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Windwalker Monk DPS Guide
Kicking Your Way to Victory
Updated for Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.1
Windwalker Monks are a fine DPS class with very good A of E capability. Patch 5.3 pretty much just brought some tweaks, while patch 5.2 just added to their Windwalker utility, see here for details. Note that this page is focused on Windwalker PvE, ie: raids and such. (For Windwalker PvP see SkillCapped.)
Windwalker Contents
- Patch notes
- Windwalker Talents
- Glyphs
- Wind Stats
- Rotations
- Gems
- Enchants
- Consumables
- Professions
- Races
- Leveling Quickly
Our Other Monk Guides: Mistweaver healing, Brewmaster tank, Monk leveling, WnadWalker PvP and WindWalker PvP Gear. Warlords of Draenor is coming. Check out the new talents.
This Windwalker Monk guide is primarily intended for use at level 90, for PvE content and Raiding. However, the principals will still apply during the leveling process and somewhat for PvP, though talent picks and rotations will differ somewhat. If you want the same in-game step by step leveling guide that we use to get to level 90 as fast as possible, take a look at our favorite in-game leveling guide:
Important patch 5.4 notes.
Not all of the Monk notes are here, just the interesting ones. Check this post for all of the changes: monk 5.4 patch notes. Go here for all of the 5.4 patch notes.
- Legacy of the Emperor had its energy cost reduced to 1%, down from 6%.
- Ring of Peace had been redesigned. The ability forms an 8-yard sanctuary around a friendly target for 8 seconds, instantly disarming and silencing enemies within the area-of-effect for 3 seconds. Enemies that use abilities other than auto-attacks or cast spells on allies within the Ring of Peace will be disarmed and silenced for 3 seconds. Disarm and silence effects are subject to diminishing returns.
Windwalker tweaks
- Mastery: Bottled Fury has been redesigned. Bottled Fury now gives a chance to generate an additional charge of Tigereye Brew when the Monk gains one normally. This will help you to burst more frequently, but does nothing outside of your burst.
- Tigereye Brew received an adjustment: It now increases damage by 6% per stack, (up from 1% per stack) but is no longer increased by Mastery.
- A charge of Tigereye Brew is gained for each 4 Chi consumed through use of abilities and attacks (up from a charge for each 3 Chi consumed).
Various talents were either buffed or tweaked in a positive way.
- Chi Burst no longer requires a target. It now travels as a 40-yard line in front of the Monk.
- Zen Sphere now deals 15% more healing and damage.
- Chi Brew now restores 2 Chi, has a 45-second cooldown (down from 1.5 minutes), and generate stacks of Brew/Teas based on the Monk's specialization.
- Power Strikes will now activate from more abilities
- Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger now has a pet control bar for Xuen, and the talent is no longer on global cooldown for all Monk specializations.
- Rushing Jade Wind has been redesigned and replaces Spinning Crane Kick: Using Rushing Jade Wind the Monk summons a whirling tornado around them, dealing damage to nearby enemies (heals nearby allies for Mistweavers).
Windwalker Talents
Talents can be easily swapped as necessary, whenever you like. Keep a stack of Tome of the Clear Mind handy for such changes (ditto for glyphs.)
Tier 1 offers us three mobility enhancing talents.
- Celerity is one of two options this tier that enhance roll and Chi Torpedo, increasing the limit of charges by 1 and reducing the cooldown time by a small amount.
- Tiger's Lust gives us a speed increasing spell that can be cast on both ourselves and others. Best for PvP, and provides the least movement for raids and such, but provides reliable emergency movement that is not subject to the occasional snare or root.
- Momentum is a passive that causes our Roll and Chi Torpedo abilities to grant us a speed increase for a short time, stacking up to 2 times. This is my personal favorite for most encounters as it's the most flexible talent here.
The choice for this tier is largely preference based. Tiger's Lust offers the greatest speed increase, but also has the shortest duration. The other two improve your consistent mobility, but can't be cast on other players.
- Chi Wave is a basic chain heal type ability. 5.2 boosted the damage by quite a bit and removed the cost. It does a decent amount of healing and is the most generally useful ability in this tier at this time, especially when fighting one opponent.
- Zen Sphere summons a sphere that periodically heals the target and damages a nearby enemy. Zen Sphere can be detonated early for a small burst of AoE healing. Buffed in 5.4.
- Chi Burst is best used for healing a stacked up raid. Buffed in 5.4.
At lower levels of Haste go with Power Strikes, at high levels Ascension wins out. Chi Brew can help when loading up your Brew stacks and Chi for that next burst.
- Power Strikes causes our Jab to generate an additional 1 Chi once every 20 seconds. Power Strikes grants the greatest overall Chi generation, but Chi Brew is a competitive option, particularly for encounters that demand burst damage. Buffed in 5.4 to proc from more abilities.
- Ascension increases your maximum Chi by 1 and also increases your Energy regen. This makes it the most generally useful of the three, especially at high levels of Haste (over 6k) though Power Strikes is even at lower Haste levels.
- Chi Brew instantly restores all of our Chi and provides two stacks of Tigereye Brew
- Ring of Peace is new for 5.2 and changed in 5.4. It looks like it's greatest use is for PvP or for tanks, though you, being in the thick of the fight, could certainly use it to good effect and save the tank a fair amount of damage. It disarms the opposition (they will do less damage) and silences casters.
- Charging Ox Wave stuns all targets in its path up to 30 yards away. A decent option for stunning targets you need to catch up to.
- Leg Sweep stuns all enemies within a 5 yard radius. This is usually be the best choice for dealing with groups of trash mobs.
Your choice from this tier should be based on the encounter you're currently facing.
- Healing Elixirs adds a small heal to our use of Brew/Tea abilities. A useful healing ability given how often it'll trigger.
- Dampen Harm is fairly potent when you need to endure a damage spike. Use Diffuse Magic instead, if you're looking at a lot of magic damage.
- Diffuse Magic will be a very helpful damage mitigation cooldown on fights with heavy magic damage.
Healing Elixir offers consistent healing, but is inferior to Dampen Harm and Diffuse Magic when dealing with heavy burst damage. Either of the two damage mitigation cooldowns is useful depending on the type of damage you're taking.
- Rushing Jade Wind provides an AoE damage increase and replaces your Spinning Crane Kick. This is the pick for fighting groups.
- Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger provides optimal DPS in most situations and is the overall best choice at this time.
- Chi Torpedo is inferior to the other two options at this time.
Windwalker Monk Glyphs
Glyphs, like talents, are easily changed depending on the situation. Grab any that look like they might be interesting. (See our gold pages if the price is a bit high.) There aren't really any required glyphs, but there are several that are quite useful in particular situations. Once you know the fights you'll be able to pick and choose as necessary.
Not necessarily in order of preference:
- Glyph of Touch of Death – No chi cost, longer cooldown, nice for zapping adds.
- Glyph of Touch of Karma – Now with New! Improved! 20 yd range!
- Glyph of Spinning Crane Kick - Move at full speed while spinning, Useful for A of E fights, not so much for single target.
- Glyph of Retreat – Lower threat while rolling/torpedoing. Threat shouldn't be an issue if your tank is any good at all.
- Glyph of Fists of Fury – Higher parry chance.
- Glyph of Fortifying Brew – A bit more damage reduction at the cost of a bit less healing.
- Glyph of Transcendence – More range for your transcendence. Might be useful at times.
- Glyph of Paralysis – removed damage over time effects from the target, allowing your Paralysis to stick. Has the occasional use.
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of Blackout Kick – More damage, but you lose the healing.
- Glyph of Zen Flight – Fly about on a meditative cloud.
- Glyph of Water Roll – Roll over water.
Windwalker Monk Stat Priorities
- Primary Stats: Agility
- Secondary: Hit and Expertise to 7.5% each > Haste > Critical > Mastery
- Useless: excess Hit and Expertise
Haste, Crit, and Mastery are pretty close in value to each other. Haste will give you faster energy regen, as well as casting. Crit and Mastery will give you more damage. You do not want to cap Energy (as it's then wasted) so you will want to limit Haste to somewhere around 6 to 8k, depending on how you do things.
Crit scales well and syncs well with various of your abilities.
Mastery – after getting your 6 to 8k Haste you should put as much of the remaining points in Crit as you can, but If you're awesome enough to get the trinket Rune of Reorigination you should know that Mastery becomes more valuable. If you have it then make sure that Mastery is the highest of the three stats, even if only by 1 point, unbuffed. (Mastery stacks up your Tigereye Brew faster, for more bursts. It does nothing for your damage outside of that burst. )
Reforge to get your Hit and Expertise to 7.5%, then to around 6k Haste. After that go for Crit, but see the Mastery note above.
In-Depth Rotation Guide
As mentioned at the top of the page this rotation assumes that you're level 90. (well, you are raiding, right?) Just in case you still need to get leveled, go here.
You should always use Stance of the Fierce Tiger.
- Jab is your default Chi building attack.
- Use Expel Harm when you're able to benefit from the self-heal. The damage that Expel Harm deals is based off the amount you're healed for, which is why it's only practical to use when the healing is necessary.
- Use Rising Sun Kick on cooldown. This applies and maintains the debuff, increasing the damage your abilities deal to the target.
- Tiger Palm should be used as often as is necessary to maintain 3 stacks of the Tiger Power buff.
- Use Blackout Kick or Tiger Palm when Mastery: Combo Breaker triggers. Note that when the effect triggers you'll be granted either a free Blackout Kick OR Tiger Palm not both or a choice of either one, meaning you'll simply have to use whichever ability is available.
- Fists of Fury should be used on cooldown.
- Blackout Kick is a filler attack to expend excess Chi when not needed for other abilities.
Multi-Target/AoE DPS:
- Against a small group of targets, continue your single target rotation.
- When facing 4 or more enemies, maintain the Rising Sun Kick debuff on all targets and use Spinning Crane Kick.
- Use Energizing Brew on cooldown so long as the energy generated won't be wasted. Try to be below 35-40 energy when triggering this ability.
- Use Tigereye Brew when you have 10 stacks of the buff. You gain a stack of Tigereye Brew each time you expend 4 Chi.
- Touch of Death should be used as often as possible, although the damage window in which it's available makes it difficult to use on bosses.
- Fortifying Brew is a decent survivability cooldown for when you're taking heavy damage.
- Touch of Karma allows you to redirect all damage taken to your target for a short period of time, up to a maximum of damage equal to your total health. This acts as both a damage avoidance and DPS increase cooldown.
- While Zen Meditation doesn't increase your damage, it can be used to great effect as a raid survivability/damage mitigation tool if necessary.
Tier 3 Talent Abilities
- Power Strikes is a passive increase to Chi generation.
- Chi Brew is best used as often as possible so long as you have 0 Chi and can therefore obtain full benefit. If an encounter demands burst damage at specific times or has phases in which you deal increased damage for a period of time, use it then for optimal effect.
- Ascension is a passive increase to maximum Chi.
Tier 6 Talent Abilities
- Rushing Jade Wind is best used for AoE damage.
- Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger should be cast as many times as possible for maximum DPS.
Windwalker Monk Gems
The secondary gems have twice the value of primary gems (320 Haste Vs 160 Ag.) It's worthwhile to match socket bonuses, especially if they are for Agility. If you want to match a socket bonus the you can use an Orange gem in a yellow slow, and purples in the blue slots. If you're short on gold then see our guide.
Your Leather bonus adds to any Ag. gem bonuses, making them worth 5% more Agility. That bonus does not add to other stats.
Make sure you have your Hit and Expertise first, 7.5% each. Then gem for Haste until your energy regen is around 12.5. After that go for Crit. Some Hit/Exp gems are shown in case you need those last few points.
Gemming for Haste:
- Red & Prismatic sockets (such as belt buckles:) Delicate Primordial Ruby
- Yellow: Quick Sun's Radiance
- Blue: Glinting Imperial Amethyst – If you need the hit, otherwise skip the bonus and put one of the other two (above) gems into the slot.
- Meta: Capacitive Primal Diamond if you are able to do the quests, otherwise Agile Primal Diamond
- Belt buckle and Blacksmithing slots: Delicate Primordial Ruby
|Gem Priorities
|Capacitive Primal Diamond: +324 Critical Strike, and chance on melee or ranged hit to gain Capacitance
Agile Primal Diamond: 216 Agil & 3% Increased Crit Effect
|Delicate Primordial Ruby: 160 Agility
Precise Primordial Ruby: 320 Expertise
|Quick Sun's Radiance: 320 Haste
Fractured Sun's Radiance: 320 Mastery
Smooth Sun's Radiance: 320 Crit
|Rigid River's Heart: +320 Hit
|Deadly Vermilion Onyx: 80 Agility, 160 Crit
Adept Vermilion Onyx: 80 Agility, 160 Mastery
Crafty Vermilion Onyx: 160 Expertise, 160 Crit
Deft Vermilion Onyx: 80 Agility, 160 Haste
|Glinting Imperial Amethyst: 80 Ag, 160 Hit
Accurate Imperial Amethyst: 160 Expertise, 160 Hit
|none applicable
|Delicate Primordial Ruby: 160 Agility
|Smooth Tinker's Gear: 600 Crit – requires an engie helm, such as this.
Fractured Tinker's Gear: 600 Mastery
Quick Tinker's Gear: 600 Haste
Enchantments for Windwalker Monks
Helm enchants are gone in Mists of Pandaria, shoulder enchants all come from the Inscription profession.
Short on gold? Most of the enchants below have similar enchants available, of lesser value, for less cash. Check with the rep vendor or the Auction House for these. If you want to buy the best enchants, fund all of your alts, donate to the guild, etc., but don't have the cash, then see what the Tycoon Addon can do about about improving your situation.
Boots and Cloak both have Hit enchants if you still need that stat.
|Windwalker Enchantments
|Ranged Weapon
|Not applicable
|Enchant Weapon – Dancing Steel: Sometimes add 1,650 Ag when striking.
|Secret Tiger Claw Inscription 520 Ag, 100 Crit, requires Inscription 575
Greater Tiger Claw Inscription: 200 Agility, 100 Crit
|Swordguard Embroidery: Sometimes pops 4k AP for 15 sec. Requires Tailoring.
Enchant Cloak – Accuracy: 180 Hit rating
Enchant Cloak – Superior Critical Strike: 180 Crit rating
|Enchant Chest – Glorious Stats: 80 to all Stats
|Fur Lining, Agility: 500 Agility, requires Leatherworking.
Enchant Bracer – Greater Agility: 180 Agility
Socket Bracer: Self only, Blacksmithing, pop in a nice Agility gem.
|Enchant Gloves – Greater Haste: 170 Haste
Enchant Gloves – Superior Mastery: 170 Mastery
Socket Gloves – Self only, Blacksmithing, pop in a nice gem.
|Living Steel Belt Buckle: put a nice gem into this slot.
|Shadowleather Leg Armor: 285 Agility & 165 Crit rating
|Enchant Boots – Blurred Speed: 140 Agility and Slight run speed increase.
Enchant Boots – Greater Precision: 170 Hit
|Enchant Ring – Greater Agility: 160 Agility, Requires Enchanting 550
Comsumables for the Windwalker Monk
Note that Pandarens get twice the food buff. All food buffs last one hour. Any Agility bonuses also add to the food and chemical bonuses. Alchemists will get about 30% more in stats and an extra hour in duration from flasks and elixirs.
Food buffs go away when you're killed, flasks do not. Your agility flask is better than any pair of elixirs.
- Sea Mist Rice Noodles: 300 Ag
- Valley Stir Fry: 275 Ag
- Flask of Spring Blossoms: 1,000 Ag for one hour
- Virmen's Bite: 4k Ag for 25 seconds. If you pop one immediately before combat you will be able to pop another during combat.
- Master Healing Potion: Heals 120k HP
- Darkwater potion, for an extra movement burst.
- Runescroll of Fortitude III: 8% increased Stamina to your entire group.
Professions for Windwalkers
All of the professions provide some benefit for any class/spec, though clearly some are better than others. Even the gathering professions have some value, though you might be better served by using those to build a larger gold stash. (Note the big Haste buff from Herbalism.)
Most of the professions add an average of about 320 Agility. Since gems with secondary stats are twice the value of those with primary stats (320 Haste Vs 160 Agility, for example) Blacksmithing might be the most valuable profession if you're just looking for the buffs, especially if you need a bit more Haste.
Note that Jewelcrafting provides only 320 in any stat over non JC gems.
|Windwalker Professions
|Cloak enchant sometimes adds 4k Attack Power for 15 seconds.
|Bracer enchant adds 500 Ag.
|Make nicer gems for your own use.
|Enchant both rings, for a total 320 Ag gain.
|Shoulder enchant adds 520 Ag and 100 crit.
|More effect from your own potions. Adds 320 Ag and an extra hour to your main flask.
|has lots of interesting toys, some of which have situational use, and Synapse Springs, which increases Ag by 1940 for a short time. If you take this use a macro to activate it along with other short term buffs.
|gives two extra gems slots. Since gems with secondary stats have twice the value of gems with primary stats Blacksmithing might be a very valuable profession. For example, you'll be able to socket the two gems for 640 Haste instead of 320 Ag.
|provides 480 crit rating
|Small heal and 2880 Haste for 20 seconds.
|480 Stamina
Race Choices for the Windwalker Monk
Worgen and Goblins are the only races which cannot become Monks. The most that any particular race will provide in term of DPS is maybe 1% overall, not enough to care a lot about. Still, if you want every bit of burning power for your flying kicks here's how they stack up. Pandaren
- Can be either Horde or Alliance
- Better buffs from food is a nice benefit.
- Rested XP lasts longer, for faster leveling.
- Melee range stun will have use on trash mobs and occasional bosses.
- Take less falling damage, but that probably more useful in PvP than in raids.
Alliance Monks
- Diplomacy skills make rep gains less grinding
- Escape ability will have occasional use
- Mace or Sword expertise will help you get to that 7.5% cap (if those are the best weapons available.)
- Stone form washes away some effects and reduces damage by 10%, which will have occasional use.
- Ranged weapon expertise is useless to you.
Night Elf
- 2% Dodge is a sometimes useful stat, but more for Brewmasters than you.
- Shadowmeld is perfect for those times when the opposition ignores the tank and comes running towards you.
- Expertise with swords is useful if those are the best weapons available.
- Your Escape will find occasional use.
- +1% Hit is nice and makes end-game gearing a bit easier and you don't have to have any particular item equipped to get it.
- The self-heal is always useful
Horde Monks
- Blood Fury is very nice for those times when you need a bit of extra smash. Put it in a macro with your openers or other "it's burst time" abilities/items.
- Expertise with axes and fist weapons is useful if those are the best weapons available.
- Resistance to stun effects will only be rarely useful
- Berserk is very nice for those times when you need the burst.
- Increased damage Vs beasts will be helpful vs some types of trash.
- Ranged weapon expertise is useless to you.
- The ability to remove fear and other effects is occasionally useful.
- Touch of the Grave is a small DPS add and also heals you for the same amount that it drains.
Tauren – My mind boggles at Taurens doing spinning kicks.
- Additional Stam doesn't scale well at very high levels, but is still nice.
- War stomp will have definite use.
Blood Elf
- Arcane Torrent will silence casters, which is situationally useful.
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While Whitewater West didn't sell the number of rafts it usually does in a season, Atkinson said he did sell out of recreational kayaks; these small, hard-shell kayaks become handy when navigating lower water levels.
There were also positive aspects to this year's depressed rafting season, despite overall drought implications.
"The main runs through the Green River near Dinosaur National Monument had more water than normal," Kleinschnitz said.
Even so, it was hard to convey that message to people on a national and international level, he added, when the region overall was (and still is) experiencing drought.
Another plus - Adventure Bound's last trip down Colorado's Ruby Canyon just went last week, a sign that there's still water to float.
"There's still fun to be had, but it was hard to communicate that out of state," Kleinschnitz said. "Last Friday was our last trip, but we're open to chartering trips through November."
Despite drought and fire impacts felt in 2012, Kleinschnitz said he definitely remains hopeful for a better 2013 rafting season.
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We all have days, weeks, or even months when we struggle being content. No matter the reason for your discontent, it's helpful to have a few go-to tricks up your sleeve to help you be more satisfied. Here are my top five ways to be more content.
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The Debrief: PKGen Questions...Awsa Bergstrom
For this week's Debrief we spoke to Pilates instructor, talented singer and skilled Traceuse Awsa Bergstom. Awsa regularly helps the team with stretching advice and ran a workshop at last year's Rendezvous on stretching for Parkour.
How long have you been a Traceuse?
I have been doing Parkour since May 2010.
What Movements are you currently working on?
Dive rolls and I am trying to get to know and remember what I feel like in my max movements (jump, stride, cat leap etc)
What percentage of your training is conditioning?
Not enough. I have been mostly concerned with injury prevention and mobility and just settled with the strength I get through training, in bigger or smaller groups, will be the conditioning I need and get. Wrong. Part of injury prevention is the conditioning- duh! I have no figures though, I just make sure I increase in that area, and can already feel it in my movements- mainly in confidence.
Favourite conditioning exercise?
When I fix a little hiccup with my shins, it is going to be plyo, plyo, plyo as well as running/sprints and strides.
Who or what is your biggest influence?
Options is one of my biggest driving forces for doing Parkour. I want to have the option to move however I want, wherever I want. Also at the moment, a certain PKGen team member, Shirley Darlington, who for two years wouldn't do rail precisions and couldn't do big drops or run/stride for shin problems, is now kicking ass in all the aforementioned areas, as well as continuing in the PKGen way of showing that you can have strong, fluid, brave and smart movement without having 10 years of gymnastics behind you (possibly even better without) *deep breath*, is inspiring me.
Favourite food?
Home baked bread with butter and Norwegian goats cheese will bring a goofy smile of content on my face any day. Unfortunately it will also put me to sleep straight after. Fortunately...unfortunately (?) I like pretty much everything; fish, butternut squash, pomegranates, lentils, chicken, haloumi, peas, courgettes etc YUM! Just season it!
Three current favourite training music tracks?
They vary a lot.
For conditioning:
"I Need Air" by Magnetic Man- golden oldie Awsa PK classic; embodies everything from frustration to release. I want to sing it one day.
"Let Me Go" Maverick Sabre - great beat to get focused on.
"Get On It" - by Ruby Goe; cos I do! (although maybe not like Ruby...)
For stretching: ( I have a stretch playlist called 'Stretching is a MUST you dufus!')
"Feather" by Little Dragon
"A Real Hero" by College feat Electric Youth (from the movie Drive)
"Melt" by Leftfield
Item in your bag you couldn't go training without?
My pink pink lipstick of course. It makes me like totally fly.
How do you approach breaking a jump?
Visualisation and rhythm. I know fairly quickly whether I can do a jump/it is calling me or if I can't reach. If I can, then I need to do it quickly before I start thinking too much about it and end up in an existential muddle. Because what is life really all about? (Jumping stuff) I also tend to zoom in on a small spot and 'claim it', then jump on it.
One piece of advice to Traceurs just starting out:
Wax on, wax off. At different paces and different sizes, but never stop.
Thanks Awsa!


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Buying and selling people. It's almost like work. Read the blog. Buy the man. Buy for growth. e(MIKEYLITO)
Empire Avenue is like a chameleon that changes identities based on who is engaging with it. It is a social networking website that uses the meme of a stock market. Hence, the ad that I opened this essay with. It is one of the ads I occasionally run when I'm trying to promote my shares.
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Empire Avenue calculates your engagement on those websites as well as any blogs and feeds and comes up with your share price and a daily dividend. Those two bottom line numbers, if you will, determine whether another user will buy or sell shares in you.
With its many different roles, Empire Avenue attempts to be all things to all people. Some use it for its social networking properties. My social engagement has exploded since being on Empire Avenue. Other users clearly try to use their analytics to benefit their businesses. Still others are wrapped up in playing the game, trying to get the highest share price and, presumably, influence.
This second version of the EyeView blog has always been about lifestreaming, even before I knew what that word meant. As I mentioned on my About page, I always wanted to pull together the various bird crumbs I leave around the web into the blog you're now reading. Empire Avenue actually helped in this regard. In order to improve my EAv score, it became important for me to find import and syndication solutions for the various websites that I post on. EAv made me focus.
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The gaming aspect of Empire Avenue required an entirely different set of skills. Games require a strategy and the one I adopted was buying shares of people who produce the maximum amount of dividends regardless of share price. Dividends can be fairly consistent income whereas share price is only important when you're buying or selling a stock (or if you like to stare at your "net wealth"). Although my blogging output is much more anemic than in the past, I can maintain a fairly healthy share price with my microblogging and social activity. However, in order to maintain share price and consistent dividends, one must remain actively engaged. Consequently, some people just churn out content for the sake of scoring. For the most part, I just find myself engaging more and saying pretty much what I would say anyway, just to more people.
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I do wish that Google+ would have come along before I got so involve in EAv, but that's a whole different kettle of fish.
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Featured Letter: Roll Call thanks
Many thanks to all who made the Harbor Church's annual Roll Call dinner a huge success.
For all the workers, on prep, cooking, serving, cleaning up, it could not have happened without you. Special thanks to Joe Sprague for the island-grown potatoes, to Brad and Anne Marthens who again loaned the Atlantic kitchen for cooking them, to Cindy and Stan Geer at BI Depot and Carrie Todd at Red Bird for use of walk-in refrigerators, to the Boy Scouts who helped set up and the Honor Students who helped serve, to Amy Keeler who provided a glorious display of fall flowers for the front foyer, to an Island-wide network of turkey roasters and pie bakers, and 11-year-old Andrew McGarry who finished his dinner and volunteered to stay and do dishes! Thanks to all the church members and friends (and the usual shanghaied visitors) who pitched in along the way and, of course, to all who came to support this most important fundraiser of the Harbor Church.
Hundreds were served, a good time was had by all, if you couldn't make it this year we hope to see you next October.
Cheryl Blane
Roll Call Dinner Chair
P.S.: We need also recognize Cheryl for her extraordinary service. We are truly blessed to have someone willing to step up to the daunting task of organizing the feeding of hundreds AND who is able to draw on her many yearsof experience and initiate changes in this most traditional of church dinners. Through it all she maintains a good humor that is humbling. Thank you, Cheryl.
Martha Ball, Church Clerk


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Violence Against Women Act
News about Violence Against Women Act, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Mar. 1, 2013
House of Representatives gives final approval to renewal of Violence Against Women Act, sending bipartisan measure to Pres Obama after House plan endorsed by conservatives is defeated. MORE
Feb. 28, 2013
Republican leaders bow to pressure from within party and clear path for House passage of Senate's bipartisan reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act; House will first consider Republican version of bill before Senate-passed version that broadens1994 law. MORE
Feb. 28, 2013
Editorial expresses surprise that House Republicans seem to be relenting in their opposition to reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act, given their insistence on weaker version of bill; expresses hope House Republicans will approve measure. MORE
Feb. 27, 2013
Op-Ed article by author Louise Erdrich criticizes House Republicans for objecting to provisions contained in reauthorization bill for Violence Against Women Act that will enhance protections for American Indians; urges Congress to allow tribal courts to try non-Indians suspected of sex crimes, given that more than 80 percent of rapes on reservations are committed by non-Indian men. MORE
Feb. 16, 2013
Editorial calls on House Speaker John Boehner to ensure that House follows Senate in reauthorizing Violence Against Women Act; notes 17 Republican members have written Boehner urging action on renewal, sign that GOP's rejection by female voters in November 2012 is causing some rethinking. MORE
Feb. 13, 2013
Senate votes, 78-22, with broad bipartisan support, to expand the reach of the landmark Violence Against Women Act of 1994 by fortifying the power of American Indian tribal courts and explicitly protecting gay victims of domestic abuse. MORE
Feb. 11, 2013
Issue of tribal court powers is the last remaining controversy holding up reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act; House Republican negotiators are still struggling over a section that would, for the first time, allow Native American police and courts to pursue non-Indians who attack women on tribal land; opponents say the Senate's language goes too far, empowering courts that are not equipped for the job and depriving defendants of constitutional rights. MORE
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Roger Goodell Vows to Change N.F.L.
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by Brenna
September 12th, 2014
Colours: Brown
Good ol' brown. Now, I mean brown-brown, not tan or beige (which are their own thing in our Color Search). Deep, earthy, bark-like, ranging from cool to warm, brown is a great "neutral" shade for when you don't want to go black or navy or grey.
You'll see, as we look at the different supplier's browns, that there are definitely some dye batch differences that exist within brown, but everybody can fall into a pretty clear family of umbers, chocolates, earthy loams and red. I think in this post, the images of each brand's array of browns is closest to spot-on for colour accuracy.
Brown seems very mutable, and reflects the colours it is next to or knit with quite strongly. See the difference in how the colour presents between the white elastic of the O Chevrons and the black elastic of the B Chevrons below!
Disclaimer time! I'm not trying to define brown. If you want some poem-like lists of names for shades of brown, both Wikipedia and the Color Sorting Wiki are kind of amazing resources. I've done my best to accurately represent these hues in relation to each other, so you can gather a good idea of what matches and what doesn't. That said, let's get down to it!
Dream Stockings
Oops, I forgot to include the Dreamer Socks' Extraordinary Thigh Highs in Dark Brown here, but they're just a touch richer than the Dark Brown in the Dream Stockings styles. Earth is nice and cool-yellow and I love the Coffee nylon hue, so rich!
From left to right: Cotton Slouch Socks, Cotton Slouch Socks, N40s
Ooh boy. Not only does B.Ella offer "Espresso" "Chocolate" and plain ol' "Brown", there's some variation within each colour (both the tights on the far left and far right are "Espresso"). It does mean a gorgeous range of hues, though.
From left to right: Patricia Merino Crochet Tights, Meg Unconstricted Top Crew, Trentata Italian Trouser Sock, Pantera Jersey Dress Midcalf, Gregorio Wool Bootsocks, Vera Recycled Cotton No Show, Bastia Comfort Top Crew, Codori Crochet Tights
Either deep or chocolately-basic, Cronert keeps it simple with two very good representations of brown.
From left to right: Ribbed Wool OTK, Cotton Overknee
EG Smith
EG Smith tries to keep it simple with just a simple "Brownie" and a heather. But, as you can see between the two boot sock styles (with the same fiber content) below, there's variation. We keep our images updated the best we can when dealing with dye batch differences like this. The Sockling and the Solid OTK are pretty much the same hue, on the other hand.
From left to right: Socklings, Solid Over the Knee, EG Smith Original Bootsocks, GoGo Bootsocks, Heather Over the Knee Stockings
Foot Traffic
Not normally one to offer a full range of hues, Foot Traffic brings it home with a pretty selection of browns from loamy to umber to chocolate. The colour variation in Brown between the Opaque Solid Nylon Trouser Socks and the Solid Opaque Thigh Highs seems to be that the former is 80% microfiber nylon and the latter is 90% plain ol' nylon.
From left to right: Super Long Ribbed Leg Warmer, Fleece Lined Knee Highs, Opaque Solid Nylon Trouser Socks, Solid Opaque Thigh High, Signature Cotton Tights, Signature Cotton Tights, Cotton Lace Anklets
Nouvella's colour consistency is a little uneven when it comes to browns, with the widest range between dye batches. Below you can see two different dye batches of the Nouvella Cotton Leggings in Brown. What a difference! We try to catch all changes we can so we can keep our images updated.
For once, Tabbisocks does not dominate a colour with a masterful array! Their brown tends towards maroon (except for their Color Tights, which are nice and cool, a rather umber-y chocolate).
From left to right: Harajuku Arm Warmers, Harajuku Scrunchy Socks, Crochet Lover OTK
Lots of browns show up as single examples across different brands.
From left to right: Spectrum Midcalf, Alpaca Cable Knit Arm Warmers, Celi Hollywood Trouser Socks, Octopus Arm Cozies, Chunky Cable Arm Warmers, Long Orkney Angora Leg Warmers, New Zealand Bed Socks
Okay, after the jump, let's look at the variations within the variations of brown!
by Brenna
September 5th, 2014
What is a halo?
You know when you get a new wooly sock and there are those almost microscopic little hairs poofing up from the stitches? That's loosely called "halo." Angora has a very marked halo, that's what makes it so warm! Even some synthetic fibers that are made to imitate wool, like acrylic, have a bit of halo. It's what can cause itchies for some folks—though everyone has different ways wool can be itchy.
Halo is also part of what makes wooly (and fake wooly acrylic) so great in so many temperatures, too. Those little fibers trap air that keeps the cold out and the warm in (and it works the opposite way too, I swear!).
Combined with blooming, which is when yarn puffs up to make a fuller and fuzzier look after washing, halo is part of what can make a sock so very fluffy-soft or hairy-scratchy, depending on your skin's sensitivities. As a wool sensitive person, I like that acrylic can imitate that fluffy specialness of wool. Take a gander below!
The Acrylic Fingerless Shorties on the left are as fuzzy as the Wool Fingerless Gloves on the right! So they're just as cozy and will bloom and fuzz up as much when they get washed and worn. So cozy!
The Super Long Ribbed Leg Warmers and the Ribbed Knit Leg Warmers are another great example of acrylic halo. The Charcoal are obviously fuzzy, with those little white "hairs", but the black are just as fuzz—they're being all stealth about it. All the colours of both styles have a bit of halo, with the Ivory having the least (but still having some).
Of course, that's not the case for all acrylic styles. Our O Dreamy and Super Dreamy styles also have almost no halo. The Foot Traffic and Leg Avenue acrylic OTKs and thigh highs are super soft, but smooth, with none of the wooly halo.
And wool can have very little halo too. Wool crochet-like styles tend to be smoother and don't bloom as much after washing and wearing.
Other wool styles with little halo are Sockwell socks and the Cronert Wooly Snowflake Crews. They're all about as smooth as something with a high wool content can be.
On the opposite end are the Breaux alpaca styles and the Orkney Angora warmers and socks. Both have a full, fuzzy halo of little hairs that keep you cozy (or tickle you madly!).
Angora has enough halo that adding even tiny bits of it can add to a style's overall fuzzy halo feel. The Kimi Wool Blend OTKs, like a lot of B.Ella's angora blends, only has 6% of this fuzzy fiber in it, but combined with 8% cashmere it makes for just the right amount of super soft halo to keep cozy as the days grow cold.
More microscopic than what we call "fuzzy or furry", the halo found in wool and acrylic blends adds to the warmth and coziness and their beautiful bloom that builds as they're washed and worn adds to the experience.
by Brenna
August 29th, 2014
Sock schooling: science and math
What are letters and pictures without numbers and theories? Since last week you started your sock school day with some writing and art, your brain is all warmed up and ready for some science and math!
Science is a broad field that covers a lot of learnin'. There are many "-ologies" ("studies of") out there to nerd out on. I think a lot of folks think of a lab and assorted fiddly bits when presented with the word "science", but in actuality there's a lot more there. Studying dinosaurs is science. Maybe it is the best science.
• Mad Science Knee High •
• T-Rex Midcalf •
Let's start with a field that isn't an "-ology" but whatever. Astronomy is the study of celestial objects, all that weird and beautiful star stuff. What they're made of, where they're going, how they interact with each other and us—it's a science that isn't that intimidating, because not only are the stars always with us, but amateur astronomers have been vital parts of many major discoveries.
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• Planets Knee High •
Another thing that is always with us, like it or not, are insects and that's what entomology studies! From obviously useful insect friends, like bees, to what a lot of us consider pests, entomology investigates insects from their smallest parts to the greatest expanse of their social structures and their place in the ecosystem. I know somebody who did their doctoral work on the iridescence of beetle carapaces and that is a pretty awesome thing.
• Bee's Knees Knee High •
• All Over Bug Midcalves •
From land to sea, marine biology studies the critters (a very scientific term) that live in the ocean and other non-fresh water places. Like bugs and space, you get to look at some weird monsters and beautiful creatures that we share the world with.
• Jellyfish Knee High •
• Kid's Shark Midcalf •
• Mouthy Fish 3-D Socks •
Of course, both entomology and marine biology are subsets of plain ol' biology, the natural science of life and living stuff. There are five natural sciences: astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics. When it comes to socks, synthetic fibers, like Coolmax, have chemistry to thank. How socks stay up is directly connected to physics (and sock glue) and as for the earth sciences, socks—well, socks rock.
Natural science is one of the "empirical sciences", while mathematics is classed as a "formal science". You may now picture your favourite number dressed up as James Bond.
• Tuxedo Midcalf •
• Martini Midcalf •
Though we use math all the time with socks (they come to us in packs of six, which means I'm very good at my six-times tables), they're not as easy to integrate into mathematics.
Well, they do divide themselves more often than we'd like, leaving one in the dryer and one off exploring the depths of space or something. If you don't like your socks doing division, using a hosiery bag for washing should keep them prime (get it, indivisible?!). The brand Soxks even includes a wash bag with each pair!
• In The Bath Midcalf •
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• Black Sheep Midcalf •
Now, I know a lot of folks wish their sock collection could multiply, but there's an easy way to do that. Multi packs!
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• Heather Animal Print No Show 6 Pack •
From two packs to six, buying more socks at once not only multiplies your styles, but is also a formula for savings, since they're often less per pair when packaged together.
There are no sciences like the sock sciences (both natural and formal). Now that you've been sock schooled, I hereby deem you professors of socks! Just in time for the new school year. May all your learning be as useful and fun as socks can be.
by Brenna
August 22nd, 2014
Sock schooling: writing and art
Fall is right around the corner, if you squint you can see it! School is about to start or has already started for lots of folks and we've got your sock curriculum all planned out. We're going to sock-school you!
However you feel about school, writing and the arts of language is a vital foundation to life (we have words to thank for our sassy, punny copy, for instance!). So grab your pencil and some paper to take down a few notes.
• Notebook Knee Highs •
• Pencil Midcalf •
• Notebook Midcalf •
Creativity is key and it's amazing what can blossom between restraints of form. That could be the limits of a form poem, or working with given prompts. An example! Let's try a triplet, three lines using the same rhyme and forming a complete little thought unto themselves.
And for inspiration, some words.
• Gin Crew •
• Evil Knee High •
Okay, let's try . . .
The evil jinn, not gin the drink,
Poured himself a glass, and sat to think.
And as he drank, began to shrink.
Wait, are you even paying attention. You're reading comic books, aren't you?
I mean, comic books are great, and actually a perfect example of what restraints of form can do in inspiring the creative process. It's just, a little rude when I'm all trying to teach up-over here. But I can take a hint. Let's move on to a related subject.
The visual arts go hand-in-hand with written language. They can convey and document, suggest and imagine. More than just pretty pictures, it's how people decorate their world through architecture and textiles and how that process influences and is influenced by society.
• Maroc Midcalf (architectural design in form of repeating tile patterns) •
• Folklore Midcalf (simplistic motif used to convey story and feeling) •
• Art Deco Tights (highly influential visual style that influenced all aspects of life) •
Though the kind of paintings that hang in museums get a lot of attention, work that should never be overlooked is that inspired by or related to handicraft and entertainment. Silhouette scenes and patterns cut from card are a great example of this. Though silhouette portraiture was popularised in the Victorian era, paper cut scenes were a popular way to illustrate books since the late 18th century and their use in shadow theatre is an ancient art.
• Filigree Print Arm Warmers •
• Scissors Arm Cozies •
• Floral Chain Over the Knees •
Oh, there goes the bell! Well, I'll see you back here after lunch (or, ahem, next week) for your last two classes, science and math. Don't make that face, it'll be fun.
by Brenna
August 15th, 2014
Colours: Orange
I know I said that Yellow was an under-represented colour, but Orange shows up even less. Once you take "rust" and "spice" out of the equation (which I did with Red as well), there's hardly enough to count. Look at how well they all fit in this one bin, not a bit of spillover!
As I'm saving pastels and neons for another day, we'll just focus on that delicious crayon-orange. There are lighter shades and brighter shades and ones that dance the edge of rust, but overall it's a pretty straightforward colour.
Disclaimer time! I'm not trying to define orange. If you want some poem-like lists of names for shades of red, both Wikipedia and the Color Sorting Wiki are kind of amazing resources. I've done my best to accurately represent these hues in relation to each other, so you can gather a good idea of what matches and what doesn't. That said, let's get down to it!
Dream Stockings
As our Dreamer Socks only enlist orange in a spice/rust variant, it's just Dream Stockings that offer orange as an option. The nylon version is definitely more of a red orange, while the cotton Sherbet and Tangerine have a yellow undertone.
From left to right: O Basics, Cotton Slouches, N Stripes
EG Smith
An outrageous orange that battles your monitor's capabilities of rendering it accurately, EG Smith's orange is slightly more vibrant in their Ribbed Bootsock.
From left to right: Ribbed Bootsock, EG Smith Original Bootsock
Leg Avenue
Now, I'm showing the Striped OTK in Black & Neon Orange just so you can have a good comparison against the Black & Pumpkin. Word on the street is that the Black w/Pumpkin is being discontinued, more's the pity.
From left to right: Striped OTK in Black & Pumpkin, Striped OTK in Black & Neon Orange
Suprisingly, Tabbisocks, who offers ALL the colours, only has about one representation of plain ol' orange. It's a good, reliable orange. Bright, but not glaring. The arm and leg warmers aren't an exact match (totally different fiber content will do that), but they match well enough to be worn together, since they're on totally different ends.
From left to right: Harajuku Arm Warmers, Harajuku Leg Warmers
There are some scattered representations of orange throughout our suppliers. They tend to range carefully in straight up "orange" if they're not fully embracing spice and rust.
From left to right: Nerd Knee Highs, Opaque Tights, Classic ToeToe Socks
Oh, and this pretender
You may be doubting me when I say that rust and spice are their own thing and shouldn't be counted with orange. I think a great example of how different rust can be is shown in the Jellies Arm Cozies in "Orange." Ma'am that is rust.
After the jump, let's take a gander at the loose sub-categories of orange that exist even in this small a sample of styles!
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I love teaching and I love being a scholar. I've taught philosophy in medical schools, nursing schools, dental schools, and psychiatric prisons -- not as an inmate;) In order to do so successfully, I've needed to learn a lot about the underlying science and professional practice in those fields. In the process I became very interested in the history of medicine.
I try to instill in my students a sense of wonder and curiosity about very basic questions: who are we? What is our universe really like? What's so special about being human? How do we act rightly?
I run a democratic classroom in which I am a benevolent softy of a despot! There are only two ways to "do" philosophy: communicate your ideas in writing, or communicate them orally. Therefore my students are encouraged to think things through out loud and to share their insights with others, learning from one another as well as from me. Here's the "despot" part: I draw the line at three things: first, we must all treat one another with respect, so sexist,racist, homophobic and xenophobic attitudes are unwelcome. Second, dominating the classroom discussion is also unwelcome. Third, we need to stick to the course subject matter.
As a scholar, I insist that students seek new sources of information on their own, but I will accompany students to the library and teach them how to search. As an author, I strive to help students improve their writing skills even when I teach courses that are not writing courses.
I believe that philosophy is at the very core of almost everything that we as human beings do and hold dear. I find it amazing that physicians and nurses in my bioethics courses have given little thought to the question "what is a body and is it distinct from mind?" If you don't know, how do you treat or heal either one?
I especially love teaching the history of philosophy. The great thinkers were people just like us: they lived in societies that were grappling with difficult problems and that were exploring new vistas. If you don't have a clue about the historical context in which a particular work of philosophy was written you simply won't get as much out of reading it. I do not teach the history of philosophy without teaching the contributions of women and non-whites to it.
My last major publication was a translation a work by a 16th-century Spanish woman about philosophy of medicine. This work, accomplished with a former student, Maria Vintro, M.A., and a former colleague, C. Angel Zorita, Ph.D. now retired from the Department of Modern Languages, combines my interests in bioethics, history of medicine, women philosophers and early modern philosophy. Working on the translation and the related research gave me an opportunity to improve my Spanish. Another recent project was to contribute a chapter contrasting the philosophical positions of Heloise against those of Abelard, her teacher, husband and later, her religious superior. I enjoyed drawing out their views from their recently discovered correspondence and their published philosophical works.
My next major research project will probably involve translating works by French women philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Olympe de Gouges was guillotined for publishing her views on the rights of blacks. I'd like to understand why.
Philosophy is the world's second oldest profession:) There's a great big world of ideas out there and I love introducing students to it.
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In 2007, with the expert assistance of IMS Multimedia Services guru Jim Bandes I created my very first DVD! (I'm technologically impaired.) The DVD is called "Busted!! A Pictorial History of Women Philosophers from Antiquity to the 21st Century." It played non-stop in the Library during Women's History Month in March and April, 2008. I also presented it at an American Philosophical Association national conference that year.
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-Women's contributions to philosophy from ancient times until the end of the 20th century.
-Native people's philosophy: Native American, Mayan, Australian Aboriginal and other "first people's" thought.
-Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, other well-established schools of philosophy outside the western tradition.
-History of Medicine and philosophy of medicine.
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-I love teaching Intro (bring your Leggos!)
-I regularly teach Philosophy of Religion (because so many college students are at the point in their lives where they are exploring religious views other than those of their parents).
-I often teach health care ethics (for health care students) and I used to teach a lot of bioethics (for clinicians) because the complex science upon which health care practice is based creates many moral dilemmas for patients, practitioners and government. (My attitude is: if you have a body, you have a vested interest in health care ethics).
-I love teaching the history of early modern philosophy (bring a spool of ribbon so we can make the "web" of the 17th and 18th centuries)and related courses in non-western philosophy, women philosophers, and special topics in philosophy.
I also love teaching Non-Western Philosophy from A to Z -- from the dreaming metaphysics of Aboriginal peoples to the social philosophy of Zoroaster. I teach this for the same reasons I teach the history of women philosophers: I think that it is simply morally wrong for the discipline of philosophy to impart the impression that such abstract thought was only undertaken by white males of European descent. As teachers (and most philosophers are teachers)if we fail to inform students that women and non-whites have at least as ancient a tradition of philosophical contributions as the Greeks and Romans had, then we are deceiving our students and perpetuating a hurtful myth.
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I volunteer annually for local organizations that are fighting for social justice and equality for gays and lesbians because I think straight folks should stand up for equal rights for people who are not straight. I volunteer to work phone banks for the Democratic Party during election season IF there are important amendments to the state constitution to support, or IF I agree with a slate of candidates. (I don't believe in automatically voting along party lines, but ENOUGH of my politics, right?)


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