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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Jetset to Africa for Safari Honeymoon
Instead of kicking back on the beach Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel took the adventurous route and headed to Tanzania for a wildlife safari honeymoon after their lavish wedding in Italy.
Of course the couple safaried in style at the private reserve Singita Grumeti in Serengeti Park and stayed in the Faru-Faru lodges, a luxury resort in the park. The couple supposedly took a hot air balloon ride so they could take in the sights from the sky, sounds pretty romantic!
Justin and Jessica were successful in planning a getaway that was private enough that paparazzi only got a few very blurry photos of the honeymooners.
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So, last week, I wasn't here for performance night and Dorothy withdrew on results night. Oh, and TOM BERGERON REPLIED TO A TWEET OF MINE AND TALKED ABOUT HIS BUTT AND I DIED AND AM WRITING THIS FROM THE GREAT BEYOND. Ahem.
Tonight is "Prom Night." Of course I went to my prom; I didn't want that "something's gone missing" feeling Iona described in Pretty in Pink. Oh, fun! The judges are decked out for prom night - Len in a bright pink ruffled tuxedo shirt and Bruno in a white tuxedo. Carrie Ann is in a gown, but that's not so different from every other week. Unless she's accessorized with a corsage. Tom is wearing a tuxedo with contrasting piping and Brooke has gone 80s big hair. She looks like every Miss America of my youth. Well, except for Vanessa Williams, who had a sleeker look.
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Viennese Waltz
Aly says she never got to go to school dances because she was always training, but she did get to go to her prom. Mark teases her about how cute her date was and it's a sweet older brother/younger sister vibe between them.
There's some sort of extra up in the rafters dressed as Cupid and she shoots an arrow at the two of them to get it started. There's a lot of movement at the beginning that seems more suited to a contemporary routine than a Viennese waltz. Wonder what Len will think? There's a lot of twirling and flinging of arms and I guess that's good.
Len is wearing a GIANT velvet bow tie and criticizes them, lets the crowd boo him, and then busts out "April Fools." Oh, wait, now I think Bruno's tux may be a very pale green? He gives legitimate dance critique and I love it when he does that. Carrie Ann wants Aly to work on staying more in character. Len and Bruno disagree with Carrie Ann - Len sticking up for Aly most of all. What did they put in his boutonnière?
We see pictures of Brooke and Tom from their prom nights and Tom had some wonderfully thick '70s hair. Bless him.
Translating what Brooke asks Aly, it's something like, "You're so young and despite being a freakin' gold medalist, you've never known love? How do you not throw yourself off a bridge, you old maid? Whoops, I meant, how do you get in character?" I may be projecting slightly.
Scores: Carrie Ann: 7; Len: 8; Bruno: 8

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The German American Heritage Center's new permanent "German Immigrant Experience" exhibit offers an honest, in-depth look at the lives of German immigrants in Davenport and throughout Iowa from 1845 to 1925. Housed in the historic brick former Germania House, an immigrant hotel built in 1861, the small but well-executed exhibit features a solid mix of educational wall displays, historic photos, artifacts and interactive stations (a hit with kids and adults!). A 15-minute video sets the stage for the exhibit. Visitors wind through a series of rooms, learning about the roles of German immigrants in agriculture, politics, education, Prohibition. The interactive exhibits are the highlights, especially a station called Step into my Shoes. Visitors can step on footprints in front of a life-size vertical TV screen that shows actors who tell immigration stories taken from real diaries. There's also an immigrant clothing dress-up station for the kids, two reconstructed historic hotel rooms and other interactive stations throughout the exhibit. The exhibit also reveals the hardships of being a German immigrant. A series of wallboards explain anti-German sentiments during and after World War I. After the United States declared war against Germany, many Americans feared their German-immigrant friends. German immigrants were forced to give up their language and traditions, so many aspects of the culture was not passed down to younger generations. Expect to spend one to two hours exploring the exhibit. The center also offers two rotating exhibits and hosts various events and workshops throughout the year. A small gift shop on the first floor offers traditional German souvenirs: cuckoo clocks, beer steins, Christmas ornaments, nutcrackers and lace.


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Queen on NXT - Imaging on NXT - Part 1
11 comments:
- Jonathan Daudelin said...
Neat... hmm, does it take five minutes from "scratch" (not having any of the right software or other additional stuff)? Did you use NXT-G 2.0?
- Feb 24, 2009, 10:06:00 AM
- megamindstorm101 said...
well i rememebr seeing something that had a custom light sensor peice that was making the light focus on a specific point and it helped it scan only a tiny area instead of a large area when using a non modified light sensor. I take it the light sensor add on is what takes 5 min? am i right? I rememebr seeing it could scan really really well.
- Feb 24, 2009, 12:00:00 PM
- Dismay said...
perhaps using nxtcam and an nxt connected to the computer via usb/BT and an image interprating software?
- Feb 25, 2009, 6:51:00 AM
- Dismay said...
perhaps you created a software that interprates nxtcam images and converts them to pixles?
- Feb 25, 2009, 6:52:00 AM
- tr6scott said...
humm... I did it in under 5, I did use a scanner, and programming software allowed by FLL, just not the one you are used too... (hint)
- Feb 25, 2009, 9:25:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
A NXT-based scanner, maybe?
I have seen a few out there...
- Feb 26, 2009, 1:28:00 AM
- Clgfive said...
Hmmm... I'd have to say that you probably scanned the image into your computer and wrote a computer application that takes an image and converts it to lines and dots format and wrote it to the NXT Brick.
- Feb 26, 2009, 5:20:00 AM
- iratecorpse said...
Does it check for reflective brightness on a grid of checkpoints, thereby generating a black and white pixel rendition of whatever you scan, with white (or empty) pixels where the reflective brightness is high and black (or filled) pixels where it is low?
- Feb 27, 2009, 5:23:00 AM
- megamindstorm101 said...
Ok Im not sure weather you got my comment or not so I am rewriting it. My idea was that it was indeed a scanner but...It has a special peice mounted on the light sensor in which it will focus the light and only allow a tiny point of area to be seen by the sensor. This way the sensor can only see a small area and take the reading of that small area vs. a non modded light sensor which will view a large area making the screen not very accurate. This is probably what takes only 5 min.
- Feb 27, 2009, 5:38:00 AM
- megamindstorm101 said...
Agggggg!!!! are you guys even getting my comments? this is like been 10+ days since I put it and other comments are getting here before me. Whoever is moderating please send an email to email@example.com to tell me why Im confused terribly. is it becaue my Idea is right?
- Feb 28, 2009, 12:30:00 AM
- BlueToothKiwi said...
Sorry megamindstorm101,
You should see your comments above now. I know there has been some major changes to commenting (following recent spams - namely:
- No more anonymous comments
- All comments are moderated by one of three moderators (I am not one of them).
It is a shame it has to come to this - but it is better than not having comments at all!!
I hope you understand.
- Mar 2, 2009, 6:09:00 AM


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Atomic Robo RPG
Evil Hat Productions, LLC
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 06/17/2014 21:10:10
Atomic Robo is probably the most impressive RPG I have ever read that works with a licensed IP. It manages to hit all three most important factors in licensed RPGs: it's fun, the rules reflect the fiction of the setting, and it manages to make me interested in the comic. Likewise fans of the comic might find themselves interested in the game.
The Fate Core rules fits Atomic Robo like a glove, and the custom mechanics for this game enrich the basic Fate Core system while highlighting the strengths of the setting. It's relatively easy to learn, and there are enough examples to facilitate the learning process.
GMs and players alike are given freedom to make pretty much any character they want, thanks to Weird Modes, and the Brainstorm and Invention rules makes certain that Action Science is still the key theme of the game.
There's plenty that other games can learn from checking out how Atomic Robo manages to provide a lot of freedom of choice, while adding a structure for guided fun in a game. The mechanics are elegant and each rule exists to further the theme and activities of pulpy fun.
Atomic Robo is a great game for those new to the hobby, and those looking to get into Fate Core. Old hands at Fate will find plenty to like here as well as Brainstorming and Invention Rules can work in any setting that needs it.
Definitely a must buy for any RPG gamer looking for pulpy action-adventure fun.
If you're looking for a more in-depth coverage, check out my 6 part Let's Study articles for Atomic Robo over at my blog:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Tianxia: Blood, Silk & Jade
Vigilance Press
Jay S. A.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 06/05/2014 20:09:14
Tianxia is a rules-light to rules-medium Wuxia game that introduces the genre in a friendly, easy-to-learn fashion. The book is written well, with a clear language devoid of unnecessary flourish that could distract of obscure the information needed to run the game, something that I certainly find to be very helpful.
The game itself applies minor rules adjustments and a fully formed Martial Arts system on top of the FATE Core rules in a relatively seamless manner, and feels like a system that was intended to work with FATE from the get go rather than being welded on forcibly. Fans of the FATE Core system will find this to be very easy to learn.
Fans of the genre will find that Tianxia covers all the bases when it comes to Wuxia. There's a little lack of emphasis on the tone and themes of Wuxia in the book, but that's a minor nitpick on my end as I wish it was brought up a bit in the start of the book rather than at the end with the GM chapters.
There's an awful lot of mechanical support for GMs, from a campaign creation worksheet, to an adventure menu and pre-generated characters and antagonists to work with.
As a relatively new person to FATE, I feel that I'll need to get a couple of test sessions to really get comfortable with the combat system to find out the true extent of the various Techniques in the Kung Fu system of Tianxia, but from what I've seen they're certainly formidable.
Overall, Tianxia is a great start to a Wuxia RPG. There's enough to run a campaign, but plenty of white space around for GMs and the authors to add on new elements. If you're a fan of Wuxia, you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't pick this up for your collection.
If you're interested in checking out an in-depth 5 part study of Tianxia, check out my blog:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Mindjammer - The Roleplaying Game
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 06/03/2014 23:43:52
Mindjammer is both a complete game, and a universal toolkit for running science fiction games. As a FATE Core game, I feel that Mindjammer delivers the full FATE experience while adding no small amount of additional mechanics to simulate the special cases that matter in sci-fi. While the core mechanic is very simple, the game does run the risk of becoming very complicated very quickly and may take some FATE Core enthusiasts by surprise.
Character creation isn't as quick as I'd imagined, but that's offset by the benefits of having a large number of options for your character. The resulting experience resembles that of more mechanics-heavy games that may require a session devoted completely to making characters and hammering out the group.
The main draw of Mindjammer for me however, would be the concepts and ideas presented, all with significantly robust mechanics to follow through. Elements like Transhumanism, cybernetics, diverging evolution, cultural conflict are all heady ideas, but every single one is represented in the rules somehow. Mindjammer doesn't just drop these concepts on you either, but introduces each one with the care and patience of a schoolteacher, ensuring that any GM who picks up the book and takes the time to study it will have the confidence necessary to run a game in any kind of modern sci-fi setting.
The layout of the book is well done, with proper sidebars and tables to help parse information, and non-distracting layout elements to facilitate easy reading. The artwork is universally good, but I'm afraid no one particular piece of work has stood out as truly breathtaking for me, a shame given the potential of the setting for being really open to high weirdness.
When I started this series, I was wondering just how much detail you could cram into a FATE Core game, and I'm pleasantly surprised by what Mindjammer has done. I would have no hesitation in recommending Mindjammer as a must buy for anyone interested in running a sci-fi game especially given what you get for the price.
For a massive 10-part review of Mindjammer, check out the Let's Study series on my blog:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Pirates & Dragons Core Rulebook
Cakebread & Walton
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 05/07/2014 23:28:05
Pirates & Dragons is perhaps one of the most honestly named RPGs I know of.
In a nutshell, it's a rather well-written game with fairly extensive mechanics that will appeal to those that enjoy more substantial games rather than narrative ones. The Artwork is pretty good and evocative of the setting, which is more realistic than it is fantastic. There's plenty of opportunities to get in trouble in the game, and there are hefty swashbuckling rules to mirror dynamic combat and more than it's fair share of fumbles.
I would recommend Pirates & Dragons to those looking for a pirate game that has a stronger adherence to "realism" as opposed to fantasy, despite the presence of dragons. That said, those looking for lighter games might find themselves looking at a ruleset that is perhaps a little too crunchy for their tastes.
Overall, would definitely recommend this to those looking for something new in the Pirate genre of gaming.
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Scarlet Heroes
Sine Nomine Publishing
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 05/07/2014 02:07:27
Kevin Crawford has yet to come out with a product that disappoints me.
Scarlet Heroes is an easy-to-learn old-school game with an elegant set of mechanics that are both easy to implement and a joy to run. With an intriguing setting which mashes up different cultures and races against a mysterious threat, there's plenty of adventuring to do, even with just one or two players! Definitely a strong contender for a weekly game, and works wonderfully for times when you don't have a full party to work with.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Prowlers & Paragons Core Rules
LakeSide Games
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 05/01/2014 07:06:45
Prowlers & Paragons is a neat little Supers game with eye-catching artwork, easy-to-read layout and sensible mechanics that are relatively easy to learn. The rules themselves aren't "new" or innovative, but they work, and with the sheer number of supers games out there, having one that has mechanics that are easy to run with without getting into too much detail is a good thing.
The game itself has a strong handle on what supers games it can run, and it admittedly broad enough to be able to run games of a more Pulp persuasion, as well as a few anime-inspired stories as well. Easy to learn, written in a friendly and approachable manner, the game makes for a great entry-level game for new GMs eager to run supers but are intimidated by complex mechanics.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Demon: The Descent
Onyx Path Publishing
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 03/24/2014 20:56:10
Among the recent releases for the new World of Darkness, Demon is perhaps unique in the sense that you play a supernatural creature that was never human at any point of their history. The Unchained were formerly Angels, agents of the God-Machine, an ancient and unknowable entity whose true scope, nature and motivations are alien to everyone, even the Angels that serve it.
At a crucial point in their time as Angels, the player characters chose to disobey the God-Machine. Whether from pride, anger, love or pity, these Angels fell from the God-Machine, severing their connection in their first act of true independence. This act of free will is what defines the Unchained, and their new fallen state is something that they bear with pride or shame, and how they react to their new existence forms the basis of their Agenda.
The resulting game is an intriguing game of espionage, as the Demons find ways to subvert or destroy the Infrastructure of the God Machine in order to keep their hard-earned independence, while investigating what makes the God-Machine tick in order to keep one step ahead… or to gain an advantage. The player characters have a host of interesting abilities, from being perfect liars to being able to Spoof detection as being anything but a normal person in the presence of supernatural scrutiny. Demons also have access to a remarkable number of Embeds and Exploits, powers that take advantage of loopholes in reality, allowing them to perform specific tricks that can upstage even Mages, but lack the same kind of flexibility.
Interestingly enough, my experience with Demon has been less about horror and more about supernatural espionage. The Demons excel at being able to get into where they're not allowed, and their ability to shift Cover makes for intriguing roleplaying opportunities, but I can't help but feel that the players themselves are somewhat divorced from the horror of their actions. Don't get me wrong, my players were well aware that their characters were involved in some very monstrous activities, but maybe it was the idea that their characters were never human that dulled the sense of shock at the atrocities that they were committing.
Overall, Demon: the Descent is a great game, featuring a protagonist that is truly capable of being an outright monster while fighting opponents that are far more alien and malevolent than they. The powers and abilities of the game are imaginative and interesting, and there's a whole slew of antagonists that the Demons can contend with. There's plenty of opportunities to play up espionage tropes, including stories of trying to maintain dual lives, making deals with the enemy and the possibility of double-agents and betrayal within the team. Demon: the Descent is a worthy addition to the new World of Darkness.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Yggdrasill - The Nine Worlds
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 03/03/2014 03:05:16
Yggdrasill is perhaps the best Viking rpg that I know of. Focused on bringing both historical and fantasy elements of the culture to life, the game has earned nothing but praise from me in my earlier review of the corebook.
The Nine Worlds is the first supplement to the game, and expands the setting in a way that many fans have been waiting for. The Nine Worlds contains information on the more magical realms of the Norse setting, discussing each one in turn and giving information on the creatures and challenges that the player characters may encounter there.
The book goes into detail into all of the Nine Worlds: Asgard, Alfheim, Vanaheim, Jotunheim, Nidavellir, Svartalfheim, Muspelheim and Niflheim. The worlds receives a description of it's geography, the dangers found in the world, the occasional important location, and plot hooks and artifacts that the GM could use to spice up their Yggdrasill campaigns.
The book also has new options for player characters, the most compelling of which would have to be the option to play Half-Breeds, those born from inhuman parents. The range from the Half-Jotun, to Half-Alfar. They also special traits that influence their starting abilities.
Special powers are also covered in the book, and can cover the various powers and abilities that can be bestowed to the players via magic items.
The book also contains 3 adventures, Winter's Fall, The Hunter and The Forgotten Oath, all of which can be used as part of an ongoing campaign.
Overall The Nine Worlds is a good follow up to Yggdrasill. The book expands the setting but doesn't lose it's touch with the historical feel. Fantasy elements are sufficiently fantastic, but also well grounded in the cultural context of the setting.
If you're looking for more ways to make Yggdrasill even more compelling, then you should definitely pick up a copy of The Nine Worlds.
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Warbirds Role Playing Game
Outrider Studios
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 02/10/2014 23:45:40
Warbirds is a splendid piece of work. Outrider Studios comes up with an RPG that does more than emulate Crimson Skies, but stands alongside it with an interesting setting of it's own. The rules are simple, but very functional, delivering the most fun without the pain of slowing down.
With an imaginative setting, fun mechanics, excellent layout and neat artwork, Warbirds is definitely a must by for me.
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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The Ninth World Bestiary
Monte Cook Games
Jay S. A.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 02/06/2014 22:42:25
Beautifully illustrated and full of imaginative creatures, The Ninth World Bestiary is an excellent companion product to Numenera, bringing to life the kind of techno-fantastical weirdness that the player characters will be encountering in the setting. Each creature is given a full treatment, including motivations and their basic behavior, notes that are useful to any GM hoping to present players with a unique encounter.
Definitely a must-buy
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game: Kings, Nations, and Gods
Privateer Press
Jay S. A.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 02/02/2014 21:30:58
Kings, Nations and Gods is a welcome addition to the Iron Kingdoms lineup. The writing is detailed without being cumbersome and the new career mechanics serve to add a layer of distinction between characters without having to add an excessive number of professions to the mix. I hope in the coming expansions the writers would disentangle themselves from the approach used in Urban Adventures, which added a truckload of seemingly superfluous professions just for the sake of doing so, and follow this track instead especially when taking up the non-human factions.
One thing to note is that $41.99 is a very high price to ask for a PDF product. While I know that the book itself is very well done, this kind of pricing feels a little too steep.
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Savage Worlds Super Powers Companion (2nd Ed)
Pinnacle Entertainment
Jay S. A.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/23/2014 00:47:17
I've always had a thing for Supers games. Because of that, when I heard that Savage Worlds was coming out with a new Super Powers Companion for the latest edition of Savage Worlds, I had to check it out.
My experience with superhero systems have ranged from the extremely detailed with the HERO system, to more narrative rulesets like the recent Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game. Unfortunately with my current state of life as being more busy with work than ever before, getting a rule system that will deliver the kind of granularity I was used to without the time investment necessary for HERO was hard to find.
Thankfully PEG has managed to knock this one right out of the park. The Super Powers companion is a lean volume of less than a hundred pages, but one that manages to stuff nearly everything you need into it.
The Super Powers Companion establishes four different levels of power for a campaign, ranging from Pulp Heroes to Cosmic level, with each of the campaign tiers giving a pool of Power Points which the players can spend to buy their powers. There is a power limit of 1/3rd of the total Power Points per campaign that can be applied to each power.
New Hindrances and Edges are also introduced, covering a wide array of superhero tropes from Alien Form to the ever popular Dependent.
One of the more interesting things introduced is a Defeat Table, where the fate of a fallen hero or villain is randomized in an amusing table that covers a wide range of comic book comebacks (and changes) to the character.
The next section details the various gear available for the super powered sort. Ranging from the ubiquitous grapnel gun to more interesting weapons, there's enough here to keep a game going without it devolving to hours spend shopping for gear.
The Powers Construction System is perhaps the very meat of the book, and details how players can put together their character's powers. The system itself is relatively painless, with picking a base powers and applying various modifiers that will either increase or decrease the power point cost.
The complexity of the powers you can generate are admittedly fairly good, and this powers creation set can easily match Mutants and Masterminds in terms of ease of use.
The last creation section of the book involves the building of HQs, including a few examples that can be used by the GM when he needs something right away.
Nearly a good half of the book is taken up by a large rogues gallery for all of the power levels discussed earlier in the book. The villains all have a full treatment, with a short biography and their statistics and powers listed in an easy to use fashion. Definitely a plus for a busy GM like myself.
PEG is one of the few companies that can do no wrong, and their latest offering of the Super Powers Companion lives up to that reputation. Creative, useful and fun, this supplement is a must have for GMs looking for a rules-medium supers game that's easy to get up and running with a minimum of GM prep time.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Wreck Age: A Post-Collapse RPG and tabletop game
Hyacinth Games
Jay S. A.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/08/2014 21:07:28
Wreck Age is a new franchise from Hyacinth Games, and delivers an interesting vision of a post-apocalypse world.
In the 23rd future, Earth was a pretty screwed up place. A combination of economic and ecological factors forced mankind to flee the planet in a bold effort to colonize other planets to save the race. The plan was to send wave after wave of colonists to settle in the stars, a promise of a great exodus that woudl insure mankind's survival.
The Exodus, it turns out, was a lie.
After the cream of humanity took to the stars, it became apparent that there was no intention to take anyone else. The rest of humanity had been forced to fend for itself in a planet that was barely holding together. Society crumbled, and humanity bore the worst of natural disasters.
Generations later, whatever was left of mankind clings desperately to life. A new world has emerged and mankind once again forces itself to pick up from the rubble and rebuild.
It's a stunning (and all too possible) scenario that plays up the idea of mankind's apathy towards the less fortunate in a way that strikes very close to home. I like that the scenario isn't a spectactular end like a meteor, but an apocalypse that had happened even before anyone else realized that it was too late.
Wreck Age has several factions of differing philosophies and levels of technology.
The Stakers are community and family-centric settlers who focus on sustainability and survival who are slow to trust strangers.
Drifters are nomadic barbarian clans who wander and attack stable communities in a throwback to ancient warrior raiding cultures.
Stitchers are gruesome medically trained survivors of an Exodus Ship that crash landed near TooSon. While initially benefactors to their community, the dependence of the ignorant to those with knowledge led to a strange warped sense of entitlement and control their communities with fear and knowledge.
The Order of Reclamation are those who struggle to rebuild from scavenged technology and data. Operating from Data Havens, they are a cult of techophiles that travel the wastes to find lost technology for their own ends.
The ARHK, or the Autonomous Region of Hong Kong are a highly industrialized and technologically capable faction who have forces in Merika in an attempt to scavenge lost technology to support their own society. Following directives from the Board of Directors in the hermetically sealed city of Hong Kong, the ARHK troopers are a strange and terrifying sight in the wastes.
In the midst of an utterly depressing world, The Church of Fun espouses excess and hedonism. The very ethos of "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die" the Church of Fun are a drug-crazed group that is a force of chaos in the wastes.
Unicephalon are a conspiracy of hidden operatives who seek to shape humanity towards the concept of Re-Birth, a plan to recreate society to what it should be. Part illuminati and part knights templar the group is perhaps one of the closest to the "Good guys" despite their reliance on espionage and secrecy as their methods.
The Vale are a death cult that hold the belief that mankind has existed past its due date and they exist merely to clean up by destroying what's left of humanity.
Caravaneers serve the basic need of trade between settlements. They travel the dangerous roads between civilized settlements, braving raiders and dangers to make sure that they make a sale.
The Fringes are not so much a faction as a catch-all term for small crews that have been forced to work together. They are not members of any of the Factions and simply work towards survival. Many Adventurers fall under this category as they are often mercenaries working for one Faction or another as needs dictate.
Wreck Age is designed to be playable as both an RPG and a Tabletop Game. As I am predominantly an RPG player, I'll focus mainly on the RPG side, but I'll see if I can throw in a comment or two with regards to the Tabletop side of the equation as well.
Wreck Age mechanics involve rolling a pool of d6′s against a given Target Number. Unlike other Target Number based systems, the TN applies to each die, much like a Difficulty number from the Classic World of Darkness. Therefore rolling against a TN of 4+ means that dice rolling a 4 or greater count as a success. Some tests also require multiple successes.
Rolling a natural 1 is an automatic failure regardless of any bonuses. While rolling more than a single 6 adds a value of 1 to one of the 6′s' rolled. This took me a bit to understand, but is fairly simple when you get the hang of it. Rolling three 6′s for example, will add +2 to one of the dice, giving an end result of 8, 6, 6
Character Creation
Creating characters start with the group getting together to put together a community. This dictates which Faction (if any) the player characters will be coming from and the Archetypes that they can choose from.
There's a large list of archetypes, ranging from "generic" ones with no faction affiliation to those belonging to specific factions. These are then customized later by spending points. Interestingly only the Reclaimers, Stakers, Stitchers and Drifters get full archetypes.
Scenarios and Campaigns
Wreck Age finishes up with the standard Tabletop game rules for scenarios and stringing such scenarios together into a campaign as well as a few pages of advanced rules.
Wreck Age is a Post-Apocalypse game that makes a good effort at being both an RPG and a tabletop game. Part of me feels that the RPG part is a little thin, and the way that the mechanics are presented at the same time make it difficult to learn one without having to try and slog through the other. I also found myself going through the rules several times just to get a few mechanics.
The setting and artwork are very evocative, and I'm definitely interested to run and play games in the setting as presented, but learning to run it is going to require a night or two of focused study.
Wreck Age will be easier to learn if you're a tabletop player, of course, and the various units and factions are compelling and have a strong visual identity for hobbyists that enjoy the painting aspect of it. From the images of the miniatures in the book, the figures are pretty neat.
Overall, I would definitely recommend giving Wreck Age a shot if you're a fan of post-apocalypse settings. Tabletop players will find it easier to get into, but rpg players with a taste for tactical combat will find that Wreck Age is right up their alley.
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Covert Ops Role Playing Game
DwD Studios
Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 01/08/2014 02:07:11
Once again DwD Studios manages to wow me with the simplicity and elegance of a game. Using the same system from Barebones Fantasy, Covert Ops takes on the espionage genre and delivers maximum fun for minimum complexity.
Covert Ops is an excellent beginner game in the sense that the mechanics are easy enough to understand and teach so that even a new player with no experience with rpgs, but a good handle on the espionage genre can get in on the fun with a minimum of fuss.
One other thing to note is that the Covert Ops product has a whole bunch of pdfs, including a Core Rulebook and a GM Operations Manual and The Usual Suspects, a book on NPCs.
Core Rulebook
Character creation is easy to follow, but surprisingly robust, with a large list of possible backgrounds to support all sorts of characters. Skills function similarly to Barebones Fantasy, where each "skill" functions as a skill group and are used in any situation where that concept is applicable. The Medic skill for example could be used for anything from applying emergency first aid, to studying the nature of a dangrous engineered virus that the bad guys plan to unleash onto the population.
As with all Espionage games, Covert Ops features a neat equipment section that covers everything from equipment packs to cover identities. A neat little trick is that players are also allowed to invent gadgets with GM permission. No complicated accounting here, gadgets are merely costed according to plausibility with modern technlology. Guns and vehicles are also listed here, with respective examples.
Martial Arts is also represented well by Covert Ops, with a large selection of special maneuvers that players can roll for or select from.
Base creation is also covered with a simple point-buy system that is made available to player characters who have reached rank 4. It's a neat little subsystem that works well for the genre and gives the players an extra sense of ownership over the setting.
The GM guidelines section is very comprehensive, which is a godsend for any espionage GM. There's plenty of tables to roll for making a mission, getting henchmen and other useful little details especially in a genre where GMs really have to think on their feet.
The last part of the book details SECTOR, a mysterious international paramilitary and counter-espionage organization as a default organization for players to operate in. It's a neat little hook to have a group of well armed operatives from any nationality able to team up and deal with the evils of the modern world.
GM Operations Manual
This book is an addition 112 pages of alternative rules and guidelines expressly aimed at helping GMs with run Covert Ops. I won't go into exhaustive detail, but I will say that this is one of the handiest GM handbooks I've read in a while.
Each of the options opens up the game to different variants and offers neat ways to customize and tailor fit the game to different gaming groups. The language is accessible and when used properly as options, can go a long way to enhancing the already fun and experience of a Covert Ops game with a cost of a minimal increase in complexity.
The Usual Suspects
The last book in the set is a collection of starting character archetypes and experienced agents for use in a game. The starting archetypes are all rather neat and cover a wide range of character concepts so I'm sure it will be easy for anyone to just grab one and go. The Experienced agents will be handy for a GM to use if they need to put in an experienced agent to work with the player characters as well
Everything Else
Along with the books, the set also contains a Character Sheet, Outfitting Reference Sheet, Enemy Organization Worksheet, Mission Generation Worksheet, an optional Hit Location damage tracking sheet and Development Point checklist for making DP awards easy.
DwD Studios knocks this one right out of the park. Covert Ops delivers an incredible amount of value for its cost and hits all the things I look for in a game: good rules, good art, good layout and options to make the game your own. GMs are supported beyond just a simple chapter at the end, and the game can do anything from Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell to G.I. Joe.
Few games can deliver this kind of value for money and yet DwD Studios does it effortlessly. Great job, guys, this one is a definite must buy for me.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Jay S. A.
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Date Added: 01/07/2014 23:16:35
Accursed has an interesting spin on the traditional dark fantasy formula by making heroes of the monsters. Players take on the role of the Witchmarked, twisted monstrosities and victims of the Witches that serve as the primary bad guys of the setting.
To just hit the finer points of the history, a group of powerful Witches attacked the world of Morden with armies of monstrosities, and won at great cost. Humanity had lost to the bad guys. The Witchmarked are the few monsters that have struggled to retain their humanity, and are using their powers to fight back against the rule of the Witches, to protect humans that fear and hate them for what they are.
The Witchmarked come in several forms, including the vampiric Dampir, artificial Golems, patchwork Mongrels, ancient Mummies, deceptive Ophidians, wrathful Revenants, ethereal Shades and animalistic Vargr. Each of these present a host of different abilities that make them well suited to the strategies of the Witches responsible for their creation.
Overall, the Witchbreeds are imaginative and interesting, and I can see how a group of these would come off as a formidable team as opposed to a parody of the Universal Studios monsters. Each Witchbreed has a starting package of abilities and weaknesses, and a further list of Edges that they can choose from.
As with most Savage Worlds games, Accursed shouldn't be mistaken as a horror game. Sure there are monsters and such, but the way that the Witchbreeds are laid out and the role of the player characters are described, the game will swing towards Dark Fantasy Action than anything else. Kind of like what would happen if Alucard from Castlevania decided to go all Solomon Kane on a fantasy world.
Overall, Accursed presents an exciting and interesting setting with all the hallmarks of Gothic fantasy with enough Pulp sensibilities to make it action-oriented and fun. There's room for swashbuckling monsters righting wrongs, and I certainly can't complain about that. The artwork is stunning, and the writing is solid. Definitely looking forward to further releases for this line.
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text: The guy wasn't, isn't, and never will be a fighter, get over it. He's just a draw.When he saw his size wasn't cutting it after all these new big guys started coming out, he quit and went back to fake fighting. Im guessing next is the part where you will make the excuses for his diverticulitis. Obviously that wasn't problem for him to go back to brutalizing his body in wwf/e.


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In a season full of controversy, comebacks, outstanding rookies, and heavy emotions, 2012 has already cemented so many big moments into the history books. It is tough to cover all of them so here are a few quick honorable mentions that didn't quite make the cut, but are well deserving of a spot on the list:1. Peyton Manning leads the Bronco's in 24-point comeback win at San Diego.2. Matt Schaub throws for 527 yards in comeback win against Jacksonville.3. Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles makes stunning returns after ACL injuries.With six more weeks and the playoffs still to go, I'm sure we're in for several more.
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In a small Indian village, Mandwa, Vijay is taught by his principled father about the path of fire -- Agneepath. His life is completely shattered when the evil drug dealer Kancha hangs his father to death. Vijay leaves for Bombay with his pregnant mother and has only one mission in life -- to come back to Mandwa and bring back the glory of his father's name. In Bombay, 12 year old Vijay is taken under the wings of the city gang lord Rauf Lala. From then on it is a journey of revenge where he makes and breaks many relationships only to get closer to his aim. Vijay finds support only in his best friend Kaali, who stands by him at every moment in his life. Fifteen years later his hatred takes him back to Mandwa where life comes full circle.
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I love at lot of Mr Pratchett's books (though not 100% convinced by the TV versions). 'Bad Omens' is one of my all-time favourite books and imagine my delight when i found this article http://www.wbqonline.com/feature.do?featureid=1. Neil Gaiman interviewing Terry Pratchett!
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According to the 1959 Billingham Criteria, 3 criteria must be met in order for GVHD to occur.
After bone marrow transplantation, T cells present in the graft, either as contaminants or intentionally introduced into the host, attack the tissues of the transplant recipient after perceiving host tissues as antigenically foreign. The T cells produce an excess of cytokines, including TNF alpha and interferon-gamma (IFNg). A wide range of host antigens can initiate graft-versus-host-disease, among them the human leukocyte antigens (HLAs). However, graft-versus-host disease can occur even when HLA-identical siblings are the donors. HLA-identical siblings or HLA-identical unrelated donors often have genetically different proteins (called minor histocompatibility antigens) that can be presented by MHC molecules to the recipient's T-cells, which see these antigens as foreign and so mount an immune response.
While donor T-cells are undesirable as effector cells of graft-versus-host-disease, they are valuable for engraftment by preventing the recipient's residual immune system from rejecting the bone marrow graft (host-versus-graft). Additionally, as bone marrow transplantation is frequently used to treat cancer, mainly leukemias, donor T-cells have proven to have a valuable graft-versus-tumor effect. A great deal of current research on allogeneic bone marrow transplantation involves attempts to separate the undesirable graft-vs-host-disease aspects of T-cell physiology from the desirable graft-versus-tumor effect.
This distinction is not arbitrary: acute and chronic graft-versus-host-disease appear to involve different immune cell subsets, different cytokine profiles, somewhat different host targets, and respond differently to treatment.
Acute GVHD of the GI tract can result in severe intestinal inflammation, sloughing of the mucosal membrane, severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. This is typically diagnosed via intestinal biopsy. Liver GVHD is measured by the bilirubin level in acute patients. Skin GVHD results in a diffuse maculopapular rash, sometimes in a lacy pattern.
Acute GVHD is staged as follows: overall grade (skin-liver-gut) with each organ staged individually from a low of 1 to a high of 4. Patients with grade IV GVHD usually have a poor prognosis. If the GVHD is severe and requires intense immunosuppression involving steroids and additional agents to get under control, the patient may develop severe infections as a result of the immunosuppression and may die of infection.
This type of GVHD is associated with transfusion of un-irradiated blood to immunocompromised recipients. It can also occur in situations where the blood donor is homozygous and the recipient is heterozygous for an HLA haplotype. It is associated with higher mortality (80-90%) due to involvement of bone marrow lymphoid tissue, however the clinical manifestations are similar to GVHD resulting from bone marrow transplantation. Transfusion-associated GVHD is rare in modern medicine. It is almost entirely preventable by controlled irradiation of blood products to inactivate the white blood cells (including lymphocytes) within.
Intravenously administered corticosteroids, such as prednisone, are the standard of care in acute GVHD and chronic GVHD. The use of these corticosteroids is designed to suppress the T-cell mediated immune onslaught on the host tissues; however in high doses this immune-suppression raises the risk of infections and cancer relapse. Therefore it is desirable to taper off the post-transplant high level steroid doses to lower levels, at which point the appearance of mild GVHD may be welcome, especially in HLA mis-matched patients, as it is typically associated with a graft-versus-tumor effect.
There are a large number of clinical trials either ongoing or recently completed in the investigation of graft-versus-host disease treatment and prevention.


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COLUMBUS – For the East Oktibbeha Titans, the road to the playoffs just got a lot harder.
The Titans fell to Class A, Region 3, District 4 rival West Lowndes 14-0 Friday night at Panther Field.
The Titans are now 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the district, while the Panthers improved to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in district play.
"It all but eliminated us," East Oktibbeha head coach Randy Brooks said. "Too many things are going to have to happen for us to make the playoffs. We are going to have to win all of our remaining games and hope that the people ahead of us can come up with two losses. That is a steep mountain to climb."
The game was dominated by defense, turnovers and penalties.
Midway through the second quarter West Lowndes faced a 4th-down and 10 from the Titan 20-yard line.
They went for it and put the ball in the air. The ball fell to the ground, but East Oktibbeha was called for defensive pass interference on a controversial call.
"That was a big momentum (killer)," Brooks said.
Three plays later West Lowndes quarterback Justin Stevenson punched it in from 2 yards out. The Panthers lined up for a field goal, but the Titans jumped offsides.
Instead of trying the kick again, West Lowndes coach Anthony King sent out his offense and Stevenson darted around Titans to give the Panthers an 8-0 lead with 6:35 to go in the second quarter.
The Titans had their chance late in the fourth quarter. East Oktibbeha forced a turnover a Panther punt and took over at its own 25-yard line. A bad pitch by Titan quarterback Justin Williams led to a fumble.
West Lowndes tackle Breshon Brooks scooped it up and returned it 22 yards for a score to all but end the game with under 6 minutes to go in the game.
"Our offensive line did not do their job," Brooks said. "I am deeply disappointed in our offense. This game was there for the picking."
East Oktibbeha's defense kept the game in reach. They forced three turnovers, but the offense couldn't capitalize.
"Our defense stayed on the field too long," Brooks said. "We were on the field all night long. We got plenty of turnovers for the offense and we didn't take advantage of the opportunities given to us, offensively."
East Oktibbeha has a bye week next week and host defending Class A State champions Noxapater in two weeks.
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Dec 24, 2009
New NXT 2.0 Book for Teens?
There also appears to be a new book coming out by No Starch: The Art of NXT-G Programming by Griffin Terry. I didn't recognize this author either, but the title and description sound similar to Jim's NXT-G programming guide.
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- Laurens Valk said...
Both books have appeared online for some time. I don't know about the book by mr. Ford, but I think Jim told me it might be school curriculum.
Looking at the number of pages (400) of the "Art of NXT-G programming" book, I am guessing it is more in depth than any NXT-G book so far.
- Dec 24, 2009, 1:12:00 AM
- James Floyd Kelly (Jim) said...
If it's coming from No Starch, it's not likely to be school curriculum - I originally thought that when very little info was available, including publisher.
Yes, 400 pages is huge! We'll keep an eye on this one...
- Dec 24, 2009, 1:23:00 AM
- Jonathan Daudelin said...
Actually that would make sense that the "Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 for Teens" would be for school curriculum; the publisher isn't No Starch, it's a company called "Course Technologies PTR".
That's a good observation about the page count of the programming book; sounds interesting.
- Dec 24, 2009, 1:27:00 AM
- Laurens Valk said...
Jim, actually you were right the first time :)
I quote: "I haven't heard of that book or author, but PTR is an education division I believe... so this is likely school curriculum." That sounds about right.
The other book is coming from No Starch. Terry Griffin has been part of the MCP3, and has also been active on NXTasy for some time.
Either way, there are a lot of NXT-G books on the market now and to come. This includes my own book, in which I also explain NXT-G - from the start (move blocks) onto Data Wires and that kind of programming...
I'm sure Griffin's book will be a very complete guide.
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For the second time in eight months, Okaloosa County Tax Collector Ben Anderson is proposing that bed taxes be collected by his office instead of the clerk of court.
He also predicts his office could increase the bed tax collections by 25 percent during the first year if given the opportunity.
"We will be able to increase the number of people paying the tourist development tax because we have experience and we have a larger field staff that can go out and knock on doors," Anderson said Wednesday. "Nobody can collect tax better than us."
Anderson will make his proposal to county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday in Fort Walton Beach.
Clerk of Court Don Howard, who also plans to attend the meeting, said he sees no need for a shift of duties.
"We've been performing that function for over 20 years, and in my opinion, doing it very efficiently," he said.
County commissioners agreed with Howard last July when they unanimously rejected Anderson's proposal.
Anderson could find a more receptive audience this time around.
Commissioners Kelly Windes and Nathan Boyles have been elected to the board since then. Windes has been a vocal critic of the clerk of court's role in the fraud scandal concocted by former tourism head Mark Bellinger.
The county also is still feeling the sting of the state auditor general's sweeping report on the mismanagement of millions of dollars in bed tax revenue and BP oil spill grant funds during Bellinger's tenure.
Anderson said the auditor general's report makes it clear the clerk of court was responsible for processing many of the checks that paid for Bellinger's questionable purchases. He said the report also indicates that the clerk of court should focus on "the documentation and the proper accounting of the spending of bed tax money."
"He has no reason to be in the tax collecting business," Anderson said. "In any business you should not have the same person receiving the money and spending the money because you do not have proper checks and balances in place."
But Howard said it's unfair to use the TDC scandal to gain control over bed tax collections.
"(The scandal) had nothing to do with the collection of the tax," he said. "The problem was you had an individual who was involved in fraudulent activity and was very adept at covering his tracks."
Howard said his office followed the county's procedures in place at the time, and that Bellinger hid what he was doing from everyone in county government.
"There was nothing in those invoices that would give you any indication that there was something being paid for or purchased that was outside the scope of the contract," he said.
Howard said Anderson is motivated by the 3 percent commission his office would receive on the bed tax revenues it processes.
"I suspect it's about the revenue," Howard said. "Why else would a constitutional officer be trying to take on another function other than the revenue?"
For fiscal 2012, which ended last Sept. 30, the clerk of court's office received a $390,0000 commission on almost $13 million in bed tax collections. Howard used a portion of that money to pay the salary of Patsy Willbanks, the TDC auditor. She is the sole employee who oversees bed tax collection, enforcement and auditing.
Howard said the rest of the 3 percent commission is added to the excess fees he returns to the county every year. In 2012, he returned about $624,000.
"We've got a long, steady history of returning sizable amounts of money to the county, and that's a good thing," he said.
If his office loses the 3 percent commission, the county would receive less money in returned funds each year, he added.
Howard said Willbanks is an experienced auditor who "goes out once a week into the field" to visit businesses that are subject to paying the tourist development tax.
"And she's finding new accounts all the time," he said. "Sometimes people just don't realize they're supposed to pay it."
Anderson said his office can devote more people and time to the collection of bed taxes than Howard's can.
"I can put three people in the field today," he said. "This is what they do. They're very experienced."
Anderson said his proposal is about accountability and proper accounting, not getting extra money for his office.
"What it really comes down to … is you cannot have the fox watching the hen house," he said. "(The clerk of court) is the one spending the money, so who's auditing the collection of the money? … I know I can do a better job of the collecting."
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Rhubarb & custard pie with butter crumble
Cooking timePrep: 1 hr, 45 mins - 2 hrs , plus standing time
Skill levelModerately easy
ServingsServes 8
Moyra Fraser's indulgent dessert is a great mix of two classic rhubarb puds.
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 456
- protein
- 6g
- carbs
- 49g
- fat
- 28g
- saturates
- 13g
- fibre
- 2g
- sugar
- 24g
- salt
- 0.43g
- 350g rhubarb
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 350g sweet shortcrust pastry
- 1 large egg and 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 284ml carton single cream
For the topping
- 50g butter, melted
- 50g demerara sugar
- 50g porridge oats
- ½ tsp ground ginger
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The crumble topping can be varied according to what's in your cupboard. Replace about 25g/1oz of the porridge oats with the same weight of flaked almonds, crunchy muesli or pine nuts.
- Cut the rhubarb into bite-size pieces, then put them in a frying pan with half the sugar and warm through just until the sugar dissolves. Immediately tip the rhubarb into a bowl with the juices and leave to cool. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C.
- Roll out the pastry quite thinly and use to line a deep, loose-based 24cm fluted flan tin. Line with greaseproof paper and baking beans and bake for about 20 minutes until the pastry is pale golden and no longer raw.
- Beat together the egg and egg yolk, vanilla extract, remaining caster sugar and the flour. Gradually whisk in the cream with any juice from the rhubarb (you should have a tablespoonful or two). Now spoon the rhubarb into the prepared pastry case and pour the cream mixture over.
- Turn the oven temperature up to 200C/gas 6/ fan 180C and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the custard is very lightly set and there is a thin skin on the top.
- Mix together all the topping ingredients and spoon evenly over the pie. Return it to the oven for a further 15 minutes or until the crumble is golden and the custard set with just a little wobble. The top of the pie may have risen and cracked when you take it from the oven but don't worry as it will settle back again on cooling. Serve warm.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002
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Made this today and followed other comments about requiring more topping, which I did and it was really good. I doubled the ingredient for the topping and added a finely chopped crystallised ginger piece, next time I make it I will only put 75 g of sugar in the topping as it was too sweet for my tooth. But it is a really lovely combination of flavours and textures.


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ST. LOUIS -- Jeffrey J. Brown, M.D., has been named chair of radiology, effective Oct. 1. Currently a professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Brown is director of clinical research and co-chief of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.
|Jeffrey J. Brown, M.D.
He succeeds Michael Wolverson, M.D., who will remain with the department as a professor of radiology. Oscar Cruz, M.D., chair of ophthalmology, chaired the search committee.
"Dr. Brown is an internationally respected expert in the field of MRI, which is revealed in part by the fact that he has given more than 80 invited presentations worldwide," said Philip Alderson, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at Saint Louis University.
"I have every confidence that Dr. Brown will lead the department of radiology in a broadly excellent manner."
Brown received his undergraduate degree in 1979 from the University of California, Irvine, and his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego, in 1983. He also holds an MBA from the Olin School of Business at Washington University.
He completed a research fellowship supported by the Cardiovascular Radiology National Research Service Award at the University of California, San Diego, where he also served as chief resident in radiology. Dr. Brown completed a fellowship in the department of radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) section and held a faculty appointment as clinical instructor at the University of California, San Francisco.
Brown joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in 1988 and has been co-director of the body MRI fellowship and director of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology research residency program.
His research interests are in the areas of magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography. Brown has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than 35 industry-sponsored clinical trials and co-investigator on four NIH-funded clinical trials. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and numerous book chapters.
Brown has served on numerous editorial boards and is the recipient of the editor's recognition award in reviewing with distinction and with special distinction for Radiology. He has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Journal of the American Medical Association, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, among other medical journals.
Brown is a diplomate of the American Board of Radiology and has held leadership positions in local, national and international organizations including the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. He has lectured in New Zealand, Mexico, Australia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Argentina, Turkey, Taiwan and Korea.
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Got these for my buddy along with the Korkers Redside Wading Boot for his birthday as he is an avid fly-fisher. These waders are very high quality and along with the boots allow for a great leak-free fishing experience. Friend is around 6'1" and 165-175 pounds and the size large fit him very well. Would recommend for any fishers out there that are looking for a waterproof, leak-free wader!
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I have spent 100+ days with this wader and no issues. Outstanding option for a lighter, full featured and zippered wader. The only consideration is to clean and treat the zipper as it can be tough to pull up/down. Use any zipper cleaner from time to time and a waterproof zipper treatment stick (ZipTech for example) and it eases the zipper and increases the life of the zipper. Based on prior reviews, any waterproof zipper (wader, dry bag, etc.) needs to be treated to increase durability and ease of use.
I have used on foot, in a boat and cataraft without any issues around durability. Definitely not as strong as the G4's, but much lighter and a lot less $. Typically, hard on gear and no concerns.
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Last winter, several ancient campsites were discovered in Chanhassen by archeologists who explored the area before work began on the Hwy 101 bridge replacement project. Learn more about this discovery. Program presented by Archeologist Kent Bakken, who worked with Florin Cultural Resource Services on the project.
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(Can I get a prize for one of the silliest titles?)
Anyway let me hereby open a thread for all thos cases of FridgeBrilliance (no, I will not link you to TvTropes here, we lost enough members mytseriously the past weeks) in them novels.
I shall start thus:
The life and times of Ponder Stibbons
During noting down all the information of the various characters (told you once I am working on a little guide of stuff the compendium sadly tends to leave out) I came to the conclusion that, knowingly or unknowingly Mr Pratchett gave Ponder a working biography. (Some other characters too, but curiously to less extend)
Reading the books he's in it at first seems as if the tidbits of his past are there to just explain something in the scene and that they get contradicted in the other books.
But no.
If you look at all the books (granted, not counting MM and UA) the following picture easily forms:
He was born to a wealthy family and is an only child. His father might have been a merchant or diplomat who was constantly away during Ponder's childhood and (maybe) died before Ponder could get (concious) memories of him. (As said, we're not counting UA).
His mother then, likely, decided it was better for a child like him to grow up in the country side (get some fresh air etc) and sent him off to his aunt and uncle.
Ponder likely got to hate the countrylife at that early age, as now he had to face bullying and decided that leading a lazy life supported by the wealth of his family is the much better choice.
Years past and he went to attend the UU.
As he before the events of L&L never had to care about how things worked (after all, he had money. Things just work if you do) his curious/scientific nature broke out only when he was slapped in the face by the bigger questions of life.
The rest is history
There, I wrote my thoughts down
I feel exhausted now.
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Toshiba's Satellite L755D-S5359 does have some distinct advantages for those looking to use their laptop for specific tasks. In particular, the quad core AMD processor benefits those who do heavy multitasking or desktop video work. The built-in graphics also allow the system to be used for casual gaming which the Intel offerings cannot.
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tsamsoniw writes "Mere days after Oracle rolled out a fix for the latest Java zero-day vulnerabilities, an admin for an Underweb hacker forum put code for a purportedly new Java exploit up for sale for $5,000. Though unconfirmed, it's certainly plausible that the latest Java patch didn't do the job, based on an analysis by the OpenJDK community. Maybe it's high time for Oracle to fix Java to better protect both its enterprise customers and the millions of home users it picked up when it acquired Sun."


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Battle-Axe with Dragon Head
Shared motifs and designs in the art of diverse cultures along the Silk Route provide some of the most visible evidence of cultural transmission between China and the Islamic world. Through trade, tribute, gift exchange, and the spread of religions such as Buddhism, Manichaeism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, imagery associated with one artistic tradition was often adapted or incorporated in another cultural context. Motifs that appear across the arts of China, Central Asia, and the Islamic world include fantastical animals such as dragons and phoenixes; cloud bands and cloud collar motifs; and flowers such as lotuses and peonies. Yet the meanings linked to these motifs often did not transfer from one context to the next. Similar imagery could exist simultaneously in several regions while signifying different things.
The dragon represents one of the enduring motifs of Chinese art; it has acquired a range of auspicious meanings over time, symbolizing creation, life-giving rain, and the benevolent power of the emperor.
Dragons were also familiar to Iranian, Anatolian, Central Asian, and Indian cultures and were represented as peaceful and benevolent or terrifying and violent depending on Manichaean, Soghdian, Khotanese, or Armenian mythology. The dragon decorating the back of an Ottoman axe might have served as a fear-inducing and simultaneously protective image.
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