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The Queue: Thank the ancestors {WoW}
Mar 25th 2012 2:36PM Actually, as long as the kite itself was sturdy the real limiting factor would be thrust to weight ratio determining lift as a limiting factor.
Dev Watercooler: Ghostcrawler on class roles {WoW}
Feb 8th 2012 11:24PM Aces. Love the insight. Personally, I think the loss of spec would go over better with a tiered class system remake. Like instead of spec you picked up a 2nd class. Think FF job system. Holy shit. I'd erase that suggestion and just not post but I'm so shocked I have to share it. Wow.
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Jan 19th 2012 8:43PM You have 180 degree arc. Stand opposite tank. You're behind. Bosses lik Rag, the imovable ones, have a 270 degree arc. Dont hive me that, man. Turn your name on, other friendlies off, and follow the blue/green line.
Know Your Lore: Top 10 lore developments of 2011, part 3, page 2 {WoW}
Jan 15th 2012 8:22PM Heirloom quests that start at the normal level, say 16, for the old westfall chain, and phase/scale with you to stay 'green' instead of gever goin gray, and the reward Is boa xmog gear.
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Dec 22nd 2011 6:06PM This post I comment,
To win the winter veil prize.
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Blood Pact: Cataclysm-era leveling guide for warlocks {WoW}
Dec 13th 2011 6:52PM I turn my back on you, sir.
Blue posts and other WoW news: Patch 4.3 Raid Finder loot rules {WoW}
Nov 24th 2011 2:26AM They are in favor of beakers, as they get need on tow pools of gear,
Or the same mostly for either spec. Easier to hear two sets that way.
Roleplaying plot points for the death knights of the Ebon Blade {WoW}
Nov 19th 2011 5:07PM I don't really think too much about it. I run with the mindset of a Forsaken anyway. The husk is Highelf, the soul was dead. That to me says that maybe some of us follow her willingly.
The Queue: All Darkmoon Faire, all the time {WoW}
Nov 9th 2011 12:55PM @Luke while I fully support the concept, other then possible in game character relationships and the general talk of being socially responsible, what issues does the LGBT community run into that is specific to Warcraft that isn't also present in other community outlets? I'm fairly active in the BDSM community (not a wonderful comparison I know) and I also work to help local area chefs and restraunt owner network. I'd find it odd at best if WoWInsider started a collum catering to either social niche. We already have Warcraft groups in both of the communities I run in. Help me understand where the need is.
5 reasons you should love The Burning Crusade {WoW}
Nov 8th 2011 8:06PM Keying. It took long enough to get into the raid that Blue didn't have to gate it behind a patch. The previous raids did that for them.


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I had the strangest thing happen last nite to my 2 granddaughters. They were playing in the tub (they are 6 and 7)like they have done for a long time now. Suddenly they both started screaming at the top of there lungs. I ran into the bathroom to see what happened, and both girls bodies were stuck to the inlet portion of the hot tub. After I shut it off, I noticed that both girls had a lot of bruising. My one granddaughter had the most bruising, but they both had a lot. We have never had any problems with this tub, all three of my grandchildren have been in it many times before this. Has anyone heard of this, or had this happen to them. I am very worried about this. Any information would be greatly appreciated. That is the strangest thing that has ever happened to me and my family. I have pictures of the bruising, and pictures of the tub itself if any one wants to see them. Just email me. |
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This could happen to an adult too. I would disable that bathtub's jet pump permanently. I doubt there are non blockable drain covers that can be retrofitted, but I could be wrong. Consider replacing the tub with either a conventional or more modern design tub. This is called suction entrapment and the current codes and laws in place have forced manufacturer to male design changes that greatly reduce the chance of this occurring. The VGB Act is what you want to Google. Jetted tubs are not good for anyone unless meticulous care is taken sanitizing it after each time the tub is filled. The plumbing can hold stagnant water. Bath water in the pipes can become a breeding ground for water. born bacteria. NEVER leave little kids in a body of water unsupervised. Shame on you. What were you thinking! Drowning is the silent killer. Thank God they only had hickies. Scott |
Save it with the "Shame on you"... The kids are 6 and 7 in a tub. The only way I can think of they could drown is if they both got knocked unconscious somehow. I'm sure she feels bad enough as it is. |
johndonna, Sounds like you have two suction outlets. It's a little freakish that each child would find a way to block each outlet. Suggest you contact manufacturer for possible upgrade for the outlets or go to a local distributor for help. Check to see if if there is a Ferguson distributor near you. They are a large distributor of plumbing products and may be able to help. Good luck. |
No bosox, I will repeat it in fact. Shame on her for having left small kids in that tub and for having left it turned on. What if one of them decided it would be funny to be flatulent into a suction outlet. It is called evisceration and it happens several times a year. Tell me how you would feel then. Scott |
That is why my pool was built with only floor returns! |
Mike, this was jetted bathtub. Kind of a different animal. Scott |
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I've decided to expand the use of this blog some more. I've been working on some personal goals, such as losing some weight, running and some other things.
I'm also doing droll activities like haggling deals and making contacts and contracts. More of a travelogue sort of thing.
For now, it's in the @minutiae category. After this post, that won't be displayed on the front page. It'll have its own category archives page. Eventually, I might change the look and feel but I doubt that.
I don't believe anyone cares that I got my 5k time under 30 minutes, or that I sent 156 emails or whatever. That little stuff matters to me, and it's a relic from my GTD-LIVEJOURNAL days, but it needs to be filtered out.
I guess I don't totally have the sense to shut up, so I need a category to keep from boring myself.
Or that I read 29 pages. Etc.
I'll probably filter it from the RSS as well. Just let it post to twitter. If people follow a link on Twitter, they more or less deserve what they get.
I've more or less hated blogs that resort to being travelogues. I want to talk about ideas, love, sex, magic. But the stuff I do every day is the stuff that matters.
For whatever reason, I've never been able to resist the urge to write about that sort of thing. It's probably the last hold Facebook has on me, the place to blather about minutiae. Now I won't be upset in the least that there's no feedback.


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There certainly isn't the power/upgrade here, yet, for detecting Force affinity, but I was wondering, assuming there isn't a gizmo in the book, already, how one might manage a device that detects, or at least confirms, the presence of a Force-user. Being a more seedy, gray setting than the "average" Star Wars game, where the characters might be more down and dirty, or even helpful Imperial servants, they might make a living trying to find Force Sensitives, in order to hand them over the Empire, for a profit. Whoever comes to collect, whether local Stormtroopers, the 501st, some Inquisitor, or even DV, himself, might want a gizmo that confirms this is a "Jedi", to make it worth their expense to come all the way out to the OR, AND with cash to pay the captor.
So, how might this apparatus work? I'm not thinking of a ranged detector (stupid to me), but something like Qui-Gon uses in Phantom Menace, that could rate their potential.
The motive here is, I was thinking of a character of mine, and a story came into my head. The character is my young not-quite-a-Jedi Ender. In this story, he is caught by a down on his luck guy, who takes him home and calls the Empire. He has a young daughter, about Ender's age, who is none to keen on handing someone over to the Empire, just to get killed, and starts chatting with him. In the end, Ender suggests, based on something she said, that she might have that spark, too, and this thought terrifies her father; it's a lot different handing over a stranger to the Imps than the only family he has, and he doesn't know if Ender is just saying this to rattle him up, trying to save himself, or if he is being honest. In said story, they might run off, as a group, persued by the Empire. It's not a game I'm in/running, but I do see how it could be one. I could see where Dad might wish he had a gizmo, to tell if his daughter has anything to worry about, from the Imps who will show up soon, and I can also see the Imps having one, in the event Ender doesn't feel like putting on a show, to give his heritage away, before they pay out a bounty on him.
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REPORT: Holden to lose $1 billion annually if GM shutters Pontiac {Autoblog Archive}
Apr 27th 2009 11:46AM Here's the Commodore in Aus highway patrol car livery:
The design of the g8's nose had been such an afterthought and never suited the rest of the cars design.
Breakfast Topic: Playing at work {WoW}
Dec 17th 2008 8:35AM I dual box quite covertly and successfully at work (when i'm not overly busy with anything of course)
Thing I found that makes it easy is a mod called bosskey, works a lot faster/more reliably than alt tabbing, and covers WoW with a terminal type screen when you press the tilde key.
If you have your windows taskbar hidden + use windowed mode and drag the top of the title bar off screen it's quite inconspicuous.
only recommended this if you don't work around a bunch of tech heads though.. fortunately at my work I am the IT department.
Preparing for Wrath Day 4: Addons for leveling {WoW}
Nov 10th 2008 12:15AM carbonite paid + lightheaded is possibly the best combo
lightheaded is still very useful for the few quests that carbonite misses (lightheaded coordinates are obviously useable as waypoints in carbonite).. it's also pretty handy for item use quests that aren't explained well by the blizzard quest log (ie. tldr)
the punks feature in carbonite is awesome for avoiding mid mob gankings whilst leveling and can often give you a chance to get out of combat/bandage/stealth etc. before engaging in world pvp
How to set up and use the Belkin Nostromo N52 {WoW}
Nov 6th 2008 9:48PM i've been using my n52 (non te) fine on my vista 32 laptop, perhaps this is just a vista 64 problem or they've updated the drivers since you tried?
Got to say I find the n52 indispensible for my desktop dual box setup, I have an n52te hooked up to my second PC which controls my healbot paladin on follow, then my razer tarantula controlling the first PC (have the n52 sitting just in reach to the left of my tarantula)
For dual boxing on my laptop I use my old model n52, but paired with keyclone which makes life a ton easier with the limited amount of free keys available on a laptop.
Addon Spotlight: New, old, and outdated! {WoW}
Nov 5th 2008 10:34PM pretty sure dominos can be configured to use the one bag button still, can't remember off the top of my head how I did it though.
I definitely miss the simple press alt + click then drag your mouse to create bars configuration of bongos though, the new system just seems very clunky, especially when you have to configure it for several machines and different characters (for which you might not use the same bar setup).
Despite all that, it's still to me better than the main alternative, bartender4. Yet to try macaroon, but being on the race to 70 with my two characters before WotLK I really can't waste any more time relearning bar mods =/
Addon Spotlight: TwoBox Toolkit {WoW}
Sep 7th 2008 11:46PM so anyone know whether this addon is 100% legal or not?
I thought having something so overly automated like this auto follow system would be against the TOS?
The roads of Azeroth: Now with biker gangs {WoW}
Jul 20th 2008 7:44PM You should jump off the pier of Theramore where there's sharks.. the irony would be fantastic.
Jokes aside, I think the introduction of bikes will pave the way for some srs RP biker gang guilds.
Wrath will have mounts with passengers {WoW}
May 13th 2008 12:22AM The passenger mounts are going to be quite good for us dual boxers. Will only need to pay for one epic mount and be able to avoid all the "stop following" problems you get sometimes due to lag/terrain.
If you plan of rolling a BK and dual boxing it to 80 (as I eventually plan to do paired with my shaman) it will be almost game breaking as you'll be able to chauffeur your BK around in outlands on an epic passenger flyer.
Wonder how they'd handle aggro range and forced dismount chance when pairing with characters of lower level though? Would suck chauffeuring a level 10 around only to both be knocked off by a level 8 spider.
Can WoW be beaten? {WoW}
May 2nd 2008 12:29AM actually there's two
another mmo from blizzard would have a decent chance of doing so
Gamers on the Street: Oceanic players persist despite performance issues {WoW}
Apr 14th 2008 8:00PM I'm in Sydney on Barthilas, been averaging around 2000ms latency between 6 and 11pm for the past 1.5 weeks and I seriously doubt lowerping would get my latency anywhere near playable on a single account, nevermind attempting to dual box (paying for 2 accounts sitting idle right now)
I'm also on cable, not shaped and don't have any problems with high latency to other games or sites.
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You've got my vote! Your show is tops in my book. Good luck toward winning your second, well-deserved pod cast award
You've got my vote! Your show is tops in my book. Good luck toward winning your second, well-deserved pod cast award
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Very very cool! Congrats!!!
I voted as well! Congrats on the nomination and good luck with another BIG WIN!
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Lou works hard on the show (as well as the other guest on his show). They deserve this award. I would consider it more of a history, lifestyle and sometimes even a comedy show (some of the side comments are pretty good) rather than a travel show. But most of all its good clean entertainment.
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Its been a couple weeks since Thanksgiving now. So are you ready for pie again yet? Because I am always up for pie and this post, while mostly about a story I wanted to share, has a pie recipe attached. And it is way too long of a post. My bad. Storytime now:
As a kid, I had less than discerning taste in fashion. But at the same time I have always been disturbingly opinionated about, well, everything. So it was a bold move on my dad's part one year at Christmastime to purchase tennis shoes for his eleven year old daughter on his own. Now, you have to understand that my dad (probably like most dads) loathes shopping for anything other than gadgets and tools. And the fact that he personally selected shoes for me is unbelievably touching. He even wrapped them himself (a first) and placed them under the tree, daring me to guess what was in the box. Why shoes? I'm really not sure.
Now, this story breaks my heart a little at this point, because just a few days before Christmas I went along with my mother and brother to the very same store where my dad had picked out a pair of Keds with multi-colored paintbrush strokes splashed across white canvas. My brother, having been with our dad the day my Christmas gift was so carefully chosen, decided it would be a great idea to show me those shoes without divulging that they were the gift already waiting, wrapped and ready under the tree, just to get a preview of my reaction. Except I reacted badly - I proceeded to proclaim them the ugliest shoes ever. See, I was super partial to solid white Keds and no other footwear, and probably owned thirty pair of them growing up. And I just could not handle paintbrush strokes and COLOR on my white kickers.
Well, my brother quietly sidled away and upon returning home, pulled our dad aside and explained that something had to be done. So they covertly removed the wrapped gift from under the tree, returned the offending shoes for plain white Keds, and rewrapped them in the same paper as before so I would never know. Except eventually all was revealed. And I have never been the same since. Oh how I wish I had those paintbrush sneakers now.
So starting around October every year, I censor myself and try to be judicious with the opinions I am so cavalier about expressing the rest of the year round. Because I just never know if I am breaking someone's heart a little with insensitive comments about a gift they are planning on giving.
This may seems trivial, but I had the same thing happen to me in reverse just the other day. Over dessert at my in-law's house, my sister-in-law proceeded to rail against apple pie filling of all things and how she doesn't like it. Which is a problem because I had just finished bottling homemade apple pie filling a few days before and had planned on giving her a jar along with a really cute (if I do say so myself) apron that I made for her (and a matching one for her five year old daughter – I know, too cute, WAY too cute).
But I think that I am going to give her the bottled filling anyway, because really, in my heart I am convinced that she will love it. Because I am also giving her this Dutch Apple Pie recipe to use it with, and I know that it will blow her socks off. And she will discover that she actually loves apple pie filling. Just the way today I wear crazy colored shoes almost every day in silent homage to the love of my father so many Christmases ago.
Dutch Apple Crumb Pie
my own recipe
1 uncooked pie crust (butter or shortening crust? - the eternal question)
1 jar Bottled Apple Pie Filling (oh heck, I'll post it below too)
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Dash of salt
1/2 cup cold butter
Mix sugars, flour, cinnamon and salt. Cut in cold butter with a pastry cutter until there are pea-sized chunks. Filling the uncooked pie crust with apple pie filling, then generously sprinkle the top with the crumb topping. You may not need all of the crumb topping, but you will probably want to use it. I'm just being honest. Put foil around the edges of the crust to keep from browning too quickly. Bake pie at 400 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes, removing foil for the last ten minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Serve warm with a generous scoop of French Vanilla ice-cream.
also my recipe after being unable to find one I really loved online - and this was also my first ever attempt at bottling fruit of any kind, although I've watched my mother do it for years.
5 1/2 - 6 lbs. peeled, cored, and sliced apples
6 cups water
4 cups apple juice
4 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp allspice
1 cup cornstarch
3 Tbsp lemon juice
The best apples for this filling are a mix of firm, sweet, and tart ones like Fuji, Jonagold, Cameo, Rome, or Honeycrisp. Galas and Golden Delicious are too soft and probably won't hold up well in the jars. One box of apples that you get from an orchard makes about 9 jars of apple pie filling.
Wash your jars beforehand in the dishwasher so that they will be sterilized when you are ready to use them. Leaves the jars in the dishwasher on heated dry until it is time to fill them.
Peel, core, and slice the apples. An apple peeler and an apple corer (and a friend, sister, or He-man) will come in handy here because this is the longest part of the bottling process. Don't slice the apples too thin - you actually want them to be kinda chunky for this recipe.
Blanch the peeled apples by placing one batch at a time in a large pot of boiling water. Boil each batch for one minute after the water returns to a boil, then drain and keep the hot fruit in a separate, covered bowl or pot. This is not cooking the apples, it is just stopping the enzymes that can cause flavors to degrade during storage.
To make the syrup for the filling, combine the sugar, spices, apple juice, and water in a large pot and stir almost constantly while cooking over medium heat until the syrup begins to bubble. Mix the cornstarch with the lemon juice and possibly a little water to thin, and add this to the boiling juice. Stir constantly until mixture begins to thicken, then remove from heat. The syrup should be thick but still able to drip.
Heat lids in hot, but not quite boiling water and keep hot.
Using a jar funnel, fill sterilized jars with blanched apple slices and syrup. You may need to alternate adding syrup and apples in order to fill the jar all the way. Use a knife to press down apples and fill any air spaces with syrup. Keep pressing the apples to help them settle in the jar and reduce the amount of air space. Pack the jars tightly with apples or else the apples will float and the bottom of the jar will be nothing but syrup.
Fill the jars to within 1 or 1/2 an inch of the top. Wipe any spilled apple pie filling off the top, set the lid, and tighten the ring around them. Process the filled jars in a water bath by covering them with at least 1 inch of water and boiling for 25 minutes (at sea level).
Lift the jars out of the water and let them cool without touching or bumping in a draft free place (usually takes overnight). Once the jars are cool, check that they are sealed by pressing the lid in the center. If it pops up and down, it is not sealed. If you put the jar in the refrigerator right away, you can still use it.
This takes me pretty much an entire afternoon to accomplish, but I have usually done double batches so that I end up with almost 20 jars. I was really, really, really intimidated at first, but afterwards felt super satisfied with what I had accomplished seeing those beautiful apple slices studded with spices.
Keeps for about 2 years. Use the apple pie filling to make a Dutch Apple Pie.
Gotta dash. Ciao.


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Great news from the land of Westeros front. Baratheon are coming! Here!
Posted 18 April 2012 - 08:08 AM
Posted 18 April 2012 - 09:16 AM
I've just seen the news, it made me salivate like Pavlov's dogs. I love the game and the new alliance mode will find quite a success with my gaming pals.
Hope that some publisher picks up the title here in Italy after Nexus went belly up, we still miss Tribes of the Vale and Brotherhood Without Banners.
Posted 18 April 2012 - 10:16 AM
golem101 said:
I've just seen the news, it made me salivate like Pavlov's dogs. I love the game and the new alliance mode will find quite a success with my gaming pals.
Yep! And finally we have Blackwater Bay. Finally. Julia's happy
Posted 18 April 2012 - 10:38 AM
awesome! I'm so thrilled about this. this is easily my favorite 'board' game and has been for over a year. I can't wait for more to follow! Greyjoy? I could see it....with a big naval map perhaps?
Posted 18 April 2012 - 11:24 AM
Really Great News I was feeling that we might never see other Great Houses ,now I must up my painting schedule as I only have Core Stark,Wardens of the North done & about 2/3 of core Lannister.
A Dwarf in Winter
Posted 18 April 2012 - 05:38 PM
At least the confirms FFG did not forget about the game.
Posted 18 April 2012 - 09:46 PM
Thank you FFG.
I was losing hope but you made my day. Time to buy the clans and maybe even this strange brotherhood expansion.
I hope that after maybe a reinforcment expansion and probably a Tyrell alliance expansion there will be a scenario book It would bo so good if this was about to happen.
I wonder how will they resolve the naval battle and how many scenarios will we get? 3 or 10?
I only hope that the price won't be as high as for the core set .
But oh man EPIC BATTLES, never played battlelore but I heard that epic was the pinacle of fun in that game and at last up to 8 player multiplayer option. No more excuses in my gaming group.
Posted 19 April 2012 - 01:03 AM
Grandmikus said:
I wonder how will they resolve the naval battle and how many scenarios will we get? 3 or 10?
I only hope that the price won't be as high as for the core set .
I guess three scenarios for Blackwater. As for the price, it's kinda steep: 79.90 bucks. But the box seems to be pretty huge (110 minis!), and my faith is devoted to St. Amazon
Posted 19 April 2012 - 03:50 AM
Thats a very reasonable guess Julia. I could imagine 3 scenarios for blackwater. 1. The approach and landing. 2. The first assault on the city. 3. the arrival of Tywin. I'm sure there will also be say about 7 other scenarios as well.
Posted 19 April 2012 - 03:40 PM
The news item and "About" page for the game mentioned eight new Battle Plans and then also the first Epic Battle, a scenario in 3 parts, the Battle of the Blackwater. It's not clear if the 3 part scenario is in addition to the 8 Battle Plans, or what. But, there are 6 Unit types and 8 Leaders, so it looks like the whole army is there, no Wardens type splitting up of product. I think this is a genius move and sets the stage for further Army boxes, like Targaryen with Dragons or Greyjoy with a sea coast board. Oh, and the MSRP is 10 dollars lower than the Core Set. That also seems about right, as it will likely go for around 45-50 dollars online.
Posted 19 April 2012 - 10:54 PM
Great News!
I think I can discern Robert, Stannis, Melisandre and Brienne on the Leader cards. Renly is an obvious fifth commander. Who else? Davos? Ser Cortnay Penrose?
Posted 20 April 2012 - 02:33 AM
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Who else? Davos? Ser Cortnay Penrose?
Davos for sure. The flavour text mentions 'sneaky smugglers' amongst the troupes...
Posted 20 April 2012 - 04:05 AM
I'm very excited for this expansion and those that follow. Any idea when this prodcut might be available based on past FFG release announcements? Q2 2012 is basically summer...but when I wonder?
Posted 20 April 2012 - 04:07 AM
This has definitely stirred me back to Battles of Westeros. I hate painting - sorry chaps - and I balked at Tribes plus Banners as they seemed just 'allies' to either Winterfell or Lannister. Now we have a brand new army which already seems up to strength and variety, and in what looks like a new colour. All this coupled with a complete new map board means a lot more variety. The 3 part Blackwater battle looks awesome! Double sized battlefields with multiplayers - this looks like a must buy. Just how long will we have to wait? Roll on Greyjoy + ships, Targaryan + Dragons, Dothraki, Wildings and even the White Walkers! Cheers!
Posted 20 April 2012 - 04:40 AM
vyrago said:
I'm very excited for this expansion and those that follow. Any idea when this prodcut might be available based on past FFG release announcements? Q2 2012 is basically summer...but when I wonder?
GenCon is in August *hint*
Posted 21 April 2012 - 11:16 AM
I saw Q3which is July through September, the middle of that quarter being GenCon. So I too figure that's the plan.
Posted 23 April 2012 - 09:43 AM
"Look for this massive Battles of Westeros expansion to arrive in the second quarter of 2012."
Posted 25 April 2012 - 01:13 PM
This news tipped the scales on me buying the core game. Seeing a fully fleshed out expansion as opposed to prior mini-expansions was a major factor for me. Kinda sad that my Tide of Iron is kind of in limbo…
Posted 26 April 2012 - 04:18 AM
Not sure if "mini-expansion" is really fair. This Baratheon product looks like more of a "mega-expansion". I really enjoyed the expansion products, and a good price too. This game is easily my favorite boardgame right now, my only small complaint is that its essentially a 2-player game.
I really hope we see more products, wether they are regular expansions or large box expansions. I really hope they do house Greyjoy, perhaps with a combination war-host and longship fleet? mmmmmmm!
Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:45 AM
I guess we just have different ideas for what an expansion should be. I'm thinking right along the lines of a Tide of Iron expansion, or maybe Company of Heroes level of content.


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However, all is well the credit cards and banks assure us. In theory our Visa, MasterCard and American Express credit cards will continue to be welcomed world wide by merchants who are supposed to let customers pay with either type of card. Unfortunately many reports by world travelers indicate some retailers outside the United States are befuddled with our "antiquated" magnetic strip system and merchants refuse the USA-magnetic strip cards. Worse are the automated ticket kiosks at train stations, gas pumps, parking garages and other places where there are no cashiers and the card holder is wondering why he bothered to leave home with it in the first place.
The banks and merchants assure that chip-and-PIN will make it more difficult for the bad-guys to benefit from credit card fraud. The magnetic strip system used in the United States only requires a signature to authenticate a purchase. Criminals are able to start making purchases immediately once they have their hands on victims' magnetic strip credit cards, potentially charging up before the card is canceled. Clever thieves can also use information gained by Internet hacking or skimming -- secretly swiping a victim's card on a card reader -- to "clone" copies of victims' cards. Chip and PIN aims to make it more difficult for wannabe criminals to make fraudulent purchases by either of these methods. In an article by Bankrate.com, Andi Coleman, a member of the Accredited Standards Committee X9, which determines standards for the financial industry in the U.S states, "It's very difficult if not impossible to clone the (chip and PIN) card. If you steal the card out of someone's wallet, you have to know the PIN in order to be able to use the card in a transaction."
However, ZDNet reports that researchers are finding the chip-and PIN technology broken:
"Chip-and-PIN readers can be tricked into accepting transactions without a valid personal identification number, opening the door to fraud, researchers have found. Researchers at Cambridge University have found a fundamental flaw in the EMV — Europay, MasterCard, Visa — protocol that underlies chip-and-PIN validation for debit and credit cards. As a consequence, a device can be created to modify and intercept communications between a card and a point-of-sale terminal, and fool the terminal into accepting that a PIN verification has succeeded."
Using our magnetic strip cards have not been an issue for us. In Santiago, Chile and while in Spain during our vacation, paying with our magnetic strip cards within the chip-and-pin technology was only a matter of swiping our card and then offering the card to the clerk to verify the last four digits of the credit card number (perhaps as a default pin?). What has been a tremendous cause of extreme frustration, annoyance, embarrassment and anger is the bank consistently requiring us or the merchant to phone and verify that a purchase we just made was actually made by us. Or the card issuer simply blocks our card.
The New York Times article, Advice on Using Credit Cards While Traveling Abroad provides practical tips on credit cards. Not much was offered by way of surviving the issues of magnetic strip cards in the chip and PIN world. Rule of thumb bring cash and lots of it. Until the USA catches up with the rest of the globe we are pretty much out of luck. We can report problems after the fact but that really doesn't help when you are stuck in a toll both with cars staking up behind you or at a hotel that refuses to use the card you offered as assurances of payment.
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- Check your credit limit before a trip, since banks have reduced credit limits for some cardholders; travel expenses can push up against those maximums.
- And for when all else fails, carry plenty of cash is a good backup, especially in rural areas and developing countries.
- Call your bank and have it WRITTEN in your records that you will be on an extended trip. Then ask how long that advisory in your account will be valid (for Bank of America it is 6 months) and be sure to mark it on your calendar to call the bank again-before they freeze your card. Of course that assumes the bank security agent will actually go into the records and read that announcement. We had assumed incorrectly with our bank.
- If you are out of the country for an extended period of time change your address and phone number to your foreign address (the alerts systems are less likely to be triggered over and over)
- Open up a bank account in the country you are staying. In Chile that takes some doing.
- Don't forget to budget for those annoying foreign transaction fees in your expenses (as much as 3%). Capital One credit card does not have foreign fees. In Chile we have found that Santender Bank is the only local bank that does not charge fees when drawing money from their ATMs.
- Write the phone number of the bank to call to verify purchases on the back of your card.
- It has been wonderful having our voice over internet phone system to make all those phone calls to the bank. Emails, unless made through the bank's secured internet system do not work.
There is a burgeoning movement to spur more rapid action on the part of USA banks and credit card companies. The United Nations Federal Credit Union is the first and Wal-Mart reported that the company will move to this technology as well. "Get Fluent-C," is a leader in this effort to bring industry leaders and consumers together to ensure that the technology that debit and credit card uses are "fluent" – understood and processed in every country around the world, across boundaries and cultures.
To learn more about traveling and using credit cards, chip and PIN issues:
- For Americans, Plastic Buys Less Read
- Americans abroad run into trouble using credit cards Read
- United Nations Federal Credit Union Selects Gemalto for First U.S. Issued Globally Compliant Payment Card Read
- Wal-Mart implementing chip and PIN in the U.S. Read
- Wal-Mart to support smartcard payments Read
- Now that U.S. travelers are reporting magnetic stripe card refusals abroad, is it time for EMV in the U.S.? Read
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The England fly-half finished with 32 points as he landed 11 successful kicks from 11 attempts, including ten penalties, in a win full of character and commitment.
The Londoners trailed 19-6 after Racing flew out of the traps with winger Juan Imhoff scoring two fine tries and prop Luc Ducalcon also toucing down inside the first quarter which also saw David Strettle carried from the pitch on a stretcher after being flattened by what appeared a swinging arm from Fabrice Estebanez.
But Saracens held their nerve with Farrell's accuracy from the kicking tee keeping them in touch as the hosts infringed time and again and, allied to a second-half try from full-back Chris Wyles, eventually ground down their opponents to emerge triumphant.
Victory at home over Pool 1 whipping boys Edinburgh next weekend will confirm Saracens' progress to the last eight as group winners.
Yet a Saracens victory looked a distant prospect after they shipped three early tries, Ducalcon got the ball rolling as he rumbled over in the left corner in the seventh minute and, after Farrell had slotted his first penalty, Imhoff extended the lead after he burst on to the ball on halfway and surged away following a fumble from Chris Ashton.
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Farrell kept the visitors ticking over, but Imhoff added his second after being sent clear by a well-timed pass from Juan Martin Hernandez - Sebastien converting as he had done for Ducalcon's opener.
Farrell kicked a third penalty but Saracens looked in trouble when Will Fraser was ordered to the sin bin for striking Hernandez in the face with his elbow in a late challenge - Descons kicked the penalty to open a 22-9 lead.
Farrell and Descons traded further penalties before Farrell kicked two more before the break, the second after suffering a shoulder barge that saw second-row Jone Quvo Nailiko binned.
That fuelled Saracens' belief and when Fraser supplied possession from a lineout, Farrell and Tomkins combined to send Wyles flying over before the conversion tied the scores at 25-25 after 48 minutes.
Farrell's seventh penalty handed Saracens the lead for the first time after 53 minutes, although Ashton then put his side under pressure as he was shown a yellow card for striking the Racing centre Estebanez off the ball - Descons kicking the subsequent penalty to level matters again.
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El Paso, TX (KTSM) — It's official. El Paso has hired a new City Manager. Tommy Gonzalez will take the reigns as City Manager on June 23rd. City Representatives unanimously approved his hire despite two reps previous reservations. Reps. Cortney Niland and Michiel Noe said on Monday they wouldn't hire Gonzalez until they were assured council didn't break the law when council decided behind closed doors to hire the 47-year-old. It appears they were reassured as council did vote unanimously Tuesday to hire him.
The former Irving, Texas City Manager will make a little more than $239,000 a year. Gonzalez told us his family is currently looking at schools and homes so they can make their move to El Paso.
His contract is set for the next five years. In addition to his salary, he'll also receive a $2,500 a month housing allowance during his first six months as City Manager.
In his position as Irving's City Manager, there was job growth and the city's ranking as the 5th safest city in the U.S.. but there were also claims he was overpaid and held questionable ethics. "I'm not here to... I mean, I don't think it's a popularity contest. I think that what I had done in my career is not talk about a moral courage but I've walked in those footsteps," Tommy Gonzalez explained.
He was chosen out of 119 candidates and is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel.
He will replace Joyce Wilson who has served as the city's first ever City Manager since 2004 who stated at the meeting her tenure as City Manager was "A very painful labor of love."
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I bought a perlette green grape bare root this winter and it has sprouted 6 strong healthy stems in all directions (left, right, up). I want to achieve the same form as in this picture. Is it okay to cut off all the side stems and stake only one up or should I just stake it and allow all of the other stems to grow as well? I'm reluctant to cut them because they are so healthy. When is the best season to do this? |
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It sounds well shaped so just let it grow. If it grows enough this year you can leave a small crop next year. Each year prune it in the winter. |
Here's a picture of it. ..Since I'm planning on having one central "trunk," will allowing the branches on the side to grow take away energy that can be used towards that central trunk to make it bigger and stronger faster? |
You can cut back to one shoot or let it all grow and build a trunk next year. Actually the best method is probably to let it all grow this year and cut it back nearly to the ground next year. This will result in a really strong shoot next year that makes a good plant. Most don't like this approach because they think they are losing a year. That's not the case because what's most important is the size of the roots. More top growth this year equals more roots and a bigger plant next year. A middle road approach is to run the strongest up a stake for the trunk and keep the others. Then cut out all the side shoots next winter. |
Thanks for your very informative answer- I would have never thought that letting more leaves grow would equal more roots. I will allow all of the stems to grow this year to encourage root growth, and start shaping it next year. Very excited with this one because the leaves are very ornamental. |
"Actually the best method is probably to let it all grow this year and cut it back nearly to the ground next year. This will result in a really strong shoot next year that makes a good plant. " That makes sense to me because it works the same way with climbing roses. When you say "nearly to the ground" how close to the ground are you talking about? Thanks! |
rosieo: Grapes are very reliable about sprouting back unless frozen. So it can be cut down to the lowest node. Then there will be a number of shoots. Train the best positioned strong shoot up the stake. This will give a straight trunk with widely spaced nodes. That leaves less nodes to debud where you don't want shoots. |
Let it grow this year, then next year trim back all but the vine you want to be your trunk before it buds out in the spring. The extra growth this year will help the plant develop a stronger root system and store more energy for growth next year. They by eliminating the extra branches before it starts to grow, ALL the energy gathered by the removed branches will be pumped into the single vine and you will get good growth to that 'trunk' next year. Also on the trunk, you will get side shoots with grapes on them next year if it is healthy. I would remove most of those, but leave a few on so you get a few grapes and it will help prevent the possibility of developing 'bull canes'. Basically it will slow growth down slightly and use up some of that extra energy, bull canes tend to be less hardy and could cause issues in the future. Plant looks great so far, i really like grapes! |
Thanks for the very useful and detailed growing tips! I will do just that. I love grapes too, especially the small red crunchy ones. I've never grown grapes before until this year, and they seem to be a lot of fun, the way you can manipulate their form and all.. |
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority this week announced it has closed its enormous budget gap, but a hike in MetroCard fees, bridge and tunnel cash tolls and continued station agent layoffs were part of the equation.
In releasing its preliminary Fiscal Year 2011 budget on Wednesday, the agency detailed a four-year financial plan that reflects what it deemed "unprecedented" cost-cutting initiatives aimed at the $900 million shortfall for 2010 resulting from decreased state assistance and lagging tax revenues.
The MTA said it was able to close the gap by eliminating nearly 3,500 administrative and operating positions through layoffs, voluntary separations and elimination of vacant positions; freezing pay for management employees; increasing efficiency of paratransit and Bridge and Tunnel operations; reducing use of overtime; eliminating or deferring projects; consolidating functions; renegotiating contracts with vendors; and more efficiently managing inventories.
Under the 2011-2014 plan, the base fare of $2.25 would remain unchanged. The one-day and 14-day MetroCards would be phased out. For unlimited-ride MetroCards, the MTA offered two options: a 30-day card offering up to 90 rides for $99, or a 30-day unlimited-ride card for $104. Options for the seven-day unlimited-ride MetroCards include a card offering up to 22 rides for $28 and an unlimited-ride card for $29.
According to MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan, public hearings on the MetroCards are scheduled for September, with fare hikes going into effect Jan. 1, 2011.
Cash tolls at the agency's six major bridge and tunnel crossings would increase by 50 cents, while the smaller Cross Bay Veterans Memorial and Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial bridges tolls would jump 25 cents.
"The riding public is footing more and more of the bill to keep our transit system running, and all the while the services they rely on are disappearing before their very eyes," said Paul Steely White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives.
Donovan also indicated an additional 200 station agents would be laid off. Wednesday's budget announcement comes on the heels of another borough rally last Friday blasting the beleaguered agency for cutting more agents.
Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), who organized the event along with representatives from Transport Workers Union Local 100 and Amalgamated Transport Union Local 1056, called the layoffs "one of the most foolish cuts the MTA can make," that puts the safety of commuters at risk.
"How can someone say something, when there's no one there to see something?" Weprin asked the crowd gathered outside the F train station at Hillside Avenue and Midland Parkway in Jamaica Estates.
Donovan said even with the latest round of cuts every station in the system would continue to have at least one 24-hour booth.
Maurice Jenkins, vice president of TWU Local 100's station division, said the cuts give "criminals more opportunity to ply their trade," and pointed out that station agents so often are the eyes and ears of the Police Department in the transit system.
"If we don't tell cops a crime is being committed, how will they know a crime is in effect?" he asked.
Donovan said crime in the city transit system is at record lows thanks to police presence.
"We will continue to work closely with the NYPD to ensure that our security decisions are aligned with their policing strategies," he told the Queens Chronicle last week.
ATU Local 1056 Vice President Mark Henry said the cuts marked another example of the borough getting shorted.
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"Ripley's Believe It or Not! Download the Weird" (Ripley Publishing) features a Southlander as well as several Chicago-area stories.
The book is billed as an annual collection of bizarre, fun and totally true stories from around the world.
"Smokin' Guitars" on Page 183 features Chuck Meyer, of New Lenox.
He builds guitars and mandolins from cigar boxes and spends hours searching flea markets, tobacco shops and eBay for boxes that will give the best sound.
Other area stories include "Dolphin Scan" about Tapeko at Brookfield Zoo and "Superstitions" about Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan.
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