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Curiosity often goes hand in hand with fear. Curiosity, inquisitiveness has driven me my whole life, yet fear has more often than not held me back, kept me from exploring, discovering, trying. I would love to be daring, jumping into things with both feet, hair flying, eyes wide open (or eyes shut tight, throwing my fate to the gods, having complete faith that I will land squarely on both feet), yet fear gets the better of me once too often. Some people, brave souls, grab fear by the horns, turning it into some kind of adventure or a personal challenge. Others, such as I, avoid it, sidestep around it, keep it at bay no matter how strong its twin, curiousity, gnaws and titillates.
Curiosity and fear stand hand in hand in my own kitchen. We are adventurous eaters and normally pretty adventurous cooks. My husband, as you know, stomps forward fearlessly, tossing things into a pot, simmering, stewing, tasting, never really worrying about how it will turn out. He believes that you just have to try or you will never know.
I, on the other hand, not so much. Not as daring. I fear that a recipe or experiment won't work, that it will not please my family, that everything will just end up being dumped in the trash. Or disappointing. And so I put off projects. For years. Panna Cotta. Pastry Cream, Mayonnaise. Yeast bread.
Yet, when I finally gather together the courage, it all usually comes out. Sometimes fine, sometimes spectacularly. And even if hit or miss, well, it is never really that bad, is it now? Sometimes I need to be pushed… by husband, by circumstances or by friends. And who doesn't love a good cooking or baking challenge? The lovely Bread Baking Babes have made me stretch my courage, my daring and my talents to the limits. And stretched almost to the breaking point, once or twice. Like this month's recipe. I am simply not very good at pan-cooked flatbreads but Lien, our Kitchen of the Month, chose Rgaïf… and I put it off until… today. The posting day for February's challenge. But as this is the Babes' 6th Anniversary, I knew that it was doubly worth putting out the effort.
Making the dough is quite simple and fun, even the very long kneading process is fun. Stretching the dough is tricky and fiddly and most definitely needs practice, but really worth the effort. No rising time and no oven baking, all done in a pan on the stove, make this a great last-minute treat for either savory (to accompany a curry or a tagine) or sweet (a wonderful snack slathered with honey, maple syrup, jelly or jam or chocolate-hazlenut spread).
Go on… dare!
Thank you Lien of Notitie van Lien for choosing Rgaïf as Bread Baking Babes recipe for February.
Check out Lien's Rgaïf and then visit all of the Babe's and see how theirs turned out – I even think some of the Babes filled theirs before cooking! And if you want to be a Bread Baking Buddy this month, find out how on Lien's BBB post.
Bake My Day – Karen
Bread Baking Babe Bibliothécaire – Katie
blog from OUR kitchen – Elizabeth
Feeding my enthusiasms – Elle
girlichef – Heather
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My Kitchen In Half Cups – Tanna
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Recipe adapted from Vrijdag couscousdag by R. Ahali
Makes about 10 flatbreads.
500 g flour
5,5 g dry yeast
½ tsp salt
± 250 ml water
50 ml olive oil
Mix flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl.
Kneading by machine: Add water and start kneading with the dough hook, adding more water as necessary. Knead until the dough is very elastic and doesn't stick to the sides anymore.
Kneading by hand: Make a well in the centre and add some water, start mixing in the flour where it touches the water. Little by little add more water and keep mixing in the flour. Start kneading, grease your hands with a little oil to prevent sticking. Knead about 20 minutes. Add water if it feels too dry. The dough needs to be very elastic and no dough should stick to your hands.
To shape: Make 10 dough balls. Coat every ball with a little olive oil. Let them rest for about 5 minutes. Flatten the ball with your hand as much as you can. Stretch the dough. Take care to get no (or a little as possible) holes in the dough. You need to stretch the dough until it gets as thin as you can, thinner than paper if possible. It's best done on a counter top, stretching the dough and sticking it to the surface, so it doesn't spring back. This is not easy. Now fold the dough in squares by folding the round sides inwards.
Cook the squares in a hot large pan on both sides until browned. Only use more oil if the Rgaïf stick to the pan. You can also deep fry them (as the do in southern Morocco).
To serve: The Rgaïf can be served with a savory meal ; they are perfect eaten with curries or tagines, or eaten with sliced méats, cheese, etc. They are also wonderful eaten as a snack with jelly or jam, chocolate spread, maple syrup or honey. The Rgaïf can also be filled much like naan before folding and cooking.


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Before there's a pool of water on the bathroom floor, it's a great idea to learn how to shut off toilet water supply. See these helpful instructions on how to easily shut off toilet water supply.See Transcript
Transcript:How to Locate and Shut Off Toilet Water SupplyHi I'm Debbie Anderson for About.com.
Preventing an Overflowing ToiletThere's nothing worse than having an overflowing toilet that just refuses to stop letting the water run into the toilet bowl, so today I'm going to show you how to locate and shut off the local water supply to stop the toilet from continuing to overflow with water.
Before Shutting Off the Water SupplyFirst, if the toilet is still running water into the toilet bowl, always try to jiggle the handle on the toilet's water tank a little bit to see if that will help stop the water from flowing into the toilet bowl.
If the water still continues to run into the toilet bowl, remove any trash bins or other items located directly near the base of the toilet, then store these items in a location that is a safe distance away from the toilet.
Preparing to Shut Off the Water SupplyOnce the area around the toilet has been cleared out, lay down a few old towels around the base of the toilet to collect any water that may flow out of the toilet bowl while you are working on the toilet.
Locating the Water SupplyNext, lean down and look behind the back of the toilet to locate the water line running from the wall into the back of the toilet.
Shutting Off the Water SupplyOn this local water line running into the toilet, you will see a handle attached to the water line.
Twist this handle in a clockwise direction until the handle has been turned as far as it can go.
The water should now stop running.
Finally, once you have been able to repair the problem with the toilet that caused it to overflow in the first place, turn the water line handle in a counter-clockwise direction to restore water flow to the toilet.
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Now you both can move along and "up vote" your steam circle jerk thing. Not going to help, because the gaming community either doesn't know about wwiiol or does and thinks it's a joke.
But whatever passes the time for you. God knows you can't play wwiiol.
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ahhhh muffin.
Lets break down your post..........wwwwaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaa, blah blah.....I got banned (which we all chuckled over) blah blah blah, followed by more waaaaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaa.
You prob had a problem with space invaders when in first came out. If your even that old.
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Bronco is that you?
Come join the fun!
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I think its time I jumped into the fray.
What I don't understand is why people think bashing CRS will do WWIIOL any good.
No CRS, no WWIIOL. CRS might survive without WWIIOL, but no one will buy up WWIIOL. 35% of that unwillingness to buy is probably the community, the other 65% just the scope of the game. RA generated interest again, so did kickstarter, but those here say Blegh. What is interest?
Originally posted by axishatr
your obviously still able to read the forums there or on their facebook page, to know about the steam push. i see you've been unhappy with the game since 2009. why not just let it go and move onto another game? all gamers have their frustrations with the games they play, but when it becomes untolerable, as it has for you with ww2online, they move onto something they can be happy in again, and leave the old games in their past. im sure you've heard the old addage ' theres no such thing as bad publicity'. talk up the games you like, instead of the ones you dont.
p.s. as an example me and a buddy just started playing swtor after swearing it off because swg closed. but it has gotten old trying to get air rotated, and help from AHC on defense, so we start looking for something more fun and less frustrating. thats what you do. and the last two days in swtor trial has been a blast for us. if it continues that way, we wont be looking back.
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So how is it to have CRS living for free up in your head Axishatr? Must be very noise hearing Doc laughing at you all the time, and not even pay any rent for staying there. Hell of annoying. :)
Oh man here comes more of the forum scum.
Don't come in here and spread your bathroom spray. The game is still crap.
As a customer I have the right to tell people of my personal experience and issues with the owners. I literally spent $4000 on this game since I've played and have had nothing but unsatisfactory service from the get go.
The game was fun at one time. I played everyday a total of 10 hours or more along with working full time. I served as MAP OIC for a few months. I trained people. I welcomed new people and lead many squad fights along the way.
I hooked people on this game and pushed it as hard as all of you are doing now. The difference is the time now.
This time the game is bad bad bad. CRS took its unique game and just crapped on it time and time again. They ignored their playerbase and continued to march in a direction that was the end......where we are today. They pizzed off long time players and why? To try to get some teeny bobbers to pay their $17.99 per month. They took builder money given to them to help WWIIOL and secretly used it to try to develope some spin off crap that no one really wanted. Then tried to cover their azzes with "its for the good of wwiol community and if you really cared you'd buy RA and STEAM and KICKSTARTER and so on. They basically begged for money for a whole year after being azzholes on their forums to everyone that tried to point them in a direction that would take them somewhere other than HERE. They failed.
Now, to trick all you diehards into staying they finally lauch F2P. Just to give you idiots targets to shoot at and keep you paying DOC's wage while CRS scrambles to find another niche to sell to you and your friends. They release 3 employees (or did they just see the light and run for the hills) to try to stay afloat. CRS employees state that this game has NEVER been in the black and has been a burden to upkeep. THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE WITH A 10 YEAR OLD GAME??
They are overpriced and have ruined me as a customer and made me so bitter that I want to make sure people know what they are getting into when they think about this game. I want them to know how I was treated and how many many others were treated too!
Thats the things that CRS forgets is that they aren't GODS...they are a company that is supplying a product and a product that is advertised as working and having certain items. They failed me on many counts over the last few years with quality and quanity and for that I am very very upset. They know I am upset and have dont NOTHING to correct the problems I've had with them and their product. NOTHING.
I would have let this go a long time ago if action to correct the issues happened. Instead they blamed the community for not supporting enough and then had the balz enough to ask for more money and free assistance.
Enjoy things. This is the end of the conversation for me. Read into it what you wish and troll all you want. Send all the forum brats here to chime in......because that's what keeps you guys playing. The same 100 people fighting to keep the game YOU love alive. The same 100 people, same names, same smart azz remarks and attacks to chase those willing to step forward and complain to the company for the product they have NOW and how wronged the community was....
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Yeah, put it on Steam. I'd like the masses to vote on it and then have it fail. That way you all can see your defense was for not.
as at the start of this thread, I repost this
Why WWIIOL (Battleground Europe) is nearly dead
Yes, I said it, WWIIOL is nearly dead. It lay on the table with IV's in each arm, pain killers pumping through out its system, and closest family in the room over seeing the last few breaths.
It is a sad deal, but to one of the thousands of players that have "been around a while" it's nothing of a shock. You see, WWIIOL has been dieing for YEARS. Sort of a slow death with not so many signs of pain either. Oh, don't get me wrong, the last couple years have been pain filled. Forum rumbles, mass quitting, staff leaving, server crashing, game instability, and the ever important "shut up there is nothing wrong" attitude shoved in the player base faces during it were the neon lighted signs of the time. But before the last couple years it was pretty good times.
Enough about what we already know. Now on to the cause of this…..
These are just opinions of mine, but some pretty strong indicators turned me to writing this report and stating these items. I'm not a professional writer as you can already see, but I still wanted to point out some things that might be used yet to save some aspect of the game or some other game/community teetering on the edge of death.
CRS is ultimately responsible. There is no way around it. Its missteps, blindness, and stubbornness are the #1 reasons this game is nearly dead.
You see, in any business, you must have a solid core to work with. From this core foundation you can build an empire on. CRS had this I believe and worked on the building quite well for many years. At some point though, they fell into the thinking that they knew it all, or at least that is how they were perceived by the community, after all they were the first MMORG large scale map game developers right!!! The requests of long time players and really the overall community fell upon deaf ears. Yes, you see, CRS was not in the wrong, ever (in their own minds). They brushed it off as a "few" upset people that got killed online over and over to many times and were just venting. Yes, that's it! It's not us, they thought, its just those stupid people out there (our customers). "F" them, they are not programmers or marketing majors……..we are smarter then they!
Well, that perceived thinking went on for 4 years. More people barked, so that meant there just were more crazy people out there trying to kill off CRS and its ultimate game that would never die.
The problems that the community saw and seen coming were there and are what the game is dealing with now. CRS dug a huge hole for itself and in some respect are still blaming the community for its woes.
The lack of players does not have anything to do with lack of community support. Being around 10 years is proof enough you had support, CRS. You had builders (some didn't even get their statues). The lack of players is directly related to your opaque and most times offensive approach to any criticisms you received about your game or your staff. Its similar to a restaurant severing bad meal after bad meal and when someone complained about the meal and the prices you yell back at them, call them names, and then shut the door on them and have someone else tape their mouths shut.
That is horrible customer service. And many many former customers were treated that way. Another horrible way to keep people around. The funny part is this, for what? To muzzle people that were pointing you in the direction of what needed to be changed. But CRS would not listen. At this point they were still not in the wrong.
You ignored HUGE game issues and perused "easy" eye candy updates hoping you'd trick people to hang around longer and help fund this "game". You even managed to draw up some "americans" and post it all over the place to gain more people, a gamble that did not work out. Sort of like borrowing money to build on to your shop but never having the cash flow to afford the payment on the initial loan….then going in and talking the banker into a "little more money" because "we are close to turning the bend".
WRONG. Bad gamble. You never turned the bend.
You promised and again, your promise fell short. The Americans are STILL NOT IN GAME and you are still ironing out stability issues and some sort of political axis situation with the Americans entering the real map. No Americans but the axis get new semi autos to add to all their toys already in the game for YEARS!
What a mess. More people leave. Less people come and stay. Your employees start to get nervous and leave (move on to better things).
Now we get to the point where the business cannot even do the work anymore because times are so bad. CRS begs those that they nearly choked out 4 years prior (the squads) to help manage, control, and train the flow of new people to the game. The bad thing is that this flow of noobs from the terrible placements of advertising (limited) brought in the worst assortment of people maybe in the history of the game. Numbers of retained people had to be horribly low, as they were never published. From my understanding maybe 1 out of 100 or so stayed and ended up paying some sort of sub costs. But at least you can brag and post graphs (terrible graphs) about number of new people inflow.
This leads to that lovely sub costs. The highest anywhere. Did we mention all the sever issues and dropped promises?? Now we want to charge $17.99 for it. Yeah, we know, you COULD get it cheaper….you just got to sign up for a year or so and that way CRS could burn through you money fast still trying to pay that intial loan from the crazy banker off on the gamble that did not "turn the bend".
Yes, that's it. Help us pay for our mistakes and just deal with a game that isn't running well. DON'T YOU WANT YOUR GAME TO LIVE!!!!!! (that come back got old quick).
So, some still pay and hope for better days. Several hopeful "this will save us" tries were made (that china mess and RA) but the reality of it all and something that was known by all involved is that the numbers were failing, miserably. It was dieing and dieing fast.
So, as the game is laid down on the ER bed….and its breath is slow and heavy panic sets in on the family. Suddenly confession is a good idea. Maybe it will save them. Maybe having everyone donate will bring a miracle. Maybe more money will save it now. Maybe. Maybe not.
But, money will only save jobs for a while. The end is near. We all will pass in time. This game is just going to beat us all at it. Money is not going to save it. Numbers would but CRS has chased all the good ones away. New younger kids don't want this type of play. Not in mass numbers anyways. Plus, it's really nothing new. It's the same game and same graphics just in a different box and different map area. It's the same thing you cannot sell on WWIIOL Campaign side…..but you've masked it well.
Maybe trying to break neck market to some short attention span kids will keep the oxygen on another year, but at sometime it might be best to let it pass. It would be more humane. Better for the family. Better for the community.
You guys let the game die 4 years ago. I commend you for trying to save it now that is so close to being dead. I imagine all family do that when their close ones go or are close to going. I've seen it in my family. But I say just let it go. Maybe that's what it wants.
You should have listened to your community earlier and been more open to them earlier. Not chased squads away and killed squad play. You should have had a better community leader and customer support team….since the customers pay your wage and pay for your hobby of making this game and making it work and stay working. You should muzzled DOC and kept him from the eyes of the public and the ears of them to. He's one of the most rude and asinine people I've ever talked to at times and really made your company look horrible in the forums, on the main page, and in gamers forums. I personally had 15 people hooked on this game that all left directly because of DOCs posts.
Now all of a sudden you want to show everyone where you are at and why you need what you are asking of them. Partially because that is the legal way to ask for donations and show disclosure, but the other part is now you are starting to get it. The community was not so dumb after all.
I hope praying or whatever you are doing now saves your game. I still cannot believe you are now begging for more money from those that you've treated so poorly over the years. I also cannot believe you've gotten suckers to stick their heads out to give money. Maybe your new community guy is doing his job. Maybe not.
If things fail I hope CRS learns from it on their next venture. Nazi Zombie Reign or whatever is in the works. Keep the sub cost low so people can afford it and continue to afford it. $18 is to much and asking for a whole year commitment is to much also. Don't chase people away and don't act like a dictatorship to your concerned customers. Gagging them only makes them more upset and less likely to ever help you in the future. It did in my case.
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axis, i appreciate your thoughts on the game, but you have stated that many times. we get it, you hate the game, and crs. please understand that other peoples experience may be different than yours. we can sit here and find faults with every single mmo out there. it all depends on which bugs you can tolerate, and which you cant, to which game you end up calling home.
i also was in ahc, and i understand your complaints. but i also understand that ww2online is a fps mmo, and that comes with inherent problems from the start. those problems are why nobody else tries to do it. they put in specials on timers that are somehow supposed to represent real combat. i also understand that crs is not a big company like blizzard or bioware, and their resources have always been limited. so that kinda tailors my expectations. dont get me wrong, i get frustrated too, but i understand only so much can be done. so i take breaks from it. it sounds like you were heavily involved in every facet of the game, and that is a serious stress load.
i dont think you should take it personally that they havent or didnt fix what you specifically wanted fixed. you dont get to elevate yourself above any other customers, no matter how much you spent. any company has to do what they FEEL will benefit the most players. the players half the time will not agree with that. i paid full price for SWG for 8.5 years, through the CU and the NGE, only to lose it all just because of swtor's release. guess who cared? nobody. not SOE, not Bioware, not Lucas Arts. but i didnt hate on swtor, i just ignored it, and went back to ww2online where i started my first gaming. does it need work? hell yes. but it always will. just like all other mmo's are always being worked on.
im sorry you decided you didnt want to be part of our community anymore, because that really is what any mmo is about. but as a fellow gamer i hope you do find a community you love to be part of, and this game wont even matter to you anymore.
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Here its open. The truths are out and being discussed and expressed. Not all my anger is towards a game change, its more towards how they handle other issues and matters. They way their untrained and "all mighty" staff has no concerns over an individual out in the real world, behind the computer screens.
I've been treated the worst by these people and the game issues that I've stated that has made the game unplayable at times (especially during peak hours and squad nights) is just simply unacceptable in any business you are in. I paid a premium price for a product that was unable to deliver reliable service at the times it should have.
That is, during peak squad time play of 8 EST, I usually CTD 10-15 times for the 4 hours I am on. Also during this time I have run across the same stairway clippers mass killing and not being removed or banned after 25 .report them, have them on fraps, record them on video, send to BLOO and GOPHUR for review and yet we are still paying $17.99. Nothing gets done because hardly anyone is around anymore. No GM's on and no HC on a lot of nights during that peak play time. That's changed a bit again, but still not what it should be for $17.99.
That is my beef guys. For the money they have to provide a good game. I love the game, but its just gone to chit the last few years in what I've said many many many times is CRS bad decisions and lack of respect for those longtime players that helped them stay afloat all these years.
I just cannot get over that. Yes, there is a cheaper plan, but come on, I am truely worried about spending the money and having something charged to me I cannot get back. I am afraid that the game will just not load one day and I'll be out the money I just payed for that month. They've shown nothing to me that supports they will be around long. They continue to gag people. They continue to receive almost nothing for new support (paying support not f2p accounts that mean nothing other taking up server space and allowing the words "packed battlefield" to be used). I mean real meat and potato support. Kickstarter was nothing more pledging up people. Steam is really just upvoters. Like I said, seems like the same 100 people. All good points to support not paying them more than $17.99 and not signing up for a year.
They treat people like crap and then in the same swing of the arm go into kneeling mode and beg for help and money. Things like that get under my skin.
I will have to move on but for me it's a hard thing since I sincerly feel I was wronged so badly. Even worse, and why I fight so much for a lower price and a positive change.....is that there are many many more that got hosed too.
I wish wwiiol could go on and CRS would dry up. I think a new team would/could make wwiiol work again. CRS had its chance and I am not willing to give them anymore to make it. I really think it failed.
Thanks for your thoughts too. Enjoy the game if you are still playing.
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Originally posted by axishatr
Ok understood Axis, that was a much better civilised post from you, and make me (and others i guess) understand your situation better. See? Us comming here wasn't such a bad thing anyway ;)...
Im on a monthly charge atm, i have allways had that sub type. Since i often commit quite strongly to the game when i do play it, play it hardcore in a few months, take a break in a few, and then get sucked back in for some more :), it's easier to unsub and resub by doing like that, but often i just let it stay subbed ;).
yeah i can appreciate your frustration, and disapointment. all of us in swg had same feeling cuz it meant the world to us, but just dollars to SOE and Lucas. who we were as people never mattered. but i have to realize for that 8 yrs i was part of an awesome community that i will never forget, and thats really where the value of the game was. i came back to ww2online because of the community i remembered, not the purple skies and floating tanks that we had back in the early years lol.
and yes things in ww2online i dont agree with. i pay 17.99 while any returning vet gets 9.99 for long as they stay. thats only half what i pay, and i been here for the last year involved and supporting the game. but, now i understand the community makes the game, and like you pointed out, it needs to grow to be healthy. i also understand that the new rate scale, and the wb program, are both things that the community has been asking for to help bring in players. i already decided i was willing to pay what i pay for as long as i stay, so i just look to having more fun as more people log in. all i can do is hope that some of them like what they see and grab a sub and stay awhile. for some company, i am not willing to sacrifice. for the community, i am.
obviously you understand all that already or you wouldnt be displaying the passion that you do lol. im not trying to talk you into playing, or from bashing the game, just saying i understand. but also that its the community trying to grow and push some of this stuff.
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Originally posted by maxioz
Yes, about that. What precipitated the flood in the first place?
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There are certain facts that make it interesting outside of your disagreements with CRS:
1. Map is continuous and larger than anything out there today. Even if there are, admittedly, some gamey elements (mobile spawns etc) that cater to shoe-box gamers...you don't have to play that way if you don't want to. You can set up missions to bring supplies from rear towns (cavalry to the rescue) and other things that are not scripted to impact battles - and that large map provides the terrain on which to maneuver.
2. As a result - screening, all around security/perimeters, and defense in depth over a larger area become important.
3. Physics are modeled better than any other game I've seen. This goes for flight models, projectile ballistics, and damage models. It is not a points based system like many other games out there.
It truely is a battlefield simulation - typical engagement ranges are beyond 200 meters - seeing the enemy before he sees you is critical and sometimes difficult. As a result, the pace of operations is slower than most other shoebox FPS games - and most squads see that as beneficial for massing troops and organizing assaults or setting up defences...and instant action is still available via mobile spawns (FRUs) if you so desire. You can have the best of both worlds. To me these attributes have value as I am an ex soldier - I am looking for a realistic simulation, not an arcade game; this goes for the graphics too - it serves it's purpose and is a tradeoff made to allow performance given the large engagement areas. If you are there for more than just glitz - then it will have value for you.
Are there problems? Certainly. From my perspective, whatever problems exist are outweighed by the value having WWIIonline in the world provides. I'll do what I can to help keep that alive - at least until someone else comes up with something better; right now something better (from my point of view) does not exist.
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I have been playing this game since 2004. Prior to that time I had played many FPS, and MMOs of all sorts. In the mid 1990's I was a beta tester as a USAF Security Specialist for Combat Simulators used in the planning of high security facilities around the world.
The Idea of all games is to immerse the player into a world, and keep them entertained. The challenges should be tough, but not so tough that you can't accomplish tasks. In the early years of these type of games, this really required a lot of imagination on the players part. And as hard as they tried they were less than flexible. Battleground Europe is unique.
For me, flexibility is important. I do not want a game that limits my choices. Every game builder strives for that golden chalice, and CRS has achieved it. I can choose to either play as part of a team (squad) or wing it on my own. I can choose to fight almost anywhere I want. It is this that sets Battleground Europe apart from the FPS. I can get in a truck in Antwerp and drive to Luxemburg if I choose to. I can fly a bomber from Hahn to Dover. The choice is up to me.
The Immersive nature of the game is not like that in an FPS. In fact, the shock and awe of a bomber attack is amazing. The sight of tracer fire, tanks firing, AAA lighting up the sky...I knew I was immersed in the game when my scream shocked my wife. I never saw that sniper, but I did hear the shot that killed me.
Battleground Europe is not an FPS...you will not log in and suddenly find yourself stuck in an alley forced to fight what is in front of you...you choose your own tactics within a massive world. This game really requires you to use your smarts, paitence pays off, and the kill is much more gratifying because of it. In fact, I can often spot the new players who come over from the FPS games....and they certainly help my score.
The OP sounds like many of his kind found on many other games I have played. Battleground Europe is too hard for him, so it is the game's fault.
Has nothing to do with being hard or easy. After playing 9 years or so I've got the idea on how to "play the game". Pretty sure I could take you easily unless you play that axis ez mode grenadier and cheat shoot me like most of them losers do. I only play allied so its a little bit harder.
It has everything to do with the marketing schemes and lies CRS uses and the terrible job that those things do to make the game live.
Thats why its dead. F2P added numbers but not a measurable finacial bonus. DOC even says so on his post recently on the main page.
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axishatr, I like you much better when you make a less hate-filled post, I know you feel wronged by CRS but the only person to blame really is yourself, no-one forced you to pay for all those years, I'm sure you must have loved the game for many years otherwise you wouldn't have stuck at it for so long.
I feel a bit sad that you have so much hate for CRS, just move on, find a new hobby that you love.


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It still needs blocking - I don't think I'll get that done tonight, or even tomorrow - maybe I'll block it over the weekend.
Jaggerspun wool 2/8 in heather bayberry. Knit on US 8 needles. The pattern is Desert Sun from GoddessKnits - with some variations of my own.
Cool work!
Just curious- what is the hour count?
Ballparking, it looks like a kilohour type project.
The edge took about 10 hours of knitting - the shawl body maybe as high as 70 hours - but I doubt it. Probably closer to 55 or 60.
Done primarily on coffee hours and lunch breaks - a few evening sessions.
Now if I used the miniscule needles some people insist on using I'd have had to knit another 50 rows or so - and that would have added 15 hours or so.
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Very nice!!
Another fabulous piece of work, and I can't wait to see it blocked. Sometimes I look at your work and wonder if I have the skill to do lace work. I am most envious.
Lace is just knitting with holes. Colourwork is much more complicated, and so is cabling!
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Beautiful as always Mario.
That's beautiful! I can't wait to do a lace project!
Stunning, Mario. Can't wait to see it blocked. Where do you get Jaggerspun? Do you buy it online or from a store? I looked on the jaggerspun.com site and only saw worsted weight yarn and no order form or prices. I also looked at sarahsyarns.com and found that a bit confusing since I don't know what is meant by 2/8, 2/18 and 2/20 yarns. I saw a yarn called The Main Line. Is that the yarn you used? As opposed to the Zephyr listed on the page?
yup - Sarahsyarns.
2/8 would be fingering weight
3/8 sport weight
2/18 and 2/20 are lace weights - with the 2/20 being finer
2/24 is getting closer to "gossamer" it is at the fine end of lace-weight - Sarahsyarns has a merino superwash in 2/24 that I've used.
As I've said - you really can't beat the prices for the coned yarns - especially when buying 4 or more.
They sent me colour cards for all the jaggerrspun with my first order too, freebies!
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Another beautiful work of art. I admire your talent. I have bought blends but I really like the pure wool. I find the difference is so evident after the piece is blocked.
That is awesome! The way everything flows from the center is lovely.
The jaggerspun is lovely to work with. If I can't have my KidSilk Crack I'll take Jaggerspun. I prefer their wools to the Zephyr though, even if the Zephyr is luxurious, I think the wools give you more bang for the buck.
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Mario, most impressive, you do beautiful work. What was the Jaggerspun wool like to work with?


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Report # 047-99-019
Initial report information
Report type
Dollar loss, if any
$ 14,712.19
Day/date of offense
Tuesday, May 26, 1999
Last National Bank, Santa Rosa Office
2500 Vallejo Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95405 707-555-1212
Branch # 019
Account number #1
875-5946: CONPLAS, Inc. (Wine Country National Bank)
Account number #2
18-495-9744: KITZER, Marcella Jo (Last National Bank)
Evan HARRIS, Security Director
Jeff DENTSIN, Auditor
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Susan TONKEN, Detective
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Victim #1
CONPLAS, Inc.
Home address: N/A
Account number: 18-875-5946 (Wine Country National Bank)
Work address: 7689 Stewart Way
City/State/ZIP: Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Telephone: 707-555-1234
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HARRISTON, Judith J.
Home address: 9732 Pebbles Way
City/State/ZIP: San Rafael, CA 94949
Telephone: 415-555-1212
Account number: N/A
Employer: CONPLAS, Inc.
Work address: 7689 Stewart Way
City/State/ZIP: Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Telephone: 707-555-1234
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Last National Bank (BANK), Santa Rosa Office
Home address: N/A
Account number: 18-495-9744 (KITZER, Marcella Jo)
Work address: 2500 Vallejo Street
City/State/ZIP: Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Telephone: 707-555-1212
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PANNEMAN, Michael G.
Employer: Vice President and Controller, CONPLAS, Inc.
Work address: 7689 Stewart Way
City/State/ZIP: Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Telephone: 707-555-1234
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KITZER, Marcella Jo
Home address: 1275 Fourth Street, Apt. 12-D
City/State/ZIP: Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Telephone: 707-555-1221
Account #1: 18-495-9744 (KITZER, Marcella Jo)
Employer: Last National Bank, Branch #19
Position: Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager
Work address: 2500 Vallejo Street
City/State/ZIP: Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Telephone: 707-555-1212
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Birth date: 4-16-50
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Eyes: Brown Other: Glasses
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Suspect #2
Overview and analysis
Michael G. PANNEMAN, Vice President and Controller for CONPLAS, Inc. reported that a profit-sharing check in the amount of $ 14,712.19 and issued to Judith J. HARRISTON, had been reported by HARRISTON to be stolen and forged. PANNEMAN stated that according to the information written on the reverse of the stolen check, the check had been endorsed by an unknown person, and deposited into account number 18-495-9744 at the Santa Rosa Branch, Branch # 019, of Last National Bank.
Subsequent investigation indicates that a Bank employee, Marcella Jo (Marcie) KITZER, endorsed the stolen check and deposited it into her personal checking account at the branch where she was employed as the Branch Manager.
I was contacted by PANNEMAN by telephone on 06-30-99 at 1:05 PM, and he related the following information as paraphrased below:
On the morning of 06-30-99 he was contacted by an employee, HARRISTON, who stated that she had not received her profit-sharing check which should have been issued on May 22, 1999. HARRISTON stated that she had moved to another residence on 05-15-99 and forgot to notify the Personnel Department of her new address. HARRISTON believed that the check may have been sent to her prior address.
PANNEMAN contacted CONPLAS's Personnel Department, and was advised that the profit-sharing check had been issued on 05-22-99, and mailed to HARRISTON's address of record: 1275 Fourth Street, Apt. 12-D, Santa Rosa, CA 95401.
PANNEMAN then contacted CONPLAS's Bookkeeping Department, and was advised that CONPLAS's check # 17887 drawn on its account at Wine Country National Bank in the amount of $ 14,712.19 and made payable to HARRISTON, had been successfully negotiated on 05-26-99 and returned in the monthly business checking statement.
PANNEMAN examined the canceled check, and observed that the name "Judith Harriston" had been signed as an endorsement on the reverse of the check. PANNEMAN also noted that the words "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY" were hand-printed below the signature with the numbers "18-495-9744", and that "Last National Bank - Branch # 019" was stamped below.
PANNEMAN then compared the endorsement signature on the reverse of the check with HARRISTON's known signature, and determined that the two (2) signatures were not reasonably similar. HARRISTON then viewed the endorsement, and stated to PANNEMAN that she had not signed the endorsement. HARRISTON provided PANNEMAN with a written statement stating that she did not give anyone permission to possess or negotiate the check.
I went to PANNEMAN'S office on 06-30-99 at 1:30 PM. PANNEMAN delivered to me the original canceled check (evidence item #1) and retained a photocopy of the check. I interviewed HARRISTON and confirmed her statements to PANNEMAN, and received HARRISTON'S written and signed statement (evidence item #2) and an affidavit of forgery (evidence item #3).
Returning from PANNEMAN'S office, I contacted the Bank's Operations Department and learned that account 18-495-9744 is a sole tenant account in the name of Marcella Jo (Marcie) KITZER. KITZER's place of employment as listed on the account application is Branch # 019. I know from personal knowledge that KITZER has been employed by the Bank for several years, and since 1983 as the Branch Manager of Branch # 019.
I then received KITZER's original checking account signature card (evidence item #4) and statement (evidence item #5) for the month of May, 1999 showing a deposit dated 05-26-99 for $ 14,712.19. I also retrieved the original deposit slip involved with that transaction (evidence item #6).
I then contacted the Bank's Personnel Department, and received photocopies of KITZER's personnel records including her signed acknowledgement from the employee handbook (evidence item #7) and requested an updated credit report (evidence item #8). KITZER's personnel records indicate that she has been continuously employed by the Bank since 1979, and I noted no adverse comments in her employment records.
KITZER's updated credit report yielded the multiple names, Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers. This credit report also indicates that KITZER has applied for several personal loans with several lenders during the past 90 days, and that each lender declined the requested loan. This credit report also indicates that most of KITZER's credit accounts and loans are currently in the collection process.
I then reviewed Branch # 019's daily operations records for the past 90 days. Those records indicate that an item in the amount of $ 14,712.19 was deposited to account 18-495-9744 on 05-26-99 at teller station #3.
I then went to Branch # 019 to view the facility's videotape records for 05-26-99. The videotape at 2:00 PM on 05-26-99 depicts KITZER operating teller terminal #3, and reveals that KITZER is acting alone, with no witnesses. KITZER appears to place a deposit slip and another paper item into the top drawer of teller station #3, and then returns to her desk.
I then made photocopies of KITZER's original signature card; monthly statement for May, 1999; the check; and the deposit slip. These photocopies were made for investigative purposes (evidence item #9).
After reviewing the videotape, I contacted the Bank's Auditor, Jeff DENTSIN, for assistance. DENTSIN and I contacted KITZER at Branch # 019 on 06-30-99 at 4:30 PM, escorted her to a private office. Without explaining the purpose of the investigation I asked KITZER, "Do you know why we're here?" KITZER immediately replied, "I know what this is about. You're here because of that big check, aren't you?"
I presented KITZER with a photocopy of her position description as a Branch Manager, and read her a statement of her employee rights and obligations, which she acknowledged and signed (evidence item #6).
I then requested that KITZER provide handwriting and hand-printing exemplars, which I dictated from the original check and deposit slip. I did not allow KITZER to view the documents to be compared until after she had completed the exemplars (evidence item #10). I then presented KITZER with the photocopies of her signature card for account 18-495-9744 and the monthly statement for May, 1999. KITZER initialed each photocopy (evidence item #9) indicating that this is her account.
After validating information contained in her personnel records, KITZER related the following information as paraphrased below, in the interview conducted on 06-30-99 from 4:30 PM to 6:45 PM:
She recently separated from her husband, and retains sole custody of her two (2) children. Her husband refuses to provide her or their children with any financial support, and she must provide for her family solely on her salary as a Branch Manager. She has no other source of income, and is experiencing extreme financial difficulties. Most of her credit accounts and loans are currently in the collection process, and she has been denied several loans she requested to consolidate her debts.
Because she could not afford to continue renting the large house she formerly shared with her husband, she moved into an apartment located at 1275 Fourth Street, Apt. 12-D, Santa Rosa, on 05-16-99.
She retrieved the daily mail on 05-23-99 and found an envelope containing a check from a local company named CONPLAS, Inc. The envelope was addressed to a "Judith J. Harriston", who was the previous resident of Apt. 12-D.
Because she was desperate for money to pay her bills, she opened the envelope and removed the check. She then forged the endorsement of "Judith J. Harriston"; printed "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY" and "18-495-9744" on the reverse of the check; and deposited the check to her account at the Branch teller station #3 on 05-26-99. She has since paid off all her debts, but is sorry that she resorted to theft to do so.
I then presented KITZER with the photocopies of CONPLAS's check # 17888 and her deposit slip dated 05-26-99 for account number 18-495-9744. KITZER initialed each photocopy (evidence item #9) indicating that she did forge the signature; did enter the information on the reverse of the check; and did deposit the check into her account. She acted alone, and did not involve any family member or another employee.
On 06-30-99 at 6:45 PM I terminated KITZER and relieved her of her duties as Branch Manager of Branch # 019, and collected all keys and access codes belonging to the Bank. While DENTSIN conducted a full and complete audit of the Branch, I escorted KITZER as she collected her personal belongings, and then off the Bank's premises. DENTSIN then contacted Bank Administration and arranged for a temporary Branch Manager to be assigned.
Evidence and disposition
Item/ID# Serial # and/or description Comments
01 CONPLAS, Inc. profit-sharing check made payable to Judith J. HARRISTON
02 Written statement dated 06-30-99 issued by V- HARRISTON
03 Affidavit of forgery dated 06-30-99 issued by V- HARRISTON
04 S-KITZER's checking account signature card
05 S-KITZER's checking account statement for the month of May, 1999
06 S-KITZER's deposit slip dated 05-26-99 for $ 14,712.19
07 Package containing photocopies of S-KITZER's personnel data
08 S-KITZER's credit report dated 06-30-99
09 Branch # 019 videotape dated 05-26-99
10 Photocopies of S-KITZER's original signature card; monthly statement for May, 1999; the check; and the deposit slip
11 Package of twelve (12) handwriting exemplars furnished by S-KITZER
12 Written statement dated 06-30-99 by S- KITZER
13 SRPD receipt for all original evidence items
09086 -- issued by Det. Susan TONKEN. Photocopies of all evidence items are stored in a locked storage cabinet in the Security Office
Actions taken
DENTSIN's audit on 06-30-99 revealed no other irregularities, and he arranged for KITZER's replacement to manage the Branch on a temporary basis. DENTSIN also arranged for all locks, combinations and access codes to be changed immediately, and will conduct a confirming audit again on 07-01-99 after the Branch's close of business operations.
On 07-01-99 8:00 AM I advised the Bank's president, Janine REINE, of the investigation. REINE will advise the Bank's board of directors, and issue a press release.
On 07-01-99 at 8:15 I contacted the Bank's legal counsel, Francis STATCH, of the investigation. STATCH will identify any of KITZER's assets capable of satisfying the Bank's loss. STATCH also advised that he will notify the Bank's insurance agent of the investigation.
On 07-01-99 at 9:00 AM DENTSIN and I contacted SRPD Det. Susan TONKEN with all evidence items and a preliminary report. TONKEN wrote SRPD report # 99-097-0311, and arranged to have a criminal complaint issued against KITZER for the indicated state violations, with a copy of this report and her complaint to be forwarded to the FBI office in Santa Rosa. Evidence items #1-11 were delivered to TONKEN, who issued SRPD receipt # 09086 (evidence item #12) to DENTSIN.
On 07-01-99 at 10:30 AM I contacted representatives of Wine County Bank and advised that Bank of the investigation. Last National Bank's Operations Department will be responsible for any reclamation action initiated by Wine Country Bank.
On 07-01-99 at 11:30 AM I filed a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) with FINCEN and a 1099 Form with the Internal Revenue Service.
On 07-01-99 at 1:00 PM I confirmed that all locks, combinations and access codes to Branch # 019 had been changed.
On 07-01-99 at 2:00 PM I confirmed that the Bank's insurance representative had been notified.
Investigative summary and recommendations
Based upon observation and interview it is apparent that KITZER, while employed by the Bank and acting alone, fraudulently obtained a check and forged the signature of a real person to that check, which she then deposited into her personal checking account and received full value. KITZER has been cooperative, and has admitted her participation in the offense, and other evidence supports her admission.
All appropriate persons and agencies have been notified of the investigation, and efforts have been instituted to recover the Bank's loss. I recommend that KITZER be prosecuted simultaneously in both civil and criminal proceedings, to be coordinated by STATCH.
As the monetary loss is significant and because KITZER has admitted to all elements of the offense, this investigation should be presented to the Santa Rosa office of the United States Attorney for prosecution in the "fast-track" program.
This investigation is closed on 07-01-99 at 5:00 PM pending the identification of additional offenses or suspects.
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Press Release
To:Media Representatives
From:Janine Reine, President and CEO -- Last National Bank
Date:July 1, 1999
Subject:Forgery investigation
On June 30, 1999 the Bank discovered that a stolen and forged check had been negotiated at the Santa Rosa office of Last National Bank. No customer accounts were affected, and all customer accounts are safe.
An investigation was conducted by the Bank's Security Director, Evan Harris, and Auditor, Jeff Dentsin. This investigation indicates that the Branch Manager negotiated a stolen check, reported missing from a local resident. The Branch Manager had been employed by the Bank since 1979.
Based upon Mr. Harris' investigation, the Branch Manager was terminated and arrangements were made for the recovery of all stolen funds. The follow up investigation was referred to Santa Rosa Police Department Detective Susan Tonken. Mr. Harris is the only Bank employee authorized to issue additional statements, and he may be contacted at 707-555-1212.
Note: This article is derived from Security Education Systems' Conducting Investigations Manual. The complete manual is available for purchase in the BankersOnline store
Author:Dana Turner
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Julia Serano is a true Renaissance woman: a writer, performer, activist, musician, and biologist. She is best known for her book Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (Seal Press), a collection of personal essays that reveal how misogyny frames popular assumptions about femininity, and shapes many of the myths and misconceptions people have about trans women. Since its publication in 2007, Whipping Girl has garnered rave reviews (The Advocate placed it on their list of the best non-fiction transgender books and readers of Ms. Magazine ranked it #16 on their list of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time) and it has been used as teaching materials in gender studies, queer/LGBTQ studies, sociology, psychology, and human sexuality courses in colleges and graduate schools across North America.
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Report: W.Va. handling recession well
CHARLESTON -- A new report ranks West Virginia among just a handful of states managing the fiscal stress brought on by what some have dubbed the Great Recession.
Well before the economic downturn, the nonpartisan Federal Funds Information for States began issuing annual assessments based on how states were handling their revenues, spending and budgetary reserves.
West Virginia stands with Louisiana, Montana and Wyoming among states "holding up" to the ongoing fiscal stress, last week's report said.
Only two states, North Dakota and Oklahoma, scored higher in the group's analysis, largely because they proved able to increase their reserves after their budget years ended in June.
Among West Virginia's neighbors, Maryland and Virginia were among 10 states deemed to have a long, hard road until they reach fiscal stability. The remaining 21 states -- including Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- have not yet hit bottom.
The Mountain State has not always fared well in the fiscal stress ratings, and was listed as borderline as recently as the 2005-2006 year. But it has since kept its improved score while others have slipped.
Nearly three-fourths of the states made the preferable top two grading categories during the 2007 budget year. But those ranks slimmed to 22 in 2008 before West Virginia was left among the vaunted half-dozen this time around.
The group drew the figures for its latest rankings from the National Association of State Budget Officers, which had surveyed officials from each state on their finances.
That survey counted West Virginia among just eight states that did not have to cut their spending during the 2008-2009 budget year after it had begun. The Mountain State also earned points for ending the budget year with reserves that totaled at least 5 percent of its general revenue spending.
West Virginia is among a dozen states, including neighboring Virginia, that have 10 percent of revenues or budgeted spending as the target for their reserves, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
But West Virginia also sported a 19.8 percent drop in reserve balances between that fiscal year and the previous one, topped only by Alaska and its 51.7 percent decline. The report adds that both those states still boasted strong reserves, and were among 40 states saw at least some drop during that time period.
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The Manchin administration adopted a hands-off approach toward tapping its "rainy day" funds for this year's budget, mindful of growing deficit threats projected for the next several years. But the lion's share of the reserves, handled by the state Investment Management Board, lost as much as one-fourth of its value in the months following Wall Street's meltdown.
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