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Solomon: How another special teams mistake ended Texans' chances
Next Sunday's Texans game against the Giants starts at noon. Next Sunday's Texans game against the Giants starts at noon. Next Sunday's Texans game against the Giants starts at noon.
I repeated that phrase a couple times just to help the poor Texans out. Unfortunately, it is a little too late to let them know that the season started on September 9.
Had I known they would approach the year with such little urgency, I would have recommended Texans fans do some crowdfunding and raise money to put the message on billboards all over town.
The 2018 season has begun, and, obviously, the Texans were not ready for it.
Their two games have started at noon and at kickoff the Texans might as well have been back at their hotel rooms playing video games.
I assure you, getting his team ready to play is Bill O'Brien's job. He has failed to so that twice now, and thus his squad faces the daunting 12-percent chance a team that opens the season 0-2 will make the playoffs.
O'Brien's team pulled it off in 2015, so all is not lost. But they might want to start playing a little earlier next Sunday.
While there will be much-deserved focus on the befuddling ending, with Deshaun Watson scrambling around as the clock ran down, the final play was hardly where the Texans lost the game.
The game was lost because the Texans didn't show up until the second quarter, after they already trailed 14-0.
The list of overall errors is too long for this quick postgame take, so we'll limit our critical eye to special teams.
Horrendous Texans special teams play is almost as expected as humidity and mosquitoes are around here. The hiring of well-respected Brad Seely as the coach was supposed to fix that. It hasn't. Not yet.
The Texans missed a field goal, late in the game had a terrible punt into the end zone, then compounded that error with a penalty to give the Titans better field position.
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In the first quarter, the Titans' Kevin Byard stepped in front of punter Brett Kern, took the snap and tossed a 66-yard touchdown pass to Dane Cruikshank, a gunner who had been uncovered on the outside.
It was a fundamental breakdown of a punt return unit.
Upon further review, the last time New England punted in Week 1, the Patriots brought one of their gunners inside to help block. When they made that change, the Texans left the gunner on the opposite side of the field uncovered.
Though on almost every level there is an automatic check to a fake when a team makes this ridiculous mistake, New England punted the ball anyway. My guess is the Titans decided to try the same shift to see if the Texans reacted the same way.
They did. Easy touchdown.
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Poorly coached teams have even less.
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I was ripping 5'-6' long boards of 1" thick poplar yesterday and realized that I was getting burn marks on the edges, and that the cuts weren't perfectly straight. Most annoyingly, they were quite difficult to push through, and I felt like if I applied any more feed pressure, I would reach levels of danger where my hand could slip and push itself into the blade.
I have a jointer, so I've smoothed out the cut pieces (really only needed one pass), and I've checked that the fence is parallel to the miter slot (using my finger – it even bends a hair outward – away from the blade) and that the miter slot is parallel to the blade within 0.002" (using a dial gauge).
I'm using a Ridgid TS3650 contractor saw and an Irwin Marples combination blade. I don't think my blade is dull (but it's the only blade I've been using for several months.. but it works good enough for other tasks. I cleaned it about a month ago), and all other measurements seem to be ok. Of course I'd like to buy a new toy (new blade) – but I don't know whether it'll be useful for me or not. If it's just a matter of time and burn marks then I'll just manage with a combination blade, but if it actually cuts smoother (and straighter) then it might be something worthwhile buying. Also, any recommendations?
-- John 14:6
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#1 posted 04-13-2017 03:29 PM
A good Freud ripping blade is like $30. I would say buy the blade either way. I dont like combination blades for ripping. If this extra force and burning is new then there is something wrong. I doubt the blade is dull in a few months. Is the poplar bowing as you cut it? Sometimes that can happen and then causes binding and burning. Loose belt or bad belt could also be a cause.
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#2 posted 04-13-2017 03:30 PM
You may not think it's dull but it sounds to me like your existing blade is either dull already or getting there. But to answer your question, yes, get yourself a good quality rip blade. While a good combination blade may work for some things it's always better to use a blade designed specifically for the task at hand. Changing blades all the time can be a pain but the better end results make it worth while.
#3 posted 04-13-2017 03:32 PM
Straight cuts is probably more of an issue of technique. Make sure you are pushing the workpiece towards the far corner of the fence, not straight back. So if your fence is on the right of the blade, you should be pushing towards the far right corner from where you stand. This ensures the piece is pushed in to the fence. If you just push straight, the tendency us to actually pull it away from the fence and in to the blade.
Burn marks could be because the blade is not parallel to thee fence/miter slots. Could also be related to pushing too hard. At some point the wood wants to flex, and that can cause burning and curs that aren't straight. You could test this by slowing your feed rate.
A dull blade never helps either.
-- Part of engineering is to know when to put your calculator down and pick up your tools.
#4 posted 04-13-2017 03:33 PM
Poplar will burn pretty easily so that's not unusual. The binding is likely release of internal stresses after the cut. I'd try some other wood and see if the issues are still present. If not, it's probably just the wood.
For the record, your hand should NEVER be where it would go into the blade if it slipped. Buy/make yourself some push sticks/blocks. If the wood binds, hold the board firmly in place and turn the saw off.
If you do decide to get a new dedicated rip blade, I'd highly recommend a Freud think kerf glue-line rip blade.
Good luck and be safe!
-- Kenny, SW VA, Go Hokies!!!
#5 posted 04-13-2017 03:50 PM
Indeed the newly cut piece is more bowed than the board it was cut from, so there does seem to be some extra tension there, and that might be a cause.
I've never ripped stock this long before so I don't know what to compare it to; however I've tried test cuts with plywood and some scrap pine (= stuff that's cheap enough to test on!) and it works fine: No resistance, perfectly square, etc. I just got this saw (replaced my R4512 with it.. long story) and it cuts better than the previous saw in all ways – but that's probably because the fence doesn't bend inwards. The test cuts have all been straight and accurate.
The funny thing is (and this is why I'm thinking there might be an issue with the blade) is that the blade seems to have a hard time chewing through the poplar. There doesn't seem to be any kind of binding between the blade and the fence.
I'm not feeding with my hand directly – but using a push shoe; however I'm worried that if I apply any more force, I will destabilize the shoe and cause it to rock/bend/topple over. So my hand is safe as long as I'm mainly using it as a guide with some mild feeding force. The binding has not been bad enough for me to have to turn it off – the resistance seems constant along the length of the board.
From the comments you've all given, it sounds like part of what's happening is normal, and that I'd do well to apply force towards the top end of the fence rather than the middle/bottom. I guess a rip blade would be nice to have – but it doesn't sound like it would be a game changer in this particular case?
-- John 14:6
#6 posted 04-13-2017 03:57 PM
Thicker and harder wood is always going to require more force, no matter what blade you use. With a combo blade that is going to be more noticeable. Add in a bit of binding and it will be significant. A thin kerf rip blade will help with all of it.
-- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene.
#7 posted 04-13-2017 04:08 PM
Having your existing blade clean, and pitch free is also pretty important. I would say buy a rip blade, because you "need" one anyway. Get a FTG model and it is very useful for joinery. Splines, cleaning tennons, and so much more. Clean is big though.
#8 posted 04-13-2017 04:14 PM
Bill, I can't seem to find the $30 freud blades – do you mean the Diablo ones sold at the Home Depot? (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Diablo-10-in-x-24-Tooth-Ripping-Saw-Blade-D1024X/100070768) there's also a Freud for $43 (https://www.amazon.com/Freud-Tooth-Ripping-Blade-LU87R010/dp/B0000225UH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492099287&sr=8-1&keywords=rip+blade).
The ones that say "Glue line rip" on them seem to double in price.
I'm only somewhat impressed with the Irwin Marples blade. It does a beautiful job on plywood, but maybe I'll step up in quality this time – wood is expensive and I'm discovering that the more milling I need to do, the smaller my lumber gets.
-- John 14:6
#9 posted 04-13-2017 04:16 PM
This one has a FTG. Good value in my opinion. There are better options, but more $$$.
#10 posted 04-13-2017 04:16 PM
I guess a rip blade would be nice to have – but it doesn t sound like it would be a game changer in this particular case?
It's a pain in the butt to change the blade when you've got only a little bit of ripping to do, but Yes, you will certainly notice a significant difference it the ease of cut when you go to an 18 or 24 tooth blade to rip with. I regularly run a 50 tooth combo Freud blade and it does okay for a few rips, but if I'm milling a large bit I load the 24 tooth because each cut goes faster, cuts better, and feels safer.
-- I've decided 1 mistake is really 2 opportunities to learn.. learn how to fix it... and learn how to not repeat it
#11 posted 04-13-2017 04:28 PM
Yes, I usually order them from Amazon. It is not a "glue line rip" but i do just fine gluing as long as one side is straight first.
-- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene.
#12 posted 04-13-2017 08:52 PM
For small everyday rip jobs I use my Forrest WWII with great results; since blades changes back and forth is a major PITA for me. However, when I have a LOT of ripping to do, prepping stock for a project etc; I use a Freud Glue Line rip blade. Excellent blade, excellent results. It sounds like your combo blade may be getting dull, which will show up with bad rip results before it shows in bad cross cutting results. Bite the bullet for a new combo blade or have yours sharpened if you have a reputable sharpening service locally. Then get yourself some sort of dedicated rip blade. You will be much happier in the long run with the results. JMHO.
-- "Now I'm just another old guy wearing funny clothes"
#13 posted 04-14-2017 01:06 AM
Even though you cleaned your combo blade a month ago, it could still be dirty…doesn't take long. It could also be dull, especially if you've been ripping thick materials with it.
Regardless, get the rip blade….it's never a bad idea to have the right blade on hand. It's unlikely it'll make a "cleaner" cut than your combo, but it's far less likely to burn, and will a lot easier on your saw. A good ripper for thick stock like the Irwin Marples is about $30. The Freud Industrial LU87 is < $40.
-- Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....
#14 posted 04-14-2017 02:10 AM
So the rip blade doesn't produce as clean a cut as a combo blade (because of the tooth count) – is this true even when ripping?
(I still don't have a rip blade. It'll be arriving on Saturday).
-- John 14:6
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#15 posted 04-14-2017 10:25 AM
FWIW, I would recommend buying a FULL KERF (1/8in) rip blade 18-24T. IMO, less chance of warping it if you really do a lot of ripping in a single session.
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I'm SO SO grateful to Canon that the 5dm2 and my L-Series glass has epic weather sealing. That being said I'm fairly certain Canon didn't design them for use submerged under a storm cloud that had flooded the surrounding area at the aptly named Anchor Inn, Hillfarance (near Taunton) for Hannah & Paul's wedding a couple weeks ago...the Bride & Groom came prepared though... they brought a boat along...no seriously!
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So last night I was riding home from watching the fireworks under the Ravenel bridge.
As I was pedaling down SC 61 a teenage packed SUV blew by me screaming "get on the f!#%ing sidewalk!" They revved their engine and sped away. I've grown really intolerant of ignorant and aggressive drivers. They came so close to me that I could feel the heat from the engine. Yes I am riding at night, but I'm telling you, I was lit up like a Christmas tree, or Minora if you like. Momentarily, distracted I missed my turn for my road. I lifted my head and caught a glimpse of the little pricks rounding the bend. I lifted my self up out of the saddle and began flicking through gears like a man possessed. As fate would have it, they hit a red light and I seized on the opportunity. Shifting through even more gears I sped off in their direction. I caught up and came to a screeching halt beside them. They looked terrified, I don't think they expected in a million years that I would catch up to them. "What's that again bro?" I said. The kid who yelled at me was sitting in the front passenger seat and wouldn't make eye contact with me. I continued on "First off all it's illegal to ride on the sidewalk. Second, it's dangerous as hell!!". The female driver began to apologize profusely, and in her defense I don't think she really had anything to do with it. "Don't listen to him, he's an idiot" she said" "Yeah, he looks like one" I said. "Look I've had way too many buddies hit by idiots like you. We both belong on the road and we gotta respect each other. So next time you think about harassing a cyclist, think again alright? Just be cool to each other" The kid still didn't say anything, or even so much as lift his eyes. The female driver, who was actually pretty cute, sped away, chastising her friend as they did.
I felt like a total badass, even though I'm probably the least threatening looking person out there. I don't know, maybe it was all the skin-tight lycra that intimated him. Anyhow, moral of the story, don't be a jerk on the road. Please.
The past couple of weeks have been a crazy time for sports with The World Cup, Wimbledon, and The Tour de France, all coinciding around the same time. I hardly know what to watch. There have been some really great and surprising moments in all three events.
How about Nadal coming back from his persistent knee problems and climbing back to the top?!?!
And Rodger Federer being knocked out before the semis?!!?! Has the Maestro finally fallen?
It's always gone back and forth between these two Tennis greats, but with Nadal's win at Wimbledon, he will be seeded number one, bumping Federer out.
In Soccer news, Team USA made to the final Sixteen by way Landon Donovan's goal in the final minutes of the Algeria game!
Unfortunately we were stopped short by South Africa's last hope, Ghana. Though, Ghana has since been dispatched by Uruguay in dramatic fashion. It was probably the most exciting game of the World Cup yet, and I missed it!! It went into extra time and then came down to Penalty picks. Ghana had a chance in regulation to put it away with a penalty kick due to a handball from Uruguay inside the goal box, but the shot went over the cross-bar. In the end Uruguay came away the win. They now face the Netherlands who have been dominant over some very strong teams like Brazil.
Germany is another team that has been a force to reckon with and is my pick for taking the cup this year. I gotta root for my heritage! They have been brutally physical and absolutely dominant in controlling the ball. In their last two match ups with England and Argentina they managed to keep the ball in their possession over 60% of the time. It almost wasn't fair. They walked all over both teams, though truth be told, England was robbed of a goal outright. Would that have changed the games dynamics? Possibly. I'm sure England fans will argue the point until the next World Cup and beyond.
There have been some really controversial and out right bad calls made in this tournament, which is a little unusual given that it's the world cup and the refs are supposedly the cream of the soccer crop. Hey, everyone makes mistakes, but unfortunately the mistakes that some of the refs have made this go around have been at really key moments in some big games. This might not be a problem if FIFA would loosen it's stance on Goal line technology and Video Playback. Though every other organized pro sport uses some form of this technology, the governing body at FIFA has been against it since it's inception and introduction into pro sports. Their arguing point is that it would change the dynamics of the game. Soccer is a fast paced frenetic action packed game, and video replays would detract from that dynamic. I agree with them and I don't think we need to replay every single challenge and call, but I think there is absolutely a place for goal line technology, and perhaps some sort of "coach's challenge system" like the one used in the NFL. People make mistakes and get calls wrong, it should be made sure that each game is played out cleanly and fairly and that the right calls are made on the field. If technology can assist in this, I'm all for it, and I think it can be implemented in such a way where it does not impede on the game dynamics as a whole. That's my take anyhow.
In cycling news….Vive le Tour!!!!!
Cycling's premiere event is on and it is offer to a crazy start. This year riders will ride through 20 stages and one Prologue, a distance of over 2,100 miles over the course of three weeks!
Before I go into too much crazy detail and jargon perhaps I should offer up a quick crash course in Cycling.
First some Terms.
The Peloton: The main group of riders, or "The Pack"
Breakway: A single or group of riders that have "broken away" from the main field. Breakways often don't succeed because the Peloton has a huge aerodynamic advantage. The more cyclists work together, the faster they can go with less effort. It's almost impossible to out run the Peloton, but on certain stages with right conditions it can be done, and each stage riders will try their luck in hopes of succeeding. It's usually on hilly stages where breakaways succeed and huge time gains can be made.
Chase: A rider or group or riders chasing after the breakaway. Sometimes there will be one two or ever three chase groups.
Being dropped: Sounds like what it means. A rider is unable to keep up and is consequently dropped.
Sitting Up: Basically sitting up, meaning that you're not going at it hard and it's not your day to win.
Slipstream and Drafting: Drafting is where you are riding literally inches behind another riders wheel taking advantage of the rider blocking the wind, riding in their "slipstream" A rider can save over 30% of his energy by doing this. This is how breakaways succeed. Riders will work together, taking turns at the front and then dropping back, to work as one cohesive aerodynamic force. This is action is called pacelining.
The Yellow Jersey or "Maillot jaune" (sort of pronounced M-I-Yo-Journ): This jersey is worn by the rider with lowest overall time at the end of each stage. Lance has worn it a lot.
The Green Jersey: This jersey is worn by the rider with most points in the sprint competition. In each stage there are sprint check points if you will. These are different points in the stage that riders try to reach before anyone else to gain points. Points are also awarded at the end of the race for crossing the line 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so on.
The Polka dot Jersey: This jersey is worn by the rider with the most points in the King of the mountains competition. In each stage, unless it's flat-out, there are several climbs that riders face. At the summit of each climb points are awarded to riders for crossing first second and so on. The number of points available and awarded also depends on the difficulty of the climb. There are five categories of climbs. Fourth (the easiest) , Third, Second, First, and Beyond Category.
The White Jersey: This jersey is worn by the youngest rider with the best time. Contador once wore this jersey.
The GC: General Classification, or the overall standings.
Now a few random rules:
When crossing the line the whole pack of riders get the same time. This is to prevent things from getting insanely crazy at the end of each stage, as riders would be challenging each other for mere seconds off the clock. In previous tours time bonuses were sometimes given to the first few riders crossing the line, but I think they've done away with that, or at least they have for this year's tour.
If you crash within the last 3km you still get the same time as everyone else. This is quite common since teams are jockeying for position at the end of a stage trying to get their best man into position for a sprint finish. Though everyone in the pack is getting the same time, sprinters are going full-out at the end for points toward the green jersey. Some riders are actually in it just to win the green Jersey and likewise with the Polka dot jersey.
I think that's enough to get started.
In this years tour de france there is something like 20 teams with 9 riders per team. Each team has a designated captain. This person is usually the teams best hope in the GC. In other words its the rider with the best shot at taking the whole thing. Though there is certainly more than one way to win in the Tour!
Lance is back once again, with his new team RadioShack.
After some serious falling out amongst teammates from Team Astana last year, Lance left and took just about everyone with him, including head coach Johan Bruyneel. Last years Tour saw a bitter rivalry form between Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, (a rivalry that Versus TV has delighted in building up) the new leader of the Tour, and one of the most dominant figures in pro racing today.
I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to pair these two together. I mean, what did you expect to happen when you put a guy who has come back from three different types of cancer and gone on to win 7 Tours in a row, with the new blood of the Tour who has two consecutive victories himself along with several other grand tour wins. For what it's worth, I don't like Contador. His tactics last year sucked. More than once, he attacked and hurt his team in doing so. He didn't seem to appreciate the effort put in by his team, and I don't think the team was behind him, though they did end leading him to victory, and never once did I hear him express any sort of gratitude. I also hate the little pistol shot me does when he crosses the line victorious. Hey buddy, the proper procedure is throwing your hands to the sky, and or kissing a good look charm you're wearing around your neck. It was always about him. Cycling is very much a team sport, and if you don't have a solid team behind you, you don't stand a shot, no matter how strong of a rider you are. That's why I think Lance has an excellent chance of taking the crown back from the arrogant little prick. Though in fairness, Lance was probably just as cocky and arrogant when he was Contador's Age. (early/mid 20's)
Whatever, I don't like the dude and I'm pulling for Lance and RadioShack. With guys like Leipheimer, Kloden, and Horner acting as lieutenants, I think he could pull this off. RadioShack is a much stronger team than Astana in my opinion, and it's the stronger and more efficient team that's going to have the yellow jersey.
So far a prologue time trial has been ridden and two stages. It's been an absolute crazy start, laden with crashes. The Prologue time trial saw Fabian Cancellara, Swiss Time Trial Champ, absolutely kill it, taking first on the day by more than 10 Seconds. Lance also did very well taking 4th on the day. Contador placed 6th, losing only a few seconds off of lance, which really won't matter in the stages to come but I think the psychology of being up on Contador for the time being could play into lance's favor.
On stage 1 there were a couple of nasty early crashes, once of which was due to a dog running out onto the course. There were also several pileups at the very end of the race that saw major riders like Mark Cavendish, quite possibly the fastest man on two wheels when it comes to the sprints, go down.
Stage 2 saw even more crashes. With torrential rain pelting the peloton, riders were going down left right, litterally. Even Contador and Lance weren't spared the brutality. All is well though, and both riders saw only minor superficial wounds. I mean if you can, imagine riding wheel to wheel with over 200 riders for five hours at avg speeds of 22-25 mph and then add to that pouring rain, you can only imagine the carnage that would ensue. Teams do their best to keep their lead guys safe by riding towards the front of the pack, but sometimes it's unavoidable, and massive pileups caused over half of the peloton to go down in Stage 2. Vande Velde had two nasty falls which has forced him to abandon the tour early on, which is a shame because he was worked really hard to get into form on having a really difficult injury laden season. I feel you Christian! Tyler Fararr for Team Garmin Transitions also went down hard twice. He suffered a sprained elbow and fractured wrist but is still starting the stage tomorrow. Cyclists are the most hardcore athletes on the planet!
The carnage in the back actually allowed a breakaway to succeed. It stared as a group of 8 riders but then one Sylvan Chavenel broke away from the breakaway and ended up taking the stage getting his 2nd stage win in his career, and getting almost 4 minutes on the Peloton. This means he will dawn the yellow jersey at the start of stage 3 and most likely keep it for a few days as the GC standings shouldn't change much over the next few stages. Though, crazy things have been happening, and with the cobblestones in stage 3 tomorrow, maybe I shouldn't hold my breath. I've definitely got to rethink some of my picks for my cycling fantasy team, especially considering some of them have broken wrists!!
Vive le Tour!!!
~ by glennikin on July 6, 2010.
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2 Responses to "Tri-Sports!!!"
personally i don't really care about pro soccer, tennis, or cycling….but dude, that first story is awesome. you rock. mary and i got what seemed like an angry honk as an SUV sped past us when we were biking yesterday. how dare we ride bikes on the same road they're driving on? hopefully you changed the minds of at least a couple of people. nice work.
tom said this on July 6, 2010 at 2:53 am | Reply
You should try cart pushing sometime…
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Neoliberalism — a threat to democracy31 Jan, 2017 at 19:02 | Posted in Politics & Society | 3 Comments
Perhaps the most dangerous impact of neoliberalism is not the economic crises it has caused, but the political crisis. As the domain of the state is reduced, our ability to change the course of our lives through voting also contracts. Instead, neoliberal theory asserts, people can exercise choice through spending. But some have more to spend than others: in the great consumer or shareholder democracy, votes are not equally distributed. The result is a disempowerment of the poor and middle. As parties of the right and former left adopt similar neoliberal policies, disempowerment turns to disenfranchisement. Large numbers of people have been shed from politics.
Chris Hedges remarks that "fascist movements build their base not from the politically active but the politically inactive, the 'losers' who feel, often correctly, they have no voice or role to play in the political establishment". When political debate no longer speaks to us, people become responsive instead to slogans, symbols and sensation. To the admirers of Trump, for example, facts and arguments appear irrelevant.
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Why would anyone expect neoliberalism not to be a threat to democracy?
Neoliberalism in its original conception was a calculated ideological rejection of the expressed preferences of the masses:
It was paleoliberalism with a fresh coat of paint. Inevitably the rubes would sooner or later catch on that GDP and median household income measured two different things, only one of which mattered. At which point, a return to the dynamics articulated by Polanyi in The Great Transformation was foreordained.
Analyzing the root causes of the collapse of Liberalism into authoritarian collectivism was, lest we forget, his motivation for the book in the first place. Return to the root causes, and expect a return to the consequent outcomes.
Comment by Michael Robinson— 31 Jan, 2017 #
The left is in a hopeless state and mostly consists of useful idiots who sell themselves to the highest bidder. There are some exceptions such as Slavok Zizek but the left mainstream is rotten to the core.
Neoliberalism isnt rotten to the core which is why it can easily influence politics
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
"It had been hard sometimes, when I was a kid, after my magic had started coming in. I'd felt weird and different-alone."
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It was in the news the other day (on ITV). The presenter of the news warned us, the viewers, that the images we were about to see were disturbing. I braced myself to face the disturbing images.
The story was of an albino boy who was killed with his head being chopped off and both his legs being hewn off and taken away. The boy's mother who is a cripple told the sad story to journalists.
When the alarm (of the killing) was raised, a thorough search was conducted by the authorities in Bukombe District where the boy's home was.
One thing led to another and, finally, the mutilated legs of the boy were found in a local witchdoctor's house. The pictures of these dismembered limbs sent shivers down my spine. I couldn't bring myself to understand this heartlessness and gory inhumanity meted on a fellow human being.
To add salt to injury, the boy was the bread-winner for the family as the mother is a cripple. Talk of a family blighted and thrown down a bottomless abyss!
My Two Cents: Local witchdoctors should undergo a rigorous and exhaustive system of ascertaining their "genuineness" and "integrity in the business" before they are licensed. Witchdoctors who are found to be advocating for the killing of albinos (or prescribing the usage of albino body parts) should be de-licensed. Legal proceedings should also be instituted against the proponents of this cowardly act.
The responsibility of making sure albinos are safe lies not only on the shoulders of the government, but also on the shoulders of the community and society that surrounds them.
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LAST Monday night, both the men's and women's bathrooms at the Double Seven, an ink-and-gold nightclub on West 14th Street, carried new accessories: rolls of black toilet paper, though you could hardly see them through the gloom. (The Double Seven's bathrooms are tiled in black, have black toilets and sinks and are lighted by candles.)
Laurie Black (her real name), a 34-year-old customer relations manager at an information technology consulting firm who was there having a drink with her boss, obligingly tugged out a length of the stuff and squinted. "It certainly doesn't jump out at you," she said finally. "I imagine once you'd pulled it out your train of thought would be interrupted. You'd stop worrying about whether or not you'd paid for your last drink or whether you were going to go home with this guy. You'd think, wow, black toilet paper. Am I really going to use this?"
Good question. If black is the new black, again, should its influence extend to toilet paper? Can toilet paper make it as an object of design, a touchstone of chic? More important, should it?
"The question for us was not why, but why not," said Paulo Miguel Pereira da Silva, the president of a Portuguese paper company called Renova, which has just begun testing its new product, Renova Black, otherwise known as black toilet paper, in this country. Mr. da Silva, who speaks Portuguese and French, communicated with this reporter by e-mail, his answers and my questions translated by an employee.
Mr. da Silva wrote that he had been thinking about the idea of spectacle and how it relates to consumer products while at a trade show in Las Vegas. Black was an intuitive choice for toilet paper, he suggested, because it signals "avant-garde creative work."
"In a design sense," he wrote, black means "irreverence, maybe touching a bit on the core nature of art, which is to break rules and set new ones.
"Culturally, deep down, Renova Black invites people to break down whatever might be limiting as common sense ideas," he wrote.
Mr. da Silva ventured that his new product was "neither solely a product, an object or a communication tool," but some heady combination of all three. He also admitted, more prosaically, that when he stocks his bathroom with Renova Black at parties, guests tend to pinch the rolls.
In any case, hoping to capitalize on the concentration of design folk in town for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair next week, Mr. da Silva's company has hired Kelley Blevins, a soft-spoken, Tennessee-born public relations executive at OnTrend International, to find Renova Black just the right context. (He's already placed it in urgent hot spots like the Double Seven, Frederick's Bar & Lounge, Frederick's Restaurant and the basement bar at La Esquina.)
"I wanted as many tastemakers and influencers as possible to have a personal encounter," said Mr. Blevins, who claims to be the man responsible for making the Chupa Chups lollipop a fashion accessory a few years ago, and so has had some experience in giving a stylish sheen to unlikely items.
Black toilet paper is enjoying its pre-buzz stage, said Mr. Blevins, who as of Tuesday had promises from Conran's, Catherine Memmi (a furniture and design store in SoHo featuring much dark wenge wood and white leather), Troy, Vitra and a gaggle of meatpacking district boutiques like Stella McCartney, Carlos Miele, Rubin Chapelle and others that black toilet paper would be a staple at their furniture fair parties.
"Basically, everyone with a bathroom said yes," Mr. Blevins said.
A few weeks ago, when André Balazs threw a party for his girlfriend, Uma Thurman, at Frederick's Bar & Lounge on West 58th Street, the buzz was so soft no one heard it. Reached in London last week, Mr. Balazs, after a muffled conversation with the birthday girl, said the toilet paper was "there, and, uh, it was very black."
"O.K.," he admitted, "nobody noticed."
Mr. Balazs was more voluble, however, when asked if, as a hotelier, he had ever given a toilet paper brief to anyone on his design team. "I certainly did," he said. "We worked on a special sticker for the toilet paper at the Standard Downtown," he added, referring to one of his Los Angeles hotels.
"The concept was that the whole place was part of a mythical evil conglomerate from the 1970's, something that John DeLorean might have run, and so the artist Ryan McGinness, who is fascinated by corporate logos, designed a language based on the human pictograms you see in airports."
Mr. McGinness, Mr. Balazs said, designed a toilet paper pictogram of a man in the middle of doing that for which toilet paper is made.
He did not.
"He did, too," Mr. Balazs said. "Go and look. There is really no end to the amount of attention that one should lavish on the bathroom."
Not even the versatile Philippe Starck, who has designed everything from a toilet cleaning brush to an earwax scooper, has ventured so far as toilet paper, however. Though in 1960, the fashion designer Pierre Cardin, in a licensing frenzy, did put his initials on the stuff, said Marian McEvoy, a contributing editor at Domino. "Which is kind of funny, having the letters P.C. on toilet paper," she said. "I'm just wondering why someone hasn't done black before, though I could see it, too, in an electric, on-fire blue, or maybe stripes."
Black toilet paper is an obvious fit for the dream-world of club and hotel bathrooms, but a weirder fit at home, unless you happen to have one of those stainless steel toilets that were all the rage a few years ago.
David Mandl, an architect, has a guest bathroom in his Manhattan apartment that's all steel and slate, and features the brushed stainless lavatory manufactured by a company called Neo-Metro. "I wanted to give the bathroom an edge," he said the other day. "With black toilet paper I think it would look awesome."
(You can't buy Renova Black in stores here yet — remember, this is its pre-buzz period. But you can buy it online from the company, at renovaonline.net, for about 2 euros, or about $2.50. There is a horrifying deep red version on the site too, but it's only for sale to Europeans.)
Donald Albrecht, the curator of the Dorothy Draper show at the Museum of the City of New York, said he thought Mrs. Draper would have taken to the concept with gusto. "We've got a recording of an Edward Murrow interview where he asks her what she'd most like to design, and she says, 'A butcher shop, which would be all white except for the noses of the pigs, which would be bright pink.' If anybody could be serious about color and toilet paper, it would have been her."
Or Halston, who was Miles Redd's first response to the notion of black toilet paper as a decorative gesture. Mr. Redd is an interior designer in the Dorothy Draper mode, whose own bathroom is a mirrored, 1930's original he found in Chicago and fit to his house here in NoHo; it's big enough and glittery enough to throw a dinner party in (which Mr. Redd has indeed done).
Black toilet paper, he said, "sounds so Halston, so balls of cocaine."
"My theory is that most everything can be chic at some point or for some period of time," he said. (Mr. Redd has never "done" toilet paper, though he has gone so far as to choose toothpaste for a client because the packaging appealed.) "I can see it in a powder room," he continued, "because that's a place where you can have whimsy or shock value, and you don't get tired of it because you're only there for a short amount of time."
Henry Petroski, a design theorist and professor of engineering at Duke University, worried that "shock" and "bathroom" are an unhappy couple, at least when combined outside a nightclub setting. "In the end, I expect that many people who use the toilet do not want to be shocked," said Mr. Petroski, whose book "Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design" was published this year by Princeton University Press. "They want to go to the bathroom in calm and solitude, without the intrusion of objects that distract them from the business at hand."
But Miguel Calvo, who is one curator for the Mobile Living Experiment, a design showcase dedicated to the props of nomadic living filling 18,000 square feet at the Skylight Studios in SoHo during the furniture fair next week, said he liked the "wow factor" of the black toilet paper, and was happily laying in a stock of it for his event. "All global nomads need toilet paper," he said. "Is this fabulous or banal? Who knows?"
His co-curator, David Shearer, said, "Maybe what's important is not the product but a sense of process: you've changed the color of something very ordinary, and so people are going to interact with it in a very different way."
Or perhaps, as David Rockwell, veteran of so-called entertainment architecture, said: "We've reached the logical end for thinking about that product. Black doesn't say anything to me about the particular use of the product. It's not really form following function; it's counterintuitive, so that's sort of interesting."
Mr. Rockwell, whose design credits include W Hotels and Nobu, said he was not tempted by toilet paper. What he would really like to try his hand at is Band-Aids.


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I had a seriously interesting bodywork treatment a few weeks ago – recommended by fellow Yoga Sanctuary yogi Juan. I booked in to get Bowen Therapy on my back, which had been bothering me all year. Chiropractic, acupuncture and rest hadn't worked so I was still searching for an answer. After the first treatment I noticed a huge reduction in pain when I taught yoga. During the second session my therapist was strongly drawn towards doing energy work on my solar plexus. I gave her full permission to 'get a bit weird' and she let loose on my Manipura Chakra. I was left with another gigantic improvement in my sore back and more doors opened to improve my all over health.
The Solar Plexus Chakra
The third chakra resides in our solar plexus and is called Manipura. It is symbolised by a yellow flower with ten petals and relates to our assertiveness in the world. The pain in my vertebrae had been on the thoracic spine directly behind the solar plexus. The chakra and everything relating to it resonated in so many areas of my life. I realised that the mind / body / spiritual connection could be studied as a cross section of our being in order to heal. Here's what I mean.
The Gut and the Liver
I had a look into the Manipura Chakra and what it related to physically. The gut, digestive issues, the pancreas and liver are all related to the solar plexus chakra.
I decided that I'd continue on with the milk thistle that I had been taking for liver health since drastically reducing my intake of alcohol. Due to having Coeliac's Disease, it was also time to be a bit more vigilant on the gut health that my body requires.
I had never imagined that taking better care of my liver and gut could be even remotely related to my thoracic spine.
Pitta Constitution
The Manipura Chakra is also strongly related to the Ayurvedic constitution Pitta. Pitta relates to ambition and the desire to learn, grow and rise to the top. If either Manipura or Pitta are over active within you, you may become aggressive, egotistic, and over-competitive.
Balancing out both Pitta and Manipura involve keeping a fire in your belly that is warm enough to digest your foods without being so hot that it makes you boil with rage. Rage and liver damage go hand in hand.
If you need to cool the fire, you can do so with foods, yoga, lifestyle or meditation but make sure that you don't cool it so much that your fire goes out. If you do so you may become powerless and lethargic.
I find it interesting that balancing the fire in both our Solar Plexus Chakra and our Pitta Constitution can help in more ways than one. You may address your anger in order to repair your liver, and therefore cool a raging Pitta heat. Or you could aid liver regeneration which could temper your anger and help Manipura burn a little more evenly.
Is all of this contributing to the unexplained pain in my spine?
The Thoracic Spine (mid back)
An unexplained pain on a vertebrae on my spine delivered me to a Bowen Therapist. The thoracic sits in a physical, spiritual, mental and emotional centre that is grouped with many other things. Whether it is fluff or fact I do not know, but what I do know is that everything is connected.
In order to achieve complete homeostasis, we need to ensure that there are no weak links in our body. That means being curious about the physical, emotional, energetic and lifestyle facets of who we are. I may have thought that piling some crystals on my solar plexus in order to heal my back was fluff, but the fact is that my spine felt noticeably better for the first time in five months.
As I aid in liver regeneration, repair my gut, balance my pitta and stoke my ego centre, I hope that my spine will continue to heal.


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Number of Truckloads (Imperial Measurements)
Estimate the number of truck loads it takes to remove excavated material off site.
This calculator will calculate the volume of excavated material using length and width of the excavation in feet and the excavation depth from an average of four points. It will calculate the volume increase of the material using the swell/bulking percentage from Bank to Loose volume.
A dump truck holds anywhere from 10 to 14 cubic yards of material.
The Calculator
- Enter the length of the excavation (feet)
- the excavation width (feet)
- A,B,C,D the depth of excavation (feet)
- the swell/bulking percentage of the excavated material(percentage)
- truck load capacity (cubic yards)
The Results
- The volume of the excavation in cubic yards (cubic yards Bank Volume)
- the volume of the excavated material calculated with swell % (Cubic yards Loose Volume)
- Number of truck loads it takes to remove the material.
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Dear Cotton Indian Elementary Parents and Community, July 29, 2019
Welcome Back! We are all excited to have students back in our classrooms and hallways filling them with energy and enthusiasm for learning. It is our mission to help every child feel welcomed, connected, and a part of our Cotton Indian family. This promises to be a year filled with leadership opportunities for all of our students as we strive to find ways that we can be even better than we have before!
During the 2019-2020 school year, we will continue to build upon and refine our proven foundation of data driven decision making aligned to the Henry County Schools Teaching and Learning Standards. Our vision remains……..
Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time
We know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child's education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our children's success and want you to know that we will do our very best to carry out our responsibilities.
As we enter year five of being the only Leader in Me school in Henry County, we will continue to model and teach 7 Habits of Highly Effective people: Being Proactive; Beginning with the End in Mind; Putting First Things First; Thinking Win/Win; Seeking First to Understand, Then to Be Understood; Synergizing; and Sharpening the Saw. We believe that in addition to possessing the traits of knowledge, individuals who are truly thriving in today's reality are those who are also good listeners and team builders. We will draw upon the talents of the whole school- all staff members and all students- and optimize the support of our parents and community.
Here's to an AWESOME new school year as we work together to make our school a great place to work and learn each day! The dedicated Cotton Indian staff and I feel privileged to be a part of this school family. We thank you for your support and it is truly our honor to be part of a community where parents, teachers and students care for each other and strive to build positive relationships that support academic and social-emotional growth.
Proud Principal,
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Wholesale Product Spotlight – Zen Buddha Fountain
Eastern influenced landscaping is a hot trend right now, as more and more people seek to transform at least a corner of their outdoor space into a quiet retreat to escape to after a busy day.
If one follows the proper Feng Shui principles when creating such a space, then running water is an essential element to be included in the design, and our Zen Buddha Fountain is the perfect way to do that while also adding a stunning central focus to build around.
The fountain, which features a highly detailed sculpture of Buddha in repose, is crafted from durable polyresin and stands 21 1/8″ x 20 1/8″ x 29 3/8″ high. The water cascades from beneath Buddha into a stone bowl below, propelled by the included submersible electric pump.
Buy the Zen Buddha Fountain wholesale at Koehler Home Décor.


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We present an open-geometry Fourier modal method based on a new combination of open boundary conditions and an efficient -space discretization. The open boundary of the computational domain is obtained using basis functions that expand the whole space, and the integrals subsequently appearing due to the continuous nature of the radiation modes are handled using a discretization based on nonuniform sampling of the space. We apply the method to a variety of photonic structures and demonstrate that our method leads to significantly improved convergence with respect to the number of degrees of freedom, which may pave the way for more accurate and efficient modeling of open nanophotonic structures.
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Urban Twilight is going to QuiltCon 2020! It's my second quilt to make it into the premier showcase for modern quilts, and one of 400 quilts juried in from Modern Quilts Guild members around the world.Read more
Seeing Red Juried into Form and Function
"Seeing Red," a quilt that protests the inhumane treatment of migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border, has been juried into "Form and Function: Fiber Arts for the 21st Century," at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.Read more
Juried into New Quilts of Northern California
My quilt "Superbloom" has been juried into New Quilts of Northern California, a special exhibition within the Pacific International Quilt Festival.Read more
International Orange In Stitching California
My quilt "International Orange" is one of 41 pieces selected for "Stitching California," a traveling exhibition mounted by the Northern California/Northern Nevada region of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).Read more
I've Got a Great Spot at Shifting Tides
My quilt "Whither the Waterfront?" occupies a terrific spot at the newly opened "Shifting Tides" exhibition in the "Works/San Jose" gallery: right in the entry of the exhibition. There's also a reproduction in the front window, shown above.Read more
Shifting Tides Opens April 19th
"Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth" opens Friday April 19, 2019 at Works/San José, with an artists' reception on Saturday April 20, from 1:30–3 p.m. I'm honored that my piece "Whither the Waterfront?" is among the 46 art quilts juried into thisRead more
I'm Online at Visions Art Museum
My quilt, "Patch of Blue," is part of a new online exhibition at Visions Art Museum in San Diego. The show, called "Spring," includes 39 quilts that will be featured from April–June 2019. You can read more about Patch of BlueRead more
Shifting Tides Catalog Available
The catalog for "Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth" is now available for purchase. It contains 46 art quilts—including my piece "Whither the Waterfront?"—that reflect the Pacific Ocean ecosystem, its natural diversity, and the human activitiesRead more
"Seeing Red" in "United We Quilt"
"Seeing Red" is included in "United We Quilt', a web gallery that encourages advocacy and engagement through the display of fiber arts created in response to Trump administration policies. You can find my quilt here.Read more
Juried into SAQA's "Shifting Tides"
My quilt "Whither the Waterfront?" has been juried into "Shifting Tides," a seven-region Studio Art Quilt Associates exhibition focusing on the Pacific Ocean ecosystem, its natural diversity, andRead more


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MC Machinery Systems Announces Opening of Subsidiary in Mexico
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The HC-548EX is capable of a wide range (200 - 32,000 RPM) using a grease-packed spindle and a long-life AC motor. High-speed direct hard milling is possible via dry or semi-dry oil-mist systems. The new HSK-E40 holder achieves six times higher clamping force than a regular BT shank while the Air Balance Cylinder comes standard, reducing the load for ball screw and servo motor.
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Evil Eyes Necklace - Yellow
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Complete your look with our Evil Eye Necklace.
The Evil Eye Necklace makes a perfect birthday gift!
Evil Eye necklaces are designed with acrylic and brass charms.
18" long Brass Chain.
Made in USA.
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IVF Treatment in India- Paving Way to Parenthood
Infertility among young women has become one of the major issues of modern lifestyle. However, medical science has found a solution to all problems and with advancement in medical science, there is also a way to achieve what you have been longing for. However, it is important to understand that age will play a vital role in your success of fertilization. Any woman who wants to conceive should do it at a younger age because age is definitely a hindrance to the problem. This is so because during IVF, when your body is younger, it can produce its own eggs, which plays a vital role in the success of treatment. IVF treatment in India has become common and extremely cost effective now.
Infertility disorders treated in India
Some of the disorders associated with infertility that can be treated in India include –
- Damaged and blocked fallopian tubes
- Ovulation disorders
- Sperm related issues or low sperm count
- Endometriosis
There are a lot of foreign patients seeking fertility treatments in their own country and they are spending a whole lot fortune there. In order to get a world-class and at par medical IVF treatment in India, you just need to get in link with a good medical tourism company here. Such a company can connect you with the best doctors and help you by giving their personal attention.
With high success rates and smoother process handling, such companies will take away the pressure from you and will guide you to good doctors, IVF specialists and surgeons who can ensure a success rate.
Alleevia is one of the trustworthy medical tourism companies in India. One can contact the company for a range of treatments, including this IVF treatment in India. You may connect with them for complete package details, while also understanding the visa process.


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This category is dedicated to children. In this category we list competitions where children have the chance to compete, or competitions where prices are especially suitable for children. Here you go to win many things to make a kid being happy. As we know that a children love toys, we have many types of toys here from local or import. It can be a doll like teddy bear, barbie, puzzle, leggo, action figure, game board, car toys, ball, marble, or building blocks. Sometime, kids love to play a game with their friends like playing snakes and ladders or monopoli. Some cute prizes like children clothes, mini backpack, superhero or fairy costume or some cute accessories are also available here.
You can also find educational toys for kids like a children's story book, encyclopedia for kids or educational computer games that can educate them while they are playing. Like nowadays when a kid starting to learn so many things earlier such as music or new language, a musical instrument that specifically made for kids are often to see now. More funny ways to learn language for kids like Alfalink, mini laptop, or speaking dolls are good as well. Other stuff to win can be anything from Nintendo games to stuffed animals. Sometimes, you can also find a drawing competition, dancing or singing contest for kids. This kind of competition need an active participation of children and their parents. Do not forget that if a child wants to participate in a contest that required parental consent!
Most of competitions listed here are need parental consent, so be aware and read carefully the whole requirements of a competition you wanted to join. For a competition to win children toys, you need to read the terms of use and the safety or it's manual book as well. You need to make sure is it really safe for the children or not. However, we also perform a preselecting process to choose the best competitions for kids to be listed here. It will be great if we can help you to get free a cute and safe children stuff. You can also subscribe our notification to receive any updates regarding new competitions. Try to find something nice!
However, there are many ways to enter the competition on this page. Each organizer of the competition have different requirements. Some use a randomized system so you only need to fill out the online forms provided as easy as when you enter competitions in supermarkets. However, there are also organizers that require competition participants to fill out surveys to be able to participate in the competition, some of them also requiring reposting a post on social media like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, or even requiring the purchase of a particular product. You are expected to be more careful and pay close attention to any competition requirements you follow to avoid fraud and increase your chances to win.
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Cyberpunk shooter RUINER from developer Reikon and Devolver Digital has come tearing out of the gates with a critically and commercially successful launch on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
RUINER allows players to shift around experience points on the fly to activate and deactivate specials abilities and the community has started sharing their favorite combinations of abilities to max out damage in different parts of the game. Reikon is throwing their strategies into the mix with a few of their favorite comibinations, illustrated in today's release of the 'RUINER – Advanced Loadouts' gameplay video.


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Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire is a mashup of a roguelike videogame with a combat system similar to tabletop deckbuilding games.
- Card-based combat
- Procedurally generated dungeons, cards, items, etc.
- Considerable customization options
Maybe 10 hours to beat once; 60+ hours to do everything possible.
June 7, 2019 (for Switch)
Nintendo Switch
PC - Steam
Developer: Mega Crit
Publisher: Humble Bundle
Genre: Roguelike, Deckbuilder
Platforms: Switch (reviewed), PC, PS4
Rating: T for Teen
Price: $24.99
Ever since the Dominion turned Magic: the Gathering on its head and got players building decks during the game, designers and developers have been exploring new design space in card games. Given the popularity of both and the advent of digital versions of card games, it's no surprise to see games like SolForge and Hearthstone using digital space to do things to cards that can't easily be done in real life. Slay the Spire, much like the recent SteamWorld Quest, turns deckbuilding into the basis for a game that's more video game than card game. Here, deckbuilding is mashed up with a roguelike, where players do "runs through a 3-level dungeon. Do deckbuilding and roguelikes go together like peanut butter and jelly, or like oil and water? Let's find out!
Content Guide
Violence: The game is mostly about fighting monsters in dungeons, so violence is prevalent. While damage is mostly represented through numbers, there is enough blood to warrant a Blood and a Violence indicator from the ESRB as well as a "T" rating.
Sexuality: I did not see any, but the game is randomly generated, so I cannot definitely say there is absolutely none.
Language: Likewise, I personally did not encounter any language, although certain aspects of the story and card names are rather dark.
Spirituality: A few of the special encounters involve praying to gods, dark magic, and so on, although they are by no means the focus of the gameplay and the text is easily skipped.
First off, it's worth pointing out that deckbuilding and roguelikes have a surprising amount in common. In both systems, players begin every game from scratch and work their way up to a better and better set of capabilities. So it makes sense to simply change the rewards in a roguelike to things that alter your deck used in combat, and this is the natural route that Slay the Spire takes. Players can also get one-time potions and persistent artifacts to use, but it's mostly about building a deck that has not only strong cards, but cards that work in unison. And finding fun combos that tie everything together is just as joyous in Slay the Spire as it is in Star Realms or Dominion.
The reason deckbuilding is so fun here is because of its trust in the player. I was unimpressed with the lack of true customization in SteamWorld Quest, the other recent deckbuilding video game, and Slay the Spire proves my point. Players can remove cards from their deck, upgrade them, change their deck contents mid-combat, and much more. The amount of customization is insanely high, and definitely in the spirit of a roguelike. The game shows its trust in the player's ability by being considerably difficult. You aren't likely to beat the entire dungeon on your first five or six runs, at least. And while I think the difficult is appropriate, I do have a complaint about it.
I have not played enough roguelikes to know if my complaint is about the entire genre, or Slay the Spire in particular. Here, players improve their runs by getting scores from their runs, which then add up to "unlocks" for that character. New cards are unlocked that can show up in future runs. However, nothing from your actual run – none of your artifacts, or cards in your deck, or potions – are kept from one run to the next. To me, this method of unlocking feels incredibly artificial, and prohibits players from making strong runs early on, as well as prohibiting them from feeling a personal sense of growth.
If I could keep one card or one artifact from each run, I could more systematically create a personal "build," have more continuity from run to run, and have a stronger sense of accomplishment. Instead, I'm just given a relatively arbitrary score and the promise of maybe some good stuff eventually if I'm lucky. After one run left me with 997/1000 points for the next unlock, I considered starting a run and dying right away just to get the 3 points. Aren't roguelikes not supposed to promote "save scumming" type behavior? If I was instead getting personalized benefits from each of my runs, I would not have this impulse.
I could also complain about the mediocre graphics and the serviceable but forgettable audio, but I have no real problem with them. They're functional, and in particular, the GUI allows you to see everything and anything you want to see, which is the important point. This is a game through and through about gameplay, not story (I'm sure there is one…) or looks. The amount of customization permeates every decision: from the rewards, to the paths you take on the overworld map, to the cards you play each turn, every decision is paramount. This is exactly what I enjoy about deckbuilding, and you get it in spades here. You can probably do a complete run in about 10 hours of practice, but I would not be surprised to see people sinking 60-100 hours into this with all of the different characters and builds possible. This is the premier video game for people who like deckbuilding and want it in video game form. It's also a great way for video gamers to see what the deckbuilding fuss is all about on the tabletop side of gaming. While I would prefer more personalized rewards, that's a minor blemish on a fantastic game at a very reasonable price tag ($25). I could say more, but I'm going to make another run instead…
Review copy of Slay the Spire was generously provided by Humble Bundle.
+ HIGHLY customizable
+ Appropriately skill-intensive
+ Puts faith in the player
+ Some good humor
+ Inexpensive
+ Addictive
+ Perfect marriage of roguelikes and deckbuilders
- Graphics and audio are average
- Unlock system lacking
- Game has crashed three times (but I never lost progress)


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