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Where Are They Now: Former Waterboy and NFL Star Bobby Boucher Is Finally At Peace
He doesn't walk like a Hall of Famer. Not a trace of a limp—maybe even a little bounce in his step—as he crosses Reade Street in Lower Manhattan. As we enter the restaurant, he holds the door for me. Apparently, he does have "the social skills".
While crossing the dining room to his favorite booth, he exchanges nods and smiles with most of the other customers—this is a neighborhood place, and he is a neighborhood guy. As we sit, he gets one final greeting, from Robert DeNiro, who salutes from a nearby table.
The Hall of Famer waves back, then leans in toward me in a conspiratorial whisper: "H-h-h-h-his name is Bobby, too!"
Mr. Coach Klein (Head Football Coach, SCLSU, 1991-present): It doesn't feel like 15 years ago. I can close my eyes and see every play of that Bourbon Bowl like I'm watching it on TV. A lot of lives changed that day.
Lyle Robideaux (Linebacker, SCLSU, 1996-1999): We were just country kids, and we beat Red Beaulieu's Louisiana Cougars. Even the announcers were going nuts.
Dan Fouts (Broadcaster): To this day, I have no off-air relationship with Brent Musburger.
Mr. Coach Klein: True to his word, Bobby stayed with us three more years, until graduation. We all kind of basked in his glow—maybe a little too much. I knew we were through the looking glass when the Minnesota Vikings hired Farmer Fran as their offensive coordinator.
"Farmer" Fran [last name unknown] (Assistant Coach, SCLSU, 1981-2000; Vikings Offensive Coordinator, Sept. 9th to 23rd, 2000): Dem Bibes dun pay neh fuzzafoo! Wide meh, dide meh, den dun fah meh azza free wheeze!
Randy Moss (Vikings WR, 1998-2004): More than any other coach I ever played for, I felt like Farmer Fran understood me. But I couldn't really understand him. Cool nipple rings, though.
Mr. Coach Klein: As soon as Bobby finished his senior season, we knew his next step was the NFL. But nobody was sure how high he would go in the draft. Sure, he was the most dominant defensive presence in the history of college football. But he was 35 years old.
As he sips one of the five waters the waitress wordlessly placed in front of him (two sparkling, two flat, one tap), Bobby looks content. Other than the 2010 lawsuit brought against him by his landlord for having a mule ("Steve") living in his Tribeca loft, he's kept a low profile since retirement, disappearing into the anonymity afforded by the big city. He pops up here and there: backstage at the Garden during Captain Insano's farewell match, at Gracie Mansion for Mayor Bloomberg's Clean Water Initiative, doing an occasional "Top Ten List" on Letterman. But by and large, the man across the table staring blankly into the middle distance has kept a low profile.
His wife is another story.
Vicki Vallencourt Boucher Seacrest Boucher: Those first few months in the NFL were the worst. Bobby was working so hard to memorize all them plays, and practicing all the time. I got real lonesome. You know what I mean?
Mr. Coach Klein: The league was ready for Bobby. Bill Cowher came up with "the Boucher Formation" – nine offensive lineman, one flanker, quarterback in "super-shotgun" position, ten yards behind the line of scrimmage. And it actually sort of worked, until, you know… the Broncos game.
Vicki Vallencourt Boucher Seacrest Boucher: By that time, I was all done with being some football widow. I had a dream about Julius Caesar, and right in the middle of it, Julius turns to me and says, "Vicki, you know where you need to go? Los Angeles, California!" I woke up and packed my bags. Left Bobby my wedding ring and a note.
Bill Romanowski (Broncos LB, 1996-2001): We heard about his wife leaving him, and were giving him a pretty hard time about it once the game started. We were kind of graphic. In retrospect, that wasn't such a great idea.
Dan Fouts: What happened in Denver just wasn't right. A lot of those players had families.
Mr. Coach Klein: In the aftermath of the Broncos game, Commissioner Tagliabue enacted the so-called "Boucher Rule". No more visualizing and attacking. I thought it would be the end of Bobby's career, and so did he. Only one person still believed in him.
Helen Boucher (mother of Bobby): When the man with the glasses made it hard for my Bobby to play the foosball, he wanted to up and quit. I told him he's still just as good as them other gargantuans, and that my boy ain't no quitter. I said maybe he should ride his lawn mower up to his next game in the New England, so he had time to think and whatnot.
Mr. Coach Klein: Bobby was never the same dominating player after Denver, but he was a very good player. And he didn't play with the same anguish. He said it was fun to play without using his medulla oblongata so much.
Vicki Vallencourt Boucher Seacrest Boucher: By this time I was happily remarried. But I couldn't get Bobby out of my head. He'd send me cute notes that said stuff like, "I still like your boobies." And, uh… I guess just basically versions of that. How could I resist?
"Farmer" Fran: Baba duh doot dat oh blat!
After lunch, we walk over to the Hudson River. He likes to look out over the water on summer afternoons. He tells me about a smartphone app he's developed that combines his wife's love of astrology, his mama's bayou wisdom, and his knowledge of football. I have no idea how it works; he explained it to me like five times, but it made zero sense. I finally pretended I understood because it was starting to get uncomfortable and I wanted to move the conversation forward.
But he says it's gonna be the best contuter-phone button thing ever. And you know what I think?
He can do it.
Tim Herlihy, a former head writer of Saturday Night Live, has written, co-written or produced 16 feature film comedies. His most recent, Grown Ups 2 (co-written with Fred Wolf and Adam Sandler) opens July 12th.
While the SI magazine editors were busy catching up with for-real former players, we turned our attention to those athletes of yesteryear who actually made an impact on the world: the fictional ones. Extra Mustard will be posting the whereabouts of six iconic sports-movie protagonists, as described by those characters' creators. Here's who's coming soon.
Wednesday, July 3: Adam McKay on Ricky Bobby, from Talladega Nights (2006)
Friday, July 5: Sam Harper on Henry Rowengartner, from Rookie of the Year (1993)
Monday, July 8: Mort Nathan on Roy Munson, from Kingpin (1996)
Wednesday, July 10: Aaron Mendelsohn on Buddy, from Air Bud 1-5 (1997-2003)
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Manly coach Geoff Toovey has backed his in-form side to keep Dally M Medal winner Ben Barba under control in Friday night's semi-final.
Barba swept the board at the Dally M awards at Sydney's Town Hall on Tuesday night, taking home the main prize, as well as the full-back of the year award and the Provan-Summons Medal.
The 23-year-old also picked up the Peter Frilingos headline moment award and finished the season as the NRL's joint top tryscorer with North Queensland's Ash Graham.
Toovey says he is a huge admirer of Barba but does not expect Brett Stewart to be the last man in defence trying to stop another of the young Queenslander's trademark long-range tries at the Olympic stadium.
"It's a great award, it's a great honour and he's deserved of it," he said.
"You need to be consistent throughout the year to get that award and that's what he's done, so I'm sure we'll see some more Benny Barba magic on Friday.
"But I don't think Brett will be in that situation, I don't think he'll get through, we'll be sweet."
The reigning premiers have won their last six encounters, but the last team to beat them were the Bulldogs in round 20 at Brookvale Oval.
Barba scored the decisive try in his side's 20-12 victory when he darted over from close range, and Toovey says his troops are well versed in his strengths and what they have to do to stop him.
"He had a bit of luck and you make your own luck and he's been making his own luck really well this year," he said.
"He's scored some sensational tries and some long range ones and some ones where he's just been Johnny on the spot like the one against us, but you've got to put yourself in those positions to score those tries.
"We'll just have to tackle him I suppose and stop him from scoring."
Stewart has been in fine form for the Sea Eagles this year and performed strongly for New South Wales after being recalled for the State of Origin series.
And Toovey believes the 27-year-old's big-match experience will be crucial against the newly-crowned minor premiers and that he will not be fazed by the threat of Barba.
"He's a quality player, a representative player and always produces on the big games and that's what he's done over the last five or six years," he said.
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Cee Lo Green isn't coming back to 'The Voice' (VIDEO)
Well, looks like NBC's The Voice is losing its most quirky coach: Cee Lo Green told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview that airs today that he's done with the show for good. You're up, Usher!
Green appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with Lionel Richie, who he's heading out on tour with soon. (Including a Tampa stop in July!)
He also released a statement Wednesday confirming he wouldn't be returning as a coach for the seventh season of the singing competition, which starts next week, and said he doesn't want to wear out his welcome on the show. Then he added this, as only Cee Lo could: "I will not go quietly into the night... expect more great music and entertainment done in my own unique unmistakable and undeniable way. The Voice has given me all the altitude and incentive to do just that."
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Undeniably two of the most sought after artists in electronic music are the brilliant Chase & Status. Their residency at Together this summer has been truly inspirational with their big bass tunes filling and devouring every inch of Amnesia Ibiza. Proven leaders in the field, their 2nd album 'No More Idols' debuted at number 2 in the UK Album charts and subsequently reached double platinum status. It should therefore come as no surprise that they have headline festivals across Europe in recent months including Pukkelpop, Global Gathering, Rockwertcher and South West Four. Great ambassadors for Together, we are delighted they will headline our debut appearance at ADE!
After exploding onto the scene in 2009, the unique duo consisting of Daniel Stephens and Joseph Ray aka Nero, have dominated the bass scene. The release of their first album 'Welcome Reality' was one of the most successful debut artist albums in the genre to date, with major hits including 'Innocence', 'Me & You', 'Guilt', 'Promises', 'Crush On You' and 'Reaching Out'! The album debuted at number one in the UK and affirmed their status as the best new act in the business. Their appearance at Together ADE will be nothing short of exceptional.
Another Together resident joining us in Amsterdam is Nick Douwma aka Sub Focus. In 2003, he was quickly snapped up by RAM Records and by 2009 had chart success with 'Airplane', 'X-Ray' and the brilliant remix of The Prodigy's 'Smack My Bitch Up.' These completed his evolution into one of the most respected names in dance music today. A Together event would not be the same without his musical brilliance and all involved will be waiting with huge excitement for this exclusive performance.
Set to receiving a huge homecoming is Dutch supergroup Noisia. Not only have they gained a reputation for creating some of the best drum and bass tracks of modern times, they have managed to create three successful labels – Vision, Division and Invisible – all of which focus on different style of music. Clearly a force to be reckoned with, they are definitely one not to miss at Together ADE.
Topping off the line up is special guest Feed Me. His tracks have received worldwide attention in recent months such as 'Blood Red', 'Strange Behaviour' and more recently 'One Click Headshot.' All are bass heavy tunes with a funk edge, that combine old and new school beats. Finally charismatic duo Major Look make their Together debut. Having been labelled by Mistajam as 'Ones to Watch', they will be bringing big room mayhem to the mammoth Heineken Music Hall.
Following an incredible summer, Together is preparing to unleash itself on the fine city of Amsterdam. We look forward to welcoming to you what will be an unforgettable debut.
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Chronic pain after spinal cord injury in or below the level of injury is a common problem and can be severe.
The purpose of our study is to investigate the effect of pleasant guided imagery on spinal cord injured patients with chronic pain in or below the level of injury.
|Behavioral: Pleasant guided imagery Behavioral: Pain diary
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effect of Positive Guided Imagery on Patients With in or Below-level Chronic Pain Related to Spinal Cord Injury
- Pain intensity [ Time Frame: four weeks ]as measured by a numerical rating scale (daily) and Brief pain questionnaire (BPI) (baseline and after 4 weeks)
- BDI, BAI and SF36 [ Time Frame: pre and postintervention ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: guided imagery
Behavioral: Pleasant guided imagery
CD with pleasant guided imagery
Active Comparator: pain diary
Pain diary
Behavioral: Pain diary
Filling out a pain diary
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The study is a controlled simple blind randomized prospective study. Subjects who live in Trøndelag ( Norway) and who have a traumatic or non traumatic spinal cord injury with chronic pain in or below the level of injury will be included in the study.
Assessments: Pain will be measured with NRS(numeric pain rating scale) and BPIQ (Brief pain intervention questionnaire), anxiety and depression with BDI and BAI (Beck`s depression and anxiety inventory) and quality of live with SF36 health survey.
The subjects will be randomized in a treatment and control group. One group will use daily for four weeks a CD with a pleasant guided imagery, the other group will write a short pain diary.
The NRS will be registered daily and the other assessments before and after the interventions.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Traumatic and non traumatic SCI (spinal cord injury) persons in Trøndelag (Norway)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not sufficient knowledge of the Norwegian language, cancer, serious cognitive impairment, abuse or dependence of alcohol, narcotics or analgesics and dissociative disorder
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00678548
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|Gunnar Leivseth, Professor MD
|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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|NCT00678548 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 13, 2008
|Last Updated:
|April 7, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Chronic Pain
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
Wounds and Injuries
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
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5.0.5 Hotfixes: Symbiosis, more…
by Sunfyre on Oct.02, 2012, under Cataclysm
Hotfixes were released today, and a few small things were fixed. One thing that was substantially nerfed was symbiosis, which no longer grants tanks an additional cooldown.
While this means you're no longer pigeonholed into giving a tank a cooldown, there's also very little to no benefit in a PvE environment from symbiosis.
- The area of effect damage from Nature's Vigil will no longer hit stealthed targets.
- Fixed an issue with Incarnation that could allow flight without using Flight Form.
- Dream of Cenarius now correctly increases the healing from Cenarion Ward by 30% instead of 70%.
- Starsurge casts that trigger an Eclipse now deal the correct amount of damage.
- Symbiosis has been changed, and now grants the following abilities:
- Protection warriors – Stampeding Shout
- Blood death knights – Wild Mushroom: Plague Protection
- Protection paladins – Wrath
- Brewmaster monks – Bear Hug
In my opinion symbiosis has now been relegated to mostly a PvP talent.
Legennnnn-wait for it-dary proc and T12 model
by Balourd on May.14, 2011, under Cataclysm, Gear Discussion, General
It has been announced, at last :
Wrath of Tarecgosa – When you deal damage, you have a chance to gain the Wrath of Tarecgosa, duplicating the harmful spell.
Expect a high proc chance to make it Legendary. I suspect this kind of working like the Ele shaman mastery, except for full damage.
In other exciting news, the full Tier12 has been discovered, and it looks %&"$ awesome. What do you think?
4.2 PTR Notes
by Balourd on May.11, 2011, under Cataclysm, Gear Discussion, General
Some news from the PEE TEE ARE
All class abilities which place a buff on friendly targets no longer generate any threat. This goes for raid-wide buffs like Mark of the Wild and Power Word: Fortitude, as well as triggered effects such as Blessed Resilience or Fingers of Frost, and single-target buffs like Dark Intent and Hysteria. The exception is buffs which directly cause healing or damage, such as Thorns or Renew. Abilities such as these still generate normal threat.
Omen of Clarity clearcasting buff from now lasts 15 seconds, up from 8 seconds.
Earth and Moon's duration has been increased to 15 seconds, up from 12.
Fungal Growth spell visual effect has been updated to be less visually intrusive and more aesthetic.
Lunar Shower has been redesigned. When casting Moonfire, the druid gains Lunar Shower. Lunar Shower increases the direct damage done by Moonfire by 15/30/45%, and reduces the mana cost by 10/20/30%. This effect stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 seconds. While under the effects of Lunar Shower, Moonfire generates 8 Solar Energy, and Sunfire generates 8 Lunar Energy. The amount of Lunar/Solar Energy gained does not change based on the number of points spent in the talent, or stacks of Lunar Shower. Those druids who wish to delay transition in or out of an Eclipse state should now cast the one of their two basic attacks which will not move the Eclipse bar (either Starfire or Wrath).
Solar Beam has a new spell effect.
Wild Mushroom: Detonate can now also trigger Earth and Moon, in addition to Starfire and Wrath.
They were clearly trying to prevent people to stay too long in an eclipse state (probably about the solar eclipse overpowerness) and it seems they found the way to incorporate it.
What this means to our AOE rotation :
- We still want to be in solar eclipse. The damage increase to our Wild mushrooms, Typhoon, Hurricane and Insect Swarm is still pretty considerable. The only difference is that we can't spam Sunfire anymore. Doing so will push us out of the eclipse state.
- The solutions we have :
- Shrooms on cooldown, hurricane while we wait. Typhoon if it's safe.
- Shrooms on cooldown, insect swarm spam while we wait. Typhoon if it's safe.
- Shrooms on cooldown, starfire while we wait.
- On another note, Wild Mushroom triggering Earth and Moon is a huge but subtle buff, making all our attacks deal an extra 8% that we would probably not have otherwise.
Testing is needed.
In other exciting news, the stats on Tarecgosa's Rest are out, and it seems like it will not be so fitted for us ! We're talking about hit and crit. Thanks to reforging, we'll be able to get a few of that hit replaced with tons of haste. And the insane amount of red sockets makes it definitly best in slot! ilvl 404 wuuuut ?
To conclude, I will say that the new Tier 12 models are available (except the shoulders). Looks like it's made out of a treebark which is kind of cool. What do you think?
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Firelands extravaganza!
by Balourd on May.05, 2011, under Cataclysm, Gear Discussion
As pointed out by Ava in a previous post, the new Tier12 set bonuses are known :
Balance 2 Pieces – You have a chance to summon a Burning Treant to assist you in battle for 15 sec when you cast Wrath or Starfire.
Balance 4 Pieces – While not in an Eclipse state, your Wrath generates 3 additional Lunar Energy and your Starfire generates 5 additional Solar Energy.
I expect the burning treant mechanic to work a little like the Val'kyr from Nibelung back in WOTLK. All the classes' set bonuses are about Fire and related to them, so expect alot of red and orange on your screens !
Thoughts? 4 set sounds quite interesting!
It'll be interesting to see if the Burning Treants benefit from Fungal Growth! Probably not. But it would be sick. Can't an owl dream ?
4.2 PTR Notes : Holy Owl
by Balourd on May.03, 2011, under Cataclysm, General
Had to share this with you guys. Here's what's new with Moonkin in next patch :
Many crowd control abilities no longer cause creatures to attack players when they are cast. The creature will not attack the player when the crowd control wears off, and nearby creatures will not become hostile to the player either. However, if a visible player gets too close to the target creature, the creature will remember and attack the player when the crowd control effect wears off. The intent is to make it easier for dungeon groups to manage crowd control assignments and pulling packs of hostile NPCs. The abilities affected by this change are: Hibernate, Entangling Roots […]
Entangling Roots and the equivalent spell triggered by Nature's Grasp no longer deal damage.
Innervate now grants an ally target 5% of his or her maximum mana over 10 seconds, but still grants 20% of the druid's maximum mana over 10 seconds when self-cast.
Insect Swarm now generates 8 Lunar Energy for druids with Eclipse.
Moonfire now generates 8 Solar Power for druids with Eclipse.
Sunfire now generates 8 Lunar Energy for druids with Eclipse.
Glyph of Innervate now causes the druid to gain 10% of his or her maximum mana over 10 seconds when Innervate is used on a friendly target, in addition to Innervate's base effect.
Allright so basicaly a buff to our damage, but a nerf to our utility. The CC change is pretty sweet, you don't have to be scared of slow-on-taunt tanks anymore. Innervate : Really? 0.5% mana per second? I know I'm not wasting this 3min cooldown for another guy's 500 mana! Hello new glyph choice. Monsoon or Focus, probably. I believe the Solar power changes are on apply only, which means you don't get 8 power each tick (that would be awesome though), but hey, it does accelerate our transitions a bit. I believe that's how the spell worked in beta (correct me if i'm wrong).
Any thoughts on this guys? How have you been performing in ZA and ZG with your druids? I find myself on top of dps alot of times. Getting those new epics help out too. Haven't stepped in any raid so far. Guild pretty much dead. Server pretty much dead. Just enjoying the moonkin life.
Tune in later for more news!
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Reports of new patch next week!
by Balourd on Feb.05, 2011, under Cataclysm, General
Patch 4.0.6 is reported to be released this week. A few highlights of this patch, for the owl community :
- Mount Up: This guild perk now applies to Flight Form and Swift Flight Form as well.
- The night elf racial trait Shadowmeld can now be used while shapeshifted.
- The tauren racial trait War Stomp can now be used while shapeshifted.
- The worgen racial trait Darkflight now has a 2-minute cooldown, down from 3, and is no longer on the global cooldown. In addition, the movement speed bonus now stacks with existing bonuses, but cannot be activated while Sprint or Dash is active (and they cannot be activated while Darkflight is active).
- Moonfire mana cost has been reduced from 18% to 9%.
- Worgen and troll druids now have new art for Swift Flight Form.
- Fungal growth duration has been increased to 20 seconds, up from 10. In addition, it should now be much more responsive when detonating Wild Mushrooms.
- Moonkin Form now grants 15% damage reduction instead of increased armor. In addition, shapeshifting in or out of this form now breaks roots. Note this is not stated in the tooltip.
- The Shooting Stars buff duration has been increased to 12 seconds, up from 8 seconds.
- Starfall will no longer strike targets that are not in combat and will now drop stars at a slightly faster rate. (join me in a HIP HIP HOORAY)
- Sunfire mana cost has been reduced from 18% to 9%.
- Total Eclipse (Mastery) benefit from mastery increased by approximately 33%.
- Typhoon mana cost has been reduced by 50%.
- Wild Mushroom is now instant cast, down from 0.5 seconds. In addition, the radius of detonation has been increased to 6 yards, up from 3, and damage done increased by 30%.
- Glyph of Wrath now increases damage done by Wrath by 10% and no longer requires Insect Swarm on the target.
Many other tweaks have influence on our gameplay, for all your theorycrafting needs, head to MMO-Champion or follow the link here.
Live Server Hotfixes… Or should I say OWLfixes?
by Balourd on Jan.28, 2011, under Cataclysm, General
- Force of Nature and Wild Mushroom can now be cast correctly even if the target is on a different height of terrain from the druid
Is that the "No path available" we get when we're on the croc statue's head in Lost City of the Tol'vir? Or the one we get when we're fighting Siamat?
If so… YAY!
If not, I have no idea when this was ever a problem!
Cataclysm, a week later: PvE Analysis
by Sunfyre on Dec.14, 2010, under Cataclysm, General
Now that we're a week into the Cataclysm, and I actually have some enforced downtime (thanks, maintenance), I thought I'd share with you my initial thoughts about balance druids in PvE at 85.
Heroic Dungeons:
I think balance druids really shine in heroic dungeons. We have some incredible CC and damage mitigation that's unparalleled by other classes. With [spell]hibernate[/spell] for dragonkin, [spell]Entangling Roots[/spell] for melee mobs, and [spell]Solar Beam[/spell] to drop on a kill pack and provide 15 seconds of silence (when glyphed), we're great at both control and tank mitigation. Besides this, we can offer an [spell]innervate[/spell] to the healer as well as provide a clutch [spell]rebirth[/spell]. Being a balance druid shouldn't hinder your chances at a heroic dungeon, and in my opinion, they should probably be glad you're there.
I've found balance druids to be very on-par with every other class when it comes to viable damage output. On top of this, we provide some great utility. Currently, I spec for maximum mana conservation and maximum mana pool so that my innervates may be given to our healers. This is a very powerful tool during any encounter right now as healer mana pools are at a prime. (As a balance druid, with this method you should probably have the most mana of any class in your raid). Also, a glyphed [spell]Rebirth[/spell] can really make the difference between a wipe or a boss kill, as you can instantly resurrect your tank at full health (and spare your healers a ton of mana trying to top off 175k health).
A few tips:
Become friends with a scribe. Having a stack of [item]Dust of Disappearance[/item] handy is going to make you even more versatile. I usually swap out two or three glyphs depending on whether I am in a raid or in a 5man. In a 5 mans, [item]Glyph of Solar Beam[/item], [item]Glyph of Focus[/item], and [item]Glyph of Starfall[/item] are usually ideal. Depending on the dungeon, you may want to swap out Solar Beam for [item]Glyph of Entangling Roots[/item]. I find the glyph of focus to be MANDATORY for 5 mans, as most dungeons have such tight trash packs that starfall is rendered useless unless you can half it's radius.
For raiding, I usually prefer [item]Glyph of Starfall[/item], [item]Glyph of Innervate[/item], and [item]Glyph of Rebirth[/item]. I really think these are fairly mandatory, and all druids should have the rebirth glyph.
[item]Glyph of Innervate[/item] is a very powerful glyph when all mana-wielding druids have it. This is going to allow multiple druids to buddy up and "cross innervates", so each of them will gain a 20% innervate from another druid as well as 10% of their own innervate, yielding 30% mana return instead of the standard 20% they would normally return. Also, as a balance druid you should be able to effectively manage your own mana to the point that you can innervate a restoration druid and they can innervate another healer. This will provide you with 10% mana return, the restoration druid with 30% mana return, and another healer with 20% mana return. This is a net gain of 20% mana return over the restoration druid using their innervate on their own self and the balance druid using theirs on another healer.
Welp, that about wraps it up. What are your thoughts?
85 and On…
by Sunfyre on Dec.10, 2010, under Cataclysm
I apologize for not blogging for the last few days, however ever since Cataclysm was released, I've been grinding for levels then grinding for gear.
It took me about 18 hours or so to hit level 85, due to the fact that I was one of the many who had "Eye of the Storm" in our quest log, and although we weren't aware, that was preventing us from finishing a Twilight Highland's quest which subsequently locked us out from any remaining quests. Due to that I had to grind the last 4.5 million experience in Deepholm and Uldum.
Ever since then I've been grinding heroics, and am pretty satisfied with my gear so far. Tomorrow I will be revered with The Earthen, and that'll provide me with pants and my helm enchant. We went into Blackwing Descent today and played around a bit, but we don't have enough geared people yet to really do the instance. We did do the new PVP boss however, which scored one of our tanks a piece of tier gear, and me a item level 365 PVP trinket. (Unfortunately it's Alliance, and I cannot use it. :().
I know it's early to tell, however so far I'm satisfied with how we're playing out. My damage is comparable to any other class I've dungeoned with, and our mana management seems okay.
Someone asked me to speak about mana management. I really have no problems right now, and I (generally) end up giving away my innervate, as the healers are really the ones with the problems.
I continue to use the standard rotation that I had posted previously, and I still do not refresh DoTs between Eclipses. Usually this is just because of the extreme cost of Moonfire/Sunfire. There are rare long fights where I am mana challenged. If this is the case, I skip Moonfire/Sunfire and just use an Insect Swarm to get the Nature's Grace buff. It's also important to make sure you have 3/3 Moonglow and 2/2 Dreamstate.
Off the Grid!
by Sunfyre on Dec.06, 2010, under Cataclysm
With the last hours ticking down until Cataclysm goes live, I've fortified my war bunker with enough food and supplies to last me through a nuclear winter. I will not be posting much (if at all) until I hit 85, and I presume most of you won't be reading.
Good luck, have fun, and I'll see you on the other side!


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Here I will post my skin mods,actually they are peds with CJ's clothes textures.
Where did I get the idea from?Couple of days ago,I started to create some random peds with CJ's clothing,the first one was the DJ skin,so that's where I got the idea from.
First release-Skin 19(bmydj)-
Along with 7 variants
Dark Blue Variant-
Clothes used-
CJ's racing suit trousers
Some white hitops
Gold Chain
And black Face Watch
Purple Variant-
Clothes used-
Trousers from shellsuit
White Pro Laps shoes
Some random silver watch[Gnochi or whatever it was called]
Silver Chain
Black Variant-
Clothes used-
Black Track trousers
Green Face Watch
Black Heat Shoes
And Golden Chain
Blue Variant-
Clothes used-
Blue Track Trousers
Blue Pro Laps sneakers
Silver Watch
Gold Chain
Eris(Dark Blue and Red) Variant-
Clothes used-
Eris Track Trousers
Some White Stripe Sneakers
Green Face Watch
Silver Chain
Green Variant-
Clothes used-
Green Track Trousers
CJ's Black Sneakers
Silver Watch
Silver Chain
Gray Variant-
Clothes used-
Gray Track Trousers
Gray Heat Sneakers
Silver Watch
Silver Chain
I'm also taking requests on PM-
If you wanna request a skin with CJ's clothes you need to-
First Off-TXD name,you can find the list of it in 'SAMP Wikipedia Skins'
Second-After you choosed the skin,choose CJ's clothes,or if it's a modded clothing send me the PNG/link of it.
Third-After you sent the request,I will try my best
If you like the skins,just leave a comment!
And yes the files and screens are still awaiting for approval
This is just ridiculous , I have uploaded the files and screenshots two months ago and still nothing?
SideStunt's Custom Ped Skins
Started by SideStunt, Mar 02 2012 09:33 PM
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 10:53 PM
Nice! It remembers me of VCS, some peds had different colors but the same clothes, it was something in the code/script i think...
Posted 03 March 2012 - 07:33 AM
This reminds me myself
I started my GTA modding exactly the same way
I started my GTA modding exactly the same way
Posted 09 March 2012 - 09:24 AM
If you want the gang peds,just send a request and tell me what clothes i should use
Posted 11 April 2012 - 03:09 PM
|QUOTE (Mati301097 @ Wednesday, Apr 11 2012, 14:08)
| Can you share that babe in this image?
Dude , it's not a mod , it's a beta gta sa screen made into a signature....by one of my team mates.
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6th annual Oktoberfest returns to Bennington on Saturday
BENNINGTON >> The food, music and spirit of Germany will return to town again this weekend.
NorShaft Lions will host its 6th annual Oktoberfest at Colgate Park on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 and free for children under 12. The event is rain or shine.
The local take on the quintessential Bavarian celebration has gotten bigger each year since the local Lions Club chapter first held the event in 2011, according to Bert Savoia, event chairman.
"We're excited that it continues to grow," Savoia said. "Last year we had nearly 3,000 people, and we hope we can grow that significantly."
Volunteers will serve authentic German cuisine, he said. A beer tent with multiple taps and live entertainment with an Oktoberfest flare will also return.
New this year will be a clogging team, which will perform twice in between the Rymanowski Bros. Orchestra, a polka band that's a favorite of attendees.
The roots of Oktoberfest, a Bavarian tradition, date back 200 years: Bavarian Crown Prince Louis, later King Louis I of Bavaria, married Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen on Oct. 12, 1810, according to numerous historical sources. Citizens gathered on fields in front of the city gates for the royal event, which included live entertainment, horse racing, and, of course, beer. It was decided to repeat the whole spectacle the next year, and over time, it grew into a public festival.
Today, cities across the world hold their own Oktoberfests. The largest is held each year in Munich. In that city, the 186th Oktoberfest celebration kicked off on Sept. 17 with the ceremonial tapping of the first barrel of beer by the city's mayor. Some 5.5 million people from around the world came to this year's event, which ran until Oct. 3.
It takes a whole host of dedicated volunteers to put on the local Oktoberfest. Savoia said they help set up, will be serving up food and beverages on Saturday, and have other duties.
Attendees will be able to taste authentic German food including ratwurst, knockwurst, pierogies and more. Seasonal beers will be available on tap, and other libations will be available.
The Rymanowski Bros., described as the longest running polka band in New York's Capital Region, will play selections of traditional polka songs. One new entertainer will play a German "squeeze-box," Savoia said.
Events for children will include face painting, pumpkin painting and wagon rides, Savoia said.
And at least 40 craft vendors will attend.
The annual Oktoberfest is the NorShaft Lion's biggest fundraiser of the year, Savoia said. The local organization within Lions District 45 is part of the Lions Club International, a community service organization with 45,000 clubs and 1.3 million members worldwide.
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Kompany: City will lift UCL trophy
Vincent Kompany believes it is "inevitable" that Manchester City will emulate neighbours United and win the Champions League.
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City have won three domestic titles, and their sole continental success - in the 1970 European Cup-Winners' Cup - was matched by United in 1991 and is trumped by three Champions League successes for the Old Trafford club.
But although City have crashed out at the group stages in their last two Champions League campaigns, Kompany, 27, is confident that they can go on to lift the trophy.
"It seems inevitable," the Belgium international centre-back told RMC radio. "It was the same question in the Premier League, and we won that quicker than people thought we would."
City are well-placed to finish as runners-up to Sir Alex Ferguson's men and secure another shot at the Champions League, and Kompany said he believed Samir Nasri could play a leading role for them next season.
"When Samir's on form, he has a considerable impact on the team's performances," he explained. "He's important for us.
"We're preparing for next season and, if he can produce that level of performance, we'll have an extra exceptional player."
He said the "bad boy" reputation France international Nasri has in his home country was not necessarily justified, adding: "When he's at Manchester City, he's calm and settled.
"Like everyone, he has good and bad days. He works for the team. I don't know whether he thinks about the French national team, though I can say that he follows their results."
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TAMPA — There was a time Cadillac Williams was at the center of the Buccaneers' offense.
He was a breath of fresh air for a team looking for a jolt. He provided just that when, in 2005, he rushed for 434 yards in the first three games of his career. In those games, he averaged 30 touches.
Four years and two reconstructive knee surgeries later, Williams could be turning back the clock.
Williams having been the Bucs' most consistent offensive threat through four games, coaches are vowing to expand his role. His 5 yards-per-carry average is more than standouts such as the Vikings' Adrian Peterson, the Jaguars' Maurice Jones-Drew and the Rams' Steven Jackson.
The breakthrough came Sunday against the Redskins. With Derrick Ward out hurt and Earnest Graham succumbing to a hamstring injury in the second half, Williams had a season-high 16 carries.
"It does feel like the old days, where you're getting into that groove, getting into that rhythm," Williams said.
This is a man who carried 37 times in a win at Green Bay in 2005 but has seen his workload limited the past two seasons while he dealt with torn patellar tendons in each knee.
But with a fast start to 2009, Williams has convinced coaches he's ready for more. Besides, at 0-4, the Bucs need all the offense they can find.
"I've got to be committed to the run in our situation, especially with Cadillac Williams," offensive coordinator Greg Olson said. "I really believe he is back."
The Bucs entered the season planning to use Williams for two series, followed by Ward or Graham for the next two, then the other for one. After that, the 2-2-1 rotation would start again.
But coach Raheem Morris made it clear they were willing to deviate from the plan if circumstances dictated. And the poor start, offensive sluggishness and injuries to Graham and Ward forced them to rethink it.
But there also is a need for caution, particularly because of Williams' injury history and Ward and Graham being highly paid, capable backs, too.
"To have the success that (Williams is) having on Sundays, it makes you want to get a little greedy and have him out there a little longer," Morris said Thursday. "But at the same time, you want to … protect your players. I don't want to ride him into the ground where I don't have him.
"But I also don't want to not use him enough where he can't be effective. I'm trying to find a happy medium."
One reason the Bucs can justify a bigger role for Williams is his development into a well-rounded back.
Drafted fifth overall in 2005, he entered the league trying to overcome a reputation for being a detriment to the passing game. Aspects of his game from his pass catching to pass protection were questioned, and the Bucs went out of their way to replace him on third downs.
But Williams worked diligently at improving. And when running backs coach Steve Logan joined the staff this year, it gave Williams a fresh pair of eyes for his work.
As a result, Williams' 12 catches are second on the team, his 81 yards fourth. On pace for 48 catches, he has never had more than 30 in a season.
"The coaches are putting me in position to catch balls," Williams said. "When coach Logan came in here, he broke down film with me, and he was like, 'This (reputation), that's over with.' For some reason — I may have had a drop here and there — I've always been labeled as a guy who can't catch.
"That's baloney. (Logan) came in and said, 'Look, you're going to be in on passing downs. You're not going to be a guy who carries the ball and comes off on third down. We're going to make you an every-down back.' Once they told me that, it was like Christmas for me."
Third down is when, as Williams pointed out, many of a running back's big plays come because of favorable matchups. But whenever the opportunities come, Williams will be grateful considering his knee injuries.
"I can come in and carry the load or share the load," he said. "I'm just blessed to be out there."
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Werner Boote, John Taylor, Felice Casson, Beatrice Bortolozzo, Patricia Hunt, Scott Belcher, Fred vom Saal, Klaus Rhomberg, Ray Hammond, Gunther von Hagens
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"Plastic is dangerous because it is insidious. Plastic decays slowly." Scientist Klaus Rhomberg's pronouncement echoes throughout Plastic Planet. The documentary is less surprising than it is insistent. It's likely that you already have a vague sense that plastic—in its many forms—is bad for the planet. You've seen the images of plastic bags littering beaches or water bottles on city streets, and you've heard that disposable diapers take 200 years to break down. What the film makes clearer is how plastic poses more immediate dangers at a molecular level, how chemicals leach into streams and also bloodstreams, how studies of effects are suppressed, and how multinational corporations manage their business.
"I've been surrounded by plastic since birth," says Austrian-German director Werner Boote, whose grandfather worked for a plastics company, and supplied the child with toys that impressed his young friends and neighbors. His grandfather died young, Boote notes, at age 61. And with that, the grandson embarks on a research project: what do plastics do?
He begins by acknowledging the many obvious uses, as well as some less obvious. "We are the children of the age of plastic," Boote says, and goes on to list and illustrate that plastics—referring to a broad range of synthetic concoctions—are integral to humans' daily lives, in clothing, containers, and cars, in architecture and furniture and entertainment. The filmmaker's first stop—at the Linz, Austria offices of Borealis—provides then CEO John Taylor (also the president of PlasticsEurope) a chance to cheerlead. "It's Lego for grownups," he smiles, lightweight material that "saves" energy because it can be moved at less expense than older substances like metal. Boote isn't precisely Michael Mooreish here, but he does let Taylor go on a bit, enough to establish the backdrop for the more dire news he collects later.
This trajectory is hinted at when Boote asks Taylor, "Aren't plastics more of a burden than a solution to modern society?" The CEO suggests that the problem is not plastics per se, but their disposal. "We need to train people not to just throw plastic bags away," he submits. It's a good idea, but the film goes on to suggest that trash is only the most superficial issue. Really, a doctor in a lab coat points out, the health risks of plastics as garbage are negligible compared to what happens when the bags and bottles dissolve, however many decades into a future as yet unknown. Rhomberg adds that plastic components "have the fatal characteristic that they can penetrate the food chain. Especially important is the big substance group of phthalates, because millions of tons are produced each year." The film goes on to assert some effects of these loose components on human bodies, particularly in a lively sequence, when Boote heads into a supermarket and puts labels on all the plastic containers on shelves, announcing that plastics can cause the following: cancer, autism, brain defects, asthma, arthritis, and obesity, among other ailments. The film doesn't show any shoppers responding to these labels, or even store staff members chasing Boote away, but the labels do the work they seem designed to do: they make you wonder about what you're absorbing—by way of the air, through your mouth or fingers.
Boote visits with Beatrice Bortolozzo, daughter of a Venetian factory worker who died, she says, because of incessant exposure to PVC and other toxins and a Chinese factory that makes plastic toys, including an inflated globe that ends up resonating symbolically (especially when Boote hears its discouraging chemical analysis results from environmental analyst Kurt Scheidl, both men backed by a gorgeous Austrian mountain range). The factory declines to show its manufacturing processes, or disclose reports on what goes into its materials.
That said, some plastics consumers seems fine with their lots, as when Boote visits a plastic surgeon's office and meets personal fitness trainer Robin Tharaldson, who describes her silicon breast implants as "Warm, soft, like my skin, just a part of me." Boote's expression is skeptical here, suggesting that Tharaldson might have been drinking some kool-aid.
In fact, Plastic Planet makes the case that toxins enter our bodies rather directly, as components are more or less immediately leached into foods and beverages from their plastic containers. Along with phthalates, the film names bisphenol a (BPA), which can act like estrogen, says Washington University's Patricia Hunt, who's been investigating how "very low levels of a chemical might impact a cell." An animated sequence underlines these potentially alarming "impacts," with ugly little faces coursing through liquid en route to an exposed throat. Boote asks, "Is plastic our golem? Has our wonderful invention turned against its creator?"
He goes on, "I'm worried the poison is running continuously through my bloodstream." And you're worried too. Loosey goosey when it comes to evidence, or even an organized argument, Plastic Planet achieves that much.
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