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Inter Pipeline Fund Announces Record 2012 Financial and Operating Results
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 21, 2013) - Inter Pipeline Fund ("Inter Pipeline") (TSX:IPL.UN) announced today its financial and operating results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2012.
2012 Highlights
-- Funds from operations(i) increased to a record $423 million, up $28
million or 7% over 2011 levels
-- Low annual payout ratio before sustaining capital(i) of 68%
-- Generated record net income of $307 million
-- Total distributions to unitholders surpassed $2 billion since inception,
including $285 million declared in 2012
-- Throughput volumes on oil sands and conventional oil pipeline systems
averaged a record 988,100 barrels per day (b/d), 31,900 b/d higher than
-- Oil sands transportation segment achieved record throughput of 812,600
-- Annual throughput volumes averaged 175,500 b/d on Inter Pipeline's
conventional oil pipeline systems, an increase of 5,500 b/d over 2011
-- Announced $2.2 billion integrated oil sands development program for Cold
Lake and Polaris pipeline systems
-- Polaris pipeline system entered commercial service for the Kearl oil
sands project, which is expected to generate approximately $36 million
of EBITDA(i) annually
-- Issued $400 million in senior medium term notes at attractive interest
-- Completed $459 million acquisition of four petroleum storage terminals
in Denmark, more than doubling European storage capacity to 19 million
Fourth Quarter Highlights
-- Fourth quarter funds from operations(i) increased to $101 million, a
gain of $11 million or 12% over fourth quarter 2011 levels
-- Low quarterly payout ratio before sustaining capital(i) of 73%
-- Announced 5.7% distribution increase to annual rate of $1.11 per unit,
Inter Pipeline's ninth consecutive distribution increase
-- Combined oil sands and conventional volume levels set a new quarterly
record of 1,014,900 b/d
-- Announced 5-year agreement to transport diluent for Suncor Energy
-- Distributions to unitholders were $73 million or $0.2675 per unit
(i)Please refer to the "Non-GAAP and additional GAAP Financial Measures" section of the MD&A
Funds From Operations
Inter Pipeline generated record financial results in 2012. Funds from operations totaled $422.6 million or $1.57 per unit, an increase of $28.4 million or 7% over 2011 levels. This marks the 11th consecutive year of increased funds from operations, with three of Inter Pipeline's four business segments achieving record levels. The oil sands transportation segment realized gains as the Polaris pipeline system entered commercial service; the conventional oil pipeline segment showed very strong cash flow on volume strength; and the bulk liquid storage segment's results were boosted by the Danish petroleum storage business which was acquired in early 2012.
By business segment, the NGL extraction, oil sands transportation, conventional oil pipelines and bulk liquid storage businesses contributed $194.6 million, $172.8 million, $153.4 million and $80.2 million to funds from operations, respectively. Corporate costs, including interest, income tax and general and administrative charges were $178.4 million for the year.
In the fourth quarter, funds from operations were $100.9 million, an increase of $10.8 million or 12% over fourth quarter 2011 results. Inter Pipeline's oil sands transportation segment set a new quarterly record for cash flow at $46.2 million. Fourth quarter funds from operations from the NGL extraction, conventional oil pipelines and bulk liquid storage businesses were $38.7 million, $38.7 million and $20.0 million, respectively. Corporate costs were $42.7 million in the quarter.
Cash Distributions
Distributions declared to unitholders increased to $285.2 million or $1.055 per unit in 2012, compared to $251.7 million or $0.9675 per unit declared in 2011. Distributions were higher due to an increase in the number of units outstanding and Inter Pipeline's decision to increase annual distributions by $0.09 per unit effective with payments in January 2012. Despite a higher distribution rate, Inter Pipeline's payout ratio remained conservative at 67.5% before sustaining capital and 74.6% after considering sustaining capital expenditures of $40.1 million in 2012.
In the fourth quarter, Inter Pipeline distributed $73.4 million or $0.2675 per unit, representing a payout ratio of 72.8% before sustaining capital and 86.0% after sustaining capital.
Oil Sands Transportation
In 2012, Inter Pipeline achieved record performances in the oil sands transportation business segment and announced a major, multi-year expansion program. Throughput levels on Inter Pipeline's oil sands transportation systems averaged 812,600 b/d during the year, an increase of 26,400 b/d over 2011 levels as both the Cold Lake and Corridor pipeline systems set annual records. Cash flow in the segment set a new yearly record, with funds from operations totaling $172.8 million.
In the fourth quarter, throughput volumes in the oil sands transportation segment reached 838,200 b/d. Cold Lake system volumes averaged 529,400 b/d and Corridor volumes averaged 308,800 b/d. Both systems recorded year over year gains due to strong production from the oil sands operations of Imperial, Cenovus and Canadian Natural Resources on the Cold Lake system, and increased production on the Corridor system from Shell, Chevron and Marathon's Athabasca Oil Sands Project.
Inter Pipeline's third oil sands pipeline system, the Polaris diluent transportation system, entered into commercial service in 2012. Initial development of Polaris is supported by long-term contracts to transport diluent to Imperial's Kearl oil sands project and to Husky Energy's Sunrise oil sands project. Together, these projects are expected to generate approximately $63 million in incremental EBITDA once fully in service. In late 2012 Inter Pipeline announced a third Polaris contract, a 5-year agreement to transport 10,000 b/d of diluent for Suncor Energy. This agreement will add a further $10 million to EBITDA annually for the life of the contract, at a capital cost of approximately $10 million. Inter Pipeline expects that all three contracts will be contributing to cash flow in 2013.
In 2012, Inter Pipeline announced a $2.2 billion development plan for the Cold Lake and Polaris pipeline systems that will expand and integrate transportation services across both systems. Anchoring these developments is an arrangement to provide bitumen blend and diluent transportation services to the Foster Creek, Christina Lake and Narrows Lake projects jointly owned by ConocoPhillips and Cenovus Energy. These development plans involve the construction of approximately 840 kilometres of new pipeline and seven new pump stations. Inter Pipeline intends to provide approximately 850,000 b/d of firm bitumen blend and diluent capacity to the three oil sands projects. Subject to the execution of a binding transportation agreement, new facilities are planned to be in service for the Foster Creek and Christina Lake projects in phases beginning in mid-2014, and for the Narrows Lake project in 2017. Inter Pipeline expects to finalize the binding transportation agreement in the first quarter of 2013.
In addition, a $90 million pump station expansion of the Cold Lake system is currently underway that will increase system capacity on the west mainline segment from 535,000 b/d to approximately 650,000 b/d by mid 2013 to accommodate near term production forecasts.
NGL Extraction
The NGL extraction business segment generated very strong results in 2012, with funds from operations totaling $194.6 million. Results were $7.9 million lower than in 2011 primarily due to a one-time $20.5 million positive revenue adjustment related to the historical pricing of NGL sales from a counterparty.
Natural gas volumes processed at Inter Pipeline's NGL extraction facilities at Cochrane and Empress, Alberta remained strong in 2012, averaging roughly 2.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (bcf/d), similar to levels processed in 2011. Higher throughput volumes at the Cochrane extraction plant were offset by lower volumes at Inter Pipeline's Empress facilities. Total liquid extraction volumes, including ethane and propane-plus products, averaged 107,600 b/d, consistent with levels extracted in 2011.
Margins on the sale of propane-plus products from the Cochrane extraction facility moderated relative to 2011, but remained strong compared to historical averages. Realized frac-spread prices averaged $1.00 US per US gallon in 2012, higher than the 5-year average of $0.91 US per US gallon.
In the fourth quarter, Inter Pipeline's three NGL extraction facilities processed 2.6 bcf/d, up from 2.3 bcf/d processed in Q4 of 2011 as throughput levels increased at Empress facilities. Fourth quarter extracted liquid volumes were up correspondingly, totaling 105,900 b/d in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to 99,200 b/d extracted in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Conventional Oil Pipelines
The conventional oil pipeline segment had a very strong year, generating record funds from operations of $153.4 million. This represents an increase of $20.2 million or 15% over 2011 levels. Strong results were driven by higher throughput levels and increased transportation tolls. Average revenue per barrel on Inter Pipeline's conventional oil pipeline systems averaged $2.91 in 2012 compared to $2.68 per barrel realized in 2011.
For the year, Inter Pipeline's conventional oil pipeline systems maintained strong throughput levels, recording volume gains that more than offset natural decline rates. The Bow River, Central Alberta, and Mid Saskatchewan systems together transported an average of 175,500 b/d in 2012, an increase of 5,500 b/d over 2011 levels. In the fourth quarter, conventional oil transportation volumes averaged 176,700 b/d, similar to fourth quarter 2011 levels. Inter Pipeline continues to benefit from substantial oil drilling activity in certain service areas as producers aggressively deploy new drilling and well completion technologies.
Bulk Liquid Storage
Inter Pipeline's European bulk liquid storage business generated significantly higher results in 2012 than in the year prior. Funds from operations were $80.2 million, more than double the $37.2 million generated in 2011. The increase was primarily due to the inclusion of results from a Danish petroleum storage business which Inter Pipeline acquired in January 2012.
Tank utilization rates for the year averaged 90.0% compared to 97.0% in 2011. Fourth quarter 2012 utilization rates reflected similar trends, with Q4 2012 averaging 88.3% compared to 94.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011. Utilization rates have remained strong despite a weak European economic climate and the lack of contango in forward oil commodity markets. In 2012, 75,000 barrels of new storage capacity was added at the Immingham terminal in the United Kingdom, and multiple tanks were refurbished to meet requirements of new customer storage contracts.
Financing Activity
Inter Pipeline continues to maintain a strong balance sheet and took additional measures throughout 2012 to ensure continued financial flexibility. During the year, $2.3 billion of committed credit facilities were extended by one year. In May, $400 million of senior medium term notes were issued at an attractive interest rate. To maintain a strong equity position, Inter Pipeline raised over $200 million in new equity capital through a highly successful distribution reinvestment program over the course of the year. At December 31, Inter Pipeline had access to approximately $700 million in unutilized credit capacity.
Debt levels were prudently managed during the year. Inter Pipeline's total outstanding debt balance was approximately $3.1 billion at December 31, resulting in a total debt to capitalization ratio of 65.3%. Excluding approximately $1.7 billion of non-recourse debt held by Inter Pipeline (Corridor) Inc., Inter Pipeline's recourse debt to capitalization ratio remained relatively low at 47.0%.
Inter Pipeline continues to maintain strong investment grade credit ratings, supported by our stable business performance and prudently capitalized balance sheet. Inter Pipeline is well positioned to finance its long term capital expenditure program.
Conference Call & Webcast
Inter Pipeline will hold a conference call and webcast today at 2:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) / 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss fourth quarter and year end 2012 financial and operating results.
To participate in the conference call, please dial 866-226-1792 or 416-340-2216. A pass code is not required. A recording of the call will be available for replay until February 28, 2013, by dialling 800-408-3053 or 905-694-9451. The pass code for the replay is 4511704.
A webcast of the conference call can be accessed on Inter Pipeline's website at www.interpipelinefund.com by selecting "Investor Relations" then "Webcasts & Conference Calls". An archived version of the webcast will be available for approximately 90 days.
Selected Financial and Operating Highlights
(millions of dollars, except
where noted) Three Months Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
2012 2011 2012 2011
Pipeline volumes (000 b/d)
Oil sands transportation(1) 838.2 769.4 812.6 786.2
Conventional oil pipelines 176.7 175.7 175.5 170.0
Total pipeline volumes 1,014.9 945.1 988.1 956.2
Extraction production(1) (000
Ethane 72.9 69.0 72.6 73.2
Propane plus 33.0 30.2 35.0 33.8
Total extraction production 105.9 99.2 107.6 107.0
Oil sands transportation $ 84.1 $ 71.3 $ 300.3 $ 284.8
NGL extraction $ 133.5 $ 129.1 $ 499.9 $ 584.6
Conventional oil pipelines $ 62.0 $ 46.3 $ 231.2 $ 177.8
Bulk liquid storage $ 38.8 $ 26.5 $ 155.6 $ 104.4
Total revenue $ 318.4 $ 273.2 $ 1,187.0 $ 1,151.6
Net income $ 57.3 $ 45.8 $ 307.2 $ 247.9
Per unit (basic & diluted) $ 0.21 $ 0.17 $ 1.14 $ 0.95
Funds from operations(2) $ 100.9 $ 90.1 $ 422.6 $ 394.2
Per unit(2) $ 0.37 $ 0.35 $ 1.57 $ 1.52
Cash distributions declared $ 73.4 $ 65.1 $ 285.2 $ 251.7
Per unit $ 0.2675 $ 0.2475 $ 1.0550 $ 0.9675
Payout ratio before sustaining
capital(2) 72.8% 72.3% 67.5% 63.9%
Payout ratio after sustaining
capital(2) 86.0% 78.5% 74.6% 67.2%
Capital expenditures
Growth(2) $ 125.7 $ 34.2 $ 339.5 $ 132.6
Sustaining(2) $ 15.6 $ 7.2 $ 40.1 $ 19.4
Total capital expenditures $ 141.3 $ 41.4 $ 379.6 $ 152.0
(1) Empress V NGL production and Cold Lake volumes reported on a 100% basis.
(2) Please refer to the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of the MD&A.
MD&A, Financial Statements & Notes
The Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") and consolidated financial statements provide a detailed explanation of Inter Pipeline's operating results for the three month period and year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to the three month period and year ended December 31, 2011. These documents are available at www.interpipelinefund.com and at www.sedar.com.
Inter Pipeline Fund
Inter Pipeline is a major petroleum transportation, bulk liquid storage and natural gas liquids extraction business based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Structured as a publicly traded limited partnership, Inter Pipeline owns and operates energy infrastructure assets in western Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany and Ireland. Additional information about Inter Pipeline can be found at www.interpipelinefund.com.
Inter Pipeline is a member of the S&P/TSX Composite Index. Class A Units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol IPL.UN.
Eligible Investors
Pursuant to Inter Pipeline's limited partnership agreement dated October 9, 1997, as amended, all unitholders are required to be residents of Canada. A copy of the limited partnership agreement can be found at www.interpipelinefund.com by selecting "Corporate Governance". If a unitholder is a non-resident of Canada ("Non-Eligible Unitholder"), he will not be considered to be a member of the partnership effective the date the Class A Units were acquired. Inter Pipeline requires all Non-Eligible Unitholders to dispose of their Class A Units in accordance with the limited partnership agreement.
In most cases, a unitholder with an address outside of Canada will be a Non-Eligible Unitholder.
Certain information contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown risks, assumptions, uncertainties and other factors. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding timing and completion of, and EBITDA Inter Pipeline expects to generate from, the Polaris and Cold pipeline projects and possible future Cold Lake and Polaris pipeline expansions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as such statements are not guarantees of future performance. Inter Pipeline in no manner represents that actual results, levels of activity and achievements will be the same in whole or in part as those set out in the forward-looking statements herein. Such information, although considered reasonable by the General Partner of Inter Pipeline at the time of preparation, may later prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in the statements made. For this purpose, any statements that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements often contain terms such as "may", "will", "should", "anticipate", "expects" and similar expressions. Such assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, assumptions, risks and uncertainties associated with: operations, such as loss of markets, regulatory matters, environmental matters, industry competition, potential delays and cost overruns of construction projects, including the Polaris and Cold Lake pipeline system projects, the status, credit risk and continued existence of customers having contracts with Inter Pipeline and its subsidiaries, and the ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources. You can find a discussion of those risks and uncertainties in Inter Pipeline's securities filings at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this document, and, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws and regulations, Inter Pipeline assumes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements made herein or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. The forward-looking statements contained in this document are expressly qualified by this cautionary note.
All dollar values are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain financial measures referred to in this news release are not measures recognized by GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures do not have standardized meanings prescribed by GAAP and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other entities. Investors are cautioned that these non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as alternatives to other measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Inter Pipeline Fund - Investor Relations:
Jeremy Roberge
Vice President, Capital Markets
403-290-6015 or 1-866-716-7473
Inter Pipeline Fund - Media Relations:
Tony Mate
Director, Corporate and Investor Communications


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Animal care staff and the public have had the opportunity to watch Hana nurture the cub and watch him play and grow via the live Sloth Bear Cub Cam on the Zoo's website.
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Reynolds voted into National Sailing Hall of Fame
San Diego native Mark Reynolds on Wednesday was named to the second class inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis, Md.
Reynolds was one of nine inductees. San Diegans Lowell North and Dennis Conner were members of the inaugural class introduced last year during ceremonies at San Diego Club.
Reynolds, 57, is known as the "Star of the Star" class for his record of achievement in the Olympic Star class.
He skippered in a record four Olympics in the 22-foot keel boat and won two gold medals and a silver medal. He also qualified for a fifth Olympic Games in 1980 as a crewman for Augie Diaz in the Flying Dutchman class but didn't compete due to the United States boycott.
Reynolds won gold medals in 1992 and 2000. He picked up the silver in 1988 in South Korea when an equipment failure in the final race cost him the gold medal.
After winning his second gold medal, Reynolds was named the International Sailor of the Year for 2000. He is also a two-time winner of the Rolex U.S. Yachtsman of the Year award.
Reynolds started sailing at the age of 4 with his father Jim, who was Conner's crewman when they won the Star Worlds titles in 1971.
After graduating from Point Loma High, Reynolds entered San Diego State and finished second in the National Intercollegiate Sailing Championships in 1974 and 1975. He was a two-time Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association All-American while at San Diego State and launched his first Olympic campaign just before graduating from San Diego State in 1979.
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Reynolds won a total of 10 national championships in the Star class in addition to seven Bacardi Cups, the 1995 and 2000 Star Worlds Championships and the three Olympic medals.
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Jones's research interests are primarily twofold: He conducts behavioral research on tax professionals as well as legal tax research, especially in international tax and domestic tax topics that are unique and unusual in nature. His legal tax research explores interesting cases that impact taxpayers and tax professionals as well as tax policy issues of importance. His current line of behavioral research explores how tax professionals make decisions.
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- Committee Member, Council, 2015 - Present
- Committee Member, UGIS, 2014 - Present
- Committee Member, FSCUE, 2014 - Present
- Faculty Advisor, Undergraduate Program Faculty Advisor, 2013 - Present
- George J. Malanos Award, Georgia State University. (1985).


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JAN 31, 2013 10:34p ET
As the shot clock wound down, Carson drove the right side of the lane and despite an 8-inch size disadvantage banked the clinching layup over Dexter Kernich-Drew with 11.3 seconds remaining, lifting Arizona State to a 63-59 Pac-12 victory at Friel Court and building on the momentum the Sun Devils gained by sweeping USC and UCLA last weekend.
Carson had 25 points, 19 in the second half, and had 12 of the final 18 points to help Arizona State overcome a nine-point first-half deficit and 39 percent shooting from the floor.
On a day Carson was selected as one of 12 midseason watch list for the Wayman Tisdale Award given to the NCAA freshman of the year, Carson demonstrated his bona fides.
"Jahii was spectacular in the second half and down the stretch. He's just an amazing competitor. He has tremendous self-confidence. Unbelievable poise for a young player," ASU coach Herb Sendek said in a radio interview afterward.
While everyone else in the first division lost or already had lost save travel partner Arizona, the Sun Devils (17-4, 6-2) moved into a tie for second place with the Wildcats while continuing the strongest start in 31 years. The last time ASU was 17-4 was in 1980-81, when Fat Lever, Byron Scott and Alton Lister were among the major contributors.
At this point of the season, ASU and the NCAA tournament can be used in the same sentence with sincerity. The Sun Devils are one of four teams with a winning conference record as they prepare to close out the first half of league play at Washington (12-9, 4-4) on Saturday night.
Carrick Felix had 11 points and 11 rebounds, his third straight double-double and eighth of the season, and Evan Gordon added 13 points. ASU shot only 38.7 percent from the field, but it had a season-low four turnovers. Carson had none in 36 minutes; the trio of Carson, Felix and Gordon did not commit a turnover in a combined 108 minutes.
"The only thing that really stands out was playing with four turnovers," Sendek said.
Because of early difficult defending the 3-point line, ASU went to a smaller lineup much of the second half and was more efficient defensively. Washington State (11-10, 2-6) shot 39.6 percent from the field, but after making 7-of-14 3-point attempts to take a 28-26 halftime lead made only 2-of-9 threes in the second half.
Sendek played his three guards – Carson, Gordon and Chris Colvin – with small forward Felix and a center most of the first 12 minutes of the second half. Colvin had six points, five assists and no turnovers in his first appearance since the Oregon game on Jan. 18 after being suspended for the previous three home games, a loss to Arizona and a sweep of the Los Angeles schools. The Sun Devils really missed Colvin against Arizona, which exploited Carson's second-half foul trouble to turn a two-point game into a 71-54 victory at Wells Fargo Arena on Jan. 19.
Forwards Jonathan Gilling and Felix took turns on 6-foot-10 Brock Motum and held him in check. While Motum had 11 points and 11 rebounds, he made only 3-of-13 field goal attempts and was a non-factor offensively. He led the Pac-12 in scoring last season and was fourth in the league with a 17.3 point scoring average coming in.
"Any time you can hold him to 11 points, that's a job well done," Sendek said.
Arizona State was about as cold as the Palouse can get after Carson and Jordan Bachynski scored in the first 3 ½ minutes. The Sun Devils went eight possessions without scoring before Gordon snapped an 0-for-9 streak from the field with a 17-foot jumper with 9:21 left in the half to cut Washington State's lead to seven, 13-6. The Sun Devils went six minutes, 51 seconds without scoring, and they could be considered fortunate that Washington State was not further ahead.
Things changed quickly after Gordon's hoop, when Colvin and Gilling made 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to get ASU within one, 13 -12. The Sun Devils missed their first nine 3-point attempts before Colvin drained his from the left wing. Washington State went up by seven later in the first half, but ASU maintained contact with 3-pointers by Colvin, Felix and Gordon, whose three from the right wing with 13 seconds remaining brought the Sun Devils within two, 28-26, at halftime.
"Our guys did a good job of taking a punch, not playing our best. The guys maintained positive body language. Nobody panicked. We fought back," Sendek said.
Felix did not score and had one rebound in 13 first-half minutes, but he made some big plays to keep Arizona State going in the second. His baseline 3-pointer gave ASU a 33-32 lead five minutes into the second half, its first lead since 2-0. His slam dunk made it 40-46 with 12 ½ minutes left. After Washington State went back ahead, 46-43, Felix hit two 3-pointers in the final five minutes, the only points Carson did not score, the second for a 58-51 lead that the Cougars battled through.
With the scored tied at 58, Felix missed a short shot in the lane but stole the ball from Motum as he attempted to dribble up court, and ASU turned that possession into a 3-point play -- layup, free throw -- by Carson for a 61-58 lead with 1:33 remaining. At 61-59, Felix rebounded a Cougars miss with 49 seconds left, setting up Carson's final foray.
"Once again Carrick Felix imposed his will and wouldn't let our team lose," Sendek said.
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There's a very intelligently written letter to Ghostcrawler that he responds to today over AoE tanking and homogenization. The letter and Ghostcrawler's response is well worth the 10 minute read.
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Look, you can go ahead and try, but the overall dps playerbase has become so spoiled and so acustomed to AE facerolling that any move in the other direction will be met with outright rebelion.
Then they can have fun farming the normal modes I guess.
There can be something in between Heroic Shadow Labs when it shipped and Heroic Nexus today in your 251 / 264 gear. Stopping to crowd control some of the pulls isn't so terribly onerous, given that the dungeons themselves are a lot shorter than they were in the day when Scholomance was serious business.
I'll still argue some (but not all) of it was the gear. Naxx was available immediately and relatively undertuned, especially in the 25 player version. In BC I spent a lot of time finishing up all of those Shadowmoon quests with blue rewards so that I could handle Karazhan. In Lich King many of us were in Naxx before we saw some of the heroic dungeons. By the time we got back to those dungeons, we totally overgeared them.
Heroic Halls of Reflection isn't a great example because of the nature of the first room, but if you look at something like Heroic Pit of Saron, that dungeon took a bit of learning before it was a milk run. The pulls before the tunnel at the end typically require crowd control until you overgear it with raid drops and Frost badge gear.
But to go back to the Naxx example, if all the Blizzards, Pestilences and Volleys hit for less damage, then you'd single target stuff down more, and it all of the mobs weren't dying at once, then the tank would be in more danger from dying to too much damage. (This will be particularly true when block doesn't scale so well to lots of weak attackers.)
We give classes a lot of tools and when half of those tools (to exaggerate) aren't ever used, then classes feel shallow. Not every pull will require CC, but more of them will than today.
Ghostcrawler or other PTR player can answer this...
Currently FI gives a 3% dps increase & 9% arcane shot dps increase - this is based on a pet critical hit proc.
How will the changes of 3.3.3 affect this?
1. Its now an aura - does the aura still based on a pet attack proc or is it more like a Trueshot Aura (once applied - its up)?
2. It now buffs steady shot by 9% dps - does that replace the arcane shot dps increase or it is in addition to (thus being a +9% dps for both steady shot AND arcane shot)?
In 3.3.2, Ferocious Inspiration rank 3 says:
When your pet scores a critical hit, all party and raid members have all damage increased by 3% for 10 sec. In addition, increases the damage dealt by Arcane Shot by 9%.
In 3.3.3, Ferocious Inspiration rank 3 says:
All party and raid members have all damage increased by 3% within 100 yards of your pet. In addition, increases the damage dealt by Arcane Shot and Steady Shot by 9%.
Every spreadsheet model, every raid parse, and even some very sophisticated tests of BM DPS by folks like Frostheim ALL consistently point to a MASSSIVE discrepency in DPS in a raid context.
Using something like Shandara's dps spreadsheets in 3.3.3, yields something like 15,000 for Marks, and 13,500 for Survival and BM. BM may be slightly below, but it's not by much, and given that this is a spreadsheet and not a raid parse, I think it's safe to assume that's within the human margin for error.
There was a recent interview with two of Paragon's hunters in which they offered that they thought BM and SV were close and MM was maybe 1500 ahead in best gear. That's pretty consistent with the numbers I pulled out of the air above.
If you think sources like that are in error, feel free to bring that up. But you kinda need to do so before saying "every spreadsheet model" etc. point to a massive disparity. (Assuming what you're arguing about here was my saying BM and SV are close.)
Ideally all three numbers are 15,000 and that's a good if probably unrealistic goal to shoot for. In the mean time, BM should be close enough to Survival that you can raid with it, given that there are plenty of Survival hunters raiding today. If you don't get anywhere near 15,000 dps today (and current hunters are closer to 11 to 12K as highest dps in Icecrown), then the delta is likely to be even smaller, perhaps below 1K.
Ghostcrawler: Note that even in the spreadsheet data you're using, BM is behind MM by 10%, which is nowhere near your stated goal of getting them in ballpark of 1% or so if possible. (you mention that 1% a lot in your posts.)
That's not actually a goal, or a realistic one anyway. I drop that 1% number a lot because it seems sometimes that's what the expectation is. The goal is that you should be able to play what you want and still be able to raid (and ideally PvP, but we're a lot farther from that). We've always said that taking on the most challenging content is going to take away some of your flexibility, and for the most part, players capable of beating that content are okay with that level of min / maxing. In fact, they kind of enjoy it.
There's just no realistic way to have every dps spec in the game anywhere close to 1% of each other given how different the encounters and gear are, not to mention player skill. We'll continue to get as close as we can and will keep looking at specs that are just not taken seriously for raiding. I understand that may be a subjective call, just as the interpretation of "viable" is somewhat subjective. We determine it by looking at who is actually brought to raids as well as what their dps is when they do so.
It's also a flaw in logic to say 'even if you were MM there's some other hunter that would be better than you as MM' because what if you were talking to the strawman hunter that's supposedly better? Are they better than themselves? Terrible argument. The real argument is how much DPS that awesome hunter puts out when they respec.
I'm not entirely sure what you're saying here, but I'll try to articulate my argument again. Overly-worrying about the best SV hunter being at 10,600 dps when the best MM hunter is at 12,000 dps doesn't make a lot of sense when your dps is at 7000. You will see a far greater gain by closing the gap to that 10,000 dps hunter than you will ever see from a buff that we make. Players often tend to put too much emphasis on class mechanics and not enough on skill and gear, which is where the real dps gains stand to be made.
To begin with, Ghost, I have read many, many posts from you and from other Blizz employees, and I have never felt the desire to make a post until now. I may disagree with some things I see written, but it isn't until I saw what your latest information about where you are thinking about taking tanking in Cataclysm that I felt I needed to say a few things, even if it just ends up getting a one liner from you that reads. "You're an idiot. you don't know how to play this game. Quit and go play Star Trek Online." (P.S. unless you post in blue, don't bother saying it)
To quote your post from the thread entitled "Please do away with faceroll AoE tanking"
"And without launching into class warfare again, we think the paladin is a little too good in the AE department so we'd rather bring them down than bring everyone else up."
I respectfully disagree with this assessment. Every other role has their specific items where each class/spec is good with something. That is how the game was designed, and people play the classes that they jive with the best. A tree druid is much better at raid healing than a pally healer, who is much better at tank healing. A Discipline priest is much better at tank healing than a holy priest. Why then, are you trying to force every tank class to be the same?
While I agree that, in minor 5 man instances, every tank should be able to perform decently, I don't think that every tank should be required or even able to aptly perform every tank role in a raid, 10 or 25 man. If you really want every tank to have equal abilities at everything, you could simply wipe out all four class' ability to tank and make an 11th class called "The tank", which would certainly ensure each tank could do everything the same.
I am assuming that this has not happened because you and/or others in Blizz's design department want to maintain some distinction between the four tank classes. Why not make the differences more apparent, as it was in Burning Crusade?
The problem in BC was that there were not enough tanks out there to satisfy the general population, so Blizz made it so that more people could (and would) tank. They added a secondary spec that is just a click away, they added an extra tanking class, and they dumbed down tanking both in terms of gear, skill, and actual boss mechanics that its gotten boring. Now we have a lot more tanks. The problem is they are BAD tanks who don't understand even the basic mechanics of tanking, don't understand how to generate threat with their class, don't like to move or have to think during boss fights, and then complain on forums about how one or another class is "better" and needs to get nerfed.
Before anybody starts saying that Warriors's cant AoE tank or DKs cant hold threat, let me state that I have three toons that can tank: A paladin, a druid, and a DK. I have played them all (and experimented with a warrior) extensively in both 5 mans and raid environments. Each has their little quirks. DKs have amazing CDs that a Paladin does not have. My paladin has massive AoE threat, and I can pull 7-8K DPS on ICC trash (for those of you who don't believe me, I can post screenshots if needed). My Druid is amazing at gathering loose adds, because I don't have to drop consecrate, I can run and swipe constantly to pick them up much easier than a pally tank does.
Before people start saying that my main is a pally tank and I have no issues with threat, I would like to state, flat out, that it is not true. I am well known on my server to out threat even better geared pally tanks, because I chose my gear and my gemming to be more oriented towards threat generation than stam stacking. I feel that simply piling on the HP is a stupid thing for tanks to do, and I always feel vindicated because I feel that it isn't just a tank's job to survive, it's to survive while actually keeping the boss on you. I personally feel that the tanks who sit and moan about the fact they don't have threat are bad tanks because they are not doing anything to remedy it except to complain on forums.
Whenever I enter a pug VoA or ICC 10 group, I am well known enough on my server that, even if another tank has 10% more HP than me, that I will be the main tank because I hold threat better. I WORK for threat. My girlfriend, who is a hunter, has been clocked at 15K DPS on some trash pulls, and over 10K DPS on single target (without weird boss things like the Twin Valks) and I will admit, freely, that I need to tell her to watch her threat sometimes, but it also pushes me to up MY threat as well. And this is coming from a tank who (in the same pulls that she is pulling 15K DPS) is on record to pull 8K DPS as a TANK on trash.
As a side note. I use SoV, and I pull off SoC running pally tanks (comparatively geared of course) without blinking.
I feel that it is Blizz's desire to make tanks more, not less unique recently, your post is only the most recent example of this. Another example is a different post were you were talking about how you want to try to give a druid another interrupt. It has gotten worse over the last two tier sets when all the tanking classes' set bonuses were, to most approximations, carbon copies of each other, especially when compared to the T8 set bonuses (though I will be the first to admit the Pally T8 4 set bonus was decidedly lackluster compared to the warrior or DK one).
As a Paladin tank, I am constantly miffed by the fact that we only have one active cooldown that I can use to keep myself alive. It used to be two, but Lay on Hands was removed as a tanking cool down, so it's down to one, where as every other tank class has at least three. I am miffed, but I accept that because I have Ardent Defender and I have better AoE threat generation. It means I cant be stupid and pull more than I can handle naturally. (ask my healers, I have been stupid on many, MANY occasions, some even refuse to heal me if I pull too much and wipe the group just to spite me). As an aside, I'd LOVE to get an anti fear stance dance if you're going to make every tanking class the same.
Before I sum up this preamble, I beg to bore you to death with even more anecdotal things that I have seen. I used to be in a guild with a warrior tank who was constantly miffed by the fact I could out threat him on my paladin. He !%#@#ed and moaned about it, especially when the guild leader started putting me as main tank because I actually held threat with our DPS. However, he did something that a lot of other tanks simply do NOT do: he tried to better himself. I became an impetus for him to improve not only his AoE threat generation, but his single target as well. He vigilanced the highest threat DPS (again my girlfriend) and that gave him MASSIVE threat generation right there, passively. I have screenshots of me and him both on a boss pulling OVER 10K TPS (Threat Per Second) on omen racing each other. Obviously, he was outclassed on the AoE (even though, but he actually brought himself relatively close to my single target generation (esp after the Righteous Fury nerf) and I feel he became a better tank because of the drive to do this. I don't want to say this with conceit, I truly believe this to be the case.
Alright with that over now, I would like to propose the following to you, Ghostcrawler. Why not make every class distinctly different? Why not make a warrior tank better at certain things (such as single target threat) than a pally tank, which is better at AoE threat. Why not tweak a few boss designs to favor certain things over others?
One thing I could suggest is reworking DK threat generation completely (the 3.3.3 Icy Touch has not taken effect yet, so I cant say how that will work, but I believe that this recommendation stands) so that it isn't so dependant on being attacked? While all the tanks have some threat generation bonus from being attacked (more rage for teddybears and warriors, mana regen for pallies) the Rune strike makes DKs a bit too dependent on reaction, I feel.
Another suggestion is that you return the Bear tank to the style of it can survive magic damage not by interrupting but by virtue of having the HP to survive it. Sure it's a bit more stressful on the healers, but it gives a Bear tank a unique advantage that a pally or warrior tank doesn't have.
Pally tanks and DK tanks have inherently better AoE threat generation, while warriors and bears have more survival abilities for dealing with harder hitting bosses (maybe warriors can have a talent or cooldown that automatically nullifies a cleave attack and bears can have an ability which makes them so fearsome that even bosses cant attack them for a few swings). I have read that crushing blows are coming back, maybe make it so that having a shield is a requisite for nullifying crushing blows to give warriors and paladins some spice over bears and DKs.
Giving warriors an increased reduction in physical attacks either inherently or by a unique cooldown would certainly be in line with their traditional emphasis on strength and overpowering an opponent. This would also be in line with increasing single target threat to be, at baseline, the highest of any class.
Ghostcrawler Responds:
First of all, I hope you don't mind, but I changed the topic of the post. We don't think the forum is as useful if every thread is addressed to Blizzard.
Second, we try and prevent homogenization among classes when we can. It's actually very important to us and obviously more important to us than many players who would be satisfied with us just smearing critical abilities across all of the tank classes.
Having said that, we don't think well-defined tank niches are very good for the game. We've even backed off of well-defined healing niches and we'll continue to do so even more in Cataclysm. It comes down to a numbers problem. In a 5-player dungeon you get one tank. If the dungeon happens to be an AE tanking dungeon (Shattered Halls comes to mind) then groups want a paladin and not another tank. Likewise if we positioned DKs as the magic tank, they'd be underpowered on any dungeon without a lot of magic damage. Now maybe that's okay for a 5-player run, but it gets a lot trickier when you're talking about a 10-player raid with 2 tanks. When you're up against the most challenging content, you'd likely want to swap out for the best tank for the encounter, which means keeping a stable of 4 tanking classes ready to come in at a moment's notice. Some amount of swapping is hard to discourage, but we definitely don't want to design dungeons around the expectation that your paladin tank doesn't mind sitting out on the single target fights just to shine on the AE ones. She'll miss out on a lot of badges for one. :(
It is definitely a challenge to keep classes feeling unique while giving players enough flexibility that they don't feel like they constantly have to ask their friends to reroll and / or recruit the missing puzzle pieces into their social circle.
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WorldofWar.net has some cool articles this week, including one covering our nomination for the Annual Art Star awards.
WoW Nederland has a phenomenal list of new updates this week, including a report on DJ Nautilus' most recent production,
some updates on the PTR patch notes,
Dutch localised versions of the recently announced Gnome and Troll events we have planned as we approach the Cataclysm, and much much more!
The Burning Crusade.pl is celebrating their 3 year anniversary and is running a Birthday Marathon consisting of 3 contests to celebrate.
The first contest is a quiz and there are cool prizes for the winners.
Of other news on this site, you can find a Polish translation of the gnomeregan/echo isles event preview,
and don't miss out in the great coverage of an in-game wedding of a Polish couple, who will also get married in real life very soon.
Myndflame has a contest running at the moment, hosted by Baron Soosdon himself, offering machnimators the chance to get their mitts on a StarCraft II Beta key!
WoW.gaming.dk is looking to grow and improve the Danish MMO community, and they would like to hear your thoughts and ideas on how to accomplish this.
On this site you can also find a small titbit about a new feature in the updated Blizzard Authenticator for the iPhone.
WoW-Serbia has some interesting reads this week also, including news of the world first Shadowmourne,
as well as the exciting news regarding the Trolls and Gnomes retaking their home territories in patch 3.9.
They have also just revamped their website, and with it a new and shiny forum!
WoW.Battlenet.pl also has a localised version of the future Gnome and Troll homeland invasions.
They're also proud to present this week their Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/WOWPolska
Plenty more news and updates can be found on the official World of Warcraft fansites in different languages, so give them visit if you do not wish to miss out on anything.
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Open sesame!
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Other Stuff:
Swedish fansite www.levelcap.se has written a detailed and in-depth review for the SteelSeries WoW MMO Mouse. http://www.levelcap.se/?p=1023
Another awesome edition of the Friday Thread has been posted and this week we have some Rube Goldberg action, T2 style lorry driving and some summer sounds to soothe the soul. Stop on by and tell us what plans you have in store for the weekend!
Renar has been putting ink to paper and crafted some really excellent fan art. We really like the style of the drawings, very unique.
A short but very sweet machinima video was found this week! 'Eduardo, Circus Pug'. So cute! :3
Last but not least, another machinima for your entertainment! Ok, so it didn't get a winning spot in our Alienware contest, but we've received threatening letters from Hogger himself demanding we give it a shout out, so consider it shouted about – 'The Wrath of the Gnoll King'!
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Gamers are generally competitive in nature. They often inspire and drive others to catch up and keep up because it's awfully lonely when it's just you at the top of the heap in an MMO. You need others to join you to do bigger, "better" things. That drive makes them go faster and faster. It's like having a lead foot on a big open highway. You aren't paying attention to the scenery anymore because you're too focused on getting there as fast as possible and beating your prior record.
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Primarily, it should all be fun. So if you're having fun at 150 miles an hour with your hair on fire, great. If you're not and feeling too stressed out, tap the brake or let off the gas a little and try doing a little coasting. Open the window, let the breeze in, take in the scenery a little bit more. You'll feel better for it.
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THE Unrepresented Nations and People's Organisation (UNPO) resolved at its November general assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, that the Baster community in the Rehoboth district should be afforded the status of a traditional authority.
The Rehoboth Baster Gemeente [community] lost its status as a traditional authority at independence in 1990 when the Baster self-governance was abolished and the Baster traditional land and other properties were claimed by the new government.
One of the preconditions for being acknowledged as a traditional authority is that a particular cultural community must have jurisdiction over communal land.
"We do not own one hectare. Since the government took the land, we are landless," said a member of the Rehoboth community, Jan van Wyk, yesterday.
There was a High Court challenge of the government's alienation of the Rehoboth Baster land, but this matter was not conclusively resolved.
Van Wyk said the Basters have constituted a traditional authority since 1870. He said the Baster community has approached the Namibian government "a thousand times" to seek recognition of a traditional authority, but that this request has consistently fallen on deaf ears.
The UNPO resolution said the Baster community has over the years experienced "the plight of indigenous minorities in Namibia without recognition from the Namibian government".
"This disregard for international law and minority rights is still taking place," the UNPO said.
It said Basters are the only indigenous community that has not received any compensation for their land loss, while other communities were either granted reparation or given their land back.
It also expressed concern that recent land tax increases put further pressure on private Baster farms that have been registered as commercial farmland since independence.
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Dave Pollard [1], author of Finding the Sweet Spot: The Natural Entrepreneur's Guide to Responsible, Sustainable, Joyful Work [2], wants to help you take control of your worklife. In this article he published in Ode Magazine [3] he argues that this recession is exactly the right time to make that leap into your post-employee life. He suggests we confront and combat the "learned helplessness" that we've adopted as employees in this society.He explains in the article:
This perception of helplessness is reinforced by our society for all sorts of reasons. Employers want their employees to be loyal and obedient; schools and universities teach us we have to find a job or career working for someone else. Government programs to "combat unemployment" generally entail giving money and tax breaks to corporations in the naive belief that this will "trickle down" to the rest of us. So, conditioned by learned helplessness, we perceive ourselves as passive consumers, passive citizens and passive employees. The key to overcoming learned helplessness is realizing that we aren't helpless, that we have more control over our situations and destinies than we've been led to believe. Entrepreneurship need not be stressful, risky, expensive, lonely, exhausting or require great skills, ideas or self-confidence—a perception that's reinforced by the mainstream media. Right now, when the economy is falling apart, is the best possible time to start your own enterprise, and doing so could propel you into work that's more responsible, sustainable and joyful than what you're doing now.Dave then goes on to list the six differences between entrepreneurs who find their businesses to be "stress-prone, boom-and-bust, struggling" and their "natural entrepreneur" counterparts who enjoy their work every day. Read them, and the rest of the article, here at Ode. [3] Related Posts:
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[3] this article he published in Ode Magazine: http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/62/recession-and-entrepreneurship/
[4] An Open Letter to Wage Slaves (Yes…you.): http://www.chelseagreen.com/blogs/an-open-letter-to-wage-slaves-yesyou/
[5] Disruptive Innovation: The Natural Entrepreneur's Competitive Advantage: http://www.chelseagreen.com/blogs//?p=1784
[6] Natural Enterprise and the Ten Fears of Entrepreneurship: http://www.chelseagreen.com/blogs//?p=1397
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Fisher has taken Aztecs to new heights
There really is no great secret to Steve Fisher's success. He has become one of the most important sports figures in the history of this city because he was Steve Fisher when he got here and has remained without apology Steve Fisher.
San Diego State's basketball coach is an impresario who knows how to entertain. He's in charge of a movement. And he doesn't take any guff. If you don't like it, hail a cab.
He is what he is, a program builder, who started here from nothing, zero, below scratch. And he's turned a university and a community in which students and citizens always had a tin basketball ear into rabid concertgoers.
Somehow, this uncommon common man, who is neither comedian, rock star, maniac, nor a Rex Ryan blowhard, has whetted this city's appetite for goose bumps, filling its stomach with thrilling, professional goodies.
Steve Fisher is not exciting. What he produces is exciting — nothing perfect, but entertainment with an edge.
Fisher has done what closet and crazed hoopheads once thought impossible. He has turned San Diego into a basketball town. 12,414. Got that number? It's a sellout at Viejas Arena, which has become an insane asylum. Give him time, and Steve Fisher could sell nicotine patches to Carolina tobacco growers.
The coach who once pushed Michigan to a national title has the most important leadership ingredients in his makeup — he listens, and doesn't use one side of his mouth when he speaks. His keel is straight, and yet he is a cancer survivor firmly rooted to the extent he can bend without falling. He is part coach, part CEO, part father figure, part priest.
Fisher is a 65-year-old man with arms long enough to reach back a few generations and pull the best out of kids who don't seem to mind his gray top. Most of his players have succeeded somewhere, sometime. They have egos. They have problems. They come from diverse backgrounds. They are individuals he handles individually.
"I don't treat them all the same, but I feel I treat them all fairly," says the coach who has his Aztecs 18-0 and ranked sixth nationally as they take the country's longest winning streak into New Mexico's Pit this afternoon.
"I treat them with respect. If you feel you've been treated unfairly, you'd better come into my office. I will try to help you be as good as you can be."
It must be remembered Fisher inherited perhaps the worst program in America in 1999, when the Aztecs would be fortunate to draw 12,414 for an entire season. In the beginning, there wasn't even a crawl — winless in Mountain West Conference play his first season — then baby steps, then strides, then longer strides that have taken his program national.
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Release Date: 27 November,2009
Storyline: Arya 2 is a 2009 telugu romance film directed by sukumar, and is a follow-up to the actor's and the director's previous successful film, arya. allu arjun and kajal aggarwal play the lead roles while navdeep and shraddha das play supporting roles sukumar, who directed the original, directed this film as well. the film's music is by devi sri prasad. aditya babu and bhogavalli prasad produced the film under the aditya arts banner. Read on Wikipedia
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Scholarship Benefit Concert 2014
Join us for a County Fair! The University of Northern Iowa School of Music Cordially invites you to attend the 33rd Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert Friday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.
Get ready for a celebration and join us on Friday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. The evening will be filled with exceptional performances by student and faculty musicians, as well as a high-energy post-concert County Fair-themed reception where the music and excitement of the evening continue!
Concert Performers and Reception Details
The concert will feature Nicolle Foland, soprano (San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, etc.) as well as music by faculty artists Ann Bradfield, Tina Su, Heather Peyton, Polina Khatsko, Anthony Williams, Sean Botkin and Jean McDonald. Also featured: the Northern Iowa Wind Symphony, Jazz Band One, the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra with combined UNI choirs and more!
As always, the end of the concert is only the beginning of the festivities. Plan to stay for excellent hors d'oeuvres and champagne in the lobby with music provided by the Hands of Time Quartet, as well as post-show organ music in Jebe Hall. Please join us for this exciting event and help support student scholarships at UNI's School of Music!
Individual tickets for the 32nd Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert are $50 each*
Order tickets any way you like:
- - Call the GBPAC box office at (319) 273-4TIX (4849) or (877) 549-SHOW (7469)
- - Visit us online at www.unitix.uni.edu
- - Purchase your tickets in person at the GBPAC box office.
*$45 of each ticket purchased is tax deductible (the remaining $5 is for champagne and hors d'oeuvres – "good received.")
Becoming a Special Donor
The Scholarship Benefit Concerts have been raising scholarship funds for exceptionally talented music students and students in need since 1982. In addition to the income from tickets sales for the concerts, we have developed a network of community, small business, corporate and university-related donors. The extent of this support has been most gratifying to the students and faculty at UNI's School of Music.
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