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loquaciousquark · 7 years ago

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Talks Machina Highlights - Critical Role C2E15 (Apr 24, 2018)

Hello hello hello! As @eponymous-rose is away doing Important Science, I’m covering TM recap duty tonight! Tonight’s guests: Marisha & Liam. Tonight’s announcements:

This Saturday is International Tabletop Day! G&S is running special programming all day to celebrate.

VM Origins #6 is out at all available online comic retailers. The final touches are being placed on the comic collected edition; details to be released soon!

Wednesday Club airs tomorrow at 7pm PST.

826LA hit the $35,000 reward tier this week! This means Matt will be hosting another Fireside Chat soon. (Liam reveals that the vintage robe & a tiger ring Matt wore in the last chat were gifts from him after a certain jazz-hands-related event in the last campaign.) As a reminder, all donations are doubled up to $40,000 thanks to a generous critter matching donations.

Pillars of Eternity is out in two weeks! Reminder that the characters of VM will be playable as voice sets in this campaign; the new portrait art for Vax was released this week. Check it out at versusevil.com/criticalrole! Liam extols Travis’s voice acting and the “finesse” in his performance and hopes that fans will be very happy with it.

Reminder: Dani Carr hosts Critical Role Recaps every week.

CR Stats for Episode 15

48 natural ones this campaign so far ($4800 from D&D Beyond to 826LA!)

67 natural 20s so far, even without a Lucky rogue!

Over both campaigns & 51 initiative rolls, Ashley averages only 9.5 on her initiative rolls. :( However, she’ll be on Talks next week! Yay!

Beau is super into working for the Gentleman right now. As long as she makes friends in high places, she’s happy (in part because she knows they won’t last long).

Liam doesn’t miss trap duty at all. (He’s enjoying being a screw-up wizard.) That said, he still enjoys watching Sam bring his magic touch to his old class.

Beau fundamentally trusts that people will always act in their own self-interest, which is why she told Jester to take care of herself first. To Beau, selfishness & survival are synonymous--most people want to make sure they aren’t going to get caught or killed. That’s how she can trust untrustworthy people to work for the good of the group, and why she thought Caleb & Nott needed to be part of a bigger conversation.

Sam, of course, very briefly FaceTimes into the show with the knowledge that Liam called him a comedic genius. He wishes everyone to know that this is accurate, does a remarkable Howdy Doody impression, and leaves.

Caleb didn’t have any experience with the Zone of Truth spell before and paid close attention while it was being cast, but “nobody asked him any questions, so I guess it’s fine.”

Caleb’s one-on-one with the DM hasn’t changed his playstyle or character interpretation yet, since it didn’t reveal anything significant. He does think it might have given Caleb a mildly different outlook on certain things/his mood a little bit, but no fundamental shifts yet. Beau’s one-on-one shifted her perspective a lot--she doesn’t respect authority at all, so being put in her place was a good check on her personality & took the edge off her wrecking-ball habits. Both Marisha & Brian talk about respecting someone willing to call them out on their crap.

Gif of the Week: this glorious thing by @scottc_miller on twitter. Poor everyone. Poor drunk Nott.

Beau is officially warming up to Molly. Awwww, my heart. “I don’t know if Molly’s warming up to Beau, but...” Brian: “Self-preservation, guilty until proven innocent...an optimist!”

Molly’s amnesia reveal hasn’t really changed Caleb’s opinion of him. He does trust that Molly told the truth within the Zone’s context, but he knows that may not be the whole truth. The only person who’s changed in Caleb’s estimation is actually Beau; Liam talks about a low score he rolled on an arcana check on the magical symbols, which Beau surpassed, and in the moment Caleb realized that meant Beau must have had some formal schooling. “A little checkmark went ‘boop!’ in a box.”

Beau is aware of her own terrible flirting with women, & Marisha references Beau’s strong preference to be in charge in her interactions. Marisha also talks about some of her Meisner acting classes/acting methods in how scenes are structured and it’s actually really, really cool. Liam segues into his first week in NYU at his very first voice acting class where they laid on the floor and did “pelvic thrusts” to loosen the diaphragm. Marisha recalls her college voice acting teacher telling her she was terrible and shouldn’t pursue voice acting because she spoke from the back of her throat.

All of Caleb’s spells have been selected for RP reasons over functionality/utility. Liam knows it’s not the most optimal build &, as might be expected, doesn’t care in the slightest. You go, boo.

Liam and Marisha giggle over fighting such a classic old-school monster as a gelatinous cube. Liam honestly wishes Frumpkin could have been dissolved; Caleb emphatically does not. Marisha remembers finding the old cube mini with Matt which could be opened up so other minis could fit inside, and they sat in their living room for some time putting minis inside it. The pair that slays together stays together. Liam also remembers a Comic Con that had light-up gelatinous cube minis which he attended riiiiight after meeting Marisha.

Fanart of the Week: this by @sephiramy! Look at how good everyone looks, awwww.

Liam jokes that he personally excluded Quebec from the giveaways and it’s inexplicably hilarious, especially given Matt’s apologies for it on the regular show.

Beau’s hand going numb on the cube attack didn’t phase her at all; she’s still in the “adolescent” phase where she isn’t afraid of any bad things that might happen to her.

In re: screwing the DM with in-universe D&D choices: “Path of the Duck for the fuck.”

When it comes to HP management, the rest of the party is trying to make sure they can get people up when they’re down, especially since Jester canonically dislikes healing. Marisha reflects on the last campaign where she & Sam often filled the blanks around Ashley’s healing, and feels everyone’s trying to fill a similar role now. Liam and Marisha would ideally like another healer, but neither Beau nor Caleb are paying much attention to maintaining a balanced party comp.

The cat’s paw version of Caleb’s spell was always planned given his attachment to Frumpkin.

Liam talks about pre-stream puzzles from campaign one, including a complicated hydraulic puzzle that Taliesin’s dragonborn paladin sidestepped with one brute force elbow. He also remembers a child’s square puzzle that took “a group of adults an embarrassing time to solve.”

Cast- and staff-wide digression into puzzle-shaming Gandalf for flunking the Moria door riddle. Gandalf the Grey--more like Gandalf the Bad at Riddles, amirite

Beau’s ability to solve the magic puzzle feels to Marisha like the lessons your dad makes you learn as a kid, even though you never think you’ll use them--(such as being made to learn to change your own oil despite thinking you’ll always use AutoZone), but then you end up using the skill later on and resent it the whole time.

Caleb’s increased participation in discussions lately is an intentional choice on Liam’s part.

Beau’s improvement in dealing with the rest of the M9 is due to her becoming more comfortable with them.

Caleb recognizes Fjord’s arcane power, but doesn’t question it at all due to the magical nature of their world. (Neither Liam nor Caleb trusts Fjord to be neutral good: “He spat saltwater out!”)

Marisha makes a great point about how everyone in a D&D party is by definition magical and special, but everyone in the M9 right now feels like they’re still discovering what that means. Liam points out that VM very much felt like strong, special people with greatness thrust upon them; M9 feels like a troupe of random carnies.

Marisha on why she’s playing a human in D&D when so many possibilities exist: “Some people like playing ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.” She likes going from an all-powerful half-elven archdruid prodigy to a schmo who can just punch things really hard.

While discussing impostor syndrome, Brian quotes David Milch: “So much of the accomplishment in art comes not from the discovery of one’s gift but from its acceptance.” He likes that the leveling system supports the slow growth of a character in an RP sense and allows the character to learn and accept his or her strengths. He likes that it’s not straight escapism, it’s the combination of one foot in reality and one foot in fantasy.

Liam points out that since their group is very theater- and story-driven, they often use the leveling process to support story choices and character growth over class optimization. Marisha relates it back to the choices in Disney movies, where sometimes the protagonist discovers their innate power & embraces it in order to succeed, vs. where sometimes a protagonist must overcome an innate feature and rise above it in order to succeed. She loves that dichotomy. (Brian feels Scanlan represented similar principles in the last campaign.)

Liam’s favorite moment of the last episode was Sam’s small drunk goblin irritation.

In re: the rising from the floor at the end of the last episode, Liam hopes there’s a way to talk their way out of any upcoming fight, since Caleb’s pretty tapped. Beau: “This is fine.”

After Dark: I Know What You Did Last Summer Edition

On transferring from the relationship between Vax & Keyleth to Caleb & Beau--both Liam & Marisha have had some disputes about everything that went down in the High Richter’s house. Marisha: “I wouldn’t use the word ‘disputes.’” Liam: “What would you use?” Marisha: “...Clarifications?” They both are struggling with how much their in- and out-of-game relationships have changed over the course of the two campaigns.

The crew photoshops Liam’s hairy V-necked chest onto Marisha live. What even. How.

Marisha does miss some things about spellcasting, but enjoys watching everyone else struggle with concentration checks and saving throws.

Liam and Marisha both enjoy building characters and then assigning the classes that fit their story, instead of deciding what class to play first & building a character to that.

Brief aside where both Marisha (not Beau) & Caleb (not Liam) talk about how much they love Jester.

Liam discusses in- and out-of-player knowledge when it comes to Fjord. Liam knows there’s an eldritch horror behind him, but Caleb has no clue. Marisha sees him as the altrustic half-leader who’s hiding a lot. Liam hypothesizes that someone was about to die, and Fjord saved whoever it was by offering himself to Cthulu. Liam doesn’t think Fjord is good-aligned. Marisha doesn’t trust his smarts.

Marisha tells a story about Taliesin’s hair at C2E2. They were doing group photos when a family with a little girl came up who asked Taliesin his favorite hair color. He answered “I’m really into the peacock fade with the blue and the fade into green and the purple and the emerald,” and the poor girl was a little overwhelmed. (Marisha once answered her second-grade teacher’s question about her favorite color as “iridescent” and feels the teacher was more impressed with her vocabulary than her color choice.)

If they were pulled into Exandria today, Marisha would like to be a wild magic sorcerer or a paladin; Liam would be a wizard.

If the M9 were stuck in a cavern with no food, Marisha would eat Fjord first since he’s probably already a little salted.

Beau’s martial artistry is inspired by Ip Man.

Liam steps out for a moment after a coughing fit, then returns in order to stand very, very close to Brian. Close enough that Brian’s ear rests on Liam’s stomach. Close enough that Marisha feels left out and both of them cuddle on Brian’s lap to end the show. I’m glad I’m not kidding.

See you Thursday!

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justforbooks · 7 years ago

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Rebirth Of A Legend

While the 1950s and 1960s produced many remarkable personalities, few public figures had the charisma and audacity of the late Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping magnate who converted a warship into the yacht Christina, one of the most glamourous private yachts ever built. Inseparable from his ocean-going palace, Onassis lived aboard for decades, reveling in a life of partying and pleasure that by turns made him hated, envied and admired while attracting the global celebrity set of the era to his jewel of the seas, now reborn as Christina O.

This is one yacht that cannot be fully appreciated without knowing a little about her larger-than-life owner, a man who created the boat as an extension of himself and his professional and personal ambitions. Ari Onassis was not the first yachtsman to understand that by pampering influential guests he could open doors that might otherwise remain closed. And life aboard Christina was an endless round of lavish self-indulgence. Ex-King Farouk of Egypt, a frequent visitor and a man whose appetite for the good life would eventually drive him into exile, referred to the yacht as “the height of opulence.” The actor Richard Burton said, “I do not believe that any man or woman in the world would resist the temptation and the pure narcissism shamelessly flaunted on this boat.”

Onassis was immensely proud of Christina and insisted on escorting his guests on guided tours from stem to stern and deck to dazzling deck. All the bathrooms were in marble, the fittings in gold. There was a fireplace encrusted with lapis lazuli at a cost of a dollar per square centimeter. The dining room included frescoes by Marcel Vertes representing the family throughout the seasons: Tina, Onassis’ first wife, skating, and Alexander and Christina picnicking in the grass.

Other artwork had less exalted origins, the two El Grecos, for instance. Onassis knew these were fakes, but as he once said, “If people want to believe they are authentic, why spoil their pleasure.”

The décor in the nine guest suites was inspired by the Greek islands after which they were named. Onassis’ children, Alexander and Christina, used to occupy the Chios suite and the Ithaca suite respectively, although Christina would give up her place when Greta Garbo, Maria Callas or Jackie Kennedy came aboard.

There were also the Santorini, Mykonos, Lesbos, Andros, Crete, Rhodes and Corfu suites. All contained wood and stone work that had been brought in from the Greek islands, the beauty of the materials chosen to enhance the guests’ pleasure.

The most beautiful suite was that of Onassis himself. Located on the pilothouse deck, where it remains today, it consisted of three rooms: the stateroom, an office containing a Louis XV desk, and an ostentatious bathroom. In addition to gold fittings, the bathtub in blue Syene marble was surrounded by a mosaic depicting fish scenes in the style of the lost palace of King Minos of Knossos.

His taste might, in our politically correct world, be regarded as intolerably crude, perhaps, but he was a man of his times, fabulously wealthy, unapologetic and unashamed of his virility. In Ari’s Bar on the main deck the stool seats were covered with the tanned foreskins of whales. The footrests were whales’ teeth and the ivory armrests were engraved with scenes from the Iliad and the Odyssey, Onassis’ favorite epics.

During one cruise, the famously aloof Greta Garbo was seated at one of the stools in Ari’s bar when her host entered and said, “Madam, do you realise you’re sitting on the biggest penis in the world?”

With two chefs, one French and one Greek, Christina’s galley offered the finest dishes and rarest wines, with Onassis fussing over the smallest details on the menu. Among the crew there were two hairdressers, a butler and a Swedish masseuse. There was an elevator, an operating theater with radiography equipment, a telex and a network of 42 telephone lines.

Whether it was in the harbor at Monte Carlo or cruising off Venice or in the Caribbean, Onassis sailed with the stars. The parade on Christina’s guest list included Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli and Rudolf Nureyev. Among the heads of state, industrialists and high ranking statesmen: John Kennedy and Sir Winston Churchill. Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Paul Getty, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace—all were there at one time or another. Britain’s wartime Prime Minister was such a revered guest that Onassis gave up his own suite whenever Churchill visited, an honor never conferred on anyone else. And Churchill, who was aboard for eight cruises between 1958 and 1965, must have enjoyed the company of his host, who could in turn be a public entertainer, a political or a cultural critic, all with surpassing intelligence, charm and insight.

Christina was also the stage for Ari’s endless amorous adventures, and in that respect the summer cruise of 1959 was a blend of high drama and bedroom farce, because this was when Onassis finally won over Maria Callas after she came aboard with her husband. In the course of a few days, the other guests witnessed the break up of two couples and the start of one of the more sensational love affairs of the era. Its notoriety was eclipsed only by his subsequent marriage to former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

Christina started life as a Canadian Navy River Class Frigate, HMCS Stormont, built in 1943 by Vickers of Montreal. After distinguishing herself in the Normandy landings, she became a surplus relic. Onassis bought her in 1952 as part of a block purchase of ten ships from a Baltimore scrap merchant, John Shapiro. His plan was to build a fleet of whalers in collaboration with the Greek government, and when this enterprise fizzled Onassis kept the Stormont for himself. Shapiro said later, “I sold her to him for the scrap value.”

Onassis had showed his sharp nose for business, paying $50,000 (some put the figure at $34,000) for a ship of 1,724 tons, propelled by steam engines developing 6,500 hp that gave her a top speed of 21 knots. There is no record of what happened to her four 20 mm Oerlikon machine guns, various cannons and 145 depth charges. What mattered to her new owner was that at 327’ LOA and 36’6” beam she could be converted into something quite exceptional. Onassis chose the Howaldt Werke shipyard in Germany for the conversion, pouring in a total of four million dollars; and he paid great attention to the work, intervening personally on many occasions during a project that lasted a year and a half.

He commissioned a German professor of architecture, Caesar Pinnau, who created harmonious, classic lines, characterized by a very high stern. All did not go smoothly with the work, however, as there were many complicated challenges to overcome. The stem, for example, had to be rebuilt in one piece and welded to the existing skeleton. But it was above all Onassis’ demands that posed seemingly insoluble problems.

He wanted Christina to carry a fleet of tenders, a normal requirement aboard large modern yachts today but unheard of in postwar Europe in the early 1950s—as indeed were large private yachts themselves. In addition to two lifeboats, Christina was to house five fast launches, a glass bottomed boat for underwater observations, a small dinghy, two kayaks, a Fiat 500, and a five-seater seaplane, the famous Piaggio. This armada meant that the engineers had to resolve many stability calculations. Part of that problem was settled when Christina became one of the first yachts fitted with Vosper stabilizers.

For the comfort of the passengers there was an electronic climate control system that also regulated the temperature of the swimming pool; the pool could be transformed into a dance floor, and this raised the question of providing enough electricity to the ship’s systems. Demand was so great that Christina’s four generators had to run almost continuously and so required special soundproofing.

Onassis took delivery of his jewel in October, 1954. By then, Christina had little in common with Stormont. Her hull had been lengthened by 29’ and only her engines and forecastle had survived the extensive conversion.

As fabulous as the life of the Christina was, her decline was just as spectacular. After Onassis died in 1975 the boat became the property of his daughter, Christina. Jackie Kennedy Onassis owned 12.5 percent, the same share she had in the private island of Skorpios, but she abandoned her rights after bitter negotiations in which Christina Onassis tried to compel Ari’s widow to renounce all claims to the inheritance. The dispute was settled for $26 million. Christina kept the yacht that bore her name and continued to maintain it as her father had, and in 1978 she made a gift of the boat to the Greek government. An unfortunate move, as it turned out, because after using her for state functions in the early days, the government abandoned her and the looters took over. Among the greatest losses was the famous Syene marble bathtub.

Christina continued to rot until 1991 when one Alexander Blastos came into the picture and said he wanted to buy the boat and bring her back to life. Blastos was a self-described financial genius; he had the paperwork to prove it, and his offer of $2.2 million at public auction was immediately accepted. Sadly, his deposit check for $220,000 bounced. Investigation showed that Blastos had over-stated his credentials. He was actually a waiter from Keene, New Hampshire, and it was in New Hampshire that he was eventually charged with fraud. At his trial the court learned that between 1991 and 1995, in addition to swindling various people out of money and airline tickets, he had also commissioned a complete and reportedly superb redesign of Christina from the Luigi Sturchio studio. That project went nowhere. Ex-waiter Blastos got five years and was fined $250,000.

Serious buyers appeared, among them Peter Tauck, whose company bought the yacht in 1998, only to sell her again to John Paul Papanicolaou, a ship owner and friend of the Onassis family. With a group of investors, Papanicolaou and Tauck organized a refit with the intention of offering the yacht for charter, either for a private party or by the cabin, as on a cruise ship. From the outset, their avowed objective was to restore Christina to her former glory.

Considerable design work was required beforehand, and this was undertaken by the Greek naval architect Costas Carabelas. The refit contract went to Viktor Lenac, a Croatian shipyard, and work began in January, 1999 with the removal and storage of interior fittings. At the Lenac yard one of the first tasks was to clean the hull with high-pressure water jets, the force of which opened up two enormous cavities in the steel.

When ultrasonic measurements were made to test the rest of the plating it was found that 65 per cent of the hull needed replacing, not the 20 per cent originally predicted, which meant that instead of drydocking the boat for 60 days, as anticipated, she spent 345 days in it.

Christina O was delivered to her new owners last July 24 after 16 months of intensive work requiring a total of 1.2 million man hours and an estimated cost of $50 million. In all, 560 tons of new steel had to be added. It is now half an inch thick (12 mm), in compliance with the exacting SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) regulations governing a charter yacht.

The SOLAS standards highlighted other major problems. The sun deck or compass deck where the Galaxy Bar occupied an area of about 1,600 square feet, could not, for stability reasons, be decked in teak. This extra weight of several tons 33’ above the keel would indeed upset the stability of the boat which, incidentally, is now fitted with two sets of Vosper stabilizer fins.

Because the vessel is very low on the water, most of the lower deck portholes were eliminated, leaving only those installed in staterooms at the aft end of the ship. The fire control system was redesigned and prop shafts aligned, a vastly complicated operation because of their length. Cold rooms, an incineration chamber and garbage compactor were installed to serve the new, professional galley on the lower deck.

The three original steam engines extended through three decks, occupying a huge volume amidships. Their replacement by two MAN diesels of 2,775 hp each has greatly increased space in this area. The MANs are placed farther aft, rendering the funnel duct redundant.

Additional space has also been gained on the main deck, which now has a 1,000 sq. ft. dining room. This is flanked on each side by relaxation areas with sofas, a gaming table and a piano. On this same mid- or promenade deck, there is a new gym and a lounge decorated in the style of an English clubroom.

The staterooms on the main deck have hardly changed, but in order to house more passengers a new accommodation area has been created at the aft end of the lower deck in the crew’s former quarters. Now there are eight guest staterooms, which increases the guest capacity to 36 people, without counting the famous Onassis suite. This remains one of the most beautiful apartments on the boat, with the main changes in the furnishing of the bathroom, which has an immense shower stall and a marble bathtub.The funnel has been retained, along with its trademark yellow color, but it is now a dummy, housing an air conditioning system and a back-up generator set, again complying with SOLAS standards. The new engine exhaust has been created in the form of an aft mast and takes up a lot less room than that of the old system. Similarly, the arrangement for stowing the ship’s tenders has opened up extra space. There are less of them and they are smaller than in Onassis’ time, but positioning them around the funnel and on the foredeck has created new exterior layout possibilities.

Among some of the elements preserved from the Onassis era are the wall lights, the leather settees in his suite, and the onyx and silver handrail of the monumental stairway. Ari’s Bar has been preserved largely intact, though the famous stools have been recovered with leather but retain their whale teeth footrests. The Atlas on the wall, which incidentally was in a very good state of preservation, has also been kept. The Lapis Lounge abaft the bar retains much of its former ambiance even if, for safety reasons, the fireplace decorated with lapis lazuli is no longer functional—and works by Renoir, Le Corbusier and Chirico can now be found here. The fake Grecos are gone.

For the rest, the classical decoration reflects Mediterranean inspiration with light-colored tones strengthening an abundant luminosity. The best fabrics from Mulberry and JR Scott have been used, with elegant furniture by Giorgetti.

In short she has regained much of what she had before, class and beauty, two of her late owner’s most cherished ideals.

In her time the old Christina became the epitome of opulence, a shrine for celebrity worship and a dockside paradise for tabloid paparazzi. Above all she may be remembered as an object of desire created by the forceful personality of the man who married Jacqueline Kennedy.

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privateplates4u · 5 years ago

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2016 Toyota Mirai Long-Term Verdict: Pulling Off the Hydrogen Highway

People ask me all the time why someone might opt for the 2016 Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, over a traditional battery EV. The conventional answer is that fuel cells require little change in an owner’s routine if they are accustomed to driving a gasoline car; refueling takes a few minutes at a station with a pump, and in theory you should achieve a similar driving range with the added benefit of emitting nothing but water from the tailpipe. But my response would differ. Despite the factors that should normalize hydrogen FCEVs, I found that driving a Mirai feels far more foreign than any other type of vehicle. Typically, we drive our long-term vehicles for an entire year, but Toyota gave us just six months with the Mirai. Our Mirai rolled into the MT Garage with 7,947 miles on the odometer, and we added another 10,497 miles over the course of the loan. As we learned from Toyota, the average Mirai customer drives about 10,000–12,000 miles a year and has one other vehicle at their disposal. Only 15 percent of customers buy rather than lease the Mirai. In some ways, the conventional answer to the fuel cell versus EV dilemma is true. Pumping hydrogen is much like pumping gas, save for the extra-cold temperature of the hydrogen dispenser nozzle. We spent an average of 4 minutes and 6 seconds refueling the Mirai on occasions when there was a quarter of a tank remaining, or 4 minutes 35 seconds when we had dropped down to just one-eighth a tank. But the Mirai’s driving range proved somewhat disappointing. Although the EPA estimates the Mirai can travel 312 miles on a tank, we averaged a total driving distance of 279 miles, based on the sum of the miles driven before a fill-up and the indicated range remaining on the readout. We refueled the H2 tank more than 50 times, but the car cracked 300 miles of total driving distance in just six instances. After refueling, the average new range estimate came out to 272 miles on the display. In a similar vein, we achieved a fuel economy rating of 61.3 miles per kilogram during our time with the Mirai, though the EPA estimates a 65.9-mpk rating. One kilogram of hydrogen is equivalent to a gallon of gas. Unlike gas stations, which are available at every corner, hydrogen stations are still few and far between. The nearest one to my residence is 12 miles away, and there are just 30 open retail stations across California as of this writing, though a couple of them opened after or slightly before the end of our time with the Mirai. In addition to the limited infrastructure, the experience of filling up varies slightly from station to station. They usually don’t prove problematic, but one pump requires watching a lengthy tutorial, and on a couple of occasions, stations encountered hiccups dispensing hydrogen fuel. In contrast, plugging in an EV is as easy as plugging in your cell phone nowadays, especially if you charge at home. The Mirai is available in one fully loaded trim level with active cruise control, pre-collision braking, LED headlamps, a 7.0-inch touchscreen, and heated seats with SofTex synthetic leather upholstery. Our model goes for $58,335, but if you lop off a $5,000 California rebate, the price drops to $53,335. (As of June 30, funding for the California tax credit has been exhausted, with priority now going to lower- and moderate-income applicants; a federal income tax credit with a maximum $8,000 value expired at the end of 2016 and has not been retroactively extended.) Toyota provides free fuel for three years, worth up to $15,000. That extra moola comes in handy because hydrogen often costs $15 or more per kg, quite expensive when you consider the Mirai’s usable fill capacity is 4.72 kg. Compare that to a single charge for an EV, which will definitely cost you less than a tank of gas. But sweetening the pot a little more, owners get free rental car service for 21 days, and Toyota also offers free maintenance for three years or 35,000 miles. Accordingly, we spent $0 maintaining our Mirai, with one small exception. After noticing our cabin air filter was dirty, we dropped $18.31 to fix the problem. (The filter is not covered by the complimentary maintenance program). The Mirai is the first hydrogen vehicle we’ve had in our long-term fleet, so it’s impossible to compare its maintenance cost to its direct competitors. But we can compare it to our long-term 2015 Kia Soul EV+, which cost $71.42 to maintain over 10,099 miles, and our long-term 2013 Tesla Model S P85+, which cost $0 to maintain but required $1,760 for new tires after 38,054 miles. Getting the Mirai serviced was a surprisingly simple affair. True, you’ll only find four Toyota dealerships in Southern California and four in Northern California that service the vehicle, and there are special Mirai technicians, but we never had to wait long to get our Mirai in for a checkup. We didn’t have to make a formal appointment for either of our two visits while adhering to the 5,000-mile service intervals. Once the tires were rotated and a few inspections were performed, we were in and out of the dealership in an hour or two. What will I miss most about the Mirai? I enjoyed its instant power delivery, which helps maneuver quickly through traffic, and its comfortable ride. Plus the car’s low beltline means expansive windows provide excellent visibility. Customers also get a uniquely designed, high-quality interior with a competent and responsive infotainment system, unique touch-sensitive climate controls, and comfortable SofTex seats. But for as many good things as I can remember, there are bad ones too. First off: The Mirai has only four seats. Vague handling, a heavy feel when cornering, and mushy brakes diminish the driving fun. The Mirai’s value proposition is put in question when you realize you’re getting a vehicle with an uninspired driving experience at the same price you’d pay for a premium car even after all the perks. The Mirai also feels older (because it is older) than the Honda Clarity. Although the Mirai trumps the Clarity in ride quality, the Clarity benefits from better handling and a newer cabin. The few hydrogen cars on the market have noticeable drawbacks when it comes to driving enjoyment, and electric vehicles such as the Volkswagen e-Golf, Chevrolet Bolt, and Tesla Model S more closely fit the bill in terms of performance. So how would I respond if someone asked what it would take for me to get into a FCEV over a BEV? I’d have to live within a few miles of a hydrogen station, have another vehicle or not travel outside of California very often, and be willing to make sacrifices in drive or ride quality. Key stats about our time with a Toyota Mirai: Total distance: 10,497 milesTotal days: 179Total H2: 171.249 kgTotal H2 cost: $2,703 (26 cents per mile)Average fuel economy: 61.3 miles per kg (mpk)/62.5 mpg-eEPA official mpk: 65.9Average (mean) new range estimate after refueling: 272 miles (low: 254; high: 295)Average (mean) total driving range (actual miles driven plus indicated range remaining): 279 miles (low: 239; high: 314)Average time to refuel at 1/2 tank: 2 minutes, 53 secondsAverage time to refuel at 3/8 tank: 3 minutes, 13 secondsAverage time to refuel at 1/4 tank: 4 minutes, 6 secondsAverage time to refuel at 1/8 tank: 4 minutes, 35 seconds More on our 2016 Toyota Mirai here: Arrival Update 1: Fill’er Up! Update 2: Mirai vs. Clarity Update 3: New Frontiers and Frozen Fingers Update 4: Is $15,000 of Complimentary Hydrogen Fuel Enough? Update 5: Fast Facts Our Car SERVICE LIFE 6 mo / 10,497 mi BASE PRICE $58,335 OPTIONS None PRICE AS TESTED $58,335 AVG ECON/CO2 59.0 mpg-e / 0.00 lb/mi PROBLEM AREAS None MAINTENANCE COST $0 NORMAL-WEAR COST $0 3-YEAR RESIDUAL VALUE* $37,000 RECALLS None *IntelliChoice data; assumes 42,000 miles at the end of 3-years 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell POWERTRAIN/CHASSIS DRIVETRAIN LAYOUT Front-engine, FWD MOTOR TYPE Permanent-magnet AC synchronous electric BATTERY TYPE 1.5-kW-hr Nickel-metal hydride POWER (SAE NET) 151 hp @ 3,230 rpm TORQUE (SAE NET) 247 lb-ft @ 0 rpm WEIGHT TO POWER 27.0 lb/hp TRANSMISSION 1-speed automatic AXLE/FINAL-DRIVE RATIO 8.78:1/8.78:1 SUSPENSION, FRONT; REAR Struts, coil springs, anti-roll bar; torsion beam, coil springs STEERING RATIO 14.8:1 TURNS LOCK-TO-LOCK 2.8 BRAKES, F; R 11.6-in vented, disc; 11.4-in disc, ABS WHEELS, F;R 7.0 x 17-in cast aluminum TIRES, F;R 215/55R17 93V (M+S) Michelin Primacy MXV4 DIMENSIONS WHEELBASE 109.4 in TRACK, F/R 60.5/61.8 LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 192.5 x 71.5 x 60.5 in TURNING CIRCLE 37.4 ft CURB WEIGHT 4,072 lb WEIGHT DIST, F/R 58/42% SEATING CAPACITY 4 HEADROOM, F/R 38.5/36.8 in LEGROOM, F/R 42.5/30.1 in SHOULDER ROOM, F/R 54.3/53.5 in CARGO VOLUME 12.8 cu ft TEST DATA ACCELERATION TO MPH 0-30 2.9 sec 0-40 4.3 0-50 6.2 0-60 8.6 0-70 11.8 0-80 16.1 PASSING, 45-65 MPH 5.0 QUARTER MILE 16.7 sec @ 81.2 mph BRAKING, 60-0 MPH 129 ft LATERAL ACCELERATION 0.78 g (avg) MT FIGURE EIGHT 28.3 sec @ 0.58 g (avg) TOP-GEAR REVS @ 60 MPH 6,975 rpm CONSUMER INFO BASE PRICE $58,335 PRICE AS TESTED $58,335 STABILITY/TRACTION CONTROL Yes/Yes AIRBAGS Dual front, front sides, f/r curtain; driver knee; passenger thigh BASIC WARRANTY 3 yrs/36,000 miles POWERTRAIN WARRANTY 5 yrs/60,000 miles FUEL CELL SYSTEM WARRANTY 8 yrs/100,000 miles ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE 3 yrs/Unlimited miles FUEL CAPACITY 5.0 kg H2 EPA CITY/HWY/COMB ECON 67/67/67 mpg ENERGY CONS, CITY/HWY 51/51 kW-hrs/100 miles (gas equiv) CO2 EMISSIONS, COMB 0.00 lb/mile (at vehicle) RECOMMENDED FUEL Compressed hydrogen The post 2016 Toyota Mirai Long-Term Verdict: Pulling Off the Hydrogen Highway appeared first on Motor Trend.

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Avoid Power Troubles with an Uninterruptible Power Supply System

What are uninterrupted power supply systems?

UPS stands for uninterrupted power supply system. It has power to run the data driven world and allow it to work smoothly without letting any interruptions or problems come in the way. There are far too many problems in the world and power outage should not be one of them. For the technology hunger generation everything technical and related to science is evolving. Not just technology but ways to run the technology sound and smooth without any hindrances is being worked upon.

There is an increased demand for saving the crucial information in the data driven world. There are dips, fluctuations, spikes; dips can lead to irregularities and fluctuations which will adversely affect your personal data and equipment. With the help of UPS you can provide consistent, clean and uninterrupted Specialized Power Supply products.

Backup power refers to the backup plan and to store the backup plan the backup power is really important.

UPS can be of a single or a triple phase of configuration and it can be used to prepare an array of batteries. A UPS can be anything from a little black box that will sit and fit perfectly next to your computer or a multi-ton, megawatt model with a capacity to run big business houses.

Many are not familiar to it but a UPS system can serve multiple of purposes:

It helps to refine the quality of power being supplied to the other technical boxes before it reaches the office buildings

It is a great backup source for those long term outages when the workstations are put to a halt because of the loss of power supply

With the help of UPS there will be no interruptions in the work

It is good when the UPS power fails

It can be used during the power surges or when there is sudden increase in the voltage

During the brownouts too when there is reduction in the supply of power it helps maintain it

The main types of UPS systems are:

A double conversion UPS system

It is powered by the output inverter for a seamless switch and its backup battery is charged by the input AC.

A standby UPS system

It is also known as the line-preferred or the offline UPS. It consists of an inverter, low-pass filter, static switch, battery and a surge suppressor. The system remains on standby until and unless there is a primary power failure.

A line-interactive UPS system

It consists of an invertor or a battery that are always connected to the output and if the power fails then with the help of a switch you can change the electrical flow. The continuous flow of energy provides superior filtering.

The bigger systems usually include power transformers and a switch gear that will provide consistent and a reliable electricity. When there are critical operations it requires a stable, clean and consistent power supply. The UPS also acts as a filter for the flow of power that is coming from the utility source in order to protect against the outages that happen all of a sudden.

No matter where you work and how much your work is technologically driven a UPS will make sure that you don’t lose your crucial data. The various types are as follows:

Data

This type of a UPS is used for applications such as a server farm or the communication center.

Military

Some systems are certified for great quality under the military specifications.

High Temp

Some institutes, people and work environments demand a UPS system that can easily withstand environments that are hotter than the average.

Industrial

Such power systems are used in settings like of a factory or a plant.

Medical

In hospital and various medical institutions there are various machines used all the time and to keep them running UPS systems are required. You must have heard about the life support systems? A life support system helps keep a lot of people battling for life alive. So, no one can afford to turn them off even for a second.

What are the advantages of using an uninterrupted power supply system?

Filter

It helps to refine the power that is coming into the UPS and then it also keeps a check on the power that is leaving the UPS. It makes sure that the internal systems receive a proper and a consistent supply which stays free of all the abnormalities.

Continuity

Whether it is the production line of a factory or computer equipment with a UPS there is no need to fear the outages.

Protection

It safeguards against all the oddities of electricity such as the dips, spikes, surges and failure because of the UPS initially senses those switches and certain things to alternate power before it could become worse and cause any damage to the anomalies.

The lists of industries that can benefit from the UPS system are:

Utility Companies

Banks

TV stations

Telecommunications and cable companies

Data and call centers

Production based manufacturers

Universities

Electronic manufacturers

Hospitals and medical centers

Conclusion:

Your smart technology needs a backup plan too. You need a qualified expert that will help you to explore the various kinds of UPS and can guide you on which product to buy to fulfill the business needs.

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While it is actually correct that a professional sound aesthetic equipment and also specialist can easily take your presentation to the following degree, like any type of various other solution it is actually commonly really tough to find a dependable provider. To make sure that you selected the right business make certain you recognize your criteria as well as make sure that your provider has the capability to assist your existing need as well as transcend it if required. Your audio aesthetic specialist need to essentially be a firm that can delight all your necessities as well as, all at once, give high quality company at an economical price.

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An LCD projector is actually an upgrade to the aged acetate projector; LCD projectors enable also novices to discuss professional-looking presentations anytime, anywhere. Gone are actually the times of heavy, overheating LCD projectors - they now can be found in light-weight versions that are excellent for an energetic lifestyle. A lot of these strong however transportable LCD projectors effortlessly connect to any type of sort of pc, whether it is actually Windows located or a Mac. Immediately project any discussion from your disk drive or coming from an exterior storage media (like a Compact Disc or even DVD).

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METAL SLUG ATTACK 3.9.0 APk Download

metal slug attack 3.9.0 is a Metal Slug Collection 20th Anniversary Official Title” for Android and iOS, courtesy of SNK Playmore for cell devices. In every stage, you either face different enemies like your self or huge bosses that may make devastating assaults in your base. Join this community and the world of metallic slug protection and Assault. Presently, the best unit remains to be arguably the Jupiter King, a excessive-value, long-vary support unit that offers a huge chunk of injury to all enemies in a wide space in one burst.

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It is extra of the identical within the old arenas with leveled-up enemies, however some missions can surprise the player with an out-of-place boss reminiscent of Allen. After reaching degree three, payer will get other sport modes. metal slug attack for Android has some sport modes.

Attack's Extra Ops missions are inclined to have their very own mini-plots, though typically (that's most of version 2.0's) it is nothing more than: Here's the boss, here's the pre-acquisition unit, boss is defeated, Mission Full. The unique title screen in Metallic Slug Attack has changed with the character illustrations of Yoshino, Dragunov, a Martian, Marco, Common Morden, Abigail, and the Professor to mark the anniversary of the collection.

As you understand, this sport provides more variations for players to consolidate attack, building, and defending. The Reload Assist in Assault robotically reduces all models' cooldown to zero, allowing them to perform their particular attacks immediately. The Recovery Help refills all models HP and their manufacturing reload robotically goes to zero.

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In Attack, certain air models will apply a suicide attack as soon as they have been destroyed. Good luck and be sure to have higher items as a result of this man has chunks of HP and his attacks are already lethal as it's. This is good for dealing damage to necessary targets which can be protected by heavier units, or for clearing away hordes of cannon-fodder units.

Metallic Slug Defense is a cellular recreation launched fairly all of a sudden by SNK in 2014. Particular attack helps to destroy more enemy to gain Motion Factors. Some missions require you to make use of their defense on the proper times to win. Knockback : Most models endure from this upon being hit by powerful assaults but surviving.

Within the recreation 'pre acquisition' models are provided each month for a hefty price of some times fifty dollars other times a hundred dollars! At all times Accurate Attack : Tetsuyuki generally fires a laser that hits all the discipline, player base included.

Cheap and with four hundred HP at degree 20. He attacks at shut vary with a knife and might throw grenades. Claw models are deceptively gradual, but at long range they cost into the fray to maul any enemy in its manner. There are Assault, Special Ops, battle, Fight Faculty, and Guild Raid.

Gatling Good : Units resembling Marco, some Slugs and Allen wield this weapon either normally or as their particular attack. Online (unlocked at Level 10) is the equivalent of MSD's Wi-Fi VS and is the only real-time PVP mode obtainable. Rescuing POWs in Assault has been made easier resulting from them always showing in the identical spot in a degree.

The new unit from the Destroy The Tower further ops in Attack is the Amadeus Corporal who offers thousands of harm in addition to having about 10,000 HP. Morden's special in Attack previously can injury enemy's base with the invincible summoned Hi-Do's. In case you can spend the time and browse the wikis to get your head around how all of the meta stuff works, metal slug attack might change into completely engrossing and properly worth moving into.

The many different human, machine and monster units have a basic assault, in addition to distinctive charged strikes which sometimes require good timing for use accurately. You also get models to attack. Team Battle (unlocked at Stage 20) is a aggressive asynchronous multiplayer mode, much like Battle but having to battle three completely different decks and requiring beating 2 out of 3 battles to win.

As it's a free-to-play sport, there are components reminiscent of layers of stage grinding, missions costing credit that recharge over time and a lot of the unlockable characters solely being out there by way of a secondary foreign money more accessible for those prepared to spend cash on it.

Pre-acquisition items can be this, however as an alternative of paying for it with medals, a player should pay $a hundred for a hundred and ten elements for that specific unit (which means a total of $300 to platinum rating of said unit) as well as an exclusive gold bordered android games avatar that come with it. Fortunately, these pre-acquisition items will finally turn into obtainable via medal crank, so if you want a strong pre-acquisition by spending medals as a substitute of cash, you just have to wait.

In particular, additional set 1 gets you the Massive Snail and the Large Caterpillar, two of one of the best defensive models in the sport, whereas beating extra set 2 unlocks the Samurai Tank, an inexpensive, long-range unit with a disproportionately excessive amount of HP.

Glass Cannon : The HP of the player's base is not such an necessary stat to upgrade first as a result of if a decent group of models reaches a base in any respect, it should almost certainly be done for as a result of defending items will not have time to charge their special strikes to do helpful harm and may't even cover their base's hitbox.

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From Steel Slug three first appears in space 10, stage four. The Mars Mecha is also current within the final set of bonus levels. A number of players be a part of into single guild then take the enemy whereas one other is defending. In case your gadget has had no games put in for a long period, please test if QooApp is properly put in and logged in with the identical account.

All the things's Deader with Zombies : The zombie enemies from Steel Slug three are present. A sequel by the name of Metallic Slug Attack has since been launched on Feb. Anti Air : Sure units have attacks that both shoot projectiles in an arc or at a high angle, permitting them to wreck aerial units.

Morden may have an awesome particular attack, however his commonplace assault just isn't as effective as his 950 (1500 in Assault) AP price would lead you to believe and he tends to get knocked again typically, leaving the remainder of your units uncovered as he tries to make his method again to the entrance.

The gatcha techniques aren't why people play freemium video games like this one, although. It is a subreddit for Steel Slug Attack, the sequel to Metallic Slug Protection. A development by the tip of the first year of Attack's launch, items of the Further-Ops are new recolors of either earlier bosses or items.

Battles are all about defending your drop-pod and attacking the enemies' as an alternative. Whereas not a lot of the Amadeus Syndicate is seen in the recreation, an growth later added a bunch of items and some levels from the Ptolemaic Army, and later some models from the Venusians too.

You might have permission to destroy enemy base utilizing any assault or weapons. Allegedly Free Game : The existence of premium foreign money (Medals) and an energy system (Sortie Points) mean that those who are keen to cough up enough money will always have a bonus over free players.

The game got around three million downloads at the first few month because it's release (word: metal slug attack defense has 27 million downloads.) nonetheless when they have determined to indroduce the 'pre acquisition' models many month glided by and it still stayed at three million or so downloads.

You gather them by having units attack the spot where they're hiding. In Steel Slug Assault, this can get somewhat excessive when you 1) Acquire the abilities that permit the principle characters to maintain their weapons after using them and a couple of) Field lots of the predominant characters at once.

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Models can be upgraded in various methods - from flat stat improve to studying special assaults and effects. It spawns highly effective high-value models from out of nowhere when you get close or hit its base. This is sequel model of previous Steel Slug, so participant should know the essential approach to play this recreation.

Screw This, I am Outta Right here : Most "Supply" characters (Sisilia, Fast, the Aikawa sisters) will run away when their HP is depleted as an alternative of dying. "I think this game is dangerous" and transfer on. Go play Steel Slug X. Or, since SNK solely releases good video games, go play Mercenary Kings.

Steel Slug Assault is an excellent tower protection game that takes benefit of the Metallic Slug license, offering a wonderful gameplay and spectacular graphics. The Bikers cost ninety AP but have 1000 HP at level 20 and transfer sooner, whereas otherwise performing just like the riflemen and complementing them properly.

The degrees in Steel Slug Assault are designed to be beaten as fast as possible. Art Shift : Ralf, Clark, and Leona use their sprites from the Metallic Slug games (which are re-edits of Marco, Tarma, and Eri respectively), whereas the remainder of the King of Fighters cast have a redrawn rendition of their preventing sprites.

: The intro to Steel Slug Assault showcases an animated recreation of the promotional artwork, having various characters and units operating on a desert discipline with explosions everywhere till an in depth-up of Morden seems, though he's not the ultimate boss of the principle game.

Promoted To Playable : Almost every thing, from the common mook to these badass bosses although some items like the Huge Shiee will stay as a boss and won't be playable until several updates later. The game mode has more variation with simple graphic.

Announcer Chatter : The announcer does his factor when the principle characters use their particular attack, corresponding to Marco using the HEAVY MACHINE GUN or Fio utilizing the ROCKET LAUNCHER, for instance. More notable in Assault, the Ptolemaic Army and Amadeus Syndicate are given extra attention than what that they had of their residence video games.

At the finish of the day metal slug attack 3.9.0 it does not really matter if you're willing to help or not, I simply thought there'd be some individuals who hate pay to win video games who know the sensation of playing one. His potential to summon Hover Models (and reset that cooldown) appears very superior, until you discover out that stated Hover Units give the opponent a pretty good quantity of AP if destroyed, making the Commander extra of a legal responsibility than an asset.

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2017 BMW 230i First Test Review: Back to the Future

In the early ’80s, I rode to school with an older kid in his 1973 BMW 2002. “Natch,” it was Inka orange. We lived in a hilly neighborhood where there were no straight roads, and he knew them all. I was amazed at the pace in the twists and turns that the little European car with about 100 horsepower could achieve. Body roll? Plenty, but it also had grip (Pirelli P5000 tires?), and with each corner dispatched, there was a certainty of outcome. The thing that stood out to me then was that this nonmuscle car (perennial high school faves) could do things those couldn’t—namely stick to the road like the lines painted on it. At the time, I did not know cars could do that. Hence, the rewards of “driving a slow car fast rather than driving a fast car slow” remain to this day.

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When BMW replaced the frumpy 1 Series in 2014 with the sleeker, more elegant 2, many thought BMW missed an opportunity to resurrect the “2002” model line—literally call it the “2002 Turbo” or something similar. Not just for gratuitous nostalgia, but because there’s a genuine lineage here. Like my friend’s ’73 2002, this front-engine, rear-drive two-door four-passenger 230i has a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine (now turbocharged), a manual transmission (now a six-speed rather than four) and orange paint (now Valencia orange). With more than double the horsepower of the 2002, certainly the 2017 230i is a rocket in comparison. Yet it goes around corners with the same tidy poise and predictability.

The last time we tested a 2 Series was the year it replaced the 1 Series. It’s interesting that when news editor Alex Nishimoto wrote about the then-new 2014 BMW 228i equipped with the optional M Sport package, he also pined for a 2002. “The bottom line is that the 2 Series is a huge win for BMW enthusiasts everywhere, and even if it isn’t the reborn 2002 that BMW’s marketing campaign says it is [and still does], it still marks a return to form for the roundel brand,” he said. We might disagree on the through line, but we agree that the 2 Series hits all the historical brand values when most of its other Series no longer do.

What’s new with 2?

The reason we’ve not tested a 2 Series (four-cylinder turbo or six-cylinder turbo) since is because not much has changed in the three years hence. Besides all-wheel drive for both 228i and M235i variants added, the (ZTR) Track Handling package was also added to the 228i in 2015. In addition to a shuffling of standard and optional equipment, a convertible was added in 2016. Our 2017 230i car has the ZTR option, too, and as it did then it now replaces: standard suspension with adaptive M Suspension (springs and adjustable dampers lower it by 10 millimeters), standard vented discs and single-piston calipers with M Sport Brakes (larger front discs with two-piston calipers), all-season run-flat tires on 17-inch wheels with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires on 18-in wheels, and a variable-ratio steering rack replaces a traditional one. It’s a $2,300 stand-alone option that truly enhances the car’s performance and driving experience.

For 2017, two new engines made their debuts that necessitated a model name change, dropping 28i and 35i for 230i and M240i. In this case, the 230i’s new 2.0-liter turbo discreetly increases the output from 240 hp at 5,000 rpm to 248 hp at 5,200 rpm and torque from 255 to 258 lb-ft at the same 1,450-4,800-rpm plateau. In spite of the modest bump in power, according to the EPA, fuel economy is essentially the same. However, our in-house EQUA Real MPG results show a vast improvement. For the six-speed manual 230i, government estimates are 21/32/25 city/highway/combined mpg where our real-world results showed 29/38/32 mpg, or between 19-36 percent better than the EPA’s results. Also, the smoothness of the new engine’s power delivery and the reignition after an auto stop/start are vastly improved over the outgoing engine. The direct fuel injectors still make it sound a little diesellike at idle if the windows are down.

Performance

At the dragstrip, we matched BMW’s 0-60-mph downright quick estimate of 5.8 seconds but fell short of beating our previous 5.0-second best in a 228i. Why? Despite having plenty of grunt to break the 230i’s sticky Pilot Super Sports from their grip on the pavement, the 2014 228i coupe was no doubt aided by the optional eight-speed automatic that has closer ratios and also benefits from built-in launch control. It’s the same story in the quarter-mile test, where the 230i crossed the finish line at 14.4 seconds at 96.4 mph, or about a half-second and 2 mph behind the 228i. After blasting down the quarter mile a dozen or so times, associate road test editor Erick Ayapana felt that the manual shifter’s throws from gear to gear were unusually long for such a sporty car and likely added to the time deficit. He also noted that the 230i had maintained the 96- to 97-mph finish line speeds, which shows there’s ample engine/turbo cooling to maintain power even when pushed to the limit. His repeated stomps on the firm brake pedal from 60 mph resulted in consistently short 106-foot stops: “Great brakes, with no unwanted body motions or funny smells.” We found the brakes’ sublimit responses linear and easy to live with even in stop-and-go traffic.

In everyday driving, the 230i feels confident, plenty powerful, and as quick as the numbers suggest—the long-throw shifter, less of an objection. Even in Comfort mode, lag time between applying the throttle and the car responding is very slight and at such a low rpm that it goes largely unnoticed. The throttle also has a sharper response available in Sport and Sport+ modes. We also appreciated the ability to configure Sport mode: either Driveline and Chassis or just Driveline (with the chassis/dampers defaulting to Comfort). And although it is an effective fuel-saving mode, EcoPro really sucks the life out of the car by drastically reducing throttle response. In the same way BMWs once were exceptional with the ride/handling balancing act, so too is the 230i with its adjustable dampers. Even the firmest Sport+ mode is compliant and sure footed.

It’s worth mentioning that the 230i has automatic hill-hold brakes (about 2 seconds worth), and the manual transmission has an automatic rev-matching program that blips the throttle as the driver guides the shifter into a lower gear (even if skipping gears) to smooth the process. For less experienced drivers, these both also reduce lurching and clutch wear. If these simple features will help sustain interest in manual-transmission cars by making them easier for more people to live with, then we’re all for it. Be warned, those who find it rewarding to successfully dance on three pedals while downshifting—the only way to disable the match-rev feature is to disable stability control. Seems like it would be easy to make a check box in My Vehicle > Vehicle Settings menu to enable/disable this feature, no? Please, BMW, make is so.

Putting it all together

Our figure-eight test, sometimes called a racetrack in a bottle, combines acceleration, braking, and cornering; rise, and repeat. Here, the 230i outperformed the 228i by a sizeable margin, with a best lap of 25.1 seconds versus 25.8 seconds. What’s more is that the Track Handling Pack-equipped 230i gripped the skidpad with 0.95 g average lateral acceleration to the M Sport-equipped 228i’s 0.90 g best. The 228i was slightly faster in a sprint to 60 mph, but in combined performance, the automotive equivalent to competitive swimming’s “individual medley,” the 230i shows overall dynamic gains we can measure and a driver can feel.

Incidentally, it’s our practice that these figure-eight laps are completed with stability control disabled (when possible) so we can separate sound/lacking mechanical engineering from electronic “help.” Notes from the track indicated inherent goodness with all systems off. As with the outstanding BMW M2, the lesser 230i might be the closest thing to a traditional BMW that BMW currently builds. There’s a delicacy and adjustability and willingness to play in this car. It was powerful enough to attain 70 mph across the middle, and the M-spec brakes/tires did an excellent job of slowing the car for 40-ish-mph corner entry. The ability to trail-brake (blending slowing and turning) into the skidpad did not go unnoticed nor unappreciated. The fact that the pedals are properly placed for DIY heel-toe matched-rev downshifts is encouraging, too. I did, however, find myself rather busy with the steering. BMW’s notoriously inconsistent variable-ratio steering option that’s (unfortunately) baked into the Track Handling package is to blame. BMW, please make this a stand-alone option or change the rationale. The quicker ratio should be determined by increased steering angle and not decreased road speed. At any rate, exiting the skidpad, the car transitioned into a mild oversteer. That was entertaining because I could just stand on the throttle and easily ride it out with a “dab of oppo.” This is a fun, old-school BMW that actually reminded me of a 2002. We also tried a few laps in Sport+ mode with its “dynamic traction control” and stability control enabled (and thus the matched-rev feature). True, it was less taxing to manage the car with the safety net, but it was also slower and less revealing.

Value question

Were it ours to build and live with, starting with the $34,145 base price, we’d definitely opt for the $2,300 Track Handling package because it does nothing to reduce the ride comfort while truly enhancing performance. We might skip the aluminum interior trim ($350), Oyster Dakota leather ($1,450), and wireless charging ($500). However, nearly all of the other options on our test car’s considerable tally feel pretty vital to the enjoyment and livability of this particular 230i. Because heated front seats ($500 as a stand-alone option) are also marital aids, you might as well get the Cold Weather package ($700), which includes them plus a heated steering wheel and headlamp washers for an extra $200. They come standard on some economy cars, so it’s outrageous to pay extra for a rearview camera and parking sensors in the poorly named Driving Assistance package ($950) that should be called Parking Assistance, but we would. Coughing up $2,950 for a universal garage door opener, intelligent key with push button start, moonroof, power front seats with lumbar, ambient lighting, and satellite radio, all of which are contained in the Premium package, would be OK with us. Navigation for $1,950, Xenon headlamps for $900, and $875 for the Harman/Kardon audio upgrade seem fair, but $300 for Apple CarPlay doesn’t. All told, the car as it sits is $48,070. As we might configure it: $45,770. That’s still pretty big sticker for a fun and useful little car that reminds us of a BMW 2002. Interestingly, you could actually get a Concours-ready ’73 2002 for that money. Hmm. Decision time.

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Review: Star Wars Lethal Alliance

My Rating: 7/10

Release: 2006

AN: Sorry for the late review! It’s a busy time of year for me all around so the release schedule might get just a bit rocky. As I’ve gotten really burned out on the franchise my Resident Evil series, in particular, has suffered delays. Sorry about that and I’ll try and get to Resident Evil Revelations 2 soon!

Lethal Aliance was a game that snuck quietly in at the end of the 90’s Star Wars reboot. It had so little lasting effect that I’d begun to believe I’d imagined it. However, it did exist and featured a female, twi’lek, non-force-sensitive heroine which is not something to be found often in a Star Wars game. Unfortunately the game had shot itself in the foot twice from the get go. Once, when someone along the production chain decided that the game should launch on both the Nintendo DS and the PSP, which meant the game could take advantage of neither system’s best features. The second time was when the devs decided to center the plot on retrieving the Death Star plans, a plot that by this time had already been done and redone and was ultimately rendered completely null by the Rogue One movie’s release in 2016.

Unfortunately this game broke what I consider to be the core rule of licensed games: Trying to insert a new character into major events, or even upstage said events, that occurred in core cannon makes it infinitely harder to tell a lasting and impactful story. Lethal Aliance billed itself as a game centering on the danger-filled hunt for the plans but actually wasn’t until the closing levels. Which is unfortunate because the bones of the story, if expanded on, could have been quite good. The game’s twi’lek heroine, Rianna Sarris was enslaved by the empire and was, quote: “not only scarred by them, but made an outcast from my people”. Whilst the main villain of the plot does happen to be the imperial slave-master and a personal enemy of Rianna the game declines to do more than scratch the surface of that relationship.

Likewise the game restricts itself primarily to worlds and situations the player is already familiar with and lacks any world-building. The player never learns about Rianna or her droid-companion’s past, never explores the fact that Rianna goes rogue from the Rebel Aliance early in the game and the game is littered with inexplicable scene cuts and resultant plot holes that feel like they needed just a few more lines of set-up.

Rianna is joined along this sham of a narrative by a droid called Zeo who is the second half of the Lethal Aliance. Unfortunately he isn’t ever developed as a character. The most exposition the player gets is that he is a security droid that’s very good at hacking through security and that he was imprisoned by a crime syndicate at the beginning of the game. Ultimately the story’s execution is a huge disappointment because they just didn’t bother to write one and yet stumbled on a concept that had such potential. The hacking focus of the game also presented a prime opportunity for the devs to incorporate audio logs or in-game documents to expand the world but alas, they did not.

The gameplay, in contrast, gets about one and a half thumbs up considering the development constraints. Exploration transitions fairly seamlessly to platforming and combat. There are a few hiccups, especially in the late-game, but overall the play experience is solidly enjoyable.

For the majority of the time the player controls Rianna. She accumulates an array of blasters which are easily cycled using the directional buttons and fired with a face button. As the game auto-aims for the most part they’re easy to use and the game feels a lot like a bullet-swarm shooter. Unfortunately there’s no way to close the sniper scope screen and move while still using that weapon… and the grenade launcher has a concerning habit of blowing Rianna up as well as the target so late-game guns can be a little fiddly. Meanwhile, Rianna can cartwheel and dodge roll out of danger in any direction the player pushes the analogue with another face button, though it is terribly easy to dodge roll directly off a ledge and to Rianna’s death.

Soon after partnering with Zeo Rianna can also use him to form a shield that reflects blaster fire or deploy him to tackle enemies and stun them. Zeo can also be sent to hack security locks which open paths to progression or block off enemy reinforcements. This is where the auto aiming gets tetchy. The game boasts a standard lock on and cycle system that will often skip over the door-locks. This often results and the heroes being shot to shreds while trying to target a hacking port which is the only way to close off the flow of enemies.

When Rianna closes to hand-to-hand with an enemy the target reticule on them will change and she will draw the Thorn of Ryloth (Ryloth being the home planet of the Twi’lek species) which is a small, purple glowing dagger that looks a lot like a lightsaber blade. While the game missed another massive opportunity for exposition when it came to Rianna’s dagger the attacks she deals with it are satisfyingly deadly, especially when delivered from stealth.

The game manages to naturally integrate a stealth element where as long as alarms aren’t blaring Rianna can sneak up on, or drop onto from above, unsuspecting enemies and dispatch them silently. Ironically this element works best where the game doesn’t set the level up for it to be used. It’s easy for a quick-on-the-draw player to slip in behind a storm trooper patrol and take them all out. It’s harder when Zeo holographically disguises Rianna in order to walk through a crowded place. The player must continually hunt down power packs to keep Zeo powered up enough to maintain the disguise whilst also staying far away from any imperials who, if they get too close, will see through the disguise. Rianna can, and in later levels must, also use stealth kills in this mode which will temporarily drop her disguise and leaves her open to detection. It gets a little too fussy for a portable game in the later levels and ultimately falls apart, but it was a solid effort while it lasted.

Finally, the last big element and the selling point of the game, is the platforming. Zeo acts as a handhold and glider for Rianna to flip acrobatically up walls and skate over security checkpoints. All these paths are linear, unfortunately, as is most of the game, so while they are fun to watch (particularly Rianna’s acrobatics) they are, essentially, set pieces. There are also several more challenging chase sequences in the game where Rianna dangles from the droid as he flies her to safety. These segments are fun and increase gradually in difficulty as the player learns how to twist and turn Rianna and Zeo through narrow passages. These segments are often just a touch too long, however. They comprise entire segments of the game with loading screens immediately before and after, with the option to save immediately upon completion. It feels, unfortunately, like they added minutes to the segment to pad out the game.

There is also a prevalent mini-game where the player will pilot Zeo through ducts, dodging traps, to reach hacking portals hidden inside. Zeo’s controls are odd and map the moving and camera control to the same buttons, resulting in Zeo barging out into danger when the player meant to look around a corner. Luckily the little droid has a lot of HP so none of the segments have much potential to actually become a hassle.

Likewise there are several turret segments (which are identical to the space-combat sequences) where Rianna must use a turret to dispatch waves of enemies. That’s easy enough. The real challenge is managing Zeo who is in charge of both repairs and keeping the gun on cool-down so Rianna can keep shooting. He can’t do both at once so the biggest challenge is switching the droid rapidly and effectively. This isn’t hard on the ground based turret sequences which often tapper off to finding the spawn point and shooting as enemies appear. The ship to ship combat sequences are much harder and require precise timing and better aim than needed for the rest of the game. The player is going to get blown up a lot. Which is at once probably accurate and frustrating. The difficulty curve of the game is fairly slow and little slows the player down other than these sequences which makes them feel more like deliberate roadblocks than challenges.

The other hamstring are the rare boss fights. The game is set up to accommodate waves of enemies well but can’t really handle one large one that does a lot of damage. There are usually tricks to killing the bosses but it’s hard to get to them when the enemy can knock Rianna down and pound her health bar to zero before she can move again which presents a lot of potential annoyances. Additionally, none of the battles are particularly original which steals the cachet of felling Rancors or a mech-riding imperial officer.

All together this game has a solid base and a mountain of balance issues. The loading screens are constant and take a fairly long time and the start up menu has a needlessly complicated warren of submenus. The graphics on the PSP are cringe-worthy because they also had to be rendered on a DS and though I played the PSP version I imagine the combat was a lot more frustrating without an analogue stick for DS players. The music is taken directly from the movies and earlier games and the game relies too heavily on cameos by Princess Leia and Kyle Katarn (main character of the Jedi Academy series of games) to earn emotional connection from the player. The gameplay was so surprisingly fun and fresh that I find myself wishing the developers had put a real story in and chosen one of the portable systems so the game could have been properly optimized. That said, this was a lot of fun. It was short and sweet and just what I needed to scratch that Star Wars gaming itch. Though too involved to play in short bursts this game could be a lot of fun for long trips or down time at work.

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This may determine if in case you have a LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY screen drawback or an issue with the video card in your laptop. One restore store wanted to exchange the motherboard to get a brand new energy connector- very expensive! By protecting your pc with laptop insurance, you can relaxation assured that it doesn't matter what happens to your machine, it may be repaired or changed with ease. When you end up inside this place you need to discover a HP service heart in Mumbai where one can take your HP laptop computer into to acquire it examined. Laptop repair coaching course in itself is a professional Diploma that makes an individual complete laptop engineering. I'll think about which laptop computer issues usually can be accomplished rapidly and at an acceptable charge.

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In case your laptop computer battery remains to be not charging, it's most likely time for a new laptop computer power provide. The principle components of a laptop computer are the LCD show, random entry memory (RAM), battery, keyboard, and hard drive. Any of those furthermore numerous others issues every now and then occurs to your laptop LAPTOP that can require you to go to the HP laptop repair center. My son called me at work to describe an issue he was having along with his laptop computer pc. When a laptop computer stops working, that you must consider how much money it's worth spending to restore it. Typically the best choice is to do an inexpensive restore yourself. The next problems actually should be carried out speedily and cheaply by a talented laptop computer repairer.

The laptop computer course rework abilities are eighty five% sensible reside undertaking that helps college students to develop an business insight. Almost every laptop issue can be mounted by an skilled laptop repairer; on the other hand, some are extremely steeply-priced or the alternative objects might not be available. You might simply use your laptop computer occasionally when it is not too vital if it fails and cannot be fastened for a few days. Consequently whether a broken laptop is repaired or instantly substituted utilizing a brand-new unit may be associated to the significance of working with it each day. Make it your facet commerce or do a job; the laptop course will leave you with numerous choices for additional incomes half time work laptop repairing. The instructors introduce all the interior and external components of a laptop.

Here, the questions like how good the service middle will probably be and what is going to it value and how much far I've to travel to get my laptop computer mounted also come up in thoughts when you are searching for a quality laptop service provider. Unfortunately, it's usually extraordinarily arduous to get the outdated working system, and after that it may not set up correctly on a model new laptop computer that's been created for probably the most up-to-date Home windows. When ordering a replacement laptop computer power provide, be certain to get enough energy capacity and make sure the plug matches what's used on your laptop. Laptop computer hardware problems often begin with the power connector or power provide. To get around this, remove the battery and disconnect the adapter power from the laptop. Many of the problems listed above might be repaired for less than the price of a new laptop computer!

Due to this fact regrettably, what seems like a cheap repair might finish up costing a lot more than the laptop may be worth. For an instance, if a metropolis has 2 lac laptop computer customers then not less than 50 hundreds of them could require providers like formatting, disk drive change, Microsoft service pack update, fan troubleshooting and much more.

Like, there are servicing options out there for the whole lot; laptop restore coaching course in Delhi additionally gives all-in-one servicing tips by way of a technical course. Allow us to not get ahead of ourselves though, and take a look at numerous laptop computer malfunctions and the way best to troubleshoot every one of them.

Nonetheless, this is the place with a bit information, it can save you your self a whole lot of dollars (unless you really want a new laptop computer), but for many people buying a brand new laptop might not be an option. Not solely this, one other important query of what will happen to my information saved inside laptop additionally puts you in pressure. So, it does not substance what has impressed you but what make sense is you could merely learn to restore Dell, HP, or Apple base laptops. Other forms of harm that is lined by laptop computer insurance consists of cracked screens, dropped computers, malfunctioning keyboards, vandalism, hearth, and even theft.

Earlier than starting any major restore work, don't forget to backup your arduous drive In case you don't feel comfy performing these duties, there are a lot of restore outlets available which can be moderately priced, but steer clear of retail stores because guess what … they will try to sell you a new laptop computer.

It additionally depends upon the nature of the injury as if it is hardware associated resembling display or else then there is no such thing as a need of fear as knowledge shall be secure inside the laptop computer and will likely be again as it's as soon as the laptop will be repaired but if the injury is drive or disk associated then there could also be a data loss drawback.

For instance, in line with a desktop or laptop computer engineer can begin his incomes with Rs. a hundred and twenty,000 to more than Rs. four, 00, 00 every year. I made a decision that it was value spending $forty to get a 3 year old laptop computer going once more. For anyone who takes admission into the laptop computer repairing course you will need to understand all about the course intimately. Luckily laptop computer energy supplies should not very costly and might be easily changed.

However, when you have been to get caught in a torrential downpour, the laptop pc might maintain permanent damage from the amount of water it was uncovered to. By having laptop computer insurance, , the insurance coverage firm would maintain repairing or changing your laptop computer laptop.

Still, a couple of troubleshooting tips ought to start you up before taking the highway to the repair shop. To get a full understanding of what is lined under laptop insurance, you need to contact the insurance coverage firm for extra details.

In any other case, for those who still want to get your laptop repaired at some low priced repair facilities, you'll be able to search at the internet for such service facilities. Beware not to use a wrong adapter pin for you possibly can break it or wreck the power port on the laptop computer. Shopping for a brand new laptop computer would price about $350 to $600, depending on the form of laptop computer. Go searching and see if it is doable to take away the CMOS battery too, without having to rip the laptop aside. It will not make much sense to spend $200 to restore a laptop that will be value $200 after the restore. She writes articles related to the schooling trade reminiscent of on laptop computer restore course Hi-Tech cellular repairing, trend designing, and many others. When i used to be utilizing the window 10 preview model then some window update got here and when i started my laptop.

The good news is that I had backed up the laptop utilizing Windows Backup, so I had an image to load onto the blank substitute arduous drive. The cost of laptop insurance coverage is minimal when in comparison with the restore of certain computer parts or the replacement of all the device.

In case your laptop expertise any form of harm, you'll only be required to pay for the surplus charge and then your claim will be processed. Using the Windows restoration instruments, I discovered the restoration information for my son's laptop and selected these files to be installed on the clean exhausting drive. It can be a difficult process for the conventional laptop end person to re-install this knowledge and configure it as before. As with trackpads, you may as well work round a foul laptop keyboard by merely plugging in a USB pc keyboard. In the event you like to benefit from the warm weather, you could resolve to convey your laptop computer outside. If you happen to get a substitute power supply that does not have sufficient capacity or has the fallacious pin configuration, it could actually harm your laptop computer.

It is not as handy as using the built-in laptop keyboard, however for those who can work around it easily without spending a lot money, it could be definitely worth the hassle. This could occur attributable to stress and strain from stretching the facility twine while it is plugged into the laptop. The result's our laptops run slower and slower till we get to the purpose where we expect we want a brand new laptop computer. The service middle of the revered firm is the only option at first on your laptop computer restore needs. To restore any laptop computer, it is the essential to grasp the entire configuration of the system. The electrical connection to the motherboard becomes free and the laptop doesn't cost.

Many insurance corporations will offer laptop insurance coverage that can be paid month-to-month, yearly and even by a one-time premium cost at the time of buy. Keyboards are often pretty easy to interchange- you are able to do it your self for round $50, or have it completed for about $a hundred at a restore store. When carrying your laptop computer in a backpack or tote bag, it's possible you'll think that your machine is secure from the elements. All laptop computer systems are susceptible to break by water or other exterior factors.

If your battery no longer charges when your laptop is plugged in, first confirm that the outlet is working. When you've got an older laptop computer with a broken display screen, it might not be value replacing. Always use an adaptor with beneficial voltage and amperage as indicated in the back of the laptop.

The consumer should solely ponder a restore in these instances if the laptop has some particular software program arrange or has a hardware half that won't essentially perform with a brand new laptop. All the students are made conversant in laptop computer motherboard active, passive, section components identification and testing. Laptop Overheating - The manufacturing of warmth can be the reason for computer shutting down unexpectedly.

The record of laptop repairing instruments are inclusive of screwdriver package, laptop computer case opener, anti static wrist band PCB cleansing brush, hot air blower, liquid flux, tip soldering, digital multimeter, battery booster, debug card, oscilloscope (CRO), and many more.

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