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Personally- I think that the over 5 hour rain delay was a bit much. It has been pretty clear that mother nature is not a NASCAR far sometimes and she reared her head at Chicagoland on Sunday- just shy of halfway through the race. (more…)
Chase Race 1: Chicagoland (13 chasers, 1 red flag, 1 winner)Posted by in General | NASCAR - (0 Comments)
Dear Mother Nature- (Ode From A NASCAR Fan)Posted by in General | NASCAR - (2 Comments)
Please quit raining on my
parade NASCAR races. It was bad enough that I have had a nasty headache all day. All I wanted was a little racing action. (Ok- I lie- really I wanted to see Tony keep digging, race his way to the front of the field and take the checkers to WIN). Instead, I got to watch ESPN beat a dead horse for hours and hours and hours with their interviewing drivers, crew chiefs, going over Paul Menard's spin ad nauseum, going over the safety innovations since the 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt, bringing up the 1979 fight between Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough during the first full race telecast and how it also changed the sport…you get the picture…we fans had to endure a lot of dead horses. At any moment I expected them to start interviewing the guys in charge of gluing the lugnuts to the tires- and asking THEM about Paul Menard and if they thought his spin was intentional (okay- maybe I exaggerate a wee bit- but not much). And those are only the parts I caught while doing this and that- determined not to let the rain delay ruin my entire day (although it kinda did anyway- since I was really REALLY looking forward to watching the first chase race).
What I am trying to say, Mother Nature, is that trying to "watch" a race at work sucks. Let's make this Monday the last time I have to do this okay?
P.S. It doesn't look like Tony enjoys the rain delay much more than I did:
In all seriousness though- Good Luck TONY tomorrow. I will be watching you best I can as I toil away.
Points Race 22: Watkins GlenPosted by in General - (0 Comments)
Mother nature dealt us fans who work on Mondays an evil blow by raining out our Sunday NASCAR race for the second week in a row. BAH! The race was run on Monday starting at noon (time local to the race- not to me). Unfortunately I didn't get to watch it- and I won't get to- because I somehow forgot to DVR it completely. Not like last week when I DVR'd the wrong channel…this week I didn't dvr a damn thing. So of course Tony would win! Don't get me wrong- I am ecstatic he won…just disappointed I didn't get to watch.
All I can say about the race right now is that the Sam Hornish, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon wreck was NASTY looking. That I did see. I was glad to hear the drivers get out- and in the snippet of the video that I saw- Jeff Gordon was one pissed off camper. And I don't blame him. I am sure that did nothing for his back to be collected in someone else's wreck (I can't tell in the snippet I saw if it was Kasey Kahne's fault or Sam Hornish's fault…according to my friend who was watching the race- it was Kasey's). I also heard that the Team Old Spice/Office Depot pit crew did awesome on their stops! Way to go!!
Notes On The Glen:
- Honestly I don't really have any. What do the drivers do when a race is moved to Monday? Do they just sit around in their Momohomes (yes my nephew has a new word…momohome- and he actually points to motorhomes and motorcoaches and says it which is very exciting) and watch TV/ Play video games? I would think that would get old- unless you REALLY like video games.
Next week: Back to Michigan!
Race 13: The Coca-Cola 340.5 (usually the 600)Posted by in General - (0 Comments)
Have you seen the movie Almost Famous? There is a scene in that movie where Frances McDormand who plays lead character William's mother and a college professor stands in front of one of the classes she is teaching and states: "Rockstars have kidnapped my son." Well I stand before you today and state: The Coca-Cola 600 kidnapped my long weekend. I have also heard it called the 24 Hours At Lowes Motorspeedway (Thanks Trixie…that's a good one).
So- The Coca-Cola 600 was scheduled to start on Sunday but never really got the chance because of rain delay after rain delay. I continued to watch Rain Delay coverage…until suddenly my Fox affiliate went out and decided to play Fosters & Smith infomercials disguised as television shows. No warning or anything…one minute I was watching the DW and Larry McReynolds and Jeff Hammond and the next minute I was learning about how to care for my turtle, frog, or bearded lizard using Fosters & Smith products of course. It annoyed me. I waited and waited and finally decided to check online and apparently it had been postponed until Monday.
Since I live on the west coast the race started at 9:00 am for me…on the last day of my long weekend so there would be no sleeping in for me. Yey finally the race started. Tony did not have the best of qualifying efforts (he started 28th) so he was mired way down in the pack. The track was green because of the rain- but Tony seemed happy and comfortable with his car and able to move up the field- breaking into the Top Ten inbetween more rain delays.
Unfortunately that last rain delay at lap 227 (mile 340.5) would kind of screw Tony's Office Depot team. Having just cycled though some green flag pitstops- he was 19th and trying to work his way back through the field when that last red flag for rain came out. about three and a half hours later David Reutimann would be declared the winner of the SHORTEST ever Coca-Cola 600- winning on pitting strategy- the same strategy that gave Tony Stewart's teammate a second place finish. Tony Stewart remains second in points and is now 44 points out of the lead. Teammate Ryan Newman moved up to 7th in points after his second place finish.
Notes about the 600:
- Seriously David Reutimann- Why did you insist on standing around your car for nearly three and a half hours in the rain without an umbrella? It was a little silly. Did you really think it would make a difference?
- Ok- I admit I chuckled at the "Billy Bad-Butt" incident. When Tony called the crew guy Billy Bad-Butt" I laughed. And we may have even taken turns calling each other Billy Bad-Butt for the rest of the day. Mostly I thought it was funny because I was pretty sure Tony would have rather said bad ass but didn't want to get docked 10K for it. However- Fox displaying it while focused on the crew guy was a little tacky (ok I still laughed…I admit it). And NASCAR.COM leading off this morning's headline with MEET BILLY BAD BUTT was even worse.
- I was hoping they would be able to go green as much as the next guy- really I was (especially since Tony was stuck in 19th at the time of that last red flag) but three and a half hours? Is too freaking long to wait!
- It's one of my biggest fears? Being at a race that is postponed to the next day. Usually I would end up not being able to go because I tend to use the day after the race as my day to get myself back home and then I am off to work the next day….have you ever experienced the postponement of a race? What happened?
Next Sunday is our first visit of the season to the Monster Mile at Dover.


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Subject: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:15 pm
(1) What name will your deity go by during this round?
(2) Please give at least three examples of terrain you'd enjoy having in your area.
Any massive pine forist aria, the black forist of girminy or any rocky/ mountiny lands
(3) If you could would you please give us some ideas about the sort of people you want in your area?
Strong hardy people.. The Norse would be nice lol
(4) Would you like to give us any information about your god and his/her/it's initial plans for this game?
I will be claming to be the planit ciybertron and it will be my peoples mission to rid me of the flesh disies I am aflicted with. I.E. I'll be teraforming earth and all it's inhabitints.
(5)Please design a combination of colors, smells, sounds, or shapes that represent your deities power.
Metel and machines
(6) Do you need to perform you birth action before the game starts? If so what do you have in mind? If not skip this question.
Yes..I'll need a transformation birth action affect.. I want an iv hook up with the power of order batery ( and a garinty I won't turn into an npc lol ) and like last game I'll have my people help with the tranforming the land affect but unlike last game I want them to be able to speed it up if they choose to.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:17 pm
First I need more details on exactly what sort of transformation you have in mind. How much of the area are you planning to transform and in what manner? I could go in a number of directions with this.
Second, you can't get a guarantee that the rules won't apply to you, if you drink order from a battery you'll wind up risking the NPC transformation eventually. However we may be able to make some sort of deal that gives you some benefit. It really depends on what you have in mind.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:30 pm
Right but that go's into birth action/ deals
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:58 am
Exactly, you said you wanted to do it before the game starts so . . . if it's to be a registration period birth action we might as well start hashing out the details and figure out what's what. At the moment, other than knowing that you want to do something here in registration, I'm sort of in the dark as to where your trying to go with this. LOL.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:56 pm
Ok so after a long day at work... Im sorry I lied.. My birth action dous not need to be done befour game start as it will not affect anything outside of my starting location untell after game start.
But why not start now lol
First I'll need to make a deal and have a powwow with all the majer powers. What I need as a god is a deeper understanding of all the powers.. How they flow, how they get converted, how they aspect everything they touch and so on.. I'll also need there help with a design for my ( body ) or earth as a transformer
I plan to convert earth into a planit sized transforming robot all the while maintaining a steady flow of all the energy ( optimized ) of course
And in that lies my birth action.. Once I have a design the rest is just how fast I can spread lol
But I need to charge my phone so your just going to have to wait on the in-depth details cus I know you want to know how I plan on changing everything
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:29 am
I'm sure you already realize that your birth action can't simply turn earth into a giant transformer robot under your personal control. That would be an "I win" button of massive proportions and thus against the rules. Also I doubt the great powers are going to simply sit down and be questioned about their deepest secrets by your upstart god. That would be like your son coming out of the womb and telling your wife to fetch him a sandwich while he questioned dear old dad about how the world really works. Not only would you probably not want to obey or explain, you probably wouldn't be quite able to.
That said I'm looking forward to hearing what all you have in mind for your little area of the world as it rests within the box that is your area.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:54 pm
i don't think he was asking to just turn the planet in one turn. but setting up a transformation process would be possible...but tricky and have to deal with all the other supernatural inhabitants of the planet. In theory transforming the planet is possible, but a major undertaking. A birth action that makes it possible, or starts on that long long path should be plausible.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:30 am
Thinking on this turn if he is planning to know what a machine is, with a stone age population, he may want to do this action as a registration birth action to provide the ability to see into the multitude of mechanized futures from which such inspiration might arise. Otherwise we may have another force utilize his humanoid metallic being concept to their own ends. The deep elementals for example might go in for turning the planet into some sort of psi-tech deep elemental being, just to give one possible idea. Order and cosmic also might have their own ideas ranging from some sort of crystalline life form to an attempt to get rid of life, thought, and the gods on the part of cosmic.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:59 am
depdns, he might also be viewing other realities as he is born, not recall if we are allowing that without a birth action to do so, like i know that some options let you bring in stuff from an alternate future, not recall if we leting them view other realities/timelines as they are born to at least know of machines... i thought we were, but not certain
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:00 am
I think we were only allowing timeline manipulation during registration birth actions, but we may be able to make an exception and say he spent the time doing research or something. It's not like he's doing anything in the past or bringing anything across timelines.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:39 am
hallo, just saw your reply on cybertron
and yeah, that was my thought as w3ell, trying to recall current setup
as you can only bring things in from other timeslines with a birthaction
butt o what degree can a baby good see/be aware of the concepts of other realities
i mean, not o with him bringing in a steam engine without a birth
but knowing that there are steam engines, and seeing one in action, thats a little dif
also, marja mentioned your car broke down and you in portland
how is all that working?
birth action timeline thing is a tricky scenario. We definitely only
allow it with a birth action, but we also normally only allow time
manipulation with a registration birth action.
one way he's not doing anything major, but in another what is the
difference between copying machines and copying something like the
island of England, or machinery from the future like charlotte's action?
As for the car I'm going to have to look at it with steve (my father in law) later, for now I'm ok, but we'll see what happens.
i follow, but, i am looking at his workding..
was misrecalling somehting
well, we are allowing fresh born gods to know that machines exist
or could exist
this gets into the question of, what info/knowledge can you just say you have
or is it just the god thinks this should be possible and is trying to figure it out...
i know we have some rules on this
not sure if they fully fleshed to handle this yet, he clearly is coming
in knowing what a mechanical device is, actually, a robot
and wishes to make one
he can have that goal, but to what degree does he know what machines are, and are capable of?
i mean, if we say he looking in timeslines, and just got the IDEA, but not the specs
thats one thing
i mean, i can tell someone all the things done with steam power, but not how any of it works
and they might in time based on the info it is possible invent stuff along those lines they might not have 0otherwise
just, based on the concept
but no, not wanting to give him details spec manuals of modern tech for free, no
gods get their info from the people and then can build on that with
research. Unfortunately cybertron's people are stone age guys, and he's
talking transformers, not just machinery, but a mechanoid planet, jets,
trucks, robots, the works.
why i am saying can we allow them to come in knowing the concepts/ideas of other realities
without the info needed to make them
just knowing such can be done/ or in some realities people are doing it?
'in some timelines poeple fly about in winged metal creations that
shoot fire out their rear' does not tell you how to build a plane
jsut that planes exist
if we not allow some of this, unless we force a birth aciton to cover
this, gets odd how the cybertron god could exist at all
why having this discussion, just, gets interesting
it does. It isn't a problem so long as he does a registration birth
action, but if we open the door to concepts from other realities
infecting the gods before birth then we're on a slippery slope.
Especially with cybertron who wants to "invent" the actual mechanisms.
If he can do that why can't someone invent sub machine guns, trains, and
entire mech cities, because "I have the concept" and begin my first
turn creating it for my people.
have less issue if he was just making metal men powered by his own
energy, supernatural creatures who merely resemble robots or stone
golems, or whatever. But he wants actual machines.
if i recall, you need to spend points to invent something oyu not know how
so the concept means you know it is possible
if you so far down the tech tree, would take a lot to figure out all the details
or at elast
was my understanding of how we were doing that
as in
but birth actions we don't charge for, normally costs would be
prohibitive, but in the birth action "inventing" an entire future
society becomes entirely free, and then you just get charged for making
the machinery, or teaching what you "learned" to your people.
sort of situation clearly was one we need to better hash out certain
aspects of char creation to handle smoothly, this is good
means we found a spot that needs refining,
of course, like much of cyberton's issues that bumps into the "I win
button" rule, if you have all that mechanical knowledge, even without a
transformation all that knowledge would be an "I win" button, if he can
make robots he can make . . . jets, trains, whatever, or teach his
people to make it all.
i waqs not saying he knows how to make jets
just that jets exist
would still need to pay to figure out how they work
problem we run into
is if you know how to make devices
and have the power to make them
you can
and you as a god should be able to get some tech info prety fast
thought. I have less issue with that, and it gets back to the "does he
really make jets, or do the deep elementals trick him, or is he stuck
with supernatural critters" question.
i mean, you can be handing out obsidian spears right around the start if you really want
my wording was very explicit i thought
not in any way handing him manuals
just that such things exist
he would still need to figure out how to make them
or make them work
so we can justify that cybertron want to make robots
but starts off not knowing how to make them
saying handheld objects called guns that shoot bits of metal at high speeds exist in other realities
does not tell a god of stoneage poeple enough to make a gun
I think though that since birth actions are free we need to figure out
the limits on what he can "figure out" if he knows something is
possible. Figuring out everything yourself on turn zero with a birth
action seems rule breaking to me, even if you DO know it's possible.
does give him the idea that might make it more likely given time for
him to exepriment and invent how to make a gun like object
ok, you clearly were not understanding me
i was
and i thought i said this clearly
not in any way saying he knew how to make them
on turn 1
jus he knew they existed, and could start trying to figure out how
just 'i know this is possible, but not know how yet'
mearly was justifying him knowing of such things being possible
not in any way shape or form handing him specs, manuals, or how tos
miscomunication there. I'm trying to say I have a problem with him
trying to figure it out with a birth action since birth actions are
I think that's breaking the "I win button" rule.
and i was very much agreeing with you
then we are on the same page. I've got to run, but definitely a spot we
should revisit and clarify in person soon. Going to post this
conversation to the cybertron turn.
ok, and i put a post on vadalin
saying we had talkied on his birht action in past
not sure what changed
give mne a writeup
and will go from there
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:25 pm
Well I hope by now you guys have figured out what can and can not be done with a birth action lol but moving forward I need a question answerd.. Will I, as a god, be looking into the future to discover " tech " for my plans to work the way I'd like( as i and mr admin had talked about in person) or is that no longer an option since the closing of registration
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:16 pm
Looking into the future is no longer an option because registration closed before you got back to me that you really did wish to do a registration birth action, at this point we are operating under the rules of turn zero birth actions where temporal actions are prohibited. Sorry about that, I did try to warn you weeks and weeks ago that you probably wanted to change over to a registration birth action. We may allow a deal of some sort with another entity but it's going to be much steeper cost to get the information you need, and you may not get the info, just the machinery and have to reverse engineer it yourself, or figure out what you got if you get something supernatural like metal golems or some such weirdness. Really wish you'd gotten back to me sooner, but knowing you this is purposeful because you are stress testing, or at least stressing us out. LOL ::grins::
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:51 pm
No it's just life got in the way.. Pushing the limits of the game or forcing the staff to answer questions they havint yet answerd inorder to help define the game is one thing.. Pushing the limits of the staff by purposefully not posting on time to see if I could get away with it is uncalled for and would make me an ass. And as such I don't know why if you would ever suspect that kind of behavior you would continu to allow me to play.. If the roles where reversed and I thought a player of mine acted in such a way I'd ban him/her untell further notice for bad conduct.
By the way it hurts to know you think so little of me.
But as it stands I will no longer be able to go forwerd with my former plans with "transformers" so instead I'll go necro.
Registration will stay the same except my gods name, the discripton/ intentions and the symble/ theme
Gods name is changing to: Mortis
My intent will be to create a cast system with undead as the ruling class.. Warlike/ knowledge seeking magic using god of death
Symble will be a gothic style Celtic cross ( with the circle at the crossing ) and the smell of old death.
The deal: I still want the exponential groth expanding aria effect.. Mostly cosmetic but.. I want the land to look dark and gray with a mostly overcast look/ feel ( illusion for the most part with the overcast I'm not actually changing the groth rate of plants or blocking out the sun.. I.e. You can still get a sun burn even though it looks overcast.) but the plants/ animals/ earth stay dark and deathlike no matter where they go even though they all still function normally.
I want to see/ hear all things in my aria ( sorted by importance/relevance of corse )
I want first dibs on any soul in my aria of affect!!
I'll give up any sight beyond my aria and any right to an interupt!! Ever!!
And what's left of my birth action will be to set up a magic system and reduce my upkeep for it.
More on the magic system pending approval
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:30 pm
Actually I think rather highly of you, my thought had been that you were stress testing and wanted to see the actual resolution of the discussion me and Dragonspar were having three posts back. In that context it wouldn't be as bad as you were understanding. The issue was mostly resolved in the post, but we were going to be discussing further in person, and you had no way of knowing our eventual prognosis. Writing the post saying that the concept mostly was going to need to be reworked also was a learning experience for me, the rules get a lot more specific now, and there are good reasons for them, but we've never had them get in the way of an idea exactly like this before. Full apology for it seeming like I was insulting you.
Going on from there I really like the new idea, I've always liked the whole undead/gothic thing as a theme. I'll want to confer with dragonspar on the deal bit. I'm going to want to come up with a good reason why you get no interrupts ever, though I do like the idea as a significant drawback. Maybe your god simply reacts slowly for some reason. We'll probably also want to discuss the sorting system for what you automatically see, this probably goes along with your gods slow methodical nature, it seems like a lot of things he's doing simply on instinct, like a zombie or something, but I'll want to clarify what sort of things he is watching for . . .
This combination could actually get frustrating to you because you'll be much more likely to get a report of things going wrong between turns than other players are, but you won't be able to act on that information until the next turn begins. I foresee you wanting to have a lot of automation in place to deal with things when your god is "dormant" or however we want to explain it. During the turn, obviously, you'd be able to get information on things happening in your area just by asking, like you going through a database of information you've collected but didn't consciously pay attention to at the time.
Tentatively I'd suggest the magic system be a supernatural creature system based on creating these undead your talking about, and I'd suggest that we'd probably limit their range to within "your area". I'll be changing your god name now for the forum, let me know if you want to alter your login name to match but I'll leave things be for now. We'll probably place new restrictions in place as part of the deal once we know for sure what sort of magic system your talking about.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:03 pm
I was thinking a completely interactive afterlife where I would have a physical reprisentation where as I'd stay informed of the goings on of the mortal world but only be able to " touch" it every hundred years or so.. I. E. Mortis is asleep and has more importint things to worry about but if you realy need to speak with him all you need do is die and find a way back lol
Witch of course I want the magic system to suport
Talking with the dead, turning people into vampires ( my vision of them of course ) zombies, skeletons, soul steeling powers, posessing corpsess all kinds of nasty death like stuff.. But I also would like spells of the general arcain veriety as well.. Enchanting or imbuing items with power, conjuring an eldrich blast or ice as a weapon or shild.. You know something I can make an empire out of
I'm just not shure what/ how meany spells I can start with
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:38 pm
As for the no interupt.. Not slow just not that concerned with " life" I expect my people to deal with any problems that cum up and everything else I'll handle/ fix when I get to it... So the ice shards brought down on my people from the heavins.. Will hit, will kill a lot of people and will make me verry mad.. But I'll deal with it when I as a god am good and ready too lol
I'm thinking I may walk among the living for one year out of every hundread at witch point I'd do what I was going to do for the turn.. Not shure yet.. I'd need a good avitar
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:18 pm
Hallo! admin n i been looking this over, and have a few questions/comments:
what is defined as important?
is the expansion automatic, or require action by his people?
if so, what sort of action you looking for?
There are no X effects, we can set up an effect so most souls will be gathered up and collected in your afterlife like your worshipers, but a soul with a powerfull enough connection/protection to/from a god or other powerful entity will resist.
As for the bit of not caring, will let them sort things out and only react every hundred years, that sounds like the description of a soft limit. that is, something you won't do, but COULD....if you are waving the right to ever do it, thats a hard limit, you cannot do it. This view of your people might be WHY you agree to a deal that imposes this limit, i do kinda like the idea of you showing up every hundred years in an avatar for a year though, we would need to sort that out a bit more though.
A bit of a question on your overcast effect. I like it, very thematic, howevr, one bit of wording is unclear to me: '... the plants/ animals/ earth stay dark and deathlike no matter where they go even though they all still function normally.'
Now, i got that a plant/animal looks dark n deathlike in your zone, but this mean that they are forever marked when they leave this zone? that it never fades? Even the dirt and rocks? Basicly, is it just an illusion, are living things gaining an effect that outside your zone they will eventually get over, or are you enchanting everything permenently? The costs on these options are all very different.
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:18 pm
1: I gess that would be a relative thing ( important ) every one will end up prioritizing things just a bit different. I think for ease of play just right my turns as you normally would and I'll ask deeper questions as needed.. Though it would be nice to know if I have an uprising about to happin or another god being worshiped in my aria.
2: expansion is to be automatic, no upkeep from the people.. But if you want me to sack souls or people to keep it going let me know so we can barter
3: no x affect and didnt expect one I just want the souls from people that die in my aria wether they worship me or not.. Within reason of course.. I don't expect to get souls of the verry faithful of other gods
4: hard limit.. My wording was how I'd like my people to rationalize it.
5: sorry I wasint clear.. Sky is illusion.. Plants/ animals and the earth I want to permanently alter/ that isn't to say another god cant of course change it back.. They can but the things touched by the power of Mortis will not be able to revert on there own
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Subject: Re: Registration - Cybertron (BECAME MORTIS)
Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:07 pm
thanks, will need to hash some of those things over with john.
just a couple comments on the comments:
1. yes, it is a relative thing, now the things you mention are of course important, but an idea of what your god finds relevant and important is useful. it is possible that might be something that we will have you change during the game as to how you sort it, not sure, will need to hash out some ideas with jon, or if you had a short list of always important things, would be nice, otherwise, will do our best
2. if it is growing, and automatic, there has to be a way to stop it/slow it down. will need to hash this out with john as well, but yes, some sort of cost to keep it expanding, i am fairly certain will end up being a requirement.
3. right, I did not think you wanted an X effect. just was making sure it was on record that we had discussed that some would be able to resist this is all. And sounds like you already knew that and were ok with it, just needed to be sure that was stated.
4. ah, was not clear. So, its a hard limit, but that is the line of BS you feed your people? Yeah, that's workable. will still need to sort out the idea of you controlling an avatar every hundred years, jon n i still need to hash that out.
5. a clarification: plants, animals, and earth will all be altered to look more deathly, etc... few questions on this:
A. How often do things get modified? Only when the area expands? The moment something enters your area? After a few days in your area?
B. And do people all get affected as well?
C. How far above, and below ground does this effect cover? all the way up, and all the way down?
D. This could, depending on how it is build, potentially be very costly....
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5 responce: one mile up will be the cap for the gloom illusion affect. It will be clear skys above that but looking down you would still see the gloom below you.
Expansion will be once every hundred years and would only affect things in my aria.. Things out side of my aria can come and go without being alterd but if they hapin to be in on the day of expansion there changed.
I will not be altering intelligent life with the affect so no player races will be getting darker or death like.. There clothes and gear on the other hand are not safe and will be alterd unless protected by a divin source
And I'll be affecting the earth only about 50ft below the surface.. Not much need for more then that.. On a side not.. Tunnels that connect to the surfice will also be alterd along with what's in them
And I'll work on the short list of importint things I'd like to alwase try and be aware of
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thanks for the fedback.
at the moment am ok, but jon or i might ask further questions on these topics soon. But i think we are ok for a minute, thanks
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talking with jon, and he has a proposal he is working on now, not sure what post will be up first.
now, a few questions on that deathly looking modification.
So, this happens every 100 years and modifies all the things in there.
If you make a tree look all deathly, does its seeds it drops 5 years later make deathly looking trees? As the tree grows, it still looks deathly, all the new bark n leaves, etc?
Same with the grass? So, these deathly things could spread outside your area....
And, your deathcows would make deathcow offspring, yes?
Also, during that 100 years, regular animals, and plant seeds and etc will be entering the area you already death-i-fied... is this what you want? Green starts coming back, spreading a bit, and then SMACK you death it all again? That could work, just making sure i follow the exact setting here, you expand and deathify your current and new zone, and over time some of the normal stuff starts getting ahold in your zone again, before you smack it again?... this sound ok? or did you mean something else?
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Yup you got it
death plants breed death plants and death cows breed death cows unless death plants are polinating with non death plants then you get the chance of non death growth and same with animals
I'm not intending the affect to be strong.. Just usefull.. 1st it's to mark my claimed land so as to let the people know a god watches over them.. 2nd it not that hard to stop and I expect it to be at some point.. This will tell me I have a rival and to expect an encounter.. And if it's not stoped I'd still see and hear everything in my claimed land and would know the presence of people worshiping another god.. Eather way I get what I'm after.. Knowledge and the knowing is half the battle
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Dragonspar's post is very important. I had assumed that what you meant was that the change happened when the area expanded, turning everything within the expanded borders to dead looking, but then new growth would creep in as new trees or plants sprouted, and eventually your god would get around to smacking down the new growth, and thus showing his immense power.
My own concerns are related to a different issue, this idea that you only show up once every hundred years to set everything up and then go to sleep for the rest of the turn, not even getting an interrupt. We have clarified that this is a hard limit, other things:
[1] When does your god awaken and manifest his avatar. We need this to be something predictable. You said it's a one year period, but we need to clarify when it happens. I'd have to say it has to be at the beginning but if you want it in the middle or something we can try to figure out a way to work with the fact that there is this period (which when we describe things hasn't happened yet) and which your somehow not remembering until later as you post your actions. Of course that might make your god appear somehow foolish or insane. So I don't suggest it. Just want to clarify and make sure we are on the same page with this.
[2] Second I suggest that the time of expansion coincide with your god appearing. Or in other words, your god wakes, shows up, claims some land, suddenly everything looks dead everywhere within his domains (however that works), and somewhere your god's avatar appears.
[3] If the area expands "automatically" we still need a weak point, some way to push things back. It wouldn't be quite fair if last game you had a hard to create center to defend and worked hard to get it, but somehow we let you simply have no weakness and automatic expansion.
My suggestion here is the when your god's avatar ascends back up to wherever he dwells between periods of being awake we leave behind an undead "Warlord" of some sort who represents that expansion. You then would have these representatives stuck within your area, but if one died your area would be pushed back one expansions worth of space; they would be the weak point, and also a constant reminder that you WILL be back and ARE watching.
[4] What does your avatar look like, and what do you expect to be able to do with it. If you expect, for example, to be able to communicate during the year we need to know if you want a discount to speaking out of the gods mouth, or simply a set amount/type of things he can say for free after which we start to charge you; which would be worked into the reserve cost. There is no free communication in the god game! lol
[5] Also what does the avatar look like? What can he physically do? Obviously you'll be determining all his actions when you start your turn, but we need to know what is possible so we can charge for it in your reserve costs.
Really like the direction this is going in. Good job so far. Looking forward to hearing your replies to both my post and dragonsparrs.
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AWP: In Conversation Ann Patchett and Emma Straub
Friday February 10, 2017
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New York Times bestselling author of Modern Lovers and The Vacationers Emma Straub was joined by Orange Prize-winner Ann Patchett (The Patron Saint of Liars, Bel Canto, State of Wonder, Commonwealth). Both have written extensively on family, friendships, and the tensions of adulthood. They read from and discussed their work with Jon Michaud.
This event was presented in partnership with Write on Door County.
Ann Patchett is the author of seven novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, and State of Wonder, and Commonwealth. She was the editor of Best American Short Stories, 2006, and has written three books of nonfiction, Truth & Beauty, What now?, and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Patchett has received numerous awards and fellowships, including England's Orange Prize, PEN/Faulkner Award, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Book Sense Book of the Year, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Women's National Book Association's Award. In 2011, she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, with her partner Karen Hayes. In 2012 she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Patchett lives in Nashville with her husband and their dog.
Emma Straub is the New York Times bestselling author of Modern Lovers, The Vacationers, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, and the short story collection Other People We Married. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Elle, and Conde Nast Traveler, and she is a contributing writer for Rookie. Straub's work has been published in fifteen countries.


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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he cannot honour MKO Abiola in one breath and admire his tormentor Sani Abacha in the same breath.
Soyinka who spoke at the national honours investiture for heroes of democracy., said that although he understood Buhari's official loyalty to Abacha, it shouldn't take preeminence over the preservation of democracy.
"Dear Mr. President, you cannot honour Abiola in one breath and admire his tormentor in the same breath," he said.Soyinka added that while the heroes of democracy were being recognized, the anti-democrats deserved some mention too.


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Apple is known for being a top of the line computer company. To no one's surprise, they have decided to integrate a new display into their devices that is double the resolution of a normal screen. Images are sharper, crisper, and show more detail. The only problem is, this adds yet another problem for designers and developers. So, what is the problem? When we look at our crisp graphics on a normal screen, they look fine, but on the Retina Display, they appear to be blurry.
Not only do web designers and developers have to account for different screen sizes across desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices, but now they have to deal with double the resolution. This has left a lot of people scratching their heads, but there are a few options when designing to include the Retina Display.
Media Queries
This, in my honest opinion is the best option for handling the Retina Display issue. In your CSS you can determine which size files to use in your in your site, and at what resolution. This is excellent, because you can serve the low resolution images, such as logos, icons, and specialized graphics for your normal devices, and you can serve your double resolution files when the retina display is detected. If you know anything about media queries, you know that you need to specify the screen size, and in the case, the pixel ratio. See the example below:
/* Retina CSS */ @media and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), screen and (max--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2)
Directly under this declaration in your stylesheet, you will place your CSS. Below, I will show you how you would style a div for a normal media query for a typical resolution screen, and then directly under that, I will show you how to style the same div for the Retina Display.
/* Normal Resolution Div */ .logo float: left; padding-left: 75px; width: 0; height: 135px; overflow: hidden; background: url('logo_normal_resolution.png') top left no-repeat; background-size:250px 135px; /* Retina Div */ @media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), screen and (max--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2) .logo background: url('logo_2x_resolution.png') top left no-repeat; background-size:500px 270px; }
There are a few things that you should take not of when working with media queries for responsive design and the Retina Display. Notice in the CSS above that you specify the background image, but you also specify the background size as well. You can specify styles, such as float, padding, overflow, and anything else that you can think of in the normal CSS, but when you go are styling the next media query, you only have to specify what is different. We specify the higher resolution image to replace the lower resolution one, and we also double the values of background-size style as well.
The Downside to This Method
The only real foreseen problem is that you have to create your graphics twice. You have to plan and think about your graphics, which means that you will have to create them at a higher resolution, and then at a lower resolution. This also means you will have 2 sets of the same image in your site files. You will consciously have to consider a consistent naming structure, so that you know which one to serve and when. For example, you might name one version normal, and the higher resolution image might contain "2x" in the name. As usual, watch out for Internet Explorer 7 or 8.
Icon Fonts
Icon fonts can be a solution for typical graphics, because you can style your icon font with CSS and do a lot with it, such as shadows, colors, transitions, etc. This can make for a dynamic site, because it is crisp at different sizes, and is controlled with CSS.
The Downside to This Method
The immediate downside I see to this is that it doesn't solve the problem completely. What if you have images, or custom graphics, such as logos? You can create your own fonts, but that is a lot of work. There aren't icon fonts available for everything under the sun. Another aspect is that the icons will become overused, and originality goes out of the window.
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
This is a wonderful solution, because SVG is smaller than PNG files and scales up or down without degradation, so your graphics will be crisp. You call them in CSS just as you would a typical image. Using our previous CSS, the example below shows you how to implement SVG in your website.
/* Normal Resolution Div */ .logo float: left; padding-left: 75px; width: 0; height: 135px; overflow: hidden; background: url('logo_normal_resolution.svg') top left no-repeat; background-size:250px 135px; /* Retina Div */ @media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), screen and (max--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2) .logo background: url('logo_2x_resolution.svg') top left no-repeat; background-size:500px 270px; }
Multiple Problems
SVG isn't available in IE7 or 8, which means that you have to use PNG or jpeg replacements. This is a pain, because you have multiple image and graphic types, which is a lot to keep up with. This can be a real nightmare if you have a graphic-heavy site.
The Retina Display has definitely added a new list of challenges for web designers and developers. Compatibility issues, hosting multiple of the same files and other issues still leaves us with the need for a definite solution to this problem. Each solution listed above has their pros and cons, but none of them are the end-all solution. For now we have to use workarounds and CSS tricks to get the job done and serve the best user experience possible.


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In the academic habitat of evolutionary scientists, religious sympathies are weeded out over time, and the fittest survive to pass along their traits through haughty books and lectures examining the "delusion" and purely biological origins of faith. So when an eminent evolutionary biologist breaks from the pack to address religious folk in warm and respectful terms, this is what's known in the field as "punctuated" change — a sudden and, in this case, pleasant variation.
There is good reason for the friendlier tone, explains Edward O. Wilson in this engaging and gracious book. A renowned entomologist and Harvard professor emeritus, Wilson has warned for years, in books like "The Future of Life" (2002), of global warming, mass extinction and other troubles of humanity's own making. But these works were addressed largely to fellow environmentalists, and that approach will get you only so far.
More out of habit than considered judgment, Wilson believes, many religious people and especially conservative Christians tend to brush off environmental causes as liberal alarmism, vaguely subversive, and in any case no concern of theirs. Wilson's book is a polite but firm challenge to this mind-set, seeking to ally religion and science — "the two most powerful forces in the world today" — in an ethic of "honorable" self-restraint toward the natural world.
In learned and congenial prose (I understand now how a book called "The Ants" could win a Pulitzer Prize), Wilson casts his appeal as a letter to an imaginary Baptist minister from the South. As a boy in Alabama, Wilson recalls, he too "answered the altar call," and though today a "secular humanist" he proposes to the pastor that as gentlemen and Southerners they lay aside principled disagreements about evolution and intelligent design. We do not need to answer or agree upon every mystery of the universe to confront problems that are, by any account, serious and urgent. Some will see in the natural world a divine creation, and the Lord of Life who makes nothing in vain. Enough for others "living Nature," every plant or animal a "masterpiece of biology," as Wilson writes. "Does this difference in worldview separate us in all things?" he asks. "It does not. ... Let us see, then, if we can, and you are willing, to meet on the near side of metaphysics in order to deal with the real world we share."
Looking around the real world, we find "the rest of life" vanishing. Half of all species — from the glorious tigers and elephants to the lowlier "little things that run the world" — could be gone forever by the century's end, leaving only the genetic codes that wildlife biologists have stored away. No lions left to lie down with the lamb.Continue reading the main story
About "5 percent of the Earth's land surface is burned every year" to make way for cattle and crops, helping to fill the atmosphere with greenhouse gases "sufficient to destabilize the climates of the entire planet." Throw in the effects of industrial pollution, merciless hunting and commercial fishing practices, invasive species showing up everywhere, and the unyielding demands of human development, and we are "the first species in the history of life to become a geophysical force." In case you missed the hint, "we are the giant meteorite of our time," doing grave injury to the biosphere upon which we and all life depend. As other creatures are brushed aside or driven off, humanity could soon enter "what poets and scientists alike may choose to call the Eremozoic Era — the Age of Loneliness."
For those unmoved by the thought, Wilson reminds us of the unnumbered "opportunity costs" to science, medicine and agriculture with every departed species. He proposes a sensible objective — "to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest of life as possible" — and to this end would expand marine sanctuaries and protect biological "hot spots" like the Amazon and Congolese forests. In general he advises an attitude of care and humility toward the natural world, which should have a familiar ring to the pastor, and a prudent stance of "existential conservatism."
An actual minister of the gospels would not care for the meteorite imagery — although when you think about it, the biblical narrative ascribes far worse habits and transgressions to humanity than anything an environmentalist can come up with. Presumption, pride, gluttony and cruelty figure prominently in the story, and it's not such a stretch to imagine they might have something to do with our modern ecological troubles as well. For authority on this point, Wilson could have cited (though for some reason didn't) an impressive array of contemporary Christian thinkers. For instance: "Instead of carrying out his role as a cooperator with God in the work of creation, man sets himself up in place of God and thus ends up provoking a rebellion on the part of nature, which is more tyrannized than governed by him." This single sentence from Pope John Paul II, deploring "the senseless destruction of the natural environment," could serve as a dust-jacket summary of Wilson's book.
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Km 12 1/2 Marea del Portillo, Pilon, Gramma, Cuba
"average age is 60"
Posted by: paul on Dec 14, 2016
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Club Amigo Marea del Portillo is a complex that include Farallon del Caribe and Marea del Portillo properties.
The complex is surrounded harmoniously by the combination of the Caribbean Sea with all its attributes, and the mountain; giving it a matchless beauty and offering to its guest a pleasant stay, in a tropical atmosphere that offers security and tranquility, ideal for vacations with the family, Honeymoons, Diving, activities with the nature and more.
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"average age is 60"
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that is my age- we all get up at 6.30 am and enjoy the mornings so young people beware - no loud honken music eh?
I recommend the following:
email cubacan in Havana to send 8 new scooters to this resort only 2
- need air conditoners in restaurant below
- the security guards needs to learn English
- the women in the restaurant below stop asking for things all the time
- get a real orange juice maker at the bar
- sunwing get your carry one increased to 7 kg
- sunwing stop harassing the bikes who bring bikes for poor Cuban now forcing them to spend 75.00 to rent a taxi to carry the bike to hotel ridiculous - put a rule of 5 bikes per bus
- Canadian immigration get a life - asking me how many girlfriends I have in cuba and why do you go there so often
- hotel is good food safe for cycling down the coast - good value
85 times to cuba
trump don't ruin relations with cuba
thank you google gmail for signing up with cuba it all helps
where did the 30 plastic lounge chairs go whih were around the pool
for the past 5 years?
Other Comments:
don't be too trusting I have lost 10 bikes
from people who offer to store them for you then make up a story
help persons off the resort
most empoyees on resort are not hurting
viva la cuba
"portillo 30 times 80 times to cuba"
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i like the area of the portillo - low traffic great cycling - friendly staff
I HAD TO COUBLE MY FOOD DOWN IN 5 MINUTES - NO AIR CONDITIONING no no uppercase debbie
i forgot - but it was stiffling - and i cant imagine the Cuban workers working in that condition without air condtioning - the club amigo in guadalvaca has just installed hudge new air conditoning units in the main buffet wowo can wait to go back to check it out in a few weeks.
- the portillo needs to spend some money i just wrote transtur and asked them to send 8 more new scooters to the portillo - there was 2 scooters one month ago
not happy tourists.
- i moved 5 times with my room - wow and i dont like to move - the air conditoners broke - and we had two rude french woman next to us who smoked in front of my room every time i went outside - not good - so i moved to room 7 - the bar staff is
fantastic so funny except for the beach bar bartender he has the personality
of a TOAD.
i luv cuba and i hope the americans give assistance to the cubans for they need it so bad
paul mallory
parry sound ontario canada
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all cool
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the security boss julio needs to learn english or he is no good to tourists
"Fantastic Views at a good resort"
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Visited on: Jan, 2016 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
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We have another option for our January trips to Cuba; Marea Del Portillo in the Farallon section. So there is no confusion, this is a 3 star resort but the beauty of this gem is its very rural location between the Sierra Maestra and the Caribbean. The weather was as expected and the view from the resort (and our room) was great with both the mountains and the Caribbean greeting us every morning. For this trip we took advantage of the VIP option. This resort is made up of two, The Farallon with its superior rooms rooms located on the top of the hill overlooking the beach and sea, and the Marea section, with its superior bungalows closer to the beach. Both are well laid out with about a 10 minute walk between the two. They say 3 but you'd have to be moving pretty fast. For context we are retired empty nesters in our early 60's and have enjoyed many trips to Cuba, all at various AI's. This trip was from Jan 13th to 27th, 2016.
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4th floor
The check in was a pretty smooth as most of the info was completed on the bus prior to getting there which took about 1hour and 40 minutes. As it was at night there was nothing to see, but our late afternoon return to the airport was much more interesting as we went through many villages and towns. We had a nice room on the 4th floor with a fabulous view.
The room was comfortable and while the fan for the air conditioner was a bit loud, it did provide some decent white noise. Hot water was rare, ok none but it did get warm enough for a bearable shower late afternoon. The maid did a good job keeping the room clean and it was nicely located but then most of them were. The VIP option gave us a few extras such as the no charge for the safe, a sunset cruise, a lobster dinner and trips to Cayo Blanco (white sand beach island). We were also greeted with 2 bottles of rum and 2 bottles of wine plus nicely stocked fridge with beer, pop and juice.
Restaurants and Bars:
The resort seemed to be fairly well booked however there was always seating areas around the bars and lounges available and the service was always pleasant and quick. For most of this review I'm referring to the Farallon section where we spent most of our time. The food was decent and nice variety, chicken,pork beef or lamb and fish as well as various vegetables. The fruit might have been a little light at times though. The bread however was fabulous. The had an in house bakery and most of the time it tasted like it just came out of the oven. The a la carts were ok and pleasant for a change. For the buffet if you got there when it opened you you had your choice of either inside or on the patio (our preference) otherwise you probably had to wait. There was no danger of running out of food, just places to eat. Because it's two resorts, people from the other one come up for a meal, and why not the outside view on the patio was great, but it did make it a bit crowded at times. One thing we did notice was the lack of birds around the eating area (a common complaint at other resorts) can't explain why but enjoyed their absence. There were local entertainers ready to sing your favourite cuban song for a peso or two. Very enjoyable.
We're beach people and while the beach is dark sand, it was easy to walk on with very few rocks or shells. We are big into snorkelling but the snorkelling had to wait till we went to Cayo Blanco where we got to see all the usual suspects except the large barracuda that decided to follow us for a bit. The island itself was a treat to visit. With beach bar, great lunch, including lobster, if you signed up for it, and soft white sand, it was a great relaxing place to be.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
In the evening there was nightly entertainment however because we tend to be up early we didn't see many of the shows as we usually crashed by then. What we did see we found enjoyable and worth the time. There is also wifi available however only at the Marea section. Which meant a daily walk to the other resort and maybe a coffee in the lobby or by the pool. They did have a computer at the Farallon but I found the wifi easy to check what I need to and get and sign out quickly.
Other Comments:
In the evening there was nightly entertainment however because we tend to be up early we didn't see many of the shows as we usually crashed by then. What we did see we found enjoyable and worth the time. There is also wifi available however only at the Marea section. Which meant a daily walk to the other resort and maybe a coffee in the lobby or by the pool. They did have a computer at the Farallon but I found the wifi easy to check what I need to and get and sign out quickly.
Would we go back? Definitely! We met some really nice people (many of them repeaters) and the staff were pleasant and efficient. Lastly, if you look up my channel on YouTube (MrJarArt) I'll be posting a few videos of this resort soon and add to my collection of other Cuban resorts we've been to.
"Very Old and Boring"
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Lori on Feb 5, 2016 >
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Visited on: Feb, 2016 | Leisure | With Group
419 people found this review helpful
The rooms are 100 ft from the ocean yes, but were built for soldiers coming in from sea back during the Revolution, just awful. so small and hard hard bed, I am sure it was from the soldiers days.Portable TV (old style) didnt work, one cuban station only. The balcony had room for one chair and was crammed next to your neighbor, and again just not adequate. Glass pull door to balcony stuck so badly had to open with both hands. So the rooms by ocean were AWFUL. I did hear that the cabana rooms were much nicer so probably your best bet. the dining room reminded me of a Retirement Home, no view, no airflow and curtains all along one wall (hence the Seniors residence feel) Food was VERY repetetive and very boring, once we discovered the Fallon Dining Room we made the hike and ate there, I would say Fallon rated 3 stars for sure on the food. Marea beach is dark brown sand, constant waves which chrn up sand. You had to go out in a Catamaran to see the turquoise water. the pool is small and unimaginative. The rsort staff were friendly though but I will try a four star next time I go to cuba as this was my first time and granted it was cheap,, but facilities just sucked..........
"goods and bads of hotel marea portillo"
Posted by: paul
on Jan 24, 2016 >
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Visited on: Dec, 2015 | Leisure | Solo
429 people found this review helpful
26 times to this resort
and i will be back
and i am so proud of this resort for listening
i requested that my cuban friends could move their souvenir tables closer to the resort
in front of the tennis courts and guess what
the manager okeyed it
this is FABULOUS NEWS now my friends are swamped with tourists buying their things
before they were way too far away from the hotel
i am so proud of the hotel for making this change
- the improvments which could be make
1) more fans in the restaurant in the summer so so hot
2) put more security guards in the middle of the night near cabanas
3) get more scooters and bicycles to rent out
4) tell the manager of security and security worker to learn english
5) front reception should have low change eg. 1 or 3 dollar pesos bills at all times
6) tell the bell boys to allow guest to pull their own luggage to their room if they wish
7) if a hotel guest complains to the hotel and police about a robbery then the police need to act on it asap not one month later
8) get fresh orange juice in the restaurant
9 ) the workers need to stop asking for things all the time from guests
10) sunwing needs to stop harassing bike owners and making them open the bike boxes in toronto it is so so silly if it is over 20 km the person pays great place to put stuffed small animals for the 2 yrs olds since they take up much space in the suitcase and stop charging 30.00 to take a bike down to cuba charge it on the way back
cuba is safe and a great place to visit
but i am so happy i am canadian
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Restaurants and Bars:
sand is hot
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
vollyball should be organized
Other Comments:
alfredo beach bar bartender needs to be removed
"Fun time, but be careful if you have mobility issues"
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Sylvia on Dec 14, 2015 >
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Visited on: Dec, 2015 | Leisure | With Group
436 people found this review helpful
We went with a group of 18, and never ran out of things to do or people to do it with. I was recovering from a broken hip and had some issues that others with mobility problems might find helpful. There is a big dip into the ocean when you first walk in, that if you don't know about, can take you by surprise and cause you to stumble going in and out of the water. Also the waves breaking can knock you over if your legs are not strong enough. No problem walking the beach as the sand is firm. There are many different levels going from the pool to the bar, that some people missed seeing, and ended up falling - so watch for the little changes in floor levels. Also the stairs to the cabanas proved challenging for some, causing sprained ankles in a few the week I stayed there. The boat for the sunset cruise and island tour requires you to climb stairs or a ladder to get to the top level. I was not told this before hand. I did manage to climb the stairs to the front of the boat, but could not do the ladder. We stayed in bottom cabana, so that was helpful. The walk to Farallon was good, till you had to climb stairs that were missing the hand rails, so that made it a bit tricky. The pool there was easy to get into. The pool at Marea has a big first step in which required a few of us to call the lifeguard to help us out. So, if you are in great shape this place is a lot of fun, but if you have mobility issues, be very careful!
Room Number:
Room Block:
pink building
Dec.2, 2015
Room was okay, the ceilings were scary
Restaurants and Bars:
Marea restaurant needs air conditioning - too hot in there. Bars were fine
Pool and beach areas neat and clean
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
We enjoyed stretch classes and water aerobics with Henry.
Other Comments:
Lovely place, great price. Very long bus ride to and from airport. Takes too long at the airport. Have to climb stairs at the airport to get up into departure area. People in wheelchairs had to climb off the plane and back on the plane. They did get assistance, but a ramp might make things easier. I can't understand why people in wheelchairs come here. They don't make things easy for them.
"good value- food- location for safe cycling"
Posted by: paul
on Dec 1, 2015 >
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Visited on: Dec, 2015 | Leisure | Solo
427 people found this review helpful
But always a but
dont trust the cubans in marea- their job is to rip trick the tourists - i helped a family there leonardo who works at the banana plantation- he tricked me and said he would store my perfect mnt bike- he waited till i left then sold it for 200 convertible dollars- installed a new door window and extension on his house in marea- pathetic
and 90 % of marea cubans will do the same- so enjoy but keep your valuables safe and do not trust any of them.
i have been tricked with 6 bicycles - so i trust no cubans now
but- it is awesome to bike down the coast very little traffic- and the weather and service at the hotel is very good.
in oct the immigration at airport - had a bee up there... stopping many tourists and charging one guy who had a 80.00 wrench set 150.00 convertible in import tax pathetic
make sure you say it is for your own use- and always put under 50.00
the rules change every month- bit of a joke
never be afraid in cub as long as you - mind and respect the laws there.
i have been 63 times to cuba- and i have no fear- it is my escape from the ontario communist queens park laws that ontarians have to face every day.
club amigo in holguin is my second choice
good beach and cheap
good disco- and 24 hrs cuban hang out for ...
Other Comments:
there is talk of them buiding a new airport
north of pillon
and another new resort in the area to accomodate the gringos from the states
the bus ride is too long from manzanillo
"They say Welcome Home"
Posted by: Barbara
on Nov 9, 2015 >
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Visited on: Nov, 2015 | Leisure | With friend
451 people found this review helpful
You are made welcome the minute you reach the Hotel. Food is a lot better now and the Staff is always Friendly and Helpful. The Entertainment at night has greatly improved with Beautiful Costumes and Dancing. The Singing was wonderful and the Cuban Singer Palomino opened our Hearts to his wonderful Cuban Songs. The Whole Show is a Tribute to Cuba. The Bar tenders are Happy and Friendly. Morning water aerobics and afternoon entertainment BINGO is so worth attending. I will be back and bring more Friends.
Room Number:
Room Block:
October 14th, 2015
Clean and the Maids are very good. No worries there.
Restaurants and Bars:
Food in the Restaurants are very good now but we did take Peanut Butter and Sweet Chili Sauce.
Bars are very friendly and quick too.
"Happy to have gone - not to return"
Posted by:
diane on Feb 24, 2015 >
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Visited on: Feb, 2015 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
549 people found this review helpful
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Arrival at the airport was a painful process...waiting waiting and more waiting for the luggage. We rented a cab from the airport to the resort and arrived not too far ahead of the bus. The ride was a long 1 1/2 hours and as others have stated the highway resembled more of a cow path at times, and it's a drive that one should definitely take on the bus. Cabbing it was fun though.
The hotel itself has quite a nice physical layout. We were on the second floor and the view from our room was spectacular. Overlooking the ocean and the mountains in the background made for a relaxing time on the balcony. Extremely lovely to wake up & sit on the balcony watching the sun rise - breathtaking actually.
We had a very large room that provided an awesome balcony with two chairs and small table. Plenty of hot water with great water pressure. Clean towels provided daily and never a shortage. Beds were just fine. Fridge worked well and it's always nice to have cold drinks in the room. They only had one 110 v outlet in the bathroom so if you require a c-pap or alarm clock by your bed, bring your converter.
Restaurants and Bars:
The service from staff was nothing short of amazing. They couldn't do enough for us and with a few minor requests, they were fulfilled immediately. Service in the dining rooms was terrific and we couldn't help but have fun with some of the staff - they do love a sense of humour. Now for the negative. The buffet was unbelievable and by by that I mean horrible. If you weren't there at 6:00 pm there wasn't much left by 7:00. Food is not replenished and basically you take what you get that is leftover. Thankfully, there was always soup and a few buns left. The food was not hot at all which made for an even more miserable meal. There was no white wine at all during the week. By the second last day, they ran out of red wine. There was a poor excuse for a rose wine which was better than nothing I guess. We were surprised that there was no pasta except for one evening. It's usually our "go to" meal when the meat is somewhat of a mystery. Butter was only available on one day, the beginning of our week. All in all, they failed miserably in the buffet department. We are definitely not foodies at all, but there is a level of expectation even for a basic buffet. First resort we've ever gone to where you had to line up for the buffet ! Yes, we had to wait a considerable amount of time. Many guests from the Marea were taking all their meals here and I think, there has to be a better system which should only allow a particular amount of guests (from the Marea) per meal via reservation maybe? We did pay the extra for this hotel and Farallon guests were put out. Maybe that's why they ran out of food often. ? We didn't have lunch at the buffet so can't comment on that. Snack bar served up some good snacks ! The chicken burgers were great and looked like it was the favourite of many people. Pizzas were also quite delicious. Oh, again by the second last day, there were no more pizzas available. Our feelings were re-iterated by many a repeat guest so we did feel justified in our complaints.
Bars were busy but service was quick - they offered a good range of drinks. For the beer lovers if you don't like Buccanero, you were out of luck as that's all they served. You could buy Cristal at the store and be happy that there is a fridge in the room. If you go to Cayo Blanco, they serve Cristal there. As far as rum drinks were, some were good and some not. That's just a personal taste though.
We explored the hotel as well as the Marea and found that we enjoyed the beach area of the Farallon much better. Yes, the beach was nicer/better at the Marea but we really enjoyed the "vibe" at the lesser beach. It felt like our own little slice of paradise with lovely privacy to just kick back & listen to the waves and sounds of the area although the water wasn't great for swimming. The walk to the Marea wasn't so bad and it is a nice option to visit back & forth.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
The Cayo Blanco beach tour is a must-do. It was alot of fun and the beach was wonderful. Food was plentiful and lots of drinks available. Definitely worth it to go.
Other Comments:
Would we return? No. In fairness though, the drive to the resort was much too long and for that, we have decided to stick to resorts with a shorter travel time. The buffet was our personal worst and we have very low expectations, but really - food shortages? Service & happy staff made up for the negatives we encountered. Of course, all in all we were in Cuba with great sunshine & heat and our goal was met by getting out of this northern weather. Pat and Diane
"54 times to cuba"
Posted by: paul
on Nov 19, 2014 >
2 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Oct, 2014 | Leisure | Solo
501 people found this review helpful
this hotel is for people over 50 years old
young people will be dissapointed
many repeat customers
21 times for me- i love the quietude-
lock your suitcases in this hotel- i have had the maid takes things many a time
tell the security men to stop asking my cuban friend to bring them beer
two hotel sections- many like the falloron- which is newer and has a swim up bar
the lower section is older
sunwing airlines needs a scolding!!! aug 27 they turn the plane around and i am 7 hrs delayed they give me a 75.00 voucher- an insult
then my oct 29th trip- the return - 7 hrs delaysbecause an engine would not start
i am awaiting my vouchre amnt??
they charged me 70.00 in aug- to bring an older mnt bike to a poor cuban family
what a joke!!
in march they charged me 120.00 overweight- i explained i only had gifts for three poor families in cuba- they luv to use my credit card
dont trust cubans- they will take and take- and tell you stories
protect yur goods
enjoy the weather
dont worry
wear sunscreen
forget about our pathetic communist greedy ontario government who takes and steals our money every year in ontario- mpac, gas , hydro, gasoline, 6 taxes,
cubans do not know how lucky they are with good
free medical
free education
and 2.00 per monthin a hydro bill
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Een wheech our final estimade arribes...
I heear beeg crash een leebeen' room. I ron een. The Wooman ees pass' oud arn the floor. All seex feed ob hor, flad.
Immediadelee I geeb hor mouth to mouth.
She waghe orp carfeen': Aaaaargh, cad breath, raspy tongue, wheeskers een nostrils!
You are welcorm, I say. You wor nearle dead. I sabe your libe.
I say, Wha' happen?
She say, I yos ged orpdaded estimade frarm Aneemal Endocrine Clinic. Here, she say, READ:
You are going to hab to bake sorm more cadneep cookies, cad.
Led me yos pud arn my apron, I say. Yos keedeen'. Bake your own forgheeen' cadneep cookies. My Amigos hab my bag.
Praise the lawd por your Amigos, she say.
Woul' you lighe a seep ob agua? I as', You loogh pale.
I yam nard pale, Estorbo, she says, I yam yos eenteresteen'.
(Ees serious, she ees abou' to ged all esseestential...we mos aboid thees!)
Eberytheen' weel be OK, I say. OK? Yos theenk, when I corm bag frarm microwabeen', you can use me as a nighdlighd beside your bed. I weel be eellumeedaded frarm weetheen.
I lorb you, Cad, she say,
I know, I say. I lorb you too (yos doan' tell anyworn I said thad).
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- AnonymousApril 26, 2013 at 11:41 AM
My friend, me and my Mom and Dad are still purring for you to get better and to have enough green papers to go on your fishing trip. Mom says she understands how your Woman feels as we have a massive payment due next week and Dad says, "How we gonna do that?' (in his big voice) and mom says, 'Don't know how but we will.) Everything WILL be OK!ReplyDelete
Love and purrs,
Sheet, sormone needs to ween the lodhairy ...pairhefably me, then I can helb more. I hobe ees the low ext. thad ees the todal. Ees steel mucho dinero.. Don' they know jur name? Y thad ju are a forgheen' celebradhee?ReplyDelete
Oh,Estorbo, that yawn. When you return, you might have to don (see what I did there) your orange shirt and work part-time at Home Depot again.ReplyDelete
Ai yi yi. Reminds me of the time I spent $1800 on my already-cost-me-$1500-originally cockatoo Carmen when she had pneumonia. But it fixed her so it was worth eating mac-n-cheese for 6 months. You two would make a cute couple because she's pure white.ReplyDelete
A night light LOLOL.
Seriously, the dog, the cat, the parrot and me are all rooting for you to get permanently well from this.
Hola! Hermano,this is a scary number, but we think you are worth it.And Dinah showed us the card with your message. Why does it smell like kaka ointment???ReplyDelete
Ay yi yi!!! It is a scary number but worth every single peso and then some, to get our Estorbo to 100%. Alpha said she is sending a monetary contribution ASAP.ReplyDelete
MY human is trying to understand the way this bill is written. Because she can do some math, so it looks to her like they are for sure going to charge $2200(yay no tax) and it might be as much as $750 more, but that is according to how many extra mCi they have to give of the I-131. BUT the cost is $30 per mCi, so $750 extra would mean another 25 mCi! Sheet, that is a ton of radioactivity!!!! She says she thinks it will not be much more than the $2200, but, still, this is sneaky sneaky.ReplyDelete
So she went to googling again and found this reference, which says higher doses, up to 30 mCi, can be needed if the cat has thyroid cancer. If benign, the dose is usually lower, usually 5mCi or less, but maybe up to 10.
It does sound as if this place does it all pretty scientifically, rather than treating all cats the same, which is very good.
God speed, Estorbo. We will be praying for you...hurry back.ReplyDelete
Estorbo, your devoted amigos do indeed solidly have your back. So, please inform your humans they should respond as Shakespeare once counseled (Hamlet), "Cudgel thy brains no more about it." No, los amigos are flad pitching in, and dat is dat!ReplyDelete
After all, the Wooman does not have nine lives and we can't have her fainting on the floor. By the way, methinks your account of saving her life might be just a wee bit inflated.
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Laguna Art Museum is offering an opportunity to have art appraised by art auction house Bonhams & Butterfields from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. at the museum. No reservations are necessary. The cost is $5 per item. Call (949) 494-8971.
Happiness Seminar
A free seminar, "The Energy of Authentic Happiness," will be presented from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Susi Q Senior Center, 380 Third St.
Streets Task Force Speaker
Frank Peters, a bicycling enthusiast from Newport Beach, will address the Complete Streets Task Force meeting at 4 p.m. in the Community Center, 380 Third St. Peters will discuss efforts in Newport Beach and Corona del Mar to make the city more bicycle-friendly. Call Charles Alban at (949) 306-9388.
New New York Music
Brooklyn Rider, "Music from the New New York," will perform a free concert from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Laguna Art Museum, during the Laguna Beach Music Festival. Visit http://www.lagunabeachmusicfestival.com or call (949) 553-2422.
Valentine's Mixer
The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce will host a Valentine's Day mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Hotel la Casa del Camino/K'ya, 1289 S. Coast Hwy. Visit http://www.lagunabeachchamber.org.
Thursday through Feb. 12
Youth Theater
"Eat (It's Not About Food)," a candid look at the causes of teenage eating disorders, will be presented by Theatre for a New Generation at 7:30 p.m. daily and 10 a.m. Feb. 11 and 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Laguna Beach Woman's Club, 286 St. Ann's Drive. Tickets are $12.50. Call (949) 497-2787 or visit LagunaPlayhouse.com.
Investment Seminar
Learn the "Art" of Investing from David Walker of Jackson National from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Artist Eye Gallery, 1294 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach. Call (949) 497-5898.


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Squier by Fender Vintage Modified Telecaster Bass Guitar, Maple Fingerboard, Vintage Blonde
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Product Description
Squier is very proud to introduce its new Telecaster Bass, which presents an exciting new sonic and stylish twist on a long familiar design. Its time honored body and headstock shape are well balanced by a comfortable medium scale length (32") that will appeal to bassists and guitarists alike. Remarkable tonal versatility comes from a single powerful Duncan Designed PB 102 SCPB single coil pickup and three way switching among special tone circuits, which feature a modern bass sound (middle switch position, volume and tone controls), softer "double bass" sound (neck switch position, volume control only) and authentic tic tac "baritone" sound (bridge switch position, volume control only). Other distinctive features include black "barrel" switch tip, knurled chrome control knobs, vintage style bridge with two brass saddles, vintage style tuners and strap buttons, and single ply pick guard (white on Black model, black on Vintage Blonde model).
- Duncan Designed PB-102 Split Single-Coil pickup with 3 position switching,
- A 32" Scale Maple "C" Shape neck , maple fingerboard and 20 medium jumbo frets
- Vintage Style Bridge with Two Brass Barrel Saddles