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It should be noted that my group plays at my sister's house, because myself and my wife usually hang out for a bit after the group bails. We were doing exactly that when my brother-in-law comes in. Bro: "Hey, what happened to BRIKWARS, man? I was expecting to come home to see my dining room table laden with plastic carnage." Me: "Meh, our group is full of lameasses who can't stand a change of pace to save their lives." Bro: "Well fuck, man. I was going to be a late joiner, but oh well." Me: "Got the time and patience for a 1-on-1?" Bro: *takes a swig of his freshly poured vodka on the rocks* "Oh it's on."
This motherfucker, I had forgotten at the time, is studying for an engineering degree, and had previously professed his love of Lego battles as a child against his brothers. I had no fucking idea what I was getting myself into.
I dump the box. We decide a quick and dirty game is best, fuck balance, fuck equal parts, fuck all of it, the only balancing factor is equal amounts of minifigs, chosen along a theme so as to make players easily recognizable. We put all the bricks into a pile, shuffle thoroughly, and then cut the pile in half. Space, Aquanauts, Castle, even a couple of the Bionicle sets and other stuff from my son's collection, all mixed into a heap of chunky goodness. Then the teams: 5 figs to a man. I go through the 25 or so figs and pull my old Aquanauts out, Then steal my niece's Anakin Skywalker just for the fun of it. My brother-in-law spends about 30 seconds looking the line up over before deciding on... My son's spongebob figurines. Patrick, Ms. Puff, the yellow fucker himself, and two random figs with plant life on their heads. ("they're sentient anemones, FUCK YOU") I laugh, thinking he's way further into his cups than he's been letting on, and go with it. We set a timer for 20 minutes, saying it's set in an underwater apocalypse scenario, mankind versus mutated wildlife, etc. At the end of the timer, all structures/vehicles must be used as is, and any bricks left loose are "rubble." Any two red pieces directly connected are considered explosive, (red barrels, 2" blast radius, 1d10 damage) and single red bricks or studs with anything resembling an antenna attached are remote mines (1" radius, 1d6) beyond that, all figs have an instant kill threshold of 5. Any less, and they shrug it off like the hardcore motherfuckers they are. Each team gets one hero with a threshold of 6, and all actions committed by heroes are d10, not d6. [cont]
The minutes passed like seconds, both of us lamenting the state of our devices, but agreeing to stick with what we had said. His half of the table was heaps of rubble everywhere, one FUCKHUGE vehicle with a battering ram nose, a completely enclosed cockpit (with Hero spongebob at the wheel) several compartments with unknown contents and release levers (patrick was manning these) and THREE FUCKING SETS OF WHEELS. If you've never played, you don't understand just what this means... that fucking super armored beast could move 15" per round. One quarter the fucking battlefield. Combine that with the ram/rubble plow nose, and there was nowhere I could hide. His remaining pieces had been used to make anemone-manned turrets (houseruled to double the range of regular guns, but immovable) providing cover for his "Repair pit," a walled area full of useful pieces, and manned by Ms. Puff, who was armed with a cobbled together suicide bomber vest and a wrench. (houserules everywhere! starting the game with a wrench set the fig as a mechanic, able to add pieces to vehicles/structures twice as fast as a normal fig)
My side was a mish-mash of maze-like walls, carefully placed mines (out of sight of both my opponent, and his figs) 3 aquanauts hiding in cover with harpoon guns, one aquanaut in the "control center," a heavily armored bunker from which he could set off any of my mines at any time, and containing the controls to the bionicle six-shooter cannon mounted on the roof, and finally, Hero Anakin in a huge, heavily armored, 3-legged bionicle walker monstrosity, armed with two giant blades. (2d6 damage each)
We roll for turn order, My brother in law getting first. It takes me about 3 seconds to realize my shit is about to get wrecked. Approximately the time it took him to measure the 10" from the nose of his plow to the outermost of my defensive walls. He mows through 2 inconvenient heaps of rubble, and slams head on into brikwall #1, behind which were 2 mines and one Aquanaut. One very very dead aquanaut. Emboldened by his opening strike, my foe announced that his other fig's actions were "fire into the sky menacingly" and "cackle maniacally."
My remaining hunter aquanauts, hearing the sounds of their comrade's death, move from their hideouts, attempting to flank. Anakin, enraged that fucking MARINE LIFE would DARE to slaughter one of his subordinates, begins stomping in his general direction, huge blades waving. My controller, from his armored shelter, saw the whole thing on his screens, and hit THE BUTTON. THE BUTTON being the catchall for mine activation. BLAM goes one mine, doing nothing to spongebob's pain train, thanks to the rubble now piled atop it. KABOOM goes the other, directly beneath the center of this fucker's tank. I announce MY action as being maniacal laughter, until I see the look on his face. "roll your damage, fucker." So I do. I roll hard, and roll... a 3. I groan, sure that I didn't even blow off his wheels, when he leans forward and SNAPS THE FUCKING TANK IN HALF.
I have no better response than WAT. He looks at me, holds up the two tank pieces upside down, revealing that he had connected two large pieces with nothing more than two 1x3 planks. I start to laugh at his stupidity, when he turns the back half to reveal a FUCKING HIDDEN STEERING WHEEL IN PATRICK'S COMPARTMENT. He'd been planning on separating them all along. I had never before and have never since uttered a string of capital F's like I did at that moment. All my mine had done was save him the action necessary to pull the lever to divide his attacks. And divide he did.
"The Golden One," as he began to refer to him, wrenched his vehicle sideways and went streaking down a wide corridor with his 2 remaining sets of wheels (10" movement) barreling away from the sword-mech, and toward a flanking aquanaut. Meanwhile, Patrick took his drag-assed cart, and rolls over the rubble and back out of my fortifications, then does a 360 to "taunt your mech." Back at base, Puff does something to a control panel, the effects unknown to me, and the anemones sit anxiously atop their gunner seats.
Anakin, moved to rage by the audacity of this fucking pink starfish, goes stomping after him. The aquanaut at large goes at a dead run to the bunker, my pre-decided meeting place, hoping to man the big gun while my controller handles the mines. The fig being pursued by the front end of the tank gets the same idea, and books it through the narrowest corridor he can find. The controller sits, and calmly watches the carnage.
With Mecha Anakin crushing a path towards him, the relatively unarmored Patrick flips. My bro-in-law pries the containers off of the back of the cart, placing them randomly behind it. "Dropping ballast to gain some speed" he says to my puzzled look. "You do realize speed is based entirely on the number of wheels, right?" "...Shit. I take off anyway." And he begins dragging ass back to his base, presumably to have Pit Crew Puff weld on some new wheels. Spongebob is busy ramming his plow into the thinnest, least protected portion of my defenses, trying to get to the escaped aquanaut. Puff is "Pressing Buttons", and the anemones are getting a bead on my mechstrosity.
Arrogant fucker that I am, I presume things are going my way. My controller, observing squarepants' ride getting deeper and deeper into piles of rubble, J-J-JAMS THE BUTTON again, blowing up that entire fucking quadrant of the battlefield. I grab a handful of d6s, mocking my foe, and lay waste to everything. Everything but goldenboy's cockpit and wheels. FUCK. FINE. Anakin, a mere 15 inches from patrick's now unarmored ass, strides forth, ending just out of slicing range, but no matter, I'll have him in a few seconds. My aquanauts are scrambling, one now at the foot of the ladder to the mega turret on the roof, the other a short step behind.
The next few moments were painful. Like, "Fuck you, gimme that fucking vodka" painful.
"Hey, those boxes near your mechs front leg, open them for me, would you?" I reach out, and careful not to move them, open the doors (window shutters, nicely done, I think) on the closest one. 4 fucking mines inside, each with an antenna. "Go ahead, open the rest, I think they're all within an inch of that front foot." Eleven, total. ELEVEN FUCKING MINES. I took the time and measured, just to be a dick, and only 8 were within one inch exactly, but it didn't matter. My so called "bro" holds up his hand and hits an imaginary detonator. "Click." That motherfucker. The entire bottom half of the middle leg on my mech goes out. Not wrecked, GONE. My one consolation is that the whole mess fell forward, the cockpit crashing onto the rear of the starfishmobile, rendering it useless. "Can I roll to hit my ejector seat in time?" I ask. "Only if I can." We both succeed, he ends up catapulted into his own base, while Anakin is cowering behind the remains of his battlesuit, the anemones chaingunning the other side into slag.
I'm so busy pondering where to run I almost miss what he said next. In a perfect spongebob falsetto, I hear: "Fire the ROCKET PLOW!" Followed immediately by a less than perfect, but still understandable Puff impression: YEEEESSSSS! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! *BEEP*
I look, and see a straight line from the nose of the wreckage-mired tank to the fig at the base of the ladder. 8". Plenty of space to spare, considering the rockets he revealed attached to the rear of the plow. RIP, aquanaut #2. I go to move the remaining fig, when I am forcibly reminded that the verbal command to fire is not an action. Spongebob cruises through the gap in the rubble left by the flying death plow, coming just short of my remaining freestanding fig.
Alone, armed with nothing but a harpoon gun, and facing down imminent death from a armored vehicle piloted by a bloodthirsty sponge, My remaining aquanaut did the only thing he could. He stood his ground and fired squarely at the pilot. Another note to those who haven't played yet, Brikwars uses the "Exploding dice" principle. If you roll max, you roll another die of the same size and add it. "I level my harpoon, and fire." 6. 6. 6. 3. No amount of plexiglass, armor coating, spare studs, or faith can protect a man from a big enough crit. One short argument and a WHAT I SAY GOES roll later, a die is rolled to decide spongebob's postmortem reflexes. He slammed his foot on the brakes. The mangled charred bumper stopped 1/2" short of that brave fig's face.
Anakin, still pinned behind the remains of his walker, has nowhere to run. Even if he does a direct sprinting retreat, the two turrets are on either side of the suit, and get a crossfire zone about 3 inches from the safety of my outermost barrier. Inventiveness time, bitch. Anakin pulls his lightsaber and MELTS OFF ONE OF THE MECHS REMAINING FEET, turning it into an improptu tower/blast shield, and wades out into the hail of bullets. Meanwhile, with the ladder to the roof destroyed, and no foes left in our territory to threaten with my mines, My controller settles into the gunner console, bringing the huge turret on the roof to life with a menacing grinding noise. A single shot is let loose at one of the gunners, and goes wide. So wide, it hits my brother-in-law in the cheek. "What the FUCK was THAT!?" "Umm... an ICBM?" "No fucking way. That is way over the 10" for mounted ranged weaponry." "And I have to fire it by hand. Did you SEE how far I was from hitting anything? Hitting the table, even?" "...fine. But you only get those six shots." "Deal."
Puff and Patrick, hearing the reports of BattleAnakin's approach, are scrambling like mad to piece something together out of the remaining spare parts in the garage. The anemones never let up, firing non stop at my improvised shield, praying for a big enough hit to take it down, but none comes. I spend the next turn describing the screeching clank of metal on stone as an unstoppable Jedi shoves a vertical plate of steel forward into a literal shellstorm. Deep in his bunker, Controller Chuck lines up another cannon blast. Wide again, but closer now. And Aquanaut #3? He wipes the panicked sweat from his brow, and goes about dragging the punctured corpse of his foe from his shattered seat.
Sorry about the delay, refreshed the thread to see my lone aquanaut just got fucking knighted by /tg/, and had to edit appropriately. With the shield jedi nearly knocking at their door, aerial bombardment from afar, and their fearless leader incommunicado and presumed dead, things turn dire in the bikini bottom bunker. The gunners, still firing mindlessly, can't seem to do anything more than slow down the force-powered wall of steel, and the parts scattered about the floor are only meant for repairs, not base construction, even if they had the time. Puff grimly hands her wrench to Patrick, telling him to do what he can to stop the vile surface dwellers... and walks toward the door, vest detonator in hand. Patrick, deafened by gunfire and still in shock from his earlier ejection, begins cobbling together something clawed and vicious. Back at aquanaut base, Controller Chuck pulls the trigger on another cannon blast, AND HITS. No casualties, but a huge chunk of wall not one inch from the east gunner goes flying. Harpoon Jones, hands shaking, drags the squishy mass of spongebob's corpse out of the pilot's seat, tossing it aside like a ragdoll. Wiping the slime off of his hands, he settles in, kicking it into reverse and sliding through the hole in the rubble the rocket plow had left earlier. Grinning viciously, Anakin inches ever closer to the west gunner. Just a few more steps, and he can just melt the fucker's face off. Just a few more... WHY IS THAT HATCH OPENING?
My brother in law lets out another falsetto shriek. "ALLALALALALALALALA!" Ms. Puff, laden with red blocks and studs, moves her 5", coming as close to Anakin as she can, and detonates. I won't quote the dice here, but with a 2" blast radius, and 5 separate bombs, well, you get the picture.
What jihadi Puff didn't intend was the size of her blast being as close to bikini bottom bunker as it was. Sure, she took out the almighty Anakin, along with herself, but that west gunner... lets just say a pile of ammunition doesn't always fare well in a giant flaming explosion. Neither does the sentient anemone sitting on top of it. With that, the remains of our sides were even, or at least as even as they could be. Controller Chuck, lining up a new shot in the Aquabase, Harpoon Jones, behind the wheel of an enemy vehicle, Patrick Star, ratcheting together god knows what behind closed doors, and a slackjawed anemone soldier, aghast at what had just happened to his brother. He turns his turret, refusing to slack in his duty, despite his loss. Off in the distance, a shape moves. The battletank! Did his fearless leader survive?! . . . Fuck no. Harpoon Jones, all gritted teeth and adrenaline, has his foot to the floorboard, driving straight at the turret window. Another shot from Commander Chuck takes out a set of bricks half an inch from the turret, as the mounted chaingun roars back to life, firing at the commandeered vehicle. Behind the gunner, sparks fly as Patrick welds together the finishing touches on his brutal handiwork.
Chunks fly from the front of spongebob's engine of destruction, but what remains of the shields holds true as Harpoon Jones, hero of the deep, redlines the motor on a collision course. Seeing time for one last shot, Commander Chuck fires at the turret, and brik gods bless him, he fires true. The red hot missile impacts the turret's barrel dead on, destroying it. The explosion of heat and shrapnel takes out part of the wall, the roof now standing on mere poles, but somehow, SOMEHOW, the anemone gunner survives. He turns to run, but trips on the rubble from the ruined support, and stands up just in time to see Patrick's glorious weapon come to completion. None of this matters to Jones. All that matters is finishing the job. "You know the plow is gone, right? If you hit that wall, you'll damage the craft just as much as whatever you hit." "Plows are for cowards. Face your destiny, waterboy." Hands tight on the wheel, Harpoon Jones flies through the remaining supports, coming to a stop conveniently directly atop the former gunner. The impact stuns him, and his ride is trashed, but he grins as the remains of his entrance collapse into rubble. He grins until Patrick rips the windshield from the pilots compartment
Harpoon Jones looked up, sweat and dust in his eyes. Before him stood his only remaining foe, Patrick Star. The pink starfish was not what caught Jones' attention, however. No, that honor belonged to the HYDRAULIC CLAW Patrick had crafted from spare parts. The very same claw that now held the shattered windshield of the seafloor commander's battered tank like it was a piece of paper, crumpling a sheet of armor that had deflected bullets and rubble alike. Brave, and arguably crazy as he may have been, Jones was never a dumb fig. Before Patrick had a chance to do anything else, Jones dove from the pilot's seat, and scrambled for the rubble piled around the hole he and his crew had left in the side of the bikini bunker.
With the speed that only the hunted can muster, Jones launched himself through the hole he had left in the bunker. He needed a weapon, a shield, SOMETHING, because the sound of Patrick CRUNCHING the tank out of the way behind him did not bode well. His trusty harpoon gun was empty, and gone. The armaments of his allies were far enough away to make no difference. The two turrets at the enemy base had been destroyed, and he had neither the time nor the supplies to craft anything. His only hope was to run until he could... wait, Commander Chuck! The cannon at the base still had a shot or two left, right? Harpoon Jones ran into the open, alongside the bunker wall. If he could just lure Patrick out, maybe, just maybe, he'd survive. If that pink fucker would just -CRUNCH-
A hole appeared next to Jones, blown out by the sudden impact of the Fist of the Star. And through it came the madman.
Harpoon Jones, hero of the deep, had nowhere to go. Before him, a psychopath with impossible machinery and intent to kill. Behind him and to his right was nothing but open fields, and chances were good he'd just die in a less advantageous position than he was in now. To his left, the dropoff. The seafloor only went so far, and who knows what might live beyond that point. No one who went would ever find out, the pressure of the depths would crush them like a bug before they ever saw a thing. With this thought, Harpoon Jones realized he still had a shot. He ran to the very edge. Even the denizens of the deep know not to get too close to the dropoff, but Patrick was beyond reason, and raced after Jones, cackling madly. A missile, boiling the water around it, went screaming through the inch wide gap between man and beast. At this range, hitting a moving target was almost impossible. So Harpoon Jones, Hero of the Deep and Man amongst Figs, did what had to be done. He dove forth, grasping the murderous star by the arms, screaming at the top of his lungs for Chuck to take the shot he was given.
A man's soul may never be crushed, but men are not made of souls. They are made of flesh, and bone, and occasionally ABS plastic. Patrick, his quarry finally in reach, grasped Harpoon Jones about the waist, and raised him high in the air with the might of his vicious hydraulic claw. He laughed as he squeezed the puny surface dweller ever tighter. He laughed even as Commander Chuck, eyes wet with tears, fired Aquabase's last missile into his pink back. He laughed his way into the deep. And if Commander Chuck, sole survivor of the raid on bikini bottom, is to be trusted... so did Harpoon Jones.


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Community 54 backs up its claims as they stock the shelves with local clothing, local jewellery, local art and even some local furniture that the clothes are displayed on "Everything in the store is for sale" saysJoel.
Not only do they sell local goods, but they make them as well. "We have our own Community 54 Label… and we do lots of exclusive stuff in limited runs of 54…That coincides with the name of the store and just keeps things limited." Joel tells us, "The goal is that if someone comes and they make their way out here to Parkdale, they are going to leave with something that no one else in the city has."
The Community 54 private label has been getting some big recognition, working with key brands including Members Only, Starter, Mitchell and Ness, Dickies. From a retail standpoint they bring in exclusive brands like, Uniqlo, Japanese northface, 9five, Mister, Danner hiking boots.
This store is such a gem, what we really loved about our visit was that the name of the store actually represents what they are doing. Community 54 really is just that… a Community. They have an art space in the back that helps local artists showcase their graffiti legally, and allows artists from New York to see Canadian talent and vice versa.
Next time you are in the Parkdale area, go check out Community 54 and take a peak at a retail store that is actually doing more then just selling clothes.
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Dear Amy: I'm engaged to be married soon.
My fiancee bought a house last year, with a sizable down payment provided by her mother.
A few weeks ago, my future mother-in-law expressed the sentiment that we should wait to put my name on the deed of the house in order "to see how the marriage works out."
I understand that she wants to protect her investment, but we have decided to combine all of our finances in an effort to show unity, as well as making house-related issues easier for me to handle.
I feel like she thinks I'm a gold digger. To make matters worse, my fiancee has trouble establishing boundaries with her mother and did not inform her mother of our plans to combine finances until the other day. Her mother said this was "fine," but I wonder.
My future mother-in-law is fun and generous, and I value her advice, but I could go without directives and intrusiveness in the future.
How do I approach this sensitive subject?
— Confused in California
Dear Confused: I agree with your choice to combine finances, and it sounds as if your future mother-in-law does, too.
You could handle this house situation by drawing up a prenuptial (or postnuptial) agreement where you and your future wife agree to repay her mother in full if/when you sell the house. If you and your wife are both on the deed, you might agree to forgo your own individual share of the value of the down payment if you and she divorce. Work out this agreement with a lawyer's help.
Your future mother-in-law might actually be a great asset to you, if you can listen and learn from her without feeling stomped on. If you don't want her involved in your finances, do not accept money from her — and pay her back for this down payment as soon as possible.
Like every partnering couple, you and your wife are going to have to work hard to reconfigure your family structure. You two should be inside your (virtual) "house," with your parents, siblings and others just outside the door. In order to be let in, they must wait to be invited.
Your future mother-in-law poisoned the well somewhat by openly expressing her lack of faith in the staying power of your marriage. Your most positive response would be to prove her wrong.
Dear Amy: How do I tell my young-adult children that their father and I are divorcing after 43 years of marriage? One of them will be getting married next year, which makes this harder for me.
This is their father's doing and decision. I'm not sure I can present a united front.
— Emotionally Overloaded
Dear Overloaded: First of all, I am very sorry. Forty-three years is a lifetime to be with someone.
Shock is going to be your early reaction to this news, and so my first counsel is for you to give yourself some additional time (two weeks or longer) to walk around inside your new reality before disclosing it to your kids.
There is little reason for you and your husband to present a "united front" to your adult children. United fronts are what functional parents of young kids bravely commit to when explaining their breakup, to lessen the emotional fallout and confusion.
You should make a commitment to feel your own feelings. This can actually be challenging for devoted spouses and parents like you. A confidant, friend, sibling or professional counselor can help.
When you decide to tell your children, it's OK to say, "I'm not sure what's going on. I'm confused and upset. This wasn't my choice." What you shouldn't do is confide unproven allegations, ask them to communicate to their father for you or ask them to prove their loyalty to one parent over the other.
You should reassure the child getting married that you and their father will keep the focus on their marriage, not yours, on their big day.
Dear Amy: I was disgusted by your PC answer to the letter from "Colleague," who said he wanted to wear a traditional Indian ceremonial shirt to the office for Halloween.
Halloween is a fun day when people dress in costumes. This day, along with so many others, is being ruined by people like you.
— Disgusted
Dear Disgusted: Halloween is a day when children dress up and go door to door, begging for candy. If you want to dress up in a ceremonial costume at the office, then pick one from your own culture. Otherwise, grow up.


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Today, we are happy to announce a new version of LinkedIn for BlackBerry 10 smartphones is now available for download on BlackBerry World. LinkedIn is a great way to connect with your colleagues, search for job opportunities, network with peers in your industry, and to stay on top of the latest news. Read on for the new features included in today's update.
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Let's get right to the good stuff – a ton of new features are included in this new release of LinkedIn for BlackBerry 10 smartphones, available on the BlackBerry World storefront. Take a look at the list below and tell us your favorites in the comments.
- Get More from your Recent Updates
When you first open the app, your recent updates will now include posts from companies that you follow as well as job suggestions
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The latest LinkedIn update automatically brings you fresh and up to date content. The automatic refresh gets the latest information from your contacts, groups and brands.
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When a page has content that has been updated since you last visited, you'll see the BlackBerry spark icon.
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- Search for Companies and Jobs
On the "Companies" screen you can use the search icon to find out more and follow companies on LinkedIn. Why not start with BlackBerry? You also now have the ability to search for job listings on LinkedIn to explore your career opportunities.
The LinkedIn apps for BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS smartphones can be used as powerful business tools, particularly with today's updates and the brand new functionality packed into each. How do you use LinkedIn as a mobile professional? Share your tips, and what new feature you're most excited about, in the comments below – and don't forget to visit our BlackBerry company page and BlackBerry for Business discussion group on LinkedIn!


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Doppler Tuning Algorithm for Gpredict
The first beta version of Gpredict 1.0 included a simple Doppler tuning algorithm that could adjust the receiver frequency and even take external frequency changes (e.g. tuning dial) into account. While it was a very good first cut at automatic Doppler tuning, the shortcomings were quickly identified. For example, it didn't take the PTT status for simplex radios into account and so Gpredict kept on sending RX correction commands to the radio even when the user was trying to transmit.
Clearly, a more sophisticated algorithm is needed and this page describes the design and prototyping of that algorithm.
- Gpredict shall be able to perform Doppler tuning for both uplink and downlink.
- Gpredict shall be able to take external frequency changes into account, e.g. when the user turns the dial.
- Gpredict chall be able to perform Doppler tuning using receivers, transmitters, simplex and duplex transceivers, including any combinations of these
- Gpredict shall take into account that there might be transverters in the loop.
Operating Modes
- Separate RX and TX — possibly only one of them, possibly both.
- Simplex TRX
- Duplex TRX
The Controller Algorithm
The control algorithm will need the following parameters:
- Doppler
- The current Doppler shift at 100 MHz.
- SatRX
- The downlink frequency at the satellite. This is set by the user on the Gpredict control panel or automatically if the uplink and downlink frequencies are locked, or if RadioRX is changed externally (e.g. via tuning dial).
- SatTX
- The uplink frequency at the satellite. This is set by the user on the Gpredict control panel or automatically if the uplink and downlink frequencies are locked, or if RadioTX is changed externally (e.g. via tuning dial).
- RadioRX
- The downlink frequency of the radio.
- RadioTX
- The uplink frequency of the radio.
- RadioPTT
- The PTT status of the radio. When available, this is used to switch between RadioRX and RadioTX tuning on simplex radios.
- UsePTT
- Flag indicating whether the PTT status on the radio should be polled and taken into acount (i.e. don't set RadioRX when RadioPTT = true).
- PrevRX
- The RadioRX frequency set during the previous cycle. This can be different than RadioRX in that the user may have turned the tuning dial since the last cycle.
- PrevTX
- The RadioTX frequency set during the previous cycle. This can be different than RadioTX in that the user may have turned the tuning dial since the last cycle.
There are also other user interface parameters like Engage and Track that influence the overall functionality, but these parameters are outside the scope of the controller algorithm.
Separate RX and TX
Simplex TRX
In this situation the user uses the same radio for uplink and downlink but in simplex mode, i.e. can not receive and transmit at the same time. The prerequisites for this mode are:
- Radio is set to split mode. Gpredict will not care about VFO A and B — it will simply send uplink or downlink correction to the active VFO.
- RadioPTT can be read
- Radio can receive SET_FREQ commands via CAT in both receive and transmit modes.
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Transformers Prime First Edition Optimus Prime Toy Review
General Information:
Release Date: January 2012
Price Point: $70-120.00 (Depending on import store price)
Retailer: Japanese market exclusive, International importers
Accessories: Blaster, Cybertron Blade Weapon
- In Box*
- Vehicle Mode (Official Photo)*
- Robot Mode (Official Photo)*
- Scan Artwork
- Scan of Alternate Artwork
- Scan of box (back)
- Vehicle Mode
- Vehicle Mode (Side)
- Vehicle Mode (Back)
- Vehicle Mode (Front view)
- Vehicle Mode (Angle view)
- Vehicle Mode (Forward View)
- Vehicle Mode (Rear Angle View)
- Vehicle Mode (Rear Angle View, right side)
- Robot Mode
- Robot Mode (Side)
- Robot Mode (Back)
- Robot Mode (Close up)
- Robot Mode (Focus on head)
- Robot Mode (Angle view)
- Robot Mode (Posed)
- Robot Mode (Alternate pose)
- Robot Mode (Weapons attached)
- Robot Mode (Alternate pose with weapons)
- Robot Mode (Close up on blaster)
- Robot Mode (Close up on blade)
- Robot Mode (Leg detail)
- Robot Mode (Holding Energon weapons)
- Robot Mode (Display stand)
*Images from Ebay.com
The "First Edition" versions of "Transformers Prime" figures were one of the more frustrating lines to collect. While wave one of the deluxe figures were released in the U.S., other figures were only released in other countries including the "First Edition" version of Voyager Class Optimus Prime. This differs from the "Robots in Disguise" version due later this year. At the time I am writing this (February 2012), Hasbro has said it wants to find a way to get this sculpt out in the U.S., but that venue has yet to be determined (if it happens at all).
I've already reviewed the Deluxe Version of Optimus Prime released as part of the "Entertainment Pack" and as a San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive. I feel that this is the version of Prime fans have been waiting for however as it is larger than the Deluxe figures and more closely matches the scale of the character on the television show (compared to others like Bumblebee).
The packaging for First Edition Voyager Class Optimus Prime is reminscent of the "Masterpiece" packaging used on recent releases like the "Masterpiece" Rodimus Prime from Toys R Us. A cardboard base has a clear plastic box attached to it with a flip open lid at the top. The figure is set inside on a plastic tray and slides out easily. Considering I spent a pretty penny on this guy, I'm really happy that the packaging was designed to allow me to take the figure out and put it back in for display.
Inside the box, Optimus Prime is in robot mode, posing with his weapons attached to his hands. The figure is held down by the biodegradable ties used in recent Transformers toys, not the more familiar plastic "twist ties" of the past. Hidden from view is a cardboard display stand that can be removed from the box for Optimus to stand on. Underneath that is a plastic bag with the instructions and a catalog of Transformers figures from Japan.
The artwork on the box follows the designs of the other "First Edition" toys with a dark blue background and artwork from the television series on the back. Most of the text on the packaging is in English, making this reviewer wonder how widespread this was meant to be in North American before the entire "First Edition" thing fell apart. On the sides are two different pieces of artwork, both from promotional renderings used for "Transformers Prime". The back shows the now familiar shot of the Autobots standing on a cliff with photos of the figure above it. Interestingly, there's no tech spec written anywhere on the box, nor was one included with the figure (just a catalog and instructions).
Robot Mode:
In the "Transformers Prime" television show, Optimus is designed to exaggerate his proportions in such a way that he winds up looking powerful and sleek all at the same time. His upper body is wide, looking almost like that of a body builder leading to a relatively small mid-section and waist. His legs are long but relatively wide as well. His general body shapes include blocky sections such as the "windshields" on his chest while other sections have curved sections such as the armor on his arms. These design elements are all present in this figure, where the upper body looks wide, almost out of proportion with the rest of the body, yet this does not make the figure look bad in any way. Indeed, it makes him look powerful, as if all it would take is one punch from this guy to knock any Decepticon aside!
While the Deluxe version of this character had some nicely sculpted detail, this size class let the designers amp things up. His head sculpt is really intricate, designed with the mouthplate in the "battle" position and horizontal ridges on both his crest and the areas on either side of his mouthplate on the helmet. I was most impressed by the designs around his neck area. Generally this is left rather plain on most Transformers, but here there are tube and machinery details on his neck and at the base. His chest has the familiar "window" panels, which really are not the vehicle mode windows - and that's a good thing in my book. Their design is not constrained by the vehicle mode windows. Instead, the designers were free to integrate circuit board like designs into the windows themselves, leading to angled panels that fill out the chest. The mid-section also has nice sculpting in the from of armor that covers his mid-section in layers. Overall, this is one impressive looking sculpt.
Before going into the color scheme, it is important to note the Takara Tomy versions of the "Transformers Prime" First Edition figures did not use the same colors as the versions released outside Japan. Instead, Japan went with darker tones and colors intended to better match the figure up with its animated counterpart. On Optimus Prime, this means his obligatory red and blue plastic colors are darker shades than you might expect, but both plastics have a wonderful metallic shine to them that is really striking to look at. The red and blue are balanced out by a light, gunmetal and silver plastic on smaller parts like his ghighs, mid-section and the middle of the arms. Three key parts are cast in a grey, soft rubber plastic: the smokestack and his blade weapon. I'm not a big fan of this type of plastic but I understand the safety concerns being addressed here. I just wish the plastic were a little less soft as it is very easy to warp the rubbery plastic accidentally. A bit of translucent blue plastic is used on this mode as well. You'll find it overlaid on top of the gunmetal plastic in the chest area, simulating the vehicle mode windows. These colors are rounded out by black plastic, making up his vehicle mode wheels (all visible in this form), the front of his feet and his blaster weapon. The blaster is not just black however, there are some silver paint flecks on it that enhance its appearance.
When I review the paint decos on this figure, it amazes me how few there are while still making the figure look awesome. Silver, metallic blue, yellow, light blue and black are the paint colors used on this figure. Silver is perhaps the most heavily used color. You'll find it on his legs and on his head. There it is used to fill out intricate details such as the crest, mouth plate and the area round his eyes. Wondering where his Autobot symbol is? Look on the side of his right arm where it is painted big and bold in silver. The metallic blue and yellow provide details around his waist and mid-body respectively. The light blue paint is used on the edge of his blade weapon, giving it an "energy glow". Most surprising to me was the black paint used on his eyes! Usually Autobot eyes are filled out as blue, but here they're black, perhaps to offer contrast from the silver or to keep with the dark tone of the figure. Interestingly, the top of his head shows a clear blue piece, meaning the figure is designed to allow for light piping but it wasn't used. This is the only flaw in the deco in my opinion.
Optimus Prime has twenty two points of articulation in this form. This includes five points in each arm and leg. His waist does turn, however, it's more to facilitate his transformation than as a point of articulation. When you turn it, he looks less like he's turning his waist and more like the lower half of his body has slightly separated from the top half. Still, it functions and if posed right does look nice.
The aforementioned blaster and blade weapon are Optimus' two primary weapons. This is a good old fashioned Transformer. No crazy gimmicks in this mode. Nothing lights up, nothing combines with him - he carries weapons and looks awesome doing so. Each of the weapons is designed not just to be held by the hands, but to slide over them as well, creating the illusion that his hand has retracted and been replaced with the weapon as he does on the television show. His fists have standard 5mm peg holes allowing him to hold weapons from other lines such as "Generations" and "Dark of the Moon". This type of "back to basics" Transformer is welcome in my collection. Remember, tranfsormation is the primary gimmick!
Transformation to Vehicle Mode:
- Detach the weapons and set them aside for now.
- Fold the front and back halves of the feet together.
- Push each middle armor piece on the arms down.
- On each forearm, swing the panel on the bottom out, then swing the fists in. Then swing the panel up to partially cover the hand.
- Rotate each arm so it is pointing upwards.
- Rotate the waist piece around.
- Swing the chest panels together.
- Swing the arms/chest panel section down to reveal the vehicle mode windows.
- Swing the forearms up so the arms are in an L shape and connect them together.
- Swing the sections with the smokestacks on them down.
- Swing the wheeled sections that were on the shoulders forward.
- Rotate the panels on the forearms to begin forming the nose of the vehicle mode.
- Attach the tabs at the back of the forearm panels to slots right under the vehicle windshield.
- Swing the wheels from the shoulder area down, then swing them forward and connect them to form the front of the vehicle.
- With the smokestack panels out to the sides, swing the panels that form the back out.
- Swing the robot head back.
- Swing the panels with the smokestacks down and push them into place, including attaching the tabs on the panels from the back into the slots in the smokestacks.
- On the right leg, swing out the hitch for a trailer.
- Connect the two legs together, the hitch piece connects to the left leg to help keep the legs together.
- Swing the front halves and feet from each leg up, with the feet forming the wind vane on the top of the truck.
- The weapons can be attached to the hitch and holes on the back of the vehicle.
Vehicle Mode:
Taking inspiration from his live action movie counterpart, "Transformers Prime" Optimus Prime's vehicle mode is a longnose tractor trailer cab. In the films he transformed into a Peterbilt truck. While not a Peterbilt in name, the spirit of the vehicle is there including the longnose shape in front, an Autobot symbol on the grille (instead of on top) and even a wind vane on top flanked by smoke stacks. The front section has two wheels and the back has four. The television show's CGI model is very clean looking, without tons of greebles and bits showing everywhere and that aesthetic is reflected here. Sure there are some details including a front grille split into two sections, a row of lights over the windshield, raised circular details resembling bolts and a cross hatch pattern on the steps leading up to the doors of the truck. The detailing on this vehicle mode looks great and definitely keeps it from looking boring.
The same plastic colors used in robot mode appear here, however in this form a lot of the red detailing is providing by red paint on parts cast in other colors. This includes the panels on the side and the wind vane on top of the truck. A bit of blue paint is used to form an angled design on the sides near the smokestacks, mirroring the design seen on the show. Yellow paint is used to give color to the row of lights running on top of the windshield. Silver paint is used on the cross hatched sections on the sides, but surprisingly not on the sides of the wheels, leaving them looking all black which is not my preference and doesn't jive with the CGI model. Out of all the details, this is the only real weakness in the deco.
As mentioned earlier, you can attach both of Prime's weapons to the rear of the vehicle via two peg holes and his hitch. However, the hole on the hitch section is slightly smaller than the other two, so most of your standard weapons won't fit there. Since the blade weapon is super soft plastic, it can squeeze in. The other two holes (one on each leg) allow for regular 5mm pegged weapons to attach without a problem.
Final Thoughts:
There's a lot of awesome in First Edition Optimus Prime. I can't say I'd recommend everyone run out and spend $100 on it, but if indeed Hasbro comes through with it's potential (I stress potential) re-release of this sculpt I'd say it's more than worth it to pick it up at retail. The figure has a fantastic look in both modes, cool posability and a unique transformation scheme. Highly recommended!


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Family law is the area of law that deals with marriage and divorce, custody, paternity, spousal and child support, along with the many issues that come up when you get married, have children, and perhaps get divorced. Family law also covers adoptions, guardianship, domestic violence, and grandparents' rights.
Marital agreements are the contracts you and your spouse can enter into before your marriage ("prenuptial agreement"), during your marriage ("postnuptial agreement"), and if you decide to end your marriage ("separation or settlement agreement").
If you and your spouse decide not to stay together, you have several options. You can try to get an annulment, which is a legal action where you challenge the validity of the marriage on specific grounds and ask the court to declare that the marriage should be undone, as if it never happened. Most people seek a divorce, which is a legal action where you seek to have your marriage dissolved. There is also a third option, called a legal separation, which is a legal action where you seek a court ruling that you and your spouse are going to live separately and apart from one another without actually getting divorced.
A decision to end your marriage or separate from your spouse creates many other decisions that you and your spouse must make. First, you need to figure out your property rights. You and your spouse may have owned property when you got married, and you may have obtained property while you were married. This property needs to be divided up when you decide to end your marriage.
Depending on whether you or your spouse is able to financially take care of yourself, your divorce/separation case may involve maintenance. This is sometimes called "alimony" or "spousal support." Maintenance can be a temporary payment during the annulment or divorce lawsuit, a payment for a designated period of time or a permanent payment. There is a statutory formula for temporary maintenance that the court is required to apply unless it determines it to be inappropriate. There is a formula for post divorce maintenance including an advisory statute as to potential length of the maintenance award based on the length of the parties' marriage. If the parties are unable to agree, it is up to the court to determine what is fair and reasonable under the circumstances of your marriage.
Sometimes your circumstances or those of your spouse may change after the court orders maintenance, and you or your spouse may be able to get the court to change the award. This is called a modification. Under certain circumstances, the court may also order one spouse to pay the attorney's fees of the other spouse, particularly if there is a difference in the income and assets of the parties
If you and your spouse have minor children, then your divorce/separation will involve other additional issues related to the children, such as custody, visitation, and child support. If you and your spouse are unable to agree on these issues, the court will decide how much time the child or children will spend living with each parent, which is called child custody/visitation. The court will also determine if the parent who has the child/children the majority of the time should receive money from the other parent in order to help care for the child/children. This is called child support. These issues can also arise when unmarried people have children together. However, if there is a denial of being the father, a paternity proceeding is required. In such case, the court generally requires DNA testing which determines the probability of paternity of the accused father.
Sometimes violence and/or harassment can happen between family members. In these situations, the court can issue an order of protection, which protects you from abuse by someone close to you.
There are two different court systems in New York that deal with family law. If you are seeking a divorce, annulment or separation, you will file your case in Supreme Court in the county where you or your spouse lives. As part of the divorce/separation, the Supreme Court can also decide issues related to maintenance, child support and child custody/visitation.
If you are not seeking a divorce or separation, you can file your case in family court, which handles the following situations:
- Making, modifying and enforcing maintenance and child support orders;
- Making and modifying child custody/visitations orders;
- Granting orders of protection; and
- Determining paternity of a child.
Legal Editor: Elliot Polland, Esq., April 2015 (updated March 2018)
Changes may occur in this area of law. The information provided is brought to you as a public service with the help and assistance of volunteer legal editors, and is intended to help you better understand the law in general. It is not intended to be legal advice regarding your particular problem or to substitute for the advice of a lawyer.
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Grado Reference Series RS2i Headphones
Mahogany earcups deliver on looks and sound
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
I had an opportunity recently to try out the Grado Reference Series RS2i and the more advanced Statement Series GS 1000i headphones. My coworkers chided me for not assigning these reviews to Woody, who wrote about the Grado SR80i and the SR325is headphones. Why?
Because these headphones had wooden earcups.
I like puns, but that was just way too obvious. So I gave myself the assignment.
First impressions of the RS2
Grado doesn't spend a lot on packaging, which is fine with me. Once I've removed the headphones from their box, they'll never be returned to it. In this case, the cost of the headphones wasn't in the packaging, but where it should be: in the materials and electronics.
The hand-crafted mahogany earcups have a rich look and feel, but the wood is not there just for show. Wood is lighter than metal or plastic, which makes the earcups more comfortable. The mahogany has a soft reflective surface, providing some additional warmth to the sound (more on that later).
These are open-air earcups, so if you're thinking about using the RS2's at work, you should consider your co-workers. If you like it loud, there's a good chance they'll hear your music, too. Although I did most of my auditioning in the office, there's a fair amount of space between our cubes, and I seldom listen at very high volume levels. So leakage wasn't a problem.
Posts attached to the headband let the earcups swivel a full 360° — if you do any type of audio monitoring, this could be a plus. I can't really see these as DJ headphones, though. That same open earcup that lets your music out can let ambient sounds in. In a high-volume environment, such as a club or a dance, monitoring could be problematic.
Quality cable for quality sound
Attached to the headphones is a massive eight-conductor cord that runs to both earcups. The other end of the cord terminates in a sturdy, gold-plated 1/4" plug. There's no minijack adapter provided though. So to do some iPod® listening, I had to scrounge one up.
The cable features high-purity, oxygen-free copper and has a extremely low impedance. While that really helps the sound by delivering a low-noise signal very efficiently, there's a price (more on this in a bit).
That cable is a little heavy. Towards the end of my standard six-seven hour listening sessions, the cord seemed to pull down on the feather-weight headphones. I especially felt in where the headband crossed my scalp. Perhaps if the headband had a little more padding (or I still had all my hair), it wouldn't have been noticeable.
To be fair, for shorter sessions of two to three hours (read: normal usage), I didn't experience any discomfort. And even during those longer sessions, the open earcup design kept enough air circulating that my ears never felt hot or uncomfortable as they sometimes can with closed-design earcups.
Finding a match for the gear
I tried using the RS2's with a minijack adapter, plugging it directly into my iPod's headphone jack. The sound quality was good, but it seemed to me like the headphones were always a little underpowered. They didn't seem quite as responsive as I thought they should be. When I switched to my NuForce uDac-2/laptop setup, the difference was dramatic.
With quality headphones like the Grado RS2s,
even a small headphone amp can make a world
of difference.
This little headphone amp gave the Grados more power than my iPod could provide — and definitely enough to properly drive them. Now I was hearing a quicker response to sudden dynamic changes, and didn't have to turn up the volume all the way to get some real presence in my music.
Warm sound, nicely detailed
Most of my listening was done with the Grados plugged into the uDac-2 pulling a digital signal from my laptop (in this case, all Apple Lossless files). As always, I ran through several different genres, and on the whole, I really liked what I heard.
These are headphones that seemed to favor music with natural acoustics — bluegrass, singer/songwriter tunes, traditional world music, and classical. Classical especially benefited from the spaciousness of the open headphones, creating a sound field that didn't feel closed-in. Orchestral music sounded rich and full, but the more intimate chamber group and solo recordings sounded best.
I listened to Stephen Paulus' "The Three Temperaments," a thrilling (and difficult) work for organ played by James Higdon. With organ recordings, the space is almost as important as the instrument. I heard all the decay I expected as the music bounced around the hall, as well as the sound of the pipes filling up with air. Fine details, to be sure, but ones that add authenticity to the performance.
Headphones for a quiet afternoon...
Some of my test music came from Celtic guitarist Robin Bullock's debut album "Green Fields" This is a very carefully recorded CD, produced exactly the way Bullock wanted it to sound. When the "Farewell to Craigie Dhu" started playing, I actually called over a couple of coworkers to listen. I wanted to make sure it sounded as life-like as I thought it did.
They both agreed.
The RS2's did a great job with acoustic instruments. Whether it was flute, guitar, trombone or even upright bass, they never sounded harsh nor muddy. Just a natural, warm sound with the little imperfections (breath intakes, finger scrapings, valve clicks) that make a recording sound convincing.
...and a somewhat rowdy evening
Electronic music, such as heavy metal and trip-hop sounded pretty good, too, but there seemed to be a little something missing. If you want an edge to your Pitbull or Blake Shelton, then the voicing of these headphones may not be totally to your liking. The music always had presence, but not quite the in-your-face immediacy I expect from Cody Simpson or Cee Lo Green — even at higher volume levels.
But other types of electronic music fared well. One of my listening sessions included "Tears of Joy" a live album from pioneering jazz trumpeter Don Ellis. This 1971 recording has just about everything — a large jazz orchestra with amplified strings, three drummers, and Don Ellis' quarter-tone trumpet (with an attached ring modulator). The high-energy music's eclectic and electric, and it sounded great through the Grados. Here the instruments had the right amount of edge to them, and the detail was as good as I've heard through other headphones.
The bottom line
I wouldn't recommend the Grado RS2's for portable music listening. These headphones are designed for foreground listening, ideally when you have time to sit down and fully enjoy your music. Plugged into a nice audio system, the Grado RS2 headphones can deliver an engaging listening experience. And with those mahogany earcups, look good doing it, too.
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Kev from MARSKE BY SEA
Posted on 5/19/2018
Thanks for your highly formative review, i will add these to my shortlist of Grado Headphones, but then in my opinion you ether choose these or the Grado RS1e. These will be a great upgrade from my eight year old Grado SR60i which have served me well as not only a iPod headphone but some serious listening also. Cheers.


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