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And in the top about a known on the show but those chemical he has a daughter this are really really excellent soccer player. If she's listening colleges and missed the whole debate did then assault while wife goes through and she was in high school and go in the college. Indeed they eat try to get a scholarship at the try to help prepare Saturdays in a money. His collection have the but but at the same time too she's been. Ingrained in this sport her whole life in is her life and now she's questioning a is a cell Molly continue to do for a couple more years or on the go experience college. Would hate to wait till one day and say man. I was stuck with this group of people all through college in London that's kind of the way my wife looked and and she did not play. Reagan was a great soccer players. Two and Harding she made all conference for years and Romulo play of my life. While that and heard senior year she only played I think one game path but apple one game I was at the game came home from college dollars and junior in college at a teller sophomore in college. She broke her away and she still all I heard her her leg break happy she still made all conference that years that I asked how good she was. But she wanted to go to school and then and and be with her mania soon to be tar heel going to be taller he'll. Nada nada what are rare for shoot low nor Ron or some I don't know. I got sedan that's got to be be feeling email I can imagine as apparent unity Mercedes to to watching your your daughter play soccer for salmon years and become something that you love yourself. And it's got talked about that would lessen. Yeah unedited in its Cassie did did Stanley Manning consummate grace came haven't gotten them about Katie knows Brothers and a minister at a few times that doesn't make rotary with his effort. For a little while downtown rotary. And and it's gonna come from its ascent and he'll he'll make the right choice that it's interesting that he had that was Reagan announced that next generation he's going to. With the dollar you know no intended. I'll only give some funny about soccer in and an old Harding Haas school mom brother my brother went Harding. Back in the day in their soccer team was terrible and as a bunch of hooligans playing soccer. And not a little kid and I. Idolize these guys are one of the guys. Cheap to back get a life played soccer. Any ran down the field and spin his tobacco packets of last the coolest thing when I was in middle school but this more and the smaller dome always taken my daughter's school allows listened to Hank Williams junior. Country boy can it can survive and in in it in nag act Childress thrill to switch blade niceties and I'll let his bigs is studying neck or. And I'll came back to us. Bear cycle allied pilots and then solve California native I listen this company a thousand times between sophomore and junior year airy lawns and an old F 150 live trailer. Last sons' names forward if he cannot play SL for my dollar Simon grain in them well there balls TJ country bullet can't survive while looking forward hairless Scott Donna. Hey has to say about his business and about blocked in other things. Welcome back the helmet ready. Services. Maybe eight top plumbing and read it any man along with Trent pasting from both dangles. Born in Carolina he caught they'd I think I've never seen someone eating chicken this year we had to give the show going on segment teacher and was finished and has breakfast here a Trace him from really Stanley companies and now I just got dining on the senate Trent and TJ tell me. You. Our number eight to get the bugs angles zapping you get free stuff. I notice you so jingles asked if you live in the Carolinas ago about jags as part of it but yep thanks for having your guys is was will be with you this morning. Now Naylor were excited had. IT services now excessive farce imputed. I'm not many obviously for for several years before that with with our association would block. That we brought up on the show a few times you've had a couple block memorize Greg done most recently he's right and then blocks introduces leaders of Charlotte which is something they're really you kind of star needs. Indirectly I get a lot of credit for but I was not the block used to be formally flock. Future leaders Charlotte I was part of the group that he changed the name to business leaders are Shura. Our first president was Jim deal then I was president after one year Jim being a great president I was the president about seven years. So I get a lot of credit but the best thing I ever did was to go ahead and reach out to people that. I knew were my friends that were leaders in the community like Greg Dunn Michael like Mike way like prying Katzmaier. Like Greg Hatcher. And say hey we be part of this group and we just grew but you know that the premise of the group is pretty basic. People like to work with people very light so the thought processes we all like each other let's bring other friends friends around each other and can grow our businesses and that's how it's translated into. You know pretty substantial group that's now five chapters strong. As great and it would talk about relationships on the Suu Kyi and pretty much every week I mean NASA we're talking about here scatter I mean people wanted this to their friends it's all about relationships. On so it's got Hong Kong coming out there promising but it didn't. Hey we never stop working now if the Rooney family companies with us and it and I want a solid job here Sunday and I guess that jokes still running the but no we we obviously record says that it betray any assault value we talk about a year you'd damp networking groups and I don't know if that's the right term for ads of the interact with on a daily basis stuff audience that's obviously talked about one that I'm involved with. I mean it's a relationship that's the name of the game and does this and you know I do and say last Sunday we had Britain government own any head. It was Kyle Petty. Offense the fake DA Eddie. Flopped -- OK blah whatever we'll. How can I ethic ethic of the block has a better better ring to it they lie and fly right right right are you budget piece of now I'm anymore maybe we were one time but there were Fokker friend's house while it's not as strong in arguing Claudia forget what I like sixteen years ago I think we've been block for about sixteen years now does the laughter of the sixteen years. And I think what I I put a lot into the organization and I've gotten so much more of a great friendships like you Patrick. And I met you commit Mary but Harvard English teams are much stronger to block. I've got so many great friendships I'm Michael to Fabian out of that group. I'm also gets to spend time on my family I've got that's right brother I'll. Brother Ryan most Qaeda members as well so. You know when you've got fear meet you everybody gets caught up in their families you know their kids their. Significant others you don't get the scene as much thing in my brother to Gary any network and its. That maybe adding more to that felt that's a thought might be another show. It sound cool. I have three siblings that are unblocked guy dill and a lot of that and and part my father is not a member of but it comes out to about everything and supports this and everything that is wonderful dance greats open anyways. Point of the matter is when you go to these networking events. He get to see your friends and catch up because nobody's too busy to do that kind of stuff on a regular basis. But needed I I will give a cop denied asking that the apple doesn't fall too far from the TV your daddy is is in this articulate person and use it whenever I hear speech. And he had the same thing you said he Brothers I know that's I think you're Colombians here. And that that he he introduces people so well class I'm thinking of though we had Tom Marino and it and teaser topics of infidelity which is wonderful. I'm torn out what's going on the craft brews and write history integrates your consider that we wanna get to talk about best in tech which you do when you're not him running block here. But that if you're if you're gonna have a business person out there at the same box really open to anyone right I mean it did didn't runs operates a business orders and sales it's. It's an issue specific free chapters in other words in my field and businesses computer network support so. I'm the only guy does that and the uptown chapter of my competitors or other chapters but you know there's enough business in Charlotte. Sure been a big small community. That you can work and out of synergy with people that you compete against there's nothing wrong with that but yet it's open to everybody. We want people that are carpenter's we want people that are builders electrician. Whoa whoa whoa and run aren't we got there's quality longer Rovio rent as chapters but other people other people are well editors. A Emily names we talk about the Mattel about that would material the time I mean that it's it essentially if it was an outside in the canyon and didn't understand the whole premise it's about two competitors that are in Philly I did better learning from each other's wins and losses. Set to her value to Nazis movie misery with each other's hair as you can say. He would never had a situation like that you learn from each and how did you overcome you know so if their competitors. They can still be France is not the Murano I say this solid. I'm not was still in college right before I graduated. Rainy births hit me up to it it is to join an eerie. And and right out of college I joined the board up listing to in winners old on the board of the Ramallah installation and great aunt and before that Adam are resting good heart in this upcoming inning not competitive spirit. Powell had to take down all the other con tigers and analyzed because I rode around moment in the dump truck is the teenagers and new business loses who has this. And then lunged got involved in Mary. All these. Old school can't charters to for me right away. And I say goodness gracious so do. So say you're right I mean in and Patrick knows I mean talk about it all the time on the show Britain's of the mob my dearest friends in. In the world are contractors and I've known for eighteen to journalists are. Let's assume that you in them. Yes and I he says a lot about them actually. ME you know we were a third generation business and owls are young lipper's never had a bulk dealt with two Latin underneath that hearings com had had four hearings on one's. I didn't have any hearings nor a line and mumble a thank you very much. But Ayala being quite a look yet I've not had to look at at one point down there and two is still have a well as a businessman he's right right but it. Doesn't your hustle and play like long on the one job to stuff like that would kindly take your point that he didn't they load that means that hey this ago and Laird other Ian. And and they gave me a chance. And and frankly that's why. We love to give back so much in and that's part of my leadership platform the main staple is to help other people and and mentor and give back to the community. Because that's what people down from Myanmar my business and multifamily and for people like Patrick not leaders right the whole their whole lives. You know it's it's it's it's Charleston big that's the beauty Shara what you just described rightly that Charlotte business community especially that I I really feel like it. If you're sure racetrack they're business people gonna find out about it but if you're good guy you will be successful. And I think that's how has translated for your success and I feel like for best that I could help us do that as well. I'm so I'm I like that about Charlton and extends up into. You know Salisbury mores build down demean trailed the great communities. When did you acquire Nazi camp. Hi I'd say about four months ago like nobody ran but I I am informed that. Will I resign when it was unlawful manner got a great got over there throw it David Bear that slip it to my earlier vetted as so he did but I've been asked him choose to partner with the off about she's a year and a half at least the finally got an opportunity about former it's gonna think we're doing a pretty good job and I did work I used to have web fingers but now the bombs that into more human hands that they and now things get that nothing. But will this is actually Scott unofficially and he says yeah we were on the awhile or go back honey lonely men together for a for a wild I'm just feel we're still on our sixteen month trial period honeymoon period. That an event that is funny that is viewed as a truth and obviously everybody starts out. It's finally hired him we Aaron you guys Emmons and this guy is so latest person ever greatest ever nor hill tomorrow to my body that I need a lot of this useless and Syria later I need 120 days before you put on your stock into US. This element your passion 120 days all thank you and me it's like the provisional his usual asking that I believe there were words were going to be just as great today as we were yesterday with Leo that's good. Local will love Scott we stick around. How did the absolute most of the William we might have yet affect facts are nicer and. Welcome back hit home with rogue. I'm Patrick Cassidy from review services really electric a beach house plumbing and really handyman along with Trent haste in. From the ruby family of companies we are your posts are still here is got Donnie. Talked a little bit about business leaders Charlie we block. In the last last segment gave back in check and I had a couple last couple has there. And soon if you wanna be entertained for a minute check out our podcast in that and get back and listened to it would Scott dining he has to say. And sky day job is is best in taxes. Saito right. I am one of filed with that meadows Simon partnered combating best integration technology incorporated are. Coming up to ninety tax update now that's intact guessing he's in names and and basically what we are is a full service computer network integration company which is a fancy ways and we work with computers. I was at San on the down sales gonna work with not a Smart engineers which is exactly the case I think going there and have a conversation of folks say hey I'd like to be your partner. More honest hard working morning's announcement knowledgeable so. My job is to get in their say hey would you give a shot folks give a shot and I you know in the guys to a great job. This kind of alien leave this cordless similar Belichick I got this and Damon wired if that's what needed a Sam entered office it worth around much Smart straight people. Yeah right because economy out Edelman Dayton said that about themselves in the athlete that I can't point this is this is the day you bingo. If there and we're now cracking on today oh we always kind of Bailey we hit I'll broke quickly gonna sell last last six and had a tape measure in all it's equipped. We earlier given everybody a hard time busy with console tape measures that first job and like twelve months tattoos. Realistically Medina when he was sit down and I'll falloff. Could have a Nextel strapless side between opportunity and at around his name it. That Nextel necklace that was not already way up that does it say now he fury construction the construction Nextel. The two they connect me he could be in the place for you do not need to be I have somebody do it to the church one Tomas. Again. In the Putin answered them and didn't and if you could do something wouldn't meet at least start talking right after signing allergic to be. I buddy list and pat 2000. Pensioners and then you know diagnosed cases how long has this been pegged them as sixteen years than not you I'm thinking of bringing us back around ditto big you know big below to get back on track are you right. Sixteen years in business actually coming up on seventeen this next April. Let's see where in south then. Violent south trying to catty corner where yeah old. I'm sure not music theater used to be who were cross caddy corner from the rubble now these feature much theater on them but anyways people drop by assaults on and yeah it's a fancy way of saying we just work with computers we were like different businesses. On the windows platform as such we can work with any business where there's a logical company. I'm lawyer's office doctor's office retail you name it. Most companies have some sort of engine specific software they work with our job. Our job is to be a liaison on behalf of IE and network infrastructure to disputes which some wireless stuff. And make sure his work in the way it's supposed to work. The great partner for us our great client for us is really somebody that wants to trust them they're IT partner and that's that you have to have. If you don't trust you really should work with them but I know that our job is provide you guys intelligent information and you can do with what you want. But the reality is ninety million computer numbers of Pakistani business we got Smartphones here we are from earlier. If that's not working prepping you're not getting emails that doesn't get thirteen you know we're not doing our jobs aren't just mission justice work and. Will will let's talk about a couple different examples of that because you talk about the backbone of the industry app a tea I really we've moved our offices recently. And that Manny some sort of take for granted that when it doesn't work properly as there's not much it's more stressful as sort of like. Everyone in the whole company's shut down and Ehrlich and a use sane anyways going on it's embarrassing. It is our Bailiwick since did have a partner like union not to mention the east of the trust aspect that if you're at IT person you know. Are passwords. The attic and Drew Peterson had help us with their computers Xena had helmets with their phones the EC treaty is some pretty important information don't ever reflects on us with your leverage it. Trust me that. If you do that and there is that he if that we've had some. Clients that were not the best parts of the world but the reality is if you jeopardize that type of trust one time. It's over seriously because the word gets out that you cannot be trusted. No he can't be in the same thing in a bit of side agree that's what plant and absolutely I agree with you I mean it. I work for you guys before you workers mean we mentioned this we're talking earlier. I knew you guys that have to work that you would do because remember Patrick then they went out there a couple times because things didn't work the way they were supposed to. Applied to do was asked what time they commit their fixed it diminish honest I think I know was working right I know you guys is that the company that I believe that we are as well. And my answer to you was I don't like when things don't go right no we're always gonna make them right on loans and and trust trust. That we're always working every day. I Alex said this heat yesterday found towns where Mike Tyson and around not getting beat by Mike Tyson round anonymous heavyweight fight. To. Work the kinks out proactively so the Ullman is stubborn next year we don't have those prop. Absolutely you know you've got to learn constantly not I don't know my engineers doing that so much I mean you know. I was set I feel like I'm just costly re learning the same thing sometimes every discover certain remedies of colds and such and I figured out. As you just go through one time you know go through to gambit the nice thing about him multiple engineers they were shares solutions and different things happen it won't client. They can be a solution for another car itself. It's a fun business to be heard. How fast is your world changing coming had constantly I mean how it is. The construction industry changes with with new building products and new ways to do things. But man octane imagine trying to keep though what the ten yards and does anyone here it is but I'm as I mentioned that matters is my apartment. These guys are bringing the fact they they love what they do I mean I love sports I love the paint as I was simply painted blue but they are reading. Constant information. New information about technology deceit is is even worth awhile and how does that work. And they tell me about it it's really cool but is changing costly. One of our biggest challenges right now is you know network security house's sink in that same thing and not net debt and net Branson what is the spyware all this stuff did. In Kiev obviously I don't like anybody who's ever talk about these guys that are holding our networks. For ransom are making millions of dollars. And they're tough to compete against but if you can put to solve Farwell fall firewall in place which I know Roby has it all their facilities. If you can go ahead and Tom put it great virus detection on the workstations. And educate your people as well as there was one other thing I want to say about. What bullet lists let's give the audience that maybe NM not China as he'd have to put gonna try here but if pot farm if I'm Joseph homeowner or Suzy homemaker I'm run on the road. App has a thing about this is so scared me to. What should I do my home computer remains a some packages. Data that was a third during an appointment capita data puts your data and a cloud back up because that's not connected Tina are these people. That send those ransom where he doesn't check out folks if you get an email from FedEx or anything like that UPS. Do not click on the link but just because we're coming up from holiday as you think that that some you're expecting an email saying on get don't click any link because that's how a lot of stuff is in check. Email address so sometimes it's it's not like totally PS dot com or at FedEx dot com. It's easily sound like Gmail ram in my right now I don't know I told you right beta you know be careful folks don't chipped don't put any links you don't know but you know people there's that there's a saying if financial people. Feel people don't plan failed they failed plan he is the biggest network. Cracked if you know. Are individuals. And a plan to put your network at risk. And just click on something accidentally on fortunately there's people out there you just invited to your network to go ahead and not steal your data. Encrypt she did today is still there aegis king using more than a singing Neiman site page. You what you data back to me some money in their last whatever that a man may be well. Oh yes it happens all time not a problem is they may say hey we'll go ahead and give you pass couldn't. On encrypt if you will your data but the reality is they don't have customer service department of these companies you know that just. They're just hackers yea mail encrypted but the reality is you are at their mercy so. But the stuff than that in the cloud it's going to be difficult go ahead and get your stuff back down the can't have business operations once was. But the reality is at least you still have your data so this people who encrypt the stuff that is steal it still sit there it's encrypted it doesn't work you can just leave it. Put this healthy stuff back from the cloud and start working again soon as possible. South. So arrogant they're really ME column apparently apparently information or their modern day are saying is don't you guns solar. Sector and it's not just you know. It's other countries too but there are people here in the US is doing as well but it's people from other countries have you actually sat down and watch the traffic from around the world. I want you know Russian North Korea that you be amazed the stuff that's coming in during our business hours. All day long. Just trying to get to do just trying to make your employees make a mistake it's easy is it primarily business history seen this in the personal computer side happened but you know think about it does not businesses and it happens to even big corporations you can read about a just and equity pack. They had to pay over a million dollars to get the stuff I mean aren't they lost a million dollars. But it happens to police stations hospitals. You know big corporations like and equity. So he can happen of them can capitalize so Scott says so interesting thank you for sharing your knowledge give your business afloat homework Tom police best intact best of tech dot com and also we mentioned business leader in Charlotte this is Lee Charlotte dot com their spelled just like this now. Arson and I should say thanks to have me thanks for joining and it's got down he will be right back thanks guys. Look back at home with drove Patrick capacity for review services regulatory. The VH house plumbing in roe V handyman. A ten paces and got a rhythm he got a strong rip farther mr. shame man I'm just trying to make sure that everybody knows what services we provide a mean thing is if it would bring up every time I didn't notice it out save me now we'll talk about. We don't talk about really be reality is much we don't bring that up in the in the interim that in that selling 88 Condit it. 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But our office building across the street 2000 Wes Moore has some mob don't work and all through Roby commercial. And it excuse me revenue realty on our commercial side but also they're pretty commercial community under the construction. Com and were about to start start that reconstruction of the front part of our building in 2000 less morehead. In a couple weeks and and it's been a wonderful project. Wow couple I nodded even is exactly can we say cross the street course and AMT and across street and a BBT radio and it's been here forever. In defeat you miss it we had to show that they just two weeks ago banks Wilson. Come from announced union that formally studio banks you know as a is also partner with that yeah he's taken 141000 square feet in the frontal side and he's a partner in the Ricans. In the reconstruction that the real estate deal so low we're going to be partners will banks who mean neighbors with banks. So I don't move. If banks and Scott compete nothing new and different Arenas now he's more he's more website development Internet market accounting which does cast more Internet security networking thing and I'll tell you one. I mean didn't think too highly of us Scott when he came into his yelled and Collison much junk abounding. But there I had an office I'm joking I'm completely kids he speaks very very highly of Scott below he was talking about was very educational. And united I try not know anything about technology and stuff is that really enough for today I don't wanna. The bogged down this brain in my hand but meadows in stressing in a school. Was its own. And it's scary is what it is it did you you made use of the word tire and that's what exactly is going on his actors can essentially take over. Your your network and if you don't have a male American business Seymour leave we joked around like hey if you live in someone's Smartphone. You're irrelevant if you came into the phoned and sent emails and access your geared geared computer system you're done these days. I I had forgotten but you're right it's class sick it willingly and next sales. People can just start talking into your neck still important. And blow your cover a a but also. We had this humongous. Company cultural debate. When we were talking about going away from next tales. In talking about the piracy in and empire is still a you know Holden Holden people and companies tosses with their data. Next sale was doing that for allow with cut construction companies to say now all. That nobody would let them go away from and I remember our Nextel bills like. 4500. Dollars a month. And without owning a daily pain that we're pretty this has now winnowing and Taipei have fraph and hollered I'll orphans have opposite but they were taken advantage of the situation. 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Study of passive control of sounds by Micro-Perforated Plates
The objective of this study is to understand the responsible physical mechanism leading to sound attenuation in Micro-Perforated Panels. The method is to utilize experimentally verified numerical models for different plate parameters such as porosity, thickness and perforation size.
PhD Student: Muttalip Aşkın Temiz
Supervisor: prof. dr. ir. Ines Lopez Arteaga
Project Funding: European Union
Project Period: October 2013 - January 2017
Please note that, this title is the name of the task within the project. The whole project is names as TANGO (Thermo-acoustic and Aero-acoustic Non-Linearities in Green Combustors with Orifice Structures). This is a Marie Curie Project.
A Micro-Perforated Plate (MPP) is a plate with holes whose porosity is in the order of 1% and the perforation diameter is designed specifically to attenuate incident sound waves using viscous losses within the perforations. This concept has been known for about 40 years and used in especially architecture, yet the governing physics is not fully understood. Also, recent studies show that the geometry of the perforation has a very large effect on the amount of sound energy absorbed.
At the end of this study, the sound absorption mechanism of MPP will be understood better. This will bring the possibility to use them in various engineering applications such as thermoacoustic and aeroacoustic systems. To achieve this goal, the first step is modeling MPP numerically. Secondly, these models should be verified by experiments. Final step is to conduct numerous numerical experiments in order to study the physical events in the vicinity of MPP.
Once this systematic study is done for various perforation geometries, the effect of vibration can be introduced to model very thin plates.

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The DOMA Project Participation
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POTOSI, Bolivia — In 1572, this breath-robbing city nearly 13,400 feet high in the Andes was the center of the Western world.
With 150,000 people, it was bigger than London, Paris or Madrid. Pianos and fresh laundry arrived from Europe, carted on muleback thousands of miles from the Argentine coast, or over the Andes Mountains.


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Star Stephen Curry is committed to the Golden State Warriors as he prepares to become a free agent in the NBA.
The Golden State Warriors came away with the biggest free agent prize of the off-season, and they will have to do the same thing next year when Stephen Curry's contract expires.
But rest assured the two-time MVP and 2017 free-agent-to-be said, as of right now, he anticipates re-signing with the only NBA team he has ever known.
"I want to be back here. I like playing here, and that's it," Curry told a news conference on Tuesday, via ESPN.
Curry is currently making $12million a year, far from being the highest-paid player on his own team, as Kevin Durant will more than double his salary this season.
Klay Thompson and Draymond Green also make more Curry.
At this point, though, the reigning unanimous MVP says he is focused on getting back to the NBA Finals and winning this season, not how much money he makes.
He is also hoping he will not be bombarded with questions about his future as often as Durant was last year.
"I hope not because we'll worry about that in the summer," Curry said.
"My answer's not going to be any different all year. So, keep asking me, I won't have a different one."


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|2 - 4 players
|average 90 minutes
|Published in 1972
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4000 AD is a unique game of strategy set two thousand years in the future, when men have spread to the planets of other stars hundreds of light-years from the earth. An interstellar conflict between worlds is its subject. The concept of star travel by hyper-space is the basis of its unique playing character. 4000 AD is pure strategy of movement, with no chance element. Two to four players may play independently or in alliance with others. Players use fleets of space ships to claim stars following combat with opposing fleets. Fleets move using a hidden hyperspace movement system based on the distance between stars. Captured stars generate more ships. Victory is determined by the last player to be eliminated. from the Waddington ad for this game from 1977. " 4000 A.D. is a unique strategy game of unusual scope. The principle of movement is original, and provides unlimited variation in play and strategy"
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Casey Dewey
May 24, 2013 at 9:19AM
It's no secret I'm a huge fan of Devo. In anticipation of their show at the Rialto on Friday night, I though't I'd share my 10 favorite Devo tracks.
David Mendez
May 13, 2013 at 2:13PM
I really don't know what else I need to put here: People love them some Daft Punk. I'm not sure if it's the music, or the fact that the two dudes wear the kinds of outfits that make San Diego Comic Con cosplayers look like low-budget Halloween costumes, but Daft Punk causes some severe reactions in music fans.
David Mendez
May 7, 2013 at 11:22AM
"I Appear Missing" is the first release off of Queens of the Stone Age's forthcoming release Like Clockwork, set to be released June 6 — and I'm pumped, if only because Dave Grohl returned to lay down the drums for this album, which is cool in its own right. Bigger to me, though, is that I'm of the opinion that everything Grohl and QOTSA frontman Josh Homme collaborate on (QOTSA album Songs for the Deaf, Them Crooked Vultures, "Centipede" off of the Sound City soundtrack) turns into gold.
David Mendez
May 2, 2013 at 9:52AM
Following Jeff Mangum's Rialto show in March, Neutral Milk Hotel has announced that they're bringing the band back together for a reunion tour. So far, no Tucson dates have been confirmed, though considering how vehement NMH fans are about defending their band's honor, they may want to consider playing here—if only because there appear to be people champing at the bit to see them in person, regardless of how poorly received Mangum's show was by Weekly writer Joshua Levine—or how poorly received his review was.
David Mendez
April 23, 2013 at 12:50PM
The completely independent release of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' The Heist was one of the biggest surprises of last year, debuting near the top of the Billboard charts in its first week of release, topping the iTunes charts and recently went Gold — and it's honestly my favorite record of the last year or so, just edging out Murs & Fashawn's This Generation. The video below, "Can't Hold Us," is the best tune on the album, in my opinion — and it's somehow been stretched into a seven-minute short film that includes skydiving, a pirate ship, a man getting a haircut on the beach, a huge party or two, and a giant damn flag that was actually flown atop Seattle's Space Needle.
Megan Merrimac
April 19, 2013 at 10:00AM
With Country Thunder 2013 wrapping up a mere few days ago, tickets have already gone on sale on Tuesday for next year's Country Thunder for $99. Filled with cowboy boots, flannel shirts and a hefty supply of beer, Country Thunder 2014 is set in Florence, Ariz. from April 10 to 13.
Megan Merrimac
April 17, 2013 at 1:30PM
After announcing their tour last week with A Rocket to the Moon, Brighten, and This Century, the Phoenix band The Maine released their new song and tour dates, with two stops in Arizona. The 8123 North America Tour will kick off on June 4 in Phoenix at a location to be announced.
Megan Merrimac
April 17, 2013 at 9:32AM
Jimmy Eat World, the rock band from Mesa that formed in 1993, released a new single last week titled "I Will Steal You Back." The song is off their seventh studio album, "Damage," which comes out June 11.
Megan Merrimac
April 11, 2013 at 3:21PM
American rapper, Jake Miller released his new EP, "The Road Less Traveled" today. In my humble opinion, I think it's pretty damn good.
Mari Herreras
April 9, 2013 at 9:09AM
Check out this amazing video from the Latin Grammy nominated La Santa Cecilia. This Los Angeles band will be at the Rialto, Tuesday, April 9.
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TAMPA — The replacement gets on base more than the previous DH. He runs like damp cement, but still better than the other guy.
He can play a position, something cranky knees didn't allow the former. Finally, thanks to a foot adjustment and hacking in Yankee Stadium, the new face is likely to establish a career high in home runs.
So why are many Yankee fans still pining for Hideki Matsui to be the World Series champions' DH instead of seeing him handling the same job 3,000 miles from The Bronx in Anaheim?
Because Matsui oozed class from every pore, swung a productive bat, and because the last image of him was hoisting the World Series MVP trophy in early November after he batted .615 (8-for-13) with three homers and eight RBIs in six games.
Yet, when you compare Nick Johnson to Matsui and use the all-popular "tools" to evaluate, Johnson wins.
Now all he has to do is produce like Matsui, and those same fans who wanted Matsui over Johnson will be converts.
Johnson, who doesn't over-think many situations, isn't looking at being Matsui's replacement. But as Matsui's teammate in 2003, Johnson recalls the attributes Yankees fans adored.
"I remember he was a great player who got a lot of big hits," Johnson said of Matsui, who batted .292 with 140 homers, 597 RBIs and an on-base percentage of .370 in seven Yankee seasons. "He was the same guy every day. He was very good."
And now he is gone, leaving the oft-injured Johnson (nine trips to the DL since 2000) to fill a void that is real.
"I miss Matsui — he has always been one of my favorite teammates," Derek Jeter said. "He plays hard and doesn't make excuses. He has a lot of pride in what he does."
The Yankees, afraid the 35-year-old Matsui's two surgically repaired knees wouldn't hold up even as a DH, never made an offer to Matsui, who signed a one-year deal worth $6 million with the Angels.
Johnson, 31, never has been a regular DH. Nor has he ever used the lower half of his body to hit. So, as he gets used to the down time between at-bats, Johnson also is working on pivoting his back foot instead if letting it slide inward.
When the latter happened, Johnson came off balls and had no power. Now, with the help of hitting coach Kevin Long, Johnson is driving balls to right field.
"I wouldn't say it's second nature, but the more I do it, the more comfortable I will feel with it," Johnson said.
Johnson hit a career-high 23 homers in 2004 for the Nationals. With more power and hitting in the jet stream to right in Yankee Stadium, matching Matsui's 28 homers of a year ago isn't out of the question.
"He is gaining on it," Long said of Johnson becoming more comfortable with the foot change. "The percentage of where we want it is at 60 percent."


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BREAKING: WaPo Trump Accuser #KristinAnderson Didn't Care About Allegedely Being Groped Until The Media Told Her To
Even though all of The New York Times and People's hoaxing Trump accusers were totally debunked here at GotNews yesterday, The Washington Post rolled out yet another accuser today who didn't seem to care much about how she was "groped" until the mainstream media told her to. Just take a look at her Facebook profile: Low energy! Kristin […]Read Story


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Black Friday Dilemma Thursday, November 20, 2014
Okay, so I have been thinking, pondering, mulling it over and I'm pretty sure I'm 100% anti-Black Friday. And super anti-Black Friday for those poor folks that have to work on Thanksgiving.
Day 10 Birthday Celebration Giveaway - The Big One! Saturday, August 10, 2013
Tomorrow is the big day! I will have circled the sun 40 times. Hopefully I've gained some wisdom during the those years, made a few lives brighter and shared all I could with those I love and cherish.
The best thing about a birthday is it's a personal New Year - another 365 days to create the life you want, a fresh start, another chance to chase after your dreams.
Day 9 Birthday Celebration - Wish Upon a Star Friday, August 9, 2013
Day 9 of my birthday celebration. The big 4-0 is looming larger than life and I've decided to celebrate this month with giveaways each day on my blog until my birthday.
Day 7 Birthday Celebration Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Welcome to day 7 of my birthday giveaway event. If you are just joining us - to celebrate turning 40 this year, I'm hosting 11 days of birthday giveaways for my blog readers. Leave a comment on any of the birthday posts to enter. (Some posts have a little 'homework'!)
Today is a super sweet day in the Humblebeads studio. Jess (Mr. Humblebeads) and I are celebrating 20 years of marriage.
Day 6 Birthday Celebration Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Today's Birthday giveaway is inspired by one of my favorite events of the year - the Bead Cruise!
I created this pendant a few years ago for the gift bags - we gather together quite the swag bag from our sponsors each year. I do my part to make them awesome.
Day 5 Birthday Day Giveaway - Nostalgia Monday, August 5, 2013
It's day 5 of my birthday celebration giveaway and today I have a a Lilac Pendant for one lucky winner!
Day 4 Birthday Celebration Giveaway - Fleeting Moments Sunday, August 4, 2013
Welcome to day four of my Birthday Celebration Giveaways.
Today I'm thinking about fleeting moments. Time just flies, it feels like I was just 12 yesterday and now I'm looking at 40 in just a few days. (You'll find out later this week why my 12th birthday was so memorable.)
Day 3 Birthday Celebration Giveaway Saturday, August 3, 2013
Today's giveaway is all about my favorite time of year - autumn! I know, it's just barely August and I pinkie swear I'm all trying to live in the moment and enjoy the summer while it's here. But I can't help but feel a little giddy at that thought of crisp mornings, leaves changing colors and warm comfy scarves and sweaters. Absolutely giddy I tell you!
Day 2 Birthday Celebration Giveaway - Summer Wildflowers Friday, August 2, 2013
Today's blog post let's you see the other side of my creative life. Here is a watercolor painting that I made this week.
Midnight Garden Bracelet Tutorial & Giveaway Thursday, August 1, 2013
Hello, hello dear friends. Today is August 1st and that means 10 days until my birthday! But not just any birthday, this is the big 4-0. I'm slightly freaked out. I certainly don't feel like a 40 year old. Instead of moaning and groaning though, I decided to celebrate. Because my life is filled with amazing people, events and places and it's so worth celebrating!


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Open Thread: It Happened to You
This is your place to talk about the funny, sad, outrageous things that are happening in your life -- whenever you're ready.
My husband and I are total opposites. He's ultra-conservative, and I'm ultra-liberal. He's grumpy, I'm outgoing. He is a foodie, and I have the palate of a 5-year old. Where we differ the most, however, is in terms of religion. He's an atheist who was raised by a very conservative Christian family; I'm spiritual, having been raised by a former Catholic turned astrologist.
When we had our first child, we didn't baptize her. However, my mother-in-law started talking to her about God. It didn't bother me, though it irked my husband a bit. She took her to church and Sunday school, and and we ended up enrolling my daughter in a Christian pre-school where my mother-in-law worked.
My little girl took to Christianity pretty well. I thought that since she was being introduced to the "gentle" side of Christianity, it didn't bother me — I believe in Jesus, prayer, and Christmas. My husband was annoyed, but since I felt OK with this, it was two against one.
At her school, there was an after-school club called Kids for Christ. Abby asked if she could join, and I said sure. The club would provide snacks, do some fun activities, pray, and talk about God and the Bible. Nice, right? I thought so. My husband, on the other hand, said, "Enjoy your fairytales."
On the last club meeting for the year, they rented a slide with an inflatable pool at the end. She had a great time! When I picked her up from school, I asked her how it went.
"Awesome!' she said, "I got baptized!"
Um... huh?
"Baptized? What do you mean?'' Maybe she misunderstood.
"I was in the pool and Mr. K asked me if I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart and then he dunked me in the water!"
Yep. She understood.
I drove home feeling very conflicted. My husband, of course, wasn't happy about this. I told him I'd handle it, and I initially contacted my mother-in-law to talk to her about this. Even she was shocked that this was done without our permission.
Then I posted on my Facebook wall to see how other people felt about it. I still was waiting for Mr. K to call me back, but in the meantime, a debate started raging. It was actually really interesting. Conservative Christians thought there wasn't a problem; they thought the problem was with me because I wanted to "cross-block" eternal salvation. Non-Christians agreed with me that I should have been informed and been the one to give official permission.
I finally got in touch with Mr. K, who's a very sweet guy. He cheerfully told me that it was a spontaneous thing — one kid had asked to be baptized in the inflatable pool, and he decided to ask the rest of the group if they wanted to be baptized, and several kids said yes. So he did.
I'm the type of person who doesn't want to hurt feelings. But... baptizing is kind of a big deal, right? I would like to think it is. So who should have more of a say? A young child, or the parents of that child? I get that maybe all these kids saying they want to be baptized has a bit of a group mentality — everyone is doing it. And a lot of moms on my Facebook wall said it's harmless. I get that. It's not like they gave her a tattoo. But shouldn't parents be notified of things like this before they happen?
I support her wanting to be baptized, but I would have wanted to be there. I told Mr. K my feelings. He reiterated that it was spontaneous and that there was another mom there taking pictures that I can ask to see. I told him that's nice, but I would have liked to have been there to take the pictures myself.
I took it upon myself to warn him that he really should let parents know if this sort of thing is going to happen. There might be a parent that gets angry and might force the after-school club to shut down, and that would be a shame. I also told him my husband is an atheist, and Mr. K got all jumpy and said, "Oh man! Is he mad?" I told him he feels the way I feel — that we should have been asked for permission.
Ultimately, I believe that being baptized is a spiritually intimate moment between a person and God. In the case of a small child, parental consent must be given, in my opinion, no matter how "spontaneous" and regardless of if the child says they want to do it.


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Republican Club of Butler – November 2016 Pre-Election Brunch
Taste of Butler! November 4th Inaugural Event
On Sunday, November 6th, we will hold our annual pre-election brunch at the VFW Hall #8096 on Carey Avenue (just past the fire house). The event kicks off at 11:00 am with brunch, followed by coffee, brief presentations by the candidates, and table discussions. Tickets are available at the door and cost $25 each. Concerned citizens who want to meet the local, county, state, and federal candidates, ask questions, and help bring about political reform are welcome. This event is regularly attended by State and County Republican officials, so join us to have an opportunity to speak directly to your representatives. We look forward to seeing you there!
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George P. Siek VFW Hall
Butler Republican Club members will be donating a ladder and their time on Sunday, May 20 to spruce up the George P. Siek VFW Hall. Please e-mail us for more information or if you can help out…
All Republican Mayor & Council to Continue Moving Butler Forward
On November 8th, our two Republican candidates were voted to the town council in an uncontested election. This gives us the opportunity to continue the fiscally conservative policies and exceptional foresight which have kept Butler a great place to live, with among the lowest property taxes in Morris County.
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Mental health is how we think, feel and behave. It helps determine how we adapt to a range of demands, relate to others and make choices. Just like physical health, mental health is important at every stage of life and is essential to overall health.
According to the National Consensus Statement on Mental Health Recovery, "Mental health recovery is a journey of healing and transformation enabling a person with a mental health problem to live a meaningful life in a community of his or her choice while striving to achieve his or her full potential.
In order to support the rehabilitation and recovery of every Veteran with a mental illness, VA has identified recovery as a guiding principle for its entire mental health service delivery system. Recovery is a journey that involves developing hope, self- direction, empowerment, respect and peer support.
Recovery Update Newsletter - Issue 4 + Bonus Self Advocacy Issue
In this edition of the Recovery Update Newsletter we look at:
- Increasing Access to WRAP
- Utilizing SE Resources in PSR
- Recovery Reminders
- Ask A Veteran
- VISN 3 Recovery Advocates Workgroup Turns 10
This is a special bonus issue of Recovery Update featuring a national provider panel on self-advocacy. The key topics are:
- Provider Panel on Self-Advocacy: How we can foster greater self-advocacy when working with individuals in recovery from SMI?
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- VA Recovery Services in Mental Health: Provides a list of the psychosocial services and resources available to eligible Veterans through the mental health programs at VA Medical Centers (VAMC).
- Guide to VA Mental Health Services for Veterans & Families: If you are a Veteran, Veteran family member, member of a Veterans Service Organization, or member of another group interested in VA mental health care you can use this handbook to learn what mental health services your local or regional VA health care facility has pledged to provide to Veterans.
- Mental Health Recovery Transformation: The VISN 3 MIRECC page provides recovery resources such as, a recovery brochure, educational resources and a list of upcoming events.
- MakeTheConnection.net: Visit this site to view hundreds of stories from Veterans of all service eras who have overcome mental health issues. MakeTheConnection.net is a one-stop resource where Veterans and their families and friends can privately explore information on mental health, hear fellow Veterans and their families share their stories of resilience, and easily find and access the support and resources they need.
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Incumbent for the United Benefice of Great Torrington
17th Jul 2015
The Bishop of Exeter and Christ Church, Oxford
wish to appoint an Incumbent for
The United Benefice of Great Torrington
comprised of Great Torrington, Little Torrington with Taddiport and Frithelstock
A traditionalist priest is sought who will respect the different theological positions of these parishes, value the variety of their worship traditions, and root himself deeply in local community life.
Great Torrington PCC has passed resolutions in accordance with the House of Bishops' Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests.
The Bishop of Ebbsfleet writes:
"The four congregations that make up the 'mission community' focused on Great Torrington have a wonderful opportunity! - to share the joy and truth of Jesus Christ and his Church in a whole market-town environment, to nurture an inclusive and resourced parish community, and to be a lively centre of catholic worship, learning and mission for North Devon. It is a precious part of the Exeter Diocese as well as of the Ebbsfleet family of parishes. The community at large is very mixed and has its share of deprivation and social challenge: the church community itself has been through a period of turbulence, needs to regain its confidence, and wants to grow in faith. For the right priest this assignment offers a rewarding, wide-ranging and stimulating place to serve and minister. Are you - or do you know - the priest who can rise to this opportunity: if so the Bishop of Exeter and I hope that you will apply."
Closing Date: 27th July 2015
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As we celebrate Black History Month, our minds turn to the African-American men and women who have enriched all of our lives with their accomplishments and contributions.
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Dr. Charles F. Whitten falls in the latter category. You may not know his name, but here in Detroit he was responsible for launching the successful careers of 400 minority doctors. Dr. Whitten created the Post Baccalaureate Program at Wayne State University (WSU) for minority students who had been denied admission to medical school based on their prior academic performance. After successfully completing the intensive one-year program, the students are guaranteed admission to WSU's School of Medicine.
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I am, right now, no word of a lie, making homemade vegetable stock from vegetable scraps. Seriously, it is a great stock recipe http://ohmyveggies.com/how-to-make-vegetable-broth-with-kitchen-scraps/ Thanks for posting those links, I'll check them out more when I have more time (when my stock is finished).ReplyDelete
Hooray! I love that you're trying this. It can be really overwhelming once you start seeing all the waste everywhere that a person makes, especially when it comes to little things like tags on retail items - you can't recycle those stupid plastic tags that hold on the price tag! Another thing I struggle with is medicines or the crazy amount of disposables used in the medical industry. I started bringing a bandana hankie to my dentist appointments so they don't have to use a disposable bib. It is a great conversation starter and means I don't have to explain so much when I turn down the "goodie bag" of toxic dental products later on.ReplyDelete
I do most of these except composting, but it is on our to-do list. I use rags for cleaning and cloth napkins, so once we've eliminated our "wet" waste from our baskets I'm planning on sewing fun garbage can liners for our small trash bins so I don't need to use a plastic bag or wash them as much, I can just wash the liner with my other rags and things.
Ok brain dump going on, so last thing - dental floss! I've explored several options. Dr. Tung's makes one with a compostable package, but the floss is still plastic and non-compostable. I'd been using regular floss and just washing and re-using it until it finally breaks and is unusable. But now my health food store is finally carrying silk dental floss by WooBamboo (I already use their bamboo toothbrush and love it) so I've switched to that. It is a little hard with my having tight teeth (I usually need a dental tape), but one must sacrifice for the environment!
If you find the diva cup uncomfortable, or are experiencing leakage I suggest trimming the stem and flipping the cup inside out. It solved all the problems I had with mine.ReplyDelete
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:07 am
Post subject: DW Campaign: Hurricane Season - Phase 1
Hello all,
Now that this campaign has officially started, let's get things moving! We have a new player (Patrick) to replace Mark on the Coalition team. He's new to DW and will be borrowing my Russian Coalition fleet for his games, so please make him feel welcome.
I have yet to receive a Command Fleet from Michael B - please send it to me ASAP! Patrick, I will put together a Command Fleet for the RC to get you playing straight away.
For the potential uses of each player's 6 Command Points, please see the Rules thread in this sub-forum. Could everyone please email/PM me their chosen orders by the end of Sunday 11 October? This gives me the week to set things up before the club meeting on Sunday 18 October. Patrick, don't worry about it for this meeting.
In addition, there will be some Phase-specific bonus missions in this campaign. Any player wishing to use one of these simply needs to include it among his orders list, specifying which flagships are being sent on that mission. Any other requirements must also be met (such as both sides paying for larger battles); if more players want to use an event than the event specifies, please decide among your team-mates who will actually play it out. While these events are worth bonus Campaign Points (CMP), all of these events are *optional* so don't feel compelled to try one if your fleet's been pounded flat the previous meeting.
Phase 1 Threat Zones (general):
Greater Antilles
Phase 1 events
Operation Hammerfall:
Historically, the Prussian theater commander was "over-zealous" in pursuing Imperial Bond policy in the campaign, which led to a raid on the city of Miami.
Players: One per team
Threat Zones: Florida
* Terrain of 2-3 Medium islands plus 2-4 sandbars
* Each player spends 2+ CP on Covert actions
Benefit: +1 CMP if victorious
Island Hop:
The Bond's forces begin sweeping through smaller Coalition outposts.
Players: Any
Threat Zones: Lesser Antilles
* Terrain of 2-3 Medium islands plus 1-2 Large islands
Benefit: +1 CMP if victorious
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:11 am
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Hi Michael, will it cost any additional CP to perform one of these optional missions ?
ie. first optional battle
1 CP to deploy Command Element
2+ CP for Covert Actions
1 CP to select Operation Hammerfall
up to 2 CP remaining.
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:12 am
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Hey Roger,
No - you only need to specify the bonus mission you're taking and meet all other requirements. So for Operation Hammerfall, it would be a 3CP minimum as you described - one for the flagship to Patrol and two or more for Covert Actions because that's a listed requirement. Anything else is at the player's discretion.
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:11 am
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Hi Michael,
Not sure I'm clear about the new mixed squadrons... So if I have a squadron of 2 Tribals and 1 Agincourt, which is destroyed, will it cost 2 cp to repair (cos it's a medium squadron) or 3 pts (cos it's a medium squadron plus an attachment)?
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:44 pm
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Hi Guy,
I'd treat it as if you had a full squadron of the relevant model and calculate losses from that. So for your example, that mixed squadron would cost 1CP for the Tribals (2 of 3 lost > 50% HP = a Damaged Medium squadron) and 0CP for the Agincourt (1 of 3 lost < 50% HP = not a Damaged Medium squadron). If the SGS had been 2 Tribals and *2* Agincourts, and all were lost, then it would be 2CP to fix (1CP each to Repair two Medium squadrons).
Does this help make it clearer? It may be simpler to treat the entire SGS as a single squadron, but most of them include models of multiple Sizes, making that option trickier. This also means that taking a smaller squadron can be cheaper to replace - if a squadron's size range is 2-3 and a player takes a group of 2 (which is destroyed) the squadron needs to be Repaired (2 of 3 lost > 50% HP) instead of Replaced (3 of 3 lost = 100% HP). Any better?
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:38 pm
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Thanks Michael,
Makes sense. Incidentally, I've PM'd my revosed command fleet to you.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:26 pm
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Due to other commitments, I am unable to play a campaign game at the october meeting. If anyone on the good (?) team (I'm still unclear about which is which) is interested in a game on Saturday evening then I could organize to get down to Melbourne for that.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:25 am
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I have left this a little late to ask questions, but here goes anyway.
Can I deploy multiple fleets in any one phase, and if so do they have to be in different threat zones?
Can you spend CP's on covert operations in any threat zone or just the area where covert operations are specified?
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:30 am
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Hi Martin,
You can deploy multiple fleets (cost of 1 CP per flagship deployed) in any listed Threat Zone - even the same zone. We found last month that one battle per meeting is probably the optimal way to play. If you have multiple fleets on the map and multiple opponents, you can choose which one you want to play with on the day. Covert actions are assigned to a flagship, so they happen in any battle that flagship participates in. Some of the bonus missions will specify Covert Actions, so they must be bought for at least one flagship assigned to that mission.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:16 am
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Hello all!
It looks like we'll have four campaign players at LOA on Sunday - Roger (IB), Barry (IB), Guy (GC) and Martin (GC), which should give us two campaign games. If anyone else is interested in playing on the day but hasn't sent in orders, we'll try to work something out. Patrick, if you are there and want a game, I'll be bringing my Russian fleet and a sample Command Fleet for you. We have also lost another Coalition player, as Michael B has had to withdraw.
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:57 am
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Hello everyone,
Well, we had two campaign battles last meeting. I must say, it's been a while since I've seen that many exploding sixes in the same roll...twice.
But fun was had by all, so I count this as a win.
Roger's Prussians faced off against Martin's Britannians for the Island Hop mission. Dirty tricks were enjoyed on all sides, but at the end of the day the Prussians won decisively after the destruction of the KoB flagship HMS King George, earning +5 Campaign Points.
The other battle was Barry's EoBS against Guy's KoB in a general fight. Luck both good and bad was in plentiful supply, but the Blazing Suns force conceded defeat after their commodore's battleship was damaged and their supporting command gyro INBS Red Dragon was shot down, earning -4 Campaign Points for the Britannians.
This leaves the Campaign Score after Phase One at +1. The Imperial Bond currently need another 9 CMP to win the campaign!
I will start a new thread for Phase 2 soon. I have also edited the Rules thread based on feedback from the last meeting, so please check it out if you are playing in the campaign!
Michael A
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I'm convinced that the more we question, the more we open ourselves up to the possibilities, the closer we are to finding our truth – some might call it "belief" or "faith". I prefer to think of it as simply the truth that resonates in our heart, the kind that can change our thinking and the way we react to life.
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Fascinating stuff, Derrick. I generally concern myself with my hero's physical make-up when jumping into book or series. I generally, if I'm lucky, get their back story from them directly when they start coming to life in my imagination.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Thanks for this, Derrick! I write profile summaries about the main characters, and I make sure to include "Tags" or "Aspects" that are things that are obvious about the character physically, or things that are particularly driving about their personality.ReplyDelete
I usually start with physical aspects as well, but instead of developing a profile, I write a quick 1 - 2 page "monologue" as the character, regardless of whether I'm writing in first or third person. That allows me to get a much better "take" on the character. (I'll also, when crafting notes/outline, come up with three primary traits).ReplyDelete
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