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Janome Horizon 7700 Review (entry 122)
Hi all, so the last couple of weeks I've been consumed with my new machine. Grab a cappu and get ready for a good story....
So it all started May long weekend when Jeff and I went to Kelowna on a spur of the moment camping weekend. One of my favourite shops in Kelowna is Linda's Quilt Shop/Jims Vacuum Shop and as we were driving by they were having a huge tent sale on sewing machines...do we dare stop :)
So after stopping and spending over 3 hours questioning and trying the Janome Horizon 7700, I decided to take the plunge and buy it. Thanks so much to Jim for all of his time and such a great deal.
Fast forward a week.... The machine arrived in the mail and I spent the next several days working with it and figuring out all the stuff I like and dislike. As many of you know, I've always been a Husqvarna girl (Lily 555 was my 1st and Platinum 770 my 2nd) and so far I have to say there are quite a few differences between the machines.
I'll start with the likes between this machine and my Husqy.
- Thread cutter - love it.
- Stitch memory and recall the last stitch - you can set the stitch length and width and save it for next time you turn on your machine, in my case the 1/4" needle position and length of stitch - love it!! Also, because this is the most popular stitch I use everytime I turn my machine on it goes to that stitch automatically.
- So much quieter which is great for those long night watching TV and sewing.
- The throat area is almost 11" it's amazing.
- All the feet that I need came with it including the Accufeed Walking foot system - awesome as you don't have to attached a walking foot contraption to the machine, you just add the special foot and connect the lever to the foot.
- 1/4" foot guide came bent.
- The precision of the sewing isn't what I'm used to, I cannot control the foot pedal to sew nice and slow and continuous, the foot control isn't as responsive as my Husqy.
- The feet when connected to the shaft are a very wiggly, this was something that truly bothered me ALOT so my hubby sat with me and added a piece of tape to the side of the shaft to add some padding now the feet fit nice and snug, phew.
- My needle threader came broken, the needle in the machine was also bent.
- Don't like the tension on the presser foot, it's so tight even on the lightest setting.
- Dealing with Janome Canada Ltd. has been a nightmare !!!!!
So phoned the dealership in Kelowna where I purchased it from (Jims Sewing Centre) and discussed the questions with my machine with Jim Findlay like I've listed above as well as the broken threader. He said for me to take it to Sewing World here in Calgary and talk to them as they are a certified dealer. The warranty did I mention is for 17 years!! Amazing right? Well according to Steve Rice of Sewing World in Calgary the warranty is with the shop not the machine. So called Jim back in Kelowna and he says...no no the warranty is with the machine he said he would cover any costs that might be incurred with Sewing World in Calgary and people move all the time, bla, bla, bla so I decide to call Janome directly to find out exactly - BIG MISTAKE!!
"Oh, by the way, I did take my machine to Steve at Sewing World here in Calgary and he did check out and adjust the needle threader for me at no charge so thanks to Steve for that. He did explain again to me that the warranty is with the shop as Janome doesn't reimburse for labour costs to the dealer even though the warranty card states that all parts and warrant are covered for the 1st 2 years."
Anyway, it's the end of the day last Friday and Lynn from Janome answers the phone, I kind of give her a run down of my situation and ask about the warranty card. She preceded to tell me that she would be mad if she was Sewing World in Calgary and that she wouldn't help me since I bought the machine from somewhere else! As you can imagine I was quite surprise by her response. I said that people move all the time and need to get their machines serviced. She told me that was not that type of situation... I told her that the warranty card says that I can go to any authorized dealer for warranty issues and questions. She was so rude, and said that this was not the case and she didn't have a warranty card in front of he, so she can't comment. I was so surprised by her lack of professionalism and rudeness... and because it was the end of the day there wasn't anyone else there for me to speak to. She said she couldn't help me and that she would have someone contact me this week. I also called the warranty number (assuming it went to the same office as Lynn's) and left a message asking for someone to contact me from their warranty dept... it's now Thursday and I haven't heard a thing as of yet.
When I talked to Jim in Kelowna I was feeling so discouraged. It has been such a bad experiance with Janome Canada Ltd (particularly Lynn) I'm considering sending my machine back just because of all of the discrepancies and contradictions with the warranty...they have a no return policy, of course!
I've been sewing on it a bit more this week and getting used to it - I do like it BUT I haven't heard from anyone at Janome regarding either message about my questions and concerns... so frustrating!!
Have any of you purchased the Horizon 7700, do you like it? Did you switch from another machine like Bernina or Husqvarna I'm curious to know what you think, likes and dislikes. I would also like to know if any of you out there has had a similar problem with warranty?
Thank so much for taking the time to read through this and leaving any advice or comments!!
Hi Everyone, well it's been several weeks now and still no response from Janome, I've had numerous comments here and on Facebook telling me to pursue them - so thanks for all of the support. Well, it's kind of hard to pursue them when they don't respond?
I'm not sure what to do next. I've sent one more email to the CEO of Janome Canada (who asked me with my last email to deal with someone else) and to Jim Findlay requesting answers to my warranty concerns as well as requesting a return for full money back. I have yet to hear from any of them.
I've spoken to other dealers and store owners to see if other Brands are the same as Janome and typically yes they are, they say the warranty is with the store not the sewing machine (isn't that strange?). If I bought a Toyota I could take it to any Toyota anywhere in the world.
What else can I or should I do?
I would honestly like to send this machine back but they won't take it back...I'm sure a Janome person would love this machine I'm just not happy with the overall experience (it's kind of tainted the excitement for me) and dealing with Janome...well you know


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Fitness guru Jillian Michaels to tour Australia
Fitness guru and former Biggest Loser coach Jillian Michaels will be bringing her motivational live tour Maximise Your Life to Australia in October, with shows slated for Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.
This will be the first time the popular out trainer has brought her stage show down under and the star promises to help participants harness their true potential and kickstart their goals.
Since starting her weekly podcast in 2011, The Jillian Michaels Show, the wellness expert has amassed over a million subscribers proving there are plenty of converts to Michaels confidence boosting regime.
During the two hour show Michaels will use tales from her personal experience to motivate the audience into leading a more exceptional life.
"Your health is the platform that your entire life is built upon - from your physical health to your confidence and self-worth, I will give you the skillset, tools and insights to transform any aspect of your life immediately so you realize your true potential, and create the future you've dreamed of and deserve," said Michaels..
"I'm so looking forward to going back to Australia! My last visit there was remarkable, leaving me with a strong personal connection to the country and its people. I can't wait to see my fans and help them find the skillset and tools to help them transform their life!."
Jillian Michaels Maximise Your Life Tour dates
Brisbane, QPAC Concert Hall, October 24
Perth, Concert Hall, October 26
Melbourne, Hammer Hall, October 30
Sydney, State Theatre, November 1
Tickets on sale July 14 at my live nation and ticket agencies.
Watch Jillian in action doing her 30 day shred program
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150 Pounds Lost!
Height: 5'5", Age: 26
From Little Hocking, OH
After the birth of my second child, I knew I needed to do something about my weight, but I did not know where to start. At 221 pounds it was clear that if I didn't start working on the problem immediately, I would go on making excuses, continually let time pass, and steadily see the scale go up. I didn't want to end up as one of those middle-aged moms who is only comfortable in stretch pants, so I needed a real, tangible solution that would work with my busy lifestyle.
In September of last year a friend of mine recommended that I read The South Beach Diet. After finishing the book I instantly knew that it was the plan for me. It was healthy, easy to follow, and I didn't have to count points, calories, or fat grams.
I started my South Beach Diet journey that month, and I've lost more than 54 pounds so far. I found the first Phase of the plan both challenging and rewarding – and I lost a whole pant size in that initial Phase! It was then easy to continue with the plan – especially since I was seeing real results.
As a frenzied mom, I'm realistic about this weight loss process and even though I have lost weight pretty consistently, I'm not afraid to see the scale stall over the holidays or on special occasions. This is a lifelong journey, and I know that if I continue to stick with the healthy eating and exercise principles of the South Beach Diet lifestyle, I won't gain when I splurge every now and then. I also like the comfort of knowing that I can always return to Phase 1 if I feel I need that extra kick in the butt!
I really like the person I see in the mirror now. In fact, this summer I was the matron of honor in my sister-in-law's wedding and people couldn't believe how great I looked. Imagine that, I actually enjoyed being a bridesmaid! I can honestly say that I feel a lot better and have more energy since starting the South Beach Diet. I finally feel like I am a woman who my children can look up to and be proud to call Mom.
Favorite Snack
"Sugar-free chocolate pudding"
Favorite Exercise
"The elliptical machine or riding my bike with my husband."
Best Compliment
"My husband telling me how proud he is of me and that I look great!"
Most Effective Strategy
"Visualizing what I want to look like the next time I'm in a bathing suit!"
Best Advice
"Don't give up when you aren't seeing results on the scale. Just remain true to the principles of the South Beach Diet lifestyle and you'll regain your footing, not your waistline."
*Participants can expect to lose 1-2 pounds per week.


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Tim Lincecum, the San Francisco Giants' star pitcher and recently outed stoner, has won the 2009 Cy Young Award. Lincecum was the reigning Cy Young Award winner and has proven to be the most dominant pitcher in the National League over the past two years.
Last month, Lincecum was stopped for speeding and got busted with 3.3 grams of pot and a pipe. The pending plea agreement (which will be presented to a judge December 22) would drop the possession charge and cost the pitcher $372 in fines.
After receiving the prestigious award, the pitcher did not take questions about his marijuana charges. However, according to MercuryNews, the pitcher read the following statement via conference call:
"I made a mistake and regret my actions earlier this month in Washington. I want to apologize to the Giants organization and to the fans. I know that as a professional athlete I have a responsibility to conduct myself appropriately both on and off the field. I certainly have learned a valuable lesson through all of this and I promise to do better in the future. In the meantime, I am focused on preparing for the 2010 season."
Much like another phenomenally successful athlete, Michael Phelps, Tim Lincecum had an opportunity to address marijuana as a safe and enjoyable substance that in no way infringed on his ability to compete at the highest level. However, much like Phelps, Lincecum refrained from becoming pot's poster boy.
Of course, the situations are quite different – Phelps was at a party and Lincecum was caught in his car. Still, both instances occurred during periods in which the athletes were in the off-season from competition. Additionally, officers at the scene indicated that Lincecum was not under the influence at the time of the traffic stop.
Here's a look back at the statement Phelps gave Matt Lauer regarding his run-in with a bong at a college party earlier this year:
"It was an awful judgment. And, really, the people I hurt is my family, clearly, my friends, the close people around me and most importantly, the fans. And I realize that that hurt a lot of people … It was a bad mistake. I mean, we all know what you and I are talking about. It's a stupid mistake. You know, bad judgment. And it's something that I have to, and I want to teach other people not to make that mistake."
Perhaps someday a successful sports figure will have the courage to stand up for recreational marijuana use. Too bad it couldn't have been one of the two most dominant athletes in their respective sports.
More info @ seattletimes.com, and mercurynews.com


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October and Halloween are coming. There's no stopping it. Pumpkins and Halloween fun have been around for years so this year, grab your grandkids and start planning the activities.
In and around Columbus there are places that offer a day of activity for young and old alike from a day in a pumpkin patch to scary haunted houses depending on which your grandchildren prefer.
Circle S Farms located just outside Columbus in Grove City, Ohio offers Fall Fun Days, which runs from September 29 to October 31. The Fun Days include hayrides, fun barn, petting zoo, corn and sunflower mazes and bale cave. Admission is $8.00 per person (under 2 free) and special group rates. Visit their sight for more Circle S Farms information. As always, call ahead to make sure of information and hours of operation.
If a scare is what your teen grandchildren prefer, check out the haunted houses around Columbus. One such house is the Scare-A-Torium located at 1501 E. Dublin Granville Rd. Visit the Scare-A-Torium website for more information and hours of operation.
There are also plenty of activities that you can enjoy without having to leave the house that kids and teens alike will enjoy. One idea might be Pumpkin Bowling. This is a fairly simple game to provide. Materials needed include:
- 3 small pumpkins
- 30 (2 liter) soda bottles or water bottles w/lids
- 1 can of white spray paint
- Permanent Marker
- Gravel, sand or small pebbles
Game: Spray the bottles white, and when dry draw eyes and mouths on them to resemble ghosts.
Add pebbles or sand to keep bottles upright
Use the 3 small pumpkins as bowling balls.
Let each child take turns and if they bowl a strike, they can win a prize or sticker or just bowl for the fun of it.
Another game might be to guess how many pumpkin seeds are in a jar.
An old favorite, of course is bobbing for apples.
Whatever the game or activity, just enjoy a fun and safe Halloween season.


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Assassination Rogue DPS Guide for the Warlords of Draenor
The Assassination Rogue is the master of poisons. They're very close to Combat in pure DPS and offer more control/flexibility via the poisons. This same utility makes Assassination better for PvP than Combat, though not quite up to the level of Subtlety.
Updated for Warlords of Draenor – see below the table of contents for a few of the Warlords changes.
Assassination Contents
|This Assassination Rogue guide is primarily intended for use at level 100. However, the principals will still apply during the leveling process. If you're looking for advice on leveling your Rogue, check out our Rogue Leveling Guide.
If you want the same in-game step by step leveling guide that we use to get to level 1as fast as possible, take a look at our favorite in-game leveling guide.
Other Rogue Guides:
A Few of the Rogue Changes in Warlords of Draenor
See our Rogues in Warlords of Draenor post for more details.
Redirect is dead and your Combo Points stay with you. This makes things more consistent with other classes that have some form of points to build up and will make your target switching easier.
Agility no longer adds to crit, but all Rogues (and all Agility classes) get a bonus 10% to Crit.
Stats: Your Hit, Expertise are both gone, and so is Reforging. You will have to stack stats the old fashioned way, though gear choices, enchants, and gems. You also have two new stats, Versatility and Multistrike. The former improved everything you do (damage and defense) while the latter gives you more strikes (and more DPS) over time.
- Shadow Blades is gone
- Garrote no longer triggers Venomous Wounds.
- The Paralytic Poison talent is gone, replaced with Internal Bleeding. This will be a DPS add on anything that you can hit with your Kidney Shot.
- New level 100 talents, perks, etc.
Assassination Rogue DPS Talents
Keep in mind that talents can easily be changed, depending on the encounter. You just need one Tome of the Clear Mind for every change.
Our talent picks are checked: Many of the talents provide little in the way if increased DPS, but some will greatly increase your life expectancy, since dead Rogues do no damage.
Tier 1 Talents, level 15:
- Nightstalker increases our movement speed and adds a nice bit of damage to our abilities used from stealth, such as Garrote or Ambush or Mutilate. You move fast and open hard.
- Subterfuge allows you to stay stealthed for 3 seconds after receiving or dealing damage, an interesting option. Allows Cheap Shotting two (or three) opponents, time and energy permitting, but that's less useful in PvE than in PvP. It also keeps you from being immediately knocked out of stealth by certain effects. You will still have that 3 seconds to do your opener.
- Shadow Focus is the optimal choice at present for the nearly energy free Mutilate/Ambush it provides. The cheap opener lets you more quickly move into the rest of your rotation. The Burst of Speed talent will make up for Nightstalker's faster movement.
Tier 2 Talents, level 30:
- Deadly Throw is unimportant most of the time unless for whatever reason you can't reach your target for a while. It slows and interrupts/silences targets when used with 5+ combo points.
- Nerve Strike has practically no impact the majority of the time in PvE, though it will help take the trash down faster and will help in those rare instances where you have that trash's aggro.
- Combat Readiness is a survivability cooldown. Only useful if you find yourself under attack, which should be uncommon.
Tier 3 Talents, level 45:
- Cheat Death does exactly what it says. Best used for fights where you need to live dangerously or know that significant damage will generally be in the form of the occasional "Big Squish."
- Leeching Poison provides a constant health increase from your attacks.This is a decent pick if you're only taking light damage throughout the fight. It's a weaker choice than the other two.
- Elusiveness boosts Feint's damage reduction, ideal for encounters where you need to mitigate damage. This will be the choice for fights with unavoidable incoming damage. The glyph extends it by 2 seconds. If your concern is being "one shotted" then Cheat Death might well be more useful.
Tier 4 Talents, level 60:
Depending on the situation you might want to swap back and forth among these three. They all have their uses.
- Cloak and Dagger With C & D your Ambush, Garrote, and Cheap Shot now have a 40-yard range, and will cause you to teleport behind the target and do the attack. Not as versatile as Shadowstep, but longer range and zero cooldown. This is a great pick if you can get stealthed and don't need the flexibility of Shadowstep.
- Shadowstep is best used for fights that demand quick target switching/rapid movement. You can also 'step to friendly targets, either player (such as healer or tank) or NPC. You don't need to be in stealth. This gives it great flexibility which is why it's the pick here. .
- Burst of Speed Very low cost, you can literally sprint through the entire dungeon and back without running out of energy. If you have a target that you need to "stick to" then this talent is a big help. Very useful anytime there is a lot of movement and your Sprint doesn't cooldown fast enough. Like Sprint it can be used while stealthed.
Tier 5 Talents, level 75:
This tier is pretty much only useful for PvP or taking the trash out.
- Prey on the Weak is unlikely to be of much use, except in trash fights. They'll go down that much faster, especially if more than one person is fighting the mob.
- Internal Bleeding replaces Paralytic Poison. Your Kidney Shot adds a nice bleed to the target, but it does nothing to targets that are not affected by your KS, such as bosses. It does a lot of additional damage so becomes quite useful when fighting trash.
- Dirty Tricks does little for us in PvE, unless you find yourself Gouging and Blinding often. More for PvP.
Tier 6 Talents, level 90:
- Shuriken Toss improves our ranged attack ability, meaning it's pointless 99% of the time. It's best use is in leveling, but since you're already 100… It will have some use only in situations where you cannot quickly close on the target.
- Marked for Death (M4D) – This marks a target and instantly generates 5 combo points. Great for any time when you need 5 Compbo Points right now, such as starting off with a full Slice and Dice or Recuperate. Or use at any point in the fight where you need an additional 5pt Rupture or Envenom. Requires a bit more effort to use than Anticipation, but could be a DPS add (but not if you have a tendency to waste CPs.) For example: Envenom > M4D > Envenom. Or M4D > Slice and Dice > Open. Most useful in fights with multiple opponents when you can use it frequently (it resets when the target dies.)
- Anticipation allows us to stack up to 10 combo points at a time. This removes any possibility of wasting combo points Anticipation is easier to use and very close in DPS to Marked.
Tier 7 Talents, level 100:
- Venom Rush: Increases max energy and increases energy regeneration for each enemy poisoned, up to three. Either use quick target switching or Fan of Knives to get your three poisoned targets and refresh it every 12 seconds with another Fan of Knives. For single target fights consider one of the other talents.
- Shadow Reflection summons a shadow that "memorizes" what you do for the next 8 seconds, then replays those strikes on the target. This could be pretty nice if you set up our 8 second burst right, then have it copied. It works very well with Vendetta (see the macro section, below.) For short fights or multiple targets go with Venom Rush, instead.
- Death From Above empowers your weapons with Shadow Energy. This is a finishing strike (damage is based on your combo points used) which lets you attack all nearby enemies and then leap up and crash down on the main target for Eviscerate + 50% damage. Could be a lot of fun if done right.
Assassination Glyphs:
Glyphs in M of P come in 2 flavors, Major and Minor. Majors provide significant changes to abilities, minors are mostly just cosmetic. In addition, there are very few glyphs, for any class, that are always the "best." For optimal performance you will be doing some glyph switching. As with talents, you will need one Tome of the Clear Mind for every change.
In Warlords you automagically learn a number of glyphs in the same way that you learn your abilities. You still need to instal these glyphs, you just won't need to buy them. All Rogues learn these glyphs.
In addition, some glyphs are exclusive, meaning that you can load two exclusive glyphs at once. And example being the glyphs of Recuperate and Recovery. Pick one.
Here they are:
- Level 25: Deadly Momentum and Stealth,
- Level 50: Recuperate
- level 75: Ambush and Cheap Shot
- Note that no minor glyphs will be automatically learned.
Major Glyphs
- Glyph of Vendetta – Trade a little less damage for longer duration. Nice for long fights with no target switching, where it will be a DPS increase. If you won't be sticking to the boss for at least 30 seconds then take another glyph.
- Glyph of Disappearance – More Vanishes for more openers.
- Glyph of Feint – Increases duration, which has it's uses.
- Glyph of Smoke Bomb – a useful defensive cooldown for your melee group.
- Glyph of Energy – Need more energy? Here's +20.
- Glyph of Recovery – More healing from other sources, such as your healers. This is only useful if your healers actually need the help, as CPs spent on Recuperate are not doing damage.
- Glyph of Sprint – Faster Sprint movement and will cover more distance. Exp. take this if you don't take the Bust of Speed talent.
- Glyph of Evasion – Survivability boost.
- Glyph of Cloak of Shadows -Survivability boost.
- Deadly Momentum nice when fighting trash as your Slice and Dice and Recuperate won't need to be refreshed.
Minor Glyphs:
- Glyph of Poisons – Faster poison switching
- Glyph of Safe Fall – Less falling damage
- Glyph of Blurred Speed – Run on water.
Assassination Stat Priorities for PvE/DPS
Warlords note: Hit, Expertise,and reforging are all dead and gone. In their place you have two new stats, Multistrike and Versatility. Both of these stats are net DPS adds, but how they stack up to other stats remains to be seen.
- Agility > Mastery* = Crit > Multistrike = Versatility > Haste
- Note that forgetting to poison your weapons will be a far larger DPS loss than getting your stats "wrong."
Agility is your best stat, adding to all damage and adding a bit to your crit rating.
Mastery is a straight up poison damage increase. The more the better. It's also your "Attuned" stat, the one you get a 5% bonus for, via your Master Poisoner ability.
Multistrike: Grants two chance for spells and abilities to fire an additional time, at 30% effectiveness (both damage and healing.) Your Multistrikes can apply poisons and can Crit. In PvP there is only one chance.
Versatility: Increases damage, healing, and absorption done. Reduces damage taken.
Crit – Your Seal Fate ability will give you an extra Combo Point whenever you crit. Crits do 150% damage in PvP, 200% everywhere else.
Haste speeds up everything you do, including energy regen, poison procs, etc. Not as good as Mastery unless you have multiple items that have procs, such as the trinkets mentioned below.
Stacking Stats
With Reforging gone you will have to stack stats the old fashioned war: through gear choice, gems, and enchants. There are new enchants that work for your rings, neck items, cloaks, and weapons, so some stacking is certanly possible.
*Mastery, Haste, and RPPM (Real/Random Procs per Minute) trinkets are affected by Haste, so while Mastery is "normally" the better stat, at high gear levels Haste becomes better if you have a pair of these RPPM trinkets and the legendary meta gem. The Haste will make them proc faster (eg: 20% Haste =20% faster procs.) If you don not have these trinkets (say you're using "on use" trinkets) then Mastery is definitely better. (example RPPM trinket: Assurance of Consequence)
At the moment it's unknown how this will effect anything in Warlords.
Assassination Rogue In-Depth Rotation for PVE:
- Deadly Poison (DP) should always be active as your Lethal Poison of choice. Make sure your DP doesn't fall off, it will be a huge DPS loss.
- If you took it then Leeching Poison is the recommended Non-Lethal Poison, otherwise use Crippling. The other non-lethal poisons have been removed from the game. For most situations it won't matter which one you use.
- Eat your breakfast: Sleeper Surprise: 100 Mastery
- Take your flask: Greater Draenic Agility Flask: 250 Ag for an hour
- Drink a potion immediately before combat, you'll be able to use a second during combat. Draenic Agility Potion: +1,000 Ag for 25 seconds
- At level 98+ your Slice and Dice is passive, due to a perk, hence it's not mentioned in the rotation below.
As an Assassination Rogue your rotation primarily revolves around the use of Combo Point generating attacks followed by expending those Combo Points either to maintain buffs, deal immediate damage, or apply a debuff to your target. A very large portion of your damage will come from your Deadly poisons.
- Mutilate is your primary combo point generating attack and first priority when a target is between 100-35% health. Your Seal Fate ability will give you extra CPs occasionally.
- Dispatch is to be used whenever Blindside procs. When the target reaches 35% health it replaces Mutilate as your primary attack.
Maintain Slice and Dice at all times, preferably refreshing the cooldown with Envenom. Due to the effect of Cut to the Chase, don't bother applying Slice and Dice with 5 combo points as the duration will be refreshed to that of a 5 point Slice and Dice regardless of the number of combo points you used when initially triggered Slice and Dice.
- Open with Mutilate (which will be nearly free since you took Shadow Focus.)
- Rupture next (for the energy,) one Mutilate, Slice & Dice, one Mutilate (or Blindside, if it procs,) then Envenom. This gives you a 5pt Slice and Dice, which should be automatically refreshed (with your Envenoms) for the rest of the fight.
- Keep Rupture up on your target at all times, this will account for a lot of your Energy return, as well as added damage. In Warlords your Venomous Wounds only functions with Rupture, it no longer works with Garrote or any other bleed.
- Use Envenom, preferably with 5 Combo Points, when Rupture is applied and Slice and Dice is active to deal damage and refresh Slice and Dice. The Envenom buff will also increase your poison damage.
- With the Anticipation talent you should always use 5 pt Envenoms.
- The Marked for Death talent can be used to get an extra finisher, especially when fighting several targets.
A of E: When facing targets numbering more than 6 begin using Fan of Knives as your primary attack ability along with Crimson Tempest when you have 5 Combo Points. For smaller groups just focus on one at a time.
Cooldowns and other abilities:
- Combo Points now stay with you, not the target, so when the target dies and you have x CPs available you can immediately put them to use on the next target. Redirect is no longer necessary and has been removed.
- Vendetta increases your damage done to a target by 30% for 20 seconds or 25% for 30 seconds if you use the glyph with a 2 minute cooldown either way. Use this ability as often as possible assuming you'll be able to stick to the boss for the full duration.
- Rupture's damage is increased and has a 100% chance each time they tick on a target to restore 10 energy due to Venomous Wounds.
- Relentless Strikes gives your finishing moves a 20% chance per combo point to restore 25 energy.
- Feint, Cloak of Shadows and Evasion are all potent survivability tools which should be used when you feel the need.
- Feint will allow you to tank AoE effects to some extent.
- Cloak of Shadows lets you completely negate chunks of magical damage and can also be activated to drop particularly harmful debuffs.
- Evasion is only useful when facing attacks where you can benefit from the increased dodge, such as when fighting an add.
- Tricks of the Trade no longer provides any damage increase, it only transfers threat. Since it's unlikely that you will be able to pull aggro from the tank you will find little use for this ability.
Tier 1 Talented Abilities:
Use Vanish as often as possible to enter stealth and take advantage of the Shadow Focus talent for a nearly energy free Mutilate/Ambush. With Preparation you can then use that ability to refresh the cooldown of Vanish and immediately re-Vanish for another cheap Mutilate/ambush.
Tier 3 Talented Abilities:
Leeching Poison is your Non-Lethal Poison of choice, though Elusiveness will have occasional use.
Tier 4 Talented Abilities:
Shadowstep is more generally useful in fights with lots of movement. Note that you can also 'step to friendly targets, such as Healer or Tank. It can also provide movement advantages, such as if an appropriate target is on a ledge or something.
Burst of Speed is great if constant mobility is needed, otherwise Shadowstep or Cloak and Dagger will be more useful.
Tier 6 Abilities
Marked for Death can be used for an immediate 5 point finisher when you need it. Generally you'll probably use it to get Recuperate up and running or for a Rupture or an additional Envenom.
Gemming Assassination for PvE
Go here if you need more gold to buy gems and stuff. Your leather bonus adds to the agility numbers of any gems and enchants.
Gemming before Warlords: Assuming you want to gem any socketed gear you find before you get into the level 100 gear….
You do want to match for the socket bonuses in all cases.
- Meta: Agile Primal Diamond until you can get the legendary: Capacitive Primal Diamond
- Red: Delicate Primordial Ruby
- Yellow: Adept Vermilion Onyx (ag/mastery)
- Blue: Rigid River's Heart
- Belt Buckle & any "prismatic" slots:Delicate Primordial Ruby
Gemming in Warlords of Draenor
- Gems sockets have a (small) random chance to appear on Raid and other gear, they are not as common as before. There are no meta gems or meta sockets, there are no socket bonuses, and all sockets are "prismatic," which means that they will take any available gem.
- The gem themselves are actually available. They are all prismatic, meaning they fit into any socket. None have Int, they all have secondary stats (Mastery, etc.) Apparently there are no Meta sockets or gems.
- Older (Mists of Pandaria) gems work until item level 600, but the item squish cut them down a bit. What used to be 160 Int is now 10, for example. The new Prismatic gems are 50 points of Mastery or whatever.
- Older gems (Mists of Pandaria and lower) that used to code for Hit now do Crit, gems that had Expertise are now Haste.
Gem for Mastery (or alternate Mastery and Crit) in all slots.
|Gem Priorities
|Greater Mastery Taladite: +50 Mastery
Mastery Taladite: +35 Mastery
Greater Critical Strike Taladite: +50 Crit
Critical Strike Taladite: +35 Crit
|Mists of Pandaria Gems, for gear under ilevel 600.
|Capacitive Primal Diamond: +20 Critical Strike, and chance on melee or ranged hit to gain Capacitance
Agile Primal Diamond: 14 Agil & 3% Increased Crit Effect
|Delicate Primordial Ruby: 10 Agility
|Fractured Sun's Radiance: 20 Mastery
Smooth Sun's Radiance: 20 Crit
|Rigid River's Heart: +20 Crit
|Deadly Vermilion Onyx: 5 Agility, 10 Crit
Adept Vermilion Onyx: 5 Agility, 10 Mastery
|Glinting Imperial Amethyst: 5 Ag, 10 Crit
|Sensei's Wild Jade: +10 Crit and +10 Mastery
|Smooth Tinker's Gear: 38 Crit – requires an engie helm, such as this.
Precise Tinker's Gear: 38 Haste
Fractured Tinker's Gear: 38 Mastery
Assassination DPS Enchants
In Warlords there are no head enchants, all shoulder enchants come from the Inscription profession and are only for items under items level 600. There are new enchants for Neck, Cloak, Weapons, and your Rings. Not for any other pieces. (Not yet, anyway.)
Earloer enchants are shown if you want those enchants on gear under item level 600. Remember that top level enchants can be added to low level items, such as your heirlooms at level 1.
Short on gold? If you want to buy the best enchants, fund all of your alts, donate to the guild, etc., but don't have the cash, then see what the Tycoon Addon can do about about improving your situation.
Warlords Enchantments
Main and off hands
Other enchants, for gear under item level 600.
Consumables for Raiding
Pandarens get double food buffs.
In Warlords there are no high level foods that add primary stats (Ag, Int, etc.) Food buffs go away after an hour or if you're killed, so remember to refresh.
- Feast of Blood: 75 in highest secondary stat, feeds up to 30
- Feast of the Waters: 75 in highest secondary stat, feeds up to 10
- Blackrock Barbecue: 100 Crit
- Sleeper Surprise: 100 Mastery
- Blackrock Ham: 75 Crit
- Grilled Gulper: 75 Crit
- Braised Riverbeast: 75 Mastery
- Fat Sleeper Cakes: 75 Mastery
Agility Foods
- Sea Mist Rice Noodles: 34 Ag
- Valley Stir Fry: 31 Ag
- Greater Draenic Agility Flask: 250 Ag for an hour
- Draenic Agility Flask: 200 Ag for an hour
- Flask of Spring Blossoms: 114 Ag for one hour
- Draenic Agility Potion: +1,000 Ag for 25 seconds
- Virmen's Bite: 456 Ag for 25 seconds. If you pop one immediately before combat you will be able to pop another during combat.
- Master Healing Potion: Heals 12k HP
- Darkwater Potion: When 15 seconds of faster running/swimming might be useful.
- Runescroll of Fortitude III: 8% increased Stamina to your entire group.
Remarks on Race for the Assassination Rogue
Warlords did away with any racials having to do with Hit or Expertise. Most of those were replaced (not for Orcs) and all races now have an ability which adds at least a bit to DPS.
- Can be either Horde or Alliance, you choose when you leave the starting area.
- Melee range stun (4 seconds) is a nice ability.
- Better buffs from food, for more Agility from that last meal.
- They take less falling damage, which has very limited use in PvE.
- Good with Cooking.
- Goblin
- Increased Haste, which is a decent stat for you.
- Rocket jump is much like the Mage's "Blink," and has definite escape use in PvP and certain PvE situations. It breaks stealth and can be a useful gap closer.
- Orcs
- Blood Fury is a very useful DPS ability since it's a cooldown.
- Resistance to stuns has very occasional PvE use.
- Trolls
- A decent DPS cooldown, Berserking, provides 20% attack speed every 3 minutes.
- Trolls also have reduced snare/root duration which has PvP and occasional PvE use.
- If you're leveling then you might like to know that the trolls get extra XP for killing beasts.
- Blood Elf
- Arcane Torrent generates some energy every 2 mins. and does an AoE silence (also interrupts non-player targets.) This gives it both PvP and PvE use. Useful when fighting caster trash.
- Good with Enchanting.
- +1% to Crit chance.
- Forsaken
- Touch of the Grave is a passive Drain Life ability which heals you for the amount that it drains. This is a small DPS add.
- Will of the Forsaken could allow you to deal some extra PvE damage by washing away applicable boss mechanics.
- Indefinite Underwater Breathing probably has zero PvE value.
- Worgen –
- the 1% add to crit rating is the best of the Alliance DPS racials and has some PvP utility.
- The run speed special has situational PvE use and greater mobility is always nice in PvP.
- Good with Skinning, but the Crit bonus from skinning is a weak stat for you.
- Gnome –
- +5% to Energy
- Escape artist has definite PvP use and situational PvE use.
- Good with Engineering.
- Night Elf
- A bit harder to hit is of little value since you're not the tank.
- Shadowmeld will drop aggro when things get tight and might allow hiding from patrols in dungeons if Stealth is not available.
- Increased speed while stealthed is a nice ability.
- 2% faster run speed
- +1% Haste by night and +1% Crit by day.
- Human
- The Human Spirit adds to your Versatility.
- "Every man for himself" has definite PvP use and occasional PvE use.
- Increased rep gain is nice for all that faction grinding that you'll be doing.
- Dwarf
- +2% greater Crit effect.
- Stoneform decreases damage by 10% and washes away bleeds, but this wont be of much use in most PvE content.
Professions for Assassination
Warlords did away with all profession bonuses, so there is no longer any gain to any given professions other than toys, gear, or gold making. You can make some of your starting raid gear, which is cool.
Blacksmithing for the weapons, leatherworking for the armor, and Engineering for the toys might be "the best" picks.
You can equip three crafted items, weapons or armor. As these items are ilevel 630 and 640 respectively, and can be used at 91, they're rather nice for Draenor leveling and starting your raiding career. You can also create items to reroll the stats on any crafted gear and you can also upgrade the items, at a much greater cost than what it took to make them.
Need even more cash? Go here.
- Leatherworking – Make your own gear, give it to alts, or sell it.
- Blacksmithing – Make weapons to use, give, or sell.
- Jewelcrafting – Gems and jewelry.
- Alchemy – Chemistry for the improved lifestyle. Very nice trinket.
- Enchanting – Enchanters can now enchant rings and neck pieces.
- Inscription – Glyphs, shoulder enchants for everyone, items for our caster pals, fortune cards.
- Tailoring – You can make a nice flying carpet.
- Engineering – All kinds of toys, bombs, mounts, and nitro boosts.
- Herbalism, Skinning, and Mining are just for feeding other professions or making some gold.
Assassination Macros:
(Keep in mind that T of T is nearly useless in Warlords.) Fill in the name of the party member who will be the focus of your T of T. Fire it off, he gets the benefit, and you don't have to fuss with target picking or focus changing. This macro will not deselect your current target:
- #showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
- /cast [target=YourPartyMemberHere] Tricks of the Trade
This one will target your mouseover target.
- #showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
- /cast [@mouseover] Tricks of the Trade
This one will look for your mouseover target and cast tricks on it. If you have no mouseover then it will look for your focus target. If that fails then it will cast it on the target of your target, which is probably the tank and hopefully not you.
- #showtooltip Tricks of the Trade
- /cast [@mouseover, help] [@focus, help] [@targettarget, help] Tricks of the Trade
Gouge, then Bandage
Gouges your opponent then starts bandaging you. It will work even if you have no opponent. Change the bandage name to the one you're using. You can also use Blind with this macro.
- /cast Gouge
- /stopcasting
- /use [target=player] Dense Embersilk Bandage
Any attack that you will use to start a fight should be used with this macro. It ensures that your auto attack is actually running, even though you might not have the energy for the main attack. Useful for target switching. The [nostealth] command removes certain bar lag issues.
Replace abilityname with your attack, such as Mutilate, Shiv, etc.
- #showtooltip
- /startattack [nostealth]
- /cast [nostealth] abilityname
- #showtooltip
- /startattack [nostealth]
- /cast [nostealth] Mutilate
Shadow Reflection and Vendetta
Shadow Reflection (if you took that talent) records your casting of Vendetta, as well as your strikes, and then replays it all. If you cast Vendetta first then it does not record it.
#showtooltip Vendetta
/cast Shadow Reflection
/cast Vendetta
Faster Rogue Leveling
Now you're all ready to start assassinating the opposition, but you're not yet high enough level to raid. To get there all you have to do first is complete thousands of quests and kill a bazillion mobs of all sorts. Just in case you don't already have the entire leveling path memorized, might we suggest a full blown Rogue leveling guide?
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Dugi's Guide is the solution. What it does is show you where to go and what to do for you entire leveling path, whether you're starting from level 1 or 90. Quests and tasks are automatically updated as you complete them and not only will you never again wonder where you have to go you will not have to look up any of there "what do I need to do here…" stuff, it's all in the guide.
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UPDATE: Stories of mine safety concerns after the explosion that left 29 miners dead, and of tough new EPA regulations on water quality in mountaintop-removal mining, have filled the news. Here, a profile of activist Maria Gunnoe, who has been taking on the big coal companies, such as Massey (the company whose miners are trapped), over mining procedures and environmental fallout.
Grabbing a late lunch at a deserted Chinese restaurant in a tired West Virginia town, Maria Gunnoe piles her plate with greasy noodles and wontons, her voracious appetite belying her compact frame. Between bites, she holds forth on the cause that consumes her life: what she sees as the rape of Appalachia by the mighty coal industry. "They depend on two things," Gunnoe believes, "our people being uneducated, and our people being poor." She has been both. Now she is neither. And for her, silence is not an option.
A grassroots activist who declares, "I'm not an environmentalist, I'm a survivalist," Gunnoe can spend hour after hour quoting the Clean Water Act, indicting regulatory agencies and describing the selenium levels of mutant two-headed fish in polluted streams. Just shut up, her own husband has been known to beg her.
Gunnoe, 41, is petite and girlish, 125 pounds of sinewy muscle in jeans and hiking boots, with the chiseled cheekbones of her Cherokee grandfather. A diamond stud dots the cartilage at the front of each ear, and the frames of her reading glasses are filigreed with tiny peace symbols. The corners of her deep-set brown eyes turn downward, giving her a look of perpetual sorrow, and her tanned hands sport two Band-Aids and a thumb ring, but no wedding band. Her marriage is fragile. That, too, Gunnoe indirectly blames on the mining companies.
Now, mid-rant and mid-wonton, she suddenly springs up and hurries to the window. She scans the parking lot.
"I thought I saw a guy walk behind my Jeep," she explains sheepishly. That would be her sexy new black Wrangler with the "I Love Mountains" decal on back, paid for with part of the prestigious $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize she won in 2009 for not shutting up.
Gunnoe may be a heroine in environmental circles, but she lives like a moving target. "Death threats," she says with a shrug; she feels they're to be expected when a native daughter dares to challenge an industry long considered vital to the economy of the second-poorest state in the country.
"I've had sand put in the gas tank of my old truck, and somebody tried to cut the brake line," she says, adding matter-of-factly that coal trucks also occasionally try to run her off the narrow mountain roads of Boone County, where she lives, about 45 miles south of the state capital of Charleston. Even when it's not hunting season, she sometimes hears the crack of gunfire from the mine site that backs up to her property line. Miners see her crusade as a threat to their livelihood, Gunnoe explains, while the huge, out-of-state energy companies that run West Virginia's coal mines see her as a litigious nuisance.
For 12 years now, Gunnoe has waged a spirited battle to end mountaintop removal, a process by which the tops of mountains are blasted off so miners can get at seams of coal that their employers say are inaccessible or too costly or too dangerous to reach by sending miners underground. The practice began in the 1970s and now produces more than 126 million tons of coal a year—enough to power more than 25 million American homes, according to the National Mining Association. "They're making fuel so you can have a hair dryer in the morning and your coffeemaker and a computer and electricity," says Bill Raney, president of the advocacy group Friends of Coal.


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Last December 29, 2011, Intel officially announced its Cedar Trail line of Atom processors for netbooks.
While Cedar Trail CPUs (including N2600 and N2800, which power most new netbook releases from companies like Asus and Acer) share the same dual core architecture as their Pine Trail predecessors like N450 and N550, the former is better in at least three ways.
First, Cedar Trail's dual core chip is 32nm vs. PineTrail's 45nm; This means that you can fit more transistors on the Cedar Trail die making it more powerful. Second, Cedar Trail features an improved on die GPU for enhanced graphics rendering performance. And finally, the more updated chip consumes 20% less power than Pine Trail, which results in longer uptime.
Earlier, I checked the PassMark CPU benchmark test results of N2600 and N2800 and compared them with that of N450 and N550. PassMark CPU Benchmark results were gathered directly from user submissions to the PassMark website as well as from internal testing. PassMark conducts eight different tests and then averages the results together to determine the CPU Mark for a system. These eight tests include Integer Maths Test, Prime Number Test, Encryption Test, Compression Test, Floating Point Math Test, SSE/3D Now Test, Streaming SIMD extensions, and String Sorting Test.
Here are the results:
Note that although N450 has the same 200Mhz GPU as N550, the former only has a single core architecture vs. dual core for N550. Also, notice how close the results are for N2600 and N550 - both are dual core CPUs but N2600 has a more powerful 400Mhz GPU. (One thing thing that PassMark doesn't quite measure is Thermal Design Power, which is an area where N2600 totally slays N550; You get a 5W difference between the two, which means that N2600 runs a lot cooler and consumes less energy when running.) N2800, on the other hand, not only has a faster dual core clockspeed vs. N550 and N2600 but also features a 640 MHz GPU.
Did you upgrade from a Pine Trail powered netbook to one that's run by Cedar Trail? What can you say about your new netbook? How does it compare to the old one? Kindly share your comments and thoughts below.


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Have you ever found yourself in this scenario? You finally make up your mind to get healthy. Your goals are in place, you're eating clean, and working out regularly. Everything seems to be on track for success…until you sustain an injury! All of the sudden your fitness goals go back on the shelf and you are left to deal with the pain and the disappointment of not being able to continue on with your new healthy lifestyle.
Whether your injury occurs as soon as you begin your fitness transformation, or after years of regular workouts, the result is always the same; it is discouraging, painful and downright depressing.
Since studies suggest that up to 38% of all exercisers suffer from injuries each year, it is a subject worth exploring.
There are 2 main types of sports injuries that will keep you sidelined and far from reaching your fitness goals: Acute and overuse injuries.
Acute Injuries - An acute injury is a sudden, traumatic event that results from a specific incident during your activity. During workouts and exercise, acute injuries most often arrive in three forms:
1. Strain / Pulled Muscle: occurs when a tendon (connects muscle to bone) or muscle is stretched or torn. If you suffer from a strain you will feel pain and swelling in the muscle belly, or loss of function if the strain occurred in a tendon. Many strains occur as the result of an improper warm-up and/or insufficient stretching.
2. Sprain: occurs when a ligament (connects bone to bone) is stretched or torn. While this can happen to any ligament in your body, the most common placements of sprains are in the ankle, wrist and knee. Often this injury will happen suddenly during a fall, awkward landing, or other acute stress as the ligament is stretched beyond its normal limit.
3. Low Back Pain: it is said that 80% of the population will experience back pain at some point in their lives—and the list of causes is as diverse as the sufferers themselves. Here are the main reasons for workout related back pain:
- Improper form: Similar to bad posture, using improper form while performing weight bearing exercises will leave your back sore and aching. The good news is that once your form is corrected this pain should subside after a healing period.
- Weak muscles: If you have a desk job then chances are your deep back muscles, glutes, and core are inactive and unconditioned. When you start an exercise program and try to lift too much weight before properly strengthening these muscles, the result is often an aching back.
- Strained muscles: Not to pick on that desk job, but another result of sitting all day is tight back muscles and hip flexors (2 of which attach to your spine). When these muscles are not properly warmed up and stretched before exercise begins, muscle strains occur in your lower back.
Overuse Injuries – An overuse injury occurs over an extended period of time from the continued and repetitive use of tissues with improper form or movement patters. They can also be caused through training errors, attempting to improve weight or distances too soon, or from inadequate recovery.
Common overuse injuries from workouts and in athletes include:
- Shoulder Pain - This is the most versatile and complex joint in the body, as it moves in all planes of motion. When strength training the shoulders, make sure to focus on all the muscles in the shoulder, especially the stabilizing muscles, instead of only working out the big mover muscles that are easily seen. Also, make sure to gradually increase any repetitive shoulder motion like swimming or throwing to allow the muscles and tendons time to acclimate to the movement. Incorporating rotator cuff exercises at least twice a week will strengthen those stabilizing muscles and ensure healthy shoulders.
- ITB Syndrome - People often end up with ITB Syndrome from overdoing lower body activities, such as walking, running or cycling with improper form and/or recovery. Trying to push a workout too far or fast, too soon, is another sure way add more stress than the body can handle. The repeated strain causes the bursa on the side of the knee to become inflamed. Increase workouts gradually and stretch well to prevent ITB Syndrome.
- Patellar Tendinitis – Placing repeated stress on the patellar tendon is one of the main causes of patellar tendonitis. Doing too many squats, lunges, jumps, or by trying to run or cycle too many miles before your body is ready can create that stress. Make sure to properly stretch your quads for prevention.
- Plantar Fasciitis – Caused by repeated small tears in the fascia on the bottom of the foot due to prolonged standing/walking, improper footwear, or being overweight, plantar fasciitis causes pain in the bottom of the foot and makes it difficult to stick to any workout regimen. Prevent plantar fasciitis by maintaining a healthy weight, warming up before participating in sports and by wearing shoes that properly support the arch and cushion the heel.
Your 5-Step Injury Prevention Plan
Injuries don't have to slow you from meeting your fitness goals. The following 5 steps will dramatically reduce the chance of injury. However, if you do happen to get injured, but have been following these 5 steps, your recovery will be quick and efficient.
Step 1: Warm up and stretch
Preparing for your workout should not begin and end with putting on workout clothes. Your muscles need to be coaxed into motion by way of a 10-15 minute warm up in order to prepare them for injury-free use. Cold muscles are less elastic and are therefore more prone to tears. Start with 5-10 minutes of easy jogging/fast walking or a slow spin on a bike to get the blood flowing and your muscles moving. Then spend another 5-10 of dynamic stretching, which actively moves your muscles in a similar pattern and range of motion that you will be using for your workout.
Step 2: Proper form and gear
Proper form is everything! Proper movement patterns will help prevent overuse injuries. If you don't know what proper form or movement patters are, seek out a qualified professional to check for you. For most fitness enthusiasts, proper gear has everything to do with their shoes. Don't be fooled—not just any shoe will do. Find shoes that offer support and traction for the exercise of choice, and make sure that they aren't too tight or too loose. If you are cycling, make sure to get properly fitted to your bike, as this will prevent lower back stress, as well as knee and foot issues.
Step 3: Gradually increase activity
One of the easiest ways to injure yourself is trying to do too much, too quickly. If you are just getting back into an exercise routine, make sure to start slowly. It's tempting to go all out in order to get your results faster. But by doing so, you are putting an enormous amount of stress on a body that is used to doing nothing. Gradually increase the amount of exercise and the weight to allow your muscles, tendons and ligaments time to adapt to the new exercises and remain healthy. A good rule of thumb is the 10% rule: don't increase your activities by more than 10% from any session to the next.
Step 4: Change it up
Try to incorporate many different kinds of exercises into your routine. Getting stuck in a habit of only one type of exercise, or having only one workout to do greatly increases the chances for overuse injuries. Mix up the workouts, and move in as many different directions as you can. Adding workouts that move forward like running, as well as adding those that move in different directions, like soccer or basketball, forces your body to move in all planes of direction, recruiting a larger number of muscles, which, in turn, helps keep your body stronger overall, preventing injuries.
Step 5: Lifestyle
Stop for a moment and think about your car—if you don't maintain it with regular tune ups, oil changes and quality fuel then you can't expect it to perform well on the road. The same applies to your body. Getting healthy amounts of sleep, eating well-balanced meals and staying properly hydrated will all contribute to your performance during exercise. The healthier your lifestyle is, the less likely you are to suffer an injury.
The ultimate injury prevention plan? Workout with your local, qualified fitness expert!


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THE KHROMANDAI (or Chromandae) were a monkey-like Indian tribe.
The name of this tribe suggests a connection with the ancient kingdom of Mandi located in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7. 25 (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.) :
"Tauron [a Greek writer] gives the names of Chromandae to a forest tribe [of India] that has no speech but a horrible scream, hairy bodies, keen grey eyes and the teeth of a dog."


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Wicked Wisdom Vol I: W2W (Woman to Woman) - A Woman's Little Black Book to Empowerment is your "pocket full of tips and powerful tools" from women's empowerment coach Michele "Ubercoach" Ashley. The words that fill these pages will embrace you, fill your heart and your mind,and guide you to find the right answers to success, happiness and fulfillment for life. Quick and easy, Wicked Wisdom is for the woman who is determined to get to the heart of things and stay there one day at a time -- one step at a time.
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Live From Grand Princess: We're Testing Seasick Medicines (Oh, No!)
May 23, 2011 | By Carolyn Spencer Brown | 8 Comments
My first few days on Grand Princess — beginning with Guernsey's St. Peter Port and moving on to Brittany's Brest — featured skies filled with sunshine and a brisk wind. Nights? Cold and blustery. But now this: The seas are already restless, and I hear it may get worse. Indeed, it was so bad last night that the crew bar, located in the unfortunate position of all-the-way-forward, was deserted. That's bad weather.
The word is that the notoriously bumpy Bay of Biscay in the Eastern Atlantic may be even bumpier in the days ahead. So I'm glad to have come prepared: I'm testing key remedies for mal de mer, including my longtime mainstay (Bonine chewable tablets that bring me childhood aspirin flashbacks). I'll also be donning a Sea Band to test its ability to keep me upright. And I'm wondering: In a pinch, does ginger-flavored gum really work?
Don't worry. We won't be posting photos on the Lido Deck if these remedies don't make the grade, but we'll let you know how things progress as the seas rock and roll.
8 Responses to "Live From Grand Princess: We're Testing Seasick Medicines (Oh, No!)"
May 23rd, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
I love when ships rock 'n roll!
Jan Evans
May 23rd, 2011 @ 4:44 pm
Patches work!
Julie McIntyre
May 23rd, 2011 @ 4:56 pm
Try drinking more….. Bombay Sapphire Gin works for me every time.
Ali R.
May 23rd, 2011 @ 6:51 pm
25 mg of Meclazine, twice a day. It's the generic of Antivert (used for vertigo) We were on board with a pharmacist back in 1988 and he was taking it. My mom used to get really sick….not anymore! We have done over 100 cruises and she no longer gets sick. its been her miracle worker. We have had pharmacists try to Sep ua bonine and dramamine because Meclazine is the active ingredient in them, however just the Meclazine alone there have been zero side effects. She doesn't get tired and can still enjoy a glass or two or three of wine.
Bob B.
May 23rd, 2011 @ 9:02 pm
My wife got sick just reading this!!!
May 24th, 2011 @ 11:28 am
I find ginger candies (Asian stores) and generic sea sickness pills from Costco work for me if and when I need them, like being chased by a hurricane from Costa Maya, Mexico to New Orleans.
May 25th, 2011 @ 11:53 am
I tried Meclazine for the first time this March because it was offered in the physicians area for the taking. My family and friends referred to me as being \high\ when I took them. I didn't notice a difference in my behavior but they sure did.
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Lol why i can't play the sound? Only black screen :(
To improve and expand on the first Photo Realistic Zone, my version, PRZ2 aims to cover the whole spectrum instead of structures and creatures. Each and every texture will be individually edited, not only sharpening them, but also improving their bumb and specular maps and creating whole new, higher resolution textures.
Lol why i can't play the sound? Only black screen :(
Try another browser? Or maybe your addons block it? :/
It's well done and it's not overpowering. I reckon it fits in well. It would definitely suit COP better though :)
Oh, whoops. It's meant for CoP! haha, adding it to the Desc. now (im mainly working on PRZ2: CoP)
Hmmm I like the sounds and got one suggestion can you make possible to hear dark ones for example when you enter psy zones or meet controller or if you have very bad reputation/karma? I do not know if this is somehow possible but I hope it is! In my opinion the dark ones would fit even in Misery just imagine during night you killed some fellow Stalkers just for their loot and later while you are walking you will hear them stating: they always do, they never change well I would probably **** my pants. Well enough dreaming back to reality :D
Splendid idea. Ill hand it to the team!
Thank you sir and I hope you understand my ****** english :D
Great idea, we will consider this!
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Have you heard the news? According to a TIME report published on May 18, a global event is taking place and people are ready to celebrate. For the 37th year in a row, museums around the world will participate in International Museum Day (IMD), an annual event observed on (or around) May 18, 2014.
First launched in 1977, IMD helps raise awareness of the importance of museums and also gives museum professionals a chance to mingle with the general public and explain both the successes and the challenges museums face in today's society. The International Council of Museums, created in 1946, organizes special events, tours, workshops and exhibitions for IMD. Some locations may offer free or discounted admittance.
Last year, 35,000 museums from 143 countries from all five continents participated in IMD and this year is expected to be even bigger. Countries from America and Argentina to Germany, Taiwan and China will participate. The National Museum of Afghanistan will celebrate IMD for the very first time this year. Even some of the more "unusual" museums will take part in this year's event like the Icelandic Phallological Museum, the Museum of Bad Art and the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum. While IMD is typically observed on May 18, some museums may celebrate for a weekend or entire month.
With a different theme each year, the International Museum Day 2014 theme is Museum Collections Make Connections. Previous themes include "Museum and Memory," "Museums and Tourism," "Museums and Young People," "Pleasures of Discovery," "Behind the Scenes in Museums" and "Museums and Environment," to name a few.
If you are looking for a wonderful family-friendly experience this weekend, why not head on over to your nearest museum? For more information on the International Museum Day, please visit the website to find an event near you.
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Wining and dining: Updates from Brix, PRESS Restaurant and Brassica Mediterranean Kitchen
Several local restaurants are making news one again. This time, we've got updates from Yountville and St. Helena, including expanded wine programs, new menus and more.
PRESS Restaurant expands all Napa Valley wine list
Leslie Rudd, owner of St. Helena's PRESS Restaurant, has long sought to make the restaurant a "repository for rare and older Napa vintages." That explains why in recent months sommeliers Scott Brenner and Kelli White have purchased more than 2,000 bottles and acquired over 250 new selections of vintage Napa Valley wines for the restaurant.
PRESS now offers more than 1,200 different Napa Valley wines. Among the new acquisitions are legendary vintages such as the '70 Mayacamas, '74 Freemark Abbey Bosché Vineyard, '74 Caymus, '82 Mondavi Reserve, and the '62 BV Georges de Latour, upon which both Andre Tchelistcheff and Mike Grgich worked, and White describes as "in beautiful condition, drinks incredibly well. Just magical."
Brix to launch Winter lunch menu
Starting December 1st through February 29, 2012, Brix restaurant in Yountville will offer a special winter lunch menu. The new menu will feature a seasonally changing, 2-course, prix fixe lunch every weekday for $19 and also includes one glass of wine.
Executive Chef Chris Jones will serve up options and parings that may include a Fried Farm Egg with apple wood bacon, frisee salad and truffle vinaigrette (starter) along with a with a Braised Wild Boar Shoulder with soft polenta and baby spinach (main). Another tasty sounding option is the Heirloom Apple, Celery & Toasted Walnut Salad with shaved gouda and walnut vinaigrette (starter) with Butternut Squash & Pancetta Risotto with a winter herb salad.
Sounds like we'll have to pay a visit!
Brassica Mediterranean Kitchen focused on wine
Cindy Pawlcyn's Brassica (formerly Go Fish) opened a couple months back and is solidly focused on providing a unique wine experience for diners.
The restaurant, which celebrates the flavors of the Mediterranean, boasts what it calls the largest by-the-glass selection in Napa Valley with more than 75 different wines (a significant portion of which are from Napa Valley). It also offers the 'Brassica 12,' which features a dozen Napa Valley wines from sought-after producers with each offering multiple wines poured by the glass and rotated on a seasonal and vintage-focused basis.
The 'Saturday Vintner Splash' sees Brassica invite a vintner into the restaurant to pour diners a complimentary "splash" of their wine. There are also eight different wines on tap (yes, on tap) and Brassica offers every bottle on the list "to go" for 25% off.
Pretty sweet and comprehensive wine program!


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Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-50097
Williams, R L. Can initial histopathological factors predict response to induction chemotherapy in advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) - a comparison to 18-FDG-PET/CT. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine.
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Objective: The treatment of advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) with induction chemotherapy before radiation therapy has become more acknowledged over the last few years. The aim of our study was to find out, if histopathological parameters of the untreated primary tumor in HNSCC e.g. initial primary tumor grade, proliferation index, glucose transporter protein 1 (GLUT-1)expression could be possibly related to therapy response. Sequential 18F-FDGPET/CT imaging before and after induction chemotherapy and resulting 18F-FDGuptake was used as a surrogate for therapy response and compared to patient outcome.
Materials and Methods: 21 patients with advanced HNSCC treated by induction chemotherapy as first-line therapy were consecutively enrolled in this study. Defined responders (standardized uptake value (SUV) decrease > 75%) and non-responders (SUV decrease < 25%) were correlated to initial tumor grade (well, moderately, poorly differentiated) and other histopathological parameters including mitotic index, regression score and the expression of the GLUT-1 receptor for possible response predictive factors. Further, patient outcome was evaluated especially regarding survival.
Results: No significant correlation (p=0.472) could be found between response and histological grading (moderately or poorly differentiated). There was no significant difference between the SUV response and composition of chemotherapy (p=0.465),overall cycles (p=0.407), T-stage (p=0.557) or location of primary tumor (p=0.054). After a mean follow-up of 12 months, 6 patients were dead of disease, of which 5 had been classified as partial or non-responders and only one as a complete responder by 18F-FDG-PET/CT.
Conclusion: Since metabolic response was not correlated to initial histological parameters, response to chemotherapy can not be predicted by histopathological parameters alone. However, 18F-FDG-PET/CT seems to be a useful imaging protocol to monitor therapy response and may help to define therapy decision after induction chemotherapy.
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Today it felt like we started to get into a little routine. I got up at 7:00 a.m. to go eat breakfast. After a really brief breakfast I went and changed into my practice clothes and hurried back to the room to get a nap in.
We left for Samford University at 9:00 am to go practice. It was another nice cool day in the mountains of Alabama. It feels like December in New Orleans. After practice I had to do an interview for a local TV station. Then I had to walk up 100 flights of stairs to get back to the locker room. Today in the Cafe it was great again. It seemed like everyone in Birmingham came to eat because it was very crowded. I took another nap when I got back to the hotel before we had meetings. After meetings we went back to Samford for dinner.
Instead of lifting weights and having night meetings coach Toledo took the whole team bowling. Mike Parenton and I each picked seven people to represent both sides of the ball and the winner didn't have to do sprints at the end of practice. I had almost picked my team when Devin Holland begged me to be on the team and said that he averaged around 150 or so. We the defense ended up losing by 75 points. Just about everyone beat their man except for Devin, who bowled a 60 and Julian - but he did break 100. So now I call Devin MLK because of the dreams he sold me.


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Dec. 20, 2011
SEATTLE - Idol Sports & Entertainment today announced that Washington State University's new head football coach, Mike Leach, will attend the seventh annual Cougar Hardwood Classic, featuring the WSU and Pepperdine University men's basketball teams at KeyArena, Thursday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.
Leach, who was named head coach at Washington State Nov. 30, also has ties to Pepperdine, where he earned a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the university's School of Law in 1986 before entering the coaching ranks.
In 10 seasons as head coach at Texas Tech (2000-09) Leach's program earned 10 bowl bids and recorded a school-record 84 victories. In 2008 Leach received three national coach of the year awards: the Woody Hayes Award, the Howie Long/FieldTurf Coach of the Year, and George Munger Award, while quarterback Graham Harrell and wide receiver Michael Crabtree finished fourth and fifth, respectively in the Heisman Trophy voting after the Red Raiders set a program record with 11 regular-season wins.
This will be the fifth time WSU and Pepperdine have played each other, and the first since 1986 with the all-time series tied, 2-2. The Cougars (7-4) enter Thursday's contest on a five-game winning streak and have won all six previous games in the annual KeyArena series.
Pepperdine (6-4) is led by first-year head coach Marty Wilson and senior forward Taylor Darby, who leads the Waves in scoring (12.0 PPG), is second on the team in rebounding (6.7 RPG), and has played in each of the team's 96 games the past three years.
Tickets for the Cougar Hardwood Classic are available through Ticketmaster or at the KeyArena box office and WSU students can pick up a complimentary ticket on the night of the game by presenting their student ID at the student pick up area outside the arena's east entrance.


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Hearns wins 6th title by beating Virgil Hill
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Union dropped a doubleheader to Vinton on July 9, 11-0 and 14-6. The Knights were never in game one as Vinton scored in every inning but the second. Reid Monroe took the loss allowing 11 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 3. Union bats managed only three hits in the loss.
Game two started the same as Vinton went out 5-0, but Union came back with six in the second. Trev Hadachek and Cory Feldpouch had RBI singles before Will Crees cleared the bases with a double. The Knights could not get any more across as Vinton retook and kept the lead. Trev Hadachek and Will Crees each two hits. Four Union pitchers allowed 8 hits and 8 walks with Cole Hinders taking the loss.
Union closed out the regular season with a 14-6 loss to Benton Community. The Bobcats jumped on Union for five runs in the first then went up 7-0 before Union answered with two in the third and fourth frames. Reid Monroe took the loss on the mound. At the plate, Cory Feldpouch and Reid Monroe had two hits while Blake Clark had two RBI's. Union finishes the regular season at 6-22.


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Gracie, a long-haired dachshund, was the first dog to go to her new home on Sunday after the week long rescue effort of a St. Lucie County dog and cat rescue where 80 cats and dogs were removed from inhumane conditions. The cats and dogs were discovered in a metal warehouse forced to live in the stifling heat of the South Florida summer. On the Facebook page of H.A.L.O Animal No-Kill Rescue Shelter in Sebastian where many of the pets were taken, the pooch's new family shared the following good news:
"..Just wanted to tell you that Gracie is doing great. She is the sweetest little girl. She gets along beautifully with my other doxies. You would think she lived here always. Last night was her first night here. I brought in a dog bed for her to lay in. But she had other ideas. She came right up on the bed and curled up into my back. Stayed there all night. She is completely house trained."
All Pet Rescue, located in a metal warehouse with no air conditioning in the 115 degree stifling heat of the South Florida sun, has been emptied of the 80 dogs and cats forced to live in the terrible conditions reported tcpalm.com. Located on the 12400 block of Okeechobee, the Indian River County Chapter of the SPCA and H.A.L.O Rescue, worked with authorities to remove all of the pets living in substandard conditions with their only drinking water reported to have been "green algae." The dogs lived in small cages, were rarely freed from their shelters and barked constantly.
The president and founder of the shelter, Rosa Harding, in operation since 2001, was arrested on Friday and faces multiple charges of animal cruelty and failure to keep animals safe. The website for the rescue has been suspended.
Authorities say Harding wasn't being malicious; just as in so many cases she became overwhelmed. The 20 cats rescued are currently being quarantined to determine if they are healthy. Most of the dogs are dachshunds, Pomeranian and Shih Tzus are available for adoption through H.A.L.O.
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College Hockey America Player of the Month
Meghan Agosta - Mercyhurst
Senior, Forward, Ruthven, Ontario
Agosta led all scorers in the month of January with 27 points while helping the Lakers to a 9-2-0 record. She scored nine goals and dished out 27 assists to average 2.45 points per game. She recorded a point in every game but one and scored multiple points in eight contests, including a five-point outing against St. Cloud State and a four-point effort against Syracuse. The nation's leading scorer, she has 27 goals and 38 assists for 65 points.
OTHER PLAYERS NOMINATED:Brianna Delaney-Robert Morris
College Hockey America Goaltender of the Month
Hillary Pattenden - Mercyhurst
Junior, Goaltender, Surrey, British Columbia
Pattenden recorded eight of the Lakers' nine wins in the month of January. Through 10 appearances,
she accumulated an 8-2-0 record to go along with a 1.73 goals against average and a .920 save percent- age. She marked four shutouts, all of which came in back-to-back games, and posted 195 saves during the month. Of her losses, both of them came to the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country.
OTHER GOALIES NOMINATED: Delayne Brian-Wayne State
College Hockey America Rookie of the Month
Christine Bestland - Mercyhurst
Freshman, Forward, Brunkild, Manitoba
Bestland helped the Lakers to a 9-2-0 record by scoring a team-high 10 goals and totaling 19 points through the month of January. Of her 10 goals, six of them came on the power play, while two others proved to be game-winners. She scored multiple goals on three occasions, and totaled multiple points in six contests. She finished the month second in scoring and ranks fourth on the team for the season.
OTHER ROOKIES NOMINATED: Thea Imbrogno-Robert Morris


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The Dallas Women's Guide to Gold-Digging with Pride (Ballantine Books, May 2007) is the first novel by J.C. Conklin, a former Dallas Morning News and Wall Street Journal reporter who now lives in Austin.
Capital Grille, at the Crescent Court, center table, main dining room.
"I was going to lunch a lot at Capital Grille with some of the husband-hunted men and gathering a lot of stories. They didn't think of me as a girl, so they started to comment on the women in the place. I took notes in a day calendar I had, sometimes under the table."
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Crosshairs (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, August 2007) is the third mystery in the Lee Henry Oswald series written by Harry Hunsicker, who is a Dallas real estate appraiser by day.
Legal Grounds, any table against the bookshelves.
"I like the creative vibe that you get in Lakewood. It's unlike anywhere else in the city, and Legal Grounds seems to capture it nicely. And since I often write about people killing each other, I like to keep my back to the wall."
photography by Elizabeth Lavin
A Push and a Shove (Alyson Books, September 2007) is the debut novel by Star-Telegram film critic and Texas Monthly writer-at-large Christopher Kelly. He wrote his first draft of the novel in longhand.
Starbucks on Hulen Street in Fort Worth, near the back, behind display rack of mugs.
"Occasionally, others would be sitting at this table when I arrived, and so I would glare at them until they left. I started writing in October 2003, and since then there have been four different managers and probably at least 50 or so baristas come and go."