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Every Tuesday, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week John Patricelli, sometimes known as the Big Bear Butt Blogger, starts his series on leveling a new Druid from 1st level all the way to 70th.
Before I begin my series on leveling your new Druid from 1st through 70th levels, I'm going to start with some of the things you can do to prepare.
Why not just leap right on into level 1? My reasoning is simple, just like me. When you have been watching Druids claw face as bears or cats, or as a new player you read about the description of the class and the shapechanging capabilities Druids enjoy, you might just expect to walk in and start doing the same yourself right from the start. The promise of the class is the fun of shifting from one form to another, depending on your playstyle.
Well, when you start your new Druid at level 1, you won't be clawing faces. Instead, you will be leveling as a caster... a ranged DPS caster for levels 1 - 10, and likely on towards 20. Just as Hunters don't get the ability to tame a pet until level 10, Druids do not get the chance to learn their first form until the Bear quest chain becomes available at level 10.
If, as you were sitting at the character creation screen, you were thinking you were going to be a kitty, all up in the face of the bad guys right from the start, it can be a bit of a let down. Especially if you don't care for playing a caster class in the first place.
Hopefully, however, by knowing how to set yourself up in advance with the in-game Options, useful User interfaces and Addons, you'll find yourself leveling up as a caster painlessly, and may even come to enjoy the versatility of some of the Druid's powerful casting abilities.
While the focus of this series of articles will be to help guide a brand new player into the fun of playing a Druid, hopefully there will also be some suggestions that an experienced player trying the Druid for the first time will find useful.
Racial Traits breakdown
Before starting your new Druid, you'll need to decide which faction and race to choose. You probably already have a fairly good idea which you're going to select, and it's unlikely that racial traits will make much of an impact on that decision. It's still a good idea to be familiar with what extra abilities you'll have at your disposal.
If you choose to play the Alliance, your only choice for a Druid is the Night Elf. If you go with the Horde, then your choice is limited to the Tauren.
If you are a Night Elf, then you will start with the passive racial traits Nature Resistance, Quickness and Wisp Spirit. Nature Resistance adds +10 to your resistance against nature-based damaging attacks. Quickness adds +1% to your Dodge, and Wisp Spirit arguably is an ability you hope you won't be using too often, since it makes you turn into a Wisp Spirit on character death, boosting your travel speed on your corpse run by 50%. Of these, Quickness is by far the most useful, as in higher levels, especially as a Bear tank, that +1% Dodge comes in mighty handy.
Night Elves also have a racial trait with an activation, Shadowmeld. Shadowmeld allows you to enter stealth, but the effect breaks if you move. It is mostly useful early on for going 'away from keyboard' for brief periods of time in enemy-infested areas. However, in later levels, Shadowmeld is very useful for Druids and Rogues, because it adds an effective 1 character level to stealthing when in Cat form or as a stealthed Rogue.
If you are a Tauren, then you will start with the passive racial traits Nature Resistance, Cultivation and Endurance. As stated above, Nature Resistance adds +10 to your resistance against nature-based damaging attacks. Cultivation adds +15 to the Herbalism profession if you choose to train in it. And Endurance increases your total health by 5%. Endurance obviously benefits you more if you have high health... which is something a Bear tank in later levels will strive for.
Taurens also have their own racial trait with an activation, and it's a nice one. War Stomp allows you to Stun up to 5 enemies that are within 8 yards of you for 2 seconds, on a 2 minute cooldown timer. Having a 2 second AOE stun is highly useful, especially in your early levels when extra enemies join the fight. A quick War Stomp, followed by backing off and casting Entangling Roots on the extra mob is very, very useful. If you are a Tauren, you must work War Stomp into your playstyle. Also, the benefits of War Stomp in PvP to interrupt casters cannot be overstated.
All things considered, War Stomp has to win out over all of the racial traits presented here for sheer flexibility... but the sneakiness of Shadowmeld and the usefulness of Quickness are very nice consolation prizes.
Enough about racial traits. Let's talk about what you can do to prepare yourself before you even start your first quest.
User Interface Alterations FTW!
Here are a few suggestions I have on getting yourself ready to play as a Druid caster during your early levels. Almost everything I'm going to discuss is well known to experienced players, but if you have primarily played a melee class in the past, or especially if you are new to the game, some of this should be fresh to you, and will definitely be helpful.
The first thing you might want to do is go into your Options Menu via the Esc key. Select Interface, and place check marks beside Auto Self Cast, Auto Loot Corpse, and Instant Quest Text. Once you have selected these and any other options that you may be interested in, exit the Options menu and return to the game.
Auto Self Cast, as the tool tip describes, will make sure that any beneficial spells you cast when targeted on a non-friendly target will automatically be cast on yourself if possible. This is very handy when you are soloing, since it lets you activate a Healing Touch or instant cast Rejuvenation while in the middle of combat without having the 'select' icon appear to distract you from your fighting.
Auto Loot Corpse will cause your character to automatically add to your inventory the items and money from any target that you have loot rights to when you 'open' them, whether it is a chest or a corpse. You can achieve the same effect without having this enabled, by holding down the Shift key when looting a chest or corpse. If you do have this option enabled, you will see that holding down the Shift key will serve to prevent you from auto-looting, a very handy thing to keep in mind when playing with groups of people. Since in your earliest levels you will want to collect everything you can to sell to vendors, this is a good option to help you save time, as long as you have the bag space to collect everything, or make frequent trips to vendors to sell the trash off.
When you begin playing and accept your first quest, you will see that the quest text by default appears gradually, at a fairly slow rate of reveal. Selecting Instant Quest Text eliminates the wait, for those who want to get right to the bottom line - what do I have to do?
Leveling with empty pockets
For the first 10 levels, players with higher level main characters will likely be mailing their new alt cash to help them gear up early and purchase additional bags. For new players, or those starting characters on new servers or as a cross-faction, I recommend you learn two gathering professions as early as possible; Herbalism and Mining.
As you adventure and quest outside your initial starting area, you will come across many mining nodes and herbs that can be gathered. These can sell on the Auction House very well for your level, netting you anywhere from 10 silver to 1 gold per stack of 20 Peacebloom, Silverleaf or Copper Ore, depending on the economy of your server. Please take advantage of this to help you earn the money you will need to train, equip better gear, and purchase bags, potions and other consumables. There will be plenty of time to drop one or both of these professions when you reach level 20 or even 30, if you desire to pick up a crafting profession. And don't forget, if you are a Tauren Druid, you start out with a +15 to your Herbalism skill, right out of the gate. Nice, eh?
Druid Addons you shouldn't do without
For more experienced players, there are a few Addons that you can use to make life as a Druid much smoother. It takes a bit of patience if you haven't spent any time messing around with Addons in the past, but the benefits, even early on, are immense.
If you are unfamiliar with how to install Addons in World of Warcraft, you can find a very nice, very detailed guide here in WoWInterfaces' FAQs to help you out.
The main Addon that all Druids should at least try is some form of automatic equipment changer. I personally prefer ItemRack. When you install it, you may have to enable the 'Load out of date addons' option in your addon window at the character select screen, but I love this Addon.
As you level, you will most likely stick with one equipment set optimized for either Cat form DPS for faster leveling (high strength, agility, attack power, +Crit and stamina), or a set for Balance DPS casting. If you have the bag space, however, carrying around a set of equipment with healing stats on it (Intellect, Wisdom, +Healing) is a good idea so you can be flexible in the parties you may join for group quests.
When you do have multiple sets of equipment to manage, you will want to be able to switch your equipped gear out rapidly.
When you are actually in combat, the only equipped items you can change are Weapons and Idols. When out of combat, you can switch everything around at will. ItemRack allows you to create sets of equipment, whether just Idols and Weapons or your entire equipped inventory, that you can then switch between instantly at the touch of a small button on your minimap.
The sets you create do not have to be form related, either. I personally have sets in ItemRack for equipping fishing gear, changing Idols on-the-fly in combat, and with the advent of Winter Veil, switching over to my Santa suit while raiding Hogger. The important point here is that an equipment changing Addon takes the work out of finding your gear in your bags to swap out when you need to change your role in a party or raid.
Another Addon I would highly recommend adding is one that adds Time Left displays to your applied Heal over Time, Damage over Time and timed debuffs like Entangling Roots. Such Addons generally change your entire user interface, but they can be very valuable in judging when best to activate your next attack/spell.
The Addon I personally use for this is X-Perl UnitFrames, but there are many other ones out there that have some of the same functionality. X-Perl takes a little bit of adjusting, at least it did for my widescreen monitor, to get your windows and frames just where you like them. But right out of the box it adds large icons and Time Left functionality to the spells and attacks you cast on your target.
X-Perl also adds an Energy Bar tick indicator, which is just a confusing way of saying that when you shift into Cat form, the energy bar will pulse as you regain your 20 energy every 2 seconds.
Why is a Time Left indicator so useful?
In your earliest levels, you will be weaving Entangling Roots into your combat sequence a lot. Being able to see exactly when Entangling Roots is due to wear off of your target is very helpful in knowing when to start casting your follow up attacks.
In later levels, most Druids that raid as Cat form DPS apply Mangle once to get a bleed debuff on a target, and then Shred from behind as Energy levels allow. Mangle usually only gets re-applied when the bleed debuff is due to wear off of the target. Think of Mangle as an attack that, for a short period of time, allows your other attacks to do a lot more damage. Knowing exactly when your Mangle is due to wear off of the target is very useful.
Another of the great uses of Time Left displays on your target is when you are healing using Lifebloom, a very useful Healing over Time spell. With a Time Left indicator, you can clearly see just when a HoT is due to expire so that you can re-cast it just in time rather than too early, to conserve your mana.
Being able to see the Time Left on a Regrowth or Rejuvenation is handy when you are healing in any party or raid, but if you are healing with a lot of points spent in the Restoration tree and have Swiftmend, a spell that takes your Heal over Time and burns it up for a single big heal, a Time Left display will help you see exactly when the right time to cast has come.
Along with X-Perl UnitFrames, I like to use a complimentary Addon, Druidbar. It plugs directly into X-Perl, and what it does is add a Mana bar under your Energy or Rage bar when you are shapeshifted, so you can see exactly how much mana you have at any given time, in any form. Once you have some forms to play with, and you spend some time fast shifting, you'll find it very handy to be able to keep track of your mana while in Cat or Bear form.
What other UI Addons you might like to use is entirely up to you, but as I write this series of leveling articles, I will assume that you have chosen some method of seeing exactly when your timed abilities are due to wear off.
If you do not choose to install any Addons, you can still estimate when your timed abilities will wear off, but there will be a little more guesswork in timing combat actions around spells such as Entangling Roots.
Have no fear, however! You can play without Addons as a Druid just fine. These are only tools to help you concentrate on the playing and having fun, without having to spend quite as much attention on the drudgery.
For a list of more useful Addons for Druids, as well as some Macros designed for Druids by the player community, please check out the Druid Wiki, or our own Druid Addons WoW Insider post at Shifting Perspectives: Some handy addons for your druid.
If you are an experienced Druid and have an Addon that you particularly like, especially ones that may add 'Time Left' functions to your spell effect icons on the target, why not share them here? I'd love to see your recommendations!
Next week I will dive into the tactics and strategies of getting the most out of your Druid abilities in the early levels. Don't miss it!
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THESE people are doing anything and everything they can to stay healthy.
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They're some of the many faces of China's pollution crisis, with a toxic smog reducing the air quality to a nearly 60-year low.
According to the state newspaper People's Daily, the air was last this bad in 1954.
Yesterday, residents across northern China battled through choking pollution as Beijing was plunged into toxic twilight for the fourth time this season, AFP reports.
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Blackadder of Gold Coast Posted at 9:47 AM January 31, 2013
And yet we're the ones slugged with a carbon tax ???
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Cranky of Australia Posted at 10:12 AM January 31, 2013
For those that argue for a bigger Australian population, I point to China as an example and ask the question "What is the magic number for too many people?". To which I respond, "When quality of life ceases to improve". China shines as an economic example of growth and the dangers of unchecked growth.
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Mitch McCarron Posted at 10:17 AM January 31, 2013
So we tax the harmless, invisible gas on which all life depends called CO2. I'd say that's the last of China's worries!! Tax poison for God's sake, not plant food !!
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Anthony Jaz Posted at 10:18 AM January 31, 2013
Why don't we give them Gillard,she can introduce carbon tax and fix their problem
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I love breathing fresh air of Melbs Posted at 10:23 AM January 31, 2013
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Fred Bloggs of Castlemaine Posted at 10:26 AM January 31, 2013
And we're contributing to it by flogging them coal
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Nick Stevens of Freshwater Posted at 10:34 AM January 31, 2013
They are slowly killing themselves... and this is the face of global prosperity? Something needs to be done, it's not just their air they are killing. It's all of ours. They need to stop their rapid expansion and pursuit of the dollar, or they won't have anyone left to enjoy the spoils of their riches.
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Confused about Carbon Posted at 10:42 AM January 31, 2013
And we were the ones to launch a carbon tax???
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DM Posted at 10:46 AM January 31, 2013
When the county adopts a "growth at any cost" policy for the last 30 years, it is inevitable that some thing will give. Their rivers are dead after pouring billions of tons of untreated waste into them and their air is polluted after pouring billions of tons of gasses into it. Now they expect to just "fix" it after killing their environment for a generation. The chinese governemnt is completely and wholly responsible for their pollution. Everyting has consequences and ignoring the environment will come back to bite you
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JD Posted at 10:51 AM January 31, 2013
Bet they don't pay a carbon tax!!!!
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Jon0 of QLD Posted at 10:54 AM January 31, 2013
Hahaha, trying to promote clean air, I wonder how much pollution was caused in the process of making said aluminium cans?
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Melinda of Sydney Posted at 1:37 PM January 31, 2013
All our developed countries exported their toxic air to china when we gave them our manufacturing industries.
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Jb of Perth Posted at 1:44 PM January 31, 2013
@Mitch McCarron.Actually they are taxing to much of the gas "which all life depends".Instead of banging away with your grade 3 science lesson you might Google "Ocean Acidification" to see just one problem to much of your harmless gas is causing.Anybody that thinks the world using 14 billion litres of oil per day (not to mention burning 20 million tonnes of coal per day) is not making a dot of difference is living in la-la land...
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Sheridan of the hill Posted at 1:52 PM January 31, 2013
It's an awful thing when we lose one of nature's most precious gifts..
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Adam of Hobart Posted at 2:17 PM January 31, 2013
With everyone outside of China buying products 'made in China', surely we (ROTW) should shoulder some blame?? When you pay $1 for a USB drive, how much do we really think will be reinvested into 'green/sustainable' practices??
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Aaron Posted at 2:19 PM January 31, 2013
Unfortunately, Australia and other Western powers already have adopted a growth at any cost policy - but it was just during the Industrial Revolution. China is having its own Industrial Revolution moment now by producing much of the environmentally unfriendly produce the world demands of it. Fortunately, China is also one of the world's biggest uptakers of clean and renewable energy practices.
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Kristopher of Melbourne Posted at 2:21 PM January 31, 2013
China's population: 20% of the world's population! Australia's population: less than half a percent of the world's population. And the point of the carbon tax in Australia is.......???
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Peter Posted at 2:22 PM January 31, 2013
How has no one made a Spaceballs joke yet?
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JJ Posted at 2:24 PM January 31, 2013
If they slow down or stop.Australia and even the world will feel the impact and higher unemployment rate.
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Pete Posted at 2:30 PM January 31, 2013
By 2017, China will burn as much coal as the REST OF THE PLANET COMBINED! We all do it, how many of us are willing to reign in our luxuries now before we reach this point?
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monu Posted at 2:30 PM January 31, 2013
Exponential growth of toxicity level In 2020 only 5% In 2030 15% In 2040 50%... in 2050 115%... ...
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Ross Stone of Sydney Posted at 2:48 PM January 31, 2013
You would think out of 1.3 billion people there would be a few clever ones...apparently not!!
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Nathy Boy Posted at 3:17 PM January 31, 2013
I Live in China but thankfully in the southern city of Guangzhou where the pollution is not nearly as bad... It's easy to just blame it all on the Chinese but what else are they supposed to do..?? It's the worlds factory of everything here... Australia bathes in clean air because it ships its pollution production to China so it's actually everybodies problem... Dont leave your head in the sand downunder and take the morally high ground when you as a consumer are just as reponsible for this situation as the Chinese...
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Steve of Perth Posted at 3:19 PM January 31, 2013
Coai is one of our biggest exports.....anyone making money from coal export has played a part in this mess. Coal = filth. I hope you are happy with yourselves.
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Matt of Brisbane Posted at 11:01 PM January 31, 2013
Adam of Hobart is spot on. Each on of you has a house full of cheap products made in China. There is an environmental cost that we do not see when opt for the cheaper product. Unless we, the materialistic Western society demand or regulate certain standards in regards to the goods we import, then we must shoulder the blame for China's smog. Further to that, Australia's per capita carbon emission is 17ton compared to China's 7ton. Wake up people - we are much worse emitters. Just lucky (not clever) to live in a sparely populated country.
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Larry Emdur Posted at 3:55 AM February 01, 2013
Steve of Perth. Coal makes the world go round, buddy. It's not going anywhere in our lifetime so you and all the other do-gooders should find something else to whinge about.
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There will be no effect from the Carbon Tax... Posted at 7:43 AM February 01, 2013
But weren't we told by the Greens and their supporters that Australia's early adoption of a Carbon Tax would lead other countries to clean up their act? It was never going to happen and now we are paying the world's highest impost on emissions in spite of it having no effect per se and no indirect effect either. If everyone gets a warm inner glow when they pay their electricity bills, it won't be because we are saving the planet, it will be due to air conditioning being unaffordable.
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blair Posted at 8:12 AM February 01, 2013
Crap! It has nothing to do with Australia,me or anyone else buying cheap chinese products or exporting coal.They would source it regardless. It comes about from a society that has been repressed for decades and was locked away. There are how many million people in china? How many of the population are demanding that their officials do something,where are the protests and all the international groups putting pressure on the Chinese government.That's right,there are none because the Chinese government will not tolerate internal or external meddling. The only ones that can save China is China!!
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Ben of Brisbane Posted at 9:22 AM February 01, 2013
People, the problem is this. China has a massive population. But also is has very little farming land and even less in the way of available freshwater supplies. Something like 6 percent of it's land is fit for farming and it has about 7 percent of the worlds available freshwater with one seventh of the world's population. It is also poor when it comes to mineral resources. It has no choice but to grow it's economy quickly in order just to feed it's people. That is why China is everywhere is world markets, that is why they are buying up farm land everywhere in the world (including Australia) just to feed it's population. This enormous growth has allowed people to get rich with the country. People are buying cars etc. Basically people in China are doing the same thing that everyone in the Western World does and takes for granted. How can we who have polluted the environment (guys Australia is up there per capita as some of the world's worst polluters). We all live on the planet, we are ALL part of the problem. And we all need to be the solution. Point the finger at yourselves before blaming others.
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JC Posted at 10:02 AM February 01, 2013
JJ, and if the world doesnât slow down there will be no natural resources left to exploit. After this, there will be no jobs to go to. Bit of a double edge sword, eh?
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Hines Interviewed in National Public Radio
UVM professor and IGERT co-PI Paul Hines was interviewed by Dan Bobkoff on National Public Radio on August 14, 2013. The interview was part of a story about the 10th anniversary of the large North Eastern electric blackout of 2003, and the ways in which the power industry has changed to avoid future blackouts. The full story is available here: 10 Years After The Blackout, How Has The Power Grid Changed?
Student Internships at Sandia National Labs
Summer time has come for the UVM IGERT program! In mid-May, four of our IGERT trainees began their ten-week summer internship at Sandia National Labs (SNL), located on the Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM. One additional trainee is conducting his internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory, located nearby in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The students will be spending the summer working at the lab with their national lab mentor, both furthering their dissertation research and broadening their knowledge of smart grids. During the summer internships, the students will have the opportunity to participate in the Energy Surety Program at Sandia, through which they will hear seminars by Sandia energy researchers and visit many unique energy research facilities. Students will also participate in a short course on cognitive sciences at Sandia experts in modeling human behavior and decision-making processes.
UVM IGERT presents at Board of Trustees Meeting
On May 17, 2013, the UVM IGERT program was invited to present at the UVM board of trustees meeting. Dr. Jeffrey Marshall presented an overview of the UVM Smart Grid IGERT program and of Smart Grids in general. Other IGERT faculty presenting included Dr. Paul Hines, Dr. Maggie Eppstein, Dr. Chris Danforth, and Dr. Asim Zia, who discussed examples of specific research that is occurring within the UVM IGERT program.
Algae for Biofuel Workshop
The UVM IGERT program hosted a workshop on Algae for Biofuel on April 24, 2013. This event was organized by the bioenergy program of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) and included a series of talks and discussions from researchers at UVM and other parts of Vermont, who are working on algae biofuel research. Click here to find out more about the exciting bioenergy work taking place in Vermont, including from members of our IGERT program: https://www.youtube.com/user/VermontBioenergy.
Regional Test Center Meeting
On April 5, 2013, the UVM IGERT program hosted an informational workshop on thePhotovoltaic (PV), Regional Test Center (RTC) (http://pvrtc.org/test-centers/) that is currently being built at the IBM site in Williston, VT, with project oversight by Sandia National Laboratories. This testing site will be one of five photovoltaic test facilities in the United States that is funded by the US Department of Energy. The purpose of the regional testing centers is to study the reliability over time of different solar panel designs that are subjected to realistic environmental conditions. The focus of the Williston RTC is on the study of solar energy in cold and humid climates characteristics of Vermont and northern New England. Thirty representatives attended the meeting from 19 different schools and companies such as, VermontLawSchool, MiddleburyCollege, VELCO, Green Mountain Power, Dynapower, SNL, and IBM. Presentations were given on the RTC, the UVM Smart Grid IGERT program, and the ongoing PV work at Sandia National Laboratories. There were also discussions on how the research and development that will result from the RTC can be used, and on how students at universities across Vermont can become involved in this research and development. Two IGERT faculty serve on the RTC steering board, along with representatives from IBM and Sandia.
UVM IGERT trip to UMASS and ISO New England
At the end of February the UVM IGERT students and faculty took a trip to Massachusetts where they visited the UMass Amherst IGERT Offshore Wind Energy Program and ISO New England (http://www.iso-ne.com/). At UMass, students from the two IGERT programs were able to meet and discuss current research in their closely related fields. In addition to this, the UVM IGERT students toured the UMass IGERT facilities and got a close-up look at the offshore wind energy research on-going at the University of Massachusetts. Following the UMass visit, the UVM IGERT group traveled to ISO New England, which manages electricity generation and transmission thoroughoutNew England. The IGERT group met with ISO New England employees to learn about the work that they do, and then took a tour of the ISO New England power grid control room.


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President Goodluck Jonathan will participate in the 2013 Christian Pilgrimage to Israel.
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, Mr. John Kenndy-Okpara, said this when he visited Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State in Lafia on Wednesday.
Kennedy-Okpara said this was the first time a Nigeria President would be participating in a Christian pilgrimage to the Holy land.
He said the president had requested that pilgrims from Nasarawa State should accompany him considering the proximity of the state to the Federal Capital Territory.
The NCPC boss said allocation had been given to the Nasarawa State Government to sponsor 350 pilgrims to accompany the President on the journey.
Kennedy-Okpara said the Federal Government had subsidised the exchange rates per dollar to N146 for all intending pilgrims (both Christians and Muslims) for this year's pilgrimage.
He explained that pilgrims to Israel would enjoy 12 per cent reduction, while those going to Rome and Greece would have 20 per cent reduction.
According to him, the reduction is to enable pilgrims, who are spiritually-rich but materially-poor, to embark on the trip.
Al-Makura said his administration accorded premium to religious harmony and would continue to promote such virtue.
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An apple a day? Hard cider makes a comeback in Washington state
Washington and Oregon are leading the nation's hard cider trend, and with our abundance of apples and a love for craft alcohol, why wouldn't we be? Seattle Cider Company, which only opened for business 10 weeks ago, is the first cidery in Seattle since Prohibition. Learn a bit of American cider history and why it's suddenly so popular today.
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Vikings by position, Day 1: Defensive line appears headed for makeover
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Editor's note: Each weekday until the NFL Draft begins on April 28, Tom Pelissero breaks down the Minnesota Vikings' roster by position, based on observations of games and practice, weekly tape studies and interviews with NFL coaches and scouts.
Day 1
Defensive linemen.
On the roster (8)
RE Jared Allen, DE Adrian Awasom, DE Everson Griffen, DT Letroy Guion, DT Tremaine Johnson, DT Jimmy Kennedy, DE Brian Robison, UT Kevin Williams.
Unsigned (3)
LE Ray Edwards, DT Fred Evans, NT Pat Williams.
Despite public hints to the contrary, the Vikings appear prepared to part ways with half of their starting defensive line. They did place a first-round restricted tender ($2.836 million) on Edwards (6-foot-5, 268 pounds), who led the team last season in total quarterback pressures (69) and ranked second in sacks (eight). But Edwards is a five-year veteran who most likely will be unrestricted under the next labor agreement, and concerns about how a big contract would affect his production mean he'll probably get paid elsewhere. Robison (6-3, 259) signed a three-year, $14 million deal on March 3 that included $6.5 million to sign -- solid money for a rotational player who had two clean-up sacks while playing 31.9% of snaps in 2010. There is no clear succession plan for Pat Williams (6-3, 317), who remains serviceable in a limited run-stopping role. But he's in obvious decline at age 38, has said he lost trust in the Vikings front office and is coming off a 14th NFL season in which he played 53.9% of snaps and recorded his lowest tackle total (42) since 1998. Though Guion (6-4, 303) made enough of limited snaps (26.1%) to deserve more time, he's a one-gap penetrator, not an anchor. Kennedy (6-4, 320) looks the part but couldn't even get on the field last season (11.5%). His $2.5 million scheduled base salary puts him on the short list of players who could get cut once the salary cap is set. At age 30, Kevin Williams (6-5, 311) remains one of the best when he comes to play -- although that didn't happen as often as coaches wanted last season. His base salary soars to $6 million in 2011 on a contract that has four years and $29 million (plus $4.5 million in escalators) remaining, making renegotiation a possibility down the line. Allen (6-6, 270) is set to be the Vikings' highest-paid defensive player ($8,979,438 base salary) and the team has to hope he'll avoid a repeat of 2010, when his production slipped badly along with his technique over the first seven weeks. He had only one trash sack in those games and finished with 11 -- a four-year low -- while logging a line-high 93.3% of snaps. Scouts still see Allen as an elite pass-rusher, though, and at age 29, he has a shot at one more big contract when his deal expires after 2013. Edwards' likely departure could create opportunity for Griffen (6-3, 273), whose two arrests in January and attempt to throw a party-bus trip to Las Vegas didn't sit well with coaches. Griffen is uber-talented and flashed on special teams as a rookie, but he has to grow up. Evans (6-4, 305) played only 73 snaps last season, was inactive eight times and didn't receive a restricted tender. There's a chance he could return for less money. Awasom (6-5, 280) joins the Vikings as a 27-year-old UFL refugee who hasn't played in the NFL since 2007. Johnson (6-2, 285) has spent the past two seasons on the practice squad.
One scout's take
"I hear they're not going to bring back Ray Edwards. When I hear that, the first thing I always think is there's got to be some other reasoning behind that, because he is a 4-3 left end as the day as long, and he's a good football player. So, they'd have to replace that production somewhere along the way as well. (Robison is) a hard-nosed, try-hard kid, high motor. You like those things about him. But in the end, the other kid (Edwards) is a proven guy, and it's not like he's an old guy either."
-- AFC personnel director
Draft outlook
Frazier has placed an emphasis on shoring up a run defense that slipped to ninth in the NFL last season (102.2 yards per game, 3.9 average). So, it wouldn't be a surprise for the Vikings to use at least one and perhaps two picks to inject some youth into the line. A surplus of first round-caliber pass rushers makes end an option as early as the Vikings' No. 12 overall pick. However, a draft class widely regarded as deep -- particularly at end -- and the team's past success with mid-round selections may give vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman and company confidence about finding immediate contributors later on.
Last 10 drafts
• 2010: Griffen (fourth round, 100th overall).
• 2009: None.
• 2008: Guion (fifth, 152nd).
• 2007: Robison (fourth, 102nd).
• 2006: Edwards (fourth, 127th).
• 2005: Erasmus James (first, 18th), C.J. Mosley (sixth, 191st).
• 2004: Kenechi Udeze (first, 20th), Darrion Scott (third, 88th).
• 2003: Kevin Williams (first, ninth).
• 2002: None.
• 2001: Willie Howard (second, 57th), Shawn Worthen (fourth, 130th).
Linked in
According to various reports, the Vikings held a private workout with Arizona ends Brooks Reed and Ricky Elmore and hosted official visits with several other defensive line prospects, including Georgia's Justin Houston, Temple's Muhammad Wilkerson and Clemson's Da'Quan Bowers.
High fives
• Mel Kiper, ESPN: Defensive ends -- 1. Bowers. 2. Robert Quinn, North Carolina. 3. Cameron Jordan, California. 4. J.J. Watt, Wisconsin. 5. Aldon Smith, Missouri. Defensive tackles -- 1. Nick Fairley, Auburn. 2. Marcell Dareus, Alabama. 3. Wilkerson. 4. Corey Liuget, Illinois. 5. Marvin Austin, North Carolina.
• Mike Mayock, NFL Network: Defensive ends -- 1. Quinn. 2. Jordan. 3. Watt. 4. Smith. 5. Bowers. Defensive tackles -- 1. Dareus. 2. Fairley. 3. Liuget. 4. Austin. 5. Wilkerson.
• Shawn Zobel, DraftHeadquarters.com: Defensive ends -- 1. Bowers. 2. Quinn. 3. Watt. 4. Smith. 5. Jordan. Defensive tackles -- Dareus. 2. Fairley. 3. Liuget. 4. Phil Taylor, Baylor. 5. Wilkerson.
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Acclaimed Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden, Musical America's 2012 Conductor of the Year, makes his eagerly anticipated San Francisco Symphony debut with a trademark in Tchaikovsky's impassioned Fourth Symphony. "Ought it not to express," asked Tchaikovsky while at work on his Opus 36, "all those things for which words cannot be found but which nevertheless arise in the heart and cry out for expression?" Van Zweden's compatriot and protégé, the young phenomenon Simone Lamsma, is soloist in Sibelius's Violin Concerto.
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Police charge Exeter man for theft of replica penny farthing following Ebay search
Posted: January 28, 2014|
A REPLICA penny farthing allegedly stolen on Christmas Day is due to be returned to its owner after police discovered it for sale on Ebay.
Five days after it was reported stolen from an address in Honiton, police found what they thought could be the same bike listed on Ebay.
Detective Constable Paul Perryman, described the subsequent police investigation as "relatively straightforward". "Detectives monitoring Ebay found a bicycle listed that they thought could have been the one stolen," he continued.
"They are quite rare items and you only find one or two listed on ebay at any one time.
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"From tracing the user identity of the seller we traced the bike to the suspect.
"The bike was recovered and will be returned to the owner when our enquiries come to an end."
• Robert Bastin, 20, previously from Honiton but now living in Exeter, has been charged with theft and is due to appear at Exeter Magistrates Court on February 25.