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This, this was a tough one. A lot has been said about the launch of Diablo 3, some bad, some good. A lot of discussion about error number this and error number that, lack of proper offline play, and a busted auction house. While these are perfectly valid concerns to have with the launch of a game, how much do they affect me, the person who is reviewing this game and my overall opinion as a result? Truth be told I was expecting this to be my popcorn game of the summer, one I could just switch off my brain and totally enjoy even with all the crap that Blizzard managed to shovel in my face as a consumer. But now that I spend my time critically analyzing it, I see a lot of great things, and a lot of not so great things that really had me questioning if the twelve year wait was worth it. As a Diablo fan I'm torn between telling you, dear reader, that this is the game you've been waiting for, but that it is also one of Blizzard's weakest efforts in quite a while, which really isn't saying much. But let's see if I can try to keep the lynch mob away from my door, shall we?
Diablo 3, do we need much explaining of the story? Well sure let's do that for the sake of coverage. Pick up arms as one of five classes that is hell bent on stopping the forces of darkness. Find Deckard Cain and the falling star that shook the land. And from there it's a nonstop battle against Belial, Azmodan, and the Prime Evil itself in a quest that will shake the very heavens. I'm being vague for the purpose of avoiding spoilers and I already feel like I gave away too much. But it's a pretty good story that ties in well with the previous games. It's nice and succinct but leaves itself open to possible post-game content that could be totally awesome. The first run through of the game will take roughly between twelve to fifteen hours depending on how much exploration you do, and it's a very linear path throughout. But that first playthrough kind of serves more as a tutorial for things to come in subsequent playthroughs. For while there is a good story here, the meat and potatoes of the game is in the dungeon raiding trying to find that sweet, sweet loot.
The gameplay is really the same old dungeon crawling that gamers have come to love with Diablo, Torchlight, and other games in the genre. Comb a dungeon for enemies and treasure, and then take it back to a vendor for some better stuff. In this case things are a little bit different this time around. In Diablo 3 there is plenty of stuff to find, and a lot of it really is junk, so rather than pawn it off to a random NPC for piddly change, there is the option to reduce stuff to base components that can then be traded to a blacksmith for a better item. And with random properties being generated with each attempt to craft something that hook of 'just one more shot' at crafting becomes a new type of addiction. Sure it's great when you find a nice item in a dungeon, but is it all the more satisfying when you trade in those hard earned materials to generate the most bad-ass weapon or piece of armor you've ever seen.
There's also legendary gear out there, making the hunt for rare items all the more addicting and time consuming. It's really easy to lose track of time in the midst of dungeon runs while looking for some epic drops, which I think is really the hallmark of a great game. I find myself looking at the in-game clock not to see what time it is, but to see how much longer I can go before I need to get ready for work, go to sleep, meet up with people. People complain about a loss in social life with a game like Diablo, but I've found it easier than ever to just jump in and jump out of a friend's game. And Blizzard has made that infinitely easier by having players on at all times with simple drop-in drop-out multiplayer. In addition to that, everyone playing gets drops, albeit different items, so it's much less of a scramble to kill the rare mobs and bounce from a game. So long as players are present in the game, they can receive items, which may account for why there is so much trash in the game. It is literally pointless to pick up anything white after the first chapter in the game. The monetary gain from these items is nonexistent which leaves a lot of items on the ground and can drive some players nuts. I had to retrain myself a bit to treat this more like an MMO in that I don't want common drops because they'll just take up space in my inventory that could be better filled with gems or rings or materials.
Outside of the kill and loot gameplay there hasn't been any major re-factoring in how the game is played. Each class feels distinctly different, from the keep away tactics of a demon hunter (which I rolled through the main campaign, and hated the end of the game for it), to the rough and tumble monk, it's easy to find a class and just stick with it and find plenty of different styles of play for that character class. I found myself playing an avoid build of the demon hunter, doing indirect damage through traps and sentry guns and pets. A high damage output build will be viable later on in the game and will be necessary for higher difficulties, but for the time being I stick to having plenty of Hatred and Discipline, renewable energies that powered my skills and traps. This build actually caused me a lot of trouble late in the game on normal difficulty, putting me up against a final boss that I didn't do a single shot of direct damage to. Perhaps I built my character wrong, but I was able to eke out an eventual win, and it was satisfying to say the least. Leveling up comes fast and furious in Diablo 3, and in turn will unlock a lot of the abilities for each character quickly. There is a wealth of abilities for each character and makes each build feel a bit unique. There isn't any pressure to place points in to the character's stats any more which is kind of a weak way to go about leveling up. This places a lot more emphasis on the gear that players pick up and in turn drives their auction house model, making items with higher stat values more desirable, and as the difficulty ramps up, these items will drop like mad.
As the game progresses, players can unlock followers who will aid the player in their quest. These people are quite helpful but at the same time nowhere near as useful as the pets in Torchlight. They don't have inventory, but they function as an additional party member while playing solo games and can carry weapons and a small amount of trinkets. Once another player drops in to the game, they take their leave, causing a headache in certain scenarios. I had a game closed so that only friends could join, and one did so right at the start of a boss fight. This didn't bring them in to the boss instance, but it still made the enemies stronger, and took my companion away from me. Needless to say, I was killed off swiftly by the stronger mobs that this boss summoned. The companion is a welcome addition to the world of Diablo 3, I just hope Blizzard makes them more useful in the future. Even though I was selective about the items I picked up during the course of the game I still found myself returning to town quite frequently. I must say how happy I am that the town portal is now a skill and is no longer relegated to an item that needs to be carried. The same goes for the identify scrolls, those are gone now, and with a simple right click, the player can identify an item themselves, saving a great deal of time and hassle from going back to town.
Visually this game looks great. I've seen a lot of complaints online about how the game looks and honestly I just don't see the problem here. It is very obvious that the art style of World of Warcraft has influenced this game in some way, but I don't see how else this game could have visually progressed and still look good. The game still retains a gothic look to it, and covers a very large variety of landscapes, from sewers to deserts, oases to catacombs, crypts to well, I'll just stop before I spoil anything, but it all looks great, even on some of the lower settings this game looks good. I've played Diablo 3 between a Macbook Pro and a fairly beefy desktop PC (Core i7 [first gen], 6GB RAM, 7200RPM HDD, and GTX570) and the difference between the two has mostly been frame-rate, and effects related. The game dipped below 30 FPS on the Macbook Pro on lower settings, while constantly remaining in the high 90's with the desktop on higher settings. Load times were short and drops in frame-rate would occur when action got intense or a ton of things exploded on screen at once.
Diablo 3's soundtrack does a great job of retaining the feel of previous games. It's ambient, knows when to keep things tense in battle, and generally fits the game perfectly. The voice acting is solid for the most part, with a character here or there that's a little too heavy on the accent. The only downside is that your companion likes to shoot the breeze, a lot, and this means a lot of repeated lines over the course of an adventure. The same can be said for the player character, who always has a quip at the ready when demolishing a ton of enemies in one fell swoop or upon leveling up.
For all of the things it seems like Diablo 3 gets right, it's hard to find a lot of faults. Unfortunately these faults are more the result of how Blizzard wants to do business with its customers. And while I recognize that it is their prerogative to do as they see fit, it has still left a somewhat bitter taste in my mouth regarding how I enjoy this game. First of all, the lack of any offline gameplay. Players are required to always be online when playing Diablo 3. This makes it a pain for anyone on the go, because without access to an internet, there is no game to play. People are paying money for a game that is required to always be on, yet in the first week we have seen takedown after takedown of the server to fix some sort of issue plaguing the game. Do I have things I can be doing outside of the game? Absolutely, but when I want to dedicate my free time to roaming some dungeons, having the game offline just drives me to go play some other game, and when Blizzard wants people to play their game, but can't, they've effectively shot themselves in the foot. I get that this is meant to be a means to stop piracy and protect the game from duplicators that ran rampant in previous games, but the onus is on Blizzard, not the people who bought the game to enjoy. They should have had other measures in place so that people can enjoy the game, whenever it is convenient to the buyer, not to Blizzard. A second point I want to make about this requirement to always be online, it harms the gameplay itself. Nothing is more annoying than having the server make an authoritative call on where I am going to be in the game. If I roll away from a pack of enemies closing in on me, I expect to get the hell out of the way, not be snapped back in to place. I couldn't count the number of times I died because of this. I run a fairly fast connection at home and encountered this numerous times, and against boss fights, it is the most infuriating thing that this game can do.
Beyond that, there have been random bugs and what I could only assume were questionable design decisions. I've had loot disappear from a dungeon after returning through a town portal, and I've had questionable AI calls by the companions, but nothing truly game breaking. As I write this review, the auction-house is in a semi-working state, which is slightly better than it was at launch, but I would have rather Blizzard just waited until all was ready rather than let people who paid for the game be beta testers for the service. They had the auction house available during the beta, but I can only assume that releasing the game to the masses showed them that their servers weren't ready for the load the users would bring.
And through it all, Diablo 3 is a great game. It retains the aspects of past games that worked great and it improves upon a lot of things, streamlines the experience and makes it all work in the face of some business decisions that gamers will unfortunately have to simply deal with. Hopefully in time Blizzard can patch the game to allow for a proper offline experience. In the meantime, pick up games with friends is really the best way to enjoy Diablo 3, raid those dungeons, find that loot, get those cheevos, it's all in good fun. Blizzard may not have reinvented the wheel with this one, but they made one that will last however many years we'll have to wait for the next Diablo game, or until Torchlight 2 comes out, only the gameplay will tell.
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3D Design presents the F06 6 Series Gran Coupe. The F06 program consists of a front lip spoiler manufactured in urethane with carbon fiber accents, a full carbon fiber rear diffuser, and a more aggressive urethane trunk spoiler.
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Now that the 2014 M6 Gran Coupe has been officially announced and introduced by BMW, test prototypes are free to go full monty in public.
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The recommended retail price in Germany is 128.800
Hamann has taken the sleek and classy 6 Series Gran Coupe and added what the tuning company feels are some necessary cosmetic changes for some added aggression. Can't say that it's an improvement, but it's certainly a change.
The Hamann BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe comes with a full body kit including a full front bumper with custom grille and LED DRLs, side skirts, full rear bumper with vents for cooling the brakes, a trunk spoiler, roof spoiler, rear diffuser, and a wild carbon fiber hood.
It rides on 21-inch aluminum alloy wheels and 30-mm lowered suspension system.
Painted in the style of a BMW Art car, this BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe (650i) M Sport is currently on display as part of an art exhibition titled "The Road is your Easl" in Abu Dhabi Motors' showroom in Umm Al Nar, which features art by internationally renowned artists such from the likes of Andy Warhol and Ki Soo Kwon. The show runs until December 6th, 2012. via BMW Middle East
Have a gander at the first images of the AC Schnitzer 6 Series M Sport Package aero kit, consisting of a carbon fiber front spoiler lip and rear diffuser which each attach to the OEM 6 Series M Sport aero parts.
Have a peek at the first completely uncovered 2014 M6 Gran Coupe, captured by a daring photographer in a BMW factory. It may only be a side view, but there's no doubt this is the M6 Gran Coupe.
Its blue M brakes (a new M signature going forward), sideskirts, and mirrors are all evidence this is the M6 Gran Coupe.
What is also seen for the first time on this car are the production wheels, a completely new BMW wheel design.
The latest outing by the upcoming 2014 M6 Gran Coupe (M6GC) leaves little else to be revealed. Not that there were many surprises to be revealed in the first place, as the M6GC was expected to share bodywork and most everything else with the F13 Coupe and F12 Convertible variants, but this prototype shows the sculpted roof (carbon fiber underneath the camouflage, just like 6 Series Coupe) and a set of carbon ceramic brakes for the first time.
This is also the first M6GC prototype we have seen sporting the M6 coupe and convertible's double-slat kidney grilles with M6 badge.
The M6 Gran Coupe will arrive as a 2014 model year and see its auto show debut at the 2013 Detroit NAIAS in January 2013 or the 2013 … CONTINUED
Latest render by resident artist Harold Wood of the 2013/2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe (F06), which will debut early next year.
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BMW has now finally officially acknowledged the model to be coming next year (US and worldwide). It will likely arrive as a 2014 model year and see its auto show debut at the 2013 NAIAS in Detroit or the 2013 Geneva show. Expect the first details of the car to be announced online by the end of this year.
The M6 Gran Coupe will be powered by the same S63Tu engine as the M5 and M6, but possibly be introduced with a bit more power than the 560hp of the M5/M6. Prototypes have been spotted testing with and benchmarked against M5s (video below). A … CONTINUED

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Brazil's Health Ministry says Thursday the move is an effort to advance highly lauded efforts to combat AIDS.
All AIDS patients in Brazil can receive free drug treatment - a program that now reaches 223,000 people and costs the nation nearly $700 million a year.
Health officials have said they believe here are another 250,000 Brazilians infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But nobody knows for certain because up to now HIV cases haven't been tracked. Officials hope earlier treatment will prolong patients' lives.
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Sunday 11:00AM - 8:00PM ,Monday 11:00AM - 11:00PM ,Tuesday 11:00AM - 11:00PM ,Wednesday 11:00AM - 11:00PM ,Thursday 11:00AM - 11:00PM ,Friday 11:00AM - 11:00PM ,Saturday 11:00AM - 11:00PM
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RUDE,UNPROFESSIONALMy mother is 69 years old. She is a proud vegan, and had been for 15 years. My mother went into Martino's on Vine 11/09/12 to order her favorite vegan pizza. This not her first time eating there, she has been there a lot My mother orders a Vegan/vegetable pizza with Garlic sauce. Her order was ready,trusting the company from her previous purchases,she didnt open the pizza until she reached home. the pizza, it was dry and had no garlic sauce and the tomato made the crust all soggy. My mother contact the company and they began to swear and our profanity to my mother stating that their pizza was baked correctly.My Mother, was offended by the customer service, so she decide to just return the whole pizza. the store the slaMmed her change on the counter and began to use more profanity telling her to never shop there again. She left crying and very upset. My mother is 69 year old retired kindergarten teacher. If a customer doesnt like a product that a company;/business produces, she has the right as an customer to express that and be refunded.She should have not been slandered and disrepected nor humilulated. We will be looking into a Class-action Lawsuit against this company.
Very disappointing – We have been going to Martino's On Vine for years. Tonight we discovered our favorite restaurant was a thing of the past. Our orders were not correct and were sent back and still wrong. The temperature in the restaurant felt to be 55-60 degrees with cold air blowing on us. We requested to speak to the manager and he apologized for everything and said he would take care of it. After about 20 minutes the waitress brought us our check with the full balance as well as another couple's appetizer who was also dining with us on our check. We just paid and left with no plans to ever return again. I understand now why there were very few customers. This use to be a wonderful restaurant.
Best Pizza in Cincinnati – Even though I'm a browns fan, and this is a Steeler joint. I am new to Cincinnati and consider myself a pizza connoisseur. I have to say this is one of my favorite pizza places I have ever been to! Other Italian dishes are also very good, along with the Hoagies. But if you want a burger or something like it I would suggest going elsewhere.
Martinos is a dump – The place is not friendly if you are "a regular". There is some secret system of who can sit or stand where. And somehow the management doesn't let you stand in open floorspace if you don't have a reservation for that spot. What is amazing is that they don't help you find a place to sit or stand. Just don't stand there????
Although I am Pittsburgh native and Steeler fan would rather go to BW3s than this dump.
Martino's Restaurant – Parking was no problem. The waitress were nice enough. The food was terrible. The pizza was burnt and the wings were slimy with bland sauce. Not to mention that I saw a big rodent run across the floor toward the back by the kitchen. I informed the manager and he looked at me like I was lying to him. I didn't make a scene, I took my family and we paid the bill and left. There are plenty of holes in the wall like this in the downtown area, but this one was dirty and disgusting with an obvious rodent problem. Please avoid at all cost unless you don't mind that.
Home away from home for many Pittsburgh transplants to the Cincinnati area. – In Short
Martino's is a tribute to all things Pittsburgh. Visitors will be temporarily disoriented--flags of Pittsburgh's professional sports teams line the walls, while the numerous TVs broadcast the Penguins, Pirates and Steelers games. Salads feature Martino's zingy homemade dressings. The creamy garlic is recommended, as are the parmesan peppercorn and the sweet poppy-seed Italian. Other dishes include the rich, stuffed mushroom caps (filled with crab and cheese), chicken parmesan and a foot-long hot Italian Stallion sub.
Simply The Best! – The food is fantastic! The portions are gigantic! The staff is friendly and courteous. What more could one ask for. This is simply a great place.
Price was the best thing – The average food was nothing to rave about (especially the burned pizza), but the price was right. Our party of four escaped for a total under twenty dollars. However, the waitress acted annoyed with us when we asked to be given the federal employee discount and showed our identification (not a good idea if you want return customers). Also, the meal took much longer than expected - we left the restaurant over an hour after arriving! I wasn't very impressed, and I'm not adding Martino's on my list of lunch favorites. The whole experience was less than satisfying.
Is Pittsburgh rude? – Apparently this restaurants is supposed to exemplify everything that's Pittsburgh, if that title suggests rudeness and bad service then I'd say that this restaurant has that to offer and much more. The portions are large sized but be sure to request that the pizza you get not be burned and the crust not be dripping with oil unless you like it that way. The service was lousy (was in a party of 4 that was left unattended for 20 minutes, finally had to have someone walk to the back of the restaurant to get the waitresses attention).
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August 15, 2011 at 3:11 pm | #6
We have been wondering, and our Autistic child is 9, the baby is 21mos. they are acting similar at some thresholds. When do we get concerned, and not appear to just be hysterical to the Medical Professionals. We have avoided shots because there has been some questions….
August 15, 2011 at 3:23 pm | #9
I have 5 kids. My oldest is from my previous marriage and the last 4 with my current husband. My oldest is not autistic but so far my 5 year old and 3 1/2 year old twins have PDD. My 5 year old has a lot of asperger signs but not enough to fully qualify so they gave her the PDD diagnosis. I also have a 9 month old but it's too early to know if he will have it. My oldest was full term but other were born at 32-34 weeks gestation. I was also on anti-depressants with the ones born early. I did have Hellp Syndrome with my first but the others came early to avoid the full blown hellp during pregnancy. I wonder if the anti-depressants could have played a party in the autism and if the fact the last 4 have the same dad but my oldest has a different one.
August 15, 2011 at 4:00 pm | #12
My two oldest sons are from my first husband….they both have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome….my oldest also is Bipolar.
My youngest son is with my last husband and he has been diagnosed with PDD (Pervasive Development Disorder) which is also on the spectrum.
August 15, 2011 at 4:04 pm | #13
I just want to add my experience with children and autism. I have four children, 3 boys and one girl. My oldest is 17 years old and my youngest is 8 years. My three oldest children are fine it is my youngest who was diagnosed with autism. So I often think that it is something I did while or after that affected my son and not genetics. Unfortunately there is still so much that we don't know about it :-(
August 15, 2011 at 4:05 pm | #14
I have four children and my three daughters, whom are older, were born with no problems, but my son whom I had at 32 had autisim. We asked if him having RDS at birth was a cause but they have ruled that and pretty much everything else out. I just wish someone could tell me why this happens. Is there something that my husband and I have that caused this problem and why is it that only one of our children were born this way?
August 15, 2011 at 4:27 pm | #16
When my 14 year old son was diagnosed at a very early age, I was then pregnant with his younger brother and only sibling. I was told back then, that there was a 50% chance any of his siblings would have developmental delays or be autistic also. It's true. My younger son, who is 11, has developmentally delayed since the age of 3. I no longer took the gamble. At least I was sort of prepared. I would still like to know the cause, but perhaps I will never know.
August 15, 2011 at 4:35 pm | #17
I have a 6yr old son, and 4yr old boy/girl twins. Both my sons have been diagnosed with autism with our school district, my youngest has been diagnosed through a doctor last week, and the older one has an appointment later this week. The youngest autism is worst than the older ones symptoms. But my daughter is fine.
August 16, 2011 at 11:51 am | #18
I am in the same boat Sara. My twins who are 3 1/2 are far worse than my 5 year old. My ped told me to have my 9 month old evaluated yesterday b/c he sees a lot of the delays the others had. I had already had all of them before I found out any of my kids had autism. I have 5 total with my oldest from a previous marriage.
I have 3 kids and my middle son who is 5 years old has autism.I was wondering if cause threw the fathers gene or the mothers? I would like to have one more child but I want to know befoure I deside to have another.basicly would my next child have autism too. when I was prego with my daughter they said that she would have autism but she didnt .this is why I dont understand.maybe its because my son was the middle child or maybe its because after I had a miscarrge I became prego too soon.owell I love my kids no matter what.
My 16 year-old son is autistic; his younger brother (from his dad's second marriage) is autistic also, albeit -in a sense- more severely even though he is more high-functioning. My oldest son and his youngest brother from dad's second marriage are not autistic. Something genetic, indeed, is going on.
are you ppl serious its a possibility to have more than one kid with autism i have 6yr old twins both autistic different areas of the spectrum and a four year old that is just fine normal as can be he used to mimic autistic behaviours but hten grew out of it it is known for youngwr siblings to mimic the older ones behaviour just as normal siblings do shots dont cause autism i believe it is a more genetic thing why it happens no one may ever know but to stop doing the things to keep your kids healthy cuz you heard somethinfg on the news or someone said them is STUPID just STUPID come on ppl get freaking real hear i heard tyhat if you eat peanut butter while pregnant you child will develope autism now everyone stop eating peanut butter you act like having autism is some sort of curse like it is bad my kids are the best evwer they may be different but not less and i dont care how or wehy all i care is that they ARE HELTHY AND HAPPY WHY CANT YOU ALL WABNT THAT FOR YOUR KIDS INSTEd of wanting to make what makes them sooo special so different and sooo loving go away you all should be ashamed
Hi my name is Makeia. I'm a mother of four. But three of my kids. Are on ASD. At the time I just thoght it was just my oldest son but I notice my middle some start showing signs and youngest. Son the teacher at his school notice and I should look in to it he was on the ASD. How dose this happen that all three of my boy autistic
I have two boys 4 and 7 and the both have autism and was told it was highly unlikely that it was possible i knew that wasn't true when i was told that i'm not an expert but i just knew the chances were in my eyes more likely. i was able to see the early signs and get him the neccessary help that his older bother was getting. people tell me all the time you have alot on your plate i just smile and say i've learned patience and i love my kids alot as a parent you do what your suppose to . they go to a wonderful school that gives me and my family so much support advice and knowledge they my kids and i love them back thank you so much achievement centers for children.
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The Big Bang Theory Review: Two Moons in the Skyby Carla Day at .
Last Thursday, I asked, "Where are the laughs?"
Well, in "The Higgs Boson Observation," The Big Bang Theory found them.
I previously complained that Howard's stories were no different than those he had on Earth. I was thrilled to see that change. Howard's deterioration in space was unique to his circumstances and not feel forced at all. Of course, it's unfortunate for Howard, but funny nonetheless. When you are deprived of something for an extended time, all you want is that thing. For Howard, it was gravity. The simple joy he got from seeing an object on Earth fall.
In the end, he cracked. He finally lost his Fruit Loops! Hmm ... that's a joke they could have used. I hope the drugs help because I wouldn't want to see Howard come back with any permanent damage. He's unique enough as it is. I'm glad we didn't see the second moon!
Back on Earth, his friends went on with their lives. These stories were much improved also. Sheldon has always been super-smart. The look into his childhood brain was impressive. It's no wonder that people thought he was a witch.
Now that Sheldon has hired an assistant, I'm a bit surprised he didn't already have one. Given his stature, it would make sense, though keeping one would be a challenge. The addition of Ms. Jensen is a positive one in many ways. She already knew how to play him during the interview. Score one for the assistant! How much more will she be able to play him?
Though, he did hold his ground on eating together until Leonard overruled his decision. Sheldon's Downton Abbey defense was probably sound back a century ago, but not today. Having recently watched the first two seasons of the PBS show, I enjoyed the reference. (If you haven't watched it, you should give it a view. I don't generally like British shows, but love that one.)
In addition to showcasing a new relationship in Sheldon's life, the assistant revealed the true feelings of both Amy and Penny. Amy and Sheldon really are meant to be together. Amy sees Sheldon as the one for her and believes that others see him that same way. She may be deluded, but it is honest. If only he would grow a little to reciprocate.
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@Jackson, I don't know which show you're watching; the Nowitzki character helped Sheldon focus on his work but at no point was she shown to be contributing any knowledge that helped him find answers. That she was buttering him up to ride his coattails was the point of the whole episode. Also it wouldn't be a mark against him to have emailed everyone that he had solved string theory since he didn't actually publish anything. Leslie Winkle correcting one part of calculations he was still working out on a dry erase board is insignificant, why do you think scientists often win prizes in groups?He even mentions having to credit Winkle on his Nobel.
Finally, when hasn't he shared credit with people who also contributed to papers?Leonard even went to present their results alone once.
I had most fun with Raj's scenes although it was by smaller portions this time. Assistant was a good addition since it made Penny go hmm... over Leonard.
Amy is really started to grow on me the past few episodes. Her scenes are now become one of the best in the story. Still 4 star to me. Hopefully TBBT brings a 5 star ep real soon.
I enjoyed this episode. I liked that, after Penny's doubts last week, she was still feeling territorial and protective of her man. Whether this will be a lasting feeling is another matter. It bothers me that Penny is always the one to break up with Leonard, and it's most always over him being at a higher emotional level than she is. She still hasn't told him she loves him, yet he asks her to marry him during sex? I kind of have to wonder what is wrong with Leonard that he consistently put himself in this position though...
I'm really hoping for Leonard to grow a pair at some point and be the one to break up with her for once, because as much as his world revolves around her, she isn't capable of giving him the same kind of attention. Maybe if he's the one to break it off, Penny will realize what he means to her, instead of knowing he'll always just be waiting around... Hopefully we'll get to see the tables turned at some point! I also hope that this week is the beginning of Penny realizing that Leonard means much more to her than she wants to admit.
I may be off the beam here, but not only did I get the impression that Alex will be a recurring character, I also got a vibe that she may even have an agenda. There was something about the way she was trying to ingratiate herself to members of the group that seemed as if she had a very specific motivation.
I've long thought that the writers have been setting Sheldon up for a fall at some point. He can't be very popular in the physics community considering the number of times he's sought to heckle and humiliate other physicists.
He also has quite a few black spots on his own record.
He falsely claimed to have proven string theory after the monopolar expedition. He has claimed soul credit for papers that were contributed to by others.
Like Leslie Winkle who corrected one of Sheldon's formulas and proved that quarks are asymptotically free at high energies.
And of course Ramona Nowitzki who worked extensively helping Sheldon on one of his theorems but was denied any credit at all.
He even crashed into a conference Dr. Leonard Hofstadter was speaking at about a paper they co-authored, Sheldon stormed the stage, claimed full credit, and attacked Leonard on stage.
Most recently he presented a paper to Stephan Hawking that contained a simple arithmetic error that unraveled the entire theory.
Could Alex be a plant? Someone a rival scientist has sent in (Kripke comes to mind) to help to take Sheldon down a few notches.
Probably not true, but I just love conspiracy theories.
I enjoyed the episode a lot. I hope Howard comes back from space soon, for his sake! As for Sheldon and the guys, it's my understanding that Sheldon, Leonard and Raj are post-doctoral - they've completed their Ph.D.'s but apparently are doing research rather than teaching; in fact I've never seen any references to them having students. But even post-docs have grad students, working toward their Ph.D.'s, working for them.
I actually liked this episode a little less than the previous ones. I like Sheldon's new assistant, and I hope she sticks around. Although, after Ramona Nowitzki a few seasons back, you'd think he'd be leery of grad students! lol
I was disappointed that Sheldon & Amy didn't have a scene together. And I'm getting dizzy from the teeter-totter that is Leonard & Penny. She seriously needs to make up her mind already!


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Will not return; there are too many other great hotels around.
Way too Pricey for service – My husband and I stayed for two nights at St. Regis this last week and were disappointed by many things. The wait staff in the bar area stood around talking to one another instead of attending to us for some 15 minutes, the massage therapist in my VERY expensive massage seemed to have little expertise in the speciality massage she was giving me, and the prices for the rooms were way out of line when we saw the size and location. Would seems as though these editors were influenced by the fact that St. Regis DOES advertise on this service, even if the editors themselves were not paid. If you will notice, those feedbacks on editorial reviewed sites usually do not even make it into print...A person I know left a rather negative one on a reviewed site that did not even appear...
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Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to Oxon Cove and Oxon Hill Farm National Park, National Children's Museum, and Capital Children's Museum. Local attractions also include Alexandria Archaeology Museum and Torpedo Factory Art Center.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Clarion Hotel features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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Televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, refrigerators, and microwaves.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Clarion Hotel features an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center, audiovisual equipment, and small meeting rooms. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms and banquet facilities. This business-friendly hotel also offers an arcade/game room, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in the lobby. Onsite parking is complimentary.
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- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 5
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By Andy Gray
LeBron James has been named SI's Sportsman of the Year for 2012. Here's a look at former NBA players who have won the award, with an excerpt from their Sportsman stories.
Bill Russell, 1968: "The trophies are downstairs in a cellar room that has a covered pool table in the middle, an unstocked bar at one end and posters of Allen Ginsberg and Marlon Brando on the wall. The room is dark and dusty and, unlike most athletes' trophy rooms, apparently little used. Russell says that one day he hopes to devote the floor space to a large electric train system for his children and also for himself. He'd clear everything out for that, including the trophies. These stand in a tall case against one wall—rows of them, mostly yard-high replicas of players poised, right arm up, to shoot one-handed shots with silver basketballs. They commemorate one of the most remarkable records in sports: 14 years of play at the pinnacle of basketball—two years leading the University of San Francisco to the national championship and then 12 years with the Boston Celtics, leading them to two second-place finishes and 10 world championships."
Read all of George Plimpton's 1968 Sportsman of the Year story.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1985: "Last season, Abdul-Jabbar led the Lakers in scoring for the 10th time in his 10 years with the club (22.0 points per game), had his most rebounds since 1982-83 and most points since 1981-82 and achieved the second-highest shooting percentage (.599) of his career. After the Lakers' embarrassing 148-114 loss in Game 1 of last spring's NBA championship series, in which he had looked as tired and dispirited as one might expect a 38-year-old player to look, he had shocked the Boston Celtics and the cynics by playing five of the most intense games of his life, capturing his fourth championship trophy and his second playoff MVP award. While doing this he laughed and shouted his joy, capturing America. 'Six or seven years ago I thought he was not a good player,' admits Denver coach Doug Moe. 'He didn't seem to have the interest—he wasn't there. He's 10 times better now; he hasn't played any better in his career than in the last two years. He's 38, and he's a bitch.'"
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Michael Jordan, 1991: "At the relatively tender age of 28, he stands Alone on the mountaintop, unquestionably the most famous athlete on the planet and one of its most famous citizens of any kind. We've heard it so often that it's now a cliché, though nonetheless accurate: He transcends sports. He keeps a championship ring on his dresser at home and will be making room for another if his team (18-3 at week's end) plays the next six months of the season the way it has played the first two. A two-time MVP, he was probably the best player in the world even before Magic Johnson's retirement, but now the subject isn't even worth debating."
Read all of Jack McCallum's 1991 Sportsman of the Year story.
Tim Duncan and David Robinson, 2003: "We honor them too for the way they fit together in San Antonio, one superstar and No. 1 draft pick ( Duncan in '97) biding his time until the other superstar and No. 1 draft pick ( Robinson in '87) was ready to cede the starring role. The mind boggles at the clamorous scenes that would have unfolded in Los Angeles had Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant had to share the same spot for the Lakers. Robinson, a post-up center, and Duncan, a post-up power forward, figuratively and literally had to make room for each other, a display of selflessness at which both men shrug their shoulders. 'It was a natural process,' says Duncan. 'When I came in, David was the Man and I was just trying to learn the game, develop under his wing. And when it was time for me to do more, David understood it without a word being spoken.'"
Read all of Jack McCallum's 2003 Sportsman of the Year story.
Dwyane Wade, 2006: "Wade had spoken all season about winning a title for old-timers Alonzo Mourning and Gary Payton, and now they had their rings. Coach Pat Riley, a onetime burnout case who hadn't won a championship in 18 years and had been vilified for replacing Van Gundy six weeks into the season, now stood vindicated. And a league that, in comparison with its glorious past, had been found wanting at last had the real deal: a throwback star with crossover cachet and 21st-century moves. For all that, not to mention the emotional vein tapped in South Florida's notoriously fractured populace, some 250,000 of whom would gather three days later for the team's victory rally in a resurging downtown Miami, Wade has been named SI's 2006 Sportsman of the Year."


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