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Shaman-Sorcerer (Fire)Using his seer-craft, the Shaman-Sorcerer wrangles the Winds to guide the tribe towards war.
The Shaman-Sorcerer is, more often than not, a practiced murderer. He pursues dark pacts and bargains with numerous petty Chaos godlings and daemons as the source of his arcane powers, and uses his prophetic influence to guide the tribes towards war. Shaman Sorcerers are rightly feared due to their prophetic seer-craft and unholy mastery of the stormy Winds of the frozen north, conducting Daemonic rituals as a way of gaining favour from the Dark Gods. That is not to say they are incapable of face-to-face combat – they take to the battlefield with both staff and axe, wielding magic as well as cutting down any unfortunate foe who happens to get too close.
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Land Unit Keywh_dlc08_nor_cha_shaman_sorcerer_fire_0
Naval Unit Keywh_main_shp_transport
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Naval Unit GroupWizard
CategoryMissile Infantry
Recruitment Cost1000
Upkeep Cost275
Melee Attack30
├ Melee Weaponwh_main_chs_sword_caster_hero
├ Melee Damage Base220
├ Melee Damage Ap95
├ Armour PiercingNo
├ Bonus vs Cavalry0
├ Bonus vs Elephants0
└ Bonus vs Infantry0
Charge Bonus16
├ Base Defence30
├ Shieldnone
└ Shield Defence0
├ Armourwh2_main_leather_30
├ Armour Defence30
└ Shield Armour0
├ Man Entitywh_main_infantry_standard_wizard_blood_dismembers
├ Man Speed35
├ Man Health8
└ Bonus Hit Points3352
Leadership (Base Morale)60
- Rage
These warriors have something of an anger management problem. Funnily enough, no one has yet found a safe way to broach the issue.
- Encourage
This unit provides a Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Spellcaster
This unit can cast spells.
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Do you deliver results for your organization yet feel like no one really sees you? Did your boss and colleagues regularly acknowledge you in the past, but now you feel overlooked? It may seem like you're suddenly invisible, which can lower your confidence, and reduce your effectiveness at work.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Restaurants with the best sea views in Cape Town
For the November issue of Horizons magazine, Sonya (my editor), Wanita (my features editor) and myself, picked 16 restaurants with amazing sea views from Kalk Bay to Blouberg Strand. We ate at them, reviewed them and combined all our text into one massive feature.
Here are the sections of the feature which I wrote about, in other words, my reviews – for your interest.
In true review style, we didn't let the restaurants know we were coming, we paid for all our own meals etc, so there was no bias or bribery :-)
St Yves was currently closed under renovation, and opened again just as we went to print, so that review is a combination of information from when I was there a few months ago, and some info on their new food menu.
The other restaurants I reviewed include: The Grand Beach Cafe (Granger Bay), La Perla (Sea Point), La Vie (Sea Point), Wakame/Wafu (Mouille Point), The Pepper Club on the Beach (Camps Bay).
The other restaurants that Sonya and Wanita reviewed include: Dunes (Houtbay), Azure at 12 Apostles (Camps Bay), Moyo (Eden on the Bay), On The Rocks (Blouberg Strand), Maestro's on the Beach (Milnerton), The Original Wang Thai at Lagoon Beach (Milnerton), Salt (Bantry Bay), Tobago at Radisson Blu (Granger Bay), Live Bait (Kalk Bay) and Cape to Cuba (Kalk Bay).
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Read about one of the best soccer players in the world today in Latin Soccer Star Lionel Messi. Written by sports author John Albert Torres, this sports biography tells the story of the Argentinian superstar who was the first to win four FIFA Ballon d'Or awards! Look for him in the Summer 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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I really don't know if the shoes in this outfit paired with this LBD give off this whole Sunday church outfit vibe but to me, it sure does. I think it's the shoes. There's something about the innocence of peep-toe heels that just make me feel a tad more girly and cute. It's probably the reason why this outfit feels so church/office appropriate. You dig?
Dress – Forever 21+
Necklace, Clutch – Primark
Heels – c/o Backyard Shoez
Wearing MAC Relentlessly Red lipstick & MAC Magenta Lip Liner
Keeping it short and sweet today.
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text: Indecision from Russia regarding help from foreign nations in aiding efforts to rescue an estimated 118 sailors trapped in a Nuclear submarine lying on the bottom of the Barents Sea evaporated today, as Norway said that divers due to join a British bid to save 118 Russian sailors trapped in a submarine on the bed of the Barents Sea would arrive on Saturday. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said on Thursday the situation around the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk was "next to catastrophic", but he hoped chances remained to save its 118 crew, Russian news agencies reported. "During the past night there were no changes for better or worse," Interfax news agency quoted Kasyanov as telling a government meeting. "We want to hope that there are chances to rescue the crew." The navy said the crew of the Kursk submarine, on the bottom of the Arctic Barents sea since the weekend, stopped tapping SOS signals on the hull on Tuesday. The Seaway Eagle, carrying 12-15 divers, was likely to arrive off north Russia at around midday on Saturday, roughly the same time as a separate supply vessel - the orange-painted supply vessel Normand Pioneer -- carrying a British mini-submarine which will be used to try to rescue the crew of the Kursk. "The divers should arrive at about the same time as the British on Saturday," Foreign Ministry spokesman Karsten Klepsvik said. The ministry had initially estimated the divers would arrive on Friday night. Russia asked Oslo and London for help on Wednesday to rescue the crew, stranded on the seabed since the weekend, despite growing worries that the bid would be too late. The British team left the Norwegian port of Trondheim on Thursday morning for a 50-hour voyage to the site of the stricken submarine. The Norwegian divers are due to help the British submarine in its bid to lock onto the hatches of the Kursk to let survivors escape. A string of Russian attempts to free the crew have so far failed in stormy, murky seas swept by strong currents. Klepsvik said the Seaway Eagle could be further delayed, however, if it needed to put into port for fuel and other supplies. Divers on the Norwegian vessel had been working on the Aasgaard oil and gas field off North Norway, operated by state oil firm Statoil. A shipyard in northern Norway also said it had been asked whether it could make an extra piece of equipment to help link the British mini-submarine, dubbed LR5, to the hatch of the Kursk. "We can do a job like this. If we get the contract, it will get the highest priority," Greger Mannsverk, the managing director of the Kvaerner Kimek firm, told the daily Aftenposten. Slim Chance, But A Chance "We've got to be optimistic. There's always a chance," commander Alan Hoskins of the British navy's submarine rescue team said just before leaving for a voyage around the north of Norway due to take just over two days. "An operation like this is never straightforward. We expect it to be complicated because we know (the submarine's lying) at an angle and there are currents," he said. "But we don't know until we are there." British officials said the LR5 mini-sub had been flown to Trondheim from Scotland on Wednesday rather than to the Russian airport of Murmansk -- far closer to the crippled submarine -- because it needed to be mounted on a specialized mother ship. "The important thing was to get it on a mother ship. There aren't too many ships capable of doing this," Commander David Stanesby said.


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The NHM appointed The Hub amongst stiff competition to act as main fit-out contractor for this project. This was a complex project due to the numerous specialist sub contractor packages within The Hubs' scope of work. These included setwork joinery, the creation of scenic/themed immersive environments, graphic production, AV hardware and software plus lighting design and installation.
This travelling exhibition opened on time with visitor numbers exceeding the clients' expectations.Photo Credit © Nick Wood 2011


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The science underpinning the analysis and visualisation of the sinking of HMAS Sydney:
The sinking of HMAS Sydney II in November 1941 resulted in the loss of all 645 crew, who all died in the service of their country. One third of all Australian sailors lost in WW II were lost in this single sinking. More Australian servicemen were lost in this engagement than the Korean War, more than the Vietnam War and more than lost on the Kokoda trail. The sinking of Sydney was Australia's greatest maritime disaster yet there was no formal inquiry held into the circumstances surrounding the sinking and many conspiracy theories flourished.
In March 2008, the wrecks of Sydney and Kormoran were found by the SV Geosounder, under charter to the Finding Sydney Foundation, approximately 250 km off the coast of Western Australia. Both ships were lying in approximately 2500 m of water.
The Chief of the Australian Defence Force established a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the circumstances surrounding the sinking of Sydney.
Over an 8 month period DST Group and RINA used modern analytical and computer modelling tools and basic forensic analysis to interpret the underwater video imagery and hundreds of still photographs to explain the circumstances that led to the encounter and the subsequent loss of life and the sinking of the two ships. They carried out extensive research into the battle and provided a comprehensive forensic analysis of the sequence of events leading up to the sinking and the post sinking of Sydney. This included scientific analysis of the design and weapons systems of the ship, its structural integrity, its vulnerability to weapons, flooding and sea-keeping, a fire assessment, analysis of the damage control organisation and procedures, lifesaving equipment and survival at sea and the search and rescue process. The analysis provided a scientific insight into the battle sequence, what it would have been like to be on board and why there were no survivors. DST Group also produced a highly realistic visualisation of the battle in order to show the probable sequence of events and to visualise the scientific findings. In essence, The HMAS Sydney II Team analysed the survivability of Sydney against the Kormoran.
This presentation presents the techniques used to analyse and assess the vulnerability of the ship, its structural integrity and stability, the damage control and the visualisation of the battle and post-battle actions.
About Dr Janis Cocking
Dr Janis Cocking is Chief Science Strategy and Program Division with responsibility for DST Group's future directions in science and technology, and for developing its program of support to the Groups and Services in Defence.
Dr Cocking has over thirty years' experience leading, managing and undertaking science and technology, particularly in undersea technology, for which she is an acknowledged international expert.


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Robert Walsh, 38, and his firm, Cornerstone Management Professionals Inc., will be sentenced July 7 in U.S. District Court in San Diego.
The restitution figure of $247,413 will be paid to the Park Point Loma Homeowner's Association as part of the sentence, according to court records.
The maximum sentence for Walsh is 20 years in federal prison and the firm could be fined $500,000. However, it is expected that paying restitution to the Point Loma association will be the focus of sentencing.
Walsh is the sole owner of the firm, which was incorporated in 2012 and is located in San Diego. He remains free on $25,000 bond.
The guilty pleas acknowledge the company and Walsh concealed the lowest bids of improvement projects in order to make it appear that Cornerstone's bids were the lowest available.
The company pleaded guilty to a wire fraud that involved a false email sent on April 28, 2015 that no asbestos was in the clubhouse of the association. This induced a contractor to conclude the demolition project did not need to hire an asbestos abatement firm.
"The public health dangers of asbestos exposure are well known," said Jay Green, a special agent for the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Materials containing asbestos must be handled safely and legally. The EPA and its law enforcement partners are committed to protecting the health and safety of workers and the communities in which they live," said Green.
An FBI special agent, Eric Birnbaum, issued a statement that said the guilty pleas "underscores the variety of creative methods people in positions of trust employ to illicitly exploit the financial resources of others."
The charge is federal because the email was transmitted in wire communications in interstate commerce through a server in Phoenix.


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Evening in Moravian wine cellar with dinner and wine (for groups 19 and more persons)
The evening in a traditional wine cellar with a tasting of Moravian wines, traditional snacks and a sightseeing tour to vineyards. The price includes service of a guide,transport, admission, wine, coffe, tea, mineral watter, pig-sticking dishes, platters with local specialties , dripping butter, lard with cracklings chopped.
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The history of rustic wine cellar dates back to the early 19th century,
white and blue painting of the wine cellar with one of the traditional moravian style.
Mills with a massive wooden ceiling is used to sitting in a stylish environment groups. The ancient spirit of the environment adds to sit in vine decoration and historical photographs. Traditional cellar with brick floor, wooden tubs and archives used for wine tasting. In the ancient wine cellar you sip the natural rustic wooden barrel of wine made in the traditional way, as well as you will try test products of our fathers, grandfathers and many generations of Moravian vineyards . The visit becomes you a pleasant and a nice relaxing experience. If you are interested in the peculiar happy to provide a relaxed interpretation of the spirit of wine and viticulture, folklore, regional food, history, attractions of the village and region.
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Wine cellar
Wine tasting and drinking
Regional food
Local specialties
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Wine, coffe, tea, mineral watter, pig-sticking dishes, platters with local specialties , dripping butter, lard with cracklings chopped
Service of guide
Hotel pick-up
Hours of operation : all year, daily. The possibility of holding in each day.
Black-Out Dates : 24,25,26.12. and 31.1.
Duration : 4 - 7 hours
Location : Pick up at your hotel.
Guests are responsible for their own transportation to and from the departure location. Please arrive 15 minutes prior the tour. Cancellation made within 24 hours' of service date will be charged in full; More than 24 hours' notice is fully refundable. Reservations must be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com at least 7 days in advance for confirmation.
Price up to 19 people.Capacity is 50 people.


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Raising the bar for the trends in the latest virgin hair technology, My Extensionz is happy to announce its official launch in Lagos hereby giving consumers who have a desire for 100% Fine Virgin Hair with exceptional quality and outstanding services. The company plan is to have every woman have an easy access to purchase pure RAW virgin hair extensions to complement their look.
"We pride ourselves on providing our customers with consistent access to a variety of uniqueness as well as versatile products that last for years."- Kehinde Smith, co-owner of My Extensionz.
My Extensionz brand new showroom at the Centro Lekki Mall gives you the chance to have the full My Extensionz experience. Unlike other suppliers, the company will allow you to have the opportunity to touch and experiment on the hair which helps to give you a better foresight on what suits you the best. The company only employs qualified Virgin Hair Specialists for a more assured service.
My Extensionz has graced our screens internationally On BET, VH1, and many more. It's also been featured in magazines such as Essence Magazine, People Magazine, and Vibe to say a few. My Extensionz boasts celebrity clients like Yandy Smith and Teyanna Taylor and many more. My Extensionz range covers all kind of tailored wigs and hair extensions including luxury clip-in hair extensions, silk/lace top closures, as well as styling tools. All these products can be found in its store and online as well.
My Extensionz Collection offers variety to consumers from length, size, hair density, lace color, and cap size. The Company offers products to consumer at a reasonable price for its highest quality.
Other services provided by My Extensionz includes: Superior quality mink Eye lashes and Laser Teeth Whitening.
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The Orange Lions Club will host a fundraiser to support the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization that:
• Helps raise awareness and enlists the publics aid for the needs of inured service members
• Helps injured service members aid and assist each other.
• Provides unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members.
In addition, the fundraiser will benefit the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation.
Demand for Fidelco Guide Dogs is at an all-time high.
Helping the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation helps our veterans who have been rendered blind, by providing them wit the highest quality guide dogs possible.
The event will take place at the Orange Ale House & Grille, 517 Boston Post Road, Monday, Dec. 9, from 6 p.m. to close.
The evening includes raffles and give-aways, DJ, happy hour drink specials and buffet until 9 p.m.
Admission is only $10, a small price to pay for two great causes.


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In a corporate world that is increasingly over-crowded, highly competitive and ever-changing, getting a promotion can indeed be a hassle. But, through deliberate, well planned steps, and a willingness to take initiative, you can put yourself at the front of the line for a promotion.
First things first: If you keep yourself sheltered away from the attention of your bosses, you will always miss the opportunity to climb up the corporate ladder. A promotion typically means having more responsibility.
So you have to position yourself as a person that has the aptitude, value and capability to meet the requirements of a potential promotion.
Develop career goals. You must be absolutely sure about where you want to go. Start maintaining a career journal where you write down your career goals. It's important to make sure that the promotion is in alignment with both your credentials and personal goals. Develop long-term, medium-term and short-term goals that will keep you grounded towards a career upgrade. If you find it difficult to envision, consult a career coach to help you develop a clear perspective of what you want to do. A coach will help to expand your vision and push you to function at your peak.
Do your current job well and more. If you want to make it to the top of the corporate ladder, do your current job well. Demonstrate honesty, empathy, trustworthiness and an ability to be a team player. See every challenge and responsibility as an opportunity to shine, and to sell yourself to your organization. Always review what you are currently doing and identify gaps that can allow you to do more. The surest way to get promoted is to do more and better than is expected of you. Show the value in yourself and create a demand for your abilities.
Make a contribution. Start right away to contribute ideas and suggestions to improve processes, practices and profits of your company. To grant you a promotion, your company has to be satisfied with your value. Get all the facts about your ideas. Having more information will increase chances of your ideas and suggestions being accepted, and put you in favor to get promoted.
Keep a portfolio of your work. You must maintain a portfolio of work contributions that are directly connected to the position that you seek. Never make an assumption that your bosses know what you're doing. Without being big-headed about it, let your organization know of your accomplishments. Gain visibility with your current job successes.
Review job descriptions. Be clear about the additional responsibilities involved in the promotion as well as the salary level. In your career journal, keep job advertisements that underline the major duties or responsibilities of the job you want to promote in. Make a note of the qualities, attitudes and outputs required for that upward career opportunity. After you have identified these attributes, the next step is to put them into practice to prepare yourself for a promotion.
Update your resume. Take time to review your current skills and accomplishments, including what you've learned in your current position. Update your resume so that it reveals your talents and hidden skills. Make sure your resume is specific to the potential career upgrade. Remember: Highlight unique qualifications and background. A well-written resume can significantly improve your chances to landing a promotion.
Develop your skills. Identify areas that need improvement: don't just focus on your strengths. In your career journal, make a note of areas of weakness and strive to improve in those areas that are critical to your promotion. In an ever-changing business environment, you must constantly update your skills to enhance your chances to get promoted. Consult and learn from experts in your field. Find out what they did to succeed, what they would do different, and steps that you can take to improve your chances of a promotion.
Take Courses in Your Field. Many companies require a potential candidate for promotion to have an advanced degree. Like it or not, having an advanced degree exponentially increases your chances to move to the front of the promotion line. Target unique qualifications. Read books, join a professional association, attend seminars and do courses that will build your knowledge, skills and abilities.
Market yourself. Make full use of every opportunity to sell yourself. If you've got it, flaunt it and don't wait quietly for someone to acknowledge you. Make sure that you demonstrate your ability to hold a higher position with flair and confidence. Also, show how your past achievements have contributed to the growth of the organization. When it comes down to the selection process, make sure to put your best foot forward, just like you did when you were first hired.
Get networking right. If you want to fly like an eagle, then you have to stop taking lessons from chickens. Avoid co-workers and people that will pull you down through negative talk, and fill you with frustration over your desire to get a promotion. Associating with winners will fill you with a positive outlook on life and your career opportunities. Surround yourself with people that are success-oriented, and will encourage you to take the big leap forward towards a promotion.
Make yourself outstanding. There's no doubt that polish and presence are critical ingredients for a promotion. Be open to new inputs and ideas. Become an expert in your field. Write articles or a book. Develop a dress sense that shows you are headed for the top.
Positioning yourself for a promotion at its most fundamental is an inside job. It's a matter of finding what you want, and expressing that essence and character in everything you do.
With hard work and an effective strategy, you can raise your stakes to get a promotion.
So don't let anything stop you.


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balag posted a topic in Driving in IndiaHi team, I have been served at India-drive in a great extent in this field of travel and car culture and I feel it's my pleasure to contribute up to a certain extent at which I have done quite a bit of research during the time of my car buy. I hope this would help a lot of members who are in a plan to get their first car when one gets into a confused state of choosing between buying a petrol car or a diesel car which is quite a common deal in everyone's mind. Please do correct me if I go wrong anywhere and you are pleased to throw your views on this and so, here I go. Advantages: Petrol cars are usually cheaper when compared to diesel cars primary reason being their low manufacturing cost. Diesel cars are more fuel efficient and so they command a better price in the resale market. Petrol cars are powerful when compared to the diesel cars. Petrol engines are relatively silent when compared to diesel engines. Diesel engines emit less CO2 emissions thus availing tax benefits in comparison to petrol engines. Disadvantages: Service for diesel cars are relatively expensive when compared to the petrol cars. Also, spares for diesel diesel variants also come with a higher price tag. Petrol cars deliver lower fuel efficiency when compared to the diesel cars. Also, the price of petrol sums up to the overall running cost of the car. Diesel cars are considered to be slightly underpowered than the petrol versions. Petrol cars do not command a good resale value in the used car market. Diesel engines often run into compliance issues with environmental norms. Petrol versions haven't been much of a success with bigger vehicles. Should I buy a Petrol car or a Diesel car? Buy a Diesel car if, Your monthly mileage is around 1500 kms - 2000 kms i.e. ~50 kms/day. The price difference between the petrol and diesel models is around 50,000 INR. You are looking at operating your car as a Taxi. You are going to keep the car for at least 10 years. Buy a Petrol car if, Monthly running is less than 1500 kms i.e. <50 kms/day. The price difference is around 1 Lakh INR. You live in a small city where distances aren't great.


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Why Not Challenge The Status Quo?
It's a challenge to foster entrepreneurship in Singapore. We live in a society that places artificial mental and emotional barriers to venturing out on your own.
Singaporean parents expect their children to go after secure, high-paying jobs upon graduation. Our education system, while of world-class quality, hardly emphasises business skills that have real-world, practical use. First world cost of living makes it difficult for aspiring entrepreneurs to venture out when there are bills to pay. The opportunity costs seem too high. The market is too small, and funding opportunities? Out of reach.
*So in what ways can we encourage Singaporeans to start their own businesses?
*How should we make Singapore more conducive for, and receptive to, entrepreneurship?
*Can we foster more entrepreneurial thinking in our education system?
*How can we foster more innovative and creative thinking in local businesses?
*How do we become the next Silicon Valley?
*How can Singapore foster the next Olivia Lum, Sim Wong Hoo or Kenny Yap?
If you have thought of an answer to one of the above or have some ideas on how to increase Singapore's attractiveness as a place for business, nurture the entrepreneurs of tomorrow or encourage innovative and competitive businesses, submit these ideas to the Action Community for Entrepreneurs (ACE)'s "Why Not?" competition.
Your ideas will be judged according to innovativeness, feasibility and its impact on change. You can submit your ideas here, or click here to find out more about ACE. Submission deadline is 17 July 2008.
You can stand to win cash prizes, but more importantly, your ideas can make a difference to Singapore's future.
So ask yourself: "Why Not?"
* This is a sponsored post from BLOG2U.
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VA - Urban Connections: Second Assault [2015] [FREE DOWNLOAD]
"Second Assault" is the second installment of the "Urban Connection" series. Here we will present projects to producers (known or unknown) found anywhere in the world (Known or shade) from all corners of the planet. Similarly, the idea is the scene of electronic, Specifically (Breaks, Electro, Ambient or IDM).
01. Dylan Grimm - 5 AM
02. Tainted Cell - Where the Graves Show Life
03. Achim Bloch - Mirror Threat
04. Sigma Algebra - Dseta
05. Vaimler - Aphelion
06. Lectromagnetique - The Point Of No Return
07. Robertiano Filigrano - Destination Sonic Sound
08. Will Web - Home Bass Alpha
09. F8 - Drop The Beat
10. Amper Clap - Sands Of Time
11. Br Groove & Punkyhead - Welcome
12. Amper Clap - Millennia
URBAN CONNECTIONS is a project created by Amper Clap.
I wish to thank all the artists that make up this volume, and I hope that everyone follows the same dedication to music forever.
Released 01 July 2015
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A number of videos relating to Hungerford are available via YouTube, including:
"Hungerford - the Traditional Town with a Heart for Industry" [16 mins], a promotional film about the town made c1990 by students and teachers at the John of Gaunt School.
"Hocktide in Hungerford - The Story of the Ancient Traditions", [41 mins] an excellent video made in 1991 about Hocktide and Tutti-Day, narrated by Johnny Morris. (By kind permission of ECPVideo of Newbury)
King George V's visit to Hungerford, Oct 1912. A short film [3 min 30s] showing crowd scenes when the King came to the train station to return to London after his visit Oct 1912. It was raining very heavily!
The film was among a collection of items kindly given to the HHA by Garry Tubb in 2016. The HHA arranged for it to be digitised, and sound has been added to the silent film by Hugh Pihlens.
"Kissing Day in Hungerford" - a short film [2 min 40s] showing some of the events on Tutti-Day 1 Apr 1913.
The film was made by "Topical Film Co Ltd" who were film manufacturers trading early in the 20th Century. They were later bought out by (or changed name to) Brent Laboratories. The London Trades Directory of 1915 shows their registered office was at 76 Wardour Street, London.
The film was among a collection of items kindly given to the HHA by Garry Tubb in 2016. The HHA arranged for it to be digitised, and sound has been added to the silent film by Hugh Pihlens.
Hungerford Alive! - 12 Jul 1997 [11 mins]. A short video showing the wide variety of activities in Hungerford on one day in 1997.
Hungerford Gives Thanks - 17 May 2020 [6 mins]. A short community video made during the Coronavirus pandemic, to say thank-you to all the wonderful key workers and volunteers in Hungerford during the difficult times. Local musician James C. Johnson is donating all profits from his World Anthem CD to the brilliant Hungerford Isolation Support Network. [With thanks to Penny Post and Stuart March]
HADCAF 2000 [42 mins] Showcasing the wide variety of activities forming HADCAF 2000 - the Hungerford and District Community Arts Festival - 4 weeks of events through July 2000. Produced by Brian Davis.
Jack Williams [15 mins] His speech given at the Hocktide Lunch on 21 Apr 2009, when he proposed the Toast to the Town and Manor of Hungerford and the Liberty of Sanden Fee. [Recorded by Andrew Macey, 6 Jul 2011]
Hocktide 1927: Follow this link for a BFI archive film "Kiss of Give a Penny"(1m 17s).


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Is there an almighty God that made us and the planet we live on? We live in a world full of turmoil and hate. Many people would naturally ask, is there a God and if so, where is he? Just for a second, set the Bible down and use the evidence that exists around you. How is it that every day and for thousands of years billions of people wake up and live? How is it that the planet is situated perfectly in the universe to allow you to eat and breathe? How is it that the animals of the earth know how to live and raise and protect their young? How is it that the plants which grow from seed are perfect in their way bringing the fruits and benefits to all living beings on the earth? Is all of this because of some freak accident, or has this been carefully planned out with a purpose?
Many think that the earth was created from an explosion and through time evolution brought us to today. If there were no creator and this earth and its inhabitants were formed by an explosion, that would be like saying the earth formed itself in all matters of physics perfectly from an uncontrollable explosion. Imagine an automobile in a junk yard exploding and falling together to form a perfect new car. That is how some explain the creation of the earth. It is more logical to understand that a higher being created us and the space we inhabit. There is a God. The Bible confirms much of God's creation and through the evidence of creation it tells us we are without excuse to know that there is a God. (Romans 1:20)
Man on his own wisdom could not have written the Bible. It was put together by inspiration of God through the Holy Spirit. It is also with the Holy Spirit that man can understand the words in the Bible. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." (2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV) and "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost (Spirit)." (2 Peter 1:20-21 KJV)
If the Bible were not true, would that discount that God sent his Son to the earth about 2,000 years ago? The world uses a calendar (2008) based on the time that Jesus Christ was on the earth. There are many prophecies spoken about Jesus Christ and about his death, thousands and hundreds of years before it happened.
We live in the most technological time the earth has ever seen and it has been prophesied thousands of years ago. Can you imagine the prophet Nahum trying to explain automobiles in which he has never seen but had a vision of them of a time prior to Jesus Christ's second coming? "The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings." (Nahum 2:4 KJV) How about Daniel prophesying about the United States and Russia, some 2,500 years ago? "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh." (Daniel 7:4-5 KJV)
Have you ever seen a rainbow? Over 3,500 years ago God flooded the earth because of man's disobedience to him. God said afterwards that he would not flood the entire earth again and to prove his promise he would put a bow in the clouds while raining. This promise written in the Bible continues today. (Genesis 9:13-15) The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered beginning around 1947 and contained original writings from the Hebrew Bible bringing more evidence thousands of years later that the Bible is true. Many of Isaiah's writings were found in the scrolls, matching what was written in the Bible. Skeptics say the Bible had been re-written over and over that the information is no longer accurate. God who prepared the word would not allow the meanings of the Bible to be lost or changed preventing people from learning the truth.
There are many other examples to use, such as historical facts recorded in the Bible which match encyclopedia books, genealogies that confirm the lineage of Jesus Christ, and scientific laws that cannot be disputed as being created by a higher being. NASA astronauts are great to ask if they believe in a God. Many astronauts have confirmed a God must exist after seeing the planet earth from outer space.
God made us. He has given us the ability to think, reason, and make choices. Like a child naturally reveres his father and mother, so should the creation revere or respect the Creator. "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (Genesis 1:26-27 KJV) and "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10 KJV)
The Bible is a compilation of Holy Scriptures put together for man. Through God's inspiration Moses wrote about where man came from, why the flood occurred with Noah, and the start of a Jewish nation chosen by God, and the message to watch for the Messiah, Jesus Christ the Son of God. Many of the prophets from thousands of years ago reconfirmed Moses' prophecy about God's plan to send his Son to the earth and that we should listen to him. "The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;" (Deuteronomy 18:15 KJV) "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him." (Deuteronomy 18:18 KJV) "And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you." (Acts 3:20-22 KJV)
After creating man, God is looking to choose those who revere him and choose to obey his desires. A time will come when all wickedness is departed from the earth and those left are the ones who desired to follow God and His Son. Jesus Christ preached about a Kingdom of God. It is a perfect world to come where there is no more hate, violence and greed, everyone knowing how to treat each other by choice and understanding. It is our duty to listen to God and his message is in the Bible.
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 KJV) "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV)
Understanding that the Bible is true and the words are there to learn how to live our lives, now is the time to learn more about our God, his name and the name of His Son, Proverbs 30:4.


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Today, golf clubs are made of titanium, graphite and steel. These materials let club makers control the precise weight balance of a club to create light clubs that deliver the right amount of force to the ball in the right place. The lightness of these materials also allows club designers to make the heads very large and therefore more forgiving when a swing is less than perfect.
In Jones' day, club heads and shafts were all made of wood. There's not much you can do to wood other than change its outside shape in order to affect how it makes contact with the ball. Its weight-to-size ratio is a constant. Wood clubs with heads the size of today's metal heads would be so heavy as to be unswingable.
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In those days, with Bobby Jones, if you found a driver that you liked, you held on to it forever. You couldn't put that shaft on another club head. They were nailed and glued to a wood head, and you'd destroy the shaft if you tried to ... so if you found a club that you really liked, it was obvious [its] flex characteristics were perfectly suited to your swing. And you could go out and hit 50 others that were supposed to be identical but none would perform like the one you had ... Today, graphite shafts are much more consistent. The torque is much tighter, and you have these really tight shafts that allow you to put more weight in the head but overall the club is really light.


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CHICAGO — Roddy White was walking around the Atlanta Falcons' locker room this week wearing a T-shirt with the word "Unacceptable" on the front and "48-21" on the back, a far-from-subtle reminder about that bitter end and unfinished business.
The season starts today, and right off the bat, they're getting tested.
They open against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in a matchup between teams that won their divisions last season, only to come up short in the playoffs against Super Bowl champion Green Bay.
The Falcons won the NFC South at 13-3 and captured the top seed with the second most wins in franchise history. Then, in a flash, it was over.
They immediately got knocked out of the postseason by the Packers at home, that 48-21 loss ending with Aaron Rodgers getting serenaded by "Go, Pack, Go!" chants after he threw for three touchdowns and ran for another.
For White, the loss stings.
"It's just a little thing that I did," he said of the T-shirt. "Last year wasn't where we wanted to be. We won 13 games, but obviously we want to make it to the Super Bowl. Anything less will be unacceptable."
The Bears have similar goals to go with some big question marks, none bigger than blocking.
Yes, they took the NFC North at 11-5 and made it to the conference title game. They saved their season just when it seemed to be falling apart and came within a win of the Super Bowl before losing to Green Bay at home in the conference championship, a game that saw Jay Cutler spend most of the second half on the sideline because of a knee injury and get called out for it on Twitter by some current and former players.
Of course, no quarterback took a bigger beating than Cutler with 52 sacks, particularly in the early going with the line offering no protection. Who can forget that concussion-inducing nine-sack half against the New York Giants?
It's no secret the Bears used four different lineups in the trenches through the first seven games, that they staggered into their bye at 4-3. And it's no secret, either, that things got better after that. They settled on a lineup on the offensive line and committed more to the run, taking the load off Cutler.
Even so, the big question remains: Can Cutler stay on his feet?
The Bears have a new look on the line with six-time Pro Bowler Olin Kreutz gone after a messy breakdown in contract negotiations and veteran Roberto Garza moving over from guard to center. The Bears also drafted tackle Gabe Carimi out of Wisconsin in the first round.
For the Falcons, the question is simple: Can they finally make a playoff run?
They're 33-15 with Matt Ryan at quarterback, but Matty Ice seems to freeze up in the playoffs. The Falcons have been one and done the past two years, with Ryan throwing four interceptions and getting sacked eight times.
He has a new target with rookie Julio Jones being added to an offense that already includes Pro Bowlers at receiver (White), tight end (Tony Gonzalez), running back (Michael Turner), fullback (Ovie Mughelli) and tackle (Tyson Clabo).
The Falcons should have no problem scoring, particularly with Jones in the mix. On defense, they addressed a big need by signing former Vikings defensive end Ray Edwards.
With all that, it's not hard to see why the Falcons have their sights set on reaching the Super Bowl and finishing the job.
"I just want to get to the playoffs," Gonzalez said. "That's all it is — being relevant in December. One thing that coach Smitty stresses that to us all the time. You can go 13-3 and we've done that before, but it doesn't matter. You've got to be relevant, get into the dance and make sure you get to that game, get to the Super Bowl."


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In Memory of John Emil DanzePosted by: Scott Phipps
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Thank you so much for this site!
My dear friend John died in October 1992 in Seattle.
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I had a dream about a roommate had back in the early 1980's, Bendy Hoar. So I Googled him. I found in on the quilt. Sorry that we didn't make keeping in touch a priority. He was a wonderful, funny, kind man, who is a great dancer and friend. You are loved!
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I still miss Bob (Robert) Morris. He was my brother and my friend. It does not seem possible that he has been gone 20 years. He didn't get to see my daughter grow up or see her as a beautiful bride on her wedding day. This crisis tore our family apart but I still love him to this day. We will see each other again. Be waiting for me, Bob!
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I made this quilt many years ago for my brother jimmy, when aids was considered a secret. I don't keep it a secret anymore. Seeing my quilt has brought me many emotions today. Happiness, sadness, loss and hopefulness. I hope all who see my brother's quilt, will see a life cut short too soon by a terrible disease. He is truely missed. I hope all who see this quilt and panel will know that there is love and hope and that one day there will be a cure.
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My brother Tony died 8/11/90 from AIDS related cancer at age 33. He was funny, a fantastic cook, wonderful friend to all and threw fabulous Christmas parties at his duplex in DC. One yr was a costume party & he dressed as Barbara Bush!!
When he found out he went from HIV positive to AIDS, he live his last 4 years with Courage,Strength & Purpose! He went into Inner City schools in DC and talked to students frankly about AIDS and answered questions honestly. He also hosted "Mastery Workshops" in his home, (I had the honor to attend). The workshop included guided visulization, journaling and honest talk about feelings in front of the group. It included food and emotional support for the participants.
The purpose of the workshop was to help people feel empowered and not see themselves as Victims of the disease. I came home feeling Proud and more at Peace. It didn't change the situation,but it did change the perception/attitude of life and that makes all the difference!!
I went to DC in 1992 to deliver his Quilt #02592 at the Washington Monument and there were over 30,000 panels! President George H Bush refused to acknowledge the friends & family. When we did a peaceful candlight vigil around the Whitehouse,there were police on hourseback with rubber gloves!
Thing have changed a lot since 1990, people are living longer and there's a chance to eradicate AIDS worldwide and I'm in Grattitude for that! I will ALWAYS Remember and Miss my Brave brother Tony Head!


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Born as Colonel Buster Mills, this outfielder-turned-soldier during World War II got a little extra kick out of going up to ranking officers and introducing himself as Colonel Mills.
His father was Elvis, a merchant who owned a general store in Ranger, Texas, born of parents from Tennessee. His mother, Lucy, was from Arkansas, born of parents from Mississippi. They started off giving familiar names to their children. Their first-born was named Charles and the second was William. Then they had a daughter and named her Merkel. And when their fourth child was born, on September 16, 1908, they gave him the first name of Colonel and the middle name of Buster. Whether they had other children later on is not known. The family home was on Oddie Street in Ranger. Buster described himself in his Hall of Fame questionnaire as "Scotch, Irish, Dutch, English, and Indian,"
Buster was given the unusual first name because his father's best friend was a U.S. Army colonel – or because of a great-uncle who was a colonel during the Civil War, as he himself wrote in a letter to J. Roy Stockton of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1 He often went by the nickname Bus.
The 5-foot 11½-inch, 195-pound right-hander was a football star at the University of Oklahoma, named all-Big Six quarterback in 1930. He capped off the year playing right halfback and scoring all the points by kicking a field goal in the last four minutes of play for a 3-0 final before 60,000 fans in the sixth annual Shrine Game, the East-West All-Star Game. Listening to his son on the radio at home in Ranger, Elvis Mills leapt up and in his excitement kicked a vase and fractured his foot. The Chicago Tribune was more restrained but placed a headline reading, "Mills in Hero Role" above its box score and game story. 2 Mills lettered in football, basketball, track, and baseball. In the spring of 1931, he was playing baseball at the university when the track coach beckoned him over from an adjacent field. Asked to throw the javelin to see if he could help the track team, he did – for 180 feet, enough to give Oklahoma sufficient points to win its track meet. Then, presumably still wearing his baseball uniform, he returned to the ballgame. 3
Mills could have tried to pursue a career in football. His father was on the board of trustees for the Ranger school system and hired Blair Cherry as coach for the team. It was under Cherry – now honored by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame for his work coaching Texas Longhorn football – that Bus played halfback and went to the state interscholastic finals. 4
But it was in baseball that Buster pursued a pro career, one that had an unusual twist. St. Louis Cardinals scout Charley Barrett saw Buster playing center field when Oklahoma had a game against Washington University in St. Louis. He hit for the cycle and more, banging out a single, two doubles, a triple, and a home run.
The saying goes that you can't tell the players without a scorecard, and there were no printed scorecards for the game. When Barrett asked one of the players for the hitter's name, he didn't get the most knowledgeable student and was told it was Wahl – there was a Tilford Wahl on the team, who also had the nickname Bus. Barrett had to rush off to cover another event, but sent a message to a colleague in Oklahoma and asked him to sign Wahl to a Cardinals contract. Wahl was perhaps a bit surprised, but signed on the dotted line.
In the meantime, Cleveland signed the other "Bus" -- Buster Mills -- and optioned him to Decatur and then to New Orleans, but the Pelicans manager soon swapped him to Mobile of the Southeastern League, a Cardinals farm club, for a pitcher he coveted named Hahn. 5
In Mills's first year in organized ball, 1932, he played with three ballclubs: 32 games with Mobile (he batted .367); 109 games with the Elmira Red Wings in the New York-Penn League (his .337 mark was second in the league); and he finished his year in Double A with the Rochester Red Wings in the International League. He hit .360 with one home run in an even 50 at-bats in the 15 games he played for Rochester. The January 5, 1933 Sporting News looked ahead to the season to come for Rochester and pronounced, "Mills, because of his showing at the end of last year, won himself the right to have the outfield built around him. He is a certainty to land a regular job and what's more, predictions are made that he will advance at the end of the season."
Manager Specs Toporcer had already conceded Mills the center-field job before spring training got under way; another look back at 1932 called him "sensational" and said "he showed fighting spirit and defensive skill." 6
With the proper Bus under contract, the Cardinals were pleased to see him bat .309 in 405 at-bats for Rochester in 1933; "Colonel Fence Buster" hit 7 home runs, 28 doubles, and 8 triples. He led the league in getting hit by pitches, with 15. By the end of the year, St. Louis had already determined he'd be with the big-league team come the spring of 1934. Team VP Branch Rickey enthused over three recruits for his outfield: Gene Moore, Jack Rothrock, and Mills. "If somebody said to me, 'Go out and buy the three best outfielders you can buy,' these three would have been among the first four that I would have considered," he told the Associated Press. 7
Mills made his Cardinals debut in the second game of the year, on April 18, 1934, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. (The 18th was also the debut date for pitcher Paul Dean, brother of Dizzy Dean. Diz had started and won the Opening Day game, 7-1. Paul didn't fare as well, giving up a couple of home runs early on and only making it through two innings. In the fifth inning, Mills batted for Bill Walker, the second pitcher of the game. He was retired uneventfully.
It wasn't a good start for St. Louis, which won the Opening Day game but then lost five in a row. The AP said that manager Frankie Frisch stuck Mills in the lineup on April 26 to try to "shake the jinx" -- Mills made an out his first time up, but then hit two singles, a double, and a triple in his final four at-bats. On the 27th, Mills hit three singles his first three times up before finally being retired. Two days later, he hit his first major-league homer, off Pat Malone of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
It was a very nice start, but come July 5, batting .236, Mills was released back to Rochester. He had time to get into 63 games, but hit a disappointing .269 and Red Wings fans were also down when Toronto beat Rochester in the playoffs. Nonetheless, the October 4 Sporting News predicted that Mills might be one of the three players most likely to be selected by another major-league club in that fall's player draft. He was not, and played a fairly full season with Rochester in 1935, hitting .313 in 549 at-bats, with eight homers.
The Red Wings didn't even make the first division in 1935, and both Gene Moore and Mills were sent to the Dodgers for two unnamed players and cash. Given a shot with Brooklyn Dodgers in September, the "fast, sturdy right-handed hitter" pounded the first pitch he saw for a double in his debut, drove in a run, and was one of four cited for some "brilliant fielding" in the September 13 game against the Cubs. The next day, he hit a three-run homer off Charlie Root, also at Wrigley. Bus ended the year with a .214 average, though, over the 56 at-bats that constituted his year as a Dodger. It hadn't taken long for opposing pitchers to realize that he could be fooled with the curveball. They had him "swinging for low curves outside and the rangy young Texan went fishing with a vengeance." 8
It was his speed that caught a lot of eyes, along with the hope that he could discipline himself at the plate. A couple of impromptu races saw him beat Bill Werber both times, and Werber was a player highly regarded for his speed.
Mills signed with the Dodgers, but didn't make the big-league team in 1936. It would have cost the Dodgers $10,000 to keep him, but Rochester said it was glad to have him back, and that it believed it could sell him for $25,000 by the fall. 9 Mills spent 1936 with Rochester once again, hitting .331 with 18 home runs and a league-leading 134 runs batted in. The Cubs scouted him and the Yankees made an offer during the latter part of the campaign, but the Red Wings didn't want to give him up while still competing. In November, the Boston Red Sox sent a "bundle of cash" and, later, Dib Williams to Rochester to complete their purchase of Mills for the 1937 Red Sox. 10
The Sox had added both Mills and Fabian Gaffke to their outfield crew, and both were expected to contend with Dom Dallessandro to see who would join Doc Cramer in the Boston outfield. 1937 was considered to be a "comeback" year for Buster, and he came back all right -- with the best year of his career, playing a full major-league season for the Red Sox and batting .295 in 505 at-bats, driving in 58 runs and scoring 85. He hit seven homers.
Breaking in on the same April 20 date as two other Red Sox, Bobby Doerr and Pinky Higgins, Mills played right field and was 2-for-4 with a triple as Boston beat Philadelphia, 11-5. It wasn't all clear sailing, though. With the bases loaded and two outs in the first inning on August 14, Mills camped under an "ordinary fly" – and dropped it. Three runs scored and the Red Sox never recovered in that game. 11
Mills was named to The Sporting News All-Star team as the best rookie left fielder in the majors. Though he did have his best year, the Sox sought improvement with Joe Vosmik, who'd had an even better one. On December 2, Mills, pitcher Bobo Newsom, and infielder Red Kress – and, in a separate deal, coach Oscar Melillo -- were traded to the St. Louis Browns to secure Vosmik. New York sportswriter Dan Daniel said that the Red Sox "salted their tender with $35,000 in addition." 12 They'd been trying to land Vosmik for two years, and now felt they would have (with Vosmik, Cramer, and Ben Chapman) their best outfield since the days of Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker, and Harry Hooper.
The Browns would be Mills's fourth major-league ballclub. Sportswriter Paul Shannon declared that Buster "has a world of speed and is a pretty fair batsman, but does not rank so highly as a ball hawk. Yet he has youth and ambition on his side and [Browns manager] Gabby Street may develop him into a star." 13 Newsom and Kress were the keys to the trade, though, and for the two of them, and Melillo, it was a return home to a club where they'd all previously worked.
Mills had a very good 1938 for his second St. Louis team. Though laid up for a while with a sprained ankle suffered on Opening Day, he still appeared in 123 games, earned 466 at-bats, drove in 46 runs and scored 66, while batting .285. In late October, the Yankees traded Myril Hoag and Joe Glenn to the Browns for Oral Hildebrand and Mills. It was Hildebrand they wanted and in early January 1939, New York assigned Mills to their Newark Bears farm team.
Mills turned 31 years old by the end of the season, spent entirely in Newark. He hit .305 in 149 games but got his photograph in the newspapers for another reason. A New York Daily News photo showed him wearing a "safety cap" which, the caption in the August 3 Sporting News said, "fits snugly over the regular uniform cap … made of hard fiber with sponge-rubber knobs to protect the temples." The caps became optional protective gear in the International League and Mills was reportedly the first to wear one.
Mills began 1940 with Newark as well, but with both Jake Powell and Joe DiMaggio disabled, the Yankees brought up Mills on May 3. He was hitting only .222 at the time, but the Yankees needed him. Shirley Povich was unkind, decrying the paucity of talent in the Yankees farm system and writing, "When they needed an outfielder a couple of months ago, the best man they could bring up was Buster Mills, a two-time failure in the majors." 14 It was just one of several disparaging references to Mills by Povich. Two days earlier, he'd written that Mills had been sent from Boston to the Browns and from there to the minors "because he couldn't hit. Mills is wearing a Yankee uniform, but he doesn't strike the enemy pitchers as a proverbial Yankee, if we are not being too subtle."
When he did hit for the Yankees, he hit well, batting .397 for the season -- but in just 63 at-bats. When the Yankees tried to send him back to Newark, three different clubs put in waiver claims for him. Bus spent most of 1940 not playing at all, though after the Yankees farmed him back out to Kansas City of the American Association on August 15, he hit .348 in 132 at-bats for the Blues. Then Mills hit .307 for the Blues in 1941, with 63 RBIs.
The Cleveland Indians took another crack at Buster in early April 1942, taking him in trade for outfielder Larry Rosenthal and some money. They'd seen his play against them in spring training and were impressed, and planned to have him play outfield in place of Gee Walker, who had been sold to Cincinnati. He wasn't quite as impressive over the next couple of weeks and was slated for a backup role and platooning against southpaws – though in his first crack, on April 18, he singled three times, one of which helped beat the White Sox, 1-0. He drove in half the runs in a 6-1 win against the Athletics on the last day of April, including the game-winner. As seemed to often be the case, Mills started off exceptionally well (10-for-18 for the Tribe), but then softened. Three singles, a triple, and a steal of home helped him do in Washington, 2-0, on July 26. Not swinging the bat at all helped him win the September 17 game, walking in the deciding run in the bottom of the 11th inning, to beat the Senators again. For the season, Mills hit .277 in 195 at-bats.
Mills stayed in the Indians system throughout the war years. He joined the Army Air Force in mid-November, departing the Indians on the same day as Bob Lemon. Mills was initially stationed in Waco, Texas, recruited there by Birdie Tebbetts, who pulled together quite a group of ballplayers – including Hoot Evers, Sid Hudson, and more. Hank Greenberg became the assistant physical training director at Waco. Mills was commissioned a second lieutenant in April 1943 – but still had a little fun since now he had officially become Lieutenant Colonel Buster Mills.
Oddly enough, another baseball playing Buster Mills made his appearance around this time, a catcher for Holy Cross. His name was William H. Mills, and had been given the nickname Buster with Colonel Buster Mills in mind.
Baseball, by the way, had another ballplayer who could honestly introduce himself as an officer, at least in name: Major Kerby Farrell.
Our man Mills was transferred to the Aloe Army Air Field in Victoria, Texas, in July 1944, but not before he helped the Waco Wolves win their 14th game in a row with a 10th-inning homer against a semipro team from Dallas. He did continue to play some for Waco, though Tebbetts had to give up a gold case that Mills had been eyeing in order to land him for the semipro tournament. 15
In 1945, now a first lieutenant, Mills was sent to Hawaii, where he managed the 73rd Wing Bombers in a series of exhibition games for the troops in the Marianas. Buster's Bombers beat Birdie Tebbetts' 58th Wing team, 4-3, on Tinian on July 27, with Ferris Fain's home run in the bottom of the ninth making the difference. Tex Hughson was Buster's starter. The Bombers beat the 313th Flyers the next day, 5-4.
Buster's Bombers beat Birdie's crew in the Tinian series, but both Mills and Tebbetts were on the American League all-star team when it came to playing a Pacific all-stars series on Iwo Jima. On August 26, the Americans beat the Nationals on Tinian, 3-2, but lost to the Nationals at Higashi Field on Iwo Jima, 5-1, on September 2. Mills played left field and was 0-for-4
There was, at the same time, an ongoing round-robin series on Iwo Jima. Mills' Bombers had won nine of 11 games in the Marianas series, and took the first game on Iwo Jima as the 73rd Bombers beat the 313th Flyers on August 29, 3-2. Joe Gordon's three-run homer for Tebbetts' 58th Wingmen helped beat the Flyers in the second game, 5-4, on August 30. The Flyers came back to tie it, but Enos Slaughter's seventh-inning homer won it for the 58th and reliever Rugger Ardizoia bore the defeat. Tebbetts' team won the series when 23-year-old White Sox rookie Nick Popovich shut out Mills' Bombers on three singles, 3-0, in the August 31 final game.
After being mustered out of the service and coming off the National Defense List in February, Mills joined those competing for a slot with the Indians. Early in spring training, manager Lou Boudreau announced that Mills would be hired as first-base coach but kept on the active roster so that he could be used as a pinch-hitter as occasions arose. 16 Melillo became the third-base coach.
Mills appeared in nine games in 1946, until he was formally released from the active list on July 3, and he coached full time all season for Cleveland. There was one downside to the job that year; the Indians – now under Bill Veeck's leadership -- typically had baseball comedian Max Patkin "coach" road games for the first inning or two. Mills had the unenviable job of replacing Patkin in the box as the game got under way. Fans immediately noticed the change and would shout at Mills, "What are you doing out there? Go into your act, you dope. We want Patkin." 17 When the Browns picked Cleveland baserunner Ray Mack off first, while Patkin was doing his jitterbugging, Boudreau called a halt to the levity.
After the season, Mills joined a touring group of American League all-stars put together by Paul Richards, then catching for Detroit. His grand slam helped win a 10-2 game against the Sherman club of the East Texas League. The Indians offered to give Mills a job managing in the minors, but he took his time to look around for a position that would keep him "in the Big Time" and by December was offered a job coaching with the White Sox under manager Ted Lyons.
In his second career as a coach, Mills coached for the White Sox from 1947 to 1950 under Lyons, Paul Richards, and Jack Onslow. Onslow let Mills go after the 1950 season because of his "conservatism in sending runners home." 18
The day he was officially released, Mills was managing in a night game in Memphis. Just as he had in leading the 73rd Wing Bombers in the war, Mills led a tour of barnstorming all-stars after the regular season ended. A 33-game schedule running from October 10 in Montreal to November 5, with a day game in Oakland and a night game in San Francisco, kept him busy as the "American League" manager. Players including Early Wynn, Jerry Coleman, Mike Garcia, Al Rosen, and others toured, with Duke Snider, Red Schoendienst, Alvin Dark, Gil Hodges, Ralph Kiner, Sam Jethroe, and others on the NL team.
In January 1951, Mills was hired to skipper the Superior Blues of the Northern League. The Wisconsin team was one with which the White Sox had a working agreement. The Blues came in third. In the playoffs, it was Eau Claire and Superior with one win apiece when five games in a row were called off due to rain and Superior canceled the series. Eau Claire won by default but lost the best-of-three finals in two games to Grand Forks. Early in the season, Mills had been ejected from a game for allegedly pushing umpire Don Spillman. While sitting out the game, he reportedly came up with the idea of managing from his car via walkie-talkie while a player on the bench filled him in on what was happening. The league president shot down the idea. 19
It's not clear what Mills did during the 1952 season, but in October he was hired as a coach for the Cincinnati Reds, under manager Rogers Hornsby. Near the end of the 1953 season, Hornsby quit the sixth-place team with eight games remaining. Mills became acting manager, but the team made it clear that it would not be considering him for the position on a permanent basis and was looking for an experienced skipper for the year to come. The team played 4-4 under Mills.
Two days after Cincinnati's season ended, Mills was hired by the Boston Red Sox to coach under manager Lou Boudreau in 1954. Before reporting to Sarasota for Red Sox spring training, he went to Venezuela. Cincinnati had asked him to manage the Pastora club in the Venezuelan league, with which the Reds had placed some players. The team was based at Maracaibo, and won the league by a 7½-game margin with a record of 48-30. He was asked to return to the post for another winter in 1959, but had to decline for unspecified personal reasons.
When Pinky Higgins was named to skipper the Red Sox for 1955, he dropped Mills, "blamed for several bad decisions" in handling third-base traffic according to the Hartford Courant. 20 The respected Ed Rumill of the Christian Science Monitor agreed with the common perception: "Important runs were constantly eliminated because of Buster's judgment. Catchers would be waiting with the ball when green-lighted Bostonians raced innocently homeward." 21
Mills maintained a residence in Waco and for a number of summers starting in 1955 helped coach at the Big State Boys Baseball Summer Camp, with Sid Hudson, Monty Stratton, and Joe Moore among the other staff.
Buster took up scouting for Kansas City, and was a determined one – actually signing one prospect on Christmas Day itself, in Abilene. But he was part of a revolt in September 1961. After owner Charlie Finley had fired farm director Hank Peters, manager Joe Gordon, and GM Frank Lane, the director of player personnel (George Selkirk) also quit, and then so did a group of six scouts, one of whom was Mills. Within a month, he was snapped up and signed to scout for the Yankees.
Mills died on December 1, 1991, at Arlington, Texas, and was buried in Waco. He had lived in Ranger, Texas, much of his life, moving to Waco for a short time and then Arlington. He had been a member of First Methodist Church of Ranger, on the board of directors of Ranger Savings and Loan, a member of Masonic Lodge in Ranger, and a member of the American Legion. Survivors at the time of his death included his wife, Madge Mills of Arlington; and a sister, Myrtle Watson of Grants Pass, Oregon.
A version of this biography appeared in "The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals The World Champion Gas House Gang" (SABR, 2014), edited by Charles F. Faber.
All consulted sources are mentioned in the text. Baseball-Reference.com and Retrosheet.org were the sources for baseball statistics.
- 1. The Sporting News, January 18, 1934
- 2. December 28, 1930. The vase kicking was told by sportswriter Shirley Povich, among others. See the April 1, 1937, Washington Post.
- 3. The Sporting News, November 7, 1935
- 4. Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1948
- 5. The Sporting News, May 11, 1933 and January 19, 1934
- 6. The Sporting News, March 9, 1933
- 7. Hartford Courant, November 27, 1933
- 8. The Sporting News, September 19 and 26, 1935
- 9. Hartford Courant, May 3, 1936
- 10. The Sporting News, December 3, 1936
- 11. Washington Post, August 15, 1937
- 12. The Sporting News, December 9, 1937
- 13. The Sporting News, December 9, 1937
- 14. Washington Post, May 24, 1940
- 15. Christian Science Monitor, October 17, 1944
- 16. The Sporting News, March 21, 1946
- 17. The Sporting News, September 11, 1946
- 18. The Sporting News, April 19, 1950
- 19. The Sporting News, June 13, 1951
- 20. October 14, 1954. See also The Sporting News, October 27, 1954
- 21. Christian Science Monitor, September 13, 1955


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