakfast hotspots or coffee bars amid a few straggling Sunday morning, non-SXSW performances and tented vendor booths.
Left are fresh memories of film premiers with celebrity-laden, red-carpet hoopla; innovative minds and ideas shared by the interactive community; and the crazy late nights of band after band after band.
Pair that with official party after party, often bringing in big-name celebs who want a piece of the action, too, by hosting their own festivities and musical showcases.
Gone are the fashion statements that offered a magniified reflection of the diversity in the SXSW schedule. You can spot, for example, the documentary or anime film devotees against the gadget gurus and entrepreneurs. Or fans of rock, metal and every other subgenre of music, Quite frankly, you could also distinguish the Austinite from the visitor.
At the end of the day, though, when SXSW crowds have all gone home, Austin retains its quintessential dose of diverse personalities, tourists, the movie scene and celebrities … and, of course, live music.
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From SXSW to Your Local Theater, (Part 1): Casa de mi PadreWritten by Jane Wu | Published March 16, 2012
During the past few evenings, I've had the good fortune to catch some of the biggest SXSW Film comedy premieres. The first one is Casa de mi Padre, the telenovela spoof starring Will Ferrell.
Before I describe Casa, a little backstory: As much as I wanted to see this film, I had nixed it from my movie list because it had only one screening scheduled at Alamo Drafthouse Lamar at 5 p.m. Alamo Lamar has the reputation of being one of the "hard-to-get-into†SX-theaters because the auditoriums are smaller (the largest room seats 220, whereas the Paramount Theatre holds 1,200) and its south central location is just s SX Film-shuttle away from the Convention Center. But while checking seating availability online for another film on Virtual Status Board (vsb.sxsw.com), I noticed that there was a 7:15 showing of Casa. Alamo Lamar happened to be on my way home and it was just after 6, so I popped in to inquire about the screening. It happened that there was such a huge turnout for the 5 p.m show that a last-minute second show was added. Since the added screening was not on the film schedule, few people knew about it, and everyone in line got in, including ticket-buyers without badges or passes.
Filmed in Spanish with English subtitles, Ferrell plays Armando, a not-so-bright rancher of his father's farm in Mexico. (Farrell, who doesn't speak Spanish, had to learn the script and Spanish in a month.) His brother Raul, a successful businessman and his father's favorite, returns home to introduce his beautiful fiancé to the family. It is soon revealed that Raul's business involves drug-trafficking and is wanted by La Onza, a drug lord. To complicate matters more, Armando is smitten by Raul's fiancé, and finds himself having to save Raul and the ranch. The use of patently fake backdrops, scale-model setups for wide-angle scenes, and animatronic wild animals, along with Ferrell's brand of outright shameless silliness, only adds to the absurdity. Diego Luna plays Raul, and Gael Garcia Bernal plays La Onza. Both actors starred in the indie hit Y Tu Mama Tambien. While the subject of border violence is no laughing matter, I felt the film's conclusion put a light-hearted, and even positive spin on improving border relations.
The film has just opened in limited release, and judging from audience response at the screening—loads of chuckles but few belly laughs, it's probably not going to be a blockbuster like Talladega Nights or even Anchorman. But I'm betting on the film achieving high cult status.
Look for my next post on Bernie, starring Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, and Shirley MacLaine, , directed by Richard Linklater and based on a true story about a small-town murder.
Today's theme: ChangeWritten by Lori Moffatt | Published March 15, 2012
In line the other day to see Hunky Dory, the coming-of-age film starring Minnie Driver entered in the "Narrative Spotlight†category at the SXSW Film Festival, I got to chatting with one of my fellow queue-standers about our experiences as passholders. She told me that had purchased a pass for the past few years and had some tips. The satellite spaces, she said—this year at the new Alamo Slaughter location and the Alamo Village—seem especially designed for passholders, and she said that once the music contingent starts, the movie crowds thin out a bit. But sometimes things don't go as planned.
"A few nights ago, I was in the pass line at the Alamo South,†she told me, "and it was looking pretty good. I was pretty sure I'd get in.†She paused for effect as another passholder leaned over to hear the story. "And then, a busload of badges pulled up. Dang it! It was all over. So I came up here and got into the documentary about Deepak Chopra. Which was excellent.â€
Such is the nature of readjusting plans during South by Southwest, and maybe life itself, a theme echoed by the film See Girl Run, a movie that delved into the rich dramatic potential of exploring what could have happened if we had made different choices in our lives. What if we had chosen a different path? In one scene, the father of the protagonist, a young woman on the verge of abandoning her marriage to reunite with a lost love from high school, compares maintaining a relationship to a high-tech missile. Unlike old missiles, he explained, which can't be adjusted once they are launched, newer missiles can readjust course in mid-flight to stay with the target. I liked that analogy, as life has the tendency to throw curveballs just when things seem steady. And even something as simple as a conversation has its inherent readjustments and allowances for give-and-take. In a Q&A after the movie, the director noted that if you go into a conversation knowing exactly what you're going to say, then you're not really listening and thus, not really having a conversation.
Many of the films I've seen so far, really, seem to have secondary themes of change and adjustment, acceptance of change, and the perils and rewards of growth and decay. The documentary Welcome to the Machine, for example, examines how technology has change the world we live in, and poses the (unanswered) question: Is humanity better or worse thanks to technology?  And is there any real way to return to the way things were, now that the Genie is out of the bottle?
Last night's documentary, America's Parking Lot, follows two avid Dallas Cowboys tailgaters as their 35-year tradition at the old Texas Stadium comes to and end. We see the stadium's implosion and the two fans attempting to piece together a new tradition at Jerry Jones' new 1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Yes, it's funny–one protagonist names his daughter Meredith Landry and unabashedly admits he thinks about the Cowboys more than his wife. And yes, it's a rather scathing study of how pro football has evolved into a rich man's game. But Cowboys fandom and economic politics aside, it's a story of change and tradition, and what those two intangible concepts mean. Life seen through the lens of football? Now that's a Texas tradition. Seek this one out, even if you can't see it during SXSW.


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I can't recall but I think I was tanking 2 mobs in that fight, the Paladin and one other and I had to run me and the melee out of his consecration and reflect judgements or something like that. Crap. I just burped into a conference call....
I agree with you that these fights use an old and tired mechanic. It was fun trying to work your ass off to out threat your other 2 tanks to gain threat on Gurtogg Bloodboil. Looking back to those days there is always a huge sense of nostalgia for those encounters. Yet, back in TBC there were a good number of encounters that were just plain designed better. The largest issue that designers are encumbered with is the fact that all encounters must easily be translated from one size raid to the other. A large number of Vanilla and TBC fights tend to be a lot more interesting than current and WotLK encounters mostly because of this. Gone are the times where we had 8 tanks for 40man Four Horsemen. Gone are the times where we needed 3 tanks for fights like Fathomlord, Gurtogg, Leotheras. Gone are the encounters where we had "Mage tanks" and "Warlock tanks" as well. Encounter design is just completely handcuffed by the 10 vs 25, LFR vs Normal vs Heroic modes.
As for the current and last raid tier... I was surprised we saw even one single tank fight in either instance. They wanted Baelroc to be a two tank fight. I was actually surprised there wasn't some sort of tank debuff in the Majordomo fight that required a tank change when the form changed. So far, the only single tank fight I see in Dragon Soul is Zon'ozz on LFR/Normal. While this encounter is a tad more interesting from a tank point of view. This encounter could be boring as hell or more interesting if your raid can't bounce the ball correctly.
What we need now is for Blizzard to sh*t or get off the pot with their default raid size and makeup. We had a much better end game when there was 2 separate and different raid sizes. When we had decent encounter design with interesting tank mechanics. Back when a large number of encounters required 3 tanks during TBC. Think back to the most interesting tank encounters. As you said, Hydross, Illidari Council, Kalecgos, Gurtogg, A'kar all of these had mechanics that can simply not occurr in the paradigm because of the need to have mechanics that work for 10 and 25man.
The next question is, what would you choose to add or subtract from encounter design to make it more interesting as a tank? More multi-boss encounters such as Fathomlord, Council and Horsemen. Do we want more encounters where the tank has to fight for threat? Do we want more double tank fights where there is a "Crushing Blow" mechanic such as Gruul? Do we want more fights like Mother and Marrowgar where the only real reason the other tank(s) is there is to split damage?
Then you have encounters where the tried and true methodology of "Just add adds" mechanic was used. Morogrim, LDW, Valithria, Mu'ru, a good number of Ulduar encounters... all fall into this category. These actually number on some of the more interesting and sometimes harder encounters we have seen. Mu'ru was just plain annoyingly difficult as we all know. Freya, Mimiron and Thorim are amongst the highlights of Ulduar where Razorscale and Ignis are amongst the less than stellar outings. Adds can make or break and encounter and always give the other tank something to do.
In short, the "tank swap at # debuffs" mechanic is old, but how do you solve for the current numerical paradigm without using it liberally? Gone are the days where Blizzard had the leeway to just make fun encounters and let the raid group manage their specs and roles to make things feasibly defeatable. Gone are the days where they can even make 3 and 4 tank encounters because of the limitations of the 10 man raid. So yes, we will be seeing more and more of this, because Blizzard can't get out of the corner they have so expertly painted themselves into over the last 4 years. We can complain all we want, but the reality is the reality. Unless MoP comes with yet another huge change in the raid paradigm like both of the last 2 expansions have done, we are stuck.
Yea I never really took the whole 10 vs 25 dilemna into account for encounter design, but it didn't stop Ulduar from being awesome.
And bare in mind the current tank swap method is only 2 expansions old really, when most bosses became tauntable in WoTLK, its just been extremely overused for how boring it is.
One of the most fun encounters I've had as a tank was 25man XT, I'm not sure if it was a bug or something, but one reset we had his adds constantly spawning, it made picking up pummelers and avoiding bombots fun
One thing I forgot to keep in mind is that probably a reason I"m so tired of this mechanic is because its used in every damn Wintergrasp/Baradin Hold encounter. Everyboss in BH has a tank swap, in Wintergrasp Archavon, Toravon and Koralon had a tank swap. I think Emalon tried to change it up with that add that had to picked up and burned, but people sucked at it. So I'm guessing Blizzard just wants those encounters as easy as possible for the the PvPers and incompetent.
Koralon (Fire guy) just needed a second tank to take the saberlash type effect, Meteor Fists. He could basically just sit there like the offtanks on Mother Shahraz or Blood-Queen Lana'thel.
We should create a table of tank fights or something, this is getting entertaining.
I remember doing the High King Maulgar fight -- now -that- was a fun puzzle. We made some of the hunters and one of the mages into tanks for that fight, and the warlocks were on 'uh oh, new felhound, quick, Enslave it' duty.... everything had to go right.
I think the problem is that Flan (aka Magma Custard's Last Stand) was too hard for some of the tanks who were trained to (as I politely put it) 'stand there and look pretty.' Me? I loved tanking Flan bosses, because there were mechanics that made you stretch your abilities and also forced some of the other classes do something more than just stand there and DPS or heal. "Sorry, on Rhyolith, your tanks are going to have their hands full. DPS get to drive the boss. Three of my DPS and one healer stepped up to the plate and said, "We'll learn it."
The problem became trying to teach the tanks who didn't have all the 'want to be the multitool, use your your buttons and exercise battlefield awareness tank role' skill/desire to tank the fight. And short of kicking them completely out of the raid group, I -had- to teach them, one at a time. Leading to an Alysrazor fight where two of them could not stay up (they were standing in the lawn sprinklers) nor get their hatchlings down; finally I just gave up and said to the one who would accept it better; 'You. Go DPS. I don't care if your DPS sucks. Gimme. I'll show you how it's done.' I rebalanced the DPS to compensate for the other tank's lack of ability to kill their bird, and still munched my chicken first. On Rhyolith/10 I one tank all the adds, and I set the bar for the other tanks to follow.
I am our raid's emergency tank, until Mists hits, and then I am relegated to being either a tank, dps, or healer, not the bearcat I enjoy being. I taught our tanks Shannox by first by making them follow me around while I did the move/kite/dodge traps routine while being second on aggro, and then had them tank it with me being second on aggro so we didn't have a complete wipe if the tank died. I've picked up Riplimb when the Riplimb tank had too many stacks because he failed to drop them, and had the DPS back off until I overtook them on threat or they died, and we pulled that one out.
When Dragon Soul hit, I looked at the Zon'ozz fight and groaned. "A one tank fight where the tank has to move the boss to collide with a moving object? This will not end well." As predicted, my two 'main tanks' would let the ball get by the boss, or else face the boss towards the healers/ranged, or not face him the right way at all. And I don't understand how they can miss a GIANT PURPLE BALL heading towards them, but clearly, DS is designed mostly for them. :| I had one of my DPSers rant at me about how Zon'ozz is cake with an LFR PUG and yet we were having trouble with it on Normal, and then I ran an LFR PUG with the boss and saw the why -- the entire group ignored the purple ball, and yet it sat there until I ran up and batted at it by myself as the only ruddy person in there with raid/fight awareness, and because I was a tank, I didn't die. It -is- a tank and spank fight in the LFR.
Last note: I was in a ZA dungeon run on my mage. The tank admits he doesn't know the instance. So we give him detailed instructions. On the last boss, the tank fails to taunt the lynx during the claw fury attack he does, and the first DPS dies. Then the second claw attack nearly kills me, and I ice block. The third claw attack kills the healer, and we wipe.
The warrior says, not unkindly, "You do know where your taunt button is, right? If you don't taunt, that's fatal to whoever he's attacking."
The hunter, joking, says, "It's right next to the bubble button."
The tank replies, "...what's my bubble button?"
The next attempt, I get the first attack (I iceblock), the healer gets the second attack and dies, the warrior gets the third attack and dies.
The warrior: "Do we need to teach you how to taunt? Seriously?"
The tank mysteriously disconnects after we wipe for the third time.
This appears to be our future, where the learning curve of finding where your buttons are is mitigated by having 500% threat baked in. Where good enough healers can save you from not taunting at 3, but 7 stacks of a debuff because your OT wasn't paying attention. We are going back in the direction of the days where all the tank needed to do was stand there and AoE with impunity, and now even CC'd mobs don't pull. I kinda liked it at the beginning of Cataclysm where you had to use CC on the fly again, and practice precision tanking while protecting overzealous DPS from their own idiocy, even if the trash packs at the front of BoT/25 gave us headaches.
Weep for us all, I think. :| And maybe I will go full DPS, because if there's no challenge to tanking, there's no point, eh? :}
Part of the issue, as I see it, is.... what can really be "threatenting" to a tank anymore, without giving a healer a heart attack? Balancing out tank health against boss damage and healer strength is becoming a problem. Honestly, if we were only really dealing with PvE, it wouldn't be an issue. However, at least two of these factors have to translate across into PvP, and there is where the problem rears it's head.
Figure, a 200k tank in PvE, you could easily make it a situation where a boss hits for a greater percentage of health, and bump up heals to compensate for this accordingly. By adjusting how the tank/heal team have to cooperate to deal with an encounter, you can increase the difficulty and challenge of a fight. However, when you adjust the heals end of this equation you create a potential problem in PvP.
How do you make health, heals, and damage balance in PvP versus other players..... and have those same abilities translate directly to PvE?
If I increase tank health to deal with a PvE mechanic, I've now "unbalanced" PvP. this was one of the common gripes at the tail end of WotLK. Tanks could roll into PvP with 2 to 3x the amount of health as a cloth counterpart.
If I increase heals to compensate for larger boss damage, then I've now given healers a huge advantage in PvP, as we have currently in the state of PvP. Healers are generally able to power through ANY damage a single player can deliver. Or even two. The limit they face is mana resources, but even then..... because of PvE mechanics and healers being expected to maintain a certain amount of heals over a 6 min fight.... mana can't be set back too hard.
I've frequently seen this in PvP. I see it every day when I run my holy pally. One person is NOT enough to take me down. Two, frequently is not enough. Three is about the point I hit problems.... And I don't have ANY RESILIENCE GEAR YET.
For DPS, making it meaningful in PvE is not the real issue. Boss health is adjusted to compensate for this. The limiting factor is... again... PvP. Blizzard can't make a DPS player so powerful that they can instantly one-shot an opponent in PvP, or it becomes instantly "unfair". So, they have to scale their abilities in relation to other toons. THIS.... is the actual limiting factor.
PvP Balance limits PvE mechanics.
PvP vs PvE balance is a significant part of the problem, and as stats increase on items, it will/has become increasingly difficult for Blizzard to maintain that balance. But, Blizzard HAS to somehow balance each class and abilities of them against each other for PvP. It's how they have set the game up. This limits what they can do for boss fights and other encounter in PvE.
No one tanks in a void.........
I had my first trip into Baradin Hold today with a PUG, we did only the newest boss. It was about as fun as killing Archavon in ICC gear, as in, not. I understand they want it to be killable by most anyone, but I think it's a bit overkill. That and all mage gear dropped with no mage, GG.
@Tielyn I think this just all goes back to not only the game becoming easier but the LFR discussion we've been having a 10 page discussion about. If players aren't relentless punished in 5 man content and clearly aren't going to learn jack from that LFR stuff. Its just not possible for these "wrath babies" to learn the game properly.
The lack of discipline required for most 5 mans is quite sad, as a DPS I can charge in careless and not focus fire like in the old days with no repercussions. And honestly, as a tank I can literally start a rotation for a few seconds and then alt tab w/o losing aggro.
I really dont see Healing being much of an issue at all though in terms of threatening the tanks its a mechanics problem, a tank should know how to be light on his feet and prepared for anything, not to know he has to taunt at 3+ stacks.
Sadly, I don't think Blizz had a choice with what to do with heroic difficulty in Cata. They held the line for a while, hoping the portion of the playerbase that was struggling would L2P, but it didn't. Blizz realised that you can't make people play how you want them to. And if they don't want to play how you want them to, they might just quit.
So we're stuck with a tanking system which is pretty dumbed down from what we remember in the past.
The horse is dead, and this is way off topic, but I still strongly believe and advocate that these LFD dungeons should be called "normal" dungeons and true heroic dungeons should be available outside of the LFD just like normal/heroic raids for individuals seeking a dedicated 5 man challenge. It wouldn't even be that much more effort on their part since its the same content just tuned differently but we would all win. Make it hand out gear equal to LFR so people who don't want to raid have a separate, meaningful, and challenging progression path.
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Actually, I support this. Pretty damn good suggestion. Gearing (you know, minus exploits) in LFR is a pain in the balls. With a dedicated 5 man group doing BC-style heroic runs (flying the hell out to the instance and zoning in like a boss) would satiate me. Instance lockouts would be back but that would mean you could run each instance every day if needed instead of farming the dog shit out of 3 randoms to get FL-N level gear, which I did, and it sucked.


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