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The Harvard heavyweight crew travels to Philadelphia to take on Penn and Navy for the Adams Cup Saturday morning on the Schuylkill River.
Racing Schedule
8:50 a.m. – Freshman eight
9:10 a.m. –Varsity eight
9:30 a.m. – Second varsity eight
9:50 a.m. – Third varsity eight
10:10 a.m. - Fourth varsity eight
Follow From Home
Live audio of the racing will be available here. The broadcast will also be available by phone at (215) 399-2864.
Probable Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: Chris Kingston, 8: Patrick Lapage, 7: Matthew Edstein, 6: Nick Jordan, 5: Michael Disanto, 4: David Wakulich, 3: Parker Washburn, 2: Anthony Locke, 1: James O'Connor
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: David Fuller, 8: Peter Scholle, 7: Justin Mundt, 6: Benjamin French, 5: Elihu Reynolds, 4: Phil Matthews, 3: Josh Hicks, 2: Jason Phillips, 1: JP Hogan
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Alex Sopko, 8: Jack Morrissey, 7: Conner Griffith, 6: Mihailo Malowani, 5: Alex Soutter, 4: Alex Macintosh, 3: Andrew Hamm, 2: Andrew Stein, 1: David Paresky
Fourth Varsity Eight
Cox: Colby Wilkason, 8: Matt Vincent, 7: Eli Shikaloff, 6: William Polachek, 5: Nolan Pollock, 4: Nigel Munoz, 3: Andrew Safir, 2: Edward Winters Ronaldson, 1: Tom Hanson
Freshman Eight
Cox: William Hakim, 8: Andrew Holmes, 7: Jake Sobstyl, 6: Caspar Jopling, 5: Gregory Edwards, 4: Max Monfared, 3: Andrew Reed, 2: Ben Lynton, 1: Jamie Law-Smith
Last Time Out
The Crimson took four races from Princeton and won the Compton Cup for the fifth straight year Saturday morning on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. Harvard's varsity eight (3-0) won a back-and-forth battle by 1.2 seconds (video available here). The second and third varsity and freshman eights won by wider margins, with the Crimson rookies also defeating MIT.
Harvard has entered boats in 13 races within its three regattas this spring and has won each of those events. The Crimson last lost a dual event in last year's Adams Cup regatta on the Charles River, when Navy's second freshman eight finished first. Harvard has won 20 straight events within its dual regattas since then.
The Crimson varsity eight has defeated nine straight dual opponents and 24 of its last 25. The Harvard freshman eight has defeated 31 consecutive dual opponents since falling to Yale to close the 2006 season.
Last Season
Host Harvard won five of six races against the visiting Quakers and Midshipmen on the Charles River. The Crimson varsity eight finished about two seconds ahead of Navy and more than 12 ahead of Penn. The second varsity won by 9.3 seconds, and the freshman eight won by 3.8. Harvard's third varsity won by 7.2 seconds, and the fourth varsity finished three-tenths of a second behind runner-up Navy in that same race. The Crimson raced a freshman four that defeated Penn by 23.2 seconds.
History Lesson
Harvard has won the Adams Cup in each of the last 11 seasons and has won the trophy 48 times, compared to 14 wins for Penn and 13 for Navy. This is the 76th rowing for the trophy, which was introduced in 1933 and is named for Charles Francis Adams, an 1888 Harvard graduate who became Secretary of the Navy. The trophy was created in London in 1820.
Scouting the Opposition
Competing in conditions that eventually sunk a racing shell and caused the cancelation of the freshman races, the Penn varsity (2-3) finished second to host Yale, ahead of Columbia in last weekend's Blackwell Cup regatta. The defeat of the Lions avenged a loss to them a week earlier. The Quakers previously defeated George Washington and fell to Princeton.
Navy (2-2) opened the spring with dual wins against Georgetown and Holy Cross at the George Washington Invitational and followed with a defeat of Oxford University a day later. Facing Cornell and Syracuse last week, the Mids won two races but placed third in the varsity eight, 4.3 seconds back of the Orange and just 1.5 behind the host Big Red.


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U.S. raids highlight terror threat in Africa
- In Libya%2C terrorists are taking advantage of lawlessness to move weapons and fighters
- Some believe that the capture of al-Libi is a significant attack against al-Qaeda
- Al-Shabab remained defiant%2C claiming its militants were able to repel U.S. forces
CAIRO — Two U.S. raids in Libya and Somalia that apprehended a major catch on the terrorist most-wanted list highlight how the growing terror network in the region is able to operate freely.
Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, 49, known by his alias Abu Anas al-Libi, was living in Tripoli and was captured by U.S. officials Saturday on the streets of the Libyan capital. He is facing charges of terrorism in the U.S. for involvement in the attack on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, which killed more than 200 people.
Analysts say the twin raids, in which U.S. military and intelligence officials also went after senior members of the al-Qaeda allied group al-Shabab in Barawe, Somalia, illustrate that terrorists can operate openly in the Sahel and Maghreb regions, and that local governments won't — or can't — do much to stop them.
In Libya, terrorism networks are growing and thriving, mainly because there is fractured political development to impose effective security structures and solid governance. As a result, terrorists are taking advantage of the lawlessness to move weapons and fighters easily across borders.
"The region is now an important arena for jihadists, and the size of their area of operation is growing," said Daniel Byman, research director at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy who focuses on counterterrorism and Middle East security, testifying in front of Congress earlier this year.
"Libya is ripe for homegrown terrorists and foreign terrorist penetration," he added. "The al-Qaeda core has long included Libyans in its ranks and reportedly dispatched operatives to build an organization in the post-Gadhafi era."
STORY:U.S. forces strike targets in Libya, Somalia
KERRY:Terrorists can run, but can't hide
Libyans worried about how their country has developed since the 2011 revolution said they welcomed the news of the raid.
"Since the end of the revolution, Islamists groups influenced by al-Qaeda have developed." said Ousama Buera, a founding member of the Barqa Youth Movement, a pro-independence group in eastern Libya. "We don't want them to turn Libya into a terrorist state, so that is why the operation has been well accepted even if it was led by American special forces."
Some believe that the capture of al-Libi is a significant attack against al-Qaeda.
"If true, reports of the capture of Abu Anas al Libi would represent a major blow against the remnants of al-Qaeda's core," Adam Schiff, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and Democratic Representative from California, said in a statement.
"Al-Libi is particularly important, as he was a mastermind behind the 1998 embassy bombings, and was thought to be in Libya to help set up new cells and recruit new members," he added.
In Somalia, al-Shabab, which draws fighters from around the region and the West, has long based itself in Barawe. The group has carried out a number of terrorist operations, most recently claiming responsibility for the attack at Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, last month that left dozens dead.
The terrorist group remained defiant after the U.S. raid, claiming its militants were able to repel U.S. forces.
"We fought back against the white infidel soldiers with bombs and bullets, and they ran back to their boats," Sheikh Abdulaziz Abu Musab, spokesman for al-Shabab's military wing, said, according to Garowe Online, a Somali broadcaster. "One member of al-Shabab was killed and the white infidel soldiers failed their mission. We found blood and equipment near the coast in the morning."
Al-Shabab militants still control most towns in southern Somalia, while provincial capitals are controlled by Somali forces and AMISOM peacekeepers, Garowe Online reported. There have been numerous international raids against al-Shabab, including one by the French military earlier this year and a Navy SEAL operation in 2009 that killed six suspected terrorists.
Analysts say that terrorist fighters in Africa will continue to flourish until the regional instability is contained.
"The Maghreb and the Sahel region are highly unstable — two of Libya's neighbors, Egypt and Tunisia, have undergone dramatic regime changes in recent years," said Byman in his congressional testimony, adding that instability in Sudan, Nigeria, Mali and Chad are also playing a critical role.
"The biggest problem is government weakness. So even if one country is adopting policies that make it stronger, it can still suffer violence emanating from its neighbors," he added. "Terrorism in and emanating from the Maghreb and Sahel regions, both of which threaten American lives and interests, will continue and may even grow in the years to come."
Contributing: Mathieu Galtier in Tripoli

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The man got dressed and sat outside in the balcony. For the last so many years he has been following this routine of eating his breakfast. He was aware that people are brought to watch the likes of him. Infact, he had gotten used to this exhibition, as long as viewers stayed far away.
The tour guide explained pointing at single storey structures separated by fence and a grassland, "this is where we keep dangerous people in isolation."
"What is their crime?" asked a tourist.
"These are dissidents," answered the guide, "thinkers, writers and the likes who influence our society!"
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This is an effort to write aflash fiction effort with the Friday fictioneers, 09th, May, 2019, using picture prompt provided by host Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Other stories can be found here
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Spring is the best time to empty our closets of clothing we'll never (or shouldn't) wear again. Some of it can be donated or even sold, but what about the pieces that are flawed or frayed? Don't be too quick to toss these items into the trash. Instead salvage usable fabric, buttons, and zippers. Even thrift stores cut the buttons off of unusable clothing and sell them. Read on for some reuse ideas and how we took four men's shirts with various resale deal-breaker flaws and made a simple sweet baby quilt.
No one wants a shirt with a worn collar, a sweatshirt with a spaghetti sauce stain, or a sweater with a moth hole. So into the garbage they go. Not so fast. While you can't save every piece, most still have usable parts and pieces that can avoid the landfill and save you dollars in the future.
Divide and Conquer
- Go through your closets and pull out everything you don't want to wear again for whatever reason: size, style or damage.
- Make a stack to donate (or take to a resale shop).
- What remains is your opportunity pile.
TIP: Keep a basket in your closet to store clothing that is no longer something you'll wear. Don't put it back in the drawer or re-hang. When the basket is full, deal with it. It will free up space and you won't have to rethink your discard decision.
Sort Your Opportunity Pile
- Sweatshirts and sweatpants make great cleaning and polishing rags. All-cotton is best. Cut up into usable sections, removing seams. These soft rags will also help you reduce your reliance on paper towels for cleanup. Save working zippers – long heavy-duty zippers are expensive to buy and can be sized down as needed for future projects.
- Blankets and sheets, while not clothing, are included because they are the other other big source of reusable household fabric. Blankets with holes or worn edges can be made into smaller blankets or used as backing for small quilts. Simply bind the edges with pretty cotton prints. Cut blankets into the largest pieces you can for storage. Sheets can be turned into clothing, or made into soft pillowcases or quilt backs.
- Jeans that are beyond a desirable 'destroyed' look, can be cut to make shorts. If the top part is usable, it can also be turned into a trendy skirt by adding a simple gathered length of soft cotton or chiffon. At the very least, save the heavy duty zippers! They can be reused in future sewing or repair projects and also be rolled into zipper flowers you can use to embellish a little clutch or used as a brooch. Jean jackets can be turned into pillows, or cut short for a cropped fit – let the edges fray in the wash.
- Woven shirts wear unevenly. Most have perfectly good, and often beautiful fabric that can be reused in many ways. They are lovely for making quilts. Small pieces are perfect for doll clothes or fabric for children to use in sewing. Be sure to save the buttons. Buttons come in handy if you need to replace one that is lost, but they also can be used as embellishment as we did on our table topper.
TIP: before you cut off the fabric content tag, separate into cotton, cotton-poly blend, silk, rayon, etc.
- T-Shirts can be turned into soft quilts and pillows. If they have a graphic, it makes it that much more interesting and can become a memory quilt of sorts. Knits make great clothing for children; you can salvage a lot of fabric from an adult tee. The softest cleaning cloths come from old t-shirts. There are companies that turn old white tees into cleaning rags and sell by the box; check your recycling center for options.
- Sweaters with moth holes can be repaired if you really love the sweater. If not, many people are searching for old wool sweaters for felting. Felting in a hot washer/dryer process causes most holes disappear. So, don't be too sure you can't donate these.
- Socks can achieve that second life too. When traveling, slide your shoes or flip flops into old socks. Old cotton socks slip over your hand to make quick dust cloths. As known escape artists, socks often become loners and the really cute ones can become sock puppets, storage bags and jar cozies.
- Belts made of webbing and leather have many uses in future bags as shoulder straps, or to roll up a stadium blanket. Cut down to make children's belts. If the belt is shot, keep the hardware and use it to remake a simple belt from new webbing.
Men's Shirt Baby Quilt
During the Great Depression, people didn't throw anything away. My own grandmother learned lifelong habits from those days. She made many truly gorgeous quilts from old clothing, rarely bought a new button, and made use of every inch of the embroidery floss she so prolifically used. For years, I had a quilt on my bed that she'd made from discards. I used to look at it and try to guess what the little patches had been. Pillows, table runners, napkins – most had a past life. After years of being a throw-away society, it's time to get some of the old reuse mentality back into our everyday thinking.
In honor of Earth Day, we took four men's shirts in shades of blue (three long-sleeve and one short sleeve) and cut them into 7" x 7" squares. The backing fabric is a section of an old flannel sheet.
Save the buttons for future projects.
Each of these shirts had problems, worn cuffs and/or collars, torn seam, ink stains, etc. Yet, there was plenty of like-new fabric to make a sweet baby quilt. In fact, these four shirts produced enough fabric to make two baby quilts.
This is a simple patchwork using an old flannel sheet for backing. Cut thirty-six 7" x 7" squares. Patchwork together using a ½" seam allowance, following our pattern or one of your choice. This will make a 36-inch square quilt. You can, however, make it as large or small as you'd like by changing the number of rows.
Add a tie at each patchwork intersection, using embroidery floss. Double-knot and clip excess floss to about ½" from the knot.
You can also follow the instructions in our baby blanket tutorials.
Add Your Reuse Ideas
What clever ideas do you have for reusing old clothing? Add your ideas to the comments section below and help us find more ways to reduce consumption and add unnecessarily to landfills.
Project Design and Sample Creation: Alicia Thommas


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Fresh Egg Pasta
It was a cold and raining Saturday afternoon, four girls huddled around a selection of cheese's and accompaniments and red wine, and prepared for an afternoon of pasta making. This is how it begun.
Making my own pasta is something I have wanted to do for ages. It makes perfect sense that seeing I have eaten, and still do eat a fair amount of the stuff, that I make it myself. My friend Sarah had the brilliant idea of spending a Saturday afternoon with the girls and do such a thing. And brilliant it was. Making homemade pasta is one of the best cooking experiences I've ever had. Its so therapeutic and hard work, that you really feel like you've accomplished something. And the end result, oh well that's just amazing fresh silky pasta.
I'll be honest, the kneading part wasn't too fun. Well it was, due to the screams of "why aren't you soft yet!" and Leanne and my attempts at stealing Sarah and Elise's perfect dough while they weren't looking. We didn't try that hard, but gees did we get the old arm muscles working. I haven't been to the gym in quite a while so this was my weekend work out.
Putting the pasta through the machine, whilst constantly dropping the turning handles on the floor, made us all a little giddy. And when you get to the final stage of putting it through the fettuccine setting, there's this almost heavenly 'ahhhh' – pasta! It was like my child. I was so proud. I took photos on my phone and sent it to everyone. I made pasta.
I actually took a lot of photos. Really. Lots.
Oh I should really talk about the recipe. Ok so the recipe comes from Jamie Oliver's book Cook with Jamie, but you can find the original here. I always thought you needed olive oil and salt, but this recipe with just flour and eggs worked perfectly. Don't panic if it seems too dry – it will come together beautifully. I was tempted to add water or oil but held off. Make sure you buy the real deal flour, ordinary flour will not work.
Recipe from Jamie Oliver
Recipe from Jamie Oliver
600g Tipo '00' flour (or farina di grano tenero, which is an Italian very finely sieved flour)
6 large eggs
6 large eggs
Sieve the flour in a bowl, and then pour onto a clean kitchen bench top. You can also do this in a bowl or board, but a bench top gives you more room to work.
Make a well with the flour and place the crack eggs in the centre. Using your fingers, break the eggs up (you can also do this with a fork) and slowly and carefully start incorporate the eggs and flour together using your finger tips. When all is combined, knead the dough for around 10 minutes, or until you have a smooth, slightly elastic dough. You will know when it's ready as it will have a nice gloss finish and will be soft with no dry cracks.
Cover the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
If you don't have a pasta machine, I suggest referring to Jamie's site for tips. If you do, read on!
Clamp the machine to a table with a good amount of length in front of it (trust me, you'll need it). Dust the surface with a bit of the pasta flour, and grab an orange size amount of dough. Press it out so it's a little flat and start to roll the dough through the machine on the widest setting. After each roll, reduce the setting to slightly narrower and feed through again. When you reach the thinnest setting, fold the dough in half and half again until you have a square, then feed through the machine again, going from the widest setting to the narrowest. Do this one more time. This process works the dough, which will result in smooth and silky pasta. As you work, continue to lightly flour the dough so it doesn't stick to the machine.
After rolling it out, when you have a pasta thickness you're happy with (2mm is ideal), lay the sheet of pasta out on the bench. To make fettuccine or spaghetti, cut the long sheet into 30 cm pieces, then roll each piece through the setting you prefer (fettuccine or spaghetti pasta). Once it's through the machine, flour the strands of pasta so no bits stick to each other.
Alternatively, you can fold the pasta into a square, then cut the strands with a floured knife. If making ravioli or pasta with a filling, you will need a slightly thicker sheet of pasta.
The pasta will store in the fridge for a couple of days or you can freeze it, but its best eaten straight away!
Although Jamie says this recipe serves 4, we made enough for 12.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 9/10/2012 (2657 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In the time I've spent with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the attitude towards developing and being patient with young quarterbacks seems to strangely resemble my habits of selecting breakfast cereal.
While I know that "steel cut oats" are a far superior product to the "quick oats" that sit next to them on the shelf, and will benefit me more in the long run, I never end up buying them. The reason for this is that they take far too long to cook and I would rather just throw my oatmeal in the microwave for two minutes and be done with it, which seems to be the prevailing attitude towards procuring quarterbacks in this town.
If they don't come near instant ready, and prepackaged for prime time, nobody has the patience or time to develop them, when we know we would be better off if we did.
I'm not saying the endless procession of pivots that have come through here over the last decade or so would have become the next big thing if we had let them cut their teeth at varying degrees of expense to the team. It is a gift and a skill to recognize when an athlete has shown you all they have to offer and is a foregone conclusion. Yet knowing what I know about the time it takes to adjust to the pro game out of college as a nosetackle, I can only surmise that the quarterback position requires inherently more seasoning to bloom.
It is practically a bylaw that when interior defensive linemen are drafted into the NFL, it will take them a minimum of a year or two to adjust to the pros. They may be able to play and start on situational downs with a training camp under their belts, but their learning curve to becoming complete players and full-time starters takes at least a full season of hard knocks.
No matter where you played and what you have done in the collegiate ranks, the biggest adjustment for defensive linemen is being able to react simultaneously to both the pass and the run in professional football. The reads come so much faster, by the end of your first step you have to have a full diagnostic of the play unfolding in front of you and an understanding of how to react accordingly, and that is a lot easier said than done.
So far this season we have seen Joey Elliott start only six games. In my evaluation, he has acquitted himself very well in three of them. Against Hamilton, he threw for over 400 yards and won. Against B.C., he managed the game expertly and had the team in position to defeat the defending Grey Cup champions with less than 30 seconds to play. Most recently, he accomplished something far more daunting than the initial two milestones. He went into Montreal against the first-place team in the Eastern division and pulled out a convincing win.
Not only did Joey lead this football team to its first road win of the season, a feat that up until Monday appeared to be a near impossibility for this roster, but he stared down the most prolific quarterback in CFL history and won a blinking contest. The skeptics will tell you that it was an inconsequential game for the Alouettes, that Anthony Calvillo was short-changed and didn't have his full complement of weapons at his disposal, and that any defence that Jeff Reinebold presides over doesn't exactly require a doctorate to interpret and exploit.
Yet regardless of how much stock you place in these excuses, and regardless how Elliott fares in the remaining four games — if he even gets the opportunity to play — he has shown me more than enough potential to warrant spending another year evaluating his growth.
For not only was I impressed by who he defeated and where it occurred, but by the fact that he seemed oblivious to all the criticisms and his own performances of late. It would not have been a stretch to expect a young quarterback, who hadn't thrown a touchdown pass in five games, and three interceptions in his last go, to be rattled and lacking confidence going on the road into the most hostile of environments. Yet Joey played with the moxie of a professional QB squaring off against a junior football team, and showed no lingering residue of negativity or self-doubt.
A young quarterback that fosters these kinds of intangibles and steel cut characteristics is worth investing in the extra time it takes to produce the final product.
Doug Brown, once a hard-hitting defensive lineman and frequently a hard-hitting columnist, appears Tuesdays and game days in the Free Press.
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Stitch Easy To Sew Potholders
Protect & Serve
Use cute holiday fabric to stitch these mini oven mitts in only 20 minutes, and then give them to your foodie friends.
Download and cut out the Protect & Serve trivet pattern pieces HERE and the pot holder pattern HERE.
From fabric A, cut two mitts. From fabric B, cut two mitts and four handles. From the batting, cut two mitts and two handles.
From the bias binding, cut two 22"-long pieces and four 5"-long pieces.
Layer two fabric-B handles with wrong sides together. Sandwich one batting handle between the two fabric layers.
Position one 5" binding piece along one handle long edge, enclosing the raw edges in the fold; pin. Repeat to enclose the other handle long edge.
Stitch the binding using a wide zigzag stitch.
Layer one fabric-A and fabric-B mitt with wrong sides together. Sandwich one batting mitt between the two fabric layers.
Center the bound handle over the mitt with the fabric A side facing up. Baste the handle short edges.
Pin one 22" binding piece around the mitt outer edge, enclosing the mitt raw edges in the binding fold. Overlap the binding ends 1⁄2".
Zigzag stitch the binding, making sure to catch the handle short edges in the stitching. Stitch carefully around the curves, using the machine hand wheel for extra control, if needed.
Tip: Use a wide zigzag stitch to camouflage not-so-straight stitching.
Repeat to stitch the second mitt.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
World of Tanks blitz review
I'd heard about World of Tanks vaguely but what attracted me was the fact that the game is Free To Play (F2P) and it has tanks. I kind of enjoy the World War II setting so I thought that since it's free, I might as well give it a try.
World of Tanks is a simple game taken at face value. Essentially there's only one game mode: capture the enemy base. You can also win the game by destroying all enemy tanks or by attrition after the 15 minute timer expires. Under the skin, however, lies a very complex combat simulator which revolves heavily around physics, line of sight, camouflage, terrain configuration and so on.
The best way to play World of Tanks is with friends, because you can get everyone to implement a common strategy. For lack of friends (as in my case), the game creates battles between evenly matched groups of 15 players. This mode pits together tanks which are roughly in the same class, so you won't ever get tier 1 light tanks with tier 8 heavy tanks.
I have only played World of Tanks for three days but I'm already hooked. I've only gotten so far as a level 2 light tank but I want to persevere until I can upgrade to something nicer.
There are two resources in the game: credits and XP. Both are gained in battle but you can lose a game and still win plenty of them. XP is gained in lots of cool ways, for example based on the damage you do to enemies but also on the number of enemies spotted and many other ways that I haven't yet discovered.
Strategy plays a large part in World of Tanks and I have a lot of learning to do. I have already had some glorious battles, including one where I helped capture the enemy base with only 2 "health points" left (out of 90). Scouting plays an important part in the game, as well as protecting slower tanks, spotting enemy tanks for the heavy artillery and also sniping.
Playing the game is fun but if you want to advance, you either need to play a crapload of games (because XP and credits come slow), or buy gold. Gold is a resource that can only be bought with real cash and it can be used in various ways. You can use it to buy XP or credits, or in exchange for various other benefits such as an extra slot in the garage.
Here's where I'm starting to really appreciate that this is a F2P game. I can enjoy it without paying, or, if I want to progress quicker, I can go ahead and spend some cash. I'm very tempted to do that in fact, except that I find it harder to explain to my wife that I need to buy "gold" for some game than to pay a monthly subscription (as with WoW). To be fair, World of Tanks does have a monthly subscription but I'm not yet clear as to what benefits that brings.
The graphics are very good and the game runs well on my machine which is about 2-3 years old. The sounds are also good but I'm starting to wonder whether all the guns sound the same. The game client itself is lightweight for this day and age, at only 1.8GB.
I'm afraid I haven't been entirely coherent with this review but give me a break, ok? :) I'm a little bit stoked after discovering such a cool new game. And you know what? The game hasn't even reached version 1.0. Talk about innovative.
11 comments:
- latusthegoat said...
Couldn't agree more, this game is just pure awesome. I found it when I quit raiding and it really helped me transition. I've slowed down since then in WoT, but I'm around the tier 6 now in the German tree, loving it to bits.
- June 14, 2011 at 10:30 PM
- Darth Solo said...
Yeah I dig the German tanks for some reason, think I'm gonna specialize in German light tanks and then perhaps Russian mediums.
- June 14, 2011 at 10:37 PM
- latusthegoat said...
As a personal experience type warning, getting the Leopard wasn't the culminating moment I thought it would be. That thing gets pitted against tier 7, 8 and higher and dies very quickly. I've had maybe one game out of ten in which my Leopard does well. It's definitely something to strive for and it's fun to barrel down the map at 60+ km/hr, but it might be a rude awakening when you still get one shot easily.
I've got the Germans for medium tanks (next tier I get heavies I believe, haven't played in a few days), and the US for artillery.
- June 15, 2011 at 12:56 AM
- Gyldenfeax said...
From what I can ascertain the monthly subscription is just a months worth of extra benefits bought with in-game gold. To quote someone on the WoT forums: "Premium is just something you buy in game with gold. You don't buy Premium or gold."
It looks like you're rediscovering the joy of playing different games, Darth :).
- June 15, 2011 at 2:41 AM
Two things that I actually loved in your article:
1) is Free To Play (F2P) and it has tanks
2) explain to my wife that I need to buy "gold"
Awesomastic review anyway, I'll dig into it :)
- June 15, 2011 at 3:14 AM
- WoT Leveling said...
I played the game extensively, when I gave up WoW, pre-Cata, and waited for Rift to come out.
The leopard was easily one of my favorite tanks of all. Few people can understand how to play some of the tanks, but the purity of the game is awesome.
I remember fondly, taking a valentine into battle, and scoring 4 kills. Yes, it's a stock tank, lol. I even scored 5, with a churchill. Take it from me, a guy who knows his tank, even a stock tank (in any game), is gonna kick your arse, in PvP.
Check out these World of Tanks Guides.
- June 15, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Darth Solo said...
@latusthegoat I'm going for the PZW III for light tanks and then moving on to the IV for medium. We'll see how that goes. The PZW III is very quick and I'm gonna try my hand at some scouting.
@Gyldenfeax I'm all for different games! There was a time when I felt that it wasn't worth playing another game because WoW offered me everything. Well, that was a long time ago. At any rate, WoT is a change of pace.
@Echo haha thanks! If you like tanks you should definitely check this one out. You'll be hooked. I don't know if there's a better tank simulator out there at this time.
@WoT Leveling thanks, I'll check those out!
- June 15, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- latusthegoat said...
PZW III is a god among men. Or tanks. Whatever. I love that little engine.
- June 15, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- Darth Solo said...
Heh heh, I just bought it this morning but didn't have time to try it yet. Now I'm off to give it a spin!
- June 15, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- sadatoni said...
To answer some questions, that you may have figured out by now....
The guns will sound different. I love the sound of the 88mm on my VK3601. But the tier I and II tanks guns all sound about the same.
The "subscription" (premium account) will net you 50% more XP and credits earned in each game. It also allows you to create platoons of up to three people, instead of just being able to join them.
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Thanks sadatoni!
I'm at tier 3 only, with a PZWIII Ausf.A
It looks like I might go the VK3601 route too, who knows, maybe in a couple of years I can get to the Maus :))
Yeah, I finally understood what the subscription does. It's cool but I'm in no hurry to gain a lot of credits and XP because the joy of this game (for me) is to raise through the ranks.
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Charles Barkley says carrying gun gives 'sense of peace'
- Charles Barkley tells USA TODAY Sports domestic abuse is the issue after the Belcher murder-suicide
- Barkley himself carries a gun.
- John McEnroe tells Bob Costas he's in favor of gun control.
TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley, saying he feels safer carrying a gun, says the issue in the wake of the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shootings is domestic violence, not gun control.
"There's never a reason to hit a woman, touch a woman, or obviously kill a woman," Barkley tells USA TODAY Sports.
STEELERS STAR:'Ridiculous' to blame guns
CHILLING:Jovan Belcher mother's frantic 911 call
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"I hope people don't (overemphasize) the gun situation. I'm very sensitive to domestic violence because I have a daughter (23-year-old Christiana), and that's just one thing that I cannot accept in any shape or form whatsoever. It's just a crazy situation.
"I don't get into the gun stuff. Some guys have guns who go hunting. Where do we stop (the gun control) at? I'm not a hunter, but we can't say people can't have guns. ... Let's not make this thing about guns. Let's make this about mistreating women. That's unacceptable."
Barkley also will appear in an already-taped episode of Costas Tonight, airing on the NBC Sports Network cable channel Thursday (9 p.m. ET), joined by host Bob Costas and tennis legend John McEnroe.
On the show, Barkley says he's "carried a gun in my car, every day of my life since I was 21 or 22 -- never had to use it."
GUN CONTROL:Bob Costas addresses halftime 'mistake'
WATCH:Costas' halftime segment sparking controversy
Costas has already drawn attention for suggesting, during NBC's Sunday night NFL coverage, that Belcher and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins would be alive if Belcher didn't have a gun.
Tuesday, Costas was on The Dan Patrick Show and explained he had made a "mistake" in addressing the topic in the 90-second NBC segment because he didn't "have enough time" to raise related issues.
On Costas Tonight, Barkley addresses broader issues. He says, "Especially in the black culture, it's a crime culture. We, as black people, and I always say 'we', we won't have respect, we don't have respect for each other. We have more black men in prison than we do in college, and crime in our neighborhoods is running rampant. I know everybody reacts when something like the Belcher thing happens. But being black, this is something you deal with all the time, and it's just sad. I'm a guy and I carry a gun."
PLAXICO BURRESS:Gun ownership not an NFL issue
Would he use it? Says Barkley: "I feel a sense of peace when I have it with me, but it would take extreme circumstances for me to even touch it."
McEnroe says he feels "safer" by not carrying a gun.
And while Costas in Thursday's show says he "didn't say anything specifically about gun control legislation or the second amendment" in his Sunday segment, McEnroe talks about his support for some sort of gun control: "That's why someone like Mayor Bloomberg, in New York City, where I live, has advocated, I think rightly, that we get as many guns off the street."


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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" lyrics' dark side
I was having a cup of coffee in the cafeteria this morning, when I heard the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer being played." For some reason, (The somewhat bitter coffee? My mood?) it struck me that this happy, quintessentially American Christmas song has a dark side. I'll never hear it again with the innocence of a child.
In the first place, Rudolph is rejected because he doesn't look normal, the "normal" being defined by the majority. I think of racism and other minority-degrading "isms."
In the second place, Rudolph comes to be accepted because of his performance. There is no such thing as essential reindeer dignity. It all comes down to performance. I think of Horatio Alger-ism and other mythic celebrations of individualism, which are mostly designed to maintain the position and privilege of those on top.
In the third place, when Rudolph successfully guides the sleigh, the other reindeer "love" him. Apparently "to love another" means "to be pleased with another for making my life easier or more pleasurable." I think of the cheapening of important concepts in popular culture. "Friending" on Facebook comes to mind.
In the fourth place, the other reindeer show absolutely no repentance over their past rejection of Rudolph. Apparently they were right in rejecting him and, thank God, he finally came around. I think of the American refusal to acknowledge past national sins with anything more than, at best, half-heartedness, which of course leads to the repetition of the same sins. Examples abound.
Finally, the song's triumphant ending about going down in history brings to mind the culturally imbedded hubris that is referred to as American "exceptionalism." As Rudolph's "nose so bright" guided the sleigh, so the American beacon on the hill guides the world, and the rest of the world better damn well see it that way, for we have nothing to learn and everything to teach.
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Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in U.S. history. For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both victims of assassination, and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., killed in action in World War II; and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.
Kennedy entered the Senate in a November 1962 special election to fill the seat once held by his brother John. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was reelected seven more times before his death. The controversial Chappaquiddick incident on July 18, 1969, resulted in the death of his automobile passenger Mary Jo Kopechne; Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and the incident significantly damaged his chances of ever becoming President of the United States. His one attempt, in the 1980 presidential election, resulted in a Democratic primary campaign loss to incumbent President Jimmy Carter.
Kennedy was known for his charisma and oratorical skills. His 1968 eulogy for his brother Robert and his 1980 rallying cry for modern American liberalism were among his best-known speeches. He became recognized as "The Lion of the Senate" through his long tenure and influence. More than 300 bills that Kennedy and his staff wrote were enacted into law. Unabashedly liberal, Kennedy championed an interventionist government emphasizing economic and social justice, but was also known for working with Republicans to find compromises between senators with disparate views. Kennedy played a major role in passing many laws, including laws addressing immigration, cancer research, health insurance, apartheid, disability discrimination, AIDS care, civil rights, mental health benefits, children's health insurance, education and volunteering. In the 2000s, he led several unsuccessful immigration reform efforts. Over the course of his Senate career and continuing into the Obama administration, Kennedy continued his efforts to enact universal health care, which he called the "cause of my life."


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Classic Industries displays its recent purchase from Barrett-Jackson
Unique Camaros are a dime-a-dozen at SEMA in Las Vegas, Nevada, but that doesn't mean their stories aren't worth telling. While we walked the 2013 SEMA show floor last week, we stumbled upon this 1969 Chevrolet Camaro built by Dick Harrell in the Classic Industries booth. What we noticed first were the signatures on the hood, the one-off emblems, and traction bars. This was definitely an F-Body worth stopping to take a closer look at.
Built by "Mr. Chevrolet," Dick Harrell, for the Flying Dutchman funny car crew member, John Penso, this 1969 Chevy Camaro SS396 saw a lot of America. The car was originally sent to Harrell to be modified; it was then driven from Harrell's shop in Kansas City, Missouri, to Penso's home in California. From there, the car raced as a sleeper for years. The "Built by Dick Harrell" emblems stayed in the glove box to fool fellow racers, and the stock hood SS396 hood was replaced with the current Stinger hood when it flew-off at high speeds.
Originally a SS396 car, the Dick Harrell treatment was given to this 1969 Chevrolet Camaro to beef-up its ability to race. An iron-block, 427ci engine was dropped between the fenders with a ZL1 camshaft. The rearend was given 4:56:1 gears to help it hook, and traction bars helped it grip. The fuel tank and fuel neck-filler tube were relocated to the trunk. Flared wheel openings helped stuff larger tires under the car. To finish the customization, the car was painted Candy Blue.
This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS396 had one rough ride over the years. Allegedly, the car traveled to Hawaii and further, before being proven it was indeed a Dick Harrell built Camaro. Once the documents were in order, it came back to the mainland and underwent a frame-off restoration with the installation of Classic Industries parts. The Dick Harrell Camaro was purchased at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale, Arizona, during a 2013 auction. Founder and CEO of Classic Industries, Jeff Leonard, bought the car and will keep it in his collection. We're certainly glad to see it in the right hands.


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WILSONVILLE, ORE. - Starting this spring, WL-WV students — mostly high-schoolers, but some advanced middle school students may apply — will be able to take courses at Oregon Tech's Wilsonville Campus.
The first course offerings will be two "bundles" focused on science and technology, starting with introduction to engineering and health sciences. Students who enroll will earn dual credit, meaning that the course will appear on both their high school and college transcripts.
Lita Colligan, associate vice president at Oregon Tech, said that the dual credit model is a proven approach to promote student success in both high school and college.
"Oregon Tech is convening the South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership, which is working with West Linn-Wilsonville and 14 other school districts to increase the access, excitement and engagement of students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)," Colligan said. "The South-Metro Salem STEM Partnership is also hosting a STEM teacher learning community and reaching out to business and community partners to help our schools provide more hands-on STEM learning experience for students in and outside the classroom."
To read more about this dual credit model, visit http://portlandtribune.com/wlt/109-education/207712-64273-new-tech-resources-for-wl-wv-students.


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I've gotta start wearing shoes when I go outside (or else someone needs to keep mortician's wax away from me)....my first time playing with it (yes I did the black fast, I didn't need to get it all over the carpet lol. Unfortunately, the camera doesn't bring out the depth of work on the skin (dang digital!) lol. How is it? Not too terrible for my first time with scar wax I don't think.
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Originally posted by mindtumor View PostIt has been the warmest winter in Michigan that I can ever remember. We have barely had any snow and the snow we did get only lasted a couple days. It has been fantastic this year.
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It has been the warmest winter in Michigan that I can ever remember. We have barely had any snow and the snow we did get only lasted a couple days. It has been fantastic this year.
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Walt Disney
Every body knows Walt Disney is down there in his Cryogenic tube ( speaking of cold ). I think it is time to thaw him out.
Still warm here,
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And what might be there?
In that deep, deep basement below Disneyworld? Any workers or tourists gone missing? "Mickey!? Where's Mickey? Oh, no!"
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I did mess with you first.
Yes, I like the reptiles but you are right we do have bugs though. You can have them. That is funny about your dad, my granmother would tell me about how there was almost nothing here in those days but swamp land. Well, Walt Disney bought some of it. Look what he did with it.
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"AHH, Yes! Florida!
Where the bugs, gators and lizards run!
That is why we have "The Cold" up north to KILL the bugs! (Hopefully)
Any climate change doesnot sound good to me in this area of concern.
After my Dad was out of WW2 and a married man, his pnone call from a real estate salesperson on Florida went something like this:"Buy beautiful sunny land here in florida!"
"I have a question, what did you do with the aligators and the swamp there?"
The land they were trying to sell that day was part of or near the miliitary base my Dad had been stationed at at the beginning of WW2 and he knew what it was like being on manovers there. I know, they drained the swamp, ex cetra, multi-storied buildings have now been there for 60 years.. all is good, I'm just messing with you "Florida".
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They do make an ointment for that.
That looks pretty cool. Not to rub it in but, It is great here in Florida.
Keep up the cool make up work,
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A Wall of Pride
By Anna Fiorentino
February 2012 • CoolStuff
The words, "Thayer School of Engineering Inventions," stretch down Cummings Hall over a timeline of innovation erected over the summer to inspire students like Alison Stace-Naughton '13. She knows it as the patent wall.
"The patent wall is an important reminder, through all the hard work and long nights studying, to keep innovation in mind as we see where the field can take us," says Stace-Naughton, who has a provisional patent for a suction device that stabilizes tissue during endoscopic surgery. She hopes the instrument—an advanced version of a device she and fellow students invented in ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering—will eventually join the 134 patents on the wall, 70 percent of which are held by Thayer School faculty, 15 percent by faculty-student teams, and 15 percent by students.
"It all starts with ENGS 21, where students work in teams to solve a problem in a technically feasible way," says Marcia Craig Jacobs, Assistant Dean. "They must consider both marketplace and intellectual property issues, thus intellectual property and patent protection is addressed right from the start."
Few understand the significance of this introductory class better than Adjunct Professor Robert Dean Jr.
"I started 'Engines' 21 in 1961 with (then Dean) Myron Tribus after he noticed Thayer students were going on to do medicine and law but not engineering," says Dean Jr., also president of Synergy Innovations Inc. and Ultra Fluid Dynamics Inc. in Lebanon. "He was bold enough to say sophomores can do engineering, which is really about good judgment and creativity; not just things that depend on theory.
"Today, companies are spitting out of Thayer all the time," he says. Dean Jr. has 27 patents himself—two for a water injection technique that revolutionized plasma cutting worldwide, and two for an in-bed exercise machine obtained with Assistant Professor Solomon Diamond when Diamond was a Dartmouth engineering major.
While the number of inventions on the wall continues to grow each year—more and more centered around biomedical and nanoscience discoveries—students have always been given support and encouragement from faculty as they take their ideas to market.
"It has been a challenge learning about intellectual property, trying to schedule lab time, and setting up an in vivo study, all while continuing momentum toward finishing my honors thesis," says Stace-Naughton, "Tuck, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and Thayer have been my three pillars of support."comments powered by Disqus


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Up-and-coming director Trey Edward Shults has joined Academy films for representation in the UK and Europe.
Vision are pleased to announce the signing of production designer Mr. Ben for immediate representation.
Irish production house Russell Curran is no more, and in its place stands Anne-Marie Curran and Arrow Films.
Kiwi filmmaker Hamish Rothwell is back in the UK with Rattling Stick, and hes keen to hit the ground running again.
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YouTube user KillaKarisma realized something. Give him a few minutes, and he'll tell you about the time he saw a Chinese man set a paper on fire with only his hands and about how you, yes you, can become a Super Saiyan. Just like he did.
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At least four people have died and eight others injured in a New Jersey motel fire Friday morning. As many as 10 other guests were still missing.
A fire tore through the Mariner's Cove Motor Inn at Point Pleasant Beach on the Jersey Shore around 5:30 a.m. By the time firefighters arrived on the scene, the structure was completely engulfed, said A.J. Fox, chief of the Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department.
Firefighters said they tried to rescue a number of people inside, but the intense flames kept them from gaining access. But one woman, they said, was able to shelter herself in the bathtub with the shower running until firefighters were able to reach her.
"One of our firefighters from Point Pleasant Beach noticed her in the window," Fox said. "I think she helped save her own life."
Ocean City prosecutor Joseph Coronato said the motel had been used in the months since Hurricane Sandy to shelter people who had lost their homes. He could not confirm if any of the people currently staying at the hotel were residents.
Coronato said the fire destroyed the manager's office, which contained the records of the guests. While they motel can accommodate as many as 100 people, officials said they believed about 40 people were in the motel at the time of the fire.
Search and rescue operations were hampered when the roof collapsed, but Coronato said officials hoped the cold weather had given those missing enough time to seek shelter elsewhere and they simply hadn't checked in with authorities yet.
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Firth, Portman, Bale, Leo to present at Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- All four acting winners from last year's Academy Awards are returning to this weekend's Oscars as presenters.
Organizers say Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo will be there to hand out awards Sunday.
Last year's lead-acting prizes went to Firth for "The King's Speech" and Portman for "Black Swan." Bale and Leo won the supporting honors for "The Fighter."
Among this season's contenders are lead performers George Clooney for "The Descendants," Viola Davis for "The Help," Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady" and Jean Dujardin for "The Artist."
The supporting favorites are Octavia Spencer for "The Help" and Christopher Plummer for "Beginners."
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Shiseido Hada Senka caught my eye even though I have no idea if it's supposed to be a hydrating lotion toner or a moisturiser. I have been using it as a moisturiser and it comes in two formulas, normal and rich for drier complexions.
The pink lidded one is rich.
This lotion contains hyaluronic acid and royal jelly. It's a runny clear liquid without colour or fragrance. It's not as runny as water, it's more like a heated syrup. It will stand alone on your skin if you drop it on like little rain drops…
I've been using this as a body moisturiser and sometimes on my face because I hate anything that sits on the surface for too long and I have to say I really, really like it. It's a really simple product in one sense; nothing fancy about it but it really does prevent dry patches and helps your skin without being too thick or heavy.
I used this on my arms, where I get a lot of dry patches and it kept them hydrated all day – this is quite rare and I used it on my face and my dry patches disappeared.
Having said that if I stop applying it, they do appear again. This product is also very light so it sinks in, you get about 30 seconds of light stickiness, then it's gone. For me it's more bearable than a thick cocoa butter which takes an age to sink in.
Excellent product, a bestseller in Japan and well worth buying if you have dry skin and want to treat dryness without overloading the skin.
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Fast & Fabulous is a brand that covers a diverse range of subject, it will have the Fast section for Cars, Motorsport, powerboats, jets etc and also a Fabulous section that will cover Luxury Cars, Superyachts, Fashion, Music, Houses etc. We are looking for a logo that identifies these two sections.
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More than 50% of the available slots for the upcoming slalom/kitecross world championships in Murcia, Spain, from October 12 to 16 are already taken.
The 2011 Slalom/Kitecross world championships will be held as a pure downwind slalom without any obstacles, and run in elimination systems with a flying start.
Registration is open until September 30, but it is not guaranteed that there will be slots available until the end, so it is advisable to register as soon as possible.


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I don't think I've ever been this tired in my life. My brother and sister-in-law deposited their three children on my doorstep last Friday. Grinning ear to ear, they promptly departed, and didn't return to pick up their darlings until this past Tuesday afternoon.
I'm totally wiped. I'm completely beat. And I bow to any Mom with more than two children in their custody, especially if they are rambunctious adolescent boys.
That said, I do declare I love being an Auntie. To me, being an Auntie must be like being a grandparent.
I get to spoil them with treats and delight in their mischief, then happily hand them over to their parents at day's end. Now that I enjoy.
There's a local novelty sweet shop they beg me to visit. Call me irresponsible, but I indulge them.
There they buy very boyish treats like monster gummy snakes. I marvel how they possibly digest them, even if snacked on over the course of a weekend.
My nephews live for harmless pranks to play on obliging older cousins.
I know, it's shocking, shameful, and disgusting.
And hysterical.
I'd pay anything for just an ounce of their energy.
We picnicked with my Mom at a favorite local cheese factory today, where I finally got them to sit still for a few moments.
See how my nephews look adoringly into my eyes, idolizing me for my coolness.
I make them repeat over and over how I'm their most favorite Aunt.
They totally love me.
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The Taliban have denied that they had obtained permission from Pakistan to send representatives to Qatar to participate in initial talks that U.S. officials had hoped would lead to a peace deal in Afghanistan, saying they had acted independently.
In a statement posted on a Taliban website, the group said it made "decisions of its own likings in all matters and affairs in light of Islamic principles and national interests".
"We would like to once categorically state that the representatives of Islamic Emirate did not go to Qatar with the permission of Pakistan," the group said in the statement posted on Thursday, using the term the Taliban use to describe themselves.
"The Islamic Emirate is completely free and independent in all of its affairs."
In an interview with Reuters this week, Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, said his government supported a possible peace agreement in Afghanistan, and said it had allowed some Taliban to travel to the Gulf for that purpose.
The Obama administration's hopes for soon establishing peace talks between the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban faded in March when the reclusive Taliban leadership suspended their participation in preliminary discussions run by U.S. diplomats.
U.S. officials had hoped their initial meetings with Taliban representatives would set in motion the transfer of former Taliban officials held in Guantanamo Bay military prison to Qatar, the release of a U.S. soldier held by the Taliban, and eventually authentic peace talks among the Afghan parties.
"The preliminary and confidence-building talks done by the representatives of Islamic Emirate with those of the United States of America in Qatar were initiated and then halted under the order of its leader," the Taliban said.
When they announced their suspension, the Taliban blamed the United States for an inconsistent negotiating position.
While the Afghan government says it has held its own, separate meetings with Taliban representatives, the militant group's leadership says it will not engage in negotiations with what it deems an illegitimate, "puppet" regime.
In a separate statement issued on Friday, the Taliban said they had sent a representative to an academic conference on Afghanistan's future in Japan this week, but said the purpose was only to "clarify" its positions.
"As long as the matter with America (talks which are currently suspended) is not addressed, talking with the administration of Karzai is pointless," the group said.


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Bacon Nut Meatballs
Almonds provide the crunchy difference in these irresistible meatballs. Making them a day in advance enhances the flavor even more. - Sue Downes-Williams, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Cook: 30 min.
Makes60 meatballs
- 10 bacon strips, diced
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup tomato paste
- 1-1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
- 1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons chopped slivered almonds
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons pepper
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1 can (10-1/2 ounces) beef consomme
- In a large skillet, cook bacon. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon; drain o paper towels. Reserve drippings in skillet.
- In a large bowl, combine the eggs, tomato past, crumbs, parsley, almonds, oregano, salt, pepper and bacon. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.
- Shape into 1-in. balls. Brown meatballs in drippings. Remove with a slotted spoon. Drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. Saute mushrooms and onion in the drippings.
- Combine soup and consomme; stir into the mushroom mixture until blended. Return meatballs to pan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.
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When you are looking after someone with cancer, you may meet different members of their healthcare team.
When they are first diagnosed or having treatment, you may meet:
- a surgeon – a doctor who carries out operations to treat cancer
- an oncologist – a doctor who specialises in giving treatments for cancer, such as chemo-therapy or radiotherapy
- specialist nurses – who give information and support.
At the hospital or at clinic appointments, you may also meet:
- nurses – who work in wards and clinics
- a physiotherapist – who gives advice on exercise and mobility
- an occupational therapist (OT) – who helps people who have difficulty doing every-day tasks, such as washing and dressing
- social workers – who assess what practical and social help you and the person with cancer needs.
The person you are caring for may have a key worker. This is someone who is responsible for assessing the type of help the person with cancer can get. They can also help to arrange and co-ordinate different services. The key worker may be a social worker or specialist nurse. The doctor or nurse can tell you who the key worker is.
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We've had quite a winter here in Montreal. My snow-blower has been getting more than its usual workout. So we've been looking forward to the beginning of spring this year even more than normal. I'm not sure anyone really looks forward to Lent. Advent season is a preparation for Christmas, but properly speaking, Lent is more about preparing for Good Friday than for Easter. It is a relatively solemn time that matches the weather—at least our weather here in the frozen north—so most of us are usually content if not eager to see Lent in our rearview mirrors. But these past few weeks have been rewarding enough to make me pause. Our little church here decided to embrace the season and the weather by taking this month to explore the topic of depression and it has proven to be strangely heartening. I won't write a single argument here, I'll just make a few points that I hope will add up to a cogent whole.
1) I'll fill you in on my theory as to why exploring depression has been so uplifting at the end of the post, but I want to begin by noting one of the worst habits that so many of us Evangelicals (Liberal and Conservative) embrace. We are far too happy, far too self-assured, and often entirely unable to stop babbling on joyfully and nonsensically to hear what people in real pain have to say. Many non-Evangelicals (Christians included) have created Evangelical caricatures based on this common and annoying characteristic that so many of us share. The fellow depicted here may be a cartoon, but his constant habit of making lemonade out of lemons and spewing nonsensical clichés is all too familiar to many of us. Nobody wants to talk to the Neds of the world because Ned is incapable of a conversation. He may hear, but he doesn't listen because no one can truly listen if they're convinced that they already know the answer before they know what you are going to say.
2) A while ago I wrote about some of the most harmful clichés that Evangelicals sprinkle into their conversations with one another and with non-Evangelicals. It remains one of my best posts. Happiness is wonderful, but it's most wonderful when it's a response to a genuine encounter with grace and beauty. Happiness can also be a weapon, a blunt instrument that can feel like a cudgel to someone who is struggling simply to get up in the morning. Depression isn't a choice, and when people fighting that battle are made to feel yet more pressure to "seem happy" or "act happy", happiness can become a positive evil. The last thing people with mental illness need is some chuckling schmuck telling them "chin up buddy, God never gives us more than we can handle." Sure he does. It is a lie to suggest that we can handle i.e. control everything. None of us can.
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Update 4/2/2012:
Discharge data past September 30, 2007 have been moved from IDA to the National Water Information System Web Interface (NWISWeb) . Historical instantaneous values for other parameters are now also available on NWISWeb and users are directed there, or to the related web services, for all data from October 1, 2007 through the present. IDA remains available for discharge data prior to October 1, 2007. Future plans are to move all remaining IDA data to NWISWeb sometime in 2016 at which time IDA will be discontinued. Please address any questions through the "Questions and Feedback" link above.
Since 1889 the United States Geological Survey has collected continuous stage, discharge, and other instantaneous time-series data on the nations rivers and streams. These time-series data have been and are typically recorded at intervals ranging from 5 to 60 minutes. These instantaneous data have been processed into and published as various daily values, such as the daily maximum, minimum, and/or mean. Because the published record are daily values, the original instantaneous data have not historically been officially approved, published, or made widely available. This web site has been established to make available as much historical instantaneous data from USGS data collection stations as possible. Although this site currently serves instantaneous discharge (streamflow) data only, work is planned to extend it to other time-series parameters in the future.
As described above, the USGS procedure for processing and publishing time-series data has focused on daily values as our final product and not the instantaneous values. As a result, the instantaneous values may not have been corrected and processed to the same extent as the daily values. Because of these USGS procedures, the instantaneous discharge data provided through this web site should be viewed as raw, unreviewed data. In order to provide a basic level of review and quality assurance of these data, the data have been recovered and compared against the published daily values through the use of automated filtering and computational software. Although significant effort has been made to ensure the instantaneous data available is reasonable and to remove obviously bad data, there may still be significant error in any individual value. Users are strongly encouraged to review all data carefully prior to use. These data are released on the condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its use.
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Bridgeport flips switch on new solar plan
BRIDGEPORT -- The state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority this week approved a plan for UIL Holdings, parent company for United Illuminating, to install solar panels on nine acres at the old city landfill in Seaside Park, paving the way for the latest of Mayor Bill Finch's "green" initiatives.
"That's going to change the image of the city of Bridgeport," the mayor said, when making the announcement about the solar park at Captain's Cove. "I know it's been a long crawl to get here, but we made it."
The plan for the solar panels -- likely about 1,000 of them, the mayor estimated -- has been in the works for nearly three years. The panels would produce 5 megawatts of power.
The landfill is separated from Captain's Cove by Cedar Creek and has been unused for decades, except for a few years in which Connecticut Community Boating ran its program out of the facility.
Early estimates place the project's cost at between $25 million and $30 million, said Tony Marone, senior vice president of customer and business services for UIL Holdings, which is funding the installation of the solar panels.
Finch said UIL would likely make payments-in-lieu of taxes for use of the landfill, which would go from tax-exempt park space to a new revenue-generating property.
Finch said it was too early to determine the amount of that payment, but cautioned it can't be too high if the project is to be viable.
Plans for the renewable energy park also include installing two fuel cell units at the landfill, each producing about 2 megawatts of power. Although officials said a company has not been chosen to install those, representatives from Danbury-based FuelCell Energy were at Thursday's announcement.
FuelCell Energy is now completing installation of the largest fuel-cell electric generating plant in North America, just blocks away from Captain's Cove in the city's West End. Dominion, a huge electricity and natural gas power company based in Virginia, is the owner of the $65 million, 14.9 megawatt plant, which will supply about 15,000 homes with clean energy.
"We're looking to be at full power by the end of the year," said Kurt Goddard, vice president of investor relations for FuelCell Energy.
A map of the city's eco-technology park in the West End, which includes the fuel cell and companies like Enviro Express, shows the city is also looking at the possibility of constructing windmills in the solar park.
Finch and Paul Timpanelli, of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, thanked state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel C. Esty, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and state legislators for their efforts to make it easier to pursue alternative energy projects.
Before becoming commissioner, Esty was part of a group that helped Finch, often called the "green" mayor, put together his BGreen 2020 sustainability plan. The plan, which has been lauded by state and national officials, outlines Finch's dreams of turning Bridgeport into a model of sustainable and alternative energy.
There are also plans to create a thermal loop to heat downtown buildings by installing a system of hot water pipes underground, a method that is becoming popular in Europe.
Esty said alternative energy sources are necessary to keep necessary buildings and services running when the energy grid in the state is impacted by extreme weather, which has been a problem in recent years, as record-breaking snowfalls and devastating hurricanes seem to be becoming more frequent.
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Kazmir to face Rox
TUCSON — Amazing how modern technology works. Here the Angels' bus hasn't hit the outskirts of Tucson and we already know who's in their lineup.
Hot off the cyberpresses, sports fans, your Halos by the numbers …
1. Maicer Izturis, 2B
2. Jeff Mathis, C
3. Juan Rivera, RF
4. Brandon Wood, 3B
5. Robb Quinlan, LF
6. Terry Evans, CF
7. Freddy Sandoval, 1B
8. Gary Patchett, SS
9. Scott Kazmir.
Let me guess. If Gary Patchett ever becomes a big-name player, Chris Berman will refer to him as Gary Patchett and the Union Gap. By the way, can you name the biggest hit ever by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap? It's in the next paragraph, but you can't peak.
That would be Woman Woman.
On a more serious note, Jason Giambi is hitting in the three hole for the Rockies. Why? Because Kazmir, a left-hander, is on the mound and Jim Tracy wants to get Giambi some more looks against lefties.
You know it's going to happen. Giambi is going to come to the plate as a pinch-hitter in the late innings, and the opposing manager is going to come with a lefty out of the bullpen.


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I was wondering what would you think about switching from an MMO to a game such as Diablo. You have said that D3 plays similarly to D2, yet the latter came out many years ago, when the community had not reached the stage of persistent world population, and the social ties that you could form were not as strong as in MMOs. Many people are migrating from WoW and other MMOs into D3 - would they like this step backwards into lobby-like gaming?
Could you play without a persistent world, without a community?There are multiple ways of looking at this question.
First, for me at least, Diablo is closer to a single-player game than a multiplayer game. Multiplayer is fun, but the first time I play any level, it will be as a single-player. You can go at your own pace, listen to all the voice-overs, experiment with different abilities, and ensure that every single barrel on the level has been broken before moving on. I suspect that the initial play-through for the majority of people will be similar, or maybe co-op with a real-life friend.
In this view, community really doesn't mean anything for a single-player game.
Second, if you play an MMO in a transient fashion, you will find that it is very similar to lobby-like gaming. You have to join the community in order to experience that sense of community. And a lot of people don't join the community. I know that I have never done so in any MMO other than WoW.[1]
So D3 would be just as persistent as my experiences in RIFT, Age of Conan, Lord of the Rings Online, etc. Of course, that may be the reason I never played for more than a few months.
However, I really think that the MMO literati gravely underestimate how many people actually play in this fashion, how many people are not part of the community. In my opinion, what we think of the community in many of these games is actually a minority of the total playerbase.
Third, even transient games have an external community consisting of the forums and websites, where people can discuss the game, brag about stuff they done, and commiserate with others who have lost high-level hardcore characters. I suspect that the people who do end up playing Diablo for years tap into this community.
Fourth, the final view I can think of is that maybe Diablo becomes the equivalent of television for a lot of people. Log in, kill some monsters, get some loot, and log out. Maybe zerg a boss with some random people online. Mindless relaxation to unwind after work. In this view, community is really not important, and may even be detrimental as you don't really want to spend brain power and effort on that community.
Personally I don't think I could play Diablo for as long as I played WoW without the persistent world and community. But I also don't expect to play it for that long. It's a single-player game for me, with a little bit of random multiplayer after. I will probably play Diablo until the next interesting game comes along.
[1] Technically, I did join a guild in SWTOR. If I had made to the cap and started doing things with them, I might have become part of that community.


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The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the death sentence of four men guilty of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old student in New Delhi in 2012, in a violent attack, the horror of which ricocheted around India and across the globe.
A two-judge bench said the crime qualified as "the rarest of rare," and so merited the death sentence, A.P. Singh, a lawyer for two convicts, said.
A 1980 Supreme Court ruling allowed the death penalty in murder cases where the "collective conscience of the community is so shocked that it will expect the holders of the judicial power to inflict death penalty."
In September, a lower court had sentenced the men to death for an attack that it said "shocked the collective conscious of India."
"In these times when crime against women is on the rise, courts cannot turn a blind eye toward such gruesome crime," Judge Yogesh Khanna wrote in his 237-page judgment. "There cannot be any tolerance," he had added at the time. Defense lawyers later moved to Delhi's High Court to challenge that ruling, arguing the men had been falsely implicated.
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In his judgment, Judge Khanna said that on Dec. 16, 2012, the men lured the young woman and her male friend onto a bus. Then, they raped her repeatedly, at times with an iron rod, and later dumped them along a highway, naked and bleeding. Her injuries were so severe that she died as a result two weeks after the attack. The woman's male friend – who accompanied her aboard the bus – was also severely beaten, the judgment noted.
The assault transfixed India with its brutality and led to nationwide protests calling for better policing and harsher punishments for violent crimes against women. India's Parliament – in response to calls for reforms — passed legislation raising the maximum punishment for rape from life imprisonment to the death penalty, as well as criminalizing offenses such as stalking and voyeurism.
Women's rights advocates say public discussion in the aftermath of the crime chipped away at the stigma associated with sex crimes, as well as the way some victims of assaults perceived themselves. In Delhi alone for instance, more than 1,500 rapes were reported in 2013 – the highest in over a decade – and up from 706 in 2012. Harassment reports jumped fivefold from the 2012 figure. Delhi police say the increase isn't due to rising crime rates, but to women's newfound willingness to report abuse.
Speaking to reporters outside court, the young woman's father said he was happy judges had upheld the lower court ruling. Mr. Singh, the defense lawyer, said he would move to Supreme Court to challenge the High Court judgment. "The wrong people have been convicted," he said. "We will keep fighting."
Click here to view WSJ's previous coverage of the rape trial and the national conversation that followed in the wake of the assault.


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Astronomy alumnus, Sun Kwok was honored with an Outstanding Achievment Award from the University of Minnesota. Professor Kwok, who is the Dean of Science at the University of Hong Kong, was cited as an "Outstanding astrophysicist, who demonstrated that the dying stars in the immense structures called planetary nebulae form dust and also forge organic compounds that may play a role in the origin of life."
Professor Kwok was also honored as an "exemplary educator, who reformed and expanded the teaching of science at the University of Hong Kong, and who has popularized science through his writings." He was also praised as an "energetic leader, who led Canada's and Taiwan's participation in international astronomy and spurred the growth of astronomical research in Asia."


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