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At the end of my review of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet in November, I wrote this:
As slick as the Surface is, I'd recommend waiting a bit. In a few months, Microsoft will release a version that runs Windows 8 Professional, which means it can run Metro as well as traditional Windows desktop software. There's no word on pricing or an exact shipping date. And because it will use an Intel processor, expect it to have fans and shorter battery life.
Indeed, Microsoft's initial iteration of its tablet computer is cool, but seriously flawed. One of the biggest issues is that its traditional Windows desktop is locked down to the apps that come with the device – you can only install new software that uses the newer, Windows 8 interface.
Now, Microsoft is selling the Surface Pro, a more powerful tablet that runs Windows 8 Professional. It has no limitations on the software you can install, and that makes a huge difference in what the product is. And yeah, it has fans that fire up from time to time, and the battery life is less than ideal.
But I like the Surface Pro a lot. I'd consider buying one if I was in the market for a thin, ultraportable Windows notebook. But I'd pass on it if my goal was to own a Windows 8 tablet – and herein lies the biggest challenge with Microsoft's hardware strategy.
The Windows 8 platform is an attempt to bridge the worlds of traditional PCs and tablets. Microsoft's Surface line is the company's way of saying, "Here's the best way to do that." But it's really not. The Surface Pro is a much better notebook computer than it is a tablet, and I think Microsoft should emphasize the latter.
Compared to the Surface RT, the Surface Pro is a little thicker (.37 vs. .53 inches), a little heavier (1.5 vs. 2 lbs) and a little taller (6.77 vs. 6.81 inches). It has the same size display, at 10.6 inches, but it has a higher screen resolution (1,366-by-768 vs. 1,920-by-1,080 pixels). It runs an Intel Core i5 processor running at 1.7 GHz, compared to the nVidia Tegra 3 processor on the Surface RT.
The Pro comes with 4 GB of RAM to the RT's 2 GB. Its storage capacity is 64 GB or 128 GB, while the RT comes in 32- or 64-GB.
The battery life on the Surface RT is rated at 8 hours, while the Pro gets half that. Four hours of battery life is understandable on a full-sized notebook, but many ultrabooks do much better than that. On the Surface Pro, you've got a powerful processor packed into a very thin, tablet-like case that includes a correspondingly thin battery. It's also powering a bright screen with a high resolution. The specs say "notebook" but the form factor says "tablet", and one point at which they conflict is the battery life.
It has better connectivity and expandability. Both come with a microSD card slot for adding onboard storage. The Pro has
two a USB 3.0 port to the RT's USB 2.0 slot. And the Pro supports external storage as well.
Both devices have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, but sadly cellular broadband support is not available.
The Surface Pro is also significantly more expensive than the Surface RT – a starting price of $899 vs. $499. Bump up to the 128-GB model and you're paying $999. Add a keyboard – and you WILL want a keyboard – and it will cost you at least $120 more, making this price-competitive with the 128-GB, 11-inch MacBook Air.
And frankly, I would strongly recommend you spend a little more and get the more expensive Type Cover for $130. The cheaper keyboard, the Touch Cover, uses touch-sensitive virtual keys and doesn't provide great tactile feedback. If you're a fast touch-typist, the Type Cover – which uses traditional keys embedded in the cover – is a much better choice.
As a Windows notebook computer, the Surface Pro is a joy to use. It's very fast and responsive, thanks both to its processor and the use of an Solid State Drive for storage. The touchscreen is excellent, with no lag at all, and Windows 8's interface feels like a natural extension of your gestures. I haven't tried playing games on it, but given its small screen and Intel graphics, it's not really designed for that.
When I tried removing the keyboard and working with the Surface Pro as a tablet, the heavier weight and thicker size became an issue. Holding a 2-pound tablet for any length of time is difficult unless it's in your lap. And the onscreen keyboard becomes particularly annoying when you're trying to balance something this hefty while typing.
The Surface Pro comes with a stylus for drawing and taking notes by hand. But again, this is better when it's being used as a tablet, and standing up holding a 2-lb. tablet while trying to jot on the screen is trying at best. Oh, and the stylus attaches to the Pro via the same magnetic connector used for the charger. You can't store the stylus on the tablet while it's charging. D'oh!
I found I got better battery life with everyday use than Microsoft claims – about 4.5 hours between charges. That approaches the 5 hours I got on the RT, which was well under Microsoft's 8-hour claim.
Although it didn't bother me as I used it, the Surface Pro's kickstand is not adjustable, just as it is not on the Surface RT. This gives you only one angle of view. It's not an issue in terms of screen quality, because the display looks great from most angles. But it could be a big problem for those who use videoconferencing often.
The advice I gave in my Surface RT review still stands – this is the better version of the Surface, and the one I'd recommend.
That is, if what you're after is a very good Windows 8 ultraportable computer. If you want a great Win8 tablet that's lightweight and has decent battery life, keep looking. The Surface Pro isn't it.


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As a company "born online," we give a lot of attention to the technology that goes into creating a super-easy car insurance experience. But we can't survive on technology alone. That's why we have more than 2,000 living, breathing humans in addition to all that fancy tech — humans who handle your claims, answer your phone calls 24/7, and keep everything running smoothly so we can be the friendly, reliable company you trust for car insurance.
Still, it's nice to know the people you're dealing with. So we put together the Meet Esurance program, giving you a chance to meet a few of them. This month, we're pleased to introduce Erin H., a customer service rep in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a mother of 2.
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Carlos Santana is planning another collaborative album with a series of Latino stars.
The guitar great has tasted great success with his albums Shaman and Supernatural and now he's planning another star-studded release full of acts and artists with ties to South America.
Corazon, which will be released next year (14), will feature tracks with Gloria Estefan, Pitbull, Juanes, Lila Downs and Miguel as well as a song Santana has recorded with his son Salvador.
Many of the guests on the album will perform their tunes with Santana at a concert in Guadalajara, Mexico on 14 December (13), which will take place a week after the guitarist joins Billy Joel among this year's Kennedy Center honourees.
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will salute the two musicians, among others, at the 36th annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. on 7 December (13).


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my blood is already starting to boil
I am trying to brace myself for the worst
I fear that I stand alone in my understanding of this situation
all of my efforts to gather some attention to the speeding traffic on my street may very well backfire
over all sorts of emails...
there was some talk of this
there was some talk of that
there was the modification of a stop light at the top of the hill
there was talk of a study
I said give me a bike path
the insignificant expense of some paint on the road
lets do something now
as the study will take time
for a second it sounded like they were going to act on my request
then I heard otherwise
there was talk of a sidewalk being added to the other side of the street
initially I was over joyed
the thinner road sounded like a good plan
in other neighborhoods I have witnessed that the thinner roads force cars to slow down to avoid a head on collision
but these measures would not work on a road with a double yellow line in the center
the amount of road thinning that would need to be done would have all sorts of negative backlash
I fear that the thinning of the road will make the road more dangerous for all users of the road...
parking the cars will be more difficult
cars will have to stop and wait for the cars to fully get into their spaces
aggressive and irrate traffic will cross the double line heading into on coming traffic
car doors will be at risk when opened
car drivers will be pinned against their cars as they walk up or down the block to their cars
it seems that the wider road had its hidden advantages
as unintentional as they were
the double parking of UPS trucks, Postal vehicles, people picking up and dropping off friends, or whatever would block the road causing congestion
as well as the dangerous crossing of the double yellow line
the thinner road would force the cyclist to block traffic behind them
both headed down the hill
and definitely headed up the hill
a road that is already dangerous for the high volume of bicycle traffic will become more dangerous
road rage will increase
and I will tell you... road rage is already at a volatile level
here it falls back to the logic of the bike lane
the simple cost effective request of a bike lane
a bike lane not just for bicycle purpose
what would the bike lane do?
the bike lane would give the illusion of thinner road
the effort for cars to stay within the parameters of the center lane and the bike lane would cause drivers to slow down
it would also keep the drivers in control
rather than swimming freely in an undefined space
the bike path itself would create a no mans land where pedestrians could stand as they work their way across the street (with anticipation and respect for oncoming cyclists in the bike path)
the bike path would allow for the parked cars to open their doors (when clear of oncoming cyclists in the bike path)
and the bike path would create a safer experience for the cyclists that use this road for their commute or their work outs
yes, the bike path would be in the "door zone"
the cyclist is already riding to the right of traffic and trying to stay aware of opening car doors
so this has not changed
what frustrates me...
I do not see that any of my neighbors see my vision
the importance of the cyclist's rights and the cyclist safety goes unseen
the forward thinking of the dangers of the thinning road go unanticipated and unseen
there is some agreement
there is movement towards some action
there is discussion
all of this is important
but... the view must be all encompassing
the cyclist's future on this road is as important as the cars
the one thing that has been learned through the discussions is that the calming of traffic will not be achieve through just one effort
the issueing of tickets is a failed effort
as the issueing of tickets does not change behavior
we all know that the speeder speeds away after getting the ticket only to speed more once out of view of the officer
there needs to be a combination of efforts
the sidewalk is an unlikely prospect
the sidewalk on National Park land would be an improvement
but not if the sidewalk takes up any of the road space
that road space is vital to the fluid movement of traffic
the high volume of bicycle traffic can not go unnoticed
the bicyclist voices can not go unheard
I am counting on Eric Gilland of WABA and Jim Sebastian of DDOT to be able to see forward enough and to be persuasive enough to aid others to see the need to take the bicycle traffic into account
tomorrow is the formal "walk through"
I am coming home from work for this meeting
I hope it goes well
I hope that it does not frustrate me more
I hope that what is resolved is best for all
the neighborhood as well as the passing traffic.... passing traffic which includes bicycles
a poetic gwadzilla archive for a fallen rider
in addition to the road changes there needs to be an education
adults are behaving like children
and the children are... well... pushing the parameters of their parents
if the parents are bad drivers now
the next generations will only be worse
who is failing to anticipate this?
traffic calming efforts and best intentions
2 comments:
- Chris said...
I feel your pain. I'm fortunate to live on a lightly traveled one way street, but here are still asshats that go too fast. Perhaps I'll push an empty stroller in front of their cars one day. Ooops, Sorry!
Hope to see ya on the bike sometime.
- 9/21/2006
- gwadzilla said...
surprised we have not crossed paths on the path
those trails are great
the traffic gets hectic
everyone fighting for king or queen of the path
how can we get more paths?
I guess we are going to have to take back the streets
(the stroller into the street is very JACKASS... it may get the point across)
- 9/21/2006
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Grey's Anatomy Gets Emmy Nod For Best Drama; Four Stars Also NominatedSteve Marsi at .
Up for best drama series, besides Grey's Anatomy, are Boston Legal, Heroes, House and The Sopranos, which ended its run with 15 nominations, including two for James Gandolfini and Edie Falco.
In the race for Outstanding Comedy Series, the nominees are Entourage, The Office, 30 Rock, Two and a Half Men and Ugly Betty, which followed The Sopranos in total nominations with 11.
The top nominee is HBO's TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, with 17. Surprises included Lost getting shut out for outstanding drama, and critically acclaimed freshman drama Friday Night Lights being blanked from several acting categories.
The Drama Nominees ...
The other contenders for leading male actor in a drama series are Hugh Laurie in House, Denis Leary in Rescue Me, James Spader in Boston Legal and Kiefer Sutherland in 24.
Lead actresses in a drama, in addition to Falco, are Patricia Arquette (Medium), Minnie Driver (The Riches), Sally Field (Brothers and Sisters), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer).
The best supporting actress for drama series include a trio of Grey's Anatomy stars - Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl and Chandra Wilson. Also up for the award are Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters), Aida Turturro and Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos).
For best supporting actor in a drama, T.R. Knight will go up against William Shatner (Boston Legal), Masi Oka (Heroes), Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson (Lost).
As for the Comedies ...
Lead actress nominees are Tina Fey (30 Rock), America Ferrara (Ugly Betty), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) and Mary-Louise Parker for Weeds.
Among the males, it's Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Steve Carell (The Office), Ricky Gervais (Extras), Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Charlie Sheen (Two and Half Men).
The Emmys will be broadcast live on FOX Sunday, September 16.
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Who was the most loyal officer of the RTK era?
My main choices are Zhang Liao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Shen Pei.
Zhang Liao for serving Wei for so long and helping shape the Wei dynasty and defend it. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for being loyal to their brother above all else and Shen Pei for never even considering joining Cao Cao but dying facing his lord in the north.
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Welcome Break: Local stars glitter at party
A pair of free tickets is enough to get me to go almost anywhere– including, but not limited to, rock shows, peep shows, sorority mixers, musicals, and demolition derbies.
And if the tickets in question are for the performance of a local group I've not yet seen, there's more than a fairly good chance getting something for nothing is the kick I need to come down from my mountain home for one of my oh-so-rare town appearances. As a pair of tickets to the rock evening of the Station Break II CD release party appeared like magic in my mailbox last week (thanks, Leah!), there was almost no question about what I was going to do Saturday night.
The show, one of the few ever held in the Corner Plan 9's "Outer Space," started with the indie-rock group All of Fifteen. The group has the standard guitar-bass-drums layout, and for at least the first few songs, played pretty standard pop/punk; to quote my accomplice for the evening, the group sounded like "an edgier Jimmy Eat World."
About four songs in, though, the group broke out of the same-old-same-old mold with a clever and well-written pop nugget, the first of many. Everything the group had thrown out up to this point- doubled vocals on the choruses, drummer harmonies, big guitars and even bigger drums– seemed to coalesce for the first time on this track, with the rapid-fire lyrical delivery on the song's verses only sealing the deal.
Next up was the rock group Small Town Workers, who played a number of tracks from their soon-to-be-released second CD. If you've never seen the group before, I would describe them as vaguely Stone Temple Pilots-ish, but of course that doesn't really give credit to the group's sound, which wears its devotion to '70s rock on its sleeve.
Mixing big rock with a healthy slice of Charlottesville's favorite genre roots– the group has a distinctly southern feel, without dipping much into the alt-country genre. The twin guitar barrage of Mike Meadows and Devin Malone was more than just loud- the two worked well together, playing parts that complemented each other as much as copied.
The local brainy hip-hop group Beetnix was on next, the brainchild of Hook music reviewer Damani Harrison and multi-instrumentalist Jon Dzermejko. This is one group in town I can say could unequivocally make it– without having to change a thing about their sound.
Their set started out with Harrison's cry to the soundman "My only request is that the bass be bumping and shit," before breaking into the double-vocal rapping that sets the Beetnix apart from a lot of other hip-hop groups. Tracks like "2000 n 10" and "Brainwashed Syndrome" off the group's latest album Homesick (go to beetnix.com for more info) were on display, but the group's whole set was pretty much the best of the shows I've seen in Charlottesville in the last few months.
To sum the evening up: Net Cost: $0.00 Net Gain: Some well earned tinnitus.


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DescriptionWith the arrival of Trident 3, the new travel-ready C60 Trident GMT 600 offers a number of reasons why you should get onboard.
The C60 Trident GMT 600 has been designed with practicality and legibility in mind. Following requests from our customers, it now incorporates a full 24-hour ceramic bezel (dispensing with the minute track of its predecessor) filled with Grade X1 GL C1 Super-LumiNova® - a material that performed 138% better in tests than the lume used in previous Trident iterations. Redesigned indexes and hands, including a vivid orange GMT triangle, offer excellent contrast against a polished dial, where our twin-flag emblem also appears at 12 o'clock.
In line with the rest of the Trident 3 family, the GMT's appearance has been transformed by a new case design complete with signature arcing 'light-catcher' lines. Running from lug to lug, these lines gracefully rise to reach the case's middle point; a band of brushed material sits above, a polished finish below, offering a graceful yet reassuringly solid home for its ETA 2893-2 movement. And even though this is a rugged watch - it's water-resistant to 600m - attention has still been paid to finer aspects such as the action and click of its bezel, while the crown is delightfully smooth to use.
If you're looking for a watch that can handle that red-eye flight or a lazy afternoon by the pool with equal style and confidence, the C60 Trident GMT 600 is a first class choice.
MovementThis fine ETA calibre with dual-time functionality allows for the time to be told in two time zones simultaneously - hence its use on 'GMT' watches.
When fully wound, it delivers 42 hours of continuous power, while vibrating at a rate of eight times per second (28,800 times an hour).
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- Calibre: ETA 2893-2
- Case: 316L Stainless Steel
- Water resistance: 60 ATM (600 metres)
- Vibrations: 28,800 per hour (4 Hz)
- Timing tolerance: -20/+20 seconds per day
- Dial colour: Blue
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- Embossed screw-in crown with improved internal threading
- Unidirectional 24-hour zirconia ceramic bezel
- 3.4mm anti-reflective sapphire crystal
- Polished dial with 'twin flags' matte finished at 12 o'clock
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- Screw-down deep-stamped 3D backplate
- Unique engraved serial number
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Not a car guy so a knowledgable salesman was wonderful - Jim explained all aspects in a way I could understand, explained differences between car options but best was knowledge of other vehicles. It was an honest explanation and helped me make a decision. Bought a different model than I walked into wanting. It was low key yet answered everything. Vincent was professional, clear and made sure I understood all the numbers. It was a truly enjoyable process. How many people can say that about buying a car!
I had a really great car buying experience at BMW of Darien. Jim was extremely helpful in walking me through the inventory they have and that fits to my wishes. He walked my through all the information I need to have (Carfax, Maintenance History, etc.), explained everything very well and helped me through the whole process. I highly recommend him and BMW of Darien. Thanks Jim!
Sebastian was patient and knowledgeable - great car at a great price. The circumstances were sub-optimal given CT's lockdown, but Sebastian made it work - phone, text, email - plus, he was working short-staffed, so it wasn't as if I was the only customer he provided great service to.
I found the dealership to be well organized and efficient in delivering our new X3, above all they were courteous and helpful. The staff had excellent product knowledge.
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Great dealership, because of its people. Professional, listened to what I wanted, didn't pushed me to anything, and helped me all the way with the purchase with the insurance and DMV. Great shopping experience.
Have purchased 6 vehicles from Darien Bmw. Always easy to deal with either on leasing trade ins or new sales. Great service department. Very trustworthy
I have always loved the sakes and service of BMW of DARIEN, but today, they outdid themselves. IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, I picked up my new 540xi (that got out of Germany right before the BMW plants closed) with safe, curbside, open-air delivery and exchange of leased cars, with everyone wearing masks and gloves! My salesman, Klaus, coordinated everything possible from home, and all I did was IPad signatures (wearing gloves and mask too, of course) and drove away. Well done 👍
Very service oriented! There was no sales hustle or pressure. They took. whatever time needed to explain the car's features. In the Covid environment, They thoroughly cleaned the inside of the car before turning it over to me
Excellent as Claus was extremely helpful in helping me make a selection of a vehicle and walking me through the process and ensuring that I was comfortable with my decision.
Professional and knowledgeable sales, finance and support staff made the leasing process very easy and efficient! Having leased from two other BMW dealers in the past, Darien gets a big thumbs up!
Competent and honest. Pleasure to work with. Second BMW that's we've bought from Barbara and everything went smoothly. I would recommend working with her!
Fantastic service. God I love Darien BMW!! Barbara Monick is the greatest sales person ever. We will only buy BMW and only through Barbara. Anthony Fischetti is great too.
My Client Advisor Barbara was super awesome and she made the car buying experience enjoyable. From ordering the 3 series and its accessories, her attention to detail was superb. I would certainly come back again for years to come. Thank you Barb and BMW of Darien!
Only time I ever enjoyed buying a car... from client advisor to business manager everyone was professional, courteous and caring. They have 5 stars from everyone and deserve them.
This is my third bmw purchase with bmw of Darien and I can honestly say that I have always been treated very well and the service is top notch. I've owned many cars and can honestly say that the service I receive here is the best. Highly recommend this dealership
I had a great car buying experience here. Tim made the whole process super simple and easy and then Anderson in finance got me through the paperwork portion very fast. Overall would recommend Tim as well as everyone involved to anyone looking to buy a car painlessly!
Tim was great! Very helpful and accommodating with a high level of expertise - he made the process painless. I highly recommend him and BMW. Thanks Tim!
They were very honest and got me right in when I had an issue with my radio. I highly recommend them they are honest and trustworthy and not looking to upsell you anything.
Excellent customer service! Didnt need to be at the dealership all day to get a great price on the car I loved. very responsive sales associate.
Wow! My salesperson actually did everything he said he was going to do. The pickup of my new car went as smoothly as it could have. This was my best car experience in decades.
Rony was so wonderful to me and wonderful to work with, I highly recommend him if you are looking for a BMW. Chris was wonderful showing me my new car, stepped in last minute to help Rony out! Thanks again for everything.
I was so impressed with my experience at BMW of Darien, they are truly a customer first dealership. Rony Gonzalez was delightful to work with. He was professional, followed-up on all of my questions in a timely manner, including on his day off. Rony truly worked to delight his client and ensure that I was able to find a car that met all of my needs. I look forward to working with him again for a future car purchase.
Excellent experience with BMW if Darien. The sales experience was remarkably straightforward and the sell/lease price was very reasonable and fair. Picking up the car was seamless. I would recommend this dealership very strongly.
Just picked up my 4th BMW over the past 10 years, BMW Darien, incredible sales & services teams! The best. Thank you Rony Gonzalez and Anthony Martinez!
The team at BMW of Darien was a pleasure to deal with. They were thorough in their explanations and very transparent in their communication and disclosure.
Very nice and helpful. I'd recommend him for anyone coming in to buy a car. He has a lot of patience too. Thank you
Rony was so wonderful to me and wonderful to work with, I highly recommend him if you are looking for a BMW. Chris was wonderful showing me my new car, stepped in last minute to help Rony out! Thanks again for everything.
Amazing dealership. Worked with Chris Quaglio. He was very professional, insightful, and helpful throughout my car buying process. I was able to set up a quick meeting with him, he took hours out of his day, showing me all the vehicles on the lot that interested me. He took his time answering all questions I had, or showing how to use certain functions of the car I wanted. He was able to locate the vehicle in a very timely manner. I highly recommend others to check out Darien BMW and make sure you ask for Chris!
Low pressure knowledgeable sales people. Fair on trade-in values. Good guy in finance department executing leases. Clean and comfortable lounge area. I would buy from them again.
Great dealership great people. I have had only the pleasure of working with Gregory Michael and Anthony Martinez. They are what you call Customer service. Those two gentlemen Went beyond the call of duty for me. The time I spent there felt like we were friends forever. Highly recommend buying a vehicle from BMW of Darien. Ask for Gregory he'll get the job done. Blake C...
Greg Michael and Anderson Cherilus in Darien where amazing. My son and I went to many bmw dealer and this one was the best By far to work with..
Greg provided a great overall buying experience! He really took the time to engage with me, listen to what I was looking for, and made it happen. I am beyond thrilled with my new car and Gregory made the experience feel very easy.
1. Very professional and courteous approach. 2. Very efficient with customer's time. No unnecessary wait. Very responsive. 3. Overall seamless positive experience 4. Exceeded expectations on delivery time of new vehicle
$8000 in misc. repairs recommended on a X5 treated well for 50,0000 miles is a good reason not to recommend BMW or dealership. Gaskets and parts should have lasted much longer, at least as long as cars half as expensive as my BMW. Also, recommended repairs can done for about half the price or less at other garages I'm sure.
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Getting to Know Your Screen
There are quite a few items and links around your page. We'll get to know them all over time. For now, the basics you'll need are:
User Name
Your user name is displayed in the top left corner of your screen. You'll notice that it is a link to other information about your account.
Turns, Experience, Money
Just below your name you'll see your current level, current experience (EXP) and EXP needed to your next level. Just below that is how much money (credits) you have, your turns (Current/Max) and your safe turns. You will also see your current amount of kills and the number of ships you have lost in combat, though you won't need to worry about those just yet. Note that many of these stats can be hidden using the "Stats" and "Currency" links.
Star System, Undock, etc. Links (Navigation Star)
Below your money and turns is the Navigation Star. Clicking this circle link in the middle will return you to the current star system screen that you are in. If you are docked it will instead refresh the port or planet you are docked at. Note that this screen does not update in real time and you'll have to click this link any time you want to refresh it. Around the circle are four arrows. These arrows allow you to move around the galaxy. The links will turn silver when you are able to move in that direction or black when you can not. In the corners of the star other various information will appear depending on your location. This information includes your current location, docking links for ports, landing links for planets, and wormhole links to other galaxies.
The Menu
Below the Navigation Star is the menu. The menu contains links to various clan and player pages (Note that these two links actually open sub-menus) as well as various other useful links. Feel to explore these.
Messages, Forums and Other Reports
In the top right of your screen you will see 5-6 images. They are labeled "A, S, M, P, C, B" and will light up in various colors when there is a new message or report for you to read. The links are A:Combat Reports, S:Scout Reports, M:Messages, P:Planet Reports, C:Clan Forums, B:Bulletin Board. Note that the "C" will only appear if you are in a clan.
The Map
On the right of your screen you will see a map. Each sector is represented by a number and the lines indicate the paths you can travel on between them. Clicking the map will open a larger map in a new window which will show you a full view of the current galaxy you are in and various other information.
Below the map you will see all of the ships you have in the current sector (Note that you won't see docked ships if you are undocked and vice versa). From this area you can toggle between a summarized view or a list of all your ships individually. There is also a link to view every ship you own. Here you can also tow other ships and change your command ship.
Your First Fleet
Check to see how many credits you were given upon joining the game. Different SEI games give different amounts of money, but generally you'll have enough to buy a full fleet to start off with. Keep in mind that most players feel it is far more efficient to use a full fleet of small ships rather than one heavily upgraded ships.
First off, you'll need to get your first ship ready. This ship can then be duplicated to save you the trouble of repeating the process 50 times. You will most likely have started the game with a Universal Harvester or Universal Freighter. Universal ships are always available to anyone (We'll get into specific faction ships later). You should have also started the game outside of a homeworld. Homeworlds allow you to buy ships, upgrades, weapons, equipment and more.
Dock to the Homeworld by clicking on the "Land" link located in the middle of the page. In most games you'll start with 50,000,000 Credits. If so, and you plan on Gathering, you'll want to buy some equipment. If you started off with 50 million, then you can afford to buy an "Advanced Fuel Processor" (AFP) for your ship. Go to the equipment page by clicking on the "Equipment Shop" link, click "Buy" next to the AFP and then click "Install" next to an empty equipment slot.
Alright, that's all you can afford with your starting money, so let's get you a full fleet. Rather than buy and upgrade 50 ships one at a time, simply click on the "Shipwright" link on the homeworld. This will allow you to duplicate any ship you have docked at the homeworld. You should only have one ship at this point. Open the drop down menu and select "49" and then hit the "Buy" button.
Note that while you are docked on a port or planet you can not be attacked unless the port/planet is raided and you get ejected into space. So feel free to take a minute looking at what a homeworld has to offer.
Using Your Fleet
Next, you need to be able to move all your ships at the same time. This can be accomplished by towing your ships with your command ship. To do this, make sure you are on the "Summary View" for your fleet (below the map). Then click the "Tow All" link next to your Universal Harvesters (You can tow only some of your ships by using the "All Ships" view and clicking the tow link next to the ships you want to take along).
Now you're ready to undock from the homeworld and get to work. Don't worry, as long as you have those Safe Turns no one can attack you anywhere. So take your time getting the hang of things for now. You can move between star systems with the links in the Navigation Star on the right side of your screen. Click on these links to move around. You'll need to get to a port so you can start gathering or trading.
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Wildacres Retreat is a conference center offering its facilities to non-profit groups conducting educational or cultural programs on topics such as music, art, science, religion, lapidary, craft and writing. It is also available for staff and board retreats for non-profit organizations.
At an elevation of 3,300 feet, Wildacres is situated on 1,600 acres atop Pompey's Knob, a mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Little Switzerland, North Carolina.
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In the Spring of 1946, Wildacres Retreat was dedicated "to the betterment of human relations" in hopes that people who visited would learn to live together in harmony. To commemorate the Retreat's achievements upon their 50th anniversary, Wildacres Leadership Initiative was established to broaden its scope of influence on the State of North Carolina and its citizens for the next 50 years and beyond.
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The promo features the pop star dressed up in a Tom Ford tuxedo for a songwriting session and other designer outfits as he plans a night out in Las Vegas.
The video ends with Timberlake driving a classic convertible down the Sin City strip before cutting to a shot of him smashing a pane of glass with a hammer.
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IEEE Visualization 2008 papers review
Here's a really late review of some of my favorite papers from the IEEE Visualization 2008 conference.
Size-based Transfer Functions: A New Volume Exploration Technique – Carlos D. Correa, Kwan-Liu Ma
The idea is to automatically color various features of a dataset based on the local scale of the features. Reading their paper and looking at their amazing images make their techniques seem deceptively easy. You have to only see some of Carlos' previous work to realize that his visualizations are always impressive and his papers easy to read.
Direct Volume Editing – Kai Bürger, Jens Krüger, Rüdiger Westermann
This paper introduces interactive volume editing. The idea is to allow a user control over the visual appearance of a volume, much like an image editor allows you to edit an image. Here they allow for interactive editing of the volume which includes annotation, coloring and much more. Some of their results are just amazing and could easily pass off as hand-drawn illustrations.
VisComplete: Automating Suggestions for Visualization Pipelines – David Koop, Carlos E. Scheidegger, Steven P. Callahan, Juliana Freire, Cláudio T. Silva
This paper is from a long series of papers that showcase the strength of provenance. VisTrails was first introduced at the IEEE Visualization 2005 conference with a demo given by Carlos Scheidegger at the VTK Birds-of-a-Feather session. Since then, not only has it blossomed into a complete and extremely useful product (and spawned a company, VisTrails Inc.). They have published some award winning papers like the IEEE Visualization 2007 Best Paper VisComplete: "Querying and Creating Visualizations by Analogy." Additionally, many products (Paraview, Maya) are taking note of the power of provenance and working with VisTrails Inc. to incorporate it into their workflow. You can find more information about provenance and VisTrails at http://www.vistrails.org/index.php/Publications_and_Presentations.
Color Design for Illustrative Visualization
Lujin Wang, Joachim Giesen, Kevin T. McDonnell, Peter Zolliker, Klaus Mueller
This was a particularly interesting paper since it presented an interesting approach to picking colors for illustrative visualization. I have posted previously on Illustrative visualization and think that it is an exciting field and has many challenges that include perception, cognition and abstraction. It is not merely a stylistic issue but a representational issue where what is shown to the viewer has to be carefully identified and more importantly what is not shown has to be conveyed to the viewer using context or visual cues to convey to the viewer that there is more data that is being abstracted out. Anyway, I enjoyed this paper in particular and look forward to some more papers this year.
Effects of Video Placement and Spatial Context Presentation on Path Reconstruction Tasks with Contextualized Videos
Yi Wang, Doug Bowman, David Krum, Enylton Coelho, Tonya Smith-Jackson, David Bailey, Sarah Peck, Swethan Anand, Trevor Kennedy, Yernar Abdrazakov
In this paper, the authors presented a system that provides context during virtual navigation using correctly placed videos. An interesting finding in the paper was that participants in their user study were able to perform tasks in unfamiliar environments using only virtual navigation as compared to participants who were navigating in familiar virtual environments. Such work can have a considerable impact on video surveillance systems.
Interactive Visual Steering – Rapid Visual Prototyping of a Common Rail Injection System
Krešimir Matković, Denis Gračanin, Mario Jelović, Helwig Hauser
This was a particularly well presented case study where visualization was used for interactive steering in a real world scenario. The authors were candid enough to discuss their design choices and I think we need many more such papers where the process of refinement and discussion is presented to help readers see the iterations instead of a nice finished final product that does everything the collaborators wanted. It was interesting to see the use of multiple coordinated views and parallel coordinates and to read their experiences with using it.
Text Scaffolds for Effective Surface Labeling
Gregory Cipriano, Michael Gleicher
I enjoyed reading this paper and secretly wished that I had developed such a nice way to label data. The paper discusses a technique to label surface data that follows the contours of the surface in a manner similar to what illustrators do when they label illustrations. The images presented in the paper were great and some of the work coming from their group has been particularly interesting. I would also like to draw your attention to their paper from last year's Vis conference -"Molecular Surface Abstraction".
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July 18, 2013
By Charlene Muhammad
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Mass demonstrations erupted across the country after an all-female, nearly all White jury, acquitted George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Black teen Trayvon Martin.
For more than three days at Sentinel press time, protests shut down freeways, train lines, and major intersections. Some demonstrations occurred in Leimert Park and several points throughout the Crenshaw District.
Civil rights groups, clergy, community activists and citizens young and old gathered in the park for three days to pray for Trayvon Martin's family, to comfort those still grieving his death, and to calm those angry by Zimmerman's acquittal on July 13.
Many who gathered also mobilized peaceful marches through the community. On July 14, demonstrators moved from Leimert Park, down Crenshaw Boulevard, all the way to the Santa Monica (10) Freeway. By the time the marchers made it to Crenshaw and LaBrea, they'd been walking for nearly four hours, one told the Sentinel.
But at a July 15 prayer vigil and rally, some broke off into rioting until police declared an unlawful assembly at approximately 9:30 p.m. He didn't have specifics on which stores were vandalized but 14 people, including seven adults, were arrested, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson. In the future, there'll be stiffer requirements for protests, including having to apply for permits, he told the Sentinel.
People worldwide like those who gathered in Leimert Park, are still asking the question, despite the not guilty verdict, how could the jury, after hearing Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin and pursued him, believe his claim he feared for his life.
Through tears, shouting, and heavy hearts, they sought and offered solutions to these types of tragedies.
"What we need now is prayer," said Reverend K.W. Tuloss, president of the National Action Network's Los Angeles Chapter. He prayed profusely for Trayvon Martin's family, for peace and for unity.
William Smart, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, declared, "As frustrated as I right now, representing a peaceful person like Martin Luther King, as frustrated and as mad as I am right now, I see this as a wakeup call. We have to let everybody know that the value of Black boys is important to us ... From this point on, no other Black boy is going to be killed, by anybody!"
Nation of Islam Student Minister Tony Muhammad, who was out of state when the verdict came down, addressed Justice for Trayvon Martin during his July 14 lecture at Muhammad Mosque #27.
"The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said if you want to strike a blow to White America, they will believe you when you can establish peace in your hood," Min. Muhammad said. He said Blacks send out mixed messages when they stand idly by while Black youth kill each other.
He expressed if Trayvon Martin had walked into the "wrong" neighborhood in L.A., he might have been profiled and killed just like many young Black men and boys have been in the community.
"We want them to give us justice but we don't want justice from each other," Min. Muhammad charged.
L.A.-based legal analysts, like community lawyer James Simmons, argue the verdict doesn't change the reality that the criminal system is willing to believe that violence against a Black youth is justifiable using an unreasonable interpretation of the evidence.
"The conviction is based on the unreasonable belief that this young teenager, who did not have a history of violence and was engaged in totally legal and peaceful behavior, would somehow turn into the criminal that only existed in the fantasy world of George Zimmerman," Atty. Simmons stated.
He said it's the same type of injustice that allowed Judge Joyce Karlin to give Soon Ja Du, the killer of 16-year-old Latasha Harlins, probation and community service. The store owner falsely accused the teen of shoplifting and started a physical altercation that lead to Du shooting her in the back of the head, Atty. Simmons recounted.
"The impact of local demonstrations will have an effect of both galvanizing local movements for justice and serve notice that the type of judicial and prosecutorial half-stepping demonstrated in Sanford is not tolerable there, here or anywhere is in this country," Atty. Simmons told the Sentinel.
Many worried that demonstrations would erupt into localize violence as in the landmark Los Angeles Rebellions of 1965 and 1992, he noted. And they had not materialized on any level until July 15.
Focused demonstrators days before chose to get authority's and others' attention by stopping traffic on main thoroughfares in the Crenshaw District, Hancock Park and Hollywood as well as the Santa Monica Freeway and the Metro Rail Expo line, they reminded.
"These demonstrations have also been energized and led by youthful leaders unknown by the media and politicians. This is a very good development that will bring fresh energy, tactics and strategies to the movement for true justice and against its racist and reactionary administration," said Atty. Simmons.


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While departing Chairman Frank Lucas of the House Agriculture Committee is pleased the 2014 farm bill passed—characterizing the process as "almost a miracle"—he foresees more trouble ahead for crop insurance.
"A lot of folks point to the disasters of 2012 in the Midwest or the ongoing four-year drought in the Southwest, but by and large, if you look at the last decade, 70% of the crop insurance policies never paid out a penny," Lucas tells AgriTalk radio host Mike Adams. "For many years, the government basically took in more premiums than money went out. It's really been amazingly effective, and just to attack us for the sake of attacking us is very unfortunate. But that's what we're going to have to endure for a long time."
In spite of those attacks, Lucas thinks crop insurance will continue as long as the federal government supports other safety nets such as flood insurance meant to help the economy function effectively.
Lucas will continue to serve on the agriculture committee, though a six-year term limit prevents him from remaining chair. He says he regrets the fact that the farm bill did not become permanent law.
"I do believe that in the coming years, it's going to be harder, not easier, to pass farm bills and that we needed something on the books in the way of permanent law that we could live with just in case we can't get it done next time," he explains. "But that's my chief regret, that it should have been permanent law, and not many people in this town agreed with that."
Several steps will help the incoming chair succeed on the job.
"Start early. Work very hard. Develop relationships on both the Republican and the Democrat side of the chamber," Lucas advises. "Try to continue down the road of savings and reform but still represent, and just understand it's going to be a long, hard struggle and that once engaged, you can't back away, you can't stop because that safety net—not only for consumers but also for production agriculture—the effect on rural America is so important. You have to have a farm bill. You have to maintain that safety net so that we can raise the food and fiber."
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A divorced mother of three was taken for £80,000 by 419ers posing as a US soldier, the Daily Mail reports.
Kate Roberts, 47, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, was hooked when she posted a profile on Friends Reunited Dating in October 2009.
She was soon "exchanging emails with a man calling himself Sergeant Ray Smith and chatting to him several times a day on MSN Messenger".
Smith claimed to be a US soldier serving in Iraq, sadly widowed with an 11-year-old daughter. The gang provided pictures of the apparently "muscle-bound" soldier and his "daughter" to bait the trap, and began to reel in their victim with an initial request for £225 for a phone line.
Then, "a man with an American accent calling himself Mark began ringing her almost every day," the Mail continues.
Roberts said: "I did have doubts, but everything he told me sounded reasonable and I was in love. He told me he couldn't tell me much about his job for security reasons and I accepted that."
In a textbook operation, the scammers then ramped up the requests for cash, including one for £20,000 to buy the "leave passes" Smith needed to be united with his cyberlove.
In total, Roberts coughed up £80,000 in "regular payments of thousands via Western Union". She "even paid cash directly into what she believed was his bank account as he told her he had no money".
The sad truth was revealed when she organised £12,000 for "one of his friends to pay for his airfare to Britain and he suddenly stopped contacting her".
Roberts explained: "One day he just stopped emailing me and didn't call me. I drove down to an army base in Cambridgeshire, which he'd told me he had been in for three years, but they had never heard of him. I called the police and my phone company traced the phone he had used back to a mobile number in Nigeria."
The victim was later forced to sell her home to pay off the debts she racked up at the hands of the Lads from Lagos.
She concluded: "Aside from losing the money I feel like I've lost the love of my life. I know he wasn't real, but the feelings were real to me and that's very difficult to come to terms with. Hundreds of other women must be getting conned right now." ®
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As you may have noticed, the PTR went up recently. And with it, we got some reveals of our set bonuses for T16. Let's take a brief look at them and ponder their usefulness.
2-piece bonus
The 2-piece bonus grants us one holy power for every stack of Bastion of Glory consumed. This is a really interesting effect because it has a few potential uses.
First, it removes the opportunity cost of using Word of Glory as an emergency heal. Using WoG means you're giving up 3 seconds of Shield of the Righteous coverage, which can often mitigate more damage than WoG will heal. Getting that balance point right can be tricky, and the set bonus makes that choice easier. Since both WoG and SotR are off-GCD, you can WoG and SotR yourself in rapid succession during a danger period. This set bonus makes the WoG+SotR combination a very potent anti-spike technique, which should mean it's a great damage-smoothing effect. Once I have tank metrics properly implemented in SimC, we'll be able to see exactly how effective it is for that purpose.
Second, and more subtly, it gives us a reserve bank of holy power. Boundless Conviction already gives us a reserve of 2 holy power to work with, and smart paladins use that to great effectiveness. This set bonus turns Bastion of Glory into a secondary reserve, such that if we're in trouble we could fire off a WoG to gain up to 4 holy power instantly. Pulling that off at max effectiveness will be a little tricky, as you'll need to pick your order of operations properly to make sure you cast a 1-HP WoG. But even if used inefficiently, this is a potent effect because it gives you extra SotR coverage whenever you deem it necessary.
But the third (and in my opinion game-breaking) use is the one that's likely to get this set bonus nerfed. And that's the combination of 2-piece T15 and 2-piece T16. The latter removes the opportunity cost of WoG, making it essentially free. The former gives you 15 seconds of 40% block that isn't affected by diminishing returns every time you cast WoG. While HP generation rates are not quite to the point where we can keep that up 100% of the time, they're not that far off. You would need to generate 3 stacks of Bastion of Glory every 15 seconds, or one SotR every 5 seconds. Right now, most players are casting SotR every 6-7 seconds. As players approach the 50% melee haste soft-cap, 100% uptime of Shield of Glory should become a reality.
I think that this is probably an issue, because 40% block is almost certainly strong enough to sacrifice two slots of higher-ilvl T16 gear. Especially if you can use two pieces of heroic, double-upgraded T15 tier. I expect this interaction will trigger some sort of change as soon as Blizzard finds out it exists. They could nerf this set bonus or swap it with the 4-piece to ensure that the 2T15+2T16 interaction is impossible. They could also just nerf the T15 2-piece bonus and leave the T16 bonuses in-tact. As we'll see in a second, the 4-piece bonus is considerably weaker, so my vote would be to swap them.
4-piece bonus
The 4-piece bonus grants us a heal over time after Guardian of the Ancient Kings (GAnK) expires. The amount of healing is determined by the damage we take during GAnK. Blessing of the Guardians is the HoT spell, so we know that it ticks every second for 10 seconds.
Unfortunately, when I tested it on the PTR it seems the HoT amount isn't being calculated, because the buff would appear and expire instantly. In fact, the only reason I knew it was there (and could determine the spell name) was that it showed up in Recount/Skada as a heal that produced 0 healing. So at this point, we don't know what damage value it will use. I'm assuming it will be post-mitigation (unlike Vengeance, which is pre-mitigation), but it's anyone's guess as to whether it will use damage done before or after absorb effects are taken into account.
That said, it may not matter that much. This set bonus is incredibly weak, so as a 4-piece we may just skip it entirely. You're generally going to use GAnK in one of two situations. The first is a predictable period of high damage, and it's rare for that period to last the entire duration of GAnK. The second is a situation where something goes wrong and you use GAnK to buy your healers time to recover. In both of those cases, the HoT is showing up after the danger period is passed, so it's not terribly effective. Your healers may be able to ignore you more than usual after GAnK ends, but apart from that the set bonus probably just creates a bunch of unnecessary overhealing.
There's also tank swaps to consider. If you and your co-tank are taunting so that you can alternate cooldowns to survive an extended phase of intense damage, then it's very likely that the HoT will end up ticking on you when you aren't even tanking. With some smart pre-planning you could arrange to chain GAnK and Divine Protection, and maybe the HoT will be enough of a buffer that DP will be a sufficient cooldown. But that's still a pretty niche application. A set bonus that's effective on only one or two fights in an entire raiding tier is a set bonus you're probably safe skipping.
But the biggest Achilles heel of the 4-piece bonus isn't the effect itself. It's what the effect has to compete with: the superior itemization of higher-ilvl thunderforged off-set pieces. Which raises a more general point about paladin tier itemization.
We don't have any information about the itemization of tier 16 yet. The T16 pieces have identical stat combinations to the T15 ones, so I'm assuming that they are all placeholders. That may be a good thing though – while it doesn't give us any information, it means that maybe there's still time to influence a change.
Our T15 set was a bit of a letdown for a few reasons, the first and most obvious of which is the set's itemization. It feels like a form of punishment to wear our tier gear, because we have to suffer a lot of dodge/parry itemization that we don't want just in in order to have fun set bonuses. The incredibly low value of dodge and parry for us also meant that those fun set bonuses weren't terribly effective either; as we've shown, the bonuses don't even make up for the loss of haste and mastery incurred by skipping thunderforged haste plate gear.
I know I found myself in the situation where I had heroic thunderforged off-set pieces before I had access to heroic tier, which made the decision to skip the set bonuses fairly easy. And that was a little disappointing, because I would much rather be excited about tier items than feel ambivalent about them.
But an even more important effect is psychological – it feels like our tier set is not being designed for us anymore. Either because the itemization team doesn't know what paladins like, or because the developers themselves aren't sure what we should be wearing. The game is giving us conflicting messages. The speed, fluidity, and fun of haste-stacking gameplay that Sanctity of Battle gives us make it clear we want to gear for haste. But our tier itemization is the disapproving nanny "tsk tsk"-ing, wagging her finger, and suggesting that us naughty haste-stacking paladins should cut our hair, get a job, and go back to wearing respectable tanking stats like dodge and parry.
Since it's "our" set, it should really feel like it's made for us. Obviously the itemization doesn't have to be perfect. I don't expect gobs of haste on every piece. But it should be on some of them, and for T16 maybe even most of them.
To be more explicit, what I'm suggesting is a paradigm shift in how paladin gear is itemized. As an example of what I have in mind, let's consider the other classes for a second.
- Warriors and DKs get combinations of hit/exp/mastery/dodge/parry, again because those are the core tanking stats the classes are designed to use. DKs get a very small benefit from haste, and warriors get a small benefit from crit, but neither is large enough to warrant gearing for them.
- Monk and druid tier has combinations of hit/expertise/haste/mastery/crit, because those are the core tanking stats the classes are designed to use. They can certainly wear dodge and parry gear, but the benefit they get is small compared to haste, mastery, and crit, so they don't want them.
Paladins are somewhere in the middle now. We get warrior/DK itemization even though we have little interest in dodge or parry. We've moved to a more monk- and druid-like active mitigation model, where dodge and parry give us much smaller benefits than haste and mastery. In a sense, we've moved on to a WoW 5.0 active mitigation scheme, yet we're still being itemized as if we were WoW 4.0.
What I would like to see is an acknowledgement by the developers that they understand we've evolved as well. And that acknowledgement would come in the form of a paradigm shift in our tier itemization. Rather than being stuck with warrior/DK itemization on our tier, I'd like to see us get combinations of hit/exp/mastery/haste/parry.
This itemization scheme has several advantages:
- It would shift our tier itemization to be more in-line with what we actually value
- It would eliminate dodge+parry combination pieces, which literally feel worthless to many paladins. While we may suffer one or the other on a piece with another strong stat, like a hit/dodge or expertise/dodge item, double avoidance gear is the first thing we toss aside or disenchant. A large part of the reason the T15 4-piece is not attractive is because we can replace a dodge/parry piece with well-itemized off-set, which provides a huge performance difference.
- It would send the message that Blizzard understands how prot paladins work
- More importantly, it also sends the message that Blizzard supports haste as a true tanking stat for us.
- Not only that, but putting haste on our tier does a much better job of informing the masses that "hey, haste-tanking is a thing" than any blog post or patch note ever will. A large majority of players don't do any research outside of the game, and may have literally no way of knowing that haste is a good stat for them. Putting it on the tier will force them to consider that, and may even lead them to ask around to find out why.
Note that I'm only talking about our tier gear here. I don't think dodge/parry off-set items need to go away – in fact, I think off-set itemization can remain entirely unchanged. Those pieces still have value for other tanks and can be gap-fillers for unlucky slots. Though given that DKs don't seem to care for dodge/parry either, it may be worth reconsidering dual-avoidance itemized pieces entirely. However, that's not a pressing issue.
It's just the protection paladin tier itemization algorithm that really needs to be re-evaluated. Otherwise we're in for another tier of ambivalence towards (or outright avoidance of) set bonuses because they're tied to gear that isn't designed with a protection paladin in mind. And I really hope that doesn't happen, because I'm sort of tired of skipping set bonuses. It takes a lot of fun out of the game to see all of your friends and teammates be excited about completing their 2- and 4-piece sets while you're unable to muster up more than a "meh" because your spec's bonuses just aren't worth it.
T16 2-piece bonus is very good, possibly to the point of being broken.
T16 4-piece bonus is very weak, probably to the point of being ignored.
Protection paladin tier itemization really needs to catch up with protection paladin gameplay, or else we'll continue to ignore non-broken set bonuses in favor of gear that fits our play style.


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Surprise candidate indeed! The 2012 budget must be down to 2 cents. Tom Singer reports:
Robin Ventura on Thursday was named manager of the Chicago White Sox, agreeing to a multiyear deal to lead the team for which he starred for a decade.
Ventura, 44, becomes the 17th former White Sox player to manage the club. …
"Robin is one of the most popular and highly regarded players in this franchise's history," White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. "From the very first day he put on a White Sox uniform, it was apparent that Robin was a born leader. Those leadership skills were obvious to staff, players, media who covered him and certainly to the fans of Chicago. We saw those skills again this summer as he visited and worked with our Minor League players.
"You will not find a better teammate, leader and friend. His ability to motivate and lead others will be a terrific attribute as manager. I loved him as a player, from his baseball knowledge, to his professionalism, to how he went about his business in the clubhouse and on the diamond. Robin exudes class in everything he does.
"Since making the announcement this afternoon, I've heard nothing but great feedback from our players, staff, friends and White Sox fans."
Ventura has no prior managerial experience and will return to uniform after rejoining the club on June 6, 2011 as a special advisor to director of player development Buddy Bell.
UPDATE: Here's J.J.'s take on the Ventura hire.
BTW, I'm ambivalent with the hire. I'd have liked to see Dave Martinez named manager. The Sox won't be going anywhere in the near future so the 'no managerial experience' doesn't seem so bad, but, still, this is a Major League team you're putting in the hands of someone with 'no managerial experience.'
UPDATE #3: And here's James' take.
UPDATE #2: Keith Olbermann has some very good words for the hire:
Congratulations to Kenny Williams and Jerry Reinsdorf and all others with the Chicago White Sox who managed to pull not just a complete surprise, but what is likely to be a long-term brilliant maneuver, in hiring Robin Ventura as the team's new manager.
If anybody in baseball history has ever been better prepared psychologically for the roller-coaster of managing, I can't think of his name. Ventura was probably the most unflappable, even-keeled player I've ever met – completely immune to the impact of wins and losses, interviews and ignorance, the media and the fans. He focused on exactly one thing: playing the game, and helping his teammates play it nearly as well as he did. …
… I'm not saying it's likely, I'm just saying he doesn't need this managing crap, and that's one of the reasons he figures to be great at it.