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Raid Healing Leadership
Posted 22 May 2008 - 01:56 PM
I'd prefer to avoid the specific class discussion that happened in the last thread on this topic, I am more interested in the interpersonal and administrative aspects of being a healing lead than the statistical.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 02:15 PM
Posted 22 May 2008 - 02:17 PM
Besides of monitoring performance during a raid, you must also know each healer class pretty well to know what and how should be used / casted and you must learn spotting mistakes or inefficiencies in WWS reports. This will come naturally, if you visit the Class Mechanics section and go through the proper topics on this forum.
Other than that, on the social side of things, you must know your healers, what they like, what they don't, how they handle stressful situations, what are their healing style ... this will only come with time, but helps a lot, especially on progress raids, where a lot of tweaking necessary to find the rigth people for the job.
Farm raids will get more and more automatic to the point, when you really doesn't have to do anything but asking 'you know what to do, right?' and it will come naturally.
Have fun in leading the healing
Posted 22 May 2008 - 02:54 PM
I'm the HCO(healing class officer) for my guild. I went and armoried each of my healers to see where they stood gear wise. I then payed a good bit of attention, but in 5 mans, pvp and raids, who each one. I figured out who were the best at doing what(raid healing, tank healing, situational awareness, reflex healing) and I try to make sure they get jobs suited to their talents. I also try to make sure I know their specs, and abilities, so I can better utilize each. IE: COH priest and Shaman for raid healing.
Next, I make sure I am familiar with the fights we are doing, especially the new encounters. I watch the youtubes, and the strategy sites. I read the forums, like this one and the WOW one. I try to plan out ahead of time who(or what class) is going to do what, and have a back up plan in case it doesn't work out the way I think it should.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:27 PM
Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:35 PM
Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:56 PM
One thing I do is not assign healing during trash. Too often healers get bored staring at a full health bar of their tank if the tank is taking no damage and then when they actually need to heal they have already lost their focus. By not assigning the healers have to stay on their toes and adds a small element of challenge. It hurts certain healers, like the druids, but most of them add some dps on trash if they find their heals are not needed.
For boss fights I assign healing per a healers ability.
When I say ability, I try and take into account the player's style. One of our priests prefers to aoe heal, spamming CoH. He built himself for mana regen. The other priest prefers using his long cast time/better mana efficiency spells. So, it is a good idea to look at the player as well as the class when it comes to assigning roles.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 04:38 PM
Be aware of these minor changes in raid makeup beforehand. Know the healing styles of each player/class so you can best deploy them in the raid. Also, critique your WWS parses from each run and figure out who's decursing/cleansing and who's not (either to reprimand or simply know who can do it the quickest) and who uses flash heals and who uses Greater/Holy Light. I also wouldn't ask who people want to heal. Know what you are doing and tell them before every pull. Saves time for sure. Moreover, don't mix it up without good reason. Female priests in particular (or that 46-year old Paladin) can be quite finnicky/addle-brained and might get confused by an unnecessary change in assignment.
Overall understand that healers work as a big unit and overlap in duties (if planned and managed correctly) is generally a good thing.
That said, I'm not sure there's a whole lot to it. Give out assignments and don't let your healers get lazy. In my experience healers and tanks almost always take care of themselves. I've never had a "healing lead" and only during progression or specific encounters was it really necessary to give out healing assignments. Unless you have indordinate amounts of turnover, it should practically run itself. Maybe it's a larger issue on horde side.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 04:49 PM
I'd prefer to avoid the specific class discussion that happened in the last thread on this topic, I am more interested in the interpersonal and administrative aspects of being a healing lead than the statistical.
I'm glad you asked. I (mage) organise all of the healing / group setup in our guild. Theres a bunch of factors to consider when looking for a good 'healing organiser' and what qualities they need:
1 - It needs to be someone who can confidently take control of 4 different classes, with the authority to get them to conform to the guilds chosen strat/method of organising healing for that fight.
2 - It needs to be someone who understands and knows the strength's and weakness of each respective healing class - and assign them to a role on a fight they can excel at. People like this will often be reading forums like elitistjerks class mechanics - and have a good knowledge of how other classes work (even if they don't actually play it themself!)
3 - It needs to be someone who understands and knows the strength's and weaknesses of each player and assign people-to-roles with their skill/ability in mind. This is very important too.
4 - It needs to be someone who can quickly understand, analyse, isolate and find problems in healing and know how to fix them. Someone who uses WWS, recount / SWstats etc - and can basically say, "OK, this is what went wrong....". Its terrible when you wipe continuously due to healing problems and nobody seems to be able to find an answer to the question, "So why are we wiping?" Someone like this will be able to point out and fix problems in the raid - but also analyse WWS afterwards and use it as a reference to make improvements in future.
5 - It should be someone who also has (A) and can also set groups up as necessary. Your healing organiser will want to make sure that COH is being used effectively and set groups up accordingly (EG, Bloodboil, Phase 2 illidan) and that your shamans are spread into their correct groups. They'll make sure your preferred raid-healer gets a shadow priest and that all the general-duties of group setup (pallys auras->tanks, druid in mt group, coh raid priest->shadow priest etc) are done correctly. I dont think anyone that organises healing can really excel fully at the job unless they are also given (A) to have some control over group setup.
Those are five things a good healing organiser needs to be able to do. You might have a fantastic raid leader, but if they dont really have the ability to execute most of those points - your selling yourself short. It might seem obvious - but the healing organiser doesnt necessarily need to actually play a healer, either.
In my experience, the worst thing you can tell 8 healers with regards to handling healing on a fight is = "Ok guys , just work it out yourselves". Yes, you probably can still kill bosses doing this - but its just such a waste - and so much more inefficient/messy - you are probably much better off with someone strong (with the aforementioned qualities) take control.
I put up a WWS after each raid and teach any new recruits unfamiliar with WWS how to understand and use it. I recommend guilds have a dedicated (if they dont already) WWS forum and a brief explanation of how to interpret it. You want all your healers to be able to go there after raids and check their performance, find out whether they did good/poor and compare it with others etc. When you have healers asking after a raid "When are you putting up the WWS??" its a great feeling - people actually care about their performance and want to improve.
Another thing Ill just throw out there. We have two specific channels all healers must join for raids. One is the GuildClass channel (EG FCpaladin) and the other is the general healing channel (EG FChealer). All healers (from all 4 classes) must be in the general healing channel during raids - and we can help people, talk about problems etc etc exclusively in there without needing to clutter raid chat. I also recommend the tanks stay in this channel too - so we can get some good healer<--->tank feedback where necessary.
PS - This is a good thread. Organising four classes, with potentially 8-11 people - is definetely something worth discussing.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 06:18 PM
Posted 22 May 2008 - 08:32 PM
One thing I would like to add that I find quite successful, is to get constant feedback from individual healers about whether they feel overworked or under worked. There was a particular case where I had assigned two or three healers to take care of the raid. I had one of them, a shaman, say "hey, I feel like I could handle healing the raid myself." By giving him that responsibility he had more invested in the encounter, and it also allowed another healer to be used more effectively. By asking healers for feedback about the assignments you give, you show they have a say and that their opinion matters. It does wonders for raid cohesion.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 10:43 PM
Anyhow, having assignments is always better. The chances something goes wrong are smaller and when you have 2-3 healers assigned to a certain tank and it's the same tank that keeps dying you also know which people to look to. On the contrary to not assigning healers, it could be anyone's fault or no one fault.
What people previously said is very true. Some people have different styles of healing and as you go along with your team you also become aware of which healers you can rely on and which healers seem to lack that extra bit now and then.
After looking at what people you assign to what (or who for that matter) I also looked at the classes. (I know you didn't want to go into an in-depth character discussion but I do believe this has to be said). Paladins are mostly known for the single-target healing, thus I mostly assigned them to healing tanks rather than the raid. Same for Druids with their HoTs, they're excellent for countering spike damage and keep tank healing generally more stable.
Shamans are preferred as raid healers. Priests are a bit all-round but can do excellent AoE healing when specced for CoH.
Also worth noting is Ancestral Healing and Inspiration from Shamans and Priests can make tank healing alot easier.
I personally believe you'll eventually glide into it. You'll get to know your healing team and how to assign each fight.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 10:44 PM
CoH priest - melee. Brain Heal - on caster group. paladin1/paladin2 - MT spam HL. spirit priest - MT. Trees - Raid Heal + LB on MT.
I also used Heal Organizer but my notes let me see what type of healer I used for a specific role and let me make changes based on who was in raid as needed.
Also, knowing the fights well helps out when you are planning heals for a fight. I know it sounds obvious but for example on Azgalor I make sure I have healers that have HoTs as primary healers on MT for the silence effect.
Posted 22 May 2008 - 11:46 PM
As posted above, you really need to understand what each class is suited to, what buffs you need and how each of the players plays their class. As soon as you try and micromanage them you are questioning their skill and experience. This is never a way to get people to come back week after week. Give them their job; ask them if they are comfortable, if they are then move on.
I had to replace a heal leader with an addon because after several weeks of poor organisation and catching them dpsing on bosses they did 100k damage on a boss fight while their heal targets died. No other senior healers wanted to take over the responsibility so I had to take it on myself. Make sure you, as the heal leader, set an example do your primary job well, the secondary job of organising healing (while important) is not why you are there. Make sure all of the healing organising is planned out in advance and that people know what they will be doing every single pull. On trash it might be free for all, on bosses you need to be explicit.
In post raid analysis make sure you assess each healer based on what they were asked to do. If you told the paladin to smash big heals regardless of tank health expect over heals. Don't expect them to be efficient. If you ask the shaman to keep the melee up, don't look at his stats, look at how many melee died and what their combat/dead time ratios were. If you ask a druid to keep the locks tapping, have a look at where his heals were landing across the raid and his over heals.
For clarification, I am no longer raiding in 25s with the "meta" raid that this was and have joined another guild's raid as an external member.
Posted 23 May 2008 - 07:08 AM
Posted 23 May 2008 - 07:27 AM
The clueless healer:
Generally they either need to find their clue or removed from the raid. Unless they are a real life friend of either the guild leadership or raid leadership then you can gradually de-prioritise their position within the raid. If they are a nice person, hopefully they'll find their clue before being completely removed and get back into the main stream.
The distracted healer:
They need to be told in no uncertain terms that they need to switch on. If they insist on watching tv or porn while raiding, you have little choice but to try and replace them if they don't improve.
Blow my mana now:
You have to get them thinking rotations and longevity. Normally if you can coach them they will turn out ok.
The nub healer:
Get your resident healing theory crafter to spend some time with them working through gear, rotations, regen, healing roles. If they have good potential refer them to EJ or a less technical reference site and give them the feed back they need (keep it positive).
The under geared:
Get them to spend their own time gearing and re-roster them when they have gotten to a minumum point you have set.
The under prepared:
Read them the riot act, there is no excuse for attending a raid without consumables or awareness of the content you are about to do.
Remember different people react differently, you need to tailor your approach for each individual.
Posted 23 May 2008 - 12:49 PM
Should you spot one though, and if you were able to find out where his problem is (this is easily achieved if you have a look at Recount/WWS and talk to somebody else of the same class about it), keep any communication regarding the subject to whispers to avoid drama. Also try to formulate anything you want to say as suggestions (as in "maybe you should try casting xx more", "have you considered using yy gems instead") or questions ("why are you using this instead of that?"). I suppose you've known your healers for a while now and should be able to figure out what tone to use when talking to them. Unless there are any issues with their attitude, they should be open to your input and ideally accept it simply due to your position, as long as you're having well-founded reasoning available.
I've been doing our healing assignments pretty much since Molten Core and have been extremely lucky with our healers' abilities so far, so I can't really give a plethora of specific examples. An extreme case has been a resto druid who refused to use lifebloom because he, er, "hates it", and after no one inside the guild could convince him of the opposite, it finally culminated in a seven page long thread about the subject on the druid forums. He does use lifebloom a bit more often now.
As a final note, if your tanks have their own channel, do join it. If the target a tank is tanking changes occasionally, you'll be much faster in constructing your assignments as well as having a quick method to find out why exactly one of them died instead of immediately blaming it on their healers.
Posted 23 May 2008 - 02:28 PM
Be careful of coming across too soft. Particularly never pretend to not know that the person is doing something wrong. If you have to take a firm stance later and need to lay down the facts, regardless of your intent of trying not to be bossy or whatever, you'll just appear dishonest.Also try to formulate anything you want to say as suggestions (as in "maybe you should try casting xx more", "have you considered using yy gems instead") or questions ("why are you using this instead of that?"). I suppose you've known your healers for a while now and should be able to figure out what tone to use when talking to them.
If you know they're underperforming and you know you have valid suggestions for improving their performance, don't go out of your way to hide the fact that you know what you're talking about, because you'll just eat away your own credibility.
Posted 23 May 2008 - 04:03 PM
Awesome replies all, thanks for the tips! One thing I am still curious about is how to best handle under-performing raid members. Since WoW carries far fewer consequences than a real life job does as far as gquitting goes how have you all found ways to successfully motivate, and improve raiders that arent performing while walking the tight rope of not stepping on toes? I want to hear the good and the bad, so if you have a nice story of what NOT to do I can still learn from that.
I am occasionally surprised at people's interpretations of my assignments, so re-communicating expectations can be beneficial. I'm not suggesting you teach people, if they are raiding healers they know but it never hurts to make sure you are both on the same page. One thing I've noticed, sometimes healers unconsciously develop a habit of not trusting the other raid healers and try to do everyone's job instead of focussing on their assignment. Or similarly, feel they have to heal NO MATTER WHAT because its all on them and put themselves in harm's way to accomplish this (Archimonde comes to mind). WWS data on who healed whom is good indicator if this might be an issue.
Whether your approach is a gentle reminder or a virtual slap upside the head, getting someone to trust you and the others can improve performance.
Posted 23 May 2008 - 04:09 PM
While I agree that you shouldn't be too..well..fluffy, the avoidance of being considered too bossy is only a side effect (which I do consider positive) of that particular way of talking to them - if you approach whatever your goal with the person is in a dialogue they will, I think, have it easier to pick up what you told them as they should then have an easier time understanding the trains of thought behind it. Even better if you can manage to make them think they came up with it all by themself.Be careful of coming across too soft. Particularly never pretend to not know that the person is doing something wrong. If you have to take a firm stance later and need to lay down the facts, regardless of your intent of trying not to be bossy or whatever, you'll just appear dishonest.
If you know they're underperforming and you know you have valid suggestions for improving their performance, don't go out of your way to hide the fact that you know what you're talking about, because you'll just eat away your own credibility.
There is certainly a time for despotism, but I view it as a last resort for dealing with problematic people - keeping your credibility while still being likable isn't all that difficult. Of course, you can disregard that and be blunt if the healer in question isn't overly sensitive when receiving critique, but I find that rare in this game in general.
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FAST card.Pros: Extremely fast, decently quiet, sleek design Cons: DOES RUN HOT!! Peaks around 85c when playing BF4 at high settings. I need to tweak the fan settings as well as look at getting a new case, but read other comments about their card reaching max temps of ~65c. Also this is a pretty massive card. It barely squeaked into my mid ATX case. Other Thoughts: Messing around with fan settings as well as improving case air flow will make this card even better. No need for me to OC but the option is there. A+ value Did you find this review helpful? |
Great Card, some patience requiredPros: This chip is quite impressive, being that it's essentially a 7930 with massive overclocking potential it can be pretty difficult to take issue with this card's performance or value. However the team who designed the chip at powercolor may have been a little bit rushed or nonchalant when addressing some of the finer details of the Tahiti Core. Overall it is fast, surprisingly quiet and cool, and was ridiculously well priced, this is a hard card to beat. Cons: The chip is shipped 20% power shy of being truly stable and over-volted by nearly a full .2 v, on top of this the chip has become notorious for simply ignoring programs such as afterburner, trixx, or any other card-customization utility, in favor of doing its' own thing. For many owners this unfortunately entails constant throttling between the "normal" 925 clock speed and the "boosted" 975, killing performance and dramatically increasing the load temperature of the card. The reality is that for a fair number of owners out there the only solution will be to flash the bios with updated clock, watt, and voltage settings, which honestly isn't very difficult or time consuming and once performed can dramatically lower temps, power consumption, and thankfully decibels; whilst simultaneously increasing the performance of the chip by a wide margin. Other Thoughts: What in the world were the people at Powercolor thinking and or doing when they came up with the stock settings and dynamic clock adjustment profiles for this card? 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Not the bargain I hoped forPros: Most bang for the buck at the time I bought it. Performance is excellent, when it performs. Cons: - Overheats like crazy even without overclocking Other Thoughts: I wanted to upgrade my old I5-750 system without spending a fortune, so I decided my old Radeon 5770 needed to go. I'm now questioning that wisdom. Did you find this review helpful? |
Possibly the best purchase I've ever made...Pros: Handles everything that I've thrown at it from IL2 to ARMA2 without a problem. Cons: It didn't come with bacon......everything is better with bacon. Other Thoughts: Wish I would have had the cash to buy two of them. Did you find this review helpful? |
Great Replacement to 6870 crossfire!Pros: This card is amazing, beats out my 6870 crossfire for performance, looks much smoother. Card looks nice in my case as well can't wait to get another. Price is right! Cons: Only one fan, can get pretty hot, generates a lot of heat in the case which isn't a problem for me but may be for some. Other Thoughts: I was sad this isn't for sale anymore, makes no sense seeing what a great card this is. I still recommend the 7870 over most nvidia cards if cost is a concern. Did you find this review helpful? |
Fantastic!Pros: Powerful Cons: Loud fan @ 50%+ Other Thoughts: So far so great. This card is an amazing device. The most powerful card before this was a 460 GTX and with some overclocking and such I was able to game at a fairly decent level. Did you find this review helpful? |
Awesome card for the price!Pros: This is an awesome card if you get for sub-$150. I've maxed a few games so far just fine- example is playing WoW for extended sessions on ultra settings, plus a couple of other tweaks maxed beyond that... stays around 70fps, some higher/lower but never noticeable chop. This is also out of the box without OC, so when I get to future games where I notice it I'll try that out. Cons: It does run a bit on the warm side, but I've found that some other newer higher end cards do too. I have it in a smaller type of case and have strategically placed a fan on either end to move air across and out - this helps and it stays fine then - plan for that or have a good case w/airflow. Other Thoughts: Got mine on a great sale with mail in rebate... if that MIR process doesn't go well, this review will be opposite, so more to come. Did you find this review helpful? |
Fast & LoudPros: Very fast card, with stable performance and easy setup. Quite an upgrade from my old 6870. Can play any game I have at max or near max setting at 1080P. Cons: It is a big card, so you might have issues installing on mATX machines or machines with small cases. Did you find this review helpful? |
Good for the pricePros: This card is great for the price. Even if I don't get the rebate it's still worth every penny. I play bf4 for a couple hours A day and no problems . not sure if it's right but bf4 treks me my fps is 100-150 with vsync off. 2 free games was good too. Cons: Kind of big. Had to modify my case to fit it in Did you find this review helpful? |
7870 Myst EditionPros: Cheap, Powerful, Easily Overclocked Cons: can get noisy Other Thoughts: Idles at 32C in winter, when summer rolls around I'm sure it'll idle at 50's. Using AMD Overdrive I was able to overclock to 1325 and 1750 but I dropped it to 1250/1650 stable for gaming. Running Borderlands 2 brought the temps up to mid 70's which wasn't out of spec. For all of you worried about this, this card replaced an ECS 8800GT 512mb (semi passive cooling) that routinely hit 80-90's which was still going strong from 2006 so i'm inclined to let it heat up in the range that Powercolor/AMD designed it for and see if it can't survive the warranty period. My previous card used a 1100 rpm 120mm fan and a special hole cut in the bottom of the case so this is 100x louder though. Nothing that wasn't expected that can't be fixed with good speakers or headphones. Did you find this review helpful? |


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Is colony collapse disorder just the visible part of a "global pollinator crisis"? The answer is surprisingly murky. To help answer the question, scientists have created an inexpensive, nationwide wild bee monitoring program
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If we collectively allow the bees to become extinct, we are so through. Has anyone entertained the thought that the tragedy of Industrial Agriculture might just have something to do with it? That, ensconced in Industrial Agriculture, is the massive application of pesticides, fungicides, insecticides and some other kind of "cide" that escapes me just now. They don't call 'em "pesticides" and "insecticides" for no reason. The Powers That Be have genetically altered our fruit & vegetable plants and trees to the point where nothing is made by Mother Nature anymore - and did they really expect that not to cause a blowback?
I'd venture to say that since their imperative is money, money, money; that they didn't even entertain the thought of how their experimentation would affect anything but their own pockets. The run-off has contaminated the water supplies of rural communities, and the products that are available in any market USA
today contains very little nutrition or variety. It's the epitome of "The Illusion of Choice" in action.
It's not nice to try and fool Mother Nature - it's wrong, it's not normal or natural, it's making people sick .... and now, it's probably extinguishing the bee population worldwide. Like Wild Bill Hickok would say, "You called it."
It's a positive to read such a well thought out article in Scientific American.
As an amateur 'bug guy', I've witnesse no decline in native bee populations here in western Canada. Non-native honeybees get 'the press' but their demise is not necessarily a negative for the environment.
Bees are such a large and diverse group of insects that generalizations about their numbers can be somewhat meaningless. Also, 'more' of a species does not necessarily mean 'better'. It can mean that some other variable is out of whack.
I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, "Industrial Agriculture" (aka, Monsanto) has an answer - buy the bee research...
It's not as simple as just pesticides. Hives have continued to thrive in some heavy use areas, and wild bees are doing well in areas when honey bees are declining. Transporting hives by the hundreds per truck across the continent has increased the spread of bee parasites. Than in some areas pollution may be the culprit. This is a complex problem with no one cause.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisMaybe a different approach - say it IS critical and he needs a Billion Dollars just to Startup - now he's speaking Washington Words.
Someone should help, or we'll all have to learn to eat dirt.
Thanks for such a nuanced treatment of a complex subject. For all the concern about crop pollination, though, it seems as though very few resources have been put into studying the vast number of other insects that also pollinate—in many cases, far more efficiently than bees do. An interesting take on this appeared in the August 2008 issue of Gourmet (full disclosure: I edited the story). http://tinyurl.com/69f5qp
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisCultivated hives are naturally feeling the effects of parasites, insecticides and environmental change more then wild hives. Multiple hives are kept in very close proximity to each other and transportation increases the import of disease.
Bee keeping was big business where I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. I say was, because all the large be keepers I know have just recently lost their entire business do to three new parasites that mysteriously appeared all at once, just a couple of years ago. Prior to that, Hawaii's bees and in particular the queens were the healthiest and gentlest bees in the world. The pressing question here in the industry is how did this happen practically overnight. Some speculate it was purposely introduced by some big business that has a reason to prevent natural pollination. A similar plight is happening in the coffee industry.
Certain companies are now proposing new rules to force coffee growers to plant only bore beetle resistant plants that were genetically modified and can only be cloned, because of beetles that were introduced just a few years ago too. They even proposed cutting down existing plantations and forcing farmers to implement these new rules. This would effectively lower the price of Hawaiian Coffee to Columbian prices, because the Specialty Coffee Association of America, which sets the price, will not allow GM coffee to be rated or compete in international coffee tasting championships.
I believe the destruction of the bee populations is following the same crooked rules as the coffee industry and will soon be followed with mechanical pollinators and factory produced seed stock that was designed to replace naturally pollinated food seeds which is a big industry here in Hawaii.
There is a testing facility on Molokai that is funded by Monsanto to do exactly that in an environment that can be most easily controlled should these experiments go wild, without threatening the whole country.
I am unaware of any major studies on wild bees here, but certainly it has become necessary.
Ha, ha! The mad scientist sits at home counting dead bees to see how many are alive. And it is so 'normal' nobody sees the insanity of it.
But then it all comes down to money, doesn't it. And money can't buy me love. :)
I asked a honeybee keeper what he feeds his bees over winter and he told me sugar, pure white sugar - the cheapest. I asked him if that was a nutritious replacement for the honey they would normally eat and he didn't reply - the answer is obvious.
And, with the additional loads on the bee's referred to above - and the sinister interventions alluded to, the learned scientists ask why the bees are dying? It's all that 'learnin' I think, gums up the mind.
Unfortunately, based on the current system of regulated greed, we are going to finish plundering the store before we realize we need a value system more profound than money to survive in a global society.
But, but, where's the data? :)
I have a vegetable garden in Michigan's upper peninsula. There are no apis mellifera here. My garden is pollinated by bumble bees, minor bees, and at least one other pollinator. I have never had trouble with having my crops pollinated.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI and my wife have been Bee Keepers for nearly a decade. We always have been interested in Beekeeping and when we heard of the great amount of bees virtually vanishing either by desease or pesticides or whatever we thought that NOW is a great time to get hands on info. The cost is minimal ( unless your the type who wants all the pricy gizmoes) less than a hundred dpllars for about 15,000 or 3 lbs of bees. The fact is we have learned alot about these little pollinators and though we've lost a colony or two in the past 10 years we've learned that "good pest management" is crucial. It is an investment of your money but it's extremely important that they are an investment to ALL OUR FUTURES. Our APIARY (bee hives) have been doing great and the type we care for are BUCKFAST and ITALIAN Honeybees and with proper care they will grow in numbers and provide a generous amount of honey. Bees also are benificial in helping cure certain cancers so these small but powerful creatures provide more than just pollination tho thats what we hear more of. Invest and care for one of the only insects that god put on earth that allows humans to help and manage them. BeeMan of MO.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thismight help to leave a wild flower or two (weeds) out there for them instead of cutting down every last one of them.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIf only we could train these guys: http://hubski.com/pub?id=5516 to target Monsanto executives.
There have been studies that pin the use of pesticides specific to GMO technology with the decline of the Bee population. While I think Monsanto is as bad as an organization gets (think Dr. Evil... but worse) there are other factors such as climate change that are to blame.
Fact remains, without bee's we are all f_c_ed.
I'm no scientist, but i´ve got a sudden idea:
When the beekeepers extract the honey, they replace it whit
"mane made sugar" right ?
What if the problem came from that ?
What if the bees "need to keep" there own honey in order to survive (like in agriculture where you leave a field alone to re-invigorate)/ OR, the man made contains something that the bees get sick off ???
Just and idea ;D
There are an estimated 1600 species of bees native to California. With the general decline of honeybees in Berkeley, where I live, native bees have taken over as pollinators for many of my flowers and fruit trees. More than a decade ago Berkeley banned the spraying of pesticides (other than B.T.) and the honeybees are making a comeback. I have a hive of long duration in a chimney that vents the burned gas from my furnace and hot water heater. I think the bees like the extra warmth. They have swarmed twice in the last ten years and this year are buzzing around my chimney, looking for the food they need. My garden supplies lots of that and they seem to be contented in their location. California has the most diverse food production of any State in the Union, and native bees are more and more the pollinators that are effective. I have asked the organic food producers about their pollinators, and they say native bees for the most part, but those farthest from spray drift have seen an increase in honey bee populations.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI agree with the theory that "Bleached white sugar may not bee the best for the bee's" but as a bee keeper we try to aide the bee's with what the regulators advise. Most if not every " Bee Keeper" does not remove "ALL" of the honey ,most of the honey is left for the colony to feed off of thru the cold or winter time. The sugar water is set in the hives to feed them when necter is not available and is primarily used for the building of the Comb so either the Queen lays her eggs in the comb or the workers fill the comb with pollen or necter and thru thier natural drying system the necter is transformed into honey. Nature has it's way of keeping them in check through other insects that can harm or destroy a hive or even over-population which makes the hive seek a less populated area called upscounding. Then comes MAN and thier extensive way of making sure thier crops are not eating by other insects, unfortunately Bees are effected and usually the bees bring back to the hives the same deadly chemicals that kill every other "Pest" in the fields. The area we live in the farmers around us have visited us to assure us the chemicals they are using are not harmful to the pollinators and the farmers are excited that we have an APIARY with nearly 200,000 Bee's close to where they are farming , the farmers even left several plots of land for us to plant a pollination food plot for our Bee's and are antisipating our Bee's will pollinate thier crops when they begin to mature. A win- win for both the farmers and the Bee's. They agree that " Our Future Flies On The Wings of Pollinators", Bee Man of Mo.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThank you for the amazing photos of these rare bees. I have a vitex tree in my yard that has dozens of bees of all types each day. Maybe I can identify some of them now.
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Mr. C's Top 10 Current IT Buzzwords - Exergaming
Here are 10 terms, some old, some new, that seem to be popping up a lot lately. All are guaranteed to make you grin, cringe or run for the nearest thesaurus.
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Maybe it's that resolution to read more classics. Maybe it's the Hyatt at the Bellevue hotel we just wrote about on SniqueAway. Either way, we're in a literary frame of mind today, and what better way to pay homage to the Bellevue and literary classics all at once than to highlight some Philly literature past, present and up-and-coming?
Clockwise from bottom left:
Edgar Allen Poe: The obvious choice, this renowned writer lived and wrote in Philly for more than 6 years, writing many of his most influential tales during that time. While an anthology wouldn't be a bad idea for this guy, one of our favorites has to be The Fall of the House of Usher.
Lisa Scottoline: Born in Philadelphia, and having attended the University of Pennsylvania and its Law School, this modern mystery writer has graced the New York Times Bestseller list 13 times in her career and has even earned the Edgar Award for best paperback original. We recommend her most recent story Save Me.
Philly Fiction: If you aren't a Poe fan, and would prefer something more varied than a standalone mystery, check out Philly Fiction's collection of short stories and notable tales. Consider them your one-stop shop for modern writers from the City of Brotherly Love (more than 30 in each volume).


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The Padres' front-office contingent, led by general manager Josh Byrnes, heads to Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Sunday for the Winter Meetings, which begin the next day.
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Dave Winfield has quit his Senior Vice President position with the Padres after 13 years of service.
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Getting new stadium requires right plan
The present stadium discussion is really a discussion of two sports facilities - one that has been built and one that has not.
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The case in which the court wrote: "Get a license or do not sample. We do not see this as stifling creativity in any significant way." A bit of a setback for mashup/music collage artists. We studied this one in class, but it's certainly relevant and important to this topic. The George Clinton estate sued because a short sample of a Clinton song was employed in a different song. The court came down very harshly against the samplers, ruling that all samples must be licensed or else the sampler has stolen from the original author.
This case is extremely relevant to my paper because it is my contention that the court was wrong in dismissing unlicensed sampling as theft. Although I am very willing to admit that sampling of copyrightable material can infringe on the original copyright, it is my contention that if sampling artists are careful to make sure that all of their uses are transformative, it is possible to sample in a constructive and legal manner without a license.
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And breaking news tonight secretary of state Hillary Clinton say she takes full responsibility for the attack in -- -- telling reporters.
That the buck actually stops with horror and quote should go no further.
Now speaking of -- to our own Wendell -- she said I'm responsible -- the state department for the more than 60000 people around the world.
The decisions about security are made by security professionals.
But we're gonna review everything to be sure that we're doing what needs to be done in an increasingly risky environment.
Now this admission to be viewed as nothing more than hard trying to take the fall for the administration.
An administration that refuses to answer questions about what they knew and when they knew it and why didn't they tell the American people the truth.
And joining me now with more on all of this former secretary of of defense Donald Rumsfeld mr.
secretary areas are.
Excellent Sean good to be -- interesting wording the buck stops with car.
I didn't know she was in charge that you -- they've got that's an interesting statement to me almost did feel like there's a little dig behind that.
Of course that's what Harry Truman said and that's what it it does stop with the president which she is not.
On the other hand.
That the buck -- respect to providing security.
Is certainly within her area of responsibility.
End and if it was a failure.
On the other hand the responsibility for the way the White House has -- tried to cover this up.
And to manage it in a way that -- suggested that at first that it would -- YouTube that it was not anything to do with 9/11 that it was not anything to do with -- a planned attack with a heavy weapons.
I think the responsibility for that as well as the responsibility for the secretary of state not providing appropriate security does in fact fall to the -- Well I I would agree with that but that this does not make this go away by any stretch of the imagination.
The request for security there were denied on the anniversary of 9/11 big Ghazi a hotbed for terrorist training we -- -- know that.
This is the problem they have with this story it's falling apart.
Because they said that this was spontaneous.
A mob uprising but we had somebody -- at the State Department watching in real time.
Our intelligence knew in less than 44 hours that this was a terror attack but five days later they sent out.
You know secretary of of or -- rice was ambassador rice was out there Jay Carney was out there the president was out there even Hillary Clinton.
Saying that this was related to this video.
That is not true they knew it wasn't true they had to know wasn't sure.
And Secretary Rice of course of reports to through the secretary of state she is -- function.
Functionary of the Department of State and is responsible for what she -- them.
Yeah he had -- written this is just one thing if you look at -- the Obama administration's foreign policy in this and secretary of State's foreign policy.
I mean think what we've done in Latin America every time the union said back off on a free trade agreement weather hurt our allies and in Colombia or not.
They backed off you look at look at Afghanistan where the where they secretary of state the vice president the ambassador.
I Holbrooke the special advisor all trashed.
President Karzai publicly and and seem to have totally forgotten anything about.
Private diplomacy.
And you look at Iraq she was responsible for getting a status of forces agreement.
The administration wants failed didn't get one we -- all over the world with them into the.
Genius to do that is it conceivable.
And you've now worked in many White House is is it even conceivable.
That the intelligence committee knew within 24 hours that this was a terror attack.
That intelligence community and the State Department knew that this was not spontaneous not a mob action not related to the movie.
Is it in any way conceivable that the White House.
Up to five days later and then when -- president repeated it on the view what seven days later.
And then went to the UN it was blaming the movie is it possible the White House did not know and not know immediately.
I think it's it's not believable that the National Security Council.
-- not aware of what the State Department was aware of and what the intelligence community was aware.
They're in constant hourly contact with both the Department of State and the intelligence community.
On the other hand.
I think it is probably credible that the president might not have known at least for a period of the day -- so because he went often that Nevada.
For a campaign fund I -- if I imagine later they know they had they had to know within five -- absolutely.
-- I I and I don't doubt that for a minute.
And -- the White House slide.
And purposely lied to the American people and we're trying to cover this up I guess because they would tell the American people that al-Qaeda is you don't finish we we you know we won.
We've knocked him out.
What does that mean in terms of political potential political fallout for this president seems to me that if this goes much deeper than an election.
With a orchestrated cover up.
It does.
And I must say I was White House chief of staff to president Gerald Ford.
And I was in every meeting in the White House and on national security matters set in on the National Security Council.
I don't remember president Ford ever wants.
Even allowing somebody to raise a political issue with respect to a national security matter.
And I think the fact that the president run off to Las Vegas or wherever he was in Nevada.
Suggests that that was his priority and end he obviously.
It was dismissive of the fact that for Americans had been killed them and and we've seen what obviously was a terrorist attack at.
And I think of his priorities I mean the prime minister of Israel the Middle East is on fire right now.
The prime minister of -- requested meeting with the White House and their answer is -- and by the way if we meet with you have to meet with ten other people but he's got time for the view and Jon Steward and and David Letterman and and these radio program -- with a -- gets an interview.
Everybody gets an interview.
And I'm just I'm thinking and you know so what where's the president he has a job and only once and others he wants the job from four more years.
But doesn't have to do the job he currently -- first.
Indeed today one would think if you're if you're running for election to try to get another four years.
You would try to behave in a way that didn't suggest that that the administration was somewhat over their heads in this whole thing.
Very very their priorities are screwed up and president doesn't seem very engaged not even in his reelection if you look at his last debate but.
secretary it's always a pleasure sir thank you for being us.
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9:20 AM EST Mon. Nov. 05, 2012In an aggressive move designed to deepen its expertise in software-defined networking (SDN), Brocade will acquire network virtualization startup Vyatta in an all-cash transaction.
Financial terms of the deal, disclosed Monday, weren't provided. Vyatta is an emerging specialist in virtualized networking, with an operating system based on open source software that's portable to standard x86 hardware as well as most virtualization and cloud platforms to offer enterprise-level routing, security and infrastructure features to customers. According to Vyatta, its system has seen more than 1 million downloads.
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Following the acquisition, which Brocade expects to close by the end of the calendar year, Vyatta will become part of Brocade's Software Networking Business unit reporting into Ken Cheng, vice president, Routing, Application and Software Networking.
"The Vyatta acquisition brings in considerably more software networking technology and expertise to Brocade. We believe software networking to be a critical component in the next phase of network virtualization as enterprises are becoming increasingly virtualized and actively moving workloads to the cloud," Cheng said in a statement.
Herrell added in his blog post that by combining with Brocade, Vyatta gets "the best of both worlds: the solidity of a multi-billion-dollar network infrastructure player with the agility of an innovative software group."
As the major networking and data center vendors mount up for battle against a host of SDN-focused startups, Brocade has been particularly vocal about throwing its support behind the trend. Among other recent moves, it hired away a Cisco distinguished engineer, David Meyer, to evangelize its approach to Ethernet fabrics, advanced routing and SDN concepts.


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A bolt ladder of truly manky 1960s (or older?) compression bolts, most of which are hanging out of the rock by quite a lot leads to some fixed gear that has "been there forever". A fixed nut, the only good piece of fixed gear on the route, leads to the only placement on the route (small gear) and a ledge up and right. The bolt ladder continues to the top but a nice anchor exists on the ledge before these. The climb is overhanging so is good practice, obviously, for overhanging aid. Walk off back.
The thumb is the overhanging pillar near the top, and to the left of the left climber's trail which is a separate formation from the Main Wall. The climb follows up the rusty bolt ladder on the overhanging face.
Lots of fixed bolts / rivets / other assorted fixed aid gear. Part of the thrill is how old the gear is but then the FA had quite a safe journey on their then new bolts and pitons. Some may complain if any of this was replaced but I would not be one of those people. Some day it will be a necessity. Bring lots of quickdraws and some nuts and tieoffs for the hangerless bolt studs plus whatever else it looks like you will want.
This was my first aid route ever. As of 3.24.12 the bolts and fixed gear held my 185lbs plus gear. I would definitely advise bringing a selection of nuts, to capture the bolts as some of the hangers are akin to a rusty potato chip and others are worn more than half through. The bolts themselves seemed passable. Well I guess they WERE passable really. I brought a standard BD hook with me and was glad to have it, both towards the beginning and pulling onto the ledge at the end. Fun route, can't wait to do more!


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Is this a new policy? Has spamming become so bad its now necessary?
[edit add] Apparently not - I was trying to reply to urigeva in Defrag-A-File 2: Optimize Your Drive. Perhaps its because I had an off-site link in the post. [/edit add]
[add2] I see, I pushed [post] twice thinking the first had not taken. (I'm using Google Chrome which doesn't have as good a rich text editor if relevant)
Thanks ComtronBob4. btw - what are you doing working on this at almost 3:00 in the morning :-) [/add2]
Hi Alec, sorry your post(s) got trapped in the mod' queue. (I deleted the duplicate). See my reply to Greg for more.
"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel" Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.
"btw - what are you doing working on this at almost 3:00 in the morning".
I'm one of those people that, for most of my adult life, short of sedation, has never been able to sleep more than 3 or 4 hours a night, tops. When I was in my 20's, my doctor's were always worried about it. (At this point, I'm well past what most consider retirement age). But the so-called cure (various drugs) were always worse than the (non-existent) "problem", as they'd leave me hung-over the next day.
Since it doesn't seem to cause any harm, and my functionality on all the tests they gave me was better than most people who sleep at-least 6 or more hours a night, they gave up. <grin>
Alec_Burgess:Thanks ComtronBob4. btw - what are you doing working on this at almost 3:00 in the morning :-) [/add2]
What's wrong with working at 3AM? ;)
My alarm goes off at noon. I'm on call for my second job (telephone support from another company) from 1PM to 1AM, 7 days a week (at present -- waiting for another person to be trained enough so I can get some days off each week). I generally take care of PCMag.com support email and the forums first thing after I have coffee. Sometimes, I also check the forums before I hit the hay between 4AM and 6AM. Most days, I'm awake before my alarm goes off. Left to my own devices, I sleep between 6 to 7 hours in the morning. No, I'm not a "light sleeper", either. On more than one occasion, I have slept through the Space Shutle's sonic boom (I live in Orlando).