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Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron turn on the gothic glam for the June/July issue of Interview magazine. With "Snow White and the Huntsman" opening Friday, the leading ladies of the film took a minute out of their whirlwind schedules to talk about life, careers, and of course Snow White.
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People hate politics and politicians for good reason. This will not change any time soon.
There's been another bout of hand wringing over 'political disengagement' courtesy of a new poll which found that most people don't vote out of anger rather than apathy. "Big whoop" I say. The Power Inquiry, for which I was Research Director, found exactly the same back in 2006. That would be the 2006 that pre-dated all the things currently blamed for popular antipathy: MP's expenses, Coalition politics, the 2008 Crash, the recession, Damian McBride etc. etc.
The truth is there are two very good, intimately linked reasons why people hate politics and politicians. Neither of them are easy for the political class to swallow.
Politics is hateful
The first is that politics is hated because it is a hateful profession. That doesn't make it unusual – most professions are characterised by petty politicking, tedious tribalism, gossip and self-interest. The difference with politics is that, unlike other professions, all those frailties get constantly and very publicly dressed up, by politicians themselves, as humble public service. Such in your face hypocrisy is rarely good for anyone's credibility.
Of course, that's not to say a lot of MPs don't work very hard for their constituents and even sometimes in the national interest but a lot of people work very hard for others or for the good of the country and never get a gratis peerage from a thankful nation at the end (or even in the middle) of their careers.
Parliamentary democracy is dying
The second is that parliamentary democracy itself is based on a conceptualisation of the relationship between ruler and ruled that is dead. In that conceptualisation, we the people accept being ruled by a tiny elite as long as we get to choose which tiny elite is doing the ruling. The problem is that the populations of the advanced economies increasingly don't like the idea of being ruled by a tiny elite whether they have chosen them or not.
Again this is not just a matter for politics. The elitist institutions of authority and power that people are free to walk away from (the Church, the trade unions, the press) have been in decline for decades. Even the biggest, richest corporations have to fight a constant battle now to hold on to their customers' trust and respect.
Politics is different, once again, because it can't be walked away from. That's a recipe for popular frustration.
A centuries old and profound trend
This is no recent trend but is, in my view, the outcome of many centuries of shift away from deference to collective authority towards the free choice of the individual. At one stage, parliamentary democracy was a major consequence of this shift as feudal elites in charge by virtue of force and divinity made way for democratic elites chosen by free voting individuals. Now this historic shift is swamping parliamentary democracy itself.
There are two key conclusions. Firstly, no tweaking of MP's pay arrangements, the discovery of an inspirational new leader or even 'radical' change such as the introduction of proportional representation will resolve this deep systemic contradiction. In fact, anyone thinking of going into politics better accept that "I can't seem to do anything right" sensation as a permanent occupational hazard.
Secondly, the problem will only go away when a new political system emerges that better reflects a world devoid of deference. What that looks like I am not sure. The Conservative MP, Douglas Carswell, has had a shot with a strong emphasis on more direct democracy using internet technologies. I suspect it may be something much deeper than that based on widely distributed personal power rather than concentrated democratic power.
Whatever it is though it will be driven by the intensely strong desire of 21st century individuals to make their own decisions for themselves not by the nervous, self-doubt of the political class.
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August 31, 2009 4:09 am | by by Anna Wells, Editor, IMPOBeing from Wisconsin, I often have to turn a blind eye to how my native people are portrayed in the media: the obese, beer-guzzling, cheese and brat shoveling mustachioed deer hunter. But what you bring to the table—whether it be your knowledge of Harleys or your interest in seeing cars destroyed from a lawn chair vantage point—can almost always translate into other tasks, ideas, product development, or process improvement.
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August 27, 2009 12:07 pm | by by Kent St. Vrain, Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, PaxoniSustainability — it is clearly the hot topic of the day — you cannot turn the page in any periodical without reading about it. This is particularly true in the manufacturing and packaging worlds. But this "new" imperative is really not new at all. It is the continuation of a course of action that started more than a decade ago when there was a major focus on consumer waste, crowded landfills and the advent of widespread recycling programs.
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August 27, 2009 10:40 am | by by David Mantey, Editor, PD&Dby David Mantey, Editor, PD&D Seriously, they tell you not to cheat in school but did you ever notice – that is if you ever cheated – that when you worked off a friend's paper (read: copied), you would copy everything that was good and beef up the sections that needed a little help, creating a better end product? It's the American way, so why do teachers frown so heavily upon it? --> Struggling mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson's recently appointed new president had quite the golden nugget of information to offer as he took over his new post.
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August 25, 2009 10:35 amIn today's world of steel making, profit margins are as thin as sheet metal. That makes the margin of error at the Timken Faircrest plant in Canton, OH even thinner for the utilization of time, equipment, and raw material. The workforce must be coordinated across a site covering dozens of acres.
Guest Feature: Using GRC to Drive Innovation and Competitive Advantage
August 24, 2009 9:08 am | by by Dan WilhelmsWith governmental regulations for compliance becoming all the more rigorous, chief audit officers (CAOs) are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place regarding controlling costs and satisfying these more rigorous compliance demands. At the same time, external auditors are getting more sophisticated in their investigations of compliance — delving deeper into organizations' controls.
Embracing The Role
August 24, 2009 8:59 am | by by Jeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPOOne of the great American traditions is that of embracing the plight of the little guy, the underdog, the one with all the odds stacked against them. I think it's because even in these seemingly impossible conditions they're committed to doing whatever it takes and are unwilling to yield to theoretically superior opposition.
Cleaning Out the Web Cobwebs
August 20, 2009 11:07 am | by by Anna Wells, Editor, IMPOAnna Wells, Editor, IMPO The web is a strange place to live because there is such a disparity in structure from place to place. In real life, my neighborhood is all maples, condos, and serious lawn care. I don't accidentally turn a corner and find myself in a sewer.
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August 20, 2009 4:43 am | by by Jeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPOJeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPO I know, I know, the U.S. auto industry has been an easy target for quite a while now, but a release came across my screen last week that made putting it back within the crosshairs of my keyboard way too appealing. Over the last couple of weeks we've all become familiar with the Cash For Clunkers program.
Redefining Dairy
August 18, 2009 8:15 am | by by Jeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPOJeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPO As someone who grew up in the rolling corn and hay fields of southeastern WI, I'll proudly testify to the sentiment that permeates throughout this area. Combining a strong work ethic with a common sense approach has resulted in a collective that embraces both traditional and new ideas.
Fighting Back Against The Recession
August 17, 2009 5:26 am | by by Amy Radishofski, Features Editor, Manufacturing.netThe manufacturing sector has taken a beating by the recent economic downturn. While no industry has escaped unharmed, companies are beginning to fight back, according to the 2009 Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution Survey by RSM McGladrey. Does that mean there is some good news on the horizon? Well, sort of.
Scaling Back Is The New Black
August 14, 2009 11:19 am | by by Anna Wells, Editor, IMPOby Anna Wells, Editor, IMPO About a year ago, I began drooling over new car ads and decided I would trade in my dependable VW Jetta for something a bit flashier. Nothing like a bird's eye view of your 401K floating in the toilet to derail any thoughts of luxury. I decided that I could wait it out, continue to drive my Jetta, and look slightly less cool.
Doing The Responsible Thing
August 13, 2009 8:04 am | by by Anna Wells, Editor, IMPOby Anna Wells, Editor, IMPO It seems the concept of personal responsibility has become skewed over time. What used to be a matter of pride—something one could accomplish based on his or her own volition—is now carrying a more negative connotation. Responsibility has become a matter of who is "at fault" for a certain situation, or how one's efforts can be excused by sharing the burden of accountability.
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August 12, 2009 11:24 am | by by Jeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPOJeff Reinke, Editorial Director, IMPO One of my favorite all-time movies is Steve McQueen's Bullitt . It's not that the movie itself is all that special, but anyone familiar with it knows exactly why it's among my top picks. It contains a scene that is considered to have revolutionized the way Hollywood filmed car chases.
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So... Did I Get The Job?
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text: Written by Damien Triolet Published on January 13, 2010 URL: http://www.behardware.com/news/lire/13-01-2010/#10669 A whole range of Vertex 2 SSDs based on the very promising SandForce controller will soon be available from OCZ. The basic version, the Vertex 2, will be based on 34nm MLC memory and the SF-1200 version of the controller, limited to 9500 IOPS (4KB random) and will be available in 50, 100, 200 and 400 GBs. Up the range, the Vertex 2 Pro will be similar but equipped with the SF-1500 that can go up to 19000 IOPS at slightly higher speeds (280/270 MB/s reads/writes as against 270/260 MB/s). Lastly, the Vertex 2 Pro EX will use 50 nm SLC memory with the SF-1500. With identical speeds to the Vertex 2 Pro, they will be available at 50, 100 and 200 GB, the 400 GB version not possible here given the lower density of SLC memory.


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Ferraris Felipe Massa was the toast of Interlagos on Saturday afternoon after taking his second successive pole position for his home Grand Prix. It was his sixth of the season.
In a gripping shoot-out at the end of Q3, the Brazilians lap of 1m 11.931s just withstood an onslaught from championship leader Lewis Hamilton, who admitted that he lost a tiny bit of pace at the end of the lap rather than risk what he had already gained over the rest of it.
1m 12.082s was sufficient to push his McLaren ahead of Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen, who failed to improve on his 1m 12.322s best. The Finn will start third, ahead of McLarens Fernando Alonso who cut down to 1m 12.356s right at the end. It remains to be seen whether the respective gaps reflect the individual fuel loads.
Behind them, Mark Webber was a surprise fifth on 1m 12.928s for Red Bull, his best position of the year, ahead of the BMW Saubers of Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica (1m 13.081s and 1m 13.129s).
Jarno Trulli was eighth in his Toyota on 1m 13.195s, with David Coulthard making it two Red Bulls in the top 10 with ninth place on 1m 13.272s, and Williams Nico Rosberg taking the second slot on the fifth row with 1m 13.477s.
There was some controversy afterwards, however, when Ferrari accused Hamilton of getting in Raikkonens way when he left the pits for the final time. Hamilton strongly denies any wrongdoing and said that he moved over as soon as he realised how close the Finn was to him.
Rubens Barrichello will start 11th after pushing his Honda round his home track in 1m 12.932s and just missing the cut into Q3. Giancarlo Fisichella also missed out for Renault, with 1m 12.968s. Sebastian Vettel was the faster Toro Rosso qualifier in 13th on 1m 13.058s as Tonio Liuzzi had to rely on his first run of 1m 13.251s after spoiling the first sector of his second. He was 14th. Ralf Schumachers efforts for Toyota yielded 1m 13.315s for 15th, and Jenson Button was the final Q2 runner in the second Honda on 1m 13.469s.
Heikki Kovalainen was a surprise faller in Q1, the Renault driver failing by a hair to get through. Button was the 16th man, on 1m 14.054s, the Finn the 17th on 1m 14.078s. Takuma Sato was likewise unlucky at Super Aguri, lapping his SA07 in 1m 14.098s.
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Reason #256,894 I Don't Want Kids: Doctors Pull Feather Out Of Baby's Neck
Huff Po - Just in the neck of time. Doctors in Kansas treating a 7-month-old girl thought the child had a swollen gland, until they made a frightening discovery — a feather poking out of the baby's neck. Initially, doctors prescribed antibiotics and sent little Mya Whittington home with her parents, but then her jaw swelled to the size of a golfball, according to the Associated Press. In a follow up visit, a doctor saw something poking out of Mya's swollen jaw. She put on gloves and plucked a feather out of the baby's neck. "They pulled a feather out of my child," Mya's father Aaron Whittington, of Hutchinson, Kan., told CNN. "How crazy is that?' Doctors believe Mya swallowed or inhaled the feather, which apparently pierced the inside of her cheek or throat. "The body, being crazy as it is, it just rejected it and started forcing it out," Whittington said.
Kids are a handful. We all know that. They drain all the money and all the fun from your life. They're constantly crying. Constantly sick. And those are just all the things you brace yourself for. Now all the sudden I gotta worry about fucking feathers popping out of my kid like its a goddam peacock? For sure not. Like if this is possible then just about anything is possible. If my kid starts I have to be like "Maybe its hungry? Maybe it needs to be burped? Maybe it needs to be changed. Or maybe its fucking body is rejecting a feather it ingested by forcing it through its skin." If thats something that needs to be considered that virtually anything can happen to kids. Maybe there's a piece of spaghetti up its nose! Maybe theres a spider inside its ear? This is the shit they write horror stories about folks.
Just generally speaking, isn't it insane how many people get duped into having kids? Pretty much everyone knows it sucks but here we are still having kids. Like right now I could have a car if I wanted. But living in the city, I don't really need it, its expensive to own one, its a hassle to deal with, and its just another responsibility to worry about. So, I just dont get the car. All that shit applies to having kids. Everyone knows it sucks and its just a pain in the ass to deal with but they all have a baby. And then another and another. Its insanity. They know they're gonna be miserable, they confirm it after having one child, and then do it over and over. Procreation is for the birds.


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Questions about the Affordable Care Act were fielded Wednesday by a panel well-versed in insurance during a forum sponsored by the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development and Hays Area Chamber of Commerce.
Sandy Praeger, Kansas insurance commissioner, was joined on the panel by Steven Robino, director of policy and compliance for Coventry Health Care; Matt All, general counsel leading a marketplace task force for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas; and Treena Mason, regional sales and marketing manager for BCBS of Kansas.
More than 80 area residents representing a cross-section of professions from health care to manufacturing, attended the forum to explore questions about the ACA, enacted into law March 23, 2010. The law was intended to address cost, quality of care and gaps in insurance coverage.
Praeger acknowledged the uncertainty many businesses are experiencing as they prepare for changes set for January 2014. All added that in years to come, the ACA will be considered the "new normal."
"Right now, there's a lot of doubt, and rightly so," All said. "We're going to get through this. And five years from now, when it falls together, I think we'll all feel better about it."
He said there is reason for optimism going forward based on efforts of Praeger and "solid companies" throughout the state.
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Under the law, approximately 50,000 Kansas small businesses will not be required to provide coverage for their employees. The law does, however, offer small companies of less than 25 full-time employees a tax credit if they pay at least half the cost of their employees' health insurance coverage.
Praeger said an uncertainty exists about whether Kansas will enter into a state-based health insurance exchange. Without a state-based exchange, the federal government will control the exchange.
"We have been working diligently on creating a blueprint for how a partnership will operate in Kansas," Praeger said. "Our goal is to preserve as much authority as we can at the state level."
Overall, Americans are not receiving the value they should for health care services, she said. And rising health care costs cannot be tackled only through enactment of the ACA alone.
"We need a better integrated system so that physicians and hospitals can work together to deliver that integrated care," she said. "We're talking about continuum of care.
"So hospitals, for example, deliver care that doesn't end at the hospital walls. ... It extends out into the community and follows that patient home to ensure they have that support system there that can help them in their postoperative care."
Currently, Praeger said, there is no payment structure in place that encourages providers to deliver coordinated care.
"Delivering care in a more coordinated fashion is a better process from a patient's standpoint," she said. "That's the appropriate way to bring costs down."
For those interested in data that analyzes trends and underlying causes of changes in health insurance coverage, access to care and use of health care by Americans, statistics are available at healthpolicycenter.org.


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WASHINGTON – You might be pleased with the low monthly premium for one of the new health insurance plans under President Obama's overhaul, but the added expense of copayments and deductibles could burn a hole in your wallet.
An independent analysis released Wednesday, on the heels of an Obama administration report emphasizing affordable premiums, is helping to fill out the bottom line for consumers.
The annual deductible for a mid-range "silver" plan averaged $2,550 in a sample of six states studied by Avalere Health, or more than twice the typical deductible in employer plans. A deductible is the amount consumers must pay each year before their plan starts picking up the bills.
Americans looking for a health care plan in new state insurance markets, or exchanges, that open next week under "Obamacare" will face a trade-off familiar to purchasers of automobile coverage: To keep your premiums manageable, you agree to pay a bigger chunk of the repair bill if you get in a crash. Except that unlike an auto accident, serious illness is often not a self-contained event.
Avalere also found that the new plans will require patients to pay a hefty share of the cost – 40 percent on average – for certain pricey drugs, including the newer specialty medications used to treat intractable chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. On the other hand, preventive care will be free of charge to the patient.
"Consumers will need to balance lower monthly premiums against the potential for unpredictable, expensive out-of-pocket costs in plans with higher deductibles," said Caroline Pearson, a vice president of the private market analysis firm. "There is a risk that patients could forgo needed care when faced with high upfront deductibles."
Responding to the Avalere study, the Obama administration acknowledged that the new plans aren't as generous as employer coverage but said that they nonetheless represent a big improvement over currently available individual policies, which can have gaps in coverage and even larger out-of-pocket costs.
Also Wednesday, the Obama administration unveiled premiums and plan choices for 36 states where the federal government is taking the lead to cover uninsured residents. Insurance markets that go live Tuesday will offer subsidized private coverage to people who do not have health insurance on the job, including the uninsured and those who currently buy their own policies.
Before new tax credits that work like a discount for most consumers, premiums for a mid-range "silver" benchmark plan will average $328 a month nationally for an individual, the Obama administration report found. Beneath that average are wide differences for individuals, depending on where they live, how much they make, and other factors.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the average consumer will be able to choose from among more than 50 plans.
"For millions of Americans, these new options will finally make health insurance work within their budgets," Sebelius told reporters Tuesday in a preview call. The exchanges are the only place where consumers will be able to get a tax credit for health insurance.
HHS estimated that about 95 percent of consumers will have two or more insurers from which to choose. And the administration says premiums will generally be lower than what congressional budget experts estimated when the legislation was being debated. About one-fourth of the insurers participating are new to the individual coverage market, a sign that could be good for competition.
But averages can be misleading. When it comes to the new health care law, individuals can get dramatically different results based on their particular circumstances.
Where you live, the plan you pick, family size, age, tax credits based on your income, and even tobacco use will all impact the bottom line. All those variables could make the system hard to navigate.
For example, the average individual premium for a "second-lowest-cost silver plan" ranges from a low of $192 in Minnesota to a high of $516 in Wyoming. That's the sticker price, before tax credits.
In the three states with the highest uninsured population, the benchmark plan will average $373 in California, $305 in Texas, and $328 in Florida.


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Calling for more drilling for domestic oil to do something about rising gas prices makes little sense. This should be a simple matter of economics or math–there's not enough oil to recover from U.S. territory to affect global supply, and since oil is a commodity traded on a global market, only an increase in the global supply can affect the price.
Nonetheless, one major political party in this country holds out more drilling as the solution to high prices, and thus that point of view is treated with respect. Take the Washington Post piece today (5/4/11) by Juliet Eilperin, headlined "Soaring Prices Alter Energy Debate a Year After Gulf Spill: A Drive for More Drilling."
The article manages to convey–in passing–that this policy solution wouldn't really work, but nonetheless treats it as if it were a respectable policy option:
Just one year after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 and triggered a massive oil spill, there's little appetite among legislators for new safety regulations. Instead, a single concern is prompting a drive for more drilling: $4-a-gallon gas.
Increased drilling wonâ┚¬Ã¢"ž¢t bring down the immediate cost U.S. consumers pay at the pump, but soaring fuel prices have transformed the U.S. energy debate, motivating the House this week to take up at least one of three bills that would ease the way for more energy exploration off both coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico.
So more drilling won't help in an "immediate" way, but as a response to high prices Congress is considering bills to encourage more drilling. The piece does quote critics who point out that increased drilling isn't going to matter, immediately or otherwise–the Post attributes this analysis to "Democrats and environmentalists." As Dean Baker put it, "Tell the Washington Post that All Non-Flat Earthers Believe that Oil Prices Are Determined in a Global Market."


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Fireplace bonefishingRecommended books and DVD's on bonefishingBy Martin JoergensenSo you want to go bonefishing and want to study the subject first? Then dive in with these books and DVD's and have some crackin' fireplace fishing with some of the best material on the subject. Book: Bonefishing! Randall KaufmannThis book is the bible on bonefishing if you ask me. I know that some people might have older and more classical titles as number one on their list, and I have read and seen quite a few of these. But none of the older titles are as beautiful or informative as Randall Kaufmann's fantastic epos on this fish. I lived in this book for weeks when it arrived, enticed by its fantastic photos and great stories. Then I started learning. The book is stuffed with fatcs. When I was leaving for the tropics, I browsed through the chapters on the destinations I was going to. And I learned a lot from it. It's not a cheap book by any means, but worth every penny. If you are serious about bonefishing you must invest in this book. Read our review of Bonefishing! here Book: Fly fishing for bonefish. Dick Brown Dick Brown's bonefishing book is a true classic, and one of the first ones that was recommended to me when I was taking on bonefish for the first time. surely my second favorite bonefishing book, only surpassed by Randal Kaufmann's stunning work from 2000. At 40 US$ list price and available down to 25 US$ it's a steal. And I know directly from the author that it's on its way in a new edition with even more tiers and patterns in it. Book: Fly Fishing Mexico - the Yucatan Peninsula. Juan Pablo Reynal and Daniel Beilinson Another extraordinarily beautiful book with some really stunning photography. I fell in love with it even before I owned it. I happened to pass by a Danish web site, which had a review of the book, and immediately started a hunt for the publisher in order to get a copy to review. Now, this book is published in Argentina, and Argentine publishers don't really do a great job of making it easy to contact them. At the same time this book is not exactly widely distributed or marketed. Too bad, because it really deserves a large audience. Read our review of Fly Fishing Mexico here. Book: Fly-Fishing for Bonefish. Chico Fernández When I started researching for my first bonefishing trip, one of the first names I bumped into was Chico Fernandez. Fernández is definitely one of the grand old men in bonefishing, and although his name is all over the bonefishing community, this is as far as I know his first book as an author. This is somewhat a surprise since his name pops up everywhere in connection with bonefishing. Even though this book is touted as the main work on bonefishing and the bible on the subject, I already revealed that I don't agree fully with this view. But still this is an excellent book. Read our review of Fly-Fishing for Bonefish here. Book: Innovative Saltwater Flies. Bob Veverka Even though this book covers a very wide variety of saltwater flies, including a majority not suited for bonefish, it does have a selection of all the most important patterns for bonefish—almost all by the originators. Add to this the great photography and the stories told by each contributor, and you have a very useful and attractive book. Spend some time tying some additional flies meant for permit, tarpon, barracuda and other species, and you will be fully armed for any siyuation during a bonefish endeavour. Read our review of Innovative Saltwater Flies here.
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The drivers on what proved to be a very interesting mornings qualifying at Suzuka ahead of this afternoons Japanese Grand Prix.
Michael Schumacher, Ferrari (1st, 1m 33.542s):
Ralf Schumacher, Williams (2nd, 1m 34.032s):
Under these unpredictable conditions, with the track quickly changing, it was no easy qualifying. I took advantage of my poor race result in China and the consequent late starting position in pre-qualifying today, and managed to run on a dry and improving track during both the qualifying sessions. I am very happy with this result also because I know we have a good race car and strong chances to collect some valuable points.
Mark Webber, Jaguar (3rd, 1m 34.571s):
"It's been a good start to the day for us here in Suzuka. We would have liked to have had more time to prepare the cars for today but as it has turned out I am really pleased to be in 3rd position for the start of the race. My first qualifying session made it possible for me to go out much later in the second session, which has helped us. The boys have done a great job preparing the car given the little amount of track time we have had and our third position is a good morale booster. I am really looking forward to the race and although it is a long race I will be doing everything I can to finish in a points scoring position.
Takuma Sato, BAR (4th, 1m 34.897s):
"The conditions were very tricky but I'm pleased with my lap under the circumstances. The track has continued to get drier and faster with each car running, so I think the conditions will be good for the start of the race. The cancellation of yesterday's running was disappointing for the fans here, so I very much hope we can make up for that with a strong race this afternoon."
Jenson Button, BAR (5th, 1m 35.157s):
"It wasn't a bad lap considering the difficult conditions. Much of the circuit is dry but there are some parts that are still very wet and it is very difficult to see them. It's not just a slight loss of grip either; it's big oversteer as I demonstrated in the chicane on my timed lap. I'm happy to be a second ahead of the McLarens though and of course both Taku and myself are ahead of both Renaults which is a good place to start fighting to retain second position in the Constructors' Championship."
Jarno Trulli, Toyota (6th, 1m 35.213s):
"Sixth place on my Toyota race debut is quite a satisfying result. It has been a tough weekend with the wet weather on Friday, then the typhoon warning on Saturday and now a drying track for qualifying. We had a bit of luck in pre-qualifying when I set the fastest time, but I expected a slightly better result in the second session. However, sixth place on the grid is not too bad, especially as I think we might struggle a bit in the race."
Giancarlo Fisichella, Sauber (7th, 1m 36.136s):
David Coulthard, McLaren (8th, 1m 36.156s):
Jacques Villeneuve, Renault (9th, 1m 36.274s):
Olivier Panis, Toyota (10th, 1m 36.420s):
"The track conditions were quite difficult after all the rain that we have had this weekend. We were lucky to go out late in both qualifying sessions because the track was always drying out, so we benefited from improving conditions. This Japanese GP is important for Toyota as our home grand prix and we have a lot of support from the many fans in the grandstands, so to have both cars in the top ten is very good."
Fernando Alonso, Renault (11th, 1m 36.663s):
Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren (12th, 1m 36.820s):
Juan Pablo Montoya, Williams (13th, 1m 37.653s):
I had a quite bad pre-qualifying, mainly due to the fact that the pressure of my tyres wasn't ideal. I therefore had to take some risks in final qualifying and we decided to go out on dry tyres. This choice paid off, because I could slightly improve my position from first qualifying. We have a good race car and I am confident we can collect some points.
Christian Klien, Jaguar (14th, 1m 38.258s):
"Before today's qualifying I had only managed to complete nine fast laps and those were in extreme wet conditions. I knew the guys were going to prepare the car as best they could so it was up to me to give it my best shot in qualifying. The track was drying up this morning and this has made conditions easier to drive in. My first qualifying was ok but I am pleased with my second session when I finished fourteenth. The circuit is not easy to drive and I think that this afternoon is going to be challenging."
Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari (15th, 1m 38.637s):
Nick Heidfeld, Jordan (16th, 1m 41.953s):
Timo Glock, Jordan (17th, 1m 43.533s):
Gianmaria Bruni, Minardi (18th, 1m 48.069s):
"It has been a difficult morning, as we were out first for our qualifying run. With the track still wet but drying quickly, it was a difficult choice on tyres, but in the end, we went with shallow wets. Unfortunately, the drivers whose runs came next were able to use slicks, which gave them a big advantage. Anyway, now we will just have to see what happens in the race."
Zsolt Baumgartner, Minardi (no time):
"It's a shame that I had a problem in the pre-qualifying run because my first sector time was not too bad. The track conditions were tricky, as the surface was drying, but still quite wet in places. The car had some oversteer in it and when the back end slid in that corner, I was just a little too late catching it. We've been a bit unlucky this weekend. This is a very challenging circuit, I have not run here before, and the track conditions have been particularly tricky. I just hope we can have a good race this afternoon."
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Contractor charged with agreeing to bribe union city, n.J., official for construction approvals
March 16, 2012 |
NEWARK, N.J. – A Union City, N.J., contractor appeared in court today to face a federal charge that he agreed to give bribes and corrupt payments in connection with a Union City Zoning Board matter, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Bryant Venegas, 26, of Clifton, N.J., is charged by Complaint with one count of knowingly and corruptly agreeing to give a bribe. Venegas surrendered this morning to the FBI and appeared this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Dickson in Newark federal court. He was released on a $50,000 bond.
According to the criminal Complaint unsealed today:
In a scheme lasting from March 2007 to July 2011, Venegas agreed to give thousands of dollars in cash payments provided to him by a witness cooperating with the government, as well as other corrupt benefits, to a Union City government employee in an attempt to obtain construction approvals from the Union City Zoning Board of Adjustment. Venegas was recorded by law enforcement telling the cooperating witness about his plan to pass cash and other benefits to contacts in Union City government, including rims and tires for one official's automobile.
During the course of Venegas' communications and meetings with the cooperating witness, he regularly advised the cooperating witness that Venegas would have to pass on money to others in order to guarantee the success of the cooperating witness' zoning applications. On multiple occasions, Venegas asked whether the cooperating witness was recording him on behalf of law enforcement. He also said he would kill anyone who set him up.
The count with which Venegas is charged carries a statutory maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Michael B. Ward in Newark, with the investigation leading to the charge.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Luria of the U.S. Attorney's Office Special Prosecutions Division in Newark.
The charge and allegations contained in the Complaint are merely accusations and the defendant is considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings
The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings by photographer KayLynn Deveney is exactly that: a simple look at glimpses into the world of an old man in Wales living on his own. The book is not much more than a collection of photographs that Albert captioned for KayLynn in his scratchy, old person script, and it is precisely this that makes it a gem. It is a visual history of the quotidian, a book to sit quietly with, a book that opens onto reflection. It is very moving, perhaps because it imparts a sense of peace, or maybe because we so easily recognize people that we know, or have met, or seen from a distance. Albert Hastings reminds us of how human we are, and Kaylynn Deveney shows us our moments. The sort of book that you keep for yourself, and buy as gifts.
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City (pop., 2000: 33,784), southwestern California, U.S. It is surrounded by the city of Los Angeles and adjoining Hollywood. It was established in 1906 as a residential area called Beverly. The Beverly Hills Hotel was built in 1912. Movie stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks lived there in 1919, beginning the fashion among Hollywood celebrities of building lavish homes in Beverly Hills. Occupying an area of 5.7 sq mi (14.8 sq km), the city is crossed by the famous streets of Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, and Rodeo Drive.
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Definition of laser printer in English:
A printer, linked to a computer, producing good-quality printed material by using a laser to form a pattern of electrostatically charged dots on a light-sensitive drum, which attract toner (or dry ink powder). The toner is transferred to a piece of paper and fixed by a heating process.
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Special Additional Taxes(p31) |
Tax on Early Distributions(p32) |
5% rate on certain early distributions from deferred annuity contracts.(p32) |
Distributions from designated Roth accounts allocable to in-plan Roth rollovers within the 5-year period.(p32) |
Figuring your recapture amount.(p32) |
Recapture Allocation Chart
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Exceptions to tax.(p32) |
If distribution code "1" is incorrectly shown on your Form 1099-R for a distribution received when you were age
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Additional exceptions for qualified retirement plans.(p34) |
Separation from service.(p34) |
Qualified public safety employees.(p34) |
Qualified reservist distributions.(p34) |
You can choose to re-contribute part or all of the distributions to an IRA. These additional contributions must be made within 2 years after your active-duty period ends. Any amount recontributed must be reported on Form 8606 as a nondeductible contribution. You cannot take a deduction for these contributions. However, the normal dollar limitations for contributions to IRAs do not apply to these special contributions, and you can make regular contributions to your IRA, up to the amount otherwise
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Substantially equal periodic payments.(p34) |
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Recapture tax for changes in distribution method under equal payment exception.(p35) |
Tax on Excess Accumulation(p35) |
Waiver.(p35) |
State insurer delinquency proceedings.(p35) |
Required beginning date.(p35) |
5% owners.(p35) |
Age 701/2.(p35) |
Required distributions.(p35) |
Distributions after the employee's death.(p36) |
Minimum distributions from an annuity plan.(p36) |
Minimum distributions from an individual account plan.(p36) |
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Aditech releases housing for the Sony AX100
Aditech has announced the availability of their Mangrove housing for the Sony FDR-AX100 and HDR-CX900 4K cameras. The MVHS-AX100 uses 12 electromagnetic push buttons to control the camera via LANC. The housing also incorporates a rear mounted 3.5" High–Resolution TFT LCD monitor or an optional 3.5" AUO 16:9 ultra-high resolution monitor.
Canon announces the XF205 and XF200 camcorders
Canon has announced two new compact pro camcorders. The XF205 and XF 200 both offer HD video in MXF and MP4 formats and manual control of focus, zoom and iris.
A freediving underwater video with a dog
Denis Zorzin has shared an underwater video he shot while free diving with a GoPro on our Wetpixel Facebook page. One interesting addition to this video is his dog, Gulliver, who swam out for the dive, but didn't actually swim underwater.
Backscatter launches Macromate Mini
Backscatter has announced the release of their Macromate Mini Underwater Macro lens for the GoPro HEROS 3 and 3+. Constructed of aluminium, the lens can be attached to the company's Flip 3.1 bracket when attached via a 55mm threaded adaptor. The Macromate Mini reduced the GoPro's minimum focus distance to around 3" (75mm).
Call for entries: World Shootout 2014
The World Shootout 2014 is calling for entries. The contest has numerous categories including: Dive Destination - 5 Best Images, Wide Angle, Macro & Super-Macro, Amateurs Sharks, Wrecks of the World and Children of World ShootOut. The requirements for entry are that the image(s) must have been taken between 1 January and 31 July 2014.
Sports Illustrated underwater portraits of athletes
Sports Illustrated has compiled a series of underwater athlete portraits that have graced the pages of the magazine. The images include everything from swimmers to baseball players, as well as one free diving portrait.
2014 DEEP Indonesia Photo Competition Winners Announced
DPG and Wetpixel are proud to announce the winners of the 2014 DEEP Indonesia International Underwater Photography Competition. The competition is part of a unique series of underwater imaging events and has become one of the biggest and most prestigious in the world. This year the competition received thousands of entries from underwater photographers in over 15 countries. Congratulations to Bert Willaert, who won Best of Show for his 1st place image from the Compact Camera category.
Seacam announces their academy
Housing manufacturer Seacam has launched their online learning site. Entitled the Seacam Academy, there are currently 10 downloadable tutorials available to purchase, all presented by Kurt Amsler.
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(HockeyStL) -- The Blues are in the midst of a break after playing six games in a nine-day span to open the season.
Alex Steen and Kris Russell missed practice Tuesday in an effort to keep the legs fresh. Andy McDonald was on the ice for the beginning part of the practice but left early.
All three players are expected to be back at practice Wednesday.
As a result, Vladimir Tarasenko was without two of his linemates. Vladimir Sobotka and Matt D'Agostini filled in on the line and Ian Cole was paired with Roman Polak.


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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine meets with Sen.-elect Angus King, I-Maine in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, to discuss committee assignments and how they'll work together to represent Maine in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent Senator-elect Angus King of Maine says he has decided to caucus with Democrats, which will add to the party's voting edge. His decision ends months of speculation about which party he would align with.
The former Maine governor was elected last week to replace retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, a prominent centrist. GOP and conservative super PACs spent millions of dollars to attack King during the campaign for Snowe's seat.
With King joining their caucus, Democrats will have a 55 to 45 edge in the Senate.
King said Wednesday that caucusing with Democrats will still allow him to take independent positions on issues.


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Colour is one of our greatest expressions of ourselves when we choose to knit or crochet, so how do you choose what colours you buy and crochet or knit with. Have a look through your stash and see if there is a predominance of one colour. Do the same with your finished projects – do they match? Do you love a rainbow of bright hues, or more subdued tones. How much attention do you pay to the original colour that a garment is knit in when you see a pattern? Tell readers about your love or confusion over colour.
For those of us who are Colorado Rockies fans, 2012 has been designated the Year of the Fan and today is Purple Monday. I'm all set for the occasion with my purple Rockies jersey:
If the weather turns cold again (after all, it is springtime in the Rockies and anything is possible) this recently-completed hat and scarf set, in baseball team colors, is ready for wear:
Better Late Than Never Beanie and Chunky Stripe Scarf
Because I'm a Rockies fan, purple has become one of my favorite colors, but basically I've always been a "natural" person, much of the time gravitating toward the non-colors beige, off-white and cream. Our home for the past twenty years still retains its original "white walls, beige carpet" decor which I find comforting and peaceful. With sunlight streaming in and a view of the natural Colorado landscape outside our windows, it's the perfect backdrop to more colorful spaces around the house, such as this "yarn corner" in a spare bedroom:
As a child I loved the color yellow. When I grew older I chose to wear a lot of cream-colored clothing. Eventually I developed a fondness for the blue-green range (probably to match my eyes, which seem to change from blue to green depending on the shade worn.) However, when knitting and crocheting or planning new projects, I work with a rainbow of colors, as evidenced by these charitable cause projects donated recently to the Ravelry group "For the Children of Pine Ridge":
Currently I'm in a scrap-happy phase, creating hats, scarves, shawls and baby things in yarns from stash, recycling and repurposing the accumulation of years that is tucked in cubbies, drawers, shelves and closets upstairs (the latest "discovery" is described in my previous post.) One of my favorite color-riot projects is this shawl, made with leftover sock yarn scraps:
For me, colors of choice might be yellow, or cream, or beige, or aqua, or green, or … pink! Yes, pink. I like pink, and it's a good thing since there is always a request for baby gifts. As a result, I have made a "ton" of these Lacy Baby Hats:
Lacy Baby Hat with Scalloped Lace Baby Socks
When I first began submitting design ideas to publications, I discovered an odd thing: pink gets attention! My very first submission, which ended up being reworked in a fabulous green bulky alpaca for the cover of Knit Simple, Fall 2007, started out as a design submission in hot pink. Here is the hat that started it all …
… and its final form as a cover hat (#13 Tasseled Earflap Hat)
Photo by Paul Amato, copyright Knit Simple/SoHo Publishing
(For many other "think pink" projects from Designs by KN, feel free to take a visual stroll through my Ravelry designer page.)
But I still prefer beige.
© 2012, Designs by KN. All rights reserved.


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My mother lives with my wife and I. She's 85 yrs., an invalid, and stage 6 alzheimers. Mom is not totally bed-ridden. She gets to sit up in a wheelchair 5 or 6 hrs. a day. Well, last Thursday she started having a pretty bad cough and I was concerned because, with her getting very little "exercise" there's always the fear of pneumonia. I called her MD and he called in a prescription for some antibiotics to our pharmacy and we started her on them Thurs. afternoon. Well everything seemed to be doing a little better until Sunday night when I noticed she seemed to be breathing really shallow and was wheezing quite a bit. So I said, "that's it" and dialed 911 and had the ambulance come and take her to the ER about 11:00 Sunday night. Well, we sat around the ER for about an hour and the ER Dr. came and saw her and ordered breathing treatments, blood tests and a chest x-ray. About 5 hrs. later, about 6:00 a.m. Monday, mom was asleep, breathing easier and seemed to be resting fairly well. The ER Dr. came around again and told me he had all the results back from the blood tests and chest x-rays etc. Well the whole time we were in the ER I was questioning whether or not I should have brought mom to the ER on Thurs. and when I saw him I immediately asked him, "Doc, did I wait around too long before I brought her in, should we have come sooner?" His answer surprised me and really made me feel alot better. He said, "It is best to try to treat advanced Alzheimers patients at home, if you can. They are alot like children and can become very agitated in the hospital". He went on to reassure me that we brought her in at probably the exact right time because, according to all the test she was just starting to develop a small patch of pneumonia in her right lung. Well, they admitted her into the hospital and once she was settled in I finally went home about 7:30 a.m. and crashed. I had sent my wife home about 1:00 a.m. she had to be at work Monday. She has a "real job", I work mostly on the weekends as a musician. Anyway they started treating mom vigorously with IV fluids and IV antibiotics and by the time the wife and I got back up there Monday evening she looked and sounded 100% better. Mom's Dr. came by and said that everything was right on track and with any luck mom could come home in about 2 or 3 days. Well you can imagine how relieved we were to hear that. So since she was resting so quietly the wife and I came home and had a quiet dinner and enjoyed our very rare, private time. I know this is getting to be a pretty long story but, I feel it's only fair to tell the whole story.
OK here's a little background info. My dad passed away in 1998 and like most long-time married widows, mom's health started to deteriorate. I'm an only son, so I sold my place and moved in with her, to help her and to keep an eye on her. I wasn't married and had not even met my current wife, at this point. At first I was just company for mom she was pretty well able to take care of herself and I enjoyed being close by her. Well as the years passed by, she just got more and more disabled physically and mentally and it finally got to the point to where I couldn't provide her with the care she really needed. So finally I realized that I had to start thinking about a nursing home. I hated to think of her there, but sometimes it's the best and only option available. I investigated on the internet and personally visited about 25 nursing homes in the area and settled on one in a rural suburb of town. She went in and I'm glad to say, she did better than I expected. The facility seemed like a god-send. In the meantime I met my current wife and eventually she started going with me to visit mom. They really hit it off well and grew to love one another. Everytime we'd leave the nursing home, my wife (then girlfriend) would cry about having to leave her there. Well, one year ago December, (1997) I was watching TV and saw a story about a local nursing home that had lost it's medicaid license and was going to have to shut down. Well guess what? It was mom's nursing home. Apparently, there had been an inspection where some code violations were found and the administrator did not notify the state of the nursing home's plan of action to correct those violations by some deadline and that was the reason for them having to close. I found out on December 12th, that I had to find another nursing home for her before December 31st or "the state" would arbitrarily place her in one of their choice. Well you can imagine how mad I was. It took me 3 months to find a nursing home that I felt good about and I wasn't about to just let "the state" make a choice for us. Well anyway, I think the only person madder than me was my wife. We had been together about 2 1/2 years at this point and were living together, so she just asked me. "Do you love me?" I said "you know the answer to that" and then she said, "well marry me and we'll bring her home with us." I thought for a minute and said, "Are you sure?" She said "Yes" So before the deadline, we were married and had all the correct paperwork in place to bring mom "home." That was a great day. We finally got her home with us and it was one of the happiest days of our lives.
At this point, mom's alzheimers was about stage 4 and she was a little confused, in the beginning, about where she was, but she eventually settled in with us. About 8 mos. after we moved her in with us, the nursing home where she had been living had cleared up all of their issues and was re-admitting patients. Now I had told mom when she moved in with us, that if the nursing home re-opened and she wanted to go back there that I would take her back. So I asked her, with my wife crying like a baby in the other room. I said "Mom do you want to go back or would you rather stay with us? She said, "I want to stay here at home with you." Well needless to say my wife and I were very happy to hear that.
Now that brings me to today....
Like I said, mom is stage 6 alzheimers at this point and over the past few months has developed severe memory issues and most of the time has trouble finding her words. At the hospital they try to assess a patient's mental status, so they ask them questions like, "Do you know where you are?" "Do you know what day it is?", etc. Well, they asked the usual questions, most of which mom couldn't answer. So as I was sitting right next to the bed, the nursed asked her, "Do you know who that is?" and pointed to me. Mom looked at me real intently and after a few seconds said, "No".
Well needless to say, that was bit of a shock.
I've learned that if they live long enough, there comes a point in most alzheimer patients struggle when they get to the point of not recognizing loved ones and I knew that, if God was willing, that day would come for mom. I try to be analytical and try to adopt a sort of clinical approach to seeing my mom slowly drifting away, mentally speaking. But to be quite honest, it hit me harder than I'd like. Nevertheless, God willing, we'll get her back home in a couple of days and maybe once she gets back to familiar surroundings, she'll remember. And if she doesn't.... I'll still do everything I can to take care of her for as long as I can.
Thanks to the admins for having a place for me to let this out. I really appreciate it.


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DK Tankin!
I decided to be a DK tank, here's my current spec as of 12/19/08
Reaching the def cap:
Don't think about duel wielding. You'll cause so many misses and parries that you'll have some issuse with threat generation, and parries cause the boss to hit you again faster. If you can't meet the defense cap, so some icecrown quests and get this, or wield a *single* +def 1 hander until you hit the def cap without defense on your weapon. The questline for dabri's engima in netherstorm and the normal halls of lightning trinket that drops from loken are both indespensible from gaining this goal. Cap is 530 for heroics, 540 for raids. Belt buckles and +def to bracers are both nice tools as well to reach the cap, as well as many rep rewards from AD + WA. I know its painful to enchant things you're going to throw away, but it seems necessary to get past the cap. Resiliance may be a way around it, but I didn't explore that. The flask of fortitude gives you 3ish points at lvl 80 so that may help (did for me).
Valid Tanking Specs:
Blood - Frost - Unholy
The reason this is true is the basic tanking talents are shallow in all three trees and the top of each tree has a great tanking talent. Also, don't take the 51 pt frost talent, it's downright useless, and will probably be changed. Frost may be the least complicated one to do (you have more ways to get aggro on everyone and another panic button), but unholy is currently theoretically best when you're all epiced out from a dmg mitigation standpoint. The strength of blood is in the huge amount of self and party healing they do and the dps boost they provide to physical dmg classes. Frost spec has issues with things immune to frost (duh), and unholy with things that silence/immune to magic. In general, the differences are not enough to *not* be the spec you want to play, so try all of them that are fun and do the one you like.
Blood Tanky Talents:
Blade Barrier (Blood T1): Whenever you've used both of your blood runes, the chance you parry the boss increases by 10% (so 18% parry goes to 28% parry, verified).
Scent of Blood (Blood T2): Disrecommended (makes it so you don't like priest bubbles, etc). Doesn't really do that much for you, but perports to make you get runic power by getting hit.
Improved Rune Tap (Blood T3/4): Healing yourself for 20% and the party for 10% (with the Glyph) is a *very* powerful spell, especially with all the fights in heroics that incapacitate the healer or do party wide dmg.
Spell Deflection (Blood T4): Have a chance to take 70% dmg from spells equal to your parry (works very nicely with Blade Barrier)
Vendetta(Blood T4): Heals you for 6% of your health when you kill a creature that's near your level
Vetran of the 3rd War (Blood T5): Increases strengh and stam by 6% (4 Str = 1 parry, so that's important. Stamina is important for obvious reasons).
Mark of Blood (Blood T5): Nice for fights with adds you kill after the big dude, or for frenzied bosses.
Abominations Might (Blood T6): Icreases your str, therefore your parry. Also makes warriors, hunters, rouges and enhancement shamans regularly give you hugs when they figure out what that buff is coming from (10% Attack power buff)
Blood Aura (Blood T7): Heals you + party for 3% of dmg done (lots of healing from this alone, the more free raid healing that occurs, the more the healer can focus on you).
Vampiric Blood (Blood T8): All heals done on your are 150% effective (done by self or others). This includes strikes that heal you. This has a 1 minute cooldown and works for 20 seconds, so pretty much should be pushed constantly.
Will of the Necropolis (Blood T9): Makes your Anti Magic Shell cool down slightly faster, and gives you some more armor when you're about to die (I think this is a little underpowered).
Heart Strike (Blood T9): Does extra dmg, but more importantly prevents the target from using haste effects (which means less dmg to you)
Blood Gorged (Blood T10): +5 Expertise (plus dmg when your health is topped off). Means fewer missess and parries. Fewer misses (with a slow weapon) means fewer enemies running away. Fewer parries by your enemies mean an overall slower attack speed by them.
Frost Tanky Talents:
Toughness (FT1): Extra Armor, Shorter Duration of Movement slowing effects.
Icy Reach (FT2): Makes the frost disease causing spell have as long as a range as your Death Grip and Deathcoil. Excellent for pulling.
Lichborne (FT3): Makes you so ugly the boss misses you 25% more (so if his miss chance was 10%, its now 35%) for 15 seconds.
Annihilation (FT3): Makes Annihilate not consume diseases. Keeping diseases up on everything is the pain of the DK tank. If you like using Annihilate (I don't even have it on my bar), this is a very good one.
Frigid Deadplate (FT5): Adds 3% chance for melee attacks to miss (This talent is a little expensive IMO).
Rime (FT6): Gives a chance of not consuming runes when you do Howling blast. (HB is a important frost tanking talent).
Howling Blast (FT7): Basically a very nice blood boil that works only on frost fever (and works if they're not infected even).
Frost Aura (FT7): Increases spell resistance of the party (so so).
Unbreakable Armor (FT8): Another panic button (increases armor, str and parry)
Blood of the North (FT8): Turns blood runs into death runes (as you'll be keeping your blood runes on cooldown to activate blade barrier, this is very nice).
Guile of Gorefiend (FT9): Increases the duration of Icebound Fortiude by several seconds (awesomesauce right there).
Frost Strike (FT9): Unavoidable weapon strike and runic power dump. Nice for aggro gen + avoiding parries
Acclimation (FT9): Stacking Spell resistance, nice for fights that are dps races against stacking spell debuffs.
Tundra Stalker (FT9): More expertise == fewer boss parries == fewer dead tanks (like the blood talent in the same position). Does other things too.
Hungering Cold (FT10): Uselessness compounded upon uslessness. You pretty much must have ventrilo running for this to have a chance of not instantly being screwed over, and your party has to have the reflexes of a coffee addict. very minorly useful as a panic button, but absurdly long cooldown for how useless it is. Put a point somewhere else.
Unholy Tanky Talents:
Morbidity (UT1): Lowers cooldown on Death and Decay (this is an essential talent IMO).
Anticipation (UT1): 5% extra dodge chance
Epidemic (UT2): Diseases last 50% longer
Unholy Command (UT2): Lowers cooldown on Death's Grip
Virulence (UT2): Increases spell hit, therefore means the mobs go clobber your healer first thing less often.
Outbreak (UT3): Buffs blood boil + pestilence (both essential mechanisms for maintaining aggro on large groups).
Shadow of Death (UT4): 2% Str + Stam buff. The return as a ghoul thing is sorta stupid, and doesn't always work. You don't have aggro when you return either.
Magic Suppression (UT6): Take less damage from all magic, and antimagic shell blocks more magic.
Reaping (UT6): Turns runes into death runes, always a good thing
Desecration (UT7): Causes arms to pop out and slow enemies, and increases your damage. Excellent for adds fights
Antimagic zone (UT7); The purple bubbles from magister's terrace. Awesome in fights like Loken, etc.
Unholy Aura (UT7): Moving to where the enemies are is awesome. The faster melee dps gets there, the faster they die. The faster melee dps moves out of near range effects, the less they die. Also allows you to get pure stam on your boots instead of Tuskars stam/speed.
Night of the Dead (UT8): While problematic for cleaves, dragons and rogues, the lvl 80 DK ability "Army of the Dead" is *Fantastic* for tanking when you have a boss that one shots, is frenzied, incapacitates the healer, or is just a dps race. This talent makes it so you can do it more often. Also it allows you to res a ghoul more often, so you can use the "Sacrifice ghoul for life" spell more.
Bone Sheild (UT8): THE Unholy DK tanking talent of fantastic awesomeness. Eventually when your gear is good enough, this can be up near 100% of the time (and is why UDK may be the late game raid spec of choice).
Wandering Plauge (UT9): When your diseases tick for damage, there is a chance they hurt the people near the infected mobs. Fantastic for AOE tanking. It even ignores CCed targets.
Rage of Rivendare (UT10): Same expertise talent in the other trees. See them for explaination.
Unholy Blight (UT11): Super concecrate :OD. Cept with insects.
How to tank:
So pick from that menu, and then go to town. My opening rotation (I'm blood) for multiple mobs is
B_F_U_ 1.5: Icy Touch
B___U_ 3.0: Plague Strike
B_____ 4.5: Pestilence
Some places on the internets, you see people talk about this rotation:
BBFFUU 0.0: Icy Touch
BBF_UU 1.5: Plague Strike
BBF_U_ 3.0: Pestilence
B_F_U_ 4.5: BloodBoil
__F_U_ 6.0: Death Strike
It generates quite a bit less threat, espcially if you have another DK in the group who's using D&D (Testing VS Whipple in halls of lightning).
Should Death's Grip be used as a pulling tool?
Yes, but not in the most intuitive way. As a taunt, it suffers, because it is resistable by many more creatures than dark command, so saving it for that is only useful situationally. It's most useful as an adjunct to running in. It's more useful on caster than hunters, as hunters tend to run back away to range and must be Icy Chained to stay in melee range, while clothies stand there and take it like a man in a dress. I use it <50% of fights in most dungeons.
Scenario A> One caster, Multiple melee, Caster doesn't have nasty instant casts.
DG the caster, then do the normal rotation expressed above. There will be enough threat on everyone that you should hold them, and you should be able to silence/mind freeze the caster to prevent him from really hurting you (or anti-magic shell).
Scenario B> Two Casters (Skull And X), Multiple Melee (Dragonkin in Nexus, Sometimes in UK).
Run to X and D&D on him while running. Then DG skull caster to you and resume normal rotation (targeting skull).
Scenario C> Hunter + Caster + Melee (Nexus Ice Hall)
Run between Caster and hunter and D&D, use DG to yank hunter back if he runs. Throwing an Icy Touch on Melee while running past will convince him to run into the D&D if it can't hit all three.
Biggest issues with DK tanks:
If you push the wrong button, you have a *lot* of work to do. If you can't death and decay because you misused your runes, you *quickly* must get a disease on someone, and pestilence (otherwise the healer will bite it). Alternatively, you can use the convert blood to death rune, or the refresh all my runes spell to cover for your error. If a healer is forced to heal so much he overpowers your D&D, you need to be tabbing and striking the other people you're tanking, or you need to use more CC.
Additionally, since DKs are so rune dependant, encounters with streaming random enemies (like Violet hold, Halls of stone archive room, etc) require a great attention to "rune tempo". You have to spend a lot of time auto attacking, and a lot of time using abilities soley to gain aggro on all the new mobs.
Happy Zombie Tanking!
Wow, this is quite the handy guide!
FYI: Blood Aura's healing effect is currently doubled on the PTR for patch 3.0.8, so that's gonna be even awesomer shortly.


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