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I'am making a mission and i want to involve an Artillery strike but i dont know how to do it can anyone tell me.
Thanks Downesy22
I'am making a mission and i want to involve an Artillery strike but i dont know how to do it can anyone tell me.
Thanks Downesy22
Try coc arty, the readme includes how to config an artillery strike.
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Buy the Games you play.
This should be the minimum support and respect to the Developers work.
That's a bit ambitious. CoC Arty isn't for beginners.
You could place a group of game logics in the area and then randomly drop shells there.
thanks but that game logic dont even exist, well not to my knowledge.
Place a player on the map, then make a marker, if you dont want to see it in the game choose type:empty. Place one for example with the name "m1", then use this script (copy into notepad and save as "bigbaraboom.sqs"):

Code Sample

; Bombarding
; Run from mission:
; [who, A, B, C, "Name"] exec "BigBaraBoom.sqs"
; who - who runs the script (can be anybody)
; A - how many bombs
; B - diameter of "Area bombed"
; C - timout between two bombs
; D - name of the marker, which is in the middle of the "Area bombed"
_pos = getmarkerpos (_this select 4);
_bomb = "Bomb" createVehicle _pos;
_i = 0;
_j = _this select 1;
_k = _this select 2;
_t = _this select 3;
_u = random _k;
_bomb setpos [(_pos select 0) - _k/2 + random _k, (_pos select 1) - _k/2 + random _k]
_bomb setdammage 1;
~(random _t)
_bomb setdammage 0;
~(random _t)
_i = _i+1;
? prijeli : exit
? _i < _j : goto "LOOP"
deleteVehicle _bomb;[/QUOTE]
In the mission put on the players activation field or in a trigger with a timer etc:

Code Sample

[player, 10, 100, 10, "m1"] exec "BigBaraBoom.sqs"
That should start artillary coming down. 10 rounds, in a 100m area with 10 seconds between each impact at maker with the name "m1".
There are much better ones, thats just a quicky. ***
@The-Architect: CoC Team added very usefull tutorial to its script so I think Downesy should try.
My favorite arty script is Snypir Support Pack, but this is really too complicated for start
CoC Unified Artillery Script: http://www.thechainofcommand.net/UA/CoC_Arty_100.zip
With OFP since demo
Brochure printing
And btw this should of been posted in Mission Editing and Scripting mate
Personally, I hate having friendly artillerry, unless youcome under heavy fire and have no chances... But I do love having artillery dropped all around me.. I made a script to drop shells near the player but make it impossible to actually be hit by the shells (that would be quite annoying). IMO, explosions going off everywhere around you is very atmospheric, especially when coupled with the ECP speech scripts.
; Artillery on player script by XCess
; drops 16 shells around the position of the player
; best used when facing north
_count = 0
_pos = [0,0,0]
x = 0
x = random (80)-40
y = 30 + random 40
"shell125" camcreate [(getPos player select 0)+x,(getPos player select 1)+y, 10]
_count = _count + 1
?_count == 1 : (leader player) groupChat "Incoming!!"
?_count < 16 : goto"loop"
I'm against using CoC's Arty simply because of the file size. I can't see why you'd want to download and make others download it just for ary support. The much simpler and less mb intensive way would be to script it. I could only see CoC Arty being used in a huge campaign.
I don't think I've ever used CoC Arty exceptfor when it came out. Probably because I could never be bothered to read all the documentation but that's not the point
There really isn't any point in having artillerry with true flight trajectories, unless you want to waste memory on more complex scripts and having units on the map ou will never actually see.

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April 21, 2011How to Survive Your First Year of College SailingAs a part of our May issue's 2011 Guide to College Sailing, presented by Sperry Top Sider, we asked current and former college sailors for their best advice on navigating freshman year. We received two dozen entries, the best of which, by Tufts sailor Amelia Quinn, is featured in the magazine. But we couldn't let all this great advice remain hidden, so we've published the five other finalists online.
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A benefit concert will be held Sunday, Feb. 17 at Big Harry's Tavern for local musician Ronnie Todd.
The benefit will raise money for Todd, a former anchor for the "Local Music Showcase" on WFSS 91.9 FM, who needs a double lung transplant. He was diagnosed with emphysema in 2008.
Paul Thompson, owner of Big Harry's Tavern, said the benefit will help defray Todd's living expenses, as he'll have to relocate to the transplant center in Raleigh for treatment. Todd's declining health forced him to stop working as a self-employed brick mason in 2012.
"We're hoping to raise at least $5,000," said Thompson. "Ronnie's a well-known musician, and we're always looking to help our own."
Todd has a patient page online with the National Foundation for Transplants, where people can donate directly, should they miss the benefit concert. According to Todd's page, the transplant will cost $550,000, which will be covered by his insurance. Todd's page has a goal of $25,000, overall to help with living expenses and to help with the costs of further treatment and follow-up care - daily anti-rejection medications - which Todd will need for the rest of his post-transplant life.
Thompson said several bands are slated to perform at the benefit concert, including the Bob Steele Band, the Parsons, Fat Freddy's Cat and Skeeterfeet.
Several prizes will be raffled off, including a guitar, a digital camera and gift certificates.
"My mother was a minister, and she taught me the blessing of giving back," said Thompson. "I don't know how many benefits we've had here for individuals or organizations, but we'll keep having them as long as there's a need."
The concert starts at 3 p.m. Big Harry's Tavern is at 3030 Fort Bragg Road.
I have mixed feelings about Bruce Willis returning as immortal New York detective John McClane in the latest "Die Hard" installment, "A Good Day to Die Hard."
On one hand, I think once you've done a movie about being a "retired" CIA assassin (2010's "Red"), you pretty much have admitted you're too old to be taken seriously in action flicks.
On the other hand, today's generation of action stars can't hold a candle to Willis' charisma.
As much as it pains me to see Willis age onscreen, I'll take him over Channing Tatum any day.
See our movie guide for theater locations.
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Az esetlegesen felmerülő költségek miatt bejelentkezéskor fényképes személyazonosító okmány és hitelkártya vagy készpénzes kaució szükséges.
A különleges kérések bejelentkezéskor, a rendelkezésre állás függvényében teljesíthetők. Felhívjuk figyelmét, hogy ezen kérések teljesítése nem garantált, és esetenként felár fizetését vonhatja maga után.
Ez a szálloda nem kínál akadálymentesített környezetet. Amennyiben akadálymentesített szobát szeretne foglalni, kérjük, válasszon egy másik szállodát.
A(z) szálloda területén kikapcsolódási lehetőségként fitneszlétesítmény és szezonális szabadtéri medence biztosított.
A következő díjakat és kauciókat a szálláshely a szobaszerviz során, illetve érkezéskor vagy távozáskor számítja fel.
A fenti lista nem terjed ki minden részletre. A díjak és kauciók nem minden esetben tartalmazzák az adót, ezenkívül az összegük változhat.
A plusz személyekért külön díjat számíthatnak fel, amelynek mértéke a szálloda szabályzatától függően eltérő lehet.
Az esetlegesen felmerülő költségek miatt bejelentkezéskor fényképes személyazonosító okmány és hitelkártya vagy készpénzes kaució szükséges.
A különleges kérések bejelentkezéskor, a rendelkezésre állás függvényében teljesíthetők. Felhívjuk figyelmét, hogy ezen kérések teljesítése nem garantált, és esetenként felár fizetését vonhatja maga után.
"Why was $120 a bargain at this Days Inn?"
It was described as something special but is an old hotel that hasn't been updated in 20 years. No elevator, had to carry luggage up, carpet worn outdated decor small TV. There are nicer newer motels at that exit. I'll usethosenext time. Very disappointed in Hotels.com promotion of this property. I won't Beas trusting next time.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Thanksgiving night"
This hotel is in need of major updates. The wallpaper is curling up everywhere. Upon arrival to our room it was ice cold! The heater was still turned off. We turned the heater on and it warmed up the room nicely. The thermastat on the unit apparently did not work. We were up and down all night turning the heat off and on. The free breakfast was okay. […] Basically only had a waffle machine, 4 types of cereal and different breads. We probably won't stay here again. További részletekHotels.com visszajelzések
"Great STAY"
my wife and I really enjoyed our stayHotels.com visszajelzések
"Overall a nice hotel!!"
This hotel was very nice it could use some updates but was very clean and pleasant. Finding the driveway in was difficult.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Good over-all"
Over-all great hotel. Clean. Good service. Only downfall, is that the entrance sign is impossible to see, due to it being completely blocked by trees.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Good value and decent location"
The hotel is close to Monroe without being "in the middle of things". So the neighborhood is more friendly, and you actually feel safe. Lots of great grass for the dogs, but wish they didn't have a 2 dog limit on the rooms.Hotels.com visszajelzések
Bathroom was bad. Toilet seat broken. Toilet wouldn't flush solids. Shower drain very slow.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"perfect for the price"
could not beat it for the price. the folks in the lobby where fantasticValódi Expedia visszajelzések
"Look Elsewhere"
We paid far too much for a noisy, dingy room, probably because it is close to Cabelas. The desk clerk did her best to respond to our complaints around children running up and down the halls all night as well as a party next door, but the thinness of the walls made every sound seem amplified, and she was largely ignored. There were also obvious splatters […] of some sticky substance on the walls as well as on the toilet seat. We were exhausted by the time we left. További részletekValódi Expedia visszajelzések
"Great for a place to sleep for one night"
Hotel was not a five star was a little old. Front desk person when we checked in was nice, but when we checked out a different person was there and didn't even ask how my stay was. There were a few issues. The first was the upstairs hallway was very creaky and there was no elevator. The second was we had kids running back and fourth in the halls and […] they sounded like a pack of elephants all the way up till 9 at night. The kicker was they were staying on the other side of the building and you have to go past front desk to get to the side we stayed on and apparently the front desk person either didn't care or was not at the desk to tell hem to stop. We had to open the door and say something. So if your gonna stay at this hotel I suggest you request a first floor room and on the back of the hotel. Other than that it was not bad for a place to sleep for one night. További részletekValódi Expedia visszajelzések
It was good. We will certainly will stay the next time we are in the area. Finding the road to turn on was hard to find in the dark. A small Holiday Inn sign would be nice on the corner of the main road. We passed it 3 times trying to figure out how to get back there. Room was larger than we expected and nice and clean.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Last Choice"
It seems that this hotel need some maintenance to the room we were in. Toilet was loose, lamp shade was broken, wall paper was falling off of the wall in the bathroom, bathroom fan did not work, and the last time the room was painted it was not finished ( paint on ceiling around smoke alarm had a square of old paint around it).Hotels.com visszajelzések
Fairly upset with my stay we asked if they had a pool for the kids and was told yes. We got there and they had a pool but it was outside and February so the kids could not swim. And that was the reason we picked this hotel.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"close to sights,, however cleaniness a problem"
We were congenially transferred to another room when there was a problem involving other residents cooking on our floor. However, when transferred to the other room, the toilet was not clean. Everything else in the room seemed clean; so I cleaned the toilet myself using a papertowel and mouthwash. Hopefully, this was simply an oversight; but I don't […] believe that I would trust to stay there again. További részletekHotels.com visszajelzések
"Poor maintenance"
My room 129. The windows and the heater leak air very bad. You could feel a draft. It was very hard to keep the room heated. The staff was very helpful getting me a replacement room if desired. I was tired and didn't feel like changing rooms. In my opinion a better maintenance schedule would prevent conditions like this. Thank youHotels.com visszajelzések
greatHotels.com visszajelzések
"close to cabelas"
clean place friendly people no real visible sign to placeHotels.com visszajelzések
"Good overnight stay"
This hotel was perfect for what I needed it for (just an overnight stay). Close to many fast food restuarants and Cabelas. Easy to navigate on and off the I-75.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"You get what you pay for"
The hotel was not the best, it needs some up keep. Bed's were hard as a rock and the sheets would not stay on the King size bed. Everytime you moved they would pop off. But for the price you couldn't go wrong, i say you get what you paid for. I knew it was not going to be a 5 start hotel by any means.Hotels.com visszajelzések
Extremely clean. Professional staff. Great stay.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"days inn"
all good clean and comfortable unlike the knights inn in saginaw michiganValódi Expedia visszajelzések
I have stayed here on my way to PA a few times in the last six months. This visit was very noisy. Doors slamming near my room. Noisy peope above us. Might need to reconsider my next stay.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Clean and comfortable stay"
The employee at check-in was very friendly and helpful. The woman who worked the next morning was not very helpful. They ran out of coffee at breakfast a little after 9:00 am and she said that was all there was. If breakfast runs till 9:30 there should be plenty of coffee until then. In fact, it would be nice if coffee was available in the lobby all […] day and evening. Many other hotels offer this and it is very nice. Our room was clean and comfortable. További részletekValódi Expedia visszajelzések
would have liked and elevator - had several bags to carry.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"What happened to the quality?"
It seems there has been no upkeep of the hotel amenities. The room was shabby, bad water pressure, and things were old, worn and rusted. I stayed there two years ago and everything was nice. Upkeep and attention to quality/cleanliness has gone down hill. Planning to not stay there the next time I travel.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Serious updates needed"
Front desk...nice people. Smell in hotel was terrible, still can't place it. Must rent out by week or month? Shady happenings in parking lot.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Good Hotel for the price"
Good location, if you want to be close to the HWY. Clean room.Valódi Expedia visszajelzések
"good value, clean and quiet"
right off the highway, very clean and well keptHotels.com visszajelzések
Nice comfortable stay.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"i would stay here again."
this hotel is conveniently located near cabela's and was a great place for us to stop on our way to PA. it is pet friendly and offered a good breakfast.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Great stay for a famil"
Everything was clean including the Breakfast area. Items were refilled before being emptied. Especially the coffee. Check in was pleasant and fast. Motel did not have a musty smell like most motels. The rooms were comfortable and large. It was nice having a small laundromatValódi Expedia visszajelzések
I do not recommend this hotel. Very old and needs update. Felt like I was staying in a college dorm. Poor at best.Hotels.com visszajelzések
I have stayed at the Dundee Days Inn Many times. Its located just right for my travel. I have always been completely satisfied. However for this last stay I reserved a ground floor room and it somehow was not recorded as a "ground floor" room by the man that took my reservation. Consequently I had to request a ground floor room again at the time of […] check-in. Luckily a unit on the ground floor was available so it all worked out. See you next trip. További részletekHotels.com visszajelzések
Itt served its purpose of some where to sleep and take a shower .. The lonestar steakhouse right down the road was great .Hotels.com visszajelzések
"will never stay there again"
PROS: refrigerator and microwave in the room, very friendly lady at the front desk, super convenient location CONS: HARD, uncomfortable bed, room and hotel felt neglected although it was fairly clean, first room smelled awful like cigarette smoke, second room was better smelling, but I really felt like I was staying in a place that hadn't been well […] taken care of in a very, very long time. Will never stay there again. További részletekHotels.com visszajelzések
"good stay"
I was in Dundee on business and stayed for two nights. With the discount from hotels.com, it was a good value for a needed bed and shower. Nice spacious room with all I needed. The workers were nice and friendly.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Nice stay"
Very clean, and friendly staff! We were disappointed in the number of channels available on the TV. It would be great if you were into sports (Basketball while we were there).Valódi Expedia visszajelzések
"Days Inn And Suites Dundee, Michigan"
It was not bad for the price, but the hotel definately needs updated. Falling wallpaper and plaster around the hallway window does not make for a nice overall apperance. Also, hallways smelled bad but the room was ok. Out of 10, I would give it a 5.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Right off US-23"
Clean and comfortable enough for a quick en-route stay. Breakfast options are a little limited, but overall it was a good value. If it's relevant, it is close to Cabela's and good local coffee shop. Ask for a room away from the highway.Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Close hotel to Cabels"
Fairly clean rooms that had a decent amount of space. The only reason we picked this hotel was because of its proximity to Cabelas.Valódi Expedia visszajelzések
"Very satisfied customer."
Friendly staff. Excellent value. Rooms were clean and basic. Breakfast was traditional continental, simple and fresh. Definietly would stay again.Valódi Expedia visszajelzések
"good price and location"
We needed a reasonably priced hotel that was pet friendly for a 1 night stay. This is an older property that has been remodeled but is in need of some repairs and better cleaning. It was OK for the price and the room was warm and quiet on a very cold night. Minimal continental breakfast (lousy coffee) but better than nothing and they had a waffle making […] machine my wife liked. I would recommend this hotel and stay here again. További részletekValódi Expedia visszajelzések
"it smells funny"
the halwways, and stairwells smelled of damp carpet and some funky cleaner. had to fix the plastic toilet tank.Valódi Expedia visszajelzések
"good convenient place to stay"
Room clean and comfortable. Hotel near expressway but away from busy traffic. Good value.Valódi Expedia visszajelzések
"Short Stay"
We just needed an overnight stay before a football game. It was a very quick check in. Room was very clean. Sheets were a little hard but that is really the only bad thing I can say. It suited our purpose for a cheap price. We are staying there again this weekend!Hotels.com visszajelzések
"Nice stay"
The location and general features of the hotel was nice. If I had a complaint, it might be the breakfast. Would have been nice to have skim milk, and some wheat bread. The juice was a bit tart. Only ended up having a tiny muffin. That was good though! Large crowds make it a challenge for stocking/eating breakfast. Overall, it was very nice and the people […] were friendly. Would stay there again. További részletekHotels.com visszajelzések
"Nice, Clean Hotel"
Nice hotel, great for price. Only thing is it is hard to figure out how to get to hotel from interstate - tree blocks street sign and then zoning law makes it hard to see entrance. Would be helpful to have clear directions before you try to find it just by the sign, like we did (and usually have no trouble).Valódi Expedia visszajelzések
"Days Inn @ Dundee, MI"
The pictures on the internet made the room look bigger than it actually was. Also the same with the pool. It was jacuzzi size. This is not the first Days Inn that does this on the internet. We had also stayed at Days Inn at Somerset, Ky. The same thing with them. The hotel had no elevators and we were put on second floor with a 4 yr old and 6 year old […] to help carry. További részletekHotels.com visszajelzések
"Days Inn & Suites is good for the price."
Not a bad hotel, I just needed it to sleep, I didn't care about the pool (didn't use it or the workout room so don't know if they were good). The bed and pillow was comfortable and the air conditioner worked well. Plus it wasn't too noisy, so it didn't keep me up. It was convenient to Tecumseh, Ann Arbor and the airport. Regular fast food real close […] by, Dundee is a cute town. Was quiet outside my window. I would recommend it. További részletekHotels.com visszajelzések
"ok for the price"
A good little hotel for the value. The people were nice and the rooms were clean.Hotels.com visszajelzések
Az itt található visszajelzések és értékelések a vendégek és szolgáltatók szubjektív véleményei, és nem feltétlenül egyeznek meg a Hotels.com véleményével. Sem a Hotels.com, sem a visszajelzések tartalmát megjelenítő felek nem vállalnak semminemű felelősséget a visszajelzések felhasználásából származó károkért.
Az ehhez a szállodához tartozó, az Ön által megadott dátumokra
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Con Ed's online thermostats are interesting, and it's the first company to offer a remote-control module for window air conditioners, which fill New York apartments by the millions. But Con Ed isn't the only game in town. Smart thermostats are cropping up all over the country. Here are some of the other online thermostats that could be hanging soon on a wall near you.
Nest: This $250 thermostat was designed by the guy who designed the iPod. It's one beautiful thermostat.
It has wi-fi, so it's online. You can control it and review its activity from a phone app or on a Web site. Most remarkably, this thermostat has near- and far-field sensors that detect people's presence in the room. By observing the room and taking note of when you adjust the temperature manually, the Nest learns your schedule—and programs itself.
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The Tolkien Nerd's Guide to The Hobbit
Peter Jackson's blockbuster movie draws upon stories behind stories behind stories, just as J.R.R. Tolkien's original works did.
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- Illustration by Rose Eveleth
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For readers of The Hobbit, which became an almost overnight classic following its 1937 debut, the new movie may elicit some puzzlement. Seemingly extraneous flourishes clog up what many remember as a simple fairy tale, and random characters appear at every twist and turn throughout Middle Earth.
Yet those fans who went on to immerse themselves in J.R.R. Tolkien's wider lore will find inspiration. For the most part, director Peter Jackson does not exercise an extra heaping of artistic license. Rather, Jackson—reportedly something of a nerd himself—borrows from the larger Tolkien literature to create a rich Hobbit tableau.
"Jackson knows the lore pretty well and wanted to bring that larger material in there wherever he could," said Michael Drout, an English professor at Wheaton College who founded the academic journal Tolkien Studies and edited the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. It's this so-called textuality—or texts behind texts behind other texts—that lends Tolkien's work the air of reality, he said, and which Jackson seeks to capture in his films.
Jackson isn't free to tap into any detail he wants from Tolkien's wider works, however. "He had a very difficult task in that the movie rights extend only to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings," said John Rateliff, an independent Tolkien scholar and author of The History of the Hobbit. "He's well aware that there's a great deal more material set in that world, but contractually not allowed to use that material in the movies."
More information about some of the plot threads from The Hobbit movie appear in Unfinished Tales (published posthumously by Tolkien's son, Christopher, in 1980), for example, and The Silmarillion (also published posthumously, in 1977), but Jackson can only hint at the content of these rich texts.
Throughout the film, Jackson tiptoes around this problem, alluding to the larger Tolkien universe when he can. For instance, the mysterious blue wizards, who Gandalf briefly mentions to Bilbo in the movie, are identified by name only in Unfinished Tales, hence Gandalf conveniently "forgetting their names" to spare Jackson a potential lawsuit.
Similarly, while Hugo Weaving's elf lord of Rivendell, Elrond, recognizes that one of the swords recovered from the troll cave hails back to the goblin wars and once belonged to the king of Gondolin, an Elven city that fell to darkness, he fails to mention the king's name, Turgon, and does not add that Turgon is actually his own great-grandfather. These details come from The Silmarillion and The Book of Lost Tales (published posthumously, in 1983 and 1984). "Elrond could have quite easily have said, 'Hey, thanks for bringing that back, we wondered what came of that sword over the last 7,000 years,' but he doesn't," Rateliff said.
At one point, Jackson edges dangerously close to the fine line of intellectual rights. "The Quest of Erebor," a story contained in Unfinished Tales, retells the opening chapter of The Hobbit from Gandalf's point of view. In it, Gandalf justifies his uncanny attraction to Bilbo, a hobbit with "a love of tales" and "eagerness in his bright eyes." In the film, Gandalf chidingly asks when Bilbo became more interested in china and doilies than in adventure, mirroring those lines from Unfinished Tales. "I wonder if the Tolkien estate will sue over it," Drout said. "They are litigious."
Some of the other references are easy to spot, like Frodo's appearance at the beginning of the The Hobbit harkening back to The Fellowship of the Ring. Others are more cryptic, however. With Jackson's obfuscation about where the many threads came from, it would be easy for even the mild Tolkien fanatic to get confused. Recognizing some of these twists may help dubious fans be more supportive of Bilbo's tri-installment cinematic journey—and also appreciate Jackson's own celebrated nerdery.
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Azog the Orc
The big bad from the first movie, for example, is only briefly mentioned in The Hobbit, but more devoted readers recognized this scene from Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings (the appendices are found at the end of The Return of the King, the third book in the trilogy): a battle between orc and dwarf raged at the east gate of Moria. The dwarf prince Thorin, grandson of the King Under the Mountain, received a mighty blow, cleaving his shield in two. Taking up a protective oak branch in its stead, Thorin began pummeling his foes, earning him the moniker Thorin Oakenshield.
Still, Jackson doesn't get it exactly right. This business of Thorin amputating the arm of Azog, the albino orc king, for example, is poppycock so far as the books are concerned. According to Tolkien, Azog first brutally murders Thorin's grandfather in a one-on-one encounter, and there's no arm amputating or all-consuming vendetta following the dwarf-verus-orc showdown—which Azog does not survive. "I was calling Azog "Mobi-Orc," like a cross between Moby Dick and Captain Ahab," Drout said of his reaction while watching The Hobbit. "He's got the missing limb and is after his enemy like Ahab is after the whale."
Dol Guldur and the Darkness
One of The Hobbit's more mysterious characters was the Necromancer, described only as a dark sorcerer of unknown origins.
Elrond describes "a time of watchful peace" after the first fall of Sauron and the taking of the One Ring, depicted in the battle with Isildur in the Fellowship of the Ring movie. But a darkness may be gathering at Dol Guldur, "the hill of sorcery" in Mirkwood forest where the Necromancer reportedly takes up shop. Radagast confirms these rumors by producing the Witch King's sword. These details (save the sword—that's a Hollywood addition) mostly took place offstage in Tolkien's The Hobbit, but Jackson weaves them into his version.
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The graphic is wrong, by the way: the two items attributed to the Unfinished Tales and The Silmarillion are both available: either in The Hobbit or the appendices of The Return of the King. The description of the Misty Mountains adventure is also wrong: they are all captured (except Gandalf) and Bilbo is lost, he doesn't escape. Did they even read the book?
Posted by David on March 24,2013 | 11:56 PM
I disagree with some assertions! "Yet those fans who went on to immerse themselves in J.R.R. Tolkien's wider lore will find inspiration." Nope. I am annoyed at the misreadings, additions, and fabrications that Jackson et al included in what should have been a tightly woven, faster moving tale. Cutting actual story details to make room for additional unnecessary backstory, prologues, and brand new material out of their imagination isn't inspiring, it's bad movie-making. Seen his King Kong? "For the most part, director Peter Jackson does not exercise an extra heaping of artistic license." I disagree. There are too many "additions" to list here, starting with nearly every bit of the prologue about Erebor and Smaug. "Elrond could have quite easily have said, 'Hey, thanks for bringing that back, we wondered what came of that sword over the last 7,000 years,' but he doesn't," Rateliff said. No, he couldn't, because he didn't say it in The Hobbit. Mr. Rateliff, you now have zero credibility. You can't treat characters like they are actually alive, making decisions: the author didn't have him say it, so he couldn't have said it. "With Jackson's obfuscation about where the many threads came from, it would be easy for even the mild Tolkien fanatic to get confused. Recognizing some of these twists may help dubious fans be more supportive of Bilbo's tri-installment cinematic journey—and also appreciate Jackson's own celebrated nerdery." No and no. I am a Tolkien nerd, and it wasn't even slightly confusing, just annoying. I knew Azog was dead. I knew Thror wasn't killed in battle. The White Council was around for a long time before the events in The Hobbit (about the time Smeagol and Deagol find the ring, in fact), she just chose the wrong word, "formed" instead of "convened." She nails the end, however. Peter Jackson is the one making the movies, not me or any other literalist, until the technology catches up, and so he gets to do what he wants.
Posted by David on March 24,2013 | 11:54 PM
This actually makes me a bit more curious about the Hobbit Trilogy, as at least some of the padding sounds interesting. As to the Tolkien Estate and movies, some of the reactions is probably just economic, but there is also fear of a really bad version. In the published Letters of JRR Tolkien, one finds Tolkien's spleen-filled a summary of screen play proposal so truly horrible it could gain Jackson forgiveness for almost anything he did.
Posted by Oscar on January 22,2013 | 10:06 PM
Great article enjoyed the read.
Posted by Georgia on January 9,2013 | 06:14 AM
Mount GundAbad Just sayin' ;)
Posted by Marc on January 7,2013 | 06:15 PM
Just from reading this article I know this is one movie I will NOT be seeing; it reads like a monumental excuse for padding the story-line to make the film more 'marketable.' And I firmly agree with Christopher Tolkien's attitude, especially after seeing the shambles Disney made out of C.S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles. Fortunately T.S. Eliot refused Disney's offer to animate his poems (they made "The Aristocats" instead) - and the final result was Webber's CATS.
Posted by Shir-El on January 7,2013 | 05:00 PM
The one major error that Ms Nuwer (and apparently every one else) totally overlooks is the key fact that the One Ring stops the aging process. A person in possesion of the Ring does not age, and will look the same after 60 (or 100 or 1000) years after finding it. Indeed, for all his toothless gauntness, Gollum appears far younger than the "old" Bilbo even though on their first meeting he is several hundreds of years older. Yet when Bilbo finally gives up the Ring, he seems to have aged considerably from the character that found it under the Misty Mountains. As he was already "middle-aged" for a Hobbit, there is no reason the same actor could have portrayed him in both movies, IMO.
Posted by John Jones on January 6,2013 | 09:30 AM
I wish the Tolkien Estate wasn't so antagonistic about Hollywood making film versions of the books. I understand some of what they're getting at, but movies attract a wider audience than books, so if they embrace the films then they'll get more positive exposure than if they try to fight them. I'm reading The Children of Húrin right now, and it would make an excellent film—if Christopher Tolkien wasn't such a Scrooge about it. He has handled his position superbly and I really appreciate the work he's done to get JRRT's other stories out there, but Christopher is doing the Tolkien Estate more harm than good by fighting Hollywood so much.
Posted by Cillendor on January 5,2013 | 05:44 AM
10 year old Estel you mean. And that would be Wellywood's "stab at Tolkien", if that's how you would put it. But very good article, very thorough examination. I noticed many of these things in the movie, and am glad they're there.
Posted by on January 4,2013 | 08:12 PM
In Jackson's take, Aragorn would be about 27 not 10.
Posted by Joe zz on January 4,2013 | 04:31 PM
The Silmarilion was published in 1977, not 1983.
Posted by Oren on January 4,2013 | 01:35 PM
It's Middle-earth and not Middle Earth. Please show some more respect to the source material.
Posted by Oren on January 4,2013 | 01:29 PM
The inclusion of "The Quest of Erebor" in THE ANNOTATED HOBBIT might have given Jackson a loophole for the extent of it's inclusion in THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY.
Posted by Otaku-sempai on January 4,2013 | 11:47 AM
Gundabad is really spelled with an A, not O.
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Everyone knows there are too many cougars in that valley to hike with a 60lb pack on your back! I'll show you some of the pictures I took of the runs between 8-10 miles in. Some of the largest resident trout I've seen on any system over there who went absolute barracuda on a rolled muddler. The swinging runs were some of the best I've fished. Nothing to hand but trout - but we were fishing in May which isn't a great time for steelhead and the springers are....mythical. I'll be making a go of that trail in March this year come hell or high water. Get yourself a pack llama and make it happen. This could actually be "your thing".
That is one dam sturdy looking llama. Are they as expensive as scadden trailers? That thing would be a sweet casting platform too
Jesse, is this the year that we're hiking up and floating out? Should probably put in for the time off with the wife.
this hike in ride out is something I am interested in doing. I long to wear the same pair of underwear for days and not bathe while casting to fish
Jesse, I picked up an Alpacka raft recently, so that sheds 32 pounds of pack weight, making the hike feasible for my lazy aging bones. Sg
I would suspect that any newb who has followed this thread all the way to this post has by now decided to just take up golf instead...
Went to the Sky today. Hooked my first today. The fish took at the end of my swing, and fought with me for about 15 seconds. Unfortunately I do not think I set the hook well cause I lost it. Pretty pissed.
Went fishing today with sir Danielocean. We headed out to the sky and got there at around 9am. After hiking down to the river and then downstream about a quarter mile, passing a dozen or so gear chuckers (2 of which had fish) and a few fly fishers, we made it to a gorgeous open run. After casting and wading out to where we wanted to be, just a few swings later I heard a loud WHOOOOOO yell from downstream and ladies and gentlemen I am proud to say that our friend Daniel hooked himself a steelhead. There was a huge bend in his rod, and just as I was going to grab my phone to capture this moment in history with a picture, his rod straightened back out as the fish shook free. Shit. We went back to casting for a few minutes and then I heard another WHOOOOOOOO. No fucking way I thought to myself. I quickly looked downstream, and yup, I was right. There wasn't another steelhead on the end of his line. There was however 2 flailing arms and a head poking out of the water. Our friend daniel had lost his footing and down he went. A refreshing spill it must have been as I was still sweating from our hike. After confirming he was OK and uninjured, it was pretty amusing for both of us. He got dried off and was back fishing soon after. Not another bite for either of us the rest of the day, with the exception of a trout that I didn't even know I had hooked until he took his 2nd jump when I was stripping in some line. I'm pretty sure my leech pattern was longer than this little guy. He shook free at my feet so I wasn't able to confirm. We hiked back to where we parked about a half mile away and enjoyed a delicious beer. It was a good day.
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I love how they even interviewed an editor from Conan (who were FCP guys, but after their last video I'm not sure how long they will be :)
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I watched the video of the event. AVID was smart to go to Hollywood. That is where there massive foothold and a very specific segment of the editing market. It will be nice to see the 64 bit version on a MAC. it's so funny to hear AVID talk about openness. That marks a huge culture shift.
Haha, awesome! Makes sense now :) I was kinda hoping you'd read some interesting SIGGRAPH math paper about a perfect mathematical model for color conversion or something... for a while I thought you meant ColorSync but then ColorSync uses LUTs anyway. Personally I just like the idea of having software that doesn't try to do anything automagically for you. Just give it support for input LUTs (to convert various sources into your unified working colorspace) and display LUTs (to display your timeline image as accurately as possible on your monitors) and I'd be happy.
Didn't Avid get a complete management change in 2009? Which would kinda explain why everything has changed so much recently. I mean, when new management came in, Avid:
- became RED-friendly
- canned Xpress DV, cut the price of Media Composer from $4995 to $2495, and offered a $500 upgrade from Xpress DV to Media Composer
- got Pro Tools and Media Composer able to run on the same computer
- got Pro Tools to open up to any audio device and gave us cheaper surround sound mixing options without ProTools HD
- similarly begun to open up Media Composer to all 3rd party devices
- MichaelP devoted his life to helping us on Reduser
I am 100% with you on the problems of Avid of old. Before 2009 I would use their systems at work - there were a lot of good things but the general attitude of the company meant that I refused to give them a cent of my personal money! But after they did that whole "we are listening" thing and THEN followed up... meanwhile Apple was still not bothering to fix gamma bugs or offer any kind of roadmap, while Premiere didn't even support dual-system sound or offer a high-quality compressed workflow (why they never bought Cineform is beyond me), I decided "hey maybe out of all of the editorial software companies, this is the one that I should get behind because they are the only ones actually making an attempt to serve my needs." So I bought a copy of Xpress DV from Jaagdy on Reduser, upgraded it to Media Composer for $500 and... profit?
Bruce Allen
All kidding aside in this thread. I really appreciate this explanation. I had no idea about all of these recent changes. Indeed the management tram who spoke at the event came off as genuine.
It's worth taking another look.
I'm also waiting for Lightworks on a mac.
Thanks again.
It's not so recently, I've been trying to convince people that Avid is a good choice for some time now, but they seem to need a kick in the groin by Apple before realizing how abusive that father really is. Now when I say Avid is a good choice they just sit in silence.I had no idea about all of these recent changes
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis, point to people in the crowd at a welcome home rally Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012 in Waukesha, Wis. / AP photo/Jeffrey Phelps
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney chose Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate in Norfolk, Va. last Saturday in a decision pundits say could sharpen the presidential debate on key economic and fiscal issues in coming months.
Ryan, the 42-year-old chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Budget as well as a senior member of the Committee on Ways and Means, has in recent years played an active role in the Republicans initiative to cut federal spending and taxes. His selection conveys an effort by the Romney camp to bring the budget and spending to the forefront of the election.
With energy and vision, Paul Ryan has become an intellectual leader of the Republican Party, Romney said in his Saturday statement. He understands the fiscal challenges facing America: our exploding deficits and crushing debtand the fiscal catastrophe that awaits us if we dont change course.
Florida State University political science professor Carol Weissert said Romneys decision could bring new life to his election initiatives after a relatively stagnant few months on the campaign trail.
Paul Ryan is very well known in Republican circles and hes still relatively young, said Weissert. I think many Republicans see him as an enthusiastic campaigner who will bring a lot of energy to the Romney Campaign. Hes also very well versed in economic and fiscal policy, which is going to help sharpen the focus of Romneys campaign.
Since Saturdays announcement, Republicans have expressed their elation with Romneys decision including FSU College Republicans President Matt Hoopfer, who said Ryans selection was a move of much needed boldness.
This election is going to be all about the economy, job creation and reducing the deficit, Hoopfer said. Paul Ryan was a bold pick for Romney, but thats exactly what his campaign needed. Both Romney and Ryan have business experience, and as running mates theyre going to keep the focus of the campaign on whats important.
But Ryans selection has also brought on new debate about the future of Medicare, a program that Ryan has vowed to reform. Florida State University College Democrats President Matty Budesa said Romneys choice of Ryan for his running mate shows a definite attempt to garner the conservative vote.
Romneys selection of Paul Ryan really shows an appeal to right-wingers, especially considering Ryans advocacy of Medicare reform and conservative fiscal policy, said Budesa. I think that in doing so, Romneys choice could isolate a lot of moderate and independent voters.
Budesa also said she believes political differences between Romney and Ryan could create conflict from within the campaign.
They dont exactly see eye to eye on certain things. Romney has had a big impact with elderly voters while Ryans advocacy of Medicare reform has been unpopular among many, said Budesa. Theres always possibilities of internal problems arising between the two.
President Obama criticized Ryans stance on Medicare in a Wednesday address in Iowa, saying that Ryans plan would force seniors to pay an extra $6,400 a year, for health coverage.
My plan has already extended Medicare by nearly a decade, President Obama said in his speech. Their plan ends Medicare as we know it. My plan reduces the cost of Medicare by cracking down on fraud and waste and subsidies to insurance companies. Their plan makes seniors pay more so they can give another tax cut to millionaires and billionaires.
Still, Weissert says while Romneys choice may bring more fiscal debate to the campaign, she doubts his running mate selection will influence the outcome of the election too drastically.
Its always possible for a candidates running mate selection to help or hurt their efforts, said Weissert. But I just cant see it altering the course of the election entirely. At the end of the day, people are going to primarily focus on what the presidential candidate himself says and does.


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So, to start off, I'm going to copy what I had posted for background on Anabolics. Everything is the same so here it goes:
Hello everyone,
First off, background. I have never done a PH or steroid or anything, so this would be my first try. I have worked out forever now, played football in high school and college for a while, was at 250lb peak weight, around 15% BF (needed a little extra playing MLB). Then I hit a "low", a lot of work, school, partying, etc, got chubby, working out wasn't as frequent anymore. That was last year.
This year I've got a big boy job, work full time, good ol' 8-6, and have finally gotten my life in order again. Muscle memory has been good to me, 4 months of heavy workout and I reached a lot of my old muscle, but that came along with some extra fat. I got to 240, but with 20% BF, not ideal. So I worked hard to change that. Let's start digging into training. I workout ideally 5 days a week. Ideally because it variates. I never work out less than 3 days a week but sometimes I will go for 6, 7. On my workout I focus on doing negative exercises for the first 4 - 6 sets of the night and then aim for 6 for the rest. Here's what my week usually consists off:
Monday - Chest / Back; after workout I usually jump rope / do ab work for about 30 minutes.
Tuesday - Cardio. About 45 minutes. Usually eliptical, some running, biking, cycle classes sometimes.
Wednesday - Legs / Shoulders
Thursday - Cardio
Friday - Bi / Tri / Forearm; same deal with jump rope / ab work.
Sometimes I will go for cardio Saturday / Sunday, Shin Splint permitting.
Ok, so that's done. Nutrition. Perfectly in check there. I have been doing a CKD diet for about a month now. It has been very kind to me, I lost 15lbs, and am now at about 15% BF, weighting in at 230 currently. Am going to be keeping myself at 100 calories below maintanance.
I'm not really looking for something to "bulk" up, more to lose the little extra fat and gain some muscle while at it, definition is a big, BIG thing for me. I plan on continuing with my CKD diet (note on my CKD diet: almost all of my fats come from healthy source; nuts are abundant on my diet, mix it up with almonds, walnuts, pecans) and go for a good recomp there. Gain of 5lb and keeping BF low is my main goal. So I'm looking for feedback on what I think I finally figured out will be my first cycle.
My plan is to go from 4 - 6 weeks of AndroHard and Dermacrine. I purchased 2 bottles of Androhard, which I will be using at recommended dosage. I understand Dermacrine is a good tag along, but was wondering if one bottle at recomended dosage will do the job and if not, how should I reduce it so I can use it for the period I'm using Androhard or how should I mix the two together. This is where I need most of the help, I have researched here but it seems a lot of people had multiple bottles of this and that is something I can not afford right now, unfortunately. So how should I spread this out and stack the two? Suggestions are much appreciated.
Supps I will be using alongside:
Life Support (I take it normally just as a multi almost for overall health benefits)
Omega 3-6-9
Chromium Picolinate
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Creatine Mono
For PCT I will keep all the staples I currently have and add the TRS. I will have a SERM (Clomid) at hand but wasn't planning on using unless something came up. I hear TRS gets the job done very well.
I am going to the doctor before I start this for my yearly physical, get a full blood pannel done and just check on overall health. Probably stop by after I'm done with it as well to guarantee I'm back to my original.
I have been a fairly active member of this great community for over 3 years now and I finally think is time for me to embark on this train so I am really looking forward this and hopefully get some good results out of it.


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Women's Movement Energized at National Meet By Susan Webb People's World July 7 2010 http://www.peoplesworld.org/women-s-movement-energized-at-national-meet/ BOSTON Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, issued a three-point "charge" to more than 300 activists gathered here for the group's national conference over the July 4 weekend: Beat back the new attacks on Social Security - it's a women's issue. Repeal the anti-abortion Hyde amendment. Elect women to public office. "We're facing enormous challenges," O'Neill told the participants. She summed up the anger widely expressed here over new abortion restrictions included in the health reform law enacted earlier this year. They expand on the 1976 Hyde amendment prohibiting federal funding for abortions. Although speakers welcomed the health reform law as a step in the right direction, the new restrictions make it so cumbersome for insurance companies to provide coverage for abortion that, O'Neill predicted, within five to 10 years they won't bother. She warned that this is not the end of the religious right-wing agenda - we can expect next an attack on birth control, and on maternity care. To let lawmakers know "it's not ok to attack women's access to health care," she said, it's necessary to fight to repeal the Hyde amendment. In a particularly compelling address, Nebraska doctor Leroy Carhart related harrowing stories of women who have come to him in desperation for a late-term abortion because the growing thicket of restrictions blocked early termination of very problematic pregnancies. In several cases the fetuses had profound abnormalities. Some of the women were teenagers contemplating suicide. Carhart was a colleague of Dr. George Tiller, who was killed by an anti-abortion fanatic because Tiller provided late-term abortions. Carhart's farm was burned a few years ago, killing 17 horses and other animals. "Abortion is a matter of the heart," Carhart said. "I trust women to know when is the right time to bring a child into this world." O'Neill emphasized that the "fiscal responsibility and reform" commission created by President Obama poses a "serious economic threat" to women, with its Democratic and Republican co-chairs targeting Social Security for cuts. NOW's Jan Erickson told a packed workshop on the issue that Social Security is "absolutely critical for women," providing the sole income for millions of older women. The cause of the federal deficit, speakers charged, is not Social Security but unfunded "wars of choice" in Iraq and Afghanistan, tax cuts for the super-rich, and financial deregulation. Lois Herr, running to unseat Republican Joe Pitts in Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District, made a fiery speech in a plenary session on electing women. Pitts was the co-author with Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak of the abortion restrictions added to the health reform bill. Herr called Pitts a "poster child for what the far right is trying to do to us. ... They want to control almost everything we do with our bodies, but they don't want to control the rich," she said. It's not just abortion, she warned. "They're going to be after affirmative action too." "This election we have to be really mad," Herr said. "We have to send a message to the right wing." She asked the audience, "Will you go home and work to make that happen?" Speakers stressed the need for more women to run for office. But they emphatically rejected Republican efforts to "co-opt" feminism for a right-wing agenda with the likes of Sarah Palin and Carly Fiorina, the California Senate candidate. 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Great item for the Chainsaw box
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Folks this is a felling wedge. Not a splitter.When usedd with chainsaw it keeps the chainsaw from becoming barpinched in larger fells.
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Great spiral wedge
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This is a spiral wedge. So it twists as you drive it in, prying the log apart very efficiently. Works better than the diamond-shaped 4-way wedge, in my opinion.
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Works as designed, for splitting wood rounds. Seems more efficient than the wood grenade style.
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Bought this to break up some small logs for the firepit. This wedge is thicker than most. This can work well once you have a crack started with a thinner wedge or maul but starting this wedge is tough. Good as a companion tool.
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Saturday's game between the Wichita B-52s and the Dallas Sidekicks has been postponed indefinitely.
Wichita's indoor soccer team takes on team it lost to in opener
Kevin Jackson scored the game-winning goal with 1 minute, 24 seconds left, giving the B-52s an 8-7 win over the Illinois Piasa on Saturday in Pontoon Beach, Ill.
PARK CITY — The Wichita B-52s lost 6-5 in an overtime shootout to the Hidalgo La Fiera on Saturday night at Hartman Arena in what B-52s coach Larry Inlow described as one of the strangest games he has ever been a part of in terms of refereeing.
Chris Lemons keeps finding opportunities to play soccer in Wichita, and though he has recently contemplated retirement, the B-52s defender has found it difficult to say no to earning money for something he'd be doing anyway.
Midfielder Matt Clare scored the winning goal with just under six minutes left in the game on an assist by Alex Mosely, giving the Wichita B-52s a 9-8 win over Illinois in the indoor soccer team's home-opener Saturday night at Hartman Arena.
The B-52s lost to Dallas 15-3 in their franchise debut last weekend on the road, but the lopsided defeat provided Wichita's professional soccer team with a barometer.
The Dallas Sidekicks beat the Wichita B-52s 15-3 on Saturday night in the B52s' first game in the Premier Arena Soccer League.
Larry Inlow's heart is ready to give up the Wings team name, but his brain is still holding onto it. Or maybe it's the other way around.
The Wichita B-52s will open its first Premier Arena Soccer League season at Dallas on Nov. 2 and play its home opener Nov. 9 against Illinois.
The Wichita Wings franchise will probably not play next season in the Major Indoor Soccer League, as the employee in charge of handling the sale of the team for owner Wink Hartman said a local ownership group was unlikely to be approved.
Since Wink Hartman Sr. announced on the Wichita Wings website Tuesday morning that he's trying to sell the indoor soccer team, several local and out-of-state buyers have expressed interest.
The Wichita Wings closed out the season with an 8-6 loss at Milwaukee on Sunday, dropping the Wings to 7-19 overall and cementing a second consecutive last-place finish in the Major Indoor Soccer League.
The Missouri Comets erased a 6-0 deficit in the first 1:33 of the second quarter to take an 8-6 lead over the Wichita Wings on the way to a 15-11 win on Sunday at Independence, Mo.
Syracuse broke open a tight game with goals two minutes apart in the third quarter of a 15-10 win over the Wings on Friday night in Syracuse, N.Y.
The Wichita Wings lost to the Rochester Lancers11-10 on Monday night at Rochester, N.Y.
PARK CITY — Inconsistency has been a recurring theme to the Wings' season. Coach LeBaron Hollimon mentions it, the Wings players mention it, and Friday's game against the Baltimore Blast at home was the perfect display of it.
John Blazek is pleased with the performance of Wings coach LeBaron Hollimon and the team's three-year plan is being executed essentially the way it was drafted.
PARK CITY — The last time Rochester played in Wichita, it ended a four-game home winning streak for the Wings, and started a five -game losing streak that bled into Saturday's game against ... Rochester.
Whether the Wichita Wings find themselves at home, as they are for the next two games, or on the road, as they will be for the final five games of the regular season, the wins need to start coming.
The Wings scored two in 10 seconds during the third quarter Thursday night in Chicago. The other 59-plus minutes were the problem in an 8-6 loss to the Soul, the Wings' fifth straight loss.
PARK CITY — It's easy to pinpoint when things came undone for the Wichita Wings in Saturday night's 15-12 loss to the Chicago Soul at Hartman Arena.
PARK CITY — The Wings didn't beat first-place Milwaukee Friday night at Hartman Arena, falling 12-10 after a furious fourth-quarter comeback, but Wichita may have found the formula for doing so.
Wings forward Tiguinho can pinpoint the time when he determined that getting his teammates involved offensively was more important than his own scoring.
The Chicago Soul defeated the Wichita Wings 23-14 on Monday night in Chicago.
PARK CITY — There is proof in the previous four home games that Wichita's defense has found a secure identity. Even on Friday, the Wings' defense didn't seem ineffective, but the 19-10 loss to Rochester suggests otherwise.
Now that the Wings have reached the halfway point, coach LeBaron Hollimon feels he can give a fair depiction of their MISL season, at least more accurately than when they limped to a 1-5 start.
PARK CITY — With less than five minutes to play, leading by three points and given a power-play opportunity, the Wichita Wings all but had the soccer game wrapped up Saturday night.
Like many young Wichita soccer fans during the 1980s and 1990s, a significant portion of Chris Lemons' childhood was spent at the Kansas Coliseum watching the Wings.
The Wings lost a 7-3 first-quarter lead on Sunday, falling to the Missouri Comets 24-11 in a Major Indoor Soccer League game at Independence, Mo.
PARK CITY — Freddie Moojen's second goal of the game came early in the second quarter on Saturday against Chicago, and it couldn't have been scripted any better.
PARK CITY — The Wichita Wings haven't quite peaked, but coach LeBaron Hollimon believes they are close after their 14-8 Major Indoor Soccer League win over Syracuse on Friday night.
Andrew Hoxie played the first three years of his professional soccer career in Rochester, N.Y., but it was never really home.
PARK CITY — It was obvious that the Wichita Wings were clicking in all phases on Friday — finally.
Matthew Clare has played professional soccer in seven cities in a brief career. It's part of the life of a minor-league player, but it's never easy to move on to the next city, especially when it's out of the player's control.
MISL leading scorer Doug Miller had five points, leading the Rochester Lancers to a 10-6 win over the Wichita Wings on Saturday afternoon in Rochester, N.Y.
The Wings' road swing through the Major Indoor Soccer League's eastern cities continues Saturday with a noon game against the Rochester Lancers.
Geison scored an unassisted goal almost seven minutes into overtime to push the Wings past host Syracuse 12-10 on Saturday night in an Major Indoor Soccer League game.
Adauto Neto assisted on Baltimore's go-ahead goal in the third quarter then scored an insurance goal in the final six minutes as the unbeaten Blast beat the Wings 10-6 on Friday in Baltimore.
The Wings tonight will play their first soccer game since a four-player trade that sent mainstays Jamar Beasley and Bryan Perez to Syracuse and brought back midfielders Andre Berenzon and Matthew Clare from the Silver Knights.


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What is LASIK? The eye and vision errors There are three primary types of refractive errors:
Combinations of myopia and astigmatism or hyperopia and astigmatism are common. Glasses or contact lenses are designed to compensate for the eye's imperfections. Surgical procedures aimed at improving the focusing power of the eye are called refractive surgery. In LASIK surgery, precise and controlled removal of corneal tissue by a special laser reshapes the cornea changing its focusing power. Other types of refractive surgery Another type of refractive surgery is thermokeratoplasty in which heat is used to reshape the cornea. The source of the heat can be a laser, but it is a different kind of laser than is used for LASIK and PRK. Other refractive devices include corneal ring segments that are inserted into the stroma and special contact lenses that temporarily reshape the cornea (orthokeratology). What the FDA regulates In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the sale of medical devices such as the lasers used for LASIK. Before a medical device can be legally sold in the U.S., the person or company that wants to sell the device must seek approval from the FDA. To gain approval, they must present evidence that the device is reasonably safe and effective for a particular use, the "indication." Once the FDA has approved a medical device, a doctor may decide to use that device for other indications if the doctor feels it is in the best interest of a patient. The use of an approved device for other than its FDA-approved indication is called "off-label use." The FDA does not regulate the practice of medicine. The FDA does not have the authority to:
The first refractive laser systems approved by FDA were excimer lasers for use in PRK to treat myopia and later to treat astigmatism. However, doctors began using these lasers for LASIK (not just PRK), and to treat other refractive errors (not just myopia). Over the last several years, LASIK has become the main surgery doctors use to treat myopia in the United States. More recently, some laser manufacturers have gained FDA approval for laser systems for LASIK to treat myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism and for PRK to treat hyperopia and astigmatism. |


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Red CloudRed Cloud, 1822–1909, Native North American chief, leader of the Oglala Sioux. He led the Native American warfare against the establishment of the Bozeman Trail (see Bozeman, John M.). The Fetterman Massacre (see Fetterman, William Judd) in 1866 led to partial abandonment of the trail. Red Cloud's continual hostility led the government finally to abandon completely (1868) the trail and the forts built to protect it. After signing a treaty he lived in peace with the whites, although he was later charged with duplicity in encouraging hostile Native Americans. Deposed as chief in 1881, he lived thereafter in retirement on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. See J. C. Olson, Red Cloud and the Sioux Problem (1965). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Red Cloud from Fact Monster:
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