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Besides, it's shadows. It's Halloween. It's time to open this book back up and shed some light on the Heroes of Shadow. Or gaze into the Abyss that is Heroes of Shadow. Or "insert clever play on words about Heroes of Shadow here." Let's do this, fellow adventurers.
Hidden between fluffy narrative text that number crunchers or the impatient might overlook, you find something called the Raven Queen's whisper. What this is, in a nutshell, is that when your adventuring party is about to all die horribly, the god of death speaks to one of you and offers a deus ex machina escape or divine assistance for a price. The Raven Queen does this for, as written, totally selfish reasons. In return for help she demands you slay one of her enemies, revive a temple, or take out her trash/wash her dishes. (That last one sounds simple enough, but you really don't want to know what a death god puts in the recycle bin.)
As a side note, I should also mention that until you take out said trash bin, you take an automatic critical hit one time each combat. So the deal you make with death is really something to be honored . . . as if the co-signer on your loan on life being the god of death wasn't enough to motivate you to get to work on the Raven Queen's request.
You'll also see it implied that the Raven Queen can't do this too often since the other gods would "rise against her if she took a too active hand in the affairs of mortals." Considering the whole divine power source, I'd think meddling "in the affairs of mortals" would be the gods' main occupation. Maybe it really is like Clash of Titans and gods can interfere with each other only by using proxies. And only discreetly. Go figure. Anyway, you'll find all sorts of amazing implications in the Raven Queen's whisper.
For instance, if the Raven Queen can do this, that means that any god can. Bane offers to let you win the battle if you continue the war, or Pelor offers to feed the village if you stick around to bring in the crops come harvest time. Do gods wear badges to make sure people know which god is making the offer? Is it impossible for gods to lie or deceive mortals? I mean, if Bane (wearing a Moradin-themed Halloween costume) helps you, but suddenly you have to help Bane (or else), what are you to do? Although "What happens in Bane's temple stays in Bane's temple!" might be a good policy, a DM who is not above cosmically bribing the characters from beyond the Astral Sea can come up with a lot of story hooks and perilous plot hooks.
Finally, the existence of a mechanic such as the Raven Queen's Whisper means that it could be "faked" by a Dungeon Master for nefarious purposes. Most people we see on the street who have claimed to have heard the voice of God are assumed to be insane. A slaad tadpole or the beginning of madness could easily manifest as messages from any old deity. Not that I'm suggesting a DM mess with his or her players, but . . . oh wait. That's exactly what I'm doing. Let's move on.
Heroes of Shadow introduces the glory that is the executioner. Well, it's the assassin class, only it's less about shadow powers and more about stabbing and poisoning your enemies. The executioner is interesting because within the class you have to join one of two sinister assassins' guilds. The Red Scales, for instance, is a publicly known guild, while the League of Whispers requires you to kill anyone who finds out that you're a member of the League of Whispers. It's an important little blurb you might have missed while building your assassin, and as mentioned in my antihero article, you might want to introduce yourself as any character class besides assassin just to keep the topic from coming up. Keeping this a secret might be difficult because the League also specializes in exotic weapons, namely bolas and blowguns. The League also requires monthly meetings, but I think you can get out of those with a note from your cleric.
The point is that narrative fluff is linked to your assassin. Either you're in a super secret league of assassins or you're in a proud and respected league of assassins. This implies that assassins have ways of identifying one another from common murderers and gives all sorts of story hooks to a DM who is brave enough to pull in the Grandfather of Assassins. Don't laugh: Grandfather is the highest rank in the League of Whispers. Just remember to keep off his lawn, you darn kids, or he'll garrote you in your sleep.
Me? I snuck my assassin into our game under the guise of "dire big game hunter." There's something logical about a guy with exotic weapons, exotic poisons, the ability to collect bodies as trophies (shadow coffin class feature), and a winning smile that just screams "I travel the land with adventurers to meet interesting beasts and find a place for their heads on my wall." Again, it might just be me.
Two final fun notes about the executioner:
First, you're immune to your own poisons and all of them have decidedly out of combat utility. So if you've ever wanted to reenact that scene from The Princess Bride and ask the villain which goblet contains the iocaine powder, now's your chance.
Second, the level 8 class feature Flawless Disguise is one of the best disguise powers around, since it masks your clothing as well as your face/race/sex and so on. With your ability to use ki focuses, you can use anything as a weapon, meaning the possibilities are endless. Want to look like the hobgoblin leader from the last room who has come to report in to the boss? Go for it. Want to look like the wizard to confuse the hell out of the archlich who's searching for his rival? Go crazy. Your disguise? Flawless.
Next up is the blackguard. Although alignment has been a bit streamlined here in 4th Edition, it's interesting to see it spun back around and cranked to 11 with the fallen paladins. The obvious downside is that blackguards wear their character flaws on their sleeve and that cliché of "I'm only playing my alignment" has been shifted over to "I'm only playing my vice." The vice of fury is particularly terrifying because basically it says you're impatient and get very angry and very violent rather quickly. That describes the play style of a lot of people I've played with, but the fury blackguard really has to go that extra mile. Expect social skill challenges to end with a lot of NPCs with broken noses and very little mercy for minor characters who insult your party.
Speaking of little mercy, the domination blackguard (mine wielded a whip -- don't ask why) is definitely interesting in the motivation department. Basically, this vice says not to tolerate anyone who doesn't surrender to you, meaning again, those social encounters are going to end in tears. I'm oversimplifying obviously, but a lot of text involves how brutal and intolerant blackguards are expected to be. It also doesn't help that you have to be unaligned or evil to be into domination. Honestly, though, it fits the narrative spin of the blackguard. Evil might be cool, but you're going to have a hard time making friends.
Something of particular note is what blackguards get at 4th level: servant of vice.
Imagine, if you will, that you call on the darkness in your own heart and it appears as "something." The description is vague, and, based on my character, the DM chose to materialize as the big brother who I didn't know I had who used to beat me up. When I ran a game, I just had it appear as a demonic magic 8-ball, but I'm also a jerk. Narrative leeway aside, the conjuration has the amazing ability that lets you ask it any question and roll to get an answer. Any question. Although obvious ones such as "Where is the bad guy hiding?" and "What is in the next room?" will dawn upon everyone, we ended up getting creative and epic with questions like "Will I ever find true love?" and "How will I die?" The answer to the last one was "painfully but not alone" which wasn't comforting to anyone listening. Throw in the ability to boost your "answer any question" roll by sacrificing daily item powers too, and it means if you really want to know something, it's possible. If the DM is cool with it. For a daily that lets you ask a handful of unlimited questions and for plot and character development, you just can't beat servant of vice. The winning question of the evening? "What was the name of the barmaid back at the tavern, and does she like flowers?" Good times.
The biggest ruckus Heroes of Shadow seems to have caused involves the fact that it introduces the vampire character class. Honestly, I think this is a great idea, because it's an example of a character class that was inflicted upon a character rather than being chosen or attuned to a magical/primal/divine influence. In other words, you can make characters that are peasant girls, fallen priests that survived (relatively speaking) a vampire attack, and unwitting farmers who don't want to hurt their families so they find the only work they can: adventuring. With the ability to use holy symbols and ki focuses, you can be pretty much unarmed and your appearance is really up to you, rather than being determined by weapon or obvious implement at hand. (Ignore the awesome picture of the vampire with the sword. I can only assume that's his ki focus.)
This is also the first class that gives you a disadvantage in that you burn to a crisp in the sun. I wanted to make a Twilight glitter joke here, but since you stop burning in the sun at level 16, apparently glitter vampires exist only in late paragon and epic. Who knew?
Remember that superstition that vampires can't enter a building unless they're invited in? Maybe you became an adventurer because a work contract is like an extended travel pass for someone who can't travel as freely as he or she would like. Sure, immortality is great, but without a job that gives you a narrative imperative if not outright permission to invade homes and see strange and beautiful places, immortality could get old fast. Adventuring is very much the career path for those wishing to break the boredom of immortality.
There's a pretty high bar, though, with the vampire class and, oddly enough, it comes down to roleplaying. This will hit your average Team Lestat twofold:
That's why I recommend the social route as opposed to the monstrous creature of the night cliché. The suave vampire pictured in Heroes of Shadow with his blood goblet looks classy, but if you ask my druid to bleed into that to-go cup, you're getting a savage rend to the face. Of course, you can fall back on the "invisible life force" route, but some feel this is the coward's way. I'm torn because the ability to feed healing surges to the vampire is exactly the same as how one feeds healing surges to an artificer so he can create more healing infusions. To date no one has called an artificer a life-draining vampire, but I suppose if your character sheet says "life-draining vampire" on it, that kind of thing is going to happen from time to time.
Cleric options in Heroes of Shadow help establish something I've said all along: necromancy and divine magic can easily work hand in hand. Sure, a divine resurrection prayer doesn't bring a zombie back to life, but restoring life to a dead husk of a human being could indeed be a finer art than clerics make it look. Here we get a smattering of divine powers that animate the dead (and enslave them), as well as powers that divinely drain life from your foes by touching them. When an enemy dies, a warpriest of death can use its dying screams to use healing word as an immediate action. Heroes of Shadow is all about the slippery slope, but it is interesting how easily the line between "preventing death" and "reanimation" can be lost. It's an aspect of the undead condition we don't see very often: divine character classes obviously hate creatures that return from the dead but have no qualms about bringing back their fellow adventurers. I've talked about necromancy and the mancy of the nether before, but since it's presented in full in Heroes of Shadow, I feel the need to throw in something you might have overlooked.
For more on my thoughts about necromancers, check out the D&D Outsider article about antiheroes. You will be glad you did. In a nutshell, even normal wizards summon devils and demons, rather than the unicorns and puppies that necromancer fluff implies the other schools of magic summon whenever they get the chance. Also, don't overlook the new social cantrip called spook. Screw trying to be intimidating. Just say "BOO," use this power, and crack up as the guard runs away. It's the little things in a necromancer's unlife, really.
We might have seen revenants before in Dragon magazine, but they've gotten a bit of polish since then and got a little more developed in ways people like me can't help but exploit. I mean enjoy. Enjoy! The main premise behind a revenant is that it's someone who has died and been brought back to life for a greater purpose at the behest of a possibly unknown higher power. Maybe these folk are like the Crow, brought back to avenge their own murders. Maybe it really is just about a second chance. Like the deva who have lived forever, the revenants, as written, have very sketchy memories of their past. That's all well and good, but as stated in my deva article, you gloss over that the world's your oyster when it comes to roleplaying fun.
Being back from the dead just doesn't have the same kick to it if you didn't know who you were or what you did or how you died. Also know that since you're undead and brought back as you are . . . whatever class you are now may not have been what you were before. Think about taking multiclass feats not because you want to but because that's what you used to be. Lord knows -- if your thievery had been higher maybe that trap wouldn't have gone off in your face last time. Remember, whatever brought you back to life chose what you would be upon your return. It's not like there are revenant children running around waiting to find their calling, right? Maybe the greatest slayer of the undead has been brought back as a revenant cursed to wield the very necromancy she sought to purge.
An observation: Instead of introducing 20+ feats for each potential revenant past life, now you take one feat and choose a race. Simple, elegant. Nice economy of space. Flipside? Have you ever wanted to be a kobold brought back from the dead? A redeemed duergar who saw too much to slip into the Abyss? Now's your chance . . . and your chance to snag some of those obscure monster racial powers you might have never wanted. Though between you and me, if I was a goblin revenant, I might keep that fact to myself. Undeath is hard enough to navigate as-is.
Next up on the Heroes of Shadow countdown: shades! If you're a fan of the Forgotten Realms and the whole Netheril situation, you're probably already well aware of these guys. (Sorry, shadar-kai, you're no longer the shades we thought you were.) For the rest of us out of the loop, shades are humans who sold a bit of their soul through a ritual known as the Trial of Five Darknesses. Which, as per the text, is just as likely to kill you as it is to give you access to unparalleled shadow power. Think of it as the warlock paradox race. You've sold a bit of your soul out of greed, lust for power, or sheer desperation, which is always a great hook for a character. The problem is that a lot of people might not see that unparalleled shadow power I mentioned. It's there, but the shade race is not for everyone. What's the main issue here? Well, besides losing a healing surge just for being a shade, you also get automatic training in Stealth. That's great, right? Well, the loophole here is that if you decide to go assassin or rogue, the shade's preferred classes, you're going to lose out on your bonus skill, since those classes give it to you for free and as the classes with the fewest healing surges anyway, losing one is going to hurt more than most.
There's an upside here. Ever wanted to play a stealthy version of any other class? Not only does the shade unlock whole worlds of sneakiness to knights, paladins, warlords, and any other class not known for being stealthy sorts, but you'll excel at it. The racial power one with shadow lets you stay hidden while standing behind an ally, meaning that as you explore the dungeon you can be hidden the entire time as long as you don't lead the march. I'd be remiss to not also mention the twilight torch at-will utility power. This power lets a shade create a zone of dim light around him. Bright light becomes darker, darkness become brighter. It seems rather flighty for a utility until you realize it synergizes with a handful of shadowborn feats presented later in the book. If you're all about dancing in the dark, I suggest taking a look at it. Autoconcealment, a bonus to all saving throws, defenses, and the ability to ignore difficult terrain. Shades can unlock some interesting possibilities. Without thievery (no pun intended).
The vryloka are the first race that lets you pretend to be another race. It makes sense, because they're the remnants of a fallen empire (like the dragonborn and tieflings) that are pretty much half-vampires. Or daywalkers. It's actually an interesting callback to 1982's Monster Manual, which introduced the knobbish monster "pseudo-undead." It looked like undead, had some of their abilities, but couldn't be hurt by turn undead or other cleric powers, meaning you wasted a couple turns figuring this out while they were stabbing you (look it up, D&D lore fiends!).
In that vein (get it -- it's a vampire joke), the vryloka are pretty much vampiric nobles (and, yes, the race is also aristocratic) who oddly are against vampires. I think it's how minotaurs are supposed to resist the lure of Baphomet or how I'm supposed to resist the allure of cutting my own ear off Van Gogh style, even though I am an artist. Player characters must fight the NPC clichés. Also note the bloodbond utility—the first and only power out there that lets you change another player's race (with the Dungeon Master's permission). Basically, if an ally is dying, you can choose to bring him or her back and, if the players are cool with it, the character's race changes to vryloka. If that's not a surreal roleplaying opportunity (it's the only way to infect your friends politely), I don't know what is.
The award for paragon path excellence goes to . . . the dusk oracle.
The dusk oracle paragon path is one of a handful of flavorful options included toward the back of Heroes of Shadow, but it really is something greater than you think it is upon closer inspection. So what's the big deal besides the fact that any class can take this path? Is it the way you can augment at-will attacks to target any defense?
Is it the ability to call upon the wisdom of the dead to gain training in any skill?
Meh. Again.
Is it the ability to speak with any corpse you run across and ask it a single question that it must answer truthfully?
Heck, yes. Twice, even.
Sure, mechanically we're talking about having the Speak with Dead ritual as a free action, but look deeper. Practically speaking, being able to ask the dead body in the corner where the monster that ate it is hiding is one of those abilities that'll never get old. Yet this really is a stereotypical ability in grim heroes who walk the borders. Heck, both Hellboy and Jonah Hex have this power and neither of them really qualify as ritual casters at the table. Want to play a proud knight who can deal out justice by asking the fallen who slew them? Now's your chance. Are you a morally terrible rogue who'd rather interrogate the dead after they've slid off your blade? Go to town. A DM can really have a lot of fun if they plan for this ability, though, speaking honestly, a Dungeon Master who likes to decorate a dungeon with superfluous corpses might find it tiresome. But I digress.
The award for demonizing the Raven Queen goes to the Keepers of the Everflow!
Keeper of the Everflow is an epic destiny that points out something the Raven Queen's PR agent kind of wishes you never realized: the Raven Queen is not a good god. Sure, Orcus makes her seem like a saint, but don't forget that the Raven Queen was originally a sorceress that Nerull (ye Olde God of Death) tried to romance, and she spurned him, assassinated him, and took his power. When the god of death thinks that you'll make a good mistress, your moral character kind of has to be looked at more closely. (Then again, anyone who has seen the movie Legend knows it can go both ways.)
The Keepers of Everflow point out that the Raven Queen is stopping the Spirit Wheel (the natural order) from spinning, meaning she's picking and choosing who gets reincarnated. Sure, this is all rumor and lore, but you know what isn't? If you're a Keeper of the Everflow, the Raven Queen is sending her entire army to kill you right now. That kind of makes her look guilty, right? Oddly enough, if you want to run a game where Orcus might have a chance at getting some sympathy, this destiny is for you.
A healthy chunk of narrative awesome aside, the level 30 feature of the Keepers is possibly the best thing I've seen in ages. When you reduce an enemy to 0 hit points, you can choose to have them reincarnated as a level 1 natural creature with no memory of its past. Sure, it might not have much impact on your game, but there's something rich to a character who doesn't kill, but simply redeems. Classy.
The award for the mundane item on the last page of the book (and that you probably didn't notice) goes to the Raven's feather!
Raven's feather is the final item on my Heroes of Shadow greatest hits walkthrough. A simple piece of adventurer's equipment, the feather mystically links to a person's blood. The moment that person dies, the feather changes color from black to blood red. Used by thieves' and assassins' guilds to tell when an agent has failed or by a family to tell when not to expect lumberjack Steve to come back from EverDoom Forest, it's one of those items that has this flavorful touch that helps illustrate that any D&D campaign can have magic on a mundane level that's practical and easy to cash in on. Want to be certain that soldier doesn't kill your prisoner the moment he takes custody and is out of sight? Raven's feather. And hell, the book gives instructions on how to fake your own death using these things. Not bad for 25 gold.
And there you have it. I hope I've helped convince a few of you to take a deeper look at Heroes of Shadow. There's a lot going on and so much to expand on if you're a fan of that kind of thing. I know that I am.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to open up Heroes of the Feywild and find out if satyrs get a hoof item slot. Or just why my pixie assassin gets no respect. Until next time.
--Jared von Hindman D&D Outsider
About the Author
Jared von Hindman is an artist and sometime comedian who "dug too deep" while researching Stupid Monsters of Dungeons & Dragons. He awoke something Dire and horrible (perhaps Fiendish, even) and now he spends his days playing with plastic elves and illustrating new and creative ways to kill goblins. Currently he resides in Berlin with an older woman and a snake named Slinky. He's not sure why his pet needs to be included in his bio, but all the cool kids seem to be doing it and Jared's a sucker for peer pressure.


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By LIBBY CLUETT
Once again Ram Stadium will play host to the Mineral Wells Independence Day fireworks' display, on Thursday. And, for the second year, the event includes a lot more than the Chicken Express-sponsored pyrotechnics.
Community fair
Pray Mineral Wells and the Mineral Wells Police Department will team up to bring the Second Annual Community Crime and Safety Fair, beginning at 5 p.m., in the Mineral Wells High School parking lot, east of Ram Stadium.
This entirely free-to-the-public fair will give citizens a chance to enjoy activities, entertainers and representatives from area churches, ministries and non-profit groups. Pray Mineral Wells will have a concert, with eight acts playing until 7:30 p.m.
In addition, many churches and businesses will sponsor activities, such as:
• Face painting.
• Bounce house.
• Dunking booth.
• Pet adoptions from the Mineral Wells Animal Shelter and Palo Pinto County Humane Society.
• Operation Kidsafe (a children's digital identification program), courtesy of Ram Country.
• Drinking water booth, courtesy of First Financial Bank.
In addition, there will be fire trucks, ambulances, police and sheriff's vehicles and information on crime prevention and safety tips. The MWPD will have free safety programs, including "ReportIt" and bike engraving, according to Mineral Wells Police Chief Dean Sullivan.
Sullivan wants to remind those coming to the MWHS campus to see fireworks that this is school property, therefore any alcoholic beverages are prohibited. He added that officers will patrol and assist with parking.
Fireworks show
The big Independence Day pyrotechnics show, hosted by Chicken Express, begins shortly after dark. This year, Chicken Express celebrates its 25th year of business and the owners want everyone to know they are invited to watch the free show.
At 8 p.m. spectators will be allowed to find a seat in the east-side stadium bleachers for the fireworks' show.
The field, west-side bleachers and the parking lot on the west side of the stadium will be closed.
For comfort, bring a blanket or chairs (the bleachers are hot) and plenty of water, Sullivan advised.


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Current Starbucks Corp. employees get a gradually increasing 401(k) match, depending on how long they have been with the company. Matches begin at 25 cents for each dollar contributed up to the first 4 percent of pay for workers with less than 36 months on the job and gradually perk up until they max out at $1.50 for each dollar saved after 120 months or more of service. The coffee company plans to spend about $15 million on 401(k) matches this year.
But, like most 401(k) plans, Starbucks reserves the right to change, modify, or terminate these benefits at any time, with or without notice. And 2009 may be the year that the coffee company does so. The Seattle-based giant told employees the company won't guarantee that it will make a company match to their "future roast" 401(k) accounts next year. And if they do provide a matching contribution, it may be at a different rate.
The Wall Street Journal obtained and confirmed a letter Starbucks sent to employees last week:
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The feisty forward grew as a hockey player and person while wearing a star on his chest.
Ive kind of turned into a man there in my time, Ott said Monday night. To say that it was a big part of my life would be an understatement.
As much as Ott appreciates Dallas, the feeling is overshadowed by his excitement of coming to Buffalo.
The Sabres acquired Ott on Monday as part of an early summer blockbuster, picking up the 29-year-old spark plug plus defenseman Adam Pardy from Dallas. In exchange, the Sabres sent former perennial scoring leader Derek Roy to the Stars.
Im a guy that looks forward to an excellent opportunity and a new opportunity, Ott said by phone from his summer home near Windsor, Ont. I love challenges, and if this is going to be a new challenge or a new adventure in my life, Im really looking forward to this adventure more than anything.
Im excited. Absolutely. Its almost like draft day again. You get a new sense of energy. Its something that I love to prove to people where I belong. Buffalo wanted me, and I dont want to prove them wrong. Also at the same time, I want to prove to Dallas of what they missed out on. First most, I want to prove to Buffalo what type of player I am and what I can bring to that team.
Ott instantly adds competitiveness to a lineup that needed it. The 6-foot, 190-pounder had 11 goals, 39 points and 156 penalty minutes last season while serving as alternate captain of the Stars. His drive to win and battle earned him legions of fans in Dallas and enemies around the NHL.
I hope I can bring that attitude, said Ott, who has two years left on a contract that pays $2.95 million per season. I want to bring my consistency of being hard to play against every single night. I feel Ive done that since the start of my career, and I feel I have a ton of game left. I havent even reached part of my peak yet.
Roy, meanwhile, was on a downward curve in Buffalo. He led the Sabres in points from 2007-08 to 2009-10 and was on his way to pacing the team a fourth straight time when a torn quad muscle ended his 2010-11 campaign after 35 games. The center struggled with injuries again last season and slumped to 17 goals and just 44 points in 80 games.
He also criticized the methods of coach Lindy Ruff following the season, moving the trade watch into full swing. Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier and Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk completed the deal Monday after months of negotiations.
At first, it was a shocker, Roy said on a conference call, but Darcy called me and Lindy called me and they thanked me for my time in Buffalo and what I did for the organization. I thanked them back.
Its weird because Ive never been traded before, so it was a weird situation. Very emotional. Ive been playing here my whole career.
Said Regier: After the season I had a couple of meetings with him. I think he realized it could be a possibility.
Roy, a second-round draft pick of the Sabres in 2001, had 161 goals and 427 points in 549 games with Buffalo. The team, however, hasnt won a playoff series since 2007 and has moved out core players Roy, Tim Connolly and Paul Gaustad in the past year.
More than anything else we needed to move the balance of skill versus the physical nature of our game, being a tougher team to play against, Regier said in First Niagara Center. Steve can play as a complement to our higher-skill guys and contribute in a lot of different ways. I think hell be very valuable for us.
Ott and Pardy, a 6-4, 220-pound defenseman, join 6-8, 270-pound John Scott as the newest members of the organization. The Sabres signed Scott on Sunday night.
They move the needle over to a grittier, more physical hockey club, Regier said. Thats something that we targeted, and its important.
The next important step for the Sabres is finding a center. Ott can take faceoffs, but he said 90 percent of his career has been spent at left wing. The Sabres failed in their attempt to convert Ville Leino from wing to center last season, so finding a natural pivot is paramount. Tyler Ennis and Cody Hodgson head the Sabres depth chart in the middle, but they are both only 22 years old and have not faced the pressure of being a No. 1 center.
We certainly werent looking and arent going to move Tyler or Cody, Regier said, and will have to address, see if we can get a little bigger in the middle to complement those guys. . . . Its more likely a trade than it is anything else. Theres quite a holding pattern right now in the league. I think it will remain that way until some of the big guys declare where theyre going to go.
Pardy, 28, joins a crowded blue line. He played 36 games for Dallas, recording no goals, three assists and a minus-5 rating. He spent the previous three seasons in Calgary.
The Sabres already had eight blue-liners under contract, though Regier said Monday that promising rookie Brayden McNabb will likely continue to hone his skills in the minor leagues.
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Please note that in order to take advantage of dynamic learning opportunities, program excursions may occasionally vary.
The Peru: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization program includes educational excursions designed to directly complement and enhance classroom study and fieldwork. Through excursions, students experience the innovative ways in which indigenous peoples in Peru are working toward their own community development and cultural preservation in the face of shifting global influences.
Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
Located just north of Cuzco, the Sacred Valley was the heart of the Inca civilization during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries thanks to its pleasant climate and fertile lands perfectly suited for farming. The valley is defined by its diverse archeological sites, sacred and snowcapped mountains, old colonial towns, and the Vilcanota (Urubamba) River.
Students spend the first week of the program (orientation) in Urubamba town, capital of the Sacred Valley. At the end of orientation, students undertake a one-day excursion by train to Machu Picchu. Built at the beginning of the fifteenth century, Machu Picchu is located on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba River. It is Peru's most important archeological site, and in 2007 was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Peruvian Amazon – Madre de Dios
Madre de Dios, located in the southeastern region of the Peruvian Amazon bordering Brazil, is a storehouse of tropical biodiversity and renewable and nonrenewable resources. However, the effects of globalization make this region more than a natural paradise; various competing economic activities, including petroleum interests, gold mining, timber, agriculture, natural protected areas, hydroelectrics, and the inter-oceanic highway megaproject compete for power, resources, and rights. In the middle of these conflicts are the indigenous peoples who have occupied this region for millennia, including the Matsiguenka, Ese Eja, and Harakmbut, as well as other communities, such as the Shipibos, Quichuarunas, Ashaninca, and Yines, that have arrived in this region as a result of extractive enterprise displacement processes. These groups have organized into the Native Federation of Madre de Dios (FENAMAD) and have achieved significant advances in defense of their territorial rights.
Students will travel in Amazonia for one week, where they will attend lectures from indigenous leaders and participate in local community activities. For four days, students will stay in indigenous communities and have the opportunity to learn firsthand about Amazonian livelihood systems. Students will have the opportunity to build a broad understanding of the ways in which indigenous peoples are confronting the impacts of globalization.
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world and, by volume, the largest lake in South America. During this excursion, students will visit the indigenous community of the Uros, an Aymara people, who today live on floating totora reed islands at an altitude of 12,494 feet. When the Incas, under Emperor Pachacútec, reached Lake Titicaca in the fifteenth century, inhabitants of the area were forced to withdraw. Since then, the Uros have overcome harsh living conditions by relying on fishing, which comprises their main source of food as well as a bartering resource. Due to the impossibility of agricultural and livestock activities in the region, the Uros have increasingly sought alternative means of survival.
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A cynical view says school leaders in Johnston and elsewhere want parents to believe what critics of state lawmakers are saying – that the GOP-controlled legislature is on the verge of gutting classrooms of much-needed support. But the truth, according to Johnston County schools, is that principals long ago made the decision to take teacher assistants out of classrooms.
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jimbres Posts: 2,025The tech leader at this point is Audi. There is no car currently in production that can match the technology packed into the A8.
And that makes me nervous, because high-end electronics aren't a traditional strong suit of German industry, the way machinery & chemicals are.
I still wouldn't consider buying any German car with factory NAV. Then again, there's no reason to take the chance, when I can pick up an after market unit that's as good (if not better) for a fraction of the cost.
bastuk Posts: 3I've been driving a '01 Accord EX-V6 for the past 8 years - it's been a great car - the only things I have done are the std maintenance items - brakes, tires, etc. I am starting to shop for "newer" used car with less miles as I have 151K miles on it. I am looking at moving up into a more luxury class - looking at Audi A4/A6, BMW 3 or 5 class or Acura TL. Today, I had a chance to drive all of these and in addition a MB. The dealer had a 04 Mercedes E320 and it was awesome to drive and seemed priced ok ($17K).
As I have been doing research tonight, I continue to find the biggest complaints against the German cars being reliability and the high cost of repairs. Honestly, after reading the articles and reviews, I am reconsidering "moving up" and thinking about buying a newer Accord or just moving into the Acura class.
A couple of questions -
+ Are the repair costs significantly higher with a German car vs Japanese? I have no baseline on my Accord since I have not had to do any repairs.
+ Is the reliability that much worse for the German cars?
Are the repair costs significantly higher with a German car vs Japanese? I have no baseline on my Accord since I have not had to do any repairs.
I don't think the cost of parts and labor are really all that much if any higher at a BMW or Mercedes dealer than they are at Acura or Lexus. The chance is quite a bit higher though that you will be seeing the service department more often, especially on German cars that are 6 years old or more. If you are planning on getting another 150K miles out of your new car, it would be wise to budget at least $2000 for maintenance and possible repairs, and $3-4K if you want to be on the safe side.
You also have to be absolutely meticulous choosing your car. A fully documented and 100% spotless service history is a must. If the dealer can't provide that, walk away. If that's not something you can manage, you should probably stay away from ze Germans. Certified Pre-Owned programs are definitely a good idea, though you'll need to look for a car newer than '04 to get much benefit, and will need to spend more than $17K.
If you want to keep things around $17K, you might want to consider the previous generation Lexus GS430 if you can manage to locate one. Unlike the Honda/Acura products all of the interior trim materials are real, the engine has plenty of power and torque, and that car was incredibly well built and incredibly reliable. It's not as good to drive as an A6 2.7T or 540i Sport, but 150K miles should be absolutely no sweat for it. The handling can be much improved with new springs and sway bars.
The interior can't match the flowing style of the previous generation E or A6, but with tan leather at least I think it's much more luxurious than a previous gen Accord, and a lot more classic and less chintzy looking than the previous TL. An '03 or '04 example with low miles should go for around $15K or so.
Another option is an '05 or '06 Infiniti G35, which go for around $18K. The interior wasn't great, but they are almost as good to drive as a 3 series sport, and are very reliable cars, just watch out for ones with brake wear issues.
If you can go a bit above $20K, the '07 Infiniti G35 and '06 M35 are great choices.
vinrun Posts: 11I had a 2004 Mercedes C 320 4 matic for over 6 years. No problems for the first 5 years or so. Then my fuel pump went = $800. Something with the starter= $400. Something with the turning or grease wells, I forget what they were going to charge. The rims on the car were discolored or something. I had just over 60,000 miles on the car. I traded it in. It was very expensive to keep up after 5 years. Be careful buying a 2004 Mercedes.
houdini1 Kansas City areaPosts: 5,863Very good advice from LG on the GS. If you can find one with relatively low miles you might also look at the Lexus LS 430 of the same generation. Simply great cars with a very elegant and simple interior of top notch materials. Not really a sport sedan, more on the luxury side, but they can be had for under 20 thousand and they are practically bullet proof.
If you are thinking of something newer, I find the Hyundai Genesis to be an extremely interesting vehicle. Good luck.
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You've already read pretty much everything with the above posts.
Yes, an Acura will probably prove just as reliable ... but, frankly, just as boring, too.
Lexus GS was a good suggestion. Yeah, still boring, but at least RWD and pretty powerful. And definitely luxo.
Infiniti is also a good suggestion.
Avoid Audi.
Personally, I think bimmer is fine. Granted, I don't have alot of experience with newer ones, but my '87 with 120k miles is holding up great and repairs have been very inexpensive.
Another suggestion I'd like to make is Volvo. An S60 2.5T is a pretty nice ride and pretty reliable ... not to mention inexpensive used.
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Another suggestion I'd like to make is Volvo. An S60 2.5T is a pretty nice ride and pretty reliable ... not to mention inexpensive used.
That's another good one. The early S60s had teething problems and lifeless steering, but most of the problems were corrected by '04, which is also the year that Volvo changed the steering and added some decent weighting and feel. The '05's got a fairly significant interior upgrade, so that's probably where I would start.
The 2.5T AWD is probably the best choice, as most S60s don't have stability control. The rare T5 has all of the extra power at the top of the rev range and isn't really any faster. Avoid the S60R. The automatic version had its torque hugely reduced because the transmission couldn't handle the strain, so its nowhere near as fast as the horsepower would suggest, and its nowhere near as fun as the "R" would imply. If fun is a high priority, the G35 will smoke it. The S60R's active suspension is also just asking for a huge repair bill.
UNLESS you go with an '06 S60R, which has a 6-speed auto and full power available from the getgo. It is very nearly as fast as its manual counterpart.
Yeah, the adjustable suspension is just one more thing to break ... but man is it fun!
BUT, all in all, I have to vote for the 2.5T FWD. The haldex AWD presents a common and expensive problem in failure of the angle gear.
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UNLESS you go with an '06 S60R, which has a 6-speed auto and full power available from the getgo. It is very nearly as fast as its manual counterpart.
Interesting, I didn't know that Volvo upgraded the automatic for '06. Apparently they also upgraded the AWD system so that it actually sends some power to the rear wheels some of the time, though its still no Quattro or even ATTESSA-ETS. With the unrestrained engine it's competitive with the old G35, M35, A6 2.7T and faster than an E320, but would still lose a drag race to the GS430 or a 540i.
For whatever reason, Volvos are always slower than their horsepower and torque numbers would suggest. This continues right up to the current XC60 and S80.
The nice thing about the S60R is that most of them were ordered with the Dolby PL-II stereo, which is as rare in the rest of the S60 range as a Siberian tiger. The standard 100 watt, single disc setup kind of stinks, and isn't really befitting a luxury car. The downside is a truly mammoth turning circle, some 41 feet if I remember correctly.
For whatever reason, Volvos are always slower than their horsepower and torque numbers would suggest. This continues right up to the current XC60 and S80.
I know what you mean, and it is interesting, but it can vary dramatically. For example, with my '98 T5 auto, I once managed a 6.1s 0-60 (according to my OBD scanner/dyno ... and with liberal brake-torquing). While not an unheard of time on the enthusiast boards, it is faster than any published time. Turbo/auto combos seem very inconsistent in any case. That was a full sec off the time I would get with no brake-torquing.
The manual Rs could dip down right around the mid 5s range, I believe. I would consider that about right given the weight and AWD. Again, though, I think published numbers were not so quick, IIRC.
I'm not sure which stereo is in my '01. I know it is the middle model of the 3 offered, but not sure what that means. It is OK. Still one of the better stock systems I've ever had, but I'm not as impressed with it as the system in my '98 ... which doesn't make much sense to me. Maybe it is the effect of it being a wagon.
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markcincinnati Posts: 5,069Having almost any repair on a German (or European car, generally) will give new meaning to the words: "Breathtakingly expensive!" Of course, driving most German cars is addictive.
29 Audis, 3 BMW's at last count (between my wife and me).
I keep thinking, Infiniti is the Japanese BMW.
Well, we all know what Watty Piper writes. . . .
carolinabob Posts: 495Any European car is going to be very expensive to maintain. For instance, the normal three year maintenance on my 2010 E350 is almost $1,000 at today's prices.
One thing you can do is check out the service for the first 100,000 miles and then call dealer to see what they will charge. Parts are probably going to cost much more down the road on European than on Japanese.
Japanese cars are very much cheaper to maintain. But if you go to "luxury" brands, you will pay for the fancy showrooms, waiting rooms, special treatment and so forth. Acura probably costs lot less than Lexus.
The Lexus GS is not well recommended by many, so you might want to research it throughly on several sites and drive it for a good long test.
The LS430 is a a top rated car in luxury and reliability, but they do not come cheap. I know because I looked at several.
Good luck.
Maybe I'm being dense, but can anyone tell me why their Euro Luxo car is more expensive to "maintain" than a Japanese car, for example?
Let me take, for instance, my volvo vs my mazda vs my nissan. All get 4k-mile oil changes. OK, in this instance, the volvo is a tad pricier because it uses 7 qts of oil vs the 5 in each of the other 2 vehicles. All have timing belts. All have brakes pads, struts, tires, etc, etc. All those things, for the most part, wear out at similar intervals and all cost the same across all vehicles. So what am I missing concerning this "more expensive maintenance"?
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jayrider Posts: 3,252I have the exact same frame of mind re service costs. I always get a free inspection at every oil change. Covers all of the imortant stuff but doesn't include a computer scan. If you just get the oil changed at regular intervals and the car runs fine, I'm happy. Change the coolant and trans fluid as required and check the brakes at tire rotations. Will the MB fall apart without the deluxe inspection? I doubt it. The drivetrain is solid. I think it's a part of the premium car mystique that promotes expensive maintenance that people have come to expect. Now a breakdown could be pricey because parts are more but parts for new cars across the board are expensive. They don't fail as often so there is no mass production to bring down costs. Imo.
Before I purchased my then new 08 Acura RL, I drove a Lexus GS 600 (I think that was the label) and then I noted the cost of labor with each dealer.
The Lexus rate per hour was $ 220, while the Acura rate was $ 110. And since I know very little today about working on cars, I took that rate per hour into consideration. I am one of the 50s generation and I used to work on Chev but not now.
Good luck to all and stay safe.
The Lexus rate per hour was $ 220, while the Acura rate was $ 110.
Wow! I'm not sure what dealer that was, but there are some real crooks running it. $220 an hour for a Lexus is just insane pricing. The highest I've ever seen at an Audi dealer is $160, and I pay a lot less than that.
james27 Posts: 433Having lived in Germany (a long time ago!), and seeing what the inspection covered to keep the car on the road and renew the license, you appreciate what the scheduled maintenance is trying to do - it is trying to forestall a catastrophic failure of some component when whizzing down the autobahn at over 100mph. Their safety inspection makes ours in the states look like a walk in the park - it is obsessively complete, and may call for replacements (and at least checks) on things that wouldn't be as big a deal here in the USA at our lower speeds. The goal of the inspection/service appointments is to try to ensure the car is still operating as new and replace things before they fail or degrade performance.
The Lexus dealer was on Concord Ca while the Acura dealer was just down the block. I was floored at the Lexuscharge per hour, and I never went back to look again at their cars. Plus the Acura dealer discounted quite a bit for the RL, and I have had no problems with it so far.
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Re: Best of both worldsmahobros Mar 20, 2012 12:39 PM (in response to destroyer_118118)
They should just keep it simple and have no proficencies. This is because if a gun is level 1 then it is most likely terrible. I'm okay with the idea of camos and reticles at certain weapon levels but the attachments should be the only thing to improve a gun.
Re: Best of both worldsrozersedge Mar 20, 2012 2:28 PM (in response to destroyer_118118)
The unlock system of Black Ops wasn't broken, we just need something to work toward. Why not just level up attachments? You would level up attachments independent of the weapons you put them on. Camo,
Playercard backgrounds, XP, and CoD Points could be rewarded for leveling up.
Also, I do think Treyarch needs to figure out a way to add value to CoD Points. You get to a certain point during the prestige when you have enough to get whatever you want. Of course, I never made it to 14th so I'm sure people didn't feel that way trying to save up for gold guns.
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There was another thing that I thought would increase CoD point value, but Im not sure would be popular witht he community, but Im going to throw it out there anyway. If they kept XP for just guns, and CoD points were used for levelling, so you would need to save up money to gain a level. This would make the feeling of levelling up better, since you are doing it. I don't know how the community would respond to this, though. Anyway, I think that weapon levelling is a great way of giving people something to acheive, since it means that they have to work a bit to get an attachment. I think that we just need more freedom with the levelling system, and this would be quite a good system, in my opinion. As few ideas that MW3 had, the majority of them were good, like Pointstreaks, and weapon levelling.


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