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WashWire Daily Brief: What's Ahead for Ukraine
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The standoff between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine doesn't appear to be nearing an end, as Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart failed to make any major advances in a four-hour meeting Sunday. The Kremlin offered no assurances that it would pull back the thousands of Russian troops amassed on Ukraine's eastern border, raising the specter of a prolonged crisis that threatens to bring broader instability to Europe.
Sunday's meeting was viewed by the U.S. as a test of whether Russia's surprise overture on Friday—when Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Barack Obama to discuss a diplomatic resolution—was a genuine effort to start talks or a delaying tactic before another assault on Ukraine's borders. The outcome of the meeting didn't appear to make Russian intentions any clearer, but U.S. officials said they currently believe the troop buildup is designed as a bargaining chip. Jay Solomon and Stacy Meichtry report: http://on.wsj.com/QwtaXs (James Marson has more on how Ukraine's military would fare against Russia's: http://on.wsj.com/QwxZzU)
–Rebecca Ballhaus
INSURANCE DEADLINE TODAY: Last-minute applicants for health insurance strained enrollment offices over the weekend ahead of today's federal deadline. HealthCare.gov—which saw two million visitors over the weekend—didn't show major technological problems, but the system's human capacity maxed out, with too few "navigators" and other enrollment workers to steer consumers through the application process. People were told to try again after Monday. Louise Radnofsky and Jennifer Corbett Dooren report: http://on.wsj.com/1h9Op6c
IOWA SENATE: Until Rep. Bruce Braley, the Democratic candidate in Iowa's first wide-open Senate race in 30 years, was caught appearing to scoff at farmers last week, Democrats had been taking some comfort in that race, given that the president had twice won the state. The effects of Mr. Braley's gaffe may dissipate, but for now, it has injected a greater sense of competition into the race, as Republicans bump the state up on their priority lists. Ben Kesling and Beth Reinhard report: http://on.wsj.com/1pvteTl
GOP DONORS: Prominent Republicans sought to network with major GOP donors in Las Vegas over the weekend, trying to build relationships that could become important in a presidential campaign. With the rise of super PACs, which can take donations of unlimited size, wealthy donors within each political party have become a larger force in campaigns. Groups preparing for the next presidential election are already beginning to raise money, including a group of Democrats courting a Clinton run that has already raised more than $4 million. Patrick O'Connor reports: http://on.wsj.com/Qwwz8M
ALSO IN THE NEWS: Federal regulators twice declined to open formal probes into complaints about General Motors vehicles, congressional investigators said: http://on.wsj.com/1h9eEdd … Washington Mayor Vincent Gray faces a tough primary election tomorrow amid allegations of campaign-finance violations during the 2010 election: http://on.wsj.com/Qws51X … Apple and Samsung are squaring off in a new round of their long-running patent feud, in which Google will play a central role: http://on.wsj.com/1h9yRzr
–Compiled by Rebecca Ballhaus
JERRY SEIB: U.S. SOLIDIFIES PLAN FOR UKRAINE After returning from his meetings with leaders in Europe and the Middle East, President Obama must now work with Congress and the International Monetary Fund to guarantee aid to Ukraine and maintain stability until the Ukrainian presidential election in May. Where do things go from here? Washington Bureau Jerry Seib discusses the three steps immediately ahead. VIDEO: http://on.wsj.com/1hqQhz
Leslie Gelb argues that President Obama needs to add a military dimension to economic and political pressure in his campaign to stop Russian President Putin from moving on Ukraine. Writing on Daily Beast, he says that could be done by moving "50 or 60 of the incredibly potent F-22s to Poland plus Patriot batteries and appropriate ground support and protection," or by training and arming irregular Ukrainian troops for guerrilla war against an invading Russian force. http://thebea.st/1hSU8OV
But Anatole Kaletsky, writing on Reuters, says the threat that Putin will move beyond his annexation of Crimea to seize more of Ukraine or other territory is being over-dramatized. Odds are that Putin already has accomplished his goals in this exercise: "Once Western pressures subside on Crimea, Russian threats to intervene in the rest of Ukraine will likely disappear." http://reut.rs/1hSUdlN
New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen plans to use her strong New Hampshire roots, among other things, to defend herself against a challenge from Republican Scott Brown. Writes Alex Burns on Politico: "To survive, she's seeking to portray herself as independent from Obama; playing up her historic achievements as a woman; and, certainly not least, preparing to rip Brown to shreds. http://politi.co/1hSUm8B
James Fallows, in a dialogue with Atlantic readers, examines the virtues of what used to be called vocational education as an alternative to college: "The importance of skilled technical jobs, from machinists to construction engineers, is they're generally interesting in themselves, they're less likely to be outsourced or "de-skilled" than even some white-collar work, and they are better paid than retail or low-end service work." http://bit.ly/1hSUrJm
Henry Blodget of Business Insider weighs in on the debate about wage levels, writing that American companies have reached a "warped consensus that the only purpose of a corporation is to 'maximize earnings,'" a view that "is a short-sighted and destructive view of capitalism, an economic system that sustains not just this country but most countries in the world." http://read.bi/1hSUyF0
The annual rate of inflation across the 18 countries that share the euro fell again in March to its lowest level since late 2009. Consumer prices rose by 0.5% from March 2013, below the European Central Bank's target of just under 2%. http://on.wsj.com/1lxGzv6
A United Nations report says developing countries would need between $70 billion to $100 billion a year to implement measures needed to offset the impact of climate change. http://on.wsj.com/1lxHfAB
@AlbertBrooks: N. and S. Korea are trading fire at this moment. I go to CNN. Some guy is talking about the battery in the black box. STOP IT. http://bit.ly/1lxIq35
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This Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo shows the Carson City, Nev. home of Walter Samaszko Jr. A crew sent to clean out Samaszko's house found more than $7.4 million worth of gold coins, bars and bullion left behind in the garage after his death in June. About 135 pounds (61 kilograms) of Walter Samaszko Jr.'s gold coins will be auctioned off in 11 lots Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in a courtroom to pay government taxes and fees. Carson City Clerk Recorder Alan Glover says the auction will only include about half of the trove left behind when the reclusive man died in his modest Carson City home last year. An exhaustive search identified California substitute teacher Arlene Magdanz as Samaszko's first cousin and sole heir to the fortune that was decades in the making. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)


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More car larcenies in Maybrook
More car larcenies have struck Maybrook, this time in the Abbey Avenue area of the village. And in each case, the thief struck when the vehicle was not locked.
The latest incidents occurred last Wednesday night with items stolen out of unlocked vehicles in the Abbey Avenue area and on Williams Street. Maybrook Police Chief Arnold "Butch" Amthor said an arrest has been made.
Last month, there was a rash of car larcenies, again all from unlocked vehicles that were scattered throughout the village. At that time, Police Sgt. Michael Maresca said the department has increased its presence and asked residents to call the police whenever they noticed suspicious people or activity in their neighborhoods.
"It's hard to tell if these latest incidents are related, but in my experience, it appears that it is not just one person doing this," Amthor said. "And we have made arrests, more than one."
In the latest arrest, Amthor said, a suspect was charged with possession of stolen property when the items stolen out of the Abbey Avenue vehicles were discovered at a pawn shop.
"Chances are he is the one who stole the items, but we can't prove it," Amthor explained as to why the person was not also charged with larceny. In this case, the person arrested was a juvenile who was bailed out.
"The truth is, the police department is very much aware of who the likely suspects are," Amthor continued. "The problem is that this is a low-level crime, a misdemeanor, and then you have the juvenile factor."
As with the September incidents, Amthor repeated the advice of Sgt. Maresca: Keep your vehicles locked at all times, don't keep valuables in your car and call the police if you see anything suspicious.
"There was no forced entry into these cars. This is a crime of opportunity. Nearby cars that were locked did not get broken into. What is really important is that people in the community pay attention to what's going on in their neighborhood. If you see someone walking around at 3 a.m., call the police. Take normal, everyday precautions, like locking your car doors to minimize your chances of being the victim of a crime."
Mayor Dennis Leahy, who lives on Abbey Avenue, was not one of the latest victims. He says he always locks his car and also keeps his outside light on to discourage criminal activity. He also promised that those arrested for the car thefts will be "prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Leahy put out a "Code Red" message after the Abbey Avenue incidents, repeating the police advice to report suspicious activity and keep your cars locked. You can sign up for Code Red on the village website, www.villageofmaybrook.com. Click on the tab on the lower left side of the home page marked "Code Red." That will bring you to the Code Red website where you input your notification information. Then, for any emergency situations, critical community alerts and special event notifications, you will be notified to the device you chose: home phone, cell, email, etc. You can enter as many devices/phone numbers as you choose.
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Steven M. Schweda wrote:
> From: shadoooo
>> The 3100 has some problem to boot the OS. Thre disks (two RZ23) seems
>> to work, but if I boot it, only the first row of text presenting VMS
>> 5.3 appears, then the system seems to search something on all other
>> SCSI devices connected, in sequence, until an HALT error appears...
> Sounds as if your hardware is not all that it should be.
> Is that a MicroVAX 3100 or a VAXstation 3100?
> No matter how old the VMS version, I would look for a nice 1GB SCSI
> disk to use instead of an RZ23. If your RZ23's still work, you can
> always find them new homes in some old Macintoshes, where 100MB would
> look big.
> I would not bother with any VMS version older than V5.5-2, which is
> the last of the V5 series. If you think that CD images of V5.4,
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ISTR that MicroVAX 3100s have some restrictions on the size of disks
they will boot from. Before you waste big bucks on GB SCSI disks, check
out what's supported. I think you can use just about anything for data
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Definition of binate in English:
1Growing in pairs.
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- When the solitary female spikelets of teosinte became binate in maize, simultaneously the paired spikes of teosinte became solitary in maize.
- The ternate or occasionally binate leaves are from three to four inches long, rigid and sharp.
- The leaves are in pairs, binate, placed base to base, oval, broader than long, ending in an obtuse point, smooth, glaucous beneath, and borne on petioles as long as the scape, which arise from the rhizome.
1.1Composed of two equal parts.
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- Its short binate leaves, the persistent long prickles of its cone, and its tough branches, combine to distinguish this Tine from its associates.
- The binate leaves have a flat or slightly concave under-surface.
- Though the Kawau plants all showed solitary terminal female flowers, binate flowers are sometimes met with.
Early 19th century: from modern Latin binatus, from Latin bini 'two together'.
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Around 4 a.m. Friday morning, the home of Charles Alan Dyer on Hope Road, east of Marlow, was destroyed by fire. Dyer arrived on the scene just after 9 a.m. and was supported by his parents a short time later.
The fire comes just prior to the start of his second trial on a child sexual abuse case which begins Monday with jury selection. The first ended in a mistrial.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal's office. No one appears to have been home at the time of the fire.
FRIDAY P.M. UPDATE: The fire has been ruled "suspicious," according to the State Fire Marshal's office.
More details in next week's Marlow Review.
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Reading LAPTOP Magazine's hands-on experience of the OLPC (formerly the $100 laptop, currently the $188 laptop) the one thing that leaped out at me was the ease of networking. Designed for use in areas sometimes disconnected from the internet, the OLPC relies on mesh networks of interconnected units that - if their experience is anything to go by - blows networking on "grown up" computers out of the water. One-click to create a shared environment - magic!
Still, the OLPC is more than just an easily-linked mini-notebook; it's looking to be a gadget wasted on the kids! While it'll get its (un)fair share of negative press for the 88% price jump, if this initial hands-on report is anything to go by they've put a whole lot of thought into making something as innovative as it is solid.
"The XO laptop left us wanting not only more hands-on time but a machine of our own. Its altruistic purpose, along with its blend of convenient collaboration tools, clever hardware, and innovative operating system makes this machine worthy of the global recognition it's receiving. In its own way, the XO is more of a catalyst for technological change than Apple's iPhone" LAPTOP Magazine
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Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization at Ohio University
A growing number of entrepreneurs—from faculty and student inventors to regional business professionals—have been supported by the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Ohio University and in Southeast Ohio.
Over the past decade, with a boost from the state of Ohio's Third Frontier program, longtime university programs that support faculty research, technology commercialization, and business startups have partnered with government entities and private venture capital firms to create a pipeline for new high-tech companies in the region.
Have a business idea? The ecosystem can provide help with developing a business plan, gauging a market for the product, patenting and protecting intellectual property, providing seed money and investments, connecting entrepreneurs with seasoned business advisors, setting them up with office or laboratory space, offering networking, and finally connecting them to advanced sources of funding such as angel funds or venture capital firms that can boost a startup into the bigger leagues of business.
This page features news, events and useful links to the various programs that support technology commercialization and business startups.
Feb. 6th, Hatchery Open House, 7-8pm; details TBA
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian guest lecture: 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Registration required.
March 18, 2014: Registration is now open for the Innovation Awards. Networking reception 6-7 p.m.; dinner 7-9 p.m. Baker Center Ballroom, Ohio University. Registration fee $30. www.gala.ohiou.edu.
March 27, Center for Entrepreneurship Idea Factory, 8-10pm, Baker Room 240/242, sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Club and the Center for Entrepreneurship. Details TBA
Scripps Innovation Challenge opens for student registration
Ohio University's new 3D printer impresses open house visitors (The Athens News)
Imgur: The Biggest Little Site in the World (The Atlantic)
Cleaning our environment with "pee power" (National Academy of Inventors publication)
Ohio University is leading Appalachia out of the economic woods (Connected Magazine)
"Real Genius": Ohio Today magazine profiles entrepreneurs Alan Schaff, Brian Adams and Joseph Kittle
3D printer offers university, community capacity for design and manufacturing projects
Michelle Ferrier to manage media innovation initiatives in Scripps College
Innovation Engine Accelerator announces participants for 2013 summer digital media program
Jensen named associate director of Innovation Center
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Definition of acropetal in English:
1(Of growth or development) upwards from the base or point of attachment. The opposite of basipetal.
Example sentences
- These features might be partly associated with the acropetal development of the terminal inflorescence.
- The Alismataceae have acropetal leaf development.
- Sepal initiation began on the basal lateral flower and continued in an acropetal direction until all floral meristems had completed sepal initiation.
1.1(Of the movement of dissolved substances) outwards towards the shoot and root apices.
Example sentences
- In every case, the basipetal movement was greater than the acropetal movement.
- It is not clear whether this acropetal increase of flower meristem identity is related to the acropetal loss of the SD suppression.
- Xylem flow carries the transpiration stream and is normally entirely acropetal.
acropetally adverb
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- On each plant, leaves were identified on day 0 according to their nodal position with respect to the youngest fully expanded leaf, L0, and numbered acropetally, L1, L2, etc.
- The abaxial surface of the wings bears hairs that are directed acropetally to the awn/wing interface and then become oriented towards the tip of the wing.
- The floral meristems are formed acropetally and are initiated on the periphery of the inflorescence meristem, being protected by bracts.
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Ice Bucket Challenge gives ALS patient hopeUPDATED 5:58 PM EDT Aug 11, 2014
Chances are your social media feed was bombarded with videos of people dumping buckets of ice over their heads to raise awareness for ALS. But is the campaign actually working? WMTW News 8's Morgan Sturdivant sat down with an ALS patient.Video Transcript
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An American's Fine Grind
It's often a pejorative in tennis, the word "grinder." It can imply that a player lacks weapons, or is monotonous, or entirely uninterested in variety or style or pleasing a crowd. Grinders run and run and run, and don't miss. They are respected, if reluctantly, by all, but rarely praised.
So let us heap kind words upon a bona fide grinder who has bullied her way into the fourth round of the French Open for the first time in her career. Her name is Varvara Lepchenko. As of last fall, she is an American citizen. She makes her home in Allentown, Pa.
On a sunny, warm Saturday in Paris, Lepchenko didn't just grind. She outlasted one of the very best practitioners of her bruising style: Francesca Schiavone, last year's French Open finalist and the 2010 champion. The final score was 3-6, 6-3, 8-6 in just over three hours. In the last game of the match, Lepchenko recovered from 0-40 on her serve and hit a swinging backhand volley winner on match point.
"We were working really hard," Lepchenko said. "I was almost dying."
Lepchenko is a lefty with muscular legs and powerful shoulders. While she's always had a strong two-handed backhand, her forehand has come alive of late. She hits it with loads of topspin high over the net, much like Schiavone. Several of their rallies left the impression that the net was in fact 10 feet high in the middle, not three.
"A lot people keep saying to me, 'Wow, you're hitting like a man from your forehand side,'" she said earlier this week. "'You have a lot of the spin. A lot of girls are hitting flat.'"
An ethnic Russian from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Lepchenko came to the United States at age 15 with her father to play junior tennis. A week later, her sister joined them. They defected and applied for political asylum, citing prejudice against Christians.
"There was no future for me, no future for my career," she said. "I wouldn't be able to make it as far as I am right now if I was back in Uzbekistan."
Lepchenko lived the next four years without seeing her mother, Larisa, and trained on no budget with her father, Peter, acting as her coach. (He's an engineer by trade.) At a tournament in Allentown one year, she met Shari Butz, who helped players find housing during the tournament.
"She said, 'Listen, I know you guys are all the time on the road. If you ever need a place to stay, you can come and stay with me,'" Lepchenko recalled. "She became like my mom."
When Lepchenko's mother later arrived in the States, the family settled in Allentown. The tennis prodigy received a green card in 2007 but faced travel restrictions—no small obstacle for an athlete trying to build a ranking in an international sport that is played year round. She received her citizenship last fall, 10 years after her arrival stateside.
Last year, Lepchenko began training at the U.S. Tennis Association's player development center at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, home of the U.S. Open. She credits Patrick McEnroe, the head of player development, and several USTA coaches for her recent breakthrough. She began the year ranked No. 128 in the world and will approach the top 50, at least, after leaving Roland Garros.
"The whole team has been believing in me so much and giving me inspirational quotes all the time, saying I can do it," she said. "They've given me coaches, they've given me everything that I need."
She might soon have a rare opportunity for a U.S. citizen: She's making a strong case to be part of the U.S. Olympic team in London. She's now the fourth-ranked American, just in front of Sloane Stephens, the only other American left in the tournament. (Four women per country can compete in Olympic singles and four in doubles, but a team can only consist of six players.) If Lepchenko beats Petra Kvitova, last year's Wimbledon champion but no expert on clay, in the next round, she'll pass Venus Williams and become the third-highest ranked American. She's trying not to think about it.
"I don't want to be standing on the tennis court and thinking, 'Oh, my gosh, if I win this match I'll be qualified to play the Olympics,'" she said earlier this week. "It will be amazing, of course."
Another American, Christina McHale, had a grimmer ending to her Saturday. She won a set against defending French Open champion Li Na before losing 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. At least she didn't have to apologize for her performance, as Mikhail Youzhny felt compelled to do. The Russian lost the first eight games of his match against David Ferrer (dropping 22 consecutive points and five straight games at love along the way). When he finally got on the scoreboard, he wrote "Sorri" in the clay with his sneaker. He wasn't penalized for the misspelling and eventually lost 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.
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Goodbye, Sony Walkman cassette player
That's right, it's the end of an era. Read more HERE.
And HERE'S an overview of the Sony Walkman at 30... man I'm getting old. Guess I'll have to get me one of them newfangled WIIPODS or whatever they're called to listen to my John Phillips Sousa on.
Labels: old school, R.I.P.


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This installment in the best-selling Ticket to Ride series of train adventures, Ticket to Ride Europe takes you across the Ocean into the heart of Europe. More than just a new map to play on, Ticket to Ride Europe offers you brand new gameplay elements including Tunnels, Ferries and Train Stations. We've also upgraded you to First-Class accommodations with larger cards, new Train Station game pieces, and a lavishly illustrated gameboard.
Like the Spiel des Jahres winning original that has sold over 320,000 copies worldwide, the game remains elegantly simple, and easy to learn. Ticket to Ride Europe is a complete, new game that does not require the original version and will offer you hours of enjoyment.
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Year: 2005
Players: 2 - 5
Time: 30 - 60 minutes
Ages: 8 and up
Est. time to learn: 10-20 minutes
Weight: 1,638 grams
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- 15 colored train stations
- 158 illustrated cards
- 5 wooden scoring markers
- 1 rules booklet
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Average Rating: 4.5 in 8 reviews
Ok so I'm reviewing this game series out of sequence. I just submitted a review for the Märklin Edition (which I have) and now, I'm submitting a revised review for the Europe Edition (which Kevin owns).
Both games are awesome, both games have (for me) a few minor (very minor) issues that, in my mind is really just nitpicking. However I think if you adopt certain rules from both (Europe and Märklin) you'll wind up with 2 games that on their own merit are far superior to the parent game, Ticket To Ride.
This game sets up quicker than Märklin, and plays much the same as Märklin. In Märklin, however you may choose to draw 2 cards from the Face-Up pile, 2 cards from the Face-Down pile, or one card from each. I like this mechanic a lot, and I think it will adapt well to this game. In the Europe Edition you may only draw 2 from the Face-Up pile or 2 from the Face-Down pile, not 1 from each. Secondly, Märklin has the "+4" locomotive card, which is very helpful to complete the longer routes, since you may only play this card on a route of 4 train cars (or more) in length. Thereby making it easier to complete the long routes. I think this would be a good revision for the next printing of T2R: E. Thirdly, in Märklin, you are given the chance to choose between at least 4 route tickets drawn (rather than dealt) and you have the option to keep at least 2, but can opt for all 4. Further, you may also decide from which route pile to draw your cards, either from the short or long routes, in any combination you want. In T2R: E you are dealt 1 long route, and 3 short routes. I feel that being given the choice to decide how many route cards you want to choose from and from which pile, is a much better revision, and will work out better for you in the end. If you choose to pick only from the short route deck, you'll have the chance to complete more routes (hopefully) than someone who chooses more from the long route stack. Lastly, since I don't own T2R: E to read the rules (as I write this) I cannot recall if there is a rule like in Märklin where you have to trash the Face-Up draw pile if there are more than 2 locomotives face up at one time. I think this is a great rule, and again will also translate well to T2R: E.
My final nit-pick is about the rule for being penalized using your train stations. If you've played the game, then you know that some of the long routes are next to impossible to connect, being penalized 5 points (progressive for each station) is a little absurd, however with the addition of a "+4" locomotive card you could perhaps drop this penalty, or increase it due to the fact that the "+4" loco is a huge boon to making a longer route connect faster. So other than these mostly nitpicky items, I really like both of these games.
In hindsight, I think that all three of these games could amalgamate their rules and mechanics into a more cohesive and outstanding set of games. Now I've not played T2R or T2R with the 1910 expansion, but I've heard there are a few "bugs" in the game and it's mechanics. The 1910 expansion is said to fix these glitches, and I think that a further debugging, series wide, will fix ALL the glitches. Debugged or not, I still really enjoy both T2R: E and T2R: Märklin, I think I will have to get the Father game (T2R) and try it out, then get the 1910 expansion, try it, and see wherein lies the errors. I suspect fellow gamers that in that review I shall further quantify my feelings that all 3 need just a slight tweak. But again even with the games as they stand I enjoy them, will continue to play them, and I'll be on the lookout for Ticket To Ride: Orient Express… which I hope they make basing it in Asia and India. We'll see. Be on the lookout for my review of T2R sometime in the near future.
While the map and city locations aren't familiar to me, I've learned to adjust. While the variations between the original ticket to ride: revised and ticket to ride Europe aren't extensive, I've found that the European version is much better as a whole compared to that of the revised.
The learning curve is fairly low, perhaps only an extra two minutes of explanations if you've already played the original ticket to ride, and it still contains all the fun and enjoyment from the original. If you've played ticket to ride, and enjoy it, I highly recommend you get this one!
When my wife and I first got Ticket to Ride: Europe, we had a lot of fun playing. The problem, though, was that unless we got the Cadiz-Stockholm and Lisbon-Danzig lines, we never interacted on the board. Plus, within a couple plays you could predict which long route your opponent had. Though the game was still a joy, it loses the competition of the multi-player game. So we cut out most of Russia and Turkey (eliminating all destination cards with the following cities : Riga, Petrograd, Moscow, Smolensk, Wilno, Kiev, Kharkov, Rostov, Sebastopol, Sochi, Erzerum, Angora, Smyrna, and Constantinople).
Then we made slips of paper with about a dozen longer routes to act as the starting destination cards (Brest-Bucarest, Sarajevo-stockholm, Copenhagen- Palermo, Warsaw-Madrid, Dieppe-Athens, Cadiz- Berlin, London-Palermo, Stockholm-Barcelona, Sofia- Pamplona, Danzig-Edinburgh, Lisbon-Zagreb, Edinburgh-Brindisi).
I did this as a lark one evening, and it works great! There are enough longer destination slips that you're not repeating very often. The smaller board makes for a lot of interaction, so you need to play your cards quicker to secure the better routes. There are just enough regular destination cards (22?) where about half the games you run out, but only at the very end of the game.
If you're looking for a great 2 player game, I highly suggest trying this out. Gotta go -- starting another game.
Ticket to Ride: Europe is a great game for a classic gamer like me. Having never played the original Ticket to Ride, I didn't come in to the game with any preconceived ideas. What I got was a great game that has been played many times already.
So, what do I like about it?
I had a lot of high praise for Ticket to Ride in my initial review. I stated that I thought it would win game of the year, and that it had a high probability of breaking into my top ten games. Both of those predictions came through, and Ticket to Ride stands as my most-played game in 2004. It is THE gateway game for me to use and works just as well with a group of "gamers". I was pleased as punch to hear that Alan Moon was working on variations to the game and was excited to play the first in this lineup - Ticket to Ride: Europe.
I knew that some changes had been made but expected game play to remain mostly the same. Was I ever surprised! Even though only a few changes have been made to the game, coupled with the new map, they've produced a game that is just as good as the original game, yet seemingly more strategic. This is good, because I didn't want to play what would have simply been an alternate map (although that still would have been interesting) - but TtR Europe feels like an entirely different game - with the same mechanics.
The basic game play of Ticket to Ride is the same so I'll discuss the differences in this version...
1.) Components: Days of Wonder certainly listens to their customer base. There were many complaints about the small train cards in the first edition. I never had a problem with them, but the people who wanted larger cards should be pleased - the train cards in this game are full-sized cards, with white borders and of excellent quality. The board looks really nice, just as the one in the original edition (although I see that the ridiculous complaints about city placement are popping up on the internet. For crying out loud folks, it's a GAME!). The train cards also have little symbols on them that match little symbols on the tracks, allowing colorblind people to play. Three new station pieces are added in each color and are made of plastic just like the trains, adding some more décor to the board. I needn't go on about component quality; all I need say is that this is a Days of Wonder typical game.
2.) Rules: The rulebook is written very nicely. If this is your first time playing any Ticket to Ride game, you'd never know it. Veteran TtR players are notified which sections are new to them. I will say that I think this game is a bit more complicated to teach to new players - I would prefer to show them the original game instead. Still, however, I've taught TtR Europe to several new players, and all of them caught on quickly.
3.) Tickets: Another complaint about the original TtR game was player's luck when drawing tickets. Again, I never saw this as a problem, but I did like how this luck was handled in the Europe game. Tickets are divided into two piles at the beginning of the game: Long tickets (six of them - with blue backgrounds), and short tickets. Each player is randomly given one long ticket and three short tickets, and must keep at least two of them. Long tickets are worth twenty or twenty-one points, while short tickets are worth six to twelve points. Players can only get a long ticket at the beginning of the game; the rest are discarded, and only the short ticket stack is used throughout the game. I really enjoy this method; and everyone who's played the game agreed that this levels the playing field from the beginning of the game, although it by no means certifies exactly what a player will do.
4.) Tunnels: Several tracks between cities have a dark outline around them, denoting the fact that they are a tunnel. Tunnels add a bit of randomness to the game, in that a player can never be too sure how long a tunnel might be. Whenever a player is going to place track between two cities with a tunnel, they must place the colored train cards they are using (i.e. four green cards), and then reveal the top three cards of the deck. If any of these revealed cards match the color of the train cards being played (or are wild), the player must play an additional card to match each revealed card. If they cannot, they must take back their cards and their turn ends. Tunnels add a layer of excitement to the game that I really enjoyed. Yes, it adds a bit of luck to the game, but it's luck that the player can control, to a degree. Do you really want to build that two-yellow tunnel route? Well, if you have three yellow cards, you know that you have a good chance; four yellow cards all but guarantee it, and five yellow cards seal the deal. Players who are risky may chance it when they only have the minimum train cards needed, but they risk losing their turn, revealing their cards, and showing the other players where they intend to play.
5.) Ferries: Some of the neutral gray routes between cities have locomotive icons on one or more of their spaces. This means that a player must play a wild (locomotive) card for each of these icons or cannot complete the route. This doesn't seem like a big change, but it does put a premium on locomotive cards. Between tunnels and ferries, I saw a lot more locomotive cards being drawn from the face up cards on the table. When playing TtR with experienced players, we've discovered that it's usually best to leave locomotive cards lying on the table, as getting only one card instead of two can be detrimental. Not so in TtR Europe - players are rapidly scooping up the locomotive cards. Resets occurred a lot less frequently in our games.
6.) Routes: The board is a lot more crowded than the American one. In a five-player game, players will constantly be blocking each other's routes, and the game can indeed get a lot nastier. No longer will claiming long routes only be a viable strategy; players must complete tickets to win. There are no five-card routes on the table, only two six-card routes, and one whopping eight-card route (but it's also a tunnel!) Even if a player gets all the points from the three biggest routes, they still need to complete tickets to win the game - something that makes the game better (although I did like the build-long-random-routes-all-over-the-board-and-annoy-other-players strategy every once in a while.)
7.) Train Stations: Since the board is so cluttered, and since player's routes will be blocked quite frequently, each player has three train stations that they can build on their turn. The first train station costs a single train card, the second costs two train cards of the same color, and the third costs three train cards of the same color. When building a train station, a player can place it on any city on the board (preventing any future train stations from being played in that city). When the final scoring occurs, players may utilize each station to use one (and only one) route belonging to another player for the purpose of completing their tickets. The stations actually fit over the trains, so a player can place the station on top of the route they are "borrowing". This allows a player to keep from getting boxed in, and they can usually complete an important ticket if they wait to play their stations. All this does come at a catch, however - each unplaced station is worth four points to the player at the end of the game. Several times now, I've seen a player place a station, and then connect their route a different way - not needing the station after all - but losing those four crucial points. A player must only play a station when they absolutely must - but in a three or five player game, when the board is most crowded - playing a station at the right city can be a lifesaver.
8.) Fun Factor: If you asked me whether Ticket to Ride or Ticket to Ride: Europe was better, I couldn't tell you; they are both incredibly fun in their own way. TtR Europe offers more strategic options, especially with the stations, and is probably a slightly well-tuned game. At the same time, I find that the original TtR has a nice simplicity, and I (as an American) found the US map a bit more intuitive. But these are all minor points; both games are extremely fun!
Whenever I have folks over to my house, who've never played board games before, I'll probably still prefer to show them the original Ticket to Ride. People who want something a little deeper, or a change of pace will get introduced to the Europe version. Not only have Days of Wonder components improved in this version (something we thought was impossible!) but the game play has also deepened, without losing any of that fast, smooth game play that was in the original. Watching an opponent spend two extra trains to build a tunnel, cutting off two opponents when placing a route, managing to save all three stations until the end of the game, completing my long ticket, and many other enjoyable experiences place this game at the top of my list. Ticket to Ride Europe may be a derivative of the first game, but it's certainly good enough to stand on its own ground; and owners of the first game can be assured that they are getting their money's worth when purchasing this version. When choosing an hour or less game that accommodates up to five people (with a two-person game playing equally as well), there are almost no other games I would prefer over this one. Alan Moon has struck gold with this series; and if TtR Europe is any indication, each game will continually get better!
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I bought TTR:E one rainy day when my wife and I could not go outside. I had played TTR (the original) about a year ago and thought it was 'OK.' However, TTR:E is much much better. The variants with the stations make route resolution some that can be accomplished and since we have lived in a couple of different European countries over the years, the city names brought back great memories.
However, after just a few plays, there was little turn angst over which long route one's opponent started with. Also, without extra opponents, there was little chance for defense. I went to another famous gaming website and downloaded 9 new long routes, a dozen or so medium routes and then I did a bit of tinkering with the parts and rules.
Now, at the beginning of a game, we each choose 2 long and 2 medium route cards, discarding one of each. We also get three short route cards, and may discard one. I add the 3 spare trains and then borrowed ten more from a spare copy of Union Pacific, so we start with 58.
We also begin with 5 train cards rather than 4. I shuffle one of the generic advertising cards into the top 2/3 of the remaining draw pile - when it appears, each of us must take either 2 long or 2 medium route cards, keeping one. This adds a bit of tension as well as strategy later in the game, after several routes are being established on the board.
Played this way, we now have some extra trains to use for defense or to build a 'phony' route somewhere, which might encourage one of use to play trains in a blocking maneuver and thus might disrupt the longest train award for either of us. We can still hammer out a game in 30-ish minutes - usually while dinner is warming.
While not a tremendously deep game, TTR:E is most enjoyable, EZ to set up and offers a lot of amusement for the money. As an aside, I wonder if Alan Moon created this game just to use up bits from many other game he invented - trains from UP, cards from Santa Fe... anyway, great job, Alan!!
This game does remove the imbalance of the orginal ticket cards, but it does so at the cost of the great building tension that takes place in the original Ticket to Ride. True, the luck factor in the original game could swing the score drastically, but that's what made it so exciting to risk not playing your trains in order to be more efficient with your moves.
In this version , you are risking less and also gaining less. In the end, the game may be a little more exacting, but at the price of my favorite aspect of the original game: the building of tension as the tracks got taken.
This is a decent game, just not worthy of the original. We have played a number of times and don't find any sense of drama or tension. You're just not competing for the same cities. Further, the addition of the 'stations' takes away the tension of missing a route and having to build around. I don't believe that the ferries and tunnels add anything to the game except having to learn a new rule set. If you want a great game, 5 star, buy Ticket to Ride. If you want a decent, balanced game that lacks tension, buy Ticket to Ride: Europe.


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I wouldn't begrudge the next generation from receiving assistance that I didn't.
I fear there will be many who won't be so generous. After all I think the last 30+ years has taught a lot of people that it is OK to think only of themselves.
Polity: TPP, eh?, in reply to
Thanks for that link David. A very interesting and concerning analysis.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have commentary on the leaked IP chapter of the TPP. It seems rather one sided to them.
Envirologue: Too Big to Fail – Why…, in reply to
Well said, Bart.
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Told me all about your 'arguments' before I read them!
Envirologue: Too Big to Fail – Why…, in reply to
I understand that climatologists consider periods less than 30 years as of little use in determining trends - so a 17 year 8 month period just screams 'data cherry-picked to show what I want it to show'.
"2014 ranks as Earth's warmest since 1880" - NASA and NOAA.
"The 10 warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000." http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2221/
Note that these relate to global land and ocean surface temperatures.
These seem to suggest strongly that there is a trend that cherry-picked data may be hiding. Of course, that may be the intent of selecting that data.
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Just to add to this, on the front page of today's Nelson paper and under the headline "Key's hair-pulling not OK, says waitress" there appears an article with a photo taken last year.
The photo caption reads "Prime Minister John Key plays with a young girl's hair as he talks to mothers at the opening of the Nelson Young Parents School at Auckland Point School last year". It certainly shows the man with his fingers in hair.
I cannot find the article or the photo in the on-line edition at Stuff!
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Sorry if this gets under your skin, Jeremy, but I am not looking for a conspiracy. I was looking for a reasonable explanation in the questions I asked and which you have ignored.
Perhaps I was thinking more of current affairs, but as st ephen pointed out that was left out of the analysis.
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My association with the maligned Auckland-based media prompts my replies.....not a lack of sympathy for Christchurch.
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For the more information about the air resources of the National Park Service, please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/.
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, located within the Monongahela National Forest, is the largest and best example of "cranberry glades" in West Virginia. The natural cold air drainage and moist substrate provide an ideal setting for a northern sphagnum bog. The site contains three major vegetation types: bog forest, shrub thickets, and open glade.
Location: Pocahontas County, WV
Year designated: 1974
Acres: 785
Ownership: Federal
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JAN 10, 2013 - SocialTimes.com
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Google has begun allowing app makers to respond to user reviews in its app store, Google Play.
Over the summer, Google began testing the feature with "top developers," a hand-chosen group of vendors whom Google considers to make quality apps. The company today began opening up the feature to more developers and will eventually extend the privilege to all app makers.
"Conversations are meant to be two-sided, and facilitating discussion between developers and users will ultimately yield better apps, to the benefit of everyone," the company said in a June blog post
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