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Mostly MLB Notes: Talking Zack Greinke and a look around the leagueDalton Del Don at Roto Arcade9 hrs ago
I mostly stayed away from Zack Greinke in my drafts before the season, worried about him having to receive a "lubricating injection" in his elbow in February. But that's clearly been to my detriment, as his consecutive scoreless innings streak is now up to 27.2, a span in which he's posted a 0.65 WHIP. He's also allowed one run or fewer in 10 of his last 12 starts, yielding more than three in just one of 17 outings this season. Greinke's LOB% (88.9) is the highest in MLB, so he's clearly been lucky with runners on base, but no pitcher with a 1.58 ERA won't have some statistical category that isn't fortunate compared to league average. And while that will regress, Greinke has otherwise been unlucky with a modest seven wins while pitching so well for a Dodgers team with a 114 wRC+ that ranks second in all of baseball. He sports an 11.0 SwStr% and has been the No. 11 fantasy player over the past two weeks. Greinke has been one of the biggest fantasy steals so far this season.
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Daily Dime: J.D. Martinez in the D, Brian Dozier against a leftyScott Pianowski at Roto Arcade21 hrs ago
Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away. Check that weather, run some lineups, set your dream team. We're here to help.
J.D. Martinez, OF, vs. TOR (Estrada), $4300: He's had a pretty good 22-game run, wouldn't you say? It adds up to a .360/.396/.849 slash line, with 13 homers and 32 RBIs. Martinez's best output this year has come at home (.983 OPS) and against right-handed pitching (.572 slugging percentage). Take some hacks in The D. Marco Estrada generally keeps the ball in the air, too.
Gerardo Parra, OF, at CIN (Leake), $3000: Life is better with a little Rico Suave in your life. Parra carries a zesty .824 OPS against righties this year, and over the last month he's a .356/.500/.525 man, with four homers and five steals. How is this cat owned in just 19 percent of Yahoo seasonal leagues? Did you lose your password? Start clicking, clickers.
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Daily Dime: Going with Carlos Martinez, Joey Votto, Troy Tulowitzki and even Mike TroutDalton Del Don at Roto Arcade2 days ago
Here are 10 DFS recommendations for Saturday but be sure to double-check the weather and lineups before first pitch approaches.
Carlos Martinez, SP, vs. SD (Despaigne), $10000 at FanDuel: His control could still use some improvement, but Martinez has a 25.9 K% combined with a 2.20 GB/FB ratio this season. He also sports a 10.4 SwStr%, so he's become an elite pitcher, thanks mostly to his newfound ability to get left handers out. The Cardinals are one of the most favored teams Saturday (-185), while the Padres' .668 OPS against RHP has been the fifth worst in all of baseball this season.
Joey Votto, 1B, vs. Mil (Nelson), $3400: He has nine homers over 127 at bats with a .406 OBP and a .504 SLG at home this year. In fact, he has more walks (31) than strikeouts (30) at GAB. Jimmy Nelson has allowed a .308 BAA with a 1.76 WHIP when facing LHB.
Robinson Cano, 2B, at Oak (Graveman), $2700: He's 7-for-14 with two doubles and a homer over his past three games, so I'm going to continue to go with someone with such a strong track record at such a cheap price.
Daily Dime: Wacha, Panda and other Friday delightsAndy Behrens at Roto Arcade2 days ago
I'm back from vacation, thrown immediately into the DFS fire. We have some wetness in the Friday forecast, so buyers beware. Prepare to tweak lineups as needed.
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Michael Wacha, P, vs. SD (Cashner), $8600 at FanDuel: OK, sure, Kershaw is the best available starter on Friday, even if he's facing a pretty fair opposing starter (Syndergaard). But Kershaw is also Friday's priciest option, massively more expensive than Wacha, a guy with a 1.10 WHIP. St. Louis hosts the Pads, and San Diego enters the day ranked next-to-last in the N.L. in on-base percentage (.295).
Pablo Sandoval, 3B, vs. Hou (Straily), $2400: Straily is obviously a hittable right-hander and Sandoval is slashing .314/.366/.492 against RHPs this year. Panda's performance versus lefties has been atrocious, as most of you know, but he's a quality option in this spot.
Closing Time: Kyle Gibson's steady improvementScott Pianowski at Roto Arcade2 days ago
For all the time a young player spends working out, practicing and honing his craft, there's no substitute for experience. It still stands as the best teacher, the concept of learning on the job, making mistakes, adjusting the approach, growing into the gig.
With that in mind, we present to you the case of Kyle Gibson, third-year pitcher with the Twins. Maybe things are starting to clear up for him.
Although Gibson was the 22nd pick in his draft class six years ago, his first trip around the majors was a rocky one. He posted a 6.53 ERA in 10 starts two years back, and modestly improved (4.47 ERA) in a full season last year. He wasn't on anyone's mixed-league radar entering 2015.
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Football, wartime, and an uncommonly important fantasy leagueAndy Behrens at Roto Arcade2 days ago
"We didn't mean to auto-draft," says Justin C. Cliburn. "But the internet in Baghdad wasn't the most reliable."
It was August of 2006. Cliburn was a specialist stationed at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, part of a security force (SECFOR) of Oklahoma Army National Guardsmen from the 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery regiment. His squad's role was to escort civilian training contractors to Iraqi police stations, Cliburn serving as a Humvee gunner. [Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football is back: Sign up for a league today!] He also served, reluctantly and incongruously, as a first-year fantasy commissioner.
"That season the guy who was supposed to run our league was stationed down in Diwaniyah [at Camp Echo]," recalls Cliburn. "He had next-to-no internet access, so I took over."
And still the league began with technical difficulties.
"Yeah, internet cut out right before our draft began," says Kevin Pyle, a founding member of the OklahomIraqis League. "Every team was auto-picked. Not Yahoo's fault. That was Iraq."
Closing Time: The Ian Kinsler problemScott Pianowski at Roto Arcade3 days ago
Name brands tend to die hard in fantasy leagues, which is why Ian Kinsler still holds a 95-percent Yahoo tag and a lofty ranking on many industry boards. But I know he's available in one of my eight Yahoo leagues.
And he's there because I dropped him . And heck, I was just kicking the tires (sorry, we kick a lot of tires here) after someone else dropped him a few weeks back.
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Kinsler turned 33 in the middle of June, and second base sure seems like a position where it gets late early. All the attrition, all those pivots. Kinsler's 2014 Detroit debut had plenty of category juice and was driven by full-season volume, but let's also acknowledge he's just a .270/.314/.397 hitter since joining the Tigers. The bat doesn't look so special anymore. He's walking more this year, but the average and power are depressed. So are fantasy owners.
NFL Over/Under: Are early drafters overreaching for Randle?Brad Evans at Roto Arcade3 days ago
Fantasy is a speculative game. Predict the future, and you look like a genius. Don't, and you're painfully human. Gazing into the crystal ball, here's our view on 10 intriguing rookie over/unders for the upcoming season.
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In a recent full-point, 12-team industry draft, Joseph Randle was plucked in Round 3 (No. 32 overall). Equally mind-blowing, according to Fantasy Football Calculator his draft stock has spiked a full five rounds since late May (40.4 ADP, RB20), leaving potential investors wondering if there is enough 'meat on the bone.' With that in mind, Randle finishes among fantasy RBs this fall 24.5.
Daily Dime: Going chalk with Max Scherzer and then digging for hitting sleepersDalton Del Don at Roto Arcade4 days ago
Here are 10 DFS recommendations for Thursday but be sure to double-check the weather and lineups before first pitch approaches.
Max Scherzer, SP, at Atl (Banuelos), $12500 at FanDuel: As usual, I'll recommend paying up for a top pitcher, especially with the softer pricing on FanDuel this year. Scherzer certainly qualifies as one, as he's top-three among all starters in MLB in ERA (1.79), FIP (2.02), WHIP (0.79), K-BB% (27.4) and SwStr% (14.2). He owns a 1.40 ERA and 0.83 WHIP on the road, and he'll be facing a Braves team Thursday that's scored the fifth-fewest runs at home and will be missing its best hitter. The Nationals are easily the most favored team (-200) on the day while tied for the lowest over/under (6.5). Scherzer is expensive, however, so let's dig for some cheap hitting options to fill out a lineup.
Closing Time: We had a better headline, but Cesar Hernandez stole itScott Pianowski at Roto Arcade4 days ago
In the Tuesday Closing Time, we went with a soft sell of Cesar Hernandez. In the current edition, we'll amp things up a bit.
He keeps running, so we keep writing.
When it comes to fantasy specialists, there's a low barrier to relevance. Anyone who is collecting saves for a major-league club is worth rostering in most fantasy leagues, even if the other stats are dodgy (the good old Mesa Mandate). It isn't quite that simple with offensive players, but if someone is capable of running aggressively when they reach base, we'll overlook some other stuff.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - The Southland Conference tournament will be played sans Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's men's basketball team for the third season in a row.
It has been the product on the court for the past two seasons, with the Islanders enduring a crash in Perry Clark's last year as coach and building from the ground up last season in Willis Wilson's debut with the team.
This time, it's an NCAA issue — handled by the governing body in a way that still rankles the players.
As the Islanders open practice Friday, they know there is no postseason light at the end of the tunnel. In a difficult twist, revamped NCAA Academic Progress Rate rules punished Wilson for dismissing four academically struggling players from the team — more than five months before the new APR rule was passed — and resulted in a postseason ban for A&M-Corpus Christi this season.
"My initial reaction was that it was very unfair, understanding that our APR was extremely low," sophomore guard Jake Kocher said. "The thing that really frustrated me was that nobody from that team that created that APR is still here, except for Ted (Wang), who is second-team all-conference academically."
There are some points of contention. The NCAA changed its APR rules October 2011, making them effective immediately, and made postseason bans an earlier-stage punishment.
That means the bylaw, while not being measured until the June 2012 ratings, punished entirely for APR performance prior to October 2011. At the time Wilson dismissed the players, which sank the team's APR, the punishment for the Islanders' four-year APR of 887 was scholarship reductions, and A&M-Corpus Christi elected to take its reduction ahead of time — an option allowed by the NCAA.
The university was informed after the legislation that it still would be fine, with an NCAA provision that would allow the Islanders a one-time escape as a limited-resource program, one that is among the lowest 15 percent Division I programs in terms of athletic and educational expenditure as well as average Pell Grant funds among students.
Turns out the NCAA calculated incorrectly. A&M-Corpus Christi barely missed limited-resource status. .
"It's a tough pill to swallow, knowing no matter how you play you can't go to the postseason," sophomore guard Johnathan Jordan said. "We're still playing for pride and respect."
The team also was frustrated by the lack of explanation from the NCAA about why the legislation had to be implemented immediately. Had the NCAA not enforced the rule retroactively, the Islanders would have been fine for this season and next and into the foreseeable future.
The tone of the governing body also did not go over well with the players. Corpus Christi media, despite A&M-Corpus Christi being one of 10 men's basketball programs to be barred from the postseason, were not invited on a conference call with NCAA president Mark Emmert after the bans were announced.
"It's frustrating for someone to not explain where they're coming from," Kocher said. "When you ask someone a question and they dodge it, it's frustrating, especially when you talk about kids' dreams and making the NCAA tournament."
During the conference call and in news releases, Emmert used a pun and said the banned teams "needed wining records in the classroom as well."
That little bon mot did not go over well with the players. Nor did the reply the Caller-Times received in June when it asked the NCAA for clarification on some issues, with an NCAA representative replying in an email that A&M-Corpus Christi "just didn't make the grade."
No Islanders seemed to be laughing at those witticisms. Kocher said he agreed with many things the NCAA does, but it needed to reexamine the implementation of this issue.
Jordan made a long exhaling sound when told of the reply.
"I think it's pretty unfair to say we didn't make the grade," he said. "Maybe the previous year's team didn't make the grade, but I know for a fact all my teammates made the proper grades. I think that's unfair."
So they play on, chips on shoulders, wanting to show the Southland and the NCAA that the wrong team is missing from the postseason.
"A lot of people think that it's tough because there's not a lot of motivation," Kocher said. "If you look at it the other way. We still have a Southland Conference championship to play for. We want to prove a point by winning the Southland Conference regular season that we were wrongly put out of the postseason."
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The Inner Colonies, sometimes referred to as the Core Worlds,[1] were the first worlds terraformed and colonized by the Unified Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command, relieving the overpopulation pressure on Earth that resulted in the Interplanetary War.
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It is known that there was a war some time before the 26th century called the "Inner Colony Wars".[2] Very little is known about it and it might just be an alternate name of the Interplanetary Wars, though the name would be of a post-Outer Colonies age, and probably only referring to the Sol system colonies.
Continuing Development Edit
The Inner Colonies consisted of the 210 planets which were colonized before 2390. In 2490, Reach, which was located near the boundary of the Inner and Outer Colonies, became the UNSC's military center. As the UNSC began settling the Outer Colonies, the Inner Colonies, with their established social and economic infrastructures, became the political and economic basis of the UNSC, supplied with raw materials from the newer settlements.
The Human-Covenant war Edit
During the Human-Covenant war, numerous ships were pulled from their positions in the Outer Colonies to defend the Inner Colonies. Old ships, such as the Halcyon-class light cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn, were refitted and brought back into service to supplement the remaining defense forces. At the beginning of the Battle of Reach, dozens of Inner Colony planets were bypassed by the Covenant Fleet attacking Reach,[3] so it can be presumed that a number of those Colonies survived, considering the next Covenant attack was Earth.
Known Inner ColoniesEdit
- Reach - Glassed by the Covenant in 2552, terraformed to be habitable by 2589.
- Circumstance - Unknown status, likely to have been glassed by the Covenant.
- Tribute - Glassed by the Covenant in 2552.
- Beta Gabriel - Unknown status, likely to have been glassed by the Covenant.
- Earth - Still held
- Luna - Unknown status, most likely to have survived.
- Mars - Unknown status, most likely to have survived.
- Jovian Moons - Unknown status, most likely to have survived.
- Pluto - Still held
- Sigma Octanus IV - Unsuccessfully attacked by the Covenant in July 2552.
- Chi Rho - Unknown status.
- Gannick 22 - Still held
Unknown system
- Actium - Glassed in May 2545
- Alluvien - Glassed[4]
- Camber - Glassed
- Minister - Still held
- New Carthage - Controlled under UNSC
- Skopje - Glassed by the Covenant in 2547.
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I am half Hungarian from my mother and Half English and Italian from my father. Love Venice, Italy more than America. I am involved in film and music if you look closely you can see my business card which is a "clicker" on my luggage which is my film/video equipment. I provide many different video events and was providing a video in some of these pictures. I do many things to earn a living all legal so relax. I have pitch perfect ears and laugh at music today. I was born in San Francisco and lived in Silicon Valley, Wine country now LA. There is no perfect woman and there is no perfect man, only in hollywood movies. What I need is that perfect match. I had a few lovers from Europe and all used me just to get a better life and I am not interested in that anymore. I ask and pray to God that you only be real this time. I am now open to dating a LA women this will be a first so be nice to me. I want a woman who is a fashion queen and she must be very sexual. That means be a real woman. I am not interested in ego style women, so pulease spare me the drama. But I can make almost anyone laugh over and over because I am known to be very funny and I enjoy life to be fun. I have a traditional side to me and believe in old world views and values. There is no perfect person only a perfect match. But listing your income shows zero CLASS. It is a very stupid question in the first place it is like asking you when you last had sex? Who's business is it? Can I run faster than you, so what! I find it really stupid and it puts people into boxes with numbers labels. Or listing that you are some MBA, or PHD, Pulease spare me the EGO. Or she has such perfect hair but really yellow teeth, some of these questons go too far! Many of my friends have PHD's and who really cares? Enough already, education is great, but it won't teach you how to tie your shoes and walk. I am 5' 8" 150 lbs in great shape and fun to be with. I am interested in taking things slow and seeing if we click, because I am not in any hurry. Being friends is the best way to start anything good. I can make you laugh so hard you will almost P. I believe in God and do not have time for games. I have a PHD in finding out a liar and phoney people so don't even try to waste my time. I value family and respect old world views. Please no drugs or heavy drinkers. I can tell you more later because I see this format is very limited. I expect us to move to the phone sooner than later and meeting as well because life is short and you die forever. I plan travel like most plan a meal, I was almost killed one day within seconds so I look at life with zero limits and travel as much as I can. I give to the needy with my heart and soul and always express my feelings. You never ever have to guess with me. But I can tell you that some of the women I have met on here seriously need therapy and this makes me want to give up, but I feel you are here, so just contact me already and let get started!
Cooking , Movies/Videos , Travel/Sightseeing
I exercise 1-2 times per week.
I have Cats
Norwegian forest cat, yup that is what I have. I adopted him 8 years ago he is such a rock star.
Middle of the Road
Venice, Italy and most of Europe.
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Music, more about that when we meet, as I was into music since I was a child. I also love a great wine. Good food is a must, travel to learn life and sex to be fully whole daily.
Running & I was into "Tae Kwon Do", as I have a black belt in this style, but not interested in using it to prove anything, but if you want I can show and tell : )
Travel in Europe.
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|5'8" (172cms)
|5'1" (154cms) to 5'6" (167cms)
|Body type:
|Athletic and toned
|Slender, Curvy, Athletic and toned, A few extra pounds
|No preference
|Dark brown
|Auburn / Red, Black, Light brown, Dark brown, Blonde, Dark blonde, Platinum
|No Way
|No Way
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker
|Self-Employed / Entrepreneur
|No preference
Also listing what one makes or drives puts that person into a type of box. Is it $100,000 or more is it less, mmm? Could it be $25,000 or? Maybe it is not even listed? So a C class Mercedes or S, well S is better but a Bentley is far better. Pulease.
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|No preference
|Have kids:
|No preference
|Wants kids:
|No, but it's OK if my partner has kids
|No, No, but it's OK if my partner has kids
|White / Caucasian
|East Indian, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, White / Caucasian, Other
I am half Hungarian from my mother and from father Half English and Italian.
|Christian / Other
|No preference
I was baptized orthodox Christian but I don't carry a bible, so relax.
|Bachelors degree
|No preference
BA in music.


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Joined: 7/31/06
Before anyone read's, or doesn't read, this text wall. Let it be known that I know Vanguard had a very rocky start. With that said...
Please watch this video if you want to see how amazing the game world is.
I quote from the video "All it takes is word of mouth. While many people think, "Oh, Sony Online Entertainment isn't doing what they should to promote the game" they have to keep in mind that money allocated to the game is determined by its income. So if you love the game, do your part and get others to try it too. You will see people stop playing because of the lack of players. Get them into a guild, or group up with them often. "
I have to say, Vanguard has been one of the first MMO's to have me literally excited about logging in in a long time. I'm lucky because I have about 10 friends playing it, but the only thing this game lacks if a player base. Even with a tiny tiny dev. team, they publish updates, and continue to fix bugs.
Do not play this giant alone. This game is awesome, I know it's totally goofy, but even riding around horses with friends is exciting. They did a great job of creating a wonderful world.
Dungeons : Every dungeon is open world, and I am amazed by how many there are. Though many of them are basic, it's exciting because they don't provide you with a map and directions. You have to explore it and find out yourself. Last night, my group of 6 found a GIANT hobgoblin in an encampment, it took 3 wipes before we got him. We are only level 20 and already seeing contient that has endgame feel.
Level Curve: This game isn't easy, nor hard to level in. I will say, that thus far, in my adventures i've had an over abundance in quests, and the dungeons break up any time I feel that questing would be dull.
Brotherhood: Brotherhood's are basicly a level group. If you enjoy playing MMO's with a friend, but they have a busy life, or even you sometimes just want to play when they aren't around. You can create a brotherhood, where both of your EXP is split, and if you play while your buddy isn't on, your EXP will grow towards his level. It's a great way for you and a friend to stay the same level, but still be able to play alone.
Level Syncing: Once again you can use this to play with people you out level. Level Syncing allows you to "mentor" a player and drop to their level allowing you to quest with them, any EXP you gain goes towards your next level too!
BOATBUILDING: Yes sir, boat building.
Trade skills are challenging and rewarding.
Flying mounts: You can fly anywhere too!
Lets face it, the game is massive, and it's awesome!
I know that Vanguard is looking grim, but I also that that it is one of the best mmo's on the market, and has amazingly high potential. Try it out, play on Seradon and hit me up, Adaglen. I wont let you game alone!
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Joined: 11/07/09
There are reasons things 'are looking grim' for Vanguard. The engine, while producing some nice vistas, is slow, buggy, and demands a top-end PC to use it at full resolution. It's a good thing you were flying in the video you made; you'll never fall through the world that way, something which happens frequently in VG. If you can put up with that, and the occasional crash to desktop, and you have a very high end PC, and you don't mind a lot of loading times as you wander through the world, maybe VG is your game.
VG is also very group focused. Without a group you can make slow progress in the game with some of the classes, but not all. With the lack of other players, and the large world, you will have problems finding groupmates. No way around it.
There is very little endgame content in VG. For years there was NO endgame content at all, but they have added one or two raid dungeons over the last year or 2. Compare this to any of the other PVE-focused titles out there of comparable age and VG comes up sorely lacking.
But, for all this you still get to pay top $ to play this game. Yes, despite the fact that SOE has a skeleton crew working the game, updates are infrequent, day 1 bugs still abound, and there is almost no new content being made, you still get to pay the same hefty monthly fee as EQ2, Wow, or any of the other top-end games in the genre. INHO, this game is a great candidate for the DDO model of micropayments, because with a little (well, maybe a LOT) of love from SOE, this could be a strong niche game in the genre. Maybe.
There's a rabid cadre of fanboys out here at MMORPG, and it amazes me how often I see messages posted about how someone 'went back to VG and I'm loving it!', yet the population continues to decline. People are leaving the game for a reason. Or maybe one of the several I've listed. I played VG at launch, played it again a year later, and recently went back and played the demo isle, and what I'm telling you is that the game hasn't changed dramatically from the day it was released. It's a slow-paced, lonely grind through a buggy and sometimes beautiful world. If that's your thing, you might like VG, and I'd recommend you check out the demo. Otherwise, I'd wait for a revamp of the engine and payment model before seriously considering this game.
Novice Member
Joined: 7/09/04
I won't go back because SOE has changed the game so much. The dot system over the monster's heads anymore mean nothing, suppose to give you an idea on how many players it will take to kill it. SOE gutted it like they did EQ2, EQ and numerous other games. All they needed to fix was the performance and bug issues.
They also ruined the way travel was suppose to be etc etc. There is plenty different about the game then what it was suppose to be.
I could never get around the shitty combat system.
To slow and clunky for me sorry.
No its not by long shot can't believe this topic its if your a payed promoter of the game try getting more subs.
I agree with most replyers above me dont touch this game.
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Joined: 3/19/10
Originally posted by Moregrim
To me, the world design looks somehow generic. Quite boring.
You can see good level design in World of Warcraft, Age of Conan and Darkfall.
Novice Member
Joined: 4/09/05
Originally posted by Buttermilch
What? You're even going to try and compare the world of vanguard and df? or wow?
VG for me strated a decline with the travel system and slowly began the SOE push to wowify all of its titles.
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Joined: 2/20/10
I certainly would. I actually prefer Darkfall's world a great deal more(if you have the machine to really crank it up), it has more character and feels less generic. Lighting, Reflections, and Shadows are much more impressive in Darkfall.
WoW maybe not so much, but it can be impressive every now and then.
The one thing Vanguard does really well is draw distances. Other than that, I'd say I prefer LotRO and Darkfall's world design by quite a bit.
Back to the subject though, I can't stand playing Vanguard for the same reason they I can't stand playing LotRO... the combat is boring as all hell. Other than that its a great game... but thats a pretty huge mark against it in my book.
Elite Member
Joined: 1/06/05
Originally posted by decoder42
I play Vanguard and I'm loving it.
I have never fallen through the world though I've heard other people say this. I'll ask in chat next time I"m on if others have experienced this.
There is a lot of content that is group but from what I understand one can solo to the top. I don't believe I will find it long as I've played Lineage 2 and compared to that leveling at higher levels, nothing is long. Probably some classes take longer than others. I know I got up to about 30 with no issues.
I do agree Vanguard has its bugs and what I consider it's creakiness but nothing of yet that is game breaking for me. It isn't as smooth as LOTRO as wow though I do get spans where I start wondering if it is. then I cross a particular chunk and it halts for a few seconds.
Your reasons not to play might be good for you but I'm pretty sure there are other people out there who don't care about rushing to level cap or some minior inconveniences. It's those people who will enjoy Vanguard.
The issue I see is where people will Join Vanguard expecting a WoW or LOTRO experience. They will be dissapointed as Vanguard just isn't as polished and doesn't get the same attention from the devs. But if people go into it as "it is what it is" then I think they will find a very rich and rewarding experience.
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Joined: 6/13/06
Originally posted by decoder42
I would reluctantly agree with your post...Reluctantly because I do Play VG, and I did come back, and I do very much like the Game...I can't speak for performance issues because I do have a higher-end Rig and I have next to no performance issues outside of the minor little bugs in the Game...
But where I HAVE to agree is the Payment model...It's tough to pay $15 bucks for a Game that still needs some work and most importantly is VERY lacking in population...I pay $10 for LOTRO...I can't see how SOE thinks $15 is OK for this Game and I don't want to hear about the Station Pass garbage cause no one is playing SWG or EQII either...It's no deal any longer...Unfortunately it looks to me like SOE is simply going to run VG and SWG into the ground instead of giving Folks an alternative payment structure that could potentially revitalize the Games just a bit...It's sad but lets face it...Both Games are older Games and they're not getting any younger...Oh well...
Sorry no. Instead of sleeping giant it's more like comatose.
Vanguard, the comatose giant. It will not be waking up anytime soon, so don't hold your breath. This is coming from someone who has the box in front of him. What a shame.
Vanguard as a Sleeping Giant? Michael Jackson has a better chance of waking up.
Elite Member
Joined: 1/06/05
Originally posted by pencilrick
I would probably agree to the assessment that it isn't some force that once woken will make itself known throughout the land.
Vanguard "is what it is". For those who can put aside their cynicism or critical mind and enjoy it for what it is they will find a great experience. For those who really require a polished full blown experience I would say move along.
Apprentice Member
Joined: 8/16/07
Despite all of the bugs, Vanguard launch was the funnest time I have ever had in an MMO. I played with two other friends and had a blast. Many of the bugs were very gamebreaking, but at the same time we found them to be very humorous. We played together until around level 40 when the excitement began to die down along with the population. Looking back, I honestly can't explain why I had such a good time.
A couple things from the Vanguard design I would like to see in other games:
1. The gear system. I loved how you could wear gear too high for your level, but would just take up more of your alloted equipment points.
2. The classes. Some of the classes seemed a bit more unique than many of the rehashed ones we get from other games. Some of them were the same old but they had some decent mechanic designs.
3. The flowing rivers and 3 dimensional environments. Rivers had currents that could wash you across the continent as far as they reached. There were a lot of waterfalls in the areas that we played in and cliff edges that held consequence with them. If you fell over or got washed off in the waterfall it could be hours before you would find your way back to the top. WoW may have some pretty and well designed areas, but nothing like this. Many people consider WoW to be "open world" but it's not, you still have set entrances to "zones", just no loading screen. Vanguard was not only big, it had the environments to make it feel truly big. I would say WoW maps were designed for quest progression and grinding efficiency, Vanguard's were designed to be played.
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Joined: 2/10/08
AoC is the sleeping giant...it's a monster of a game which deserves millions of subscribers...Unfortunately it's reputation was *deservingly* ruined and tarnished because of the problems at launch.
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Joined: 5/19/04
Originally posted by decoder42
OK just hold up there fella... I was just sitting here reading some comments while eating my pancakes and bacon with no intentions of commenting because I didn't want my food getting cold.. There's nothing worse than cold pancakes and bacon, but I just had to reply to this ridiculous comment.....
First of all, I'd really like to know how old your PC is... It must be an incredible piece of garbage.. My current PC was a mid level PC back in 2007 and I can honestly say I've never once crashed to desktop while playing Vanguard,,,, back in 2007 when the performance was considered baaaad.. I fell through the world just one time while riding my horse, but rebooting fixed it, *shrug* I have a AMD 64 AthlonX2, 4 gigs of ram, and a 8800 gts vid card.. It's still not bad, but far from the best machine in 2007..
Now, I do remember hitting crazy lagspikes while in heavily populated areas and dungeons like VT and Thel, but that happens in all the high end graphical MMORPG's.. I hit bad lagspikes like that in EQ, EQ2, and AoC as well, *shrug*
As for the loading times, I do remember hitting mini zones which took time to load, but most of the time It only took a few seconds for me, especially while zoning in the wilderness..
Lastly, I believe you are probably a newer gen type of WoW mmo gamer who believes everything has to be compared to WoW.. WoW is a game with horrible graphics, horrible textures, horrible kiddyland resolution, and belongs in 1998.. That game was purposely made to look like crapola so many people out there with their pew pew computers can run the game on it.. It's the most popular MMORPG now simply because of word of mouth and you literally can run it on a outdated 15 year old computer..
In conclusion, Vanguard was supposed to be a MMORPG for the true hardcore veteran MMO gamer.. It wasn't meant to be played by noobs, whiners, illiterate children, and those with, "the little engine that could" old dinosaur computers.. People like myself already knew we'd have to buy a decent computer to truly experience the glory and awesome world of Vanguard.. The true fans knew the game was going to be played similar to the original EQ, where it would be a group oriented game.. We knew this and couldn't wait to play it.. We literally thought it would be the new EQ experience.. Well, it was for a while then SOE took over and dumbed it down like WoW causing at least 250,000 people to leave between March 20th and April 1st of 2007,,,, myself included! SOE ruined the game by trying to make it playable for dumb moronis illiterate people! Which was yet another mistake on SOE's part! WELL DONE!
They fixed alot of the performance issues, but they changed the concept of the game which is the same thing as creating a new game within the previously existing game,,, just like they did with SWG, LOL!! It's kinda funny actually because those numnuts working for SOE just don't have a clue!!!! They all try copying off of Blizzard and each and every time they do this, the game gets destroyed because the true fans of that game see it getting turned into another WoW clone, and the people walk away with disgust!
Ever since SOE took over Vanguard, I had absolutely no desire to come back.. Getting rid of the item equipment system was ridiculous, which was literally one of the main reasons I left.. If SOE would have just focused on fixing bugs, glitches, and the performance issue without touching the gameplay mechanics, then I along with MANY MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE wouldn't have left!
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Originally posted by oakthornn
This is an example of one of the main reasons Vanguard did so poorly. I followed this game every day for more than a year before it launched. I also beta tested it. Back in those days, the Vanguard boards were filled with self-styled hardcore posters who wanted Vanguard to be the anti-WoW. Anyone who didn't beat their chest and ask for the most draconian possible gameplay was instantly labeled a WoW kiddie and reviled. The boards were also filled with posts about how much WoW sucks. I can't tell you how many times people got interested in the game, came to the boards to be part of the pre-launch Vanguard community, and got so insulted by the leetism that they gave up and left. "Go back to WOW," they were told. So they did.
Brad allowed that to contnue, and even fostered it with some now infamous quotes, until the months leading up to launch. Then he belatedly realized the folly of what he had done because the game, as it was perceived then, would not be popular enough to cover their huge investment. In an effort to correct this, he went running around posting everywhere, including this website, about how casual players would enjoy Vanguard too. It was too little, too late, after years of selling people on the idea that unless you were a hardcore player, Vanguard was not for you.
Clearly the Vanguard community hasn't learned a damn thing. You tell people this is a fun game, and that people should try it, but the first expression of skepticism you encounter and out come the catcalls of "oh you must be one of those WoW players." That's fine. Enjoy your dieing game that grows more stagnant with every passing day. Look out over your empty world and know that a large part of why it is empty is the abuse the Vanguard community heaped on potential players for years, and evidently is quick to hand out still.
So please take this opportunity to tell an EQ1 Pre-Luclin player to "go back to WoW," because I was certainly told 50 times before Vanguard's launch to do just that. And you know what? I did.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
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Joined: 1/18/07
It may be a sleeping giant, but SOE keeps hitting the snooze for it.
"If I offended you, you needed it" -Corey Taylor
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Joined: 11/07/09
Originally posted by oakthornn
Walk into an area and turn left. Wait while the graphics load in. Now turn right. Wait again. I'm not talking about zone loading, I'm talking about supposedly seamless areas just walking around.
None of those insults apply to me, but thanks for alienating everyone anyhow.
People like myself already knew we'd have to buy a decent computer to truly experience the glory and awesome world of Vanguard.. The true fans knew the game was going to be played similar to the original EQ, where it would be a group oriented game.. We knew this and couldn't wait to play it.. We literally thought it would be the new EQ experience..
Were you even -there- for the launch Mr Holier Than Thou? It was supposed to be the spiritual suiccessor to EQ1, but it was an unfinished mess. The fact that I played it for 6 months is a testament to my stubborness more than the quality of the game.
Well we agree on this last part at least. VG has used up its 3 strikes with me, and I won't be going back again. Well, unless it becomes a F2P game with a cash shop maybe, that way I at least wouldn't be putting any $ into it until I was certain things had actually improved. But that doesn't seem imminent, does it.
Elite Member
Joined: 11/16/07
VG is more like the clinically brain dead giant, never getting out of his coma after a high speed collision with a tree.
This game, like just about everything on SOE's life supoort station pass, are just waiting to die.
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Hot on the heels of winning an HPC Wire Award for work carried out on NVIDIA GPUs, ICHEC was invited to deliver the CUDA tutorials at this year's International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences, held June 23-28, 2013, in New York City. The event was attended by 73 graduates and post-docs from all over Europe, the US and Japan.
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- Bolts: 9
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Unlike its neighbour, Positive Way moves directly up the vertical sec¬tion of the spire. The route will be three pitches once it ascends the entire wall to the summit, however currently only the first pitch is bolted.
- Ethic: inherited from Chirripo
- Respect the land owners.
- They are kind enough to let you use their property for your enjoyment.
- Respect other climbers.
- Climbing is a community sport where the only opponent is the cruel crux that sends you airborne.
- Respect the environment.
- Above all, respect the environment. The plants, the earth and the rock itself were here long before you came into existence and will continue to exist long after you are gone. Sustain its survival by treating it properly.
Pick up trash, even if it is not your own. Take at least one piece out on every trip.
Do not kill flora or fauna, no matter how small or large.
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Jakey is flirty… on the phone
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Thanks to all of you who sent this over… there were so many of you! And with the same reaction. Jake Gyllenhaal on the phone is best, flirtiest Jake ever? OK so here's what happened: They were debating Jake's height on a podcast called Mystery Show. Mystery Show is produced and hosted by Starlee Kine. Full Story
The Terminator, the Khaleesi, the Jakey, the Tinie, and the model
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Cara Delevingne is pretty irresistible. It's not just that you can't help but like her, it's also that you can't help but go along with whatever it is that she wants to do. And she's always a good time. This is why so many celebrities end up on her Instagram, being goofs. Full Story
Jake's British date
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Jake Gyllenhaal was in London this week accompanied by a woman he met recently that British gossips have identified as Anna Liban. They went out for lunch. It looked like a flirty lunch. He had his hand in her hair. And they dressed the same. So I guess we have to stop talking about him and Rachel McAdams. Full Story
Rachel presents to Jake
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Spike TV's Guy's Choice Awards happened this weekend. The show will air on June 18th. Jake was honoured with the Guy Con award, presented to him by his Southpaw co-star, friend, and rumoured girlfriend, Rachel McAdams. Let's play reverse psychology here: If there was really something between them, would they have agreed to have her do this? Or is all of that good promotion for the movie anyway? Would these two toy with those kinds of suggestions just to promote a movie? Jake would want you to think he's above that. Full Story
Everest: A big bag of NOPE
Jake Gyllenhaal is going for the gold this year, first with Southpaw and then Everest, which is due in September—wouldn't surprise me to see this one premiere at TIFF. Everest is based on Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, about the 1996 climbing disaster in which eight people died while descending Everest. Full Story
This Jake is not fun
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After judging in Cannes and spending a few days in Italy, Jake Gyllenhaal is back in New York, seen here all covered up while out and about yesterday. Jake is set to make his musical theatre debut in a month in Little Shop Of Horrors for 3 performances on July 1 and 2 which is 3 weeks before the release of Southpaw, for which he's starting to do press now. Full Story
Zoe & Jake
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Jake Gyllenhaal was also at the amfAR gala last night and spent some time hanging out with Zoe Kravitz. I'm about to put Zoe Kravitz on my Five List. Am obsessed with her. She's a charismatic performer. Even though she's active on social media, she still manages to maintain a distance, a mystery, remaining unknowable. Full Story
Jake's Oscar plans
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Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't at the Palais last night. The jury wasn't required. Here he is today around town. And pictures of him from opening night on Wednesday looking very smooth in that tux. While Jake had no official engagements to attend on Thursday, he was part of the Weinstein annual Cannes presentation – not necessarily in person but in performance. Full Story
Once upon a time, in a parallel Gossip Universe
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Jury photo call today in Cannes… Sienna Miller and Jake Gyllenhaal. They're friends, obviously. And just friends, of course. But again, once upon a time in a parallel Gossip Universe, this looks really, really good. Like great. Maybe 5 years ago. This Sienna, as we've seen, it's been a career turnaround. Full Story
Ready for the boat parties?
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Sienna Miller, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Julianne Moore are among the long list of celebrities arriving in Nice today ahead of the Cannes Film Festival. Let's start with Jake, because we were talking about him yesterday and whether or not the photo I linked to was of him having breakfast/lunch with Ruth Wilson or Rachel McAdams – click here Full Story
Jake & Ruth sweat then kiss?
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Time to fire up those Jake Gyllenhaal-Ruth Wilson rumours again. Page Six reports that they were at a fitness class together on Saturday. After the workout, Jake waited for Ruth to shower and change. Then they kissed. It was "passionate but tasteful". Full Story
Leading Men at The Fight
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If you have social media, you've used it to show off. Come on. How do you resist the temptation? Are you on holiday somewhere awesome? Are you posing on the beach? Are you at that concert that everyone wants to go to? Did you get into a super exclusive party? While out for dinner, did you run into a celebrity and boast about it to all your followers? For celebrities on Saturday night, being at The Fight was the grand magnum of showing off. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
The Tony Award nominations were announced yesterday by Bruce Willis and Mary Louise Parker. It was a RED reunion. They shut out Harvey Weinstein's Finding Neverland. Some of the big name celebrities who were called include Bradley Cooper (The Elephant Man), Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy (Skylight), and Ruth Wilson for her work in Constellations. But not Jake Gyllenhaal in Constellations. There are only so many spots, I guess.
But it kinda reminds me of (movie) award season. When Bradley wasn't a factor…until it mattered. And Jake was nominated at several of the pre-game shows but not at the main event. In my worthless opinion, his work in Nightcrawler deserved to be there. Then again, American Sniper was not my jam. Read Full Intro
Dear Gossips,
Yesterday, the Cannes Film Festival announced its full jury for this year. And many are calling it the most physically attractive jury ever which I'm sure will go over well with the jury members. Still, it's not like you can't see it, right?
Jury co-presidents Ethan and Joel Cohen will be joined by 7 others including Sophie Marceau, Rokia Traore, Guillermo del Toro, and Canada's cinematic wonderboy Xavier Dolan because – can you believe it? – at just 26 years old, he's had four films in the festival and doesn't have one ready yet for this season so he has time to judge. Lazy, right? And very pretty.
Then there's Rossy de Palma, one of the most interesting faces of our time, who has also been named to the jury. You remember her from Almodovar's Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown?


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14 April 2014 - UEFA Youth League, Final
|Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (CZE) – Stadium: Colovray, Nyon (SUI)
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The UEFA Youth League comprises a group stage and four knockout rounds played as one-off games.
Group stage
Access to the competition is reserved for the youth teams of the 32 participating clubs in the UEFA Champions League. The sides compete in a group stage with the same section composition and similar calendar as the UEFA Champions League. The top two from each pool progress to the round of 16.
Knockout rounds and final
The knockout phase consists of single-leg ties, meaning a maximum of ten matches for any team, with the semi-finals and final contested in Nyon. There is no third-place play-off.


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WARRENSBURG With only one season in existence, the Warrensburg High School Cross-Country running team has established itself and earned considerable respect in the region.
Not only did the team fare well in its debut 2012 season, but the bulk of the team is back for 2013. This success is not likely to be short-lived — their Modified cross-country squad has the largest roster by far of any school in the region, according to co-coaches Doug West and Brian Winchell.
The 2012 team placed third in the league last season, then placed 7th in Section II even though they'd been ranked in 12th place, West said.
"We surprised everyone," he said, noting that one of the top runners on the 2012 team was Marney Chancey, who was named a league All-Star. She graduated in June. "We hit our stride late in the season," he added.
Virtually all the undergraduate female runners from the 2012 team are back, which attests to the experience and potential of the 2013 girls' squad.
West said that considering this experienced roster, the Burgher cross-country team is likely to accomplish even more this year.
Standout athletes for the 2013 team include two Seniors: Glenn Warner, who was named an Adirondack League All-star last year, and Senior Nick Nedelcu, one of the top wrestlers at Warrensburg High.
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KSM's Sleeper Agents Posed A Serious Threat
Peter Bergen v. The CIA
12:00 AM, Sep 11, 2009 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
From American soil, Uzair also committed various forms of identity fraud in service of Majid Khan, an al Qaeda operative who KSM planned to use in attacks inside America. (Khan was detained just a few days after KSM, but the precise intelligence used to locate Khan is not clear.) Khan had lived in the U.S. for years, but was having trouble getting back into his one-time home country. Thus, Uzair posed as Khan and engaged in other acts of identity fraud that were intended to secure the paperwork necessary to sneak Khan back in. Once back in America, Khan was to have participated in a plot against a variety of targets, including gas stations, on the East Coast. Khan had worked at his family's stateside gas station, and KSM figured this gave Khan an advantage in trying to set such facilities ablaze--most likely using explosives smuggled into the country by the Parachas.
Therefore, contrary to Bergen's unsupported assertion, Uzair Paracha was clearly an al Qaeda foot soldier "living in the United States who had the serious intention to wreak havoc in America." A U.S. court even found Uzair guilty and sentenced him to thirty years in prison for it. Bergen, of course, doesn't get into any of this in his analyses (if we can call them that) of the subject. He mentions the Parachas briefly, but seems remarkably unconcerned with their plotting.
But at least Bergen mentions the Parachas. Adnan El Shukrijumah does not even receive a passing reference. Perhaps this is because, somewhat curiously, the un-redacted portions of the inspector general's report do not mention him. But another CIA document released on August 24 does: "KSM has also spoken at length about operative Jafar al Tayar, admitting that al Qaeda had tasked al Tayar to case specific targets in New York City in 2001."
Jafar al Tayar (or Jafar "the Pilot") is El Shukrijumah's al Qaeda nom de guerre. Before KSM's interrogations, U.S. authorities had heard from other al Qaeda detainees that Jafar was likely to lead the next round of attacks on American soil. But the FBI and CIA did not know Jafar's real identity. During KSM's questioning they were able to piece it together. KSM even identified Jafar as El Shukrijumah when shown his photo.
The FBI then issued a "Be on the Lookout" (BOLO) alert for Shukrijumah on March 20, 2003--again, just weeks after KSM was captured. Press reports at the time, citing FBI officials (who are hardly defenders of the CIA's interrogation program), pointed to the key role that KSM's interrogations played in identifying El Shukrijumah. FBI officials also said that El Shukrijumah was one of the top five terrorists the Bureau was worried about in the context of al Qaeda's next round of attacks on the continental U.S.
A massive manhunt for El Shukrijumah on American soil ensued. He had lived in Florida for years and may have been in the U.S. at the time. The FBI did not know, in March 2003, where El Shukrijumah was exactly. Subsequent reports suggest that he may have slipped out of the country at some point. In any event, the added scrutiny that followed the FBI's alert may very well have made it impossible for El Shukrijumah to become the next Mohammed Atta--as was widely feared.
Oddly, Bergen is silent on all of this. The story of the hunt for El Shukrijumah, and KSM's key role in that hunt, is not even mentioned in Bergen's two pieces. But while Bergen may not think much of the El Shukrijumah story, the FBI still does. More than six years after KSM's identification, El Shukrijumah remains one of the principal al Qaeda personalities the FBI is
Bergen's silence, it turns out, is preferable to his attempts at analysis. In just a few words, Bergen managed to butcher the story of Iyman Faris beyond recognition.
Faris, who had met personally with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, was introduced to KSM by Majid Khan, the aforementioned al Qaeda plotter who was attempting to sneak back into the U.S. It was KSM who first proposed the idea of bringing down the Brooklyn Bridge using "gas cutters." KSM asked Faris to investigate the possibility.


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Tanker Truck Causes Bridge To Partially Collapse In Greene County
A water tanker truck trying to cross a historic Greene County bridge caused part of the bridge to collapse.
Bridge Connecting Washington, Greene Counties Demolished
A bridge over Ten Mile Creek was demolished Monday afternoon.
Washington Woman's Basement Floods
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Actor-director Dinesh Thakur, who appeared as one of the leads in 1974 "Rajnigandha", passed away here Thursday, after a prolonged illness. He was 65.
Actor Raza Murad, his friend from the theatre industry, confirmed the news.
"Dinesh Thakur passed away today morning. He was not keeping well since last three to four years," Raza told IANS.
He is survived by actor-wife Prita Mathur.
Thakur mainly appeared in character roles in Hindi films, as a screenwriter and story writer. He is known for writing the story and screenplay of 1978 film "Ghar", which won him the 1979 Filmfare best story award.
He was also seen in popular television serial "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi".
The news of his death came as a shock for filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.
"Terrible to hear Dinesh Thakur passed away so young. RIP," tweeted Kapur.
Thakur's last rites will be conducted Thursday at the Oshiwara crematorium around 4.30 pm.
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