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George Springer sidelined again by knee, quad troubles
OAKLAND — George Springer was out of the Astros lineup for a second straight game on Tuesday with right knee discomfort, but avoiding a trip to the disabled list remains his goal, he said. Bothered by both his right knee and right quad, Springer attempted to do baseball activities on Tuesday afternoon, and the Astros […] [Read More]
With millions unspent in draft, Astros to watch Cuban OF Rusney Castillo
OAKLAND — The Astros saw their spending pool in the amateur draft reduced by $8 million. Letting Brady Aiken and Jacob Nix go unsigned reduced the team's pool from a league-leading $13,362,200 to $5,069,600. One way they could reallocate those dollars saved, as Astros owner Jim Crane said would happen, is by spending in the […] [Read More]
In latest twist, Mark Appel's next start pushed back
By Eric Smith LANCASTER, Calif. — Add another twist to the rollercoaster season. Mark Appel was supposed to start today — his latest chance to get back on the path of success at Class A Advanced Lancaster. Instead, the No. 1 overall pick from 2013 will be skipped so he can get extra work in […] [Read More]
A super agent's view of Astros, Cubs and different paths to rebuilding
OAKLAND — To one powerful agent, the Cubs and Astros aren't operating as similarly as they might seem to be on the outside. "Dramatically different," Scott Boras said. "How they are run is a different ideology completely." At first glance, that may be surprising. There's been a strip-down in Chicago, too, where the Astros just […] [Read More]
Astros bang out 17 hits to avoid sweep in Chicago
Scoreboard CHICAGO — The bats show up, the gloves go away. Twice in Sunday afternoon's 11-7 win over the White Sox, a ball went through the legs of an Astros infielder. Jon Singleton was the first victim, and then one passed through the wickets of the player you'd least expect, Jose Altuve. A third Astros […] [Read More]
Keuchel struggles as Astros drop second straight to White Sox
Scoreboard CHICAGO — The one who could have been an All-Star didn't have his best night Saturday, when the Astros dropped their second straight game to begin the second half, 4-3 to the White Sox. Lefty Dallas Keuchel gave up 12 hits in five innings, lessening what could have been greater damage but nonetheless allowing […] [Read More]
McHugh cleared for rehab outing; Oberholtzer to start Tuesday
CHICAGO — Astros righthander Collin McHugh threw a bullpen Friday and said that the right finger nail avulsion that landed him on the disabled list was no longer bothering him. Nonetheless, the Astros want to be sure he can make it a full start without being bothered mid-game, so they're sending him to join Class […] [Read More]
White Sox rally past Feldman, Astros to take series opener
Scoreboard CHICAGO — Be the target an agent or a ball, the Astros barely made contact Friday. The Astros, who still have a major league team, still played a major league baseball game Friday at U.S. Cellular Field, opening their second half with a three-game set against the White Sox. Not too many were paying […] [Read More]
Astros owner disappointed, vows to use resources elsewhere
Long a cheerleader of general manager Jeff Luhnow's draft success, Astros owner Jim Crane was admittedly disappointed Friday when they failed to sign first overall pick Brady Aiken by the 4 p.m. deadline. "It's disappointing," Crane said via phone. "I'm not going to say it isn't. We'll just regroup." Aiken, who was picked first overall […] [Read More]
Jeff Luhnow on the failed Brady Aiken signing and what's next
Astros GM Jeff Luhnow addressed the issues surrounding top draft pick Brady Aiken and the team's failed effort to sign him before today's deadline: "Basically, we tried to engage the other side, Casey Close three times today. Made three increasing offers and never received a counter, really they just never engaged, for whatever reason there […] [Read More]
Astros suffer another black eye thanks to botched Aiken negotiations
CHICAGO — The worst came to pass for the Astros' draft class of 2014 on Friday, another misfortune in a series that has turned what was once baseball's most laughable franchise into its most divisive. Lefthanded pitcher Brady Aiken, the first overall pick in the draft, did not sign with the Astros by Friday's 4 […] [Read More]
At signing deadline, no announcement on Brady Aiken
The Astros have got a knack for drama, if not negotiations. There was no immediate word Friday as MLB's 4 p.m. CT draft signing deadline passed, leaving the possibility that the Astros may not have signed any of left-hander Brady Aiken, the first overall pick in the draft, fifth-rounder Jacob Nix or 21st rounder Mac […] [Read More]
Would a grievance get Aiken, Nix or players union anywhere?
It's hard to imagine the players looking worse than the Astros if Brady Aiken and Jacob Nix don't sign by today's 4 p.m. CT deadline. A year of junior college, and the players could be right back in high rounds. But the Astros, who made fans endure a 51-111 season with a terribly low payroll […] [Read More]
PHOTOS: 10 of the best players who didn't sign as top-5-round picks in last 25 years
With the clock ticking on the Astros and 2014 No. 1 overall pick Brady Aiken toward a 4 p.m. Friday deadline to get a deal done, there could eventually be another entry to the list of top prospects who didn't sign the first time they were drafted. And while each case was, and is, different, […] [Read More]
Nix, Marshall would make for haul behind Aiken as draft signing deadline arrives
Before USA Baseball's 18-and-under team played the first game of a tournament in Taiwan last fall, before Brady Aiken dominated in the final clinching game and celebrated with teammates Jacob Nix and Mac Marshall, the team sat down to watch video. Rob Cooper, the coach at Penn State in charge of that 18-and-under squad, wanted […] [Read More]
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Yeah I preffered the earlier series because they were more about the horses - though saying that I also love the 'recent' ones because of Stevie playing in them. She was my faverouite from when she appeared on screen, she reminds me of who I am and I love all her quirks. I was really upset when Alex died, sad for stevie, their unborn child and for the whole show.
One the side.. I hated how people I had grown to have a 'connection' with, started to drop off the show..

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Battery Composition
The batteries examined were manufactured by Edison, McGraw-Edison, and Saft,
and consist principally of a zinc anode and alkaline electrolyte. The
electrolyte was found to be the largest component by weight in the samples
taken, and it consisted of either nearly pure sodium hydroxide
(NaOH) or potassium hydroxide (KOH).These materials are very corrosive.
Electrolyte is classified as hazardous waste, but NaHO and KOH are non-toxic
in low concentrations. The researchers concluded that electrolyte would be
harmless when diluted by the water at an aquatic disposal site. However,
elemental mercury (Hg(0)) was found in all the samples taken from the zinc
anodes. About 20 g of Hg(0) is applied to the zinc plates (anodes) during
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A man drowned after his boat collided with a piling beneath the causeway of the U.S. 331 (Clyde B. Wells) bridge. Two other passengers in the boat received minor injuries in the accident, which took place at around 1:30 p.m. on July 20. The Walton County Sheriff's Office assisted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in its effort to find the man. Other agencies involved were Freeport Fire and Rescue, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Coast Guard.
At the time of the incident, William Andrew Moraga, 71, of Freeport, his granddaughter Angelica Morales, 15, and boat operator Harry Laird Jr., 73, were aboard a 16-foot outboard Key West motorboat which was westbound along the Choctawhatchee Bay. The accident happened north of the Clyde Wells Bridge when the boat collided with a cement piling underneath the U.S. 331 causeway. All three occupants were thrown overboard. Morales and Laird received minor injuries, and were able to make it to shore safely. They were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in south Walton County for treatment and later released.
Moraga disappeared after going into the water.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office dive team, along with Freeport's Fire and Rescue personnel, searched for Moraga. The U.S. Coast Guard was also involved in the search. A swift current and poor visibility hampered efforts to find Moraga, who was not wearing a life vest.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission kept a boat at the site, and at around 6:30 p.m. on Monday evening, recovery teams discovered the body of Moraga. He was found about 30 yards from where the initial incident took place on the Choctawhatchee Bay.
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Alonso faces investigation over DRS breach 28th July 2013, 17:24
Fernando Alonso is under investigation following the Hungarian Grand Prix after it was found his car's DRS had been activated when it was supposed to be disabled.
Grosjean given 20-second penalty but keeps sixth
Romain Grosjean has been handed a 20-second time penalty for his collision with Jenson Button but keeps his sixth place.
Alonso criticises Grosjean's "aggressive" driving
Fernando Alonso says Romain Grosjean was too aggressive at the start of the race and is pleased the Lotus driver as penalised later on.
Lotus unhappy with Grosjean's "very harsh" penalty
Lotus team principal Eric Boullier criticised the drive-through penalty given to Romain Grosjean for his overtaking move on Felipe Massa on the outside of turn four during the race.
Brawn encouraged by win in unfavourable conditions
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says his team's third win of the year in hot conditions at the Hungaroring bodes well for the rest of the season.
Hamilton hails "important" first Mercedes win
Lewis Hamilton says his first victory for Mercedes in today's Hungarian Grand Prix was an important moment in his career.
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Kimi Raikkonen moved up to second in the drivers' championship at the Hungarian Grand Prix and is 38 points behind Sebastian Vettel.
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The victim's husband yelled, "What a travesty!" at the judge after Thursday's sentencing, and he and his son stormed out of the courtroom.
Amy Locane-Bovenizer faced up to 10 years in prison after a jury in November convicted her of vehicular homicide in the 2010 death of 60-year-old Helene Seeman in Montgomery Township.
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Valley teen to make 2nd swim from Alcatraz Island
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- At 14, Sean Gage practices swimming six times a week at the outdoor pool at the YMCA in Goodyear.
He's been swimming since he was 5, and last year made the frigid 1 1/2-mile swim from Alcatraz Island to the shore in San Francisco in just 31 minutes.
"It was quite surprising actually," Gage said. "I was only trying to finish it for the experience, and I ended up getting 31st out of 800 people, and first in my age group."
His mom, Sherry Gage, couldn't believe he actually did it.
"I couldn't put my foot into the water because it was 50 degrees," she said. "Yet I was putting my kid on to a ferry to jump five feet into the water at Alcatraz and swimming back. But I couldn't stop him either."
Gage will try the swim again May 19, but this time he'll do it to try to help kids affected by a loved one's breast cancer.
It's something that he can relate to. Sherry, the director of the Breast Health and Research Centers at John C. Lincoln Healthcare, was diagnosed with the disease seven years ago.
"I was due for a mammogram," said Sherry Gage. "The center that I worked was due for their yearly inspection. They could not find a dense-breasted woman, which I was. So I said �my mammogram is due, let me call for an order.' So I did. They did the mammogram, and I was making sure it was exactly what they wanted, and I found the breast cancer."
The single mother of three was shocked.
"There was a lump in my throat. I had helped probably 500 to 600 women through their breast cancer. You know that it's a possibility, but I had no risk factors at all."
Sherry Gage was 40, and firmly believes that she is a prime example that women should start getting mammograms at 40 instead of 50, as some experts contend.
Her breast cancer fight was also an ordeal for Sean.
"I was just scared. I didn't know what was happening every day. I didn't know what was happening," said Gage.
Now he wants to make sure that other kids don't feel lost. He's using this year's Alcatraz swim to raise money.
"This year I'm swimming for my mom's work. They are hosting a Coping Kids Camp for kids that their mothers have breast cancer. All of the money goes to that camp."
He's hoping to raise $10,000. At the camp, kids will get books and other materials that will help them deal with the cancer. As for Sherry Gage, she's proud of her son's accomplishments and how he's helping others.
"I think we have to go through things that we're uncomfortable with and do our very best," Sherry Gage said. "He did an amazing job, and now is helping out kids to king of overcome their fears."
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During the eclipse there are is no lit part of the moon, the whole moon is unlit. During both new and full moon (except the situation when eclipse occurs) stages however half of the moon is always lit - it's just that either unlit or lit part is visible from Earth. At the new moon state the Earth does not block the Sun's rays. It's just the unlit part of the moon that is visible. So every new moon cannot be called eclipse (because technically nothing eclipses anything).
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First, my statement that a new moon works for this is stating it works to describe what is represented in SR2's dark forge, not that it and a lunar eclipse are the same.
However, there are different branching definitions to the word eclipse. In this sense, a new moon is not a representation of one celestial body eclipsing another, but it is an eclipse of the sunlight that normally the moon reflects, which illuminates the moon, being contrarily blocked by the moon. What's being eclipsed is the light of the sun.
My mistake in the first post was to label this a lunar eclipse, as the distinction of the lunar eclipse only happens as you said. However, stating that an eclipse is the label that may be used to describe the New Moon occurrence in the lunar cycle is not wrong.
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OK. I'm satisfied with this answer .
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what exactly powered those cars in the Canyons? I sure didn't see any Glyphs there, lol
To be honest I very much liked BO2, one of my favorite games
The combat was great for me, and the powers added alot of variety, even though it seems repetitive, so was the case with SR1/2
The story to me was as good as it can be, no over the top twists or something, but they got the feeling right, and I loved it, even Kain's lieutenants were great addition, I liked their battle so much, I was sad for Magnus though
BTW the big reason I love BO2 is because of the brutality and look of the game, the character design is great, you know in SR1/2 & Defaince I never saw vampires, not at good shape at least, but in BO2 I did, and their design was something special, their look was cool, I am talking about those who were around Vorador
I really wish for BO3 D:
I never understood why BO2 received so much hate. It's my second best favorite LoK right after Blood Omen 1. Loved the art and graphics style, especially the Eternal Prison
I just wish they'd included more of the 'traditional' content from Blood Omen 1 like the Flame Sword, Bone Armor, Chaos Armor etc. Even the Iron Armor plus early Soul Reaver can only be acquired through a cheat code
I can't believe people are still posting here lol, just shows the impact these games had.
Sam, you should try playing Blood Omen, everything Blood Omen 2 did well, Blood Omen did better, except the combat, in Blood Omen, combat is quite difficult (though i prefer it still, only because i like Isometric view games). As for not seeing vampires be vampires in the soul reaver and defiance games, it's because they are all dead, Raziel and the rest of the seraphim annihilated them all. In Blood Omen, there is only one left, and you, but your a special case.
Shin, if BO2 was more like Blood Omen, people wouldn't have dissed it as much, that's the whole point. Instead of actually being a Blood Omen 2, they made Soul Reaver 1.5 and made Kain the playable character instead. I mean hell, what happened to the many spells Kain could cast in BO? They became a few small telepathic powers in BO2!!!
theshadowcult: It's a shame I didn't play BO, I think I will wait for Ominicde BO when looks the same and better
And yes I understand that most vampires died, and even the vampires clan from Raziel's brothers were already devolved, I mean if there is going to be a BO3 one day, we can see those great vampires again
I don't consider BO2 to be SR1.5, you see SR 1&2 focused more on puzzles and open environment, unlike BO2 which was more linear and more bloody in approach, also It seems BO1 was kinda like dungeon adventure, then the whole series shifted into hack and slash adventure
It wasn't the Sarafan that killed off all the Vampires in Blood Omen. That was Moebius's mob after Kain changed history. Before the time change, it's made very clear that there are a lot of Vampires out there. Kain even kills quite a few in Vorador's Mansion.
The sentiment of BO2 being like Soul Reaver stems from what they did with Kain having to fight each boss and gain a new ability from them ... by "absorbing their veins." That vein absorption looked quite a bit like Kain was absorbing their souls and some people have been confused over that throughout the years. It was a shoddy and unnecessary element to add in the game and it was just a copy of Soul Reaver's unique way of gaining new abilities. That's where the similarity ends, however.
Most of his abilities are jokes, or something he already had. He retains Mist from the start. He "gains" Charm, which is nothing but Control Mind, which he already had in BO1. His Fury he has to start, and later Berserk he "gains," are merely him angry and dishing out some fast and hard attacks. Hardly new abilities. Jump should be something he's already got, or certainly could do in Wolf Form. TK is an amplification stated by the Seer of his natural TK abilities, so he's not really gaining there. Immolate is the one new ability -- the one that's actually worth anything.
While I enjoy the game and it got me into the series, it's barely redeemable. The writing and the performances are asked to be campy, and are far more humor and satire of the very series and vampire games in general than serious. While the rest of the series might have moments of humor now and then (Raziel's quips, and some from Kain in BO1, come to mind), they are naturally brought about in circumstances and aren't simply comedy sketches by the NPC's, and even the main characters (Kain condemns everyone constantly, boasts every other second; the Hylden Lord sounds and acts buffoonish, especially near the end), made this way on purpose. The rest of the series is a serious, tightly-crafted, plot-driven thespian fantasy/tragedy. It would be like if the direct linked sequel to Hamlet, or Macbeth, by Shakespeare wound up being The Taming of the Shrew. Even the combat it campy. Kain grabs people and his them over and over in the face with the butt of a sword, or smashes them in the groin over and over, or impales them twice in the chest and one through the brain with the couble-bladed weapon ... and the person gets back up -_- The Sarafan in their gaudy Roman-like Gladiator outfits acting brash and laughing at you, get when they die, they scream in high pitches like little girls and kick their feat? Camp-city.
And as far as how the vampires are presented: I'd much rather have the vampires we've seen in Janos, Vorador, and his brides from BO1 through Defiance, even the dead vampires in SR2, than any of those walking, half-naked cliches, lol. They look like they all belong in a BloodRayne game than they do in Legacy of Kain. Their attire, especially for the Cabal vampires trying to hide out in secrecy to not be noticed by the Sarafan, is ridiculous, at best. Umah (and our mod here by the same name will probably not appreciate this ) walking around Meridian in her barely-there, bight purple sign/underwear -- I mean armor , is just as silly as my description. No wonder Kain's the only one that can slip by the Sarafan undetected. Then, of course, the graphics and animations do not help. Kain points all the time, hisses and looks utterly stupid, not menacing (not to mention, his entire form looks like they intentionally stretched it to be taller and is totally odd-looking); characters are the most awkward in their movements, actions, and with glitching as you will ever find in a game. Hard for me to take anyone seriously when their blocky hands and arms are gesturing all over creation, or when they turn without moving their feet, or their mouths move when they don't speak, or their heads roll around looking at nothing. I mean, it's nuts. I honestly have a theory that the devs realized that they didn't have the budget and time to finish the game to where it would look right and they could animate it properly, so they intentionally made the writing more comical to draw less attention to the bad graphics and animations. Oh, and try not to laugh when you cut off a female warrior's head and a token male human head lops off in its place
Anyway, enough of my counter debunking of things in BO2. I do like the game still, but it's nowhere near the rest in the series and mainly remains something worthwhile by its fun gameplay, and because of Templeman's performance. Be it as it may that this Kain was written to be grossly over-the-top, the performance makes it work, still.
As far as vampires in the others games: You know what else BO1 gave us, besides many vampires? Werewolves. Yup, I want to see that part put back in, and the rest of the huge, HUGE assortment of enemies, kingdoms, lands, etc.
I wouldn't call his abilities a joke, otherwise Raziel abilities as well would be, Raziel 2nd ability was to climb, really ?!, he already got freakin claws why can't he climb ?!, his 4th ability was laughable too, running in circle ?!, but in the end of the day I didn't mind them that much, they were part of the story, as for Kain he was defeated, just got back to life, it is no wonder that he lost all his powers, maybe they are not new abilities, but seeing Kain going Berserk was an eye candy for me and never gets old, him taking their power maybe similar to soul absorbs, but to me, he was like extracting their powers out of their blood, and thus the power manifest in the shape of it's wielder (soul or whatever), didn't really mind it, I don't think it is fair to blame the Devs about Kain losing his own powers from BO1, in SR1 Kain was able to his raziel with lighting kinda attack, in Defiance he lost that ability ?!, in SR1/2 he was able to teleport himself, yet he couldn't in Defiance, and I don't believe he used any of his BO1 abilities either in any of the other titles
Regarding Kain tone, I didn't play BO1 so I wouldn't know, but in BO2 he was a general, he was like the strongest vampire, he had to be cooky all the time, to me Kain was a king who lost his place along with his powers, but still got his pride, after being a king he can't just follow orders like a dog can he !!!, unlike Elder Kain where his mind is different, Elder kain wants to bring balance and restore Nosogth not conquer it, so the attitude is different, I don't recall laughing or feeling BO2 got a comedy sense at all, it was dark, and bloody, the Mist executions were really epic, in BO2 the enemies actually block your attacks (especially the hylden) unlike SR1/2 which is run slash slash slash (except the demons), in BO2 you also got an unbeatable demon, the environment were varied and up to the task, the charm boxes which you got more power from were great too
I agree that not all the vampire design are great, but in BO2 Janos, Voradoor, Kain and his lieutenants were designed really great, I also was playing the PC version, I didn't encounter any problems at all, or I wasn't paying enough attention due to the game greatness :P, but there was also some details in the design like the weapons getting rusty and breaking, and having alot of different weapons
I maybe over defending BO2, but it got some great memories with me, and it was like a whole new level of epic-ness, that's why I love it
The werewolves in BO1 what were they like ?!, huge wolves ?!, or human-like wolf on 2 legs ?!
Those abilities you mention of Raziel's are kind of a joke, actually. I've said for years he should have been able to climb from the beginning. What they should have said instead was that his speed and the ease of it increased. You can see in Defiance they were making that distinction. Raziel doesn't impale the wall anymore, just slinks up it as easy as walking, while Kain has to plow his claws into the wall harder. I think they made Kain way too slow at it, and Raziel could have been even faster, but anyway. I take the "climbable walls" with a huge grain of salt also, thinking of them more like simply those are the areas he needed to go up, but he should be able to climb any wall, just like you see the Zephonim do in the Silenced Cathedral. Constrict was silly, a bit. It's a binding and manipulating spell, so it's the presentation that makes it rather silly. There is a reason we don't ever see Raziel use it beyond SR1 and that is it. As for Kain, the developers confirmed that Kain has every spell and ability he had in BO1, still even in Defiance. He just picks and chooses which spells and abilities to use, explaining why they only chose certain ones for him in Defiance. Defiance has its issues with presenting abilities, for sure. Kain uses Lightning, Teleport, Conflict (nothing but the Inspire Hate Spell from BO1), and Slow Time. All were spells he had in BO1, teleport being the Sanctuary Spell (by the Soul Reaver games, he can just teleport anywhere). However, Kain has to use the Reaver to do these spells and has to upgrade it with the Balance Emblem shards to do it. A point was made that in BO1 he couldn't use the Reaver and his own magic, so that might be why, because it's a tow-handed weapon in that game. Well, Kain's a lot stronger now and frequently wields the Reaver with one hand, not to mention uses TK just fine with it before he ever upgrades the Reaver. And, it also isn't the Soul Reaver, so it shouldn't be hampering his magic power like it did when he was a fledgling. Oh, and for carry overs of BO2: Kain has to, for some reason, upgrade his TK abilities with the first Balance Emblem shard (half of the Conflict Shard) to upgrade both he and the Reaver. He can then use it to for pyrokenisis. Well, he already has Immolate, so why? He does retain long jump, which again, should just be his own ability and power. He's a strong, fast guy -- I mean, demigod strong -- he should be able to jump long distances without sucking up any other vampire's veins.
Bottom line is, as much as I love the games, a criticism definitely stands in their frequent mishandling of Kain and Raziel's ability upgrades and uses. Raziel upgraded the Wraith Blade with the same upgrades in three games. Fire, being the main one that lasted for all three, with the rest in both SR2 and Defiance. Story reasons, aside, that's just not good gameplay mechanics. This isn't the Metroid series, where it's almost expected to have that happen and has been a staple for decades. It takes away from the immersion when things like this happen. Also, Raziel's Glyph Spells, like Kain's spells, were never used again. Why?
And back to Kain: he does use his Teleport spell in Defiance, himself, sans need of Reaver. He teleports away from the bottom of the Spirit Chamber after defeating the EG. He then gives his "In the meantime, you'd best burrow deep!" line, and walks away. In SR1, Kain definitely is using either Lightning, or an upgraded Energy Bolt blast on Raziel. He uses it through the Reaver in the first fight in the Sanctuary of the Clans, and later without the Reaver in the Chronoplast. So, anyway, the bottom line is that Kain is stated to still have all abilities, but we have to say he "picks and chooses" which to use, so people can be satisfied why their all-powerful vampire God is performing bafflingly lower than he should.
The coma reason for BO2 was truly screaming out "gamplay reason." And having Kain absorb veins to gain new abilities was really hard to look at and not scream Soul Reaver Raziel... BO2 was a rushed game. I can't blame CD, but yet, I have to a bit. I won't gloss over this stuff, though, just because I am a fan of the series.
I could go on. It's not just the writing, but the really heavy Cockney deliveries, which extend to the "Someone aught to teach you a lesson!" "You don't belong around here!" "Well, what do we have here." grumbling voices of the thugs, etc. It's comedic, campy stuff. You didn't laugh when the Sarafan Knights kicked and screamed like girls when they died? lol, or how about when you perform those stealth kills and another adversary comes closer, then kicks the body to make sure it's dead (real helpful guys and gals, lol), then sheath their weapons and go on about their business? How about all of the (very inventive) usage of the environment to purposefully kill poor slobs right and left to progress. Boom! There goes a body flying out of a window. Bam! Dropped another crate on a couple of shmoes. Ooops!
Then, of course, there is the Sarafan Lord and his "HEEEYAAAAA!" line, like a high-pitched hyena, after having this deep, bloated voice the entire time, when he's attacking you, or his "Woah, wo-oah! Ohh-WOOOOAH!" line as Kain knocks him off of the platform. I mean, come on. There are serious parts, but this is dark comedic campiness, not dark and brooding brutality. Even the kills are almost humorous, simply because of the graphical limitations (again, part of why I think the game went into a comedic route). You have Kain tear his hand through some slob's back and rip their heart out. It's a red orb-looking thing; there's no hole or blood spot on the body, and that's it. You chop off their heads, be it woman, male, Sarafan with a helmet, or whatever, and the head the pops off is a token human peasant's head with the same hair and beard they all have. Hard to take that seriously. How about the Three Stooges head smack of the butt of the swords to the face, or the groin shots with the axes? Brutal, yeah, but like a B-movie horror film, it's also very amusing. It's made to be so. And, though I know he was insane at the time, the Magnus encounter was cheese at its finest. Dropping him off the bridges into the water, over and over. "Water is not my friend!!" and his "What?! Who?! Ooooh!" lines were comedic gold. lmao. And having him slam into things like a bull in a china shop. Or, that poor dope that just wanted to get away from him, only to be told "No, I've had my allotment for the day!" yadda yadda, then to kill him anyway.
The environments were bland, for the most part, but at least a few sections like the Hylden City/Device and especially the Eternal Prison, were nice. The EP was really better looking than the graphics making it up simply for the pallet choices. The eerie blues and greens gave it a nice touch.
As for the game on PC: I, too, play it on PC. The glitches I referred to in animations are the mouths still moving when someone stops talking. It happens even on that version. And weird things like characters looking about all around, gesturing wildly, oddities like that. The animations are just bad, unfortunately. But, it's not the glitching that happens on PS2, no.
Oh, combat. I don't know how you've been playing SR1 and 2, but you're supposed to auto-face and dodge opponents, then go in for varied hits. Sure, you can run around slashing wildly and do damage, but that looks awkward and isn't how it's meant to play. The Sarafan and other human adversaries, even the demons, in SR2, especially, block your attacks effectively. Defiance even has enemies that block, but TK and powers take care of them quickly, and the combat is much more action all of the time. As for unbeatable demons in BO2, yeah, that didn't make much sense, or add anything. In BO1, Kain's fought the same fire, green, and electricity demons that appear in SR2 and Defiance, albeit, slightly different in appearance (SR2 doesn't have green demons, actually ). While hard to face with just hacking with a sword in BO1, especially the green demons that poisoned you, Kain could kill them, and he could murder them quite nicely with his spells. So, this all-powerful demon that can't even be harmed and does nothing but present an annoyance, is, well, more annoying than innovative. I did like zapping the one to bloody chunks with the beam in that one chamber.
Anyway, I've stated in a previous post in this thread that I "love" the game. I should say, I love some things, like it overall. The gameplay is good, yes. I enjoy still playing it and the story, despite its cheese, but it's not the hard, brutal, moody game of seriousness you think it is. It's in the same class as Bloodrayne, with slightly better writing and acting.
Yes, there are werewolves in BO1 and they are huge wolves, not humanlike wolfmen, probably 8-10 feet tall and they run on all fours (attack on two legs). Kain also has wolf form that makes him look just like a werewolf and attack the same way. It also allows him to move like three times as fast and jump up to higher ground.
Hylden, did you just imply Cockneys were camp? Perhaps an overused cliche of criminal underclass, but not really camp (just wait till you hear some manc, geordie, scouse or west country).
There was already a fair amount of similarity with Victorian London in BO2 (they even said "lift") and being a Londoner, of course I found the cockney accents some of the most believable parts of the game - and I'd assumed they were using the cockney as a generally accepted standard translation convention for industrial lower classes.
Mind you, I speak Estuary and I'm on the other side of the City, why am I defending Eastenders?
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Haha, no. I was saying that using the extremes of those accents for the sake of making the characters more comedic was campy. The accent, itself, is not. BO1 had characters who had Cockney accents and they were not stating goofy things, nor were they grumbling like your token thugs.
I've used the accent myself when I played a bumbling, loud detective in a dinner theater production. It's easy to take an extreme of it and do that, kind of like Peter Sellers did with Jaque Clouseau in his ever-increasingly absurd French accent.
LOL Hylden, really you are over analyzing everything, If I do the same as you, I would probably never study haha
Probably every game got something to do with story and powers, remind me of God Of War, every title you lose your powers, and regain them back
As I said I probably missed alot of things, like the head chopping part, with the same head for everyone, but from what I heard BO2 had lower budget than SR2, I am not sure though, not to mention the limitation
But I think it is better to take every game as it is, for example BO1 was kinda like dungeon game, more or less, every other game became so different, more of adventure hack and slash
Regarding the lines, they were indeed funny, having side jokes aren't that bad now :P, at least in BO2 you got NPC, in every other game no NPC at all
And here I say it, you WIN, I can't argue with that haha, but still I am unshaked that I love this game :P, and in the end of the day, we all feel the same pain of waiting a new LoK title, by the time Defiance came out, I wasn't paying that much attention to games whatsoever, I only went to the games shop every week or something, and one day after school I went there, and Volaaaa, LoK, and Kain is playable, I was going to faint of excitement, damn I miss those days
Revisited BO2 recently... and it's not bad. It's main faults in my opinion are
1) It's almost a side-story - except for Hylden and Kain, nothing connects it to the main plot.
2) Unfortunately, we don't see Kain developing. Sure, he changes, but that's only because his memories come back. He was cruel and arrogant bastard and he still is. While it was understandable why he can't be like his Defiance self in BO1, I thought that Blood Omen 2 was to explain Kain's motives and show his development from wisely arrogant to arrogantly wise.
In other respects - the atmosphere and art style, while different, are awesome, Dark Gifts are fun to receive, bosses are nice and... yeah, I like Umah.
People who played SR1 in my area have said that they would gladly play it again and again.
Anyway, I don't treat BO2 as a masterpiece, but it is a unique game in it's own right and I had a lot of fun playing it, anyway. Wasn't as scary as other parts, it was kind of a good change, lurking in the fog, having kill thingies etc.
People should experiment with BO titles, but not to mess up SR ones.
Sorry gouls & gobs, LoK - BO2 is NOT what it should have been.
BO - LOK 2 is what Most fans of that title WANT it to be.
the 2 titles are very different depending on which you see AS a true sequel.
damn, i REALLY hope the game SK is working on for their next title is the " remake" of BO-LoK or 2.
I totally agree that Blood Omen 2 feels petty much nothing like Blood Omen. The two styles are very different, but I still enjoyed Blood Omen 2 quite a bit. Really, none of the Legacy of Kain games have felt like Blood Omen, which was more like a super violent version of The Legend of Zelda.
I still believe they missed a golden opportunity with BO2, not simply the game itself, but they should have stayed true to BO1, camera, fighting, everything. It would have been much more interesting, and even highlighted the differences between Kain and Raziel. Even defiance, would have been that much better had the Raziel Sections stayed the same, but the switch to Kain changed to an Isometric zelda like game.
If the oldschool screen was forced on you it'd feel crappy. You'd be all "why don't I get the same quality screen as Raziel gets? Waaaaah!" But if you could switch back and forth at will between 2 or 3 different views like you can in some space shooters that might be awesome. Like each view would be better than the others at showing you certain things or for using certain skills. What do you call the view we've been using? "close 3rd person" view? So if the room got crowded with enemies maybe you could switch to "Above 3rd Person" view to keep track of the action, and then when you wanted to do something with precise controls you'd switch to 1st person view which is also good for enjoying scenery.
I liked the jumping the most. And when some doorways were protected by flowing waterfalls. Nice architectural trick in a vampire world.
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I didn't really anticipate this, because my meals have gradually become vegan over time. Combined with a few new cookbooks and new (and old) blogs that I follow, the transition in my own kitchen has been easy and gone un-noticed for the most part. I just had to switch from my 1% milk to a nondairy drink (I have been meticulously documenting my experiences to find my favourite).
I am hoping my blog can inspire others to try recipes that are filled with more whole foods. Contrary to popular belief, the foods I eat taste good. I make no apologies for including a lot of fresh produce and spices, because that's where the flavour comes from.
However, there are lots of recipes that I make that are very simple and fast, too. I first made this soup to rave reviews from my family over Christmas, including my Dad who doesn't really like beans, and I plan on breaking it out again over Easter. Adapted from the New York Times, red lentils are simmered into a creamy yet chunky soup, that is complemented by a smoky cumin-tomato broth yet becomes a light soup with the fresh lemon juice. The cilantro is stirred right into the soup and adds the brightness that makes this soup so special, so please do not skip this step. Such a simple recipe, yet it is more than the sum of its parts. Decadent enough to be served to company and quick enough to prepare so that you can enjoy their company instead of labouring in the kitchen. Easy to double so you can enjoy leftovers for a few days.
What vegan meals do you enjoy sharing with others that are not vegan?
This is being submitted to this week's Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Haalo from Cook (Almost) Anything.
Red Lentil and Lemon Soup
3 tablespoons olive oil, more for drizzling
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, more to taste
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste (I omitted)
4 cups vegetable broth
1 cup red lentils
1 large carrot, peeled and diced
Juice of 1/2 lemon, more to taste
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (do not skip this!!)
1. In a large pot, heat 3 tablespoons oil over high heat until hot and shimmering. Add onion and garlic, and sauté until golden, about 4 minutes.
2. Stir in tomato paste, cumin, salt, black pepper and chili powder or cayenne, and sauté for 2 minutes longer.
3. Add broth, red lentils and carrot. Bring to a simmer, then partially cover pot and turn heat to medium-low. Simmer until lentils are soft, about 30 minutes. Taste and add salt if necessary.
4. Using an immersion or regular blender or a food processor, purée the soup to your desired consistency. I kept mine somewhat chunky.
5. Reheat soup if necessary, then stir in lemon juice and cilantro. Serve soup drizzled with good olive oil and dusted lightly with chili powder if desired.
Serves 4.
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What a great post. I love all the recipes here and actually have copied most of them down to print out and try for my upcoming detox. I have found the same thing though, I'm slowly making the change anyway towards cutting out all processed foods, less dairy, I eat almost all vegetarian and the occasional meat but I'm enjoying every delicious step. Last night I made up an Indian spiced soup that I will be sharing with everyone and I do a lot more with veggies and beans (especially from having the csa.)
This looks fabulous like everything else at this site!
I need to get back to less animal products.
I cannot recommend a soy milk machine highly enough. Lovely fresh milk with no nasties added at a fraction of the price from the store. I drink a mix of 2/3 soy 1/3 oats and use 100% soy to make milk for fresh homemade tofu.
As for a vegan meal for non vegans, probably 5 bean or black bean chilli. Simple and satisfying.
I have made this wonderful soup before, and I enjoyed it so much that I polished off the entire pot by myself in under 24 hours. It was so simple, yet so delightful. This post is making me want to revisit this lovely recipe.
Why are parents so quick to reject these dietary changes just because they're different from what they're used to? When I went out to dinner last night with my mom, siblings and Brian (of A Thought For Food) my mom was amazed that I ordered the vegetarian dish on the menu…even though it was pasta and probably what i would have been inclined to order anyway. Crazy.
I love it when food is unapologetically delicious AND healthy all at the same time. This looks fantastic!
This sounds so aromatic and tasty! I love light soups like this one :)
Wonderful looking soup! I love cilantro.
I do eat meat sometimes, but most of my cooking at home is vegan. When I invite people over for dinner I usually don't mention that it will be meatless and oftentimes people don't even notice. I like to make hearty dishes with a lot of vegetable ingredients and a heavy grain – veggie stir fry over brown rice with delicious sauce, or pasta dishes are great for that. Although any veggies that are too crunchy usually send up red flags, haha.
My favorite non-dairy milk for drinking or sweet recipes is vanilla coconut milk or vanilla almond milk. For savory recipes I usually use unsweetened plain soy or rice milk (whichever is on sale).
I am not a vegetarian, never mind vegan, but I do find myself cooking this way a lot – and of course we really enjoy it! I wouldn't hesitate to say that some of my best original recipes are vegetarian/vegan. This soup sounds fantastic – I love the carrot in there, I bet it lends a bit of sweetness. And, thanks for the links to some fun new blogs!
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Been vegan just over a year. Makes me feel like I'm "living my life like it's golden." (line from a Jill Scott song). In just 10 months my cholesterol dropped 28 points.
Easter dinner: black beans, with roasted red bell pepper, guacamole, mango salsa, saffron brown rice, and a huge salad of mixed baby greens, grilled asparagus, red and yellow beets all tossed in a blueberry vinaigrette dressing. Delicious and beautiful on my plate.
The lentil soup looks delicious. I will definitely try.
I can never resist a lentil soup!!
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This soup was amazing! I also happened to have some cilantro-lime brown rice leftover, so I served these lentils with it and that pushed things over the top!
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Yesterday, on Fifth Avenue, Bud Selig was seen going into a photo shoot. That photoshoot was for him to be dressed as Uncle Sam for posters that will go up around the country. Under Uncle Bud, it will read, "I Want You!" You see, MLB lost a lot of players yesterday to suspensions and now they need people to play baseball. Tryouts will begin early next week and no one will be turned away due to their sex or age. If back in the day your grandma used to don the rawhide in that baseball league of their own, pull up her knee-highs and get her out there! Everyone must do their part to keep baseball together and moving forward. We need some Rosie the Pivoters at middle infield in San Diego and Detroit with the loss of Everth Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta. We need some bombers with the loss of Nelson Cruz in Texas. We're gonna have some fatherless children on our hands with the troops heading off to battle on the diamond, but ironically Antonio Bastardo's kids will have their dad because he's being sent home. When we're in the bunkers amongst enemy pitchers, we'll need someone to believe in with the loss of Jesus Montero. We'll be without any guys that sound like names from a Harry Potter Name Generator with the loss of Jordany Valdespin, and we won't have anyone that looks like The Great Gazoo with the loss of Francisco Cervelli. It'll be a trying time for all of us, but we need to come together as a nation of Razzballers and fight through. Plus, really, for fantasy, we only lost Everth and Cruz, so don't get so bent out of shape. Logan Forsythe or Alexi Amarista will take over for Everth, probably a bit of both until one emerges. Neither have the value of Everth, but Amarista could have some speed and he knows how to make a great frappuccino. Forsythe has little speed and power, but is dealing with a knee problem, so he may not be at 100%. In Texas, Engel Beltre or Jurickson Profar could see more time, but so far in 49 games Profar has a .244 average and four homers and no steals, so I wouldn't go dropping anyone great in redraft leagues for him. Rangers also have Berkman coming back at some point in the next few weeks, so they could get crowded again. In Detroit, Jose Iglesias is the Indians' backup plan, but if I saw him on waivers, I'd back up. In all, a bad day to be a cheater, but a good day to be an American. Now everyone will have a shot to make it to the major leagues. Just don't be shocked if your grammie tests positive for HGH. She does, after all, take a lot of meds. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Jesus Montero
Jesus Montero was sent down and the Mariners called up Jesus Sucre. Jesus for Jesus was the original name of Jews for Jesus when it only had one member. The only thing that I pray is that my Brayan Pena don't fail me now…Jesus sucks! And I don't think there is nothing Montero can do now to right my wrongs…Jesus Sucks! I want to talk to Yan Gomes, but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long…Jesus Sucks! To the SAGNOF hustlers, worm burners, lefty murderers, HGH drug dealers especially A-Rod's cousin… Jesus Sucks for them! To victims of Ron Popeil 'Set it and Forget It' catcher management style for we living in hell here hell yeah, Jesus Sucks for them! I.e., good riddance, Montero. With Easter passed, I have no idea when Jesus will be back, but I'd drop him in all leagues. Shoppach will take over full-time now, but this should put Mike Zunino firmly on your radars. On the most recent prospect power rankings, Zunino was honorably mentioned. Last time Scott, our prospect writer, really hooked his chompers into Zunino, he said this, "Zunino will likely surface in Seattle at some point in 2013, but his fantasy value, once up, is tough to gauge. His tools profile suggests he'll eventually develop into a very nice big league catcher, and one you'll want in fantasy leagues. But most people around baseball don't see the Travis D'Arnaud/Jesus Montero/Devin Mesoraco-type ceiling with Zunino. Then again, he's surpassed expectations at every stop thus far, and it's within reason to think he could continue to do so at the highest level. A real overachiever, like our very own Grey." Hey, thanks! A word about that quote. (Actually a few words.) Jesus Montero is mentioned in there, and that's not a goof by Scott, this just shows you what catcher prospects look like when they come up. Catchers tend to take a while to develop because they're learning defense as much as offense. They can't just hit, they need to play defense. Well, except for Mike Piazza. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Diamondbacks said J.J. Putz needs elbow surgery. Imagine the doctor misreads Putz's chart and J.J. walks out with a new putz that is an arm, elbow to hand. Would that have him get to third base and home all with one swing of the bat? It would help him avoid that awkwardness when you try to hug and undo a girl's pants. He could also towel himself down while opening a door. Actually, this sounds like a plus-plus, or rather, a putz-putz! I'm reinventing the knuckle shuffle! The Diamondbacks also officially announced yesterday what I announced the day before, Heath Bell would be the closer. Ya know this means he's going to crap your face and call it Google Glass, right? You know this, right? I do, and I still grabbed him. I'd also grab David Hernandez in case the only thing Bell rings in are blown saves. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Sure, these aren't your slightly older brother's Yankees. Even Mel Hall would roll over in his Aryan cellmate's arms if you were to compare these Yankees with the early-90's Yankees. Still… Again and this time put a little sting on it… STILL! Mr. DeMille, Matt Moore looks ready for his close-up as he announced, "I am big. It's the other pitchers that got small." The Yankees can usually take a walk, and Moore's on the wild side when the guys and four girl readers go, 'Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.' Yesterday, Moore only gave up two hits and three walks through eight innings while chipping in nine Ks. His season ERA now sits at 1.04. Sure, that's gonna come up a bit, but I ranked him 16th overall for all starters for a reason. That reason is his stuff is nasty. Nasty as in good not nasty as in bad with that bad not being bad bad, he's good bad. Kapeesh? Looking for a pitcher then can give you 200 Ks and a 2-something ERA then look at Strasburg. Looking for a guy that can get you the same amount of Ks and a low-three ERA, but will come a lot cheaper in a trade? That's all the Moore reason. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
According to Wikipedia, the Dozens is a game of spoken words between two contestants, common in African-American communities, where participants insult each other until one gives up. Yesterday, we got a fantasy baseball version. Felix Hernandez started in on Max Scherzer first, "Your name sounds like a character from a Michael Chabon novel!" Scherzer lobbed back, "You could throw a no-hitter and lose!" F-Her redoubled his efforts, "You need two sets of colored contacts!" Scherzer stepped back and threw, "You're gonna be traded to the Orioles for Erik Bedard!" F-Her fired back, "Your first baseman is so fat his blood type is Ragu!" "Oh, yeah? Well, your center fielder is The Big FraGu!" F-Her threw 8 shutout innings with 12 Ks against one of the best offenses in the game; Scherzer gave up one run with 12 Ks against one of the worst. Both: Great. Winner: Last night, it was F-Her. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
If you're like me, once you finish your fantasy draft, you have a photographer take a picture of you with your team. You pull up your team page on your laptop, and the both of you sit next to a flower bed. The setting is similar to your mother's yearbook picture. The cameraman even uses the filter that blurs out everything around you. As you wait for the makeup person to dab cover-up on your nose pimple, you reach into the flower bed and pull out a hydrangea. Then you speak directly to the SAGNOF Gods and recite his prayer, "He loves me, he loves me Motte, he loves me, he loves me Motte, he loves…." And the last petal ends on "He loves me Motte." And you weep. Motte has an elbow strain and you're stuck with his litigious brother-in-law, Mitchell Boggs. The Cardinals are currently saying all the right things, "Motte will be fine," "Mitchell will temporarily fill-in," "We had no idea McGwire was on steroids." An elbow strain sounds like a thing that's going to take Motte from his 40-save potential to an eight-save season with a 5.00+ ERA, which will be interrupted by surgery. Grab Boggs in every league, he could easily be a top five closer for this year. If you own Motte, you obviously DL him and hope for the best. Anyway, here's what else I saw in Spring Training for 2013 fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Throughout the annuls of history, we, as a human species have learned that it's not easy being green. While it's not easy being green, it is also not easy hitting at Safeco. Looking through the ballpark values, I can surmise that if I jumped off the roof of Safeco, I would have a hard time hitting the ground. It's well documented, the struggles of high-ceiling prospects donning a Seattle Mariners uniform. Most especially with Justin Smoak, Jesus Montero, and our subject for today's post– Dustin Ackley. Despite a strong showing at the end of last season, Smoak is the closest to becoming the next 'falling star' cautionary tale, putting him right next to the likes of Delmon Young, Rocco Baldelli, and Chris Brown's fist. But both Montero and Ackley still have a fair chance to reach their potential, and from what I read at TMZ the other day, Chris Brown's fist has made a sudden turnaround. At the very least, they (the players, not fist) have one more season before the grumblings become deafening, and players like Stefen Romero, Nick Franklin, and Mike Zunino start knocking on the 25-man door.Please, blog, may I have some more?
I just went over the top 10 for 2013 fantasy baseball and the top 20 for 2013 fantasy baseball. Most of you know how I feel about catchers. If you draft a catcher any time before the first 100 picks, you don't know how I feel about catchers. Let me freshen up your cocktail with a splash of insight. I don't draft top catchers in one catcher leagues. I Reggie Roby them. Molina, Pierzynski, Wilin Rosario were all in the top 5 for catchers last year. Their average draft pick was around 250 overall last year. The bottom of the top 20 for last year consisted of Napoli, McCann and Jesus Montero. Their average draft slot was around 70. It's like this every year. In 2011, Napoli and Avila were ranked second and third at the end of the year with Wieters and Posey disappointing, going into the year it was nothing like that. Catchers are unreliable to stay healthy; the job is grueling and takes its toll on offensive stats. Then, there's not much difference between, say, the fifth best catcher and nothingness. Wilin Rosario was the fifth best catcher last year. As late as July of last year, he could've been picked up off waivers in some leagues. Finally, the best catcher last year and the NL MVP was the 27th best player according to our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater. That's the best year you can hope from him and he was still only ranked 27th overall. You're paying a premium for a catcher, who would be the 8th best outfielder. The third best 2nd baseman. The fifth best first baseman. The fifth best 3rd baseman. Only shortstops were worst, and I say punt them too. Yes, I am saying punt the positions that are most scarce. Because I ignore the top catchers doesn't mean I'm starting the top 20 catcher list at number twenty-two (John Jaso? Belch.); some of you might want to know the top catchers. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them draft Alex Avila. In two catcher leagues, catchers are a little more valuable, but I'd still prefer to avoid them. You can see other top 20 lists for 2013 fantasy baseball under 2013 fantasy baseball rankings. Listed along with these catchers are my 2013 projections for each player and where the tiers begin and end. Anyway, here's the top 20 catchers for 2013 fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
It feels like yesterday the baseball regular season started. You wrote "I heart baseball" in permanent marker on your arm, then you met a girl who wrote "I heart guys who heart baseball" on her arm, then, during sex in September, you screamed out "I love you, Chris Davis!" and now you don't have baseball or a girlfriend, unless your girlfriend was Bill James. Please, blog, may I have some more?Please, blog, may I have some more?
The Rank Railheads (RCL 40) stumbled and panthers_freak (We've Got the Runs — Baseball Reasons) pounced. The Railheads dropped 4 points to 110 and now sit 2 back of the new leaders in the overall standings, despite another superb week from their pitching staff. Please, blog, may I have some more?Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Sometimes, when people learn that you are Catholic (or in my case, that I work for the Church on top of it), they might be tempted to write you off as foolish and naive at best or even narrow-minded at worst. Issues and hypocrisies like those noted in the New York Times op-ed below might come to their minds.
How could any intelligent individual participate in an organization like that? Not an entirely unreasonable question, to be fair. My response? In the words of Peter when Jesus asks if he too will leave Him, "To whom else shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." And I don't mean eternal life as in whatever happens after death. I mean now. To where else would I go? Imperfect though it may be (it's made up of humans, after all!), the Church has given me the very tools with which I now challenge the Church to manifest its best self. And it is the wisdom, tradition, and community of the Church that time and time again has manifested the best in me throughout my life (almost in spite of me).
I'm not much of a St. Augustine fan, but I can really get on board with him when he says "Let us honour (the Church), because she is the bride of so great a Lord. And what am I to say? Great and unheard of is the bridgroom's gracious generosity; he found her a whore, he made her a virgin. She mustn't deny that she was once a whore, or she may forget the kindness and mercy of her liberator."
The Church has made an egregious number of mistakes throughout its history. And there are many things about the Church today that I lament. I dream of the fount of wisdom and guidance and healing that the Church can be for the world and I am committed to helping manifest that possibility.
Because these days, in a world of infinite options and instant gratification, the temptation is always there to jump ship. To run off to the next thing. To think that there is something/one better out there. To think there is something/one perfect out there that will never disappoint me and will always make me happy. Well that stinkin' thinkin' will just hasten the disappointment.
Jesus came and challenged the heck out of what people took for granted as Judaism. He was his own religion's harshest critic. But He was still a Jew. A good Jew. A practicing Jew. And He spent his adult life trying to help his faith tradition manifest its best self and re-discover the immense wisdom that is there and access to the divine that it could offer. Until it finally got Him killed.
So...when we have issues with the Church (as in this New York Times op-ed, which does raise some fair points), I'd say we're in pretty good company when we are willing to go down with the ship or give our lives to help steer that ship as best as we can help steer it, trusting that, at it its best, it's a darn good vehicle to navigate the stormy seas.
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EL CENTRO DE ESTUDIANTES CATÓLICOS en la Universidad de Washington es una casa de formación católica y una comunidad de hospitalidad para los estudiantes de todas las religiones. El Centro de Estudiantes Católicos se esfuerza - a través de la educación, el servicio, y la adoración de una comunidad que busca conocer y convertirse en Cristo - para formar a los estudiantes intelectualmente, moralmente, socialmente y espiritualmente, según la sabiduría de la Iglesia Católica, para que se conviertan en participantes activos en la vida parroquial y líderes morales y espirituales en la Iglesia y en la sociedad para el siglo 21.
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LE CENTRE CATHOLIQUE POUR LES ÉTUDIANTS à Washington University in St. Louis est une maison de formation catholique ainsi qu'une communauté dédiée à l'hospitalité envers les étudiants de toute confession religieuse. En se concentrant sur l'éducation, le service et l'adoration collective de Dieu, le Centre se consacre à guider intellectuellement, moralement, socialement et spirituellement les étudiants, afin qu'ils deviennent des membres actifs de leurs paroisses et pour qu'ils s'engagent dans la domaine moral et spirituel de l'Église et de la société du XXIème siècle.
COMMUNITAS SCHOLASTICA CATHOLICA Washingtonianae Universitatis est domus institutionis Catholicae et societas hospitalitatis discipulis fidium omnium. Quae Communitas Scholastica Catholica nititur - per educationem, ministerium, et cultus societatem quae tendit scire et factam esse Christum--instituere discipulos mente, moribus, societate, spiritu, ex sapientia Catholicae Ecclesiae ut actores in parochiae vita et duces morales et spirituales in Ecclesia et societate pro saeculo uno et vicesimo fiant.
تأسس المركز الكاثوليكي الطلاّبي في جامعة واشنطن بمبادرة كاثوليكية ليكون بيت استضافةٍ يلتقي فيه طلابٌ من كل المعتقدات. من خلال التعليم والخدمة والجماعة العابدة الطامحة إلى معرفة المسيح، يسعى المركز إلى بناء التلامذة فكرياً وأدبياً واجتماعياً بما يتماشى وحكمة الكنيسة الكاثوليكية، كيما يصبحون مشاركين نشيطين في حياة الأبرشية، وقادة روحيين وأدبيين في الكنيسة والمجتمع للقرن الحادي والعشرين القرن 21.
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What draws you to a specific genre? Do vampires, zombies, or witches float your boat? Or, do you prefer the heat of romance?
If you were to physically see me, you'd be quite surprised that I do love dystopian fiction. I'm a mom, and that already makes me "boring", at least to my teenage sons. Secondly, I live in Suburbia, which has a connotation of loving chick-lit and romance. Put me in Texas, and I definitely should only be reading Christian fiction….which I DO LOVE! However, Dystopian fiction???
Well, I do. I also love the vampires/werewolves that the Twilight series offers. I first fell in love with vampires-Edward Cullen (to be specific), when a friend had written on her FB post about the last book being out. I didn't even know there was a first book, that's how little I knew. I used to stick with Historical fiction and loved reading old books (ie: Valley of the Dolls, The Bell Jar, Pride & Prejudice). So, Twilight was certainly a huge break from my routine.
I loved it from the moment I read the first chapter. I loved Bella and her quirkiness, her not falling into the social politics that comes with being a high school teenage girl, and I loved her awkwardness. From then on, I couldn't get enough and read that entire series in about a week. I was nursing my husband back to health, with him recovering from surgery, so I'd stay up quite late keeping watch over him. Rather than watch t.v., I'd sit by him and just read. I loved the books, much more than the movies, and Twilight will forever have a special place in my heart :D
I know there are a lot of other vampire books out there, but for me, Twilight set the standard-and anything else just won't be as good. That's my opinion, although a few friends swear by the Sookie Stackhouse series.
As for Dystopian, my first taste was when I read a book for review: Salvation City by Sigrid Nunez.
However, it wasn't until I read Hunger Games!! I'm always buying books for my older son, who loves a great paperback. He loves books so much, that he refuses to convert to an e-reader…and trust me, I've tried! The books he loves, he treasures and loves when new covers come out because he collects them.
So, I had bought him the series, not knowing what it was. I had heard they were great books, and thought he'd enjoy them. One night, we were talking "books", and he mentioned how good that series was. Because I wanted to have something to talk about with him with regards to books (he could care less about chick-lit), I ventured out and read them. I couldn't stop! I stayed up until 3/4 am, reading the books each night and told everyone I knew about them. From then on, I have an appreciation for Dystopian literature.
What fascinates me most about Dystopian literature is the creativity authors show. To write about something post-apocalyptic, geared towards teens &/or a general population, and keep the reader engaged, is just brilliant to me. I'm currently reading, The Registry by Shannon Stoker, has been rather good and I'm enjoying it so far.
While I do love Historical fiction, Christian fiction, Women's fiction, and Chick-lit, I do have a soft spot for Dystopian fiction.
I'd love to hear what type of fiction you love! Any Dystopian fiction readers out there? I'd love to hear some book suggestions, for sure!
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