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The staff of the NYU Child Study Center has compiled this glossary to help you learn more about children's mental health and disorders. Please scroll down or click on the appropriate letter to find an easy definition of the term you are interested in.
Adjustment disorder
A diagnostic category for maladaptive reactions to identifiable life events or circumstances.
Feelings; observable aspects of an emotional state, such as sadness, anger, or euphoria.
Forceful action against another person which may be physical, verbal, or symbolic, and is meant to cause pain. Such behavior may be hostile or destructive or it may be for self-protection.
Fear of leaving the familiar setting of one's home; form of panic disorder.
Anorexia nervosa
Disorder marked by severe and prolonged refusal to eat, with severe weight loss, amenorrhea or impotence, disturbance of body image, and an intense fear of being obese.
Medications used to treat unipolar mood disorders (depression). They include three types: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), monoamineoxidase inhibitors (MAOs), tricylcic antidepressants.
Medications that reduce the intensity of or eliminate hallucinations and delusions.
A normal, natural emotion experienced by most human beings. However, a youth with an anxiety disorder experiences anxiety more strongly and more readily than others and has excessive worry to a degree that interferes with the rest of his or her life.
Loss of the ability to use or understand words.
Articulation Disorder
Inability or delay in producing speech appropriate to age and dialect, such as when sounds are omitted, distorted, or substituted.
The behavior of an organism that relates in an affiliative or dependent manner to another object. Attachment develops during critical periods of life and can be extinguished by lack of opportunity to relate. If this separation occurs before maturation can provide for adaptive adjustment, personality deviation can occur.
Asperger's Disorder
Included with Autistic Disorder in the category of Pervasive Developmental Disorders, usually evident in the first years of life. Children with these disorders have difficulty in accomplishing early developmental tasks entailing language, communication, socialization, and motor behavior. These disorders are rare and appear to have genetic cause.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
A chronic behavioral disorder with three major symptoms: inattention, impulsivity, and sometimes hyperactivity.
Behavior modification
Method of treatment used to help children change behaviors by rewarding desired behaviors and establishing consequences for undesirable ones.
Behavioral therapy
Treatment that focuses on modifying observable and, at least in principle, quantifiable behavior by systematic manipulation of the environment and behavioral variables thought to be functionally related to the behavior.
The use of instrumentation to provide information (feedback) about the body's automatic and unconscious functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, and "feeds back" the information to the person in a concrete form such as sounds or a graph on a computer screen. Person learns to regulate functions as he/she sees how different thoughts and actions change the feedback.
Bipolar disorder
A mood disorder characterized by varying episodes of mania, hypomania, and depression. Bipolar I disorder refers to the presence of one or more manic episodes, often preceding or following a depressive episode. Bipolar II disorder refers to the presence of one or more major depressive episodes and at least one hypomanic episode and no manic episodes.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Individuals with BDD are beset by an extreme version of negative appearance concerns. BDD is characterized by a time-consuming and potentially disabling preoccupation with imagined or slight defects in one's appearance or excessive concern with a slight physical anomaly. To meet the criteria for this diagnosis, the preoccupation must cause significant distress or impair school, persona, or social functioning.
Body image
One's sense of self and one's body as presented to others which may include size, shape, and attractiveness.
The attachment between parents and baby that forms the foundation of the parent-child relationships.
Brain imaging
Any technique that permits the invivo visualization of the substance of the central nervous system. These include: computerized axial tomography (CT) commonly called the CAT scan. Two other methods: positron-emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), based on different principles, also yield a series of two-dimensional images of brain regions.
Episodic eating binges or excessive intake of food or fluid. Characteristics are self-induced vomiting and purging following eating.
Central nervous system (CNS)
The brain and the spinal cord.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Method of therapy that is generally short-term and focused on addressing specific negative thoughts and behavior which maintain an individual's problems.
Cognitive development
Beginning in infancy, the acquisition of intelligence, conscious thought and problem-solving abilities.
Cognitive distortion
Inaccurate perception of oneself and how one is viewed by others.
The existence of more than one disorder at the same time.
Concrete thinking
Thinking characterized by immediate experience rather than abstractions.
Conduct Disorder
Disorder in which behavior exceed normal range and is socially destructive. Child does not respect authority, has little regard for the rights of others and breaks major societal rules; he/she demonstrates aggressive conduct that threatens physical harm or property damage, deceitfulness, theft, truancy or running away from home. Cause believed to be a combination of genetic vulnerability and environmental factors.
Present at birth.
Coping mechanism
Way of adjusting to environmental stress; includes both conscious and unconscious motivation.
Crisis intervention
Form of brief psychotherapy that emphasizes identification of the event precipitating the emotional crisis. Often used in hospital emergency rooms.
Cyclothymic disorder
A chronic but less severe form of a bipolar disorder that includes episodes of hypomania and several episodes of depression during a period of two years.
Date rape
Sexual relation between partners known to each other but both partners have not consented.
An obviously erroneous idea that is firmly believed, regardless of its absurdity or challenge by logical argument.
Emotional state or mood characterized by sadness, despair, and loss of interest in usual activities.
Differential diagnosis
The consideration of which of two or more diseases with similar symptoms manifested by the patient.
Freedom to act according to one's own feelings or drives, with less regard for restraints imposed by cultural norms or one's own conscience.
Disorder of written expression
Specific learning disability involving written language and fine motor coordination, problems with visual memory, slowness in finding the correct word.
Disorder of attachment spatial disorientation and inability to arrange thoughts.
Disorder of parent-infant interaction characterized by the baby's failure to thrive, gain weight, eat well and to engage in interactions expected for age.
Lack of awareness of one's position in relation to space, time or other people; confusion.
Involuntary mental and emotional distance or separation from events resembling a self-hypnotic state.
Inability to maintain attention; shifting from one area or topic to another with minimum provocation.
Dizygotic twins
Twins who develop from two separately fertilized ova; fraternal twins.
Double depression
The co-occurrence of dysthymic disorder and a major depressive episode.
Drug dependence
Habituation to, abuse of and/or addiction to a chemical substance.
Drug interaction
The effects of two or more drugs taken simultaneously producing an alteration in the effects of either drug taken alone.
A two-person relationship.
Specific learning disability involving math calculation.
Specific learning disability involving writing.
Any disturbance of movement.
Specific learning disability involving reading, which may include reversing letters and words.
Unpleasant mood.
Dysthymic disorder
Literally means "ill-tempered." a minor depression. Diagnosis given when the person suffers from a persistent depressed mood, lasting most of the day, most of the time, over a span of two years for adults or one year for children and adolescents.
Eating disorders
The overall term refers to a variety of disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.The common feature of all is aberrant eating behavior, often accompanied by a distorted body image. Anorexia is diagnosed when a youngster's food restriction causes weight to drop 15% below what is normal. Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are characterized by attempts to binge and/or get rid of food eaten.
Theoretical concept describing the internal mental function that enables a person to perceive needs and to adapt to the demands of reality.
Understanding how others feel.
Repeated elimination of feces by a child who is at least four years old in inappropriate places either involuntarily or intentionally.
Urination in inappropriate places at night (bed-wetting) or during the day in clothing in a child past the age of toilet training.
Study of the distribution, prevalence and control of mental disorders in a given population.
Causation, particularly in reference to disease.
Executive functions
Aspects of cognition that relate to an internal supervisor who directs a child's thinking, establishes goals and organizes problem-solving strategies.
Expressive language
Communication involving the process of putting ideas and thoughts into words and then into speech.
Family therapy
Treatment of more than one member of a family, based on the assumption that a problem or mental disorder in one member may be a manifestation of disorder in other members and may affect interrelationships and functioning.
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Congenital syndrome caused by exposure to alcohol in utero, characterized by mental retardation and specific physical characteristics.
Flight of ideas
A pattern of continuous and rapid speech marked by abrupt changes in topic.
Fragile X
Congenital syndrome caused by an abnormality of the X chromosome, characterized by mental retardation, specific maladaptive behaviors, and abnormal physical features.
Gender identity
Perception of one's self as male or female, developing in toddlerhood or early childhood, and reinforced by social experience and pubertal changes.
Related to heredity.
Diagram or map of a family, including notation of medial or psychiatric conditions in family members. Used in investigating complex relationships, family history, and multigenerational issues.
Group therapy
Application of therapeutic techniques to a group, including utilizing the reactions and interactions of the members of the group.
A false sensory experience in which one perceives a sight, sound, touch, taste or smell that is not actually present.
A chronic maladaptive style of relating to the environment through preoccupation with shifting somatic concerns and symptoms, fear or conviction that one has a serious physical illness, seeking of medical treatment, unable to accept reassurance (somatization).
An episode of increased energy that can last for hours to days, but is not characterized by lack of touch with reality and so is not sever enough to be considered manic.
A person's global role in life and the perception of his/her sense of self.
Patterning of one's behavior after that of another person.
Interpersonal therapy
A contemporary approach to the treatment of mood disorders that focuses on helping the person develop a better understanding of how the interaction of important relationships can affect mood aimed at strengthening the person's communication and problem-solving capabilities.
Language and speech disorders
Abnormal or delayed development of language and speech, including problems with development of expressive language, receptive language, and/or speech and articulation.
Learning disorders
A child with a learning disorder shows difficulty in acquiring age-appropriate competence in reading, mathematics, written expression or social skills. Thought to be due to variation in brain structure and function.
Longitudinal studies
Research design in which the same subjects are studied over the course of a determined period of time.
Magical thinking
Belief that thinking equates with doing. Occurs in dreams of children or primitive people. Characterized by lack of reasonable relationship between cause and effect.
Deliberate simulation or exaggeration of an illness of disability in order to avoid an unpleasant situation.
Major depressive disorder (MDD)
A serious depression that lasts six months or longer. MDD has many similarities in both adolescents and adults: sadness, pessimism, sleep and appetite disturbances, and decreased concentration and sex drive; in adolescents, however, these symptoms can also be accompanied by anxiety and irritability.
Mood characterized by excessive elation, hyperactivity, agitation and accelerated thinking and speaking.
Mental retardation
A condition in which a person's ability to learn and to function is more limited than others of the same age. During infancy and the toddler years, a child may be considered only a bit slow, although delays in development and in language and motor abilities is apparent. A diagnosis of mental retardation, however, is often not made until elementary school when the child has difficulty in mastering academic skills.
Monoamineoxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)
Class of antidepressants that work by slowing the elimination of the brain's neurotransmitters.
Monozygotic twins
Identical twins; twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum.
Mood disorder
Group of mental illness that are characterized by disturbances in mood (the sustained emotional state that affects one's perception of the world).
Mood stabilizers
Class of medications (including lithium and various anticonvulsants) that are used to control wide emotional and behavioral swings characteristic of mood disorders such as bipolar depression.
Refusal to speak for conscious or unconscious reasons.
Refusal to follow requests or commands with oppositional disagreement.
Chemical agents released by a neuron (nerve cell) to send a signal to the neighboring neuron; successive releases by each neighboring neuron allow for communication throughout the nervous system.
Night terrors
Harmless sleep disorder that causes the child to scream out and behave uncontrollably; usually of short duration with no memory of the event the next day.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
An anxiety disorder marked by the presence of obsessions and compulsions severe enough to interfere with the activities of daily life. Obsessions are repeated, unwanted thoughts often related to fears of contamination. Compulsions are repeated, purposeless behaviors.
Object permanence
Mental capacity, obtained by most children at around seven months, to understand that an object still exists even when it is out of sight.
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
Disorder characterized by a pattern of uncooperative, defiant, and hostile behavior toward authority figures that seriously interferes with a child's day-to-day functioning.
Panic disorder
The recurrence of unexpected, intense anxiety attacks, with physical symptoms such as palpitations, accelerated heart rate, sweating, trembling or shaking, dizziness and shortness of breath.
Thoughts involving suspicousness or exaggerated feelings of unfair treatment or harassment.
Parent management training
Therapy in which parents are taught principles and strategies for managing their child's behavior, including positive reinforcement (praise and tokens) and consequences and mild punishments (time-outs and the loss of privileges).
Mental traits, characteristics and styles of behavior which are stable over time.
Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)
Category includes children who behave in egocentric ways, but do not have the language issues or meet the other criteria of Asperger's or autistic disorder. If the disorders were compared to a virus, PDD is milder than Asperger's or autistic disorder which are more virulent.
Persistent and irrational fear of particular objects, people, animals, or situations.
Substance lacking in medicinal value that is used in research as a point of comparison for treatments.
Play therapy
Form of psychotherapy in which a child enacts experiences or emotions through play with dolls, drawings, clay, or other toys.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Disorder occurring as a result of exposure to a traumatic stressor, characterized by re-experiencing of the traumatic event through the recollection of images, thoughts and perceptions, accompanied by intense feelings of distress, lasting for at least one month.
Prediction of course, duration, and outcome.
Psychodynamic therapy
Therapy based on the assumption that a person can develop better control over his or her own behavior, choices and actions by understanding unconscious thoughts and feelings and interpersonal relationships.
Abnormal and maladaptive behavior, cognition or emotion.
Medical specialty concerned with the use of psychoactive medications to alleviate symptoms of emotional, behavioral or mental disorders.
Treatment for various emotional, behavioral or mental problems that uses communication between a trained person and a patient to bring about change and to relieve distress.
The inability to distinguish reality from non-reality and, in particular, the experience of hallucinations and delusions.
Stage of physical development when changes of sexual maturation occur and sexual reproduction first becomes possible.
Rapid cycling
Form of bipolar disorder in which one has frequent episodes of depression or mania or a shift from one extreme to the other with no interval of normalcy; episodes last at least one week; it has been reported that they may be briefer in children, but this is controversial.
Rapid eye movement (REM)
Description of activity of closed eyes during a particular phase of deep sleep (REM sleep) during which dreams occur.
Reactive attachment disorder (RAD)
Disorder of infancy resulting from severely deficient or abusive parenting, signaled by a child's failure to thrive, to gain weight, and to engage in the social interaction expected at his/her age.
Reading disorder
Specific learning disorder marked by difficulties in visually tracking words, visually discriminating between similar letters, or problems associating sounds with their symbols and interpreting the meaning of words.
Reality testing
Ability to evaluate the external world objectively and to differentiate adequately between it and the internal world.
Receptive language
Decoding spoken words and sentences requiring discrimination among sounds, interpretation of what is heard, and assignment of meaning to words and sentences.
Involuntary neurological response to stimulus.
Return to an earlier pattern of thinking or acting.
Regulation (emotion regulation)
The monitoring and adjustment of thoughts or behaviors that influence the nature, timing and expression of emotions.
Risk factor
Indication of a higher likelihood that one will develop a disorder.
Role modeling
Method of teaching behavior based on patterning by example.
The use of acting in therapy to teach clients alternate ways of reacting to a given situation.
Disorder characterized by the distorted thinking associated with delusions and hallucinations. May have a gradual onset, with symptoms of withdrawal and disordered language evident over time, or it may have a sudden onset in adolescence.
Selective mutism
Selective silence in a child who speaks freely in very family circumstances but refuses to speak in specific social circumstances.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Group of medications that have been shown to be effective in the treatment of mood disorders; their mechanism of action is believed to be increasing the amount of serotonin in regions of the brain.
Separation anxiety disorder
A child is preoccupied with threats to the well-being of his or family; he or she experiences extreme anxiety when separated from home or those to whom she or he is attached.
Neurotransmitter believed to be central to such functions as sleep, sexual behavior, aggressiveness, motor activity and mood; abnormalities in serotonin have been suggested to play a role in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and mood disorders.
Social anxiety disorder (school phobia)
Associated with an intense and persistent fear of situations in which one is exposed to possible scrutiny or judgment.
Social referencing
Psychological process in which a child looks to others, such as a parent, for cues on how to respond when confronted with something new or ambiguous.
Somatoform disorder
Disorder characterized by the development of physical symptoms that suggest a medical condition but are not fully explained by any medical condition.
Somatic symptoms
Physical symptoms resulting from psychiatric illness, such as fatigue, aches and pains, changes in appetite and sleep patterns.
Stranger anxiety
Normal emotional response of infants occurring around seven months upon hearing, seeing or being picked up by an unfamiliar person.
Involuntary breaks in the rhythm or fluency of speech such as repetition of syllables, prolongation of sounds and pauses in which the person seems to be struggling to make any sound at all.
Theoretical concept describing a person's internal mental functions that are expressed in moral attitudes, conscience and sense of guilt.
The junction between two neurons (or between a neuron and a muscle or gland cell) through which nerve impulses are transmitted.
A configuration of symptoms that occur together and constitute a recognizable condition.
Systematic desensitization
Behavioral therapy technique in which the patient is presented with a graduated hierarchy of anxiety-provoking stimuli.
A set of character traits an infant is born with; sometimes thought of as a child's inherent disposition and the foundation of her or his personality.
Thought disorders
Disorder characterized by an impairment of thinking, including disorganized, incoherent, or vague speech, delusions, hallucinations or paranoia.
An intermittent, involuntary, spasmodic movement of a group of muscles, often without an obvious external stimulus. Vocal tic is a sound made involuntarily.
Technique used to briefly isolate a disruptive child in order to interrupt and avoid reinforcement of negative behavior.
Tourette's disorder (TD)
Disorder characterized by multiple motor tics along with vocal tics such as grunting, humming, and tongue-clicking.
Transient tic disorder
A common tic disorder which generally appears during the early years; can occur daily for at least two weeks but for no longer than one year; child can have a series of transient tics over the course of years; if frequent may affect aspects of a child's life.
Transitional object
Object such as a blanket, teddy bear, or toy selected by a toddler or preschool child for comfort against anxiety or distress.
Injury, physical or psychological, caused by shock, violence or abuse.
Tricyclic antidepressants
Class of medications used to treat disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, tic disorders, depression, believed to work by increasing the amounts of various chemicals in the brain.


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conwelpic Ontario, CanadaPosts: 600KIA Canada has these parts listed so KIA US should have them, check it out at
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conwelpic Ontario, CanadaPosts: 600you could be right, but couldn't get further as it required a vin number from your vehicle.
Still puzzled as to why you just don't order the parts from your local KIA dealer?????????
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markwelchca Posts: 3Yesterday, we bought our Kia Rondo, with nearly ALL available options, including the third-row seats. One major reason we chose it was because it has much more "workable" third-row seats than any comparable vehicles (many are accessible only to contortionists), and it has ample leg room in the second row for our growing 12-year-old; she absolutely couldn't fit comfortably in the back seat of our Kia Rio.
However, we immediately realized a problem: there is no cover over the cargo area. If we'd bought the car without the third-row seats, we would have had a cover. While there are several "hidden" compartments, they are very tiny (not even enough room for our first-aid kit), and we're concerned about leaving anything visible in the cargo area.
We'd really like to find one or two after-market cargo-area covers that could be used in both situations: to cover the tiny cargo area that's available when the third-row seats are up, OR to cover the larger cargo area that's available when the third-row seats are folded down. If anyone finds such a product, let me know (mark welch at mark welch dot com). Thanks! -
medicineman Posts: 135markwelchca, have you checked out this thread yet?
Security Cover for 7 Seater Rondo
As far as I know, there's no simple way of adding a cargo cover in the seven seater without doing this installation. -
jessinpgh Posts: 2According to Kia USA, the 4 cyl is not available with either 3rd row seats or the sunroof. Both of these seem to be available in every other country. Anybody know the real scoop? I don't care whether it's EX or LX as long as it has these 2 options. I would prefer an EX as leather seats are easier to clean if you have grublets.
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timtlm Posts: 5I have the LX 4cyl with the 3rd row. According to the brochure and website, the EX 4cyl does not have the 3rd row option, but this may have changed since the brochure was published. Also, the sunroof is only an option with the EX version through the "premium package" (which also includes the infiniti sound system). You can always install leather aftermarket on the LX, but it wouldn't have the heated seats.
conwelpic Ontario, CanadaPosts: 600I would hang on till the 2008 models are available in the US, here in Canada we've had 2008 models since mid-August and KIA Canada has expanded the line up over last year.
We have the EX available with a 4 cylinder with or without a 3rd row, and either with or without leather. Heated front seats would be standard in either case. The LX does not come with a 3rd row or many other options. Also new is black cloth or leather but only available with selected exterior colours. -
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bgw Posts: 116... a faux wood dash kit that could be applied to the dash with adhesive.
... seat covers that could be used with the seat-mounted side airbags.
... a cold air induction kit.
... body effects similar to those on the Rondo SX concept, especially the grille insert.
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hopx4 Posts: 11I have the 5-seater and was going to get the cargo mat shown in the Rondo accessory brochure, but Kia says is not available (in the US) so I'm looking at the cargo tray. For those of you that have one, is it flexible enough that you are not fighting with it when you are using the under-floor storage spaces?
conwelpic Ontario, CanadaPosts: 600Not sure what the difference is between the cargo mat and cargo tray?
I have the 5-seater and have the cargo liner which is available from the KIA dealers here in Canada. However, I got mine direct from Weather Tech (I believe they make them for KIA) because they offered them in three colours (gray, black, tan) where the dealer only has them available in black and I have a gray interior.
It is very flexible and actually quite light, we find that when we put in a carpet liner (4' x 6' trimmed) for transporting our large dog (we recline the second row for this) we don't have to remove it and causes no problems as the lip is flexible enough not to interfere. Great protection for behind the second row. -
bgw Posts: 116Conwelpic, I also use a carpet liner trimed to fit. I only have it behind the 2nd row (my basset hates to ride in the car) and it rolls up neatly to fit behind the 3rd row the occasional time that I need to use that row. When I fold the 2nd row forward, for longer cargo, I have a piece of blanket, also trimmed to fit, that when not in use fits neatly in the right rear covered cubby hole.
My big issue with the Rondo`s hatch area is that the carpet is all light grey, and is composed of a material which shows marks if an item is pulled across it (like a box). My old 98 Legacy wagon had charcoal-coloured carpet that was made of a far sturdier material and which showed no real wear even after 9 yrs of hauling that basset around.
And how are you finding the Rondo in your Ontario winter so far? -
conwelpic Ontario, CanadaPosts: 600no problem so far, the Weather Tech cargo tray is behind the second seat for normal use, but when I transport our Golden Retreiver we put in the 4 x 6 carpet which works out great. It hangs over the back entry trim to protect it when loaded the dog.
But no matter what colour or material I had in the rear I would still cover it to protect it for use. I don't store the carpet in the vehicle, but just use it as required.
conwelpic Ontario, CanadaPosts: 600in Canada they are $136.95 for a set of 4 or $70.95 for front set only + $10 shipping. KIA window deflectors are $110.25 for a set of four. Weathertech does not used tape to fasten it in place but the KIA ones do.
I had mine dealer installed when I purchase my '08 Rondo EX
If you get them dealer installed at the time of purchase you get a 3yr/60,000km warranty vs the regular 1yr/20,000km. This applies to all accessories. -
hopx4 Posts: 11The accessory portion of the Canadian Rondo site (www.kia.ca) shows a towing kit available for the Rondo, but not the US Kia site. Same with several other accessories. I am thinking about a towing package also, but read in the owner's manaul or here on Edmund's that the capacity is only 1000 pounds. Since I'd be using mine mainly for bikes, I'll probably just use a roof bike carrier.
sra1 Posts: 20Rented an 08 which had the Aux connection in the console, think I saw something on here about a difference between the 07s and 08s regarding this feature.
Thinking of buying a new 07 from a dealer near here.
My question is: Do the 07s have the Aux connection in the console ?? One I'm thinking of acquiring is an 07 EX V6 which has the sunroof and "uptown" radio option. -
hopx4 Posts: 11US 07s do not have Aux MP3 jack; you could probably have one installed and hidden in the glove compartment or the little storage shelf just above the parking brake release for less than $200. The only difference I can see between 07s and 08s (from online reviews) is the MP3 jack and darker tinted windows. I was going to hold out for an 08 if they were going to have power driver's seat, real trip computer and auto climate control like those offered in Canada, but since they don't I bought an 07 with rebate. I had my windows tinted for $225, but have not priced the MP3 aux jack installation yet.
bgw Posts: 116Hopx4, I have a Canadian-model 2007 EX V6, and the owner's manual states the V6 Rondo can tow 2,000 lbs, 2,500 with trailer brakes.
I find this a little low though. My 1998 Legacy Brighton AWD wagon, with a 2.2 litre 137 hp 4 cyl and 5 speed was rated to tow 2,000 lbs, yet the 182 hp V6 auto Rondo is only rated 2,000/2,500. Even odder, the Mazda5, with a 153 hp 4 cyl is not rated to tow at all! -
conwelpic Ontario, CanadaPosts: 600
bgw Posts: 116Conwelpic,
Ooops! I did make a mistake. I wrote the towing capacities from memory but you are right - I went to the car and got the manual - sure enough, 2,000 lbs with trailer brakes.
Geez, only 40 and making a mistake like that. I feel old now.
Still, our old 137 hp Legacy was rated for 2,000 lbs, and the 153 hp Mazda5 (which I am NOT knocking, since I quite like it) is not rated to tow at all. I find this to be odd. Maybe Subaru overstated the Legacy's towing capacity? Nah, too much liability to do that.


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HILO, Hawaii, Oct 22, 2012 -- Chris J. Kanazawa, State Director for USDA Rural Development, announced the selection of the Kohala Center, Inc., to receive a $175,000 grant. The funding is being provided through USDA Rural Development'
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"Through this Rural Cooperative Grant, USDA Rural Development is enabling the Kohala Center to expand its capacity to support rural cooperatives that help expand businesses, retain or create new jobs and to increase economic growth in the communities throughout our Hawaiian islands," Kanazawa announced.
The Kohala Center is an independent, not-for-profit, community-based center for research, conservation and education. With this grant funding, the Kohala Center intends to expand the Laulima Center which supports the development of cooperative businesses with technical assistance throughout the state of Hawaii. Funding is projecting to assist 30 distinct groups, 20 existing businesses, 8 existing cooperatives, and 5 new cooperative entities.
"Given The Kohala Center's work in strengthening Hawaii's local economy and given the demand for business and coop development services, especially on the part of small food producers, processors and distributors, we are delighted by the USDA's support", said Matt Hamabata, The Kohala Center's Executive Director. "This continuing partnership will bring Hawai'i closer to reaching our ultimate goal of a vibrant and resilient economy."
USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, administers and manages housing, business and community infrastructure programs through a national network of state and local offices. Rural Development has an active portfolio of more than $172 billion in loans and loan guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America.
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20 At the four sides he hath measured it, a wall [is] to it all round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to separate between the holy and the profane place. | 20 So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common. |
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Four events kick off the 29th Annual Big Sky State Games Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Billings.
Dance stage events, ballroom dance, figure skating and ice hockey will be held. The dance stage events competition will be held at the Skyview High School Theatre beginning at 6 p.m. Friday and at 9 a.m. Saturday. Ballroom dance will also take place at Skyview on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. in the gymnasium. Figure skating begins at 7 a.m. on Saturday at Centennial Ice Arena, followed by ice hockey at 1 p.m. Ice hockey continues on Sunday, at 7:30 a.m. Brackets are available at www.bigskygames.org.
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My check engine light has been on (not blinking, just steady) for a month or so. Technician at S ubaru dealer says third cylinder is misfiring and I need to replace the ignition coil; they recommend replacing spark plugs and wires, as well. The ignition coil replacement costs $350; the spark plugs and wires $200. Is this a necessary repair? What happens if I don't do it?Is it dangerous to drive with this condition, or "just" bad for engine-- what are the consequences of letting this go? Thanks for advice.
ateixeira Posts: 72,587Yes but AAACK! at those prices.
I did all of those things on my 98 Forester.
The ignition coil cost me $80 and it only took two bolts to remove it. I had to remove 4 spark plug wires but mama-mia, $350? That's like $270 for labor, 3 hours? I could probably do it again in 3 minutes. Ok, maybe 5, tops.
It may be harder to reach on other models, but that still seems crazy high to me.
Funny thing is the $200 for the spark plugs and wires, with labor, is actually not a bad price. That takes longer and is much harder to access. I probably took an hour, maybe a bit more, so that price actually seems fair.
I would do the fix because a misfire sends unburned fuel downstream, and that will eventually wear out your catalytic converter, and cost you more than all of the above.
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petitek Posts: 3Thanks so much for the detailed reply. I have a 2002 Subaru Forester with 96,000+ miles on it. Catalytic converter was replaced last year (free, just under the wire on government warranty). How long do you think I can safely drive with this condition? We were thinking of doing the work ourselves, as you recommend, but probably can't get to it for a few weeks. Is it safe to drive, in your view, in the meantime?
ateixeira Posts: 72,587I would act sooner. You don't want unburned fuel downstream.
The fact that the old cat failed says it all.
Do this - order an ignition coil on-line. Should be $80 or so, maybe a tad more nowadays.
You can change that in the time it takes to fill up your gas tank. Then do the plugs and wires when you can.
Let me try to find a photo to motivate you...
Bingo, good pic:
The ignition coil sits right at the top of the engine. Easy to find because all 4 spark plug wires lead right to it. You unplug those 4 wires, remove 2 screws, replace it with the new one, replace 2 screws, plus in 4 wires.
Seriously, it's that easy. And there's only one ignition coil, so it's a cheap fix.
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bigfrank3 Posts: 426I would save the coil replacement for last, you may not need it unless there is physical damage to it like a crack in the number 3 tower. The same coil pack fires all 4 cylinders so since you are only getting a problem with number 3 I have my doubts.
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Hi, I'm closing escrow on a house on Monday and I was curious how property taxes work and are calculated. We bought the house in San Diego county for $325,000. Right now the taxes are like $6,000 a year. I hear that they can be reassessed but most likely will be paying the $500 a month for a while.
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Your property taxes will be 1% of the purchase price plus misc assessments and bonds. So, $325,000 @ 1% = $3,250 per year, plus whatever school bonds and the like have been added for your area. Also, if your property is subject to Mello-Roos, you will have an add'l assessment for that also. If you are in the CITY of San Diego (not just San Diego County), you will have an assessment for city services such as garbage pickup. The previous owner probably paid $6,000 per year because their purchase price was in the $500,000++ range. If the value of your property goes DOWN, you can apply for reassessment. Otherwise, your property tax will increase by a modest amount annually as limited by Prop 13. At this point, Prop 13 primarily benefits folks who have owned their home for a long time, long before the price spikes of the late 1990's and 2000's. Their taxes were also based on 1% of the purchase price, with limited annual increases. Because their purchase price was relatively low, their taxes are much lower also. Amongst other things, it was a way to help older folks keep their property taxes somewhat modest as home prices skyrocketed around them. Hope this helps. |
How would I find out what the misc assessments and bonds are on the property? I bought in San Diego County, not in the CITY of San Diego (Vista, California). Yes, the prior owner bought the property for $490,000. Thank you Kylie, for your help:) |
Go to the San Diego County Treasurer's tax site: http://www.sdtreastax.com/insert_payment.html Click on "pay on-line" and enter the property address. You will see a breakdown of the additional assessments your seller is currently paying. Since some of these are a % of the base property tax, yours should be less since your purchase price is less. If you don't see your property listed, try a neighboring address for an approximation. Also, this probably goes without saying, but your real estate agent (if you have one) or title officer can easily provide you with this info. I assume you're just trying to educate yourself (a good thing!). Wander around the website I've provided - a lot of good info there. |
Here is a link that might be useful: San Diego County Treasurer
I wasn't able to get the website to work for me and I tried many different addresses:( That's ok, I guess I'll just ask my realtor. Thanks again for your help! |
Go the the county offices and ask for help. Your Realtor should not/may not know this information. She can only tell you what they were, not what the will be. Check your phone book under San Diego county offices for tax assessor office. |
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I purchased my house last year and have renovated almost the entire interior. This year my goal is the exterior. I have a few siding contractors coming this week for estimates. After the siding is done id like to dig into my front yard and try and come up with a landscape design. My issue is i do not know where to begin. I know very little about gardening but have no problem getting my hands dirty. Any ideas/thoughts on where to begin? The photo i uploaded is old from Google Earth. Since that photo the green fence and pillars have been removed and i added white vinyl fence partitioning off the back yard at the garage. |
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frankm88, The Google picture is not good enough for us to see the layout clearly. It would be good to take a pic from the same viewpoint and another one closer to the house, but still shows it all and a little space at the sides. Also, it would be good to have photos taken from the front corners of the yard that show the view from different angles. |
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On the right side, looks like a nice hedge. But blocking the house is some kind of low tree? That's a bad spot for that. Your big trees are beautiful and will provide shade in summer. Just give them a haircut. I would aerate and reseed that lawn to make it all nice and green. But, it's a very nice lawn! I love your planter! The left side is too overgrown and needs some trimming. We had something at that at this house we bought. It took days to rip it all out, and we still encounter roots, but we get the thumbs up from happy neighbors all the time! Suzi |
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Even as verminous hordes of vile Skaven enter the fight for supremacy of the Old World, all hope is not lost. Countless men and women struggle daily against the forces of Chaos, and a chosen few even rise as heroes to combat its agents directly. Moreover, the mysterious winds of fate may take a hand in foiling the plans of the dark gods, bringing welcome relief to the beleaguered inhabitants of the Empire. With luck and tenacity, the masses might stymy the will of the Ruinous Powers altogether, earning a well-deserved, if temporary, respite.
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Players looking to increase the challenge of dominating the Old World can use the new "Expert-level Old World" cards in one of two ways. First, you might simply shuffle these nine cards into your existing supply of 28 Old World cards, then draw your game's Old World deck as usual (the card backs are identical to ensure randomization). This will result in few, if any, Expert-level Old World cards entering a given game.
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I have owned several earphones from the white Apple ones to £90 Shure earphones and I have to say, the RHA earbuds are a mile ahea I have owned several earphones from the white Apple ones to £90 Shure earphones and I have to say, the RHA earbuds are a mile ahead of all the others, even at almost twice the price.
They also come with loads of tips so they actually fit your ears properly! …- Written by Lewis T
48 of 48 people found this useful
Great headphones at a great price
Very good at £40 especially with all the tips so they fit your ears perfectly.
- Written by Richard F from Leeds
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great sound, great value
The quality of sound that these earphones produce is excellent, especially at this price. They genuinely could rival £100+ headph The quality of sound that these earphones produce is excellent, especially at this price. They genuinely could rival £100+ headphones, they produce a really warm, well-balanced listening experience, I could listen to them for ours. They are simply just a well designed, all-round solid headphone. Fully recommend them. …
- Written by Caty M
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In-ear headphones that fit and look good
I've been looking for good lightweight headphones for a while. Since the in-ear phones took over the market I have found it really I've been looking for good lightweight headphones for a while. Since the in-ear phones took over the market I have found it really difficult to find suitable phones that 1) didn't hurt, 2) fit my ears without falling out, and 3) sounded great. These phones fit the bill.
The packaging and design looks very thought out and detailed. The variety of earbuds/tips you get helps find the best fit and for me the choices were better than at least two major brands I've tried. The earphones feel lightweight but also sturdy so I won't have to worry too much about putting them in my bag. The fabric cable is initially a bit odd, but I got used to it very quickly, and in fact, after +2 weeks I prefer that to the usual plastic.
I'm not a sound expert but I find the sound on these to be very good and that they work well in both quiet and loud music. I got these just before travelling and they were brilliant on the plane, so nice and quiet. They are also great on a day to day basis in the office and help block out others' conversations.
As an added bonus to someone living in Scotland, these are Scottish design. Overall a great product with good design without compromising on the actual task at hand, ie. the sound. I'd recommend. …- Written by Hanna K from Glasgow
Excellent product! Best value for money!
Firstly, these headphones look good the design makes them look very high brow and stylish.
The remote and is very easy to use a Firstly, these headphones look good the design makes them look very high brow and stylish.
The remote and is very easy to use and at the perfect accessible place. It works perfectly with my iPhone for music control, as does the microphone for accepting calls.
This product comes with 7 ear-bud fittings which is fantastic because the selection will include a set comfortable for all ears. It also means you have spares which is a bonus. I've struggled in the past to find earphones that feel comfortable but now I have found the right size to rest in my ears comfortably. Although they are not specifically designed for it, I took these running and I was amazed that they did not fall out once which is a problem I have had with other headphones.
The carry bag is a nice add-on and the perfect size to fit in your pocket or bag.
The fabric braided cable was something I was not used to, but now much prefer to the traditional cable you find on most headphones. I no longer find myself constantly de-tangling my headphones and it feels far more secure and less likely to break.
Finally the sound quality is superb, it is clear and perfectly balanced for all types of music to be enjoyed to their full capacity.
I would recommend these headphones to anyone and can't see myself going back to my old brand. The design features are excellent but they do not lack in top sound quality which is just as good as headphones twice the price of these. Brilliant value for money! …- Written by Jessica A from Leighton buzzard
Sound great
Sound great. I've not had any issues with voice calls as some have reported. Build quality does seem questionable though, I've h Sound great. I've not had any issues with voice calls as some have reported. Build quality does seem questionable though, I've had two pairs and both have lost audio to one earphone - but in each case RHA have replaced them with no questions. So I can't complain really. …
- Written by Alex H from London
Questions & Answers
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Are these headphones sweat proof or suitable for long runs/gym time?
- Asked by Gerardo M from Chicago
- 11-Apr-2013
I've accidentally ran my fair share of Apple headphones through the clothes washer and dryer, and I' I've accidentally ran my fair share of Apple headphones through the clothes washer and dryer, and I've had them for long workouts as well, and haven't noticed too much of a problem. …
- Answered by Rachel D from North Versailles
- 22-Sep-2014
Is the cable asymmetric?
- Asked by Steven B
- 16-Aug-2012
Best Answer:
The pair I bought (in black) had a symmetric cable.
- Answered by Neil H from Chesterfield
- 01-Sep-2012
are these compatible with a OSX maverick desk top?
- Asked by De Ava O from Dent
- 06-Sep-2014
does this work with ipod nano 7th gen?
- Asked by Kimberly F from Bolivar
- 13-Nov-2012
Do these have a built in microphone?
- Asked by Byron C T from San Antonio
- 25-May-2013
Yes, i use these with mi iPhone 5 on skype all the time :-)
- Answered by Lee S
- 19-Jun-2013
Cani use these with iPad 2
- Asked by Tricia P
- 07-Mar-2013
Yes, I have these and use them with the iPad 2 no problem.
- Answered by Emily L from Brooklyn
- 15-Apr-2013


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Róisín Has Landed
Did you know you wanted to make a disco record after Ruby Blue?
Yes, I actually wanted Ruby Blue to be a disco record. 'If We're In Love' was the first song Matthew and I wrote, and it's the most disco-y song on the record. But he was bringing in objects from his house to create the record, so it had to be very open and experimental. Overpowered was the first time I'd ever approached a record with a focus before I sang a note. I had like 400 songs in my iTunes, I knew the references -- this was what I'd wanted to do for a very long time.
What were your references?
Not things that everybody's heard of. I was given millions of CDs from [New York City DJ] Danny Krivit when I came over here to sing for him.
Performing at the 718 Sessions party in New York City was when you interacted with Krivit. It seems like a turning point for you.
Definitely. I knew I was going to make a disco record then. I was with a friend in New York and she brought me to Body & Soul, then I went every Sunday, even on my own, just to go listen to music and dance, to absorb the atmosphere. I was asked to come back years later, and 'Forever More' [the Moloko song she performed at 718 Sessions] became one of those songs that has a life of its own -- I think of Body & Soul and Danny when I hear it now. I remember asking [DJ-producer] Francois-K, [who launched the party] years before, if Moloko could perform, but he said he didn't invite just anyone. Then I ended up performing 'Forever More' there. It was the same crowd at 718 that went to Body & Soul, and they embraced me. These are the people who have created everything good about the scene.
You've said that dance music plus emotional complexity equals disco.
I like things that are complex, things that shouldn't go together. You have the functionality in dance music, but you can't have disco without a layer of emotional complexity. I can't think of anything more multilayered than disco. I think there is a resurgence of disco on a more mainstream level, if you think of bands like Hercules and Love Affair and Hot Chip. It's not strictly disco, but it's certainly not dismissive of disco.
Do you think the scene is still alive?
Well, the 718 is like the northern soul scene in the U.K, which is based on old soul records from the '60s and '70s. In the '70s, it was retrospective, about finding rare records. There was something really beautiful about it -- not just nerdy -- like, 'Let's find something that is forgotten and reopen it and make it relevant again." The northern soul scene in the U.K. was the first scene where you had parties all night long. People were on speed, people didn't dance together anymore -- people were dancing in their own space. It was the prototype nightclub. It still exists today, but it's very much smaller, just people holding on. You go there and it's middle-aged people there, ordinary people. You know the guy dancing next to you is a plumber or an electrician. He's a normal guy singing along to this black woman, and he's skinny and white, but he has this poise and dignity. Those are the places I wanna be, where you feel like you learn, you talk to nice people, and they don't spill drinks on the dance floor. I don't wanna be shoved around. I like nightclub etiquette.
You consider Grace Jones an icon. You've met her twice. What happened?
After a show, five or six years ago in Florence, these Italian guys were like, 'Come back to our hotel.' She was getting out of the cab at the same time, and she was like, 'Where are you going?' I told her I was going to the hotel party after the after-party. She was like, 'Control! Control! Get these people out of here!' So we went off and serenaded these guys in the square under a full moon in Florence. Then I met her recently. We did a thing for Jarvis Cocker. We were all singing different Disney songs with an orchestra. She complimented me on my hat, I complimented her on her hat, and we were fine. I don't blame her for throwing people out of a bloody hotel room. She's had a massive influence on my music.
What hat were you wearing?
A Stephen Jones big, black, wide-brimmed hat with horsehair sticking out of it.
Have people compared you to Kylie Minogue?
No, but people say, 'Have people compared you to Kylie Minogue?' And I go, 'No, but people have asked me if I have been.'
And Alison Goldfrapp?
Yes, I get that comparison.
I can hear that. 'Movie Star' has that Supernature sound.
Yes, and Supernature has the feel of 'Indigo' [from Moloko's 2000 album Things to Make and Do, which came out before Supernature.] I ain't copied anyone ever, maybe to my detriment; things that are copies do very well. A female musician recently said, 'Being a woman is not a genre.' It was a great thing to say. It's so annoying the way we're compared to each other. It's bitchy, like we're schoolgirls. You know, who's popular and pretty. I've always felt confident. I was given bags of compliments from my parents.


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Recent Comments:
The Queue: Fargo (the flood, not the movie) {WoW}
Mar 20th 2010 2:14AM I do have to agree with the point about Illidan. I just recently replayed WC3, and I couldn't help but notice that Illidan was an extremely helpful and repentant character... until Malfurion Stormrage finally shunned him one too many times.
If anyone needs punishing over that whole drama party, it's Malfurion. Dude needs to learn to recognize repentance and forgive. It had been 10,000 freaking years for crying out loud! Anyone who comes out of imprisonment like that and immediately wants to HELP? That's one worthwhile individual, not the hateful criminal Malfurion treated him as.
Drama Mamas: Suicide threats {WoW}
Mar 19th 2010 2:27PM Robin: I can't thank you enough for addressing this topic, and in such a serious and respectful way. I have always enjoyed Drama Mamas, but this specific column has brought a new surge of deep respect to that.
I also am in a similar position as you (bipolar - mild manic, severe depressive), and at one point decided to seek help in much the same way Chatty Mage had. I was serious, and even after the conversation, was only a hair's breadth away from going through with it... but the gentleman on the other end of the conversation (this was before WoW, and on a relatively anonymous message board so it took some extremely strong sleuthing skills on his part) had managed to figure out the high school I attended, and call them to alert them to the situation, and the next day when I went to school, I was (quietly) escorted off-campus to proper mental health treatment. That man saved my life and now, nearly 10 years later, I still cannot find the means to properly express my gratitude. I've gone on to wonderful things, and I truly owe it all to that man, who behaved in exactly the way you've outlined here.
I would also like to add to Nameless Rogue: You acted as well as anyone could be asked to, lacking the proper training to handle the situation. Your actions were admirable and certainly helpful. Know that you did ABSOLUTELY the right thing.
Breakfast Topic: Fear is the mind-killer {WoW}
Mar 16th 2010 10:31AM I just hate popping into the Oculus, because it's almost guaranteed (I'm a Hunter) that I'm going to be waiting for one or two more tanks, if not an entirely new group. Or two (it was nerfed, and goes by faster than any other Heroic I've done, people... quit dropping group just because you popped in there!)
I'm not afraid of the instance itself, just frustrated by the effect it has on other people, and the huge delay it adds to my already-long DPS queue time.
Officers' Quarters: Rolling like jerks {WoW}
Mar 15th 2010 11:17PM In my experience, the best system has unilaterally been a form of Round Robin rolling (mainset, then offset if nobody rolls for main), where no player may obtain an additional upgrade before any opposing rollers who have received less than they have.
Of course, we also stipulate that the item must be an UPGRADE. Which means that the number of people rolling on any given item is extremely restricted, and if someone attempts (even unsuccessfully) to sell or buy loot, they forfeit all future loot while running with our guild (this is mostly aimed at PuG'd people, but it also prevents guildies from attempting it... I mean, who wants to be in a guild where they can't get upgrades?)
Scattered Shots: Hunter stat caps: hit, crit, haste, and armor penetration {WoW}
Mar 8th 2010 10:05PM Agreed, and to clarify:
AP and Crit are the only damage stats that properly carry over to the pet. Unfortunately, Agi does not carry over properly (not even the appropriate Crit and AP values it provides), so it is generally worthless to stack it. Not that Agi is a bad stat by any means... but it's not beneficial for 30-45% (depending on the fight) of your damage, so all gems should be pointed at AP, Crit, and possibly Stam (if the socket bonus is just THAT good, which is admittedly rare).
Insider Trader: Guide to making BoE engineering pets {WoW}
Feb 25th 2010 3:17PM Pet Bombling is a guaranteed drop for Engineers:
Lil' Smokey is not, but also drops from additional mobs in the dungeon:
Around Azeroth: 911 is not a joke {WoW}
Feb 23rd 2010 12:41PM I actually agree from firsthand experience now... I caught an edge skiing about 3 days ago and hit a tree, and if it weren't for emergency medical services, I would not be alive anymore. As it is, I've got neck problems massive internal bruising and a broken finger (damn lucky that that's the extent of it, if you ask me)... but I'm extremely thankful to have had a professional response come so quickly.
Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Zarhym clarifies new holiday boss mechanics {WoW}
Feb 23rd 2010 3:44AM @Ben
Massive ditto. That honestly used to be my favorite part of each holiday... seeing piles of corpses strewn all over the ground, all bearing the same name. :P
It does make me wonder if there will ever be a purpose now, to the BRD Mole Machine Remote (which has an actual name I can't remember). Before, the only (legitimate) purpose was to bring other group members from a far-away city to the Boss' location... now with Dungeon Finder teleportation added as a REQUIREMENT for those bosses, will all remotes simply be consigned to the task of exiling newbie raiders in intra-guild hazing rituals?
Scattered Shots: Can Beast Mastery raid? {WoW}
Feb 12th 2010 5:01AM I also am glad to see more interesting articles... but I would like to point out a glaring omission in the post's argument.
Beast Mastery Hunters provide Ferocious Inspiration, which for a well-geared hunter has 99% uptime during all fights. This is a straight +dmg% buff, and so one can effectively count the added damage as belonging to the Hunter (although damage meters will not show it).
Essentially, for every 1000 DPS any raid member does, the Hunter adds an extra 30. This doesn't seem like much, but it can (and will) add up. For example, in a given 10m ICC run, raid DPS is somewhere in the vicinity of 30k (http://worldoflogs.com/zones/Icecrown_Citadel/), which means 900 DPS is added by Ferocious Inspiration.
In the top-end guilds working on the Lich King 25m, raid DPS is more like 125k, or 3750 DPS added by FI.
This is significant. Especially when your own quoted spreads are 3-4k between BM and MM. I'm not saying that BM is top DPS, nor am I saying that there's really a place for more than one BM hunter in a raid (that spot can even be filled by a Ret Pally, since they all have Sanctified Retribution)... but it is a point that is very frequently overlooked, and I have never seen brought up in the BM v. SV v. MM debate by ANY blogger.
(An extreme example is Dreamwalker, where the average raid DPS is 541k, or 16230 DPS added by FI... but that's a special fight.)
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Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama. HistoryFollowing the critical failure of Merrily We Roll Along in 1981 (the show closed after 16 performances), Sondheim announced his intention to leave the musical theatre to write mystery novels. However, he was convinced by Lapine to return to the theatrical world after the two were inspired by "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", the masterpiece of the French Pointillist painter Georges Seurat. In discussing the painting, Lapine noted that one major figure was missing from the canvas: the artist himself. This observation provided the springboard for the creation of "Sunday", and the production evolved into a meditation on art, emotional connection, and community. When the show first opened to subscription audiences at the off-Broadway studio Playwrights Horizons starring Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters in 1984, only the first act was written, and still with many holes. However, with input from audiences, the first act was fleshed out and the second act began development. Following its run at Playwrights, the show transferred to the Booth Theater on Broadway, but the second act was finished and the show "frozen" only days before the opening. When "Sunday" opened on Broadway, it received mixed praise from the critics: a much more positive reaction than what greeted "Merrily" three years earlier. "Sunday" enjoyed a healthy box office, though the show would ultimately lose money. It was, however, considered a brilliant artistic achievement for Mr. Sondheim and, although "Sunday" was nominated for multiple Tony Awards, it won only two design awards. The big winner of the night was Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles, and in his acceptance speech, Herman announced that the "simple, hummable tune" was still alive on Broadway, a remark some perceive as a swipe at Sondheim's pointillistic score for "Sunday". Though widely shunned at the Tonys, "Sunday" won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, and Sondheim and Lapine were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, only the sixth time a musical has been so honored (in 1996, Rent became the seventh). "Sunday" received its UK premiere at the Royal National Theatre in the early 90s with a cast headed by Philip Quast who received the Olivier Award for his performance and Maria Friedman. In 2005, the musical made its second appearance on the London stage at the Menier Chocolate Factory. This revival, starring Olivier Award-winner Daniel Evans and Anna Jane Casey, won unanimously glowing reviews. The production transferred to the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, with Olivier Award-nominee Jenna Russell replacing the unavailable Casey. The cast, nearly all experienced Sondheim performers, are preserved on a recording by PS Classics. This 2-disc album, released in May 2006, is the most complete recording of the score, and contains a bonus track: the original, full version of "The One on the Left" (of which only a fraction survives in the final show) performed by Christopher Colley, Sarah French Ellis and Kaisa Hammarlund. An interesting side note: In Jonathan Larson's musical, tick...tick...BOOM!, a musical number entitled "Sunday" is a deliberate homage to this show's finale, incorporating extensive lyrical, melodic, and harmonic sections. Larson, a devout Sondheim fan, even went so far as to call the song's tempo "Sondheimian." 1984 Broadway Cast
Note: During the show's run, Mandy Patinkin was replaced by Robert Westenberg, followed by Harry Groener. Mandy Patinkin returned to the show shortly before it closed. Bernadette Peters was replaced by Betsy Joslyn, followed by Maryann Plunkett. 2006 London Cast
SynopsisThe first act deals with the life of Seurat as he was painting what is considered by many to be his masterpiece, "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," as his obsession with painting emotionally divorces him from the people around him (most notably his lover, the ironically named "Dot.") As George gathers sketches and works on the painting, Dot - though pregnant with his child - finally leaves him for a more stable, but emotionally unfulfilling baker named Louis. George regrets his loss, but continues with his painting, "finishing" it in a tableau of actors at the end of the first act. The second act opens with the same tableau, however rather than rapturously singing about Art (as they did in the first act finale), this time the characters sing about the torture of being trapped forever in painting, aware of the situation. Following that interlude, the play moves into the 20th century, as another George (a fictional great-grandson of Seurat) presents his own art: a sculpture that presents both light, sound and pictures called "Chromolume #7" (Seurat referred to his art style as "Chromolumism" rather than "Pointillism"), presented as part of a retrospective of Seurat. Like the George of the first act, this George is also a struggling artist who has difficulty maintaining human connections (he is divorced), however, the thrust of the second act is more a satire on the financing of art. Whereas the first act had a song about Art together ("Color and Light"), the second act song "Putting It Together" is about schmoozing collectors and museums into financing an exhibition. After the death of George's grandmother (Dot's daughter, played by the same actress), George goes to La Grande Jatte to exhibit his Chromolumes. Depressed by his isolation and failure as an artist, the play takes a surreal turn as George is visited by Dot, who addresses him as if he is the first act George. She persuades him to keep working on Art that interests him ("Move On"), even if it doesn't lead to critical acclaim or financial success. The play ends with George reading Seurat's artistic principles, while the tableau is again formed on the stage. Musical NumbersAct I
Act II
Deleted/Abridged Numbers
Available on the 2006 London Cast CD
Cast Recordings1984 Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA) 2006 London Cast Recording (PS Classics) |