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Located in Altstadt-Sued, this luxury hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Schnuetgen Museum and Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. City Hall and Alter Markt are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a full-service spa, a health club, and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a sauna, a 24-hour business center, and a conference center are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 88 rooms feature thoughtful touches like free minibar items and bathrobes, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. 24-hour room service, coffee makers, and free bottled water are among the other amenities available to guests.
Languages Spoken
- English
Romantik Hotel im Wasserturm
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Romantik Hotel im Wasserturm features a health club and a sauna. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms.
A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 5920 square feet (550 square meters) include a conference center. This luxury hotel also offers spa services, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Guests can use the indoor pool, outdoor pool, and health club at a partner property. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
Romantik Hotel im Wasserturm has designated areas for smoking.
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Conference space
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Meeting rooms 9
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 1872
- Free WiFi
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Sauna
- Health club
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Computer station
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 550
- Spa services on site
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- 24-hour business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space size (feet) - 5920
- Conference center
- Designated smoking areas
- Laundry facilities
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Total number of rooms - 88
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 11
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Portuguese
Valet parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Minibar (stocked, free items)
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower only
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Dablju W - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open daily.
Himmel un Aed - This restaurant serves dinner only. 1-star Michelin rating. Reservations are required. Open select days.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Boat tours nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Spa Services
Atelier Beaut has massage/treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, Swedish massages, massages, and facials. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
- Hot stone massage
- Swedish massage
- Body treatments
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 59.0 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of EUR 20 per day
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A city tax is imposed by the city of Cologne. Business travelers with proof of business-related travel are exempt from this tax. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- A 5 percent city/local tax will be charged
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 35 per vehicle (one-way)
- Self parking fee: EUR 25 per day
- Valet parking fee: EUR 25.00 per day
- Pet deposit: EUR 20 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 59.0 per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Im Wasserturm
- Hotel Im Wasserturm Cologne
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- Romantik Hotel im Wasserturm Cologne
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We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- The property is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
National Rating
Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Germany. This property is rated 5 stars and is displayed on this page as 5.0 stars.


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Chevrolet - basic info and current lineup
Chevrolet's founders were a race driver Louis Chevrolet and GM founder William Durant.
Mostly sold and produced for US market, Chevrolet has a worlwide known car, too - that's a Corvette, whose name became a synonim for chevy. In US, Silverado pickup is the best selling vehicle, while Impala is best selling car that is built in US.
Chevrolet currently produces over 20 vehicles ranging from small cars, over SUVs to medium trucks - Chevy is the best selling GM brand.
Current Chevrolet Lineup:
New member of Chevrolet's Cruze family is a compact van, Chevrolet Cruze Kombi. With 500-1500l storage space it's ideal for families with 2 kids.
It comes with two engines: 1.7l 17bhp diesel and 1.4 150bhp turbo.
First Volts have been sold, TNG powered 1.2l Aveo is at stores, while the second half of the year will bring us Chevrolet Cruze Station Wago and Malibu limo.
Code 130R is a sporty 4 seats coupe with rear wheel drive.
It comes with e-assist, which transforms the braking power into electrical which is then used to recharge batteries.

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I would love to pick him up.
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Yeah, not sure why they cut him. I know they're a mess, but...
I would love to pick him up.
doubt he makes it to us on the waiver wire. if he were there for the taking, sure, but i doubt he makes it all the way to us
I hope he doesn't come out, but Louis Nix out of ND is looking to be great. Te'o gets a lot of credit and deservedly so, but Nix raises hell up front.
I guess Mathieu is coming out for the draft i would take a 5th round pick on him....what say you guys?
I see your line of thinking tmac, but two words for you: Parrish Cox
elway has shown he doesnt mind head cases by keeping dj, so drafting the honey badger isnt far fetched, hell be a great safety if he can get right
too small will only be a returner or a nickel/dime. id rather just not deal with him. if were going to take a flier on a headcase id like it to be jarick rodgers or michael dyer
New weekly mock update.
Round 1: Kevin Minter ILB LSU
chiefs game showed that we really do need an answer at the mike (was hoping dj williams could take it over, guess not so, though still helpful).
Round 2: Ezekiel Ansah DE BYU
huge huge upside. I'm not sure he makes it this far and will pry move up like JPP/Chandler Jones have in past due to skill set, even with the lack of great tape and production. Hope he falls here though, could be eased be a dominant force in 3-4 years.
Jason Hunter coming back, reemergence of ayers, and this draft pick allow us to move wolfe back to his natural DT position.
Round 3: Stephan Taylor RB Stanford
Solid Back, good compliment to hillman. Not a world beater but a great guy to have in the stable.
Round 4: Tevin Reese WR Baylor
speed for days, good route running, slot receiver for the future.
Just read on Rotoworld, that Richard Seymour's contract is void at the end of this year due to a restructure. I would LOVE to pick him up and add him to our D-line.
Seymour?? Hell yea. Would be a sweet *** addition. But I bet Seymour would find his way back to the pats somehow..
being a gator fan and watching ever one of their games i think gillislee would be a perfect fit for our team he runs hard every time he touches the ball
Ryan Clady T UFA
Tracy Porter CB UFA
Lance Ball RB RFA
Justin Bannan DT UFA
Keith Brooking LB UFA
David Bruton S UFA
Tony Carter CB RFA
Chris Clark T RFA
Britton Colquitt P RFA
C.J. Davis G UFA
Chris Gronkowski RB RFA
Dan Koppen C UFA
Jim Leonhard S UFA
Sealver Siliga DT UFA
Brandon Stokley WR UFA
Mitch Unrein DT RFA
Kevin Vickerson DT
Matt Willis WR UFA
gotta bring back clady. hopefully bring back vickerson and unrein and tony carter abd collquit. maybe stokely and koppen and brooking and bannan though maybe not due to age decline. should look to replace in the offseason.
out of that list i only see a couple that are must keep players, Clady is a must...Vickerson...Koppen...Unrein...and maybe Bruton for special teams.
and as goes for running backs i could see us dealing with New Orleans for a Running Back such as Pierre Thomas.


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We escaped National City and my boss and I headed for Old Town San Diego for the second time in as many days. I couldn't convince him to go to La Jolla. Good thing, though, because ultimately we found a really nice place to eat! We arrived in Old Town, squatted in the public lot for a parking space, and then wandered aimlessly amidst the many trinket shoppes and Mexican restaurants which populate the place. Neither of us was in the mood for another dose of same-old-same-old refried beans, rice, and mystery meat so we went off the beaten path and headed down Twiggs Street. At the end of the block was this really gaudy lobster place, a bar of sorts and Berta's Latin American Restaurant. Berta's looked like one of those little hole-in-the-wall hideaways with promise, so over I went to check it out. Lo and behold, there was nothing specifically Mexican on the menu; rather, it was a collection of interesting Latin American dishes, most of which were unknown to me.
Well, we ordered some Spanish olives, empanadas de queso, and Colombian tostones for starters. Really quite excellent. My boss ordered the Spanish paella as his entree which he said was every bit as good, if not better than his grandfather's which was also his benchmark paella. (His grandfather came from Latin America and was a chef.) I had the Chilean pastel de choclo and it, too, was delicious. And, of course, we had a tasty flan for desert. And, as a bonus, after all that I still felt light as a feather.
The wine list reflected Latin America as well with the usual suspects, e.g. Montes Alpha and Santa Ema to name a couple.
Whether or not you wish to wander Old Town San Diego, this place is worth a trip in itself.
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What if people with rifles and shotguns and knives and baseball bats and pistols and swords went on a rampage and killed children in this country and were so demented, so evil and so effective that they murdered one child every 20 seconds…every hour, every day, every month, every year, for four decades. That would mean that almost 56 million children would never grow up and turn out to be whom God had desired.
If demented evil individuals did that, this country would be at war. It would not be allowed. America would be considered a tyrannical evil country. The President would not allow it and no one else would either.
And yet……….they do.
The taking of a human life takes place that often and has been since 1973.
Every twenty seconds.
Roe vs. Wade.
If you were God wouldn't you be furious? Wouldn't you turn your back on the society that continually murders His creations? Wouldn't you allow that society to learn a lesson? Wouldn't you allow them to be so afflicted that they would return to Him?
Wouldn't you?
Celebs say the dumbest things. Maybe they should just shut up!!
Twice as many say more guns, not less.
The Buck Ofama Secret Police…
Catch and Release…How the Judges let the bad guys go..System does not work!!
Sandy Hook Exposed?
Mr Colion Noir…Limited to 7 rounds…
Piers Morgan Tears Into Pro-Gun Panelists: You Don't Support Any Of Obama's Proposals And 'It Makes Me Sick'
From Buck Ofama and the left? Not happening. As long as they ignore facts and truth. And continue to blame an inanimate object. Using lies, distortions, misleading the sheeple..Bleh…
In England, Piers Morgan joked about shooting rivals, said homeowners who kill burglars should not be prosecuted
CNN host and outspoken gun-control advocate Piers Morgan once joked about shooting professional enemies and separately wrote that he was a "rabid fascist" who wanted burglars tortured after a "decent period of cattle-prodding, testicle electrode treatment, and slow gentle skewering over hot coals."
Cruz: Obama 'High on His Own Power'
Republican senator Ted Cruz of Texas said Thursday that Barack Obama is "high on his own power" with regard to the president's announced efforts on gun control. Speaking on Laura Ingraham's radio talk show, Cruz, who was just elected to the Senate last November, said "this is a president who has drunk the Kool-Aid." … (more)
Smoothie bar adds $1 for liberals
The right to shoot tyrants, not deer
Guns Across America Rally Saturday at YOUR State Capitol Building
Gimme a break!! GQ obviously has standards set pretty damn low!!
I see this as a good thing..Folks buying guns and arming themselves. Make the government think twice about effing us over!!


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TULSA, Okla. --
Eric Dillard capped off his own historic weekend with one more bonus in the new Precision Turbo & Engine Pro Turbo class.
After becoming the first turbo driver in drag racing history to reach the 3.70s earlier in the day, Dillard topped it with a 3.786 at 210.64 mph in the semifinals and then finished off the dream weekend with a win in the finals, running 3.812 at 210.37 mph to beat Todd Moyer on a weekend he and the X-DRL won't forget.
"It was like winning twice in one weekend. We've been looking for that 3.70 run for so long and to get the win on top of it, it's just huge for us," Dillard said. "It's a great way to start the season and there's so much more we can do going forward.
"I feel like we've got a lot of room to grow and a lot to look forward to in the X-DRL."
The X-DRL felt the same way, starting its inaugural season with an impressive bang in Tulsa.
Other winners at the debut event included Brandon Pesz (Pro X-treme), Jeff Naiser (Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous), John DeFlorian (X-treme Pro Stock), Dan Stevenson (X-treme Pro Mod), Bob Gulitti (Mickey Thompson Top Sportsman) and Bob Henry (Top Dragster).
The celebrations continued the rest of the day, capped off by a winner's circle party that included a call to Gonzalez in the Dominican Republic.
"He was ecstatic. You couldn't have asked for a better weekend. The car was just running smooth all weekend," Dillard said.
Brandon Pesz had his own storybook weekend in Pro X-treme, picking up his first professional win in the class with a hard-fought 3.769 at 198.88 mph against Tim Tindle in his Garrett Race Cars Camaro.
"To get your first win like this, it's just a great feeling. It's been a long time coming," Pesz said. "We were running strong at the end of last year and I knew we would be strong this year. It's great to start out like this, especially at the first event and at your home track."
Pesz finished as the No. 2 qualifier and then worked hard throughout eliminations, running a 3.75 in the quarterfinals and knocking off Lethal Threat Racing teammate Todd Martin in the semifinals. But nothing came easy on a day where Pesz certainly earned his paycheck.
"The car was all over the track. I really had to drive it today, but it's fulfilling knowing at the end of the day you really had to earn it," said Pesz, who thanked Todd and Sheri Martin, LAT Oils, Kryptonite Kustomz and Trick Titanium.
"As much as we've been struggling, this is hard to believe and it's very satisfying," Naiser said. "It shows the potential this car has and hopefully we're onto something that's consistent and fast."
A round earlier Naiser pulled off the big shocker, ousting No. 1 qualifier Bob Rahaim when the Pro Nitrous world champion shook. Naiser went a weekend-best 3.857 at 192 mph on that run, picking an ideal time to find what he needed to advance.
He had problems late in the finals run against Laurita, but did enough to get the all-important victory. "We got the win and that's all that counts," Naiser said. "We just want to savor this win and hopefully we're on the right track."
John DeFlorian's dominant weekend in X-treme Pro Stock had a fitting finish, as he went 4.122 at 174.89 mph to beat a red-lighting Scott Hintz.
It's DeFlorian's third career win in Pro Stock, and gives him incredible momentum for the rest of the 2013 X-DRL season. "This is unbelievable stuff. It's what dreams are made of. I never thought I would have the opportunity to do this,"
"This is tough territory and I knew it would be a challenge. I'm just thankful and very happy."
In his Black Diamond Motorsports Camaro built by Jerry Haas Race Cars and powered by Sonny's Racing Engines, DeFlorian caught a break in the semifinals when Dean Goforth left before the tree was activated. He responded with a solid run in the finals against Hintz.
"It was an extremely challenging weekend. We were really fighting the weather, and the wind was blowing so hard you really had to fight the car. When moments like these come around, you just have to savor it," DeFlorian said.
Dan Stevenson was a step ahead of everyone in X-treme Pro Modified, finishing off his wire-to-wire weekend on top with a 3.907 at 193.60 mph in the finals against Kevin Rivenbark.
Stevenson, who termed this season the "2013 No Excuses Tour" in the winner's circle, qualified in the No. 1 spot with a 3.938 and continued to pick up throughout eliminations on Sunday. His topped it off with a weekend-best run in the finals, earning a thrilling conclusion to a rewarding weekend.
"This is a dream come true. We were the low qualifier, had the top speed and won. It can't get any better than that," Stevenson said. "The guys just busted their butts and with Charles (Carpenter) as the crew chief, things are just clicking. "The car was just running really well. The guys at Reher-Morrison did a great job with the new engines. There's way more left in it."
Bob Gulitti became the first-ever winner in Mickey Thompson Top Sportsman, as his 4.40 at 148.76 mph was enough to get past Josh Vettel, who got loose almost immediately.
Gulitti had strong reaction times of .016 and .019 to reach the final, and was consistently in the mid-4.30s to take home the historic win in the class sponsored by Mickey Thompson.
"To win at the inaugural event, it's just phenomenal. We've been looking forward to this since December. We're on a little roll right now and it feels good," Gulitti said.
Top Dragster proved to be a huge hit, with 24 cars putting in qualifying passes. In the end, it was Bob Henry who picked up the first TD championship, going 4.362 at 159.27 mph to pull off the upset against No. 1 qualifier Michael Kile.
Kile picked the worst time for a red light and Henry, who ran as quick as 4.316 in eliminations, gladly took advantage.
"This hasn't really sunk in yet," Henry said. "This was a very tough field and we got some breaks, but we kept improving. The track was awesome all weekend and the X-DRL is here to stay. It's going to keep getting better and better."
In Pro Junior Dragster, No. 1 qualifier Bethany Crick went 7.86 at 82.89 mph to knock off Kalee Mills in the finals.
The next race in the X-DRL's inaugural 2013 takes place April 26-27 with X-DRL Thunder Valley Madness at historic Bristol Dragway.
Sunday's final results from the X-DRL Spring Nationals at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park. The race is the First of 9 in the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League-
Pro X-Treme -- Brandon Pesz, Chevy Corvette, 3.769, 198.88 def. Tim Tindle, Corvette, 3.799, 200.71.
Pro Nitrous -- Jeff Naiser, Chevy Camaro, 3.997, 168.98 def. Jim Laurita, Camaro, 4.779, 106.14.
Pro Turbo -- Eric Dillard, Chevy Camaro, 3.812, 210.37 def. Todd Moyer, Chevy Corvette, 3.906, 200.44.
X-Treme Pro Mod -- Dan Stevenson, Chevy Camaro, 3.907, 193.68 def. Kevin Rivenbark, Pontiac Firebird, 3.969, 186.18.
X-Treme Pro Stock -- John Deflorian Jr., Chevy Camaro, 4.122, 174.89 def. Scott Hintz, Ford Mustang, foul.
Top Dragster -- Bob Henry, Dragster, 4.362, 159.27 def. Michael Kile, Dragster, foul.
Top Sportsman -- Bob Gulitti, Chevy Camaro, 4.402, 148.76 def. Josha Vettel, Camaro, 9.081, 54.62.
Pro Junior Dragster -- Bethany Crick, Halfscale, 7.861, 82.89 def. Kalee Mills, Motiavatio, 7.857, 81.54.
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Maschmeyer, a freshman, fell to 7-2-1 on the year (photo Gil Talbot).
- Audio: Coach Stone's Pregame Interview
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BOSTON – Emerance Maschmeyer made a career-high 34 saves and Mary Parker gave the No. 5 Harvard women's hockey team a third-period lead, but it was not enough as No. 2 Boston College scored twice in the last 12:38 of the Beanpot's first round game to win 2-1 at Matthews Arena. Harvard (17-3-2) dropped to 2-3 against ranked team this season, including a 2-1 record for Maschmeyer, while Boston College (21-4-2) advances to the Beanpot championship for the first time since 2011.
The 60 minutes between the top-five teams was tight throughout in what felt like a playoff-style atmosphere to anyone in the arena. The Crimson managed to outshoot the Eagles, 41-36, resulting in the team's first loss when gaining more chances than its opponent. Previously, Harvard had built a 16-0-2 record when taking more shots on goal.
The Crimson and BC played a scoreless first period, mainly due to the goaltending of Maschmeyer. The freshman made 12 saves in the stanza and minimized BC's second chances by controlling nearly every attempt sent her way. Harvard made Boston College's Corinne Boyles work for seven saves in the first.
The Crimson turned up the offensive pressure in the second frame, especially the first line and co-captain Jillian Dempsey. The senior, who took three shots in the first, put four fires between the second periods. Harvard had two of the games' best scoring chances with 8:15 and 0:13 left in the period that saw the Crimson put 17 shots on goal. Hillary Crowe had the first look that made Harvard appear destined for a 1-0 advantage. She received a pass from Kelsey Romatoski, who was standing near the left boards while at the blue line, streaking to the right post and the sophomore slid the puck towards a nearly empty net while Boyles hugged the opposite side. The BC netminder barely got her right leg pad to the ice in time to knock away Crowe's try. Later, Dempsey had nothing but ice between her and the goal from the blue line, but Boyles stuffed her end-of-the-period effort.
Parker finally broke through after the two teams played 44+ minutes in a 0-0 knot. She collected the puck deep in the left corner and centered to a slashing Gina McDonald. The puck rattled off sticks, blades and Boyles pad, as Parker followed her feed and converted for a rebound goal at the 4:52 mark. Boyles was scrambling on the ice and never had much of a chance on the play, but the Eagles answered 2:30 later.
Boston College's equalizer came after a tightly tucked pass between two Harvard defenders. BC's Emily Field found Dana Trivigno from the lower edge of the right circle to the lower edge of the left circle and the freshman's one-timer snuck over Maschmeyer, who was in the process of sliding back into position.
The Eagles' game-winner came with 3:48 remaining. Lexi Bender skated through the left side, sent a backhand pass from the goal-line extended and Taylor Wasylk was waiting to finish in front of the net.
Harvard will take on No. 3 Boston University next Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Beanpot consolation game. The Terriers were knocked off by Northeastern, 4-1, in tonight's second game.
Between the Beanpot contests, the Crimson take on Yale and Brown this weekend. The Friday night game against Yale is Harvard's first "White the Bright" event.
Game Notes
Harvard is 42-28 all-time in the Beanpot … The Crimson is 36-13-0 in the all-time series against Boston College, including a 14-9 mark in Beanpot matchups … Harvard was not penalized for an entire game for the first time since Jan. 22, 2011 in a 4-0 win over Union ... Emerance Maschmeyer made her third start against a ranked opponent this season, previously she downed then-No. 2 Cornell and then-No. 9 Northeastern by 3-1 scores in back-to-back games in November … Katey Stone, The Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Ice Hockey, is five wins away from 400 for her career … This is Harvard's first loss when scoring first (16-1-2) … Jillian Dempsey remains one point away from breaking into the program's top ten in career points.


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I woke up feeling pretty sore from last night, more so than expected. Still, nothing horrendous. Was anxious to get out today and take advantage of running in the heat. It can get into the triple digits in the canyons on the Western States course, so I want to be ready.
Because I was (am) sore, I played things by ear. Plan was to do the full 4.7 mile trail loop from my house and do it very, very slow. No need in trying to be a hero during a taper. I also wasn't going to hesitate cutting it short if needed. Fortunately, not the case. Felt better as the run went on and the muscles loosened up.
Big difference in temperatures between last night and this afternoon. Last night, with temps in the lower 50s throughout the run, we were shivering a little before and afterwards. Today, in the mid-80s and humid. A differential of more than 30 degrees!
Will probably rest tomorrow, as it's a busy day and I could probably use the day off. Heat is supposed to be around still on Monday, so looking forward to another run then.
Ran 4.7 miles @ 10:07/mile pace.
AHR/MHR - N/A (didn't feel like wearing strap)
Trails, dirt roads.
Very hilly.
Mid 80s, sunny, humid.


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I know the Plymouth branch of WHSmith sells quite a few Linux magazine titles, so it would seem safe to assume that there are a fair number of Linux users in and around Plymouth.
I propose that a Plymouth LUG (PlymLUG?) be set up. Gurus & Newbies alike welcome!
Would anyone in and around Plymouth who would be interested in such a group please contact me by either leaving a message here, or emailing me at anthonybradley10[at]virginmedia.com


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That the London event was of international interest is shown by this and other reports appearing in American newspapers, this brief column being published in the Las Vegas Daily Optic of 10 May 1889.
A more detailed account appeared in The Northern Indicator, Iowa: 'Four Pounds of White Ashes All that is Left of Princess Beatrice's Lover - The Event may make Cremation Fashionable - Other Peers to be Burned.' ... 'The urn contained about four pounds of snow white ashes, similar in appearance to a sample of the best brand of Minneapolis flour, and two or three small pieces of beautiful, silver-like, frosted bone.' These were 'the mortal remains of the Right Honourable and Most Noble John, fourth Marquis of Ely, the rich, handsome young noble who, fifteen years previously had been within an ace of becoming the husband of a princess of the royal house of England.'
Cremation became legal in Great Britain in 1885. There had been increasing interest in this form of disposal of human remains during the second half of the 19th c, influenced by ideas from Italy.
A surgeon and physician to Queen Victoria, Sir Henry Thompson, became the promoter of cremation in England because he believed:
'it was becoming a necessary sanitary precaution against the propagation of disease among a population daily growing larger in relation to the area it occupied'.
In addition, he believed, cremation would prevent premature burial, reduce the expense of funerals, spare mourners the necessity of standing exposed to the weather during interment, and urns would be safe from vandalism.
In 1878 an acre of land in Woking was purchased for the establishment of a crematorium. The resulting apparatus was first tested in March 1879 when the body of a horse was cremated. The inhabitants of Woking protested vigorously against the use of the facility. Cremation was eventually declared legal in February 1884, the first official cremation in the UK taking place in Woking on 26 March 1885.
At the date of the 4th Marquis of Ely's cremation, April 1889, only three years later, anything concerning the cremation topic was still hot news, though perhaps the Northern Indicator's report pushed the boundaries of good taste.
It's not certain whether the same newspaper's remarks on the 4th Marquis of Ely having been a suitor for the hand of Queen Victoria's 5th daughter and youngest child, Princess Beatrice, were based in fact. The Queen was against Beatrice marrying, preferring to keep her daughter at her side as companion and unofficial secretary, an arrangement to which Beatrice apparently consented.
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Princess Beatrice eventually married Prince Henry of Battenburg in July 1885. Ten years later Prince Henry died of malaria contracted during service in the Asante War, and Beatrice remained with her mother until the latter's death in 1901. It was Beatrice who undertook the thirty-year long task of editing Queen Victoria's journals for publication, deleting much private material: the resulting journals are only a third as long as the originals (which were destroyed as the editing progressed).
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Anton Orlov held one of the glass plates to the light. The hand-colored image seemed to glow.
Two soldiers in long brown coats, rifles over their shoulders, stood with their backs to the camera. A trolley rushed out of the frame. A small patch of sky held a delicate blue wash, and red banners with yellow letters hung from the sides of a building.
Orlov swore he recognized the building. It had granite garlands above the windows and carved figures supporting the corbels beneath the balcony. He knew it from when he lived in Moscow.
PHOTOS: WWI-era Russia glass slides
He reached for another plate, then another. He read a few street signs, but most of the pictures showed a vast and treeless steppe with Cossacks and peasants bundled against the winter cold, snow and ice everywhere. He had never seen anything like them.


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Here's how Dianne Feinstein expressed herself after the hearings: "I'm sorting out what I feel now." Because, as she made it clear everytime she got her turn at the microphone, it's all about feelings.
And here's an icky quote:
"Part of the reason people are conflicted is because Roberts has shown just enough leg to get a second date," said one Democratic strategist, speaking on the condition of anonymity so as not to give away internal party deliberations. "No magic moment has occurred where you could say, 'Oh, we can't put this guy on the bench.'"I love the idea that in private, the Democrats discuss politics in sexualized language. (No wonder Wonkette is so popular.)
Anyway, let's assume it is all about political interest, and there's not a fiber of principle in their decisions, or that any fibers of principle are interwoven with politics because it's politically advantageous to seem principled. On that assumption, what's a Democratic Senator to do? I'd say they should express their deep reservations, invoking issues that matter to their constituents, but still vote for him, and say that it's because of the agile mind their astute questioning enabled him to display at the hearings. This should be combined with a warning to Bush that he needs to nominate someone more moderate to replace O'Connor.
Voting against Roberts will make Democrats look as though they think the judiciary is a thoroughly polical institution. They would seem as though they are degrading the courts. Bush nominated a man who will appear to ordinary people to be scrupulously judicial, and their complaint about him will seem to be that they don't want a real judge, but a political ideologue. Yet they want their position to be against the ideological judge. How will that make sense to people? They need to vote yes. As someone said in the comments yesterday, if they vote no now and Bush nominates a very ideological conservative to replace O'Connor, no one will believe them when they cry wolf the second time. Roberts should go through, and the Democrats should position themselves to oppose the O'Connor replacement, especially if Bush goes hard right.
I wonder if the Bush people are sitting back with more than one potential nominee, and they're waiting to see what move the Democrats make. Which move do you think will make Bush's next move more right wing?


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Car drives somehow inexact (1992 Legacy EJ22)
Posted 11 December 2012 - 02:14 PM
It's a bit like the rear wheels (or at least on of them) roam back and forth. I made a quick check today with my brother and the dampers + springs seem to be OK. Of course we had a look at the axles etc. but thanks to the heavy snow fall of the last days, there wasn't anything visible.
We will take the car on a service lift in the next days to examine that further, but has anyone an idea at what to look? It seems to be related to the rear wheels, but that's only a feeling...
Posted 11 December 2012 - 02:26 PM
here's my recent thread about it:
the rear just walked, like it would pull instantaneously to the side, then starts oscillating back and forth until you slow down and it stops. happens mostly above 50 mph, not really noticeable at lower speeds.
not comfortable at all - most folks would have freaked out i believe, completely going out of control - this was not like a little bit or a little pulling, or a noise or minor thing - this was a big deal.
one other symptom was the car sagged significantly on the drivers side under a lot of weight. i had about 1,500+ pounds of people and gear in the car and the drivers side was notably not right.
i had already installed new struts in the rear so i went back in and installed new springs as well. there was nothing noticeably wrong with the springs but apparently the one side was not capable of holding up the weight of the vehicle.
i have since installed new rear springs and tires and been driving it every day. i haven't taken it on the interstate yet...completely forgot, but will soon, hopefully on the way home from work if i don't keep forgetting. but i have gotten it up to 60 and 70 mph on short stretches and no re-occurrence yet.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 02:02 AM
Posted 13 December 2012 - 08:40 AM
great thanks...is that usually obvious, have to check with car in the air? first i've heard of this.
Take a look at the bushings where the rear trailing arms mount to the body by the rear doors. The links come forward from the wheel hub and attach to the underside of the body. It's really common for the bushings to go out. That causes the rear toe alignment to wander all over the place and the back of the car steers itself.
Posted 13 December 2012 - 12:58 PM
@grossgary: You can check it with the wheels in the air and levering with something against the trailing arm near those bushings. The trailing arm has to have some clearance, but not too much. It's pretty obvious then. The guy at the workshop showed and explained it...
Has anyone an idea how to change those bushings? I mean it would be OK to change the whole trailing arm, but the bushing of the rear one is attached to the wheel hub and it look like big trouble to exchange this...
And I've searched a bit on German ebay and webshops but didn't find a part. So I guess I have to deal with Subaru Germany and therefore this wouldn't be cheap... Has anyone a part number or a shop in the U.S. where to get those?
Posted 13 December 2012 - 07:52 PM
My Legacy drives somehow inexact since a few days. It's a bit hard to explain, but it feels like the tail has it's own life Especially if load changes happen, the car is not strict on the road but totters fairly heavy. It feels very unsafe to drive more than 80 km/h (and even this feels not good).
It's a bit like the rear wheels (or at least on of them) roam back and forth.
Hey! When did you drive my car?
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because i've never really talked about it publicly (which is somewhat amazing to me) - largely because it took many years to formalize the way i look at the game, even though this is how ive viewed things for many years - i want to go ahead and say this. when i look at players, and discuss quality of players, i don't see or talk about ratings - not directly, well, not primarily, at least. i always talk abilities. when i ask someone what they think about a player, and they start to say well, i like his speed, dont like his bh, etc - i just stop them immediately (assuming i am trying to teach their person) - a rating in and of itself tells you nothing. saying "i like his 3 point shooting, i like his rebounding ability" - this is the best way to discuss and to view the game. there are too many ratings and the abundance or deficiency of a single rating tells you nothing about how that player will perform. its much more logical, even though we are all trained to do the opposite from the beginning, to discuss the abilities of that player - is he a good defender, good rebounder, etc... and this also lends itself to discussing abilities at the team level. even without coding in the sim for team abilities, i believe in this approach - its much easier to understand a team and how/why a team is performing the way they are, when you are looking at the abilities of the players and the team - not at individual ratings! i've always believed and advocated that the engine does not compare individual ratings - it uses intermediate aggregates, aka, abilities, to make decisions. what was not clear is the extent to which these were aggregated further into team abilities. it is still not clear to what extent that happens, but it is now clear, it seems to me, that team aggregates or team abilities play a hand in most parts of the sim. to me, that is all the more reason to push to view and analyze players and teams by their abilities, not by ratings.
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I want to hear your secret "straight-curious" fanasies. Us bicurious guys are always talking about what we want to do with men, time for you to spill the beans on your occasional pussy fantasies.
I want to hear your secret "straight-curious" fanasies. Us bicurious guys are always talking about what we want to do with men, time for you to spill the beans on your occasional pussy fantasies.
Steal her smoking hot boyfriend?
Have a cup of coffee, sit and chat
Haha so how many more are going to chime and beat the dead horse.
Whenever I see a hot redhead, I have the urge to dry-hump her leg.
I'm looking at you Karen Gillan!
Eating pussy has always been a big fantasy for me....
Straight girls are so awesome!
They're the BEST to talk to...........ever since I was young, almost all of my friends have been girls.
We can go shopping together, talk about juicy gossip, and compare notes about which guys are hotter...
Plus we can complain about men too...
Like how most men are so messy and gross. They leave their dirty clothes on the floor instead of putting it in the hamper. When they go into the kitchen, they leave crumbs on the floor or on the counter.
The worst is in the bathroom. They leave the toilet seat up! ..........it's so annoying because I have to put the toilet seat back down when I need to pee...
And don't even get me started about how disgusting public men's restrooms are. They pee all over the floor, toilet paper strewn everywhere, and explicit cartoons and curse words inscribed on the toilet stalls..........at least straight girls don't have to deal with that......
Well my straight friend said, "You never fucked a woman? It's so warm and it feels so good." So that made me curious to do it just to see what it feels like. But now 15 years later I still haven't.
Take her shopping. Had sex with a woman before, and it isn't something I'd like to try again., so no fantasies for me. Dick all the way.
Women don't turn me on sexually. But I would have a night one stand with a female just to try it. (I'm still confused about my sexuality).
Although I'd probably have to look at pictures of naked guys first so that I can get turned on. HeHeHe...
Go out and use her to entice straight guys
I'd be curious to try it but I don't know if I could. I'd be willing to try it in a MMF threesome with maybe another gay guy, so there would be less pressure on me. She would have to know that I'm gay so as to not expect it to work in case it doesn't.
Girls don't really turn me on at all unless it's a situation where I'm the centre of attention. If I were alone with a girl and she started to rub my crotch, I'd probably get hard. I'd want her to suck me at the very least but I probably wouldn't want her to get naked if it were just the two of us. Only me because it would turn me on that way.
It might also be fun to be a guest for a married couple as well, as long as they both knew I was gay. And let them do what they wanted.
I really enjoy rimming and I think im pretty good at it cause my tounge moves at an insane rate, and its kinda the same with a pussy(imo)
So for me, I'd stick my dick in her for a little bit and then spread her wide and go to town licking that thing
Also, I'd rim her and ask if she would rim me
Then I feel like my sex life would be fully complete hahaha
we can go shopping and watch movies and then after that I can hire her to clean my house... it needs it...
I would like to slowly undress her then re dress her in a more sporty outfit. Give her a hair cut then gossip over random things. Thats hot, Thats how we do it! Old school gangsta
Casa De Mata
Eat here pussy, rim her ass, lick a cock sliding out of her pussy, and cumming on my face!
Holy cow, I cannot believe all the trash that I read ^ in this thread.. Sorry guys..
I'm not out and no one knew that I was gay... But I used to love to take pretty girls out for a fine dinner..
I did it often. Mainly I think that I had the money and had not many guy friends..
We'd always have drinks first... maybe some wine.. And we'd hit some very fine restaurants.
It was a blast.. Yep, I'd rather it had been with a guy, but that was not the case back then.
So to answer the OP question I'd like to take a girl out to a fine dinner.. drink good wine, enjoy an evening of a few courses in an excellent restaurant.. Then have some coffee and B&B, or Grand Mariner.. never failed me once.
I loved the fine meal and the company. And they appreciated it very much.
I'd tongue it, followed by straightforward fucking, probably from behind so that I don't have to look at anything except my hard dick and the wet cunt. I definitely have no interest in her face, mouth, breasts, or anus.
It would be even much better to serve a stud and his female. I would suck him and lick her, tongue his testicles and her clitoris while they fuck, suck his jism out of her gaping snatch, and suck his shaft clean.
been into eating pussy and rimming a chick lately. might be up for some ws fun with one
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- Flash drive
- Phone case
- 3 tops
First stop, Bealls outlet:
I thought this was very casual and cute for school or just chilling around the house.
I found this top very nice to go out in, like a nice dinner or something. This top is very loose and comfortable, so it's not too dressy but not too casual. I also loved the southern taste it gives off. :)
This shirt is so comfortable its unreal! I thought it was cute to go hangout with friends in or to lounge around and look adorable.
So, I got myself a new phone case! I love hello kitty, I just think she is so cute! The case is a rubber type material and I got this case because it was cute and the rubber is kind of thick so I have a feeling it will semi-protect my phone. :)
Second and last stop, Staples:
Again, with the hello kitty, haha, but I need a flashdrive for school coming up so I thought to myself, why not go ahead and get it now?
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BOSTON — Playing professional sports comes with more perks than just the ability to make millions playing a game and traveling the country.
Pro athletes seem to always get the chance to branch out into other areas, like TV, movies and music. As you saw earlier this week, the new Dropkick Murphys video for their new song "Going Out in Style" features appearances by Hall-of-Famer Bobby Orr and current Bruins forwards Milan Lucic and Shawn Thornton.
"It was a fun experience. It was pretty laid back. Those guys are good guys so that made it a lot easier," Thornton said today after the Bruins' morning skate about the filming of his scenes, which basically him entailed sitting at a bar.
Both players were contacted by Ken Casey. But in Lucic's case, he wasn't going to be around for most of the filming because he was going away for the All-Star break. So that's how he wound up just chasing a kid on a street near his house.
So the question remains: will either player hang up his skates now to chase the glory of rock-n-roll career with the Dropkick Murphys?
"I wish. I'd love to go some of the places they get to go. Kenny golf every day, too. If I can jump on one of their flights I definitely will," said Thornton.
Added Lucic: "I've got to take care of what I've got to do here, and who knows what the future holds."
There's no telling what either player's post-hockey career will entail. But they both know they've been immortalized as part of the Boston culture.
"It's kind of cool. And you look at that video, he wanted a feel for Boston and what makes Boston so special, so it's kind of a cool video if you look at it that way," said Lucic.


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TV-10 originated when the campus cable system was installed in the fall of 1975. Its intent was to provide students with the opportunity to explore the field of television production and to promote interest in this type of media. TV-10 was one of the first completely student-run television stations in the country.
TV-10 currently airs an array of popular movies and original programming. TV-10 hires employees once a semester during the TV-10 Open House. Positions available in programming, creative, news and sports. If you are interested in working for TV-10, contact the Station Manager.


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I suppose this is for a class? I'm so sorry that I can't help you directly with your question. But, why don't you simply ask your teacher for clarification or guidance? Do you have contact information from other students?Originally Posted by Engliscgereorde
Does your book tell you how to make this template? If not, I'm sure you're not the only person who's confused.
Good luck. Let's wait to see what others have to say.


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Los Pumas led 14-0 at the break before Wales got back into the match with a try by Sam Cross but Santiago Alvarez's converted try put the title beyond the reach of Paul John's side.
The defeat ended a disappointing day for Wales after they had finished top of their group in qualifying.
England dominated the Cup quarter-final to run out comfortable 33-12 winners.
Former Wales Under 20 winger Ashley Evans opened the scoring before Marcus Watson's converted try put England ahead for the first time and they never released their grip. Wales were dealt a severe blow when Thomas was forced off with a shoulder injury.
Gaining possession from kick-offs proved a major stumbling block throughout the tournament for Wales and from the restart Watson grabbed his second before Davies exploded past Dan Bibby to score from 50m out to bring Wales back into contention but touchdowns from Phil Burgess and Mat Turner put England into the Cup semi-finals while Wales were condemned to the Plate.
Wales reached the Plate final but only after knocking out Kenya in 'golden time' after the scores were locked up at 19-19 at the hooter.
Evans was the hero when he scored under the posts after Rhys Jones stepped through a ruck to set up Rhys Shellard who off-loaded to the side-stepping winger to put Wales into the final but that proved one step too far as Los Pumas gained the honours.
Wales will have little time to recover as they head for the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay SA Sevens this weekend in Port Elizabeth where they face defending champions New Zealand, Portugal and USA in Pool C.


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Debt-Ceiling Deadline Put at Late February
Treasury Secretary Calls on Congress to Act on Borrowing Limit Soon
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Wednesday said the U.S. government would exhaust its borrowing powers by late February without action by Congress, a deadline that could force Republicans to quickly decide which issues to put into play in any new debt-ceiling fight.
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Come one, come all to the official Borderlands group! Talk weapons and more!
Well I know I just bought it and finished the main quest line on it. Took me right around 2 1/2 hours. I haven't bothered to touch any of the other quests yet, which is a decent amount. I'm sure they'll take a decent 2 hours or more. By the way it was fun. I think I killed more enemies in that than what I did in the whole normal game.
Anyway, what is everyone elses opinions?
Worth the 10$ dollars?
What do you all hope for in the next DLC?
i finished the main quest in about 4hr with doing some side quests Aand my sniper skill was 28 when i got there now its about 38 so yea enemys abound but yea i liked it really wish they wuold of added a ice element but what ever all and all its worth about 5-6 dollars to me havent finished it so i cant say if it gains the last 4 but lets hope
Its a fools race to be run if all be lost if won
Hot crap, this DLC is so good.
I kept comparing it to Fallout 3 all along the way. Bethesda took a few DLCs to get the formula right, so I was expecting Zombie Island to be decent at best. But it had so many improvements.
It's only been released a month after the main game came out, but you can tell that they've already taken player feedback to improve the overall experience. There were twice as many missions as I was expecting, there were twice as many new areas as I was expecting, there were twice as many new kinds of enemies with new kinds of tactics as I was expecting (no, not just like re-skinned Ghouls and Radscorpions with an absurd HP boost, but brand new enemies fresh from the oven), and needless to say, my expectations were blown away.
If this is kept up, DLC might be held to Gearbox's standards rather than Bethesda's or Rockstar's.
I want the DLC that continues the story. Straight up I want to fight the interplanetary ninja assassin CL4P-TP known as...Claptrap.
I think they shpuld do one where u go to the guardian aliens home planet, tht would be kool like a borderlands style futuristic city..........
Okay, I just downloaded Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot.
Some of you may find it really fun, but I'm sad to say that I've barely gotten to round two and I'm already bored with it. The gameplay is solid and there are some new rule sets that add twists to the combat (well, if you can call having to shoot bandits twice as much before they die a "twist"), but it's basically the same thing you've been doing for the past thirty or so hours with the main world.
I've got it on pause right now, and between surfing the Internet or jumping back in... meh.
I need to find 3 other people to play with to truly experience Mad Moxxi's, but Zombie Island was great, really helped my shotgun proficiency. Check my blog to see my idea on a backstory for Mordecai. I'll be working on the others soon enough.
"When the Dark Lord of the Sith offers you five, you give him five." - Ken Levine
Forget what I've said above. The gameplay is not solid at all. The balancing is completely broken. The higher your level, the harder it gets. With my level fifty Mordecai, every enemy I faced was level fifty as well, and I found it entirely impossible. So I jumped down to my level thirty-three Roland and found that, while a bit less hard, I still couldn't make it past the third wave of the first round.
So I decided to start over from scratch. I made a brand new character solely for the purpose of playing Underdome Riot. I chose Lilith for her phasewalking skill, and after leveling her up to twelve, I took her to the arenas. Of all three of my characters, my inexperienced Siren with crappy weapons lasted the longest before being ended by a cheap gimmick. There's nothing more frustrating than being within sight of round three only to die while trying to catch a second wind.
There's this mode called Vampire where you'll lose health if you're not attacking people. Screw tactics and cover, you have to run straight towards your death. It tossed me that card during wave four, the elite wave, the worst possible wave to have to abandon tactics against.
Needless to say, while I absolutely loved Zombie Island, I think Underdome is a piece of broken crap. Definitely the worst ten bucks I've spent since Mothership Zeta.
Ziodn is awesomely funny DLC if u play with ur friends ,not scary and looks like l4d there is a zombie-"boomer" and "tank".
Havent played yet the DLC #2 ,because i havetn found it on torrents.
@Batman Prime, do u play on 360, or PS3?
I thought the Zombie Island DLC was great, and I loved the new areas and enemies. Gearbox did a great job and (although it wasn't too great) the story actually improved a bit. It was a great addition for their first DLC, and a DLC I would hugely recommend. co-op was still a blast and the side quests added a lot of extra time for me to put in. The challenge was a lot higher when playing with friends, which made it a lot more fun as opposed to being able to roam through Pandora, stomping anything that came in your way.
As for Madd Moxxi, I was really disappointed in their presentation of the DLC. It sounded like a great idea to me, but it was far from it. It was a horrible decision to buy, and it's a decision I regret. The rounds are impossibly hard unless you hide the whole round and make sure you get kills only when necessary. When playing with a friend, it can be fun, but the problem is that so few people have it. If you fail a round, good luck starting from the beginning OF THE LAST ROUND. The rounds are composed of 5 different waves, so don't expect to clear through the larger tournaments quickly, and don't expect to have much fun while doing it. Even worse, YOU GET NO EXPERIENCE FOR ANY KILLS. So you won't level up, you get no rewards (except for the one quest there, that's actually worth doing and it's not too long), you're destined to fail, and it's not fun. Need I say more?
As for the General Knoxx DLC, it looks very promising and I expect it will be a great addition to Borderlands. There's a level cap increase, a continuation a on the main story, a good story this time around, new cars (including a tank!), new even rarer weapons, etc. I saw footage and I'm very excited for this, it looks like it will surpass the Zombie Island DLC.
Gonna have to agree with Peter on the Mad Moxxi DLC.
As for Secret Armory, having spent a sizable amount of time with it (and having completed the main questline), I have to say it's the best yet...but not without its faults.
For all the hooplah about rarer loot, All I have to say is that it wasn't until level 57 or so, well into the main questline, that I was able to find a single gun that improved on what I had already...including the shotgun i'd been using since level 36 or so.
Most of the new enemy designs are awesome (including a TON of new Lance enemy types), but some are just annoying. The single worst, hands down, is the Drifter. They're the only enemy that I can't consistently kill, and their respawn time is almost instant. They're just the worst.
In both good and bad news fronts, the area to be explored is HUGE. There is a ton of stuff to do, and this will probably add a good 10 hours or so of playtime. The bad news is, a good deal of that will be spent driving down looooooooooong highways, with enemies few and far between. And no fast-travel ANYWHERE? Sorry, Gearbox, the only word I think for that design choice is STUPID.
But I'm being too much of a negative nancy. All in all, great fun. Way better than the underdome, even way better than Zombie Island. A must buy for fans.
Get your own Gamercard Sig.
I haven't gotten Mad Moxxi, but Zombie Island and Knoxx's Armory are well worth it. Both add ons add a lot more game play. I could go into more detail, but if you are a Borderlands fan then I think you already know what to do.
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Hopper lf
Phillips 2b
Griffey rf
Conine 1b
Dunn dh
Encarnacion 3b
Gonzalez ss
Hamilton cf
Ross c
Hopper lf
Phillips 2b
Griffey rf
Conine 1b
Dunn dh
Encarnacion 3b
Gonzalez ss
Hamilton cf
Ross c
Good grief! Conine cleanup (with Edwin in the lineup)?
Hamilton 8th?
whisper words of wisdom
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Go Gators!
Hopper - .311 .386
Phillips - .321 .353
Griffey - .384 .369
Conine - .352 .352
Dunn - .360 .317
EdE - .346 .333
Gonzo - .302 .282
Hamilton - .347 .327
Ross - .249 .219
Makes you wonder why Hamilton hits behind Gonzalez and Ross is playing over Valentin (.500 avg. .571 OBP).
Then again we have R-R-L-R-L-R-R-L-R. Oops, Jerry forgot to position Gonzo and Hamilton right. Or maybe hit Hamilton leadoff. Nah, you still get twi right handed hitters together. Maybe he'll change it before game time? No doubt we need another outfielder. Why do we have three catchers again? Because the Twins do?
You gotta remember though, Hamilton sucks so bad as a hitter that Castro is a viable option for him, so, I guess 8th is about right...
...insert tone as appropriate.
What little bit of seriousness I had left to take of Jerry Narron has all been lost after Wednesday.
I wonder how the clubhouse has reacted what he did on Wednesday. He may have finally totally lost them by now.
I hope Real Reds shows the Griffey celebrations on the field before the game.
"Strickland Propane... Taste the meat, not the heat." - Hank Hill
Would be kind of cool to let Jr start in center tonight...
Makes you wonder why ...and Ross is playing over Valentin (.500 avg. .571 OBP).
Makes me wonder why posters complain without doing even basic research.
Sure Valentine has a .500 OBA against LH pitchers this year.....in 6 ABs.
You only have to watch Valentin hit against one LH pitcher to know you never want to see it again
Over the last 3 years, his .450 OPS gives a better indication of his ability to hit LH pitching
Getting warmed up
I don't mind Hopper in the leadoff spot vs. LHP, but I would prefer the following order:
Hopper lf
Phillips 2b
Griffey rf
Dunn dh
Encarnacion 3b
Conine 1b
Hamilton cf
Gonzalez ss
Ross c
Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman. Damn glad to meet ya.
when will they put Narron out of our misery?
FSN OH showing the video tribute, soundtrack is Aerosmith's Dream On.
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We just called him Zak. Good guy.
We just called him Zak. Good guy.
Just how old are you? He died in 1904.
How the modern world is built on the intuition of the old. I wonder how these people would fare today, would they thrive, or would their unorthodoxy be dismissed.
We have all dreamed new things under the sun, or at least, what we believe to be new, only to discover there is prior art. Hats off to a man who truly did so. There are not enough gentleman scientists anymore. And no, the world is not moe complex, or more informed, it just has a different view of reality.
his greatest contribution is a legacy that lasts to this day: he developed the technique of piggyback astronomy.
piggyback astronomy tl;dr: put camera on equatorial mount telescope (disregard the telescope part) so you can do long exposures without (most of) the motion blur.
Maybe it is just me, but why does the article look like it is written for 8-year olds? From the layout to the writing and includes errors that show the writer is not really an amateur astronomer. For example they used an image to show "piggyback" mount. Well, they took an image from a webpage that is titled Questar telescope piggyback mount, only from that article they took the image WITHOUT the piggyback mount! There are better articles about Isaac Roberts, the ones I had read were better.
But of course it wouldn't be
It's not just you. That "medium.com" website does what Powerpoint did for presentations.
The media format makes anything look good, until someone with an operable brain actually reads it.
I find that most of the articles written that way (like the presentations in Powerpoint) are also 2-10 times too long for the content.
Regarding the article content, I would argue that the invention of the lens, the telescope, the equatorial mount, the film camera, and the CCD chip are of equal or larger importance than deve
Piggybacking is not a particularly novel concept if you have a camera and an equatorial mount. It's about as novel as resting your rifle (or iPhone) on a still surface when you shoot a deer 200 yards away (or take a picture at night). The development of each of those other items was groundbreaking and required actual insight and effort.
It's always been facinating to me how many things were obvious AFTER they'd been done for the first time.
> the human eye can discern tens of thousands of stars
"This is a common misconception. There are about 6000 stars in the sky
visible to the unaided eye
time. The Earth itself blocks half the sky, so you can only see at most
half the stars in the sky at any one time."
"The Yale Bright Star Catalog catalogs the "naked eye visible stars",
which they consider to be those with a magnitude of 6.5 or brighter.
Those have been catalogued and listed, and there are 9110 entries
in that list"
People see time lapse photos and assume that's what the naked eye can see.
I've been in the middle of nowhere, hundreds of miles from any large cities, and the night sky doesn't look like in the pictures. Beautiful and serene, just not as detailed. And you'd have to be well studied to discern galactic features.
Not by my math. The largest on that Wikipedia page was over 10 m. That's over eight times the 1.26m telescope's diameter from 1815. Which is around 64 times the surface area. Please: better math, more precise statements.
also, compare 1815 speculum metal reflectivity to modern vapor deposited coatings
Which is around 64 times the surface area. Please: better math, more precise statements.
Probably the biggest contribution to terrestrial astronomy has been the CCD,
It's now possible, common even, for an amateur with a 20cm telescope to take images that were beyond the capabilities of a chemical photograph from a few decades earlier. And so far in advance of what could be observed before there was any photography at all that it's almost a completely different scientific discipline.
Was he a professional? Did he do it for a living? if not then he is an amateur. If he did receive money then he is not an amateur.
He may still be an expert since this is not dependent on whether someone does something for a living.
What is the technical term for an expert who has not received formal training?
"What is the technical term for an expert who has not received formal training?"
6 times the diameter or really more importantly 36 times the area which is what really maters.
How are you getting six-fold? Am I missing something crazy obvious? Let's look at the parameters, shall we?
"But in all the time since then, the largest telescope ever developed is not even six times bigger than the largest from nearly 200 years ago."
It is currently 2014 -- at least, in my world. That makes "nearly 200 years ago" fall pretty darn near 1815. If he meant the 1845 date, he should have specified it, as there is one closer-to-but-not-hitting 200. The one from 1815 is 1.26m. 10.4 (the larges
I'm not British so I don't know the correct way to spell that cheer.
Still, I just want to say, good article or bad (according to Ecuador 740021), it opened up my eyes to a remarkable individual. Especially illuminating was the photographs of the Andromeda Galaxy which shows how much his techniques improved astronomy.
Enough with the jokes. I wish to praise him, not pun-ish him. (no, really). Maybe in his case instead of "Here, here!" we should say "See, see!".
It's "Hear, hear!" I'd wondered about that for some years until I'd read in some book someone saying, "Oyez, oyez!" Not sure where that derived from, but it's close enough to Spanish's "Oye, oye" (Literally: (you) hear) that its origin became clear. And, oh, hey -- here's Wikipedia to give me more info than I ever knew existed on the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O... [wikipedia.org]
And, oh, hey
Don't you mean "oh-hey, oh-hey"?
Well played, sir. Well played.
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We as young males and females go to school everyday and we try our best to do well. We study for tests and take extra help from our teachers to get a better grade in their class. We set goals for ourselves and we hope one day to achieve them.
Then why do some feel like they are not ready to face the world?
The answer is that teachers and the Board of Education don't prepare us for the real world. They just prepare us for tests like the Regents. This does nothing to help us become better young adults who will one day go to college and later get a job.
We need to be heard by our teachers and principles. I have witnessed before that teachers don't really listen to what we have to say. They just see us as students. They don't see us as mature adults. Yes, some students act like pre-schoolers, but they are a minority. We have ideas that can help improve our schools. Teachers need to do their part and stop arguing with students and putting them down. They need to stop treating us as a burden and start caring. When we see this, we know that we have someone who can help us pick a college and a career.
If they just listen, schools can form great young adults that are career ready.
There needs to be a student union, which is a national group of students from all the 50 states who come together to get a better education and be heard.
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Former Bruins winger Marco Sturm has always been known for his blazing speed.
But this season he's becoming more famous for quickly moving from team to team without any compensation going the other way.
Today the Washington Capitals, in search of more secondary scoring, claimed Sturm off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings. Of course, earlier this season the Kings acquired Sturm from the Bruins for future considerations, which Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli later revealed was, in fact, nothing.
Sturm, coming off two major knee surgeries in two years, scored five goals in 17 games for the Kings. But he also missed some time with a knee ailment. His $3.5 million cap hit makes him a prohibitive acquisition for pretty much any team willing to take the risk on his health.
As Katie Carrera of the Washington Post writes today, the Caps will know more about where Sturm fits into their plans once their done maneuvering before Monday's trade deadline:
It appears as though Sturm will likely fit on the second or perhaps third line wing and give the Capitals a few more options on both of those combinations, but we'll have to see how the next two days play out to know for sure.
It remains to be seen if Sturm can stay healthy enough to become a consistent scoring threat again. But now he's right back in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race. And the Bruins, who don't face the Caps again in the regular season, might still run into him down the road if there's a Boston-Washington playoff series in the cards.


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Does Craftsman make a wrist pin pulling tool?
Posted 06 April 2004 - 01:04 AM
and if they do, do you have the part #?
Posted 06 April 2004 - 01:12 AM
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Posted 06 April 2004 - 03:16 AM
A friend and I just made a tool to pull the wrist pins by "modifying" a long bolt. By the time we were done, it was basically a shaft with a little protrusion that you could wedge in there and pry on a nut on the other end to get the pin out. It worked pretty well. Not the slickest tool, but it didn't cost anything. I could get a picture if you like.
yes i would like!
Posted 06 April 2004 - 09:10 AM
Insert it all the way through the wrist pin, let the hooked end catch the far edge of the wrist pin, and tap it out with a hammer. Very easy to make and pretty effective too.
Posted 06 April 2004 - 09:51 AM
Subaru tool numbers (you can buy them from your dealer):
EA82 engine: 399094310
ER27 engine: 499097300
You can use the one for the ER27 (XT6) on an EA82 engine. It's longer because you need to be able to get at the middle pair of cylinders.
Posted 06 April 2004 - 11:06 PM
Posted 06 April 2004 - 11:33 PM
When I was at school last week and I needed to pull one of the wrist pins out that I had already put in (put a ring in upsidedown accidentally) I didnt have that tool on me, so I found this metric alan bolt, where the head slid perfectly down the center of the wrist pin (were talking machine fit) till it hit the notch in the center of the pin. Anyway I took a bench grinder to the head of the bolt and left about 1/4 circle on it, and it worked PERFECTLY.. I was able to attach a slide hammer to it, and get those wrist pins out in a breeze. I also had to taper the top of the head a little bit to get around the retainer clip.
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I enjoy my fair share of hip-hop just like anyone else (well that's not entirely true, let me stop lying). Nevertheless, is it just me, or have some artists gone too far with their message of rampant consumerism? While I am not one to bash the whole genre and blame rap music for the demise of an entire generation, I do believe that at some point, as informed consumers we have to stop and ask ourselves, "What the f*ck did he/she just say and how does that ish really pertain to me?" I don't know about you, but I don't "ball so hard" and the ish that I particularly find cray is five-dollar gas prices.
If you didn't notice by my references, the latest rappers to perturb me are Kanye West and Jay Z.
I may be one of the only people who did not purchase, or listen to every song off of the Watch The Throne album. But the two that I have heard–OTIS and the infamous, too often recited N*ggas in Paris–make me want to throw up in my mouth. After barely getting through both songs in their entirety, I thought my head was going to rupture, and I wouldn't be able to afford my subsequent melt down with the exorbitant cost of health care.
In fact, I kinda find some of this music to be in bad taste, considering the real economic conditions of some of the most ardent Hip-Hop followers. These guys have the problems of the 1%, with concerns such as "spilling ace of spades" on a pair of Jordans. A $1200 bottle of champagne, that cost more than most folks' rent or mortgage. I'm just saying, the least of the 99% concerns are "Audemars that don't tick tock" (which can cost as much as $500,000). The sad part is that some of us can recall these lyrics more than we can the debtors we owe.
What frightens me is that, collectively, the world is experiencing an economic crisis, but Black folk are being disproportionately impacted by this fiscal catastrophe. With African-Americans average a net worth of a whopping 20 times lower than whites in this country, (only about $2,000), and one study even finding that the median net worth for Black women is a meager five-dollars, we should really give less than a damn that Kanye West is "about to go dumb again" because he "pulled up in [his] other, other Benz."
These hip-hop songs boasting of all the material items they have accumulated, and the fabulous gold-plated, diamond-encrusted lives they live is a bit passé. Unfortunately, Americans (and specifically black folks) are the ultimate consumers and eat up every word of this mess up, dying to buy new Louis Vuitton bags (or sneakers), when they receive government assistance, or live a paycheck above the poverty line.
As Yasiin would say, "Poor so hard….that ish cray."
Am I wrong for putting some of the blame on hip-hop for keeping Black folk in debt, or are their more substantial factors involved?


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This Week Sunday 27 July 2014
A look at events making the news in the past week with Colm Ó Mongain and Richard Crowley.
Channel 4's Paul Mason gives an update on the ceasefires in Gaza.
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on why he has urged the Taoiseach to recall the Dáil to respond to the crisis in Gaza.
Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection, Dara Murphy, on what has been discussed in the Dáil about the Gaza conflict.
Our reporter John Burke discusses the details of a confidential pay deal that was reached between SIPTU and waste company Panda, as the standoff between Greyhound and its workers continue into its sixth week.
A psychiatric nurse who once worked at the Mayo care centre Áras Attracta, Noel Giblin, gives his reaction to HIQA's reports on the centre.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust's Chief Executive, Deirdre Malone, discusses the concerns raised in a report by the United Nations Human Rights Committee about Ireland's human rights record.
Reporter with The Associated Press, Christopher Sherman on what President Obama calls a "humanitarian crisis".
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Yellow chard, of all things, is the "it" plant in Parisian gardens this year. During a sunny and warm week in early September, the light was at the perfect angle to show off the luminosity of its stems.
Yellow chard was the star of gardens from a small, well-used and loved neighborhood park in the Marais to potagers in an interior courtyard in the 16th century Hotel de Carnavalet, and in an extravaganza of urban agriculture at the renowned Bagatelle Gardens in the Bois de Boulogne.
Parisian gardens have taken up the American and British locavore, or home-grown produce, movement, but add unique fillips. Who else but the French would think of combining red-flowered strawberry plants with red roses and mulch? The strawberries were flowering and fruiting at the same time as the prospect of a bountiful autumn harvest. The wholesaler Monrovia, in this country, lists Lipstick, a very showy, easy strawberry groundcover with bright red flowers and shiny fruit.
Amusing, stylish scarecrows, wandering peacocks, and topiaries of chickens at the Bagatelle might be adaptable in our gardens. Combinations of herbs and vegetables with ornamentals are not strangers here, but in Parisian public gardens are mainstream.
During the last 20 years the French have become much more focused on flowers, and some of the best new plants in our gardens come from French hybridizers. Yes, the allées of trees and formal parterres are still there, but at the Luxembourg Garden you almost don't notice them because of the exuberance of a deep perennial border, natural plantings of grasses that soften statuary, and a spectacular edging of red and yellow zinnias without a spot of mildew.
The entrance to the Quai Branley Museum, designed by the superstar architect Jean Nouvel and completed six years ago, is through a very large wild garden. It is certainly not a prairie garden or "new American" garden, but there is a whiff of influence. What is odd is that both the entrance garden and the celebrated Patrick Blanc vertical garden (Mur Vegetal) on the riverside facade of the museum obscure the exterior architecture.
Only an artist supremely confident in his ability would be so bold.
My familiarity with the often-photographed vertical garden was no preparation for viewing it in person. Relying on drip irrigation, I doubt that it is ecologically green, but no matter: The mosaic of perennials, grasses, and ferns is a tour de force of texture in all the variants of green. In the United States, such vertical gardens are mostly found inside in commercial spaces or the homes of intrepid, adventurous gardeners. The LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton had entries in vertical gardening in its On and Off the Ground exhibition for the last two years, although with varying degrees of success.
Who knew that before the High Line in New York City was even a twinkle in anyone's eye, it was a fait accomplis in Paris? It opened 20 years ago on a nearly three-mile stretch of an abandoned elevated railway beginning just behind the new Opera Bastille. Called the Promenade Plantée (tree-lined walkway), the gardens have a feeling of shaded tranquillity and maturity, and are well-integrated into the surroundings. The arches of the former railway viaduct were renovated and are used as workshops and shops for highly skilled artisans.
Nearly every open space in Paris is planted with perennials, trees, and shrubs: even the facade above the sign of the famous Cafe de Flore. And lights are in gardens as well. One small garden in the Marais is dotted with solar lights set in the ground that twinkle at night, creating a veritable performance artwork.
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PS3: Gonna make one last ditch effort to get into Hyperdimension Neptunia. For years I've been trinyg on and off to get into it..... and I just can't. This is a game I SHOULD be loving, but with the REAL basic RPG elements... it's hard to keep concentrated on it. Hopefully, this time's the charm~
Vita: Of course it's Persona 4 Golden, which I'm loving. The game is just so much more visually pleasing than the PS2 version in my opinion. Took some time to get used to Chie's new VA (mostly due to the fact that I was playing Virtue's Last Reward on 3DS pretty steadily right before this game, so Chie was pretty much just Quark for the longest time to me). I doubt this game will be leaving my Vita for a loooong time, seeing as I plan to Platinum this game~
3DS: Still working on Virtue's Last Reward, not as much as I was with Persona 4 Golden on Vita keeping my attention. Only got about 4 story branches complete so far, all on the left side of the chart, gonna move to the middle next.
|2012-11-24, 18:58
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
Finally snagged a platinum trophy on Kami Jigen Neptune V. My first platinum, ooohh~~
I even went through the trouble of doing most of the quests and getting the best equipments. Though the DLC Colosseum quests remain...but I can't really do anything about those unless I pay up for the level cap+ DLC. Those greedy yet cunning bastards, distribute the quests for free but make us pay up for the means to clear them. *shakes fist in air*
So for now I'm attempting to finish my trophy collection for other games. Currently looking at Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Graces f.
Definitely not going to finish the trophy collection for Disgaea 3 and Star Ocean 4 anytime soon so...
Hopefully that'll keep me busy until Fate/EXTRA CCC and Hatsune Miku - Project DIVA F (the PS3 version, with a "F", not a "f" like the Vita version) comes out next spring.
...unless I can pull together enough money to buy a PSVita. Which reminds me, is the PSVita region locked and how much do the games cost to DL if you have the UMD? So many games I want on the PSVita...
|2012-11-24, 20:31
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pennsylvania , United States
Age: 28
Haven't played much because I'm busy studying Japanese, doing projects and recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Aside from that, after Christmas, I will have a lot of new games to play with, mostly on the PS3 and the PS Vita (3DS only getting Paper Mario). I also preordered Atelier Totori Plus, which there is a localized PS3 version of and coming out the end of next week. I wonder what additions they have added in this port... but yes, I do know a bit of Japanese although it takes 5x longer to understand what they are saying since I have to look up words that I don't know. Also planning to get Tales of Graces f, Atelier Meruru, Little Big Planet Vita and Persona 4 Golden.
For now, playing more Little Busters on my Playstation Vita, but haven't decided which arc to do first. Maybe Komari since they finished that in the Anime already. (No, the Playstation Vita is not region locked, although the cross and circle buttons are swapped only for the system software, not the Japanese region software)
|2012-11-26, 14:29
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blinded by blood
Finally got around to playing L.A. Noire after buying it on a Steam sale months ago. Good game, though Zero Punctuation was right when the animations get a little silly and uncanny-valley-ish.
Going to dig through my Steam backlog and see what else I paid for and haven't actually finished or started yet...
Up next:
Fairy Bloom Freesia (on Easy this time, holy crap this game is balls hard)
SOL Exodus
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Mirror's Edge (never did finish this one, so I'll give it another go)
One day, when I'm feeling especially patient I might try X3: Terran Conflict and X3: Albion Prelude. I'm all for good space sims but these games are... complicated. Obtusely so.
|2012-11-26, 15:21
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Age: 34
Thought I'd pop in here with some musings that I've been having ..
Lately I find myself playing less and less RPG or story/plot focused games than usual, and after speaking to colleagues and friends, this seems to be endemic of all of us finding less and less time to commit to these games and more and more often leaving them and coming back to .. well, we have no idea where we are or what we're doing..
Thus, lately, I've been playing: League of Legends, Dota 2 and World of Tanks -- pick them up and drop them off, you can come and go and it'll be the same. I am however, interested in playing Sins of a Solar Empire, which was recommended to me as a good 4X strategy game for someone that enjoys/enjoyed MOO2 and Civ as well as the Homeworld series and Total War series!
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|2012-12-01, 03:10
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Fair Oaks, California
Age: 29
I'm finally playing Assassin's Creed (PS3) for the first time ever, it's every bit as awesome as I hoped it would be !
Sadly I have noticed at least two bugs .
1.) Sometimes the loading screen for the animus never "finishes/loads". I'm talking about the one where you can move Altair around it, not the loading bar thingies.
2.) Sometimes the in-game movement "slows down" or straight out "freezes".
Does anyone know how to fix these two bugs ?
|2012-12-01, 16:34
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:Still Yayoi's Onii~chan:
Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
The trophies for Disgaea 3 is quite troublesome and time consuming to get too. Right now I'm spending my time leveling up and gathering items in the Land of Carnage. Just got my hands on a Legendary Yoshitsuna sword, let's see if I'll live to reach the 100th floor to get the Rank 40 sword.
Currently waiting on "THE BEST" version of Catherine(JP PS3ver) to be released later this month.
|2012-12-01, 20:18
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ontario, CA
Age: 28
Hitman Absolution - duno if it's just me, but I love just straight up shooting everyone in the head when the area is clear instead of fiber wiring them despite the many possible ways of killing/knocking out. I do love using the knife as a head shot killer too.
Crusader Kings II - played it during summer and stopped but I picked up a lot of the DLC for cheap during the Thanksgiving weekend sale. So addicting/fun/frustrating haha.
|2012-12-05, 11:17
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
Been going back and forth playing Disgaea 3 and THE iDOLM@STER2 on the PS3.
In Disgaea 3 I've been trying to get the rank 40 items but...since they only appear on the 100th floor of the item world of Legendary rank 39 items in the Land of Carnage, it's pretty damn impossible for me to get them as of right now. Even with my highest level thief the chance of success of stealing it is 1%...though that means that theoretically if I try 100 times to steal it then I will succeed atleast once.
As for iM@S2 I'm soooo close to getting that Platinum trophy. (=w=)-3
...also been trying for a Platinum in Rune Factory Oceans/Tides of Destiny. All I've got left to do is fishing...LOTS and LOTS of fishing. orz
|2012-12-08, 23:28
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:Still Yayoi's Onii~chan:
Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
Playing Rune Factory Oceans/Tides of Destiny.
Also finishing up SD Gundam G Generation Overworld. Got the unit collection up to 99%, only four more units until 100%.
|2012-12-09, 00:28
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 26
Tales of Vesperia again. I've pumped quite a few hours over the last few days into it, but I realized I've made quite a few mistakes in my achievement hunt that I can't reverse. Damn this game's achievements though, seriously.
|2012-12-09, 01:12
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Smiling beauty
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Indonesia
Age: 29
Replaying Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [PS3] for earning all of the trophies. I cleared this game 100% long time ago but now I need to start from a scratch again.
Looking at the trophies list, I thought it shouldn't take long since I don't need to earn all of the emblems (especially Big Boss one's), but it turned out that I was wrong. While there's no trophy that requires to collect all of the emblems, there's one that requires to collect all of the iPod soundtracks. And two of them are unlocked by collecting all of the emblems.
In other words, I need to repeat the painful process of getting that Big Boss emblem~ orz
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Xavier's Army ROTC "All For One" Battalion hosts Best Ranger Competition on Saturday, April 21
Xavier is the defending champion with nine wins in 12 years | April 19, 2012
The Xavier University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps "All for One" Battalion is hosting the regional ROTC Best Ranger Competition on Saturday, April 21, at Xavier's Armory, Withrow High School and Mt. Airy Forest.
Begun 13 years ago, the competition is a showcase of the work and accomplishments of the young men and women who are beginning their service in the Armed Forces. Mirrored after the U.S. Army's Best Ranger Competition, this day-long challenge tests two-member cadet teams in a series of events, including an Army physical fitness test, one rope bridge, hand grenade assault course, land navigation, marksmanship and patrolling, culminating in a ruck march through Mt. Airy Forest.
"The Xavier Best Ranger Competition brings together some of the best cadets from the area to test their mettle against one another," says LTC Shane Ousey, professor of military science and battalion commander at Xavier. "It is a long day of intense competition, but more importantly, it gives the cadets a chance to bond and network with other cadets who will become their future second lieutenant Army peers."
The event is organized and run entirely by the Xavier ROTC cadets with oversight by the Military Science cadre. It serves not only as competition but also as training for future Army officers of the "All For One" Battalion. Xavier is this year's defending champion, having won the event nine out of 12 years, and looks to continue that tradition this year.
Eleven universities from five states are sending 29 teams to participate. In addition to Xavier, they include: Austin Peay University, East Tennessee State University, Ohio University, Indiana University, University of Dayton, Michigan State University, University of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky University, Vanderbilt University and Purdue University. Cadets compete for the coveted title of "Best Ranger."
Learn more about the event at the battalion's website.