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"I don't like you, death | But I'm not afraid of you | And I know that my body is your bed | And my soul or spirit is your bed cover | I know that your banks are narrow for me | I don't love you death | But I'm not afraid of you."
These are the beautiful words that Samih al-Qasim recited after being asked his thoughts on writing poetry in the face of death; at the time of the interview, he had been battling liver cancer for nearly three years. Last week, the renowned poet lost his fight with cancer and died while in hospital at the age of 75.
A resistance poet, "born for poetry and not for the gun"
Al-Qasim was born in 1939 in the Jordanian city of az-Zarqa, where his father was stationed as an officer in the Arab Legion of King Abdullah. The family returned home to Rama, a Palestinian town in the Upper Galilee, whilst al-Qasim was still young and remained there during the Nakba, the Palestinian "catastrophe" that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
Although al-Qasim was only nine years old when the 1948 war broke out, he regarded that year as his real year of birth. "My thoughts and images spring from the number 48," he explained in his book About Principles and Art.
In the early days after Israel's establishment, a state of military rule was forced upon its Arab population and al-Qasim's first collection of poems, Mawakib al-Shams or Processions of the Sun, can be read as a battle against it. Subsequently, the young poet became known as one of the famed "resistance poets," a group of Palestinian poets that included the late Mahmoud Darwish and Tawfiq Zayyad.
When asked by journalist Liam Brown about his thoughts on the label "resistance poet," al-Qasim answered: "It was put upon me but I am proud of it. I am a resistance poet, and not only Arab and Palestinian resistance. I am a poet of international resistance."
Al-Qasim remained a powerful voice against Israeli oppression, both in the occupied West Bank and Gaza and also against Palestinians living within the State of Israel. As a result of his political beliefs and activism, al-Qasim was subjected to periods of house arrest, imprisonment, harassment and censorship.
He also became the first Druze in Israel to publically refuse military service after he wrote a letter, to the then Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, declaring that he was in fact born for poetry and not for the gun.
Compulsory military service for Druze men
Whilst Muslim and Christian Arabs with Israeli citizenship are exempt from military service, Druze men are required to serve for three years in the Israeli army.
At the beginning of June, 18-year-old Omar Saad was released from military service after spending a total of 150 days in prison. The Druze violinist, from the northern village Maghar, first stated his intention to refuse in late 2012, when he followed in al-Qasim's footsteps and sent an open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"I refuse to appear for tests, because I oppose the law of conscription imposed on my Druze community. I refuse because I am a man of peace and I hate all forms of violence, and the military institution represents for me the peak of physical and psychological violence," Saad argued in the letter.
Although the Druze are considered to be an ethnic group that has assimilated well in the Israeli community, the voices of refusal have become stronger in recent years, and especially in the wake of Saad's public refusal.
Along with others, 22-year-old activist Maisan Hamdan coordinates activities for the group, Refuse—Your People Will Support You, which supports conscientious objectors from the Druze community.
"We believe that compulsory military service for Palestinian Druze is not a Druze issue, it's a Palestinian issue," Hamdam told Palestine Monitor. "Every month we have more and more calls for help from people who want to refuse to serve in the army. Most of them prefer not to make this refusal public."
Hamdan explained that Druze boys are pressured to serve in the military from a young age from both within Druze society and from the state. "First of all, if you refuse to serve then you may be forced to go to prison. Secondly, it has become normal for Druze men to serve in the Israeli army because the Zionist narrative has succeeded in separating the Palestinians into different religious and ethnic groups. The Israelis have created something called 'Druze nationality' to take away the Druze from their Arab nationality."
"And third, because the government promises that it will not confiscate Druze lands and will provide building permits [if they cooperate with the State]. It's all one big lie. The [Israeli] government has confiscated more than 80% of the Druze lands," she added.
Al-Qasim's funeral
Several thousand people attended al-Qasim's funeral in Rama last Thursday, including the former Palestinian President Ahmed Qurei.
A delegation of Druze Syrians also travelled to al-Qasim's home-village from the occupied Golan. It is reported that the small group expressed their solidarity with the resistance poet by chanting "the Golan and Palestine will be returned to their people...our land, our country."
Although he was not in attendance, the current Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas released a statement on Wednesday commemorating al-Qasim's life-long resistance. "Samih Al-Qasim, a poet with a grand national voice, has passed away after a life full of giving which he mostly dedicated to defend truth, justice and land."
In one of his last interviews, however, al-Qasim said that he did not care how he will be remembered. "If the Palestinian people will be free, if the Arab world will be united, if social justice will be victorious in all the world, if there will be international peace. I don't care who will remember me or my poems. I don't care."
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Teachers As "Persuaders": An Interview With Daniel Pink
As I mentioned in last week's post, instead of responding to the "question of the week," I'm lucky enough to share an interview I did with author Daniel Pink.
Dan's new best-selling book is titled To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others (Disclosure: Dan interviewed me -- and my wife, Jan Judson -- for the book, and several quotes from us appear in one of the chapters).
Dan will also be leading a Webinar in April for Education Week on "How Teachers Can 'Sell' More to Students." His Webinar will be the third in a series on "New Strategies to Motivate and Engage Students." Principal Chris Wejr and I will be leading the first one on March 5th, and it will coincide with the publication of my new book, Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation. Look for an except from it next week in Education Week Teacher.
Interview With Daniel Pink
LF: In your new book, you write that if we're not actually selling a product in the traditional sense, then we are involved in non-sales selling -- persuading, convincing, influencing.
You suggest that teaching has much in common with this kind of selling. You write:
"To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources -- not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end. That is also what, say, a good algebra teacher does. At the beginning of a term, students don't know much about the subject. But the teacher works to convince his class to part with resources -- time, attention, effort -- and if they do, they will be better off when the term ends than they were when it began."
How would you say this perspective fits in with the premise of your last book, Drive, and its emphasis on the importance of helping people develop intrinsic motivation?
Daniel Pink:
It's totally in synch. In Drive, Edward Deci says something really important -- that we've got to get past this idea that motivation is something that one person does to another and begin understanding that it's something someone does for him or herself. It's the same in this realm. The most effective forms of persuasion and influence are when the other person comes up with his or her own autonomous, intrinsically motivated reasons for agreeing with you. That's one reason questions are so effective. They elicit active responses rather than passive ones. The key to selling, in the broad sense of the word, is to create the conditions in which people summon their own self-directed reasons for reaching common ground.
LF: You discuss the importance of "attunement" -- of being able to see another person's perspective. It seems similar to, or the same as, empathy. I've read some suggestions on how we can help young people develop empathy. What are your suggestions of what teachers could do?
Daniel Pink:
The research shows that perspective-taking and empathy are similar -- but not quite the same. Empathy is more about understanding the other person's emotions -- what he or she is feeling. Perspective-taking is more about understanding the other person's interests -- what he or she is thinking. Both are important. But the research shows that perspective-taking is slightly more effective in moving others. So while teachers should work to understand their students are feeling, they should also work to understand what they're thinking -- the reasons they might be opposed to doing something. The story you (Larry) tell in the book about understanding that student's interests and recasting the writing assignment in that direction is a great example.
LF: You talk about a study where students were asked to look at a variety of objects and choose one that they would then arrange and draw. Some quickly chose one and drew it, while others spent a great deal of time handling all the objects and rearranging them. The researchers suggested that the "first group was trying to solve a problem: How can I produce a good drawing? The second group was trying to find a problem: What good drawing can I produce?"
You suggest that many professions need more "problem-finders."
I think many teachers might suggest that much our standardized test-taking culture is not particularly supportive to helping our students develop creativity. In fact, you talk about a survey where school superintendents rate "problem-solving" as the number one quality needed in employees today, while employers ranked it eighth and said that problem identification was number one. Do you have any suggestions on what we can do in the classroom to help our students develop this kind of creativity in the face of this challenge?
Daniel Pink:
This is a huge question. Problem-solving remains an important skill. No doubt about it. But problem-finding is becoming just as important, if not more so. In purely pragmatic terms, if a customer knows exactly what its problem is, it can probably find the solution on its own. It doesn't need you. But where you're enormously valuable is when the customer doesn't know what its problem is, or is wrong about its problem. There you can make a big difference -- by identifying problems the customer doesn't realize that it has, surfacing latent problems, and looking down the road to anticipate problems that haven't yet arrived.
Of course, standardized test have little to do with problem-finding -- and at some level, not all that much to do with problem-solving either. But how to develop problem-finding capacity in our kids is difficult. I don't' have any easy answers. But a few steps could likely help. For instance, breaking the boundary between school and the world -- by tackling not hermetically sealed school problems but examining real issues in a students' community. It could mean giving students more say over what they study. It probably means a more multi-disciplinary approach -- because often what seems like, say, an engineering problem is really or political or economic or behavioral challenge. But again, there are no easy answers here. My guess is that great teachers are doing lots of cool things on this front that are worth disseminating and, if possible, scaling.
LF: You talk about "elasticity" in the sense that -- in regarding to sales -- it's everybody's job. One of the examples you give is in the software industry where engineers and computer scientists are often constantly in the field dealing with customers.
In schools, many would also say that it's everybody's -- teachers, administrators, district office staff, for-profit vendors, etc. -- job is to help students learn. "For the children" is the common refrain. But in our situation, many of us are "selling" life-long learning while others are selling data-driven increased test scores.
What do you do in situation where there is no common agreement on what the sales "product" is?
Daniel Pink:
That's not really a question about elasticity. It's a question about purpose. Forget selling for a moment. What you're asking, in some sense, is "What's the point of the exercise?" I think the people who are pushing for higher test scores are well-intentioned. But IMHO, they haven't fully examined the deeper issue of whether test scores reflect actual, enduring learning. I'd encourage everyone on both sides of the issue to read Carol Dweck's work and understand the difference between learning goals and performance goals. There's a pile of evidence showing that pursuing learning goals can often lead to reaching performance goals -- but the same isn't necessarily true of the reverse. Hitting performance goals often has little connection to achieving learning goals -- especially over the long haul. This question is much like your previous one. It's a central question about the nature of education in this country.
LF: Is there anything else you'd like to share from your book, and that you learned in writing it, that might be particularly applicable to educators?
Daniel Pink:
I'd re-emphasize the importance of understanding that persuading and pitching is less about a teacher flipping a student's switch than it is about creating the conditions where self-directed students can flip their own switches and know why they're doing it. Also, the lessons in the buoyancy chapter -- about staying afloat in an "ocean of rejection" -- might be especially useful given the pounding teachers have taken lately.
Thanks, Dan!
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This page contains useful hacks to improve your huntering.
If you're new to the world of macros, then please read the FAQs and Basics sections below. If you are familiar with macros and just want to get to the goods, then click here to get right to it. All macros on this page are copy/paste ready, so have at it!
I hope you find my collection of hunter macros useful. Happy hunting!
Macro FAQs
Q: What are macros?
A: Macros are simple scripts that allow you to combine multiple abilities, tasks and conditionals into one action bar slot.
Q: Why use macros?
A: Macros can improve game play and reaction time by combining multiple useful abilities into one keystroke. Also, some abilities benefit more from being used in a synergistic macro, than they do when used separately. ie: Bestial Wrath + Rabid + Rapid Fire + DPS on-use trinket combined in one keybind = maximum ass-kicking.
Q: How many different macros do I need?
A: That entirely depends upon you and your play style. Some players need only a handful of macros, while others may use dozens or more. Just keep in mind that macro'ing too many abilities can be a detriment, as it leaves you with less control over decision making. Best bet is to read through my list and pick and choose the macros that you think will work best for you.
Q: Can I write my own macros?
A: Of course. Macros are pretty easy to script once you understand the basics. It's just a matter of playing around with them and finding what works for you.
Q: Do all of these macros work?
A: Yes. As of Patch 5.0.4, all of these macros are current and fully functional.
Q: All this macro stuff looks really great and all, but how can I start using them?
A: No problem, I'll show you…
How to Start Using These Hunter Macros
All of this macro business may sound great, but if you don't know how to start using them, then what good are they, right..?! You need to know how to get the macros off this page and into your game so you can start benefitting from them right away, so let me tell you how it's done.
Click the following link to check out my step-by-step guide on how to implement macros into your WoW gaming experience…
> > > Step by Step Guide on How to Set Up a WoW Macro < < <
Macro Basics
Here are some of the basic commands used when scripting macros:
- /target – target an enemy, friendly player or npc
- /targetenemy – targets the nearest enemy
- /targetenemyplayer – targets the nearest enemy player (only useful for PvP)
- /focus – focus an enemy, friendly player or npc
- /assist – assist a friendly player
- /stopcasting – cancels current cast
- /cast – casts a spell
- /castsequence – casts spells in a determined order
- /use – use a consumable or item
- /equip – equip an item
Inputting an item or a spell into a macro is very easily done by holding down shift while clicking on the spell or item icon in your skills tab or inventory.
Pet commands are as follows:
- /petpassive – puts pet on passive
- /petdefensive – puts pet on defensive
- /petassist – tells your pet to attack the target you're attacking
- /petattack – sends your pet to attack
- /petfollow – tells your pet to follow you
- /petstay – tells your pet to stay put
- /petmoveto – throws up a target circle for you to position your pet
Pet micro management is essential for any successful Hunter. The proper macros can make the difference between a raid wipe or arena loss.
There are a few lines you'll see included in quite a few macros on this page that you may not understand. Here's a quick explanation…
- [mod:shift], [mod:ctrl], [mod:alt] – Modifiers allow you to add more decision making abilities to macros. By using an additional modifier key in combination with the macro key bind, you're able to combine added conditionals to your macro. Does that make sense? If not, just read on and I'm sure you'll start to understand once you see them in the context of the various macros.
- @ – The @ symbol is used to mean target=, so if you see a macro with @Focus or @mouseover, this means that the action would be directed to your Focus Target or mouseover target, respectively.
- /use 13 – Use the trinket in your top trinket slot
- /use 14 – Use the trinket in your bottom trinket slot
- /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear() – Prevents an on-screen error message when an ability isn't ready. This is handy for eliminating the on-screen combat message spam you'll get when rapid-pressing a macro key when a spell or ability isn't ready.
I. General Hunter Macros
The following list contains a whole slew of useful macros for Hunters. I don't use all of them myself, but I can confirm that they are current and functional as of Patch 6.0.2.
The list contains macros that are applicable to all builds and play styles, as well as talent-specific, PvP oriented, engineering-only, and other miscellaneous macros.
You'll notice there are no /castsequence shot macros in this list. This is because, A: those types of macros suck and you should not use them…ever. Stringing attack sequences together into a macro is never a good thing, as it can never compare with a Hunter's ability to manually make decisions and adjust on the fly.
What this means is, you will not find any shot-combination macros on this page because either: they do not work or are ill-advised. Those of you wanting me to give you a macro for casting all of your shots with one button are out of luck. 😉
A. Stopcasting Macros
These macros all have one thing in common…they immediately interrupt the spell you're casting, e.g., Steady Shot or Cobra Shot. If you don't use stopcasting macros then you're abilities will be queued up and waiting for Steady or Cobra to finish casting, which is not ideal. Using these macros will ensure that the attacks get off instantly, which is what you want! These macros are helpful for improving your DPS, and critical for PvP.
Another important function they provide is to start or resume auto-attack, as some of these abilities, e.g., Focus Fire, Glaive Toss and Kill Command – do not initiate auto-attack.
These macros are basically highly-optimized versions of each skill's action button. I recommend using them in place of the ones from the spellbook.
Bestial Wrath
This identical macro is listed further down the page, but I'll explain what it does here…
It cancels any current cast, cancels any active immunity aura, sends your pet on your target, uses your burst trinket (if one is equipped in your bottom trinket slot), casts BW, casts Kill Command, starts your auto-attack.
#showtooltip Bestial Wrath /stopcasting /stopcasting /cancelaura Hand of Protection /cancelaura Deterrence /petattack /use 14 /cast Bestial Wrath /cast Kill Command /startattack /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Focus Fire
Cancels current cast, activates Focus Fire and starts or resumes auto-attack.
/stopcasting /stopcasting /cast Focus Fire /startattack /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Glaive Toss
Cancels current cast, activates Glaive Toss and starts or resumes auto-attack.
/stopcasting /stopcasting /cast Glaive Toss /startattack /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Kill Command
Cancels current cast, activates Glaive Toss and starts or resumes auto-attack.
/stopcasting /stopcasting /cast Kill Command /startattack /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
As I'd mentioned…I highly recommend using the above macros in place of the standard spellbook buttons. You'll thank me later. 🙂
B. Useful Raiding and PvE Hunter Macros
The assist and Misdirection macros default to a predetermined focus (usually the main tank). Since it may be necessary to switch focus targets multiple times during an encounter – due to taunt switches, debuff stacks, tank dying, etc… it is a good idea to have your focus target assigned to a keybind. I use F… it's easy to remember. 😉
Targeting Macro
This is a very basic macro which I use in my action bar instead of Arcane Shot. What it does is select the target nearest you in your frontal cone, then fires Arcane Shot. When your target is dead, this macro will grab some fresh meat. You can still manually select a target with your mouse and use this macro, but it enables you to maintain DPS while on the move without having to click on your target(s). This is one of my staple macros. Try it out!
#showtooltip /targetenemy [noharm][noexists] /cast Arcane Shot /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Simple Misdirection
This casts Misdirection onto your friendly focus target (main tank) without deselecting your current target. If you have no focus target (i.e., assist) selected, it will cast Misdirection onto your pet.
/cast [@focus,exists][@pet,exists] Misdirection
Simple Assist
As long as you have a focus selected – such as your main tank – this macro will ensure that you hit whatever they're hitting. If you haven't assigned a focus then this macro will have you assist your pet.
/assist [@focus,exists][@pet,exists] /startattack /petassist
Simple Pull Macro
This is a basic macro that you can use while out farming or questing. One press will send your pet in to attack and make sure it's in assist stance, plus start your auto-shot.
/petattack /petassist /startattack
Target Nearest Enemy Macro
This macro is similar to the one above, only it doesn't need a target first. Pressing it will automatically target the mob closest to you, send your pet on it, start your auto-attack and put your pet into assist mode.
/targetenemy /startattack /petattack /petassist
Rapid Fire Burst Macro
This macro adds some extra muscle behind Rapid Fire. It activates your bottom on-use DPS trinket (replace 14 with 13 if you keep your on-use trinkets in the top slot) and casts Rapid Fire at the same time.
#showtooltip Rapid Fire /use 14 /cast Rapid Fire /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Add in things like Blood Fury or Berserking for even more added burst.
#showtooltip Rapid Fire /use 14 /cast Blood Fury /cast Rapid Fire /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Tranquilizing Shot
This macro will dispel a buff or enrage effect from your hover-over target, or your current target if no other targets are highlighted. This is useful for getting off a quick dispel on a secondary target, while maintaining pressure on your current target.
#showtooltip Tranquilizing Shot /cast [@mouseover,harm][harm] Tranquilizing Shot
C. Pet Related Macros
Basic Pet Attack
This macro just makes sure that your pet is in defensive mode and on follow when it goes to attack.
/petdefensive /petfollow /petattack
Pet Management Macro
This macro will call Pet 1 to your side if you don't have a pet out, cast Mend Pet on your current pet, or Revive your pet (with shift modifier) if your pet is dead. This is a very handy Hunter macro.
/cast [mod:shift] Revive Pet /cast Call Pet 1 /cast Mend Pet /petattack /petassist /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Master's Call Macro
This adds an additional mouseover effect for Master's Call, allowing for a quick freedom for a teammate or party member. If no friendly player is highlighted, then it just activates Master's Call as normal.
/cast [@mouseover,help][@player] Master's Call
Roar of Sacrifice Macro
Functions just like the Master's Call macro, but for Roar of Sacrifice.
/cast [@mouseover,help][@player] Roar of Sacrifice
Pet Feeding
With pet happiness a thing of the past, there's not much reason to feed pets anymore apart from a quick Feed Pet heal now and then. At any rate, here are a few Feed Pet macros if you wanna use 'em…
Super Simple Feed Pet Macro
This is just a simple one-click pet feed macro. Paste in the food type and you're good to go.
/cast Feed Pet /use Roasted Quail
Feed Pet Macro for Multiple Pet and Food Types
This is a handy macro for easy pet feeding, regardless of which pet you have out at the time. Just set it and forget it. Check out Petopia's diet chart to see what sort of chow your pet likes.
/cast Feed Pet /use [pet:Wind Serpent] Blackened Trout /use [pet:Gorilla] Telaari Grapes /use [pet:Wolf] Ravager Dog
II. PvP Hunter Macros
Target Nearest Enemy Macro (Anti-Rogue/Feral Druid Macro)
Spam this macro if you think you're about to get jacked by a Rogue or Feral Druid, or if you simply need a target quickly. It immediately makes sure your pet gets on the target ASAP, ruins your target's opener by putting them in combat, and sends a bullet or arrow into their dome if they're in front of you. This is pretty much the same target enemy macro I've been using for about 7 years, sans Hunter's Mark.
/cleartarget /targetenemyplayer /startattack /petattack /petassist
Cancel Deterrence and Hand of Protection
Deterrence is an absolute lifesaver, but it can also prohibit a good opportunity for a killing blow – same goes for Hand of Protection. I make sure I have a way of quickly canceling out both of these spells if necessary, in the event that I need to cast a crucial attack against an opponent.
The best way to do this is to add the following lines to an ability macro:
/cancelaura Deterrence /cancelaura Hand of Protection
I use these two commands for the following macros:
Beast Mastery burst macro w/ cancelaura for Deterrence and Hand of Protection:
This macro cancels any active protective auras, allowing me the instant freedom to fire up big red and kick some ass. 😉
#showtooltip Bestial Wrath /stopcasting /stopcasting /cancelaura Hand of Protection /cancelaura Deterrence /petattack /use 14 /cast Bestial Wrath /cast Kill Command /startattack /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Kill Shot w/ cancelaura macro:
This macro enables you to never miss a Kill Shot opportunity due to a BoP or Deterrence. Even if Kill Shot is not available it can still be used to cancel Deterrence or Blessing of Protection if needed.
#showtooltip Kill Shot /stopcasting /stopcasting /cancelaura Deterrence /cancelaura Hand of Protection /cast Kill Shot /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Trap Launcher Macro
This macro makes sure that Trap Launcher is active and then it readies a target circle for Freezing Trap. This macro functions similarly to our old Freezing Arrow spell – putting two oft-used functions into one key press. Because Trap Launcher shares a cooldown with your traps, you need to press it once, wait a moment and then tap it again. Or, you can do like I do and spam the s&!t out of it. 😉
Since this macro simply queues Freezing Trap for the launch, you can still tap a different trap before you click and this macro will function just the same as Trap Launcher. This macro replaces Trap Launcher in my action bar.
/cast !Trap Launcher /cast Freezing Trap
Freezing Trap Macro
Sometimes I may be in melee range and won't want to fiddle with Trap Launcher as I'm trying to CC a target or create some separation. This macro makes sure my Trap launcher is off and then places a Freezing Trap right at my feet. Just as with the above macro, there is a slight delay (if Trap Launcher is active), so tap it twice for it to work as intended.
/cancelaura Trap Launcher /cast Freezing Trap
Versatile Bandage Macro
Use this macro to heal your mouseover target, or yourself – if no target is selected. Just swap in the type of bandage you have in your inventory.
/use [@mouseover,help][@player] Dense Embersilk Bandage
Camouflage Toggle
This is a really simple macro you can use to toggle Camouflage on or off – rather than clicking on the buff to cancel it. If Camouflage is not active, it puts you in stealth – if Camo is active, then it cancels it.
I like to use my mouse exclusively for movement, so I don't like having to "click" on any skills or buffs. This macro is handy for canceling Camo real quick before you're about to grab a flag, for example.
#showtooltip Camouflage /cancelaura Camouflage /cast Camouflage /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
All-In-One Pet Survival Macro
This macro combines all of the various pet abilities which help to keep it alive – or in the case of a Ferocity pet – to even resurrect it. It's more of an emergency macro, so don't use it for routine Mend Pets — only use it if your pet is on the verge of getting focused down – or if you have a Ferocity pet with Heart of the Phoenix – this macro can bring them back up with one click.
Pressing it will put your pet in Cower (reducing incoming damage by 40% for 6 sec) and throw a Mend Pet up. It will also cast Last Stand if you have a Tenacity pet out – or – Bullheaded if you have a Cunning pet out. If you have a Ferocity Pet it will add Lick Your Wounds or cast Heart of the Phoenix if your pet's dead.
/cast Last Stand /cast Bullheaded /cast Heart of the Phoenix /cast Mend Pet /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Quick Pet Safety + Dismiss Pet
This is a handy macro for pulling your pet back if they're in danger. If Dash is needed to get them out of harm's way quickly, then press the alt key as well. I've also added Dismiss Pet to this macro to save a little action bar space. Pressing the shift key will Dismiss your current pet.
/cast [mod:shift] Dismiss Pet /cast [mod:alt] Dash /petpassive /petfollow /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Guard Dog Macro
I like using this while I'm on the run. It puts my pet in defensive mode and throws out the PetMoveTo target circle. Not a hugely necessary macro, but I like to keybind all of my abilities if possible. It's so much better being free to use your mouse for all movement; not having to 'click' on any abilities.
/petmoveto /petdefensive
Healthstone / Potion Macro
This macro will use a Healthstone if you have one, or a healing potion if you do not. Substitute in the appropriate healing potion type. I rarely use health potions in BGs, especially now since they're so costly, but a handy macro nonetheless.
/use Healthstone /use Runic Healing Potion /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Battle Standard Macro
I've been toting my Battle Standards around for years, but I seldom use them, which is a shame. This is partly because I often forget, but also because using one always meant opening my inventory to click it.
So, I decided to make a super simple macro that would plant either my Stormpike Battle Standard (if in AV) or my Alliance Battle Standard (if in any other BG) with one key press. Now I use them all the time. 🙂
/use Stormpike Battle Standard /use Alliance Battle Standard
III. Build Specific & Special Shot Macros
These macros contain abilities which are only available for certain hunter specs.
A. Beast Mastery Hunter Macros
Bestial Wrath DPS Macro
This macro sends your pet in to attack your target and uses your major damage cooldowns. One button press will activate your trinket, cast Bestial Wrath, Kill Command & Rabid (Ferocity pets only). Combine this with Rapid Fire if it's up, and you'll be the talk of Recount for about 10-15 seconds.
/petattack /use 14 /cast Bestial Wrath /cast Kill Command /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Brawler's Guild Burst
If you're into the Brawler's Arena, then you'll want to add: /use item:98061 (Bottomless Potion of Brawler's Deftness) to your primary burst macro, like this:
#showtooltip Bestial Wrath /use 14 /use item:98061 /cast Bestial Wrath /cast Rabid /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Spirit Beast – Spirit Mend Macro + All-In-One Exotic Pet Ability Macro
This macro provides a little more control over your Spirit Beast's Spirit Mend ability. Pressing it will heal you – or a mouseover target (e.g., flag carrying teammate) if you have one highlighted. It will also cast Ancient Hysteria when your Core Hound's out, and give you a little more control over your Silithid's and Shale Spider's snares.
/cast [@mouseover,help][@player] Spirit Mend /cast Ancient Hysteria /cast [@mouseover,harm][harm] Venom Web Spray /cast [@mouseover,harm][harm] Web Wrap /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
B. Counter Shot Hunter Macros
This allows for a quick target switching silence. It will look first for a hostile mouseover target – if none is highlighted, it will silence your current target.
#showtooltip Counter Shot /stopcasting /stopcasting /cast [@mouseover,harm][harm] Counter Shot
You can simplify it even further if your focus target is always going to be your Counter Shot target.
#showtooltip Counter Shot /stopcasting /stopcasting /cast [@focus,exists] Counter Shot
You can also combine the two to make a mouseover macro where the focus has priority. This macro will first look for your focus target, then for a mouseover target if you have no focus target selected, then your current target if a focus and mouseover target are not available.
#showtooltip Counter Shot /stopcasting /stopcasting /cast [@focus,exists][@mouseover,harm][harm] Counter Shot
C. Wyvern Sting Macros
Wyvern Sting Macro
This allows for quick target switching CC. It will look first for a hostile mouseover target. If none is highlighted, it will sleep your current target.
#showtooltip Wyvern Sting /stopcasting /stopcasting /cast [@mouseover,harm][harm] Wyvern Sting
You can also apply the same rules as in the Counter Shot macro above – configuring this macro like so:
#showtooltip Wyvern Sting /cast [@focus,exists][@mouseover,harm][harm] Wyvern Sting
IV. Racial Macros
Some of the races in WoW have traits that can provide more powerful benefits – or have some added use and versatility – when placed in a macro.
Draenei: Gift of the Naaru
This macro brings some added flexibility to the Draenei's Gift of the Naaru racial. Pressing it will heal you – or a mouseover target (e.g., main tank, arena partner) if you have one highlighted.
/cast [@mouseover,help][@player] Gift of the Naaru /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Night Elf: Shadowmeld
I macro Shadowmeld with Spirit Walk for a nice stealth macro for when I want to surprise enemies in PvP, or if I just want to go afk and not be bothered by any npc mobs. 😉 I use a Spirit Beast with this, of course, but if you use a cat, then just swap in Prowl for Spirit Walk.
/cast Shadowmeld /cast Spirit Walk
Orc: Blood Fury
Blood Fury is a powerful DPS boost that is best used when combined with other burst abilities such as Bestial Wrath or Rapid Fire, like this:
/petattack /startattack /cast Blood Fury /cast Bestial Wrath /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Troll: Berserking
The Troll's Berserking racial is another great DPS cooldown. Combine it with other burst cooldowns for maximum burstage.
/petattack /startattack /cast Berserking /cast Rapid Fire /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
V. Equipment Macros
Each piece of gear that we wear is assigned a number, as follows:
1 = head
2 = neck
3 = shoulder
4 = shirt
5 = chest
6 = belt
7 = legs
8 = feet
9 = wrist
10 = gloves
11 = finger 1
12 = finger 2
13 = trinket 1
14 = trinket 2
15 = back
16 = main hand
17 = off hand
18 = ranged
19 = tabard
Using the gear slot number as opposed to the actual item name is a more practical way of doing things. It not only makes for easier macro scripting, but it also allows for more freedom when swapping out gear.
The most important equipment slots to remember are:
13 – Trinket 1
14 – Trinket 2
Adding an equipslot # to your macro will activate the respective on-use trinket. For example, if you have an Ancient Petrified Seed equipped in your bottom trinket slot, you could macro it in with Bestial Wrath, like this:
/use 14 /cast Bestial Wrath
Now, let's say your PvP gear setup uses a Prideful Gladiator's Badge of Conquest in the bottom trinket slot instead. No problem, you don't have to change a thing. Which ever trinket is located in that equipment slot, will be the one that's used in the macro.
If you want to have more control over your trinkets, as would be the case with a PvP trinket, you can make simple macros such as these:
Top Trinket Slot
/use 13
Bottom Trinket Slot
/use 14
The nice thing about these macros is that they'll show you which trinket you actually have equipped. Last thing you want to do is realize after the start of an arena match that you're wearing your proc-based DPS trinket and left your PvP trinket in your backpack. Of course, this is harder to do these days with luxuries like the equipment manager.
A. Engineering Macros
Engineers have additional on-use items associated with these equipment slots:
1 – Helmet
6 – Belt
8 – Boots
10 – Gloves
15 – Back
Glove Tinker Macro
If you have a Tazik Shocker attached to your gloves, you're going to want to fire that sucker off as much as possible. Best way to do this is to macro it in to your shot(s) like this:
/use 10 /cast Explosive Shot /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
As long as the gloves you're wearing have an on-use engineering enchant of some sort, you never have to fiddle with the item name in the macro.
You can even combine the on-use engineering gadgets into one macro. For this example, let's say we're a MM Hunter who has the Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket on our gloves, as well as the Gnomish Lightning Generator equipped in our bottom trinket slot.
/use 10 /use 14 /cast Chimera Shot /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Note: There is a 10 second burst-ability cooldown that activates when using one of the engineering DPS items. You can still combine the abilities into one macro, but they will fire off no sooner than 10 seconds apart from one another. This little mechanic was added in 3.1 to prevent engineers from gaining an unfair burst advantage in arena.
Disengage + Cloak Tinker Macro
The Disengage + Flexweave Underlay macro can really add some distance to your Disengage.
/cast Disengage /use 15
VI. Miscellaneous Macros
The following are a few other macros that I use – not necessarily hunter-specific – that make little tasks in Azeroth just a bit easier…
Garwulf's Fishin' Macro
This is a super-handy-dandy macro I created for some expert angling. This one little macro will equip all of your fishing gear, apply a lure to your pole and even cast it. Just use this same button to fish — when your lure buff expires, the macro will immediately know to reapply a new lure. Customize it to suit your particular fishing gear setup, then have fun fishin'!
#showtooltip Fishing
/equip Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole /equip Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat /use Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat /use Fishing /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
Handy Daily Quest Macro
Back in WotLK I grew tired of having to rummage through my inventory each time I needed to use an item for a daily quest, so I created a macro that would cover all of the quest items I'd need to use on a daily basis. My Cataclysm one doesn't contain nearly as many items, but I still find using it much more convenient than having to open my bags and click on the items every time.
This macro uses the following items: The Tahret Dynasty Mallet for the "Thieving Little Pluckers" quest, the Magnetized Scrap Collector for "Magnets, How Do They Work?", the Enchanted Salve for "Burn Victims", and it also places Seaforium Bombs in Strand of the Ancients and Isle of Conquest.
/use item:63351 /use item:62829 /use item:69240 /use item:39213 /use item:46847 /use item:47030
The items listed in this macro are not very relevant to the WoD era, but you can easily switch these item #s to whatever. To change out the items, or to add additional items, just find the item's ID by searching for it on WoWHead, then add it to the macro. The item ID can be found in your browser's address bar, like so:
Isle of Conquest & Strand of the Ancients Bomb Macro
I don't always queue for IoC ot SotA, but when I do, I use this macro for easier wall bombing.
/use item:46847 /use item:47030
Simple All-Terrain Mount Macro
Mount macros are no longer needed in Warlords of Draenor! For a one-button mount command, just favorite whichever mounts you wish to use most often, then drag the 'Summon Random Favorite Mount' button to your action bar. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!
So long mount macros and farewell GoGoMount…you were a great addon for many years, but the game's UI is growing up and I don't think I need you any more…
Gun Show Macro
Use this macro to impress your friends and dazzle the ladies. Useful for those occasions when you've: just topped the meters in a successful raid, owned someone in a duel, pulled off a daring flag capture in Warsong Gulch, or just think that others should recognize.
Another great opportunity to bust this one out is during downtime while raiding. Use it while the RL is distributing loot, explaining a fight, during another player's bio break, or anytime the situation calls for it.
For this to work, you need to make sure you have at least 9 free bag spaces in your bag nearest your primary backpack (the bag just to the left of your 16 slotter).
Proper setup should involve an unsuspecting nearby female player whom you will emote…
You: /em asks you to present your tickets.
Unsuspecting Female: tickets..?
You: /s Yes, I'm now accepting tickets…
Unsuspecting female: for what..?
You: /y The Gun Show!
Get in line for the Gun Show
/script local t={3,4,5,9,10,15,19}; for k,v in pairs(t) do PickupInventoryItem(v); PutItemInBag(20); end /flex
Alright folks… so there ya are… Hunter Macros. Start using 'em!


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Feb. 16, 2010
NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion shot over 50 percent from the field for the sixth time this season and remained undefeated in those contests, picking up a 78-67 win over Towson Tuesday evening at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
The win improves the Monarchs to 21-7 on the year and 13-3 in Colonial Athletic Association play. ODU, which remains tied with Northeastern atop the conference standings, has now won 22 consecutive homes games, ranking as the third longest home winning streak in Division I.
Four players scored in double figures for Old Dominion, including junior Frank Hassell who scored a team-high 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting. The Chesapeake, Va. native also grabbed six boards and rejected a game-high three shots.
Senior Gerald Lee and junior Keyon Carter also contributed to ODU's 52-28 advantage in the paint, chipping in 14 and 13 respectively. Sophomore Kent Bazemore was the other Monarch in double-figures, tallying 14 points, while grabbing five rebounds and dishing out five assists.
Towson kept the game close for much of the first half and took its only lead (8-7) four minutes in. ODU went on a 23-13 run from that point to earn a 30-21 advantage at the 4:44 mark.
The Tigers cut the Monarch lead down to 34-31, but a lay-up from Bazemore and a right baseline fade-away at the halftime buzzer from freshman Nick Wright gave ODU a seven-point lead at the intermission.
The late first half buckets sparked a 25-10 Old Dominion run out of the locker room. After the spurt, the Monarchs had their largest lead of the game, 63-46, with less than nine minutes remaining.
Lee and Carter combined for 16 second half points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field as ODU clinched its 13th straight win over Towson. Old Dominion shot 68 percent in the second half and 51.6 percent for the game.
The Monarchs are now 6-0 this season when hitting the 50 percent mark from the field.
Old Dominion continued its domination of the boards, out-rebounding the Tigers 39-28. On the year the Monarchs hold a plus 8.4 rebounds per game advantage, which ranks fifth nationally.
Towson (7-19, 4-12) also had four players in double-figures, led by RaShawn Polk's game-high 16. Isaiah Philmore, Robert Nwankwo and Josh Brown all chipped in 11.
Old Dominion will next face No. 24 Northern Iowa in its ESPN Bracketbuster game on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised live on ESPN2.


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By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could act without congressional approval to limit a key incentive for U.S. corporations to move their tax domiciles abroad in so-called "inversion" deals, a former senior U.S. Treasury Department official said on Monday. By invoking a 1969 tax law, Obama could bypass congressional gridlock and restrict foreign tax-domiciled U.S companies from using inter-company loans and interest deductions to cut their U.S. tax bills, said Stephen Shay, former deputy assistant Treasury secretary for international tax affairs in the Obama administration. He also served as international tax counsel at Treasury from 1982 to 1987 in the Reagan administration. In an article being published on Monday in Tax Notes, a journal for tax lawyers and accountants, Shay said the federal government needs to move quickly to respond to a recent surge in inversion deals that threatens the U.S. corporate tax base. "People should not dawdle," said Shay, now a professor at Harvard Law School, in an interview on Friday about his article. If the administration were to take the steps he discusses, Shay said, some of the many inversion deals that are said to be in the works might be halted in their tracks. The regulatory power conferred by the tax code section he has in mind, known as Section 385, is "extraordinarily broad" and would be a "slam dunk" for the Treasury Department, he said. A recent sharp upswing in inversion deals is causing alarm in Washington, with Obama last week urging lawmakers to act soon on anti-inversion proposals from him and other Democrats. But Republican opposition has blocked Congress from moving ahead. Meantime, investment bankers and tax lawyers are aggressively promoting inversion deals among corporate clients, with U.S. drugstore chain Walgreen Co one of several companies known to be evaluating such a transaction. Medical technology group Medtronic Inc, based in Minnesota, and drug maker AbbVie Inc, of Illinois, are in the midst of inverting to Ireland by buying smaller Irish rivals and shifting their tax domiciles to that country. The biggest attraction of inversions for U.S. multinationals is putting their foreign profits out of the reach of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. But another incentive is to make it easier to do so-called "earnings stripping" transactions. This legal strategy involves making loans from a foreign parent to a U.S. unit, which can then deduct the interest payments from its U.S. taxable income. Plus, the foreign parent can book interest income at its home country's lower tax rate. Section 385 empowers the Treasury secretary to set standards for when a financial instrument should be treated as debt, eligible for interest deductibility, and when it should be treated as ineligible equity. If a corporation has loaded debt into a U.S. unit beyond a certain level, Section 385 could be used by the government to declare the excess as equity and ineligible for deductions. "The stuff I'm describing should be putting a crimp in tax-motivated deals," Shay said. (Editing by Eric Walsh)


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WASHINGTON -- Depending on how the votes add up this November, the number of physicians roaming the halls of Congress could grow by half -- from 20 to 30.
A total of 28 physicians have their names on the ballot. That includes 17 incumbents and 11 challengers.
Of the 20 physician members of Congress, 17 are in the House and three in the Senate. All of the physician House members, except for Rep. Ron Paul, MD, (R-Texas), who made an unsuccessful bid for the White House, are running for reelection. Two senators -- Rand Paul, MD, (R-Ken.) and Tom Coburn, MD, (R-Okla.) -- are not up for reelection.
Of the 28 candidates, 26 are running for House seats; the only two Senate physician candidates are Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso, MD, running for reelection, and Richard Carmona, MD, a Democrat hoping to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.).
Not surprisingly, the physician candidates told MedPage Today that healthcare -- for example, repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or supporting additional changes to health reform -- has largely driven their decision to run for public office.
"People who are passing laws for doctors are not doctors," said Syed Taj, MD, a Democrat and internist running in Michigan's 11th Congressional District. "We need more doctors."
Less than 4% of the 535 voting members of Congress -- 435 in the House of Representatives and 100 in the Senate -- are doctors, he noted.
Taj mentioned scrapping Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate reimbursement formula completely as a key issue for him. "I definitely want to get rid of it."
Pediatrician Marisha Agana, MD, said that repealing the ACA is a primary concern for her.
"It will absolutely lead to more regulatory policies that will hamper my ability to practice medicine the way I was trained to practice medicine, which is to do no harm to the patient," said Agana, who is running as a Republican in Ohio's 13th Congressional District.
She noted that the law's Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel responsible for finding ways to reduce Medicare spending if it grows at a higher rate than a prespecified target, is one example of a provision that will interfere with her ability to treat patients.
Agana, a Catholic, also doesn't agree with faith-based organizations being forced to cover contraception on their plans. "I think that was the icing on the cake," she said.
Emergency medicine physician Raul Ruiz, MD, hopes to add his voice to the Medicare debate in Congress. He opposes turning Medicare into a premium-support system like Republican nominees have offered and instead said waste and redundancies need to be cut.
"If we can reduce healthcare costs, then we will make Medicare more sustainable," said Ruiz, a Democrat running for a House seat in California.
Ruiz and Taj hope to more evenly distribute the balance between Democratic and Republican physicians in Washington. Of the 20 current physician members of Congress, a nonvoting delegate, Donna Christensen, MD, (D-Virgin Islands) and Rep. Jim McDermott, MD, (D-Wash.) are the only two Democrats. But of the 11 challengers this fall, seven are Democrats.
"I think that more physicians should run for office at all levels," said Ruiz, who is running for public office for the first time. "The voices of our physicians should be amplified and multiplied across the nation because you can't change the healthcare system without including the voices of our patients and providers."


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Jaime HernandezDespite the large mintage of half a million 2001 Buffalo Dollars being produced, the U.S. Mint still managed to sell out every single coin within two weeks.
On June 7th, the U.S. Mint made the coins available to the public for the first time ever. Immediately, the U.S. Mint was flooded with phone calls. Collectors who were unable to get through the phone lines, would instead end up purchasing the coins in the aftermarket at a very high premium. On the same day in which the coins were released, customers with confirmed orders were already selling the coin and currency sets online, for as much as $200 each, and sometimes even more. These same sets could still be purchased from the U.S. Mint for $54.95 each!
While producing the 2001-D Buffalo Dollars, the U.S. Mint increased the tonnage pressure used to strike the coins. Unremarkably, the U.S. Mint also struck mint state coins three times each! Both these procedures would be very instrumental in portraying a beautiful and jaw dropping appearance on every single 2001 Buffalo Dollar that the U.S. Mint produced. Furthermore, mint state coins were also struck under 230 tons of striking pressure. This is a larger amount of pressure that is used to strike other commemorative coins. Regular uncirculated commemorative coins are usually struck only once and under lower tonnage pressure.
The delicate and alluring buffalo obverse design of the 2001 Buffalo Dollar depicts a combination of three different Indian Chiefs who had posed for James Earle Fraser sometime in the early 1900's. This same obverse design was previously used on buffalo nickels from 1913 to 1938. The composite of the three chiefs in the design were from Chief Iron Tail, Chief Big Tree and Chief Two Moons. These three chiefs were performers at Wild West shows in New York City when they originally modeled for Frasier. The 2001 Buffalo Dollar reverse represents the same distinctive and nostalgic design used for the type one 1913 buffalo nickels. Type one buffalo nickels display a buffalo standing at the top of a mound. Type two buffalo nickels display a buffalo standing above a flat base.
For the 2001 Buffalo Commemorative Dollars, the reverse design was slightly modified when compared to the original buffalo nickel design. First, by adding the motto "In God We Trust" which are elegantly arched above the buffalo on the reverse of 2001-D Buffalo Dollars. Originally, the motto was non existent on buffalo nickels, since at the time, it was not required by law.
In addition, the inscriptions "E Pluribus Unum" located above the lower back of the buffalo on buffalo nickels were also moved. These inscriptions were now placed below the buffalo's head on 2001 Buffalo Dollars. The buffalo design originated from Black Diamond, a 1,550 pound bison located in New York's Central Park Zoo in the early 1900's. Therefore, the actual image on the coin portrays a model of an American Bison as opposed to a buffalo. However, for decades this historical design has been recognized and accepted with the nomenclature of a buffalo.
The 2001 Buffalo Dollar coins today, exist thanks to Ben Nighthorse Campbell from Colorado. Campbell was one of forty-four chiefs from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. It all began in 1995, when Campbell proposed the reintroduction of the buffalo design on a U.S. coin. Campbell's original proposal was to produce a five-cent coin made out of silver depicting the historical buffalo design. However, his proposal was turned down by congress numerous times.
Persistence pays off! Five years later and after numerous attempts, Campbell's proposal was finally accepted. However, mint officials concluded that the buffalo design was more appropriate on a commemorative coin. Either way, Campbell was instrumental and successful in resurrecting the buffalo and indian head chief design.
On October 27, 2000 President Clinton at the time signed and approved the 2001 Buffalo Commemorative coin design into public law. Because of Campbell's hard work and tenacity, his wish would finally come to fruition. On May 4th 2001, the Denver Mint then struck the first 2001-D Mint State Buffalo Dollars. And to top it off, Campbell was allowed to run the Denver Mint press and strike the first mint state coins bearing the "D" mint mark. Proof coins were also struck with the same design but with a "P" mint mark, as they were struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
On June 7th and up until July 25, 2001, the U.S. Mint began taking advanced orders for four different coin options of the 2001 Buffalo Dollars.
The pre issue price for the Single Uncirculated coin which contained one mint state coin was $30. The regular issue price for the mint state coin was $32.
The pre issue price for the Single Proof was $33 and $37 as the regular issue price.
Pre issue prices for the Two-Coin Set containing a Proof and Uncirculated coin was $59.95 and $64.95 as the regular issue price.
Finally, for the Coin and Currency Set the pre issue price was $54.95 and $59.95 as the regular issue price. The maximum authorized mintage was half a million coins for both proof and uncirculated coins combined in the four different options.
The U.S. Mint had already anticipated a large demand for the new buffalo coins. As a result, the ordering dates were rescheduled from May 4th to June 7. This was implemented in order to provide mail order customers enough time to place their orders. The original tentative ordering date was scheduled to coincide with the first day of production, which had taken place on May 4th.
The Coin and Currency Set was an extremely popular set, which was comprised with an uncirculated American Buffalo Silver Dollar bearing a D mint mark. The set also included an 1899 $5 Silver Certificate replica produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The set also contained a 1987 Great American Series Red Cloud of the Oglala Sioux 10 cent stamp. Finally, the set also contained a second stamp from 2001 illustrating a bison with a sunset back ground. Both these stamps had similar obverse and reverse designs to that of the 2001 Buffalo Commemorative Dollars.
On June 21, 2001 the U.S. Mint announced a sell out of the 2001 Buffalo Commemorative coins. All half a million coins being offered in the four different coin options were completely sold out! The final mintage for the uncirculated coins produced at Denver was 227,131. The total mintage for the proof coins was a total of 272,869 coins.
Subsequently, in September the mint canceled 2,800 orders which it had already confirmed and charged customers for. This amount was from the original 133,000 total orders it had taken in. According to the U.S. Mint, this was the fastest sellout for any modern program it had offered at the time and the rapid sales overwhelmed their systems. As a result, they mistakenly took in too many orders after the actual sellout.
Incomprehensibly, during the first five days of sales no ordering limits had been imposed. However, once the internet sales had begun on June 11 a limit of twenty orders per option was finally in effect. If a customer was to order every single one of the four different options it would total to five separate coins combined. This meant a twenty order limit would equal to one hundred individual coins. Customers who had originally ordered and were charged for over twenty sets would only be given the maximum allotted twenty sets. This was the new rule regardless of how many sets had been confirmed and charged for. Customers who ordered and were charged for more than 20 sets would later receive a reimbursement for anything over the twenty sets which they were initially charged for.
The success, demand and excitement for the Buffalo Commemorative coins did not stop there. In 2006, the U.S. Mint orchestrated another very popular coin buffalo program. These new gold buffaloes would also be an instant success. Today, there is no doubt that the buffalo and Indian head chief design are a very popular and famous design. When the 2001-D Buffalo Commemorative Dollars were first released they were also an instant success, and the odds are, that they will continue to very popular for many years to come.
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Anyway, we had a great time. And our New Years was more of a subdued affair, which was just fine with us. Yup, we're getting older.
Speaking of getting older, my 20th high school reunion will take place next month. It was supposed to happen last November (class of '86, natch), but the plans fell through. I'm mixed about going. I went to my 10th and that was a pretty interesting event -- for the first 45 minutes everyone was going around hugging and laughing and gabbing about gosh, it's been a long time, hasn't it? and yes, it certainly has and here's photos of my kids and what do you do now? That sort of thing. Everyone was interested in everyone else for those first 45 minutes. But then, wouldn't you know it? Everyone started to migrate back to their respective cliques -- it was high school all over again, albeit 10 years later. Since I never really stuck with one particular group, Andrea and I found ourselves sitting at a table, politely checking everyone out. There were some conversations and connections that were worth the price of the evening, but all in all, it was sorta strange to pay money for something that I had already experienced for 5 years -- back when I was a teenager.
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Yes, you read that right. My high school consisted of five years. We didn't have a middle school -- I went to the same elementary school from 1st through 7th grade and then went immediately into high school for 8th grade. We were labeled "sub-freshman" or "subbies" for short. It was supposed to be a derogatory term, but we wore that title like a badge of honor, thereby pissing the previous class off. (They hated being called "subbies.") It was a harsh move from being the kings of our elementary school to being on the lowest rung of the ladder in high school. And it didn't help that I was a full-blown nerd at the time. I was skinny, dorky, gawky, with bad hair to boot. At least I had my elementary friend Andy to help me out. He was on the football team (read: muscles) and would deflect any insults my way. I've been meaning to thank you for that, Andy. Thanks for keeping me alive throughout our entire 8th grade year.
Honestly, now that I think of it, I'm kinda excited about going to the reunion. I'm more interested in seeing what everyone is doing now and to see how they've aged. Oh, come on. You'd be doing the same thing if you were going, so don't front. Everyone will be checking each other out. I just hate to think that others might be sizing each other up on a negative level, whereas I'd be checking everyone out on a fascination/artistic level. I know -- how very artsy of me, but it's true. I should bring my sketchbook -- but dang wouldn't that be so typical of me, the one and (pretty much) only artist in our class arrives at the 20th year reunion with sketchbook and pencil in hand. Hmmm...maybe not.
But I digress. 2007 looks to be a pretty good year. Like I've hinted at in previous posts, I've got something lined up that I'm very excited about but can't share with you all just yet. It's not ready. Need more time.
In the meantime, hope you all had a great New Years -- here's to a fantastic 2007!
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My 20th is this year too (class of 87). I smiled as I read what you wrote. It's true. The same thing happened at my ten year with regard to people mingling and yet eventually ending up in the cliques they had in high school. That bothered me a bit. Although my curiousity is peaked I don't know if I will attend the reunion this year. We shall see...ReplyDelete
I think you should take your sketchbook. It could be fun. Plus you'd have pics to show here after the event!
How funny. I went with a friend to my 10th, and we were in charge of videotaping the event and taking orders for copies. I spent so much time with that, I didn't even really mingle. When I did, all the insecurities just flooded back. It was weird. My (cough) 30th comes up next year, and I already declined the invitation. But then I don't have a lovely spouse to show off.ReplyDelete
PS: you ain't so nerdy now, huh?! ;)
I went to my 20th reunion last July, and had a blast!! I had almost no friends in HS, but got to hang with the band geeks, the drama group, artsy chicks, the brainy people, and just had a good time. Even some of the former stuckups were really nice. Pretty much, only that "beautiful people" crowd didn't mingle much, but it was worth it.ReplyDelete
I almost didn't go. One of the reasons I had few friends is I was Gay and that was not cool back in the 80s. Soo since I didn't want to be the only queer at the reunion, I googled the name of a girl who used to live behind me, who I didn't know, but heard she was Gay. I took a shot in the dark and sent an email to the first address that looked plausible, and got her. She was now living in Brooklyn. We weren't even friends in high school, but fortunately I was able to talk her into attending the reunion.
To make things interesting we pretended to be dates at the reunion. No one recognized me for like the first two hours thinking I was her GF from Brooklyn. When they started to find out who I was, ooooh the rumors flew. It was so fun!
Anyway, thanks to the reunion I was able to find a killer apt and moved to NYC, a week ago today. I'm started off the New Year watching fire works from Prospect Park.
my uhm err 15 cents... I'd say go! Besides the hottest chick in the class, Polly, remembered me and said hi. That alone was worth it!! hehe She was still hot, hadn't aged a second. Go Fairport Raiders ! LOL (I never attended pep rallys… didn't every one just smoke in the bathroom back then?? )
My 20th should have been last year as well.. go class of '86!! We had a 5th year one that was dismal. Never heard if we even planned a 10th or more. Oh well.. didn't much like HS then anyway.ReplyDelete
I wasn't in any cliques at all... had a few HS friends but never any that went beyond the walls of the school. I see a few classmates now and then.. the usual hey how are you.
If you can't bring your sketchbook bring a camera..capture the moments to draw later.
Hmmmm...we didn't even HAVE a 10 year reunion, and I never heard a peep about 20 (Class of '85.) Going would have been pretty much a disaster anyway, for about a zillion reasons! The heads and nerds I hung out with probably didn't (or wouldn't) show, and the jocks and debs that margainally accepted/tolerated me (and I them) just aren't worth the trip. How's THAT for a wet blanket, Ward-o?ReplyDelete
You should TOTALLY go. I mean, come on...it only happens every 10 years, and if you don't go, you'll just sit around wondering about it (and obsessing). I have a feeling more people show up at these things the further you get away from high school. Plus, you've got a super career, so you gotta' go show it off and gloat! (I'm sure everyone else has become acountants...or something else equally conservative and boring.)ReplyDelete
And then I think you should post your reunion sketches for all to see! ;)
I dug this post, and really dig the drawing you did to accompany it. (Is that Painter or Photoshop?) Not to mention, the idea of you depending on your friend Andy for survival is hilarious. Gosh...I was lucky not to get totally clobbered in High School, too. People tolerated me because I drew pictures for them!
BTW, thanks for the happy 2007 wishes on me blog.
Happy new year, Ward! Thanks for the great stuff through 2006... and I look forward to more!ReplyDelete
All the best,