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Figured some of you probably would've liked for me to have posted that art piece I had received as a Christmas gift a few weeks ago.
An online friend had this commissioned for me. While I'm not sure on the original artist as not even my friend remembers for sure, I suspect this was drawn by puinkey.
Character is Elh Melizee from Solatorobo.
Gifs (created by me) of the obscure Playstation title called Tail Concerto (utilising the opening and in-game cutscenes), the first installment in the Little Tail Bronx series.
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Well, I tried! The first and fourth ones have garbage translations (mostly due to my incompetence with the language) but the others I feel good about! I mean, at least we have sometranslation! I'll see my Japanese teacher tomorrow, so I'll just ask her to help me with these, but until then, enjoy some Strelka Stories hype!
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Some pages from the Little Tail Bronx Archives Vol, 3
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Lottie L. Rutherford
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Lottie L. Rutherford was born to John & Helen Pryor April 8, 1924 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
Losing both of her parents at an early age, she was raised by her adult siblings in a loving Catholic atmosphere. She pursued ballet for a short time. After graduating school she moved to Dallas, Texas where she shared a home with her elder sister and brother-in-law while pursuing an education in cosmetology, meeting a handsome businessman, Dumont Rutherford, who became the love of her life.
They were married on Oct. 23, 1938. She shared in this union for 67 years until the passing of her husband on July 17, 2015 in Montrose.
Her family without doubt always came first. Manners, education, Christianity and common sense were always at the forefront of rearing her three sons and one daughter. Her husband was an avid outdoorsman and although she was raised primarily a city girl she took to the out of doors at once. Accompanying him on numerous excursions both near and far. Children were always included as part of their adventures. She was an excellent mother and role model.
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To add even more excitement and visual interest to a Movie Maker project, there are some visual effects that can be applied to the photos in your project and/or the video clips. So that's what we are going to look at right now, continuing to work with our Escape movie. Let's go to the video clip named surfing6. So, on the storyboard, we'll just click that clip. And we'll have a little preview. We'll click the Play button in the Preview pane. Here is our surfer, catching a wave, coming right out us, and then gives us a little splash. Nice little clip.
Now we can apply the effect to the entire clip. Or, here's a neat trick: split the clip in half and apply the effect to only a portion of it. This way the reality can bend into the effect we apply. So let's move our marker back to right where the surfer gets up on the wave-- right about there--and we'll split it here by going to the Edit tab, under Video Tools, and clicking Split. Now it's the second part of our video clip that is selected, and this is where we are going to apply the visual effect.
This means clicking the Visual Effects tab on the Ribbon. And you will see the first row of visual effects. You can hover over them to see a little preview of each. I like that Edge Detection. It's kind of a cartoonish look. There are some other ones here. Posterize. You could see Threshold. There's many more if you click the dropdown. And this way they're broken up into categories. The Artistic ones appear first. So there's our Threshold we just saw. As we scroll a little further down, some Black and white options, including some sepias, and as we scroll down, some Cinematic effects where you'll see overlays appear, and you can choose where you want that overlay to appear.
We'll scroll down a little further, and you see some Mirror options. You can actually change the direction the surfer is going, even flip him upside down. But it's the next group where we see some Motions and Fades where you'll see some really cool effects, like 3D ripple, for example, fading in from black. There are some cool ones here for hues, and I kind of like this Pixelate option too. That might be a good option for our clip, but I am thinking actually let's scroll up to the top here where we see under Artistic that cartoonish Edge detection effect.
We'll just click it to apply it. Now we can see the whole portion of our clip by clicking Play. That's kind of neat, right there. Okay. Now if we go to the first part of the clip and click Play, we'll see reality. As the surfer gets up, he turns quickly into a cartoon. So now to add a little bit of smoothness to the transition, we can apply a transition to the second half. Make sure that clip is selected. This time we'll go back to Animations, clicking the Animations tab, and we'll click the dropdown under Transitions to apply a cross fade.
As you scroll down, you'll see, in the Dissolve section, the Crossfade which will gradually switches from reality into our Edge detection effect. So we'll choose Crossfade, go back to the first part of the clip, and click Play to preview that. So here it comes and gradually, there he goes. He returns into the cartoon and gives us a splash. I like that effect. That's kind of cool. So we are ready now to go back and save our changes if we are going to continue with this project.
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According to WeHo News, Prang's troubles are located in Pico Rivera, a small city in southeastern L.A. County where he works a day job as assistant city manager, and where certain City Council members have apparently been trying to get rid of his position.
The controversy swirls around the fact that the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has opened an inquiry into whether or not Prang and two other Pico Rivera officials used city credit cards for personal use.
News about the inquiry stunned many community activists and politicos in West Hollywood, where Prang has been serving on the City Council for 13 years -- a recent L.A. Weekly cover story titled "West Follywood" examined, among other things, the cliquish political culture of the 1.9-square-mile city.
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We were desperately tired and this was close to the freeway we needed for the next morning. Park seemed neat enough in the pull through section; not so much in the monthly section. Lots of tree shade in monthly section, but not so much in pull through area. It was HOT. elderly lady in office was nice enough. Cash only. $35 was with a discount. Good for overnight, but nothing longer. - ChrisnMarv
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Stayed here ten days, because of holiday other campgrounds were full. Sites are pretty crowded but at least it was a concrete pad and nice paved roads. A lot of full-timers living in park. For such a large campground the temporary sites are very few considering. We spoke with one guy who has lived there ten years, wow. Good water pressure and very nice laundry. Staff was friendly, easy checkin. Location nice for shopping and restaurants. - Dedra C
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We stayed here only one night. We should have driven through to check it out before signing up for 3 nights but it seems nice upon first impressions. Staff helpful. However, they put us in the back with the people who live here and they are a very rough looking group. We decided to stay 1 night and eat the rest of the money we paid. Wouldn't feel comfortable leaving rig unattended. Would probably be OK in front of park, just not near the back. - Nana Montana
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The sites are extremely uneven (we tried 2), and the freeway noise is horrendous and does not let up around the clock - you cannot hardly converse outside trailer. It was raining when we were here so the trailer stayed closed up or we would not have been able to sleep at all. KOAs are proving too pricey for what you get. Amazingly KOAs seem to be staffed by wonderful people - yet that does not change the shoddy tired outdated facilities being offered at most KOAs. We were card members for a year but have been unimpressed and unsatisfied with every KOA we have stayed at - this is the last one we will ever stay in. - livin4RV
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Rate shown is our monthly rate divided by 31 days. Very nice small park behind convention center, is as shown on website. It is clean, a park host is within the park, but office hours are limited to mornings. Most full-time residents are very friendly and helpful. Landscape work done on a regular basis, therefore asked to not leave chairs on lawn overnight, and automatic sprinklers do come on regularly. We have returned for several years, and will continue to return regularly staying either weekly or monthly. This park is within walking distance of restaurants, grocers and shopping facilities. - Travelers3
Jul 2013 - $33.00
We totally enjoyed this immaculate park. The excellent WiFi, which is a rare, and cable, as well as the meticulous landscaping made this an excellent choice. The cement spaces are roomy with a separate spot on the side for your car and are separated by lush grass and small shade trees. The park host is pleasant and very accommodating. We would definitely return: who wouldn't? - quineey
Pasco, Washington (map) | (509) 547-2048
Sites: 68 | Latest Rate: $10.00 | 19 Reviews
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Jun 2016 - $10.00
Great park, as are all the COE parks I've visited. The parks I have been to were built in the early to mid 1900's, as huge water projects were being built. This park was built in 1950 as part of the McNary Dam project and is very well maintained. Our forefathers really had it together on these projects. The spaces are large compared to what we find in modern campgrounds and the prices remain very affordable. - RetiredVagabond
Jul 2015 - $11.00
We've stayed here many times and will be back again. Rate reflects America the Beautiful Access Pass discount. This park only has power at the sites. There is a dump station with fresh water by the exit. Very well laid out, lots of shade trees, and lots of fun being right on the river. The gate is closed at 10pm so beware late nights or you won't be able to get back in. This park is an outstanding value and also very beautiful. - roadtripper4ever
Jun 2015 - $6.00
This is one of our favorite parks. It is shady. Most of the sites are level and there is space between them with well-watered green grass. There is only power at the site, but they have a nice dump station and fresh water fill. We did have a 30 amp site which is reflected in the cost of the site. The staff is friendly and helpful. They do strictly enforce check-in time and we have had to wait in the parking lot to check in. - codgette
Kennewick, Washington (map) | (509) 783-2513
Sites: 140 | Latest Rate: $25.00 | 10 Reviews
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Sep 2014 - $25.00
For one thing, we pulled into this "campground" and could not find any signs pointing to the office. We stopped and asked a guy and he said "Oh, it's up there but it's closed. The manager is in space 99." So we stopped there and got a site. She told us to park and that she would collect the money in the morning. I was appalled at the conditions at site 43. There was trash ALL over. Empty candy wrappers and soda bottles. The dumpster was across from us. There was dog poop everywhere! In our site and there were 3 large piles right in front of the women's bathrooms. Speaking of the bathrooms, they were disgusting. I was so longing for a shower and we didn't want to hook up sewer and water since we were leaving early in he morning. Needless to say, I did not take one. The cable is scrambled and they did give us a box, but it did not work. The rest of the trailers in the park seemed to be full time and the were old and run down and trashy. I would never stay here again and I would suggest no one stay here! - Coastalgma
Jul 2014 - $25.00
We stayed here one night and were glad to get away. When entering there were no signs of where office was at so we just kept driving till we found it. I asked for a pull-thru so I wouldn't have to unhook but the site was much too small so I had to go back and ask permission to use a vacant longer site. But I had a terrible time maneuvering, some very tight turns and once I got into a spot and had to back truck and trailer out (not fun). Entire park is in poor condition with mostly resident (long term) people. Entire park very dirty. WiFi was OK but could not get any signal at all on two different cable connections, finally had to use antenna and got several English-speaking channels. Avoid staying here if possible, there are several nicer parks nearby. I would not stay here again. - rdkeith
May 2014 - $35.00
This is a nice park with paved roads and nice level sites. All hook ups work well. It is convenient on and off the freeway. Not much to do in the surrounding area. A plus is the fact that it is next door to a large RV dealer so if you need any parts, supplies, or repairs, you don't have to go very far. - Mike 9843
Richland, Washington (map) | (509) 627-1000
Sites: 89 | Latest Rate: $30.00 | 6 Reviews
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Apr 2016 - $30.00
nice park but tight parking; good location, highway noise but not bad inside coach; 12 hrs of wi-fi service included & works good; full hook-ups. - Buck44
May 2012 - $27.00
Easy access from the highways. Park was built in the 50's and spaces are TIGHT. Our 40' Class A fit in one spot but our lawn chairs and awnings had to be in the adjacent spot. The park was not full and this was not a problem. Our site required that we put one set of duals on 1" blocks so that we didn't lift the tires off the ground while levelling. Parking areas are asphalt but there are some trees. Attendant had to do some trimming before we could put out our slides and I climbed onto the roof and did some more trimming to keep branches from rubbing on the roof. No major branches that were going to damage anything. Attendant was friendly. There appear to be a lot of permanent guests. Washers and dryers worked great and laundry area was clean. We stayed two nights. The park was a good value for our needs. We would stay there again, if there was room to use two spots. We were in what they probably called a pull-thru but it was easier to back into the spot. - BertD
Mar 2012 - $27.00
Rate shown Good Sam discount. Site was an unlevel paved pull-through. Entire campground is paved with some trees. My site had a problem with the sewer outlet as it was higher than the drain on my rig. Office gave me the choice of choosing another site or using another sewer outlet at an unoccupied site in the morning. Excellent cable TV with an extensive selection. When I asked the office about Wi-Fi, I was given a username and password. When I logged in it showed it to be a pay for use, but I wasn't charged anything. However there was a time limit of 12 hours and once I logged out my free session was finished. In any case the Wi-Fi worked fine. - Onemoretrail
40 Spring St Richland, WA, USA Richland, Washington 99354 (map) |
Sites: 1 | Latest Rate: $1.00 | 3 Reviews
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Jun 2016 - $1.00
No services at this primitive island park but lots of wildlife. great location. - Astrid
Jun 2016 - $20.00
Another great visit to this little island park. We kayaked out and spent the night on beach Lovely although a passing barge woke us up in the wee hours, swamping the beach with it's wake. - clecogirl
Oct 2015 - $1.00
We kayaked out and spent the night. Beautiful and peaceful. Lots of waterfowl and wildlife. Bring bug juice - lots of skeeters here. - clecogirl
Richland, Washington (map) | (509) 392-7127
Sites: 221 | Latest Rate: $18.00 | 10 Reviews
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Oct 2015 - $18.00
Park is clean and safe with speed bumps to keep drivers from driving too fast. I needed two tanks of propane filled, left them at the filling station and went back to my rig. Half hour later when I went outside, there they were filled and delivered to my doorstep and added to my bill in the office. They have a great pool and hot tub but they were closed for the season.
All lawns were cut and looked great. They have water electric sewer cable and HIGH speed internet at every site.
Our stay was extended so we got the monthly rate plus electricity. We were buying a home and needed internet and theirs is the BEST. - Kuntry Kuzin
May 2015 - $25.00
Stayed 11 weeks while working at at Columbia NGS. Different layout with RV/Trailers parallel to streets, giving private fenced grassy yard. Well kept, yards trimmed and mowed every week, nice shade tree in each space. Street orientation allows for good satellite reception. Quiet, lots of working class people, several full timers. Manager is a heavy internet use savvy and all sites have hard-wired high speed internet. Bring your wireless router. Stream movies to your TV. Had to buy a connecting Cat 5 cable long enough to go from the RV to the Utility box ($10.00 from manager). Nice clubhouse with a big pool (summer only). Small BBQ/grassed park area. Not in a pedestrian friendly area, No easy foot access to a corner store. No sidewalks along the busy road, which is the only reason I rated it a 9. Local bus access is about a 10 minute walk from the park along busy road with no sidewalks. A little daytime noise from a nearby rail spur, almost no traffic noise. Extremely nice manager and family. Only been there for a couple of years and working very hard to have a 1st class park. Would definitely stop there anytime in the area. - starsekr
Sep 2014 - $12.00
Rate reflects monthly rate, we stayed here in our 39ft fifth wheel. This is a true big rig friendly park, plenty of room to navigate and the private fenced yards are the best idea I've ever seen in an RV park! Host was great and even set us in, helped us hook up and the electric Rv mover they use is really cool! The internet is hard wired so each site has it's own connection, bring a router and you can stream movies right to your trailer! We stayed for a little over 2 months and will be back in the spring, we highly recommend Moon River, it is the best park that we have stayed in! - fusion34
Richland, Washington (map) | (509) 375-9913
Sites: 225 | Latest Rate: $35.00 | 75 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $35.00
This park is extremely clean and well maintained. The office hours are 5:00 AM t0 9:00 PM so, unless you are arriving very late or leaving very early, the staff is available to check you in and they guide you to your site. Upon arrival at your site, they also walk you through the hook up process. Each site is pull-through and the connections are in tip-top shape. Each site has a beautifully landscaped grass patch, which is great for humans and dogs. They also have an enclosed "off-leash" dog run for your pups, as well as a pool and air-conditioned bathrooms if you need them. There are some long-timers but their spaces are also very well maintained. There is a small general store that provides necessities and they also have breakfast (biscuits and gravy, breakfast burritos, coffee, etc. for sale at a very modest price). The WiFi is very good and cell service is very usable. The lots are gravel but surrounded by pavement and grass and very level. There is very little street noise. Spaces are tight but we found the neighbors to be very friendly and respectful of personal space. This was an overnight stay for us and the weather was very hot (July), but the stay was enjoyable. The customer service is excellent and we would definitely stay here again if in the area. Overall, one of the best stop-over places we've experienced. 5-stars except for location. - WM RV Newbie
Jul 2016 - $42.00
This is our third time back to this park. With a bigger rig, we found the spaces between the sites much narrower, and we were unable to even put out one awning & could only partially extend the other. Gravel level parking site with nice grassy area between sites. However as the trees have gotten bigger, we had to position around them to extend the slides. All services worked well, good 50 amps. Still a nice park, but I think we'll try a new one close by our next trip through. - nw explorers
Jul 2016 - $40.00
This is an extraordinary park. Only one little suggestion and that would be to trim the trees back from the sites. Love the shade but don't want trees rubbing against the coach when it's breezy. Morning biscuits and gravy is really a nice touch. - lexilee
Kennewick, Washington (map) | (509) 420-4880
Sites: 145 | Latest Rate: $45.00 | 72 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $45.00
Very well maintained park with plenty of elbow room. Inviting. Only drawback, no shade trees to speak of. - Rick Frazier
Jul 2016 - $55.00
We love this place. We stayed in the "super site" which is a little bit more $, but are wider and have easy paved pull throughs. Very clean, very well maintained and great staff. This is a yearly week long stop for us. Great place to relax. - Scott S
Jul 2016 - $48.00
A little pricy, but everything was first class. - snrstang


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Dead Bolt (Haunted Home Renovation Series #2)by Juliet Blackwell
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Turner Construction's latest restoration project is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco. This time general contractor Mel Turner has to work around the owners who insist on sticking around- along with some ghosts that insist in their own way that the work stops...
The ghosts aren't the only ones standing in the way of the renovations. A crotchety
Turner Construction's latest restoration project is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco. This time general contractor Mel Turner has to work around the owners who insist on sticking around- along with some ghosts that insist in their own way that the work stops...
The ghosts aren't the only ones standing in the way of the renovations. A crotchety neighbor, Emile Blunt, secretly wants this house, and could be behind some of the disturbances. But when Emile is found dead, it's Mel who appears guilty. Now she must restore the building-and her reputation-before it's too late.
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Xe Sands is an award-winning narrator known for her authentic characterizations and intimate delivery. She has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art, including recordings of Wonderland by Stacey D'Erasmo and Survival Lessons by Alice Hoffman.
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Good series - I'll continue to read them.
Really enjoyed tis series. This book was fun to read.
Juliet keeps you wondering, which makes you want to curl up and just finish the book with a nice warm cup of tea.
I LOVE this series! they are delightfully packed with humor, wit and good old fashioned spooks all tied up in a mystery! A quick read but a guarantee not to disappoint! No more needs to be said, just read the book!
I am enjoying this series - it's a nice quick read - entertaining and funny
My second book by Juliet Blackwell, read first book " If wall could talk" very good book. Dead Bolt book was very good I couldn't put the book down and turn the pages fast enough. Dead Bolt made laugh, gave chills up my back and scared a little. I highly recommend these 2 books, very well written and interesting by chapter 1 in both books. Good job Juliet
The best in the series so far! And based on a true haunt too! It doesn't get much better than this!
Liked 1st more than this one but still like it. This one is darker and baby involved.
In Blackwell's paranormal mystery novel, general contractor Melanie Turner's latest restoration job involves a historic Queen Anne Victorian in one of San Francisco's neighborhoods. The owners have decided to reside in the basement while the work is done, making things more difficult for the crew. But when strange things begin to happen around the site, the owners threaten to cancel all restoration plans for fear of disturbing the ghosts who live somewhere on the property. It's soon clear that the ghosts aren't the only ones disrupting the work in progress. The neighbors aren't happy with the noise associated with the project either. When Mel's father discovers a body across the street, Mel is tasked with the duty to finish the job on time, do some ghost busting, and restore her reputation. Melanie Turner is one of the most exciting, sharp, and hysterically funny heroines in any book series I've read. A new and inventive twist on the ghostly paranormal mystery genre.


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Memorial services for Mrs. Waterman will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, 2009, at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will take place at the church for one hour prior to the start of services.
Kathryn Mae Shaw, the daughter of Sam and Clara Belle (Barnes) Shaw, was born at Cresco, on Oct, 8, 1916. Kathryn lived her youth in Sioux Rapids, where she received her education. She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith at the First Lutheran Church of Sioux Rapids.
On Dec. 23, 1931, Kathryn exchanged marriage vows with Lowell L. Waterman. The couple was blessed with five daughters: Joan, Claribell, Joyce, Jeanette and Patricia. Lowell and Kathryn began farming south of the Lincoln Lee Township school, then they moved to a farm three miles south of Rembrandt, and their last farming site was two miles north of the canning factory in Storm Lake. In addition to being a devoted homemaker and mother and assisting on the farm, Kathryn worked for three years as a waitress at the "3 & 71 Truck Stop." She was also employed at the Lee Store in Storm Lake for nine years. Following their retirement from farming, Lowell and Kathryn moved to their home on Elmwood Drive in Storm Lake. While residing in Storm Lake, Kathryn worked at the Alco store for nine years.
Kathryn became a charter member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Storm Lake in 1952. Music was an enjoyable part of Kathryn's life, and she sang in the church choir.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lowell, in 1992; and her sister, Maxine Frederick.
Kathryn's is survived by her family: Joan and Jr. Williams of Spencer, Claribell and Dick Larson of Callendar, Joyce and Fred Meyer of Marshalltown, Jeanette Waterman of Storm Lake, and Patricia Lilly of Sioux City; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great grandchildren; and one brother, Edgar Shaw of Walnut Creek, Calif.
The Sliefert Funeral Home of Storm Lake is in charge of arrangements. Those who wish to send online messages of condolence to the family may do so via the funeral home website: www.sliefert.com.


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Peppers at 10, which seems low.
There are...
days until Team 134 sends an opponent flying through the air,
days until Old 98 is brought back into circulation (last issued when this guy was earning All-America honors),
days until it is time to BEAT OHIO.
Go Blue!
Season Poster features Matte Helmet?
This poster was tweeted my Coach Funk. I assume this is the official season poster? It appears to me that this is the matte helmet similar to the one in the Outback Bowl. Are we to assume it will be worn again this season?
Michigan AD pulls an about face on seat cushions
It was just brought to my attention that the athletic department today has changed its policy regarding seat cushions in response to the outcry they received. Outside seat cushions are now ALLOWED in Michigan Stadium.
Two Hoke comments that surprised me today
As many of you know, Coach Hoke spent the day at ESPN fielding mostly silly questions. And, being Coach Hoke, he gave mostly boring answers. But here are two quotes that caught my interest:
"One of the surprise dark-horse guys will be a young man we redshirted a year ago, a wide receiver, Jehu Chesson. A young man out of St. Louis. Six-four, wide receiver, track guy, can catch it, works hard."
There's been so much talk about Darboh, I was sure that's where coach Hoke would go. Or even to RB, with all the Drake Johnson and Justice Hayes fluff we've heard (which there was some more of today). Hearing Chesson's name is a pleasant surprise and, if he were to emerge, would be a huge boost to our offense.
"We're young in a couple places. We're young in the guard position, offensively, the center position, but we have a lot of young depth and competition. On the defensive side of it, the interior of our defensive linemen and our strong end, our five-technique, are going to be young players, but we really like how, genetically, how they've worked at it."
What I found interesting about this is that Black, Washington, and Ash are all juniors and seniors. Pipkins--the only other player on our roster to get significant snaps on the line last year--is a sophomore. Henry is a RS Frosh. The only other true DT's (Poggi, Hurst) are true freshmen. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think this comment signals that we'll see a lot of Pipkins (starting?) and a good amount of Henry (more of a surprise) this year.
B10 One-a-days: Northwestern Cats of the Wild
In the spirit of the actual purpose of the board and the catalyst being the NW undebate in an earlier thread today, I present the B10 one-a-days: a daily series of threads to discuss each of the B10 teams upcoming 2013 season. Debate is open and encouraged, but please provide cogent reasons behind your opinions. I'll outline some subfields of discussion below. If I can't remember to post one of these every day, feel free to check the board and do it yourself if you wish, but maybe provide a link to the previous threads. I plan on including ND as well.
- NW's overall talent, depth, youth/experience
- Schedule strength
- Past recent success/patterns
- Position group strength
- Your expected record/finish in B10 and/or bowl
- Anything else at all.
I base my stuff on the HTTV and The Wolverine previews. I usually grab a Phil Steel, but didn't get a chance yet this year to see what he says about the Cats. Links to NW blogs would be great too.
My thoughts:
I think NW is middle of the road when it comes to pure talent, obvs not at OSU, M and Neb's level, but solidly in a pack with PSU, MSU, Wisc. The thing is, they return a TON of proven skill position talent on offense, including 9/10 receivers. They return 2 experience QBs in Colter and Siemian and a 6 ypc RB. They only need to replace 3 OLs, which could spell trouble early in the season @ Cal and Vs Syracuse.
Defensively, they have to replace some LBer production, but I trust PatFitz's staff to keep that a non-negative position group in the B10. They have lots of returning experience on the DL (which should take pressure off the LBers), but the secondary is the weakness. They don't have the horses defensively to hold good offensive teams down, but they should play responsibly and relatively mistake free.
I'm high on NW, but their schedule is BRUTAL. A tough start @ Cal and Vs Cuse will likely result in a split as the young OL comes together agaist these 2 decent teams. I usually like laughing at Cuse, but they did win the Pinstripe Bowl in convincing fashion over WBGV last year and are on the rise from the bottomest of bottoms.
Loss at home vs OSU and M, wins at Neb and vs MSU. I also see a coinflip loss at Wisc as well. I'd be more concerned about M losing this one if we didn't travel so well and if I didn't trust this D to maintain it's production. So, that adds up to 8-4 (5-3) for a 2nd place finish in the THANKGODIDONTNEEDTOREMEMBERTHESENAMES* Division. I want to go with 9-3 (6-2) but the schedule and NWs relative lack of depth as a program prevent a serious run at the B10 title game.
* other divison: the AGOODDECISIONNOTTOPUTEFFORTINLEARNIGNTHESENAMES Division.
Lloyd Carr's 1st day on the new job--NCAA Committee on Infractions
Lloyd Carr officially started his tenure on the NCAA Committee on Infractions today.


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How the President Got A Life
Bush was a leader adrift. Then came September 11?and the world it wrought.
The "usually disengaged" President, as columnist Maureen Dowd labeled him, had just returned from a prolonged, brush-cutting Crawford vacation to much criticism and a nation in trouble. (One Republican congressman complained that "it was hard for Mr. Bush to get his message out if the White House lectern had a 'Gone Fishing' sign on it.") Democrats were on the attack. Journalistic coverage seemed to grow ever bolder. Bush's poll figures were dropping. A dozen prominent Republicans, fearful of a President out of touch with the national mood, gathered for a private dinner with Karl Rove to "offer an unvarnished critique of Mr. Bush's style and strategy." Next year's congressional elections suddenly seemed up for grabs. The President's aides were desperately scrambling to reposition him as a more "commanding" figure, while, according to the polls, a majority of Americans felt the country was headed in the wrong direction. At the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld had "cratered"; in the Middle East "violence was rising."
An editorial in the New York Times caught the moment this way in its opening sentence: "A simple truth of human existence is that it is vastly easier to amplify fear than it is to assuage it." Now, there was a post-9/11 truth -- except that the editorial was headlined "The Statistical Shark" and its next sentence wasn't about planes smashing into buildings or the way the Bush administration had since wielded the fear card, but another hot-button issue entirely. It went: "Consider the shark attacks that have occurred in Florida, Virginia and North Carolina this summer."
This was, in fact, September 6, 2001, the waning days of a man-bites-dog summer in which headlines had been dominated by the deaths of David Peltier, a 10 year-old boy in Florida, and Sergei Zloukaev, a 27-year-old in North Carolina in fatal shark attacks. Just the day before, in fact, the Times had carried a piece by William J. Broad reassuring readers that scientists did not believe the world was facing a shark "rampage." "If anything," Broad concluded, "the recent global trend in shark attacks is down."
It was just past Labor Day. Congress was barely back in session. Heywood Hale Broun, the sportswriter, would die at 83 that relatively quiet week, while Mexican President Vicente Fox swept triumphantly into Washington and a new book, featured on Newsweek's cover, would carry the title, The Accidental President. The Sunday New York Times Arts & Leisure section was promoting "the new season" in entertainment, while that night a highly publicized 10-part mini-series was premiering on HBO -- Band of Brothers, a Tom Hanks/Steven Speilberg production that followed a platoon of Greatest-Generation soldiers deep into Germany. If World War II nostalgia was on the tube, war elsewhere in the American world was also largely on screen. On September 7, Times journalist Thom Shanker reported on a classified war game, a computer-generated simulation played out by "the nation's senior commanders" which determined that the U.S. military could "decisively defeat one potential adversary, North Korea, while repelling an attack from Iraq" -- even if "terrorists [attacked] New York City with chemical weapons."
All in all, that week before September 11th was a modestly uneventful one. An afternoon spent revisiting the New York Times' version of it, via a library microfiche machine, making my way through that paper, day by day, section by section, plunged me into a nearly forgotten world in which the Democrats still controlled the Senate by a single vote and key Republican senators -- it was Texan Phil Gramm's turn to announce his retirement that week -- were going down like bowling pins. (Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond had preceded Gramm "adding a new element of uncertainty to the 2002 race.") The President had been met by exceedingly gloomy economic news as the unemployment rate jumped that Saturday to 4.9% -- another 100,000 jobs lost -- a full point above election day, ten months earlier; and Wall Street responded with a sell-off that dropped the Dow Jones to 9,600. Republicans were "panicked," the administration adrift, and we wouldn't see the likes of it again for four years.
Eerie Resonances
A number of post-9/11 subjects would be in the paper that week:
Torture was in the headlines -- leading off the culture page that Saturday ("Torture Charge Pits Professor vs. Professor") in a memory piece, datelined Santiago, on Augusto Pinochet's brutal military rule in Chile. (The anniversary of his bloody coup -- September 11, 1973 -- was approaching.)
Then, too, an American citizen had been imprisoned without charges for 18 months -- but it was electrical engineer Fuming Fong and China was holding him.
Anthrax made the op-ed page -- but only because Russian scientists had developed a new type that could "overcome the standard Russian and American vaccines."
Terrorism in the U.S. was in the news -- an Oklahoma prosecutor was seeking the death penalty for Terry L. Nichols in the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building bombing.
"Violence in the Middle East" was on the front page -- but in that week, it had only one meaning, the endless Israeli/Palestinian conflict. (The first Israeli-Arab suicide bomber had just struck.)
The Taliban could be found on the front page on September 7 (and inside on subsequent days) -- but only because the mullahs were trying eight foreign aid workers for preaching Christianity. The bemused articles ("Another Strange Kabul Problem: Finding a Lawyer") were of the weird-foreigners variety.
Military recruitment was a topic of interest then as now -- the Army, after switching ad agencies and slogans ("Army of One" for "Be All You Can Be") had just conducted an "elaborate event" at the Pentagon, swearing into service its 75,800th recruit of the year, 19 year-old Rodrigo Vasquez III of Karnes City, Texas, in order to highlight meeting its recruitment goals a month ahead of schedule in the "most successful recruiting year since at least 1997."
Howard Dean made the inside pages of the paper that week -- the little-known Vermont governor (tagged with "fiscal conservativism/social liberalism") announced that he would not seek reelection to his fifth two-year term. There was "speculation" that he might even "run for the Democratic nomination for President."
Missing in Action
And then there were -- in terms of what we've been used to ever since -- the missing, or almost missing. Saddam Hussein didn't make it into the paper that week. Kim Jong Il was nowhere in sight. Osama bin Laden barely slipped into print -- twice deep into articles -- as "the accused terrorist" being hosted by the strange Taliban government. The Axis of Evil, of course, did not exist, nor did the Global War on Terror, and the potential enemy of the week, pushed by Donald Rumsfeld (himself on the defensive over the military budget and arguments with his generals), was "the rising China threat." Iran was scarcely a blip on the news radar screen; Syria rated not a mention. Also missing were just about any of the names we now consider second nature to the post-9/11 news. No "Scooter" Libby. No Valerie Plame. No Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton, or Douglas Feith. In fact, not a neocon made it into the pages of the paper over those seven days, and Judy Miller, the neocons' future dream reporter, who would soon enough storm the front page of the Times and take it for her own, had two pieces that week, a September 5th page-five article about a former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency general counsel challenging the administration's "assertion that the global treaty banning biological weapons permits nations to test such arms for defensive purposes"; and, two days later, a tiny Israel piece tucked away at the bottom of page fifteen on "the alleged [on-line] support for terrorism" by Islamic groups and charities. The Vice President, seen silently at the President's side at a "hastily arranged" and awkward "appearance" on the White House grounds after the unemployment figures broke, was otherwise nowhere to be seen, though the Times speculated on its editorial page ("The Bush Merry-Go-Round") that he was "losing influence." ("Mr. Cheney's heart problems and his ardent embrace of the coal, oil and gas industries seem to have hobbled him.")
Though the sharks in the world's oceans that week were feeding on something other than humans, there were still "sharks" around. Allison Mitchell began a Sunday lead Week in Review piece ("Face Off: Which Way to Win Control of Congress?") this way: "Talk about shark season, Congress came back into session last week and the Democrats were circling, sensing blood in the political waters." Little wonder. This was, after all, a non-majoritarian President who had, as Times writers didn't hesitate to remind people, just squeaked through with a helping hand from the Supreme Court. After managing to get one massive tax cut by Congress, he began to drift like a lost lifeboat at sea, while his advisers fretted over polls "showing that many people still view Mr. Bush not as decisive but as tentative and perhaps overly scripted." He was, as a front-page piece by Richard L. Berke and David E. Sanger, put it on September 9th, "essentially out of economic ammunition."
The nature of politics in Washington that week could be caught in lines like: "Democrats go on the attack?" and "Democrats intensified their attacks against Mr. Bush?" Less than a year into a Bush presidency, Columnist Tom Friedman was already offering the faltering leader heartfelt advice on how not to lose the next election. Be "Clinton-minus," not "Reagan-squared" was the formula he offered. As the Mitchell piece made clear, this was a presidency under siege as well as a Republican Party -- so "everyone" in Washington agreed -- "in peril." In the sort of action not to be seen again for years, a Senate committee actually cut money from the defense budget that week, an act Shanker of the Times termed "another stark challenge" from committee Chairman Carl Levin of Michigan. The political failure of the President's father was evidently on Washington minds as well, and so the paper in a number of pieces linked father and son. The father's bid for reelection had, after all, gone down in flames in the nation's previous recession or, as the headline of one story put it, "Like Father, Bush Is Caught in a Politically Perilous Budget Squeeze."
A few aspects of our post-9/11 political world were quite recognizable even then. That week, the Bush administration was easing up on Big Tobacco ("Justice Official Denies Pressure to Settle Tobacco Suit") and Big Computer ("U.S. Abandoning Its Effort to Break Apart Microsoft"), while preparing to bail from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. And as the administration pushed for legislation to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a "hobbled" Dick Cheney was already stonewalling about what had occurred when his Energy Task Force of Big Oil met earlier in 2001.
The two days before 9/11 were so quiet that you could practically hear a news pin drop. In the Times of September 11th -- in that moment before the Internet took full possession of us, a day's lag between events and the news was a print norm -- the major story ("Key Leaders Talk of Possible Deals to Revive Economy, Bush is Under Pressure") indicated that "some Republicans" were anxiously bringing up the 1982 midterm elections when President Reagan "told the nation to ?stay the course' in a recession" and the Party dropped numerous House seats in the midterm elections.
At the bottom of the front page was a plane-hijacking story, though it was thirty years old. ("Traced on Internet, Teacher Is Charged In '71 Jet Hijacking.") Across the rest of the page-bottom on that final morning were: "In a Nation of Early Risers, Morning TV Is a Hot Market" and "School Dress Codes vs. a Sea of Bare Flesh."
For intimations of what was to come, you would have had to move inside. On page 3, Douglas Frantz reported, "Suicide Bomb Kills 2 Police Officers in Istanbul," a bombing for which no one took credit and which was automatically attributed to "a leftist terrorist group" (something that would not happen again soon). A page farther on, you could find Barry Bearak and James Risen's piece "Reports Disagree on Fate of Anti-Taliban Rebel Chief" about the assassination of Ahmed Shah Massoud, an anti-Taliban warlord, by two Arabs posing as journalists (which we now know was connected to the September 11 plot). In its penultimate paragraph was this: "If the would-be assassins were indeed Arabs? the fact would lend credibility to those who contend that foreigners, including Osama bin Laden, are playing an ever bigger decision-making role among the Taliban."
Peering further into the future -- on page 8, under World Briefs, was a throwaway paragraph on the low-level air war even then being conducted against Saddam Hussein's Iraq ("Iraq said eight civilians were killed and three wounded when Western planes attacked farms 100 miles southeast of Baghdad. The Pentagon said American and British warplanes attacked three surface-to-air missile sites in the so-called no-fly zone?"); and another, "Iran: Denial on nuclear weapons," that began: "The government rejected charges by the United States that it was seeking nuclear weapons?"
And then, of course, there was nothing to do but oh-so-slowly turn the microfiche dial, knowing exactly what was around the corner of time and, after a pitch-black break between days, stumble into those mile-high headlines -- "U.S. Attacked, Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers and Hit Pentagon in Day of Terror" -- and, despite yourself, experience with a kind of gasp the sky in your brain filling with falling bodies.
Here, by the way, is how that September 6th Times shark editorial ended. If it doesn't give you a little chill for what we've lost, I don't know what will. "Life is full of things that carry more risk than swimming in the ocean. Most of them are inevitably the byproducts of daily life, like falling televisions and car accidents, because daily life is where we spend most of our time. It may lack the visceral fears aroused by the unlikely threat of a shark attack, but it is also far more lethal."
Only five days after that was written, almost three thousand New Yorkers, some adopted from countries around the globe, would face a danger far more shocking -- and, until that moment, far less imaginable to most of us, than any shark attack. Things would indeed fall from the sky -- and from a history so many Americans knew nothing about -- and visceral fears would be aroused that would drive us, like the Pearl Harbor-ish headlines that greeted the audacious act not of a major power but of 19 fanatics in four planes prepared to die, into a future even more unimaginable.
Put another way, an afternoon spent in the lost world of September 5-10, 2001, reminds us that the savage attacks of the following day would, in fact, buy a faltering, confused, and weak administration as well as a dazed and disengaged President a new life, a "calling" as he would put it, and almost four years to do its damnedest. It would be 2004 before the President's polling figures settled into the levels of that long-lost September 10th. It would be the summer of 2005 ?- and the administration's disastrous handling of hurricanes Sheehan, Katrina, and Iraq -- before the President would again be criticized for his "gone fishing" summer vacation; before the Democrats would again begin to attack; before newspapers would again be relatively uncowed; before the Republicans would again gather in those private (and then public) places and begin to complain; before Congress would again be up for grabs. Four long years to make it back to September 10th, 2001 in an American world now filled to the brim with horrors, a United States which is no longer a "country," but a "homeland" and a Homeland Security State.
[Note: This is the first of two pieces. The second, to appear sometime next week, will be on the world of Bushism after Bush and Cheneyism after Cheney, the American world our children will inherit.]
Tom Engelhardt, who runs the Nation Institute's Tomdispatch.com ("a regular antidote to the mainstream media"), is the co-founder of the American Empire Project and the author of The End of Victory Culture, a history of American triumphalism in the Cold War. His novel, The Last Days of Publishing, has just come out in paperback.
Copyright 2005 Tom Engelhardt
This piece first appeared at Tomdispatch.com.


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Primary culture
Capital province
State religion
Technology group
- −25% Mercenary maintenance
- +20% Infantry combat ability
- +1 Yearly legitimacy
- +5% Discipline
- −10% Cavalry cost
- +20% Manpower recovery speed
- −10% Stability cost modifier
- +10% Goods produced modifier
- +10% National manpower modifier
- +1 Land leader shock
Sweden starts in as a junior partner in the Kalmar Union. It's a Personal Union with Denmark as the major partner ruling over Sweden and Norway. Sweden can however break free using its better land forces and strategic blocking using its navy.
Sweden's achievements are about the historical rivalry with Denmark for control of the Baltic Sea and its time as an empire and major player in the Thirty Years War.
- Main article: Swedish missions
Sweden's missions are oriented around dominating her neighbors and forging a Dominium Maris Baltici.
- Main article: Swedish events
Sweden has many dynamic historical events, with two major series for the player to experience.
This section may contain outdated information that is inaccurate for the current version of the game. The last version it was verified as up to date for was 1.14.
Swedish War of Liberation[edit]
Most don't wait for the Danish king, who has low prestige, to die and end the Kalmar Union bringing Swedish freedom. Instead they go to war when Denmark is weak. Luckily Denmark starts with a revolt in Gotland and usually sends their army to the island to stop the revolt. This is a good opportunity for Sweden to break free if Sweden's fleet can keep Denmark's forces stuck on Gotland so they can't participate in the war. Another option is that the revolt spreads to Skåne and takes it. Sweden can then stop Denmark's troops from entering Sweden by blocking the sound - the strait between Skåne and the Danish capital. Sweden can use this to stop Denmark's, Holstein's and any allies' troops from entering Sweden while Sweden's army takes care of Norway and gets the warscore needed to break free.
Denmark often ally one of the minor HRE nations and can thus field about 25k troops and thats not counting Norways starting stack. Sweden can field 12k troops. So blocking most of them from entering Sweden and participating in the war is the best option.
The Baltic is an inland sea so galleys are nearly as effective as heavy ships. More importantly, they are very inexpensive to maintain, so that even if the player chooses to go 3-4x the naval limits, they'll still be paying less maintenance than if they went up to the limits on heavy ships. Use the ledger to determine how many needed to be built: Denmark and Norway's fleet must be matched. As the Baltic is also a very confined sea, don't forget to factor fleets of allies. If a sea battle starts, they are most likely able to support fast.
In the beginning, Sweden's economy is not able to maintain a big army, and Sweden is a vassal of Denmark, so having a large army may not be necessary. Using the money to instead develop the provinces of Sweden could be a good strategy for the player.
Just because Sweden is under Denmark's heel doesn't mean that she can't make friends on the sly. Primary goal is finding allies for independence war. While the big European nations are either fighting their own wars (like the 100-year war between France and England) or just too far away to actually be willing to help (Austria or Spain) or even worse are most likely to ally with Denmark (Poland and/or Lithuania), Denmark has many enemies in the local area: Mecklenburg and Pomerania are good choices. Don't bother with Eastern Factions like Novgorod - they will be in fights themselves sooner than later. Novgorod can however be used as help, if Muscovy allies with Denmark. Then one can sacrifice Novgorod to force Muscovy out of the fight. The Teutonic Order are a possibility too, but are most likely in a fight against Poland or Brandenburg and can't help.
Conducting the War[edit]
Before actually declaring independence look up some diplomatic facts: Are supporters going to join the war? Who will join Denmark? - Are Novgorod and The Teutonic Order rivals of Poland/Lithuania ? If so, they won't be granting them access to their lands and they won't be able to help Denmark at all.
The most important thing to gain is naval superiority. Just move the Swedish fleet into Öresund area and block the Danish forces from entering Swedish territory and/or move them to block the Danish forces on Gotland. Start dealing with the inferior Norwegian forces and utterly destroy them. The allies may take care of or at least occupy the Danish army. After the initial army of Norway is destroyed and the Norway forts sieged, start sieging the three Danish provinces (Halland, Skåne and Blekinge). With the sieges done, Denmark should already be willing to give Sweden independence.
The only danger to Swedish independence is a friendly relationship between a possible Danish ally in the east and Novgorod. Because this is opening the "long route" by going around the Baltic Sea to Sweden through military access agreements. Fighting the Lithuanian and to smaller degree Polish army with its far superior numbers is no easy feat at all. In this unlucky situation fights must be carefully picked. Use parts of the navy to block the strait of Åland and force any approaching army to take the longer and during winter attritious northern route. If sieges are started in the Finnish provinces, good for Sweden: The provinces in eastern Finland aren't worth much score, whereas the provinces in Denmark are. Still it is a race against the clock to get enough warscore to get independence, if the enemy forces are too strong to overcome.
Regardless, the most important outcome has been accomplished; the Kalmar Union is broken, and Sweden is free to do what she will.
Ruling the Baltic Sea[edit]
If dominance over the Baltic Sea is desired, then one of the biggest obstacles that Sweden will have to overcome is Muscovy / Russia. The other being Poland / Commonwealth.
Eastern front[edit]
If independence was achieved before Novgorod was completely absorbed, then the player can and should take the opportunity to attack the weaker Novgorod for key provinces before they have to contend with the much stronger Muscovy for the same provinces. Neva and Ingermanland are the top priority, since possessing them will deny Russia access to the Baltic. This is important because of a quirk in the rules: Russia is in the eastern tech group, and if they are denied their 'Window to the West', the only western group nation they border is Sweden. It might be possible vassalize the remains of Novgorod and therefore blocking them entirely out of any western European neighbour for the moment. If they get access to the Baltic, Russia can send out navies to take single territories on the southern Baltic coast and start expanding round Poland and Lithuania - this must be avoided at all costs.
Next are other valuable provinces like Pskov and Novgorod. Karelia, Kola and Kexholm are a much lower priority, since their strategic and economic value is limited. The Livonian Order is also a promising target. Don't get any of the Teutonic Order provinces (especially Danzig!) if not willing to go to war with Poland. Poland desire them badly and will even break an alliance for them without hesitation.
Russia is a beast. She has hordes of soldiers. She will come back for quite some time. Therefore, you should use every trick in the book to keep her down. Force her to give up control of nations (Novgorod, Pskov). Also make sure to keep your allies happy - mainly Poland and Lithuania. If you can, try to grab Estonia/Latvia area (Livonian Order usually). Land wars in Asia are never a good idea.
After that, Russia will still become a challenge because of the massive force limits they get by expanding east, but they will not have the tech to be an insurmountable problem.
Take territory from Norway and Denmark too, but at a slow pace - always be aware of aggressive expansion. Norway is mostly a mirror of Russia: take Jämtland to even out the borders, but other than that, the only territories worth having are Akershus and Bergenshus (because of the trade power bonus). Taking the islands in the Atlantic might drag you into war with England/Scotland/Great Britain so might not be the best option. So wait to take them until Sweden wants to conquer British islands.
Mainland Europe[edit]
Keep out of the HRE, it simply is not worth the effort, as long as you do not feel up to defeating Austria. Even holding territory that is part of the HRE is troublesome eventually as Austria starts to consolidate its power. With any luck though a smaller power - like Bohemia gets elected. Use those moments and get more coastal provinces in the Baltic area and if possible the high value provinces like Hamburg, Lübeck and Bremen.
Idea wise the player is free to take up whatever fits their playstyle. Religious or diplomatic ideas though are not recommended to start with, because the player needs neither the additional diplomats nor missionaries early on. Innovative Idea group is a solid start, followed by militaristic ideas to your preference.
Further expansion[edit]
Sweden historically went protestant so there is an achievement for Sweden to lead the protestant league to victory. Other options is to go colonizing in North America or conquer the British island as the viking did once. The opportunities are endless, set your own goal or maybe take over the world. With Swedens good militaristic ideas and secure homeland with the control of the Baltic sea anything is possible.
October 24th, 1648 start[edit]
The devastating Thirty Years' War (1618-48) is finally over. Sweden has emerged as the dominant power in northern Europe with tremendous potential for expansion. Historically, Sweden never realized it's full potential, having turned in a mediocre performance by EU standards until it's demise as a major power following the Great Northern War (1700-21). In this "scenario" the player's objective is to reverse the course of history by staving off disaster, and instead expanding Sweden's power and influence for posterity. However, despite Sweden's strong starting position and excellent military ideas and bonuses, success in this scenario CAN be difficult even for the experienced player.
In 1648 Sweden has two underdeveloped colonies in North America in present-day New Jersey and Delaware (New Sweden). Unless the player wants to pursue a North American colonial empire, which is not recommended, it is strongly suggested that you sell them immediately. Due to your political position in Europe that demands your full attention and resources, you will be unable to adequately defend them against the English and or Dutch who each possess larger and stronger navies. The Netherlands will usually offer you the best deal as opposed to also adjacent England or France. If you choose to keep and develop them, then prepare for wars with England, the Netherlands and the many Native American powers in the area. In the end, it simply is not worth your time, resources and effort unless you have colonial imperial aspirations.
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