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Sat Nov 10 2012, 14:04
Cheers fellow Kabalites,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I'm currently a bit at a loss what to do as my second army. I'm totally in love with DE, their playstyle, their miniatures and in comparison everything else feels... well, it's not bad... but not so dynamic.
With the release of 6th I got myself a Dark Vengeance box for very cheap and I plan on expanding on that, just because that would net me a playable second army for less than 100 bucks and because a change in playstyle might do me good - building up tactical flexibility and all that. The thing is, there are marines everywhere, around 70% of the people at the LGS own at least 1 marine army, 20% (maybe more, there are people who have marines and crons) are crons... and all other xenos are the remaining 10%. Combine that with the fact that your basic marine looks incredibly boring compared to our sleek xenos bodies, I thought I should give myself a challenge: There has to be a way to make marines actually look good (without using them as impaled corpses on my archons base).
Here is the problem: HOW? And which of the 19898234 marine dexes out there do I use? DA seem like the obvious choice, and actually I quite like their fluff. Also Termies and Bikes are about as cool as it gets with marines. But what to convert? The out of the box guys look rather flat.
There are also Grey Knights (I know, booo hiss!) who are a lot further away from you basic marine. They do wear power armor, but they are armed differently, have psychic powers and some other mechanics no other army has. They also got uber terminators and a flyer (which is rather expensive though). This would be a bit harder to do - arm mounted weapons, no fists but swords... and I wouldn't have any bikes unless I ally something in.
Feel free to convince me of other marine flavors, these are the two I like most just by looking at them and comparing their fluff (the GK fluff isn't THAT bad... not all of it that is. It's just draigo who's... wtf was ward thinking... but I digress).
Next up: conversions. As I've said before I wouldn't leave them as they are, for out of the box marines are boring and everywhere (no offense please @ all marine players). My current ideas include:
Tzeentch Traitors: would look a bit like the thousand sons do in the fluff, but not with blue as the main colour. They'd be quite colorful as I like to have at least one army that's not in dark colours. Lots of egyptian looking bits, scorpions, glaives like the Tomb King Ushabti carry for Power Weapons for example. And for a Dreadnought or NDK (in case of GK) I could do a fancy conversion from a necrosphinx. Not sure what I'd do with the bikes there, ideas? The whole army could also easily be undeadified a bit. Skull heads/masks, bandaged armor parts like with a mummy... Deathwing is said to have bone(coloured) armor as it is would fit in nicely... that GK char Mordrak with his ghost knights would have a nice skeletal bodyguard
... that's just musing though. GK would be a brotherhood of tzeentch psykers obviously using GK rules... again undead/daemonifying would work well here.
Samurai: This sounds incredibly cool and I'd love to alter the normal power armor a bit to resemble the samurai armor of ancient japan. The battle masks would be incredibly cool. It would be much harder to distinguish these guys in PA from these guys in TDA and the structured samurai armors make it harder to tell squads apart as there is not so much space for squad markings... ideas? Bikes and anything mech would also cause problems. any ideas how to solve that? I could easily see both DA and GK follow a samurai theme... a brotherhood of swordsmen fighting for honor and purity or to gain back said honor because it was lost long ago. Samurai could also easily be interpreted as a silent secret order. The path of the samurai was an honorable path in ancient japan and the secrets in the art of war were not easily given away.
A dark, silent, monkish Order - theme... maybe a secret brotherhood like the Illuminated (you know, the guys who appear in every second conspiracy theory). This is not as defined and obviously I have less ideas for this theme. Still both DA and GK have too "much" on them, especially GK with all the inscriptions and sword icons and books and scrolls everywhere (honesly, who'd carry a book on his frickin' shoulderpad?!) - if you know what I mean. I'd like to make them fit the dark, sinister theme they have going for them fluff wise better by making them look ... well... more vicious if you wish to call it like that. Of course not as flat as a plain ultramarine, but not as bling either. Decorated, but dark and serious, much how you picture a brotherhood of vengeful beings that have retained ancient tech or developed their own psychic warp tech no-one else has. Ideas as per how to actually model that would be handy
Other ideas include doing the minis with LED inside (might do that anyway no matter which army or theme I choose), having a Halo themed army, or deepsea, or aviator / airborne, brotherhood of assassins maybe, but it's hard to picture an army full of supposedly sneaky assassins
I also don't have too many ideas on how to achieve any of these ideas (except Halo, Halo'd be relatively easy but also... not very fitting... or would it?). For deepsea something along the lines of this:
http://lol-game.ru/data/guides/Nautilus_AbyssalSkin_Ch.jpg might work. not sure.
Edit: full cyborg might be cool as well... steampunk though idk. you see I'm full of unfinished ideas... gnaaaaaah
Wow, this post got long. I'm happy to discuss any of the ideas or develop new ones together with you. If a mod thinks this is the wrong place to put it... feel free to move away.
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Sat Nov 10 2012, 14:36
Hmmm. How to make marines look interesting.
Tzeentch is going to be one of the best bets with Egyptian theme. Very commonly done, but it almost always look great.
Dark angels could also be done very well, however, if it was me I would deviate away from the established bone colored robes. I think a lot of dark on dark colors and then add some details to the robes wouold make the army look incredibly good, add in deathwing with their feathers and you have an army with some nice contrasts.
I did silver skulls marines a long while ago. They are head hunters, so I put a lot of skulls and trophy racks on them, I also used 2 different colors of metallic to make the helmets stand out from the rest of the armor.
The samurai sounds really cool, but I would do some serious planning on how everything needs to look, lots of sketch work and such. Otherwise I have seen several attempts at this and it looks kinds "meh, not so much"
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Sat Nov 10 2012, 15:06
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Sat Nov 10 2012, 15:24
you could always do a sucessor chapter of the dark angels, there are a ton of them to choose from, or you could make your own.
As for GKs, they dont use bolter marines, bikes, or even regular powerfist termies, so your dark vengance box will be useless. They play completely different than the regular space marine variants out there, and require a different mindset to play.
Also... Ward also wrote that they slaughter SoB and spread their blood on them for some sort of super holy armor... yah... thats NOT bad writing at all
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Sat Nov 10 2012, 15:33
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Also... Ward also wrote that they slaughter SoB and spread their blood on them for some sort of super holy armor... yah... thats NOT bad writing at all
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Sat Nov 10 2012, 15:41
I'll be the last to praise wards fluff, really. havent read the GK dex cover to cover yet... is it really THAT bad... I thought although the codex stretches the fluff the only "head vs. wall" moment was draigo...
I'd have to play testgames to see if I liked GK I guess, different mindest from normal marines sounds good to be honest, because normal marines are for everyone
. As for different armament, yes, that's what I was referring to when I said "It's going to be a lot harder to do" ... but I think with enough bits and GS (I actually own 36" of GS - picked it up for hilariously cheap) I could do it.
That picture is awesome by the way.
Did some research on Samurai marines after your pic, Mush, must say I'm not too impressed. If I were to do it I'd have to make a lot of changes to what I've seen on the web so far. I'll work on some sketches on that.
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Sat Nov 10 2012, 23:15
I can't Support your claim, that normal Marines(Codex Astartis Marines) are the regular. I rarly see someone with Codex SM. There are only those SW, BA and GK as the normal SM Codex is Not as "Good" as the other dexes. And i think that a well painted Codex Astartis Army with squad signs and markings can Look stunning.
But i guess its each there own. I have a Pre Heresy Emperor's Children Army that i Play with the Codex SM. Loads of Modeling done ;-) and i have a Fenian/Irish/viking themed SW Army. So i World say, pick a theme and just go for it. White scars or Raven guard can be very dynamic.
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Sat Nov 10 2012, 23:35
Good looking Space Marines? Skeptical Raven is VERY Skeptical. As they are modeled I can not truly think of a away to make them look good. But The one Idea I have tossed around in my head is making Medieval Styled armor. Classic Knight, Some thing like this for Jump pack units http://cgenetwork.com/image_upload/images/37AzureKnight.png
Something like this for SGTs http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/FusionSaint/TemplarKnight-1.png
Without the head wings for normal troops.
In other words making their armor more segmented. and sharper.
As for the chapter/codex I think someone should do Vanilla Marines. I see a lot of Space Pups, Blood Angels, GK and Ultras. It seems no one plays SM. If I every did a GK Army I would HAVE to have them covered in blood, and have some SOB on bases, either models, weapons and emblems or mix of all. Take GKs, and make them look evil, then when new players should up and ask if they are Chaos Marines. Say "HECK no, these are the purest Space Marine chapter the last line between The Great Imperium, and The Daemonic Hoard"
Hmm if I didn't hate space marines so much I might have done both my ideas... Grey knights in Old armor, bathed in blood.
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Sun Nov 11 2012, 12:04
I have always like black templar for that reason they look more like knights. Not to mention they have their squires (neophytes) follow them into battle and play very differently due to mixed armour. Unfortunately their codex is rather dated.
Ultra religious medieval crusading space knights is how space marines were meant to be played in my opinion!
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Wow, interesting arguments all the way through
@Crazy_Irish: no offense, really. I've seen beautifully painted Ultramarines and other Astartes Chapters. Sure they can be made look good and it's rather impressive with squad markings and all. It's just not what I see myself doing. I'm a "the further outside the box the better" kind of person and I just need to personalize my marines. That and I think the Armordesign is a bit too flat. The heresy armor marks from FW are very good looking, they have something more knightly to them and less toy-soldier-ish. They cost a small fortune though.
@raven: those are fine pieces of artwork. Having them more classical looking would indeed be cool. Fits both GK, DA very well. Once I get around to do some sketches I'll post them here, I'll include one at least for each of the proposed ideas.
Interestingly you all advocate the nilla marines, believe it or not, I think there is a total of one SW and 2 BA players at the local store, then a few GK and the rest is vanilla. What I do like about the C:SM marines is that you can go either way, you are not forced down a specific route. You could do lots of termies, all bikes, footslogging. pod-army...
DA is an army I've never seen in my area in person. There is someone who uses ravenwing (or ravenguard?) with the C:SM as all biker army. They also have a fluff appeal and are soonishly getting redone, all pros.
Templars are extremely cool but they suffer from an outdated dex and I don't like painting even more black (my DE are quite dark as it is, so are my vampires in fantasy)... maybe a successor-chapter for them but at that point why not play the nilla dex directly?!
Lets put aside the hate for ward for a moment: I really liked GK even before they were redone (they were just not affordable as an all metal army that it was also hard to win with). They have a unique playstyle going for them and some cool unique abilities. There surely must be a way to play a not so broken list with a bit of unit diversity (yeah, they only have 2 kits aside from the vehicles and NDK, but that's what my insane amounts of GS are for.
Before the topic gets lost: Noone commented on the deepsea style armor I posted. The army wouldn't necessarily have to be underwater themed, I just happen to like the armor pattern. It's more segmented and bulkier than the normal marine armor. What do you think? Picture!
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Deepsea style armour like
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There's nothing that hasn't been done yet, is there?!
And yes, similar to that, but not so daemonic / cthulu style. I'd stick with just the weathered armor and the light effects. That said, nothing is decided until I finish all the concept sketches
So I think I've made a decision... strangely it turned out to be something entirely different from what I had mused earlier. Thing is: egyptian would be more a GK thing as I could then call them a Tzeentch psyker brotherhood, with cool ghost conversions for mordrak, walking sphinxes (german plural is sphingen, but that sounds just as odd) and all that. Cool thing indeed, but I figured I'd have to rebuild the models I have so massively that they wouldn't have anything in common with the basis any more at which point I could just buy them new entirely - this is a project I plan to finish some day after all.
Same goes with the knightly stuff. The way I'd want it to look would be gorgeous, but I'd spent a day per mini at least for sculpting alone, let alone paint. If I then proceeded to add LEDs to the minis... I'd get 5 guys a month at max.
Getting frustrated I started a top down approach to the army. I looked for colours I'd like to paint and then imagined a theme to go with it. And here goes (without pics for now, printer (with inbuilt scanner) died so no sketches for you):
After having vampires and DE both fully in cold colours save for the purple on my DE which is a bit in between I wanted something warm. Mild browns, full reds and yellows. That maybe with a light dash of green/purple/blue for a contrast. Thus I came up with a deser nomad theme. I'm not too far into the DE fluff but after the destruction of caliban the planed could have become a desert wasteland (it surely has in one way or another) and the remaining DA were forced to adapt to the new conditions, which they did through their superior ancient technology bringing up new armor patterns to deal with extreme weather conditions be it hot, cold, sunny or sand-stormy. Their fortresses lie partly under the endless dunes but they hunt mercilessly for the fallen nevertheless for they may be purged from the galaxy.
Alternatively you'd set that DA company on a desert world because there was old tech buried in the fortresses under the sand that they didn't want the fallen to acquire first, thus they use the planet as a hub for their endless mission to avenge the shame the fallen have brought to the legion.
so much for the fluff, conversions include:
cloaks and hoods on many models, ornamented nomad coats, sometimes something like scarves (lacking a better word) covering half the head, breathing masks for others, helmets with reflective sun-filter vizors. special helmets for ravenwing (a bit similar to the reaver helmets, but fitted to marine style), bone/skull decorated armor for deathwing, not only with human skulls but also bigger skulls of horned animals maybe. I want them quite sinister looking. they could also get hoods with bonemasks. Of course I'm trying not to overdo it with ornaments as it's a lot of work and because it'd look bad. I could also do bone decoration on regular marines and more segmented armor (picking up the traditional armor thing, even though not literally knightly).
Thoughts? Improvements? Criticism? Let me know. Pictures to follow once my scanner does it again.
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· Pre-investment disclosure of certain information to investors, e.g. with regard to fees, preferential treatment and (sub)custody structure; and
· Reporting to national regulators on liquidity, risk management arrangements and leverage.
Non-EU managers need to determine exactly what the transparency/reporting requirements are in the Member States in which their investors are located; for example, will the forms set out in the AIFMD Regulations be adopted "as is" or will Member States go further? Currently this is difficult, given that it is not certain, across most of the EU, exactly what the reporting requirements are as in most cases implementing legislation has not been passed; in some cases (e.g. Belgium and Italy) even draft legislation has not been made publicly available. An additional complication is that many third country managers have their own reporting regimes e.g. form PF in the US and complying with the EU requirements (which has to be done on a Member State by Member State basis) potentially creates a huge compliance burden, particularly if existing systems and operational infrastructure needs to be reconfigured.
Uncertainty around private placement
The AIFMD gives individual Member States the discretion to impose stricter requirements than those set out in Article 42. In addition, some Member States may interpret Article 42 as being optional, imposing instead their own marketing restrictions. Currently, as Member States proceed with transposing the AIFMD into national laws, we are in a period of flux. National private placement regimes are patchy and Member States may take a more conservative stance in anticipation of the full roll-out of the EU passport (e.g. with regard to reverse solicitation and capital introduction models). Germany, for example, intends to impose additional requirements with regard to depositaries.
Consequently, non-EU managers intending to use the private placement route should, before marketing, check the private placement regimes where the investors are located. In particular, if marketing into Germany, a non-EU manager will need to ascertain whether their existing depositary arrangements are sufficient.
Uncertainty around grace periods
As transposition progresses, the scope and application of the grace period under Article 61(1) of the AIFMD is uncertain as Member States appear to be taking diverging views. Some Member States, (e.g. the UK, according the UK Treasury Q&A issued on 1 May 2013), may extend the 12-month grace period to non-EU managers, which could effectively allow marketing in those EU jurisdictions based on private placement regimes until 21 July 2014, without encountering the above compliance hurdles.
Clarification of a Member State's interpretation of grace periods should therefore be factored in to any marketing due-diligence at the outset.
Issue 3 – How do I plan ahead?
With so much uncertainty surrounding key issues, non-EU managers have plenty to consider in the run up to July 2013 and beyond. Going forward, however, non-EU managers need to start thinking about full compliance with the AIFMD and identifying their gateways to the EU. Major UCITS centres and European fund distribution hubs will likely come out on top because of their wide regulatory co-operation network, tested resources and the vast expertise that is available to on-shoring managers amongst long-established market participants.
Full AIFMD compliance triggers a number of further requirements: identification of a Member State of reference; the appointment of a legal representative in the Member State, and the existence of an OECD model tax agreement between the supervisory authorities of the AIF's Member State of reference and any other Member State in which the AIF is marketed.
It will also raise other significant considerations, likely to stimulate considerable debate, including on:
· Remuneration – in relation to the sustainability of carried interest schemes and the payment and deferral of bonus payments;
· Depositaries – with regard to strict liability (and the contractual discharge and/or additional cost thereof) and the role of prime brokers; and
· Risk management – in respect of splitting out portfolio and risk management functions and the introduction of due diligence procedures.
Finally, although it is undoubtedly the case that the AIFMD imposes more regulation on the alternative fund sector than has so far been the case, stricter regulation does not always have to be an obstacle to boosting investor appetite. This is illustrated by the recent Swiss experience where there has been a clear pick-up of hedge fund launches since the beginning of 2013, notwithstanding the tightening of applicable regulation. Indeed, tighter rules may actually attract investors that had previously been precluded from investing in alternative investment funds by increasing protection.
There are a number of significant obstacles to overcome in the next few weeks as we move towards implementation of the AIFMD. As has been shown, there is considerable uncertainty in a number of key areas which will need to be resolved as the market strives for an orderly implementation of the AIFMD.
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It has been said that soccer players are creatures of habit. Most have their matchday routines, and few stray from their superstitious rituals for fear of angering the soccer gods.
Some eat the same pregame meal, while others have a particular order in which they dress. From an outside perspective it might seem odd, but to the rest of us it's part of the game.
For fans, it's no different. Superstitious by nature, many fans have a pregame ritual they abide by. Stumptown Coffee Roasters want to know what your ritual is. Do you wear the same faded t-shirt or frayed scarf? Do you and your friends bike to the match? Share it with us.
Throughout the 2013 season, the Portland Timbers and Stumptown Coffee Roasters are asking fans to share their pre-game rituals for the first home match of every month. All you have to do is Instagram a shot of your morning pregame ritual and share it with the hashtag #SCRTimbers.
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Last month, @didikimm won the Stumptown & Timbers prize pack for her Instagram of Timbers fans braving cold weather and long lines to get into JELD-WEN Field prior to the season opener. This month, it could be you.
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Bless Field plan courtesy OPI
A ball, some kids, and a place to play. When you get down to it, soccer is a simple game.
However, sometimes finding that place to play becomes a challenge.
The good folks over at Operation Pitch Invasion have set out to change that. OPI, a tightly connected affiliate of the Timbers Army 107 Independent Supporters Trust, has been working since 2011 helping repair soccer fields throughout Portland as well as fundraising for the creation of whole new ones.
Their next project is Bless Field at New Colombia. As their release says: "Bless Field is uniquely situated in a neighborhood where children from 22 countries, who speak 11 languages (plus the common language of soccer), take their first steps into integrating into the larger community." The Portland Timbers Community Fund has come on board with a commitment and OPI is organizing a very unique event to raise further funds that is sure to entertain the hardiest of Timbers fans:
"Beating Seattle Never Gets Old"
Thursday April 4; 7:00 pm
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd
$12 in advance; $15 at the door
Hosted by 5 Minutes to Kickoff's Bob Kellett and Steven Lenhart, the evening is a gathering of past Timbers greats from the NASL era including Willie Anderson, Bernie Fagan, Roger Goldingay, Mick Hoban, Bill Irwin, and Jimmy Kelly talking about great moments of Timbers history.
Come see highlights of the Timbers playing against Pele and his Cosmos in Portland in 1976; the Timbers playing the Chicago Sting at Wrigley Field in 1982; and, in an extended cut, the Timbers playing the Seattle Sounders in a playoff semifinal before a record crowd in Portland in 1975.
It's a special night with some rare footage, great stories, and every penny raised goes straight back to Bless Field. Only 350 tickets are available, so get yours now.
The Backcut Podcast: Oregonian's Geoffrey C. Arnold and his new book on the Portland-Seattle rivalry
As a Portland Timbers fan, there's really nothing like attending a rivalry match against the Seattle Sounders. It is fierce, visceral, loud, spirited, entertaining, awe-inspiring . . . and that's just the first ten minutes of the supporters groups' tifo unveiling.
The battle on the field can raise the stakes to a whole other level. This Saturday's clash between the Timbers and Sounders (Mar. 16, 5pm PT, NBC Sports Network, 750 AM The Game / La Pantera 940) culminates an entire day of Rivalry Week intensity. NBC Sports Network will air three of the games and have a special highlight show during the afternoon jumping from each of the other matches around the league.
This emphasis on MLS rivalries has grown each year but the Portland-Seattle clash has proved to be a premier event. And no wonder. The uniqueness of this soccer animosity goes back nearly 40 years skipping across NASL, USL and MLS editions of both teams.
Oregonian sports writer Geoffrey C. Arnold is the paper's primary Timbers and soccer beat writer. Covering Oregon sports for over twenty years, Arnold has attended MLS Cup, the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, and much more. But it was the 2009 U.S. Open Cup match between the then USL-era Timbers and the then first-year MLS Sounders that piqued his interest around this loud and incredible rivalry. He set out to find more about the heros and villains, interviewed players past and present, examined the art of the tifo and much more. The result: Cascadia Clash: Sounders vs. Timbers.
On the eve of this next installment of the Cascadia Cup Portland-Seattle rivalry, I sat down with Arnold to find out more how he started his book, why he thinks such conflicth exists between the teams, supporters, and cities, and where he thinks the rivalry will be headed to next.
Be sure to sit back and take in all the league's rivalry matches throughout the day.
The Backcut Podcast sits at the intersection of Timbers, Thorns, soccer & culture to explore the unique elements of the beautiful game. You can subscribe to The Backcut on iTunes in the same feed as the Talk Timbers podcast.
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Earlier this week in the UEFA Champions League, Turkish side Galatasaray traveled to Germany to take on Schalke. It was a crucial encounter that Galatasaray eventually won 3-2 to move on to the quarterfinals. Their rabid fan base traveled en masse and though the away section was overflowing, there were reports of supporters attempting to carve a tunnel under the fence to get in.
According to The Guardian, "(Schalke Sporting Director Hans) Heldt confirmed the incident before the game, which ended with a 4-3 aggregate victory for the Turkish club, saying: "Yes, that's right. Some supporters have tried to dig a tunnel with their bare hands."
While we applaud the devotion of the traveling Galatasaray fans, for those of you who are contemplating heading north to watch the Portland Timbers begin their defense of the Cascadia Cup in a battle with the Seattle Sounders, all you have to do is get on the bus.
The 107 Independent Supporters Trust--the organizing group of the Timbers Army--is handling all Seattle Away day travel. Tickets are still available for public purchase and include a bus trip and game ticket option to get you there or just a ticket-only option if you want to drive yourself.
They're going fast but you can get yours now by visiting the 107ist.org site here. What are you waiting for?
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"Communication, it's everything, on and off the field," Valeri says. "We go on the road and we can't learn. I want to start this month. I have coaching, an English teacher. She teaches me words and sentences, but I want to start. I want to watch films and read books. Only English."
If you want to learn more about what drives new Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri, why he came to MLS ("It's grown. I find a team, a club, MLS, that is spectacular"), how his family is settling into Portland (he's taken his four-year-old daughter, Constanza, to the zoo), how he's bonding with his teammates (he roomed with team captain Will Johnson in Tucson preseason), and how the Argentine is trying harder than ever to bring his English up to the same speed as his silky moves on the pitch (see above), then you must read this excellent feature by Brian Gjurgevich in this week's Portland Mercury. Grab a copy on your nearest street corner to save the artwork and read the piece online right here.
Big matches mean big tifo and this Saturday's Cascadia Cup rivalry match between Portland and Seattle should be no different (5pm PT, NBC Sports, 750 AM The Game / La Pantera 940). MLSsoccer.com takes a look at some of the past iterations of Portland and Seattle supporter-created tifo.
Wear headphones. Turn volume up to 11. Watch the video.
Sometimes that which is local goes global. This is particularly true of the culture of soccer and how it can reach around the world. For the Timbers and their fans, there is a special bond between supporter and club. One area where this is particularly true is how many Portland season ticket holders reach out to the club via their season ticket holder services representative to share their stories about their travels and experiences as a fan.
Case in point: season ticket holder Sean Ingersoll reached out to Timbers ticket services manager Leigh Calvert about his travels in Africa with some great pictures; pictures that had a particular Cascadian bent. An avid soccer player himself, Ingersoll and his friends have often challenged themselves to play soccer in remote environments. And when I say remote, I mean places like, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
Ingersoll picks up the story:
Some friends and I decided it would be fun to go to Tanzania and climb Kilimanjaro. We have all played on the same GPSD adult soccer team, FC77 Rangers, and we try to play soccer in some unique environments. In 2010 we climbed to the top of South Sister and had a 3v3 match in the snow-filled crater at 10,300'…which was awesome. This year we decided to go to Africa and climb the mountain with Zara Tours, maybe even kick a ball around on the top. Zara sponsors several charity projects in Tanzania, including an orphanage in Moshi. We thought it would be a decent gesture to bring some school supplies and soccer gear so we passed the word around to our kid's soccer teams, friends, co-workers and the effort just exploded. I think we collected over 250 lbs. of paper, notebooks, pens, 50-ish pairs of used and new soccer boots, balls, pumps, socks, etc. So we paid for the extra baggage and shipped all of the goods with us to Tanzania for the kids at the orphanage. We met the kids and teachers--it was an incredible experience.
In the top picture, Jim Snyder and I are both from Portland and Timbers fans. My buddy Shawn Mulqueeney is from Issaquah and is a Sounders fan. I suggested we bring our scarves for a summit picture and he agreed that would be fun. About two days into the climb, we got out a soccer ball and invited the porters to kick around with us (middle picture). The elevation was 12,800'. What was amazing about that was the mood of the climb seemed to change after that, from clients/porters to friends. Ah, the power of football. We summited on the third day, got out the scarves, and proved that Cascadia has the best and most hard-core soccer fans around. I did have a ball in my summit pack, but I could barely lift my foot more than 3" to take the next step, much less juggle or head a ball. One kick and I'm certain it would have rolled all the wall back down to the Kenyan border! So we hung out with the glaciers for about twenty minutes, took our pictures, and came back down.
Between stoking a rivalry around the world as well as making a difference in a foreign community, Ingersoll is clearly having an impact. Got a story of your own Timbers fandom from around the world? Send us a note at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated, fresh from his revealing MLS player polls, recently put together a grand list of the 50 most important people in U.S. Soccer. It has many of the names you'd expect. The top 5 are, in order: U.S. Sports TV executives, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, MLS commissioner Don Garber, Nike and adidas.
Of local note though are two rather big names. Coming in at No. 9 is Thorns FC forward Alex Morgan of which Wahl writes:
Let's be honest: the 23-year-old Morgan has everything it takes (on the field and off) to become the next Mia Hamm. Just one example of her appeal: Morgan has in excess of a million Twitter followers, more than any U.S. soccer player, male or female.
In a tie for No. 23 is Timbers and Thorns FC owner Merritt Paulson paired alongside Sporting KC's owner Robb Heineman:
Young owners who live and die with their MLS teams, Heineman and Paulson are the faces of MLS 2.0 and the league's answers to Mark Cuban. If only every league owner cared as much.
Head over to SI.com to read the full list. Any names missing you think should be on there? Any names on there you disagree with?
With the unique Spread The Love campaign off and running, we wanted to introduce a few of the lucky folks who were able to experience their first ever Timbers match last week. And what a game to kick things off? A tremendous rendition of the national anthem, excellent tifo, loads of goals, and a thrilling comeback. What more could you ask for?
Without further ado, here's the first group of worthy recipients.
Jeff Enquist, President of PYSA & head coach of Portland City United is one of the first group of 107 Ambassadors. He's coached in high school, college and the pros and gave his tickets to one of his employees, Sonko. Sonko grew up playing soccer in Kenya and started a club soccer program for kids aged 6-8 there. In short, soccer is Sonko's life.
"Timber Jim" Serrill--the original lumberjack who sawed logs in the North End--is also the charismatic gent who popularlized the phrase "Spread the Love" from which this whole idea originally sprang. An embodiment of Timbers passion, Timber Jim gave his tickets to young Karina. Karina battled through leukemia when she was 4--it's now in remission--and met Jim through the Leukemia Foundation. She had never been to a Timbers game before. Needless to say, she was very excited.
Rachel Harrison, another 107 Ambassador is an active community volunteer, Timbers Army supporter and committed season ticket holder. She met her friend Jessica at her church. Jessica's son plays club soccer in Portland and had never been to a match before either. Sunday's match was his first and was an instant classic.
Do you know someone whom you think is worthy? Visit www.spreadtheloveptfc.com to nominate someone you know in your community.
Montreal Impact midfielder and Québec native Patrice Bernier is quite familiar with Timbers midfielder Will Johnson. The two have played side by side on the Canadian national team for years with Bernier having 49 caps The Canucks to Johnson's 31. Now set to face off this Saturday in Portland at JELD-WEN Field (7:30pm, KPTV, 750 AM The Game / La Pantera 940), Bernier spoke to impactmontreal.com about his national teammate:
"He's a guy that gives 100% all the time and you see that on the pitch," added Bernier. "They brought him in because they know that he sets the tone. Training, games… I think that's why their coach named him captain. He always brings that competitive edge."
Check out the article over on the Impact site and be sure to watch the two go head-to-head on Saturday.


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It sounds crazy! But with this kind of heat, people are trying just about anything!
The dog days of summer - Wednesday in Burlington temps touched 90, again. Lake Champlain provided some relief.
"We're just going to stay by the water all day!" One woman said, while swimming in the lake.
"We've been trying to cool off," a little girl said.
The lake temperature is 75 degrees, which is actually four degrees warmer than the average.
"It's perfect temperature today."
So the beaches were packed. I found one family dipping their toes in the fountain - others were seeking shade. "We're visiting from Alberta Canada, so this is pretty hot for us."
Then there are the over-achievers trying to make us all look bad!
"I will do one vanilla Creemee!"
A summer signature - but experts say the ice cold treat actually won't cool you down - it may provide instant gratification, but your body has to work harder to digest it.
"I'll take the work for the melting sensation," Mark and Birdi Mylan said.
I found many people willing to take the risk - the stand at the waterfront sells about a thousand cones a day!
"Maple creemees will do the job for sure."
"I ate it all!" A little girl yelled!
So the memo must not be out - hot food on a hot day will do the trick - the spices make you sweat, sweating makes you cooler.
"When you're finished eating it, you do, but while you're eating it not so much," Mylan said.
Maybe it's not a coincidence that India is known for its curry.
"Most of those cuisines come from a really hot part of the Earth," Mylan said.
So even though it's too hot for some, we don't get a very long summer, so let's embrace it and eat up!
Another fun fact, brought to you by our Sports Director Mike Curkov - some baseball players in Japan wear cabbage leaves under their hats to keep cool, so if all else fails - give that a try!


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Both the SAT and ACT are recognized by the vast majority of colleges as college entrance admission tests. What are the differences between the tests and which test should your teen take? Let's begin by providing a brief recap of each test.
The SAT is administered by the College Board and homeschoolers register directly online by choosing a test location and test date. Use the SAT homeschool code (970000) to ensure that test results are sent to your home address rather than to the school where the test was taken.
The SAT is a reasoning test and students are asked to apply knowledge in three areas: math, reading, and a mandatory written essay. The math section includes arithmetic operations, algebra, geometry, statistics and probability. In the reading or verbal section, students are tested on sentence completions and reading comprehension. Your teen will also be asked to write a short essay and answer multiple-choice questions on identifying errors and improving grammar and usage.
The ACT tests specific subject knowledge in four areas: reading, English, math, and science. Descriptions of each section are provided on the ACT website. It offers an optional essay writing section that many colleges prefer your teen to complete. Registration is done online at the ACT website and a students chooses his test date and location.
When deciding which college entrance test to take, determine your strategy. Some parents like to choose just one test (either the SAT or ACT), and have their teens prepare specifically for that test using test prep materials. The College Board and ACT offer many test prep resources.
I suggest having your teen take the SAT or ACT at least twice since scores almost always rise the second time. Some teens like to compete against themselves by seeking to improve their scores each time they take the test.
Instead of taking just one of the tests, some parents deem it beneficial to have their teens take both tests. A friend of mine had her daughters take both tests and they scored much higher on the ACT than they did on the SAT. You never know until you try!
The Princeton Review offers some suggestions and also sells a book to help parents ascertain which test their teens may score higher on. The Kaplan Prep website provides a detailed comparison of the two tests.
Petersen's website also offers some tips to help you determine which test may be best for your teen to take.
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Arusiek is parasitic, resident COM and EXE infector. It is 817 bytes long. When the infected file is executed the virus will locate itself to the end of conventional memory and hook the interrupts INT 21h and INT 16H (keyboard service). It infects files as they are executed and opened. It avoids some programs: MKS (the best Polish anti-virus), NAV, CLEAN, MUM3 and COMMAND.COM. Occasionally it shows its presence by changing keyboard entry for string "Arusiek R.". It is obvious that the virus is of Polish origin.
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Google Checkout Introduces the Android Payment Extension
In a blog post on the Official Google Checkout Blog earlier today, Google introduced the Android Payment Extension - a way to allow mobile merchants to quickly set up a store and accept payments via Google Checkout and Android.
The post describes the steps involved - as a merchant you signup for Google Checkout, create a webstore, list the items for sale in a Google Spreadsheet, and install the Android Payment Extension.
Once you're setup, at a craft fair, for example, you'd create a cart on your laptop based on what the customer verbally tells you they want to buy. You then click on the Checkout with Android button and the customer scans the QR code on your laptop using their Android phone - which takes them to the buy page where they can complete the purchase on their phone.
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Xbox One LIVE store prices revealed
The prices for launch titles on the Xbox One have been revealed. We have no idea if this was already known or not, but it certainly wasn't to us.Anyway, a user on AVForums posted up photographic proof of the prices, along with some pictures of his Xbox One, which is nice.We have no idea how he got his Xbox One early (it looks like it's the Forza Bundle) but he's pretty lucky in any case.So what are the prices of the digital launch titles then?Xbox LIVE Store prices
Crimson dragon - £15.99
Ki ultra - £31.99 - single character 3.99
Power star golf - £15.99
Zoo tycoon - £49.99
Loco cycle - £15.99
Zumba fitness - unavailable - 24gb
Assassins creed IV - £54.99
Angry Bird: Star Wars - £35.19
Madden - £54.99
Just Dance - 39.99
Fighter Within - £49.99
Battlefield 4 - £54.99
Need for Speed - £54.99
Dead Rising 3 - £44.99 - Day one Premium edition (with DLC) - £64.99
COD Ghosts - Unknown (Listed as £9.99 due to digital version being bought already via Xbox 360)
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|April 4, 2011 | Volume 86, Number 12
Suicide from bullying
The parents of Tyler Clementi will always feel pain and grief over their son's suicide last fall. He jumped off the George Washington Bridge over New York's Hudson River after two fellow students secretly used a web camera to spy on him as he met in his dorm room with another male student.
While the incident of spying was bad enough, his college roommate who secretly installed the camera boasted on Twitter that he had seen his roommate "making out with a dude."
Tyler, a freshman at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a talented violinist, was so distraught over the episode and from previous bullying that he leaped to his death. One can only imagine the thoughts he had as he traveled to get to the bridge and then prepared to leap into the Hudson River.
Tyler's parents, Joseph and Jane Clementi, know who the two perpetrators are. Their names surfaced almost immediately after Tyler jumped from the bridge. They expressed sorrow for Tyler's suicide but said they had only seen their action as a college prank
Now six months later Mr. and Mrs. Clementi are not seeking vengeance. They are not calling for harsh punishment on Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei. But the Clementi's want to see that they are held accountable for their actions.
"As a matter of principle, and based on the facts known to us," wrote Paul Mainardi, a lawyer Tyler's parents retained, "we feel it is important to establish accountability, and to further establish that Tyler was subject to criminal acts, not merely a college prank, as some argue."
The two college students were rightfully charged with invasion of privacy. They since have left Rutgers and do not return calls from reporters nor do their attorneys.
Unless they change their names, the future of each of them is limited because their names are forever connected with a tragedy they caused. Just imagine how a potential employer might react if he or she made the connection in reviewing a resume. The suicide incident made headlines around the world.
What will happen to these two students? They both could face the maximum penalty of five years in prison. Jim O'Neill, a spokesperson for the Middlesex County, N.J., Prosecutor's Office, only told reporters "the case was continuing."
Tyler Clementi's death by suicide is a tragedy. The only positive result to come out of it is that it focused attention on the harmful effects of bullying. Like all major news stories, there was intense focus on how we can learn from the tragedy, but now — six months later — new incidents have grabbed the public's attention.
Yes, many schools have addressed the issue of bullying with their students. But have all parents done the same with their children?
Those who cannot answer "yes" certainly have work to do. Someone else's life might depend on it.
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Style: Gracie Barra Jiu Jitsu--[i]Plus i enjoy the flow drills in JKD such as huba aluba ( spelled wrong i know) as it generally covers all angles of attack and flow right into either a Disarm (if armed) and or grappling submission or just straight strikes to a take down. [/B]
its is physically imposible to cover all to angles of attack.Eduardo "Why'd you stop."
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My cousin gave me some tapes of him doing tkd. I learned from those tapes. When I beat up an Akido instructor, and made him take rest breaks, I used TKD. I learned Bjj from watching ufc and pride and then I copied them and wrestled my cousin for practice. I choked him out and he tapped.
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Parmain Boatworks, Inc. filed as a Domestic for Profit Corporation in the State of Florida and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately eighteen years ago on Wednesday, July 9, 1997 , according to public records filed with Florida Department of State.
William Bishop served as the President and has interests in other corporate entities including L. L. Condominium Association, Inc. located in Sarasota, FL William's past corporate affiliations include Acorn Army, Inc., Save Our Septic Systems Committee, Inc.
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Staunton receives $50,000 tourism grant
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that Staunton received a $50,000 grant through the Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Grant Fund program. The grant will help the city pay for new primary market research of Staunton's visitor market, as well as support the city's tourism marketing campaign and purchase of print and online advertising placements in key markets.
"It will help pay for new research about our visitor, upgrade our award-winning destination marketing campaign, and help buy-down the cost of future advertising placements," says Staunton Director of Tourism Sheryl Wagner.
Tourism expenditures in Staunton were $47.5 million in 2011. "Tourism dollars play a key role for our local government as the city receives taxable income every time people stay in our hotel rooms and eat out in our restaurants," said City Manager Steve Owen.
In 2012, overnight visitor volumes in the city increased 4.0 percent and meals tax revenues increased 8.0 percent over the prior year.
"This is the right time to invest – we've experienced significant and sustained growth in both in visitation stats and in the tourism products we offer," said Wagner. "In the past, we've relied on secondary research to formulate our marketing campaigns, but we need to be more sophisticated and targeted. We are emerging as one of Virginia's top visitor destinations, and we don't want to lose market share to increasing competition."
The top feeder markets for overnight visitation include Washington, DC/Northern Virginia, Richmond, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Raleigh-Durham.
"Fall has historically been the strongest season for visitation to Staunton, but now the spring and summer seasons are catching up. We want to capture and build on that momentum," said Wagner.
The VTC Marketing Leverage Program is designed to stimulate new tourism marketing through partnerships by leveraging limited marketing dollars. A minimum of three entities must partner financially to apply. Staunton's Convention and Visitor Bureau partnered with the Heifetz International Music Institute and the American Shakespeare Center to pursue the grant. Local organizations will match the state grant funds by a minimum of 2:1.
"Grants such as these enable our localities to more effectively market themselves to potential visitors," said Governor Bob McDonnell. "When more visitors come to Virginia, the localities and the Commonwealth realize increased tax revenue, businesses prosper, and new jobs are created."
Tourism in Virginia generates $20 billion in revenue, supports more than 207,000 jobs and provides $1.3 billion in state and local taxes.
About the Staunton Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB)
The SCVB has been promoting tourism for the City of Staunton since 1989 and is the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for Staunton. More information at VisitStaunton.com.


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