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Wednesday? The 4th of July fell on a Wednesday this year? Former Player-in-Chief Shelly Mazzanoble told me a story a few weeks back about how, as a kid, she distinctly remembered how disappointed she was when the 4th of July fell mid-week. She wanted to stay up and watch the fireworks, but knew it'd be ruined by having to get up early for school the next day.
She was pretty young at the time. You might have spotted the flaw in her logic.
She also remembers how elated she felt when she finally realized that it was the 4th of July—she didn't have to worry about school in the summer!
No such luck for her as an adult. That said, I imagine there's no small number of people taking a few days off work either leading up to the holiday or after it. So maybe a Wednesday 4th of July isn't such a bad thing after all?
So whether you're still off celebrating U.S. Independence Day or not, we're here to bring you the latest round of news, previews, and sneak peeks at what's coming up in the months ahead. It's a fairly packed article, so let's get to it!
Just posted this week to our Facebook page—as a part of the D&D Next undertaking, legions of fans around the world have been invited to participate in an massive, public playtest—the first of its kind for D&D—and to make gaming history as they help shape the future of Dungeons & Dragons. The "D&D Next" public playtest began in May and there's still the opportunity for even more people to get involved.
And that's where you come in.
Your Mission
Create a video (60 seconds or less) that will get D&D fans excited about being a part of the D&D Next Playtest. How you do that is entirely up to you. You could show us an epic film of classic heroism or a claymation reenactment of critical failures. Maybe it's a recruitment video for your group or a Top Ten list of things you've learned from the playtest. Whether it's a classic D&D truism (like why you never split the party ) or just an awesome/hilarious/cool episode taken straight from your imagination, show the world what they're missing.
Most importantly, have fun.
You can find out more at D&D Facebook.
Last month, we mentioned the puzzle hunt well underway on the hub. Each week, three clues are provided in various places: the website (in one of the Daily D&D spotlight boxes), through the D&D Facebook page, and on the D&D Twitter channel. Enter the answers to those clues, and—assuming you've answered them correctly—you'll unlock knowledge about the drow and their nefarious schemes, as well as special preview content.
For those of you who might have missed the first weeks, here's what we've previewed so far:
May 23: Urban Underdark Dungeon Tiles preview May 30: Lair Assault: Spiderkiller maps June 3: Spinner of Lies: Sword of the Gods wallpaper June 13: Prince of Ravens sample chapter and cover art June 20: Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue maps and art June 27: D&D Championship (Trial by Shadow) background content and map July 4: Gen Con adventure (The Dawn of Night) background and pregenerated characters
May 23: Urban Underdark Dungeon Tiles preview May 30: Lair Assault: Spiderkiller maps June 3: Spinner of Lies: Sword of the Gods wallpaper June 13: Prince of Ravens sample chapter and cover art June 20: Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue maps and art June 27: D&D Championship (Trial by Shadow) background content and map July 4: Gen Con adventure (The Dawn of Night) background and pregenerated characters
There's still plenty more clues to solve and content to unlock in the weeks ahead. And, as the hub explains, if you can't solve the clues (or don't catch them in time), it will still be possible for you to solve the puzzles—with some help from your friends who solved them before you! For example, the week after a puzzle is unlocked, you can take a "second wind" that helps you discover the missing clues, and your friends can offer further help in later weeks.
In addition to the preview content that's unlocked, we have our community team keeping an eye out for players who solve each week's clues so that they can give these players special call outs. Just use the puzzle's shout buttons to post your success on Facebook and Twitter.
The current season of D&D Encounters, Web of the Spider Queen, is well under way. This past week, the drow strike force came after the heroes, dropping hints that they have captured Khara Sulwood and Tharinel:
"The little girl with her sword, ranting about Elminster and her so-called legacy. That pretty little elf of hers. . . . We left them at the Demonspur. The guards will take them below. How fitting that the descendant of a lord of Shadowdale will be our slave when we retake that realm!"
"The little girl with her sword, ranting about Elminster and her so-called legacy. That pretty little elf of hers. . . . We left them at the Demonspur. The guards will take them below. How fitting that the descendant of a lord of Shadowdale will be our slave when we retake that realm!"
This upcoming week, after following the tunnel until it gives way to a cavern—one so deep that its floor cannot be seen—you'll find a rope bridge leading out across the darkness, with three more similar bridges extending from the cavern's side walls . . .
All the bridges converge at the top of a titanic stalactite. This natural inverted tower appears to have chambers hollowed out inside it, hellish lantern-light shining from their windows. Partially obscured in the darkness, glistening strands of spidersilk span the cavern beneath the stalactite, forming a web of incredible size.
A small band of drow is moving along one of the closer bridges, leading a group of goblin slaves bound by chains into the hollowed stalactite.
All the bridges converge at the top of a titanic stalactite. This natural inverted tower appears to have chambers hollowed out inside it, hellish lantern-light shining from their windows. Partially obscured in the darkness, glistening strands of spidersilk span the cavern beneath the stalactite, forming a web of incredible size.
A small band of drow is moving along one of the closer bridges, leading a group of goblin slaves bound by chains into the hollowed stalactite.
Best of luck facing these drow templars at the Demonspur!
We'll be showing off a few more components to Dungeon Command a little later on (in addition to the ongoing preview articles that Peter Lee has been writing). If you'd like to try out this tactical miniatures game for yourself, you'll just need to find a local gaming store near you that is participating in the 2012 D&D Game Day!
Participating stores will have both the Heart of Cormyr and Sting of Lolth faction packs on hand. Plus, you'll receive an alternate-paint miniature simply for attending this great event (while supplies last)!
Just use the newly updated Store & Event Locator to find a Game Day location near you.
Full information on events and seminars can be found in the Events section of the D&D website. Just to highlight a bit of what's taking place at this year's show:
Keynote Address: The Future of Dungeons & Dragons
Calling all heroes, your presence is required! Join us for an unprecedented look into the future of Dungeons & Dragons, including the evolution of the game, the re-birth of a fantasy setting and the next generation of art. Wizards of the Coast is proud to host the first-ever Gen Con keynote address on Thursday, August 16th to share with the legions of D&D fans what's in store for the game that has changed gaming forever. Speakers include President and CEO of Wizards Greg Leeds, Senior Manager for D&D Research and Design Mike Mearls and some of the greatest creative minds in the industry. The keynote begins at 7:00 PM in the Indiana Rooftop Ballroom of the Indianapolis Convention Center and will also be live-streamed at DungeonsandDragons.com/events.
The Gen Con 2012 D&D Experience
Awaken the darkness and become a drow as you delve into the D&D Experience at Gen Con. Visit eight unique locations in the Gen Con Convention Center that are thematically tied to Dungeons & Dragons and the drow city of Menzoberranzan to collect treasure and participate in a variety of D&D activities.
Visit D&D locations throughout the convention to collect exclusive Gen Con 2012 dice and complete the entire set of six.
Tier Breche
Room Seminars and Performances (Room 139)
Part of the Academy, Tier Breche is where drow are trained for the priesthood. Come here to learn about the exciting future of Dungeons & Dragons and to participate in events such as the D&D Next Celebrity Game, Spin a Yarn with Ed Greenwood, and D&D Improv: Whose Roll Is It Anyway?
The Bazaar
Wizards of the Coast Booth (Booth 1401)
The center of trade in Menzoberranzan, the Bazaar is the hub of information and commerce. Here, attendees can purchase D&D product, see D&D digital offerings, get an inside glimpse at the drow plot to seize the Forgotten Realms, and take a photo with Lolth, Demon Queen of Spiders, or the most famous drow of all time, Drizzt Do'Urden. Die available: d4
Author Signings
Ed Greenwood: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. R.A. Salvatore: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
R.A. Salvatore: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Paul Kemp: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Richard Lee Byers: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Troy Denning: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Ed Greenwood: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Erin Evans: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
D&D Activities (Room 138)
The natural pillar that serves as Menzoberranzan's clock, the Narbondel is located at the heart of the city, surrounded by a district of manor houses and fashionable shops. It is visible from everywhere in the city, making it a natural meeting and gathering place. Visit this lounge to relax in beanbags, watch the D&D cartoon, or participate in other activities, such as quizzes, crafts, signings, and much more. Some events are listed below, and a schedule will be posted outside the room at the convention. Die available: d6
D&D Trivia
(9 a.m. – 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., Thursday–Saturday)
Character Sketches by David Esbri Molinas
(10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Thursday – Saturday) (10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Sunday)
Author Signings
Ed Greenwood: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Erin Evans: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Paul Kemp: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
R.A. Salvatore: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Richard Lee Byers: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Troy Denning: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
D&D Next Introduction/Character Creation (Room 137)
This branch of the Academy is dedicated to the arcane arts, and here drow train to become wizards and sorcerers. Visit this location to learn more about D&D Next and to create a character you can take to the Clawrift to play a D&D Next adventure. Die available: d12
The Clawrift
D&D Next Adventure (Room 136)
A deep chasm in the shape of a claw located near the Bazaar, the depths of this chasm hold a safe house for the mercenaries of Bregan D'aerthe. Stop in for the opportunity to join in an adventure playtesting the next iteration of Dungeons & Dragons. Die available: d20
Dungeon Command Miniatures Skirmish Game (Room 135)
The third branch of the Academy trains drow warriors in the martial arts. As a visitor to Melee-Magthere, you can come here to learn and play the new D&D miniatures skirmish game, Dungeon Command, featuring the Drow Faction Pack: Sting of Lolth. Die available: d8
West Wall
4th Edition Adventure (Room 134)
The West Wall district is home to many of the old, established families of Menzoberranzan, including noble houses and wealthy families alike. This location features an exclusive adventure, in which attendees play drow characters as they lead the assault on a Temple of Lathander in Dagger Falls. For attendees who played The Sun Never Rises earlier in 2012, this adventure presents a different spin on that adventure's events. Die available: d10
The Mantle
Organized Play Events (Marriott Ballroom in the Marriott Hotel)
A network of treacherous Underdark tunnels surrounding Menzoberranzan, the Mantle holds many dangers but also serves as chambers for clandestine meetings. Visit this location to participate in Living Forgotten Realms, Ashes of Athas, the 2012 D&D Championship, and other organized play events. A schedule will be posted outside the room.
2012 D&D Championship: Trial by Shadow: Test your mettle against this year's D&D Championship! A challenge for experienced D&D players, this adventure by Logan Bonner features five 22nd-level pregenerated characters in a race against the clock. Nurymm Zek, the archmage of the drow city Undrek'Thoz, wants to merge with Lolth in a bid for more power. To do so, he believes he must free the Masters of Absolute Accord, four powerful spellcasters long ago merged into one being and imprisoned near Undrek'Thoz. If he's successful, it could destroy the balance of power across the Realms. This event consists of an open entry round, with top scoring tables participating in a final round on Sunday. Details on the D&D Championship, including characters, will be posted at wizards.com/dnd approximately two weeks before the event (RPGA1235294 - RPGA1235300).
As always, let's start our look at forthcoming products with our most recent novels.
By Lisa Smedman
A plague that turns dwarves to stone . . .
A race of people, said to be forged from precious metal, face a devastating disease: stoneplague. Once afflicted, the suffering is agony. Eyes become opaque and glassy, skin flakes off in scales, bones fuse into an immovable skeleton, and blood turns dark and muddy. Death comes when the heart stops beating and hardens into stone. And the plague is spreading.
By Rich Baker
After a hundred years, Jack Ravenwild—thief, sorcerer, scoundrel, and accidental hero—is released from a magical confinement, only to fall into the hands of the marquise Dresimil Chûmavh, ruler of an exiled drow clan who sees an opportunity in Jack.
Through guile and subterfuge, the wily Jack escapes the drow to discover a new world waiting in his old stomping grounds, Raven's Bluff, a city equally abounding in fortune and danger. Unfortunately for Jack, he is best at stirring up the latter. His former archenemy the Warlord Myrkyssa Jelan is at large, and she isn't the type to forgive and forget. And worst of all, the drow aren't done with Jack and they mean to get him back.
By Marsheila Rockwell
Created in conjunction with the latest update for the Dungeons & Dragons Online game, this exciting adventure continues the story of Sabira from The Shard Axe, featuring an underground expedition in dark caverns, powerful artifacts, and drow intrigue.
By R.A. Salvatore
Follow the epic adventure of the world's most famous drow, Drizzt Do'Urden, as he draws his scimitars once more to aid a new friend and an old foe in this action-packed conclusion to the New York Times best-selling Neverwinter Saga.
Please note the release month—this latest novel from R.A. Salvatore releases in August (as opposed to the October release month of years past)!
As you might well know by now, Dungeon Command is our latest miniatures game featuring themed factions, with faction packs that include the drow (Sting of Lolth), heroes (Heart of Cormyr), and goblins as well (Tyranny of Goblins, which is out next month).
Each Dungeon Command faction comes in its own box, which contains twelve miniatures (plus the cards, tiles, and rules for the game). In addition to their use in Dungeon Command, these miniatures and tiles can also be used in the D&D RPG, with their cards further usable with D&D Adventure System board games (Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, Legend of Drizzt).
As further explained in the rulebook:
In the Dungeon Command game, you take on the role of a commander, sending a warband to battle the forces arrayed against you. You recruit troops and deploy them on the battlefield. You issue orders to those creatures, outfit them with spells and equipment, and direct their tactics to break the morale of your enemies and drive them from the field. Will your command ability carry the day against your opponent?
In the Dungeon Command game, you take on the role of a commander, sending a warband to battle the forces arrayed against you. You recruit troops and deploy them on the battlefield. You issue orders to those creatures, outfit them with spells and equipment, and direct their tactics to break the morale of your enemies and drive them from the field. Will your command ability carry the day against your opponent?
Peter Lee has contributed several articles explaining the components of the game in depth (the most recent of which covered Commander Cards), and for a general overview of the gameplay, we also have the full rulebook to peruse as well:
And, of course, if you're interested in trying out the game for yourself, there's D&D Game Day, which takes place on July 21!
For now, let's leave with a closer look at one of the game's minis, including its card, which works for the Dungeon Command game as well as in the Adventure System board games!
As described in the product catalog, this pack contains 3 full-color, double-sided, 21-inch by 30-inch battle maps with 1-inch scale grids. One map features two never-before-seen encounter locations: a mushroom-filled cavern and a dwarven fortress along an underground river. The other two battle maps are picked up from out-of-print products. You can even combine the maps in this map pack to create huge encounter areas.
Let's showcase one of the new maps, the dwarven fortress:
A seething powerhouse of malevolent drow, each striving tirelessly for supremacy in the eyes of their fell goddess, Menzoberranzan is the pinnacle of conceited depravity. Nevertheless, peer deep through the strata of selfishness, debauchery, and vice, and one can behold a grand civilization rich in history, culture, and artistry. It's this tantalizing dichotomy between the beautiful and the profane that draws great interest toward drow society. Presented in this book is the fabled Underdark city of Menzoberranzan, birthplace of famed drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden. But this isn't his story—it's many stories, yours chief among them.
Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue is designed for maximum utility. Whether you're using the current edition of the rules, or a past or future version, you'll find almost all the material in this book usable in your game. You can use this book to run a campaign set during the years before the birth of Drizzt, in the midst of the War of the Spider Queen, or during the current era of the Forgotten Realms. You can even transplant the city of Menzoberranzan into a different area or a different world, adapting it as you see fit. Menzoberranzan is a whole setting waiting for you and your players to explore, in whatever way you want to use it.
How to Use This Book
For the Dungeon Master: Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue is designed primarily with the Dungeon Master in mind. This book will help you craft an exciting and memorable campaign centered on strong drow themes.
To run a Dungeons & Dragons game in the Menzoberranzan setting, you need only this book and whichever edition of D&D that matches your preference. If you have chosen the 4th Edition D&D rule set, a few additional books might enhance your enjoyment of this product. Both Underdark and Into the Unknown: The Dungeon Survival Handbook make excellent references for subterranean campaigns. Dungeon Masters might also find value in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, which covers the setting beyond Menzoberranzan in greater detail.
For Players: The drow might be an evil race—and one that is forever at odds with its neighbors—but many players are nonetheless attracted to playing drow characters.
Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue discusses the underpinnings of drow society and beliefs, including their Lolth-dominated religion—all of which is vital information to players of drow characters.
In addition, this book includes guidelines for selecting a drow house with which to ally, as well as character backgrounds to aid a player in fleshing out a character's backstory and motivations. The appendix of the book is particularly focused on playing a drow character, but players will find much inspiring and useful information in the rest of the book.
Station in Drow Society
Your station as a drow determines your place in the society of Menzoberranzan. In later excerpts, we'll delve into the concept of station in more depth (which also connects with Fortune Cards: Drow Treachery, below). But as a precursor, station is divided into two types: house rank and personal esteem.
House rank determines a house's station in relation to other houses within the city. While even the noblest drow cannot directly command drow of other houses, members of a lower-ranked house must give deference to members of a higher-ranked house or face the consequences of angering powerful rivals.
Personal esteem, represented by an individual's Worth score, determines a drow's station within her house. Each drow character starts with a Worth score of 0, modified by the circumstances of his or her birth. A drow can gain and lose Worth in a wide variety of ways. The Worth Modifiers table provides some criteria that raise and lower a drow's Worth during his or her lifetime. Your DM can rule that other events raise and lower your Worth as well.
A drow's Worth is affected only by publicly known events. If a drow slays enemies of her house but no one knows about it, then that character's Worth is not affected. Drow usually choose to spread rumors about their deeds rather than openly talking about them, since they prefer not to appear desperate to climb the social ladder.
The only exception to this is that gains and losses of worth due to the respect or disrespect of Lolth do not require public acknowledgement. Lolth and her yochlol handmaids spy on her followers constantly, and they spread word of their deeds and misdeeds to priestesses of Lolth.
Fitting in with Menzoberranzan and the concept of playing as a drow, the latest set of Fortune Cards allow you to bring their machinations to the game. Drow Treachery cards are slight variants on the mechanics that Fortune Cards typically offer, and they bring you small instances of fortune, but in this case, at any cost!
In the cutthroat world of drow politics, you have to look out for Number One. You are competing with fellow drow for the favor of the powerful priestesses of Lolth to improve your station—preferably at the expense of others. Dungeons & Dragons Drow Treachery cards represent your efforts to benefit from your allies' misfortune.
These cards are an optional addition to a Dungeons & Dragons game, intended for use in a campaign set in a drow city. They use the optional rules on station in drow society as presented in the Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue supplement.
How to Play
You can use all the cards from one or more Drow Treachery boosters as your deck. Each player brings his or her own deck to the game.
At the start of each encounter, shuffle your deck and draw a card. Keep this card hidden from the other players—you don't want them to know what you're up to!
You can play one card per round. It requires no action to play. The rules on each card state when you can play it and what effect it has. A card takes effect just once unless it states otherwise, and you discard the card when its effect ends.
You can have only one Fortune Card in your hand at a time. At the start of each of your turns, you can do one of the following:
Discard the card in your hand and draw a new one.
Draw a new card if you don't have one in your hand.
Keep the card that's in your hand if you haven't played it.
Treachery cards are a new kind of Fortune Card. Each card has a value in Worth; when that card takes effect, you gain the stated Worth. A few cards have a negative Worth, which reduces your Worth when they take effect. You can play as many Treachery cards in an encounter as you want, but you cannot gain more Worth than the highest-value card you played during an encounter.
Treachery Without Station
If you are not using the rules on station in drow society, you can still play Treachery cards. When any effect would grant you Worth, you instead gain a bonus to AC equal to the Worth value until the end of your next turn. Negative Worth reduces your AC in the same way. If an effect would reduce an ally's Worth, that ally instead takes a penalty to AC equal to the Worth value until the end of your next turn. (If a Treachery card's effect would increase or decrease your AC, use the greater of the card's effect or the Worth value to determine the modifier.)
To illustrate, let's showcase a few of these cards:
And finally, let's close out this month of previews with an early look at the next Dungeon Command faction pack, Tyranny of Goblins. Although goblin-themed, this faction has also enlisted powerful allies, including bugbears, trolls, and the following hobgoblin sorcerer:
That's it for this month, folks—a packed month of previews to continue our summer coverage!


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By Mike Pound
I wasn't surprised Monday to get an email from Stephanie Everitt about First Community Church's annual Christmas Dinner for Others.
If the 2011 tornado that severely damaged the church wasn't enough to force the congregation to cancel the dinner last year, it stood to reason that another one would be held this year.
Stephanie is married to Jim Everitt. They are among the 40 or 50 church volunteers who help serve the Christmas meal, which is now in its 38th year. When I chatted with Jim about this time last year, contractors had only recently turned the church's Fellowship Hall back over to the members after months of repair work. At the time, Jim told me that the workers did a "yeoman's job" getting the hall repaired in time for the Christmas dinner, and he also said that had been the plan since the night of the tornado.
"There had to be a 37th dinner," is what Jim told me last year.
In her email Monday, Stephanie said that after 19 months of restoration, the church at 2007 E. 15th St. is finally able to hold services in the sanctuary. Stephanie said a rededication ceremony for the new sanctuary was held Sunday, Dec. 2.
"It is now time to start planning for our 38th Annual Christmas Dinner for Others," Stephanie said in her email.
That's the neat thing about folks in this area: They don't spend much time twiddling their thumbs. By the way, I'm a great thumb twiddler. I think that comes from spending a lot of time on the bench when I played high school basketball. When it came to bench-sitting during a basketball game, thumb twiddling and knuckle cracking were the two most popular activities on my high school team.
Fortunately, there aren't a lot of bench-sitters in the Joplin area. Folks in Joplin, instead of sitting on the bench, choose to get involved. They clean up, they rebuild and they reach out to others.
Some of that may be because folks in this area have seen so many people from outside of Joplin show up to help, but a lot of it, I think, is because we are fairly decent people.
We just finished a presidential election that supposedly showed us to be a sharply divided nation. I guess, on one level, that may be true. But I don't know. I happen to know several people who attend First Community Church, and I know that those people are on opposite sides of the political world from me, but in the real world — in the human world — those people are on the same side.
Stephanie mentioned, in her email, that the annual Christmas dinner is very important to the members of First Community Church.
"It's our way of giving back to the community as our name implies," Stephanie wrote.
In the past, 650 to 800 meals have been served up at the Christmas dinner. Last year, Jim told me that each volunteer's day begins very early and doesn't end until very late, and when the day is finally over, everyone is exhausted.
"We'll be so tired we won't think we can crawl home, but we'll also have a good feeling," Jim said.
The Christmas Dinner for Others is open to anyone looking for a nice meal on Christmas Day. The dinner will include ham, turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, salad, green beans, and desserts. It will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Those who need a meal to be delivered or picked up at the church may call the church at 417-781-1800 from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, and from 8 a.m. until noon Monday, Dec. 24.
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Matthew was a Jew who worked for the occupying Roman forces, collecting taxes from other Jews. The Romans were not scrupulous about what the "tax farmers" got for themselves. Hence the latter, known as "publicans," were generally hated as traitors by their fellow Jews. The Pharisees lumped them with "sinners" (see Matthew 9:11-13). So it was shocking to them to hear Jesus call such a man to be one of his intimate followers.
Matthew got Jesus in further trouble by having a sort of going-away party at his house. The Gospel tells us that "many" tax collectors and "those known as sinners" came to the dinner. The Pharisees were still more badly shocked. What business did the supposedly great teacher have associating with such immoral people? Jesus' answer was, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners" (Matthew 9:12b-13). Jesus is not setting aside ritual and worship; he is saying that loving others is even more important.
No other particular incidents about Matthew are found in the New Testament.
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It's not too early to make plans for St. Patrick's Day, celebrated on March 17.
Everyone is Irish on this day, and many folks like to raise a mug of Irish ale and of course wear the color green.
St. Petersburg has its share of places that have a connection to Ireland and plan to make the most of the holiday with drink and food specials. What's your favorite?
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It was not Death, for I stood up, (355)
It was not Death, for I stood up,
And all the Dead, lie down -
It was not Night, for all the Bells . . .
It was not Death, for I stood up,
And all the Dead, lie down -
It was not Night, for all the Bells . . .
Pavement slipp'ry, people sneezing,
Lords in ermine, beggars freezing;
Titled gluttons dainties carving, . . .
Joy of my life, full oft for loving you
I bless my lot, that was so lucky placed:
But then the more your own mishap I rue, . . .
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran . . .
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
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- Automatic sequencing function to eliminate the need for the wide analysis bandwidth option, reducing equipment cost for manufacturing
- Runs inside PXA, MXA and EXA signal analyzers
- Modulation quality: EVM, frequency error plus more error metrics not tied to conformance test
- Spectrum measurements: Channel power, spectrum emission mask (SEM), normal adjacent channel power (ACP) for contiguous test configuration, cumulative ACP for non-contiguous test configuration, transmitter spurious emissions
- Perform multi-carrier/multi-format measurements in one measurement sequence: Channel power, ACP, SEM, spurious emissions and conformance EVM
- Supports carrier allocating algorithm with preset selection based on contiguous and non-contiguous Test Configuration (TC) definitions in the 3GPP standard
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- EVM floor (nominal): GSM/EDGE (0.6%), W-CDMA (1.5 %), LTE- FDD (0.38%)
- Power accuracy: Up to ±0.19 dB
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The MSR measurement application is one in a common library of more than 25 measurement applications in the Agilent X-Series, an evolutionary approach to signal analysis that spans instrumentation, measurements and software. Transforming the X-Series signal analyzers into standard-based transmitter testers, the application provides RF conformance measurements to help you design, evaluate, and manufacture your MSR base station and base station components. The measurement application closely follows the 3GPP standard, allowing you to stay on the leading edge of your design and manufacturing challenges.
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- Perform transmitter tests for both band categories (BC) 1 and 2, along with the different transmitter test configurations. For BC1, analyze any combination of W-CDMA/HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE-FDD. For BC2, analyze any combination of W-CDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, LTE-FDD and GSM/EDGE/EDGE Evolution
- Perform tests on non-3GPP defined configurations, such as combination of cdma2000/1xEV-DO and LTE-FDD signals
- Simplify measurement setup with the carrier allocating algorithm with preset selection based on Test Configuration (TC) definitions in 3GPP TS 37.141 standard
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It's no surprise that the Monk class has been in need of some love pre 2.1. However with the second iteration of the patch on the PTR that need has not yet been abided. People are still clamoring for more sweeping changes(pun intended).
I was a heavy Monk user pre ROS and took a break with the xpac to delve into my first love(WD) and my new fling(crusader). I returned to the Monk only a few weeks ago and what I found was a shell of what I had left. After suffering for a long time as a WD it was nice when they finally rose to prominence. After a while on the top I wanted a new challenge and set my sights back on my monk, however even this challenge seems to daunting then all that time as a struggling WD. Diablo Forum MVP Druin put together an eloquent look at the myriad issues facing the class:
Hello everyone!
I am back from vacation and I am looking to write up a concise review of where we stand in 2.1.
My plan is to give a quick overview of our major issues then discuss the 2.1 changes and how they affect the various facets of our class.
I will be using this thread to fine-tune what we want to communicate to the devs and then I will make a major "state of monks in 2.1″ thread on the PTR forums to attempt to get some help for our lovely class!
1. Current Monk Issues
This is really at the forefront of the monk issues.
Since the release of RoS, monks have been having a tough time with DPS. We have a very limited range of options mostly centering around the skill Exploding Palm. (Un)fortunately EP is being changed as it breaks greater rifts (along with Rimeheart and Furnace) so our only source of widely competitive damage is going away. This leaves monks in a pretty bad spot.
Our spenders do very little damage (I mean VERY little) relative to their cost and our generators are used more as proc-vehicles for Odyn Son, Thunderfury, Shard of Hate and Rime/Furnace more than as sources of damage themselves. This leaves us with our 6pc Raiment of 1000 Storms which makes DS proc a 3000% weapon damage attack on cast. 3000% damage is a lot and it scales with lightning damage gear but DS has a flat-immutable 6 second cooldown. This can be mitigated to some extent by using Jawbreaker to give "free" dashing strike charges but that interaction is quite clunky.
Basically, monks will be forced into a clunky, hard-to-use situationally terrible Storm-breaker set in order to compete with other classes in damage. If they don't want to use this mechanic, they will do very poor damage.
Next on the list is our ability to survive. This is a more controversial topic with some finding survival to be quite easy and many others finding it to be quite hard. In 2.1 with the change from dex giving dodge to dex giving armor and the change from OWE to Harmony, many monks who had minor synergy with OWE will see a minor tankiness boost. (my Raiment set for example)
On the other hand, monk who are deeply invested into OWE will see a major tankiness loss. (my Shatter-palm set). In either case, both types of monks probably have a lot of trouble living in T6 without 2x Unity or the constant dashing from Storm-breaker. Why is this? Because monks have to face-tank so much stuff.
Our primary source of resource generation comes from skills that require you to be up-close and personal with mobs which means a lot of damage can't be avoided. To compensate for this, end-game monks are forced to take defensive passives (Harmony) defensive skills (Epiphany-shroud / Serenity / Inner Sanc / Blinding Flash) and CDR in basically every single spec. This is extremely limiting to the monk playstyle though arguably less of a problem than the DPS as the defensive skill/CDR solution does exist.
Additionally, sustain is nearly non-existent. LoH requires primary affixes which takes away from our already terrible DPS, LPS is the same, LPSS both takes primary affixes AND is extremely poor and Globes took a pretty big hit in 2.1. Monks actually have access to healing skills but, for some reason, they are tuned to be SO weak that they are essentially non-existent.
Resource Management
This is a more fundamental problem than the other two issues. Mere number tweaks would likely not result in this issue being resolved.
The Ring of Royal Grandeur (armory) has become the most sought after item in Diablo 3, as its legendary affix is basically mandatory for all end game gearing decisions, given the power of partial Item Set bonuses. The hard part is finding one, as it's one of the five legendary items that can only be obtained from Act One Horadric Caches. This is good in a way, as it's the sole remaining item/profit-based reason players have to do *anything* other than RiftRiftRift. (Given the game's design direction in recent months, I'm frankly surprised the RoRG hasn't been turned into a Greater Rift Guardian drop.)
Most players hunt RoRGs with brute force, by grinding hundreds of Act One bounties as quickly as possible, which usually means split-farming on Normal difficulty. That'll work, eventually, but is there a better way? A user in our Diablo 3 community forum named Horadrimm says yes, there's a trick to it, by following a method players are calling the "Junger Rules." Quote:
I got 5 RORGS with very minimal effort and so can you!!
How it works: The game has a pity timer, meaning that if you don't get a legendary within an hour or so it drops one for you automatically. The goal the aforementioned method of farming is to ensure that pity drop is in your horadric cache and not in the world.
What to do:
Do not kill any mobs except those required for objectives. Do not kill goblins. Do not open chests including resplendent chests. Do not destroy breakables (pots, barrels, looting bodies etc). Do not pop fortune shrines. Do not kill mobs from required cursed chest and shrine event objectives until the timer has run out.
Avoiding a legendary drop in the world increases the chance the pity timer drops one in your cache.
First off, the guy who invented this was apparently named Junger, so now it's called the "Junger Rules." Which is fine, but how the hell did they avoid the obvious pun and call it the "Junger Games?" So that's what I'm calling it, since I'm all about obvious puns.
As for the technique, the theory is that since the game has a "pity timer" that increases your chances of finding a legendary item the longer you go without finding one, you can exploit this by obtaining a Horadric Cache after not finding any Legendaries for some time. Hence not killing Goblins, not opening golden chests, avoiding random Elites, etc. This is a sacrifice since it'll lower your total legendaries found, but boost your chances of finding that all-important RoRG.
Does it work? Some players swear it does, others say it doesn't. And thus we're plunged back into the conspiracy theories that are inevitably spawned by item hunting in a game where we don't know exactly how item drops work. I think the principle is sound, as the pity timer is real, but I'm not at all sure the stated rules are how it should be done.
First of all, we don't know when items in a Horadric Cache are determined. The Junger Gamers say the legendary pity timer works when you find the Cache, but that seems contrary to what we know about how Horadric Caches determine their item drops. Remember early in RoS, when players were storing Caches up in Normal and opening them on Torment 6? That was a real exploit, easily observed since it caused Imperial Gems to drop from Caches found in Normal. (Which made it seem that items in Caches were determined when the Cache was opened. NOT when it was found.)
Blizzard confirmed that exploit by hotfixing it and adding an internal tag to unopened Caches that tracked what difficulty level they were found on, and the level of the character that farmed them. (So if you find bags with a lvl 70 and open with a lvl 60, all the items will be lvl 70.) Bliz later expanded on that in Patch 2.0.5 when they boosted the chances for legendary items to drop from Caches found on Torment 2 and higher.
Furthermore, Bliz recently confirmed that items from Caches roll their smart drop according to the class of the character that opens the cache. It doesn't matter who farms the cache in terms of what items drop. That matches my experience and testing as well, as I once farmed a bunch of caches with my DH and my Barb, and then opened them with a WD and got almost all INT gear, plus several Witch Doctor-restricted items.
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No doubt you've already got your Diablo 3 wardrobe all sorted out now, I know I would look great in those Mistress of Pain socks Fmulder spotted some more merchandise today on German site Gaya Entertainment where they have some new Diablo 3 Merchandise we have I have not seen before including:
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- Diablo III Workwear Inspired Buttondown Woven Shirt
- Diablo III T-Shirt Burning
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- Diablo III T-Shirt Tyrael Standing
The Thermal Hooded T apparently includes buttons styled "After Judgement Chamber Lens". Which sounds like it refers to this and this, from the Diablo III cinematics. Tyrael punished by the other angels for his wayward ways?


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The following is dedicated specifically to baakre's mother-in-law, a.k.a. Nick Punto's #1 Fan. Having taken the winter off from even thinking much about the Twins after last season's 99-loss performance; I am just now getting around to racking my brain to figure out what happened between 2010 and 2011. This morning, the solution came to me: the Twins lost Nick Punto! Could it be? Is Punto a "winner"? Was he a significant piece
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Newcomers are always a little intriguing around this time of the year - especially after a disappointing season like 2011. This year Josh Willingham, Joel Zumaya, Ryan Doumit, Jason Marquis, and Jamey Carroll bear the newcomer flag into Target Field. With the shortstop position being such a desperate need after the fail that was Tsuyoshi Nishioka last season, Carroll is the one the Twins chose to jump out of the free agent pile and save the day this
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RALEIGH — Patrick Dwyer says the Carolina Hurricanes could use some "greasy" goals. Jordan Staal prefers the term "dirty" and Jiri Tlusty "ugly."
Whatever the hockey jargon or terminology, the Canes badly need goals of any variety.
The Hurricanes, in Toronto on Thursday for a game against the Maple Leafs, built a 15-9-1 record in the first 25 games on the strength of consistently good five-on-five production. Even with the power play struggling, the Canes were scoring goals and winning.
No longer. They've managed just five even-strength goals in a confidence-killing six-game losing streak, being outscored 14-5 five-on-five and 20-7 overall.
"It's not going in for us right now and it's costing us games," Tlusty said.
Jordan Staal said it wasn't a matter of opponents altering their defensive tactics against the Canes (15-14-2), who have tumbled to 10th place in the NHL's Eastern Conference. To be sure, opposing teams are doing all they can to muzzle the Canes' top line of Tlusty, Eric Staal and Alexander Semin, but Jordan Staal said the offensive problems are more self-inflicted.
"It's just been our play and our level," he said. "Teams are stepping up their level and we're still a step behind. We've got to find a way to raise our level, five on five, in all areas of the ice.
"I think we're slowing up because we're not executing well enough. We're not playing the hockey we can."
The Hurricanes' lone goal in a 4-1 loss to Winnipeg on Tuesday came at even-strength – barely. Tlusty took a pass from Riley Nash in front of the crease and beat Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec a second after a Canes power play expired.
Canes coach Kirk Muller, after a review of the game video and Carolina's 39 shots against the Jets, said there were more than enough quality scoring chances. The same, he said, was true of some of the other losses in the six-game skid.
"We're just not finishing," Muller said. "We've got to relax a bit. I think the intensity and the pressure of each (game) means more right now and it sort of looks like it has affected some of our production that way. We just have to bear down and capitalize on those opportunities the way we did earlier in the year."
In practice Wednesday, Muller emphasized players going to the front of the net, screening the goalie, looking for tips.
"When you're struggling it's easy to force stuff," Dwyer said. "We need to get back to the simple things: pucks to the net, crash the net, traffic and try to get some of those greasy goals and get a greasy win. Sometimes, you just need that one greasy win and you're out of it."
The Jets' third goal Tuesday could be considered "greasy" or "ugly." Nik Antropov and Alexander Burmistrov crowded Canes goalie Justin Peters, the puck was knocked around in the air and ended up in the net for a 3-1 lead.
"Off the chest and in," Jordan Staal said of the goal. "We haven't had too many dirty goals around the net. Especially when you've got a team that's gripping their sticks a lot ... it's a matter of getting those dirty goals to get us on a roll again."
Jordan Staal has one goal in the past seven games. The same is true for Semin, Tlusty and winger Jeff Skinner, although Skinner has 16 shots on goal in the past two games.
The last goal by a Canes defenseman was Joe Corvo's score at Washington on March 12 – coincidentally the Canes' last victory.
Staal and defenseman Jamie McBain have scored own-goals the past two games, Staal against New Jersey and McBain against Winnipeg, but that's another story.
"We do have some bad things happening right now," Muller said.
Muller made some line tweaks Wednesday, in part because of winger Chad LaRose being out with the flu. Tuomo Ruutu was on Jordan Staal's line opposite Skinner. Drayson Bowman, a healthy scratch Tuesday, replaced Ruutu on Riley Nash's line opposite Dwyer.
"We have to get back to working and getting to the net and good things will happen," Jordan Staal said. "Then hopefully we'll start feeling better about ourselves."
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Tom Brady threw six TD passes, five in the first half, and put New England into the AFC title game after roughing up Tim Tebow and the Broncos 45-10 Saturday night.
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Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski dominated again, setting a record for tight ends in the Pats' win over the Redskins.
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Rosser, also a starter at linebacker, rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries as the Panthers improved to 7-2 overall, 6-1 in Region 8-AAAAAA. The junior broke tackles and grinded his way to touchdown runs of 16 and 14 yards to help Parkview come back from a 7-0 first-quarter deficit.
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A 13-year-old South Hill girl missing over the weekend and presumed to be with a man she met on the Internet was found safe at the Tacoma Mall Tuesday night.
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fleastiff Posts: 51When the gear shift lever at the driver's wheel just moves freely, it usually means a small plastic/rubber cap has come off the transmission linkage just a bit in front of the firewall.
I know I need a new one but I don't know whats its properly called.
Cap? socket? I only want to replace what is really necessary.
Chevy Venture 2000.
dadsrepairshop Posts: 1My daughter parked her 2000 Venture at work, when she went to leave no transmission at all. I checked and the shift lever is moving on top of trans and rod into trans seems to be turning shift linkage moving arm and rod never had one fail like this? is their an electrical plug or connection that will cause an instant failure? fluids full and clean. something internal that could cause this? anybody else ever had this??
cat1516 Posts: 1My Venture has been doing this for years. I've taken to different mechanics and nothing has stopped it. Odd that so many people have this problem and they cant fix it. Why turning the car off for 10 seconds makes it stop is bizzare, but it only works for a while. It drives me crazy.
On round 2 of the transmission rebuild. Word from the shop is that everyting mechanical has been replaced. Now they are hunting an electrical problem. The symptoms are the well known transmission whine, hard shifts, stop, turn the engine off and wait a minute and it runs fine. They have replaced the PCM during the rebuild. Any suggestions what to do next. Perhaps the PCS was bad on the new unit? 2000 Venture 143K. Thanks for the help.
caribstar01 Posts: 1I have a 1998 venture and seems to be having problems with trans.
While driving it sounds as if there is a strain on the engine it shifts into gears but continue with that dragging sound as if it has not shift into another gear.
Sometimes it wants to shut off and it accelerate high when I am driving slow or if I am idling. Even if I put the van into neutral it still does the same.
Please help!
rico757 Posts: 1Did you ever figure out what was going on? My Venture is doing the same thing. The guy next door is a mechanic, hooked it up to the computer and he told me it's the pretty control solenoid. I took it to a transmission shop up the street and they want $1200 - $1500 to rebuild. Said no thanks and took it home. I may just take it to the dealer.
cach22 Posts: 12No, I never did. The jerky shifting seems to come and go whenever it pleases. I have noticed that it is most notable when it is hotter outside. Why? No idea. The Lucasoil treatment seems to have made an improvement although it does not solve the issue completely. I have just learned to live with it. I hardly notice it when driving anymore even though it still happens.
The trasmission shop went through 4 transmissions, the last a new factory transmission, the main computer, new transmission cooler, etc. In the end they were still wanting me to keep it so they could figure it out. It was costing us both too much money so put a halt to it and traded it in. It was a money pit for me and them. They said over the years they get a situation like this 1/1000 that they just can't figure out. I'm glad I got rid of it.
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grimmfam Posts: 2Sarah
we just found out that our 2002 Chevy Venture with only 75,000 miles on it has a slipping transmission. Is that normal for those low miles? We had an extended warranty on the vehicle that we purchase when we bought it used in 2004 (was a really great warrant that took us up to Nov of last year - 2010 I think). Any chance of getting some help with that transmission? I've also noticed many times of the past year that the transmission will buck when shifting at about 30 to 40 MPH. I love my van and do not want to give it up at this point (paid off and low miles). Thanks for your help.
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mmaskill Posts: 1I have a 1998 Chevy Venture. It was leaking what I thought was oil for a while, turned out to be leaking transmission fluid from the transmission cooling line. Off and on for about 5 months it would not go from "park" into a gear right away. Now it is doing it most of the time. Yesterday we changed the cooling line and the trans fluid read "full" even though a lot came out when we changed it. I drove it last night and it was fine. Today same issue, taking almost 5 minutes to "jerk" into gear. When I am driving it, it seems fine and shifts fine. It is only when it is sitting for a spell. I am trying the "do it yourself" options before I sink a lot of money into it. Any suggestions on what to try next?
teveritt Posts: 1We have a 2003 Chevrolet Venture LT that we've owned since new. The car has 90K miles on it and has never been in any accidents. The car has been well maintained by the dealer including their recommended transmission flush service every 30K miles. The transmission has been working fine with absolutely no whines, harsh shifts, or anythings. All of a sudden last week, while my wife was accelerating up our driveway, the transmission just lost all gears and seemed to be in neutral (It does shift in and out of park ok, and reverse gears seems to work. Only forward gears are gone). No trouble lights or check engine light every comes on with the transmission not working. We had the car towed to the dealer and they say we need the entire transmission replaced at a cost of $3000. Has anyone had this occur where the transmission goes from working OK to suddenly needing to be repaired with no indication of trouble? The dealer is eagar give us $700 toward the purchase of a new vehicle which is indicating something fishy going on here.


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What a surprise! When I found this recipe, I wasn't sure what to think, but what the heck. I had all the ingredients handy, so why not? It was really, really good! I used the whole batch on one, big, Amish chicken. I rubbed the outside generously and sprinkled a bunch more into the cavity. In addition (thanks to watching cooking shows on TV), I took 2 TBS of Olive Oil and squeezed a lemon into the oil and drizzled that over the top to get the skin crispy, brown and spicy). As a side note, don't throw the juiced lemons out, toss them into the cavity to bake some of that lemony flavor into the chicken. It was fabulous! When it was all over, I took the drippings and brought it to a boil on the stovetop adding in 2 TBS of Wondra Sauce & Gravy Flour to make a sweet, spicy gravy that was great over our stuffing and for dipping the chicken too. Served with Green Beans with Almonds and Carmelized Shallots, this was a 5 star dinner!!! Thanks to Ed for inventing such a nifty rub!
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This is wonderful! My first experience making Beer Can Chicken I tried this rub and the family loved it. I sprinkle some inside the bird as well as rubbing it generously on the outside and the results are fantastic. It's also a great rub for a roasted pork tenderloin!
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I recently bought a Farmall 400 with a wide front end, I am wondering exactly what it takes to switch the front end to a single front end?
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I recently bought a Farmall 400 with a wide front end, I am wondering exactly what it takes to switch the front end to a single front end?
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I don't know what is involved, however if you do switch and if the wide front end will fit a Farmall M, I'm interested in talking to you about buying it . I'm sure you will get an answer on the forum.
Thanks Berlin
I started out with nothing and now I only have half of that left !
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It should be an easy change. The narrow front pedestal will bolt right up the the plate on the bottom of the steering bolster. 4 bolts should be all there is to it. There is a wedge shaped shim that needs to be installed correctly. Thick part to the front which will kick the pedestal slightly rearward to aid in steering ease.
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Bigdog gave the Cliff's Notes version, all correct. Here are a few details that you need to be aware of (at least if all is the same as an M).
The wide front uses wheels/bearings the same as an H, lighter than an M NFE. So if you are going to 2-wheel narrow front, you should get a bolster complete through the hubs. If you are getting a single wheel front, the different wheel is obvious and didn't need my comment.
The 4 bolts that hold the bolster are different than the ones that hold the center steering arm. One on particular has a nub on top of the head that limits how far the wheels can turn. You need to be sure to get that bolt and put it in the right position. It is best to get all 4 bolts with the bolster.
The wedge Bigdog mentioned is an aftermarket item to help with steering problems. If all is reasonably tight, it isn't needed.
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Thanks Bigdog and Jim. Berlin Im sorry, but Im planning on keeping the front end should I ever want to put the loader back on.
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I've got an extra narrow front left over after I switched my 400 to wide front. $100 would take it if you're interested. It's a bit heavy to ship but could be done.
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- Down in the west Texas town of El Paso, writer Iza Wojciechowska figured out the best things to add to a weekend itinerary. [New York Times]
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- NPR's food blog The Salt takes us to Templeton, Iowa; Frankfort, Kentucky; and other towns known for their rye whiskey, a truly American liquor that is experiencing a comeback. Sit back and listen to this story or read the transcript. [The Salt]
- Fairbanks, Alaska, has been cited as one of the places to go in 2013 by one of the major travel pubs. Here's an insider's look. [NatGeo Intelligent Travel Blog]
- I'm a big booster of Philadelphia, and it looks like there is a whole slew of new things to do in the City of Brotherly Love. [New York Times]
- The havoc left by Super Storm Sandy has many in New York and New Jersey reassessing beachfront property and activities. Nevertheless, Staten Island is planning to move forward with its plans to allow the construction of the New York Wheel, which will be the world's tallest ferris wheel when completed. [The Atlantic Cities]
- One of NYC's biggest attractions, the Empire State Building, makes about $85 million per year from tourism. Owners of the building are apparently planning an IPO. [Skift]
- Paul Brady of The Huffington Post writes about the obscure Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, a museum in South Dakota dedicated exclusively to the Cold War. [The Huffington Post]
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