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Croft Castle & Parkland
Yarpole, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9PW
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Croft Castle & Parkland
Yarpole, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9PW
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Croft Castle is 15th century Castle sits in the heart of rural Hertfordshire and has been the home of the Croft family since before the Doomsday day book. A National Trust property since the 1950's it has recently gone through refurbishment. Inside you can find fine interiors display period furnishings and paintings, including works by Gainsborough and Lawrence. The house displays photographs, memorabilia and books all belonging to the Croft family. The gardens have pleasant walks and lime and ancient Spanish chestnut avenues run through the park.
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|Castle: 14 Feb-22 Feb 11-4.30 daily. 1 Mar-1 Nov 11-5 daily. 7 Nov-20 Dec 11-4.30 Sat & Sun. Please see NT website for Castle tours & Garden opening times.
|NT Members Free. See NT website for admission prices.
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|Children of all ages welcome
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|Dogs Permitted (Dogs welcome, on leads in parkland only.)
|Five miles north west of Leominster, nine miles soth west of Ludlow; approach from B4362, turning north at Cock Gate between Bircher and Mortimer´s Cross.
Coaches welcome (please pre-book), Full disabled access, Gift shop, plants for sale, Guided tours by prior arrangement, Parking 100yds, Tearoom
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Llano in Llano County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Llano County Granite Industry
Erected 1992 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 9447.)
Location. 30° 45.092′ N, 98° 40.543′ W. Marker is in Llano, Texas, in Llano County. Marker is at the intersection of Ford Street (State Highway 71) and East Haynie Street, on the right when traveling north on Ford Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Llano TX 78643, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Texas Historic Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); The Llano County Jail Acme Dry Goods Building (about 500 feet away); Old Southern Hotel Building (about 600 feet away); Llano County Courthouse (about 700 feet away); Frank Teich (about 700 feet away); Llano Woman's Culture Club (approx. 0.2 miles away); Saint James Lutheran Church (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Llano.
Categories. • Industry & Commerce •
More. Search the internet for Llano County Granite Industry.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on October 4, 2015, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 4, 2015, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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Scottish Wildcat Endures The Shame Of Being Saved By An ENGLISH Zoo.
The conservationists are doing everything they can to bring these rare mammals back from the edge of extinction.
Conservation breeding in the zoo is a key element in the wider plan for the survival of the species. The zoologists are working with the help and knowledge of carnivore experts to breed Scottish wildcats and to increase the net population. They also hope that they would be able to release the offspring of these wildcats into the Highlands of Scotland in the near future. The specialists wish a safe and normal life for these felines without any threats to their existence.
They are also strictly monitoring all the areas in the Scottish Highlands.
They have cameras there and also use these to identify areas where these wildcats are thriving and the areas where they suffer the most.
This project is a national priority and also focuses on the importance of zoos helping save species like the Scottish Wildcats. They are also to be credited for all the efforts in maximizing the chances of maintaining the respectable population of these stunning felines in the long run.
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Arrive Cochin and proceed to Idukki (119 kms / 3 Hrs Drive). Idukki is a district in Kerala. Hill stations like Munnar and Thekkady form part of Idukki. TN Stay Overnight.
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Morning after breakfast sightseeing of Munnar Hill station and Periyar wildlife sanctuary. Overnight.
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After breakfast proceed to Alleppey backwaters (159 kms / 4 Hrs). Alleppey is known as Venice of the east. Check in to your houseboat and look life around backwaters. Evening enjoy sunset cruise. TN Stay Overnight.
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I was having "canners" block after seeing how many jars I have done and how many are currently in the pantry. Almost two seasons of canning and posting a lot of recipes has been so rewarding. I want to still have some creativity with safe recipes and found that pepper jelly is kind of boring when I want something with more than a "hot" flavor. I found a recipe in Better Homes and Garden for a tomato chutney that I thought looked good but needed to have a bit more heat. Since it used red sweet peppers I knew it would be fine to substitute for jalapenos. I liked the vinegar and sugar combination but I took it a step further and decided it would be perfect as a jam.
Salsa jam is a combination of all the flavors of a chutney with the consistency of a jam. It's colors are visually a "salsa", but the taste has a bit of sweet/savory that is classic in a chutney. I find it really better overall than the classic pepper jelly since the flavor of the tomato add something to the savory element. The final note is the addition of the pectin to really give it the texture of a true jam. Enjoy!
Salsa Jam
3 cups tomatoes, peeled and small chopped
1 cup jalapenos, seeded and diced
1 cup red onion, diced
1 cup cider vinegar
2 T. cilantro
2 cups sugar
4 T. Ball flex batch low sugar/no sugar pectin
*You can use any low sugar/no sugar pectin (Sure-Jell and Pomonas)
In a stainless steel pot or enameled dutch oven add the tomatoes, jalapenos, onion, and cider vinegar. Stir together and cook over medium heat. Cook to a simmer, about 15 minutes and add the cilantro and sugar, stirring occasionally. Cook for another 10 minutes, and bring the recipe to a boil. Add the pectin and bring the recipe back to a boil and set timer for one minute. Remove from heat.
Ladle recipe into 6 half pint jars. Remove air and refill if necessary to 1/4" headspace. Wipe rims and add hot lids/rings and process in water bath for 15 minutes.
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Learn about Ohtani's post-spring training adjustments, the pitch Tanaka ditched and more in this week's Nine Innings column.
By Tom Verducci
Tuesday: home run. Wednesday: home run. Friday: home run. Sunday: seven shutout innings, the first 6 1/3 perfect. Today: full-blown phenomenon.
How was your week? The one for Shohei Ohtani of the Angels burst with historic significance and promise. The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement.
Less than two weeks after the question about Ohtani was whether he even deserved to be in the majors, the question now is how big this happening can get. A week like this, and suddenly the horizon is as big as it was for Fernando Valenzuela in April of 1981, when he opened with five straight complete game wins, four of them shutouts; or Mark Fidrych on June 28, 1971, when he beat the Yankees on Monday Night Baseball, smack in an 11-2 run in which he completed 12 of those 13 starts; or for Babe Ruth on May 6, 1918, when the Red Sox started their star pitcher in the field for the first time. Playing first base and batting sixth that day, Ruth clobbered a home run. He hit cleanup the next day, and hit another home run. Baseball would never be the same.
It took 100 years, but baseball has another Ruth, at least when it comes to a starting pitcher who hits home runs in between starts.
Two years ago, during the NLCS, a front office executive asked me, "Have you seen Ohtani? I've never seen anybody like him. He's the real deal. Right now he could be an All-Star pitcher in the major leagues and hit in the middle of anybody's lineup."
Few dissenting words ever were spoken about his skills—until he actually hit the field for the Angels in spring training. He failed miserably as a hitter, oh-for-the-spring when it came to extra-base hits, and struggled on the mound, though when you saw him throw his fastball in the high 90s and break off wicked splitters you could easily see the impact he could make there.
And now … this: jaw-dropping power in the batter's box and unhittable stuff on the mound. What happened? No doubt Ohtani needed time to grow accustomed to his new country, new training methods, new baseball and new competition in this fishbowl life. But it's more than that. Ohtani made quick adjustments.
At the plate in spring training, Ohtani had been hopelessly late on pitches, hitting with a high leg kick, closed front foot and closed front hip, which never allowed him to get his back side through the baseball. Angels hitting coach Eric Hinske knew this swing could not work against big league pitching, where there is more velocity than in Japan and where pitchers pitch inside more aggressively. Hinske knew he had to find a way to "shorten up" Ohtani's swing and "to clear his lower half" so that he could get to velocity and inside pitches.
So Ohtani adjusted. He ditched the leg kick. He adopted a small trigger mechanism with his front foot, getting it down early to get started earlier. Now he can fire his hips before his hands come through. There is more freedom and speed in his movements. His lower half is no longer closed and blocked, but "clear" in the way Hinske imagined.
That the adjustment could happen this quickly is testament to Ohtani's athletic talent, diligence and baseball intelligence.
On the mound, there is nobody like Ohtani, not with a split this good, this often. The splitter is common in Japan, but rare here in the majors. Ohtani is one of only about a half dozen starting pitchers who throw the pitch. Hitters simply don't see it enough to learn how to hit it.
Now consider that nobody throws one as often as Ohtani—32% in his first two starts—or with the viciousness of his drop. Yes, it's only two games. But Ohtani's splitter already ranks with Clayton Kershaw's curveball and Justin Verlander's fastball among the nastiest pitches in the game.
These numbers are incredible, even in a small sample. Ohtani has thrown 58 splitters—39 for strikes, or 67%. Hitters have swung at his splitter 37 times. They have failed to make contact 26 times. They have no hits. That is flat-out ridiculous. Think about that. The best hitters in the world cannot even make contact with his splitter 70% of the time.
There is no way to know quite where this is heading. Ruth, for instance, kept up the true double duty only for one more year. "I don't think a man can pitch in his regular turn, and play every other game at some other position, and keep that pace year after year," Ruth said.
"Phenomenon" comes from late 16th century Latin, which derived the word from the ancient Greeks, who used it to describe an appearance of some sort, drawing upon the root word "phainein," which means "to show." As in "Shohei." We have a true phenomenon upon us.
The legends of Fernando, The Bird and the two-way version of The Babe did not gain perpetuity because they lasted; only that they happened at all. It's not worth speculating how long Ohtani can keep this up, no more than it would be worth gazing upon a glorious sunset and worrying about when it will be dark. This is a week to simply sit back in wonder and amazement.
By Gabriel Baumgaertner
Let's go ahead and add the asterisk as Shohei Ohtani was responsible for the best baseball that any of us saw this week. Aside from that? I'll go with the San Francisco Chronicle's Sporting Green after Andrew McCutchen's walk-off home run on Saturday night. McCutchen entered Saturday's game with two hits and an .083 average over his first six games for his new club, hardly the start McCutchen or the Giants fanbase envisioned from the 2013 NL MVP. But then he delivered what's sure to be a signature moment of the Giants' season.
Sunday's sports cover— Sporting Green (@SportingGreenSF) April 8, 2018
Stories at https://t.co/L240wV2xK7@annkillion @hankschulman : McCutchen's 6th hit lifts #SFGiants over #Dodgers @Bruce_Jenkins1 : Start NBA playoffs, already!@JohnSheaHey : All-anniversary teams revealed (make your lineup at https://t.co/EqGA9pbd7b) pic.twitter.com/CxqW9WiY4o
It wasn't a standard walk-off home run. It was McCutchen's sixth hit of the game, it was his first home run as a Giant and it came in the 12th pitch of his at-bat against Dodgers reliever Wilmer Font. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first player since 1969 to have six hits and a walk-off homer in the same game. He fouled off six consecutive pitches before clubbing the ball into the leftfield seats. He was also wearing "212 VIP" cologne by Carolina Herrera.
McCutchen and fellow newcomer Evan Longoria have started slowly in San Francisco, so Saturday's homer was a welcome moment for one of baseball's most respected players. If the Giants remain in the NL West hunt, McCutchen will likely find a good home in San Francisco, which has one of baseball's most consistent and supportive fan bases. If they can't keep pace with their division foes, then McCutchen may only stay with the Giants until the trading deadline.
Regardless, he should find the sports page with the perfect photo—head down, hands extended, ball flying—to commemorate a career night for one of baseball's most decorated players.
By Jon Tayler
1. Ryan Flaherty, 2B, Braves: .414/.514/.552
Did you know that Ryan Flaherty was a first-round pick? Back in 2008, he was the 41st overall selection, or 31 slots ahead of Charlie Blackmon. The latter just signed a $106 million extension; the former joined the Braves a couple of weeks ago after being released by the Phillies in late March after spending six years with the Orioles as a light-hitting utility infielder. Now Flaherty is hitting like Blackmon with cheat codes, but if you think a glove-first 31-year-old with a career .215/.284/.355 line is suddenly this, then I have beachfront property in Colorado to sell you.
2. Freddie Freeman, 1B, Braves: .367/.558/.733, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 13 BB
It's no surprise that Freeman is hitting like this—he was slashing an absurd .341/.461/.748 through his first 37 games last year before breaking his wrist and missing the next six weeks of the season—but 13 walks in 43 plate appearances is some freakish discipline. His 162-game pace right now: 227, or five off Barry Bonds' all-time record. That won't happen, but feel free to marvel at that Bonds number while you can.
3. Freddy Galvis, SS, Padres: .364/.475/.485, 1 HR, 5 RBI
There are few things more reliably futile than Padres shortstops. Of the 23 San Diego players who have appeared at short in 85% or more of their games in a season and qualified for the batting title, just one—Khalil Greene, twice (2004 and '07)—has posted an OPS+ of 100 or better. The rest is a mess: from young Ozzie Smith given up on too soon to Garry Templeton's ugly 30s to whatever Tony Fernandez was trying to do. Galvis, last seen hacking away to little effect with the Phillies, won't keep this up, but it's worth highlighting just how little he has to do to be the greatest shortstop in Padres history.
4. Ben Zobrist, OF, Cubs: .360/.448/.520, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Consigned to the Willie Bloomquist Veteran Utility Player Rest Home before the season, Zobrist saw his shine eclipsed by the brand new flavor that was Ian Happ. Instead, Happ has collapsed after opening the season with a homer, hitting .179 and striking out 17 times, and Zobrist has looked like his old Tampa Bay self. Joe Maddon still has the touch.
5. Joe Panik, 2B, Giants: .344/.400/.625, 3 HR, 3 RBI
Joe Panik has more home runs so far this season than Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Kris Bryant, Manny Machado, Josh Donaldson, and J.D. Martinez, and as many as Giancarlo Stanton, Mike Trout and Joey Gallo. We all saw this coming, right?
6. Bryce Harper, OF, Nationals: .357/.535/1.000, 6 HR, 12 RBI, 13 BB, 5 K
Yes, Harper has more home runs than strikeouts at this young point in the year and is tied with Freeman for the league lead in walks. There's no surprise that he's one of the league's best players; consider this more amazement that he's somehow capable of still getting better.
7. Gary Sanchez, C, Yankees: .063/.091/.188, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 5 K
Slumps are allowed to start the season; not everyone comes firing out of spring training. But to see Sanchez not only struggling so badly but also failing to hit anything with any kind of authority is baffling. He's quietly been the engine of New York's deadly lineup the last year-plus. It's no surprise that, with him scuffling, the Yankees don't look quite right.
8. Giancarlo Stanton, OF, Yankees: .167/.271/.429, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 20 K
We all expected some adjustments for Stanton as he moved from Miami to the Bronx and from the NL to the AL, but whiffing in 42% of his plate appearances is probably beyond even his worst nightmares. His first homestand as a Yankee: six games, 29 plate appearances, three hits, one homer, 16 strikeouts (including two five-strikeout days), and more boos in a weekend than he probably heard in his entire Marlins career. It can only go up from here.
9. Byron Buxton, OF, Twins: .185/.185/.222, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 9 K
We've all always wanted better from Buxton, and this year, we finally had reason to expect better after his stupendous second half to close out 2017 (.298/.342/.541 from Aug. 1 onward). But the massive swing-and-miss portion of his game seems determined to override and ruin everything. This wasn't the start Buxton needed, and one we'd hoped we wouldn't see.
By Tom Verducci
• Count at least one manager as unimpressed with the Cardinals' infield defense. "That looks like it's something that's going to be an issue," he said. Matt Carpenter continues to have throwing issues without full shoulder strength, shortstop Paul DeJong has average range at best, and first baseman Jose Martinez is a liability with the glove.
• Here's a bad combo: a staff that loves to throw sinkers and poor infield defense. St. Louis is again a top-10 team when it comes to throwing two-seamers and sinkers (24%, above the MLB average of 20%). The Cardinals through the first two weeks of the season allowed an MLB-worst .332 batting average on balls in play.
Because of the modern swing, the game is not kind to teams that throw sinkers—the easiest pitch to hit in baseball. Of the five teams that threw the fewest sinkers last year, four made the playoffs. Of the 13 teams that threw the most, 12 of them did not make the playoffs. (Minnesota, an 85-win team, was the lone exception.)
• After Cardinals outfielder Tommy Pham colorfully expressed to SI what he perceived as the organization's lack of faith in him, Pham approached manager Mike Matheny to talk about the story. Matheny was disappointed that Pham's shots at the organization detracted from an even better story: the outfielder's perseverance after being drafted in the 16th round in 2006 and the way he has overcome multiple injuries and a serious eye condition, keratoconus. For the record, Pham is not legally blind in one eye, despite a few such reports. His left eye has 20/50 vision.
"The doctor said, 'Can you read the big letter at the top of the chart?'" Pham said. "I said, 'Yes. E.' He said if you're legally blind you can't read it."
• The Brewers ought to be concerned with starter Jhoulys Chacin. The velocity on his sinker is down about two miles per hour. He never hit 92 mph with it in his last start, against St. Louis—that should be his cruising speed. Yes, it's only two starts into the season, but the Brewers noted that his velocity was down all spring, except for one start.
• Eighty percent of pitches thrown by Pirates pitchers this year have been thrown by pitchers between 24 and 29 years old. Only Ivan Nova and George Kontos are older. So maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise that the hardest-throwing staff in baseball is that of the Pirates. At 90.3 mph average velocity, they slot just above the New York Mets (90.2). Alas, only White Sox pitchers threw a lower percentage of strikes.
• Joey Votto of the Reds entered Sunday with five straight games without either a walk or an extra-base hit. It was his longest such streak in a decade, and the fourth longest of his career.
• It's only two starts, but the Cubs are turning Yu Darvish into even more of a slider-happy pitcher. He threw more than 35% sliders in back-to-back starts for the first time in five years. His overall percentage has bumped from 25% to 37%. And why not? It has ridiculous spin (2,707 rpm, eighth-best in baseball) and is so hard to hit (.177 this year, which, in this small sample size, is actually a career-worst).
By Jack Dickey
I admit to paying more attention than usual to the social-media reception of my Tommy Pham profile, which published online last Tuesday. I had a pretty strong feeling that certain thoughts he expressed in our conversation, not least because of the language he used in expressing them, would make news in St. Louis, for better or worse. What I was less sure of and curious enough about to trawl Twitter was how Pham would come across overall. To my mind, he said what he said and feels the way he feels because he's given so much of himself to baseball and until last year he'd had hardly anything to show for it. (And he recognizes how close last year came to not happening.) He's not a cocky whiner; he's a guy who's "all in" in a game he feels is in need of guys like that.
Tommy Pham is finally here to stay, and he's got plenty to say about the people he believes doubted him along the way (by @jackdickey). https://t.co/FqX7PQHib5 pic.twitter.com/5xqrAZFs0I— SI MLB (@si_mlb) April 3, 2018
More often than not, a story's most inflammatory quotes overwhelm the full portrait, especially as they travel. Had I had more space, I would have written more about Pham's obsessive desire to outwork and overcome—I barely mentioned his periodic bouts with bad vision! I was pleasantly surprised, though, to see that Cardinals nation, judging by the tweets, received and appreciated Pham's comments in the context of his biography and his struggle. Even John Mozeliak, the team's president of baseball operations, did. He told the press before the home opener: "I was not overly offended by what he said… I think Tommy is being Tommy."
Gabriel Baumgaertner: This is a wonderful (and impossible) question. I'm rolling with the Nationals duo because of the contrast that each starter offers. Scherzer is the hyper-competitive gamer unafraid of any opponent, Strasburg probably has the best pure stuff of any starter in baseball. The Syndergaard/deGrom pair probably offers a bit more consistency, but the absolute fear that Scherzer and Strasburg strikes into opponents may be the extremely narrow edge that I afford the Nationals.
Michael Beller: Give me the Nationals' duo. Scherzer's garnered a trio of Cy Young awards and is still at the height of his powers, while Strasburg was my pick to win the Cy this year. These are four of the best pitchers in the majors, so the floor is awfully high for all of them. I favor Scherzer and Strasburg because they have a higher ceiling. The three Cys testify to Scherzer's. Strasburg, meanwhile, has been just as good on a per-game basis, ranking sixth in ERA, third in WHIP and second in strikeout rate since debuting in 2010. Injuries, of course, have held him back, but when he's on the mound he's as reliable as they come. Not only do I want the Nats duo for 60-plus starts over the regular season, they're the ones I want to run out there in a playoff series.
Jack Dickey: The Nationals could very well have the best rotation in baseball; since 2015, their starters have the third-lowest ERA in the game. Meanwhile, despite all the ink spent chronicling the Mets' stable of young arms, the fantasized returns just haven't been there: at this point, Matt Harvey's best-case career comp is Kevin Millwood; Steven Matz got hurt while I was typing this list item; and, as for Zack Wheeler, he was wretched in 2017 after missing two full seasons, which makes it hard to see any turnaround potential.
And yet… give me Syndergaard and deGrom. Of the group of four, Scherzer has been and remains the best. He logs an ungodly amount of innings and strikes out more than a hitter per inning; he's a throwback. But Syndergaard is a mutant, blessed with the best stuff of any starter in the game, and accordingly capable of matching or outdoing Scherzer when he's on and healthy. DeGrom, meanwhile, has just been a little bit better than Strasburg since entering the league. (Since 2014, deGrom's rookie year, he has produced 16.1 WAR to Strasburg's 15.) He goes a little deeper into games and is a little better at limiting home runs. It's awfully close. What puts the Mets' pair over the top for me, though, is something not so statistical (and admittedly your mileage may vary): I try not to go to Sunday night games, lest I commence the work week with a bad night's sleep. But I found myself at Nats-Mets on Aug. 2, 2015, and I watched Syndergaard do this to Bryce Harper. I've never heard Citi Field louder. Any pitcher who can dazzle like that… well, you spurn him at your own risk.
Connor Grossman: While Scherzer and Strasburg are surely the safer, more decorated duo to pick in this scenario, it's impossible to overlook Syndergaard's electric repertoire and deGrom's understated dominance. What the Mets tandem lacks in track record it makes up for in potential; a ceiling it seems neither deGrom nor Syndergaard has yet reached. It feels like we've seen the best Scherzer and Strasburg have to offer—which is enough to be the envy of almost every team—but I'm willing to wager my team's chances on Syndergaard and deGrom.
Jon Tayler: What you consider to be the right answer to this question depends on what you look for in a starter. Scherzer is brute force; Strasburg is a symphony; Syndergaard is overpowering velocity; deGrom is quiet excellence. Their styles all differ, even if the results are more or less the same. Aesthetically, I prefer Strasburg over anyone in this quartet, given his ludicrous assortment of pitches. And if I needed one man in this list to start a must-win game, I'm handing the ball to Scherzer and watching him bully and curse his way through his assignment. So give me the Nationals' co-aces, then: You can't lose no matter who you choose here, but this is the pair I'd prefer to watch.
Tom Verducci: I'd rather have Scherzer and Strasburg, if only because I should expect more volume out of them. Syndergaard and deGrom have thrown 175 innings only three times between them. Strasburg has done that himself, and of course Scherzer is as proven an elite pitcher as there is right now. But, hey, this one is close. I picked Syndergaard to win the Cy Young this year and deGrom has an elite fastball with command.
By Tom Verducci
Masahiro Tanaka was terrible last year through 14 starts. His ERA was 6.34 and he had surrendered 21 home runs.
Then, beginning June 23, when he threw eight innings of shutout ball against the Rangers, everything changed. In his 21 starts since then, including the postseason, he is 11-7 with a 3.09 ERA and has allowed only 16 home runs.
What happened? Tanaka realized his fastball doesn't play in the big leagues. It has neither the velocity nor command to be a feature pitch. He can't challenge hitters with it. When he threw it in the strike zone last year, hitters slugged .725, ranking it last among 149 pitchers.
"I think he had one game against us where he threw like six fastballs the whole game," said Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson. "You have to make him get the ball up, because it's going to be lots of splits and breaking balls."
Tanaka has become a true junkball pitcher, heaving an assortment of sliders, curves and splits.
Here's a quick look at how he's abandoned his fastball:
Tanaka's Two-Seam and Four-Seam Fastball Use
In Strike Zone
First 14 starts of 2017
21 starts since
The good news for Tanaka is that his off-speed stuff is superb, particularly his splitter. Here's an amazing note about Tanaka's splitter: he has thrown 166 consecutive splitters without giving up a home run. In that span, which dates to last September, hitters are 4-for-58 (.069) with 26 strikeouts against his split.
By Michael Beller
One team in the majors is slugging better than .500. It won't last, of course. Last year's slugging leader, the Astros, finished the season at .478. Still, it's an accomplishment worth celebrating, especially when you learn the identity of the team—the Chicago White Sox.
The White Sox entered Sunday slugging .504 as a team, equaling Edwin Encarnacion's slugging percentage from last season. They were first in wOBA (.373) and weighted runs created plus (145), and fourth in fWAR (2.0). Plenty of teams are going to have runs like this over a week or 10 days of games, and it's not as though it's driving the 3-5 White Sox to unprecedented success, but that shouldn't obscure how impressively the team's lineup has performed.
It would be one thing if the Sox were doing this on the shoulders of Jose Abreu or Avisail Garcia. Those two have swung their bats well, but rank sixth and seventh on the team in wOBA. Matt Davidson has left the yard just once since his three-homer outburst on Opening Day, but he's still slashing .280/.419/.800, and while he has struck out eight times, he has also drawn five walks. Yolmer Sanchez is hitting .333/.429/.667 with one homer, one double and two triples. Tim Anderson has three jacks while carrying a .269/.367/.615 slash line. It has been the team's secondary players that have led the offensive charge.
The emergence of players who aren't Abreu or Garcia should have the White Sox and their fans so excited about a season in which it feels like they're playing with house money. Davidson, Sanchez and Anderson will likely come back to earth a bit, but all three are showing they can be reliable, productive everyday players on a good team. Yoan Moncada isn't going to be a replacement-level player all year, and Eloy Jimenez should be with the big league club at some point this summer. And, of course, Abreu and Garcia are still doing their thing, with the former hitting .300/.344/.533, and the latter sitting at .323/.333/.484.
No prospect is a sure thing, but the White Sox, like the Astros and Cubs before them, have amassed so much high-level talent, that it seems nearly a guarantee that enough of them will pan out to make this a competitive team sooner rather than later. Look no further than the last two World Series champions to find hope for a team looking for its first winning season since 2012.
By Connor Grossman
This upcoming Sunday marks the 71-year anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His courageous story has been well chronicled, but not through the narrative that William Nack used to transcribe Robinson's rise in a 1997 issue of Sports Illustrated. His story commemorated the 50-year anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947.
Across 14 games in May, Nack wrote, Jackie Robinson erased any doubt that he belonged in the majors. You can find the story here and read an excerpt below:
"Among the converted local skeptics was Lou Smith, who covered the Reds for the Cincinnati Enquirer and who wrote on the eve of the May 13 game that Robinson was no lock to stay at first base. "Robinson...is no Dolph Camilli in the field," Smith wrote, referring to an earlier Dodgers first baseman. Had Robinson not been the first Negro in the major leagues and the focus of so much attention, Smith wrote, "he would have been benched a week or two ago." The next day, in quick reverse, Smith was telling readers that he had learned that Robinson "is a cinch to stick with the Dodgers" and "has already mastered all the fine points of playing the bag. Jackie is not an overpowering hitter, but he hits the ball hard. His line drive to Eddie Lukon in the fifth was one of the hardest hit balls in the game." After Blackwell tossed his shutout, Smith noted that "Robinson was the only Dodger to get more than one safety off Blackie's blazing fastball and exploding curve."


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Dr. Sarayut Supapannachart (Dr. Supa) is a neonatologist in Thailand with a special interest in neonatal resuscitation. For a time, he was single-handedly training doctors and nurses on how to resuscitate babies after birth, but he didn't have the time, the equipment, or the budget to cover the entire country. With the help of LDS Charities, Dr. Supa has been able to build a standard of care that provides doctors and nurses throughout Thailand the training and equipment needed to save the lives of babies.
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Dr. Supa has continued to expand the training beyond the borders of Thailand, and several provinces in Laos have now benefited from this lifesaving instruction. The Crown Princess of Thailand, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, generously funds these projects designed to improve the quality of newborn healthcare in Laos. The Crown Princess's initiative includes annual training sessions for 100 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, and hospital managers from Laos, who spend four weeks in Bangkok.
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All 77 provinces of Thailand have ongoing neonatal resuscitation programs in all facilities.
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The Maternal and Newborn Care Initiative uses volunteer medical specialists to train those who will help train other medical professionals throughout the world. LDS Charities also donates resuscitation equipment for both training purposes and clinical use.
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I have a confession – I'm a single mom without a mom or family of my own. I have really struggled to find authentic community inside the church. I've continued to try, year after year. I've grown used to feeling like I just have to figure it out myself. It is, perhaps one of my greatest strengths and also one of my greatest weaknesses. My life circumstances haven't fit into a nice neat box that the church can usually relate to. Often, the more I couldn't connect inside the church seemed to push me to seek ways to connect to God outside of the church. Honestly, I've spent the greater part of a decade convinced something was wrong with me. I went more on a desperate search to figure out what it was than to find God, but that might be the subject for a later post. For now, just know that God found lots of ways to make himself known to me. When Christians couldn't relate to me, God found a way to relate to me. When Christians didn't have time for me, or compassion, or wisdom or encouragement, God found a way. I didn't always know it at the time. In fact, usually I didn't.
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The funny thing is. I'm currently on the outside of church, but feel more connected to God than ever. Those still inside believe that I just need to find Jesus. But I've already "have" Jesus. The more adamant they are that I need to be in church to experience the real God, the more separate from them I feel. I can no longer override my own experience with someone else's theology. Quite frankly, I wonder whose voice they might be listening to. How can they know what's best for my soul's growth? Is there really a one size fits all? Like the tower of Babel, it seems we speak a different language, except I feel pretty fluent in theirs because I used to speak it too.


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An Egyptian top court yesterday Saturday, September 16 upheld the life sentence earlier handed down to Egypt's former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on charges arising from a trial over engaging in espionage activities for Qatar, his lawyer and a judicial official said.
The court of cassation upheld the life sentences which was first passed in June 2016 on a charge of leading an illegal group.It, however, threw out a 15-year sentence on charges of having stolen secret documents, Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsud, his lawyer told AFP.
Life sentence in Egypt equals 25 years in prison, and the rulings cannot be appealed.
Mohamed Morsi, who was the first democratically elected president in Egypt, was overthrown in July 2013 by the military following several protests against his one-year rule.
The Egyptian court also upheld death sentences for Ahmed Ali Abdo, documentary producer, Mohamed Adel Kilani, EgyptAir cabin crew member and Ahmed Ismail Thabet, a university teaching assistant, as well as a life term plus 15 years for two others, the court official said.
The trial was based on accusations that the defendants had leaked state secrets to Qatar, an ally of Morsi's Islamist government that has denounced his overthrow.
Qatar is currently entangled in a crisis with Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia which are boycotting her for its support for the Brotherhood, amongst other accusations, has denied the charges.
Mohamed Morsi came to power after the uprising in 2011 uprising that saw Hosni Mubarak toppled, was elected in 2012 and ruled for just one year before he was overthrown.
Morsi's one-year rule as President of Egypt was highly divisive and millions had taken to the streets requesting his resignation before the army took over and detained him.
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After Morsi was overthrown, there was a police crackdown which saw hundreds of protesters who supported him being killed.
Mohamed Morsi who narrowly won Egypt's first democratic elections in 2012 was accused of not representing all Egyptians.


text: Premo, Luke http://hdl.handle.net/2376/5656 This collection features scholarly work by Luke Premo, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Washington State University. 2019-10-24T01:17:37Z Cultural transmission and diversity in time-averaged assemblages http://hdl.handle.net/2376/5658 Cultural transmission and diversity in time-averaged assemblages Anthropologists have adopted methods from population genetics to study modes of cultural transmission in time-transgressive cultural data sets. However, it remains unclear to what extent methods originally developed to assess neutrality in genes sampled from a population at a single point in time are applicable to cultural variants sampled from assemblages. This report applies a suite of previously published methods to assemblages formed under unbiased cultural transmission. The results show that, even under the controlled conditions afforded by computer simulation, all but one method (the variants frequency approach) fail to identify unbiased cultural transmission in samples collected from moderately to severely time-averaged assemblages. While it is encouraging that the method that is best at identifying unbiased cultural transmission in simulated time-averaged data also is relatively robust to relative sample size, additional work is needed to determine whether even the variants frequency approach is powerful enough to identify "weakly" biased forms of cultural transmission in real-world assemblages. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z What serves as evidence for the presence (or absence) of Pleistocene language? http://hdl.handle.net/2376/5659 What serves as evidence for the presence (or absence) of Pleistocene language? Benítez-Burraco & Barceló-Coblijn present some good reasons for showing caution before interpreting evidence for the introgression of DNA from "archaic" human populations, such as Neandertals and Denisovans, into anatomically modern humans (AMH) as evidence for the presence of language in the former. The reasons that I found most cogent are that (1) as we continue to learn more about AMH-specific substitutions we may find important differences in the regions of the genome that affect language, such as those recently reported for a regulatory element of the FOXP2 gene (Maricic et al., 2013), and (2) that differences between AMH and archaic humans in endocranial developmental trajectories (Gunz et al., 2012) may have affected the "linguistic phenotype" even if all of the populations shared the same underlying "linguistic genotype." 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitchhiker?s guide to genetic diversity in socially structured populations http://hdl.handle.net/2376/5665 Hitchhiker?s guide to genetic diversity in socially structured populations When selection increases the frequency of a beneficial gene substitution it can also increase the frequencies of linked neutral alleles through a process called genetic hitchhiking. A model built to investigate reduced genetic diversity in Pleistocene hominins shows that genetic hitchhiking can have a strong effect on neutral diversity in the presence of culturally mediated migration. Under conditions in which genetic and cultural variants are transmitted symmetrically, neutral genes may also hitchhike to higher frequencies on the coattails of adaptive cultural traits through a process called cultural hitchhiking. Cultural hitchhiking has been proposed to explain why some species of matrilineal whales display relatively low levels of mitochondrial DNA diversity, and it may be applicable to humans as well. This paper provides a critical review of recent models of both types of hitchhiking in socially structured populations. The models' assumptions and predictions are compared and discussed in the hope that studies of reduced genetic diversity in humans might improve our understanding of reduced genetic diversity in other species, and vice versa 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The spatial scale of social learning affects cultural diversity http://hdl.handle.net/2376/5662 The spatial scale of social learning affects cultural diversity Sewall Wright's (1943) concept of isolation by distance is as germane to cultural transmission as genetic transmission. Yet there has been little research on how the spatial scale of social learning— the geographic extent of cultural transmission— affects cultural diversity. Here, we employ agent- based simulation to study how the spatial scale of unbiased social learning affects selectively neutral cultural diversity over a range of population sizes and densities. We show that highly localized unbiased cultural transmission may be easily confused with a form of biased cultural transmission, especially in low- density populations. Our results have important implications for how archaeologists infer mechanisms of cultural transmission from diversity estimates that depart from the expectations of neutral theory. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z


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Our most recent project involved upgrading a 10+ year old TeleVantage Analog Phone system to a new ShoreTel 14.2 VoIP system. The old TeleVantage system was becoming more and more unstable. The old system gave the business several scares where the phones stopped working entirely. Replacement hardware for the system became very pricey due to its scarce availability. Replacement cards cost $2,000-$3,000 each, and the system had 2 cards that would need replaced. It made more sense for the business to upgrade the system, rather than investing in over-priced, antiquated hardware. Fortunately, we were able nurse the system along for about 4 months until we were able to install the new system. Towards the end of the 4 months, the fax-lines were dropping on a weekly basis, and the business was dealing with fax communnoication issues on a daily basis. It was definitely time for an upgrade. Let's walk through the project step by step.
Network Infrastructure
The networking infrastructure needs were being cared for by a D-Link 100Mb 48-port workgroup switch, and a 100Mb switch built into the firewall device. The clients were connected in the D-Link switch in the back of the office suite, and all of the servers, located in the front of the office suite, were connected to the mini-switch built into the firewall. Needless to say, the infrastructure was not prepared for a VoIP system.
The business invested in a HP 2910al-48G-POE+ switch for the users, and a HP 2810-48G switch for the servers in the front of the office. Local network speed increased from 100Mb to 1000Mb, and the network proves much more reliable on the HP platform. The 2910al switch provides power to the phones, so no additional power bricks are needed for the phones.
The next hurdle was the cabling in the office. During another project, half of the cabling already had been replaced because it proved unreliable. However, the other half of the cabling was original. Once a VoIP phone was plugged in, several network drops that were functioning with a computer connected, failed to provide power or failed to connect to the network. After running several new lines to offices that were having issues, we were finally able to get everyone's phone online and registered.
Server Infrastructure
At the beginning of the project, there only existed two physical servers. The first being the Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller, and the second being their antiquated software-PBX running on Windows Server 2003. In order for us to install a solid VoIP phone system, additional investments needed to be made.
Two (2) lightly-used Dell servers were purchased, and VMWare vSphere 5.5 was installed. A virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 server was created to build the new ShoreTel Shoreware VoIP server. New 2012 R2 domain controllers were built. The existing Windows Server 2003 PBX was decommissioned, and the existing Windows Server 2008 R2 was demoted from its Domain Controller responsibilities.
Shoreware Director & Communicator
The new phone system brought a lot of new features to the company that the whole staff enjoys. The most popular new feature is the IM client built into the ShoreTel Communicator application. The staff now has the ability to communicate within the office without using their phones or shouting from office-to-office. This feature is very useful when on the phone with a client, and the need to communicate with a coworker arises.
The second most popular feature is the "Find Me" capability. If they step away from their desk, the phone system automatically attempts to call them on their cell phone, or other device that the user has configured. They can control this functionality manually, or have it synchronize to their Outlook Calendars.
The Chief Accountant loves the call recording features. Within the first 2 weeks, he expressed how much he thought the new system was a good investment. He had already recorded several conversations he had with the IRS, and could not express enough how valuable this feature was to him.
VoIP Phones
Three kinds of phones were installed. A high end phone (IP 655) for the executives and outside reps, a lower end phone (IP 230G) for the inside reps that don't use their phones often, and a cordless DECT phone (IP 930D) for the receptionist.
This phone is gorgeous! The users often compare it to using an iPhone because it is touch screen, and very, very easy to use. Here are some pictures of the phone. Needless to say, the users who received these phones are absolutely in love with the new phone system.
The "work horse" phone. This phone can do almost everything that the phone above can do, just it doesn't do it with as much style. Some features don't transfer over, such as the virtual voicemail, and it only has 3 programmable lines / action buttons.
The receptionist received this beautiful color-screen DECT wireless phone. The range on this phone is great. She has the ability to roam throughout the entire office while still answering calls, and even transferring them to the intended recipient. She also is fortunate enough to have a IP 655 sitting on her desk.
Closet Cleanup
The old phone system was installed very sloppily. The phone patch panel was located in the server closet. Patch cables were left hanging and tangled with network and power cables. It was very difficult to trace the 2 fax lines that we had to preserve. The phone cables that ran to the offices were not documented, which made troubleshooting phone issues almost impossible without a toner device.
Moving to a VoIP system, the phone patch panel was vacated 95%. Phone services are now provided via the networking cabling that terminates on the HP 2910 switch. Cabling in the closets literally has been reduced in half.
Going Live....
Because the business was having a slow day, we cut over to the phone system during business hours around 4 PM. The new phone system worked instantly, receiving phone calls on the PRI and routing them accordingly. Absolutely no issues were experienced. The fax problems also disappeared after moving to the new phone system. All-in-all the new phone system purchase and installation was the right decision for the business.


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This is another example of how white hot early Beistle items are in the marketplace. Beistle made this clock for only a single season - 1923 - and those that have survived the nearly 100 years tend to be in rough shape, mainly due to the large form factor and irregular borders. The seller, thanks to at least one eagle-eyed viewer, revised the listing to highlight that the clocks weren't mint, but they sure were as close as I've mostly seen. (The real star of the lot was the envelope. These ephemeral items were nearly all tossed aside. I still haven't found one for the collection.) I placed a few bids, but the final price was a fully valued one.
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April was a whirlwhind. Beating Lights had a backyard show, a house party and a show at the Hi Hat, along with a band residency to see to, and summer events to plan. I went to many, many shows, attended Broke LA for the first time, went on a handful of needed coffee dates with fellow creative minds in and around the music scene, and of course took tons of photos along the way. I feel like every day in April I had a new idea pop into my head, making me that much more excited about everything that is here right now, and all that is about to happen.
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Thursday, 21 January 2016
Battle Report - Team Yankee 50 Pts
So finally got a chance to test out a game of Team Yankee, the new game from Battlefront for cold war gone hot. We both had out starter sets painted, turns out that the Russian box comes to 49 points so we decided to go for a 50 point game, this meant I had to drop on tank which made me 47 points. So that is 5 M1s (commander and 2 platoons of 2) with 2 Cobras vs 10 Russian T72s (Commander 1 platoon of 3 and one of 6) and 2 Hinds.
We just went with the first mission to try things out, so that was Free for All. Very similar to the Flames of War version, but there is no roll to see who goes first the attack just does.
Also we found a few questions in the rules that we were one sure of, and surely made a few mistakes. I noticed some of them later, but I will just put that discussion at the end.
Under the new rules both plays choose if they want to attack of defend, and have a roll off if they both choose the same. We both wanted to attack so there was a roll and Serge one so got to choose sides deploy the first unit and take the first turn, but everything counted as moving due to meeting engagement.
So here is the starting set up, I have 2 Abrams tanks in a vineyard covering one objective, two and a commander covering the one on the far corner of the crop fields, and 2 Cobra helicopters taking cover behind a wood. The Russians have the small platoon behind a hill with one objective, and the rest massed around the forest.
We are kind of still testing the waters at this point so no one really wants to make any big moves to start. The Russians move the Hinds in to try and shoot down the Cobras with their chain guns, while the small platoon goes into overwatch hull down along the hill, and the rest advance cautiously. The tanks were not effective as mine where in cover and gone to ground so a 6 was needed, the ones on the hill could see into the field so just got unlucky.
The helicopter fight we assumed would be very decisive, but this turned out to be wrong. Their guns don't have dedicated AA so are only getting one shot each. I got to fire AA with 3 of my tanks and the Cobras first to no effect, and the the hinds similarly no effective. Also feels a bit strange that the range is so short being only 8".
On my turns I moved the 3 tanks up to the edge of the crop field and took some shots, but not much effect, and the tanks and helicopters both tried to shoot the hull down platoon but no effect. This meant just 1 tanks was down so far. Things were looking allot harder to kill the we thought!
Next turn the Russians kept up the advance on that objective bringing their tanks down off the hill. This concentrated fire got them a kill and a bail. I passed my morale test to avoid retreating with the bailed tank, but he failed the 2+ to remount! But I advanced with my platoon in the vineyard, no one bogged thankfully, and killed the platoon of 3, so starting to fight back.
The Russians moved in to take the objective and finished off the bailed out tank. Meanwhile the hinds moved to the corner of the table to attacks my other platoon but missed their shots. This was one of the rules mistakes by the way.
On my turn I moved the commander within 4" of the objective to contest, and the advanced my tanks to fire on the T72s, This got me another kill, but in retrospect it may have been better to go for the open Russian objective behind the hill! My Cobras shot their missiles at the Hinds thinking the couldn't fire on the tanks but no effect. Helicopters are hard to shoot down it seems. Actually the odds and very much the same as shooting the tanks in the front, and the Hinds missile is a bit more dangerous so trying that sometimes seemed smart anyway.
Of course the T72s moved up to murder my commander and secure the objective, no luck for the Hinds again.
On my turn I moved my remaining Abrams forward but was to far to contest, so now I had to try and kill all the tanks. My Abrams got 2 of them, and thinking the Cobras couldn't shot I fired on the Hinds but was still not able to kill them. This left the Russians without a unit in good spirits so they had to take a morale test before the could win, which they passed easiler (I think another 2+ or maybe 3+), so a win for the Russians, but it was pretty close and came down to the wire.
So first up rule mistakes that I noticed afterwards, probably there are more. Firstly the missile on the Hind can only shoot 20" so they are not able to move around and avoid all AA fire like we were doing, so they should have taken at least 1 shoot each time as the tanks have an AA gun that also has a 20" range. Lastly we thought the Cobras couldn't shoot the tanks assuming they must be out of the arc of fire. But actually this game has no concept of arcs at all so they could have turned and shot without moving. But neither of those were a big deal.
In terms of the game I found it to be quite fun, better then I was expecting I really. The tanks seemed quite tough but that may have been a matter of dice rolling, and the helicopters were hard to shoot down but no real AA at this point.
They have taken allot of the fine points out of the flames of war game, so there is allot less room to have arguments, and things flow a bit better. The terrain rules are also allot more clear, but less about true line of sight.
The only thing I didn't like was that the Cobras oddly can't move and shoot their missile. This means it's kind of best for them to just sit in one place and fire away, so they don't feel like a helicopter at all. The Russian ones thou don't even have a halted rate of fire so they are always moving around taking shots and it feels much better. It may be that with dedicated AA units the Cobras fare allot better as their rules will help deal with that better maybe, they can get cover and their missile can out range them. But we shall see, I still won't like being stuck in one place.
It is tempting to drop the Cobras for the other tank, will have to think about that.
So there you have the new game, maybe Serge can put his thoughts on it in the comments so we can have both of our thoughts about it.
I already ordered a bunch of new stuff, but half of it came up on back order which is disappointing.
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That looks good. I am hoping to get my Soviets painted on the weekend.ReplyDelete
It is weird that the missile range of the Hind is less than the AA MG range on the tanks. After doing a bit of wikipedea searching it makes sense, the AT-6 only had a range of about 900M (the TOW has 4200M) but it was much faster than the TOW on the Cobra (and optically linked not wire guided which meant the helicopter doesn't have to stay still while the missile is in flight) which is probably why it can fire on the move and the Cobra can't.
I think artillery and some ATGMs on the ground will change up the game as well but it does look fun
It's not less it's the same as the 50 cal.ReplyDelete
Fair enough for the missile I guess but it just feels odd to have a helicopter that can't move really.
More stuff will change things for sure, I also think a bigger table will be allot better as well. I don't have room at my place, but at the club I think we should use as big of tables as we can with lots of terrain.
- Anonymous4 April 2016 at 16:51
A few months late, but I wanted to point out that aircraft weapons don't need to be dedicated AA, they get their full RoF against other aircraft.ReplyDelete
Ya we did figure that out as we went along. But I think that was only ever tried one more time.ReplyDelete


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Press Release #199 - Colonel's Speech
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Master Trooper Jeffrey Ricketts,
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Speech by the Colonel - © Corporal SiT Elena Green
The public statement began, with the Colonel along with the present High Command members exiting the lobby, presenting themselves to the crowd before briefly introducing himself. He began informing the public of a somewhat surprising yet successful bust at a house on Bluff Drive, coordinated by no one other than the State Police Detective Bureau. In response to the high rising crime rate in Palomino Creek, an investigation as well as raid was carried out in the Bluff Drive area of Palomino Creek. The raid was successful, with no casualties being taken from either side. Cambridge took this as a decisive victory for the SASP, quoting the seizure report, all of which were taken from the single gang in Palomino Creek.
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In reward for his outstanding effort in organizing as well as executing this triumphant operation, the Colonel awarded Detective Sergeant Michael Eastman nothing other than the Colonel's award! In addition to this, Eastman was immediately installed as the new Director of the State Police Detective Bureau, as well as placed back into his former position of Corporal. Congratulations to Eastman for the outstanding work he has done for the community!
Eastman being awarded - © Corporal SiT Elena Green
Colonel's Award
This award is given to a Trooper specifically chosen by the Colonel of the San Andreas State Police. One of the hardest ribbons to achieve, those who possess this have shown outstanding effort and service to the Department and assisted in many Divisions and Units.
Before returning back to our normal duties, we managed to catch a statement from both the Colonel Mark Cambridge and now SPDB Director Michael Eastman.
Mark Cambridge wrote:
This is a landmark bust for the San Andreas State Police, and the State itself. It's one of the largest busts which we have seen from our own Department, and in Palomino itself. At the recent Crime Committee conference with the Governer and a select few representatives, they highlighted in particular that the crime rate in Palomino was not good enough. Therefore, it has been a concentration for our ESU Patrols and our investigatory teams.
These are the results that we are looking for as we look to improve the crime accross the County. This sends a strong, clear message towards every gang and family in San Andreas. We're watching, and we will be making moves as times goes on.
Michael Eastman wrote:
Firstly I'd like to thank the State Troopers who supported the Detective Bureau during tonight's search warrant that was conducted on a premise in eastern Palomino Creek, I'd also like to extend that thank you to the members of the Emergency Services Unit who were in attendance as our main tactical unit. Collectively as a department all those who were involved worked well together, we were swift and effective in the approach, entry and secure stages with an all round good result. This goes to show that we are starting to get a handle on the crime that has been plaguing Palomino and the wider County, I can safely say there will be more instances such as this one in the near future.
After Eastman was applauded, the Colonel stayed behind for a Q&A session, with the assistance of Green. The public were able to ask appropriate questions to the Colonel, face to face, with direct answers. Unfortunately, two males were forcibly removed from the session in response to provocatively denouncing the Colonel. Despite this, we were still able to gather a few questions, the important ones regarding the future in particular.
In regards to the issues surrounding graffiti: "Why has SP not done anything about the plague of graffiti around town?"
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Fantastic question sir, I appreciate the question. We aren't responsible for the clean up of the graffiti, however we are going to be looking at setting up some form of task force for dealing with the prevention of graffiti. A form of "payback" was suggested by a Trooper, allowing minor criminals to clean up as a community payback.
Mark Cambridge wrote:
Your question is very broad and it's a very difficult question to address. We are continually operating on the streets and investigating groups of street gangs and families to address the ongoing issues and we are seeing improvements across all towns.
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Part one thank you for asking that question, as I was in a Crime Committee today with the Governor. He highlighted specifically Montgomery as a target, and it is something we are going to increase the amount of tactical patrols in the area.
The public showing up - © Corporal SiT Elena Green
To sum up, we would like to thank everyone who attended for the public statement. We, the San Andreas State Police, try our best to fulfill our motto To protect with courage, to serve with compassion. Clearly we have seen this from the outcome of the operation, as well as from the public statement given by Colonel Cambridge. Again, congratulations to now Corporal and Director of SPDB Michael Eastman on his success as well as promotions. We wish you all a great day and will continue to help protect the streets of San Andreas, from the windswept fields of Flint County to the barren deserts of Bone County.
Phone: To get in touch, call the Public Affairs office on 911. ((Put non emergency in the dialog))
Write: Send your letters to Public Affairs Office, Dillimore Police Department, Dillimore, Red County.
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Kumkum Bhagya: Sarla Meets With An Accident; Will She Survive To Tell Tanu's Secret To Abhi-Pragya?
In Kumkum Bhagya, the dragging track of exposing Tanu, continues. Pragya (Sriti Jha) is trying to the find father of Tanu's unborn child, but gets into another trouble as her mother Sarla gets kidnapped by Nikhil.
As we all know that Pragya had taken a watchman's avatar to expose Tanu. She was blackmailing Tanu and had asked to get the money to an isolated place, with the help of Purab and Ronnie. Pragya and Purab would have fixed cameras, to capture Tanu in the camera while she gives money to the blackmailer!
Abhi & Pragya
Abhi and Pragya search for Sarla in the market. Pragya diverts Abhi's attention as she finds Tanu's car. Abhi goes in other way, while Pragya goes to the isolated place to find Sarla.
Sarla In Kidnapper's Den
On the other hand, Sarla repents following Pragya and getting caught by Nikhil and Tanu. Sarla feels bad that because of her, Pragya will now divert from her main goal of trapping Tanu and saving Abhi.
Abhi-Pragya Argue
Seeing Pragya in the isolated place, Abhi follows Pragya to know what she is upto. Abhi and Pragya again, get into an unnecessary argument. We are sure that this time too, they fail to find Sarla.
Sarla Meets With An Accident
In the upcoming episode, Sarla will try to escape from the captivity. She finds Pragya and shouts her name. Sarla will be seen running towards Pragya without seeing the speeding car and will meet with an accident.
Sarla Hurt Badly
Pragya and Abhi find Sarla, badly hurt. They will try to take help of the people to reach the hospital, but in vain. Finally, Purab and Ronnie will get the car, and they will reach the hospital.
It has to be seen, whether Pragya and Abhi took Sarla to the hospital on time? Will Sarla be able to reveal Tanu's secret? Stay locked to this space, while we will be soon back with the latest update.
Unfortunately, Tanu had taken Nikhil's help. Nikhil is blind in love and trusts Tanu blindly. Tanu had told Nikhil that after she marries Abhi (Shabbir Ahluwalia), she will get the money from Abhi, and return back to Nikhil.
Nikhil and Tanu think Sarla to be the blackmailer as they find her in the spot. Also, to save Pragya, Sarla accepts that she was the blackmailer.
Sarla gets to know that Nikhil is the father of Tanu's unborn baby. Nikhil finds something fishy, and instead of killing Sarla, as decided, his men kidnap her.
On the other hand, after Sarla goes missing, Pragya and Purab get tensed. Along with Dadi, they start searching for Sarla, but in vain.
In the previous episode, we saw, although Pragya was tensed about her mother's kidnap, along with Purab, she try to extract the truth from Tanu, as they feel Tanu is behind the kidnap.
Tanu gets the parcel (Tanu and Abhi's torn photos) with a note of Abhi's fan, which said, he/she hate Tanu and didn't want Abhi to get married to her.
Tanu gets tensed seeing the parcel as Abhi questions her, Tanu decides to inform about the parcel to Nikhil, and plans to meet him. Pragya tries to follow her, but Abhi stops her. After argument, Pragya and Abhi decide to find Sarla, together. (Click on the slides to read the story and spoiler)