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Palladium Books® Weekly Update – Feb. 3, 2017
By Kevin Siembieda
One reason 2016 was light on product releases was that we have been quietly working on products and plans to be unveiled in 2017 and 2018. Plans that include pretty much all of our game lines. Step one, to get The Rifter® back on schedule, and we'll get close with issue number 77. Step Two, get products people have been waiting for out and into your hands. At the top of that list is Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave Two. Step Three, to support our many game lines more regularly and fully. Step Four, to continue to expand our reach into other areas with licenses like Rifts® for Savage Worlds and the Rifts® Board Game, as well as other areas such as comic books, videogames, film and television. Step Five, to push the envelope and wow you every step of the way.
There are some things I wish I could tell you about right now, but cannot for strategic reasons, or because they are third party efforts still in the negotiation or development stage. But good things, small and large, are coming. We'll be starting with the fundamentals, getting product into your hands and some changes and additions we think you will enjoy.
Like what? Hmmm, well, you will be seeing a new look to our website that makes it more mobile device friendly. A weekly podcast is coming from me and Charles Walton II talking about game design, running and creating RPG adventures and campaigns, the history of Palladium and all the stuff behind role-playing games. And, with any luck, some big surprises that have been in development for a long time. But our biggest focus is on product that will please and blow your mind.
UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™ – 2017 release
I know it has taken a very long time to fulfill this Kickstarter, and for that I am very sorry. More sorry than some of you may be able to imagine. But we are dedicated to getting Wave 2 done and in your hands by the end of 2017. Not only that, but we want to make it amazing. Our Kickstarter backers and fans have waited so long for RRT Wave 2, that if we can make improvements we want to do so. We have been frustrated by many aspects of production that clash with what we know would make a superior product. Moreover, we want to offer organized play support, scenario books, and the next several Waves of RRT products. We have never given up on our dream to make Robotech® RPG Tactics™ amazing.
We are working on something exciting right now that, if it pans out, could change everything and help us bring you RRT Wave Two by the end of 2017. We want to bring Robotech® to life on the table top like never before, and we are working hard to make this happen.
We have not released details these many months because everything has been in motion, and still is. There have been times when we thought we had firm plans for moving forward, only to have something occur to change them – good or bad. Case in point, we had pretty much resigned ourselves to being unable to significantly lower the part count in the RRT game pieces. However, we are suddenly readdressing that as we explore new possibilities that have surfaced. In fact, I have spent most of the week on this very matter. We are working on all of this with the desire to bring you something great, not just crap it out to be done with it. We have big dreams for Robotech® on several fronts, and are trying to make them all happen. To that end we have had many positive and exciting conversations with Harmony Gold and other interested parties. I know it is a lot to ask, but please hang in there with us. We think we have something truly fun brewing.
On a smaller scale, Harmony Gold has approved our proposal and art concepts for the first RRT Scenario Book and our plans for the Ghost Fleet Saga™ series.
The RRT Macross® Saga Scenario Book One will present mission scenarios based on the first half of the Robotech® Macross® Saga era of the television show. That means many missions and battles that are part of the iconic events, characters and story of the Robotech® Macross® Saga. RRT Macross® Saga Scenario Book Two is already in development and will provide all the remaining chapters of the Robotech® Macross® Saga.
The Ghost Fleet Saga™ is expected to be a series of RPG adventure sourcebooks that will create new Robotech® RPG and RRT factions and settings to game in. The time period is the decade between the UEEF's departure from Earth and their return in New Generation. This means the setting incorporates the mecha of several Robotech® eras (Macross® Saga, The Masters Saga, New Generation and the beginnings of Shadow technology). The UEEF uses the new (and dangerous) Shadow technology in covert operations against the Regent and his Invid and Inorganics, as well as space pirates and renegade Zentraedi. This series will offer a wide range of stories, new mecha and adventures in space and on alien worlds.
UPDATE: Carmen Bellaire and the Rifts® Board Game by Rogue Heroes™ LLC
Why Carmen Bellaire for this project? That's an easy one to answer. First, Carmen is a friend, as well as a talented freelancer who has produced a number of top selling products. Splicers® and the Powers Unlimited® books immediately come to mind. Second, creating a Rifts® Board Game is one of his dream projects. Third, Carmen has wanted to start his own game company, Rogue Heroes™ LLC, for years, and I love helping fellow creators realize their dreams. Finally, what many people do not realize is that Carmen is a genius at game design. I mean, an Erick Wujcik level, game design genius who has done brilliant work for Upper Deck and others, as well as Palladium Books. So when Carmen approached me some years ago to pitch his idea for a Rifts® Board Game, and asked for the license, I jumped at the opportunity. He has been developing the game ever since.
Palladium has been talking about and softly advertising the Rifts® Board Game from Rogue Heroes LLC, because we have the means to, and to support my friend by spreading the word about the game to the potential core market: Rifts® fans! I want Carmen to succeed because he is my friend and a good person, not just because this license will generate some third party income for Palladium Books®. I'm also behind it 100% because it captures the look and feel of Rifts® that fans are going to love. So I hope you will spread the word too. This is a passion project from a game designer who loves the Rifts® characters and settings, and who knows how to bring them to life in a new medium.
For those of you who find it increasingly difficult to find time for a 3-5 hour role-playing experience, the Rifts® Board Game enables you to enjoy Rifts® action whenever you have a spare 30-60 minutes with a few friends! And it is gorgeous. The lead sculptor is amazing; heck, all the sculptors Carmen has hired are doing beautiful work. He has had them toiling away making masterful 3D sculpts for the last year and a half, maybe longer. The box and card art is mostly by freelance artists you will know from Palladium publications: Amy L. Ashbaugh, Charles Walton, John Zeleznik and others. And they are knocking it out of the park, too.
I always try to support and promote every license we get involved in. Look at the hype and pages of The Rifter® we gave Rifts® Savage Worlds. And I barely know most of those guys. That was another license I agreed to based on the passion of their lead game designer, Sean Patrick Fannon. As the licensor, Palladium always tries to support and help spread the word about any and all licensed products. It's the right thing to do. That said, I hope we did not leave anyone with the impression this is a Palladium product, because it is not.
Palladium Books completely approves, supports and endorses this wonderful game, but it is 100% Carmen Bellaire's baby. It is his ideas, his rules, his designs, and his vision of Rifts® brought to life as a board game. A game with exquisite 28mm game pieces suitable for use in your role-playing games or sitting on your shelf, as well as for the board game, itself. It is also at Carmen's cost. I'm a bit nervous for Carmen, because he has sunken a boatload of his own money into his Rifts® Board Game already, as well as his heart and soul. The future of Rogue Heroes LLC – and when you get right down to it, his family – rests on the success of this game. Success or failure, it all rests on Carmen's shoulders. So yeah, I'm going to hype it up as much as I can for him and because I know the stakes and I know how awesome this game is.
I'm happy to say Carmen has made it easy for me to endorse by creating a game I believe in, and every Rifts® fan will love to own! The game is beautiful, fun to play, and screams Rifts®. Did I mention Carmen is a brilliant game designer? You'll see what I mean when you play the Rifts® Board Game.
He's new to all of this – running a company, creating games for himself, and doing a Kickstarter – so Carmen has been slow to launch his own web page or Facebook page, but I'm sure they are coming, very soon. Contents are being wrapped up, and Carmen has been plotting his Kickstarter campaign. You will start to see digital sculpts, cards and information from Carmen here, on the Palladium website, and many other places. It's very exciting for Carmen and we are rooting him on. I think the end result is going to blow people away.
UPDATE: Games and Sourcebooks Coming from Palladium
Available Now
- Hell Followed™, a Dead Reign® Sourcebook – 160 pages.
- Weapons, Armor & Castles of the Orient™ – 48 page, comic book size format.
- Robotech® The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – New 8½ x 11 format, 160 pages.
- Rifts® Coalition States: Heroes of Humanity™
- Rifts® Poker Deck #1 (color)
- Rifts® Poker Deck #2 (color and b/w illustrations)
Coming Soon 2017
- The Rifter® #76 – Autumn issue – 96 pages – ships February 10, 2017.
- The Rifter® #77 – Winter issue – 96 pages – end of Feb or early March. It is in production right now!
- Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™ ARSENAL – 96 or 128 pages – Feb/March, in final production right now.
- Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ – 192 pages – March/April, in production now.
- Rifts® The Disavowed™ Sourcebook – by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements – April/May.
- Garden of the Gods™, a Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook – by Kevin Siembieda – March/April.
- Dead Reign® Inner City Survival Sourcebook (tentative title) – Spring.
- Others – We may try to slip in a few small books before summer.
Coming Later in 2017 and 2018
- Lopan™, a Palladium Fantasy RPG® Adventure Sourcebook
- Lopanic Games™, a Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook
- Robotech® RPG: Ghost Fleet Saga™ Sourcebook
- Robotech® RPG Tactics™: Wave 2 expansion packs
- Robotech® RPG Tactics™: Scenario Book One and events
- Rifts® Sovietski™ World Book
- Rifts® Haunted Tech™ Sourcebook – Rescheduled
- Chaos Earth® First Responders
- Splicers® Sourcebooks
- Heroes Unlimited™ Sourcebooks
- Nightbane® Sourcebook
- Beyond the Supernatural™ Sourcebooks
- Rifts® World Books and Sourcebooks, including Rifts® New Navy, Rifts® Antarctica, and others.
- And some big surprises coming this Summer and Fall
UPDATE: Beyond on the Supernatural™ Sourcebooks
Had a meeting with an artist this morning to talk about what I need and want for expanding the Beyond on the Supernatural™ RPG. My greatest enemy is time. Never enough time to write all the things I want to write. And a great many other things constantly trying to steal away my time. BTS Arcanum, Tomes Grotesque and the entire world of Beyond on the Supernatural™ is a passion project of mine. I love this setting and have wanted to do the long-awaited expansions for years. I've got an idea on how to finally do that. Let us see if I can pull it off.
UPDATE: Nightbane® Sourcebooks
I did a quick skim of a Nightbane® sourcebook submission that looks pretty sweet. Coming this summer?
UPDATE: Dead Reign® Sourcebook
Artist Nick Bradshaw has been working away on art for the next Dead Reign® sourcebook. I'm thinking of calling it Inner City Survival or Inner City Madness, or may go with something else entirely.
UPDATE: Heroes Unlimited™ Sourcebooks
Insiders go wild when I tell them my ideas for Heroes Unlimited™ sourcebooks. Including one designed for a younger audience. I even have ideas for a Ninjas and Superspies reboot.
UPDATE: Splicers®
We have so many ideas and a couple of finished manuscripts for this game line!
UPDATE: Garden of the Gods™ – a Palladium Fantasy RPG® Sourcebook – March or April release
All I could muster was a half day's work on Garden of the Gods™, as RRT was the focus this week. What else is in development for the Palladium Fantasy RPG® game line? Lopan™ Adventure Sourcebook, Lopanic Games™ Sourcebook and Land of the South Winds™ among other things.
UPDATE: Rifts® CS Arsenal – coming soon.
Spent most of this week working on aspects of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave Two. Will be working on this book again next week.
UPDATE: Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™ – March release
Spent most of this week working on aspects of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave Two, but I did approve some artwork for the Atlanteans. Good stuff!
UPDATE: Rifts® Sovietski™ – Spring Release
Spent most of this week working on aspects of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave Two, but did talk to an artist about work on this title.
UPDATE: The Rifter® #76 – Ships February 10
Another great issue, more than half of which is "official" source material to add spice and adventure to your games. So much good source material that we had to go 9 point type to squeeze it all in. "Official" for Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy®: The Primorda presents new Elemental beings and their monstrous riding animals (and some magic items that can be made from them). For Heroes Unlimited™ and Ninjas and Superspies™ there is an adventure of villainy and terrorism that can serve as a springboard for many more adventures across the globe. Splicers® gets the next big chapter in the I am Legion adventure source material as we wind up toward the big climax. And more! This issue is jam-packed with good material.
UPDATE: The Rifter® #77 – February release (tentative)
Adventure source material for Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy®, Splicers®, and Rifts® is coming your way. We are in full swing production of this bad boy! End of February or early March release.
The Rifter® Super-Subscription Offer – available now!
The Rifter® Super-Subscription Offer only comes once a year and gets you a substantial discount, FREE shipping in the USA, and your choice of one of seven FREE GIFTS worth $20.95 to $43.85 – if you want one. (There is a fee for postage and handling of the gift item, but you may decline the gift.) As always, I have tried to make the gift choices fun, with a little something for everyone. And as many of you know, The Rifter® has been better than ever with an increasing amount of "official" source material most issues. Remember, Rifter® material can usually be cannibalized and adapted to any world setting, not just the one it was specifically written for.
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Now on DriveThruRPG.com – Rifts® Sourcebook 4: Coalition Navy™ and a Rifts® Primer, FREE Hell Followed™ Preview, ALL Robotech® RPG Tactics™ cards and much more
Rifts® Coalition Navy and a Rifts® Primer are now available, along with the FREE Hell Followed™ Preview, Rifts® Black Market (one of my faves), Rifts® Mercenary Adventures™, Rifts® Mercenaries, MercTown™, Merc Ops™, and so much more, are all available now in PDF. You can also get ALL Robotech® RPG Tactics™ game cards, Robotech® and Rifts® Paper Miniatures along with Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Triax Two, The Rifter® #1-69, Rifts® World Books 1-30 and many other Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited™, Palladium Fantasy®, Nightbane® and other game line titles. New Robotech® RPG Tactics™ material will be made available in the weeks ahead. All of it adds to the growing list of Rifts®, Robotech® and other Palladium RPG game titles available as PDF books, cards and support. A new title should be added every week or two, so watch for them.
Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave 2 Paper Game Pieces, and all RRT game cards, Rifts® Ultimate Edition and 160+ other PDF Palladium titles, RRT stuff, G.M. helper kits and free material are on DriveThruRPG.com right now! More Rifts®, Robotech® and other Palladium game titles, paper miniatures and fun are coming to PDF in the weeks and months ahead. Watch for them.
Recent PDF titles include Rifts® Sourcebook One Revised, Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®, Rifts® Sourcebook Three: Mindwerks™, Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Triax 2, Rifts® Mercenaries, MercTown™ and Merc Ops™, Rifts® Black Market, Rifts® World Book 30: D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 29: Madhaven™, Rifts® World Book 28: Arzno™, Rifts® World Book 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp, Rifts® World Book 26: Dinosaur Swamp, World Book 25: Rifts® China Two, and World Book 24: Rifts® China One, among many, many others. There are also previews of Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity™, The Rifter® #73, Northern Gun 1 & 2, Lemuria, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms, Bizantium and many other Palladium titles. Check back every week to see which new PDFs of Rifts® World Books and other titles have been added!
In addition to the titles listed above, The Minion War™ series of books, the Rifts® Coalition Wars®/Tolkeen series, Chaos Earth® Resurrection, all of the Dead Reign® (Zombie Apocalypse) titles, Splicers® RPG and most issues of The Rifter® are available NOW! So are first edition rules of the Heroes Unlimited™ RPG and sourcebooks, Palladium Fantasy RPG® and sourcebooks, The Mechanoids®, and much more, available on DriveThruRPG.com.
Available right now:
- Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® Sourcebook Four: Coalition Navy™, Rifts® Sourcebook 3: Mindwerks™, Rifts® Sourcebook Two: The Mechanoids®, Rifts® Sourcebook One Revised, Rifts® Mercenaries, MercTown™, Merc Ops™ and Mercenary Adventures™, Rifts® Black Market, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Triax 2, Rifts® World Book 30: D-Bees of North America™, Rifts® World Book 29: Madhaven™, Rifts® World Book 28: Arzno™, Rifts® World Book 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp™, Rifts® World Book 26: Dinosaur Swamp, Rifts® World Book 25: China Two, Rifts® World Book 24: China One, Rifts® World Book 23: Xiticix Invasion, Rifts® World Book 22: Free Quebec, Rifts® World Book 21: Splynn Dimensional Market, Rifts® World Book 20: Canada, Rifts® World Book 19: Australia, Rifts® World Book 18: Mystic Russia, Rifts® World Book 17: Warlords of Russia, Rifts® World Book 16: Federation of Magic, Rifts® World Book 15: Spirit West, Rifts® World Book 14: New West™, Rifts® World Book 13: Lone Star™, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™, Rifts® World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign™, Rifts® World Book 10: Juicer Uprising™, and Rifts® World Book 9: South America 2 along with World Books #1-8 and various other Rifts® titles.
- Rifts® Chaos Earth® RPG, Chaos Earth®: Rise of Magic™, Chaos Earth® Resurrection™ and Creatures of Chaos™ are all available now.
- Two free Chaos Earth® Resurrection previews and many other previews.
- Rifts® Coalition Wars®: Siege on Tolkeen series – all six titles.
- Rifts® The Minion War™ series – six current books – consisting of Dimension Book 10: Hades, Dimension Book 11: Dyval, Dimension Book 12: Dimensional Outbreak, HU2 adventure sourcebook: Armageddon Unlimited™, Heroes of the Megaverse®, and Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames available now! Suitable for ALL settings, including Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited™ and The Palladium Fantasy RPG®.
- Dead Reign® RPG titles. The Zombie Apocalypse is yours to role-play with the Dead Reign® RPG. The core rule book and all sourcebooks are available now.
- The Rifter® issues #1-69.
- FREE Robotech® RPG Tactics™ paper game pieces, force organization tables, stat cards, rules and special items – with more coming soon!
- FREE 12 highly-detailed, comprehensive Robotech® RPG Tactics™ assembly instructions for all the Wave One mecha – available now.
- FREE Robotech® RPG Tactics™ color guides are available now.
- Palladium Fantasy RPG® Paper Miniatures – Volumes #1-6 are available now. More are coming in the weeks ahead.
- 160+ Palladium titles, plus G.M. kits, and more.
- Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Men at Arms – $2.99
- Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Coalition Dead Boys – $2.99
- Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Adventurers – $2.99
- Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Practitioners of Magic (new) – $2.99
- Rifts® Paper Miniatures: Extras (new) – $2.99
- And more to come in the weeks ahead.
Palladium Collectibles Available in Kevin's Online Toy & Collectibles Store
Alex and I have added and continue to add a lot of vintage Star Wars toys and a growing number of all kinds of collectibles – and we'll be adding more Palladium Books original art and items to the store, so keep an eye out for them.
This includes one-of-a-kind original artwork, prints, Rifts® and Robotech® artwork by Kevin Long, me and others. There is also a range of limited editions, rare book titles and limited edition hardcovers, toys and more that are all being added to my ebay store over the next several weeks, so keep an eye out. Alex and I will keep adding items as our busy schedules allow, but we have a lot of fun collectibles available now and coming soon. Items include original art, out of print titles, redlined proofreader photocopies signed by me and the staff, signed manuscripts with editors' corrections, some original art, hardcover books (including Rifts® Lemuria, Northern Gun™ One, Northern Gun™ Two, Megaverse® in Flames™, Beyond the Supernatural™ Gold, Rifts® Machinations of Doom™ Gold and Rifts® Ultimate Gold) and other items available. There are also hundreds of toys and action figures, all from my personal archives and collection. Take a look every weekend for new items added.
ALERT: Palladium Game Masters, Gen Con Early Event Submission is going on now! Final submission is mid-February
To guarantee a dedicated gaming area and listing in the program book and online schedule, we need your descriptions and details over the next few weeks. Please start sending them in to NMI. Any Megaversal Ambassador can help you, but NMI is the primary Gen Con event coordinator. We had some awesome events the last few years, so let us, please, keep the trend going. Remember, G.M.s running Palladium events get a discount coupon for EACH game they run that they can redeem at the Palladium booth. We are looking for Game Masters to run any and all Palladium game settings: Rifts®, Robotech®, Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Splicers®, Nightbane®, Dead Reign®, Beyond the Supernatural™ and all the rest! We appreciate ALL of you, and love that you run games for us at Gen Con. Thank you.
CoastCon 40 in Biloxi, Mississippi – March 2017
I (Kevin Siembieda) will be attending CoastCon, along with Sean Patrick Fannon, again, the core writer and architect of Rifts® Savage Worlds®, in Mississippi on March 3-5, 2017. CoastCon and Gen Con are the only two conventions I will be personally attending in 2017; that's how busy I expect to be banging out new gaming product. Some things that will shock and amaze, too. I hope to see and chat with a lot of Palladium and Pinnacle fans. Bring books for Sean and me to sign.
Closing Thoughts
As you can see, we are quite busy. Game on.
– Kevin Siembieda, Game Designer, Writer, Publisher
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COMING! The Rifter® #77 – Ships February or March, 2017
The Rifter® #77 is already in production. The cover is done, articles are being selected and artwork is being assigned.
Every issue of The Rifter® is an idea factory for players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and find new avenues of adventure. It provides useful, ready to go source material you can just drop into your ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. And the many new characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, villains, monsters, adventures and ideas for one setting can be easily adapted to any Palladium setting. Every issue has material for Rifts® and usually 2-3 other Palladium game lines. The focus of this issue is Rifts®, Splicers® and RPG advice. Don't forget, unofficial material can be easily adapted for use in ANY Palladium game setting.
Rifter® #77 Highlights:
- Rifts® source material.
- Heroes Unlimited™ "official" source material – by Kevin Siembieda.
- Palladium Fantasy RPG® – city adventure setting and source material by Ian Herbert.
- Splicers® – I am Legion, Part Six, by Charles Walton II, Chris Kluge and Lance Colley – "official" source material. The adventure continues and more secrets and dangers are revealed as the story approaches its climax.
- Other – source material for other RPG settings.
- News, coming attractions, product descriptions and more.
- Rifts® cover by Michael "Madman" Leonard.
- 96 pages – $13.95 retail – Cat. No. 177. In production. Ships February or March, 2017.
COMING! Heroes of Humanity™ CS Arsenal – Rifts® Secrets of the Coalition States™ Sourcebook
Rifts® Heroes of Humanity gave you updated Coalition Army O.C.C.s, ways to upgrade men-at-arms, new O.C.C.s, battle plans and strategies and tactics. CS Heroes of Humanity™ Arsenal provides an array of new Coalition hardware: weapons, armor, additional SAMAS, other power armor, robots, combat vehicles, gear and info.
- New CS weapons and gear.
- New CS SAMAS and power armor.
- New CS robots and combat vehicles.
- More secrets and information about the Coalition States.
- Wild adventure opportunities, fun and more.
- Part of the Minion War™ "Crossover" series.
- Written by Kevin Siembieda, Clements, Gleba and others.
- 96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 893. February or March, 2017.
COMING! Rifts® The Disavowed™ – Secrets of the Coalition States™ – Coming Spring
"Desperate times require desperate measures. War has nothing to do with morality or justice. It's all about winning or dying. We cannot bind our hands with high ideals, even our own, or worry about the laws of renegade nations or the rights of alien people. We must fight fire with fire. And you are the match." – Colonel Lyboc addressing a Disavowed team.
The Disavowed are so Top Secret that their existence is known only to a handful of the Coalition States' most elite, top echelon, with Joseph Prosek II the mastermind behind the Disavowed operation, and Colonel Lyboc its shadowy face. Find out who these men and women are. How the Disavowed get away with using magic, traveling to other parts of Rifts Earth and even to other dimensions in pursuit of enemies and strategic information that cannot be had through conventional means. Learn about the secret parameters in which these hard-boiled warriors, secretly hand-picked by Joseph Prosek II, operate, why almost every mission is considered a suicide mission, and why they must forever be the Disavowed.
- CS operatives so secret that even the top military and political leaders right up to Emperor Prosek know nothing about them. And if they did know, would they condone their activity or condemn it?
- Are the Disavowed heroes or renegades? Assassins or soldiers? Madmen or super-patriots? Or a little of them all?
- Unsung heroes who keep the CS safe, or thugs and pawns of a shadow agency within the Coalition government?
- What role does the Vanguard play in this group?
- How do they reward their D-Bee "teammates" when the mission is over?
- What happens to the Disavowed when they have seen or learned too much? Adventure ideas galore and so much more.
- Written by Kevin Siembieda and Matthew Clements.
- 96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 892. Coming March or April.
NEW! The Rifter® #76 – Ships February 10, 2017
The Rifter® #76 is filled with strange creatures, adventure and fun across the Megaverse® and multiple world settings.
Every issue of The Rifter® is an idea factory for players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and find new avenues of adventure. It provides useful, ready to go source material you can just drop into your ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. And the many new characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, villains, monsters, adventures and ideas for one setting can be easily adapted to any Palladium setting. Every issue has material for Rifts® and usually 2-3 other Palladium game lines. The focus of this issue is Rifts®, Splicers® and RPG advice. Don't forget, unofficial material can be easily adapted for use in ANY Palladium game setting.
Rifter® #76 Highlights:
- Rifts®, Phase World®, and Palladium Fantasy RPG® – Elemental Primordials™, by Greg Diaczyk and Kevin Siembieda – "official" source material. Elemental Primordials are something new in the Megaverse®. No one knows why they are appearing or whether that is good or bad. These new Elemental beings can be used as player characters or NPCs. Four Elemental Primordials and four riding animals from the Elemental Realms. Their very existence sparks potential storylines and adventure ideas. Get your first glimpse of them in The Rifter® #76.
- Rifts® Pecos Badlands Town – by Brett Caron. Thinking about doing some adventuring in the Rifts American Southwest? Mosey on over to Gohjjunk.
- Rifts® for Savage Worlds® Preview®. Get another look at what's coming this winter.
- Splicers® – I am Legion, Part Five, by Charles Walton II, Chris Kluge and Lance Colley – "official" source material. The adventure reaches a fever pitch as we near the conclusion. More secrets, danger and combat.
- Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies, Nightbane® – Blood Diamonds by Thomas Morrison presents adventure source material with a war-torn setting, story and NPCs in Africa. But it could be just the beginning of a globe spanning campaign.
- News, coming attractions, product descriptions and more.
- Cover by Nicholas Bradshaw. Art by Walton, Dudley, and others.
- 96 pages – $13.95 retail – Cat. No. 176. At the printer, ships February 10.
NEW! Rifts® Secrets of the Coalition States™ – Heroes of Humanity™ – Available now!
Rifts® CS Heroes of Humanity™ changes the landscape of Rifts North America and beyond, presents ways to upgrade and improve existing Men-At-Arms characters with Advanced Training, and includes new character classes, weapons, equipment, alliances and conflict to inspire epic new adventures.
Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™ outlines the battle for the soul of humanity. The Minion War™ has spilled onto Rifts Earth. At the epicenter of the invasion is North America. If either of the two rival demonic forces succeeds in conquering the continent, the rest of the world shall follow and Earth will be annexed to Hell. The demon hordes believe no one can stop them. The Coalition States has something to say about that.
For the first time in history, the Coalition States, Northern Gun, the Manistique Imperium, Lazlo, New Lazlo, Free Quebec, the Cyber-Knights, Lemurians, True Atlanteans, D-Bees, mages, mercs and many, many others stand together against a common enemy. Meanwhile, the Splugorth of Atlantis, Archie Three, the Republicans and the Vanguard engage in their own shadow war against the invading demon hordes, and each other.
- Heroes of Humanity™ lets unprecedented types of characters gather in mixed groups that would otherwise be ideologically opposed. Together they fight side-by-side for the greater good.
- New ways to upgrade your existing Men-at-Arms characters.
- Coalition Demon Hunter school and advanced training programs.
- New Coalition O.C.C.s like the Death Knight and Skelebot Specialist.
- Coalition military O.C.C.s expanded such as the CS Juicers, CS Combat Cyborgs, Psycho-Stalkers, Coalition psychics and more.
- New CS gear such as the Hellbuster and Falcon Death Wing.
- CS battle plans, world information and many adventure ideas.
- The strategies and tactics of the demons against humanity.
- The strategies and tactics of the Coalition States and its allies.
- Summary of Demon and Deevil vulnerabilities.
- One Xiticix battle plan and who really pays the price.
- Plenty of guidelines, tables and rules to help you run it all.
- Art by Charles "Chuck" Walton II, Amy L. Ashbaugh, Nick Bradshaw, Mark Dudley, Allen Manning, Brian Manning, Mike Mumah, Apollo Okamura, Tanya Ramsey, Benjamin Rodriguez, and Kevin Siembieda.
- Written by Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Matthew Clements and others.
- 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 889. Available now!
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A Dead Reign® Sourcebook – Do more than survive
"This book begins to redefine the zombie genre. It broadens the field of possibilities and expands upon the modern zombie mythos. It is full of twists and surprises I had never imagined. – Alex Marciniszyn, Editor
In the wake of the Zombie Apocalypse, survivors find themselves trapped in a living hell. As everyone struggles to survive against the ravenous dead, some rise up to be heroes fighting for those in need and against all manner of evil – living and dead.
Be more than a survivor. Accept the new world and do something about it.
- 11 New types of zombies, including the Armored Brute, Dead Mound Giant, Seeker and more.
- 7 New Apocalyptic Character Classes.
- Masked Lunatics – heroes or madmen?
- Cults, good and bad, plus other weirdness and dangers.
- 21 Disasters to complicate survival. Each described with damage stats, penalties and consequences. The most comprehensive information of this type ever presented! Blizzard, Earthquake, Hurricane, Tornado, Toxic Spill, Wildfire, and more.
- Government enclaves. Could the government or its military still exist? If so, where are they? What are they doing?
- 8 Government conspiracy theories. Each fuel for creating adventures and building different organizations.
- Tables for creating government enclaves and their purpose.
- Abandoned Emergency Relief Centers and the resources they may still have to offer survivors, if they can get to them. Random tables and ideas for adventure.
- Take your zombie campaign to the next level!
- Cover by E.M. Gist. Interior art by Nick Bradshaw.
- Written by Taylor White and Kevin Siembieda. The biggest Dead Reign® sourcebook yet. Adaptable to other Palladium settings.
- 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 236. Available now!
NEW! Rifts® Secrets of the Atlanteans™
True Atlanteans are descendants from Earth's past. The survivors of the sinking of Atlantis (really a dimensional mishap) and travelers of the Megaverse, wielders of Tattoo Magic and other lost mystic arts. Most people regard them as heroes, but are they? The Sunaj Assassins are mythic villains feared by all, yet they too are True Atlanteans who serve dark forces.
For the first time, much of the story behind True Atlanteans and their secrets are revealed.
- True Atlanteans revisited.
- Optional Atlantean character creation tables including clan heritage and other factors.
- Secrets of the stone pyramids, different types/purposes and powers.
- Many new magic tattoos, magic spells, weapons and armor.
- Atlantean hideouts and secret communities across the Megaverse.
- The Sunaj Assassins, their secrets, history and plans for the future.
- Atlantean Monster Hunter O.C.C., Atlantean Defender O.C.C. and much more. And this is just the tip of what this book contains.
- Written by Carl Gleba. Additional text and ideas by Kevin Siembieda.
- Final page count and price yet to be determined, but probably 160-192 pages – $20.95-$24.95 retail – Cat. No. 890.
NEW! Rifts® Poker Deck One (Color) – available now
For the first time ever, Rifts® is captured in a deck of playing cards. Each card a powerful image. Perfect for playing cards, collecting, gifts and use as an Action Deck for Pinnacle's Rifts® Savage Worlds game line.
Gen Con gamers went wild over the two Rifts® Poker Decks and you will too. Both contain iconic Rifts® artwork and characters, and look gorgeous. The color and design of both poker decks makes the artwork pop and a joy to use. Available now.
- Premium card stock.
- Standard US Poker size deck of playing cards.
- Rifts® specific symbols for each suit.
- 52 full color playing cards, plus 2 Jokers.
- Diamonds are magic. Clubs are D-Bees. Hearts are heroes. Spades are the Coalition States.
- Each card is a unique, color image. Artists include John Zeleznik, Scott Johnson, Kevin Long, David Dorman, Charles Walton II, Mark Evans, and others.
- The back of the cards is the artwork from the cover of Rifts® Ultimate Edition depicting a Ley Line Walker with an Alien Intelligence emerging from the Rift opening behind him, energy swirling. Art by Scott Johnson.
- Customized, full color, Rifts® tuck box.
- $11.99 retail – Cat. No. 2575 – available now.
New! Rifts® Poker Deck Two (black & white illustrations) – available now
52 iconic images and characters by your favorite artists. This second deck of playing cards captures Rifts® in a different light. Each card features a different iconic, black and white illustration set in a color border of rippling magic energy from the Rifts. Illustrations are by a wide range of fan favorite artists. A fun and attractive item for playing cards, collecting, and other uses.
- Premium card stock.
- Standard US Poker size deck of playing cards.
- Rifts® specific symbols for each suit.
- Color border and suits.
- 52 playing cards featuring iconic illustrations, plus 2 Jokers.
- Diamonds are monsters. Clubs are heroes. Hearts are robots and power armor. Spades are the Coalition Army.
- Each card has a unique illustration of a famous Rifts® hero, monster, mech or agent of the Coalition. Artists include Kevin Long, Ramon K. Perez, Freddie Williams II, Michael Wilson, Jeffery Russell, Apollo Okamura, and others.
- Customized, full color, Rifts® tuck box.
- The back of the cards is the artwork from the cover of Rifts® Psyscape™ depicting a beautiful female psychic warrior, triumphant over a robotic enemy. Art by John Zeleznik.
- $11.99 retail – Cat. No. 2576 – available now.
Robotech®: The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook – New, large format 8½ x 11 sourcebook – Now available!
Robotech®: The Masters Saga™ Sourcebook has been enlarged to the standard 8½ x 11 inch format and 160 pages. Artwork was given the deluxe treatment – large, clear, and detailed to go along with the wealth of information about the Second Robotech War, the Army of the Southern Cross, its combat forces, mecha, weapons, and vehicles. The same comprehensive treatment was given to the invading Robotech Masters.
Forget the corny drama, the emphasis of this sourcebook is on the Second Robotech War and the equipment on both sides. Making the Masters Saga a big mecha and equipment book that you will want in your collection. Did you know the Army of the Southern Cross used power armor and Battloids in addition to their famous mecha? You'll find out all about it in this comprehensive 160 page sourcebook. Much of it described and statted out in an "official" capacity for the very first time in this sourcebook. Note: Only the size, size of artwork and layout has changed. The text and data are the same as the manga-sized edition, apart from eratta and minor additions.
- 40+ weapons; pistols, rifles, grenade launchers.
- 15 O.C.C.s and MOS skill packages for the 8 main branches of the ASC and the 7 Special Forces Divisions operating under the Tactical Corps.
- 14 ASC vehicles of the Army of the Southern Cross (ASC).
- ASC Tactical battle shields, jet packs and other gear.
- ASC Veritech Mecha including the Ajax, Logan, Spartas Hover Tank, Myrmidon Light Hover Tank.
- 6 ASC power armor suits.
- 4 ASC Battloids.
- The Golem Autonomous Patrol Robot.
- The Robotech Masters and their legions.
- 6 different Bioroids, as well as the Bioroid Terminator, the Bioroid Invid Fighter, hover sled & more.
- Tirolians, spacecraft and other gear and info.
- Cover by Apollo Okamura. Interior art by the Mannings and others.
- Written by Jason Marker.
- 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 552. Available now.
Robotech® RPG Tactics™
Robotech® is getting hotter and hotter. It is the Number One Anime on Crackle, the Robotech® movie from Sony Pictures sounds like it is going to be become a reality, more Robotech® licensed products are appearing, and Palladium is gearing up toward the release of Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Wave Two and more Robotech® products. Ah, but the core game and expansion packs to get you started are available right now.
Robotech® RPG Tactics™ is a fast-paced, tabletop combat game that captures the action and adventure of the Robotech® anime. Two or more players can engage in small squad skirmishes or scale up to massive battles. Relive the clashes of the First Robotech War, engage in stand-alone tactical games, or use the dynamic game pieces to enhance your Robotech® RPG experience. Or simply collect your favorite mecha from an expanding range of top-notch game pieces. Get yours now.
- Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Core Box Set (Main Game) – 34 detailed game pieces – 53 game cards, 24 custom battle dice, decal sheets, rule book and more – $99.95 – Cat. No. 55100 – Available now.
- UEDF Valkyrie Wing (6 game pieces) – $36.95 retail – Cat. No. 55201 – Available now.
- UEDF Tomahawk/Defender Destroids (4 game pieces) – $32.95 – Cat. No. 55202 – Available now.
- UEDF Spartan/Phalanx Destroids (4 game pieces) – $32.95 retail – Cat. No. 55203 – Available now.
- Zentraedi Regult Battlepods (4 game pieces) – $36.95 retail – Cat. No. 55401 – Available now.
- Zentraedi Artillery Battlepods (6 game pieces) – $36.95 retail – Cat. No. 55402 – Available now.
- Zentraedi Glaug Command (3 pieces) – $36.95 retail – Cat. No. 55403 – Available now.
Robotech® RPG Tactics™ Convention Exclusives – now available to anyone
These dynamic pieces are available as a regular item in the Palladium store. They are powerful fun and only have 4-6 parts, so they are easy to put together. They look awesome on your shelf or in your game. Get yours while supplies last.
Cat. No. 56015 – $22.00 – Max Sterling's Valkyrie Battloid
Cat. No. 56019 – $22.00 – Miriya in Super Valkyrie
Cat. No. 56020 – $22.00 – Breetai in Heavy Combat Armor
Cat. No. 56021 – $22.00 – Grell in Male Power Armor
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Rifts®, The Rifter®, RECON®, Splicers®, Powers Unlimited®, Palladium Books®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Phase World®, Powers Unlimited®, Nightbane®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Coalition Wars®, Chaos Earth®, Dead Reign®, and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. RPG Tactics™, Beyond the Supernatural, Coalition States, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, SAMAS, Thundercloud Galaxy, Three Galaxies, Vampire Kingdoms, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.
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Join the Agora Gallery Team
We're looking for career-oriented individuals with a strong desire to learn the art gallery business. Our interns have wide interaction with the public, both in person and via social media. Ideal candidates will have strong written and organizational skills, be tech-savvy and be eager to meet all sorts of creative challenges. This is a great opportunity to learn and grow.
Program Description:
This is an unpaid internship with a bi-weekly local travel stipend. Internships require a minimum commitment of at least two days per week. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am - 6 pm. Listed below are the different available gallery internships.
Gallery Internship Opportunities
Gallery Registrar Internship
Working alongside the gallery's Exhibition Coordinator/Registrar interns will assist with daily operations, work on specialized projects and learn about the functions of the position including the proper care and storage of artwork, organizing group exhibitions, planning installations and handling international shipments.
Sample internship tasks include:
Gallery Assistant Internship
The intern will be exposed to all aspects of working in a contemporary art gallery and will assist the Gallery Staff with general tasks. Interns will assist with daily gallery operations, reception openings and will work on specific projects that are based on individual interests, skills and the needs of the gallery.
Tasks may include:
Sales Internship
This internship will be focused on sales, working closely with Agora Gallery's Assistant Director of Sales. Candidates should have a strong interest in contemporary art, research and learning more about the art market.
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Social Media Internship
We're looking for a creative student who has a demonstrated passion for the contemporary art world and social media. You will work closely with the Social Media Coordinator to contribute to producing content and assisting with the day-to-day management of our social media channels. The ideal candidate has experience contributing to successful social media channels.
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Employment Opportunities
Freelance Opportunities
We're looking for experienced freelance writers to contribute to Agora Gallery's artist profiles, press releases and blogs. The ideal candidate must possess a minimum of 3 years of proven art or art-related writing experience, be deadline-oriented, and write with exceptional English communication skills. An interest in contemporary emerging artists is preferred.
Artist profiles and press releases assist gallery visitors and potential buyers in learning more about each artist. The style should be straightforward and descriptive, not too flowery, unpretentious, and often describing a specific artwork or body of work that will be on view in an upcoming exhibition.
Each blog entry will reinforce Agora Gallery's reputation for providing continued educational information for artists and collectors alike.
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For Better or For Worse
The video below reminds me of the part of the wedding vow, "For Better or For Worse." Watch this amazing video from Desiring God:
- What amazes you about the commitment of this couple?
- How does this video shape the way you view your own marriage or, if you're not married, your idea of marriage?
- Marriage is a relationship that was meant to reflect the relationship that God desires to have with his people. How does the love of this wife reflect the love God has for his people?
- How would you use the Grand story of the Gospel, to help an unchurched person make sense of the content in this video.
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The British pound hit its highest level against the dollar in nearly 15 years Tuesday.
In foreign exchange trading, it costs $2 to buy each British pound.
The rise against the dollar follows new data showing inflation in the U.K. at 3.1 percent, well above the central bank's goal of keeping inflation at just two percent.
Speculators are betting that the Bank of England will now raise interest rates to fight that inflation.
Higher interest rates will help some investors make more money.
The stronger pound will make it easier for people in the U.K. to buy imported goods. However, it makes British-made goods more expensive on world markets.
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Adam Raga: "Signing for TRS was a risk, but the result has been excellent"
Adam Raga (Ulldecona, 1982) is one of the most special riders in the trial. He is always one of the few candidates to win every competition that he disputes, a fact that is quickly understood if you look at his achievement list. Raga is the main rival of the twenty times world champion Toni Bou, and although this course signed for an entirely new team as TRS, Raga has been fighting to the end for taking up his seventh world championship. Despite not achieve it, the TRS pilot has amply achieved the second position, which is quite a positive result for him, which makes him optimistic for next season. A future that he aims to "to keep giving trouble."
Q: What are your thoughts on the world championship thas has just ended?
A: Very good. To be honest, we have done something very difficult which is to start not with a new bike but with a new motorcycle brand, plus obviously a new bike, in a world championship in which we have not only been very competitive but we have been to a great level, winning a race and battling to getting many more triumphs. When you value coolly you realize that is an amazing feat. In the end, seeing Honda win is a normal thing, but that we are second fighting many races for victory with a whole new brand with a new bike, with all new parts -which can break if they are not well made and they have been perfect-, it means a total success. Speaks highly of the preparation work that was done in winter.
We see that the valuation of your first year with TRS could not be better…
Yes, definitely. For me it was a risk to switch to a completely new bike, that had not experienced in racing world and we did not know how reliable it would be, and to be fair it has given excellent results. There are many things to improve, no doubt, but we have a good way to go.
Personally, you have finished in second position without opposition, even forcing Toni Bou to win the last race… we imagine you will be satisfied in that regard, too.
Yes, to be honest I would have liked to win more races, but as I say, I think it was good news to be at the level we have been. We will try to be more prepared for next year, but the result is satisfactory. This was my only world championship, including those where I was champion, which I think I have been every race on the podium. I have always been: third twice or three times and second the rest, except that one I won. Personally, it has been a very regular championship, with a very high level, which allowed me to be the world's second still with three races remaining.
What did you think of the product Braktec this season?
It was very good. All of their products evolved, they are at higher level year by year. This season with the new brakes the brake reaction was very good, and I think they will still evolving in the future. It is very easy to work with Braktec because they always have one hundred percent availability to improve, help with any problems that may arise, or if the driver feels something they react quickly. Things like these make everything easier for us.
Finally, what is the next challenge for Adam Raga now that the world championship has ended?
Keeping training. Every year I am one older… You have to remember that my first win was in 2001; we are now in 2016 and I am still winning races. It is very difficult to stay at this level, so the goal is to try to keep it up. Obviously, even better if I can polish some details in order to be more competitive and continue giving trouble.Tuitear


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I have been hearing from more and more dentists that things are slowing down in their practice as the economy continues to unravel. Dentists who were booked for four weeks in advance are now only booked for two weeks or less. Patients are seeking more "needs" based treatment than "wants" based treatment. Cosmetic dentistry is waning as more patients are presenting for the most basic treatment.
Some of the more fortunate among you are shaking your heads and saying that your practice is just as active and vibrant as ever, and that the demand for cosmetic dentistry has never been higher. However, this is definitely not the overall trend that the great majority of dentists are experiencing. Many of our patients are experiencing job losses, home losses, investment losses and income losses. It seems that dentistry has been among the last sectors to feel the pinch and has not felt it as badly as many other parts of the economy.
How does this impact you personally and financially and what steps can you take to respond to the challenge of a slower workload?
For starters, maintaining your daily collection numbers is critically important. One important reason is that as you collections drop, your equity, or practice value also drops. If a given practice were worth 65% of a year's revenues, the loss of $100,000 in collections would reduce its value by $65,000. Sound like your pension plan dropping? If so, don't let it happen to the equity in your practice too.
A second critical reason is that a loss of $100,000 in revenues results in a only a very small reduction in overhead. The last $100,000 of income had expenses of only lab and supplies, since your were paying for the remainder of the overhead expense whether you did the additional income or not. So this means that your net cash flow would be reduced by approximately $80,000 for that $100,000 reduction in collections. Combining the lost net income and lost equity results in a financial loss of $145,000 in a single year as a result of a lost $100,000 in gross collections. While no one would want to suffer a loss like this in good times, it's especially important in the worst of times to avoid losses such as these.
How can you avoid losses like this? My first suggestion is to enlist a competent management consultant to fine tune your practice. I see very few practices running at peak performance, and practically every practice has room for improvement. Scheduling is one of the most important factors in improving productivity, because at the end of the day, all you really have to sell is your time, and you should know how to manage that precious commodity as effectively as possible.
Even if your practice is only booked out for a short time, it is important not to let work expand to fit the time, but to accomplish as much production each and every day as possible, within the constraints of quality work and personal relations with your patients.
Some of the most effective practices that I have seen are booked out less than one week. Does this mean that they are weak and not successful? No, on the contrary, they are some of the most efficient and profitable practices we see, as they are keeping up with patient demand. Imagine a grocery store that had fantastic groceries, but only one clerk and one check out line, and at five o'clock every day they closed the store and a hundred people had to put their groceries back on the shelves and their money back in their pocket. That sounds rather ridiculous, but that's what happens in most dental practices that are booked three or more weeks ahead. One of our clients actually doubled his practice in one year's time. I asked him how he did it and he explained that in the previous year when patients needed treatment, they gave them an appointment. The new policy was to give them a chair. The operative principle here is that if your waiting list grows shorter, don't allow your per-day production to drop.
Management consultants can bring many resources and skills to a practice. Keep in mind that even small increases in gross income will result in large incremental net income, so the cumulative effect of a number of small improvements can add considerably to your bottom line.
While this may not seem like the best time to spend money on a management consultant, consider the value of the benefits. To understand the economics of retaining a consultant, start with the consultant fee and add 25% to it. That's how much more you need to gross to break even on the consulting fee this year. And remember, anything you collect in excess of that number will be 80% net income to you, as well as adding to the value of your practice. Payback for an effective consultant is typically less than ninety days, then the profit all goes into your pocket from then on.
Dentists have also been asking me how our business is as well. While I have noticed a slow down in client traffic, this could be cyclical or random, but overall transitions are still taking place. While it appears that we sell practices, we are actually selling incomes. And dentists need incomes and in good times and bad times alike. Buyers are still looking for good practices, and financing is still available, with some of the lowest rates ever seen.
Dentists are concerned whether it is prudent or safe to buy a practice in troubled times. I believe it is. That isn't to say that bad times are the best time to buy a practice, but considering the alternative of not having a practice or an income, it is usually the best option.
Why is that? For starters, dentists who own their own practice are generally the most successful and happiest dentists I encounter. They make the most money and they have control of their practice, their income and their circumstances. Dentists who own their practices don't get fired, they get to perform the treatment plans that they prefer, take vacation time when they want, and decide who their staff will be. So while times may be troubled, it's still an excellent time to own one's own practice and use professional aid in making that practice as efficient as possible. And when the good times return, you'll be in the best position of all, bar none.


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The Creative Museum is a three-year EU-funded project which aims to help museums open to meet people, to speak with each other and become inspired by the collections in an innovative way. The project has been designed as a space for prototyping, experimenting and documenting new ways of collaboration between people with different backgrounds, between organisations from different sectors, developing new ways of engagement with audiences and new ways of learning from each other.
In the context of the project, project partners in Croatia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK have identified case studies in their respective countries, which have recently been collected as a set of best practices. The case studies presented have been grouped under 5 types, as follows:
- Workshop / project / one-off events, involving visitors in creative or educational practices.
- Dedicated spaces, including specific areas in museums that allow visitors to participate in creative processes (e.g. FabLabs, MediaLabs, Living Labs, Digital Spaces).
- Co-curated exhibitions, partnerships and collaborations, including continued engagement of visitors with museum staff, leading to co-curated exhibitions, displays or dedicated pieces of technology.
- Re:mixing the museum, including activities which allow visitors to take over spaces in the museums and reinterpret collections.
- "Permission-free", which enable visitors to "do their own thing" and respond to the collection without the involvement of the institution.
Overall more than 30 projects have been identified. The collection is expected to expand in the course of the "Creative Museum" project, with additional case studies from Europe and worldwide.
Project partners include Cap Sciences (France, project coordinator), Radiona Hackerspace (Croatia), the Chester Beatty Library (Ireland), the Istituto per i beni artistici culturali e naturali (IBC, Italy), STePS (Italy), MuseoMix (France), the Finnish Museums Association (Finland), Museums of the South-Trondelag (MiST, Norway) and Heritec Limited (UK).
The collection of best practices can be downloaded for free at http://creative-museum.net/c/creative-practices/. For additional information about the "Creative Museum" project, please visit http://creative-museum.net/


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Without giving anything away,
I can say it's by the sea.
It's a house that used to be the home of a friend of mine.
Without giving anything away,
you'll find ships inside of bottles,
and the garden's overgrown,
the house is white but the paint is coming of.
I didn't know if you wanted to,
when I came to pick you up.
But you didn't even hesitate,
and now you and me are on our way.
I think I've brought everything we need,
so don't look back,
don't think of the other places you should have been
it's a good thing that you came along with me.
Gold in the air of summer,
you'll shine like gold in the air of summer.


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By AlexandreVigneault
The actress Marthe Turgeon died Sunday morning of lung cancer at the age of 66 years. She was hospitalized at the Notre-Dame Hospital. Her death was announced Monday evening at a cocktail Awards highlighting the Gascon-Roux in TNM stage she trod the boards in recent years under the direction of Alexis Martin and Lorraine Pintal.
"My personal affinity with her, but beyond these affinities, Martha was the ultimate symbol of theater actress," Says the artistic director of TNM, which led from the early 80 in Brecht's plays and who remembers a woman "larger than life", both generous and demanding, and charismatic.
Marthe Turgeon was born in Armagh, Bellechasse County, was formed in Quebec City and made her debut in a comedy directed by Albert Millaire Fenière The Theatre ( The Broken Jug ). Theater actress of all, it had a deep voice, warm and distinguished himself in the tragedy.
Voice actress
"She had this presence, the voice and diction required for this tragedy, it was made to play such a role." Says Lorraine Pintal, while stressing that disappeared was also very funny.
Her talent for comedy was particularly emphasized by Jean-Pierre Ronfard in Life and Death of King lame , fresco theatrical tragicomic nearly 13 hours set in 1981 in which Marthe Turgeon embodied Ragone Catherine (the mother of the king lame ) in addition to being responsible for the costumes.
"Show was a completely unrestrained, but very well managed, well organized." She had told La Presse in 2009, when the room was taken up by young actors.
Small and big screen
Marthe Turgeon replayed under the direction of Ronfard in Around Phaedra , a performance that earned her the Best Actress of the Association of Theatre Critics. It also illustrated by Brigitte Haentjens ( The dog, Caligula, hello, hello ), Alice Ronfard ( The Trojan Women ) and Lorraine Pintal ( Queens, Stabat Mater and Asylum purity ).
Marthe Turgeon has played in film directed by Léa Pool ( The woman from the hotel, for the Heart ) and accumulated in small supporting roles (Omerta, Vice hidden) and screen ( Black Robe, the confessional and Cruising Bar ).
TURGEON, Marthe
Born: 11/29/1944, Armagh, Bellechasse, Québec,Canada
Died: 8/28/2011, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Marthe Turgeon's western - actress:
Black Robe - 1991 (Laforgue' s mother)


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Suppliers and Resources
Useful Websites
- Arts Council of England jobs website listing - subscribe to receive daily listings - Arts Jobs Online
- Theatre Crafts. A constantly updated glossary of technical theatre terms - Theatre Terms Glossary
- This website has lots of information about working in the theatre - Get Into Theatre
- Theatre Bristol is a partnership between people involved in theatre in Bristol, Bristol City Council and Arts Council England. Its role is to develop the theatre industry - Theatre Bristol
- Theatre jobs website - Stage Jobs Pro
- Sound advice on noise at work in music and entertainment - Sound Advice
- Theatre Safety Network Theatre Safety Network provides access to theatre and performing arts-specific health, safety and environmental management information, events, training, consultancy and product suppliers - Theatre Safety Network
SeatPlan.co.uk This website gives full seating information for all West End theatres, and allows users to give their reviews of their seats after they see a show.


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You have mastered ancient techniques that increase the effectiveness of your race's ancestral weapons.
Prerequisite(s): Base attack bonus +1, weapon familiarity racial trait.
Benefit(s): You're proficient with all of your race's racial weapons (the weapons mentioned in your race's weapon familiarity racial trait). If you're already proficient with any of those weapons, you instead gain Weapon Focus for one of those weapons as a bonus feat. Furthermore, if you gain Weapon Focus as a bonus feat with one of your racial weapons as a result of this feat, you can change which racial weapon your bonus Weapon Focus feat applies to by engaging in 10 minutes of practice with the new weapon.
The benefits of this bonus Weapon Focus feat last until you choose to practice and apply it to a different racial weapon.
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Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty is a mother, social justice organizer, youth advocate, poet and author. She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and is intricately involved in water rights, digital justice and visionary organizing work in Detroit. She is a past recipient of the Spirit of Detroit Award, Woman of Substance Award, Women Creating Caring Communities Award, the Detroit Awesome Award, the Black Law Student Association Justice Award, and was recognized as one of Who's Who in Black Detroit in 2013 and 2015.
You can learn more about Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty by visiting: honeycombthepoet.com.
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Introducing Honeycomb is author Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty's first self-published publication. It features her original poems, quotes and haiku.
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Coming Out My Box is author Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty's second book of poems. It also features articles & essays which take a deep look inside the soul of Black woman born and reared in Detroit, Michigan. It is an honest portrayal of her life experiences, thoughts and political upbringing.
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8 Great Books For Fall Reading
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I am a changed woman.
I never thought I would turn my back on printed books. But it appears I'm moving in that direction.
Books have been a huge part of my life since I learned to read. In fact, I chose an English major in college, mostly because it allowed me to read a lot.
There have always been stacks of books next to my bed. There are books lining my bookshelves, and I have books in boxes that I can't bear to give away.
But once I start using a Kindle (a gift from my children), I've found I am switching my allegiance. I feel a bit guilty about it since books have been my friends for so long. But the Kindle offers several benefits I can't get with real book.
- I read more books with the Kindle. For some reason, I read faster using it. And I can order a new book without the delaying of going to a bookstore or ordering one online.
- It is much easier to hold while reading in bed. This is where I do 90% of my reading. Books get heavy and cumbersome. The Kindle is lightweight and easy to maneuver no matter what position you're in while reading.
- It is much easier for travel. Because it's so slim and lightweight, it's a no-brainer to choose it over a heavier book when traveling.
I will never give up real books altogether. They are still my first love. But in the past few months, I've been consuming Kindle books at an astounding rate and have read some that are really outstanding. I thought I'd share a few of my favorites with you.
The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield
For anyone who loves books, this is a great mystery and a beautiful story about writers told here in Diane Setterfield's debut novel. I loved the characters almost as much as the intriguing plot. Here's what Amazon has to say about the book:
Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. She never cheats by pulling a rabbit out of a hat; this atmospheric story hangs together perfectly.
There are two heroines here: Vida Winter, a famous author, whose life story is coming to an end, and Margaret Lea, a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop. Vida has been confounding her biographers and fans for years by giving everybody a different version of her life, each time swearing it's the truth. Because of a biography that Margaret has written about brothers, Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story, all of it, for the first time.
In the Woods
by Tana French
This is a fantastic psychological thriller set in Ireland. The characters are fascinating and multifaceted, surprising you when you least expect it. The plot twist at the end is quite compelling. A real page-turner. Here's the Amazon description:
As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.
Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.
Richly atmospheric, stunning in its complexity, and utterly convincing and surprising to the end, In the Woods is sure to enthrall fans of Mystic River and The Lovely Bones.
The Orchardist: A Novel
by Amanda Coplin
Another amazing debut novel, this book is so beautifully-written you want to savor every word. The characters are both heartbreaking and admirable, and you find yourself immersed in their lives and personal stories. I adored this book. Here's the description:
At the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates.
One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit from the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase. Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion.
Just as the girls begin to trust him, men arrive in the orchard with guns, and the shattering tragedy that follows will set Talmadge on an irrevocable course not only to save and protect but also to reconcile the ghosts of his own troubled past.
You Are the Love of My Life: A Novel
by Susan Richards Shreve
This is a quirky little book about family secrets and how they impact the lives of these fascinating, unconventional, and highly-nuanced characters. Here's the story:
It is 1973 and Watergate is on everyone's lips. Lucy Painter is a children's book illustrator and a single mother of two. She leaves New York and the married father of her children to live in a tightly knit Washington neighborhood in the house where she grew up and where she discovered her father's suicide.
Lucy hopes for a fresh start, but her life is full of secrets: her children know nothing of her father's death or the identity of their own father. As the new neighbors enter their insular lives, her family's safety and stability become threatened.
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
by Eben Alexander M.D.
This is a fascinating and very compelling true account of a well-respected neurosurgeon who falls into a coma after contracting bacterial meningitis. During his 7 days in the coma, he has a near-death experience that is completely life-altering for this non-believing scientist.
Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.
Then, Dr. Alexander's own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human—shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander's eyes popped open. He had come back.
Alexander's recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself.
The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
by M. L. Steadman
The plot of this book reminds me of some of Jodi Picoult's books in which the characters are driven by tragic decisions and life-altering consequences. The story here takes place in Australia at the turn of the century when a lighthouse keeper and his wife discover baby in boat that has washed to the island. Here's the description:
After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.
Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Against Tom's judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.
The Kitchen House: A Novel
by Kathleen Grissom
This is a wonderful historical novel set on a tobacco plantation in Virginia. Although the story of slavery and cruelty is all-to-familiar, the characters in this book are unique and well-developed. And the plot races from one compelling and tragic event to another, while showing the power of love and family.
When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her family.
Orphaned while onboard ship from Ireland, seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the steps of a tobacco plantation where she is to live and work with the slaves of the kitchen house. Under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate daughter, Lavinia becomes deeply bonded to her adopted family, though she is set apart from them by her white skin.
Eventually, Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, where the master is absent and the mistress battles opium addiction. Lavinia finds herself perilously straddling two very different worlds. When she is forced to make a life choice, loyalties are brought into question, dangerous truths are laid bare, and lives are put at risk.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain
I heard Ms. Cain speak this summer at The World Domination Summit I attended in July. As an introvert myself, I was fascinated with her premise that introverts are undervalued and often misunderstood. This is a great read for introverts or anyone who knows one!
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer conscious listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create with self-confidence; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society–from van Gogh's sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer.
Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie's birthplace to Harvard Business School, from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Susan Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects.
She talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools. She questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation, and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extroverts and introverts.
Special Note
In just a few weeks, I will be releasing my own book, The 52-Week Life Passion Project. It is a book of weekly lessons and actions to help you uncover and live your life passion. A companion Passion Project Workbook also will be available.
Each weekly lesson leads you on a journey of deeper self-awareness so that you gain more clarity on who you are, what you want in life, and how to go about getting it. Each lesson concludes with specific actions and assignments that you will complete during the week. The lessons and actions are designed to be followed sequentially so that you are working steadily toward uncovering your life passion and creating a realistic plan to live it in a way that works best for you and your life.
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Aug 26, 2016
Elite Athlete Funding Recipients
The Judo Alberta Coaching Committee would like to congratulate the following athletes who have been granted athlete funding. Funding is based on performance and results, commitment to training, participation in National or International events and financial need. These athletes applied for the third round of elite athlete funding for "costs incurred from" events participated in from April 2016 to August 2016. The next round of funding will be announced in November 2016 for competitions and training camps participated in between September 2016 – December 2016
Events which have been supported with Judo AB funding or were explicitly not included in this
funding opportunity were not considered in these applications
Athletes that have received funding this round must fill out an athlete expense claim form attach their invoices from competitions/ training camp and sends into Garry Yamashita to receive their funding.
Thank you
Judo Alberta coaching staff


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- ted z.
Had R&R back to service our Mitsubishi split system as well as our main YORK heater. Once again, they did an excellent job and their tech, Samuel, was clean, polite, knowledgeable and explained everything before submitting the bill.
I would absolutely recommend this first rate company for all of your HVAC needs!
Very easy online appointment system for after hours and good communication and on time arrival. Sam was very nice, explained everything even though I had a fairly minor repair to my HVAC unit. I will continue to use R&R for service, and would recommend to friends. I found R&R though referral from my building, and am happy I did!
- Larie L.
I just had an experience I can not begin to describe. These people just gave me the most insane estimate possible using every scare tactic possible.
Then wanted $185 after doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. First they went on my roof of my condo. Told me it was an emergency that needed immediate rewiring on roof immediately. Cost 2200.00. That's without getting into the unit because he claimed it was screwed shut.
I questioned him with well. I bought this two years ago and it was not in my home inspection nor in last years service. Next he went to look in the attic where the inside unit is located. He then informed me it was a disaster bag needed to be moved out of the attic. Our building of over 100 units have the same units. While it's not the ideal situation it is what has to be.
When I questioned changing the filter he informed me it couldn't be done. It has however been changed several times. Next he wanted $185 for the nothing he did. He claimed he tuned it up. Yet obviously since he couldn't get in the unit nor change the filter it wasn't tuned up.
I went back to look at reviews today. Seems a couple of people did have this experience I would suggest everyone get at least one other opinion. Luckily I am savy enough to know to do this. However some may be scared by the you must do this now attics. It truly concerns me. I am not one for this type of review but I feel strongly. Pretend it's your body. Get another opinion.
None of these things are in my last service nor home inspection. The technician claimed they miss that. I really doubt that. I feel truly scanned. Almost anyway.
- Ralph P.
CAME THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH!!!! I had this STEAM BOILER that went out on me. So I called a handful of HVAC TECHS and and many of them didn't have a clue on how to repair it and just reccomend replacing the whole thing. When Ramon came out he thoroughly disected the system and gave me a sign of relief when he found a few things wrong that were repairable & a solid cleaning because years of neglect.
Unfortunately after the cleaning their were a few more problems that were too risky to repair and might not work. So we eventually switched the whole system to a more sufficient heating system. They got the job done very fast, and correctly and didn't leave the property into a construction site!
Rosa the secretary helped educate me on heating systems and debunk all of the myths and false information about heaters, heating systems and helped me make an educated informed decision. I felt very comfortable and informed before I spent one cent with these guys.
- Laura P.
Our heat went out during the week & our landlord has an account with R&R. I was contacted almost immediately and offered same-day, on-call assistance, but I opted for a scheduled appointment the following day. The next day, the technician was supposed to arrive from 12-2, but he did not arrive until 2:45, without any prior notice that he was running late.
Upon arrival, he was very friendly and was able to diagnose our HVAC issue within a few minutes.
Went out to the truck, replaced a part & our heat was back on within 15-20 min. He was a pro!
- Theresa A.
I have been avoiding writing a review of R+R because I feel such tremendous guilt not being able to give them 5 Stars....
The project was the relocation of our Existing Air Handler from one area of our basement to another, while editing some of the existing duct work (primarily our VERY enormous Air Return, which I affectionately referred to as a Sandworm ala Bettlejuice). We contacted 5 HVAC Contractors, including R+R to bid the job (based on Yelp and Angie's List Reviews).
I quickly realized why R+R had such high reviews and everyone was stoked on their customer service. I called to schedule an appointment with Rosa who was friendly and helpful. Ramon came, exactly at the scheduled time (with a text notification he was on his way!) and was friendly, personable, and professional. He was very thorough and I felt 100% confident in hiring him and his team to do work in our home. For those curious, of the 5 Contractors we called we received 3 quotes--and R+R's was right in the middle (and from what I could tell, totally worth it).
The first day the work was to be done, Mike + Tony (who were equally as professional and friendly) came on time and ready to work. The two day job certainly was not an easy one but these guys stayed in high spirits and reviewed any questions, comments or concerns they had with me as they went along. Overall the project was straightforward and painless for me as a homeowner--almost too good to be true!
At the end of the 2nd day (just before 5pm and they had been there since just after 8am) Mike made it clear they had another job to go to. They reviewed a few things with me, told me I could turn the AC back on, and we seemed good to go. In looking around, I noticed a few areas where the ducts had not been sealed (or were missing mastic) and air was leaking pretty significantly. They had me go around all of the ducts and locate any leaks and seal anything I felt was an issue while they were on the phone (presumably with the next client). I was a little concerned about this (since I am not a professional HVAC Contractor) but went with it.
The next morning, although the AC was on it was NOT cold. We called R+R and Mike came out pretty soon thereafter. Within minutes he diagnosed that the Motor had died and that it was going to be more money to have it replaced. They were quite insistent that this had nothing to do with the other work they completed and that I was going to have to pay. I was pissed, mostly because now Ramon would not speak to me and instead he and Mike spoke in Spanish on the phone with Mike as the middle man relaying back to me. This was beyond frustrating, but we agreed to a price and they came out and replaced the motor. This was another 1/2 a day job.
After they left I was bitter but I thought "OK. Put yourself in this situation as the Contractor. Maybe he's right--he can't control the age or functionality of the existing equipment". OK! I felt better about it and thought I would leave a solid 4 star review. Well....fast forward 10 weeks....and now it doesn't work AGAIN! And this time, the thing that is broken IS something they replaced. I'm so disappointed. As a homeowner it is so hard to find good, quality workmanship. Overall, I was really bummed at the way Ramon handled it. 🙁
- Adrienne F.
They returned this Spring and found the leak. Unfortunately the outside unit had to be replaced. We had another company come and take a look with the same conclusion, but R&R had a better price. They came this Friday and gave us a 11:00-1:00 time block. Showed up just before 1:00. Did a good job. Our AC is now running normally again!