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Farrah Abraham seems to be on top of the world right now -- the adult entertainment world, that is. She has joined the ranks of D-list celebs whose flagging, vaguely defined careers got a turbo boost thanks to their willingness to bare all and screw with enthusiasm on camera. Farrah has just barely gotten started exploiting the dark, loamy potential of this field -- and yet, it seems she's already biting the hand that feeds. Farrah says she's writing a book about the adult entertainment industry. And it doesn't sound like it's going to be a romance novel.
Oh I'm writing & writing... My next book is going to put the Adult Entertainment Industry on Blast, #WomenStayStrong!— Farrah Abraham (@F1abraham) September 24, 2013
Put the industry on blast? Already? I can believe that the world of adult entertainment is hella misogynist and exploitative. Did no one warn Farrah? I know she likes to talk about how liberating her experience has been. And I am 110 percent behind the idea of women owning their sexuality and doing our thang, whatever it is. #WomenStayStrong! But this seems just a wee bit naive ...
Wasn't she already writing a novel to rival Fifty Shades, anyway? I wonder if she's changed the focus -- maybe it's a novel about a young reality TV star's shocking (SHOCKING!) exploits in the adult entertainment industry. "OMG, can you believe they make you give the producer a blow job before he'll agree to do your movie???"
Focus, Farrah. FOCUS! You're kind of getting all over the place here. The restaurant, the book (books?), the sex toys, the whatever-else-you're-up-to. Are you looking at the big picture? What's your career game plan, anyway? If you alienate yourself from the adult entertainment industry, better have a back-up plan for what else you can do.
What do you think Farrah is really up to now?
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I used the vegetables that I had on hand and that I love. I made another one the same week and added asparagus instead of the peas. The point is, you can mix up this soup and make it to your taste adding whatever spring vegetables you encounter in your market exploring or what you (lucky you!)have growing in your garden. You could use dandelion or Swiss chard instead of spinach. I usually have baby spinach around (fresh or frozen)and my kids don't mind it at all in a soup, so that's usually my choice green leaf vegetable. I used orzo because I had some on hand and have been wanting to use it up in a soup. This is vegan, because I used vegetable broth.
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 3 garlic, smashed
- 2 leeks, washed and thinly sliced (use an onion if you don't have leeks)
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 4 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 3 celery stalks, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
- 1 potato, peeled and cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup peeled, seeded, and chopped tomato
- 4-6 cups stock or water (I used vegetable stock, you could use chicken)
- 2 small zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 cup peas (I used frozen from fresh that I had in my freezer)
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Soft pillowy buns stuffed with delicious mince/kheema ...Goes well with cup of coffee/tea or just have it the way you want its like having kheema pav in a go..Try them and you'll love it..
Makes 8 buns/12 mini buns
For the Buns
2 cup flour
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup milk
1 tbsp milk powder
1.5 tsp instant yeast
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp melted butter
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You could add one boiled and mashed potato to the mince mixture ,this will help it to bind well and make it easier to stuff.
- Dissolve yeast with sugar in lukewarm water and let it rise.
- In a bowl mix flour ,salt ,milk powder.
- Add the yeast mixture and knead .
- Mix warm milk and melted butter to this and knead to a soft dough.
- When the dough comes together add oil and knead for 4-5 min .
- The dough should be soft and smooth.
- Cover it with a cling foil and let it double in its volume.
- It may take around 45 min -1 hr.
- Once the dough has risen well Punch down the air and knead for 2-3 min.
- Divide into balls .
- Flatten each ball on your palm and place the mince stuffing.
- Cover to form a ball and pinch the seam side down.
- Cover with a damp cloth and let it proof for 30 min or till its double in volume.
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I'm on the first leg of my trip back to the Netherlands right now. I've spent a couple of days in Bretagne, France to celebrate the marriage of a close friend, who asked me to be his best man. The celebrations, which lasted for three days were terrific, but also pretty tiring as you don't get to spend much time just by yourself. The main celebration was held in the "ridiculously beautiful" Chateau Domaine de la Bretesche, and in Pornichet, the home of the bride. I'm returning to the Netherlands right now, for three days of desk time (needed to prepare my Akademy talk and to get some last minute work done on the impending openSUSE 11.3 release). On Friday, I'll be boarding a flight to Helsinki and then on to Tampere to take part in my fifth Akademy.
This year's Akademy is significant to me for a number of reasons:
- I'm running for a second term on the Board of Directors of the KDE e.V., the foundation backing KDE. I've taken this opportunity to re-focus on my activities there. I will be working towards improving the organisation's transparency a bit more. Transparency of the of our activities sometimes falls behind a little, since we're very much focused on getting things done, and there's always something important to push a little further, at the same time, status information gets outdated rather quickly. With the launch of our Supporting Membership Programme, it's even more important to get the word out what the KDE e.V. is doing, so that'll be what I'm working on on that front.
- Last year, Richard Moore and I started Project Silk, which has been silently tagging along. Silently doesn't mean that we didn't make progress, just that we didn't talk about it as much as we could. We felt that we wanted to show results before talking a lot about it, so we sat down and wrote code, worked out concepts, talked to people in order to verify and improve on our ideas. I think we're at a point now where we got some really compelling stuff to show, and to prove that what we have in mind is not only very viable, but also very important to move on. This year's Akademy will in part be used to spread those ideas within the KDE team, and to get more people to think Silky. If you think that's all too vague, attend my talk during Akademy. For the few of you, my dear readers who won't make it, I'll prepare some online resources over the next days, so you can catch up as well, and join the Silk bandwagon.
- Meeting my fellow hackers from the KDE Plasma team. After our last meeting in February in Nuremberg, we're getting together at Akademy next week to plan, hack, gather ideas talk and have fun. What I really enjoy about getting us together is the sparkling you can see above the table we're working on after only shortly being together. I guess it's the motivation, the friendliness, the shared love for beautiful, intuitive Free software but also the mutual respect that creates this atmosphere where we're getting into hyper-creative mode. It puts us in the position to think about solutions for the really hard problems out there, which none of us could solve individually, and it has more than once been the start of exciting new features and sub-projects.
[break] So I just got home, into our hot top-floor appartment in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Everything's been taken care of by our terrific friends, the cat is better now after a bladder infection we had to leave it at home with last week. While I do like summery weather, temperatures beyond 30 degrees centigrade without a really cold room are a bit too much for me, and tend to have a bad effect on my productivity. Band-aid: Work at night as much as possible, keep the sleeping room as cool for as long as it lasts and stay in bed as long as I can to get the needed sleep. The laptop is already compiling an updated trunk, while I'm enjoying Brazil playing Chile (Robinho scores the 3:0 as we speak, so I guess my special friend Artur will be happy).


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You only have to look as far as our editors' own musings to know that Earth Day is a polarizing concept. But whether you think it's a celebration-worthy environmental milestone or a trumped up holiday devoid of value, the fact is, Earth Day gets people talking about sustainability and we're all for that. Here are some of the best stories we've seen on the subject, from Obama-invoking hope cries to sod-it-all tirades to feel-good guides to activism—and everything in between. Regardless of which approach you take, we're pretty sure that keeping the debate alive is one (and maybe the only) virtue of Earth Day we can all agree on.
While Grist's Rick Bass argues for coming together a la Election Day to make Earth Day a similar kind of cultural tradition we can all embrace . . . his colleague Daniel Kast remains skeptical.
The Daily Beast hates on some prominent eco warriors and accuses other celebs of environmental war crimes.
Ecofabulous rounds up events and resources for planning the ultimate Earth Day celebration.
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The Mother Nature Network offers ideas for small changes and suggests ways to mark the occasion (to the tunes in MNN founder and former Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell's eco playlist, of course).


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I don't have much curiosity about the royal family in England. I don't spend my days wondering how Kate Middleton keeps her hair looking good in high humidity. But I couldn't resist this little piece of royal tittle-tattle.
Prince George, the heir to the throne, will turn one on July 22. According to a press release that landed in my email, the lucky birthday boy will be getting a new blue whale slide from a German start-up company called Jupiduu.
The company is clearly happy to trumpet this announcement and have backed up their claims by saying that the order was placed by Prince George's nanny. They supposedly name-checked her by going to various British tabloids.
I guess what tipped them off was the delivery address of 'Kensington Gardens'.
So I thought I'd let you see what a baby slide fit for a king looks like. And you can treat your prince or princess to the handmade slide, too, since it's available to buy from Amazon. I am in no way endorsing it, though, since I'm far too big to test it out.


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Just got back from Brighton, here's some photos I took:
Well, my fight occured exactly as I predicted. I lost, but not by much and from what my team mates tell me, it was closer than I thought. My opponent, a very nice fella from BTT I think, was a tournament rookie too so we were a well matched pair. I can't remember the details other than we switched a lot from full guard to half guard on either side. In the end, I think he got a sweep or side control to score a couple of points whereas I did not. I fulfilled my main objective which was to stay in the game and not get submitted. I learned a lot from the experience. Not least how tough it was, with no time to blink, breathe, think or play. It was all adrenaline and instinct. I'm also glad I did not fight the two others in my division (super feather, aka -64Kg or 'pluma') one of whom, Mark Phung from Carlson Gracie's, looked very very impressive (he took gold in the end).
The whole day out was a huge jolly for me. I enjoyed the great team cameraderie and meeting old and new friends along the way. It was brilliant, I'm sore, but I definitely am going to do more competitions. Now let me see, what's up next... ah yes, the Essex Open...put me down for that one please!


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Summer come and water wars are near! This Pirate Water Cannon is all you need to defeat your colleagues!
Launches 100 mini cannonballs of water per tank! Fits in the palm of your hand. Pump the handle–no batteries needed.
PCNews Verdict: 7/10. Your enemy are wet. You are the winner!
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Ambient / Film Music / Electronic Music / Sound Art / Sound Poetry Of EVGENIJ V. KHARITONOV (Евгений В. Харитоновъ)
discography: Ambient Collection 2005-2007. Vol 1 (Compilation)
AMBIENT COLLECTION 2005-2007 VOL 1 (Compilation)
Recorded: 2005-2007
Release date: November 2008
Label: Proc-Rec
Catalog: PROC-211
Style: Ambient
Time 44:35
Digital quality: 256 kbps
1. Early Morning (1:28)
2. Russian Space (5:13)
3. Spaceice (2:10)
4. Strange Morning (2:05)
5. Radiospirits remix (5:37)
6. Spate Of Whisper (9:15)
7. Amazing New World part 1 (1:17)
8. Amazing New World part 2 (2:48)
9. Amazing New World part 3 (1:46)
10. Amazing New World part 4 (Single version) (1:52)
11. Night World Part 2 (5:42)
12. 12 September 2008 (5:11)
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My friends, close your eyes, get comfortable with
a good beverage, put on the headphones
and find a comfortable place to lay down...
you are about to embark on a very calm and deep
journey into premium-quality ambient sound!!!
EugeneKha is once again in control of proc-rec's newest
release, the Ambient Collection Vol. 1.
Truly a wonderful representation of an (obviously)
incredably talented artist, I feel quite fortunate
to have the oppurtunity to lock this release
by EugeneKha into the [proc211] slot.
Once again, as is typical with his music, quality
and true dedication are readilly apparent upon hearing
the opening track.
As the title of this album suggests, thick and soothing
pads and leads conjigate together and coat your ears
and minds with bountiful ambience for almost forty-five
Humbling tracks like Spate of Whisper and Russian Space
both stand out in my mind first when thinking of this
While the entire album is nothing short of breathtaking,
those two tracks in particular are what hold
the album together and really make it
an enjoyable experience that is almost out
of this world!
This is the first of many to come (I hope!!!) of this
sort of album from EugeneKha.
In many ways it left me short of speech
and of ways to describe it's unique sound.
So please, dont waste any further oppurtunities or time!
Devote 100% attention to this album
and you will soon understand why I love music
so much :)
an early Christams present to the massive!!!
(c) Adam Crammond.
Proc Records. 2008. 5 November
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Hurt, but i like it
Since I'm massagist always tell to my client that "I will hurt you, but it is hurt good", and they always laught, but is true.
And then than (since 5 years ago) i read 50 Shadys of Grey and then, masters and dungeon... thats books only try to explain that pain is other way to enjoy, well... not enjoy in this meaning.
That i try to say is that when i do massages my client always said me "Oh my good! I feel good!" and i'm doing hurt, but it is different because is a controlate pain. Even in winter when we have much cold, we put very very near to the stove for feel the hot and burn us a little.
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AST Marine Sciences provides telematics to the renewable sector with 100 iRAMS for temporary power generators
A renewable company operating a large Wind Farm off Germany in the North Sea approached AST Marine Sciences (MSL), asking for a reliable solution that could monitor and control their generators used for supplying temporary/emergency power. The wind turbines under construction were outside of the traditional GSM/GPRS coverage area and required satellite connectivity to relay information, making iRAMS for Generators the best solution.
As well as being able to monitor and control the generators (gensets) sited anywhere around the world by using satellite, iRAMS for Generators optimises the refueling logistics, sending alerts when fuel levels drop below a user defined pre-set limit, for example, less than 75%. iRAMS significantly lowers operational costs with remote diagnostics and increases efficiency by reducing the requirement for physical site visits to locations. With offshore unplanned maintenance, expenses can often reach in excess of £10,000 a day if engineers need to be deployed, iRAMS is an essential addition to reduce these costs.
After the installation of iRAMS unauthorised 3rd party contractors were interfering with the operation by turning the generators off, distorting the gensets uptimes and impacting on KPI potentially meaning penalties. iRAMS for Generators was able to report on these instances and send alerts to the company alerting them of any changes in status, even when the generator door had been opened and closed.
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I got hacked.
You're going through life as a perfectly ordinary American until you wake up one day to a house infested with malware and the lingering scent of xanax and vodka and unfiltered cigarettes. So you do what any red-blooded American would do: shrug and say "what Russians?" Then call for two scoops and a slab of cake and settle in to watch your own life play out on Fox. That's about how close I am to fixing my website.


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An increasingly challenging cybersecurity environment is threatening corporations and critical infrastructure as well as the individual right to privacy.
An ever-greater number of threats against weakened defense systems have had catastrophic impact, affecting individuals and organizations, communities and societies. The resulting data breaches undermine consumer confidence, cripple financial and business management, divert critical technology resources, and threaten national and international security goals.
ESMT Berlin prepares students for work on issues of cybersecurity by imparting knowledge, strategies, and perspectives towards a secure future for all. Our courses in cybersecurity are interdisciplinary—bringing together the involvement and expertise of leaders in technology, government, law, defense, and industry as well as drawing on the engagement and perspectives of socially responsible groups, private and public.


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PMC broadcast in Chile from September to December 2012. Chile's population of 17 million is expected to grow to over 21 million by 2050.
PMC co-produced Último Año ("Last Year") with MTV Latin America, which aired in Chile for one hour, five nights per week. Because it was broadcast on MTV Latin America, which broadcasts throughout much of Latin America, the estimated audience reach of this serial drama was 22 million households. Último Año's website recorded 324,000 visits and 1.4 million page views. Último Año ranked #4 on MTV Latin America's website, received 46,000 likes on Facebook and gained 12,000 followers on Twitter. Último Año won a number of MTV awards, including TV production, musical theme, best finish, favorite antagonistic character, and best performance.
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Chile is slightly larger than France with a population of almost 18 million. Chile's large copper mining industry has greatly enriched its economy with about 20 percent of the country's GDP due to copper production. However, the country is almost entirely dependent on outside sources for oil and gas (it imports 97 percent of its fossil fuels).
With rising energy costs, problems accessing gas and oil from Argentina and Bolivia, and decreasing copper prices, the country is looking towards alternate sources of energy. The hope is that investment in more diverse and cleaner energy sources will help boost its economy and decrease the strain on its residents to meet their energy requirements. The cost of energy in Chile is now one of the highest in Latin America with residents paying over $160 US for energy per megawatt hour (compared to $40 US in Colombia and only $10 US in Argentina).


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Inspired by Rachel's recent trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, we're sharing this recipe for Syrniki, fried pancakes made with cheese, flour, eggs and sugar. Syrniki are eaten all across eastern Europe and are lovely for a quick Sunday brunch. I like the addition of sultanas, but if you don't have any add another tablespoon of sugar. In St. Petersburg I had them with Kefir, Cornelian cherry compote and black coffee - the ultimate Russian breakfast.
Makes 6-8 Pancakes
You might also like to try Rachel's recipe for Khachapuri, a traditional Georgian bread stuffed with cheese! Check out Rachel's travelogue from Saint Petersburg for more inspiration from her trip.
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Now Elaine was the parent and Kathy was the child—her mother sat down obediently on the edge of the exercise bench, looking cowed, but then jumped up and grabbed Elaine by the upper arms.
"You have to help me, you have to help me!" she cried. "He said he'll have me killed!"
Elaine tore herself from her mother's grip. "Who said he would have you killed? What are you talking about?"
"My husband!"
"But why would he do that?"
"Because he's a terrible man, and a hardened criminal, that's why! And I can prove it!"
With shaking hands, Kathy opened her purse and pulled out an envelope. As she did this, Elaine noticed several bundles of five hundred euro notes.
"It's all in there," she said.
Elaine opened the envelope and withdrew a thick sheaf of papers. It was a bunch of spreadsheets and bank statements with different company names at the top. "What is all this?"
"It's information on his so-called businesses, but they're all just fronts to cover up whatever nasty crimes he's really involved in. He's a murderer, Elaine! He's a horrible, despicable, awful human being. He's sick!"
Now Elaine was scared, but her fear morphed into rage. "How dare you come here and put my family in danger!"
"No, no, there's no danger—he thinks I went to visit one of my girlfriends in Paris. I made sure I wasn't followed here. He probably doesn't even know I took anything from the safe. He only opens it on Fridays, when he pays the help."
"If that's true, then why were you so terrified when the courier showed up?"
Her mother had no answer for this.
"You didn't think twice about putting your two little grandchildren in danger!" Elaine shouted. "And all that crap about wanting to be their grandmother?"
"But I do want to be their grandmother, honey!"
"Stop calling me honey!" Elaine turned and glanced at the door to the hallway, her heart pounding, wondering if the maniac who was after her mother was already parked across the street somewhere, watching the farmhouse, waiting to make his move.
At that moment, Luna appeared in the doorway. She glanced at Elaine, then at Kathy. "Is everything okay? I heard some yelling and..."
Elaine only grunted. She tried to think of how to explain, barely managing to keep a grip on her emotions. She told herself not to panic or to jump to conclusions until she figured out what was actually going on here. "Did the courier leave?"
"Yeah, he's gone..."
"Would you mind making sure the front gate is shut and the alarm system is enabled?"
"And please get your gun and make a complete check of the wall perimeter, inside and out." Elaine glared at Kathy. "Somebody might try to force their way onto the property."
Luna looked taken aback, and she gave Kathy a suspicious glance. "Roger that, I'm on it."
As soon as they were alone again, Elaine looked sternly at her mother. "You better explain exactly what's going on right now! I knew you didn't just drop by to play grandma."
Kathy was shaking. "Do you..." she glanced around the room and then looked back at Elaine. "I'm so thirsty—can I have something to drink, please?"
Elaine had the feeling her mother wasn't talking about water. She hesitated, and then thought maybe it would loosen those collagen-enhanced Texas lips.
"Stay right there," she warned, pointing at the exercise bench, and went down the hallway and into the kitchen.
"Can I have a big glass of wine, please?" she asked Tony.
He turned to her from the sink, surprised—Elaine rarely drank wine during the daytime, and never in the morning.
"It's for my mother."
"What kind, Signora? Red, white—"
"Doesn't matter, as long as it has alcohol in it."
Tony gave her a look, then opened the cupboard, pulled down one of their large, elegant crystal wine glasses, uncorked an open bottle of French red, and filled the glass about a third of the way.
"More," Elaine said.
He filled it about halfway.
"To the top!" Elaine said impatiently.
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The wine glass was nearly spilling over when Elaine brought it to Kathy, and the nervous woman looked as if she would have downed the whole thing at once if she hadn't thought it would look bad.
Kathy Brogan then plunged into a long, meandering story that might have been the plot of a bad soap opera, taking a sip of the wine every few sentences. Apparently, she had remarried a couple of years after Patrick died in prison, about the time Elaine had gone off to college at RISD. After the relationship with the toy-boy supermarket cashier had run its course, Kathy had returned to Pittsburgh and met a wealthy Greek man. Spyro something or other—Elaine paid little attention to the last name. The two of them had fallen in love and after a few years moved to a villa in Greece. Then, Spyro had gotten the maid pregnant, a "brainless nineteen year old Romanian bimbo. Réka, with an accent sign over the E. As if that gave her any class."
Spyro moved Réka to a nearby villa and she had the child, a boy. Now the boy was eight years old and it seemed that Spyro spent all his time with his "illegitimate family" and only lived with Kathy for the sake of appearances—all his relatives in Greece were very conservative.
Kathy started crying halfway through this sordid story, and as she did so, the big crystal glass almost slipped out of her hand. Most of what was left in it splashed all over the front of her sundress.
"Fuck," Kathy said, looking down at the violet stain.
Elaine recoiled at this. The word sounded so ugly and low-class coming out of her mother, in that Texas accent, with the U so drawn out. More like, "Fuuuck." That one obscene word spoke volumes to Elaine—for some reason, in her mind's eye, she saw Kathy Brogan falling down drunk at some dingy Texas honky-tonk, with country music blaring in the background, her stockings torn, that young grocery-store toy-boy trying to hold her upright.
"Sorry," Kathy said, when she saw the look on Elaine's face. "I'm just so upset right now." She set the nearly empty glass on the bench, pulled a handkerchief out of her purse, and blew her nose, gazing at Elaine with puffy eyes. "You have no idea how humiliating it's been for me, honey, being married all these years to a man whose 'real' family is living right down the street! He spends so much time with Réka and that child I feel like I'm the mistress and she's the wife!"
Once again, Elaine could not find any sympathy for her mother. "If that's the way things are, then why didn't you divorce him a long time ago? If he's unfaithful and you can prove it—"
"I wish it were so easy. You have no idea what kind of maniac I'm dealin' with, Elaine. Spyro is—"
"What's Spyro last name again?" Elaine interrupted.
Spyro Leandrou, Elaine thought. The name sounded vaguely familiar, but she could not place it.
"You probably have him in your criminal databases or whatever you call it," Kathy said disdainfully. She wiped her eyes again and continued in a choked voice, "I've stood by him for the past fifteen long years, supportin' him and turning a blind eye to his whore and bastard son and his criminal ways, while he became filthy rich and powerful. Fifteen hellish years! And this is how he repays my support, tellin' me he'll have me killed!"
"I still don't understand that—why did he threaten you? Because you want a divorce?"
"Yes, but not only that," Kathy said darkly.
"What do you mean?"
Kathy looked uncertainly into her daughter's eyes. "Because he...he...I'm not sure I can tell you this, Elaine."
Now Elaine felt a frisson of anxiety, but she wasn't sure why. "You can't tell me what, Kathy?"
Her mother's face went completely pale, with the expression of someone who just stepped inside a morgue to identify a body.
Her mother's face went completely pale, with the expression of someone who just stepped inside a morgue to identify a body.
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A national animal ID scheme inches closer
Press Release – Federated Farmers
An electronic national identification for 11 million cattle and deer is one step closer with the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Bill in Parliament's Committee Stage. Federated Farmers is certain its robust analysis has achieved better …9 February 2012
A national animal ID scheme inches closer
An electronic national identification for 11 million cattle and deer is one step closer with the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Bill in Parliament's Committee Stage. Federated Farmers is certain its robust analysis has achieved better outcomes for farmers.
"While Federated Farmers has been opposed and vigorous in scrutinising NAIT, we've also had to work hard to ensure whatever becomes law actually works," says Anders Crofoot, Federated Farmers spokesperson on animal identification.
"NAIT is not universally popular among farmers but Federated Farmers also recognises it is on track to become law. The scheme right now is vastly better than what it started out as. That's only due to our robust input.
"Perhaps Federated Farmers biggest achievements are in making NAIT open to new technologies and convincing those who'll run the scheme, NAIT Limited, to use the educative carrot instead of the Bill's legislative stick.
"Of course the NAIT Bill says something completely different. Federated Farmers will be watching out for our members given there are some stiff penalties in the Bill.
"As the planned go-live date is only 1 July, farmers cannot develop procedures with the scheme still undergoing usability trials. The reality is that thousands of farms are yet to tool-up along with carriage firms, stock yards and potentially even, some processing plants.
"NAIT is getting there but there's is a heck of a lot of work to be done before and after its launch.
"We're realistic enough to know there'll be fishhooks involving data entry, tags and even the readers. That's why a phased rollout is best. But it's unhelpful for politicians to speculate about what other livestock could be in NAIT when the scheme hasn't even started.
"There's another issue Federated Farmers is uneasy about and that's how NAIT will be applied to around 175,000 lifestyle blocks. There could be hundreds of thousands of stock 'off the grid' and it seems to be a farming constituency with a low awareness of NAIT.
"NAIT won't have the manpower to police compliance and nor will MAF. NAIT risks resembling Swiss cheese if we don't ensure compliance on these lifestyle blocks," Mr Crofoot concluded.
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|Tina Pierce, April Troyn's mother has filed wrongful death suit
Meridian, TX – After one reads through the record, the question that stands out in the mind is, why did public officials create as much ado over a routine investigation as they did?
Bosque County officialdom's near total misapprehension of public record law and the resulting miscues have done nothing to obscure the tragic facts of a very ugly story.
April Troyn died when a ligature choked off her breath. She was alone when a jailer found her "unresponsive," her body, which was massive for a female, lifeless and, according to an EMT who arrived within minutes, cold to the touch.
The ligature was made from a strip of blanket material that left a discolored marke .6 to 1.5 cm in width, cut by unknown means, wrapped around her neck, and "tied into weaved cage then around her neck," according to Beth Brasfield, an employee at the Bosque County Jail.
The medical examiner who conducted an autopsy on her 264-pound body, 5 feet, 11 inches in length, said the ligature left a discolored swath of marred skin and flesh, her eyes closed in the repose of death, the tip of her tongue between her teeth. The doctor noted that there had been no "therapeutic intervention," and that he body was tattooed with various designs involving the names of family members, stars, flowers, and the motto emblazoned over one ankle, "Trust no man."
|April Troyn
All this information and more Sheriff Anthony Malott and his staff withheld, though they had released a media statement two days later on May 6 to reporters more favored, and thus obtaining privilege where none, in fact, exists.
Their publicly stated reason, that the matter was the subject of an ongoing investigation, is invalid, according to an opinion reached by an Assistant Texas Attorney General because once facts have been released to any members of the public, though they may be media outlets, they are no longer confidential.
Obtaining records that actually belong to We The People of The State of Texas, in whose name the peace and dignity is hopefully preserved through thousands upon thousands of felony indictments each year, has taken nearly five months.
State law demands that such records be released "promptly" when properly requested, though an agency can request the opinion of The Office of the Attorney General within 10 days, precisely what has been requested must be furnished to the reviewing officials within 15 days. Bosque County officials missed both deadlines by a wide margin. Subsequently, all information is subject to release, be it under investigation, or not, according to the ruling.
Almost all the facts contained in those records were known on the day Ms. Troyn died, May 4, 2013, after spending 48 hours in custodial detention, charged with abandonment and/or reckless endangerment of her 5-year-old son on a December afternoon the previous year, followed by the issuance of an arrest warrant on a day in February, and her subsequent arrest on May 2.
On that day, Sheriff Malott requested an investigation by a Texas Ranger. The Ranger knew then almost all the facts contained in the packet of information Robt. S. Davis, an attorney representing Bosque County in the matter in anticipation of a lawsuit for wrongful death, released this week.
Two highlights of the report, which was dictated on May 6 and completed for release on May 29, are that there were tiny hemorrhages in the retinal tissues of her eyes and the hyoid bone of her throat was intact. Both facts indicate to an expert witness that she was probably not choked to death. Her body was otherwise in good condition, with no defensive wounds or lacerations suffered as a result of an attack. Her heart was enlarged; she was morbidly obese, and a sample of her aortic blood showed the had been under the influence of the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana, THC, but no other drugs.
The very detailed custodial death report indicates that she was not suffering from an injury or illness when authorities booked her into the jail almost exactly 48 hours previously, had suffered no attack while there, and had fought with no one while in custody.
Two sets of fingerprints and one set of palm prints compared with those previously obtained when she was arrested for such minor offenses as disorderly conduct and driving a vehicle while license invalid over a failure to pay equipment violation citations when she failed to secure her children in car seats proved that she is the same April Troyn of record.
Her mother and her sister have alleged that she was the subject of numerous inquiries by Clifton Police Department officers regarding what she may have known about a case of arson leveled against her sister and her husband following the alleged torching by means of petroleum distillates of a rent house in which they lived in Clifton.
Sheriff Malott has filed a petition seeking to depose Ms. Troyn's mother, Tina Pierce, in anticipation of a lawsuit seeking redress of wrongful death. She has filed a petition by and through her attorney, Jim Dunnam of Waco, seeking damages in State District Court.
No hearing has as yet been set to show cause for the deposition, said a court official.
According to a complaint delivered to the offices of Criminal District Attorney B.J. Shepherd by e-mail, "Complainant alleges Sheriff Malott violated Sec. 552.221 (of the Texas Public Records Act) and failed to make public information available promptly."
Mr. Shepherd released information from the autopsy to Waco news media outlets at the exclusion of others, claiming, as did the Sheriff, that the matter is under investigation.
Such an offense, if proven, is a Class B Misdemeanor, and as such is considered legally as an act of official misconduct. Should Mr. Shepherd decline prosecution of Sheriff Malott due to a conflict of interest, the complaint could be referred to the Attorney General, according to Randall Scott Gates, a former police officer who has lost his reserve officer status due to vigorous police objections over his having made numerous controversial public records requests in McLennan, Bosque, and Bell Counties.


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Grape Italia
Vitis vinifera
Vigorous Italian white table grape producing beautiful bunches of tasty crisp grapes with a slight muscatel aroma, which keep well. The leaves of grape vines are edible and are well known in dishes such as the Greek dolmades (stuffed vine leaves). They can be used fresh, or dried or brined for storage and later use. The fruit also has medicinal uses, particularly as a detoxifier. The leaves can be used fresh or dried to make a yellow dye. Prunings can be used in basketry or other craft work such as wreaths. A useful climbing plant for the sunny edge of a food forest system or to make the most of vertical space in a small garden, and a productive plant for creating shade in summer but allowing light in winter as the vines are deciduous. PB8.


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Morris Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – NCAA indoor pole vault national champion Sandi Morris represents the University of Arkansas as its nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year, announced on Friday. Morris joins 479 other female student-athletes spread among all three NCAA divisions, the most ever in the history of the program, as a candidate for the award.
Entering its 25th year, the Women of the Year award recognizes graduating female college athletes who have fulfilled their eligibility and excelled in academics, athletics, service, and leadership throughout their collegiate career. The field of nominees will be narrowed down to two per conference and reduced further to 30 honorees, 10 per division by a selection committee. The annual award ceremony will be held on Oct. 18 in Indianapolis during which the top 30 will be celebrated and winner announced.
Morris etched her name in the NCAA record books at the SEC Outdoor Championships, setting the collegiate record in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.72m/15-5.75 to claim her third-career SEC title. The Greenville, S.C., native boasts a decorated career that includes the aforementioned NCAA indoor title, four first team All-America honors, three SEC titles and two program records. She also joins NCAA track and field's elite student-athletes on the Bowerman Watch List.
Named the SEC Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year this past February, Morris graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism with a 3.925 grade-point average (GPA).
For more information on Arkansas track and field including in-meet updates, follow @RazorbackTF on Twitter.


text: But you know what I noticed most about these people? They all seemed fine; they all seemed okay, but NONE of these people were smiling. NONE of these people seemed to be having any kind of rad times. So you know what I did? I went back up to the counter and I said, "Grande Cool Lime Refreshers all around!" The barista said, "Pardon me? I couldn't hear because Jeff was talking so loudly at drive through." It sort of disrupted the moment but not completely, because I kinda cleared my throat and just go a little louder than before, "No problem. Grande Cool Lime Refreshers all around!" I had an honest to goodness fifty dollar bill in my pocket and I handed it over and said, "No change please!" And then, I raced out of the door and kind of peered in the window but had to kind of wait a few minutes because it's not like several grande Cool Lime Refreshers appear just out of nowhere! But as they were being passed out from what I could see from outside the coffee shop, people smiled as they were handed their incredibly refreshing Refreshers. They turned those frowns upside down, and rad times were had by all. After leaving that Starbucks, I had a smile on my face, and my day just kind of continued being rad, which was nice. See how easy it is to have rad times? Same here!


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Much to the delight of Buckingham Canal Society, this swan was seen on the section of canal near Buckingham which has been restored and rewatered by the society.
The tranquil scene on the canal at Bourton Meadow was captured by Buckingham resident,Gary Warden over the Christmas weekend.
Canal Society spokesman Terry Cavander said: "The sighting highlights just one of the many benefits that restoration of the waterway can bring, by bringing wildlife back to the canal."
Find out more at www.buckinghamcanal.org.uk


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At Peoples Church we recognize that people have material needs in addition to spiritual needs. We do our best to help individuals in need by offering food pantry and clothing giveaways, but we also recognize that we cannot meet all the physical needs of people in our community. Therefore, we have provided a list of organization which may be able to help you:
|Gardner Community Action Committee
70 Waterford Street
Gardner, MA 01440
Phone: (978) 632-8700
Fax: (978) 630-4684
|The Gardner CAC, Inc. is a non-profit organization providing a variety of programs to the economically disadvantaged of the Greater Gardner area:
The agency offers a Clothing Closet, Holiday Programs, and applications for the Bonnie Brae summer youth program.
|Winchendon Community Action Center
273 Central Street
Winchendon, MA 01475
Phone: (978) 297-1667
Fax: (978) 297-0390
|The Winchendon CAC, Inc. is dedicated to helping families and individuals in crisis, and the economically disadvantaged within the community by providing a wide range of services which includes: emergency assistance; housing information; medical transportation; Salvation Army Vouchers; Food Pantry; Clothing Closet; used furniture; information; and referrals. There are also baby-sitting, parenting, nutrition and budgeting, GED, First Aid and CPR classes available. Other Services provided include WIC, Fuel Assistance intake, Battered Women's groups, Batterer's Groups, Anger Management, and Individual Counseling through North Central Human Services.
|Winchendon Council On Aging
52 Murdock Avenue
Winchendon MA 01475
Phone: (978) 297-0415
|Montachusett Opportunity Council
133 Prichard Street
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Phone: (978) 345-7040
Fax: (978) 345-7066
|Montachusett Opportunity Council, Inc. is the designated Community Action Agency serving North Central Massachusetts.
|New England Farm Workers Council
Prichard Plaza
435 Main Street — Suite 3040
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Office: (978) 342-4520
Clients: (978) 630-1606
Fax: (978) 343-8615
|Massachusetts Oilheat Council
118 Cedar Street
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Phone: (781) 237-0730
or 1-800-722-0623 (in Mass.)
Fax: (781) 237-2442
|Get Help With Your Heating BillIf you're looking for direct assistance to help with your heating bills or energy needs this winter,
you can turn to three different programs.State Fuel Assistance
Citizens Energy Oilheat Program
Salvation Army Good Neighbor Fund
|WorcesterResources.org currently includes information for the following types of assistance:
Cash Assistance Programs: provide low-income families, elders, and the disabled with financial and medical support for their basic needs, as well as education and job training to help families become financially independent.
Child Care and Preschool Programs: help low-income families and teen parents find and pay for child care and preschools so that the parents may work, go to school, or take part in job training programs.
Employment & Job Training Programs: provide job search assistance, career counseling, technical and vocational training, and unemployment benefits to workers who have lost their jobs or are looking for better jobs.
Energy Assistance Programs: include fuel assistance, weatherization, and furnace repair services to help families stay warm during the winter; utility discounts for low-income families; and utility shut-off protection for families in special circumstances.
Food Programs: offer free food, low cost food, and information about good nutrition to low-income families and individuals as well as seniors.
Health Care Programs: offer free or low-cost health coverage and services to eligible low and moderate-income families and individuals for medical treatment given by doctors, clinics, HMOs, hospitals, and pharmacies.
Housing and Homeless Programs: help families and individuals find permanent housing in safe, affordable public or privately owned units as well as temporary housing in emergency or transitional shelters.
Legal Assistance Programs: offer free legal help to low-income and elderly
Tax Credits: help eligible persons reduce their taxes and, for some credits, can provide cash payments to workers even when they do not owe any taxes.
Transportation Services: include public bus transportation as well as flexible van/taxi services for elders, the disabled, and working families with special transportation needs.
Resources for Noncitizens: include refugee resettlement, English classes,
Resources for Seniors: include senior agencies, the Home Care Program and
Resources for Youth: includes the Worcester Youth Services Directory for
Friendly House: a community-based, human services organization offering a
NeighborWorks® HomeOwnership Center: a one-stop information center for potential homebuyers and current homeowners in the greater Worcester area.
In Massachusetts today, there are a number of programs that help residents who qualify manage their energy costs. These programs include fuel assistance, utility discount rates and energy efficiency services. A group of the state's utility companies have joined forces with The Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP) and Low-Income Energy Affordability Network (LEAN) to promote the programs to qualifying households. The initiative is known as Energy Bucks.
FUEL ASSISTANCE: Subsidies to reduce the price you pay for energy services.
UTILITY DISCOUNT RATES: Discounted rates that lower what you are charged for the energy you use.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICES: Weatherization services that make your house more energy efficient, thereby reducing your total energy needs
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Seemingly every season during his tenure as head coach of the San Diego Chargers, Norv Turner has faced questions of job security. Every season, it's all amounted to just talk — until now.
Turner and general manager A.J. Smith are likely to to fired at the end of the season, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. President Dean Spanos says he has "no choice" but to fire Turner, who has a record of 45-30 in his five seasons with the Chargers.
Spanos is reportedly still considering Smith's status, although league sources believe he will be fired.
The Chargers began the season 4-1 and were atop the AFC West. However, six straight losses and poor play from quarterback Philip Rivers have put the team in last place in the division.
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text: Greetings, my name is Rob and I am a junior here at the University of Maryland. I aspire to graduate with a degree in Communications. I strongly support gun control and hope that a happy medium can be met in order to allow people the right to bear arms but, only if the process in which they obtain these arms is strictly regulated. Minimizing violence and saving lives should be a concern for everyone, privileged or not.


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RU 251 Prototype SpPz mit 90mm BK
Dimensions: 6.2 m x 3 m x 2.49 m
Please tell me there will be a way to reach it from VK2801, or at least an xp refund since VK had such a steep ecping curve, that it was almost as harf to get it, as it is with arty ...ReplyDelete
soo tier 6 VK 2801 -> Tier 7 "Aufklarung Panther" -> Tier 8 this post correct?ReplyDelete
First sorry for any misspellings.
About Gigih question: It would be really great to know. I personally think that a 40+ tonnes LT, aka Aufklärungspanzer Panther, would be a little out of place; as the EU community had already some other suggestions:
- VK 2002 MAN (http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/141263-suggestion-tier-vi-german-light-tank/page__st__40__pid__2742424#entry2742424)
- VK 2801 DB (http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/141263-suggestion-tier-vi-german-light-tank/)
- VK 1602 (MAN) Leopard (http://forum.worldoftanks.ru/index.php?/topic/527740-vk-1602-leopard-%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F/page__pid__13274853#entry13274853)
- Porsche Typ 245 (http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/141263-suggestion-tier-vi-german-light-tank/page__st__60__pid__2829624#entry2829624)
So I still hope that we see VK 2801 K -> VK 2801 DB -> Spähpanzer Kette, aka RU 251 Prototyp SpPz mit 90mm BK.... and yes, Prototyp withgout "e" :). So how will the LT tree look like?
On another note, will the E-50 and the E-50 Martyneko see at least a new turret? As the last one is already 100% fiction, a new tuuret wouldnt make a big different.
Third question, will we see that the VK 1602 and VK 2801 K, gets its old weight back? I mean currently looks it a little off :(
I fix some typos, and one question doesnt need a answer anymore.
About the second question and the turret. forget this one :) As the dev already said they take the 0 deg of the testserver (0.8.4) back.
About the third question, will we see that the VK 1602 and VK 2801 K, gets its old weight back? I mean currently on the testserver, it looks a little off :(
Info has been on SilentStalkers blog ( http://ftr-wot.blogspot.cz/ ) for long time already..... what has happened to you man,you used to be THE SOURCE for WoT inside news and developments but now you just copy paste old stuff from other peoples blogs.ReplyDelete
Relax dude. First, it's always better to have the actual english info from a real WG employee, not from a random guy who does it in his spare time. Second, the info hasn't been on for ages, I mean - this came from Storm's article from yesterday. The fact Overlord didn't put it up in english within minutes or something means he actually has a life... and that's a good thing.Delete
Vk has nerfed speed,armour, hp/ton ratio and gun accuracy and aiming time. I want at least old aimtime back! Now IT sucks in tier X battles. i can only sit in Bush... Gun nerf reduced its counters out abilities. It is now a vk3001h with screwed mm :/Delete
patch 0.9.9?ReplyDelete
Your're pancaking in support of WG after that little 'scandale' SS - ease it up a bit or we choke on all the valentine sweetness, we tankers not tinker bells ;-)
The VK2801 is a niche tank that few plays well, the nerfs will ruin it and make it ripe for the scrapyard. Nerf gold for creds or heat damage or gun load time, not speed and agility, that's what make it a light tank.
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I think he's referring to silent stalker a.k.a Frank Davis
and he's right, ss should be the last man in lifting a finger when it comes to WG
The banning and unbanning of SS is still shrouded in mystery...some believe it to be an extensive maskirovka to cover the real story; rumors have it that he may have sent six red roses to someone in the WG staff that didn't appreciate the gest. The misunderstanding was cleared up when SS admitted that it was ignorance on his part that caused him to send an even number of roses instead of an odd one!
Gawd this blog interface is making a number of my Ipad...-)
Oh my god, people, give it a rest. It's been dealt with, I didn't do exactly the best I could, but what happened happened, Czechout got fired and last time I heard, she was looking for work at some German games studio. I have nothing against WG, I disagree with some of their policies but that's it. No need to bring this up here.Delete
Gag reflex, a mild and humorous one with a touch of truth!-)
Somehow you should be prepared to hear more about it....
So please, back to WG uber nerfing our favorite German scout :-)
I wish the RU-251 was introduced before nerfing the VK - give us a better scout and we may live with it!Delete
Hey Overlord!
In a recent Q&A, SerB has stated that WoT hasn't been yet promoted in Japan.
Well, the first season of the Girls und Panzer anime is coming to end in March, and people have been generally enthusiastic to it. The creator also stated that there's a possibility of a new season afterwards, so why not support a second season financially in exchange for some advanced product placement? It would be probably be a bulls-eye ;)
We haven't entered Japanese market properly yet, that's true.
As for, anime-thing, will see.
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WoT was specifically mentioned - as a game that some of the characters (Anteater Team, who drive the Type 3 Chi-Nu) play intensively - in an episode of 'Girls und Panzer', so some kind of tie-in would seem an obvious move. According to Wikipedia "Plastic model tank figures based on those within the anime have topped sales charts in Japan" (Link: http://cdn.hobbylink.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Girls-und-Panzer-02.jpg); certainly WoT skins copying the garish colour schemes the girls paint their tanks in in the first half of the series are very popular, so it would seem a good idea for WoT to have these as purchasable camos in-game.Delete
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Thank God! A glimmer of hope.
Yesterday I got the worst news yet in my Wot life:
1. My beloved VK28 is getting hammered hard.
2. Tank S is not gonna happen in the European tree. Game mech cant support it.
Dont wanna be a whiner - and i belive most changes are done for good reasons, but the VK is my baby.
Reduced slope of the lower nose plate of the Pz. V Panther to 55 degrees...this i read in the 8.4 public test that was announced on the american server. You told us in a previous post that the slope on panther will be increased so that proves that WG are nothing but liars. And lying the community that pays for your game is not a smart move.ReplyDelete
Slope of Panther lower front plate was reduced.Delete
check that...
Silviu, do you know how to read?
Here is what overlord said:
Pz V Panther: lower front plate slope INCREASED to its HISTORICAL (you see what we did there?) 55deg
Here is what the patch notes say:
Reduced slope of the lower nose plate of the Pz. V Panther to 55 degrees
They used different wording, but the end result is the same: Panther lower plate slope is 55 degrees.
Any thoughts on if we'll be getting a premium American TD any time soon? German tanks tend to fit my favorite play style best, so this is good news for me, but with two TD lines, it feels like the American tech tree is due for an addition.ReplyDelete
dont tell me you dont specifically keep germans low... ever again.
E100 turret,
E50&E75 frontal transmission "fix"
VK rising up while getting nerfhammered (leo vs t50-2? dont kid me!)
I dont expect much of german tanks in THIS game anymore!
Sad its such a great nation with alot of inventions and imo the higest engineering skills allover the world.
But yeah, its a russian game.
Just dont forget to add more kommunistic slogans for tanks.
oh Btw. please remove trhe german tree, its not worth being called such.
wargaming have too much money apparently, its starting to fill the hallways at their volcano HQ; so, to fix the problem they are nerfing german tanks just to piss off the people who play them (cause everyone exclusively plays one nationality right?)so that their detrimental money excess goes away.
its a conspiracy i tells ya
VK2801 was arguably better than T-50-2; it had the speed, plus actual armor and a powerful 105mm howitzer. Yes, T-50-2 may turn/accelerate faster, but you can't discount the advantages VK2801 has right now in 8.3. It is a monster against SPGs and LTs.
You also seem to ignore the fact that since in 8.4 tier 5 won't be the end tier for german LT, you won't be able to compare tier 5 Leopard to T-50-2. The ELC AMX will likely be its closest comparison.
Do you also forget that the most accurate guns in the game are mounted on E-50 and E-50M? Both exceptionally good top tier medium tanks with their immense power-to-weight, heavy chassis and thick, sloped armor making them excellent for ramming and unparalleled for sniping.
Yes, fires from transmission hits are silly and unrealistic. So are 70 degree auto-bounces and zero-damage shots.
And let me tell you about the fuel tanks on Russian tanks, and how easily they burst. Let me tell you about the IS and how it's armor isn't really all that great. Let me tell you about the inaccuracy and agonizingly long aim time of Russian guns. Let me tell you about the SU-5, SU-8, and T-43's mediocre performance.
Sure, there are a few tanks in the German tree that aren't quite what they could be. The Tiger doesn't fill heavy tank role well at tier 7 - honestly think it should be tier 6. The VK3001 P isn't that good. But every natino has a handful of tanks like this. T25/2 is essentially a glorified Hellcat that is slower and bigger. The Sau-40 is basically a large Hetzer with very little armor and a major vulnerability in the turret. AMX 38 is basically a Hotchkiss that can fight tier 5. Crusader is essentially inferior to the M7 MT with its low top speed. Black Prince is both the slowest tier 7 heavy and the poorest-armed.
Jagdpanther I/II. Hetzer. E-50 series. Panther series. VK3601. Panzer 3. King Tiger. Hummel/GW Panther. All of these german tanks are very good tanks for their tier.
So stop crying about anti-german/pro-russian bias.
Well first of all the T-50-2 is a way smaller target, it has better acceleration and better traverse, so it's a better scout. The 105 howitzer is not a better weapon, only the retarded gold ammo is OP. And the poor VK got nerfed pretty hard. It was stated that it was balanced for a level higher yet they nerfed it.
But let's move on to the E50 issue. Is it the only tank with a clipping problem? No! Just a few examples from the forums: SU-76, Object 263, IS-3, IS-4, Cromwell, M46 Patton, Lorraine 40 t... and I'm not even at the end of that topic. Do these tanks get nerf erm sorry I mean "fixed"? No, only that poor german med, which was far from op (it was by far the worst tier 10 med last month on the EU server according to wot-news winstats), yet it was the most useable german tier 10. Is this a big nerf? Absolutely! On same levels you can't even aim at enemy mediums without showing them your sides. Let's not forget that the turret of this tank was designed by WG, it is a fictional turret, and they nerf it because it has clipping issues????? Desing a decent turret for god sake... so there's no german hate right? You decide...
Yes, the 105 is superior. For many reasons (can kill LT/SPG in 2-3 hits, for one), but I'm not going to argue that.
What I will argue about is this E-50 stuff. 8.4 only JUST hit public test yesterday. Already there are tons of people voicing their opinions against this change. Yes, it is a stupid change. But don't get all up in arms proclaiming it's "anti-german bias" unless this change actually carries through to the live 8.4 patch. Game companies are made up of tons of people; perhaps one of them decided to make this change not realizing the consequences. Certainly WG.net is hearing about it now; and they will decide formally what route to take. Until then, we don't know from who this change comes; whether some lower-level naive developer, or the people actually responsible for ongoing game balance.
And secondly, don't bash on Wargaming.net for the E-50's model design. Yes, I agree, reducing the gun depression to zero is ridiculous, but their ingame model of the E-50 is fine. Look at the drawings available online (such as the one here: http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/1-Germany/03-sPanzers/E-Series/E-50.htm ) and you'll find that yes, it has periscopes at the front of the hull roof. You'll also notice that the upgraded E-50 turret is just an enlongated schmalturm. That's literally all it is. The front of the turrets are identical.
Hell, remember the 2nd soviet TD line? They started on test with top guns much better than the top guns they ended up with on Live. Seriously, I'll be on your side concerning this E-50 gun depression nerf if it hits live, but don't spout "german hate" while it's still in test, and only the 2nd day of test at that.
I won't deny that the vk was OP with that gun for it's role, and it was even more broken with gold ammo, but it's wargaming's fault from the start for making super penetrating derp gun ammo. I support balancing tanks from the bottom of my heart really, but when they state that vk is balanced for a higher tier, yet when we have a look at it, and it's clear that they nerfed every aspect of the tank, it's a bit suspicious.
Why do we have to raise our voices? It's simple: it's feedback on an idiotic decision, and let's be honest if we wouldn't have had raised our voices it'd gone live, crippling a tank for months til the next update. And yes this nerf won't make it into even the next tier of testing, but let's continue with our nice discussion :)
The problem is, this is a fictional tank, there are no valid blueprints of them. WG could have desingned a working turret, or they could desing a new turret now to fix it's cliiping problem. This would not represent any problem, because it's a fictional tank, yet they choose the nerf the hell out if it. (I really like it's model, it looks cool)
I remember them, they were OP so the got balanced. Is the E50 OP and needs nerfing? No! So I don't get this comparison. I didn't believe in german bias until this test but this is getting ridiculous. Except the M2 only german tanks got frontal depression nerf, did the SU 76 and object 263 got one? No! Call me paranoid but this is bs.
And just look at the Panzer IV, where during the nerfing process we were specifically assured by a dev (GeneralDirection) that it would get a gun with comparable DPM to the ZiS-4...and we're STILL WAITING. Currently we have a Russian tier 4 medium (T-28) with a greatly superior gun to the Tier 5 Panzer IV.
How anyone can claim there isn't an anti-German bias at WG is beyond me at this point.
I can bet that if we get a continuation to the chaffee tree at americans the top-tier LT will be the T92 LT :).:P I do wonder when will we see new game modes rather than more tanks.ReplyDelete
Personally I'm hoping to see M551 Sheridan as top (tier 10) light tank for Americans.
Sans-MGM-51 Shillelagh, obviously. And perhaps with 152mm of not quite so massive damage as the russian 152mm M-10/ML-20, but I can definitely see it being worked in.
Oh god yes!
The Sheridan is such a nice tank, loved driving it in Battlefield Vietnam, or being transported to the next island via helicopter :D
top scout tank will be tier 8:)Delete
So the VK2801 is overpowered due to HEAT shells. We already know that HEAT shells have a nerf incoming. Yet you decided to nerf the VK2801's other stats.
The tank will be pretty horrible once the HEAT nerf arrives.
Can you tell us in advance what will you nerf on that tank so we can estimate is the tank worth to grind out or not. Like E50M you know :) First let people grind it and then screw it's gun depression so it became unplayable :)ReplyDelete
Looks like the change is getting rolled back for the next test round
Oh, and now that it seems the disaster situation is averted, here is something to brighten the mood:
More and more prototypes which for good reasons never saw a series in addition to historical classic tanks screwed up with modules they never had (never would have been used even if theoretical possible) ... I don't know about the russian community, but in the western communities you lose more and more player because of this game becoming World of Fantasy.
Wargaming seems to be incapable of implementing classics as they were in a balanced fashion and they are incapable of admitting to failure.
Lucky that they have no comparable competition for this tankgame, i hope Warthunder will teach you a lesson when it comes to planes.
Well, I like the prototypes very much and I think the game would be much more boring without them, so WG keep the good work and bring us as much prototypes as you can! The more tanks - the better:D
And btw - what other classics do U thought of? Most of them are already in game, of course, we're still waiting for, let's say, Bishop or Sherman Firefly but they'll be there in the not so far future. So I don't see a reason to complain, really.
MAN is there a lot of BAWWW on here. INTERNET TANKS...SERIOUS BUSINESS.ReplyDelete
I want my RU 251 now ! :-)ReplyDelete
Sorry to be off subject but I'm very disapointed in being able to deal with the high tier meds when I am in a heavy. For instance I know they should be much faster but they bounce more shots and take damage to well. An e75 shooting point blank should be devastating to a medium tank. There guns are way over powered as well. Please respond to this anybody and let me know how you feel about this. ThanksReplyDelete
Don`t forget WoT has zero to do with anything realistic, paper, scissors, rock format of battle is how it all works .ReplyDelete
So tier 8 is planned to be the max tier for light tanks? It makes sense due to their role. Also looking forward to this beauty.
Here is another picture from a quick Google search for the interested.
So there no model yet no patch release date and No reason to believe you. But hey I'm sure the t-50-2 will still rape itReplyDelete
Will I get to the Leopard 1A4 through this branch?ReplyDelete
Mr. Overlord,
As a head of WoT development, you have the privilege of knowing much that the fan base is unaware of. I am of course a fan of the game; for I have played off and on since the closed beta version of the game.
I say off and on because the game itself is incredible, but I feel that there is much more potential for the game; and of course that is obvious-however it has been two years... and there have been graphical improvements, more tanks, the two game modes and more maps but I want to know more about what will come in the future rather then having to wait and see month by month-what will come next.
Posting on your blog may not be most efficient, but I'd like to ask you if you may give us more information about the game in your blog- such future patches and ideas that are being tossed up in the air. I am sure many fans like myself would appreciate seeing more things on your blog. Also it would give us more of a chance to give WG constructive feedback.
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The Times reported on five girls in the Northern California town of Santa Rosa who have petitioned BSA to let them join. The girls, who already consider themselves Boy Scouts, submitted their applications and made their plea at a Nov. 13 meeting at their area Boy Scout headquarters. The men on the panel pushed the decision up to the national level, saying girls were excluded from BSA and that they had no authority to admit them. The men agreed to forward the girls' request to the national office.
The girls, who call their group the Unicorns, took part in a skills-building course, Learning for Life, which is for both boy and girls and is affiliated with BSA. They also placed second in camporee, a big scouting competition of grit and spirit whose competitors included dozens of Boy Scouts groups.
"There's no really 'girl things' or 'boy things,'" Ella Jacobs told the panel of BSA leaders. She held up first-place and other award ribbons to demonstrate her abilities and that she stands on equal footing as the boys in their organization.
Some of the girls in the Unicorns had tried out Girl Scouts, but didn't like selling cookies and preferred learning to tie knots and build fires—skills Girl Scout leaders say their members also develop but something none of the girls had experienced.
Concern over girls and boys sleeping in the same tents and the erosion of boys-only time appears to be at the top of the list. But also more subtle (and kind of ironic worries) that girls, who some studies show are starting to dominate school classrooms and sports, will earn their way into the leadership positions, which, if the current single-gender rule is enforced, are guaranteed to go to boys only.
Both the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of American have seen a decline in participation in the last decades, leading one to wonder whether separating genders isn't part of the problem. Is it time for the two scouting organizations to join forces and teach leadership and justice for all?
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I'm one week out from my ASL to Connectics. I'm off there to learn how to cable joint and do line mechanic work for 26(?) weeks.. VERY exciting!
The reason? CPIT here at Sullivan Ave (the Tradefit site) have a 33,000 Volt overhead network, but have nobody onsite to teach it with. The network was kindly installed and donated by Orion, Connectics, Electricity Ashburton, Mainpower, and Independent Line Services (I may have missed some, apologies!). So I'm off to 'learn the trade' and then come back here and teach it!
Today Stephen Price and myself are going to Connectics for a meeting with their representative to iron out any issues.
I've got 2x sets of 'electrically safe' overalls, a hard hat, boots, safety goggles (tinted!) and my first aid certificate (last week!), so hopefully i'm reasonable well prepared. I'll be getting a notebook and using my phone with its 5Mp camera to take pics.
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Academic study leave
3 comments:
- Briggs said...
Looking forward to reading about your experiences Andrew!
- January 27, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- Briggs said...
How was your first day Andrew?
- January 31, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Andrew said...
GREAT thanks!
- February 3, 2011 at 8:09 PM
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