Warhammer Wiki Online - Age of Reckoning

One of the most anticipated games of 2008 isn't Wrath of the Lich King, and its not the already released Age of Conan. It is Warhammer Online, which has been delayed multiple times and really reworked from the ground up by EA Mythic.

This game is going to solely based on masive multiplayer PvP action, in clan versus clan and even World (read server) versus server embattlement. To a PvP lover such as myself, I love an ever changing battle, one that is not scripted, and requires players to make smart decisions with catlike reflexes. Warhammer seems to fit this bill quite nicely.

This is a game type that Blizzard has never been able to commit to with World of Warcraft, as the game is mired in PvE content... which I have also come to love over time. However no game has tantalized my senses as much as Warhammer, they have been teasing me for a year and half with this game... and the payoff is close at hand finally.

I had delayed taking action after hearing that players who purchase the Warhammer: Age of Reckoning Collector's Edition would get guaranteed access to the upcoming open beta. Finally yesterday I went in search of a copy... only to find that they were all sold out at the major retailers listed on the Warhammer website.

After a diligent search I did find a copy for myself. This has only been available for Pre-order for a mere week, and with an exorbitant cost over and above the normal game of an extra $40. So its easy to see I am not the only one very excited about this game.

Players will most likely flock to Warhammer, just as they did with Age of Conan... in fact I would venture to guess that Warhammer will break AoC's record of release date subscriptions and first month subscriptions!

Thats all for today...now I wait patiently for September and a Warhammer Beta ticket!!!

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Phelps,Olympic Games 2008

(BEIJING, August 17) -- Day nine was by far the busiest day of Beijing 2008 so far -- with some 37 medals doled out as competitions concluded and old Olympic friends left the limelight, while others emerged from the shadows. Today, though, the spotlight shone on just one man.

Sometimes words are not enough. The impish smile – one of pride at his immense achievements this past week – across the face of Michael Phelps spoke volumes as he received his eighth epoch-making gold medal of Beijing 2008.

As a member of the United States's triumphant Men's 4 x 100 Medley team, Phelps became the most decorated man in Olympic history: Not only has he broken Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of winning seven gold medals in a single Olympic Games, but with 14 gold medals overall, he has won five more than his nearest rivals. For good measure, he set seven world records in winning those eight medals. It was a majestic week by anyone's standards.

Unlike Saturday's (August 16) 100m Butterfly final, which he won by the tightest of margins, this was no close-fought nail-biter. It took the US team half of the race to hit the front, but Phelps put them in ahead, and by the time Jason Lezak dived in to swim the final leg the result was a foregone conclusion.

Was this Phelps's last Olympic appearance? Will the 23-year-old still be around to scoop up more medals at London 2012? Who can say -- but if he needs any inspiration, all he had to do was look at two of today's swimming silver medalists.

If Beijing 2008 was a film, 41-year-old Dara Torres would have won the Women's 50m Freestyle final, and 28-year-old Grant Hackett would have retained his Men's 1500m crown for the third successive time.

Watch the Olympics online

Wired's Wiki is compiling a list of places where users can watch the Beijing Olympics online. This includes NBC, the BBC and YouTube, though access will vary by country. There's also a link on the right hand side of the Beijing 2008 official site: look for the box that says Olympic Video.

TV Tonic is offering US users a high quality service (from 840 x 480 progressive scan to 1080i HD), NBC Olympics On The Go, that does downloads in the background. It only works with 32-bit Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate, which have the Windows Media Center built in.

Michael Phelps Won't Have to Share the "Athlete with Most Gold Medals in a Single Olympics

(BEIJING, August 16) -- One more gold, and Michael Phelps won't have to share the "Athlete with most gold medals in a single Olympics" title with compatriot Mark Spitz, who did this 36 years ago in the Munich Games.

But this time, Phelps's own efforts will not be enough to achieve this Olympic immortality. He will have to rely on his relay teammates. As the defending Olympic champions, world record holders and fastest final qualifiers, they will not let him down.

Standing in their way are the teams from Australia and Japan, who qualified second and third fastest, only 0.01 and 0.06 seconds behind them.

In the Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay, however, defending champions Australia may see less competition, qualifying over a second faster than Great Britain and the United States, who came in second and third.

In the Women's 50m Freestyle final, 41-year-old Dara Torres from the United States will be under the spotlight. She had showed her competitors that her age is no issue in the pool by clocking the fastest time into the final. However, she is sure to meet the close competition from world record holder Lisbeth Trickett of Australia and Friday's 100m Freestyle gold medalist Britta Steffen of Germany.

The Men's 1500m Freestyle will be the last chance for Grant Hackett of Australia to bring something home from Beijing. And if he wins gold, it will be a history-making third straight 1500m title.

from en.beijing2008.cn

Zhang Ning Won the Gold Medal

World No. 1 Xie Xingfang's journey to the final was much easier than Zhang's. Conceding just one game in four matches, Xie came to the final as the favorite. In contrast, World No. 7 Zhang's stamina had been questioned since the beginning of the tournament. Even after Zhang battled to the final, few believed she could win on tired legs.

However, Zhang was the first player to turn on the gears in the final. In the first game, Zhang countered Xie's attack with precise crosscourt flights and hairpin shots. She stayed ahead most of the game and won a comfortable 21-12.

Xie made a second-game comeback as expected, using smashing combined with drops to put pressure on Zhang Ning's exhausted legs. When Xie took the second game 21-10, most thought Zhang's chance of winning this match was running out.

But Olympic-gold-medal-proven Zhang showed the crowd she had the heart of a champion. In the last game, Zhang continued her precise shots and drops, leaving little room for Xie to operate. Zhang led the game from start to end winning the game with a final score of 21-18. After such an outstanding performance, it's hard to believe Zhang is a 33-year-old Badminton veteran.

This year's Games may be Zhang's last Olympic appearance having already planned to retire after her Athens gold. She is also the eldest Badminton Women's Singles Olympic champion in history.

US shooter wins gold in the Men's Skeet

(BEIJING, August 16) -- US shooter Vincent Hancock won the gold medal in the Men's Skeet in Beijing on August 16. Hancock and Norwegian shooter Tore Brovold were tied on 145 targets after the final with Hancock taking the gold after winning the shoot-off.

A shoot-off also decided the winner of the bronze medal. Anthony Terras of France and Antonis Nikolaidis of Cyprus were tied on 120 targets after the final, with Terras taking the bronze after winning the shoot-off.

Hancock was the highest-ranked shooter after qualification, hitting a total of 121 targets. In second place were three shooters on 120 targets: Brovold, Terras and Nikolaidis.

Hancock looked unbeatable during the early stages of the final, but he finally missed a target and surrendered the lead. Brovold shot brilliantly during the final and did not miss a single target, which allowed him to equal Hancock's score.

In the shoot-off, shooters needed to fire at a pair of targets. Both Hancock and Brovold hit two targets on their first pair of shots, but Brovold missed a target on his second pair. The 19-year-old Hancock belied his nervousness and shot truly on his second pair of shots, hitting both targets and winning the gold medal.

Both Terras and Nikolaidis missed one target on their first pair of shots during the shoot-off. Nikolaidis then missed another target on his second pair of shots, giving Terras the opportunity to win the bronze medal. Terras did not let the opportunity slip and hit both targets on his second pair of shots, thus winning the bronze medal.

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Death of Comedian Bernie Mac News

Comedian Bernie Mac died at Northwestern Memorial hospital early Saturday morning, according to Sun-Times Columnist, Stella Foster. He was 50.

Though the cause of death has not been confirmed, Mac had been hospitalized recently for pneumonia. Foster said that she received calls early Saturday morning from a close friend of the Mac family, confirming the reports of Mac’s death.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. R.I.P. to a true comedian.

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Bigfoot Found?

searchingforbigfoot.com claims that a body that may very well be the body of the creature commonly known as “Bigfoot” has been found in the woods in northern Georgia.

They have announced that DNA evidence and photo evidence of the creature will be presented in a press conference on Friday, August 15th from 12 Noon to 1:00pm at the Cabana Hotel-Palo Alto at 4290 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, California, 94306. The press conference will not be open to the public. It will only be open to credentialed members of the press.

Some of the facts about the BigFootBody mentioned on the site are:

- The creature is seven feet seven inches tall.

- It weighs over five hundred pounds.

- The creature looks like it is part human and part ape-like.

- It is male.

- It has reddish hair and blackish-grey eyes.

- It has two arms and two legs, and five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot.

- The feet are flat and similar to human feet.

- Its footprint is sixteen and three-quarters inches long and five and three-quarters inches wide at
the heel.

- From the palm of the hand to the tip of the middle finger, its hands are eleven and three-quarters inches long and six and one-quarter inches wide.

- The creatures walk upright. (Several of them were sighted on the same day that the body was found.)

- The teeth are more human-like than ape-like.

- DNA tests are currently being done and the current DNA and photo evidence will be presented at the press conference on Friday, August 15th.

According to the website, The creature was found by Matthew Whitton (AKA Gary Parker) and Rick Dyer (residents of Georgia) in the woods in northern Georgia. (The exact location is being kept secret to protect the creatures.)

Whitton is a local, Georgia, police officer, who is currently on administrative leave after being wounded in the course of duty pursuing an alleged felon. Dyer is a former correctional officer. Whitton and Dyer are co-owners of bigfoottracker.com and Bigfoot Global LLC., a company that offers Bigfoot expeditions. Whitton and Dyer are working with Bigfoot hunter, Tom Biscardi, and Biscardi’s Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., to present and conduct the scientific study of the evidence and information on this body.

Biscardi is known as “the real Bigfoot Hunter” because of his extensive investigations out in the field. He has been searching for Bigfoot since 1971 and over the past several years, he has been criss-crossing the United States and Canada tracking down the hottest leads on Bigfoot sightings.

articles froms Newpostonline

American's Swimmer,Scott Spann Won the 200 IM and the 100 Yard Breaststroke

BEIJING — Noones anticipated Scott Spann being at these Olympics, much less becoming the only American to grace the final of the 200-meter breaststroke. He surprised some people and astonished the rest.



In the semifinals of the breaststroke Wednesday, Spann qualified third in 2 minutes 9.08 seconds. It was his best time by more than a half second. Ranked 30th in the world last year, he won the United States Olympic swimming trials in 2:09.67, a sizable improvement over his 2007 personal best of 2:13.98. In Thursday’s final, he finished sixth in 2:09.76.

Eddie Reese, the United States Olympic men’s coach who works with Spann, said: “We knew Scott was coming along. We just didn’t know he’d get there that quick.”

Spann’s timing for a breakthrough year was perfect. His father, Scott, wasn’t so fortunate. In 1976, at the age of 18, he finished 17th in the 100-meter breaststroke at the United States trials in 1:08.14. (This year the younger Spann was third at the trials in 1:00.59).

from NYTimes