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WASHINGTON - Last month, "House of Cards" held its D.C. premiere at the Newseum, looking to change the future of television as the first series produced by Netflix. This weekend, FEARnet is getting in on the action, airing the entire five-film "Exorcist" series On Demand and online starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17.
"This is an 'Exorcist' marathon to draw people's attention to a cable network that's taking over by storm," said Linda Blair, who played the film's possessed child Regan MacNeil, voted the AFI's No. 7 Villain of All Time. "For all the people who love horror and psychological thrillers, it's a new network that people are able to ask their cable providers for. It's a great tribute to my career, so I'm very grateful to them for doing it."
The service is a partnership between Sony, Lionsgate and Comcast, showing 300 movie titles a year, including 14 world television and 22 theatrical broadcast premieres. This particular marathon marks the 40th anniversary of "The Exorcist" (1973), directed by William Friedkin and written by William Peter Blatty in an Oscar-winning adaptation of his own 1971 novel.
"Blatty had studied to be a Jesuit priest and went on to have a very big career as a comedy writer," Blair said. "But he wanted to do something a little more dramatic and was told, 'Bill, you're a comedy writer.' He said, 'No, I'm gonna do the scariest movie of all time, so he set forth and he did just that."
The novel's release came while Blair was a child actor in New York. At the time, she was doing mostly commercials and modeling and was considering quitting acting to become a veterinarian.
"If it had been two months later, it would not have been me," she said. "They just happened to catch me and find me, probably because I was the most accommodating child actor in New York, so it just worked out. I was the Cinderella Girl, so to be able to take the Cinderella Girl and turn her into the demon-possessed child, it was a dream come true."
The convulsing, pissing, vomiting, floating, masturbating, head-spinning, spider- stair-climbing performance was all Blair, while the demonic voice was dubbed later by Hollywood legend Mercedes McCambridge (Oscar-winner, "All the King's Men"), whom Blair said had a "great tenacity to give Billy Friedkin the performance he wanted."
The McCambridge voice mixing and nightmarish sound effects earned the film an Oscar for Best Sound, one of two wins from 10 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. How many horror films can claim that?
"It was quite an experience watching them do all of the special effects and the makeup, where nowadays you have all of the CGI, such as 'Life of Pi,'" Blair said. "We've come so far with that, but back then, it was a magic show they had to produce, and it has withstood time. Whenever you do anything in life to the best of your ability, there's gonna be a payoff."
The role won Blair the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, putting her in the same class as Anne Hathaway this year for "Les Miserables" (2012). Blair was also nominated for an Oscar, sending the 15-year-old to the Academy Awards to compete against Candy Clark ("American Graffiti"), Medline Kahn ("Paper Moon"), Sylvia Sidney ("Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams") and the eventual winner, child actress Tatum O'Neal ("Paper Moon").
"You always really pull for the older people who have been paying their dues by working for many, many years," Blair said. "We have extraordinary films out again this year, as we do every year."
I asked Blair if she knew what 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis was going through after her Oscar nomination for Best Actress in "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (2012).
"When you are a child involved in an adult business and entertainment, your perspective on everything is so much different," Blair said. "Everybody's giving you great love and accolades, and I think she is just enjoying every minute and has no idea what's going on. But she was so extraordinary in her role and her performance, along with the other actresses."
After the Oscar whirlwind, Blair starred in the sequel, "The Exorcist II: The Heretic" (1977), directed by John Boorman ("Deliverance") and starring Max von Sydow, Louise Fletcher, Richard Burton, James Earl Jones, Ned Beatty and Paul Henreid. She left the franchise as it raged on into "The Exorcist III" (1990), "Exorcist: The Beginning" (2004) and "Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist" (2005), but she did appear in the Leslie Nielsen spoof "Repossessed" (1990) and a cameo as a reporter in Wes Craven's "Scream" (1996).
Today, Blair continues to act, but she is also getting back to her original love of animals, the same passion that made her want to be a vet before she landed the role of a lifetime.
"I am very involved with charities, because I was raised that way," Blair said. "We were from Connecticut and I was raised protestant. You'd go to your local church and you would help a family in need during the holidays or whatever the church was giving us guidance on. So I carried that through my life where I would donate my time and services."
Nearly 14 years ago, she decided to start her own non-profit, the Linda Blair World Heart Foundation. The California-based organization deals with animal and human welfare in what Blair calls "one of the largest dog rescues in America" with "100 dog-kennel licenses from pitbulls to poodles."
"Everything always goes back to what people do, it's not the breed. Never was," Blair says. "You need to be better to children, to others, to animals, and that's really my goal: to do what I can to change American laws for animal cruelty and child cruelty."
And so, just like her spinning head, Blair has come full circle, still trying to influence a Washington area that made her a global pop culture icon while filming "The Exorcist" in Georgetown.
"When I was filming 'The Exorcist,' we stayed across the way in the Marriott Hotel," Blair recalls. "I could see from my window that they had lit up a gas station with the stairs, and of course I filmed many of my scenes outside the house that's there. ... I was there the night we did the big stunt with the actor coming down the stairs, and the scene where Bill O'Malley does his last rites."
The house and stairs are, of course, located next to the Exxon Gas Station where Whitehurst Freeway dead-ends into "M" Street near Georgetown University.
"To find out so many years later that people take their pictures by the stairs and people are remembering constantly about the film, I always just say, look, I believe because it's a theological thriller, it is meant for us to look at the good and evil that's right here in front of us, and to treat others more compassionately," Blair said. "That's the message of 'The Exorcist,' to look at ourselves and be a better person and help those in need, and that's what the Linda Blair Foundation is all about."
Follow WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley on Twitter @JasonFraleyWTOP or check out his blog The Film Spectrum.


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Pastor Maldonado is confident Williams won't be penalised for opting not to run their new car at Jerez.
Out of the 11 Formula One teams, Williams is the only one not testing their 2013 challenger at the opening pre-season test.
The Grove-based team have instead been using last year's FW34 fitting with development parts for this year's car.
Maldonado, though, is adamant his team has not made an error in judgement.
"We are confident with the new car," Maldonado told Autosport. "But we want to be even more confident.
"With the test we planned to do here, there is no better way to do it than with the other car because we have a lot of confidence in it, a lot of data to compare and we are going to be more clear [in understanding the tyres] with it.
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The homeowners of a once pedestrian, now chic yet understated house in Aspen, Colorado, are unconditional fans of Paris-based decorator Caroline Sarkozy. "We love everything about her style," the wife raves. "It's classic but modern, comfortable and warm without being fussy. And we like that our house doesn't feel like a clinic. We're not keen on everything being bare and spare." Sarkozy herself attributes her eclectic aesthetic to her nomadic childhood. Although she was born in Paris and is half-sister to the former French president, her upbringing took a global route when her mother, Christine de Ganay, married American diplomat Frank G. Wisner, who has served as the U.S. ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines, and India.


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According to Gallup, two-thirds of Democrats say they're "satisfied" with the deal Congress struck on January 2 to avert the "crisis" that it had itself created. Only 23 percent say they don't like it. Two-thirds of Republicans say they don't approve -- and Rush Limbaugh is typically furious -- but anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist says he is "happy" with the agreement.
Did Obama get the better of Republicans, or did he get rolled? It's been a hot debate among progressives since details of the deal were announced. This week, on the AlterNet Radio Hour, Michael Tomasky of the Daily Beast joined Joshua Holland for a friendly debate. Below is a lightly edited transcript of the exchange (you can listen to a podcast of the whole show here).
Joshua Holland: Mike, did you find it kind of surreal to see Congress patting themselves on the back for dealing with a phony crisis they conjured out of thin air?
Michael Tomasky: I'm not so wild about the idea of Congress patting themselves on the back. But I actually think Obama deserves a little pat on the back.
JH: We're going to have a disagreement here.
Now, I've had a number of criticisms of this administration but I think Barack Obama has done a pretty good job on balance, given the multiple crises he inherited and the craziness of opposition. That view has caused people to call me an Obamabot. I mention that as context, so you understand where I'm coming from.
You wrote a piece in the Beast this week that I would have agreed with right up until [last] Tuesday, but now I disagree. It's titled, " Dear Liberals: Stop Complaining."
In it, you write, "There's a style of criticism that really bugs me. It's that which reproves [Obama] for failing to be Captain Liberal while refusing to recognize that the guy has to be Mr. President." Can you unpack that a bit for us?
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According to simulation craft, noxxic and varying other sites, Balance druids are actually the worst dps class (singletarget at least) by quite a bit.
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According to simulation craft, noxxic and varying other sites, Balance druids are actually the worst dps class (singletarget at least) by quite a bit.
There is already a sort of workaround to get offspec gear in LFR (or more accurately, there's a way for tanks to get around the long que times for lfr and still get tank loot). LFR loot is not based off of what you queued as, it's based on what spec you are (just as Sha and Galleon are and there's no role que for them). Which means if you are just looking to gear up your tank offspec but don't want to wait an hour-plus que (or if your tank-gear is still too far in-progress to actually be the tank) you can simply que as dps and just kill the bosses in your tank spec. Your dps may be awful (especially since you won't have much in the way of vengeance), but LFR is fully capable to be killed with a few people scraping the bottom of the meters (you'll still be more useful than that healer that's afk).
It's not perfect, and I agree that there being some other sort of system in place to let you get offspec gear without intentionally being bad, but at least this will help in the meantime.
Also, on the buff topic, the drums do still exist. Well, Drums of the Wild were drastically changed at the start of cata (they're now a party wide hot that only heals for 2k total), but they were only changed because MotW and Kings were merged into the same buff and Drums of Forgotten Kings fill that role. The Kings drums still work and they provide a 4% version of the buff as opposed to the 5%. It's just a matter farming the wrath leather/scales to make them. There are also still inscription version of the fortitude buff, Runescroll of Fortitude III provides an 8% stam buff as opposed to the 10% that the real version provides, and it's made with MoP level mats (there are also 6% and 7% runescrolls that take wrath and cata mats respectively). I don't know if any of the other 6 raid buffs have consumable versions or not (and I don't think any of the debuffs do).
Also, if you are willing to spend Charms, you can change spec immediately on the kill and use the charm quickly after you change spec. The roll with the charm will look at your current spec.
"he doens't need healing, he doesn't need healing, he doesn't nee-WHAOSHIT!wtf was that man!". Please stop leaning on TDR. -Teng
I'm guilty of queuing as tank and dps in lfr and just being a third tank on all the fights.
Yep i'm doing the same thing now. I spent about 4 hours in the tank queue last week, so this week i'm queueing as dps and being terrible at it as a tank spec. I'm sure I would be much more effective if I could play frost and roll on blood gear, but the system doesn't accomodate that.
I'm queuing with a healer friend, yet to get an hour long queue
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Hunters, Just get a Sporebat, most LFRs will be missing that buff.
The basic problem is that there are too many people wanting to queue as a tank for a 25m raid. Queueing with others helps the individual, but does nothing to alleviate this basic problem.
almost makes me miss when no one wanted to tank anything and i got instant queues.
Surely the Blood Legion thing shouldn't have happened now that the WoWProgress actually shows number of pulls aswell as has always shown the kill order of every other boss.
Blood Legion killed Empress in 85 attempts. Method in 156 attempts.
In this case I think is clear Blood Legion did better, and the '1 day advantage' didn't come into play at all.
I think you are underestimating the advantage of the US guilds. First, to put a number on this:
So we are talking about a 16 hour head start.
- American Realms go up at 11:00 AM PST on Tuesday = 7:00 PM GMT on Tuesday
- European Realms go up at 11:00 AM GMT on Wednesday
Looking at the rankings for the two endbosses, this would have changed the positions as Paragorn would have taken #1 on Shek'zeer (even being 10 man and all), but especially the earlier bosses in the instance would have changed a lot. You might argue that the first bosses don't count for the overall standings, but even when not changing positions this still is a problem: Wowprogress.com is giving out points based on the seconds you killed the boss after the very first kill of that particular boss, so even if the ranking would have remained the same, Method would have gotten more points for their kill (which would have been only 2 hours after BLs kill) and BL would have gotten less for their WotE kill.
About the "BL was behind in progress and had to overtake Method after Zor'lok", that might be true, but that only translates to "BL used up all their head start on Zor'lok", which does not make it less of a head start. An argument I could accept to a certain degree would be the hotfixes that were applied to Zor'lok at the same time for EU and US BUT both hotfixes went in at a time far better suited for US progression than for EU progression:
While technically they went in at the same time, the timing did fit the US guilds a lot more than it did the EU guild. For my guild (Pulse on Blackmoore-EU, GO ALLIANCE!), we read about the second hotfix at around 23:30 local time and had the option to either stay up and hope for the hotfix to go in or just call it a night, get some sleep and start again the next morning. For all we know, the hotfix went in about 30 minutes later, but we couldn't know that. I hope you see my point.
- The first Hotfix went in "shortly after" Nov 7, 13:28 PST which is around 21:30 GMT, late in the day for EU realms but early in the day for US.
- The second Hotfix went in "shortly after" Nov 8, 14:17 PST which is around 22:30 GMT, late in the day for EU realms but again early for US.
All that being said, this discussion is basically as old as WoW. It died down a bit in the last couple of years, because the last US World First was back in 2007 and so there was nothing to discuss about.
Thank you Lore, for keep me updated with everything in WoW. Keep up the great work with PST, and The Marmot. Im currently depolyed and have been ever since MOP came out. Can't wait to get back and play again. Once Thank you for keep me up on MOP, can't wait to get back and play again.
As for the Zor'lok. Look at it with this analogy. The US got a 12 hour head start in the race, but there was a bus crash on the road 1 mile down and they had to wait until it was cleared before they could continue the race. The EU guilds started the race 12 hours later, but met up with the US at the same bus crash. There was no way around this crash, no amount of speed or skill could get them past the crash. Finally, 2 days later the wreckage was cleared and everyone got to start again, but this time on even ground. You may say the time of the hotfix favored US guilds, but the top EU guilds were still up, and started progressing the same time that the US guilds did. Paragon and Method were not asleep when the hotfixes went in.
The only reason it's even an issue at this point is b/c the bosses are dropping within days of being available. In T13 noone ever argued about the difference. It still wouldn't have been an issue if a US guild got world first Madness b/c at that point it was a month after it opened. Then the only stupid argument would be the amount of hours of sleep each guild got per day.
I don't think buffs needs to be done away with, but they could be more attainable. In beta I had suggested one of the tiers for dks to be 3 buff choices, ap, melee haste, and coe or whatever uh had before. You can do that across all classes and give 10 mans an easier job of getting all the buffs without taking them all away and seeing class stacking.
It is not splitting hairs. From "The Free Dictionary": "Split Hairs: to argue about very small differences or unimportant details". A difference of 16 hours might be small if the instance takes a month to clear, but it for sure is not "small" if it only takes a couple of days. Say both US and EU kill a boss at the same time, 31 days after the instance opened up for EU, then it would have taken the EU guild 744 hours to kill the boss, whereas it would have taken the US guild 760 hours to kill the boss. That is a difference of 2% and I wouldn't argue "US advantage" in that case. But if the instance is cleared within 3 days, you have 72 hours for EU guilds and 88 hours for US guilds, a difference of 22% which is quite significant. Obviously, I am ignoring time spent sleeping, but assuming that everyone sleeps about the same amount this only extends the time in which the advantage remains significant.
I can agree to what you are saying, if Blizzard would release the content at the same exact time for EU and US this would still not be an even start because of the time differences. However, there is an easy fix for that problem: Ranking should be done by "seconds since instance availability" and not by "absolute date".
Again, I can accept the argument about Zor'loks hotfixes in part, and I still stand by my argument that those hotfixes came at a far better time for US than they did for EU. Yes, people were still up, but the hotfixes hit at the end of a raid day for EU, while they hit at the beginning of a raid day for US.
I'm guessing my battlegroup must be really poor on tanks, as queueing solo as a tank provides queues within five minutes, often instant, and DPS queues take about 30 minutes.
Which is annoying when the only remaining items I want out of LFR are either Haste items for my Tank spec, or simply offspec items.


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Fernando Alonso says Ferrari refused to take any gambles in Saturday's qualifying for the Brazilian GP, resulting in yet another "expected" eighth place.
Needing to beat Sebastian Vettel by 14 points this Sunday to secure the 2012 Drivers' Championship, Alonso was left facing an uphill battle after once again struggling for one-lap pace.
The double World Champ, who has only three front row starts to his credit this season, brought his F2012 home with a 1:13.253.
And that was only good enough for eighth place on the Interlagos grid, four places behind Vettel.
Alonso, though, is refusing to write off his chances of turning that into the podium finish he needs to even stand a chance.
"Ninth in USA and eighth here so more or less as I expected," said the Spaniard.
"I will try to achieve the podiums which we achieved in Abu Dhabi and Austin we achieved from those positions.
"So, an interesting race. Obviously we need some strange circumstances, we need a chaotic race in a way, with rain affecting it or something. Let's hope we see something like that.
"Maybe the rain can help, but you never know. We need to push the maximum to enjoy tomorrow's race, and as I said, try to be in the podium."
The Ferrari driver also downplayed the difference between wet or dry set-up.
"Nothing changes in our days. I think F1 now is dominated by aerodynamics, the only thing you can change is you can put more downforce or less downforce on the car.
"We ran with maximum downforce in the dry and obviously it's the same in the wet, so no big changes, or no one jumped today for a wet set-up, because there's minimum changes."
As for his team boss, Stefano Domenicali admits P8 is "not the perfect position to start the race tomorrow."
However, he reckons that with a "lot of concentration and working hard and we will see what the outcome is in the race.
"Anything is possible then, it will be an interesting Sunday."
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This time it's the boy who's the mortal: moody, bookish Ethan, the outsider in his sleepy small town of Gatlin, S.C., though Alden Ehrenreich plays him more like a sensitive jock on "Glee." Lena (Alice Englert), the new girl at school, comes from a family of witches (or, as they're known here, Casters), and on the day she turns 16 she'll be ''claimed,'' either by the light side or (more likely, due to a family curse) the dark side.
Adapted from the popular YA novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, "Beautiful Creatures" is lushly pictorial and not-too-badly acted. The best thing in the movie is Englert, who has a fresh, unretouched, Jane Austen-gone-goth allure. (She is also Jane Campion's daughter.)
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Aug 15 - U.S. corn growers are expected to produce a record-high 13.8 billion bushels of corn in 2013, according to the Crop Production report issued Aug. 12 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The forecast production is up 28 percent from drought-hit 2012.
U.S. growers wrapped up planting corn by mid-June, with 97.4 million acres planted to the crop. Also, with 64 percent of U.S. corn crop rated in good to excellent condition as of Aug. 4, corn crop condition remained significantly higher than at this time last year. Based on these conditions, NASS forecasts this year's corn yield at 154.4 bushels per acre, the third-highest yield on record.
U.S. soybean production is forecast at 3.26 billion bushels in 2013, up 8 percent from last year. NASS forecasts 76.4 million acres of soybeans for harvest this year. If realized, this will be the second-largest harvested acreage on record. Improved weather in June allowed soybean growers to speed up their planting, and by June 30, growers had 96 percent of the crop in the ground. Based on Aug. 1 conditions, soybean yields are expected to average 42.6 bushels per acre, up three bushels from 2012.
"Despite planting delays and somewhat cool, wet conditions across much of the Corn Belt, farmers have worked diligently to grow the best crop possible," said National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Martin Barbre, a farmer from Carmi, III. "We are pleased to see that this work is coming to fruition in many of the fields surveyed by the USDA in order to produce this forecast.
Farmers merge cutting-edge technology and ever-improving practices to create a dynamic industry capable of operating at a level unthinkable only a few decades prior. As harvest slowly approaches, we hope that conditions hold strong and look forward to getting the crop out of the field and into the bins."
Corn beginning stocks projections were lowered by 10 million bushels based on a 15-million bushel increase in the previous crop year's exports. A 5 million-bushel increase in imports partially offset the decline in beginning stocks.
U.S. corn ending stocks for 20132014 are projected at 1.8 billion bushels, 122 million bushels lower than a month prior. The season-average farm price, now projected 10 cents higher at each end to $4.50 to $5.30 per bushel, remains down sharply from the record $6.70 to $7.10 the prior year.
USDA's August Crop Production report contained smaller than expected forecasts of the size of the 2013 U.S. corn and soybean crops, noted Darrel Good, professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois, in a news release. At 13.8 billion bushels, the corn crop forecast is 242 million bushels smaller than the average trade guess. At 3.3 billion bushels, the soybean crop forecast is 81 million bushels smaller than the average trade guess.
The forecast of corn area to be harvested for grain was unchanged from the June forecast of 89.1 million acres, but the average yield forecast of 154.4 bushels was 3.3 bushels lower than expected, Good pointed out.
The projection of corn used for ethanol production was unchanged at 4.9 billion bushels, implying little growth in consumption of ethanol blends above 10 percent during the year ahead, according to Good. The estimate of area planted to soybeans was reduced by 550,000 acres from the June forecast. The U.S. average soybean yield is forecast at 42.6 bushels, about one bushel below the average trade guess, according to the University of Illinois news release.
The marketing year average farm price is projected in a range of $10.35 to $12.35, 60 cents above last month's projection. For soybean oil, the forecast of consumption for biodiesel was increased by 200 million pounds, to a total of 5.7 billion pounds. That compares to expected consumption this year of only 4.6 billion pounds, Good reported. The increase reflects the likely need to increase biodiesel production to meet the Renewable Fuels Standards for 2014, although the preliminary rules for 2014 have not yet been announced by the Environmental Protection Agency. The forecast of domestic soybean oil consumption for other purposes was reduced by 200 million pounds.
Todd Davis, American Farm Bureau Federation economist, noted that the USDA report predicted 20132014 corn ending stocks to drastically increase from 719 million bushels for 20122013 to 1.8 million bushels, elevating the stocks-to-use ratio from 6.4 percent to 14.5 percent. This means that the U.S. corn market is likely to go from a 23-day supply to a 52-day supply of corn, Davis said. This increase in stocks will cause prices to decline from a marketing-average price of $6.95 per bushel for 20122013 to a projected $4.90 per bushel in 2013-2014, said Davis.
The 20132014 soybean ending stocks are also expected to increase, though not as sharply as corn, from 125 million bushels in 20122013 to 220 million bushels in 20132014. In turn, the stocks-to-use ratio also will see an increase from a threadbare 4 percent for 20122013 to 6.9 percent for 20132014. The projected marketing-year average prices are expected to decline from $14.40 per bushel for 20122013 to $11.35 per bushel for 20132014.
Due to the late planting season for both corn and soybeans, especially in the western Corn Belt, farmers should expect future reports to provide more accurate estimates that may differ significantly from Mondays estimate, said Davis. While the 2013 corn and soybean crops do not look excellent everywhere, the corn and soybean markets are anticipating much larger crops, which will lead to lower prices and tighter profitability margins for 2014.


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Rubio wrote:Not even a "still not dead"?
It's not dead...just sleeping....
Rubio wrote:Not even a "still not dead"?
Tenzhi wrote:Seems more like it's in a "persistent vegetative state."
Nikchick wrote:Until the new manuscript is in a form we can accept and that meets our expectations, we're just not going to release the book. I mean, after all this time we figure we might as well get it right.
Tony did some good work toward that goal, but it's not "there" yet. While it's still being developed there's just not that much to say.
Tenzhi wrote:I wonder if it's naive of me to hope that they'll have some sort of useful info at GenCon...
Rubio wrote:So, shelved until further notice? Well, that's something of an information update. Little depressing, but an update nonetheless.
Like old times, eh, Tenzhi? Now what in the bluudy drek is dis Book of Nine Swords you are saying?
Rubio wrote:So, shelved until further notice?
Rubio wrote: Now what in the bluudy drek is dis Book of Nine Swords you are saying?
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KoT on Lightbringer (formerly Knights of Tranquility on the Scryers) was formed in August 2005 on the Silver Hand server, with the belief that raiding should be a positive, fun and friendly social experience. Our guild caters to older people with limited time to play, but who want to down content with other skilled and fun-loving people. The majority of our raiders have been together for a long time and the social aspects of raiding are as important to us as progression. We have recently moved to the Lightbringer server for better economy/recruitment.
Our approach to raid is that we are always respectful of our members, and our member's time. Our members often have responsibilities that limit the amount of time they have to play, so we make the best use of that time by starting raids promptly, and limiting the number of interruptions in raids. Each raid team member understands that raiding is a challenging activity that requires preparation and research before each raid, and that during raids, we need to give our full attention and effort to make the raid successful. However, we never resort to insults or name-calling as a means of correcting mistakes. We resolve raid issues in a positive, constructive manner.
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Is Creatine Safe And Effective For Beginners?
If we see around in our society, we can find many young athletes and sportsman going to gym in their daily routines. In past few decades, one can clearly see that a wave of fitness improvement has waved through the planet and people now take their healthy well being on a serious note. Now, everyone wants to stay physically fit and strong. Now people do care about what they eat and how they seem. Keeping in view this up-rise of fitness among masses, industries started manufacturing different kind of energizers and supplements; all claiming to be the best for your body needs. Majority of these supplements are either steroid or proteins derivatives which are mainly taken these days, and between these two the best are creatine supplements which have shown some remarkable results in aiding our bodies without showing any kind of side effects. Human body has the tendency to develop its own creatine in liver, which is then transported to the muscles through our blood. Its main role comes into play once it has reached our muscles. It is a product of different kind of amino acids and is stored in our body muscles; where they are used during physical activity. Requirement of creatine depends upon the amount of tension our muscles are undergoing. During strenuous exercise, when there is increase muscular activity, creatine requirement and usage is also increased.
Creatine vs. Beginners:
With each passing day, the demand and usage of creatine is increasing in every part of the world; but still some questions are looming about its overall role. The most common question which is usually asked is that is creatine intake safe for beginners? Does it play any positive role upon the beginner muscles? Well, creatine has been labeled as safe for people of any age and any sex. It doesn't harm our body muscles at all; but still some steps need to be taken. Everyone who starts with this supplement should definitely have a look at some general information related to this supplement to gain some more knowledge.
- Always try to start using creatine uptake once it is required. If you are seeing that your muscles are growing and gaining strength by doing just exercise and with your usual diet then you should not start creatine uptake at all in the beginning as it would provide less help.
- It would be better if you don't take it before 2-3 months of exercise. By that time your body has become already use to extra exertion and extra amount of proteins might be required by the body.
- As we know that creatine is already manufactured in our bodies and it is also present in our daily diet sources in the form of red meat, so taking it at the beginning of your gym training might lead to total shutdown of its natural manufacturing process. As a result your body would become over dependent upon supplemental proteins rather than making its own proteins.
- If your muscles are already growing and becoming stronger with your normal routine diet, then adding creatine would further boost up its growth and size. Some people claim that it doesn't play any role in strengthening your muscles but that is totally wrong. Research analysis has shown that people who use these supplements gain muscles mass much more quickly than those who do not use it. Some people might say that it effects your kidneys and liver proper function but also isn't true at all. So far nothing as such has been reported ever.
More supplements for beginners can be also found on this page.
Keeping in view importance of our health and overall physique, one should always try to stay healthy and eat healthy. One should always take diet which is best for him; whether it's in natural form or supplemental form. It's you who would take the decision. So, if you really want bigger and stronger muscles; then add creatine supplements to your routine diet and you will see the difference which it would make by yourself.
Women Should Drink Protein Shakes to improve their health
Modern world is based on the concept of equality; whether it comes to sex, race, color, age or any location; everyone wants to live on the basis of equality. The most desirable claim about equality comes from the side of women who claim that they should be considered on par with men. They want equal job opportunities, they want equal protection rights, and they want to be treated the best; and why shouldn't they raise their voices for such rights? Gone are the days when women were considered to be house working ladies and there were some serious objections on working women, but now it's the 21st century, now the concept has totally changed. If we take a close look at today's modern woman, we can see their smart bodies, eye-catching personalities, curvy and lean bodies; instead of shabby and fat looking ladies which we used to see some decades ago. So what is the cause for this transformation? Why women have become so much attractive and physically strong? Why they are becoming prettier? Well a simple answer for that is by changing of their diet plan. Now women started drinking protein shakes and websites like this only prove it. Nowadays, woman takes great care of their physique and general outlook; probably more than the man. They have totally changed their lifestyle from unhealthy one to a healthy one. Now they prefer proteinaceous foods instead of fatty foods, which is the prime reason for fatness. This all has been possible because of the various protein diets and supplements that have taken the world by storm. These are available in every corner of the world and its demand is increasing day by day. It is because of these calories enriched protein shakes which have been the actual reason for beautifying the overall woman look.
Protein Shakes and Their Useful Effects upon Women:
Despite the obvious positive results upon women's health some people still wonders that how can protein shakes transform a woman into something charming and more loving? Can it be that simple? Well, research studies have shown that these shakes can benefit an active woman in variety of ways such as:
- Our skin, hair and nails are basically made up of proteins. Deficiency of proteins in our diet can lead to hair loss, skin dryness and some nail problems. But all these problems can be vastly minimized by drinking protein shakes which would make your skin much shinny and glowing. Your hair would become thick and shinny and you would start loving seeing your nails.
- Protein drinks provide about 30-40 gram of proteins whereas the daily protein requirement by a woman is more than 50 grams per day. By drinking such shakes, protein needs of a human body are almost accomplished at ease.
- Our muscles undergo natural wear and tear in our daily routine which needs to be healed and gain what has been lost. The best source can be protein supplements which can easily serve this purpose.
Naturally, a woman body can store more fat as compare to man. There is increase tendency of fats storage in woman which is one of the prime reasons why woman are more bulky than man. Some women think that by being fat they are actually getting more energy but it's not true. It's the protein which makes them stronger and healthier.
Gaining strong muscles for women is little bit difficult. Firstly, they have to trim away their huge body fats, after which their muscles would become prominent. Protein shakes can strongly help women who perform gym and exercise in their daily routines. As our body muscles are made of proteins, and its requirement is increased once you start doing some extra work out on your muscles.
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Finally when you know the benefits you may be convinced enough to try some healthy recipe, here is some really healthy recipe.It is said that woman adds beauty to this world. Without pretty women, this world might not be the place where one would wish to live. Therefore in order to keeping this world a charming place, women should eat healthy, drink healthy and exercise healthy; all which can be easily achieved by drinking protein shakes in routine.
How to keep your body in shape using massage chair
Overview of the topic
If we take a closer look on our bodies, we would see that with the passage of time it keeps on changing its overall shape. This change in physical shape of our body is either due to our job requirement or because of improper posture we adopt while at work. Sitting on a n office chair for a long time would definitely result in giving rise to problems in the form of lower back and spine aches. On the other hand, spending your whole time in bed and not doing any type of physical exercise will also lead to deterioration in your body shape because of weight gain. In our current society, where everyone is so much careful about his physical health and fitness, one cannot simply believe how anyone cannot take care of his body shape well in time? Why people do not pay any attention to the disruption in their general physical outlook? You actually don't need to spend hours choosing the right product since you can check out massage chair reviews by Sitisfaction.com and save some time. Nowadays where everyone wants to have six packs and prominent abs, how can one be least pushed about his weight gain? Although there are many ways how to maintain your body shape but massage chairs have also played a considerable role in keeping people fit and maintain their posture.
Massage chair and spine muscles: Massage chairs help us by relaxing our tense and spastic muscles. It has been seen that one of the prime reasons why our bodies change its shape with the passage of time is because of our spine and back issues. Sitting on chairs in office for a long time put more loads on your lower back muscles as compare to standing, but we don't care much. We keep on living with our back ache and do the same routine activities. What does it lead to? It leads to change in our posture which becomes permanent later on. Massage chair basically concentrate more upon our back and shoulder muscles. It attributes a lot by making our muscles free from any kind of tension and stress. We feel light, we feel easy to work and we can enjoy free range of movements in our body muscles.
Massage chair and mental freshness: Due to the fact that massage chair therapies help us in making us more energetic and powerful, it really adds a unique fragrance to our daily lives. It blossoms our lifestyle and we are ready to work again. By relaxing us from all kind of tensions, we feel fresh and the next day we start exercising with the same passion and with the same zeal, thus it never let us to feel dull and gloomy; rather it always readies us for our next day upcoming tasks. This readiness for exercise and physical exercise help us by keeping us health and fit. We cannot gain weight once we would exercise daily. We wouldn't get sick once our circulatory and immunity system is working maximally. All this is because of massage chairs.
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Conclusion of the topic
From health point of view, our foremost duty should always be to take good care of our health, by whatever possible means. Whether it comes to exercise, whether it comes to minimizing the food intake, or whether it comes to follow massage sessions, all of us should give prime importance to our health and general look. Our physical appearance defines our character; it defines our personality, so let's focus upon maintenance of our health and general look.


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Her favorite doll needs her own spot to whip up tasty treats. A scaled-down version of one of our new kids' play kitchens, it's sized just right for 17- and 18-inch dolls.
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Michael Jordan has finally married Yvette Prieto after applying for a marriage license in March.
The all-time Bulls great, 50, and Prieto, 35, got married Saturday afternoon in Palm Beach, Fla., at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, "a massive Gothic revival building in the heart of the ritzy island," The Miami Herald reported.
In 2005, Donald Trump married Melania Knauss at the same church.
About 2,000 guests attended the Jordan service — with singer Usher performing — and 1,500 attended a reception at the Bears Club, a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in Jupiter, Fla, where Jordan has built a $20 million, 37,000-plus-square-foot home, Radaronline reported. Other reports said a mere 500 guests were at the church service.
"They've been planning for months and months," People.com quoted a source as saying. "He wanted to give Yvette everything she's ever wanted."
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"Among the dozens of relatives, friends and business associates of Jordan's were other aging basketball stars, including former New York Knicks big man Patrick Ewing and former Chicago Bulls Scottie Pippen, Ron Harper and Toni Kukoc, as well as NBA TV announcer Ahmad Rashad," The Miami Herald reported.
It said Jordan wore a black tuxedo, and Prieto "wore an ivory dress with a six-foot train, while eight maids of honor wore gray."
Jordan "waved at fans behind a barricade when his motorcade pulled up about 4 p.m.," The Herald reported. "He gave a 'thumbs-up' from inside a black Escalade as two dozen bystanders kept at bay by heavy security and off-duty local cops congratulated him.
"Prieto, meanwhile, was ushered in to the church by seven men who held white umbrellas to shield her from paparazzi."
The tent for the wedding was 40,000 square feet, Vibe.com reported.
Jordan, now the majority owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, and Prieto, a model, got engaged in 2011. They'd dated since 2008 after meeting at a Miami club. They live outside Miami.
Jordan and his first wife, Juanita Vanoy Jordan, divorced in 2006 after 17 years of marriage. They have three children: sons Jeffrey Jordan, who's 24, and Marcus Jordan, 22, and a daughter, Jasmine Jordan, 19.
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 We mixed checkered stitching and stripes – and threw in sweet buttons at the shoulders – to get this amazingly pretty (and a little bit preppy) result. Add a cami beneath for more coverage. Boatneck. 3/4 sleeves. Solid trim at neckline, cuffs and hem.
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