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August 24, 2012
If you listen to the CEOs of the top aerospace and defense contractors, the planned Pentagon spending cuts are going to be devastating to defense industry workers. Don't believe everything you hear.
Not only is the correlation between federal contracts and defense industry jobs suspect, but CEOs should take a look at their own compensation packages before they start threatening the jobs of their employees.
An analysis by POGO investigator Ben Freeman showed that a CEO of a top five aerospace and defense contractor makes on average $21.5 million per year in compensation, which is 268 times what the average defense industry worker makes. When you compare defense CEO compensation to salaries for soldiers with 10 years of experience, the gap is even greater.
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The Griffin's Boy is a coming of age story, a tale of defiance and adventure and derring-do as Neb, the " No One" boy disobeys orders, ignoring his place in life. He steals the unruly griffin, Balkind. Together they soar and attempt to rescue the weak and innocent. Along the way, Neb discovers girls.
The plotting, characterization and the writing are all superb, the scenes of rescue and flight some of the finest I've read in any fantasy, including the Harry Potter series, and I was swept up in the whimsy of the story, in the exalted view of field and farm in an alien and beautiful world.
I loved the characters, especially Neb and Balkind and Chantress Anderra and loved to hate the villains, of which there are many. I especially liked the scenes with Neb riding Balkind. The author's prose is fine indeed when describing their flight, some passages reminding me of de Saint-Exupery's Wind, Sand and Stars. I read them over several times and each time felt the sheer joy of flying as if for the first time. My favorite, of course is the hero, Ned, who never ever gives up. I highly recommend this book to readers of all ages. And now I want to ride a griffin.
The story has a beautifully designed fantasy world that is similar, yet different, from the world we live in and know. The characters have great depth and each and every one of them has very distinct personalities. In other words, the author did an excellent job and the characters within the pages are all brought to life wonderfully.
The storyline progresses steadily from a young boy and a griffin, both passed over for a chance at more, to a grand adventure, to an ending you just never expected at all. With a good flowing story arch, this was such a fun filled entertaining adventure that I would gladly recommend it.
The setting is rather Harry Potteresque in that it is a world next to a world. Neb's England is foggy and inhabited by magic and griffins. If you've read the first novel in the series, "The Griffin's Boy" is consistent while not dependant upon the prior work. Children who like fantasy will soak up the familiar landscape with foreign elements inherent in its atmosphere. There's a wisdom in writing what you know and coloring it in with what you imagine.
The baddies are everywhere and somewhat nebulous. Neb and Balkind direct the story and carry the reader through. The last line is great and provides the reader great promise for what's to come.
"The Griffin's Boy" is a great story. Pick it up today and follow this talented author.
This book did meet my simple story with few characters to keep straight due to the random reading opportunities I deal with, but it did a great job of filling the story framework with both necessary detail and relevant description of the scenes and situations that our unlikely hero found himself in as he tried to do the right thing in spite of very difficult and unexpected circumstances and chain of events.
Neb (which means nobody) is low man on the social hierarchy at a school from where griffins and handlers are prepared for selection into a griffin-based service. He has no known background (although there are hints that more will be revealed in subsequent books). He is tall, brave, capable, and has a good heart. This is pretty formulaic in YA, the high-quality protagonist who suffers under the thumb of other, less qualified characters.
He is not selected for what he truly wants, but he refuses to take no for an answer and takes things into his own hands. Along the way, he performs some feats of derring-do, tries to do others but fails, disobeys the orders of his superiors, has a little love interest--once again, the type of thing in popular YA fiction. These are popular themes precisely because YA readers like them, and I think the author pretty much checked all the boxes with them.
The story flowed well and was fast-paced. Action abounded. Characterization, on the other hand, was a little one-dimensional. Neb had some depth, but that was about it.
One little question, though: how can a griffin, with an eagle's beak, have teeth? This is fantasy, and some early flying dinosaurs (not the pterosaurs, which were actually reptiles) had both beaks and teeth, but I think this was just a slip-up.
This is a book that I think most YA readers will like. It is a quick, fun read.
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The Oxford Chargers baseball team won Thursday's away playoff game against Itawamba Agricultural by a score of 1-0.
(April 23, 2009: Fulton, MS 38843) Spectators at Thursday's non-league battle between the Oxford Chargers (Oxford, MS) and the host Itawamba Agricultural Indians (Fulton, MS), saw Oxford's baseball squad edge Itawamba Agricultural by a margin of 1-0.
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(Jamie Squire/Getty Images) The Kansas City Chiefs are being hush-hush about who will start at quarterback against the Denver Broncos this week. "When you look at the numbers, both of them (quarterbacks Matt Cassel and Brady Quinn) are about equal," Chiefs' Coach Romeo Crennel told the Kansas City Star. "[We will] make a decision and go with it." Unfortunately for Cassel and Quinn, it makes little deference to Denver's Elvis Dumervil who starts at QB for Kansas City on Sunday, as he has found success against both players in the past. "We are doing some good things (on defense), Dumervil said after Denver's victory over San Diego last week. "We've got to keep working, but there's a lot of plays that we can predict. We want to be great, and that's a good thing." In his past four games against Cassel and Quinn, Dumervil has recorded 5.5 sacks. In ten starts, Kansas City's quarterback duo has been sacked a combined 42 times this season. Denver's defense leads the NFL with 35 sacks heading into Sunday's showdown at Arrowhead. Whether it's Quinn or Cassel, the Chiefs know both Dumervil and outside linebacker Von Miller will be coming. The dynamic duo has combined to record 21 sacks and 10 forced fumbles—already matching and topping their 2011 totals of 21 combined sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Sunday's game is scheduled to kickoff at 11 a.m. MT and will be broadcast on CBS. Somebody has to the start for the Chiefs on Sunday. Whoever it may be, it will be fun watching Denver's defense harass thim, looking for a sixth consecutive victory this season.
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Java Developers: The Skills Employers Need You to HaveWritten by Crystal McKee
Java is still one of the most widely used programming languages, which means there are lots of opportunities but also lots of competition. Position yourself to stand out from your peers with these tips.
Core Java is a foundation, but not enough to get you hired.
Make yourself more valuable to employers by adding other skills needed on both the frontend and the backend. JavaScript, CSS, and HTML are important; make sure you know popular front end frameworks like AngularJS or ReactJS. For backend development, knowing Python and Ruby also adds to your hireability.
Enhance your database skills.
Every application needs to get its data from somewhere, and most need to store results, as well. SQL databases are still standard, but NoSQL is becoming more important.
Be fully agile.
Almost all companies use some variant of the agile development methodology to manage their projects. Be prepared to explain how agile works and how it's affected your approach to building your applications. Demonstrate the interpersonal skills needed to participate in agile scrums and planning sessions.
Boost your communication skills.
Defining requirements is still the top challenge facing most software projects. Even if your team has business analysts who write the specifications, the better you can communicate with your business users, the better the applications you'll create.
Get certified.
Earning relevant certifications like the Oracle Certified Expert Java EE Web Component Developer not only shows you know your stuff, it shows you are committed to developing your skills to the top of the profession.
Identify the career path you want to follow.
You'll help employers see how you'll fit into their organization long-term if you are clear on the career you want to have. Whether you plan to remain technical or want to move into management, be able to speak to this and show how you're developing the skills that will keep you valuable – even after the project with the opening is complete.
Do you have top Java skills? The Armada Group can connect you with top Java job opportunities. Take a look at the opportunities to see where your skills can take you, and then contact us to show off your talent.
The Most Thorough Way to Research a Company Before Your InterviewWritten by Armada Group
The more you know about a company before going in for an interview, the better you'll do. You'll have a comfort level of knowledge about what they're looking for, and you'll be able to highlight your skills and experience to match their needs. Understanding a potential employer requires more than simply glancing at their website. Follow this list of things you should do to thoroughly research a company before your interview.
Look at the company website.
Start here, and dig far beyond the landing page. Read about the company's mission, their values, and their products. Take a look at the biographies of management and employees to see if your background is similar. Explore the recruiting section thoroughly; it may tell you what to expect when you come in to the office. There may be interviews or videos with current employees telling you what it's like to work for the company. If they have the information publicly available, read through the benefits section to get a sense of how employees are really treated. Check out their competitors, too, to see how they compare.
Check out the company's social media.
Take a look at the company's posts on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The first two will let you see how the company interacts with the public and whether there are lots of complaints about their products. LinkedIn offers a more professional view of the company. You can view profiles of company employees and see any posts offering perspectives on the industry.
Hear what employees have to say.
If you have friends who work for the company, ask them for the true inside scoop. While their opinions are the best source, knowing the person lets you know how much weight to give their opinion. Are they perpetually happy, go-with-the-flow types or does every little thing upset them? Use that to give some shade to the information they share. If you don't have friends who work for the company, search for online reviews at sites like Glassdoor. Just be aware that the review sites may not verify that the commenter really works for the company, and you don't have all the necessary information to decide if their opinion is valid.
When you've done your company and industry research and are ready for the interview, The Armada Group will match you to the right open position. Contact us and let our recruiters help prepare you for your interviews and the next step in your career.
The Professional Way to Cancel a Job InterviewWritten by Jeff Tavangar
Just like you don't want to burn bridges when you quit your job, you shouldn't burn bridges when you need to cancel an interview. You never know when your path will cross with that recruiter or that potential hiring manager again. Leave a positive impression when you cancel an interview by handling it like a professional.
Let them know you aren't coming.
Unless you're incapacitated, there's no excuse for simply not showing up. Inform the interviewer that you're unable to make the appointment. Try to give the company enough time so people aren't left with holes in their schedules.
Apologize and offer a reason.
Don't grovel, but offer a sincere apology for disrupting schedules. You shouldn't make a lengthy justification, but it's polite to offer a reason for the cancelation. If you don't want to share details, just explain that you're unable to make the meeting.
Use the phone.
Text messages are too casual for an important professional communication like this. Use email if you need to, but using the phone is more personal. Particularly if you want to reschedule rather than cancel permanently, having a phone conversation conveys that you are interested. It also allows you to coordinate a new interview time without a lot of back and forth emails.
Ask to reschedule.
Don't rely on the company reading between the lines of your message. If you want to come in at another time, be explicit and ask to reschedule. If you aren't interested in the position any longer, tell the company you've decided not to pursue this opportunity.
Take a moment before you cancel your interview to think through your reasons for canceling and to make sure they're good ones. If you're canceling because you're afraid you aren't qualified for the position, reschedule instead of canceling completely, and boost your confidence by doing a practice interview or reviewing the technical subject matter. Don't talk yourself out of pursuing what might be a great opportunity.
If you've canceled an interview because you knew the opportunity wasn't right for you but are still looking for a new job, The Armada Group can help. We've been matching great candidates to top open jobs for more than 20 years. We'll take the time to understand what you're looking for and match you to jobs that will challenge and excite you. Contact us to get the interviews that get you your dream job.
How Developers Want to be RecruitedWritten by Lisa Sullivan
Recruiting new employees is as much about wooing as is it about screening. You want to find the right hire, and that requires attracting candidates who can help your projects succeed as well as screening out those who just don't fit. In order to draw candidates to you, treat them the way they want to be treated. When it comes to recruiting developers, this means:
Go beyond acronyms.
Developer resumes are filled with acronyms and buzzwords, which present easy filtering criteria. Think about it from the developer's perspective, though: the acronyms on their resume represent every technology they've ever worked with, not just the tech they work with now or the tech they want to work with in the future. Instead of mass mailing or calling every candidate with the skills you need on their resume, take the time to read the resume and see if their experience with that skill is recent. You might think it's more efficient to let the candidates screen themselves out, but overloading their inboxes with inappropriate job listings hurts your reputation and can cause candidates to ignore every mail from you – even if it describes a job they'd be perfect for.
Don't rely on interviews.
Sure, development is a team effort and everyone needs to be able to interact with their peers. But unless you're hiring a lead or support role, most programming jobs are more about spending time with a keyboard than time with people. So while the interview is necessary, don't overemphasize it; many developers simply are introverts and won't do well when pinned down for verbal answers. Instead, use tests to verify a candidate's technical ability to do the job. And when you give those tests, don't make developers talk through their solution standing in front of a white board. No one works that way in reality. Instead, let the programmers develop their solution sitting in front of a computer – the way they will when they're on the job.
Present the job the way it really is.
Both resumes and job descriptions have an element of exaggeration to them; after all, they're both advertisements, in a way. Despite that, don't stretch the truth in your job description or when speaking with candidates in person. Don't try to make the job seem more exciting than it really is. If it's mostly maintenance of existing code rather than new development or there's little opportunity for advancement, be honest about that. It might cost you the chance to hire this particular candidate, but hiring someone who then quits because the job isn't what they signed up for is more expensive.
The Armada Group has been recruiting top technical employees for more than 20 years. We understand the way developers think and what they're looking for at work, and are the experts at matching developers to opportunities. Contact us to talk about your hiring needs and how we can help you recruit the right developer the right way.
Tech Jobs Hit Highest Growth Rate In YearsWritten by Jennifer Ireland
Today's world runs on technology, and right now is a great time to be a tech professional. Tech accounts for more than 10 percent of private sector employment, with close to seven million workers in the industry; there are another million self-employed tech workers. CompTIA, an industry association, recently produced a report that present encouraging news for those pursuing tech careers. Overall technology employment in 2015 grew three percent from the previous year.
Manufacturing Comeback
Even tech manufacturing, which had a decreasing trend over the past decade, experienced a gain in 2015. The largest gain was in computer and peripheral manufacturing, though control, semiconductors, and component manufacturers also increased their employment.
Core IT Services Dominate
But while manufacturing is showing slight signs of a turnaround, core IT employment continues to boom. The past five years have added close to half a million jobs to the economy. Much growth is driven by the rise in cloud computing, with the software-as-a-service sector adding more than 5,000 jobs in 2015, an increase of nearly two percent.
As the internet continues to be central to modern life, the internet is driving growth for IT workers in the telecom/internet services sector, with a growth rate of close to three percent.
Other industry trends influencing employment are the Internet of Things, mobile computing, and big data. Cybersecurity is also an area of high demand, given the constant rise of new forms of malware. Because of the challenges of keeping up with technical change, many companies turn to IT services for support, and as a result IT services experienced the largest increase in employment of any tech sector.
Wages Reflect Demand
Salaries for tech workers are growing along with the demand. Overall average technical salaries were $105,400 per year, an increase of more than a percent from the previous year. The average salary is twice the non-technical average salary. Within the tech industry, software's average salary was $142,500, followed by manufacturing at $108,100.
Take Advantage of the Trends
With the continued growth in technology employment, jobs are out there for tech workers with the skills and motivation to seek advancement. Explore The Armada Group's jobs list to see the opportunities that are out there, or contact us to discuss your background and interests. We'll work to match you to a position that gives you the chance to use your talents to their fullest.
Will Free Online Courses Boost Your Tech Career?Written by Crystal McKee
Keeping current with technology is critically important if you plan to have your career last your lifetime. While some companies offer training in new skills, they may limit you to taking courses in the technologies they expect to use in new projects. If you want to pursue other interests, you need to develop your own course of study. Fortunately, thanks to the internet, there are many online training resources you can use to boost your knowledge.
Product tutorials.
Almost every software product, whether open source or vendor-supported, offers a free download version. Some may have limited functionality and some may expire after 30 days or so, but in either case, you can get your hands on the product and start exploring. In most cases, a search will find multiple tutorials to help walk you through building an introductory product, plus community forums where you can turn to get your questions solved.
Online courses.
You can find many online courses, some free and some at cost, at sites like Coursera.com, EdX.com, and Udemy.com. Online courses vary in their detail, complexity, and how much support you can expect from the instructor, so read class descriptions closely. In some cases, a series of online courses can lead to a certificate attesting to your knowledge.
Online degree programs.
More comprehensive than individual courses, online degree programs offer the equivalent of university study and lead to a degree granted by the institution. Earning a degree through online study requires a commitment to completing multiple courses over several years. Depending on the school, this can also require a significant financial investment.
Before pursuing any online study, think about what you hope to achieve so you can identify the best approach take. You may simply want to pursue a personal interest, or you may want to enhance your skills to qualify for new responsibilities at work. You may want to learn an entirely new technology to pursue opportunities in new, hot fields like big data and the internet of things.
When you've achieved a solid understanding of the technology and are ready to apply it at work, be sure to add it to your resume. Then bring your resume to The Armada Group. Our recruiters are skilled at matching job seekers to opportunities that will make use of all their technical abilities. Contact us to start putting your technical education to work.
Why are Python Careers so Popular?Written by Armada Group
Picking the right technology to learn is important to position yourself for job and career success. Languages and technology vary in how in-demand they are in industry; if you choose to learn a language that's in high demand, you'll have lots of opportunities to choose from. For developers today, the language to learn is Python.
Python is Easy to Learn
Learning Python is relatively easy, compared to other programming languages. The syntax isn't cluttered with brackets; you don't need to declare variables and can just use them as you need them. There's less code needed to accomplish basic tasks. Because the language is object oriented and has built-in support for data structures like lists, programmers can quickly start building application functionality rather than application infrastructure. Because it's interpreted, you can easily test the code you write as you go along, rather than needing to define a complicated and time-consuming build process.
Python is Used in Industry
One of the biggest companies pushing Python is Google, where it's used as part of the Google App Engine and YouTube. With Google a major driver of technical innovation, it's no surprise that its support for the language has boosted its popularity. Other major companies that use Python cross every industry you can think of—the list includes Yahoo, Industrial Light & Magic, ABN AMRO, the National Weather Service, and more.
These companies like Python because it is efficient and powerful, and there are numerous libraries and frameworks that make developing substantial applications. Django is a popular framework for web development, and other frameworks provide features such as numerical analysis. The language is also portable, with versions that run on any platform, giving companies the flexibility of supporting multiple operating systems.
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There's continued to be an increase in need for Python programmers, making them among the most in-demand and highest-paid developers. If you've got top Python skills and are ready to take on a new opportunity, The Armada Group can help you find a job that'll challenge and excite you. Contact us to start your search.
Seven Signs You're Not Working For The Right CompanyWritten by Lisa Sullivan
Do you feel good when you go home at the end of the day? If you don't, you may not be in the right job or working for the right company. Take a look at these seven signs that it's time for a job change and see if you recognize yourself in any of them.
You don't share the company's mission.
It's hard to be happy at work when you can't stand behind the company's product. If you trade off your values for the sake of salary, or even if you just feel that what the company does isn't meaningful, it's hard to feel good about the time you spend there.
You aren't passionate about the technology.
So much of the fun of a tech job comes from getting to use new technology to build exciting products. If your company is stuck using old tech to support existing systems, you may need to go elsewhere to find a new challenge.
You're underutilized.
When you have skills and abilities that you don't get to use on the job, you can start to get restless. By the time you've been on the job for a while, your manager should feel confident in your abilities and allow you to tackle big problems. If you've asked for those opportunities and been turned down, you may not be as skilled as you think, or your manager may not trust your abilities.
You don't respect your management.
If your managers have made bad decisions that impacted the company, your project, and you, it becomes hard to keep a positive attitude about the work. It also becomes difficult to work together to address problems, leading to even more frustration.
You're in over your head.
Sometimes the job isn't what you thought it was and you don't have the skills. You might have misunderstood what the job entailed or things might have changed at the company between the time you were interviewed and the day you showed up to start work. In either case, your inability to perform as well as you want can make you very uncomfortable every day.
You've been doing the job too long.
You loved your job when you started; it had everything you wanted. But once you've been doing it for a while, it can start to get old. You can try to find ways to change the details of what you're doing and how you do it, but you may need to look for a new job in order to really find a new challenge.
You're overstressed.
If you have too much work to do or not enough time to do it, you won't leave work behind when you leave the office. You'll take it home with you, work nights and weekends, and even when you try to sleep or have fun it'll still be nagging at you that there are tasks undone.
If you see any of these signs in yourself, it's time to think about finding a new job. The Armada Group takes time to understand both candidates and open opportunities to make a good match. Contact us to start looking for the right company now.
How to Manage Your Team's Communication StylesWritten by Jeff Tavangar
Some people shout. Some people whisper. Some people use metaphors to make a point, others appeal to emotion, and others pile on fact after fact to lead you to a conclusion. There's nothing wrong with any of these methods, and all of them can be effective. In fact, if you understand your audience, you can tailor your communications to use the method that will work best with those particular people.
Understand Who You Are Speaking To
If you are speaking one on one with a person you know well, you can choose the style that they respond to best; it's not true that everyone who works in technology thinks like Mr. Spock or Mr. Data. When you speak with a group, you can't match each individual's preferred communication style, and may need to make some assumptions. It's fairly safe to assume that a technical audience wants to hear facts and a logical argument. Managers may also prefer this. Other audiences may need a more emotionally based discussion.
Just the Facts, Please
When speaking with someone who prefers to see the data behind an argument, give them the facts in a logical order. Help them reach the conclusion you want by showing how the facts link together to support their position. Don't bring in extraneous points; keep the discussion focused. Respond to questions straightforwardly. Allow these logical thinkers time to review the facts and reach a conclusion.
Feelings Count
When speaking with someone who's driven more by emotions than simply data, it isn't enough to simply present facts and show how they lead to a specific conclusion. While you can't ignore the facts, you need use stories and present them in a context that shows their impact. Expect and encourage an open, freewheeling exchange of ideas.
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Communicating with your team is easier when the team is made up of highly skilled professionals who are good at their job. The Armada Group has a deep database of candidates to match to your open opportunities. With our understanding of our candidates and the requirements of your open positions, you can quickly add top talent to your team. Contact us to get started.
How to Beat Ageism in Tech and Get a Programming Job over 50Written by Jennifer Ireland
The law prohibits age discrimination, but there's no denying it gets harder to find a job the older you get. This is especially true in technical fields, where there's a rapid pace of innovation and a belief that older employees are less likely to keep up their technical skills or be creative. If you're over 50, here are five tips to help you get a programming job without lying about your age.
Create a resume that emphasizes accomplishments, not dates.
Rewrite your resume so it offers specific evidence of your skills and achievements. Use a project-based or functional organization that shows how you bring problem-solving skills and creativity to your work.
Improve your interview skills.
If you haven't interviewed for a job since you graduated from college, take time to practice before heading out to your interviews. You'll want to be able to cope with technical questions, questions about the details of the projects you worked on, questions about your career goals and expectations, and behavioral interview questions that probe how you tackle problems.
Prepare to prove your technical ability.
You may have been programming in Java for more than a decade, but you should still be prepared to back up your technical expertise. You may be asked to solve problems through an online exam or at a whiteboard during the interview. It's a good idea to review subject matter before an interview or test, even if you're an expert. The test or interview questions may touch on areas of the technology that you haven't been using in your current position.
Look for new ways of applying your skills.
You may not be able to find a job that uses your skills in the same ways you've used them up 'til now. Be open to positions that draw on your technical knowledge in a different way, such as analysis or testing.
Demonstrate that you're capable of learning and working in new ways.
Take a class in a new technology and add a new certification to your resume to show that you're still interested in staying up to date. At interviews, discuss how you've adapted to changing circumstances to show your flexibility.
At The Armada Group, we don't care how old you are. If you've got a resume packed with skills and experience, we can help you find a job that will let you leverage your talent in new ways. Contact us to get started in your search.


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it is uglier even than at the pictures. Holly s...it who is buying it I ask you ?
No deal today and no deal tommorow
I guess that is not their own money it's the money they owe. How easy it is to risk with other people's money and take commissions.
I am wondering how they make etimates and what the assume with cash deficit. Of course, analysts assume the Company will incur debt. Reality is not as flexible :)
That is simple question. Tell me why it sholud go up ?
It does not
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I do not care how many orders you have. Maybe you should tweet to the people how many cash your company burns every hour and how you are going to manage it. The bigger the revenue is the bigger the loss.
There are two options before any potential sale of Model 3. Secondary or bankruptcy. In my opinion of course
How about costs? Do not they matter?
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Well, I think it shuld be banned ... It is not even funny, it is pitiful
I did not say loud. It does not have to be loud it has to have engine which you feel and control. If you need a toy to be programmed and transport you from A to B where you have nothing to say, OK. If you want a car you swich off all traction control systems, use manual gearbox (this is you who drives a car not inversely) and feel the vibrations as you push gas pedal. You feel the car is for you and listen to you and not you are for the car.
Should it? This is about passion. If you love cars you drive cars. If you like womans you do not go to sexshop to buy blowup doll. Do you?
Well, what could I say... Jus go and buy this electric toy for girls. I am not going to resign from my V8 sound on sport exhaust. This is why I go to the shop located on the ohter side of the city to buy some #$%$ for my wife. Just to have reason to drive and hear it. Of course gearbox in manual like in a real car for real men.
And this action with EBC lowering rates. Look at stock market, how indexes rocketed. They play for commissions they do not bet thier own money. This is the sign that monetary policy does not work and it will collapse.
The reason why stock is growing is quite easy. It works like the thesis: A lie repeated three times becomes a truth. The longer it rises the more people believe this is reasonable and should continue.
Does anyone estimated it? It would be sad to overlook the best short ever
I can not imagine this pressure
Give me a reason for this stock to rally from $40 to $240 ? There is no reason other than worth nothing analyst valuations followed by big boys games played on this kind of companies (DDD for your information is a perfect example). And now you tell us this is a disaster. No this is not. Valuation just goes where it belongs. Be sure to see this much under $100 after earnings. And still it will be no disaster.
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Tacticslion wrote:
You couldn't activate all the candles yourself in time, but your 163 followers +cohort could each gate-burn one. That'd give you enough of a head start on the power curve to get it done.
There are essentially 2 methods. 1) stopping the nukes, 2) protecting the targets.
1) 15,000 nukes / 30 rounds = 500 nukes per round. Impossible under given parameters. About as close as you could get would be if you had max Leadership, 163 followers +1 cohort, all of a race with flight and rings of telekinesis. You spend all your rounds teleporting them into low orbit to use their rings of telekinesis to kinetic kill the nukes and hope fratricide will destroy more than one nuke per follower per round. Problematic because 3 minutes remaining means that the nukes are way close to detonation, therefore more dispersed geographically, so fratricide is less likely. Also fallout would prob still wipe out all life, it'd just take longer.
2) 15,000 nukes with MIRV warheads = 15k x ?? targets. Also impossible.
But tbh reacting to a worst case scenario is not how wizards operate. Preventing it is. The earlier you can prevent, the easier it is. For instance, the followers-with-rings-of-telekinesis kinetic kill tactic works much better if you can hit them at launch, thus destroying the other nukes that haven't yet been launched from each launch site. Also less problem with fallout in that case because launch sites tend to be fairly remote, afaik. Even easier if you can get them before launch; it doesn't take much imagination to see how something as simple as charm person in the right place could prevent the whole mess.
Orfamay Quest wrote:
It's true that PF and its D&D forebears were grounded in JC (and, as I called out upthread, Aristotelean) concept of evil as a perversion of good.
It's also true that PF is equally grounded in classical and Norse mythology, and, e.g., Moorcock, which represent a much more dualistic view of good and evil.
This tension is evident in the alignment system. Because culturally we are more intuitively familiar with the tropes of the JC concept of evil (easy temptation, difficult redemption), we find certain aspects of the dualistic alignment system... perhaps unsatisfying? Insufficient? Counterintuitive? Bottom line, they cut against some fundamental cultural assumptions.
Nonetheless, dualism (especially as a corollary of polytheism) makes for great heroic fantasy. Good vs. evil, the stuff of legend. Adventuring isn't interesting if you know the side of the angels always wins in the end, right?
IMO, I find the game most satisfying under an approach that combines the two. Start with the core dualistic approach, and all it entails, but deal with alignment changes based on the JC approach. You can have angels enlisting bold heroes to fight against the demons, and also Faustian temptations and diabolical bargains. This approach is possible under the rules because they are mostly silent on the topic of alignment changes.
It has to do with the CR system. For a bruiser type monster, having a lower BAB allows it to have a higher STR score for the same expected to-hit value, meaning it also has higher damage. Having a smaller hit die allows it to have a higher Con for the same hp value, which also increases Fort saves. If you had full BAB and larger hit die, you'd need lower STR and CON scores, which would drive down your damage per hit and Fort saves. Take a look at Table: Monster Statistics by CR and it will make more sense.
I think the discombobulation over aligned spells comes from the basically Aristotelean and Judeo-Christian idea of evil as a deviation from good, rather than a thing with its own independent existence. PF evil is the latter because PF alignment is a dualistic system. So you have this common trope of the moral temptation of power that is modelled quite well by casting evil spells being an evil act. But it seems counterintuitive that casting good spells would tempt you to the side of good, because culturally we tend to see good as what you get tempted away from, not toward. Evil is easy. Good is hard.
Kobold Cleaver: I submit that the very high standard Superman who would rather die than kill Zod isn't good at all, if not killing Zod means Zod is going to go kill other people. That's squeamishness, not good. It's an example of the fluffy Hollywood morality like "if you don't do what I say their deaths will be on your hands" and the hero actually morally agrees with that preposterous statement.
One man's homebrew is another man's RPGSS or Wayfinder entry.
I used to homebrew more, but as I've grown older and more involved in my professions, I have less time to do so. That's why I mainly do APs and PFS. The quality is there and it's pre-packaged, so it cuts down on how much I need to come up with on my own. Even so, when running (or playing!) an AP, I'll usually come up with some of my own content, even if it's just a magic item or spell. Or I'll come up with some mechanic to fill a hole in the rules.
I am a little leery of homebrew races, because a race implies that somewhere in the game world there's a bunch of these people running around and somehow you've never heard of them until just now. It's not impossible to fit a homebrew race into an existing world, but it does take some shoehorning; sometimes I'm willing to do that and other times not so much.
Garrett Guillotte wrote:
I'd dig it. Maybe even narrow it a step further, to Armies of the Inner Sea, with four-page sections on 10 or so nations and their forces, and an appendix of Golarion-flavored class and rules options that shine in kingdom building and mass combat. Hell, eight pages on whatever's going on between Molthune and Nirmathas would make it worth it for me.
See my articles in Wayfinder #11 and the upcoming Wayfinder #15 for 4-page entries for Cheliax (in #11) and the River Kingdoms (in #15).
I'll keep writing them as long as Tim keeps printing them!
My dream freelance assignment would be to collaborate with Brandon Hodge on a book full of Golarion armies, including both Mass Combat rules stat blocks and troop subtype stat blocks for various nations' forces.
Being decapitated still kills you, even if you instantly get a replacement head (and it's not at all clear from the cheetah flips you want the spell text to do that it actually can make a phantom head).
You are decapitated and die > contingency triggers > instantaneously casts phantom limb.
You are decapitated > contingency triggers > instantaneously casts phantom limb > you would die but don't.
Because die happens at the same time as decapitated.
Terminalmancer wrote:
The technique I use is to paste the image into Powerpoint, turn on the grid, and scale the map squares to it. Once you get the image sized right, you:1. crop to the edges of the slide
2. copy the slide
3. move the cropped image to the edge of the slide
4. repeat
I like the idea of a tie-in to the summer hardcover. So for this summer's Ultimate Intrigue, why not a city-based intrigue type adventure? Obviously nothing too in depth due to the short time limit, but certainly you could do a short murder mystery, or stop the king's assassination type scenario. Those always have good opportunities for skills and roleplay, and if you design them well, enough combat.
It may go without saying, but low level--nothing higher than 3--works best for Free RPG Day adventures. Players have enough on their hands learning the basics of the game without having to learn mid-level class abilities.
And Free RPG Day should be, if anything, easier than normal. Risen From the Sands was way beyond the appropriate level of difficulty.
Depends on your perspective. I was an artilleryman, so my job was to shoot the enemy from far enough away that they couldn't shoot back. If they were shooting back, I wasn't doing my job well enough. Hitting something you can't see with indirect fire is enough of a challenge that I always found it pretty interesting.
For sure, RPG fights are usually more fun if the odds are a little closer. But of course, some RPG fights are extremely lopsided when one side has some overwhelming tactical advantage like flight. You don't want that all the time, but it's not always bad. Season to taste, I suppose.
But the idea that good guys are supposed to fight "fair," when "fair" means letting the bad guys get their licks in, is an extremely naive view of life or death combat.
Boomerang Nebula, a great deal of warfare centers on putting yourself in a position such that you can destroy the enemy without them being able to destroy you back. There's nothing evil or dishonorable about that unless you are a total pacifist. In fact, there's a term for exactly the idea we're discussing--the ability to attack the enemy from the air when the enemy has no ability to attack your aircraft. It's called air supremacy, and most modern nations will not send in ground forces unless they have it.
This is a matter of personal preference, but I like a game in which flight doesn't become an option until much higher level. But that isn't this game.
Crane Wing was nerfed because people complained that it allowed you easily to beat any enemy that had only one attack.
Flight is much worse. It allows you easily to beat any enemy that can't fly and doesn't have ranged attacks.
Likelihood of fly getting changed? Zero. It's too tied into legacy. But it's definitely pushing the boundary of too good for 5th level.
I'm with you. You can pick and choose what you want to use in your games. There are two conditions where it's more of an issue. 1) Organized play, where if you are GMing and not running Core, players may show up with some weird thing you don't know about, because there's so much out there it's impossible to have an encyclopedic knowledge of every feat, archetype, alchemical item, etc. This is mitigated by the Core campaign and the rule that players must have source material on hand. 2) If you are GMing for a player that insists you allow any player option. This is an extremely common sentiment among players, especially on these boards.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you are a fairly new or inexperienced GM. That's not a bad thing--in fact, it's a great thing, because we need more people to step up and GM. But you may have bitten off more than you can chew with high level play. I would guess that your campaign either started at higher levels or that your PCs have leveled up quickly. They might also be over WBL, using a high point buy or a generous stat rolling method, or be using some other high power rules like mythic. Or there might be more than 5-6 players. Any of this sound familiar?
The issue is the game gets difficult to balance and run at higher levels. The CR system breaks down. PCs outgrow their limitations, gaining formidable offenses and defenses.
1. Every fight feels like a boss fight.
As for worrying about them having enough XP to face the CR 21 boss, if they're easily beating CR19s, don't worry about it. They'll be fine, and if they aren't fine, well, that's what raise dead is for.
2. I need to be constantly reminded of PC abilities.
3. I announce things but not all players hear me, sometimes no one hears me and they deny I ever said it, making me question if I said it at all.
4. I forget abilities of my own monsters.
5. I hide all of my rolls, sometimes I roll for a PC and they don't like it.
6. I'm too slow.
7. If I create my own monster, or create my own ability they feel cheated.
In conclusion, sounds like you are suffering from high-level-itis. High level play is not completely untenable, but it is more difficult to manage. I would recommend starting back at level 1 after this campaign is finished, and using a medium or slow XP track so you don't rocket to the high levels so fast. That gives you more time to get acquainted with and adjust to the increasing power levels of both your PCs and monsters.
Unfortunately, I had to skip most of the Gallowspire fights. But they are well-built enough to stand on their own.
I did revamp the ravener fight--added the giant simple template so I could use the Gargantuan ravener Battles mini for it. My best recommendation for all of Adorak is to remember and enforce the windstorm-level wind effects. They have zero impact on the ravener and the nightwings due to their size, and zero impact on the incorporeal undead because they're incorporeal, but the winds severely hamper PC ranged attacks and flight.
My wife's PC died in Renchurch. She was a life oracle. I had the haunt that she turned into basically do a reverse life link. It established a life link with one PC each round, and every round siphoned 5 hp from every linked PC. It became a race to do more positive energy damage to the haunt than she could recover as her ability to recover hp increased with every life link she established.
I love the soul haunting effect--what a great, thematic way to ramp up the difficulty and tension in what should by rights be a seriously deadly location.
Kaisoku wrote:
Yeah, but so many people get confused about 20s and 1s on skill checks, I like to spell it out in house rules even though it's actually a book rule.
Bastard Spears: Spears (not longspears) can be used 1-handed as a martial weapon.
Critical Successes and Failures: For skill and ability checks, a roll of 20 is not an automatic success and a roll of 1 is not an automatic failure. If you roll a natural 20, it counts as if you had rolled a 30 on the d20. If you roll a natural 1, it counts as if you had rolled a -10.
DM_Blake wrote:
It's important to use protection. Death ward.
Grigori Rasputin CR 17
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Cassock of the Black Monk
I can't wait to do this for the boss from Shadows of Gallowspire :)
There are PFS sanctioned modules at all levels of play, although there are so few in the 15 and above levels that there's a very narrow path to 20. Wardens of the Reborn Forge goes from 12 to 16 if you play it as a Seeker arc; what I'd like to see is a similar sanctioned high level module that takes you from 16 to 20.
Spoilers abound below.
I have GMed Shadows of Gallowspire and played in Crown of Fangs and The Empty Throne, though the last was highly modified from the original so I feel I can't accurately judge it.
Of those, I would rank them: 1) Shadows of Gallowspire, 2) Crown of Fangs, and 3) The Empty Throne.
Shadows of Gallowspire is a textbook high-level adventure. IMO, the key to high level design is not to negate the PCs crazy abilities that would break lower level adventures, but rather, to make those crazy abilities the entry requirement for the high level adventure. In other words, without the PCs and their superheroic powers, the plot doesn't advance. It makes those abilities meaningful, and therefore rewarding. Gallowspire hits this pitch perfect. The witchgate networks don't let the PCs bypass all the travel encounters by teleporting; oh no, they ensure the PCs hit the encounters (unless they use wind walk or some other clever PC trick). Renchurch is a great high-level dungeon, with plenty of atmospherics, lich widgets, effective and thematic haunts and traps, and hard encounters that make sense given the "dungeon ecology." Gallowspire and its environs, particularly the Marrowgarth fight in the ruins in the mortuary tempest, is one of the best encounters in the AP. My only beef with Gallowspire is that the published Adivion is, relatively speaking, a chump--nowhere near as difficult as some of the encounters leading up to him. And he should be stupid hard--which he is in Brandon's unpublished encounter notes, which he has courteously posted here in the forums.
Crown of Fangs was good--I liked the sandboxy approach to Castle Korvosa. I liked the Sorshen tie-in of the Sunken Queen--Ileosa drawing on the power of her spiritual predecessor--but the location itself seemed to fall flat.
I'd have to say, however, that my favorite "Chapter 6" is actually Chapters 11 and 12 of the Savage Tide AP. Ch 11, Enemies of My Enemy, brings together some of the most iconic NPCs in Greyhawk/Planescape lore, and the PCs have broad options as to how they accomplish their overall goal. And they really need all the resources at their 20th-level disposal to pull it off. Ch 12 pulls out all the stops with a full out invasion of the Abyss and a boss fight against, literally, the BAMFinest BAMF in the Fiend Folio.
I will say that dungeon crawls are super hard to design for high level characters without negating their abilities by some unbelievable contrivance. Bad design: you can't teleport because it breaks the dungeon. Better design: you can't teleport because plot reasons. Great design: you need to teleport (or burn some other high level resource) to beat this adventure. For instance, in Renchurch, you have no hope of resting there and no hope of finishing it without rest. There's just too many encounters. So the ability to use magic to bug out to a safe resting place somehow effectively says, you can't play here unless you are this tall. Even when Brandon negates some PC abilities by fiat, e.g. the ability to just fly to the top of Gallowspire, he does in in an amazing way (a storm of waves of incorporeal undead? yeah I buy that and it's AWESOME). Similarly, STAP Chs 11/12 just give you an epic problem, some external resources, and step back and say "you're 20th level, figure it out."
About your specific points: trap CR does not scale well past around 8 or 9. Most high level traps are a couple of wand of CLW charges and that's it. Traps that inflict other status effects are good, particularly if they're guarded by something hungry. Haunts seem to scale better, but if you're not in Renchurch they can be overdone. Monsters with class levels are harder to run, but I feel they're a good way to breathe new life into old critters... although if you're 16th level fighting ogres, it's not quite as awesome as fighting actual CR 16 monsters with no class levels, because you could kill ogres at level 2. It doesn't matter so much that these are SUPER ogres. They make good mooks, but what's more memorable, a fight with 6 ogre fighter 8s or a single nightwalker?
Sorry, Jim, you did get an essay. I passionately enjoy high level play but it is harder to design for, and I've done a lot of thinking about how to make high level play more tenable. Hope this is useful if you've waded through it.


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nice staff, cheap price, free wifi in the lobby but not the room.
this was not as nice I hoped. in fact quite poor. we were in a separate building not the main hotel. no soap. no shampoo. very bad bed, uncomfortable and saggy. I thought it was going to be 4 star, but it was more like something out of the 70s.
Clean, quiet and cheap. I would recomend this hotel.
The spa was excellent, relaxing and great for a girls weekend.
Nothing not to like.
Good price for an excellent hotel,very good buffet
The weather, it was raining a part of the time
excellent and friendly staff, helpful - they made all our golf bookings - first class meal in the evening
nothing that we didn't like at all
High quality facilities and professional staff. Close to Fuengirola but not on the main strip.
The staff were friendly and helpful. Rooms are large and immaculately clean. The hotel is located right by the beach with all facilities close by. Free wi-fi.
Food below par although this is often the case with buffet menus.
Very comfortable room with seaview.marvelous breakfast,including cooked b'fast to suit uk visitors.Modern design and cheerful.Very central..trainstation and buses within minutes.
Get rid of the tables in bar/lounge,and give it more of a lounge appearance to make it more inviting..i did work as a hotelmanager in my day,so I know what I am talking about!!!!!!!!!!.
Excellent location. Friendly, helpful staff.
Free wifi in lobby was so slow I was not even tempted to pay to use it in my room. After long layovers better arriving, all I wanted was to soak in a hot bath. Hotel has showers in rooms. Food varies from excellent to British.
The location was the main reason for me.
Very nice and will equiped hotel
The number of staff at the front disk was not enough to satisfy all costumers at the same time
family oriented
The weather
Its an excellent location with friendly staff who were also very helpful.
very clean, perfect location
Really liked the hotel. Staff were friendly and helpful and the room was very clean and comfortable with nice views.
Room was very big
Fixtures and fittings somewhat 'tired' and need some modernisation
I enjoyed the beachfront view from our room. The room was clean and had what you would expect from a European hotel room.
I'm not a breakfast eater, but enjoy a cup or two of coffee in the morning, was disappointed that there was no coffee machine in our room. When I went to the snack bar, I was unable to get a coffee to take away, I would have to sit there and drink it.
Good quality hotel across the road from the beach
Clean rooms. Good bathroom. Good location
Very poor service in dining room. Surrounded by uncleared tables. Often had to lay up table oneself. Not enough staff to cope with large tour parties filling dining room. If you waited until later food choice was limited. No maitre d' in charge - staff stood around talking, not clearing.Single rooms at back of hotel and no balcony.
Overall it was nice. The hotel is near to the centre. The room was quite big and comfortable. The personal was helpful and helped me to arrange a trip to visit Sevilla.
For me it seemed that the room was not cleaned in the first 4 days, only the dustbin was emptied but linen was not changed. I think from a 4 star hotel I could expect more. The selection of foods was a bit poor.
The accomodation was very good,the staff always friendly.
Breakfast was always the same,after five days of eggs and bacon,...
Good for kids
Room on 1st floor was really noisy at night as we were in bed early with our baby but would be ok if you had older kids.
location of the Hotel
central location ideal for shops bars and one minute from train station which is excellent and cheap for trips and the airport
no views from rooms and no swimming pool
Internet services very bad
Location = perfect! Nightlife = incredible! Food = excellent!
Pool was very dirty, no maintenance had been done for quite a while. the interior of the hotel was a bit dated a bit of refurbishment needs to be done to make it a real 4 star hotel and the fridge in room would only be connected if you bought 10 items from the list(more than 20 euros in drinks)
in one word :horrible
the staff was helpful, they always tried to satisfy your wishes, we also could use the facilities after the check out. A great thanks again :) It is allowed to drink and eat your own stuff in the hostel. in this way you can buy yourself a 0.33l can for 0.22 eurocent in the carefour supermarket in the city. a 0.5 l beer in the city costs you approx. 3.00 €. It is only 5 minutes to the city and 10 min to the beach. in general we were satisfied by the hostel.
the facilities were not the best one, but they did their job. the breakfast was only toast with 2 different types of marmelade, but i think thats typical for spain. The kitchen was only one single camping plate, which was very slow and you couldn't cook yourself a good meal. You only could make yourself canned food or pasta. for a backpacker it might be ok, but if you will stay there longer or wanna eat something different it becomes hard for you. maybe that the hostel is on a top of a hill could be a disadvantage for it, but for us it wasn't a problem. in general i would recommend the hostel to younger people and not for families. Next to the hostel is a bar, that can be noisy during the night if you get a room wich is directed to the st.
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