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OGDB Final: A nation watches and hopes for gold
Jason Gregor
February 28 2010 11:57AM
In case we needed some more incentive for tonight's game, a win on the ice by Canada will set a new winter Olympic record for most Gold medals in one Olympics: fourteen I guess Own the Podium wasn't far off after all.
You've been captivated the past 15 days by the likes of Alex Bilodeau, Maelle Ricker, Christine Nesbitt, Jon Montgomery, Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue, Ashleigh McIvor, Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse, Charles Hamelin (twice), Francois Hamelin, Olivier Jean, Francois-Louis Tremblay, women's hockey, Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky, Denny Morrison, Jasey Jay Anderson, Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert.
Or maybe you shed a tear and felt a great sense of Canadian pride watching Joannie Rochette perform so admirably after her mother's death en route to a bronze medal, so maybe it is fitting that we get to watch OUR game against the United States.
I don't believe that hockey has dominated these games, because we've witnessed so many other great and inspirational efforts, but it is fitting that today Canada has a chance to win gold in the game we love the most, and finish off the 2010 Olympic Games in style.
Tickets for the game are going for more than a Super Bowl ticket right now. Scalpers, and on-line ticket sites are asking, and getting, four thousand dollars for a ticket.
The Americans can pump their chest all they want about football and baseball being their game, but neither of those sports are in the Olympics, and neither captivates an entire nation like hockey does for Canadians.
THERE IS A "G" an "O" and "D" in GOLD
Before we get any further I think it is fitting, being Sunday and all, that we say a few words. Read them out loud and with some feeling.
Our Father who art in Vancouver, hockey be thy name. Thy will be done, the Gold will be won, on the ice for the men as it was for the women. Give us this day, our hockey wives, and forgive us our penalties as we forgive those who cross check against us. Lead us not into elimination but deliver us to victory. For thine is the Getzlaf, the Toews and the holy Crosby, AMEN...
Reader/listener, Derrick, sent this to me and who knows maybe a little divine intervention can't hurt.
Even though the States have yet to lose in the tournament I still think Canada is the favourite. Ryan Miller has been spectacular for the USA and he'll need to do it again if they want to win.
Canada is averaging 40.5 SOG in the tourney, and they had 43 on Miller last Sunday, meanwhile the States have fired an average of 31 shots in their five wins. Miller will be busier than Roberto Luongo and he'll have to be better to stop Canada from grabbing their record-setting 14th gold.
The PPs are a saw off. Canada has scored on 29.1% of their opportunities while the USA is close at 28.5%. But Canada has a big advantage on the PK, with a tournament best 88.4% efficiency compared to only 76.9% for the States.
The most surprising stat is that these are the two most disciplined teams in the tourney. The States have only been shorthanded 13 times in five games, while Canada has had to kill of 19 penalties in their six games. Both teams have been physical, but neither has run into penalty trouble, excluding the 3rd period last Sunday when Canada took three consecutive penalties.
It would seem the big advantage the US has is in goal with Ryan Miller. Miller has given up five goals in five games, although his GAA is just below one, because he didn't play the final eleven minutes v. Finland. And is SV% is a sparkling .952.
But outside of the Canada game has he really been tested.
He faced 15 shots v. the Swiss, 11 v. Norway, 43 v. Canada, then 19 in the quarterfinals against the Swiss, before stopping 18 in the semi-final. He has played well, there is no doubt, but when you consider the bad games we've seen from Martin Brodeur, Henrik Lundqvist (Slovakia), Evgeni Nabokov (Canada) and Mikka Kiprusoff in the semis you wonder if it's Miller's time to lay an egg?
I hope he plays great and Canada still wins, because then there will be no excuses from south of the border.
A big goal in today's game will make a player famous for years to come. Paul Henderson wasn't the best player in 1972, but he scored the two most important goals in that series, and he's famous because of it.
Who will be a star today?
My money is on Ryan Getzlaf. Some questioned if his ankle would allow him to contribute, but those worries have been erased by a clutch performance from Getzlaf. He, along with Corey Perry and Brendan Morrow, has been Canada's best line the past two games and I expect that to continue today.
Sidney Crosby has been rather quiet the past few games, so you can never count out the Kid, but I have a feeling Getzlaf's line will be key in Canada's win.
I haven't been this excited for a game in years. Even though it was only eight years ago that these two teams met for gold in Salt Lake, this game just seems more hyped and more important. There's a lot on the line, and I expect the Red and White to come through.
Canada wins 5-3, we set an Olympic record for most gold medals and we show the world this is still OUR game. GO CANADA.
February 28 2010, 12:02PM
Dany Heatley will score twice.
Canada wins 4-3
Canada wins 7-3, someone unexpected with a hat rick, maybe Thornton.
Oh Man, I can't wait!!!! 40 more minutes!!! This has to be the most anticipated game ever!!!! Vancouver is gonna go off tonight!!! I wish I hadda gone....Go CANADA!!! I'm with you gregor, 5- 3 CANADA!!!!!!
February 28 2010, 12:28PM
With Canada finishing with 13 or 14 gold medals I can't wait for TLP's next blog. As Ricky Bobby said "If you ain't first you're last"
February 28 2010, 12:31PM
*crawls back into his bed and prays for death. Thanks for nothing Jack Daniel's!*
February 28 2010, 12:48PM
Wearing my Don Cherry signed Team Canada jersey. This kind of situation is the only time it ever gets worn.
Re: Miller - he did give up 3 against Canada, most vs. any team, and this is before Canada's forwards started to gel.
February 28 2010, 01:08PM
Let's update that medal count. Should be; 13, 7, 5
February 28 2010, 01:17PM
February 28 2010, 01:37PM
First 10 mins, Canada struggling to move pucks, poor passing and good checking from US.
Luongo looks wrose with the puck than Brodeur did.
It still bothers me that his name isnt spelt: Taves
Anyone catch grapes on NBC? was curious what he had to say, but to lazy to change the channel!
February 28 2010, 02:18PM
Canada's stretch pass attempts are getting annoying.
It still bothers me that his name isnt spelt: Taves
That would be Tays....there's no "v" sound in it
WOW!!! what a period! 20 minutes to go boys!!!!
February 28 2010, 02:50PM
"the US with good push back..."
I lol'd at that :P
February 28 2010, 02:51PM
*crawls back into his bed and prays for death. Thanks for nothing Jack Daniel's!*
Get onto our website and get in this chat. I'm drinking beer at 5 in the morning alone watching this.
February 28 2010, 02:51PM
@Matt Henderson
Yeah, it should be. But I'm in kananaskis with no internet. I'll change it up as soon as I have teh internetz
February 28 2010, 03:12PM
I'm watching this game with an English announcer. It's like a soccer game, but with ice.
February 28 2010, 03:15PM
Can't help but notice that Pouliot isn't playing in this game but Parise is... Weird.
February 28 2010, 03:32PM
This is killing me
You could just feel that comming. I only have 2 fingernails left.
I'm with you rigger, that foring sucked. I'm picking Getzlaf with the ot winner.
I could feel it coming too Jake. Frick, couldn't hold on for the last few seconds eh? OT will be a nailbiter.
Ouch! The Canadian team looked like the Oilers in the last minute, allowing the tieing goal. What's wrong with Crosby? Looks like Kane is eating his breakfast, lunch and supper. And Ingla? Looks old, slow and out of his league at this level. In the last half of the third period USA was swarming around the Canadian's zone.
Doesn't look good, our boys look tired and playing on their heels.
February 28 2010, 03:36PM
I think I'm gonna throw up.
How does Canada recover from that??? I need some beta blockers.
*starts to drown sorrows of the last 24 seconds*
February 28 2010, 03:40PM
That's what I get for making a Parise/Pouliot joke.
My fault.
February 28 2010, 03:40PM
jeezus. 20 mins 4 on 4?!
@Matt Henderson
I know! I don't know if I can handle it.
February 28 2010, 03:41PM
Toews for the Win. I'm calling it.
*prays to the hockey gods*
Ouch! The Canadian team looked like the Oilers in the last minute, allowing the tieing goal. What's wrong with Crosby? Looks like Kane is eating his breakfast, lunch and supper. And Ingla? Looks old, slow and out of his league at this level. In the last half of the third period USA was swarming around the Canadian's zone.
Doesn't look good, our boys look tired and playing on their heels.
Yeah, there is little jump in their game right now. No spark. Geez Crosby was in alone...uggh.
I love it, did you hear the pannel? Is Jordan Eberle available!!! haha, nice. This is gonna be epic and we will win!!!!!
*chews nails down to nubs*
February 28 2010, 03:47PM
Rat bastard...
*says biggest prayer the hockey gods have ever heard*
February 28 2010, 03:53PM
OMFG IT WORKED!!!!!!! WOOOOOO!!!! Take that TLP!!!
February 28 2010, 03:55PM
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February 28 2010, 03:58PM
February 28 2010, 04:00PM
Hey Sidney Crosby, have an even more badass life whydontcha?
And now it's 14 gold medals...the most ever by any country at a winter olympic games...
I'd say own the podium is a resounding success
With that we just set the record for most gold medals won at the winter games! Looks like we do own the podium after all.
February 28 2010, 04:06PM
Crosby barely shows up all game and then pots the winner. What a beauty.


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Skip to comments.2012 ELECTION LIVE THREAD II !!!!!!!!
Posted on 11/06/2012 4:02:30 PM PST by GQuagmireEdited on 11/06/2012 5:00:14 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Since I haven't seen one yet, I'll start it.
Yes; but in fact, it is very likely even better than that.
Red counties (like the one around Cincinnati) are seeing near-all-time-record turnout. Have they been reported yet?
And elsewhere, the lines are so long in SW Virginia (coal country, and NOT near DC, so likely very red) that voting there has been extended.
Remember ALL the MSM and Fox have been invested in the "it's a TIE!" meme for so long; and that they have an interest in maintaining ratings.
Now I've got to drive home from work... can't wait to get there! LOL
Folks - this one's in the bag - Obama is TOAST!
We have a problem in this country in that the older voters are going Republican, but the younger voters (my generation) are going Democrat. Years of propaganda in pop culture, the media, and schools are ensuring this. What's going to happen as the older generations die off? Combine the youth vote with the illegal aliens the Dems want to make legal for votes, and I could see this country moving to the left permanently. We'll be like Europe with a liberal and more liberal running against each other.
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From Dick Morris Tweet: How the hell can they project Casey over Smith? only 1% in and polls were very tight
Obama wins Michigan
That's a toss-up state. Excellent news.
Romney is close in PA good news, if he keeps ahead in the popular vote it will be a good night!
Then why did they not call the state for 0? FLA when big for the Dem Senator, yet they have not called it for O. So how about we stop the "Concern trolling"?
No Michigan for Romney
Beckel is worried about Pennsylvania.
Crud, I am listening to the radio instead of watching TV, and they claimed AP was calling NC for Romney, but now seem to have pulled back. < p>I hate when they do that!
Dammit... Michigan.. gone.
"Despite" = "because of." Durp.
Well that sucks but how about PA and NH?
FNC called NC for Romney as well as SD, Nebraska but he lost Michigan. Rove was optimistic about Fla. as well as VA earlier tonight and I cling to his assessment.
He is still good in NC 50/49.3 with 34% reporting
Too many enuretics around here. I don't remember it being this bad in the past.
I'm anxiously awaiting WI, IA and even MI.
"EXIT POLL!" Do a shot!
But I'm not very happy. Yet.
PA currently has less than 5% of districts reported. Which is odd because the polls closed over an hour ago.
Fox News has Romney ahead, 149-127.
Obama is ahead by 11%, but less 1% in, don't worry, but he needs to win Ohio or Wisconsin for sure!
Good news. Unfortunately, Dick Morris is worried about Florida.
Romney now trimming away in Ohio
It would have helped if he came here more and actually put up a fight...
Prince William is only two suburbs away from DC, strictly bedroom, lots of hispanic. My suburb is 4 suburbs away. My precinct had five voting machines, up from the usual 3, and no lines. But another precinct had long lines from what I heard.
Free birth control. That locked the female vote
The only thing news outlets are interested in is - ratings.
Who are they to call anything?
FNC called NC for Romney as well as SD, Nebraska but he lost Michigan. Rove was optimistic about Fla. as well as VA earlier tonight and I cling to his assessment.
FNC called NC for Romney as well as SD, Nebraska but he lost Michigan. Rove was optimistic about Fla. as well as VA earlier tonight and I cling to his assessment.
Because it's too close to call for either Romney or Obama. As I said, I doubt those democrats who voted for the new democrat Senator also voted for Romney. For me to post what Fox News just called is not "being concerned" or being a "troll".
Perhaps you are projecting? Are you concerned?
Texas..of course! and La. called for Mitt.
Oh I believe that Romney will carry LA, amd that NO is liberal, I was just amazed at the reasons those ignoramuses (ignorami?) were giving for voting for Obozo! Who in the world can believe that he's improved the economy, except the parasites? How can anyone hold it against Romney for spending his own self-earned money and disregard Obozo spending ours (except the parasites, again)? It's just unreal, the things they were attributing to Obozo.
744pm CST Chris Matthews is claiming that the Ohio secretary of state is too partisan. This is more laying the foundation for Obama to lose Ohio. Ken Blackwell, former Ohio Secretary of State is talking. Hes saying that Matthews is nuts.
Oh, and apparently F Chuck Todd has talked to insiders in both camps who expect Romney to take FL by less than 100,000 votes. Read more http://hillbuzz.org/
"We have a problem in this country in that the older voters are going Republican, but the younger voters (my generation) are going Democrat."
An increasing number of young people aren't "American" in any sense of the word; they are either imported directly from overseas, or the children of those that were. The comparison to Europe is apt; a shrinking percentage of young people are even "European".
The Fox talking heads are contradicting the numbers being posted on their website. The Florida results were almost even with about 10 Republican trending counties yet to report any results. Is Fox intentionally trying to suppress the vote in Wisconsin, Iowa and Colorado?
BS on the Michigan call, less than 1% reporting
Take a xanax
Remember folks...GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL..no matter what!
15% has us in striking distance. 10% was what we were hoping for in order to get a comfortable win.
If it had been 25%+ like many of the polls were showing, Obama would definitely have won Ohio.
Personally, I think Obambi has a slight edge there, but it is very slight. The exit polls showing him winning by four look to me to be incorrect.
O wins Michigan?
Bunch of idiots, not unexpected though
latest from florida:
Romney / Ryan
Obama / Biden
I'm more concerned about Republicans getting the Senate now. Akin, Mourdock, Brown all in big trouble. Even if Romney gets the Presidency, if Harry Reid is still running the Senate, how much would he be able to get done?
I am sick over Florida......totally unbelievable...72% in and for Obama...
And however much this would have cost paid for out of pocket will go way up if Obamacare gets its way.
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Magnetic Clasp: The popularity of the magnetic clasp has greatly increased in recent years. It is a quick and easy way to secure jewelry while not having to fuss with a tiny clasp, which can be difficult if you have long fingernails, arthritic hands or other mobility challenges. A magnetic clasp relies on a strong internal magnet that works to pull both ends of the clasp together. In most cases, a magnetic clasp is used for light to medium weight jewelry pieces that do not put excessive stress on the magnet.
S-Clasp: An S-shaped piece of metal that connects a chain by hooking metal rings on each end of the S-shape.
Slide Insert Clasp: This type of clasp is exactly as it sounds. With a box-like shape that is hollow on the inside, the wearer will slide the nearly-flat tab into the box until it clicks, indicating a secure closure. On some jewelry, a slide insert clasp will be accompanied by a side safety catch, which adds strength and security to the clasp. Although this type of clasp is found on both bracelets and necklaces, it is particularly popular on bracelet styles. These types of clasps are often reserved for more expensive jewelry.
Spring Ring Clasp: One of the most common closure types, the spring ring clasp is typically used for light to medium weight bracelets or necklaces. It is round in its design and features a small tip which controls the opening and closing of the spring. The circle then closes around another smaller loop or link at the other end of the strand.
Toggle Clasp: A toggle clasp is a narrow piece of metal, usually designed in the shape of a bar, which is then pushed through a circular ring to act as a fastener. Unlike the lobster claw or spring ring clasps, a toggle clasp is not controlled by a spring. The pretty design is less secure than other closure types, but is usually meant to be a big part of the design and is meant to "show". The clasp is an attractive way to secure a chunkier link bracelet or necklace.
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The length of a necklace or chain you buy depends upon a number of factors, including what you will be wearing with it and your neck size.
To measure your neck, wrap a soft, flexible tape measure around the base of your neck. This is the same measurement used for collar sizes in men's shirts. A good rule of thumb is to buy a necklace or chain a minimum of two sizes up from your neck measurement. Thus, a man with a 17" neck would want to skip the 18" size and get a 20" size to ensure a comfortable fit.
Appropriate women's necklace lengths are more dependent upon the style than neck measurement. Knowing your basic neck measurement, though, will help you decide what length will work best with your outfit and create the look you are after.
Onyx is a variety of chalcedony quartz that features a fine texture with a smooth black color. Some onyx can display white bands or ribbons against black or brown backgrounds. The bands that move through the stone run parallel and onyx is therefore sometimes known as zebra agate. Mined in Brazil, India, California and Uruguay, most onyx today is color-enhanced to increase its depth of color. It ranks a 6.5 on the Mohs Scale and is an ideal stone for carving. In fact, it is a favorite material of lapidary artists.
Onyx was very popular with the ancient Greeks and Romans. The name comes from the Greek word "onux" which means fingernail. Legend says that one day frisky Cupid cut the divine fingernails of Venus with an arrowhead while she was sleeping. He left the clippings scattered on the sand and the fates turned them into stone so that no part of her heavenly body would ever perish. In Greek times, almost all colors of chalcedony were called onyx. Later, the Romans narrowed the term to refer to only the black and dark brown colors, while the reddish brown and white onyx became known as sardonyx. Highly valued in Rome, sardonyx was especially used for seals because it was said to never stick to the wax. Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio was famous for wearing sardonyx.
Worn during mourning in the Victorian age, onyx is now traditionally given as a 7th wedding anniversary gift. It is thought to increase happiness, self-control, courage, intuition and instincts. The stone is also believed to cool the yearnings of love and decrease sexual desire.
Found all over the world, agate has been creatively striped by nature. It is a type of chalcedony quartz that forms in concentric layers of colors and textures. Each individual agate forms by filling a cavity in a host rock. As a result, agate often is found as a round nodule with concentric bands like the rings of a tree trunk. Tiny quartz crystals called drusy (sometimes spelled as druzy) often form within the stone, adding to its beauty and uniqueness. Agate is a hard stone, within the range of 7.0-9.0 on the Mohs Scale.
In 1497, the mining of agate in the Nahe River valley in Germany gave rise to the cutting center of Idar-Oberstein. When the Nahe agate deposit was exhausted in the nineteenth century, Idar cutters started to develop the agate deposits of Brazil, discovering Brazil's rich deposits of many other gemstones. A famous collection of two to four thousand agate bowls, accumulated by Mithradates, King of Pontus, shows the popularity of agate at the time. Agate bowls were also popular in the Byzantine Empire. Collecting agate bowls became common among European royalty during the Renaissance and many museums in Europe, including the Louvre, have spectacular examples.
Although the small town of Idar-Oberstein is still known for the finest agate carving in the world, today Idar imports a huge range of other gem materials from around the world for cutting and carving in Germany. Cameo master carvers, modern lapidary artists and rough dealers flourish there, exporting their latest gem creations. It is an entire industry that grew from the desire for agate products during the Renaissance.
Agate was highly valued as a talisman or amulet in ancient times. It was said to quench thirst and protect from fevers. Persian magicians used agate to divert storms. Today, some believe that agate is a powerful emotional healer and helps people discern the truth.


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Not to mention here I am supposedly skilled with a bow, I fire at a target who has no idea I'm there at short range for 3 turns before a single arrow connects, and other than knocking off some hit points has no real effect.
I enjoy the RP but gotta say the combat system is just lousy, and slow. Prefer tabletop style I shoot, I hit, I maybe wound, if I do he gets a save, if he fails he dies or is wounded etc. All done and calculated within 1 minute or less on the fly.
I think this has spurred me to come up with my own combat system. Something between the two allowing for character flavor, and battle ranging from half a dozen combatants, to 100 combatants being able to be handled efficiently in under 3 hours for the latter, and a matter of minutes for the half dozen.
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Sacrificing minions: is there any problem it CAN'T solve?
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... Pay no heed to proud thoughts, famous champion. Now the flowering of your strength is but for a while. After a while, the time will suddenly come that disease or the sword's edge will cut off your power. Either fire's grasp or flood's surge or blade's bite or spear's flight. Or vicious age, or the flash of your eyes will gutter and burn out! It will be all at once, great campaigner, that death will overpower you.
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A similar mechanic is used in Savage Worlds: There are two types of characters in the game -- "Wild Cards" (PCs and major NPCs) and "Extras" (the "bit players" and "mooks"). Savage Worlds is basically an evolution of the "Great Rail Wars" miniatures game that tied into the original Deadlands RPG -- a very stripped-down game for quick miniatures combat that then had a few RPG elements put back in to make a very miniatures-friendly system. It works great for swashbuckling high-seas adventures where our Errol-Flynn-like heroes fend off lots of stereotypical pirates, or pulp adventures where our heroes are shooting Nazis left and right (and one shot is all it takes per Nazi), or even more horror-like scenarios where a few survivors fend off hordes of zombies (where the zombies can take any number of bullets to the chest, but one solid hit to the head takes a zombie down).
With that kind of mechanic, the character is either up or down ("stunned" or "shaken"), or off the table entirely (incapacitated). If it matters to know whether an Extra was slain or merely knocked out, that can be resolved AFTER combat is over with, rather than breaking from the action. Your progress in the battle is easily measured at a glance simply by how many bad-guy miniatures are still on the table, rather than lots of little wound tokens or scraps of paper keeping track of hit point totals. I find this sort of mechanism to really speed things up considerably.
I also like games where I can resolve attacks from several combatants with a handful of dice, rather than rolling each one separately. I was first introduced to this mechanic in Warhammer Fantasy Battle, when I'd roll a handful of six-siders to resolve the attacks of several combatants, against a threshold target. Advanced HeroQuest used a very similar mechanic, only with handfuls of 12-siders instead; if I had a bunch of goblins attacking a hero, I'd just roll all the dice at once, and then figure out how many were hits, how many were misses, and how many were critical failures. It didn't matter terribly WHICH ONE hit or missed. (And if it did, such as for a critical failure, I could always just let the player pick which one and be done with it.)
Savage Worlds allows me to do the same thing; rather than having opposed rolls for everything, you get a target number based on your enemy's Fighting skill and other factors (shield, etc.) that's recorded as his Parry value, and if it's a ranged attack, you go against a flat target number modified by range, cover, etc. You know what the target number is when you roll, so if you've got several attackers making their attacks under the same conditions, you can just roll for the lot of them, and separate those dice that made the threshold and those that didn't. It speeds things along rather nicely.
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Does anybody else find it odd, by the way, that the information age has led to language becoming an oblique and imprecise tool where even the most straightforward phrasing is pored over with chicken entrails and bone tossing to divine the true meaning?
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 08:38 AM
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 09:31 AM
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 09:48 AM
I've played every edition of DnD except for true 1st edition and can say that I've seen combat drag to an utter standstill in 3rd and 4th edition DnD. Our combats take forever even with significant adjustments to the game.
That's . . . well, weird. I guess. See, I haven't played 3rd or 4th but I thought part of the idea behind those was simplification. Our 2nd Edition combats have always run smooth, and not too long if people aren't doing fancy stuff. Which they most likely are. Which is how that horse got up on the chandelier during the barfight.
ETA: 1st could take long to resolve, but that's true of a lot of things in 1st - because the necessary rules were scattered across 12 books and a box of Dragon mags. Need to look something up? Better you than me, dude!
ETA 2: Now that I think on it, I don't know if our combats take long to resolve or not. I'm too interested in doing them to look at the clock. They're never boring! I'd rather have interesting than quick, given the choice.
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So Spring 2013 market is finally over at the Karen Kane showroom. No more back-to-back appointments, sample rack scavenging, or belated blog posts. All-in-all we believe the market show was a huge success!
Buyer's from all over the country came in to see the Spring 2013 line and many raved about Karen's congruence with trend. Our colored lace bodies, which flowed from month-to-month received much applause, as did our multitude of spring dresses (including a new LBD package that every girl must have in her closet). Our dabble in peplum gained popularity as did our printed pants, various motorcycle jackets, and new wrinkle-resistant travel fabrication.
Some best sellers to be on the lookout for next Spring:
February's Indigo Bay:
1. Small Stripe Motorcycle Jacket, $222
2. Rolled Sleeve Pocket Shirt, $98
3. Kaleidoscope Print 3/4 Sleeve Dress, $119
4. Tie Front Pocket Shirt, $98
5. Ikat Border Printed Pull On Pant, $99
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2. Mirror Print Exposed Zipper Dress, $128
3. Ombre Cowl Neck Top, $79
4. Snake Print Cascade Wrap Dress, $158
5. Coral Crochet Tank Dress, $119
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2. Aztec Burst Maxi Dress, $158
3. Exposed Zipper Lace Tank, $108
4. Reflection Print Sleeveless Dress, $128
5. Paisley Keyhole Scarf Top, $88
We finished off market "week" (I use parenthesis because it really spans the course of three), with a cocktail party for one of Karen Kane's nationwide accounts, Macy's. The party, planned by our very own Assistant Account Executive, Sydney, was huge success! Our own retail merchandising Director, Shawn, came up with the fabulous idea; and her delightful husband, Michael, offered up his professional bartending skills for the event. He even developed two specialty cocktails, the Macy's Margarita and the Cucumber Gimlet, for which we've provided recipes below:
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A little project experimenting with some new gameplay elements and graphic effects. Originally a simple engine I was experimenting with for a completely different game, I created Dual Mouse Arcade. This version Eye Candy features completely rewritten codes, and a new graphics update thanks to my new collaborator.
DIFFICULTY:The game starts out easy, very easy, but you get almost no points.
-After an interval, the game will amp up the difficulty. Use your SHIFT ability to change to an easier difficulty to avoid losing all your lives.
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But out of curiosity, i have to ask: how did you play it? Did you just run from one mission to the next, looking for enemies to shoot? As for the powers, did you use them in with the environment? And how interested are you in politics? As a FPS its very average. The mechanics are adequate but hardly special. Things like having to unequip your gun to use your powers was obviously an easily correctable mistake in hindsight. And weapons are imbalanced, as there was very little reason not to use your shotgun the entire game(the machine gun was especially crappy).
All of that said, the game was not meant to be only a FPS. The levels are designed to be methodically explored, and you will be rewarded for doing so. When interviewed Ken Levine insisted Bioshock was largely a mystery game. It makes sense. By finding recordings you slowly unravel what happened to this underwater utopia. How things progressively dissolved. Personally, i was blown away by how logical and clever the designers were. In a society built around the free market economy what would be the worse thing imaginable? Theft and smuggling. I still recall walking into a new area and seeing the slaughtered body of a smuggler hung up as a warning. What was he guilty of smuggling in a Ayn Randian society? Bibles. Small additions like that made the levels that much more exciting and riveting.
As for the powers, they are designed to be used with the levels themselves. During one of the early boss fights you are only allowed to have a wrench as a weapon. But there was no way for them to take away your powers. The battle took place in what appeared to be a giant fridge. Using various traps as distractions, id duck behind cover and set the enemies on fire. Theyd immediately start lunging for a patch of unfrozen water. After they leapt in to put out the fire, id immediately lightning bolt the water. Just one of the many examples of turning the levels to your advantage. Taking on a Big Daddy straight up is suicide. My favorite way of taking them down was setting up a variety of traps in a room, setting the Big Daddy on fire, running out of the room as he got hung up, then begin launching heat seeking missles back through the doorway.
While there might have been only a few types of enemies, watching them interact before a fight was awesome, disturbing, and a bit frightening. I was once able to sneak up on one because she was hovering over a craddle pleading about how she never wanted to give "her" up. After i cut the bitch down, i checked the craddle...empty. Ive had enemies attacking me as they screamed about how lonely they were. Ive heard the clanking of steps coming towards me, quickly searching around i couldnt immediately find the enemy until my flashlight hit the ceiling: a splicer was using hooks to walk like a crab towards me. In a section with apparently heaving smuggling, ive had enemies charge me with melee weapons screaming "He" died for our sins. Ive caught clearly otherwise insane enemies still slow dancing with their spouses. Watching Little Sisters hold hands with the creatures they lovingly refer to as "Mr. Bubbles" was alittle depressing. As was watching a Big Daddy, after i freed all the Little Sisters in an area, mournfully moan in complete confusion when a Little Sister fails to respond to their knocks on a vent.
If you tried all of that stuff and found it boring, then no biggie. One cant argue taste after all. If you just tried to play it like any other first person shooter and missed all of that stuff, id recommend replaying it. The game can be completed in around 8-10 hours. But its better played slowly and methodically. I dumped 20 hours into it and, as you can tell, didnt regret it.
I prefer single player 3rd person if anything. I feel Bioschock would make an amazing RPG probably, just not my thing for a shooter. I don't know how old you are, but I also think I'm kind of stuck in a rut when it comes to games. I'm 30 now, so I grew up playing what I feel were just more in depth/harder/challenging games than they are now, which is almost a fact at this point.
The Last of Us has me intrigued.
I absolutely get your preferance for 3rd person shooters, im the same way. It takes a game that does something different and interesting for me to pick it up if theyre a FPS. Bioshock and Far Cry 3 have been about it. Well, also Halo, but thats a straight up abusive relationship.
To be fair, the Irrational Games seems to understand about the challenge of current games. Their first game as Irrational(many worked on the Thief series before it fell apart) was System Shock 2, apparently a unrelentingly difficult game. In order to go back to that type of gaming, they made a "1999 mode" in Infinite. I believe it has to be unlocked(i couldnt immediately find it when starting my game) but its suppose to be grueling. If you dont spec your character correctly or mismanage your money, your done. The game will be to difficult to complete and you'll have to restart. Im going to be diving into that after i beat the Hard campaign im playing now.
I suppose the Industrial Revolution rewards arent connected to Gamestop and its Irrational thats messing up. Id apologize to Gamestop but im sure theyre currently in the process of screwing something up for someone.
That's the plan, I have actually always preferred mouse and keyboard. I may get a PS4 down the road when the price drops a bunch just for exclusive content, that is the only reason that I bought a PS3 anyway but I have always been a PC guy.You won't want to go back to consoles after gaming on a PC. If you're smart about it, sell things off, you can upgrade your rig (to date) for the cost of a PS4.
This, Bioshock had excellent envoirnmental storytelling.Personally, i was blown away by how logical and clever the designers were. In a society built around the free market economy what would be the worse thing imaginable? Theft and smuggling. I still recall walking into a new area and seeing the slaughtered body of a smuggler hung up as a warning. What was he guilty of smuggling in a Ayn Randian society? Bibles. Small additions like that made the levels that much more exciting and riveting.
Well, came across my first bug. Might be the first bug of the series for me. At one point i started jogging extremely slow. Even sprint was like walking through drying cement. It should be noted that i found this bug during particular story part(which i wont say for obvious reasons), so that might be the only time you can get it. If anyone runs into the problem, quit to main menu. I would not recommend restarting from checkpoint. During a different part of the game, i did that and zoomed back to a far earlier point then expected. Apparently autosaves dont update the checkpoint.
Also, got the Industrial Revolution rewards. Apparently using Internet Explorer to try and get them is the most offensive thing in the history of humanity. Used Firefox and was fine.
Finally, if your not using the "blood to salt" gear, your playing wrong That thing is insane.


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Hollywood will likely get strapped into virtual reality at the arcades and multiplexes before it comes into the home.That was the message from top practitioners of this new technology at the Home Media Expo in Beverly Hills last week. Theaters need to reverse a slow decline in attendance, observed Diana Hawkins of Interactive Associates, "because more people are watching films at home. There should be family entertainment centers at the multiplex." Rides or games? The question now, she added, was whether the attractions should be simulation rides or virtual reality games. She warned that so-called immersion VR, with game players wearing helmets fitted with tiny screens containing computer-generated environments, are hampered by poor-quality graphics and don't promote repeated play. Simulation rides have higher attendance and are limited only by their software, which unfortunately stick to the familiar "shoot-'em-up" genre. With either experience only a few minutes long, combining a number of games with merchandise and food is the strategy to pursue. "They can bring in more money than the rides," Hawkins said. That tactic is being pursued by Stan Kinsey's Iwerks Entertainment in its Cinetropolis project. A deal with VR pioneers Evans & Sutherland will yield a simulation ride with very sophisticated imagery by year's end. The software problem is being addressed, said Gilman Louie, president of Spectrum HoloByte Inc., a company producing the VR-version of Paramount's "Star Trek: The Next Generation" for Edison Brothers Inc. In that project, his focus is on creating realistic environments in which a number of players interact. Fantasyland "You have to make people believe they're in a separate place," said Louie. "Right now, software is an afterthought, limited by computer hardware performance and designed by engineers." The studios' own theme parks, in fact, may be waiting to see how these independent efforts fare. Said Scott Billups, a VR consultant in Hollywood, "It's still very early. The only people with viable prototypes that really make money is Iwerks" with its Cinetropolis. But, he cautions, it will be costly until there are enough units installed.
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Saracens beat Worcester to knock London Irish out of the LV= Cup while Bath claimed a big win away at Gloucester on Saturday.
Saracens beat Worcester to knock London Irish out of the LV= Cup while Bath claimed a big win away at Gloucester on Saturday.
Here is a full round-up of Saturday's LV= Cup matches.
London Wasps 30 – 33 Sale Sharks
A star turn from Danny Cipriani handed Sale Sharks their first away win of the season in the LV= Cup against London Wasps.
Cipriani was one of five try-scorers for the visitors, with Kearnan Myall, Tommy Taylor, Sam Tuitupou and a penalty try contributing to the victory.
Wasps scored three tries of their own through new signing Charlie Hayter, Charlie Davies and number eight Sam Jones in an ill-tempered game that saw Will Taylor and Davies sin-binned for the hosts and Aston Croall for the visitors.
"Any win that gets us to a home semi-final is going to be good for our confidence and we need all the confidence that we can get to be honest," said Sale boss Steve Diamond.
"We're rock-bottom of the Premiership and we've got to get off that."
Wasps: 15 Tommy Bell, 14 Jack Wallace, 13 Jonah Holmes, 12 Charlie Hayter, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Sam Jones (c), 7 Matt Everard, 6 Tinus Du Plessis, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 James Cannon, 3 Will Taylor, 2 Nathan Morris, 1 Zak Taulafo.
Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Jonathan Poff, 21 Stuart Commins, 22 Will Robinson, 23 Chris Bell.
Sale: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Rob Miller, 13 Jonny Leota, 12 Sammy Tuitupou Captain, 11 Charlie Amesbury, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Dwayne Peel, 8 James Gaskell, 7 Dan Braid, 6 James Doyle, 5 Kearnan Myall, 4 Tom Holmes, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Tommy Taylor, 1 Ross Harrison.
Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 Aston Croall, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Tom Cruse, 20 Billy Emerson, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Jordan Davies, 23 Charlie Ingall.
Gloucester 5 – 32 Bath
Bath pulled off their first victory at Kingsholm against rivals Gloucester in six years thanks to five tries.
Olly Woodburn, Nick Abendanon, Mat Gilbert, Semesa Rokoduguni and Stephen Donald handed an emphatic victory to the visitors, with Gloucester only able to respond through a single score from former Wallaby hooker Huia Edmonds.
Gloucester's cause was not helped by the sin-binning of both flanker Andy Hazell and lock Tom Savage in the first half.
"You saw the importance in the fixture – not necessarily in the competition sense but to the two clubs – in the quality of sides that the two clubs put out and that is important in building the way that Bath are trying to move forward," said Bath coach Toby Booth.
"We are in for the long haul and slow and steady improvement. We will see how that pans out but we have spoken about how important it is to pull on a Bath shirt in any competition and we have tried to instil some pride into wearing the shirt. I think you saw that today."
Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Shane Monahan, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Andy Hazell, 6 Peter Buxton, 5 Lua Lokotui, 4 Tom Savage, 3 Rupert Harden, 2 Huia Edmonds, 1 Dan Murphy.
Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Tom Heard, 19 Akapusi Qera, 20 Gareth Evans, 21 Dan Robson, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Martyn Thomas.
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Sam Vesty, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Ben Skirving, 7 Carl Fearns, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Dominic Day, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Anthony Perenise, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Charlie Beech.
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Mat Gilbert, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Semesa Rokoduguni, 23 Jack Cuthbert.
Worcester Warriors 12 – 22 Saracens
Saracens clinched their place in the LV= Cup semi-finals with a positive win over a strong Worcester Warriors outfit at Sixways.
Mark McCall's side were without several of their first team stars away on international duty, yet managed to upset the hosts thanks to a brace of tries from number eight Ernst Joubert and five penalty kicks from scrum-half Ben Spencer.
Worcester produced two tries of their own through number eight Blair Cowan and winger Josh Drauniniu.
"This group of players don't normally play and they are ring rusty, but
they did extremely well today as it is now eight out of nine wins for us and this one over Worcester, our bogey team," said Saracens coach Alex Sanderson.
"We want to be greedy and win all three. The best sides in history have won all three and that is what we aim to do."
Worcester: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Josh Drauniniu, 13 Jon Clarke, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 David Lemi, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Jonny Arr, 8 Blair Cowan, 7 Jake Abbott, 6 Richard de Carpentier, 5 Craig Gillies, 4 James Pervical, 3 John Andress, 2 Aleki Lutui, 1 Ceri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Ed Shervington, 17 Rob O'Donnell, 18 James Currie, 19 Matt Kvesic, 20 Neil Best, 21 Paul Hodgson, 22 Danny Gray, 23 Andy Short.
Saracens: 15 Joe Maddock, 14 Jack Wilson, 13 Sam Stanley, 12 Adam Powell, 11 James Short, 10 Nils Mordt (c), 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Nick Fenton-Wells, 6 Justin Melck, 5 Alex Rae, 4 Alistair Hargreaves, 3 Petrus du Plessis, 2 Jamie George, 1 Nick Auterac.
Replacements: 16 John Smit, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Matt Stevens, 19 Maro Itoje, 20 Jackson Wray, 21 Luke Baldwin, 22 Chris Wyles, 23 Ben Ransom.
Exeter Chiefs 28 -19 Northampton Saints
Three tries in the opening 26 minutes led Exeter Chiefs to a home win over Northampton Saints in the remaining LV= Cup fixture.
Northampton included England full-back Ben Foden in their starting XV but it was the Chiefs who struck first, with Ben White, Jack Nowell and Watisoni Votu picking up tries.
Argentinean fly-half Ignacio Mieres kicked 13 points to maintain the lead but Northampton fought back with a brace of tries from England scrum-half Lee Dickson and another try from Alex Waller, Dickson's efforts coming in the final 20 minutes of the match after he was introduced as a substitute.
Exeter: 15 Jack Nowell, 14 Watisoni Votu, 13 Ian Whitten, 12 Josh Tatupu, 11 Mark Foster, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Will Chudley, 8 Kai Horstmann (capt), 7 Ben White, 6 Aly Muldowney, 5 James Hanks, 4 Damian Welch, 3 Alex Brown, 2 Jack Yeandle, 1 Carl Rimmer.
Replacements: 16 Tow Cowan-Dickie, 17 Chris Budgen, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Will Carrick-Smith, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Haydn Thomas, 22 Myles Dorrian, 23 Nic Sestaret.
Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 James Wilson, 13 Dom Waldouck, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 GJ van Velze, 7 Ben Nutley, 6 James Craig, 5 Christian Day, 4 Mark Sorenson, 3 Tom Mercey, 2 Mike Haywood, 1 Alex Waller.
Replacements: 16 Ross Mcmillan, 17 Soane Tonga'uiha, 18 Ethan Waller, 19 Samu Manoa, 20 Phil Dowson, 21 Lee


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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
The Emery County Relay for Life 2012 is gearing up for action. The Relay will be held on July 13-14 this year at the Emery High track. Festivities will begin at 5 p.m. on July 13 with a program, survivors lap and team introduction. There will be a dinner and entertainment all through the night. There will be a bike ride around the area and then back to the relay for the festivities. One highlight of the Relay is always the luminary ceremony which celebrates those who have cancer now, survivors and those who have lost the fight. The luminary ceremony is held at dusk. Luminaries can be purchased ahead of the relay from Jessica at 820-1020 and Gerri at 384-3137.
An all you can eat pancake breakfast will be held on July 14. Other activities on other dates will include a softball tourney at the Huntington softball complex and a 3 on 3 basketball tourney. More details coming on these Relay related events.
If you would like to be a part of Relay for Life 2012 in any way, please attend the Kick-off event on April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Castle Dale Senior Center. At this event, committee organization will take place and you can lend your help in whatever way works for you.
The committee has need of people to help with luminaries, team recruitment, activities, dinner, entertainment, publicity, set-up, clean-up, cooks, sponsorships, T-shirts and everything in between. If you can help in any way and would like to be a part of the fight against cancer, please come and volunteer. Come and sign up your team.
Cancer is a disease that will affect every family in some way. A cure is out there and we need to be a part of the fight and the cure for cancer. Everyone in the county is needed to team-up for a cure.
You can sell items at your booth or raise your money ahead of time. Each participant is asked to raise $100 for relay.
There will be a relay for life quilt prepared for a raffle and other quilts available on the raffle. Watch for ticket sales coming soon.
The Relay committee is sponsoring a county wide yard sale on June 2 from 8 a.m.-12 noon. These yard sales will be held at each city park in the county. If members of the community would like to participate and sell their items at the yard sale there will be a small donation that will go to the Relay for Life. Everyone is encouraged to come out that morning and bring their treasures to sell and make some extra cash for themselves while helping the Relay for Life. Or come out and shop and hop from city to city to find bargains and help relay at the same time.
The theme for this year's relay will be announced at the Relay kick-off on April 11. On June 23 there will be a Catch em' for a cure bass tournament at Huntington State Park and all proceeds will go to relay for life.


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A unique, 2,000-acre zoological park which is home to wolves, bison, waterfowl, black bear, elk, cougar, otter, and others. You will enjoy the park's spectacular natural settings, butterfly garden, wildflowers, lakes and restored prairies.
CITY:Hanna City
The Nature Conservancy Emiquon Preserve
The Emiquon Preserve, also known as the "Jewel of the Illinois River," is aptly named for its abundance of wetlands and wildlife. The sheer biological diversity made it the natural place for Native Americans to settle long ago. In recent years, the land has undergone a restoration returning its natural beauty for all to enjoy once again.
The Farm includes 23 theme gardens, a rustic shop in the barn featuring herbal gifts and supplies, picnics, hayrides and a greenhouse.
Sunset Hills Golf Course is a locally owned course located in the center of the Sunset Hills neighborhood in Pekin, Illinois. Open to the public, this course offers many reasonable membership options, including varying discounts. This fantastic Pekin golf facility features a driving range to warm up with, and an experience rich with rolling hills and challenging flats.
Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Contains a large bluff overlooking a long, narrow lake. Camping, picnicking, fishing, boating, hiking, and hunting opportunities provide a vast recreational experience. Concession and boat rentals are also available.
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive
The Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Associates invite you to come to Fulton County, Illinois and enjoy the natural wonders of the Spoon River Valley. Spoon River has carved a wide scenic valley through Fulton County as it flows from London Mills to the south and east where it joins the Illinois River near the southeastern corner of the county. The Spoon River became nationally known from the work of Edgar Lee Masters, author of the noted Spoon River Anthology. Come on out the first two full weekends in October. There are over one hundred miles of scenic routes on the Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive to be enjoyed on this driving tour with beautiful fall colors. There will be food, arts, crafts, entertainment and flea market. Visit 17 villages and historic sites!
Central Illinois' premier family water park is located at the Eastside Centre Sports Complex. Play in Splash Tower Island, ride the lazy river, or spend time in the splash and play area designed for little ones.
CITY:East Peoria
The wettest and wildest family water park in Central Illinois. Play in Splashtower Island or ride the lazy river. There's even a splash and play area for the young ones in your family. www.fondulacpark.com
CITY:East Peoria
This beautiful, well-maintained 18-hole course has a long front nine with mature trees, and a short tricky back nine with water, bent grass, trees and greens.
The largest of all the state forests in Illinois. Covers 7,100 acres of native oak-hickory forests and pine plantations. Supports diverse desert flora and fauna in its sandy landscape as well as also offering a variety of recreational facilities.
CITY:Forest City
This 10-foot wide asphalt trail winds 4.8 miles along the former Illinois Terminal Railroad Co. path. Build in 1991, the River Trail provides a safe scenic route for outdoor recreation year round, winter weather permitting. The trail affords patrons the opportunity to experience the natural preservation of wildflowers, grasses, trees and wildlife. With direct access at the Park Administration Center, Bunnell field, and Taylor Street ball diamonds, and in close proximity to Veterans Park, Central Jr. High, West Park, and local restaurants, the River Trail offers something for everyone!
CITY:East Peoria
Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Rice Lake is a waterfowler's dream. Its high quality habitat attracts thousands of migrating birds annually. In addition, areas are also available for fishing, boating, camping, and wildlife observation.
Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
The lake was built on the floodplain of the Illinois River in 1971 by Commonwealth Edison Company as a cooling reservoir for the fossil-fuel power plant. Today, the completely diked, 1,426-acre lake is leased for visitor hunting and fishing.
Facilities include a 4-mile trail, indoor ice-skating rink, horse riding stables, fishing, bocce ball, canoes, bike boats, Frisbee golf course, mini-golf and a lot more.
Pavillion on the Lagoon at Mineral Springs Park
This beautiful building built in 1905, serves as the focal point of our community and is available for your group, family or organization's use. Comfortably seating 70 people, the Pavilion is surrounded with windows overlooking the lagoon and a large, wrap-around porch. Weddings, anniversary parties, baby showers, business meetings, and family get-together's are popular. This historic building is equipped with a kitchen area with counters, microwave and refrigerator, air conditioning, and tables and chairs. The Pavilion is handicapped accessible.
This state of the art, beautifully landscaped miniature golf course features 18 holes of choice, chance, and challenge, including six holes that are handicapped accessible. With a stream running through the course, it's bound to add some unexpected challenges to your game. Walk through the caboose which serves as hole No. 4. Enjoy the beautiful landscaped eclectic theme of the history of Pekin.
Camping, fishing, picnicking, hiking.
Twelve sites with electricity and water available year-'round for nightly, weekly, and monthly camping. Close to footbridge. Complimentary firewood. One shelter.
Fulton County Camping & Recreation Area
Enjoy camping, hiking, fishing and other outdoor recreational activities.
CITY:St. David
Four Willows Golf Course has been owned by Rodger Tucker for 20 years. It is a nine hole course that is great for beginners to those that golf regularly.
CITY:Mason City
Experience what 1600+ acres of parks, natural areas, riverfront and trails have to offer. Enjoy 2 golf courses, a picturesque marina and campground, Splashdown Water Park, and a variety of recreational programs and activities for all ages.
CITY:East Peoria
This nine-hole course is challenging for the experienced golfer, but also beginner-friendly for the novice. Great for a quick round and easy on your pocketbook.
CITY:East Peoria
Peaceful country setting on 35 acres with open grassy or wooded sites. Large open and enclosed pavilions available for parties and reunions.
One of the area's premier marinas, EastPort Marina is located along Illinois Route 116, at mile marker 164.5 on the Illinois River. Rated Four Anchors in the Quimby Cruising Guide, this East Peoria marina is presently lined with 280 slips ranging from 25 to 50 feet in length. Boaters are welcome to stop and spend a few days enjoying the marina and its many amenities, as well as the entertainment opportunities in East Peoria and the the Peoria area.
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Show your patriotic spirit by decorating your home or business with this traditional pleated bunting. Made of durable, fade-resistant cotton/polyester, it's double-stitched and features 3 rust-proof gromments so you can hang it outdoors for many 4th of July celebrations to come. Measures 24"x48". USA.
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff writer
Was William Manly first?
William Manly's memoir, "Death Valley in 1849" reveals more than just his harrowing experience of survival in Death Valley, Calif. on his way to the California gold fields. When he heard tales of the gold finds early in 1849, Manly left his home and family in Michigan and struck out for California to find his fortune. Prior to arriving in Death Valley, Manly tells of a trek down the Green River and through Utah that predates John Wesley Powell's exploits by 20 years.
Michael Kane, an instructor at the University of Utah in the college of health, parks, recreation and tourism, is retracing Manly's steps to prove the trek Manly wrote about could be accomplished. This trip is part of Kane's completion of his Ph.D. On the 37th day of Kane's journey, he passed through Castle Dale on very nearly the same day in September that Manly did in 1849.
Kane stated that the Manly memoir is very graphic in description and notation of the locations along his journey. Following extensive research over the past six years, Kane decided to undertake this retracing of Manly's steps. "This is quite exciting that America's first American whitewater explorer passed through Castle Dale," said Kane.
The Kane trek began near Green River, Wyo. as did Manly's. Manly was in Green River, Wyo. looking for transportation to California. He was told he would have to spend the winter there. Because he didn't want to waste time, he began to consider his options and decided that if he only had a boat, he could follow the Green River to the Colorado River and then on to California.
Manly located a flat bottomed boat, but that boat did not last long in the river. He had to hollow out a Ponderosa Pine log into a canoe to continue the float trip. When he reached Green River, Utah, Manly met Chief Wakara, and the men quickly became friends. Chief Wakara explained that to continue in the river would mean certain death. Manly believed him and changed his plans.
Kane, his son Dallas, and Clint Goode launched their log dug-out canoes in the Green River on Aug. 15 at Lombard Crossing near Green River, Wyo. to create their own history for the books. Goode acted as the river guide and the crew spent 34 days on the 450 miles of the Green River until finally getting out at Green River, Utah. Most of the history books note Manly's river exit as being in Vernal.
A re-enactment of the Manly landing in Green River was held at the John Wesley Powell River History Museum during Melon Days. Lakota John, of St. George, portrayed the chief in the re-enactment.
Chief Wakara pointed out an alternative route for the Manly crew to continue overland. Manly gave Chief Wakara a coat, and in return Chief Wakara gave the travelers two horses. This was the beginning of Manly's journey through Emery County.
Kane said, "I find it very moving that two men of such different cultures and races could stand eye to eye and help each other in such a profound way." Manly would note in his memoir that he owed his life to Chief Wakara.
Kane's group began the overland portion of Manly's trek on Sept. 18 in Green River, and were met there by wrangler Kody Jacobs of Pleasant Grove, with the horses. The group passed through Castle Dale on Sept. 20 on their way to Joe's Valley and over the top into Ephraim. Manly's memoir stated that the overland portion of the trip took 10 days to reach Hobble Creek Canyon from Green River, and Kane's crew is hoping to reach Hobble Creek by Sept. 27.
The wrangler brought along the horses to keep the retracing as close to Manly's memoir as possible. The group will continue on to Hobble Creek Canyon where Manly's original trek ended when he joined a wagon train headed for California, although Manly's adventure did not end there.
During Manly's time with the wagon train, they were stranded in Death Valley, Calif. with little food and almost no water. Manly and another man, John Rogers, left the group that consisted of the Arcane and Bennett families, and headed for help, hoping to return with enough food and water to get the people in the wagon train to California.
Several weeks later, the men returned with food and water, and led the stranded wagon train out of Death Valley. As the wagon train was leaving the hot, desolate valley, Mrs. Bennett was noted as saying "Goodbye Death Valley." The name stuck through the years .


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Far Cry 3 v1.01 (+21 Trainer) [LinGon]
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Posted 18 October 2005 - 11:14 PM
The Spartans are alive and well and tied for first in the North Texas tournament last week. Malvernis, Ritterlich and Adonese forces all tried and died.
The Spartans ran a Hawk 6, a Mantis and two Cougars all with the accuracy upgrade. Since faction SA's weren't used I didn't feel compelled to run a pure force so I called up the Spartans, my original unit.
All three of my opponents fielded well thought out forces and each was tough. My first matchup was a Riterlich force of a Rhino, a Jaguar and two Sabretooth's. A decent deployment kept him from unloading on me on his first activation and the first chance I got I ganged up on his Rhino and dropped it with some missile and cannon fire. He dropped my Hawk 6 and a Cougar and damaged the other Cougar before I could clean him up.
My second matchup was a Malvernis force. An Assassin, a Spectre and two new one's I hadn't seen before but they had mucho indirect. I screwed up bad on my first activation and my Cougars got pounded hard by IF and my Hawk and Mantis were left out in the open. I figured I was done for and I was so upset with myself. ( Sorry Bruce. ) But things turned around a little when I dropped the Assassin. Again it was the Mantis that swept wide and cleaned up for me. The Hawk 6 seems to draw fire. LOL I was left with two heavily damaged Cougars and a wounded Mantis when that was over.
My last match was agains the Adonese. They brought a Scorpion, a Mantis and two Spiders. The Scorpions lit me up a little on early on but they unmasked to do it and the Hawk 6 and Mantis ate them for lunch with missile and cannon fire. I stumbled out in front of the Scorpion at point blank range with my Hawk and I will never do that again! That cannon barrel looked like a black hole from that close. Luckily the shot went wide and I rolled him up. Once again my Mantis cleaned up by taking out his wounded Mantis with cannon's and missiles. I lost a Cougar to some point blank fire from his Scorpion and Mantis but in pretty good shape otherwise.
What we learned:
1. The Mantis is awesome.
2. Starhawk 6's draw fire.
3. The Cougar, though an outdated design, still holds up.
4. The Assassin is a CAV to be affraid of.
5. Never try and take on a Scorpion at point blank without overwhelming firepower.
6. Merc's can still get it done.
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Posted 18 October 2005 - 11:20 PM
What we learned:
2. Starhawk 6's draw fire.
Understatement of the day.
Posted 19 October 2005 - 11:18 AM
Anyway currently my standard CAV section is a 'hawk 6, two 'hawk 5, and a Regent. Yeah, currently over 75% of my merc's Models are Terran with a few Koda Works.
Posted 19 October 2005 - 11:47 AM
1) an excuse to buy models from any of the factions
2) a way to surruptitiously build other faction forces, or throw together a force to fit the situation at hand.
The Rach will be my workhorse, but if it's a tournament w/o faction abilities it'll probably be the indies that deploy.
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Posted 19 October 2005 - 03:37 PM
Posted 19 October 2005 - 10:32 PM
Dont forget spartan you also learned that getting to close to two sabertooths is akin to jumping into a compost shredder
Ain't that the truth!
Posted 20 October 2005 - 02:19 AM
1) an excuse to buy models from any of the factions
Same reason I will field some type of merc unit...once I reorganize the forces I have (yet to paint) and determine which Faction will be my primary...oh who am I kidding most likely Terran becuase I can not get enough of the Mitso-Ta units
Posted 20 October 2005 - 07:22 AM
Posted 26 October 2005 - 12:47 PM
have a problem getting units cause theres nowhere that sells them in bismarck, but be prepared to see my pink and blue dictator 70 in topeka about this time next year.
Posted 26 October 2005 - 01:42 PM
Posted 26 October 2005 - 05:21 PM
warhounds heavy, no job to dirty
have a problem getting units cause theres nowhere that sells them in bismarck, but be prepared to see my pink and blue dictator 70 in topeka about this time next year.
cotton candy pink and baby blue no less
Posted 29 October 2005 - 01:40 PM
For a merc force what is your favorite:
1) Super Heavy CAV
2a) Superiority CAV (expensive)
2b) Superiority CAV (mid-priced)
2c) Superiority CAV (cheap)
3) Suppression CAV
4) Support Fire CAV
Please explain your choice.
1) As for super heavies I like the Rhino, for it's direct fire potential (both DA and MA) at low cost.
2b) So far I'm thinking the Assassin is the best mid-price Superiority CAV, it's best competition being the Dictator.
3) I'm thinking Vanquisher is a good option since it's SA's make it the ultimate soft-killer and AA unit while still being able to hurt hard targets (linked definitely helps here). It's a bit pricey though.
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Posted 29 October 2005 - 03:20 PM
My choice for Fire Suppresion CAV: The Sovereign III
I chose the Sovereign because:
A) It's one of my 5 favorite looking CAV's.
B) I am trying to avoid fielding any Terran forces since they are my main faction and a merc force gives me an excuse to buy "the other guys" mini's.
C) It has Range 36, AOE/3, Barrage, Counter-battery AND FRS!! They don't make Support CAV's any better then that.
D) It costs a ridiculously low 305 points. If I played Templar I'd probably field a pair of these babies all the time.
Posted 29 October 2005 - 03:30 PM
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Posted 29 October 2005 - 04:37 PM
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