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Hampton Inn Mount Pleasant
.Michigan, Michigan Hotels & Resorts
Stroll the lush greens and challenging fairways on one of the 15 golf courses here in town. Visit the campus of Central Michigan University, just minutes ...
US $99 Per Night
Super 8 Motel Mount Pleasant
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Super 8 Mount Pleasant is a mile and a half from Central Michigan University. It is surrounded by 14 area golf courses such as the award winning Bucks ...
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Comfort Inn Munising
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Comfort Inn Munising is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and within two miles of the City of Munising and the shores of Lake Superior. ...
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Americas Best Value Inn-Tahquamenon Country provides guests with easy access to local attractions and a variety of activities including snowmobiling, golfing...
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Thomas Edison Inn
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Welcome to the Thomas Edison Inn and the gracious splendor of a bygone era. Where magnificent English Tudor architecture rises three stories towards the ...
US $70 Per Night
Comfort Inn Newberry
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1997 Gold Award Winner. ...
US $105 Per Night
Hampton Inn Detroit Northville
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Enjoy all the big-city attractions of Detroit and the Victorian elegance of Northville when you stay here at the Hampton Inn® hotel in Detroit/Northville ...
US $63 Per Night
Holiday Inn Express Suites Northville
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This Holiday Inn Express Suites Northville is an affordable lodging option for visitors to Northville and is located approximately 22 miles from the Detroit ...
US $75 Per Night
Comfort Inn University Park Mount Pleasant
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The Comfort Inn is located approximately four miles from Soaring Eagle Casino and Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport. ...
US $114 Per Night
Baymont Inn & Suites Mt. Pleasant
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Surrounded by golf courses, Baymont Inn and Suites Mount Pleasant is one mile from Soaring Eagle Casino, three miles east of downtown, and approximately ...
US $59 Per Night
World Class Lake Trout Fishing at Stannard Rock
Central, Michigan Fishing Trips
Kimar's Charters has 3 locations for charter fishing on Lake Superior in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula. We do trolling, which is ideal for families, as well as casting and jigging. Trips vary from 2-45 miles. We have half & full day trips....
US $250 Per Trip
Warm & Romantic Candlelite Inn Bed & Breakfast
Northwest, Michigan Bed & Breakfasts
Romantic ambiance abounds at the Candlelite Inn. Featuring the Romantic Retreat Suite & 2 pet friendly rooms, the inn is a classic foursquare offering guests a delightfully romantic atmosphere. Many amenities & close to Lake Michigan beaches & pier....
Starting at US $99 Per Night
Gorton House Bed & Breakfast Inn
Northeast, Michigan Bed & Breakfasts
Relaxing capecod located on Little Wolf Lake in Northern Michigan. Six rooms PB, full breakfast, fireplaces, antique pool table, player piano. Outdoor gazeboed hot tub, boats, chocolate chip cookies. Garland Golf nearby....
Nature's Kennel Sled Dog Racing and Adventures
Upper Peninsula, Michigan Dog Sledding
Nature's Kennel offers drive your own dog sled adventures ranging in length from half-day trips to overnight adventures. Guests may learn to drive their own dog team or take a ride with a guide. Trips are suitable for all ages and abilities....
Rates from US $175 Per Person
Lady Luck Kennel
Central, Michigan Dog Sledding
Want to experience dog sledding weather it be in the cold or in the fall! Come to lady luck kennel and experience the thrill of dog sledding!...
From US $125 Per Trip
Snowy Plains Sled Dog Rides & Adventures
Central, Michigan Dog Sledding
Experience the magic of dog sledding with our sweet, happy, pampered huskies. Rides from 1 to 10 miles. Can host from 1 to 15 people. Optional drive your own team. Specialized adventures, including optional snowshoeing on scenic, private trails....
Odawa Casino Resort
Central, Michigan Hotels & Resorts
Odawa Hotel is located a short, comfortable free shuttle ride away from the fabulous Odawa Casino Resort. The hotel is located on top of a hill overlooking the City of Petoskey and Little Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan. Golf, Hiking, Boating, Swimming...
US $55 Per Night
Hotel Nichols, Walking Distance to Everything
Saugatuck, Michigan Hotels & Resorts
historic Inn located right in the center of town. Walking distance to all beaches, parks, marinas, restaurants and shops. Apartments available for families. Bicycle rental, European breakfast included. Guests choose rooms from website pictures....
Starting at US $100 Per Night
Lake front Log Chalet in Michigan's beautiful UP
Upper Peninsula, Michigan Vacation Rentals
Located In Western UP, 4BR log home with 2BR cottage on Clearwater Lake of Cisco Chain. Real estate & personal property will be auctioned Sat,June 22d on-site at E19385 Clearwater Rd, Watersmeet, MI. For open house & auction details contact owner....
Northern Michigan Cabin/Cottage Vacation Rental
Bellaire, Michigan Vacation Rentals
Northern Michigan Vacation Rentals. Log Cottage in Bellaire, MI situated on 2 acres on Lake Bellaire. Log Cottage has 3 bedrooms and one bath. Log Cabin is situated on 10 acres along the Cedar River. Cabin has 2 bedrooms / 2 baths. Fully equiped...
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The Art : Sandra Jones Campbell : Serigraphs :Each hand editioned serigraph print is a translation from an original work of art by an artist represented by the Attic Gallery. Each print is part of a limited edition ranging from 250 to 350, printed on Rives Arches l00% rag paper made in France. The edition is numbered and signed by the artist. Great care was taken to ensure that each color and its stencil accurately followed the artist's work. To achieve this, each stencil was carefully designed, drawn, and painted directly on the screen by hand. When each color and its stencil had been proofed and matched, the whole edition was then printed by hand. The process was then repeated for each color. The prints average 60 colors per image.
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Black Cat & The Defenders // artwork by Terry Dodson (2012)
This looks like the cover to issue 7, I believe? Featuring the return of John Aman, the Prince of Orphans, my favorite character that no one knows anything about…
Shit, everything about this book makes my dick rock hard!!! This is seriously the best thing Fraction's done at Marvel since his early Invincible Iron Man.
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Facilities Planning and Management is committed to providing facility services to assure cultural and educational opportunities are delivered to the region and which complement the tradition of distinguished teaching in undergraduate programs. In doing so, the unit strives to be a model of excellence for comprehensive state institutions of its kind in delivering effective and efficient services to the Eastern Illinois University Community.
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Director, Facilities Planning and Management
Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois is seeking applications and nominations for a highly motivated and experienced administrator to serve as Director of Facilities Planning and Management. The Director reports directly to the Vice President for Business Affairs and has primary responsibility for the supervision, coordination and administration of programs and activities related to the University's physical facilities. Candidates have been selected for on-campus interviews. For candidate information and interview schedules, refer to our web page at http://eiu.edu/fpmdirsearch/
Review of applications will begin February 11, 2013, and will continue until finalists for the position are selected. Anticipated start date is July 1, 2013.
Eastern Illinois University is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer committed to achieving a diverse community.
Renewable Energy Research Plots
Renewable Energy Plots are parcels of land adjacent to the Renewable Energy Center. These plots are available for use by faculty and staff for projects that advance renewable energy at EIU.
Property Control System is now online
The new Property Control System is now online. You can get to the website by clicking Property Control Online System under Helpful Links on our FPM Website. Login with your EIU NetID and follow the directions on the first page.
A Sustainably Website has been created to show off our efforts . We were "green" before it became a buzzword. "Our energy conservation is the best in the state, & compared to other campuses our size, we're one of the best in the country," Gary Reed, director of EIU Facilities Planning and Management, said.
FPM PlanIt
We feel that we are blessed with great employees and want to try and keep everyone informed about what is happening in FPM. We sincerely hope you enjoy The PlanIt.
Project Video
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I'm Aaron and I had an account here ages and ages ago. I'm not sure what I did with it, but I came back because an RP here caught my eye and I haven't been in a good forum RP for a long time, so I thought "sure, why not," and then that was a thing and I registered. So that happened, and stuff.
My main pastime is RPing on a WoW private server, but I also like Game of Thrones and the ASOIAF novels, the Walking Dead, Skulduggery Pleasant, playing Minecraft, and some anime.
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13 Meetup Groups match "Ukulele" near Princeton, NJ
Who We Are: We are a growing number of ukulele enthusiasts of all skill levels, from all walks of life, and different backgrounds who share in the love and respect of the Ukulele! Our Mission: Learn to play as a group. Improve our ukulele skills. Spread the joy of ukulele music. Just have fun playing the ukulele. Assist aspiring Ukies in their learning process. Why The Uke? The ukulele is the happiest, most accessible, and easiest string instrument to learn. Also, ukulele is the pe …
I wanted to start a group for people who enjoy playing the ukulele such as myself from all levels of experience. My goal is to create meetups where we can jam together, and learn from each other and just enjoy the shared interest.
An informal group of UKULELE enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels who play or, want to learn to play the Ukulele. Learn from more experienced players & help those with less experience. Share songs, playing tips while meeting other ukulele lovers. Why play the ukulele? The ukulele is the happiest, most accessible, and easiest string instrument to learn. Also, ukulele is the perfect sing along instrument. Simply put, the ukulele is fun to play!
Let's meet, play, teach, learn and talk story! Let's hear some ideas on where, when, etc. and go to ukulele events!. Also, please post your ukulele experience and musical interests. Check out who's performing and where. No experience? Come to our jams anyway. Best way to learn is by playing (or trying to play) with others!
Hello Everybody - I am starting a group for anybody interested in playing the Ukulele. If you're reading this, you know how addicting the Uke can be and you want to play as much as possible. This Meetup Group will give all players, no matter what the experience level the chance to learn from one another and jam with each other. This Meetup will be held in the Western Suburbs of Philadelphia in the Wayne, Pa general vacinity. So if you're close by, love the Uke and looking for some good folks to …
A group to come together and "jam" on the Ukulele (all ages, skills and Ukulele sizes welcome). No particular level of experience is needed, just play the notes and chords that you can manage. The Ukulele is a great instrument for beginners and experienced players alike. (Many times easer to learn to strum than the the guitar) Within a few minutes you can learn a few songs. And playing with a group will push you to learn more, while meeting new friends.
Brooklyn Uke Night is for everyone who wants to play ukulele, share songs, and get to know other uke enthusiasts! We have extra ukes on hand for those who don't. A fun and open atmosphere of good cheer, good tunes, good beer. Everyone welcome!
We're a group for ukulele enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels located throughout the Greater Philadelphia / Delaware Valley area all the way up to Central Jersey. Let's learn from each other, jam, hit up some open mics, attend regional ukulele events, and ultimately plan an annual Uke Fest / Cookout! Please feel free to join us... we're friendly! No uke required :)
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For the moment, this MEETUP is closed
This group was started to provide a place for acoustic instrument musicians of all playing levels to meet, jam, collaborate and have fun playing with others. The hope is to have a convenient location and time for regular biweekly jams. Another goal is to find a venue to host a regular open-mic.
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Jalopy Theatre offers 5 series per year of music classes for mandolin, ï¬?ddle, banjo, guitar and ukulele for adults, in a class setting of a maximum of 7 students. We offer beginner, intermediate and advance levels of instruction. We hope to make learning an instrument both approachable and fun. With a light-hearted, song based learning style, students begin learning songs immediately. A class series runs for 8 weeks for $245 prepaid or if you don't have an instrument, you can rent one from us …
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This is a group for people who are interested in connecting or reconnecting with their Jewish roots through meaningful prayer, talk, and music. We are open to people of all types of Jewish backgrounds as well as non-Jews. During monthly services, we pray, sing, discuss and partake of delicious food at a vegetarian potluck dinner. Our services typically have musical accompaniment, which has been as varied as bongo drums, piano, and ukulele! At Kol Zimrah, we strive to create a community tha …
This group will meet to practice and play Guitar at Happy Hour. It is for beginners and intermediate players. We'll play along to a list of over 80 songs from beginning to end. It is just karaoke for guitar. The guitars have been removed from the tracks, so you'll provide the accompaniment. Fun, fun, fun! There'll be a charge for the events. Thank You!
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Let me know where i'll be able to buy a DVD of your movie!
im curious - is this going to be uploaded so everyone can see or is it going to be one of those buy a dvd or pay for a code type situations? just curious!
i will probably buy it too (if itll even be made into a dvd - i cant recall), just thought it was worth asking :-)
If I have my way you'll be able to watch in on netflix/buy the DVD online.
I've got a contact with Tempe Distribution, Brain Damage Films and the Distro division of Lionsgate. /crosses fingers.
We are hitting the horror film fest circuit before all of that though, and we might do a short run ourselves for people who have been patiently waiting.
I've learned more than anything else.. Networking is more important than anything else.
I've met people in the industry in the oddest places, but I'm glad I did.. and every day I try to meet even more people. You never know.
Few more BTS shots to share. This was from this past weekend. We didn't have our O-mazing photographer on set because his dad passed away during the week, these were taken by my wife on her blackberry. We did have someone taking photos, but I don't have them in hand yet!
Our EMT's were practicing loading up our body double. She had to lay under a sheet the entire time.
i'm gonna see if i can upload some BTS video from this shoot later tonight, we didn't get much.. but it was such a cool shoot.
This is looking awesome! Me and some frends are planning on making a 5 episode series each 15 minutes long, also about zombies! The slow old school ones.. don't see too many of those anymore :P
Nice work!
BTW in case anyone wondered, thats IS a real body bag laying on the ground. We were going to use it, but it was just too stinking hot lol. We didn't want any "real" casualties.
The BTS video clips will have to wait til later this weekend. I let someone borrow my only firewire cable, and the other one is with my camera which isn't here lol.
Here's a BTS photo of one of the most annoying shoots ever. We changed this setup about 10 times before we got rid of all the reflections.
Last nights shoot was the most hectic day ever. Everything that could go wrong did..
The night before, one of my actors called in sick. She confirmed she wasn't coming the next morning so I had to rework the schedule to shoot around her. Then, the location we were using called and said they had a water line bust and they were going to be tied up repairing that all day and it was a mess, so they didn't want us to be there that day. So I pulled some strings and found us another location to shoot at. It took almost all day to notify everyone of the change, including extras/cast and crew. By the time we were all meeting up, the weather got bad.. and our 2nd location was outside. So, we had to find a 3rd location. Luckily one of our crew members had a large covered area at his house that he said we could use. So, we spent the next half hour all on our phones calling everyone we could to tell them not to go to the 2nd location. Finally we had everyone and did a 15 car caravan to the 3rd location 10 minutes away. By the time we got there, the rain had nearly stopped but the area was perfect for what we wanted to shoot. The only issue we had was that this location was not controlled (by us) and we had to deal with alot of random people. Which in itself wasn't bad, but I just don't like having anyone on set who is not either the location owner, or US. People were calling their friends and saying "Hey, come over here.. they are shooting a movie over here.. OMG!!!". And, yeah.. thats how it happens. Anyway, we did wind up getting all the shots we needed.. and here are some set photos.
Wow i definitively want to watch/buy your movie when it's done!
If you can include some BTS footage/slideshow to the whole DVD/BD that would be awsome!
Keep up your good work Az!
Yeah, we plan to. I love BTS and "making of" stuff.
Fantastic Project, while I am not a fan of zombie films in the slightest, still expect a sale as support for the low budget filmmaker is always a good cause (Y). I will watch it aswell though more for a critical experience rather then an entertaining one
Hopefully this one will be slightly different that what is the "norm" for these kind of movies. Thanks for the support! It means alot!
How about a commentary? I think that would be great hearing about how you went about making this indie flick, I know I would be interested.
lol sure, our probably will be more comedic than "interesting" alot of funny and weird stuff has happened during this production.
I'm about to post a few stills from the crime scene we shot last weekend.
I posted a few BTS shots of this the other day, but here are some stills.


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A Family Tradition of Excellence
In 1972 Marvin Galts and his siblings, along with his wife Chloe, founded the company that eventually became today's Galko Homes.
Over the years, many extended family members have been a part of this company; working in positions from labourers to leaders. Galko Homes has consistently made a solid contribution to the landscape of Lethbridge through award-winning homebuilding, longstanding business and customer relationships, and community volunteerism.
Decades later, the model of family and community participation still holds true under the direction of second generation President, Bruce Galts.
Galko Homes is an Award Winning Builder
With a long list of accomplishments including achieving Master Builder certification and co-founding the Alberta New Home Warranty program, Galko Homes continuously strives to build above industry standards, exceed customer expectations, and innovate a growing business.
While we have won awards for our unique designs, community contributions, business practices and civic leadership; we are very clear that the credit for our community success belongs to our customers, employees, suppliers and friends.
A result of commitment, knowledge, expertise and exceptional service, these awards are ultimately a testament to the efforts and accomplishments of our exceptional team.
2013 – Best Customer Experience in Canada - Avid Ratings
2012 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - Best Ensuite
2012 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - Up to 1100 sq. ft.
2012 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - 1251-1400 sq. ft.
2012 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - 1851-2000 sq. ft.
2012 – Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and BDC Dalton Jordan Memorial Business Excellence Award
2012 – Best Customer Service in Alberta - Avid Ratings
2012 – Lethbridge Sun Times Best of the Best - Homebuilder Category
2011 – CHBA-LR Builder of the Year
2011 – CHBA-LR Safety Award
2011 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - 1101-1250 sq. ft. Bungalow
2011 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - 1251-1400 sq. ft. Bungalow
2011 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - 1851-2000 sq. ft.
2011 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - 2001-2600 sq. ft.
2011 – CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - Best Kitchen
2011 - Lethbridge Sun Times Best of the Best - Homebuilder Category
2010 - CHBA-LR Builder of the Year
2010 - CHBA-LR Safety Award
2010 - CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award - 1201-1300 sq. ft.
2010 - CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Home Design Award- 1301-1400 sq. ft.
2010 - CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence Best Multi-Family - Individual Unit
2010 - S.H.I.A. Bringing Lethbridge Home Award - Outstanding Leadership in Housing
2010 - Lethbridge Sun Times Best of the Best - Homebuilder Category
2009 - CHBA-LR Builder of the Year - Large Volume
2009 - CHBA-LR Awards of Excellence - Industry Professional Award
2009 - Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce - Business Leadership Award
2009 - Better Business Bureau - Business Ethics Award
2008 – Lethbridge Sun Times Best of the Best in the Category - Lethbridge Home Builders
2007 – Chamber of Commerce Business Legacy Award
2007 – Best New Home Design 1201-1300 sq. ft.
2007 – Best New Home Design 1301-1400 sq. ft.
2006 – 25 Year Leadership in Excellence Award
2006 – Best New Home Design 1401-1500 sq. ft.
2006 – Best New Home Design 1501-1650 sq. ft.
2006 – Customer Choice Runner-Up (Provincial)
2006 – Lethbridge Better Business Bureau Ethics Award
2005 – Customer Choice Award – Large Volume
2005 – Best New Home Design – 1101-1200 sq. ft.
2005 – Best New Home Design – 1651-1800 sq. ft.
2005 – Best New Home Design 1801-sq ft. and over
2004 – Best New Home Design - $200,001 to $250,000
2003 – Best New Home Design - $175,001 to $200,000
2003 – Best Kitchen Design - $175,001 to $200,000
2003 – Best Master Ensuite Design - $150,001 to $175,000
2002 – Best New Home Design - $175,001 to $200,000
2002 – Best Kitchen Design - $150,001 to $175,000
2002 – Best Kitchen Design - $175,001 to $200,000
And too many to list prior to 2002!
Outstanding Customer Service
We are thoroughly enjoying our home and are so pleased with the promptness of service provided by the personnel of Galko Homes. The scheduled warranty service house calls are excellent and matters are attended to promptly and efficiently. We have felt extra ordinarily pampered thus far and look forward to continued friendship and support.
Roy & Pat Sassa
We Treat You Like Part of The Family
Honesty, integrity, and a true sense of family are values that Galko embodies. They don't simply build houses, they build homes.
Kelly Lenz
Lethbridge's Best Builder
Reflecting upon our recent building experience we realize our home has many unique and complex features and we thank you for accommodating our requests. Throughout the whole process your staff was extremely helpful, caring and a pleasure to work with. We are very proud of our new home. In the future if we ever decide to build again we will only look to one builder, Galko Homes. We consider Galko to be Lethbridge's best builder and we recommend you to all our friends.
The Budny Family
We Work Harder to Make it Happen for You
In the times of a booming housing market, timeliness, quality and customer service are often sacrificed. While building our beautiful new home, we were very satisfied that Galko Homes did everything in their power to ensure our home was all that we envisioned it to be. As a result, we will enjoy our family home for many years to come.
The Belcourt Family
Built With Your Lifestyle in Mind
Locating to Lethbridge with retirement in mind, we had three requirements when it came time to build our home: our needs as a couple, the ability to entertain our grandchildren, and room to host friends and family.
The experienced and professional people at Galko Homes took us on a tour of their show homes and advised us on design, finishes, and even decorating. We could not have chosen a more obliging and pleasant group of individuals to work with. All our concerns and issues were handled to our total satisfaction. Our beautiful home is everything we had hoped for!
Don and Maureen Stevenson
Galko Delivered
With the current booming real estate and construction markets, new home building is not without its challenges. Galko met these challenges head on, and we couldn't be happier with our choice of builder. We wanted a home we could someday retire in and had specific needs; from the lot we wanted, to using our own plan, to ensuring lasting quality, all of which Galko delivered. From their sales people, to design, to construction, to final inspection, we found the Galko staff eager to please, accommodating, honest, and great to work with. Galko has a loyal following of skilled sub trades whose quality of work and common willingness to please is apparent in the finished product. We love our new home! Thanks again Galko.
The Coleman Family
First in Customer Service
Building a new home can be very challenging. But from purchase and design through the possession date and long after, the customer service team at Galko has been there for us every step of the way!
Bruce & Jane Allan
Another Happy Customer
I have been very happy with my experience buying a home from Galko. All of the staff that I had the opportunity to deal with were very pleasant and helpful. Any concerns I had were taken care of promptly. I would recommend Galko Homes to anyone buying a new home and have done so.
Randy Sailer
A Great Experience From Start to Finish
Dealing with Galko has been a great experience right from the start. We wanted to downsize; the size and layout of our condo is perfect! We are in a great location and the condo is both well built and quiet.
Customer service has been prompt and fantastic to deal with. We love our new home and would recommend a Galko built home to all our friends and family.
Bob & Lucille Boisvert
Ensuring Your Needs Are Met
Building our home with Galko was incomparable to our past building experience. From our first meeting with a Galko sales professional to our weekly updates from customer service, to the wonderful interior design help and the warranty service - it feels like we are listened to and that Galko is here for us.
Galko Homes is a very good company to work with and I would recommend them to everyone.
Chad & Shelly Shaw
Enjoy Your First Home Experience
I was looking for a long term investment when I decided to build my first home. Initially I interviewed a number of builders, but I was immediately impressed with the professionalism of Galko Homes. I also felt comfortable with a company that has been around for a long time. Not only was their pricing highly competitive, they took the time to explain every aspect of building my home and as construction developed I became and integral part of the process. I not only feel that I have made an excellent investment, but that the investment is assured by the skill and care that went into the construction of my new home. I highly recommend Galko to anyone thinking of building a home. They made the process easy, interesting and rewarding. I will certainly build with them again. Thank you Galko!
Tyler Beaulieu
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We absolutely love our new Galko home, the finished product far exceeded our expectations. It was evident that, from the design stage to the end product, customer satisfaction was Galko's main goal. The process of building a house is very complex and there are always unforeseen issues that arise. The Galko staff handled all of our concerns with professionalism, efficiency and most of all with integrity. We are glad we put our trust in Galko Homes.
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Home building for people is hard work, but by choosing to work with Galko it was never difficult. I now have a home that expresses who I am, gives me confidence when the winds blow and the rains pelt, and elicits smiles from me at every turn. Would I choose Galko again? Yes of course, but just try and make me move.
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Galko exceeded our expectations on every level! We are thrilled with our new home both in quality and design that is a true Galko distinction. We would definitely build with Galko again and would readily recommend them to anyone else who is looking to build their dream home.
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Avid Ratings Canada announces the winners of the 2013 Avid® Award for Best Customer Experience. Lethbridge, Alberta builder Galko Homes has been awarded the Avid Diamond Award - Best Customer Experience in Canada.
Now in its 10th year, the Avid Award is the leading industry-sponsored award program honouring the best builders in Canada for delighting homeowners. The awards include the Avid Diamond Award, which recognizes the No. 1 builder in Canada; the Avid Gold Award, which recognizes the No. 1 builder in a province; the Avid Benchmark Award, which honours up to two builders in a province that rank among the top 25% nationwide for customer experience; and the Avid Custom Builder Award, which honours the best custom builder in Canada.
Galko Homes is recognized in 2013 for providing homebuyers the best customer experience in Canada. The company received an Avid Index Score of 275.5 points (out of a total 300 points) as rated by their customers. 96.3% of their homebuyers said they would recommend Galko Homes to family and friends. An article profiling Galko Homes and its survey results will be published on AvidBuilder.com, an online, content-rich resource for housing news and information.
Best Employees in Customer Satisfaction Nationwide
Avid Ratings Canada recently announced the inaugural 2012 Avid Service Awards, Best Employees in Customer Satisfaction Nationwide. For the first time, home building employees who scored among the top 5% in customer satisfaction in Canada are recognized from thousands of employees rated on the Avid GoSurvey Program. Employees in Sales and Construction departments are given the Avid Service Award for their achievements.
"The Avid Service Awards are the first awards to honour exceptional employees, says Tim Bailey, Division President of Avid Ratings Canada. We are delighted and proud to recognize these individuals who display hard work everyday to provide exceptional homes and customer delight to new homeowners across Canada".
The Galko Homes recipients for this year are:
- 2012 – Avid Service Award – Sales Representative: Marilyn Eyre
- 2012 – Avid Service Award – Sales Representative: Jodee Jasiukiewicz
- 2012 – Avid Service Award – Construction Representative: Norm Carrier


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The third candidate in Tuesday's special election was Olive Branch security consultant Van Wicker.
The runoff is Nov. 27.
Republican Rep. Tommy Woods vacated the District 52 seat July 30 after serving 25 years in the district that covers parts of Marshall County and a sliver of DeSoto County.
Woods had suffered a mild stroke after last year's election but served during this spring's legislative session. He said he decided to resign on the advice of his physicians.
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"My Hands are big because their Job is to Give and Take. Sometimes they will Give you a Gift you need on the Descent. Sometimes they Take from you an old habit, a burden, a belief … My Feet are big, they have wondered all over the worlds and underworlds… it's a long Way. I have a Key. But you do not need My Key. The Door is Open whenever you are ready…"
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Ford expanding in southeast Michigan
Ford Motor Co. plans to spend more than $773 million to upgrade manufacturing plants and create an additional 2,350 jobs in Southeast Michigan to support the automaker's growth.
The investments are spread across six manufacturing sites, including Sterling Heights, Wayne, Dearborn, Livonia and Flat Rock, and will create 2,350 new hourly jobs but will also allow the company to retain an additional 3,240 hourly jobs.
Ford is spending more than $773 million on new equipment and capacity expansions as it honors a commitment to invest $6.2 billion in its U.S. plants by 2015.
The 2,350 new positions are part of the 12,000 hourly jobs that Ford promised to add in the four-year contract it signed in the autumn of 2011.
The industry forecast, barring a recession, call for sales of new cars and truck to continue to expand during 2013.
Over the next six months, Ford's plans call for upgrading the stamping operations at Michigan Assembly plant in Warren and Dearborn Stamping Plant, as well as completing work at Flat Rock Assembly Plant to produce the new Fusion.
"Even as we wrap up an incredibly busy year of capacity expansions and product launches, we are continuing to look to the future," said Jim Tetreault, Ford vice president of North America Manufacturing.
"These investments, many of which are already under way, will ensure our southeast Michigan manufacturing facilities can support our aggressive growth plans."
Expansion work at several plants started earlier during 2012 to increase Ford's capacity to provide transmissions and axles to support growing demand for fuel efficient vehicles, including hybrids and electric vehicles, and for the expansion of the F-Series pickup trucks.
The list of specific investments includes: Continued...
— Michigan Assembly Plant - $59.4 million for stamping press line expansion;
— Dearborn Stamping Plant - $305 million for plant modernization, new press lines, scrap conveyor system and other machinery and equipment;
— Flat Rock Assembly - $161 million for machinery and equipment to assemble the new Ford Fusion and as an additional production facility;
— Sterling Axle Plant - $86 million for machinery and equipment investment to meet axle demand increase and future model changes;
— Van Dyke Transmission - $87.7 million for machinery and equipment investment to meet capacity expansions for 6F35 and 6F50 transmissions;
— Livonia Transmission - $74.7 million for machinery and equipment investment for transmission expansion and test equipment.
Ford manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents with approximately 172,000 employees and 65 plants worldwide.
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May 22, 2013 — Investigators at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, along with partners at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have received a $4 million grant over four years to establish the HERCULES Center at Emory University (Health and Exposome Research Center: Understanding Lifetime Exposures). The grant is the first exposome-based center grant awarded in the United States.
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May 20, 2013 — Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar to people living in the southern United States.
May 20, 2013 — Georgia Tech has won a Grand Challenges Explorations Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. J. Brandon Dixon, assistant professor in Georgia Tech's George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled "Lymphatic on a chip as a model for lymphatic filariasis (LF) parasites."
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Dr Tarun Kant
is Institute Chair Professor of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He served as Chairman of the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination (JEE 1998). He was elected a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 1999, a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) in 2004 and a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in 2007, the latest being the highest honor awarded to an Indian Engineer-Scientist by his peers. He is a recipient of the Burmah-Shell Best Paper Prize and was awarded the 1979 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust (UK) Scholarship, the 1992-'93 European Commission (EC) Senior Faculty Exchange Fellowship and, IIT-Bombay, on 13 March 2007, conferred the 2006 Professor HH Mathur Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Sciences in recognition of his outstanding work in the area of Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures. He also received the Khosla National Award 2009 for his life time achievement in the field of engineering. Prof Kant has published more than 120 research papers in refereed journals and about 140 in conference proceedings in diverse areas of computational structural mechanics. He has supervised 24 PhD theses and over 68 MTech dissertations. He has Research & Citation Standing in terms of H-factor of 18 on Web of Science. (esd)
Dr Mahmoud Mostafa
is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Alexandria University, Egypt. An alumnus of Oregon State University, he has earlier worked for – Cairo University, EI Du Pont Company, University of Riyad and Beirut Arab University. He has been consulting to – Alexendria Consuming Corp, Port Sa'eed Container Handling Corp and Damieta Container Handling Corp. (er)
Dr Yong Yan
is Director of Research at School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, UK. His research interest includes: On-line measurement of flow rate and size distribution of pulverized fuel; Advanced monitoring and characterization of combustion flames using digital image and signal processing techniques; Particle characterization of food grains using digital imaging & image processing techniques; and, Characterization and evaluation of fuel spray processes in internal combustion engines. He has been awarded more than 25 research grants with a total cash value of around £3.5million as a principle investigator since 1995. Dr Yang has in excess of 250 research papers including more than 20 papers in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. (esa)
Dr Rinti Banerjee
is a faculty of Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. An MBBS and Ph D, she pursued her Post Doc from University of California. Her research interest includes: Surface biophysics in medicine; Lung surfactant system and development of effective replacement surfactants; Development of indigenous herbal based drugs; Monolayer models of biomembranes; Cryogenic Electron microscopy; Hemorheology and microcirculation; Viscoelasticity of body fluids and its stimulants; Liposomal drug delivery systems; and, Biomaterials. (ebe, enb)
Dr Najl Valeyev
is a faculty member at the Center for Molecular Processing, University of Kent, UK. His research interest includes: In silico molecular modelling of pharmaceutically important signal transduction pathways that regulate intracellular processes involved in human diseases; and, Development of systems biology assisted disease treatments especially for the cases of complex diseases involving simultaneous interplay of a variety of factors. He has been awarded various grants, distinctions and fellowships. (ebe, enb)
Dr Sudha Natarajan
is a faculty member at School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She has earlier worked at IIT-Madras & IIT-Guwahati. Her Research focus includes: VLSI and Embedded Systems, Computer Vision and Image Processing, Neural Networks, Biometrics and Robotics. She has guided 3 Ph D and 11 Master's students and published/ presented over 50 papers. (ev, er)
Dr Bipin Nair
is Dean, School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala, India and Co-ordinator Dept. of Science and Technology-TIFAC CORE in Biomedical Technology. He has earlier worked at: MS University, Baroda; School of Medicine, University of Tennennee, Memphis; Panlabs Inc, Bothell; and, MDS Pharma Services, Bothell. He is recipient of several awards and has published/ presented around 50 papers.
Dr Anji Reddy
is a Professor of Environmental Science and Technology and Coordinator, TIFAC, DST. He has been the principal guide for more than 130 academic projects at PG level, 15 PhD projects and at present guiding more than 17 PhD students in the area of Environmental Science and Technology, Geoinformatics, Remote sensing, GIS, GPS and Environmental applications. He published and presented more than 107 research papers on various themes of remote sensing and GIS applications to environment, land use/ land cover, spatial data analysis, water resources, transportation planning, watershed management and environmental modeling. He delivered expert lectures at University of Illinois- Chicago, University of IOWA, University of Chicago, Urbana and East West Centre, Honolulu in USA, Stockholm Water Company in Sweden, International Centre for Environmental Management for Enclosed Coastal Seas, Osaka, Kobe City in Japan, University of Florida- USA, Colorado University, Denver- USA and Universities of Philadelphia, USA and Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. (ewe)
Dr SZ Kassab
is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Arab Academy of Science & Technology, and Alexandria University, Egypt. He has earlier worked at Kuwait University and University of Manitoba (Canada). His area of interest includes: Experimental Fluid Mechanics; Lubrication; and, Energy, Environment and Pollution. He has supervised 5 Ph D and 13 graduate students and published nearly 100 papers. (ewe)
Prof Shubhamoy Dey
has been a faculty in the Information Systems area of IIM Indore since 2002. He has obtained his PhD in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Databases from the School of Computing, University of Leeds, UK. He holds Master of Technology and Bachelor of Engineering degrees from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Jadavpur University, Calcutta respectively. Prof Dey's research interests are Data mining and knowledge discovery in databases, Spatial databases, Data warehousing g, Decision Support Systems, Credit Scoring, Credit Risk Modeling and other aspects of Computational Finance. He has published research papers in various national and international forums on Data mining, Spatial data mining and Computational finance. Prof Dey carries with him rich industry experience from Hindustan Cables, Wipro Information Technology, CMC Ltd, BRI (Europe), British American Consulting Group and Halifax Bank of Scotland (UK). He has worked over 4 years in the Information Technology industry in India, and 10 years in UK and USA. He was in the faculty of the School of Computing, University of Leeds during 1999-2000. Since 1997, he has been running his own software company (registered in England & Wales) in UK and have been providing his services as an Independent Information Technology consultant to major commercial organizations in UK. His consultancy clients include: Paradeep Port Trust, Berger Paints, Indian Oil Corporation, Government of Bihar, Government of Madhya Pradesh, State Bank of India, Eastern Coalfields and Department of Electronics (Govt. of India) in India; London Underground, The British Library, Fujitsu-ICL (UK), Manufacturing Science & Finance, Barretts Group Plc., Kingston Communications Group Plc., Cerillion Technologies and Barclays Bank Plc. in UK; Savon Drugs Inc., American Stores Corporation and ALH Group Inc. in USA. He represented India in an international E-Governance Study Mission to South Korea and Japan organized by the Asian Productivity O rganization, Tokyo in 2005. (ealg)
Dr PC Gosh
is Assistant Professor at Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has earlier served at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (India) and Research Center Juelich, Germany. An M Sc from prestigious Vishwa-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, he earned his Ph D from Technical University, Aachen, Germany. His research interest includes: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Hydrogen generation and storage, Renewable energy sources. (eep)
Dr JEN-FANG YU
is Scientific Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck surgery; Member, International Otolaryngology Committee PI, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Lab; and, Assistant Prof at Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Chang Gung Univ, Taiwan. (ebe)
Dr. Leonid Perlovsky
is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University Athinoula Martinos Brain Imaging Center, Principal Research Physicist and Technical Advisor at the Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB. He leads research projects on artificial intelligence, mathematical models of the mind, cognition and language, emotions and language, cognitive functions of the beautiful, sublime, and music, cognitive algorithms, dynamic logic, evolution of languages and cultures, neural networks. As Chief Scientist at Nichols Research, a $500mm high-tech organization, he led the corporate research in intelligent systems. He served as professor at Novosibirsk University and New York University; as a principal in commercial startups developing tools for biotechnology, text understanding, and financial predictions. He is invited as a keynote plenary speaker and tutorial lecturer worldwide at most prestigious venues including Nobel Forum Stockholm, published more than 430 papers, 12 book chapters, and 4 books, including "Neural Networks and Intellect," Oxford University Press, 2001 (currently in the 3rd printing), awarded 2 patents. Dr. Perlovsky participates in organizing conferences on Computational Intelligence, Chairs the IEEE Boston Computational Intelligence Chapter; Co-Chairs the IEEE Technical Committee on Neural Networks, Chairs the IEEE Task Force on The Mind and Brain, serves on the International Neural Network Society (INNS) Board of Governors, where he Chairs The Award Committee. He serves on the Editorial Board of eleven professional journals, including Editor-in-Chief for "Physics of Life Reviews," founded by Nobel Laureate I. Prigogine. He received National and International awards including the Best Paper Award 2001 from Zvezda, a leading Russian essayistic magazine; the Gabor Award 2007, the top engineering award from the INNS; and the John McLucas Award 2007, the highest US Air Force Award for basic research. His research interest include artificial intelligence, human-computer interface, mathematical models of the mind, cognition and language, emotions and language, cognitive functions of the beautiful, sublime, and music, cognitive algorithms, dynamic logic, evolution of languages and cultures, and neural networks.
Dr. Chutisant Kerdvibulvech
is Head, Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Rangsit University, International College, Thailand. His research interest includes the fundamentals of computer vision and its application, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Human–Computer Interaction, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition. Recently, he is focusing on applying computer vision technology to virtual reality and augmented reality. He has published several refereed international journal papers, and delivered his talks at various international conferences (IEEE, LNCS and ACM) in many places in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. He has been interviewed to appear on Discovery Channel TV Program worldwide in the topic of augmented reality research.
Dr. Yoo-Jae Kim
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Dec 31st, 2012, 5:35:28 PM | #651 | |
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Dec 31st, 2012, 5:38:40 PM | #652 | |
no pwnemon i've never heard of that, interesting though lol^
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Dec 31st, 2012, 5:39:38 PM | #653 |
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Seriosuly, nothing offensive will take on torn-t, unless you bring about scarf stuff. When it come to the defensive, jirachi is the only long term reliable thing. The only. Almost all stall teams run spec defensive jirachi. That is how much torn-t affects the meta. After it has attacked, it will u-turn out, heal with regenerator like nothing ever happened. I claim torn-t is ban-worthy because of the ability to outlive almost every counter (a carefully played specially defensive jirachi IS a counter) and 2hko half the metagame (seriously, it is ridiculous) .
Dec 31st, 2012, 5:42:07 PM | #654 |
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just wondering lavos how have you never heard of Honkalculator One vs All? That's all vermane did
in my personal experience, I've found neither Torn-T nor Keldeo overwhelming in OU and would not mind both of them staying. of course, i haven't played ou in a while |
Dec 31st, 2012, 5:43:21 PM | #655 | |
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It's merely for convience sake. Seeing the cutoff from 1hko to 2hko (both in comparing the two sets and looking at a singe set from an objective perspective) is simply useful (especially without rocks, because you seem so stuck on the fact that rocks should (for some odd reason) never be assumed!). Last edited by ginganinja; Dec 31st, 2012 at 6:17:50 PM. Reason: I have cut you slack time and time again, next one is an infraction |
Dec 31st, 2012, 5:52:05 PM | #656 |
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yeah i just got into playing OU, and went a dozen battles or so with Torn-T. used the LO set. dear god this thing is a beast. didn't give two fucks about anything that switched in just Hurricane spam. However, switching Torn-T in, IMO, is pretty damn hard. Even with the slight defensive boost with the Incarnate --> Therian change, Torn-T is hard pressed to tank anything (a lot of things OHKO). Even though, yeah, it can heavily damage a lot of stuff, I don't think it's necessarily broken, as multiple offensive checks exist.
edit: ouch no need to get angry. im just saying that Torn-T doesn't have a lot of good opportunities to switch in, as the metagame is a lot more focused on offensive pressure, meaning less defensive people to switch in on. And @NixHex, I meant less of a check, but more that after a Torn-T kill, you can send in a scarf like Terrakion (if the Torn-T is LO) and if it's choiced then it can't U-Turn out. Just send in a resist and slam the switch-in (or the Torn-T) with a powerful STAB move. I guess I mean revenge killing then. My mistake. But since everyone's pretty much in agreement that Torn-T is overpowered, I might as well join in. No sense in me arguing.
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Dec 31st, 2012, 6:09:03 PM | #657 |
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I didn't want to post here but this claim is sort of ridiculous. Have you read the rest of the thread where people are slamming DEFENSIVE checks like Zapdos (for its 4MSS) and Rotom-W (for lack of good recovery or Tornadus-T just U-turning out). Please explain which offensive checks there are. What offensive Pokes can take two hits and not worry about Torn U-turning? I'm baffled. Don't give me tailored EV spreads, give me Pokemin you'd use normally.
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Dec 31st, 2012, 6:18:37 PM | #658 |
just to debunk some more false claims (hi vemane), i've been hearing a lot of "thundurus-t is a great check to tornadus-t, it can switch in and begin to set up on rain's face!"
252 SpA Life Orb Tornadus Hurricane vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Thundurus-T: 149-176 (49.66 - 58.66%) -- 99.61% chance to 2HKO no, no it cannot.
Dec 31st, 2012, 6:23:09 PM | #659 | ||
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And if it is not holding a scarf, why the fuck would tornadus stay in to risk it considering it is likely thundy's most used set? Again, assuming that the tornadus player is godlike and the opponent sucks does not make for a good argument. And by the way... 252 SpAtk Life Orb Tornadus-T Hurricane vs 252 HP/0 SpDef Jirachi: 28.22% - 33.17% 0 Atk Life Orb Tornadus-T U-turn vs 252 HP/0 Def Jirachi: 16.34% - 19.31% Jirachi truly does not mind sitting behind a sub at 50% (after 2 leftovers, etc.) considering the switch in is probably going to get paralyzed or set up on. Last edited by ginganinja; Dec 31st, 2012 at 7:36:01 PM. Reason: don't touch it |
Dec 31st, 2012, 6:50:00 PM | #660 |
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So, arguing that Torn isn't broken seems hopeless as everyone seems to have their mind set on banning it. (Looks like I have to find a new team slot :P) Also tbh, the SpD Jirachi that I use on the team seems more broken than the Tornadus most of the time, since it paralyzes everything allowing my slower members like Politoed to actually do something. Also Scarfeo clean up sweeps way better than Tornadus, IMO.
Anyway, was Thundurus-I more broken than Tornadus-T? Or do you think it was only banned first because everyone recognized it as being dangerous from the previous BW1 metagame? Also, just to have some sort of relevance in this post, I might as well include my opinion on Keldeo. Keldeo isn't broken at all, way too many counters exist for it, and it is almost always choice locked (with the CM set not being broken to begin with anyway).
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Dec 31st, 2012, 6:52:36 PM | #661 | |
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Plus priority passives and such And nasty plot+great coverage |
Dec 31st, 2012, 6:53:46 PM | #662 |
November OU stats: Code:
+----------------------------------------+ | Thundurus-Therian | +----------------------------------------+ | Abilties | | Volt Absorb 100.000% | +----------------------------------------+ | Items | | Life Orb 27.470% | | Choice Scarf 25.667% | OU Suspect stats: Code:
+----------------------------------------+ | Thundurus-Therian | +----------------------------------------+ | Abilties | | Volt Absorb 100.000% | +----------------------------------------+ | Items | | Expert Belt 33.120% | | Leftovers 18.950% | | Choice Scarf 17.668% | I'd make a decent post but I need to get my thoughts together.
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But keep in mind that was also november. In this current meta, most of the thundies I have seen have been scarved And if a thundurus-t switches in on my tornadus, I sure as hell am not taking the chance that it isn't scarved (because if someone is switching in on a move that obviously 2hkos, it's the most likely option) In that position, unlike most, it is the tornadus user that now has to deal with the pressure: get kod, or get swept Quote:
And if the thundurus is scarved, that user now has the momentum due to volt switch. If anything, if it needs to come threaten tornadus again, it can just come in to revenge after sacking something that was weakened or no longer needed And I know, "oh so you have to sack something to kill it??? It can just switch out and repeat??? brokennn!!!" But at the same time, every switch out of thundurus gives the thundy player a chance to gain control of the match and (probably) ko something on the opponent's team or set up or w/e |
Dec 31st, 2012, 7:02:55 PM | #665 | |
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Dec 31st, 2012, 7:05:45 PM | #666 | |
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The argument was that thundurus (agility) could come in and agility as tornadus switches out (because it doesn't want to die to predicted scarf) and then sweep the entire standard rain team And volt switching isn't just "that's it." It lets you switch in something that counters what the opponent sent in (or a lovely cb kyrurem b <3) and wreck some shit It might not wear away at tornadus, but it sure is taking a toll on the rest of the team |
Dec 31st, 2012, 8:29:35 PM | #667 |
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Dec 31st, 2012, 8:49:24 PM | #668 |
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Why is everyone hating on Vemane? Thundurus-T is a decent check to Tornadus-T in the respect that it can switch into a single Hurricane and force Tornadus-T out. Imo its too much like Jolteon though, in which case it only takes one Hurricane and can't switch in again (assuming rocks).
However, Tornadus-T has been proven to have many offensive checks. I've already explained why I feel Torn-T is broken so I'm not repeating myself; but, I think Vemane's point (or any Torn-T for OU point) is that offensive checks are easy to put on teams (and can even be considered "unintentional") and therefore makes Torn-T less intimidating. This is somewhat true, but I feel that it doesn't take much to wear down any of Tornadus-T's checks, and the fact that Protect Tornadus-T can put pressure on Revenge Killing (which is what the majority of Torn-T's offensive checks are supposed to do) is why I still feel that this argument is moot. Tornadus-T has too many ways around its checks. Between Taunt, (for its defensive checks), Protect, (for its offensive checks) and Sleep Talk , (for not being able to shut it down with sleep), just make Tornadus-T all the more threatening. It doesn't have a very consistent counter base, with Zapdos as the only Pokemon that can take everything Tornadus-T can throw at it (and even then SR damage is pwn'ing Zappy for like 25%). Hell, Tornadus-T even gets U-turn to stack more pressure on its already hard-pressed checks. Also, like Melee Mewtwo said: Tailwind is legit. tl;tr: Between Taunt, Protect, Tailwind, and Sleep Talk, Tornadus-T can easily narrow down its "checks". Meanwhile, the Specs set has more trouble vs. these offensive RK'ers but its bonus is hitting stall just so much harder with the aid of SR.
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Dec 31st, 2012, 9:37:54 PM | #669 |
what i'm still wondering about the thundurus-t thing is that if scarf is used less than 18% of the time, with agility being by far the most common set, why is it going to be able to switch into torn-t (taking hurricane for ~50% when it does so) and then "scare it out"? i mean if the most common set by far is NOT the scarf set why is the torn-t user going to care if thun-t just switched in and lost half its health to hurricane? if i were the torn-t user i'd just stay in and finish the job unless it's brutally obvious that the thun-t is scarf (for example, no other viable scarf users on the opponent's team probably means this). you're trying to employ deterrence to get the job done except the opponent isn't being deterred.
vemane, with all due respect, i think you're exaggerating a little about how many thun-ts you see and how many of them are actually scarfed. of all the thundurus-ts i saw when i was laddering for reqs, only one was scarfed out of 20 or more (i forget the exact number but i saw a lot). most of them were agility or expert belt, the latter because of some rmt that some guy posted that's seeing a lot of usage. agility, to me, is the best set by far, and that's why it sees the most usage (in competitive battles at least), so claiming it's a check to torn-t isn't a great argument. also, shurtugal's post is highly informative and she makes good sense from both sides of the aisle on this issue so i recommend giving it a read.
Dec 31st, 2012, 10:07:46 PM | #670 |
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I feel like you are misinterpreting my intentions, lavos.
I don't consider tornadus-t to be wholeheartedly broken, but I would vote for its ban. The amount of pressure it places on the opponent with both sets (though the specs set is much scarier imo) coupled with its speed is so bleh in a metagame sense. Banning it would not only relieve this pressure, but it would tone down rain (because banning drizzle is the absolute stupidest idea in the world). Along with this, it would allow tornadus-i to simply fill its spot for those who still want to use tornadus, as it functions as a significantly stronger, but far more managable, tornadus-t. Thus, there is no real "downside" to banning it. Because of this, I was simply arguing for the viability and availability of its checks and counters. Yes tornadus can play around them, but the other player can play around tornadus as well, though it is more difficult. Can tornadus be stopped? Yes, very much so. But will it take a few checks and a couple mind games to do it? Also yes, which is why it should be banned. |
Dec 31st, 2012, 10:28:21 PM | #671 |
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I've got a pretty strong gut feeling that Torn-T's about to pack its bags and hike up to Ubers...
Torn-T is just so stupidly overpowered in many scenarios IMO. He's one of the few Pokemon in the game that can spam LO and care little about the recoil damage. Essentially Torn-T is able to get free-damage output. Torn-T just happens to fit into the metagame's most dominant playstyle, which is the most loved and most hated, rain. With Rain prevalence, Torn-T is able to spam Hurricanes almost without consequence as due to its high base Speed, it can simply spam, then U-Turn out to an appropriate counter according to the opponents' response. Little Brawl Reference (n_n): Torn-T can really be seen as a top level character as he is fast, powerful, has options, can take on the OU metagame quite well with great matchups and is able to spam moves with little fear of punishment of doing so. He also has a great "recovery": Regenerator. I feel Torn-T can almost be seen as the "Metaknight" of Pokemon. Hopefully this cross-reference actually backs up my point and makes sense.... o.o'''' TL;DR: Tornadus-Therian will/should/most likely go Uber because... ~His Speed tier is simply unmatched and he has power to back up that offensive presence. ~Tornadus-T is a rare Pokemon in the aspect that he is able to spam Hurricanes almost mindlessly and get away with it safely. Even if you "misplay" a bit with Torn-T, there's a good chance, you'll be able to get away with it with little to no consequence. ~Tornadus-T ends up outsurviving many of his checks and counters due to his hit and run style of play and Regenerator. ~Because he plays hit-and-run, he honestly lacks a true "counter". He can simply U-Turn out and have a Pokemon deal with that "counter". Later Torn-T has the liberty of being able to walk right back out unscathed and ready to do some more damage. ~Torn-T has many good match-ups against the top-threats of OU. Whatever Pokemon is sent out, there's a good chance Torn-T will either beat them straight up, or Torn-T has a method to deal with them quite easily. ....and this was my 2 cents n_n |
Dec 31st, 2012, 11:16:50 PM | #672 |
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Your Brawl reference isn't accurate. There really isn't any Pokémon that fits the "Meta Knight" archetype. To do that they would have to have literally no bad match-ups.
Now, what Tornadus-T has shown us is that Regenerator might just be a deal breaker on offensive Pokémon in general. Could you imagine if any of the Swords of Justice had it? Or anything that wasn't weak to Stealth Rock?
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Dec 31st, 2012, 11:27:39 PM | #673 |
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I'd probably compare Tornadus-t to Snake in that it's hella powerful and very few bad matchups.
I don't really know if Regenerator is the main factor (Mienshao is Fighting-type and resists SR, but it's UU), but it's certainly one of the most broken abilities in the game. I think it's mainly just the sheer dominance he has in rain and the little cat-and-mouse game one has to play with Tornadus-t before you even get a shot off at at. I mean if it didn't have Regenerator then mons like Jolteon would checkmate it every time without worrying about hazard damage because the Tornadus-t (assuming you both just have SR down) is suffering them as well. But the fact that it can just take the game's momentum and just run with it is it's breaking attribute. I mean, we see what happens with his Incarnate form: great mon that can spam Hurricane with horrifying power, but it lacks the blisteringly high speed and Regenerator to truly be as effective as its Therian form.
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Dec 31st, 2012, 11:43:15 PM | #674 | |
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Terrakion with Solid Rock for instance, would end up being utterly broken. TBH, I've always thought that Regenerator was a top tier ability, people just weren't paying attention.
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There's still so much to Tornadus-T, that stripping one of them (whether it's U-Turn, His flying typing, Superpower, or regen, or the simple support known as drizzle) would make him more balanced for the tier. So much power and versatility with so little support needed calls for a change. |
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