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EDMONTON - Christmas is now comfortably behind us, but it never goes quietly, does it? First it has to leave behind a few mementos. Some of us, like the Grinch, might have seen our hearts grow a size or two. Some might have acquired other, not quite so welcome, Grinch-like characteristics, like the tendency to launch ourselves a little too enthusiastically into a never-ending supply of roast beast.
Celebrating and indulging — or overindulging — go hand-in-hand. But once January blows in, we hunker down and go about the task of reminding our bodies that there is sustenance out there beyond creamy mashed potatoes and buttery shortbread. Healthier options.
Diana Neubauer, market manager for the City Market Downtown at City Hall in Edmonton (which runs every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.), recommends checking out local farmers markets for "better-for-you choices."
"Farmers markets offer a lot of different options. Our market has a variety of vendors, and each vendor is unique. You'll find a whole range of products, everything from organic to vegan to gluten-free. And it's all local."
Yes, there are markets that run all year long, even in the dreary depths of winter. Some, like the City Market, operate outdoors during the summer months and move indoors after the Thanksgiving long weekend. Others, like the Calgary Farmers Market in Calgary, set up indoors all year long.
Neubauer admits there are fewer vendors at the market in early January than during the summer, but she stresses that you'll still find a lot of different options.
And she's right. At the first Saturday market in January, tables are loaded with everything from farm-fresh eggs to lettuce to sushi.
It's hard to miss Doef's Greenhouses — the table is bursting with bright, vibrant, fresh colours. There are even ripe tomatoes and strawberries nestled among the English cucumbers, eggplant, bell peppers and lettuce.
"Our greenhouses are equipped with artificial light," explains Eric Doef, one of seven family members who run the Lacombe-based business. "It supplements the natural light and allows us to grow our produce all year long. Our customers really appreciate having fresh, local produce rather than having to buy stuff imported from Mexico."
A couple of stalls over, Kuhlmann's Greenhouses' table is loaded with root vegetables: cabbage, carrots, onions, beets, potatoes, turnips and parsnips.
"In the winter, our carrots and potatoes are especially popular," says Dieter Kuhlmann, who has been growing vegetables on his farm in northeast Edmonton for 40 years. "We grow Nantes coreless carrots and store them right at freezing, so they stay fresh and sweet. They're shorter than the carrots in the store, and not as manicured-looking, but they taste so much better."
Down the way, Deviyani Panchal of Chai Nashta chats about her East Indian vegetarian food. The Pau Bhaji — a dip chock full of vegetables — isn't spicy, but plenty of her dishes are. "Spice is actually very good for your body," she confides.
Thanasi Andreoglou of Theos' Greek Kouzina is surrounded by all the flavours of the Mediterranean. He admits to happily eating the hummus, tzatziki and dolmades he sells, but says he doesn't make them. "My mother has been cooking her whole life, and she makes it all using recipes she brought from back home."
There's hearty, wholesome bread from Prairie Mill and, if you're looking for something to top it with, Fruits of Sherbrooke has an array of intriguing jams, all made from rescued fruit.
"It's fruit that people can't or don't pick," says marketing volunteer Alan Cosh. "Everything here is picked and made by volunteers." There's even a Chipotle Rhubarb Ketchup that contains one-third the salt of commercial ketchup. "It'll even make hotdogs taste good," Cosh promises.
Keep going and you'll find unpasteurized honey from Coal Lake Honey, as well as grass-fed and pasture-raised chicken, pork and nouveau beef from Nature's Acres, and hempseeds and oils from Hemp Hollow.
For something slightly different, check out the bison roasts, steaks, bacon and garlic sausage from Medicine Man Bison. "My animals aren't penned up — they just wander around and do whatever they want," says Dan Young. Not only is the meat fresh — "this guy in the freezer was butchered at the end of November" — but bison contains two-thirds less fat than beef or pork.
And over at Food You Can Cook, you're greeted by little jars of sauces and herb mixes, all jauntily labelled "Smell me!" Elaine Wilson imports herbs directly from a number of countries and combines them to form an array of intoxicating blends, all without fillers or salt. Evidently commercial spices often contain more than 50-per-cent fillers, like dried celery.
And these are just a few of the vendors.
At the Calgary Farmers Market, Amanda Bonner, director of marketing, says you'll find a whole array of products there too, including local carrots and potatoes, greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers, as well as fresh chicken, pork, beef, elk, bison and seafood. That's in addition to hearty granola, gluten-free baking, cleansing teas, vegetarian dishes, organic snacks … the list goes on.
You'll find similar markets with similar products all across Alberta.
Kuhlmann, who is also on the board of directors for the City Market, says the winter market is a real gem. "Everything slows down a bit and it's not as rushed, so there's plenty of time to talk to the vendors. You're really meeting the people who are making, baking and producing things."
And if you're in the mood to indulge, well, there are plenty of vendors who can help you do that, too.
Kuhlmann's Roasted Vegetables
Perfect for a cold winter day!
12 small red potatoes
8 small Bintje (yellow) potatoes
2 cups (500 mL) whole small carrots, peeled
4 turnips, peeled
12 small boiler onions, peeled
8 small beets, scrubbed and stemmed
1/4 cup (60 mL) balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup (60 mL) cup olive oil
2 teaspoons (10 mL) dried sweet marjoram
Salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 F.
In a large bowl, combine potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions and beets.
In a small bowl, whisk together balsamic vinegar, olive oil and sweet marjoram. Pour over vegetables and toss so they are evenly coated.
Transfer vegetables to a large, deep roasting pan and spread in a single layer. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Roast vegetables uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour, turning the vegetables 2 to 3 times during the process
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Parsnips — as many or as few as you would like.
Peel parsnips and cut them into 2-1/2-inch pieces. Cut pieces the long way into one-quarter-inch thick slices. Boil just until tender without salt (do not overcook), then drain well.
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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius portrayed himself as a lover caught in tragedy, wielding a pistol and frightened as he stood only on his stumps, then killed his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder on Valentine's Day.
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Weeping uncontrollably, Pistorius listened as his words were read out in court by his attorney during the opening of a two-day bail hearing, his first public account of the events surrounding the shooting death of Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and reality TV star who had spoken out against violence against women.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Miami finally received its notice of allegations from the NCAA, which accused the school of having a "lack of institutional control" for not monitoring the conduct of a booster who provided thousands of dollars in cash, gifts and other items to football and men's basketball players.
The institutional-control charge is typically one of the most severe the NCAA can bring after an investigation of rules violations.
The NCAA declined to comment a day after revealing that it was erasing some elements of its case against Miami because the information was obtained in impermissible ways.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout to give them 16 straight games with at least one point, matching the NHL record to start a season.
Patrick Kane and Andrew Shaw scored in the tiebreaker for the Blackhawks (13-0-3), who earned their third consecutive win and joined the 2006-07 Anaheim Ducks as the only teams to record at least one point in the first 16 games of a season. The Ducks got off to a 12-0-4 start that year and went on to win the Stanley Cup.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Magic Johnson is one of the most successful athletes on and off the field of play, winning titles in the NBA, college and high school and making millions in business.
The Hall of Fame basketball player and an owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers said he lost a lot with the death of Lakers owner Jerry Buss.
"He made me the man I am today," Johnson said Tuesday night, a day after Buss died. "Forget just the basketball player, but the man that I am. I owe a lot to Dr. Buss.
"I think the reason I own the Dodgers today is because of Dr. Buss and his expertise of giving me sound business advice and making sure I took care of my money and things of that nature."
Johnson spoke to reporters about Buss before working as an analyst for ESPN when No. 4 Michigan State hosted top-ranked Indiana.
San Diego Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera is among five players whose names are listed in the records of a Florida clinic at the center of a Major League Baseball investigation into illegal drugs, ESPN reported.
The report said Cabrera, who led the NL in stolen bases last season, was listed along with Padres reliever Fautino De Los Santos, Oakland reliever Jordan Norberto, Houston outfielder Fernando Martinez and New York Mets outfield prospect Cesar Puello.
The Biogenesis of America clinic Anthony Bosch ran in Coral Gables is now closed. The facility allegedly provided performance-enhancing substances to several players, including Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera and Nelson Cruz. The players have said they didn't get illegal drugs from the clinic.
The Padres and Mets declined comment on the report. Everth Cabrera and Melky Cabrera are not related.
NEW YORK (AP) -- San Francisco catcher Buster Posey received the steepest increase among players in salary arbitration this year.
According to a study by The Associated Press, the 133 players who filed last month gained an average increase of 119 percent. No cases went to a hearing for the first time since arbitration began in 1974.
Posey, the NL batting champion and MVP, led the way with a 13-fold hike to $8 million.
Other big rises were obtained by Baltimore catcher Matt Wieters, an 11-fold increase to $5.5 million. Cincinnati pitcher Mat Latos enjoyed a 10-times increase to an average of $5.75 million as part of a two-year deal.

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Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres
Virgin Jackson is the senior ranger in Birrimun Park – the world's last natural landscape, overshadowed though it is by a sprawling coastal megacity. She maintains public safety and order in the park, but her bosses have brought out a hotshot cowboy to help her catch some drug runners who are affecting tourism. She senses the company is holding something back from her, and she's not keen on working with an outsider like Nate Sixkiller.
When an imaginary animal from her troubled teenage years reappears, Virgin takes it to mean one of two things: a breakdown (hers!) or a warning. When the dead bodies start piling up around her and Nate, she decides on the latter.
Something terrible is about to happen in the park and Virgin and her new partner are standing in its path…
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Like The Flintstones, Top Cat was written for adults and children alike, since it was initially shown during the family hour on a weeknight. This particular programming effort made the scripts stronger than your average cartoon, relying less on overused cartoon cliches and more on character. Unfortunately, T.C. didn't do well in prime time, but when he and the gang moved to Saturday mornings, the show found a loyal audience, who still remember it fondly.
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We're still about 4 years away from the completion of the Transbay Transit Center, a 1.5 million-square-foot facility that will serve as the terminus for this high speed rail line in California. Stretched along Mission Street for 5 blocks, the center will have a structural steel skeleton and an undulating transparent wall along the sides. It was originally planned to clad the exterior with fritted glass, but it is now expected to be clad in perforated aluminum. Regardless of the material upgrade, the overall effect of transparency should be the same. Fred Clarke of the firm Pelli Clarke Pelli told the San Francisco Chronicle, "This is a dramatic change in material, but the philosophical change is not enormous. I think it is equally handsome." The project is expected to save $10 million.
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budryerson April 3, 2013 at 3:56 pm
The role of glass was to protect the building and its visitors from wind and rain while still allowing light to enter and leave. Covering this building with chicken wire (or performated aluminum) provides little protection while blocking more light. The birds will like it better for nesting and roosting, but for us this is a lose/lose situation.
If you must, stainless steel is a better choice of material. It is stronger, more flexible and less deformable with larger perforations than the same thickness of aluminum is. It is easier to clean and generally better looking.
I agree with the previous comment that any neo-fortress type design decisions mean that the terrorists have truly won.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
The Bunny Game (2010)
Fear 5/5
Gore 0/5
Entertainment 5/5
Creepiness 5/5
Simply put, The Bunny Game is a brilliant piece of filmmaking. I'm still floored a couple days later after having watched it. By film's end, you'll have to do your best to pick your jaw off the floor. Completely disturbing and unsettling while at the same time having a point to all the onscreen madness, it will leave an indelible mark on your psyche.
Before I dive into my full review, I'd be remissed if I didn't mention the hand written letter that accompanied my screener copy of the review. I received a hand written list of explicit instructions which I needed to comply with before watching the film. The list is as folllows:
If you can't read it, click on the photo itself to big-ify. Interesting way to set the stage, right? But truthfully, I didn't need to do all of that prior to the start of the film. I was completely in awe and transfixed from the get-go.
For the first 20 minutes or so of the film, we follow the actions of a hooker as she gets through a day's work. A picture is painted of a life that's stuck in a vicious cycle: drugs, sex (which is oftentimes forceful), money, stop for food, continue to work, rinse and repeat. And as each act is performed, the camera doesn't pan or move away at all from any of it, putting you front and center to the mess that has become this young woman's life. It's the last act, the last straw if you will, that sends her completely over the edge. After a constant stream of drug use throughout the day, and with the man in her motel room having absolutely no problem with it, she passes out and he proceeds to use her limp body. She awakens later only to find all of her money stolen.
Distraught, she leaves the motel and walks down a road leading out of the city. A truck driver soon pulls up, calls her into his truck, and she obliges. Afterall, what else does she have to lose? They begin their interaction with some small talk followed by her sharing with him some of her white powdery stuff as its been a long day for him out on the open road. The man, old with a greyed beard and looking very Jeff Bridges-like, resists requests from her for sex. But after a couple more rebuffs, he smothers her with a cloth, drugs her and tosses her into the back seat.
He starts up and heads out of town in his big rig, the girl still zonked out in the back seat. He makes his way out to the middle of the California desert, settling off to the side of the road in a cleared and uninhabited area. When she awakens, she finds herself chained in the back of his truck. What ensues next, for the remainder of our film, is not so much torture per se, but a complete shaming of her. From spitting to slapping and then onwards to shaving her head and branding her, this woman is emotionally and physically made broken, even far more than she ever was before. But there is a point to all of this, one that I won't reveal but you will catch on to it if you pay attention and follow along closely.
A mention must be made about the style of the film itself as it's reminiscent of David Lynch and the aesthetics which he typically employs (i.e. odd images, camera angles and zooms). In fact, it would make for a great double feature alongside Nathan Wrann's Burning Inside. The cinematography is also stunning and really beautiful.
Overall, The Bunny Game is an engrossing but at the same time, disturbingly haunting film. It will be a challenge for some to get through this film. But if you make it all the way through, catch on to the intent and larger theme, you'll be left saying (like I did), 'Goddamn, that's a brilliant piece of filmmaking.'
The film is starting to make a name for itself, gaining notoriety and (hopefully) distribution efforts. Stay on alert for it and more from writer/director/freak-er out-er/ Adam Rehemier. And enough can't be said about the amazing performances of both leads, Rodleen Gestic (Bunny) and Jeff F. Renfro (Hog). They carry the film and it wouldn't be the hellish nightmare that it is without them.
Cortez the Killer
8 comments:
- The Angry Movie Lurker said...
Sounds quite an amazing movie.
- January 12, 2011 at 6:47 AM
- the jaded viewer said...
Hmmm that trailer was like a Tetsuo death metal music video...gonna have to check this out somehow.
- January 12, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- Cortez The Killer said...
@Mr. Lurker, it certainly is. I can't wait for it to get a wider distribution. I'll be sure to share news when the time comes.
@jaded, there is a bit of that as a soundtrack at the beginning of our film and towards the end. Definitely be on the lookout.
- January 13, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Geof said...
Well after reading that trailer which was bad to the ass, I hope I get to see this soon. Oh and the note...awesome. It implies that watching it is like taking care of a Gremlin =) Good stuff, J.
- January 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Carl Manes said...
So wait, how do we get our hands on this one in the mean time??
Sounds awesome dude, looking forward to checking it out!
- January 15, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- Cortez The Killer said...
@Geof, hahaha! Good call on the gremlin-like set of instructions.
@Carl, the filmmaker is being 'strategic' about how he gets the word out regarding his film. Don't know how I ended up so lucky!
Hopefully, it will be available for distribution soon. I'll be sure to keep the faithful informed!
- January 15, 2011 at 11:43 AM
what the fuck was the ending all about??? who drove off with her??
- July 29, 2012 at 6:41 AM
- Planet of Terror said...
Anonymous, while the filmmaker has never gone in depth about it (interview with him here: http://planetofterror.podomatic.com/entry/2011-01-20T04_19_39-08_00), I do have a belief of 'what does it all mean?' that is shared by myself as well as a few other writers. But I don't want to get in depth about it as the film was recently released and I don't want to spoil the experience for other viewers.
However, I will be writing about the film in the near future, talking about my thoughts around the film and what it all meant to me. Keep your peepers peeled.
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Your reforges seem puzzling right off the bat. I would visit this site for sure to take care of those problems:
So, I'm in the unfortunate position in my Guild where we do 10-Man's and I'm the only one of our Healers who has bothered to put together a DPS offspec, so on 2-healer fights, I'm the poor S-O-B who has to go to DPS, or get sat out.
And honestly..
With the DPS I'm pulling right now, I'd rather just get sat out. I feel like I'm the reason we're wiping on HC Ultraxion, we've had some low % wipes, that I know could of been avoided if my DPS was higher, everyone else is hitting 35k+, even the Tanks are breaking 27k+, and I'm sitting rather uncomfortably at 21k, on a good day..
And it's getting desperate, my Guild has noticed and I don't think my cries of "Oh, it's the RNG" is washing with them, but I do feel like the RNG of this spec is against me, I wanted to try my DPS on the dummies earlier, to try and refine my rotation and I actually cast Mind Flay 12 times whilst keeping Shadow Word: Pain up, before I got a single Shadow Orb.. I just let the fight end and restarted at that point..
But RNG doesn't explain my low DPS on fights where the RNG is not an issue.. I hit 30k+ during BL, then trinkle on down to 21-25k.. which I feel is just not acceptable for a DPS doing Hard modes. Now it is an offspec, but I don't want to be that guy who switches to his DPS gear and spec and everyone says "Whoever does less DPS then Alaria has to pay 100g to the Guild bank!" for a joke.
I've logged out in my DPS gear, and I'm wondering if theres any modifications you guys think you could make? And yeah, I know the trinket is bad.. I'm using it as a Int-trinket because nothing else has dropped that my Raid will give to me over our MS casters, we use a Loot Council. I've not been a DPS, let alone a Caster DPS for very long, so I don't know how much difference the Trinket makes? Probably more then I realise..
Currently the "priority system" I use is as follows:
Opener: (Pre-Cast)VT, SW:P, MFx2(or until Shadow Orb), SF+AA, MB, DP, ~~
I keep VT and DP up at all times, refreshing between 1-3 seconds before they drop off.
I keep Empowered Shadows uptime as close to 100% as I can, even if it means using only 1 Shadow Orb.
I clip MF to cast a SOx3MB.
I try to cast Shadowfiend during Power Torrent, but won't obsess over it.
I probably do more but can't think right now, it's 4:30AM where I am at the moment..
Can anyone help me? I've looked everywhere for help and honestly, I'm at my wits end with this spec, I just can't seem to make it work..
Your reforges seem puzzling right off the bat. I would visit this site for sure to take care of those problems:
Hunters never die, they just choose to commit suicide. Often.
All that did was replace my Hit reforges with Spirit, and add abit of Haste here and Mastery.. it didn't really improve my DPS a whole lot.
Sorry are you delaying MB? really you should be using it on CD if the dots are rolling since it has a higher DPET even with zero orbs than MF
I struggled a lot to reach 35k dps on ultraxion. It's not a fun fight for shadow priests. Here are some tips.
You are in your disc gear again, so I can't comment on your gear. If you have tier 13 4-set, reforge for hit cap, 2589 haste and then mastery. Otherwise, just hit-cap and haste.
If you have tier 13 4-set, use the shadow fiend MS/MB rotation at the start (unless you BL at the start, then you should use the normal rotation) and again as it becomes available. Do it right after an hour of twilight, to avoid being interrupted by it.
Mind Flay is just a filler. Don't wait for it to finish, always try to interrupt it as soon as you have something better to cast, but try to interrupt it right after a tick.
A key to maximize dps is to make sure your dots tick as high as possible. If you get a proc from power torrent or lightweave (I see you're a tailor, but low skill), refresh your dots. Refreshing DP is always a good alternative to just casting MF, but VT shouldn't be refreshed too often. When you BL, refresh your dots immediately and again right before BL wears off. If you BL at the start, make sure to refresh dots as soon as you have dark evangelism and empowered shadows up. Prepotted, trinkets and enchants procced, and BL, makes for some nice dots.
Don't forget shadow word: death on cooldown near the end. Especially if you have 2-set.
If you are using dispersion to soak hour of twilight, cancel it as fast as possible.
Regardless of when you lust you enter your 4pc rotation immediately on Ultraxion, because the first 45 seconds of the fight are the only 45 seconds you can be 100% sure that you will be able to fully use it and not be interrupted. BL just means you get more SF dmg, and more Mind spikes....at a time where you get increased Mind Spike dmg..
Mind flay is FAR from a filler, and no you do not simply interrupt it(except to cast MB). To correctly utilize MF clipping you want to clip the first cast of it immediatly after tick #2, clipping it then with your next MF gives your next channel 4 ticks and more dps. Refreshing DP is not a good alternative to casting MF at all, simply put your improved DP does not do the dmg to make it better than MF. For 1 GCD in IDP my average dmg is 28k, this is in full heroic BiS gear, where as a full MF channel which is the same time as a GCD will yield 3 ticks of 13k each, casting DP instead of MF is a DPS loss.
Please let's try to not give out misinformation to players looking for help.
You aren't in your shadow gear so I can't look at reforges gear choices etc.
You don't mention addons, cast bars, proc trackers, dot timers etc...
First off UI is very important as a dot class, you need a good tracker to ensure optimal uptime of your dots(85-87% if using the 4pc rotation). Use shadowtimers for that, for mult target fights I like dot timers to track on all targets so I know when to refresh them.
Secondly to correctly clip MF you need a good cast bar addon, I prefer Gnosis as the tick points are very noticable and the addon is very configurable.
You also need an addon telling you about your procs because Baltimore is correct in refreshing dots...I use needtoknow
Other than that the basics of being a shadow priest are these
1. Keep all 3 dots up
2. MIND BLAST! WHAT YOU HAVE NO ORBS MIND BLAST MIND BLAST MIND BLAST. get it? Use it on CD NO MATTER WHAT
3. If you are not doing #1 and #2 Mind Flay and clip it correctly
A few tips for Ultraxion
refresh your dots right before hour of twilight to ensure they don't fall off
Do not pop AA, any racials, SF etc unless you will get full use before an Hour of Twilight
wait until there is 1 second left to hit heroic will
Make a cancel aura macro for dispersion to quickly begin dpsing again after soaking.
No. No it's not.
This.... yes. MS/MB during time warp / heroism / whatever. Not sure about the 4 piece bonus as I don't have it, and thus, I don't worry about it.
This is probably the trickiest part to shadow priest I've found so far...... clipping mind flay correctly. Please note though.... he IS in full heroic BiS gear, and may have more haste than you. He does have a good point.... don't just clip it without good reason.
Learn to play the shadow priest rhythmically. This..... disagree that you need an add-on. If you are paying attention and not just mashing keys, you can see when DoT's are about to fall off. ALSO.... with DoT's..... Baltimore is right about one thing.....
For me.... if I see power torrent kick.... I hit SW:P and DP instantly to boost those.... so long as I have empowered shadow up. It's VERY likely that the casts previous did not have these buffs. ALSO.... you can squeeze more out with an "on activation" trinket at the end of a burst phase. For our opener on that.... I'm hitting MS / MB / SW: Death with heroism popped and with a trink popped.... BUT.... in the final seconds of the trink, I'l lay down SW:P and DP to get them rolling at least.
This.... is shadow priest in a nutshell...
No one tanks in a void.........
Provide what part you feel is not wrong, because it all is wrong, you do use the 4pc rotation during lust if they line up, DP is not a better alternative than MF, MF is not JUST a filler. The entire state was wrong.
This is wrong, the only reason to MS/MB is the 4pc bonus
Who is the he we are referring too?
How do you maintain dots on 2 arm tentacles and the corruption tentacle at once? You simply cannot maximize your damage without a good dot tracking addon.
Yes refreshing your dots when you get a proc increases dps....it is not however a BIG part of it. Which the OP has much more to learn that will increase their dps by larger margins than that.
Ok. Since you wanna be like this. When you say "COMPLETELY" wrong, you are stating that every single last thing is incorrect. And it wasn't.
Because this:
"A key to maximize dps is to make sure your dots tick as high as possible. If you get a proc from power torrent or lightweave (I see you're a tailor, but low skill), refresh your dots. Refreshing DP is always a good alternative to just casting MF"
.... is correct.
Funny, because during time warp on Ultraxion, it actually works out as a dps boost for me despite NOT having the 4 piece bonus. Especially since the group I run with is opening with it. Not having empowered shadow up and rolling right from the get-go hurt me on the damage ticks from the DoT's. And yes... I tried to talk my raid group into hold off for about 10 seconds for me to try and get that procced first.
We were talking about Ultraxion. On a single target fight.... you're not maintaining multiple DoT's on multiple targets.
On fights with a significant number of targets... it would be ideal. If you want to maximize.
You have to bear in mind that also.... sometimes you need to pick and choose your targets. Like... for example... would you really want to spend the time reapplying dots to targets that are not going to live much past a single cycle of DoT's?
Hell.... you yourself said:
..... and I reiterated that."You also need an addon telling you about your procs because Baltimore is correct in refreshing dots...I use needtoknow
Other than that the basics of being a shadow priest are these
1. Keep all 3 dots up
2. MIND BLAST! WHAT YOU HAVE NO ORBS MIND BLAST MIND BLAST MIND BLAST. get it? Use it on CD NO MATTER WHAT
3. If you are not doing #1 and #2 Mind Flay and clip it correctly"
You do realize I'm NOT entirely disagreeing with you, right? Or are you just trying to pick a fight for no good reason?
No one tanks in a void.........
I'm too lazy to go through and quote everything.
With the 100% wrong, I was not going to neuter the one thing he said that is correct surrounded by the 5 things that were wrong. So yeah technically it was only 90% wrong, but it was still mostly wrong which means they really should not be giving advice.
Also no refreshing DP is not a better alternative to just casting MF.
If your dps is higher opening with it with no 4piece, then I would honestly go on the side of something is wrong somewhere with your gearing, or more likely your opening(i.e. to trigger empowered shadows open with MF spam, I have never gone 2 full casts without an orb, then MB and its up, 4-5 seconds in). Lust on the pull is ideal for Ultraxion, waiting 10 seconds severly would lower the rdps.
Wasn't aware of who you were speaking of, I don't know the people around here since I am so rarely on here, so wanted to ensure the you was me.
Yes ultraxion is a single target fight, however there are also more encounters than this on 10 man that you would 2 heal, which means they would be dpsing. In addition single target or not I 100% promise that unless you are the best shadow priest in the world, getting a dot timer would be an overall net gain. If you didn't want to maximize your damage, why ask how to improve? There are very few things that die so fast its not worth applying your dots to UNLESS you are mind searing.
I do realize there are things you agreed with....but not to be a jerk, however this is why the tankspot community and forum activity has dwindled, people want to add their 2 cents when they have a decent idea of what they are doing but not a massive full on one, which leads to a lot of misinformation being thrown out there. Just because you see better results from doing X does not mean that you are correct in that, because it very well could mean Y or Z is being done wrong. Look at baltimore, 6 wrong points to 2 correct.....the admin of the largest shadow priest community is a tankspot donor, and in my guild but yet will not post in the forums because of past issues like this. I am not trying to pick a fight, I am not trying to be a jerk, I am trying to ensure the player who is looking for help gets the help they need and that they get it with correct information.
Agree on mind flay. It's not "just a filler". the whole point about clipping is completely valid and makes a ton of sense. The other thing is... it's one of our primary tools for generating shadow orbs, so it does a lot simply beyond "doing damage".
You're probably right. My gear is not that great as I just picked up shadow priest again recently, but, 8-9 times out of 10 it's something "we're" doing. I found myself a little bit ahead by a small margin riding MS/MB for the first half of warp. I'll take a look again and see what I can do to improve.
You're right on the DoT timer. It will improve your performance if used correctly. Same thing with a buff tracker. I guess I'm arguing the point because one thing I've seen a bit of is dps players zoning out onto their addons and not paying attention to other things that are going on.
Here's a question for you then regarding multi-target segments. How do you handle the adds on Yor'saj? The little guys that appear after the sludge gets to him? Myself... I try to keep my DoTs up on the boss, and then roll through the adds to place DoTs on them to help burn them down faster. What I've found is that frequently, by the time a DoT would wear off on them, they're either dead, or so close to dead that the DoT may only tick once or twice at best.What are your thoughts on handling that kind of massive multi-target situation where we have greater than 3 or 4 targets?
As for the sludges themselves.... yeah. A DoT timer there would be handy (an improvement over stock UI at any rate). As ranged... I can keep DoTs rolling on both the boss AND the incoming sludge at the same time. Using stock UI, I just set the boss on focus and keep an eye as to where the DoTs stand on him.
Another question then: if a DoT is approching its final tick, would you refresh it early if a proc like power torrent popped up? Or would you wait for that last tick, reapply it (and maybe even reapply before power torrent wears off)? What are your thoughts on that? I can see a potential gain to MAYBE reapplying it early, and then tagging it one last time before the proce wears off. Particularly with DP.
So... out of this:
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No one tanks in a void.........
This is very true, every can zone out from time to time to focus on addons.....however what this also tells me is that it is a poorly designed UI, everything that is really important, and that needs to be checked often should be centered so that you do not need to move your eyes far to see. For example my shadowtimer addon is set to be just above my unit frames, my dot timer for multi target just off to the right for quick glances etc.
This is a hard question to answer because it really depends on your raid comp....technically mind sear will only be a dps gain when hitting 4 or more targets, so on 10 man with the right comp, all i would do is SWP them as they spawn and just single target Yor....obviously this doesn't work if your AOE is needed. On 25 man what we did other than phases where we would get the two spawns we just had fire mages and demo locks on them, with the shadow priests using Mind Sear instead of MF until a few died. On the double spawn phase I have the whole raid aoe like crazy...so for Shadow Priests that means your priority goes to this.
1. Mind Blast Yor on CD
2. Keep all dots up on Yor
3. Mind Sear until there are less than 4 adds.
Is it the way to cheese a parse at this point? No, however it generates the most effective dps for you, let the locks, rogues, kitties, and mages do the heavy lifting.
You would want to ensure you refresh it with Power Torrent up, due to the length of the power torrent proc versus the length of your dots, it doesn't make sense to try and double up...unless you were in the process of refreshing when you got the proc. Typically all you want to do is ensure during that proc that you refresh.
When you BL refresh dots immediately= bad if you have your 4 pc, because you should be lining it up with Bloodlust...technically bad even without 4pc because you ideally want to Potion>Archangel>beserking(if troll)>Shadowfiend before applying dots so that all those buffs factor into the blood lust period as well
If you BL at the start make sure to refresh dots=this is somewhat inconclusive....however I take refresh as meaning you already applied them so to me this is bad....empowered shadows is beyond easy to get up, simply start every encounter with Mind Flay...99.9% of the time you will have an orb before the first channel is done, Mind blast and apply dots, otherwise if you start the encounter with dots, you just wasted 3 or so GCD's for basically no damage, just to need to reapply 4-5 seconds later.
I'm playing with a UI to try and set it up to aid in this. I'll hit you back with an update on that soon. I was thinking along the same lines though......
My raid's comp has me and a hunter as the ranged/AoE dps. We're sitting with a ret pally, a rogue, and dk for dps on 10-man. Tanks are a warrior and pally, with druid, shammy, and priest heals.
I've been trying to DoT up as many targets with SW: P and keep the primary series of DoT's rolling on Yor, but after I hit 3 or more adds, I have been switching to mind sear and refreshing DoT's as they exhaust on Yor. Even with the slimes, I try to position myself equidistant between the slime spawn and within range of Yor so I can drop DoT's on both. I haven't been doing the mind blast on Yor during that phase as I've been trying to help burn down the slime (this is on heroic... actually, I've been doing this on both actually now that I think about it).
Yeah. I have no interest in trying to fluff up my numbers. I only really care about two things: 1) killing the boss and 2) doing better than I did last time, reflected in #1. Getting a cheap dps increase for myself personally if it costs us the kill is not acceptable.
Ok. Will keep this in mind tonight. I just have seen various procs from trinks and dark evang and try to make sure that the DoT's will benefit from these. I know Dark Evang is only a 5% increase... but hey... it's 5% when it's stacked up. The one trinket I had was a spellpower boost when it procc'ed .... somewhere around 1900, not insignificant.
Yeah. Sadly, I'm nowhere near 35k. I've just managed to ditch the last of my sub-378 gear this past week and am finally in a mix of LFR/VP/Normal DS gear or better. Right now sitting at 388 ilvl (took a 4-5 month break and playing catch up). Still have four 378 ilvl pieces, even after last week's upgrades. But, now I know what to shoot for. Yeah... I know, this is not optimal for running heroic, but let's be honest..... heroic isn't quite what it used to be. As it was, I was pushing around 20k at less than 388 ilvl (I think I was sitting at 383 ilvl last Tuesday).
I originally thought along those same lines with mindflay... get empowered shadow up and get the DoT's rolling ASAP with that buff and a potion behind them. Problem was, I had found on more than one pull that I sometimes wouldn't get a single orb, even after 6+ ticks with mindflay. I even tried tacking on SW: P at the get-go to give myself a better proc rate. I understand it's RNG and that's kind of an "excuse" in a way, but when the benefit of the shadow orbs plays such a critical role in our performance, it really sucks. I've read some posts (Ask the Devs) where Blizzard explained it away as "it should feel like you're really getting a bonus when orbs proc"..... and it just makes me laugh.
Either way, this is great info and I'll be trying to apply it tonight in raid. Thank you.
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Here is a video link to show my Ui which can maybe help you out
Any questions you have feel free to ask once you try some other things I will keep an eye out on this thread to help you out.
I don't mind the criticism but comments like "This is all 100% wrong" and "Please let's try to not give out misinformation to players looking for help" are a bit harsh. Especially when they come several months after the thread was active.


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More Data:
New XT-002 Hardmode:
Buff Uptime: 17.2%
Blade Warding Procs: 19
Two Stacks: 4
Blade Warding Hits: 13
Damage Done: 14,160 (1.0%)
Buffs Triggered: 13/15
Buff Uptime: 19.5%
Blade Warding Procs: 9
Two Stacks: 1
Blade Warding Hits: 6
Damage Done: 6,161 (1.3%)
Buffs Triggered: 6/8
Hodir Hardmode:
Buff Uptime: 29.5%
Blade Warding Procs: 8
Two Stacks: 1
Blade Warding Hits: 6
Damage Done: 6,529 (1.6%)
Buffs Triggered: 6/7
Side Note: Mongoose is hands down better for this fight due to the encounters crit buffs, however irrelevant to the topic this tidbit is.
Using my unbuffed numbers, my gear lets me get the following from blade ward at the following stacks... (From observing character panel while attacking a dummy)
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1st Stack: 21.53% (+2.60%)
2nd Stack: 23.80% (+2.27%)
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
My summer as a pioneer
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What a lovely experience. Thanks for sharing...and I completely agree about the whole screen time break. It is a challenge, but so worth it. We started raising a flock of chickens this summer, and what fun it's been to watch them grow and their personalities emerge. Plus, now we get eggs! :) Hoping the peace continues as school ramps up.ReplyDelete
I thoroughly enjoyed this post. Thank you for sharing. So much resonated with me "turn off screens and go play outside"! What a great opportunity for you and your family - not least the 3-day trek. I enjoyed the vintage quilts and I agree - I love that star quilt. You'll all remember this summer :)ReplyDelete
How fabulous! I love all the pics :-)ReplyDelete
What a wonderful summer you had! I'm so impressed with all that you did and the fun you must have had being pioneers! I would love to do that someday! Thank you for sharing this:-)ReplyDelete
Oh my God! So cute... Nice to hear about this kind of special holidays to share with the family. Thank you for these gorgeous pictures... the star quilt is so lovely! Montse of lesmiliunaidees.blogspot.comReplyDelete
what an amazing experience and so good for the kids, I bet they did not even miss the tv and all the mod cons whilst there. No doubt they are back onto their gadgets now! There is a lot to be said for the simple life although I know I would miss my CD player most, the tv I think I could live without but there are one or two programmes I would miss, the quilting ones come to mind I have learnt from those, have one on today must remember to watch it, I am sure you as a quilter would have heard of our wonderful quilter Jennie Rayment she is such a hive of knowledge and so entertaining at the same time..ReplyDelete
Congrats on surviving the Trek experience as a Ma and Pa. My DH and I did that 6 years ago. Very rewarding. I would love to spend the Summer quilting like you did in "Mayberry". I hope you kept a Journal...ReplyDelete
I loved reading this post! What great summer experiences for your family!ReplyDelete
I too loved reading this post! We should all take the time to be in somewhere a little less busy at times. Great job, I felt as if I was there!ReplyDelete
Wow, what an incredible experience for both you and your children! Those are memories that will never be forgotten and will always be treasured. Thank you for the great post!ReplyDelete
What a lovely experience. Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
I am so impressed and envious. Wow!! What a neat experience for you and for your children. I know they enjoyed it but I'm sure as they get older they'll also appreciate the lesson they were taught about volunteering and how it has so many rewards. I just think that is so neat, though the whole appliqued quilt using squirrel pelts made me glad I'd finished my breakfast before reading the post. LOLReplyDelete
What a great holiday you must have had. I am envious.ReplyDelete
Are you sure about the squirrel pelt appliqué? I am curious about what that could even look like. Rest assured that all squirrels would be safe from me! I live in a mostly squirrel-free country. I say 'mostly' as a small community of them escaped from the zoo and live in the few blocks in and around the zoo.
Wow what a great experience. I love the part of the boys/girl roaming free. And hand quilting on the porch.ReplyDelete
What a lovely post! And your timing for me is perfect. I just had a week with numerous failures of "things" we have become dependant upon. It has been so frustrating and caused me to be envious of simpler days, for example, when there weren't computers that crashed without warning! Bravo for giving your children (and yourself) these experiences!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful experience that must have been! Getting away from the 'modern world' like that sounds like music to my ears, unfortunately there's nothinglike that at all in this little and far too busy land of ours, full of houses and roads and traffic jams, the worst in the whole world, worse even than LA or NY to name some major cities in this world. Just heard that in the news last night. The space and tranquility and peacefulness of your post and descriptions sounds wonderful.ReplyDelete
Lovely post :) I've always wondered what it would be like to have lived back then (or just try it like you all did!) And what was it fun to wear the pioneer clothing?ReplyDelete
Lovely post Amy, what a fabulous experience for you and your family. I would just love to visit someday. Such fun! xoReplyDelete
What a great experience was had by all. The photos are wonderful.ReplyDelete
What a great experience and what a great post!!! I also envy you, I'd love to have such a experience but I live to far away, in Spain. Thanks for sharing with us and for the beautiful pics.ReplyDelete
Wonderful experience for the whole family! Thank you for sharing the story and your photos.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing. The only time I visited This is The Place park we were looking for a place for a wedding reception and not really getting the whole experience. Your post made me want to go back and see what's really there. Sounds like a great experience for the whole family. And putting the gadgets aside for awhile is probably something we should do more often...ReplyDelete
This post is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing Amy!!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful experience for you and your children! I love that they got to run around the village by themselves. Four hours of the simple life a week sounds like heaven :)ReplyDelete
What an amazing summer activity for you and your family!ReplyDelete
Beautiful post Amy, and beautiful pictures. I love This Is The Place Park. I was on the Utah Quilt Guild board with Sherry Kasteller when she first represented the guild's work out there. Look how far things have come! And what an amazing experience with your children. Something they will hold on to and look back on with fondness as they reminisce their childhood.ReplyDelete
Hey, I could do this! Maybe when my baby gets a little older. I must get up there soon and see the quilts, though. Thanks for clueing us in!ReplyDelete
What a great family experience!ReplyDelete
WOW! Thanks for sharing this experience on your blog. What a wonderful life lesson for your family. We were at Plymouth Colony last year and the re-enactors were key to the visitors, especially since they stayed in character so well....ReplyDelete
One school girl held her camera and asked a young colonist, "May I take your picture?"
"What?!" he replied. "Why do you want to take my pitcher? I have only one and I need it!"
Great post, Amy. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I have a dear friend who has volunteered, along with her 4 boys, at Deseret Village for the past 3 or 4 summers. She has the same reasons you do. She wants her sons to understand that life was not always like it is today. Although life back then was physically hard with all the chores and such, it was a much simpler less complicated existence.ReplyDelete
Who couldn't use a dose of that?
So fabulous that you and the kids had a chance to experience "Mayberry"! We live so far out on a dirt road that ours never got to wander far...but they did enjoy making things out of sticks, flowers and leaves every summer...so much that they always had some sort of blisters on their fingers and we never could figure out what they got into...no...it wasn't poison ivy...that we know!;)ReplyDelete
Congrats on that trek too...Ma and Pa!!:)xoxo
What a fabulous experience for your family! And what good advice to "turn off the screens"!ReplyDelete
What a fantastic amazing experience for you and your family and one that will hold great memories for all of you.ReplyDelete
What a truly wonderful experience for you and the children!ReplyDelete
It sounds like a fabulous way to spend part of your summer, a great escape :o) When I was a tween/teen I spent most of my school holidays 'working' as a street urchin at our local living museum, set in the 1900s. I basically spent my time playing games and selling little period nick-nacks to the visitors.ReplyDelete
I keep saying that one of these summers we are going to get up to Deseret Village. I went back in 1999 before I was married and had kids and I thought it was so neat. That was before I actually lived here! I know my kids would love it. I totally understand the need for kids to be able to get out without having parents hovering over them. I just wish all my neighbors felt the same way. We live in a condo community and I have had more tangles with one of the mothers who seems to think that my kids need to be babysat while they are outside playing. They are 7 and 10 and she gets mad whenever they are at the playground (which I can see from my bedroom window) without me being out there with them. They don't cause problems and are just playing but she has some sort of vendetta against them. The funny thing is she has a three year old who is out there riding a scooter in the street without parental supervision all the time! I just don't get it. Anyway, it looks like you guys had a blast. Maybe next year will be the year to actually get up there!ReplyDelete
Wow that was a great post! I loved all of those quilts - it amazes me how dedicated those women in history were with their hand piecing and I complain that my machine doesn't sew fast enough, who needs to slow down? I love that your kids got to wander - I agree that generally our kids are over-protected, but that is a sign, sadly of society. Just sounds like you and your family have made some brilliant, everlasting memories!ReplyDelete
I went to This is the Place park this summer as well, and lingered on the quilting porch while my children petted the animals next door. How wonderful you could enjoy so much time there as a family! You are so blessed, and blessing so many at once.ReplyDelete
How very cool! I lived in Utah until I was 18 and never went there. I had no idea you could volunteer. I assumed it was a mission type thing. One of these days I will have to take my family. If you do it again, let us know when you will be there. I would love to come say hi!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great summer Amy.ReplyDelete
This is the best blog post I've read in months!! Why not go ahead and have your children document their summer adventures, while fresh in their minds? Next summer, if they aren't as interested, pull out their papers and re-read them as a group....bet it will inspire them to go again!!ReplyDelete
I think all children would benefit by being able to experience such a summer!!
Amazing. I loved reading every word of your summer. My kids are too old for that now. And I'm feeling like I wish I'd have done this. What a sweet experience that will never be forgotten. I so admire you.ReplyDelete
This was so interesting and the pictures so beautiful. Gorgeous quilts. Thanks so much for sharing your summer with us.ReplyDelete
Love it! Thanks for sharing your experiences at This is the Place...and for getting some quilts in there too. :-)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing your pictures and experiences. The Fairbanks home at This is the Place belonged to my 3rd great aunt & uncle - John B & Sarah Van Wagoner Fairbanks. The one time I visited there was in the off season, so I couldn't go into the house. I haven't made it back there to do that, but I definitely want and need to. Also, another 2nd great aunt came to Utah with the first handcart company - I would love to do the 3 day trip. I've read her life history and I can't imagine how hard it was for them. I research my family genealogy and the memories you make with your children will be lifelong treasures and passed down to future generations. Thanks again - your post made my day.ReplyDelete
What a great experience. I can't imagine having to pull a hand cart any distance.ReplyDelete
thank you SO MUCH for sharing with us! what memories you have made with your family :)ReplyDelete
xoxo melzie
Wow! How wonderful!ReplyDelete
Oh, wow! I love the idea of the kids volunteering to wander through the past -- that is just so beyond neat. I remember reading about the squirrel pelt quilt somewhere...maybe I can use it as a way to convince Hubby we should stop there on one of our trips to Utah?ReplyDelete
Wow! What an amazing experience. The Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia has always been one of may favourite places because it's so interesting to see how people lived long ago. The ladies in one of the houses there make lace. I love the star quilt too.ReplyDelete
Wow Amy -- it sounds like the perfect summer. I love that you had duty at a house where there was quilting -- perfect! And I've always wanted to do that pioneer trek - maybe someday. ;-DReplyDelete
What a terrific summer, Amy. I loved reading this post. Thank you so much for taking the time to share. :)ReplyDelete
Sooo awesome! We went on Trek as a Ma and Pa this summer too and I'm still thinking about it. We had an amazing experience. I am so jealous of your being able to volunteer at the Park (I don't live in Utah). I think I am obsessed with making bonnets. ha.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for your comments - they make my day! I try to respond to as many as my 'mommy' time allows, but life sometimes gets in the way. Please know how much I appreciate each of them.
I apologize for the current comment settings that require a registered user account. They are the only way that I don't get tons of gross spam. I'm hoping Blogger will make a way where people who are not registered users, but would like to leave a comment can do so. Please, Blogger! In the mean time, thanks for your patience.
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Overall: The Rural Mainstreet Index, which ranges between 0 and 100 with 50.0 representing growth neutral, dipped to a still solid 55.6 for January from Decembers healthier 60.6. Over the past three years the RMI has averaged 55.8.
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However, some bankers expect the national economy to weigh on the region. According to Dale Bradley, CEO of The Citizens State Bank, in Miltonvale Kan., A downturn in the overall economy will also affect our farm economy. I expect both to be negative for 2013.
Likewise, Jim Eckert president of Anchor State Bank in Anchor, Ill., reported that small town businesses are signaling that the recession is not over.
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Jeff Bonnett, president of Havana National Bank in Havana, Ill., reported, The drought had little impact since most of our crops are irrigated and farmland that is not irrigated is covered by disaster crop insurance programs.
Bryan Grove, president of American State Bank in Grygla, Minn, said, Although 2012 was much drier than normal in our region of northwest Minnesota, crops were excellent, resulting in great financial progress for agriculture producers. Subsoil moisture is depleted and 2013 will require timely rains.
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Banking: For the third time in the past four months, the loan-volume index moved below growth neutral. The index plummeted to 39.0 from Decembers strong 62.1 and Novembers weak 47.8. The checking-deposit index advanced to 78.1 from 75.8 in December, while the index for certificates of deposit and other savings instruments rose to 42.2 from December s 40.2. Banking data appear to indicate that the 2012 drought did not weaken, to any great extent, the financial positions of farms and businesses in the region, said Goss.
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Home and retail sales: The January home-sales index slipped to a solid 55.6 from 61.3 in December. The January retail-sales index tumbled to 44.5 from Decembers 59.0.
Each month, community bank presidents and CEOs in nonurban, agriculturally and energy-dependent portions of a 10-state area are surveyed regarding current economic conditions in their communities and their projected economic outlooks six months down the road. Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming are included.
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Colorado: For a fourth straight month, Colorados Rural Mainstreet Index moved above 50.0. The January RMI climbed to 64.1 from Decembers 55.9. The farmland and ranchland-price index dipped to 70.6 from Decembers 70.7. Colorados hiring index for January expanded to 50.0 from Decembers 44.9.
Illinois: For a fourth consecutive month, the RMI for Illinois remained above growth neutral. The January index declined to 61.3 from Decembers 65.2. Farmland prices tumbled to a still healthy 76.7 from Decembers 84.2. The states new-hiring index increased to 54.1 from 53.9 in December.
Iowa: The January RMI for Iowa slipped to 59.0 from Decembers 63.6. The farmland-price index declined to 75.4 from Decembers 84.2. Iowas new-hiring index for January dipped slightly to 53.2 from Decembers 53.9. Jim Brown, CEO of Hardin County Savings Bank in Eldora reported, Strong earnings, working capital and net worth increases are still the norm, thus the continued increase in land values in Central Iowa.
Kansas: The Kansas RMI for January tumbled to 53.7 from Decembers 67.7. The farmland-price index sank to 75.4 from 82.6 in December. The states new-hiring index declined to 48.5 from 52.8 in December.
Minnesota: The January RMI for Minnesota rose to 71.2 from 69.6 in December. Minnesotas farmland-price index declined to 85.1 from 87.7 in December. Minnesotas new-hiring index advanced to 59.7 from Decembers 56.2 from Novembers 53.2. Pete Haddeland, CEO of First National Bank in Mahnomen, said, The drought has had little effect in northern Minnesota.
Missouri: The January RMI for Missouri sank to 51.5 from Decembers 58.7. The farmland-price index decreased to 67.8 from Decembers 72.2. Missouris new-hiring advanced to 48.2 from 45.9 in December.
Nebraska: For the first time since September, Nebraskas Rural Mainstreet economy moved into negative territory. The January RMI slumped to 48.8 from Decembers 57.4. The farmland-price index slipped to 66.2 from 84.6 in December. Nebraskas new-hiring index sank to 47.1 from Decembers 54.2. Rick Clements, president of American Exchange Bank in Elmwood, said, Higher crop prices and crop insurance revenue coverage with low interest rates have made land prices increase dramatically.
North Dakota: The North Dakota RMI for January decreased to a regional high of 83.3 from Decembers 88.3. The farmland-price index advanced to 85.2 from Decembers 84.5. North Dakotas new-hiring index decreased to 78.3 from Decembers 84.9.
South Dakota: The January RMI for South Dakota declined to 53.5 from Decembers 61.3. The farmland-price index decreased to 71.0 from Decembers 81.6. South Dakota's new-hiring index for January slipped to 50.3 from 52.2 in December.
Wyoming: The January RMI for Wyoming declined to 54.8 from 59.1 in December. The January farmland and ranchland-price index decreased to 70.5 from Decembers 80.6. Wyomings new-hiring index declined but remained above growth neutral with a January reading of 51.0, down from Decembers 51.5.


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I am just getting into this new holiday tradition. I have to say I am "in" for anything funny and mischievous!
THere are tons of links for "playing" with your childs toy..heehhe.Especially on Pinterest but then I found this link. If you need a laugh this is for you..Just make sure you dont have a sip of coffee in your mouth....(spewing can ruin your computer screen!) LOL