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Spend more time on your patio or in your garden, and invest in the Vifah 7-Piece Rectangular Curvy Dining Set (V187SET24). This set is made out of supreme quality High Density Eucalyptus (also known as Shorea) from the forests of Brazil. What's unique about this particular material is its durability and tightly grained structure, helping it to conquer daily patio wear and tear better than any other wood -- this includes extremely damp environments, pesky insects, and even common decay.
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- First of all the up scaled synthesis for cationic and anionic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPB) was introduced and a reproducible method for the synthesis was established (Chapter 3.1). For a better understanding of anionic SPB the complexation of the anionic polyelectrolyte chains with the cationic surfactant cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide was studied in detail. The models were proved by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS), if it's in good agreement with the resulting systems (Chapter 3.2). It was possible to show, that cationic SPB could be used for the generation of gold nanoparticles (Chapter 3.3). The synthesized carrier systems were characterized in detail by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), cryo-TEM and disc centrifuge (DCP). The more detail examination of the Au/SPB system by DLS, TEM/cryo-TEM, showed that a reversible immobilization system for gold nanoparticles was synthesized. The immobilized gold nanoparticles@SPB could be complexed by cyanid ions and oxygen. After the complexation of the gold nanoparticles we get the previous carrier system back. Detailed studies by wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) show an amorphous morphology of the gold nanoparticles in the range of 1 nm. This kind of generation allow us to generate gold nanoparticles in the range of 1.0 and 2.5 nm on the surface of the carrier particle. In the following part of the thesis the concepts described above were used for the synthesis of binary gold nanoalloys (Chapter 3.4 and 3.6). The binary systems Au-Pt, Au-Ru, Au-Rh and Au-Ir were sucessfully generated. In the next step the nanoparticular structure of these binary systems were completely clarified by different HR-TEM methods and WAXS. It was shown, that there is a different behaviour between macroscopic and nanoscopic world. Bulk Au-Pt alloys show miscibility gaps, whereas Au-Pt nanoalloys have no such miscibility gap. This alloy obeys the Vegard's law. For the generation of facetted Pt nanocrystals (Chapter 3.5), the complexation of gold atoms by cyanid ions and oxygen is used. By this way it's possible to synthesize well-ordered PtNP structures starting from the Au-Pt nanoalloy. In the second part of the thesis the immobilized gold nanoparticles and the binary gold nanoalloys applied as catalysts for industrial interesting oxidation reactions of alcohols and epoxidation reactions (Chapter 3.4 and 3.6) were studied. All reactions could be conducted at room temperature and in water as reaction media. The catalytic activities have a strong dependency on the composition in the nanoalloy. Cryo-TEM characterization showed us no change of the morphology of the catalyst before and after a catalyst cyclus. Concluding this thesis showed successfully a new route for the synthesis of monodispers and well defined gold nanoparticles, gold nanoalloys and facetted platinum nanocrystals. The particle sizes ranges between 1.0 and 7.0 nm. All systems can be used as green catalysts. This is an important point in the discussion of sustainability. All dispersions are not light and air sensitive, so they can be handled without any problems.


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Things I liked:This thing is a very good shooting little gun.Very easy to load and has some zap.I shot the gun out of the box with no adjustment to sights and was 3/4of an inch off the bull at 20 yrds.I got this gun for my niece because the boys wouldnt share their air guns,She now smokes them!it takes a little effort to pump but its worth it when making the shot.I will be getting one for myself ..Thanks to pyramyd air sending a catalog with my benjamin parts.
Things I would have changed:Nothing .Its a very good shooter.My niece would like it available in a pink camo!I think it would be cool if it had a holster offer in an options area when buying this gun.
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Things I would have changed:Need to be able to adjust the rear sight lower. Shoots way too high. I had to file down the bottom of the rear sight and it still shoots high, only an inch now. Need to file more off.
Things I liked:It's truly a "Basic" Air Gun Straight forward, simple and fun Pistol to use Accuracy is above my expectations First shot out of the package, I hit my 2X4" metal "Gong" at 20 yards Can hit the same Gong shot after shot at 30 yards too....dead bang accurate With the 1399 Stock mounted, the Peep Sight works great It seems all but useless when in Pistol form though Never shot it with the Notch Sight, because Mine has always been set-up as a 1377/99 Carbine
Things I would have changed:Make the Elevation Screw a Slotted Screw too It sucks needing to have both a Flat and a (tiny) Philips Screw Driver If possible lengthen the Elevation Slot to give more Travel Specially lower Travel
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Starting this year NC State has 3 grads who are starting QB in the NFL
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"Philip is like a coach on the field. He coaches us up as much as our own coaches do. There are ways he wants things done on the field and in the film room, and he does it all. I know they used to have a thing in basketball – a player/coach – and that is what Philip is basically. He is such a smart guy that he is helping us out with the little details of everything. He'll make a great coach whenever he is done playing, but hopefully that's not for a while." – Eddie Royal
kato_karma3.3 Jan 13, 10:26 a.m.
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Lovie Smith had some praise for quarterback Mike Glennon at his introductory news conference, but stopped well short of saying Glennon will be his starting quarterback.
Dr. PwntV2 Jan 13, 10:24 a.m.
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Maybe Hansnut just doesn't know what it takes to be a LEADER...
"If you want to point to a leader, Philip Rivers is the leader of this team hands down. He makes this team go. As he goes the team goes. Not just how he carries himself on the field but the way he prepares during the week, he's a true leader. He represents all the things a natural leader should have. You know he is going to give it everything he's got, and when your quarterback does that, it rubs off on the rest of the team and that's part of the reason why we're in this position. It has been great for me to go through this experience with him. It's been a while since the Chargers had been in the playoffs, and coming in last year, I see Rivers and I see Gates and guys like that want it so bad. So it is very rewarding to get the wins together, but we are not satisfied. We still have a ways to go. We need to take it one week at a time and one step at a time so we can get that Lombardi Trophy." - Ronnie Brown
kato_karma3.3 Jan 13, 10:23 a.m.
Keenan Allen...
another in the long line of exceptionally talented players surrounding PRiv...
in another season of falling short of expectations (talent there, leadership not).
Dr. PwntV2 Jan 13, 10:22 a.m.
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BAHAHA this flies DIRECTLY in the face of what Hansnut said. According to some of the players, they NEED Rivers to get after them...
"We wouldn't be here without Philip Rivers. He is an unbelievable quarterback. He is a great guy but he will also get after you and with such a young team like we have had, we've needed that in order to get ready to go. On the sideline when the offense is out there I'll take a peek , he fires me up. He gives me all the energy to go out and play for this team." – Donald Butler"
Dr. PwntV2 Jan 13, 10:20 a.m.
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Hansnut is self destructing quote by quote...
"Its' felt great to really get to know Philip over the course of the season. I didn't watch too much NFL football growing up, but I always knew who Philip Rivers was and watched him a bunch. He's always been a top five quarterback to me and still is. You've seen what he's done this year for us. His understanding of the game and the terminology and the way he communicates with us, it was easy to see when I got here why this guy is such a great quarterback. He's done a great job putting us all on the same page, and being around him as a friend, that has been what's meant the most to me. He knows when to be serious and when to joke around with us in the classroom and in the huddle. He's a great person, and I've never met anyone like him." – D.J. Fluker
Dr. PwntV2 Jan 13, 10:19 a.m.
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More angst from his teammates...
"He means everything to us. He's our leader for sure. We go where he goes. To bring the energy he brings, he is everything to us. We were drafted together, and as a friend and a longtime teammate this whole experience has been awesome. Watching him grow and watching this process grow and getting a chance at this thing, it's cool."- Nick Hardwick
Dr. PwntV2 Jan 13, 10:17 a.m.
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"My rookie year has been great for me because of Philip Rivers. It's great to have a quarterback that has the knowledge that he has. What he means to me is everything I've accomplished this year (because he was the one) throwing me the ball. What he means to this team, that speaks for itself."- Keenan Allen
Dr. PwntV2 Jan 13, 10:06 a.m.
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"Philip means a lot to this team because he is the leader of this ball club. When you have a guy like that, you're talking about a guy who has the qualities to help you through the tough times. He makes it a lot easier for everyone around him. That's what sticks out the most to me about him. Not only is he the quarterback but he is our leader and he makes the game a lot easier for everyone around him. For me, that's the true test of what he means to our team. We drafted him believing he can carry us to wins, and he's done that. I remember one game we had once against Houston, he carried the whole team. We only won because of him. When I think of him in general, not only do I think of a quarterback and a guy who leads this team, but in my mind, he's a friend too. When it comes to Philip, I feel lucky to have been a part of someone like him. When I look back at my career many, many years from now I will have felt lucky to have gone through this all with him." – Antonio Gates
kato_karma3.3 Jan 13, 9:54 a.m.
Phil and his brother Austin share similar (Rick-like) traits.
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Parc 55 Wyndham San Francisco - Union SquareThis downtown San Francisco hotel is a block from Union Square and the Hallidie Plaza, which features a cable car stop. The hotel provides massage services and a tour desk.
Score from 2006 reviews Very good
This central San Francisco hotel is just a 2 minute walk from Union Square. It features an on-site restaurant and offers Victorian-style guest rooms with a minibar and cable TV.
Score from 2732 reviews Good
This San Francisco hotel features an on-site restaurant and warmly decorated rooms with a 42-inch flat-screen TV and a CD player. The Golden Gate Bridge is just 6 miles away.
Score from 1330 reviews Very good
Featuring two restaurants and a modern fitness center, this San Francisco hotel is just a 2-minute walk from Union Square and cable car lines. All rooms have free Wi-Fi and custom amenities.
Score from 642 reviews Very good
Free breakfast wasn't great, but that's ok
The location, the breakfast, the ambiance.
great bar, historic elevator, hotel style
Everything especially the bed and breakfast are amazing.
Everything !! The breakfast was amazing ! Homemade croissants and bread . Fresh raspberries strawberries graphfruit oranges eggs homemade sausages
Right in the center! 8 min walk to Union Square. 15 min to BART. Bus to Fishermens Warf in front of the door. We had a room to the back (#510). Absolutly quiet. Room was modern, new, clean. Breakfast with fresh fruits, cereals, bread, eggs. Breakfast does not change every day, but this was OK for us and the quality of the items is superb. We felt great and at home. Stacy and all of the staff were friendly, joyfull and helped with everything we needed. Definitively we would stay there again.
Breakfast did not change every day, but this way OK for us. Maybe add Tomatos and Cottage Cheese.
Made to feel very welcome from the moment I walked through the door. The room was lovely and the bed was very comfortable. Very helpful with local information, with buses, places not to go, printing boarding passes ......... Nothing not to like about this hotel.
The location and free breakfast in the morning is a real plus point of this hotel. It is clean and the Wifi works really well both in the rooms and there is a computer in the lobby which you can use free to print boarding passes
The bins are collected every day (except a Sunday) from the alley outside the hotel, I am usually a very heavy sleeper and they woke me. That said, the hotel is great for a short break but only two bedside draws and a small wardrobe may make it difficult for a lengther stay where you would want to fully unpack whole suitcase
A small, intimate hotel; breakfast was terrific; location perfect. Staff was very helpful in every way. Rooms were small but functional.
Closet/table space was quite limited.
Perfectly located in downtown SF. Value for money. Nice charming atmosphere of a historic building. Parking garage for our rental car was next door. Healthy breakfast with fresh fruit und good coffee. WLAN was OK. Nice spatious bathroom.
During our week-long stay, the restaurant floor was used for events every evening. In one case, the music was so loud that our glasses literally danced on the table although we were three floors above. This lasted until midnight. The reception did not react.
Comfy bed
Paper thin walls. Could hear the man next door coughing.
The location was great, the staff and the hotel.
The lift was slow but hey ho...
Convenient location
Poor breakfast - same thing every day, scrambled eggs burned every day! Room service was very late (after 4pm), continually forgot to restock toiletries. The solitary lift is old, had no valid permit and continually got stuck. Grossly overpriced for what is a very basic hotel
The bed was super comfortable
The breakfast could've been better
Location is great, bar is pretty cool.
Breakfast waiting staff not too helpful, curtains in bedroom needed replacing, didn't close properly and had holes in.
The ambiance, great breakfast. Close to the city centre. The Style.
Just slighty noisy but it's in a major city so what else can you expect. No AC either which normally isn't a problem but it was unseasonably warm
No air conditioning in the rooms and the ceiling fan didn't work well either.
Please can the hotel state that the carparking is an additional cost
My first time staying in SF, I couldn't have asked for a better stay. The room was clean and beautifully decorated. The bathroom was spotless. It wasn't the largest room, would not recommend for a family, but if you are alone it's not a bad size. Did not have a chance to go down to the Bar, but will definitely try it when i return. Have to return in a couple of weeks for work, will definitely be rebooking here.
Location is great and design is fantastic.
A bit noisy on the morning.
The location is great. The room is small but inviting and comfortable. The breakfast is awesome!
The elevator is super slow. Room was a bit noisy as it was right across from the elevator.
Good breakfast
Very noisy. Room on 3rd floor above bar/lounge with Jazz playing until 22h00 on Thursday and later on Friday. Lift outside room and people talking loud into the early hiurs. Avoid the 3td floor. We were offered to change the room the following day.
The breakfast was excellent, and it was a character place.
Could have been a bit cleaner.
Great location in San Fran.
No AC. You have to sleep with windows open with no screens and then we heard dish washing clanking at 2am for a good 45 minutes. Very poor sleep.
Trendy room ---- good lively dining room
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the cross of a saint
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the cross of a saint
On Tuesday 5th June the Syriac Orthodox Church celebrated the dukhrono
(commemorative feast) of St Jacob of Edessa (d708).
Born in a village in the province of Antioch, St Jacob became a monk as a young man, eventually being ordained a priest and, in 684, he was enthroned as Metropolitan of Edessa, in those days a splendid city, but today a backwater in south east Turkey called Urfa.
St Jacob placed his formidable intellect at the service of the Church and he is considered one of the greatest minds in Orthodoxy. Among other things he wrote the first systematic treatise on Syriac grammar, devising
a system of vowel signs for that language, revised the translation of the Old Testament, supplying extensive marginal notes and glosses, spent eleven years writing commentaries on the Greek versions of Holy Scripture, energetically promoted the study of Greek, thus becoming an important like in the chain of transmission that spread Greek learning among the Arabs, translated many works into Syriac, wrote and enforced strict rules for monks, and revised the Anaphora of St James.
However, St Jacob, like all of us, had a heavy cross to bear, namely an inflexible rectitude and a fiery temper, which made it impossible for him to be effective as a Church administrator. Not for him the quiet word in private, nor the judicious turning of a blind eye. On the contrary, he once publicly burnt a book of canon law because so many of the clergy infringed
its rules.
Quite how St Jacob dealt with his cross is not recounted, but that his prodigious intellectual gifts should be offset by a very imperfectly formed temperament seems to have been God's way of forcing him to struggle with himself and counteract pride. certainly the fruit of St Jacob's labours show us that his tree was blessed by grace.
It would be interesting to know about other saints and their struggles with the negative sides of their nature, because this would give us a helping hand with our own inner fight.
Kirk Yacoub
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Dear Kirk,
Thank you for this - and for raising an interesting point. When I was young, at Sunday School we were introduced to the Saints, who were, uniformly, painted as patterns of human beings who were already close to being perfect; I can remember being quite deterred, thinking that if I lived to be very old (oh, about 25!) and prayed a lot, I would never be that good. It quite cheered me up when I came across St. Augustine's confessions and found that I was not the only one whose behaviour had grieved the Lord I claimed to love and serve.
St. Cyril of Alexandria is often portrayed in much of the literature about him as a short-tempered, rather autocratic chap, much given to argumentation and polemic; but on closer examination one sees that what fired his argument with Nestorius was feat for the immortal souls of those who were put into peril by the false teachings of the patriarch of Constantinople. Zeal in the service of the Lord indeed.
In Christ,
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
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Having spent a year on the sidelines, Sutil was quickly back up to speed as he finished ninth quickest in Friday's practice for the Australian Grand Prix.
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Lawmakers honor late green lobbyistMarch 25,2013MONTPELIER A former Vermont environmental lobbyist who died in December is being honored by state lawmakers.
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What's That Bug?
The California poppy draws lots of visitors: honey bees, bumble bees and assorted other insects.
But a particular visitor we spotted March 15 on a poppy outside the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive, Davis, looked puzzling.
A beetle. But what kind of beetle?
"This is a ladybug—Paranaemia vittigera," said senior museum scientist Steve Heydon of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis campus. "It's a native of the western United States."
"Family Coccinellidae," said Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart and professor of entomology at UC Davis.
Ah, yes, our little lady beetle, aka ladybug, ladybird beetle. But this one was striped, not spotted. Fact is, ladybugs are not always red with black dots. They come in coats of many colors: yellow, orange, brown and the like--some with dots, no dots, stripes, no stripes, and blotches or no blotches.
"Although rather consistent in body form and habits, there are a great many species, with more than 125 known in California," writes retired UC Berkeley entomology professor Jerry Powell in his book, "California Insects," co-authored by Charles Hogue (now deceased), former senior curator of entomology at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.
Said Kimsey: "We have pretty old specimens from all over northern California including the Central Valley. They are native here. It's interesting, though, how little biological information I could find about them."
Discover Life has a good website on ladybug identification. You can also see them on BugGuide.net.
The Lost Ladybug Project, which encourages you to monitor ladybugs and upload photos of them, also has good identification tools and photos of the bugs, many taken in Petaluma.
One thing's for sure: we're accustomed to seeing spots on our ladybugs, not stripes./span>/span>/span>
A striped ladybug, Paranaemia vittigera, on a poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Poor ol' Ladybug
The lady beetle, aka ladybug, was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
We don't know how she managed to get tangled in the cellar spider's web or why the cellar spider opted to have her for dinner instead waiting for a tasty honey bee, a nutritious leafcutter bee or a plump bumble bee.
Nevertheless, we came upon this predator-prey attack in our backyard. It was too late to save the ladybug.
Ordinarily, the ladybug's bright red coloration serves as a "warning" to predators. Plus, ladybugs are known to ooze a foul-tasting chemical that tastes so bad that predators leave them alone.
"The bright colors of many coccinellids discourage some potential predators from making a meal of them," according to Wikipedia. "This phenomenon is called aposematism and works because predators learn by experience to associate certain prey phenotypes with a bad taste. A further defense known as 'Reflex bleeding' exists in which an alkaloid toxin is exuded through the joints of the exoskeleton, triggered by mechanical stimulation (such as by predator attack) in both larval and adult beetles, deterring feeding."
So why the cellar spider's unusual menu choice? "The spider's 'taste buds' probably weren't very good," quipped a UC Davis scientist.
Cellar spider traps and wraps a ladybug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cellar spider proceeds to eat the ladybug, an insect that scientists agree is "foul-tasting" to predators. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Aphid Reunion
The aphids know how to plan a family reunion.
Grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, mom and pop, brothers and sisters, cousins and more cousins--they're all gathering to feed on the lush growth of the spring roses, the juicy shoots, the tender buds. And they multiply. You think rabbits multiply fast? Try aphids.
A telltale sign of their presence: Crumpled white carcasses and leaves coated with sticky honeydew.
A strong blast of water and the aphids are gone.
Well, at least some of them.
We watched a sole ladybug, aka ladybeetle, feasting on an aphid buffet on Easter Sunday. So many aphids, and so much time. All the aphids on her menu were green, but they come in yellow, brown and black, too.
The aphids crawled along the rose stems, bumping their cornicles or tubelike structures into one another, unaware of the looming red predator in their midst.
Until it was too late.
Aphid reunion on a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A gorged ladybug has just polished off a row of aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Favoring the Fava Beans
People aren't the only ones favoring fava beans.
Fava beans growing in a raised bed in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, are attracting honey bees, European paper wasps, lacewings, ladybugs, aphids and carpenter bees.
We saw all six insects on a trip to the haven last Friday.
While the honey bees and carpenter bees gathered nectar, the European paper wasps, lacewings and the ladybugs searched for prey. The ladybugs were also searching for mates.
The half-acre bee friendly garden, located next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, west of the central campus, is open year around from dawn to dusk. Admission is free. Visitors can conduct their own self-guided tours by following the signs and reading the plant labels. Groups that want a guided tour (the cost is $4 per person) can contact Christine Casey at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Meanwhile, life is good in the fava beans.
A lady beetle, aka ladybug, prowling on a fava bean leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European paper wasp on the hunt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging on a fava bean blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female Valley carpenter bee robbing nectar by slitting the corolla. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Pomegranate Kind of Day
It was a pomegranate kind of day. Red, bright and wonderful.
The papery-thin reddish blossoms in our yard draw both beneficial and pestiferous insects. Honey bees are there for the pollen and nectar; ladybugs are there for the pesky aphids. Occasionally we see another pest, the spotted cucumber beetle (which prefers cucurbits).
The pomegranate, an ancient fruit native to Persia (what is now Iran), is a long-lived tree. Indeed, some pomegranate trees in Europe are more than 200 years old. One in our yard spans 85 years.
Spanish settlers introduced the pomegranate into California in 1769, and today, the state leads the nation in the production of pomegranates. Agricultural statistics show that in 2010, California's San Joaquin Valley alone blossomed with an estimated 22,000 acres of pomegranates. That's about 200 trees per acre.
One of the primary pomegranate varieties is "Wonderful." The honey bees and ladybugs think so, too!
Honey bee nearly collides with a ladybug, aka ladybeetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pest, a spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging in pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


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There are many ways you can experience ZED451 the recent addition to the steak houses downtown Chicago. Enjoy a cocktail at the lavish contemporary lounge, have an amazing dinner at the stylish dining room, or come in for the incredible "all you can eat" fixed price brunch, served every week on Saturday and Sunday.
Located downtown in the heart of Chicago's River North neighborhood at 739 N. Clark Street, ZED451 promises to be an engaging with a new innovating approach to fine dining, an experience that you will never forget!
With natural colors and elements used to create the stylish interiors at ZED451 exudes a warm and relaxed atmosphere, luring pedestrians into the two-story building of glass, wood and stone.
The ultimate fixed price dinner offer the guests a great beginning at the seasonally Harvest Tables or as we refer to it The Salad Bar located at the center of the dinning room. With an extensive array of fresh home made soups, artisan cheeses to include some of the best cheeses found in the USA, hearty breads, charcuterie, unique salads and many side dishes, the salad bar can be a great meal by itself, a meal which will satisfy any hungry soul.
Under the direction of Executive Chef Patrick Quakenbush, the chefs at ZED451 are encouraged to present their very own amuse-bouche to their guests, allowing them to showcase the seasonal ingredients and preparations. This interactive approach might be a new way for fine dining experience where guests have the opportunity to ask as many questions as they want, and perhaps learn something new about food and nutrition.
As you might expect from any authentic Brazilan restaurant, the entrées are served tableside, and include the best cuts of Steaks such as the Grilled Rib eye or the Buttermilk Sirloin. Ribs, poultry and seafood, are the other choices for the main course, all simply seasoned and cooked to perfection. Everything here is cooked in ways to preserve the basic flavor and taste of the meat you select to be sampling. You can eat as much protein as you can digest, but most guests eat way above what any person can consume in one sitting.
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That's right, Rolemaster. Mainly Rolemaster 2nd Edition (surviving nowadays in new form as Rolemaster Classic). Rolemaster of the open-ended critical hits. Rolemaster of the hilarious fumble charts. Rolemaster of the reputation for a ridiculously complex ruleset. Rolemaster, where even a pissant stableboy can sometimes--just sometimes, every once in a great while--get lucky and kill an evil knight with a sharp stick.
Actually, I think you'll find as we go through this that there's a simple concept and ruleset at the heart of Rolemaster, and once you figure out what's what and what products go with what and the history of the game (all of which we'll be covering, along with special Iron Crown interviews, coupons, in-depth articles, and more--my readers get taken care of), well, you might give it another look. Even if you don't, it should be a fun ride along the way.
Obviously, this isn't the only thing we'll be doing at RPG Blog 2 in 2010. But I do hope you'll join me over the next 12 months for an in-depth look at a game that deserves another look.
Oh, yes. This is going to be fun.
21 comments:
- Rich said...
Oh wow! Awesome--I wish you luck! Looking forward to this. MERP player who dabbled in RM before going to HARP here. Been really curious about Rolemaster Classic.
- January 4, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Mouse said...
I loved and hated MERP's combat system. With those horrific critical tables one thing was always certain... combat was always taken *very* seriously and entered only at need! Best of luck on the project!
- January 4, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- Zachary The First said...
That's true. Both MERP and RM encourage a stealthier, more cautious mindset. Wading into combat is fun, but like real combat, can be immediately lethal.
- January 4, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- D. G. Martin said...
Rolemaster has definitely received a new breath of life in the last couple of years thanks to Rolemaster Classic and now Rolemaster Express. One of the most enjoyable things about the system is that I feel true roleplaying is encouraged more so than moving from encounter to encounter in a D&D like fashion. Looking forward to the series.
- ArmoryDave
- January 4, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Chgowiz said...
Knowing nothing about Rolemaster save its reputation, I'm looking forward to learning more. Is there a free option to get the jist of the game?
- January 4, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- Bonemaster said...
Rolemaster. Well, This should be interesting set of posts. I personally haven't done RM in at least three years, even though I have a whole shelf of RMSS and RM2 stuff.
- January 4, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Well, there's Rolemaster Express, which is sort of a stripped down Rolemaster Classic in 88 pages, but it isn't free. It's only like 3.75 at ICE's store or 5 at Drive thru RPG, and I think it's like 10 bucks for the print copy. It's a really good value—I picked up that, then added bits and pieces from Classic along the way.
- January 4, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Ragnorakk said...
Yay! Looking forward to this! RM is where I went and stayed for a long time to escape 2nd edition AD&D - still love it, still recognize it's influence in my own more rule-lite gaming these days.
Invisibvle turtles indeed!
- January 4, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Dr-Rotwang said...
Okay, so I totally figured this out as soon as I saw the dice, because "96" is the threshold for open-ended rolls in Rolemaster. So I rock. Hard, too. Like...making ninja weep. I don't know how I do it.
Ah, anyway. So -- there was a time when RM was my go-to FRPG, especially after I was getting a little burnt out on AD&D 2nd Ed,and a guy named Jeff Lee gave me his old Rolemaster stuff. I felt, at the time, that AD&D felt like playing TSR's game, but RM felt like my game. (Whatever.) At that point I dropped AD&D like a greasy fingernail taco.
These days (19 or so years later), it' different. The other day I tried to roll up a spell-user and I was all, like, HOLY CRAP I DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO DO THIS AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE READING UP ON IT TO REMEMBER. It's weird.
But still...! I'm looking forward to whatever you hafta say about it because, yes, you're right, the RoleMaster doesn't get its love anymore.
And it should. Dammit!
- January 4, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- greywulf said...
Woot! I adore Rolemaster and would kill to have a gaming group who aren't such stick-in-the-mud tightasses so I could play it again :D
Give me Character Law & Campaign Law, Arms & Claw Law and Spell Law and RMC II and I'm like a pig in clover. Heck, I've even got my original Arms Law yellow cards sitting on the bookshelf right now.
Looking forward to what you have to say. Swink the Killer Ferret forever!
- January 4, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- greywulf said...
Oh, and for a free system which gets you into the Rolemaster way of doing things, I highly recommend HARP Lite, from the Free Downloads section at HARP HQ.
- January 4, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Zachary The First said...
@Doc: Man, I hear you. Rolemaster was a blast when I got burnt out on what I had been playing. CharGen can be a bear, but that's one of the things I hope to cover. Our last CharGen session (for Rolemaster SS/FRP, with a group containing some seriously math-hating people) resembled that Bataan Death March. But once those characters were made, it was all like "ZING POW BAM BLAST K-POW!"
- January 4, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Zachary The First said...
@Greywulf: That's true. Although HARP is definitely lighter, it does give you an idea of the entire ICE-style percentiles business, and how it works.
- January 4, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Harald said...
Heh. Rulemaster... I had temporarily forgotten that golden oldie. I used the system in a low-magic world back in the day (little available magical healing), and the PCs soon had crushed knees, missing fingers, hands, or eyes, hideous burns, gangrenous legs and similar hilarious damages and scars. Good times :)
- January 4, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- Zachary The First said...
Rolemaster is one of those games where it seems like everyone has a good, lethal story!
- January 4, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Schuyler said...
I must say Zach that I miss this system so. While it was crazy to create characters at the time (seems quite simplistic now) I was totally thrilled by the concept of your editorial. I would totally love to find a group to play it again. It was a blast sir.
- January 4, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
Oh, I just remembered! Rolling 66 was always great fun as the result was seldom leathal, but always painful.
- January 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Johnn Four said...
We had one of our best combats ever with RMSS. Wolves, guards, night, fog and river mixed with lots of steel and a bit of mentalism. Good times!
I also think the Heat Water I spell is highly underrated.
- January 4, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- Eric Wilde said...
Ah, Rolemaster. My wife and I played this game exclusively for about 10 years. Great fun. Looking forward to the articles.
bookmarked your site just now because of this post (just discovered your blog today from Grayhawk Grognard.)
- January 5, 2010 at 1:26 AM
- Eric Wilde said...
Ack! I can't spell. Greyhawk Grognard, of course.
- January 5, 2010 at 1:29 AM
- Zachary The First said...
Yeah, Greyhawk Grognard's a great blog--one of my favorites.
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Simply Smooth Xtend Keratin Shampoo
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WhitBaltimoreHairBlackDry HairCurly HairThick or Coarse HairBetter Options Out There...For the record I tried the Shampoo, Conditioner, and Deep Conditioner all at once. The deep conditioner was so-so could have been better. When I shampooed after my deep conditioner I just couldn't get my hair clean enough. It felt like a residue was left. I went real easy on the conditioner but my hair already felt heavy. My hair usually absorbs anything but after I styled my hair as usual it just felt heavy and thicker than usual. I would take a pass on this.
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Erica G.Toronto, CanadaHairBlackNormal HairColor Treated HairMy Hair Is Silky Smooth And Smells Like Peaches!I use this product along with the matching conditioner and it makes the perfect duo. My hair comes out shiny, healthier, and smells fantastic! Its been great for my colour-treated and over-processed hair--its helped to bring it back to life. I definitely recommend this product. Most of all, I LOVE THE SMELL.1 out of 1 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
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