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Episode 2 :: February 7, 2011

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2 & Some Change - 1/4/12 NFL Coaches Who Escaped The Hot Seat ...

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2 & Some Change - 1/4/12 NFL Coaches Who Escaped The Hot Seat ...

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New Releases For December 6, 2011 - Press Pause Daily

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New Releases For December 6, 2011 - Press Pause Daily

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This week we have some late to the party dancing, Mario and friends play a board game, and a movie tie-in that might actually be good. SHOW NOTES: As with last week, we are definitely in a lull of new releases. That being said, here we go... GAME #1: First up...It’s a little late to the party, but PS3 owners can now finally shake their groove thing with the latest installment of Ubisoft’s Just Dance series. Just Dance 3 gives your living room dance club a whole lot more moves and some top songs from artists like Katy Perry, Cee Lo Green, and Gwen Stefani, as well as some old school jams from The Sugarhill Gang; Earth, Wind, & Fire; and the original diva herself, Aretha Franklin. Oh, and for you fans of the show How I Met Your Mother...you can “go to the Mall” with that Canadian superstar Robin Sparkles. GAME #2: Up next is Fortune Street for the Wii. This odd release mixes the characters of Dragon Quest with Super Mario to relive the tropes of Mario Party. I don’t understand WHERE this game came from .. but hey if you enjoyed Mario Party .. but were thinking to yourself “man I wish I could be that slime guy from Dragon Quest” .. you’re in luck. Now you can. GAME #3: Ok at #3 we have what is probably the only really good game on the list....and it’s a movie tie-in. Based on the upcoming animated movie from master filmmakers Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson is the game for The Adventures of TinTin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The game is a fairly typical adventure game that takes you through the story of the movie as teen reporter Tin Tin, along with Captain Haddock, and is faithful dog Snowy. The game is a mix of platforming, action, and vehicle sections. So...if you’ve been looking forward to checking this out, or if you are one of the few people who is already a fan of the world famous European comic character, you might want to check this game out...since it appears to be coming to just about every system under the sun. That will do it for your daily dose of press pause, be sure to check out our live discussion show at twitch.tv/presspause tomorrow at 12 pm pacific. You can also find fully edited episodes over at our Youtube channel: youtube.com/presspausemevio .

Piracy, Lotto, Teleprompters, and a Community Challenge

Added 11/19/11
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Police Mercenaries: Privatizing Liberty

Added 11/18/11
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Police Mercenaries: Privatizing Liberty

[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 22:00:46 11/18/11
As Mayor Bloomberg's forces swooped down on Occupy Wall Street, news reports described the " hundreds of police and private security guards " who had re-taken Zuccotti Park. Those private guards were used against public citizens who had been exercising their civil liberties in a public area. That's not just wrong. It's unAmerican. This incident holds an important lesson for anyone who loves our freedoms: When something public is made private, our liberties are privatized too. And privatized liberty isn't liberty at all. Privatizing Liberty Zuccotti Park. New Yorkers knew it as Liberty Plaza Park for nearly half a century. Like other sites in New York, the plaza was created through an agreement between the city and a private company, United States Steel, that wanted to erect a building that exceeded the city's height limits. So the city made them a deal: You can take up more than your share of the public skyline, but in return you have to give the city some open space at ground level. This wasn't a gift. It was a fair exchange between two parties, a private corporation and the people of New York. The people gave up a chunk of their skyline and the owner agreed to provide an open - and, by agreement, fully public - space in return. New York City makes these deals fairly often. The plazas created by these agreements are called "privately owned public spaces," or "POPS," and the city has lots of them. The Mayor may want to read that phrase again: It doesn't say "privately owned private spaces." Both the owner and the city are obligated to keep them for public use, in the public sphere, with all the laws and freedoms that apply to public space. The park's current owner, Brookfield Properties, rebuilt the park with private donations after it was damaged in the 9/11 attacks. With Mayor Bloomberg's permission, they also overstepped tradition and the bounds of propriety by renaming the park - not for the thousands of innocent people who died that day, but for their own chairman. The symbolism is perfect:They replaced a treasured word for freedom with the name of a rich guy who'd done nothing to create the park. With the Mayor's blessing, they literally privatized the word "liberty." Like I said, perfect. Tragic, but perfect. Private Dicks Brookfield overstepped its bounds when its CEO sent the mayor a letter saying that the Occupation "violates the law, violates the rules of the Park, deprives the community of its rights of quiet enjoyment to the Park, and creates health and public safety issues." Those aren't decisions a private company, even an owner, should make about a public space. They are judgments an elected official makes on behalf of a free citizenry. This week Bloomberg and Brookfield have used the park's semi-private status as an excuse to invade a public space with a private security force. Whoever these guys were - besides rude and uncivil - they served as a kind of Blackwater militia, but targeting New Yorkers instead of Iraqis. (At least Brookfield says it fired the guard who called a citizen a " faggot .") When it comes to privatization, it seems the Mayor has boundary issues. He has repeatedly used the park's private ownership status to claim, that the public has fewer rights there than it does in other public spaces. That's false. But then, that's the problem with "public/private partnerships." The "public" partner always gets rolled the public one. But then, that's how these people are. Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile. The lesson of Zuccotti Park is: Never give them an inch. Thin Blue Line, Thick Green Wallets News reports made noted the presence of two different groups, New York City police officers and private security guards, but in some ways that's become a distinction without a difference. The NYPD is frequently rented by the same Wall Street banks that broke the law, crashed the economy and got away with it. As Pam Martens reported in Counterpunch, Rudy Giuliani created an operation called the "Paid Detail" unit that turns New York's Finest into a "rent-a-cop" service for anyone with the money to pay for it. And who has more money in New York than the banks? As Martens reports, companies like Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and the New York Stock Exchange have rented the Thin Blue Line with the cash from their Thick Green Wallets. Even after the Stock Exchange was found to have illegally taken over public streets and walkways and "created a public nuisance," nobody was fined or arrested. But then, it must be hard for a cop to arrest anybody that he sometimes has to address as "boss." Maybe that's one of the reasons why a retired Philadelphia police officer, Capt. Ray Lewis, was willing to be handcuffed and arrested by fellow officers during the protest. Capt. Lewis called their rationale for arresting him a ' farce ' and promised to return. (photo by permission of the photographer, Lauren Thorpe) New York isn't the only city that rents out its police force. But the financial capital of the nation bears moral and civic responsibilities that Mayors Guiliani and Bloomberg have disrespected and violated. The photograph of Capt. Lewis is like an image of law enforcement's honor, handcuffed by the mercenary instincts of Gracie Mansion's two most recent occupants. Checkbook Democracy But then, why would Michael Bloomberg be expected to understand that privatization is undemocratic? He "privatized" the electoral process, one of our most sacred democratic institutions, by buying himself the mayoralty. And he spent unprecedented levels of campaign cash from his personal billions to do it. Then, when he didn't like the term limits that the people of New York had decreed for their mayor - well, he "privatized" that too. But this isn't really about Michael Bloomberg. Despite his reputation for healthy self-regard, even the billionaire mayor is only a symptom of a much larger problem. Rich people have been buying elections for so long that it's become the newest form of self-indulgence, conveying even more status than a Citation jet or a private island. Public office is the newest must-have item for the excessively vain and excessive well-to-do, a kind of vanity press for the self-published authors of their own meritless political careers. Bloomberg is merely the today's most conspicuous, extravagant, and fiscally irresponsible member of an increasingly ordinary club. You don't have to be a billionaire to run for office these days, of course. But if you're not you'll spend most of your time begging them for money. No wonder the 1% call all the shots in government. They own it. I've always thought it would be a good idea if elected officials wore the insignia of the corporations that sponsor them, the way race car drivers do. Sold American Republicans want to privatize Social Security and Medicare. The Bush and Obama Administrations have privatized law enforcement on Wall Street by asking banks to police themselves. And during the devastating San Diego fires, residents learned that AIG had created a private fire department that saved the homes of its clients while other nearby houses burned. Privatized police. Privatized fire departments. Privatized prisons. Privatized armies of Halliburton and Blackwater soldiers. When for-profit companies perform government functions, they'll do it in a way that makes them money. That's not hard to understand, but our "leaders" keep doing it anyway. Why? Because they've privatized their consciences, too.

Police Mercenaries: Privatizing Liberty

Added 11/18/11
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Police Mercenaries: Privatizing Liberty

[LESS INFO] 3 VIEWS | ADDED 22:00:46 11/18/11
As Mayor Bloomberg's forces swooped down on Occupy Wall Street, news reports described the " hundreds of police and private security guards " who had re-taken Zuccotti Park. Those private guards were used against public citizens who had been exercising their civil liberties in a public area. That's not just wrong. It's unAmerican. This incident holds an important lesson for anyone who loves our freedoms: When something public is made private, our liberties are privatized too. And privatized liberty isn't liberty at all. Privatizing Liberty Zuccotti Park. New Yorkers knew it as Liberty Plaza Park for nearly half a century. Like other sites in New York, the plaza was created through an agreement between the city and a private company, United States Steel, that wanted to erect a building that exceeded the city's height limits. So the city made them a deal: You can take up more than your share of the public skyline, but in return you have to give the city some open space at ground level. This wasn't a gift. It was a fair exchange between two parties, a private corporation and the people of New York. The people gave up a chunk of their skyline and the owner agreed to provide an open - and, by agreement, fully public - space in return. New York City makes these deals fairly often. The plazas created by these agreements are called "privately owned public spaces," or "POPS," and the city has lots of them. The Mayor may want to read that phrase again: It doesn't say "privately owned private spaces." Both the owner and the city are obligated to keep them for public use, in the public sphere, with all the laws and freedoms that apply to public space. The park's current owner, Brookfield Properties, rebuilt the park with private donations after it was damaged in the 9/11 attacks. With Mayor Bloomberg's permission, they also overstepped tradition and the bounds of propriety by renaming the park - not for the thousands of innocent people who died that day, but for their own chairman. The symbolism is perfect:They replaced a treasured word for freedom with the name of a rich guy who'd done nothing to create the park. With the Mayor's blessing, they literally privatized the word "liberty." Like I said, perfect. Tragic, but perfect. Private Dicks Brookfield overstepped its bounds when its CEO sent the mayor a letter saying that the Occupation "violates the law, violates the rules of the Park, deprives the community of its rights of quiet enjoyment to the Park, and creates health and public safety issues." Those aren't decisions a private company, even an owner, should make about a public space. They are judgments an elected official makes on behalf of a free citizenry. This week Bloomberg and Brookfield have used the park's semi-private status as an excuse to invade a public space with a private security force. Whoever these guys were - besides rude and uncivil - they served as a kind of Blackwater militia, but targeting New Yorkers instead of Iraqis. (At least Brookfield says it fired the guard who called a citizen a " faggot .") When it comes to privatization, it seems the Mayor has boundary issues. He has repeatedly used the park's private ownership status to claim, that the public has fewer rights there than it does in other public spaces. That's false. But then, that's the problem with "public/private partnerships." The "public" partner always gets rolled the public one. But then, that's how these people are. Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile. The lesson of Zuccotti Park is: Never give them an inch. Thin Blue Line, Thick Green Wallets News reports made noted the presence of two different groups, New York City police officers and private security guards, but in some ways that's become a distinction without a difference. The NYPD is frequently rented by the same Wall Street banks that broke the law, crashed the economy and got away with it. As Pam Martens reported in Counterpunch, Rudy Giuliani created an operation called the "Paid Detail" unit that turns New York's Finest into a "rent-a-cop" service for anyone with the money to pay for it. And who has more money in New York than the banks? As Martens reports, companies like Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and the New York Stock Exchange have rented the Thin Blue Line with the cash from their Thick Green Wallets. Even after the Stock Exchange was found to have illegally taken over public streets and walkways and "created a public nuisance," nobody was fined or arrested. But then, it must be hard for a cop to arrest anybody that he sometimes has to address as "boss." Maybe that's one of the reasons why a retired Philadelphia police officer, Capt. Ray Lewis, was willing to be handcuffed and arrested by fellow officers during the protest. Capt. Lewis called their rationale for arresting him a ' farce ' and promised to return. (photo by permission of the photographer, Lauren Thorpe) New York isn't the only city that rents out its police force. But the financial capital of the nation bears moral and civic responsibilities that Mayors Guiliani and Bloomberg have disrespected and violated. The photograph of Capt. Lewis is like an image of law enforcement's honor, handcuffed by the mercenary instincts of Gracie Mansion's two most recent occupants. Checkbook Democracy But then, why would Michael Bloomberg be expected to understand that privatization is undemocratic? He "privatized" the electoral process, one of our most sacred democratic institutions, by buying himself the mayoralty. And he spent unprecedented levels of campaign cash from his personal billions to do it. Then, when he didn't like the term limits that the people of New York had decreed for their mayor - well, he "privatized" that too. But this isn't really about Michael Bloomberg. Despite his reputation for healthy self-regard, even the billionaire mayor is only a symptom of a much larger problem. Rich people have been buying elections for so long that it's become the newest form of self-indulgence, conveying even more status than a Citation jet or a private island. Public office is the newest must-have item for the excessively vain and excessive well-to-do, a kind of vanity press for the self-published authors of their own meritless political careers. Bloomberg is merely the today's most conspicuous, extravagant, and fiscally irresponsible member of an increasingly ordinary club. You don't have to be a billionaire to run for office these days, of course. But if you're not you'll spend most of your time begging them for money. No wonder the 1% call all the shots in government. They own it. I've always thought it would be a good idea if elected officials wore the insignia of the corporations that sponsor them, the way race car drivers do. Sold American Republicans want to privatize Social Security and Medicare. The Bush and Obama Administrations have privatized law enforcement on Wall Street by asking banks to police themselves. And during the devastating San Diego fires, residents learned that AIG had created a private fire department that saved the homes of its clients while other nearby houses burned. Privatized police. Privatized fire departments. Privatized prisons. Privatized armies of Halliburton and Blackwater soldiers. When for-profit companies perform government functions, they'll do it in a way that makes them money. That's not hard to understand, but our "leaders" keep doing it anyway. Why? Because they've privatized their consciences, too.

TLDR: Piracy, Lotto, Teleprompters, and a Community Challenge

Added 11/16/11
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TLDR: Piracy, Lotto, Teleprompters, and a Community Challenge

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http://chris.pirillo.com/tldr-piracy-lotto-teleprompters-and-a-community-challenge/ Do pirates need due process as much as the rest of us? Should you have spent that last dollar in your pocket on a lottery ticket? And am I too sexy for my teleprompter? Stop Online Piracy Act, Warner Bros., and the Loss of Due Process http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2011/11/12/stop-online-piracy-act-warner-bros-and-the-loss-of-due-process/ Frustration with Uncommon Sense http://www.lockergnome.com/sherman/2011/11/14/frustration-with-uncommon-sense/ English as a First Language: We All Make Mistakes http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2011/11/14/english-as-a-first-language-we-all-make-mistakes/ How to Use a Teleprompter for Podcasting http://www.lockergnome.com/media/2011/11/15/how-to-use-a-teleprompter-for-podcasting/ Amazon's Support of the Cloud Will Determine the Success of the Kindle Fire http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2011/11/14/amazons-support-of-the-cloud-will-determine-the-success-of-the-kindle-fire/ Was Buying That Lottery Ticket a Good Decision? http://www.lockergnome.com/decisions/2011/11/14/was-buying-that-lottery-ticket-a-good-decision/ UP iPhone App Available to Monitor Our Behavior and Improve Our Health http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2011/11/14/up-iphone-app-available-to-monitor-our-behavior-and-improve-our-health/ Back Link of the Day: http://socialmediatoday.com/rohnjaymiller/385168/delete-your-klout-profile-now?ref=popular_posts Question of the Day: http://lockergnome.net/questions/172330/thoughts-on-virtual-worlds Gnomie of the Day: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116085587120828893542/posts/LSTCRtZmiDu Thing of the Day: http://go.tagjag.com/iphonegameboy Music: http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography/by/mr_spastic Community Challenge: Green Screen footage: http://files.lockergnome.com/community-challenge-tldr.mov http://lockergnome.com

TLDR: Piracy, Lotto, Teleprompters, and a Community Challenge

Added 11/16/11
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TLDR: Piracy, Lotto, Teleprompters, and a Community Challenge

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http://chris.pirillo.com/tldr-piracy-lotto-teleprompters-and-a-community-challenge/ Do pirates need due process as much as the rest of us? Should you have spent that last dollar in your pocket on a lottery ticket? And am I too sexy for my teleprompter? Stop Online Piracy Act, Warner Bros., and the Loss of Due Process http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2011/11/12/stop-online-piracy-act-warner-bros-and-the-loss-of-due-process/ Frustration with Uncommon Sense http://www.lockergnome.com/sherman/2011/11/14/frustration-with-uncommon-sense/ English as a First Language: We All Make Mistakes http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2011/11/14/english-as-a-first-language-we-all-make-mistakes/ How to Use a Teleprompter for Podcasting http://www.lockergnome.com/media/2011/11/15/how-to-use-a-teleprompter-for-podcasting/ Amazon's Support of the Cloud Will Determine the Success of the Kindle Fire http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2011/11/14/amazons-support-of-the-cloud-will-determine-the-success-of-the-kindle-fire/ Was Buying That Lottery Ticket a Good Decision? http://www.lockergnome.com/decisions/2011/11/14/was-buying-that-lottery-ticket-a-good-decision/ UP iPhone App Available to Monitor Our Behavior and Improve Our Health http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2011/11/14/up-iphone-app-available-to-monitor-our-behavior-and-improve-our-health/ Back Link of the Day: http://socialmediatoday.com/rohnjaymiller/385168/delete-your-klout-profile-now?ref=popular_posts Question of the Day: http://lockergnome.net/questions/172330/thoughts-on-virtual-worlds Gnomie of the Day: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116085587120828893542/posts/LSTCRtZmiDu Thing of the Day: http://go.tagjag.com/iphonegameboy Music: http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography/by/mr_spastic Community Challenge: Green Screen footage: http://files.lockergnome.com/community-challenge-tldr.mov http://lockergnome.com

Holiday Table Decor

Added 11/24/10
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Holiday Table Decor

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Patch 4.0.3a and more

Added 11/23/10
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Patch 4.0.3a and more

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UPDATE: Title fixed. Sorry for the confusion. Grrr... I didn't want to post anything about the new patch until I was absolutely sure Blizzard will release it this week. Now is time to speak about it since they already start "breaking" the US live realms. This is the patch responsible for breaking the whole Azeroth. After this goes live the world wont be the same again. This is NOT Cataclysm yet. Most of the Cataclysm features are going to be added on December 7, when the new expansion will be launched. A while ago a player compiled the features of this patch and Cataclysm and grouped them so we can know what we can do in 4.0.3a and what we can no until Cataclysm. If somehow you have misses our Cataclysm reviews and our Cataclysm Exploration episodes you can still find them over here and read them while you download the patch and wait for your realm to go online. Plus, do not forget to check out the Blizzard store . If you want to make a game present or you miss any wow expansion this is the moment to buy them: WoW $5, BC $5, WotLK $10... until Nov 30th. What IS in: * Portals in Dalaran Removed (you have trainers instead) * New race-class combinations (except worgen/goblin) * Race Changing to new class combinations (check the wowhead table for them) * New Gnome/Troll starting areas * Changes to existing zones (the world that you know it will change forever) * New cata load screens, cinematic, music and login screen * City Quartermasters, with rep tabards for championing * Class balancing and bug fixes * Druids, paladins, priests, and shaman will have their talent trees reset * Experience required to gain levels 71 through 80 is being reduced by 20% * New tamable hunter pets (monkey, fox, dog, and beetle) as well as new skins for existing pet classes. (check more on wow-petopia ) * A steam powered auctioneer, similar to the engineering only one in the Like Clockwork store, has been added next to the justice point vendors in Dalaran. They are now usable by all non-engineers. * Some mounts other items are being removed (check this for details) (thanks WarcraftPets ) What IS NOT in this patch: * Creating worgen/goblin characters * Worgen/Goblin start zones * Archeology profession * Professions past 450 (Illustrious Grand Master) * Guild leveling * Guild achievements * Eastern Kingdoms/Kalimdor flight skill * New Zones (80+) Official 4.0.3a Patch Notes In the frigid wastes of Northrend, the final battle against the merciless Lich King ended in victory for Azeroth's defenders. Upon returning home, veterans of the unforgiving conflict against the Scourge were showered with praise for their valiant sacrifices, while the honorable dead were mourned. Yet as hope flared anew in the wake of the Lich King's fall, Azeroth's native elemental spirits grew confused and erratic, setting off a series of deadly natural disasters. Horde and Alliance leaders scrambled for clues about the troubling state of the world, but nothing could have prepared them for what was to come. Without warning, the corrupted Dragon Aspect, Deathwing, erupted from the stone heart of Deepholm, the domain of earth within the Elemental Plane. Jagged fissures were torn across the earth, and monstrous waves pummeled coastal regions. From Thousand Needles to the Blasted Lands, the surface of Azeroth was reforged through violent upheavals. Now, the Horde and the Alliance must defend their homes against Deathwing and his minions, burdened by the unsettling fact that the world as they know it has changed…forever. General * Azeroth Shattered * Deathwing's return has had an immeasurable impact throughout the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor. Players will notice drastically altered terrain, thousands of new quests from levels 1-60, and updated level ranges for some zones to improve the questing flow. * New Race/Class Combinations * In the wake of a world on the brink of destruction, members of the Horde and Alliance have taken to new cultures and studies, mastering crafts previously foreign to them. Many existing playable races now have new class combinations. Check the official World of Warcraft: Cataclysm website for a breakdown of the new combinations. * The World of Warcraft: Cataclysm cinematic trailer and login screen have been added to the game. * Experience required to gain levels 71 through 80 has been reduced by 20%, which increases leveling rate by 25%. * Many quests in zones on Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor have been removed from the game to make way for new adventures. These quests have been automatically removed from players' Quest Logs. Classes: General * Due to several talent revisions for select classes, druids, paladins, priests, and shaman have had their talent trees reset. * The damage and healing done by players from levels 1-79 has been retuned, with the base points of almost all spells and abilities reduced. This was done to bring combat times at low levels to a more reasonable length. For most abilities that deal weapon damage, the weapon damage percent now rises per level until level 80, and starts at a lower percent. * Healing Rain, Efflorescence, Holy Radiance, Holy Word: Sanctuary now have a diminished effect when healing more than 6 players at once. * Mortal Strike, Furious Attacks, Wound Poison, Widow Venom, Permafrost, Improved Mind Blast, Monstrous Bite, and Legion Strike now reduce healing by 10%, down from 25%. * Effects which are broken from taking too much damage (Fear, Frost Nova, Entangling Roots, etc.) now break automatically from about half as much damage taken as before. Death Knight * Death Pact now heals for 25% of maximum health, down from 40%. * Death Strike now heals for 25% of damage taken in the last 5 seconds, down from 30%, and will heal for a minimum of 7% of maximum health, down from 10%. The tooltip may not yet be updated to reflect this change. * Icebound Fortitude now provides 20% damage reduction, down from 30% (now 50%, down from 60% when talented), and has a 3-minute cooldown, up from 2 minutes. * Talent Specializations * Blood * Rune Tap now heals for 10% of maximum health, down from 15%. The tooltip may not yet be updated to reflect this change. * Glyphs * Glyph of Rune Tap now heals for 5% of maximum health, down from 10%. * Bug Fixes * Frost Fever critical strikes now apply the correct amount of bonus damage. * Horn of Winter will once again provide runic power when used while another Attack Power buff is already present on the death knight. Druid * Bear Form now provides 10% bonus health, down from 20%. * Nourish no longer consumes Omen of Clarity. * Rejuvenation has had its mana cost increased by 30%. * Soothe now has a 1.5-second cast time. * Swipe (Cat Form) can now be used even if the druid does not have a primary target selected. * Thorns: beginner tooltip revised to no longer imply the spell could be kept up at all times. In addition, Thorns damage has been reduced by 60%. * Talent Specializations * Balance * PvP set bonus redesigned. While not in an Eclipse state, critical attacks against the druid restore 5 Solar or 7 Lunar energy, whichever is more beneficial. This effect can only occur once every 6 seconds. * Feral * Brutal Impact now increases the mana cost of spells on the victim by 5/10% for 10 seconds, down from 15/30%. * Leader of the Pack now heals for 4%, down from 8%. * Survival Instincts now provides 50% damage reduction, down from 60%, and its cooldown has been lowered from 5 minutes to 3 minutes. * Swipe (Bear Form) damage has been reduced by 20%. * Vengeance is no longer cleared on exiting Bear Form, and instead is cleared upon entering Cat Form. * Restoration * Empowered Touch now procs from Healing Touch as well as Nourish. * Heart of the Wild: the Bear Form Stamina bonus from this talent is now 2/4/6%, down from 3/7/10%. * Malfurion’s Gift no longer has Fury of Stormrage as a prerequisite talent. * Natural Shapeshifter now also increases Tree of Life duration by 5/10 seconds. * Revitalize is now a 2-point talent, down from 3. It provides a 20% chance to return 1/2% of the druid's total mana on periodic heals from Lifebloom or Rejuvenation. This effect cannot occur more than once every 12 seconds. * Swift Rejuvenation is now a 1-point talent, down from 2. The global cooldown reduction this talent provides to Rejuvenation remains 0.5 seconds. * Symbiosis: heal-over-time spells (Rejuvenation, Regrowth, Lifebloom) can no longer benefit from this Mastery merely by refreshing themselves. A different heal-over-time spell must be present. * Glyphs * Glyph of Healing Touch now reduces the cooldown on Nature's Swiftness by 10 seconds after using Healing Touch, up from 5 seconds. * Glyph of the Treant (new) allows druids to keep the original treant Tree of Life look... if they must. Must they? * Bug Fixes * Blood in the Water now refreshes Rip to the correct value. * Flight Form now properly appears in the trainer window before Expert Riding is learned. Hunter * All special attacks based on weapon damage (except Scattershot) are now normalized. * Scare Beast is now available at level 36, up from level 14, and has had its training cost updated. * Deterrence is now available at level 78, up from level 36, and has had its training cost updated. * Disengage is now available at level 14, down from level 78, and has had its training cost updated. * Glyphs * The level requirements for glyphs that affect Scare Beast, Deterrence, and Disengage have been altered to correspond with the level changes of these abilities. * Bug Fixes * The Core Hound pet ability Ancient Hysteria now places its own unique debuff on affected players that has the same effect as Sated and Exhaustion. * Certain pets should no longer forget how to Dash. Mage * Arcane Blast now increases damage of the next Arcane Blast by 10% per stack, down from 20%, reduces cast time by 0.1 seconds per stack, and increases the mana cost by 150%, down from 175%. In addition, the base cast time of Arcane Blast has been lowered to 2.35 seconds. * Arcane Explosion now costs 15% of base mana, down from 18%. * Arcane Missiles damage has been increased by 5%. * PvP set 4-piece bonus changed to increase damage by 5% instead of providing 5% Haste. * Talent Specializations * Arcane * Arcane Barrage damage has been increased by 5% and its cooldown is now 4 seconds, down from 5 seconds. * Arcane Concentration: Now has a much higher chance (13/27/40%) of entering a Clearcasting state. This effect cannot occur more than once every 15 seconds. The tooltip still states that there is a 3/6/10% chance, as it averages out to approximately the same chance with the internal cooldown applied. * Arcane Specialization again increases arcane damage by 25%. * Fire * Blazing Speed no longer dispels movement slowing effects (it still dispels effects that totally stop movement). * Fire Specialization again increases periodic fire damage effects by 25%. * Molten Shields now also causes Blazing Speed to dispel movement slowing effects in addition to its current functionality. * Pyroblast base mana cost is now 17%, down from 22%. * Frost * Deep Freeze: the cooldown on this ability is no longer reduced by Haste. * Early Frost now reduces Frostbolt cast time by 0.3/0.6 seconds, down from 0.35/0.70 seconds. * Fingers of Frost proc chance is now 7/14/20%, down from 10/20/30%. * Frost Specialization again increases all damage against frozen target by 25%. * Reactive Barrier is now triggered by any damage which causes the mage's health to be below 50%, even if the mage was already below 50%. * Shatter now also increases Frostbolt damage by 10/20% against frozen targets. * Shattered Barrier duration is now 2/4 seconds, down from 3/6 seconds. * Glyphs * Glyph of Evocation now heals for 40%, down from 60%. * Glyph of Deep Freeze now increases damage done by Deep Freeze by 20% (no longer increases Frostbolt damage against Deep Frozen targets). * Bug Fixes * Improved Polymorph now correctly shares diminishing returns with controlled stuns. Paladin * Exorcism damage has been increased by approximately 50%. * Holy Radiance now has reduced effectiveness on targets over 8 yards away from the paladin. * Seal of Truth: periodic damage from Censure reduced by 25%. * Talent Specializations * Holy * Beacon of Light now lasts 5 minutes, up from 60 seconds. * Blessed Life: the effects of this talent cannot occur more than once every 8 seconds, up from every 2 seconds. * Illuminated Healing absorb shield now absorbs 10% of the total amount healed, up from 8%. Each point of Mastery increases the effect by an additional 1.25%, up from 1%. * Light of dawn has been redesigned. It no longer has an enforced cooldown, now costs Holy Power instead of mana, and scale in direct proportion to the amount of Holy Power used. In addition, it now heals the 5 most injured group targets (including self) in a 30-yard frontal cone. * Protector of the Innocent no longer triggers from self-heals. * Protection * Divine Bulwark now grants 2.25% less block chance per point of Mastery, up from 2%. * Holy shield no longer increases chance to block. Instead, it increases the amount blocked by an additional 10%, for a total of 40% damage blocked. * Shield of the Righteous: Contribution of attack power halved (now 60% with full Holy Power) and base damage brought up so that a level 85 paladin in Heroic dungeon gear deals the same damage with no Vengeance, but Vengeance has less impact. * Shield of the Templar now reduces the cooldown of Guardian of Ancient Kings by 40/80/120 seconds, down from 1/2/3 minutes. * Wrath of the Lightbringer now increases Crusader Strike and Judgement damage by 50/100%, up from 30/60%. * Retribution * Crusade now also has a proc on kill to increase the healing done by the paladin's next Holy Light by 100/200/300% for 15 seconds, in addition to its current effects. * Divine Storm: This ability has been redesigned. It no longer consumes Holy Power and instead costs 5% of base mana. It shares a cooldown with Crusader Strike and hits all nearby enemies for 60% weapon damage. * Pursuit of Justice now has an 8-second internal cooldown, shared with Blessed Life. * Rebuke no longer initiates Auto Attack. * Sanctity of Battle now also causes Divine Storm’s cooldown to be reduced by Haste effects. * Zealotry no longer consumes 3 Holy Power, but still requires 3 Holy Power to use. * Glyphs * Glyph of Beacon of Light now makes Beacon of Light free, instead of increasing the duration by 30 seconds. * Glyph of Divinity has been redesigned. It now grants the paladin 10% of maximum mana upon use. * Glyph of Light of Dawn now increases the total number of most injured targets healed by 1. Priest * Binding Heal now provides roughly double the amount of healing. * Prayer of Healing has had its mana cost reduced by nearly 30%, and its base points and Spell Power coefficient increased by 20%. * Talent Specializations * Discipline * Divine Aegis is now always triggered by Prayer of Healing, in addition to critical heals from all other spells. * Grace has been increased to 4/8% stacking 3 times, up from 2/4% stacking. * Inner Focus now works with Binding Heal, but no longer works with Heal. * Power Word: Barrier has been redesigned. It no longer acts as a shared absorb shield. Instead, all affected friendly targets take 30% reduced damage for the duration of the shield, which is now 10 seconds, down from 25 seconds. * Shadow * Shadow Orbs: redesigned slightly. The Shadow Orbs continue to increase damage done by Mind Blast and Mind Spike and stack up to 3 times, but now when the priest casts Mind Blast or Mind Spike (consuming the orbs), the priest gains a 15-second duration buff (Empowered Shadow), which increases the damage done by all Shadow periodic spells. Empowered Shadow does not stack. Mastery increases the damage bonus of Shadow Orbs and Empowered Shadow by the same amount, 10% with the base 8 Mastery, and an additional 1.25% per Mastery. * Vampiric Embrace healing to the caster has been reduced to 6%, down from 12% (there was a tooltip error which stated that the self-healing amount was 15%). Party members still receive 3% healing. * Bug Fixes * Dark Archangel now correctly increases the damage done of certain abilities by 4%. Rogue * Deadly Poison base damage and attack power coefficient have been increased by 30%. * Recuperate now restores 2% of maximum health, down from 3%. * Venomous Wounds base damage and attack power coefficient have been increased by 30%. * Talent Specializations * Combat * Aggression now increases damage of Sinister Strike, Backstab, and Eviscerate by 7/14/20%, up from 5/10/15%. * Bandit’s Guile now gives 10/20/30% increased damage as the rogue gains greater insight, up from 5/10/15%. * Subtlety * Executioner no longer affects Recuperate. * Bug Fixes * Bandit's Guile now applies more consistently to all of the abilities it's supposed to modify. * Player guardians and temporary pets now stop attacking when a rogue uses Vanish, but city guards will not. Shaman * Chain Heal mana cost increased from 17% to 20% of base mana. * Earthliving Weapon now only has 25% of its full chance to proc from a single hop of Chain Heal. * Talent Specializations * Elemental * Elemental Reach now also increases Searing Totem range by 7/15 yards. * Fulmination now has a Spell Alert visual associated with it, which appears when the shaman gets to 9 Lightning Shield charges. Warlock * Bane of Agony damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Bane of Doom damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Corruption damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Death Coil damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Drain Life damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Drain Soul damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Immolate damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Incinerate damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Rain of Fire damage has been increased to be more comparable to other area-of-effect abilities. * Searing Pain damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Seed of Corruption damage has been reduced to be more comparable to other area-of-effect abilities. * Shadowbolt damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Soul Fire damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Talent Specializations * Demonology * Hand of Gul'dan damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Destruction * Chaos Bolt damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Conflagrate damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Shadowburn damage has been reduced by approximately 12%. * Bug Fixes * Drain Life: The Soulburn version of this was charging 17% of base mana instead of 12% like the normal version. This has been corrected. Warrior * Cleave damage has been reduced by approximately 17%. * Execute damage has been reduced by approximately 17%. * Heroic Strike damage has been reduced by approximately 17%. * Overpower now does 125% weapon damage, down from 150%. * Rend base damage has been reduced by approximately 17% and percent of weapon damage per tick lowered to 25%, from 30%. * Shield Block now only increases block chance by 25%, but excess block that pushes avoidance plus block to over 100% is now converted to critical block chance. * Slam now costs 15 rage, down from 20, and now does 125% weapon damage, down from 150%. * Victory Rush damage has been reduced by approximately 17%. * Whirlwind now does 65% weapon damage, down from 75%. * Talent Specializations * Arms * Mortal Strike now does 150% weapon damage, down from 185%. * Second Wind now heals for 2/5% of total health, down from 5/10%. * Strikes of Opportunity now does 100% weapon damage, down from 115%. * Fury * Blood Craze now heals for 1/2/3% of total health, down from 2.5/5/7.5%. * Bloodthirst damage has been reduced by approximately 17%. * Raging Blow now does 110% weapon damage, down from 150%. * Unshackled Fury now gains approximately 50% more benefit per point of Mastery. * Protection * Critical Block now grants an equal amount of block chance and critical block chance (1.5% each per point of Mastery). * Devastate no longer provides bonus threat. * Shield Slam: Contribution of attack power reduced to 60%, down from 75%, and base damage brought up so that a level 85 warrior in Heroic dungeon gear deals the same damage with no Vengeance, but Vengeance has less impact. In addition, Shield Slam no longer generates 30% bonus threat from its damage. * Vigilance no longer provides 3% damage reduction, but still refreshes Taunt and provides Vengeance. * Glyphs * Glyph of Bloody Healing increases the healing received from Bloodthirst by 40%, down from 100%. * Glyph of Intimidating Shout no longer causes targets to flee slowly, but roots them instead. * Glyph of Shield Wall increases damage reduction to 60%, but increases the cooldown from 2 minutes to 4 minutes (talented). * Bug Fixes * Taste for Blood should once again proc on every other tick of Rend. Achievements * The Gladiator reward mounts now award Master Riding. * What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been now awards Master Riding. Items * Mysterious Egg now takes only 3 days to turn into a Cracked Egg and has a slightly greater chance of awarding the Reins of the Green Proto-Drake. * PvP set bonuses now provide 70 of stats such as Agility, Intellect, and Strength (down from 100) at 2 pieces, and 180 of these stats (down from 300) at 4 pieces. Professions * Perfect Gem Cutting and Mixology have been removed as trainable skills and are instead passives profession abilities. When players reach the appropriate skill levels, they will start getting bonuses from Mixology (they must know the recipe to gain the benefit) and/or cutting perfect gems (depending on their profession, of course). * Alchemy * Alchemy recipes now require Crystal Vials. Deathwing broke all the others because he’s mean (or because he didn’t want alchemists to carry 5 different vials around with them). * Engineering * The Engineering Tinkering enchants will no longer provide their bonus stats, but the activated effects will stack with other enchants. In 4.0.1 the stats were there (but hidden) and are now removed. * Bug Fixes * Several epic gem transmutes that were missing from the trainer have been added back. Bug Fixes * Certain area-of-effect abilities are no longer ignoring the area-of-effect damage cap. * Mobs and NPCs should no longer appear to randomly gain or lose health during combat. * Re-summoning pets in Battlegrounds should no longer count towards a player’s total healing done. Known Issues * Some tooltips may not reflect the most recent changes to certain abilities. * Worgen hunters are currently unable to learn Dual Wield. * The achievement Explore Tol Barad will not be possible to complete upon release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.