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As some of you know, I've never written tactical battle AI before. Galactic Civilizations and Stardock's other games didn't have tactical battles. War of Magic had tactical battles but I wasn't involved in that portion of the game.
This series of journals will take you through the journey of how to write AI for tactical battles. In my experience, games have tended to have pretty crummy AI when it comes to tactical battles (War of Magic no exception).
So for starters, I've got help. Seasoned developer Charles Lentz, who has been at Stardock for some years now, is assisting me on this project. The first thing I asked him to do is make it easy for me to do mock battles. When I was working on War of Magic v1.4, which was the first build I even got to look at how tactical battles were done, I noticed that there was no way for me to conduct mock battles. I'd have to "get lucky" and find an AI player who could cast spells to see if it even worked which was time consuming.
So for Fallen Enchantress, I asked Charles to set up a cheat key that would create opposing armies and that it would read from an XML file that I could mod to decide what powers those units would have. That way, I could test out all kinds of combinations.
Since I come from the modding world, I prefer to have my games let me, the player, mod as much as possible. My AIs have not been very moddable in the past because, frankly, the coding necessary was far outside my area of expertise (i.e. making it read variables and data from external XML files rather than just hard coding it in C++). But with Fallen Enchantress, Charles is going to take care of that for me.
So one of the things I intend to do is stuff as much data as I can in XML files. I want to be able to have the AI gather as much data as it can about who it opposes and then look at the XML data to help it decide what to do.
That means I want to make it so that every spell, ability, weapon, etc. in the game has in its XML AI data that I (or others) can mod with good things to go against it.
Does the enemy side have a spell that rains down a fire storm on me? Then I want that spell to include in its XML what spells are good counters to it. Then, the player comes in with his fire mage and the enemy casts a frost shield on her first turn.
Moreover, this gives me the excuse to request the UI team to let both sides see what spells/abilities each other have easily because a good tactical battle, in my opinion, should be a real battle of wits making use of terrain, spells, counter-spells, and maneuver. And the more data the player gets to see, the more data I can let the AI see without "cheating".
I want that in a holodeck where I am the heroic unit and Warf plays my valiant partner. The holodeck would of course be the size of a planet.
Imagine standing on the ground, looking up at the sky. Something shadows you - it's a titan, twenty times larger than any man. Striding across the field with a vast hammer, ludicrous in both its design and its detail. The mightiest of wizards are harassing it with fireballs tearing away large chunks of its armor. The titan cries in pain, silencing everything else, shaking the ground.
To your left some rift to another dimension opens up, and small, quick wolf-like beasts run out and start eating everything in their path. Tentacles reach out from the portal and place a firm grip on the ground. You'll have to kill the wizard channeling the portal to stem the tide of darkness. Or are you warrior enough to kill everything that comes through, break the hold by cutting off the tentacles?
Meanwhile, your demolition experts have failed - the dwarven gunpowder never reached the walls, so now all your men are caught in a deadly crossfire from ballistas in the inner keep, and a rain of arrows and poisonous oil poured from the nooks. Were you paying attention where the explosives went?
Some impossible demigod walks across the field, everything nearby that has died stands up as undead. It eats magic and souls, and if you're not careful it will destroy both factions fighting this war today. Can you trick it towards the enemy? Or do you try to rally your men fleeing before the undead horde? But what can they do, when a zombie is as strong as twenty men?
The earth shatters - the Long Wall stopping your men disappears in a huge chasm. It's your allies, finally come through. Earth spirits crawl from the underworld. They crawl up on the titan, reinforcing his armor. A single smash from them destroys ten zombies - and should one fall, they certainly won't rise again as undead. The day may still be won - but at a heavy price - you are indebted to the spirits for all time.
Ah... but you forgot. The enemy was fighting as fiercely as you were. Facing certain defeat, they change strategy. While you order your men to attack through the breached wall, your supersensitive senses pick up the smallest of odd noises. You try to dodge and roll away, but too late. Your vampire heart has been pierced by an enemy assassin. The battle is lost, but you'll rise another day with vengeance in mind. Your soul rises above the battlefield and you at last see your army routed completely with no leadership and the enemy mages making quick work of your spirit friends. The demon rift tentacles reach greedily towards your corporeal form, and you barely escape into the skies.
A million men dead. Hundreds of dragons. The earth spirits won't talk to you again - they have little patience for losers. A captured titan - you'll face him again, no doubt, fighting under the enemy banner.
Known later as the Breaking of the Long Wall, this skirmish proved of little significance in the war.
Wow, I need to start exercising so I'm alive when that game arrives.
Epic battles ftw. That's what you remember after playing, the wars and battles. Not the increase in production rate by +1 when you constructed some bloody building.
I would use my last portion of mana to cast an ancient spell:
The ground begins to shake, the Titan of old whispers his dying breath, "The Divide." The earth cracks, then splits in two. Where soldiers clash and zombies feed there is no longer solid ground. They are swallowed by the abyss. The Titan's lifeless body sinks into darkness. All of this was merely a distraction. As the rival Sovereign tries to counter this horrific divide a shadow slithers behind him. The shadow begins to take form. It is a man or it can assume such a shape. The Sovereign is at one moment chanting a spell to bridge the canyon before him; to resume the battle he was so easily winning. The next moment, for no reason at all, he stops speaking. An expression of surprise grows slowly on his face. He looks once more over the divide to see his rival bow deeply and then smile. One of the great king's servants takes his eyes off the battle long enough to see a small, darkly shimmering knife in the back of his master. The King drops to his knees and is dead before his face hits the ground before him.
I would just like to say that I heartily approve of both casting times and counter spells, Awesome!
I always wished when CA did Total Warrior games, they essentially made it like a mix of MnB and Total War. You control you, but the rest is controlled by AI. I love MnB but the strategy gamer in me wants to play that sort of game from an RTS perspective.
Right now, of course, MnB is the closest to that experience with its grand scope of epic wars taking place over months, filled with numerous battles. Even can marry and have kids now in that, woo! Romance, war, adventure...perfect!
With regard to Elemental, at the very least; I've always wondered how easy it would be to set up a city-less faction for the player where he essentially is behaving like a mercenary war-band to allow for a more grand rpg-adventure in a world that dynamically changes thanks to the strategy-metagame performed by the rest of the AI kingdoms. The only particular issue that had me wondering was how the AI percieves the player and it if was always as an 'enemy faction' and thus always behaving based on that.
MnB: Warbands is ssuch a fantastic game, I wish there were a half dozen more games like it.
Speaking of Warbands - why not a champion or a band of champions you can hire for X months/years. At the end of the period they demand a percentage of your wealth. If you pay, they remain under your employ for another x months/years. If you don't pay they leave your service, taking with them any weapons and armor that you equipped them with to seek service with another fraction. Each time their service expires their demands increase.
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Actually, some basic tactical 'plans' by the AI migth add some spice. Say, have the AI check and 'decide' basic kind of force it is running, and the best estimate of what the opponant is running. Then pick a tactical plan from a menu that 'fits' that situation. Say: basic rush (frontal assult), left enflade, right enflade, left feint - then hit right hard, etc. Combine with options for magic assult, and indirect fire (archers, javalins, catapults?). This way, the AI would actually have a 'plan' it is attempting to employ against the opposition. And the player would have to attempt to preempt the AI, or respond to its battle plan.
But tactical battles are the best part of the game. It is what will make this game better than CIV. Both Stratigic and Tactical aspect of the game should be important.
But for some of us the TC is an important part of the main game. I don't want TC to be just an after thougt. If that is the case then I will just move on.
Agreed I never auto-resolve no matter what the odds are in games with Tactical Combat. No matter how repetitive it may seem Auto-resolve for me is a hell of a lot more boring and 'lazy.' I have always thought that CIV would be much better if it had TC. However CIV5 sort of has a blend of both if you think about it.
Well I don't agree that TC is in fundamental opposition to the Strategic game if anything it enhances it.
Your idea of having a 'semi-tactical' battle is not appealing at all. I personally want control of all my units in the TC that is why TC is so much fun. A stratigic battle is boring plain and simple. And Tactical battles (actully they are not really Tactical battles) like the ones in HOMM 3 are boring as well because you cannot control the units. They are more like your 'semi-tactical' battle which is not desirable.
Perhaps an option in the game would be the best way to direct this so that we each can play the TC they way we want. Perhaps it could be 1) Auto-resolve. 2) 'semi-tactical' battle 3) Homm3 movie style with no control tactical combat. 4) Full control tactical Combat aka MOM, KB, AOW
I don't know why you mention HOMM3 as a game where you can't control the units in battle, because you can in that game. Perhaps you got it confused with some other game?
Best regards,Steven.
I think he means that your available options are so limited that it's more like a puzzle to figure out than a tactical battle.
I think it would make a big difference if there was an option for ranged and magic attacks in fheroes2 (for HOMM2) and VCMI (for HOMM3) to make use of LoS. A unit "not being able to see a particular unit" means that there is at least one other enemy unit between the friendly unit and the enemy unit you're trying to target. So any enemy unit a ranged unit couldn't see would be untargetable, and any enemy unit or hex not viewable by the currently selected troop (for single troop or spells like Cold Ring and Fireball) or any non-immobilised unit of your side (for Mass Spells) would not be affected by the spell (or a non-target for a single unit negative spell). But I think it's fair that friendly troops can always be targeted no matter where they are (by an intrinsic battle link) and that whole battlefield spells (including holy and death spells) are always available (because they potentially damage your own troops as well since they target the whole battlefield).
I think this would go some way to making HOMM2 and 3 battle more tactical than puzzle (along with spell-casting and ability-using monsters).
DOH!!!! I meant Dominion 3 not HOMM3 sorry about that.
I agree, LOS restrictions and having AOE spells affect both enemy and friendly units would greatly improve Tactical Battles.
Example: I should not be able to target a unit that one of my units can't see. Trees should block LOS. Walls should block LOS. Distance should affect LOS - i.e. you can't see a unit if its 12+ tiles distant
Example: I should be able to cast spell blast (AOE) on friendly unit surrounded by six enemy units. The damage to the friendly unit is outweighed by the damage done to the six enemy units surrounding him.


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Episode III is easily the best of the new trilogy--OK, so that's not saying much, but it might even jockey for third place among the six Star Wars films. It's also the first one to be rated PG-13 for the intense battles and darker plot. It was probably impossible to live up to the decades' worth of pent-up hype George Lucas faced for the Star Wars prequel trilogy (and he tried to lower it with the first two movies), but Episode III makes us once again glad to be "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." --David Horiuchi
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EDDYSTONE — A borough man who has been complaining to council for several months about cat urine odors infiltrating his home from the house attached to his said he plans to move his family into a camper until the problem is solved. He made the announcement at council's meeting Monday night.
Dave Williams, who lives on East Ninth Street, said he and his family cannot tolerate living in their house because of the odor. He said if the problem is still ongoing as of this Friday, he will move his camper onto his property and move into it with his family. Williams said he does not believe it is his responsibility to take the landlord to court over the matter because the house where he says the problem lies is a rental property. He contends the borough should fine the landlord until the issue is resolved.
Williams also told council previously that other odors emanating from the house next door include bleach, pine oil cleaner and perfume. He said the odors aggravate his son's breathing problems.
Williams left the council meeting before officials gave a status report. Solicitor Sandra Liberatori said if a code inspector's report finds no problems in Williams' house, "no judge in Media" can go after the tenant if there is no problem. She said the borough is trying to work out a solution and she would like to speak with a representative of the SPCA.
Council President John Pappas said a public complaint was made to council and must be looked into. He recommended an independent representative from the SPCA go into Williams' home and make an inspection.
Councilman Dave Paterson said he was at Williams' house and did not smell cat urine odors while he was there. He added that the tenant in the house next door to Williams home admitted she has two cats and one dog.
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CHAPMANVILLE — A local student has the opportunity to win a full four year scholarship, but she needs your help.
Summer Peyton of Chapmanville is one of 10 finalists for the 2012 WV Scholar scholarship. If she wins, she will be awarded a full, four-year tuition, with fees, room and board scholarship
"I was selected as a finalist based on my high school transcript, an essay I composed, an interview, and my guidance counselor's recommendation," said Peyton. "I am the only finalist from Logan County and really in southern West Virginia. The closest other finalists to us are from Ripley and Parkersburg."
One of the categories now for winning the scholarship competition is online voting. "People can go to www.wvscholar.com and click on "vote"," said Peyton. "They can also go to "finalists" to see my biography and video interview."
After voting you receive an e-mail, which you have to open and click "confirm my vote". There can be only one vote per email address. This keeps people from voting limitless times. Voting will go to June 17.
Peyton is the daughter of Jerry and Sunny Peyton. She has two younger siblings, Justin, 12, and Jillian, 10.
"I am an honor student at LHS and President of the LHS Honor Society and I volunteer for Relay for Life and the Logan County Autism Association," Peyton said.
As a tribute to her brother Justin, Peyton has enjoyed volunteering for the committee that holds the Logan County Autism Walk and assisting the committee, which includes her parents, in starting The Umbrella Project, a service that will provide free direct resources and materials for individuals with autism in Logan County. For the last two years she has also enjoyed volunteering at the Relay for Life cancer fundraiser in Logan. She is an honor student at Logan High School, where she is currently a junior and President of the LHS Honor Society. She has enjoyed working on the school's website and prom committee. In 2007, Summer traveled to England and France as a People to People Student Ambassador.
"I'm proud to represent my county in this scholarship competition," said Peyton.
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The Resort is "partially open" from Mid-October till Memorial Day. The main facilities (restaurant, main buildings) are closed BUT come escape to our cozy yet spacious winterized cabins, suites, and vacation homes. Enjoy your own "cabin in the woods" for a weekend of relaxation, skiing, snowshoeing, or fireside book reading! OR in May and October, enjoy some FREE Golf or superb Fishing.
3rd and 4th night are 1/2 price. Come escape for more than 2 nights!
Extra Adults are $35 per night, Extra kids (10 years or younger) are $15 per night. Infants (under 1 year old) are FREE. Pets are always welcome too, $10 per day per pet.
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SKIING & SNOWSHOEING: In our true Winter, we have a splendid set of ski trails called the Mukwonago Ski Trails of various difficulty levels. It is s just a couple of miles down the road, and managed by the U.S. Forest Service. We also have several pairs of snowshoes for rent here. Let us know if this will be of interest to you. The lake, frozen solid of course, is a fabulous experience for skiing or snowshoeing. We do not allow snowmobiles on the property because of the danger to the golf course, and our belief in the Quiet of the season and the tradition of the 10 mph on the water in summer. Snowmobiles must be trailer-ed in and out and taken to a trail access – about three miles.


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Neil Peirce of @Citiwire: @BPC_Bipartisan plan to revamp #housing policy may spark conversations across US: http://t.co/LHLVCqI11k
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The combined costs of housing and transportation in the nation's largest 25 metro areas have swelled by 44 percent since 2000 while incomes have failed to keep pace. Read More
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Randy and Emily James recently celebrated 25 years of marriage.
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The overall sales of the local companies will be surely higher as compared to ...
In Asia-Pac, local OEMs have Apple-like supply chain clout
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Semiconductor spending among OEMs headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region is projected to grow by an average of 6 percent in 2012, compared to 2.5 percent growth for all global OEMs, according to IHS iSuppli.
Apple, is expected to increase its semiconductor spending by 15 percent in 2012, buying $28 billion worth of semiconductors, according to IHS. Apple spends the most of any company on chips by a wide and growing margin, according to IHS.
But of all OEMs buying chips in the Asia-Pacific region, the largest spending increases are expected to come from three local companies—Taiwan's HTC Corp. and China's ZTE Corp. and TCL Corp., according to IHS.
"Local companies have led, are leading and will lead the Asia-Pacific region in semiconductor spending growth—not the larger OEMs headquartered elsewhere, such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc.," said Myson Robles-Bruce, senior analyst for semiconductor spending and design activity at IHS, in a statement. Asia-Pacific is the largest global region for chip purchasing and is set to outperform the rest of the world in coming years, according to IHS.
According to Robles-Bruce, while Apple's size gives it enormous advantages in terms of component supply and pricing, "the Asia-Pacific players are playing to their home-field advantage, wielding in Asia the same kind of influence that Apple now enjoys globally."
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This is an interesting market factor in mobile.
Local OEMs/Samsung/Apple all have dominant position over chip suppliers. Net effect profit margins are NOT like the PC space where Intel holds power over OEM/Samsung/Apple.
The overall sales of the local companies will be surely higher as compared to the known giants, but at the same time local companies will be paying more price as compared to the known giants,and buying conditions as will not be stringent. These are all the factors increasing local sales.
@kinnar- not sure I follow. But I think what you are trying to say is that companies like HTC, ZTE and TCL are increasing their chip buying in percentage terms from a lower base than Apple, which is projected to increase from $25 billion to $28 billion. At some point, sheer size gets in the away of the growth rate.


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I'm sad the weekend is over! Beautiful weather happening in Saskatoon right now. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I spoiled my mom on Saturday and took her out for supper, it was nice to spend time and visit with her. My niece also said 'mom' for the first time on Sunday, so that definitely made my sister's Mothers day that much more special!
It's Show me your Fit #11, let's see how these ladies are staying Fit,
Becky – ran her first non-obstacle race, a 5K fun run on Saturday
Kaela - My Thursday workout consisted of a 2.26 mile run and some strength training. Hadn't done some in a while, so it felt awesome!
Lying leg curls (25 lbs): 3 sets X 20
Walking lunges (10 lb medicine ball): 3 sets X 20
Leg raises: 3 sets X 30
Front plank: 1:30
Side planks: 1:00
Friday morning I ran 5 K. My goal is to do it in 30 minutes or less.. soo close! Maybe next time if I can manage to NOT get a side stitch for once. If anyone has any tips on how to prevent a side stitch from occurring, I would love to hear them. They are such a pain!
My Fit/Workout recap from the week:
Monday – 50 squats, 20 pushups, 1 minute plank
Tuesday – 55 squats
Wednesday – 60 squats, 30 assisted pullups, 5K run
Thursday – Rest
Friday – 70 squats, 7 mile run
Saturday – 75 squats, 30 assisted pullups
Sunday – 80 squats, 1.25 walk (with a little jogging)
Squat challenge is going great so far!
Saturday afternoon I bought my new shoes! Loving them so far. I will have to go for a longer test run this week so make sure they are half marathon worthy. *fingers crossed*
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A thumbprint left behind at a Chicago crime scene nearly 18 years ago has finally come back to finger a Lawndale man.
FBI fingerprint experts say Carlos Rosalio Gonzalez, of Lawndale, is really Jose Hernandez Saldana, a man sought since Sept. 15, 1994, for allegedly shooting a man in the back of the head at his estranged wife's house in Illinois, a court affidavit said.
The shooter at the time left a thumbprint at the crime scene. Chicago police quickly determined it belonged to Saldana, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
The victim survived, but Saldana vanished.
Cook County prosecutors quickly charged Saldana with one count of attempted murder. Chicago detectives went looking for him, but attempts to find him were unsuccessful.
Chicago police and FBI investigators determined Saldana probably had fled Illinois and likely was in his native Mexico, the FBI affidavit said.
Unable to find him, police closed the case in January 1996.
That changed in May when Saldana's son got arrested in California. Police impounded the young man's car, the affidavit said.
When Gonzalez,
That proved to be his undoing.
Shortly thereafter, investigators in the Chicago police cold case unit began re-investigating the attempted murder and learned that Saldana's son had been arrested and that a driver's license was used to release the car.
Investigators at the FBI's Special Processing Center in Clarksburg, W. Va., compared the print used to obtain the driver's license to the Saldana thumb print at the Chicago crime scene and determined they belonged to the same person, the affidavit said.
A federal warrant for Saldana's arrest was issued on July 19 in U.S. District Court in Chicago. He was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
The Los Angeles Fugitive Task Force, composed of agents and officers with the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department, arrested Saldana in Lawndale on July 20.
Saldana was held in county jail pending extradition to Illinois.
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The House was in session just short of 13 hours on Crossover Day and – by my unofficial count – voted on 52 bills. That's the total for the one day, not the week. Highlights of the week include the following:
HB 861 requires TANF recipients to pass drug screens in order to receive benefits. If the parent fails a drug screen, an alternate payee would be appointed to receive and handle benefits of the dependent children.
HB 1166 allows insurance companies to sell health insurance policies for children only instead of just adding them as dependents on a parent's coverage.
HB 808 exempts benefits of disabled veterans from state income taxes.
HB 684 requires the Department of Natural Resources to notify local governments if it plans to close or reduce hours of operation of state parks and historic sites. This is intended to allow local governments an opportunity to make arrangements for operating the site on their own if they choose to do so.
HB 1132 requires telemarketers to allow the display of a valid, working phone number capable of receiving return calls on the caller ID of call recipients.
HB 1198 expands the ability of courts to consider grandparent visitation rights when handling custody and related matters. This does not allow grandparents to file separate cases seeking to establish visitation, as our state supreme court declared such laws unconstitutional several years ago.
HB 100 establishes a special tax court within the state's department of administrative hearings. This is intended to offer taxpayers an efficient way of resolving disputes with the Department of Revenue without depending on appeals to the Department.
HB 872 addresses metals theft by requiring buyers to pay sellers by check or electronic funds transfer, prohibiting buyers from cashing checks used to pay sellers, and allowing the forfeiture of any equipment used in committing the theft. In other words, if someone steals your air conditioning unit, the state would be able to take the truck he used to haul it away, much as it is now able to seize vehicles and assets used in selling drugs.
HB 1144 prohibits a person from assisting another person in committing suicide.
Obviously, this is just a sampling of bills acted on in the House; I have tried to choose the ones that will be of the most interest. All of these bills passed the House and are now pending in the Senate.
If you have questions about these or other bills, please let me know. The best ways to reach me during session are by phone at (404) 656-0265 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. As always, thank you for the honor of representing you in the Georgia House of Representatives.


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Despite the "strings" in the title, this one actually swings quite well, and has a bit of an exotic gypsy flavor to it, augmented by cool spacey production that makes the strings hum with a strange other-worldly tonality. The set's filled with the usual crazy Esquivel arrangements, and includes the cuts "Turkish March", "Andalusian Sky", "Misirlou", and "Gypsy Lament". (Cover has a split on the top seam and a peeled spot from price sticker removal.) © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc. |
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Ultimate Sprint Triathlon Plan
…and How You Will Live to Tell the Story (Yes , You!)
Some of my best friends and Iron People do not need my meager words of triathlon wisdom. And I don't have much real wisdom to start. BUT. I bet you can think of a friend or family member who could use a little dose of Swim Bike Mom "Yes You Can Do a Triathlon" reading.
So what's the point of this mini eBook?
Well, when I started out in triathlon, I had no idea what 100 meters meant, no clue which way to wear my helmet, and had no earthly idea in the world what "T1″ meant. Hence, the quick starter eBook was born. This will take even the most beginner of beginners to (and through!) that first starting line.
Don't forget to comment and spill your next goal. I'm giving away 20 of these plans when released. You can keep it for yourself …OR give to a newbie you know and love.
This is one of my favorite things of all! You will never (ever) see me race without a visor. Okay, so you may never actually see ME at all without a visor. SBM friend Karen saw me leaving the gym the other day, on the way to work, and she did a quadruple take. My no-visor threw her off. I love visors – but particularly the Headsweats visors because they keep the sweat out of my face and my bedhead in check.
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Delicon wrote:Burn wrote:Form is awesome. Not a single place to put your name and address.
You were expecting easy? By the way, I think that was your fault.
Burn wrote:Delicon wrote:Burn wrote:Form is awesome. Not a single place to put your name and address.
You were expecting easy? By the way, I think that was your fault.
Burn would like to take this opportunity to NOT apologise to all members.
After many days of analysis, Burn has determined that there was a security issue with FunPub's e-commerce system. FunPub appreciate all of you who have sent in your details, but would appreciate it even more if you would stop doing it as it's dominating their work days and has become quite a struggle.
So please, think of the children, think of the kittens, and most importantly, think of Burn when you renew your membership this year.
Rated X wrote:The colors look good. Now hopefully somebody makes a robot head for him. Im just not feeling him as an astronaunt Ken doll.
Geekee1 wrote:Somebody needs to pick Pete up by his tube socks and super wedgie him.
Yeah the club is not the only place in the world that has had their security compromised, but they apparently cannot even tell that someone broke in, even though it's blatantly obvious. So why should I trust that someone isn't just camping on their site waiting to break through their lackluster security again? It is after all just a business run out of some dudes garage.Rated X wrote:This is what you guys asked for. You didnt want to endanger your credit cards, right ??? We all know only Funpub is unsafe. It is totally 100% safe to use your cards in gas pumps, ATM's, walmart, Mcdonalds, dating websites, etc. Credit card scammers worldwide only target Funpub members.
Vicalliose wrote:And for many people this is just one of many mistakes the club has made over the years. It's been said many times here already, but it's just a "final nail in the coffin" type of deal. I'd only been with them for two years and I was already sick of them, I'm actually relieved I'll never be dealing with them again.
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The government has designed a system to monitor and take action against investors and nationals who evade tax, denying the government revenues to finance provision of different social services.
This was said by George Masaju the Deputy Attorney General, when closing a five-day training workshop sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) attended by Union and Zanzibar government officials to discuss loopholes that people use to evade taxes.
Masaju said such loopholes have led to the government losing large amounts of revenue, particularly in big projects and businesses such as petrol and gas, where some unfaithful investors and officials scheme to evade due taxes.
He said one of the techniques used was to evade tax during the transition, when they changed business names and even transferred ownership.
He said the government is training and equipping its experts with the most up to date knowledge in order to help control such practices.
He said investors were divided into two main groups; those who comply with the national laws and those who want to only benefit themselves and therefore would use any method to try and violate the laws and regulations.
He said it was very important that taxes are paid in time in order to boost the country's economy and help to fight poverty.


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Only A Few More Chances To Catch "Little Shop of Horrors"
By: Alex Hayes
Updated: September 21, 2012
Some Abilene residents have already gotten a taste of "Little Shop of Horrors" but if you haven't there's still time. The show debuted September 13th to a crowded auditorium.
Two cast members stopped by KTAB 4u Friday to give audiences an inside look at what it's like to raise a monster plant.
Jake Wade, or "Seymour" describes his character as a "nerd" and a "putz," but that's not all that defines his role.
"He loves plants and he loves to work with plants," says Wade. "It just so happens that he gets to work with this little alien plant."
While the alien plant is no doubt scary for audience members witnessing it for the first time, Wade says it's also a little frightening at times for him on stage.
"I get to actually sing a song to an inanimate object and then it kind of comes to life with the operator kind of using his hands," describes Wade, "and then I get to play with it myself and make it come to life and as it grows bigger and bigger it gets kind of scary."
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Local charity collecting shoes on Canada Day
Stephen McPhee and his parents Nancy and James are celebrating Canada�s birthday with more than fireworks.
In Stephen�s Backpacks Society�s (SBS) fifth annual barbecue, they are helping local children by collecting new running shoes at the Footprints fundraiser.
�It�s a way for the community to come together,� said Nancy, executive director of the society.
On Canada Day, the family behind the organization will be asking the community to support them in collecting shoes for children going back to school.
�A necessity like a new pair of running shoes,� said Nancy.
�That�s the reason we do this every year.�
The barbecue will run from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Airdrie Superstore on July 1.
There will be highland dancers, a 14-piece piping band and a performance by Airdrie country singer Mark Lorenz.
What started as Stephen�s question about a photo in the newspaper has grown into three warehouses and several annual fundraisers to help the less fortunate.
SBS has helped about 16,000 children through their campaigns - Christmas Backpacks, Footprints and Project Hope - since its inception six years ago.
�I think that it�s not fair. Every kid should have a life - having their own home, having fridges, having beds. Homeless kids don�t have it,� McPhee, 11, said.
According to Nancy, her son�s autism doesn�t hold him back. In fact, she said it is part of his driving force to help people. His condition is part of the reason he continues to ask his mother whether the problem of homelessness still exists.
�For him, I think, in Stephen�s mind, he thinks he�s going to come to me and I�ll say �It�s done Stephen,�� Nancy said.
�The autism is a gift I think. He�s right - why can�t we fix it?�
Nancy is grateful to the community of Airdrie for stepping up and supporting SBS� ideas.
�I think because Stephen is so innocent and so real anybody who talks to him � wants to help,� Nancy said.
New children�s running shoes can be dropped off at the local Superstore, COBS Bread and Starbucks locations.
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Presenters: Teresa DuChateau, School Nurse Resource Coordinator, Wisconsin Public Health Association
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In this School Nurse Summer Institute school nurses will be encouraged to get their school-house in order—getting their job descriptions and policies in place for the start of the new school year. The most up-to-date information on delegation and best practice in the school setting will be discussed as well as a sharing of School Nurse job descriptions and evaluations reflecting best practice. The process of school policy-making will be discussed and the afternoon session will allow for hands on learning with school nurses being asked to bring their district's current policies and protocols for review on: Emergency Nursing Services; Medication Administration—including rules or protocols for administration, emergency medications, field trips, and extended trips; Food Allergies and Asthma; Concussions; and Lice. Evidence-based research will guide what a best practice policy should look like and school nurses will be able to network with others to find what fits best for their district.
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An exclamation of distaste or dislike. Originating from Homer Simpson. Actually accepted into some dictionaries (such as this one.) <Homer> You might say he's barkin' up up the wrong Bush! Heh heh heh.
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A clever term used by the famous,(or infamous)Homer J. Simpson.
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The biggest insult to people who appreciate music. What the fuck is this shit on the Top 40 station? Each and every song sounds exactly the same.
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A Pathetic waste of TV and Radio space as its dictating what is cool top 40 is dictating what is cool- well fuck you cos im not gunna fall for what you dictate what is cool your a pathetic lil cunt.
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The barren desert of music. To see a good artist in the top 40 has been unheard of ever since the breakup of Nirvana. Dominated by emo, the dregs of rap,pop divas, and poser-punk acts. At least the Boy Band craze is over. When Bob Dylan's new album reached the Billboard charts this week, I was amazed. Dude, turn of that top 40 bullshit and put on this AC/DC cd.
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the biggest waste of radio and TV Space since THE 1950S Talentless bullshit
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Music that conforming high school preppy girls like. Current 2009 top 40 is usually made up of silly school dance type songs, wannabe emo like Fall Out Boy and Panic and the Disco, bland Nickelback and Buckcherry type rock, some ringtone rap like Soulja Boy and R&B that obsesses on the word "shawty". Most musically intelligent people and people outside of secondary school listen to other genres of music or the Top 40 of their choice, like country or R&B, or plain ol Rock. Fuck this conforming top 40 type shit...I rather listen to some real talent like Jay-Z.
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Top 40
a FM radio format that usally plays music thats the top 40 on the charts, they may play music that is (sarcastic gasp) more then 2 years old!!!! GET WITH THE PICTURE PEOPLE... Top 40 stations suck, most of the good music is older, and is rock/alternative rock. "I hate Top 40 stations"


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Rother (Body Parts) returns with a new twisted true crime account about the brutal 2004 murders of Tom and Jackie Hawks, killed and hurled off their yacht near Newport Beach, CA. Skylar and Jennifer DeLeon were eventually convicted of the crime, and their tale reveals the unfortunate missteps and brutal upbringings that can lead a person to commit murder. Skylar, raised by two drug addicts in "an absolutely screwed up family," was brutally sexually assaulted by his father. Jennifer was a "good girl" on the other hand, a fine student who had never known trouble. Together, Skylar and Jennifer ran a con to purchase the Hawkses' yacht, telling friends that they were "coming into money." But the twists and turns of this case seem to implicate almost everyone. Skyler has troubling sexual appetites and blames his estranged father; once incarcerated, he even attempts sexual mutilation. Gruesome episodes abound in the book and demand a strong stomach. Even a police officer involved with the case became "physically ill" by certain salacious details. While Rother creates a vivid story, the book could easily be half as long and still retain its edge-of-the-seat quality. (Feb.)
A final farewell to a joyful spirit
On May 24, we said goodbye to Kathi Kamen Goldmark, my beloved soul mate, wife, partner and one of the most marvelous people I have ever known (and I've known more than a few). Calls and messages came from all over the world: from Maya Angelou and Oscar Hijuelos and Matt Groening and Mitch Albom and Judy Collins and Scott Turow and Ridley Pearson—I have to stop, because there is not room here to list everyone who loved Kathi, and who Kathi and I love. On her second to last day Roger McGuinn called us in the hospital room to sing the song "May the Road Rise Up to Meet You." So many messages came to me, my brother Dave, to Amy Tan, Elaine Petrocelli, Susanne Pari—messages from young and old, famous and not, from all walks of life—that we were simply overwhelmed.
All of them said the same thing, though in different ways: Goodbye, beautiful spirit. You are amazing and I am forever changed because of you. Thank you. I love you.
One of the many ways that Kathi helped people was through this column and our book about writing, Write That Book Already! But long before the Author Enablers, Kathi was an enabler in the most positive sense of the term, always encouraging everyone she met to be fearless, to leap in and give writing, or music, or whatever it was that tugged at our hearts, a go. She was like a Johnny Appleseed of creativity and joy.
It isn't fair that she left us so soon, when she had so much life in her and so much to do. Cancer isn't fair, and vampire-like it robbed us of a great person. But it never defeated her spirit—not for a second.
We gathered in a beautiful room in UCSF Hospital, high on a hill overlooking Kathi's beloved adopted home of San Francisco, a town that she had wired long before the world went online. So many people came to that hospital suite that it became a party, a celebration of this remarkable life. The nurses and doctors joined in, drawn, like so many others, to Kathi's bright light. Kathi awoke and smiled at us and even made jokes. We cried and laughed. My daughter Laura and I sang "Amazing Grace" and her son Tony sang "Rainbow Connection." We all sang some more and shared story after story. Still more calls and messages came.
And then the time came to say goodbye. Now we go on, though in my case I am not sure of the way.
Actually, that's not true. Right now, as I am writing this, I don't feel like I can go on. But I know the way, or at least the direction. It isn't fair that Kathi left us too early, but she was not cheated by life—not one bit. She lived each day so fully, with so much enjoyment, that she managed to pack several lives into her one life.
If you are reading this column you are likely an aspiring writer, and certainly you are a lover of books. If you are struggling with your writing or wondering how to navigate the world of publishing, I know that Kathi would encourage you to keep going, keep trying. I also know she would urge you to get involved, to go out and meet other writers, to be a part of your local literary community, and to help build it up. What is community but us? Kathi believed in joining in like nobody I ever knew, and as a result she was given the riches of amazing experiences, loving friends beyond count, an extraordinary, multifaceted career, and a fabulous life, well lived. And she kept going right to the end. Three days before Kathi left us we were hard at work on a book about our experience as a couple in which both partners have been patients and caregivers.
I know what I need to do now. I need to keep on living, and writing, and singing, and playing, and trying to make the world a little better and more fun. Kathi wouldn't want it any other way.


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East Mississippi basketball teams set to begin NJCAA Region 23 Tournament play in Clinton |
SCOOBA – With both squads having enjoyed recent regional hoops success, the East Mississippi Community College basketball teams are set to begin competition at this week's NJCAA Region 23 Basketball Tournament in Clinton. With men's play beginning Monday followed by first-round women's action on Tuesday, this week's regional basketball tournament will be held at A.E. Wood Coliseum on the Mississippi College campus. Seeded first in the men's tournament with the best regular-season record against regional competition, head coach Mark White's 21-4 EMCC Lions are the reigning Region 23 champions and two-time defending regular-season champions of the MACJC's North Division. Having defeated Itawamba in the regional title game a season ago, the seventh-ranked Lions will open this year's tournament by taking on East Central Community College for the fourth time this season Monday at 2 p.m. EMCC has knocked off the eighth-seeded Warriors all three previous times this season, including an 81-64 win over East Central during last week's opening round of the MACJC State Tournament at Copiah-Lincoln. The Lions also swept ECCC during the regular season, winning convincingly, 90-57, in Decatur and squeaking by, 81-77, in Scooba within a two-week span back in November. Monday's first-round men's action tips off with No. 4 seed and state runner-up Pearl River against fifth-seeded Northeast Mississippi at noon. The night session features No. 2 seed and state champion Mississippi Gulf Coast versus seventh-seeded Itawamba at 6 p.m., followed by third-seeded Southern-Shreveport (La.) of the Miss-Lou Conference against No. 6 seed Jones County at 8 p.m. Two years removed from claiming the 2009 NJCAA Region 23 women's title in Clinton, head coach Sharon Thompson's 14-9 EMCC Lady Lions open this year's regional tournament by meeting state tournament runner-up Jones County Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. The EMCC women knocked off the then-state champion JCJC Lady Bobcats, 71-56, in first-round action of last year's NJCAA Region 23 Tournament. Tuesday's EMCC-JCJC women's regional contest will be televised live on www.jcjc.tv. Jones County, state champions in 2009 and 2010, swept the Lady Lions during this year's regular season, opening the 2010-11 campaign with an 85-73 victory in Ellisville and holding on for a 72-71 triumph four weeks later in Scooba despite a valiant EMCC comeback attempt. Tuesday's opening-day women's action begins with an Itawamba-Baton Rouge matchup at noon, followed by a 2 p.m. contest pitting state champion and defending Region 23 champion Copiah-Lincoln with Holmes. Tuesday's nightcap will feature Mississippi Gulf Coast and Meridian in an 8 p.m. tip-off. Men's semifinal-round play will be contested Wednesday afternoon at noon and 2 p.m., with the women's semis set for the night session at 6 and 8 p.m. With the respective regional tournament winners advancing to next month's (March 15-19) NJCAA National Tournament in Kansas, Thursday's MC-hosted regional championship games will be played at 6 p.m. (women's) and 8 p.m. (men's) in Clinton. Fans will be able to get final men's and women's results from the 2011 NJCAA Region 23 Basketball Tournament throughout the week at www.jucoweekly.com. |
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