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"Excuse me, sir! Please get off your bike." I looked around and wondered, "Is he talking to me?" I was the only one on a bicycle, so I decided he must be.
"There's no riding in this area," the security guard shouted across the grounds of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I dismounted my rented hybrid bike and rolled it through Urban Light, an outdoor installation of 202 antique street lamps standing in lines like a manicured row of trees. Chris Burden's large-scale work was what had drawn me in from the street as I pedalled down the Miracle Mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard, which, with barely two feet of space between parked cars and moving traffic, is not a miracle at all on two wheels. Of course, that makes sense, since the historic strip was developed and designed in the 1930s specifically to be cruised by automobile.
I had planned on this partly cloudy day - what my grandmother who lives in the San Fernando Valley later described as a "storm" - to spend a day touring from posh Beverly Hills east to edgy Echo Park, without a windshield ever separating me from the flora, fauna and architecture of Los Angeles. I just hoped I didn't get mowed down by a Lexus before I reached my destination.
After I had my picture taken in front of Prada on Rodeo Drive (I had to wait in line behind a woman whose poodle was wearing sunglasses), I didn't see another cyclist for a good 20 minutes. This is, after all, the undisputed capital of car culture. And yet cyclists are out there; as I discovered, Los Angeles is indeed bikeable, and the city's growing community of cyclists is fighting to overcome what one activist I talked to, Ron Milam, called a "perception problem."
Or, as he eloquently put it: "People think if they ride a bike here, they're going to die."
Milam, a 33-year-old native Angeleno (who sports, appropriately enough, a handlebar mustache), founded the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition 10 years ago with some friends. Back then, he fought to get the county to fund the creation of bicycle lanes, and won.
Still an advocate for cycling in Los Angeles, Milam has witnessed first-hand the growth of a bike culture in the city.
But this forefather of L.A.'s bike movement admits that the city famous for its labyrinthine freeways and gridlock traffic is only rideable if you're choosy about your routes. "The best streets for people to ride on are often ones that they don't even know the name of," he said.
As a tourist, I knew very few street names, but I learned quickly to ride on smaller residential streets if there was no bike lane. Still, after consuming two chili dogs flooded in nacho cheese at the legendary Pink's Hot Dogs, I had to head north on Fairfax Avenue, a busy four-lane thoroughfare. Remembering a tip I had learned from Milam, I took over a whole lane as I rode.
This was a tip echoed later that day when I talked to Kat Espino, a regular bike commuter. Although Espino says drivers in the city centre are used to seeing the odd bike messenger, as one heads to the outer reaches of L.A. County, they'll treat you like an intruder. "In some communities in South Central Los Angeles, they're not used to seeing cyclists on the side of the road and they honk at you and tell you to move over," says Espino, who rides home 37 kilometres daily to Lakewood from the University of Southern California, where she works. "But I hold my ground and stay where I'm more visible and safer."
Espino, who also fundraises and takes part in the seven-day AIDS LifeCycle ride that travels from San Francisco to Los Angeles each summer, says she plans her commute with the help of bike maps provided by the city online (see sidebar).
I wasn't run over, or even honked at, as I headed toward the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but I was still relieved to make it to Hollywood Boulevard, which, though it doesn't have a bike lane, is such a dizzyingly raucous scene that everything moves at a slow pace. I hopped on and off to do the usual tourist stuff - a picture of me with Michael J. Fox's star, a picture of me with a Lucille Ball impersonator (who, in case you're wondering, doesn't own a bike because she says she gets her workout from dancing) - but I was heading eastward when my two-wheeled journey departed from the usual.Report Typo/Error


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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Kotaku: The Witcher 3 Announced, First Artwork Revealed
IGN: The Witcher 3 is Official
30 times larger! 30 times more adventure! 30 times more sexcapades-
And while not a proper trailer per se, we do have a video of CDProjekt talking about the game here:
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Sounds like dark soul's combat system!
Cannot wait!
Shut up and take my money!
More features here:
Gaming Everything: Witcher 3 confirmed, is next-gen, featured in Game Informer.
Well, that scene in TW2 made up for the lack of cards, and I'm not opposed to more romance in the series. Also, if they can properly implement all of these, they'll blow Skyrim outta the water into outer space :eek:
so triss is kidnapped again :( god shes useless or the writers are. come up with something original for a change
Really liked Witcher 2 and this seems like it will be addressing the few issues I did have with it so I am definitely on board.
Statements like "thirty times bigger" always make me really suspicious since all they end up meaning is that it takes longer to get from place to place, not that there is actually any more content than there would have been otherwise.
Furthermore, I feel that this game would have had to have 5+ years of development behind it to reach the level they're claiming it's at...
Not the most informative teaser, but here's one for it:
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Ugh... It looks like I'm gonna need a huge upgrade in my PC to play this game when it comes out... Anyways, I never watched the tv version of this series but if I'm reading it right, it looks like we'll be able to see Yennifer/Jennifer in the third installment since they only mentioned her name couple of time in the game.
A rugged Geralt, eh? he looks kinda dapper with that look :)
*Shed some tear*
Can't wait.. with Cyberpunk , CD Projekt the best !
Well , i'll have the time to upgrade my PC :D
Damn travel with boat , i want to see it !!
Should be awesome.
Yup upgrade for PC's all around, unless you're gpu is brand new, then you may have a chance to run it on high settings. Will have to see :p
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oh wow this looks better than skyrim :O
I am not really big into those "30x" bigger world claims. I rather have a smaller, denser, quality world than a wide world with barely any interactions with the citizens.
About the screens:
Shit just got real! :O
It's thanks to games that computers are improving everyday.
More information on Witcher 3 by PC Gamer.
Man you guys talk like you've never ran Witcher 2 on your computers before. I doubt it's going to be that much more overkill. If you could run that high-max, you should be fine I would think. The only other great difference I could see being included is draw distance, and that varies.
The guy in the cape. Is he Vesemir?
Goodness, I hope they bring more insight into the different witcher schools. Would be nice to see non-wolf witchers.
Some people said that it might be Ciri.
Anyway , those pics are fabulous ! Specially the sea with the whale !
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Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Wallowa County Records Inventory
Mining Claim Records
Series documents actions filed with the county related to mineral interest claims. Types of actions include mineral rights and royalty assignments, mineral interest claims, lease releases, interest stipulations, corrections, bills of sale and conveyance assignments, and location notices. Information includes names of involved parties; action types and dates; and volume and page numbers. The series may also include copies of claim location notices giving descriptions and details of individual claims.
Since 1990 mining claims have been filed in the clerk's Recorded Documents (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Index to Quartz Locations, vol. B, 1, 1889-1983 (2 volumes);
Mining Deed Record [with index], vol. C, 1917-1973 (1 volume);
Mining Deeds [with index], vol. A, 1885-1902 (1 volume);
Placer Mining Location [Record-with index], vol. 1, 1894-1920 (1 volume);
Proof of Labor [Mining Claim Record-with index], vol. 4, 1975-1990 (1 volume);
Quartz Locations [vol. A with index], vol. A-B, 1882-1899 (2 volumes);
Record of Mining Deeds [with index], vol. B, 1902-1917 (1 volume);
Record of Mining Notices Placer [with index], vol. 2, 1920-1968 (1 volume);
Record of Mining Notices, vol. 1-7, 1899-1987 (7 volumes);
Record of Notices of Suspension of Assessment Works of Mining Claims [with index], vol. 3, 1919-1974 (1 volume).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:
Record Certificates Issued to Co-Owners, vol. 1, 1907-1913 (1 volume);
Record Notices & Affidavits Co-Owners [with index], vol. 1, 1902-1914 (1 volume);
Record of Notices of Suspension of Assessment Works of Mining Claims [with index], vol. 1-2, 1894-1919 (2 volumes).
Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Surveyor's Area:
North Townships/South Townships [Mineral Survey Records-Bureau of Land Management], n.d. (1 inch of microfiche).
Records at a Related Web Site:
Online Land Records [includes various federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management).


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HOLLYWOOD – Truth can be stranger than fiction, so they say. But when it comes to movies, truth can also be more powerful than fiction, at least judging by this year's Oscar nominees.
No fewer than six of the nine films nominated for the best picture Academy Award are based on true events — possibly the biggest proportion ever vying for Hollywood's highest honor.
"It's always been something of a trend, but has become an explosion in the last couple of years," said film critic and author Molly Haskell, a day after the Oscar nominations were announced in Los Angeles.
"I think audiences seem to want this truth, or pseudo-truth, as readers want memoirs. Maybe fiction as such is no longer something we can believe," she said.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its nominees for the March 2 Oscars show in a predawn ceremony Thursday at its Beverly Hills headquarters.
The nine best picture nominees are "American Hustle," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Philomena," "12 Years a Slave," "The Wolf of Wall Street," "Gravity," "Her" and "Nebraska."
All but the last three are based on real events. That is a significantly higher proportion than in any recent list of Academy Award best pictures.
What is more, it seems to follow a trend for winners. Last year's winner, "Argo," was about an infamous CIA operation in Iran. Two years before that, the winner was "The King's Speech," about Britain's stuttering King George VI.
And "The Hurt Locker," 2009's winner, was about bomb disposal teams in war-torn Iraq.
The obvious question is, why?
Industry watchers offer various reasons: a real-life tie-in helps to market a movie; cinemagoers are more easily drawn to a story they already know about; and telling a story is easier if you know what happened.
"For some reason we as a society are obsessed with reality," said Tim Gray, awards editor of industry journal Variety, noting also the explosion of reality television shows in recent years.
Closer to home, "we all videotape ourselves, we post it. We post photos. We are starring in our own life story, so it only seems logical that when you go to a movie you should see something real," he said.
Citing current Oscar best picture nominees "Philomena" and "Dallas Buyers Club," he said: "The fact that these stories are based on reality adds an element of urgency to them.
"Dallas Buyers Club" tells the story of homophobic hustler Ron Woodroof, who contracted the HIV virus and became an activist for groundbreaking AIDS drugs in the 1980s.
"Here's a homophobe who catches AIDS and learns compassion. If that was fictional you'd think 'Oh, this is manipulative, this is too far-fetched,' " Gray said. "But you say, 'No this is based on truth and this is fact' and it lends urgency."
"American Hustle," which shares top Oscar nods with space drama "Gravity," is based on a 1970s FBI sting operation known as Abscam.
"12 Years a Slave" recounts the life of Solomon Northup, sold into slavery in 1841.
"Captain Phillips" is about the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, and Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" tells the story of fraudster Jordan Belfort and the excesses of high-finance life.
"It's a great selling point. It's like: 'Look, this is an incredible tale . . . and it's true! But also, when you're doing publicity, you can trot out the real person, the real life Philomena Lee, she's been on the circuit," Gray said, referring to media appearances of the Irish mother who searched for 50 years for her illegitimate son, given away for adoption by Catholic nuns. "Even with Jordan Belfort, with 'Wolf of Wall Street,' he's been doing publicity," said Gray.
Pop culture professor Robert Thompson said the trend toward reality-based movies goes hand in hand with the way television is taking over as the place for big money and big productions.
" 'Based on a true story' is nothing new, but it does seem that this is becoming a near-prerequisite for a movie to be taken seriously," the academic from Syracuse University in New York state said.
"As TV has taken on the role of high-brow fiction, movies seem to be searching for their gravitas in the relevance of 'reality,' " he said.
Gray added: "I also think one of the reason is, when you're dealing with real-life events, it helps in terms of developing the story. . . . It's like, 'No, this is what really happened, we have to stick with the facts.' It's like you know where the story's gonna start, and you know where it's going to end."


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Your FIRST Home Gun Smithing Job! :biggrin:
Here is a little tiny, easy, "home gun smithing" job that you cannot mess up.
It works always works great.
If you own a Dremel tool then you can DO this!
You have spent lots of dollars on those BEAUTIFUL exotic wood or ivory grips or whatever grips...BUT, your factory grip screws look like Ka~Ka.
Even the brand new screws you bought don't look that great.
Use the 1/8" collet in your Dremel. Carefully push your grip screw down into the 1/8" open collet & just barely snug it up and you will not damage your grip screw threads at all.
Turn on your Dremel & press a small piece of 3M "Wet Or Dry" Silicon Carbide paper onto the face of your spinning grip screw.
Depending on how bad your screws are...start with about 320 or 400 paper & work your way finer to at least 600 grit or even all the way to ultra fine 1500 paper.
Stop & start your Dremel as often as you like to check your progress.
Do all 4 screws exactly the same way though.
Carefully remove each screw after you have Roto~Polished it without touching the face of the screw.
Then take an old needle nose pliers & lightly hold the screw by the threads. Don't squeeze!
I use a rubber band around the pliers handles & that is all the pressure you need just to hold the screw.
Then move the screw "screw face up" in & out of the flame of your gas stove or cook top.
If you have an electric cook top then touch the base of the screw to the red hot element.
Wave the screw in & out of the flame & you can watch your polished steel screw head slowly change colors.
The polished screw head will go from Pale Straw To Dark Straw To Light Brown & then start to turn a beautiful DEEP iridescent Blue then Deep Purple. Neat!
As soon as the screw has reached whatever desired color ~ you'll want either start blowing on it REAL HARD & QUICK or quickly quench it in distilled water.
Lastly...apply a light coat of oil.
Do all 4 screws & you now have 4 AMAZING LOOKING custom heat treated BLUE screws.
Ivory Grips and lighter wood grips look great with the golden brown screw color!
You cannot mess this up & they really compliment your custom grips.
If your grip screws are Stainless Steel then you can just give them a PERFECT "circular satin finish" or mirror bright finish & skip the heat treatment & the oil.
Let me know if you want photos but it's really simple to do.
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Archive for May 17, 2012
50,000 Brown People Died Over the Last 6 Years Due to America's Drug Addiction
I am shocked. I had no idea 50,000 — 50,000! — of our neighbors to the south have died in the last six years in the fight to supply the United States with the drugs it craves.
Here is a haunting photo essay from The Atlantic:
Where did those guns come from? The United States.
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More images here.
Instead of building bases (yes, we're doing that too) and joining counternarcotics efforts in Honduras, killing civilians, pissing off the people and arming the Mexican government, we might want to take a look at why so many people in the U.S. feel the need to get high. Ya think? Unemployment comes to mind. Debt comes to mind. The cost of medical treatment comes to mind. Mental illness comes to mind. Over-stressed parents and families come to mind. Seniors who are freaked out about being able to live with dignity until they die come to mind. Hello!
But no. I guess the thinking is that 50,000 dead brown people (and counting) is preferable to the USA! USA! USA! facing what's going on at home.
Talking War on the "Liberal Media"
This would be my Tweet of the Day and IMHO this is serious. The "liberal media" is saturated with Pentagon and military "analysts." How about we have one person on every network who talks about the benefit of not waging war and not spending trillions on defense?
Where are those (you know, "fair and balanced") voices? Nowhere.
Don't Forget, George Zimmerman Wasn't Tested For Drugs
Apropos of the post below, about Trayvon Martin having "traces" of THC in his system on the night George Zimmerman killed him, it's interesting to note that ABC "News" didn't point out Zimmerman wasn't tested for drugs that night. So who knows, Zimmerman could have been more drugged up than Trayvon was, but we'll never know.
ABC News Stacks the Deck Against Trayvon Martin
ABC News just sent this tweet out:
Go to the article — here — and you learn Trayvon Martin had a drug, not drugs plural, in his system: "The autopsy report shows traces of the drug THC, which is found in marijuana, in Martin's blood and urine." So there was one drug and there was only a "trace" of that one drug.
That's a far cry from what is stated as fact in ABC's tweet: "…had drugs in system…"
They don't call it the lame stream media for nothing. Maybe we should throw something about shameless in there too.
Romney: I Stand By What I Said Before, Even if I Don't Remember What it Was
Holy cow. This is Mitt Romney earlier today after being asked if he stands by his past comments about Obama and Jeremiah Wright. The guy doesn't have a firm position on the issue (even tough it has been in the ether for four years) and he couldn't remember what his last line of BS on it was, so this is what he had to do:
Yeah, whatever. So funny, huh Mitt?
This is what happens when you lie and/or change your position depending on which way the wind blows: You can't remember what your position is on things from one day to the freakin' next.
Republican Star Meg Whitman Preparing to Lay-Off 30,000 HP Workers
Meg Whitman, whose net worth is estimated at $1.3 billion, ran for governor of California in 2010 (but lost in the primary) because she claimed she wanted to represent We the People:
The daunting task of restructuring Hewlett-Packard will begin in earnest next Wednesday when the company reports its quarterly earnings. Sources familiar with the company's plans say that CEO Meg Whitman will discuss the opening steps of a company-wide restructuring plan that will include the elimination of about 30,000 jobs.
A report by Business Insider yesterday pegged the range of cuts at HP to between 10 percent and 15 percent of its current work force of 320,000 people. But sources familiar with HP's plans tell AllThingsD that the cuts will be carried out over a relatively long period of time, perhaps a year or more. A report by Bloomberg News out minutes ago puts the target at 25,000. The exact number of cuts, one source told me, is still considered a "moving target" and could grow or shrink.
I don't get how someone who claims to have that mindset — of representing We the People — can also have the heart to fire tens of thousands of people. I can't make those two personality-types fit together in my mind.
What's Goin' On?
I just listened to an hour-long talk by Dr. Cornell West on Boulder's "alternative radio," KGNU. At one point he mentioned Marvin Gaye and his song, "What's Goin' On," which I love but hadn't heard in years. I was on my morning speed-walk at the time so when I got home I looked it up and played it with the volume on high. It's better than I remember:


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Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile
Winemaker's Notes
Marques de Casa Concha is dark ruby red in color, with luscious aromas of cherry and blackberries intertwined with cedar and smoke. These notes follow through to the palate. Tremendously concentrated flavors are revealved in firm tannins, with a soft, silky texture and a lingering finish.
Enjoy this fine Cabernet Sauvignon with prime red meats, firm cheeses and other rich fare.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Spectator - "A compact yet suave red, marked with silky layers of cassis and wild berry fruit that mingle with well-integrated hints of graphite, tobacco and toasty oak."
Concha y Toro Winery
Founded in 1883, Vina Concha y Toro is Latin America's leading producer and occupies an outstanding position among the world's most important wine companies, currently exporting to 135 countries worldwide. Uniquely, it owns around 9,500 hectares of prime vineyards, which allows the company to secure the highest quality grapes for its wine production. Concha y Toro's portfolio includes a wide range of successful brands at every price point, from the top of the range Don Melchor and Almaviva to the flagship brand Casillero del Diablo and innovative stand-alone brands such as Palo Alto and Maycas del Limari. The company has 3,162 employees and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. View all Concha y Toro Wines
About ChileView a map of Chile wineries (CHEE-lay)Long and thin, Chile has a lot of land north to south. The wine region here is a series of districts based near Santiago. The vineyards are protected by the Pacific on the west and the Andes mountains on the east. This could help explain why the climate changes more from east to west than north to south – also why the country has remained phylloxera free. Quite a few wineries in Chile were founded by large French wine companies. Seeing the potential of the country, vineyards were bought and planted by these French folks and the results tell of a smart investment. Some of these wineries include: Los Vascos, Casa Lapostolle and Cousino Macul. And while the inspiration may have been French, but the wines here are quite Chilean.
Photo of the sun break following morning fog over the vineyards of Veramonte Winery (located in the Casablanca Valley)
Notable FactsThe main regions of Chile include Maipo (pronounced MY-poh), known for reds like Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenere; Casablanca Valley, a region producing delicious Sauvignon Blanc, as well as other whites & some reds; Colchaugua, an inland district creating amazing red wines from Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, particularly in the Apalta sub-region; and Rapel Valley, settled right under Maipo and producing the same red varietals. A couple of smaller regions to watch include Limari and Elqui, two valleys further north, producing some delicious cool-climate Chardonnay and Bio Bio, an area further south, which is also focused on cool-climate varieties. Chilean wines are growing in exports and more consumers are enjoying the delicious values coming from the country. Red wines of the region, though they cannot be generalized, make the whole gamut of wine quality – quaffable to collectible. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Carmenere are the main players, though Syrah is also making a splash. Some of the best reds are blends of the above varieties. As for whites, Sauvignon Blanc is typically crisp, herbal and racy, while Chardonnay is richer in style with full-bodied texture and tropical fruit flavors.
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The first 150 contenders for a group known as the Wales 60 have now thrown their hats into the ring - but we are still looking for more.
The final 60 could be asked to do interviews, write web diaries or record their own video phone messages for the BBC Wales' website and programmes.
First-time voters, workers, parents, pensioners and students are among those willing to sign up so far.
Firefighter David Burton, of Hensol in the Vale of Glamorgan told us: "The big interest for me was when I logged on to the website and saw that you (BBC Wales) were looking for 60 people basically to represent the country and ask the questions that need to be asked."
Mr Burton added that he hoped more people would scrutinise their politicians in the run-up to the elections on 3 May.
He said he usually voted tactically and his number one issue with politicians was accountability.
"I want to put them (politicians) on the spot to say: 'What have you done, what will you do?' and get them on record as saying it so the next time round we can say: 'Well you said that and you didn't do it.'"
Another applicant to the Wales 60 is Allyson Westwood-Howell, a mother of six girls from Pentwyn in Cardiff - and one of them, Niamh, has autism.
She told us it was important to her to exercise her right to vote, something her father, a former county councillor, had taught her.
"So often politicans, I feel, are more interested in what they feel will get them votes, they don't necessarily listen to what everyone has to say.
"Everyone has an opinion and I think that the only way you will be heard is if you speak out and say what you feel - it's not enough just to say this is not fair or this is not right."
The Wales 60, which will be finalised by the end of February, has attracted potential contributors from all over the country.
Dewi Parry, a 32-year-old IT manager from Caernarfon, is a father-of-two with another on the way.
He has only voted once - but wants to get involved in the Wales 60.
And Owain Williams, a first-year student at Oxford University from Whitchurch, Cardiff, said: "I'm hoping that before these assembly elections that politicians will listen a bit more to what young people have to say especially about things like education."
If you would like to be part of BBC coverage of the Welsh assembly elections please email:
Include a few brief details about yourself - your age, what you do and where in Wales you live, together with your comments on the election campaign ahead.
Or call the BBC Information Line on 08700 100 775, and leave your details.
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Raising children who do housework without complaint and find pleasure in serving the family is a top priority for me. The developmental and spiritual effects of doing chores and sharing in the responsibility of the household are one of the most powerful teaching tools we have as parents, for both our daughters and our sons (I cannot emphasize the sons enough).Now to the practicality of getting kids to do chores! I tried lists, excel sheets, and a white board. I sewed a chore chart, with a … [Read more...]
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Do you find yourself buried beneath mounds of laundry as you try toseparate darks from whites? Well, this became a weekly event for me, asthe laundry piled up until the weekends. I was forced to washeverything together, struggling to reach the end of my task. Needless to say,the whites were no longer white. There was also a real challenge tokeep up with the folding and ironing; inevitably, my baskets grew andthey grew and they grew. The children were frustrated because theycould … [Read more...]


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=E2=80=A2 Improving the availability and comparability of data on health= inequalities (new data collection on inequalities in life expectancy and p= erceived health status by educational level), and the collection of a minim= um dataset on waiting times for elective surgery.=20
=E2=80=A2 Implement the extension of the joint OECD/Eurostat/WHO (Europe= ) questionnaire on non-monetary health care statistics to include health ca= re activities (in addition to health care resources).=20
=E2=80=A2 To provide policy relevant, comparative data and analysis on h= ealth expenditure and financing, and to facilitate harmonisation across nat= ional health accounting practices. To provide data sources for research and= to make country-specific health accounts data and analysis more widely ava= ilable.=20
=E2=80=A2 The seventh Joint OECD, Eurostat and WHO System Health Account= s (SHA) data collection was successfully implemented in 2012. It has improv= ed the availability and comparability of health expenditure data published = in OECD Health Data. A Health Expenditure and Financing database has been d= eveloped as a component of the OECD Statistical Information System. Nationa= l Health Accounts Experts and others interested in accessing health account= s data can now do so using OECD.Stat and SourceOECD.=20
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=E2=80=A2 OECD, EUROSTAT and WHO collaborated to revise the System of He= alth Accounts methodology. This process was concluded in October 2011 with = the publication of the new manual A System of Health Accounts 2011. Pilot s= tudies are currently undertaken to test the implementation of the new manua= l.=20
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=E2=80=A2 A pilot test for the new version of the Joint Health Account Q= uestionnaire (based on the 2011 version of the System of Health Account Man= ual) will be commenced in January.=20
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Soft Landings will recognise and overcome problems beyond building handoverSoft Landings is the BSRIA-led process designed to assist the construction industry and its clients deliver better buildings.
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Thoughts on DA2 after completing it
First off, the usual stuff: I'll just post my thoughts on various aspects of a game, do a little comparison to other games and so on. I see no reason to turn this into a review and there won't be a score. Feel free to get a discussion going, ask questions and so on.
Note: My opinion is currently based on a full completion of DA2 with a 2H warrior, and act 1 completed as a mage.
Game length
There has been a lot of debate about the size of DA2, especially since most of it plays out in a single city. In short, there's nothing to worry about - there is plenty of content here. Not quite as big as Origins, but far more than Mass Effect 2, Jade Empire and so on.
Music, sound and graphics
The music and sound is top notch, just like Origins. The only downside is the fact that Anders is not voiced by the same actor, which is a real shame.
The graphics are.. well, depends who you ask. To me, they work out just fine, as I generally like the artistic style. I only have one bad thing to say about the graphics: What on earth did they do to the darkspawn? They look horrible. Oh yes, and Flemeth has a bit of a mismatch in terms of appearance/voice; her voice fit her old looks much better.
Oooh the heated topic! So many discussions have degenerated into flame wars around here because of this topic. Simplified? Streamlined? Consolitis?
Well, the tactical combat is still there, no doubt about it. Pausing is still very much required on Hard and Nightmare. If anything, it's more challenging/difficult than Origins ever was. Unfortunately, the difficulty is not exclusively based on the challenges, which brings me to the next point: Lack of tactical view.
I'll be blunt, I hate the fact that the tactical view is gone. It makes Nightmare extremely frustrating, because placing AoE spells is now - quite literally - a nightmare. It's all good'n dandy on Easy/Normal/Hard, because there is no friendly fire, but once you include friendly fire, it's remarkably annoying. I honestly suggest people avoid Nightmare, even if they do find Hard too easy, simply to avoid the frustration of not having tactical view.
Beyond that, combat is pretty much the same as it was in Origins. The speed is a bit higher (which makes placing AoE spells even harder on Nightmare), but as long as you use the pause button a lot it shouldn't be a problem.
Other than that, talents have been reworked. I'm not really sure how I feel about the new system - all in all it works out pretty well I suppose, but it's a bit.. slow? It's hard to describe, but I'll try: I constantly get the feeling that I need 3-4 more levels to get something groovy, which takes loads of hours, mainly because the talent trees are locked on level/amount of points put in a tree. A lot of levels feel completely useless because I just put "filler points" in a tree to get to the great stuff at the end of the tree.
All in all I actually prefer the setup in Origins, but only marginally. This new system is pretty smooth, especially if they tweak it a bit for an add-on or some such thing. Maybe give the main character a few extra points to play around with like in Origins where you got a few points here and there (either from quests or books).
Posted this next section (about classes) in another thread, but figured I could post it here as well to get a more complete thread.
I generally like the frost spells a lot. They add a nice frozen effect that others can take advantage of. Beyond that, I actually found mages somewhat disappointing - single target crowd control is virtually useless now (too many enemies), as are single target debuffs. Only a few fights have boss monsters worth putting a lot of debuffs on (dragons etc). Mage area damage is still decent, but several of their talent trees have more debuff than damage spells.
Dual wield rogues have immense damage on single targets, but they tend to be hard to keep alive unless you protect them a lot. Ranged rogues work out just fine though, as they have similar damage, but can stay away from enemy cleave/area attacks.
Work out well whether they're tanks or damage. Probably the most consistent damage dealers, especially when facing waves of enemies (which you do most of the time). Not as good on big bosses though, as they tend to run out of stamina quickly when they're not constantly killing (they have a talent that restores stamina when dealing killing blows).
As for combos? Usually pointless, as you face waves that require more area damage than single target damage, but on bosses it's quite nice. It's really quite simple though: You have a few types of debuff (stagger etc) applied by different classes that the other classes can take advantage of. In most cases you don't even have to specifically cater to the debuffs as a lot of them are applied through rather basic attacks like shield bash and cone of cold.
Story (main and side quests)
It's better than Origins, but that doesn't say a whole lot (let's be honest, Origins had a rubbish main quest). The companions generally have some interesting quests, and the main quest itself is actually not as obvious as most BioWare plots, which is a good thing. There are a lot of timesink quests though, that you never actually care about, but do just for the experience/money. It's not like Gothic where you put serious effort into pretty much every quest - it's more like an MMO where you gather up 3-4 quests and go do them all at once. This aspect was present in Origins too, however, so it's nothing new.
Overall, the writing seems better than Origins. A bit more focused. BioWare is still a notch below Obsidian, but I wasn't expecting anything else.
Verdict compared to Origins
Simple really: If you liked Origins mainly due to the tactical, oldschool combat, you should probably wait until DA2 hits the bargin bin. If you liked it for any other reason, you should pick up DA2 sooner than that. If you didn't enjoy Origins, you probably won't enjoy DA2 either.
Overall it has better writing than Origins, but lacks exploration and tactical view. The production values are pretty much the same, and I have yet to encounter any serious bugs. The only bug I've noticed was someone claiming my hero from Origins (I imported the savegame) let the Architecht live, when in truth he didn't.
I'll post this for now, and expand a bit later. I need to play a bit more now.
Future notes to expand upon (or topics to discuss):
- Why is every mage now a blood mage, able to summon demons and undead? Most mages also turn into abominations for some reason. In Origins, this was pretty rare.
- Inventory system, simplification taken too far.
- Choices and consequences: There are lots, but are they real? Need a second playthrough to verify some of the choices (I suspect the ending is actually a fake choice, not a real one).
- Kung Fu mage animations: Cool to look at, annoying in combat as they tend to delay spell casting by quite a bit.¨
- The wave mechanic is used far, far too much.
- Streets of Kirkwall a bit crowded with enemies at night?
- Action. Talking. Action. Talking. There is nothing inbetween: No exploration, no inventory management, no puzzles, nothing.
- The impact of imported savegames: A few mentions here and there, a nice touch to get the feeling that Hawke exists in the same universe as the Hero of Ferelden, but nothing major.
Right, this game has certainly proved me wrong. I started hating this game, and I've finished obssessed with it. I have to say… wow… I can't decide now whether I like ME2 or DA2 more (Ofcourse, BG2 remains my favourite game of all time still).
I've completed the game as a mage.
I have to say, game length is not an issue at all. In fact, I think there was more quest in DA2 than DA1. Certainly, more interesting too. It's a shame though, that at points I really didn't want to pick up anymore side quests because I was getting tired of battle. Especially ones that must be done at night time. You get into battle every 5 steps or so. I thought by end of chapter 2, I must have killed 99% population of Kirkwall. They must be breeding really fast…
I didn't like voice acting so much. Hawke, Anders and minor NPCs voice acting were rather disappointing. Especially, Hawke (female). Bring in Jennifer Hale please.
Graphic… was interesting. Everything looked similar to DA1 (especially ones that make entrance again in DA2 from DA1, like Alistair, Anders, Nathaniel etc) and yet… more ugly!! I hated Elf graphics the most though… SO UGLY.
I'm not going to talk much about combat. My main focus on rpgs like this is NPC interactions and storyline. One thing though. Last two boss fights were ridiculous.
Story was very well done. It was really boring till you get to chapter 2 though, in my opinion. But as soon as chapter 2 started, you get the feeling something big is going on, and you started to see why Cassandra wants Hawke so badly, and how this war between mages and chantry have began. The ending hints that Warden/Hawke might make a re-appearance in DA3. I really hope so! I would love to see the ending of Warden/Alistair and Hawke/Anders. Especially Hawke/Anders couple. The ending wasn't satisifying at all! Not even an epilogue. Just what might come in future (Again! What a tease! Only way to find out is to buy DA3).
Also, big love to most of those who made reappearance (Cullen, Flemeth, Anders, Nathaniel, and Alistair!)
What I hated a lot is though, a lot of dialogues were meaningless. You never get out of fight by choosing right dialogue option. No matter what you choose "axe in your face" is the result.
I loved companion quests. It made me love/hate them so much. I couldn't careless about Isabela until towards the end of chapter 2. I begin to hate her with passion, then beginning of chapter 3, we've became good friends. Anders, I loved to bits until towards the end of the game, but I've forgiven him in the end<3 (yes, I romanced Anders). I really end up loving all of my companions (even Carver) except Merrill. I just can't stand her. Bioware really flashed out individual characters so well, although most of them have extreme personality.
I also experienced same bug as you. My warden killed Archtect but Nathaniel indicated that I've let Archtect go to fullfill his part of bargin (which he didnt… what an ass!)
The length this is funny. I see repeated posts on forums claiming the game is 15 hours long or 20 hours long… I'm at 25 hours and just got to chapter two.
The game is plenty long enough.
The difference between Anders and normale abominations probably is that he is not possessed by a demon but by a spirit. I don't think, Justice uses Anders the way the other demon possessed people were used. They started to give up their own family to accomplish their goals while Anders still is somebody who wants to help.
1) Bragging. Some people think finishing a game fast makes them cool somehow.. so they exaggerate a bit.
2) Some gamers have a lot of time for gaming and can/will allow themselves to be completely absorbed in a game. When they finish the game it doesn't *feel* like a long time for them, so they just throw out an estimate matching their feeling that the game was short.
Usually I simply don't believe reports like this, since I often know for a fact that the game in question *can not* be completed that fast :)
This first chapter seems never ending, but I like that. :) The good point is people that don't like have too many fights can skip many (not all) and can spread those street night fights, sometimes I really feel "woo can't I have more fights?".
But in no way I expect DA2 be as long than DAO. At first play of DAO, the game recorded duration was 120 hours and this not counting reload.
I'm still in Chapter 1 so I still can check Darktown to not take the risk of not having the opportunity in Chapter 2. It's that sort of stuff I expect have consequences even if not on main quest. In fact I already make once a choice killing a quest provider so I'm quite sure that some player decisions have some importance and later consequences.
I am well over 30 hours of playing and am still in the 2nd "act". I explore every inch of the maps, try to do all the sidequests, take time to find the best loot and configure the most enjoyable combat tactics, etc.
Game length is NOT an issue this time.
Thank you for the spoiler-free review Maylander. I'm still playng the game, but can echo some of your exact sentiments. Story is more focused than Origins (smaller scope, but generally more interesting and better characters). Combat is DIFFERENT, but not worse. I actually LIKE the faster pace and the re-organization of the talents. Exploration is dumbed down and pretty much non-existent, though. I mean, not that that was always Bioware's strong point (this aspect has eroded with each successive Bioware release since BG2), but the maps this time are very linear and obsessively goal-centered.
You pretty much summed it up with "Talk - combat - Talk - Combat",etc. It's a good thing the combat is exciting and the plot better than Origins.
I'm playing on Hard, btw. I found normal slightly too easy for those of us that spend time creating the best tactics lists. Hard is just the right amount of challenge. However, a few of the boss fights were so tough on Hard that I had to temporarily drop it back to Normal to get through them.
P.S. - Right on about melee rogue being quite fragile. I rarely use
I couldn't stand Merill, yes. As for Imoen, I really loved her in BG2 and hated her in BG1. I guess there is some similarity between Merrill and Imoen (if you are talking about BG1).
Carver was interesting one, yes. I started off hating him, but in the end, I've started to get attached to him. In my next playthrough, I'm going to make more effrot to be nice to him. Yes, not much about Varric. He was certainly talkative and a nice guy… but didn't stand out that much in my opinion. I was extremely attached to Aveline, Fenris, and Anders. I got along well enough with Varric, Isabella and Carver.
Where do I get that to avoid battles at night time?? Because I am really fed up with constant battle.
About Anders -- I guess you are right. He is possessed by spirit not demons. Still, his obessesion was getting really freaky at the end.
To be honest, I think Anders was more central character for the story than Hawke in the end. I wonder what happens if I don't help Anders to set up the bomb?
I'm still in Chapter 2 so I don't know how the situation with Anders evolves.
For Varric well it's the more detailed and the more funny, but I don't have a good point of view as I'm still at chapter 1.
Still out of topic but about game length, I'm still at chapter 1, the whole team at level 11, for about 35 hours of play, and 48 quests but about 10 are quite tiny but some are rather long too. And I think there's at least one I haven't succeed to trigger (or perhaps this will be later), plus lost few because I made a choice canceling completely a provider of quests and perhaps lost 2/3 quests.
There are people who can finish BG2 in less than 15 hours so I certainly don't doubt people can finish this in less than 10. My guess is they would be skipping a fair chunk of the dialogue.
I doubt it's possible the first time you play it. For a careful planed replay with a walk through in second hand and some drugs to keep the rythm, perhaps. :) Often some players will quote the time for replaying a game in hurry and already knowing it perfectly. But that sort of time is totally wrong and pointless. Doom 2 could be finished in less than 15 minutes… Yeah very useful.
First, Origins´ main quest was not rubbish, unless you´re talking about its basic structure aka "blight is coming, pc becomes grey warden, gathers allies and defeats archdemon, the end" or something.
Because the core of DA:O´s main quest lies in dealing with different factions, getting to know their customs/problems, becoming involved in local politics and choosing how to deal with them.
The darkspawn threat is a generic premise, but it serves only as a background and agent to get other things moving. And the main quest is really about these other things and these were presented well, you got to make a solid amount of choices on the way and various options were presented in plausible manner.
DA2´s main quest is "not so obvious" not because it´s intricately constructed, full of smart subtlety or overall well written, but because it´s a directionless mess.
It´s just a bunch of loosely (if at all) connected side quests the game´s throwing at you as you go on, there´s rarely any sense of tangible reason why you should do them and even though you can make some choices along the way, in the end they don´t matter at all since everything plays out more-or-less the same, even the ending cinematic is the same bar one or two different sentences.
And "main quest" parts in act 3 didn´t make any sense whatsoever, hilarity at its finest.
DA2 has only more interesting/original premise, but when compared how both games´ main quests actually play out in detail, DA2 has nothing on DA:O.
Personally I consider DA2´s "main quest" to be the worst of Bioware´s games I´ve played (haven´t played NWN OC and Jade Empire).
Also, "post-chat" to Merril´s act 3 quest occurred before I even started the quest.
And just remembered that reviving party members in combat results in them being treated as if out of combat (fast regen, constantly sheath weapons).
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