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FRIDAY , 10 November, 19GMT , the map Meuse River will be played in the campaign Road to Glory History Meuse River To protect the river crossings on the Meuse at Givet, Dinant and Namur, Montgomery ordered those few units available to hold the bridges on 19 December. This led to a hastily assembled force including rear-echelon troops, military police and Army Air Force personnel. The British 29th Armoured Brigade of British 11th Armoured Division, which had turned in its tanks for re-equipping, was told to take back their tanks and head to the area. British XXX Corps was significantly reinforced for this effort. Units of the corps which fought in the Ardennes were the 51st (Highland) and 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, the 29th and 33rd Armoured Brigades, and the 34th Tank Brigade. Unlike the German forces on the northern and southern shoulders who were experiencing great difficulties, the German advance in the center gained considerable ground. The Fifth Panzer Army was spearheaded by the 2nd Panzer Division while the Panzer Lehr Division (Armored Training Division) came up from the south, leaving Bastogne to other units. The Ourthe River was passed at Ourtheville on 21 December. Lack of fuel held up the advance for one day, but on 23 December the offensive was resumed towards the two small towns of Hargimont and Marche-en-Famenne. Hargimont was captured the same day, but Marche-en-Famenne was strongly defended by the American 84th Division. Gen. von Lüttwitz, commander of the XXXXVII Panzer-Korps, ordered the Division to turn westwards towards Dinant and the Meuse, leaving only a blocking force at Marche-en-Famenne. Although advancing only in a narrow corridor, 2nd Panzer Division was still making rapid headway, leading to jubilation in Berlin. Headquarters now freed up the 9th Panzer Division for Fifth Panzer Army, which was deployed at Marche. On 22/23 December German forces reached the woods of Foy-Nôtre-Dame, only a few kilometers ahead of Dinant. However, the narrow corridor caused considerable difficulties, as constant flanking attacks threatened the division. On 24 December, German forces made their furthest penetration west. The Panzer Lehr Division took the town of Celles, while a bit farther north, parts of 2nd Panzer Division were in sight of the Meuse near Dinant at Foy-Nôtre-Dame. A hastily assembled Allied blocking force on the east side of the river, however, prevented the German probing forces from approaching the Dinant bridge. By late Christmas Eve the advance in this sector was stopped, as Allied forces threatened the narrow corridor held by the 2nd Panzer Division. Click Below To Join https://cmp-gaming.com/topic/612-how-to-join-a-campaign/

Best: Good FH2 night. Always fun gameplay and teamwork. Worst: My skills on FH2 are terrible nowadays. Too much CS:GO. Funniest: Me looking at the minimap :" There is someone on axis mainbase" TS:"No there is not" Me:"Yes there is. Look at the map!" TS:"RAnDOOm, that is the allied 2nd mainbase, what are you smoking...." Me: "......" Most hated player: Myself again. Most loved/liked player: I love everyone! Other: Everyone LIKE our Facebook page! Thanks in advance. - https://www.facebook.com/cmpgaming/

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Japanese and French scientists have announced the discovery of what could be a large hidden chamber. The tantalizing find was revealed following a two-year study involving the use of muography - a scanning technique capable of sensing density changes in rock structures - to look for evidence of secret rooms inside the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The empty space that the researchers have discovered appears to be around 30 meters long and is situated above the Grand Gallery - the most striking of all the pyramid's internal passageways. "We don't know whether this big void is horizontal or inclined; we don't know if this void is made by one structure or several successive structures," said Mehdi Tayoubi from the Paris HIP Institute. "What we are sure about is that this big void is there; that it is impressive; and that it was not expected as far as I know by any sort of theory." Exactly what could lie within this mysterious space remains, for the moment at least, unclear. "It could be a kind of space that the builders left to protect the very narrow roof of the grand gallery from the weight of the pyramid," said archaeologist Mark Lehner. There is also a chance however that it could be a whole new chamber filled with ancient treasures. "What we are doing is trying to understand the internal structure of the pyramids and how this pyramid has been built," said Cairo University's Hany Helal. Ultimately the plan is to try drilling a tiny hole in the adjoining wall so that a small robot can be sent through in to the hidden area to find out what might lie inside. Permission from the Egyptian authorities will need to be given however before this can go ahead. Full article here: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41845445

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FRIDAY , 3 November, 19GMT , the map Monte la Difensa will be played in the campaign Road to Glory History Battle for Monte la Difensa Monte La Difensa, (also known as Hill 960) was one of the peaks forming the Camino hill mass which formed the left-hand "gatepost" dominating the Mignano Gap, key to the U.S. Fifth Army's route to Cassino and the Liri valley and thence to Rome. The mountain itself had become a stalemate for American and British troops because of the defenses employed by the German troops, part of the Bernhardt Line. - The action was the first combat in the Italian theatre for the US-Canadian commando unit 1st Special Service Force. They were attached to the U.S. 36th Infantry Division. The 1st SSF used the special training that they had received in winter and mountain warfare to scale the mountain and overcome the Germans atop the stronghold. The cost for both sides was high though. The 1st Special Service Forces suffered a 77% casualty rate, but distinguished themselves by doing the seemingly impossible. - With the rest of 36th Division on 1st SSF's right attacking Monte Maggiore and British 56th Infantry Division (attacking Monte Camino) and British 46th Infantry Division on their left, it took 5 days heavy fighting for the Camino hill mass to be cleared. Casualties were high. After a pause to regroup the U.S. Fifth Army renewed its offensive but it took until mid-January to advance the 10 miles (16 km) to Cassino at the mouth of the Liri valley and the formidable Gustav Line defenses, where the Allies were halted by stubborn German defense until May 1944. Click Below To Join https://cmp-gaming.com/topic/612-how-to-join-a-campaign/

The space agency has put together a compilation of spooky audio clips from its robotic space missions. Sound waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space, but when radio emissions picked up by space probes are converted in to audio recordings, it is still possible to listen to what's out there. This collection of undeniably eerie audio clips, which sound like they have come from a 1960s episode of Dr Who, has been put together just in time for Halloween. Full article here: https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/features/halloween_sounds.html

Great post @Hawk. Im definitely going to check a few of those that i havent watched yet.

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Very bad news overall. In short this means that no more free downloads will be provided for BF2, BF2142 and BF:Heroes. The BF2 and BF2142 server are still working tho but BF:H has been shutdown completely.

"Hello everyone, We will get right to the point: Electronic Arts Inc.' legal team has contacted us and nicely asked us to stop distributing and using their intellectual property. As diehard fans of the franchise, we will respect these stipulations. Over the past 3 and a half years, Revive Network has filled a void in nearly 1 million players' hearts by bringing favorite titles back to life after online services were closed after the GameSpy shutdown. Only a few months ago, we took on the task of bringing multiplayer services online for a fan-favorite, Battlefield Heroes. The public reception for our efforts on this title were massive, and we never expected it to become as big as it was. At this time, file downloads will be disabled. This is probably the part where we have to say good bye. Before we leave the battlefield, we would like to thank all of the developers, artists, moderators, and last but not least every single player that helped make all of this a reality. Without you, it would not have become such a great time. Signing off, - The Revive Network Team" https://community.revive.network/ The official note from EA can be found here - https://community.revive.network/

The remarkable agricultural breakthrough could help to feed millions of people over the coming decades. Scientists have succeeded in not only growing rice in salt water, but in also producing a yield of 4.5 metric tons per hectare - enough to begin commercialization. According to research leader Yuan Longping, the breakthrough could ultimately increase China's overall rice production by nearly 20 percent and feed upwards of 200 million people. It may take a while for the new strain go mainstream however as, at 50 yuan ($7.50) per kilo, it is currently a whopping eight times more expensive than conventional rice. Sales of the new variety are expected to reach 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) by the end of the year. https://www.rt.com/business/407629-china-rice-grow-salt-water/

FRIDAY , 27 October , 18GMT , the map Stoumont will be played in the campaign Road to Glory History Battle of Stoumont At dawn on 19 December, Peiper surprised the American defenders of Stoumont by sending infantry from the 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiment in an attack and a company of Fallschirmjäger to infiltrate their lines. He followed this with a Panzer attack, gaining the eastern edge of the town. An American tank battalion arrived but, after a two-hour tank battle, Peiper finally captured Stoumont at 10:30. Knittel joined up with Peiper and reported the Americans had recaptured Stavelot to their east. Peiper ordered Knittel to retake Stavelot. Assessing his own situation, he determined that his Kampfgruppe did not have sufficient fuel to cross the bridge west of Stoumont and continue his advance. He maintained his lines west of Stoumont for a while, until the evening of 19 December when he withdrew them to the village edge. On the same evening the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division under Maj. Gen. James Gavin arrived and deployed at La Gleize and along Peiper's planned route of advance. German efforts to reinforce Peiper were unsuccessful. Kampfgruppe Hansen was still struggling against bad road conditions and stiff American resistance on the southern route. Schnellgruppe Knittel was forced to disengage from the heights around Stavelot. Kampfgruppe Sandig, which had been ordered to take Stavelot, launched another attack without success. Sixth Panzer Army commander Sepp Dietrich ordered Hermann Prieß, commanding officer of the I SS Panzer Corps, to increase its efforts to back Peiper's Kampfgruppe, but Prieß was unable to break through. Small units of the U.S. 2nd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, attacked the dispersed units of Kampfgruppe Peiper on the morning of 21 December. They failed and were forced to withdraw, and a number were captured, including battalion commander Maj. Hal McCown. Peiper learned that his reinforcements had been directed to gather in La Gleize to his east, and he withdrew, leaving wounded Americans and Germans in the Froidcourt Castle (fr). As he withdrew from Cheneux, American paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division engaged the Germans in fierce house-to-house fighting. The Americans shelled Kampfgruppe Peiper on 22 December, and although the Germans had run out of food and had virtually no fuel, they continued to fight. A Luftwaffe resupply mission went badly when SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke insisted the grid coordinates supplied by Peiper were wrong, parachuting supplies into American hands in Stoumont. In La Gleize, Peiper set up defenses waiting for German relief. When the relief force was unable to penetrate the Allied lines, he decided to break through the Allied lines and return to the German lines on 23 December. The men of the Kampfgruppe were forced to abandon their vehicles and heavy equipment, although most of the 800 remaining troops were able to escape. Click Below To Join https://cmp-gaming.com/topic/612-how-to-join-a-campaign/

Ahahaha I remember that. When it happened and i was thinking "Who the hell drives a jeep with rockets close to a flagzone..... it should stay away. Oh well... "

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877514/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 "Epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in history as never told before on film. Visceral and immersive, exploring the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses. " Started to watch this documentary yesterday. Its a 10 episodes series. Very well made.

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The United States Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers on 24-hour alert for the first time since the Cold War ended 26 years ago. The departments' chief of staff General David Goldfein confirmed the plan in an interview with Defense One, as concerns grow that North Korea's nuclear warpath could cause another world war. The move would see nuclear-armed B-52s parked on concrete pads the end of an 11,000-foot runway at Barksdale Air Force in Louisiana, according to Daily Mail. In a few months the pads, which are dubbed the 'Christmas Tree' because of their angular markings, will be piled high with weapons ready to take off with just a moments notice for the first time since 1991. This comes after Donald Trump met with top military chiefs on October 6, and made a comment about "calm before the storm." Speaking to Defense One, General Goldfein emphasized that orders haven't been given yet, but that they are preparing the bases in the event that it should happen. "This yet one more step in ensuring that we're prepared," General Goldfein explained. "I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we're prepared going forward." Were things to escalate, the decision to fire would be made by General John Hyten, commander of Strategic Command, or General Lori Robinson, head of Northern Command. Readying the B-52s is just one of many decisions facing the Air Force as North Korea continues to advance its nuclear arsenal. Full article here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11935969

Best: Playing FH2 again. Always great. Best2: Having a FH2 Developer playing in the battle with us. Thanks TS4Ever. Next week same time. Funniest: Me being a noob a the game. Most hated player: Myself. Most loved/liked player: I always like to kill that special player. Other: Admin job is not that easy to do. ^^

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Round 3 of Battle #1 Ortona recorded by @kummitus .

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This has been a subject that has always fascinated me since i saw the movie Flatliners when i was a kid in the 90s. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099582/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

A new study has suggested that the mind can still be active even after the body stops showing signs of life. The research, which was led by Dr Sam Parnia, director of critical care and resuscitation research at NYU Langone School of Medicine in New York City, involved investigating patients who had suffered a cardiac arrest and had 'died' but who had then been successfully resuscitated by doctors. The team found accounts of patients who recalled being aware of entire conversations being carried out in the room even after they had been pronounced dead. By cross-referencing these accounts with medical staff present at the time, it was possible to verify that what they had heard was real. Some of the patients had even managed to see things happening around them during this time. Death is typically defined as the point at which the heart has stopped and blood is no longer flowing to the brain, however now it seems as though a person's mind can still remain active after this time. "Technically, that's how you get the time of death - it's all based on the moment when the heart stops," said Dr Parnia. "Once that happens, blood no longer circulates to the brain, which means brain function halts almost instantaneously." "You lose all your brain stem reflexes - your gag reflex, your pupil reflex, all that is gone." Back in 2013, researchers at the University of Michigan determined that the brain may enter in to a "hyper-alerted state" for a short period of time after clinical death. Could this be the point at which near-death experiences occur ? The search for answers continues. Full article here : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mind-works-after-death-consciousness-sam-parnia-nyu-langone-a8007101.html

Valve has released a new update for CS:GO, officially bringing the reworked version of Dust2 to the game client. After hitting the beta depot last week, the new Dust2 is now officially live, replacing the previous version of the map in the game. In an update post, Valve confirmed that it will "continue to update" Dust2 "as more feedback comes in". On Monday, a small pre-release patch with minor fixes to the map was released. Following Wednesday's update, the Perfect World graffiti and stickers are now available for purchase worldwide after a one-month period in which they were exclusive to Chinese players downloading CS:GO from the Perfect World client. Below you can find the patch notes from the latest update: [GAMEPLAY] Replaced de_dust2 with updated version. Improved de_nuke bot navigation. [AUDIO] Unique jump landing sounds for all major surfaces. Unique sounds for picking up weapons and grenades. Unique bullet impact sounds for vehicles and barrels. Re-balanced music kits volume to be more in-line with the overall game volume. Improved resolution and quality of HRTF algorithm. [MISC] Both Perfect World Sticker Capsule Limited Time Offers and Graffiti Capsule Limited Time Offers are now available worldwide. Added normal maps for “Gut Knife | Autotronic”, “Bayonet | Autotronic”, and “M9 Bayonet | Autotronic”. Fixed case where players could be blinded by a flashbang outside the map and out of line of sight.