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Mistake #2: Sticking to your typical warmup.
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1 cup toasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
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North Dallas Equestrian This barn did not give me the service they promised and refuses to refund my money. McKinney Texas
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The day I brought him into the barn and got him off the trailer, I was told he would be in quarantine for 2 weeks. I could see quarantine for a couple of days, but not 2 weeks. He was completely isolated, in a bare paddock with no shade and no grass. He was given minimum hay. This paddock was also attached to a metal barn where he was kept on some nights. The stalls in this barn were 10x10 which I thought too small for my horse which is why I chose the barn with the 12x12 stalls.
He was forgotten (by the owners own admission) in the 10x10 stall in a low ceilinged barn that was made of metal (hot) for 5 to 6 hours and when I got out there he was swetting profusely. After the two weeks quarantine in hell, he was let out to the pasture with a few other horses. He got to be out in the pasture a few days and then it started raining. He was kept in the barn (12x12 stall) for 1 week when I left the barn. He had been sleeping in his own urine due to the fact that there were hardly any shavings. His blanket reeked. My horse was angry and not taken care of. Shadow has never had any problem in any barn we have been in, but he kicked a hole in the door he was so mad. One of the things this owner said he did purposefully was to never feed at the same time. My poor horse was almost sick when we left that barn.
I was told I would get $200 back since he was in the 10x10 stall for 2 weeks. I have yet to receive anything. I hope no one goes to this barn because it is not a good place for your horse and they do not do what they say they are going to do.
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AUTHOR: Derek - (USA)
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All new horses are quarantined for the safety of existing clients, and agreed funding has been returned. We both wish each other the best, and this is the only negative reference on any site and would like to have it removed given our good name, and our affiliation with the BBB.
New processes were put in place (this is over 3 years old) to ensure there is clarity with new clients on the requirement to quarantine.
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I have been reimbursed the $200 that the owner and I agreed was only fair. I was angry when I originally wrote this account.
Shadow has been very happy in his new barn for the past 5 months and I have been very happy with his treatment.
The owner of North Dallas Equestrian has written me an email demanding I take this off this sight. I probably would if I could figure out how to do it just because I don't like conflict. I do still feel that $1100 for 3 weeks of less than expected service isn't a good deal. If he had only told me that Shadow would have been in that paddock with no shade and no grass for more than 2 days, I would have gone somewhere else. I would not submit my horse to that kind of treatment, but that is just me.
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The Economics of Celebratory Dinners
I make my own lunch and avoid $4 lattes, patting myself on the back for my frugality. On the other hand, my iMac is on the fritz and I wouldn't have many qualms about ordering a $1,000 replacement. (My finger itches as I hover over possibilities online.) Maybe I'd even spend $1,300. Should I spend more? You can't plan on a broken computer, right, and it would hardly make sense to nickel-and-dime during a tech emergency.
Ah, but how unpredictable is it that a five-year-old computer is running out of steam? And why do I feel tightly constrained by a budget when I go out to lunch but not when pondering this exponentially larger expense?
A new study suggests that I am a victim of a very common mental-accounting error involving "exceptional expenses"—which aren't, crucially, as exceptional as we want to think. Abigail B. Sussman, a doctoral candidate at Princeton, and Adam L. Alter, an assistant professor of marketing at New York University's business school, conducted several experiments to explore how people think about "unusual and infrequent" expenditures.
First, nearly 300 students were asked to estimate how much they'd spend over the next week on "items outside the ordinary course of events," such as replacing a broken TV or going out for a celebratory dinner, and also run-of-the-mill expenses, such as the cable bill or a weeknight dinner. Queried a week later, the students had nailed their ordinary expenses to within a couple of dollars, but underestimated their "unusual" ones by about 40%.* (These being undergraduates, the figures involved were quite small: They spent $70 that week on out-of-the-ordinary items.)
One problem, the researchers showed, is that people automatically place ordinary items into a mental budget category but treat every exceptional expense as a one-of-a-kind, one-time thing. (One piece of evidence for this: When a different group of students said how much they'd pay for a bottle of champagne, an apple at an orchard, and other special-occasion items, they gave figures that were 20% higher when they saw the items one at a time rather than when they were presented with them all at once. But with ordinary items — a bottle of wine, an apple at a supermarket — they gave the same price in either case. The mental-accounting in that case was instinctual, and rational.
The tendency can be partly corrected: Another group of students was asked which of several watches they'd buy for a friend's birthday; they ranged in price from $15 to $75,. When students were first asked to think about how many birthday presents they buy annually for friends, they chose significantly less-expensive watches.
Source: "The Exception is the Rule: Underestimating and Overspending on Exceptional Expenses," Abigail B. Sussman and Adam L. Alter, Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming)
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Director: Hong Sang-soo ('Ha Ha Ha', 'Oki's Movie')
Genre: Drama, Romance, Indie
Runtime: 108 mins
Cast: Baek Jong-hak ('The Day He Arrives'), Oh Yoon-hong ('The Yellow Sea'), Kim Yoo-seok ('The Isle')
On the rebound from a love affair with Sang-kwon, Ji-sook joins two girlfriends on a trip to Kangwon Province. Sang-kwon seems to have moved on from his one true love, and decides to take a trip to ... Kangwon Province. As the ex-lovers meet, drunken spats and joyous flirtations proceed in true Hong Sang-soo style.
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Padres CEO Sandy Alderson was more than a casual observer of the Japanese transactions. In his seven years working in the commissioner's office, Alderson was involved in conceiving the system whereby the rights to Japanese players are auctioned off to American clubs.
"On its face it doesn't appear that the system is working very well, since the posting system was originally designed to give all clubs equal access to Japanese players being made available by Japanese clubs," Alderson said shortly after Boston won the rights to Matsuzaka. "At these prices, what we're left with is apparent access that's limited to those major league clubs that can afford these large upfront fees. I don't know whether the system is broken or needs to be reviewed."
Alderson was referring to the bids for Igawa and Matsuzaka. Considered a No. 4 starter by U.S. scouts, Igawa attracted a bid of $26,000,194 from the Yankees, who are still negotiating terms for the left-hander. The Red Sox bid $51.1 million for the rights to Matsuzaka, whom the Padres and other clubs considered a No. 1 starter.
Bids must be paid in full shortly after a club reaches terms with the player, which adds to the expense, Alderson said.
"Clubs that are looking at payroll are looking at, for the most part, cash requirements," he said. "So if you add $51 million – let's say the Red Sox have a payroll of $130 million; in reality that payroll in cash will cost them closer to $180 million, and most clubs don't have that kind of cash available is my guess."
Sending big money to Japan, however, gives the Yankees and Red Sox a tax break because the bids aren't counted against the luxury tax on payrolls. Color Alderson less than surprised.
"The way clubs have been flailing around for free agents (this offseason), it's not surprising this frenzy has extended to Japanese players," he said. "Certainly supply and demand is working. These numbers, though, raise the question of whether individual teams ought to be approaching the Japanese market from an entirely different perspective, and that is going out to sign Japanese players before they become professional.
"I'm not suggesting the Japanese teams are at fault. They are not. What I'm suggesting is that if the value of these players on posting is that high, it might make sense to recruit players before they become professionals. I wouldn't say we're considering it at this point, but it seems to me that it's a plausible response for what's going on. It's a worldwide market for players."
Recent developments in Japan underscore how cheaply the Padres secured Japanese reliever Akinori Otsuka three years ago. Believed to be the only bidder for Otsuka, San Diego got his rights for $300,000 and promptly signed the right-hander to a two-year guarantee for about $1.6 million, plus a club option.
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Steve's family is great at sharing information through email. If someone comes across something (an article, story, video, etc...) they find interesting they take the time to share it.
Last week my brother-in-law sent me an email with the subject: Mental Health Benefits of your blog.
He came across a quote in the book, "Myths of Happiness" written by one of the advisory board members of his company Hapacus, Sonja Lyubomirsky. In relationship to the stress of parenting, he shared this quote: "Emotionally expressive writing has clear hedonic, physical, and cognitive benefits--benefits that are likely to mitigate the unrelenting stress of parenting, the anguish of family traumas, and of balancing our own needs and obligations with those of our partners, children, and career."
I've always enjoyed writing - but I wasn't aware of the benefits it may bring to me personally, such as a relieving stress. So if this is the case - there may be more expressive writing in my future. Like now.
I know I'm not alone in this - but toddlers that can't communicate drive me crazy. They scream for milk. They do the same for their blanket. There's no difference when their brother has taken their toy. A high pitched scream, as if their fingers are lodged in the door. This is the story of our life right now. This guy is giving us all a run for our money. (Prepping for a scream) The funny thing is, he knows how to say words. But no matter how many times we repeat the word and he repeats the word, when push comes to shove, he never uses the word, he screams. I will be in the other room and hear it. My first assumption is that Hunter has pinned him to the floor. When I enter the room and see Hunter outside I realize Bennett is screaming uncontrollably for a vitamin. Seriously...that much noise for a vitamin. My skin crawls hearing that sound.
I'm doing my best to ignore him and not give in, but I'm becoming soft in my years of experience as a parent because I have been caught saying, "Just give him whatever he wants to make him stop screaming." Yes, I realize that is a really bad approach. And I'm now back peddling quickly. But sometimes at 4:30 in the afternoon when I'm trying my hardest to maintain my inner peace as I make dinner I will do anything to make the annoying sound go away.
I'm doing better with it. He's learned the directions, "Go to your room" which is where he ends up when the screaming doesn't let up. I've been thinking for months now that we've got to be close to the end of this stage and then someone offered a horrifying reality. "Even when he learns to talk, he still might be a screamer, some kids are." Just the thought of that increases my anxiety. We're thinking positively around here. It's just a stage. A stage that he might spend a good amount of time screaming in his room; which is far enough away from the kitchen that I can't hear it!
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Expressive writing...
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We are in the same boat! I feel for you! My two littlest girls both scream for just about anything. Words are helping...but not completely. I agree with your thought about it being a stage...sometimes I think it's MY stage that I need to get through and not so much them. Sometimes I realize I'm the one who is so greatly lacking in patience or whatever in the moment. Hang in there! And keep writing. I love it!ReplyDelete
one week spent with Tayvion...our constant 8 month screamer...has turned Lila into a screamer. The two screaming almost 2 year olds we had benefited from signing...good luck!ReplyDelete
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State lawmakers, struggling to erase a $27 billion budget shortfall two years ago without raising new revenue, slashed money throughout governmnet — including to volunteer fire departments.
The Legislature cut its annual grants to such fire departments from $25 million to $7 million, leaving many of the 1,400 small communities scrambling.
Asked if those cuts should be restored, following the fertilizer plant explosion in West that was fought by a volunteer fire department, Gov. Rick Perry said budget decisions are made by the Legislature.
He also faced similar questions in November 2011 when volunteer firefighters were overwhelmed by wildfires in Bastrop County.
"Generally speaking, not everyone's always happy with their funding levels. I've been doing this for about 28 years and I've never seen the Legislature get it perfect, but they generally get it right," he said.
Perry was key in the insistence two years ago that the state budget be balanced by cutting. He also was very protective – as he is now – of the Rainy Day Fund, insisting that billions remain in the fund for emergencies and to boost the state's bond rating.
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By Ryan Tracy and Jared A. Favole
The Occupy DC encampment two blocks from the White House will remain occupied, at least for now.
Federal authorities said Tuesday they have no plans to remove protesters aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Officials from the National Park Service, the agency in charge of McPherson Square Park where the protesters are camping, met with activists to discuss discussing expectations for health and safety and decided against eviction.
"I believe there's been pretty good compliance," Sgt. David Schlosser of the U.S. Park Police said afterwards.
That stands in stark contrast to New York City, where hundreds of riot-clad city police officers early Tuesday moved to clear Zuccotti Park of protesters and their tents. Similar crackdowns were under way in Oakland, Calif., and Portland, Ore.
Since the federal government administers parks in the nation's capital, the Obama administration has authority over the protests here. White House spokesman Jay Carney didn't address the Washington protests directly Tuesday, but he said that President Barack Obama was aware of raids elsewhere and that the president believes each city should make its own decision about how to handle the protests.
"We would hope and want as these decisions are made that a balance is sought between a long tradition of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in this country…and also the very important need to maintain law and order and health and safety standards," Mr. Carney said.
Joe Gray, a 23-year-old protester who has been living at the McPherson Square encampment since October, said efforts to shut down the protests wouldn't work. "The more they poke the bear, the angrier it gets," he said.
Mr. Gray quit a job restoring fire-damaged homes earlier this year and is looking for work. For now, he plans to camp out at the square through the winter. "I'm actually kind of excited for the cold weather," he joked. "It's going to send the fair-weather occupiers home."


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In Colosseum each player is a Roman impresario -- producing great spectacles in his or her arena in the hopes of attracting the most spectators. Players earn wealth and glory for each event run, using it to create ever more ambitious events. They will need to improve their arena, find the best performers, lure the Emperor and his nobles, and manage assets for long-term success to be granted the title of Grand Impresario.
Product Awards
Best Family Strategy Game Nominee, 2008
Best Game Artwork Nominee, 2007
Best Strategy Game Nominee, 2007
10th place, 2007
Product Information
Wolfgang Kramer, Markus Lubke
Asmodee North America, Days of Wonder
Year: 2007
Players: 3 - 5
Time: 60 - 90 minutes
Ages: 10 and up
Weight: 2,500 grams
- 1 game board
- 5 arenas
- 10 arena expansions
- 6 pawns
- 5 Emperor's loges
- 10 Season Tickets
- 2 Roman dice
- 90 Roman coins
- 30 Event programs
- 152 Event asset tokens
- 7 Star Performer Awards
- 18 Emperor Medals
- 6 Event Summary sheets
- 1 Storage bag
- Rules booklet
Product Reviews
Average Rating: 4 in 4 reviews
Initial reports of Colosseum (Days of Wonder, 2007 – Wolfgang Kramer and Markus Lubke) were not as thrilling as other Days of Wonder games, and I began to wonder if this might not be the first game from that company in recent years that wasn't great. There were rumblings of comparing it to Princes of Florence, another Kramer game that has garnered some rather high ratings (although I find it merely "good"). Still, the theme was one that intrigued me – of producing shows in ancient Rome, and I was sure production values would be high.
Once again, I really don't understand early criticisms of the game (I should stop reading early previews!). Not only was Colosseum better than I had heard, but it has quickly become one of my favorite games in a long while, causing me to bring it to the table again and again. There is a smattering of luck throughout the game, but everything ties nicely with the theme; and I found that while Colosseum seems light, there is an undercurrent of real strategy. This medium weight game is, in a word, delightful; and I can see it being played many years from now.
Some comments on the game…
- Components: After Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, I
really didn't think Days of Wonder could increase their quality, and
Colosseum indeed isn't full of the plasticky goodness of that game.
Still, there are a TON of cardboard counters in the game, all of which
are beautifully illustrated. The board and box are also extremely
nicely designed; and as the game board is built up with the different
arenas, it really has a tremendous, thematic feel. The resin pawns in
particular are pretty nifty – the emperor pawn is the neatest piece in
the game. I did have a few small minor problems with the components.
The coins were in various denominations, colors, and sizes but were
only marked on one side, resulting in occasional confusion. Also, the
box is a different quality than previous Days of Wonder games and was
fairly difficult to open. Finally, while I think it's cool and
thematic to have Roman numerals on the dice, I soon realized that many
people are fairly bad at recognizing them and was constantly reminding
people the difference between a "IV" and a "VI". Still, minor
nitpicks in a tremendously produced game.
- Phase 1: In phase one, a player has a choice to invest in their
arena via four methods.
- Expand their arena (costs ten coins, can be done twice). This is useful because larger programs demand a larger arena to be put on, and because it offers more spaces for visiting dignitaries to land on.
- Purchase season tickets (costs ten coins). This adds five spectators to all shows.
- Constructing the Emperor's Loge. (five coins) This allows a player to roll two dice when moving the dignitaries.
- Buy a new Event Program. (price ranges on program picked) This allows a player to buy a new program for future events with the better programs having a higher cost.
- Phase 2: In phase two, players will bid on markets in the middle
of the table. Each market has three tokens placed it in, which are
usually tokens that match the twelve different types needed for the
various programs. Occasionally, markets will have "wild" tokens or
tokens that award medals or double builds, making them especially
valuable. Players, in turn order, open up bidding on one market
(minimum bid of "8"), and each player may win only one auction per
round. Players start with a certain amount of tokens (based on the
players in the game), and this, combined with the auctions, helps
determine a players' strategies. Folks who like fierce bidding should
beware that the bidding is usually rather mild, because often players
will want different sets of tiles, and there's enough to go around.
The market fills up quickly, and it makes the game slightly kinder in
this regard. I'd like to make a side note that I really enjoy how the
types of tokens (gladiators, ships, musicians, comedians, priests,
horses, lions, chariots, cages, torches, scenery, and decoration) make
perfect sense with the theme. While I'm sure the game was balanced
around how many of each token is available, it's nice to see that the
programs seem to match the tokens they require (for example the
"Cavalry of Spartacus" program needs three gladiators and three horses).
- Phase 3: In phase three, players can trade tokens and/or money
with one another. Initially I thought that this was a fairly
easygoing task, as players normally will not need or want the same
resources. However, as players get more experienced at the game, this
trading gets fiercer and more competitive. Players are knowledgeable
enough to look ahead to the future and will trade aggressively with
this in mind. Also, there are seven "star performers" that provide
bonuses to those who have the most tokens of some types; and a player
doesn't want to give these stars up too easily, even if they don't
need the tokens. Finally, some of the tokens are rarer than the rest
(for example, there are only ten cages, but twenty gladiators), again
making competition fairly fierce.
- Phase 4: In this phase, players roll a die and move one of six
nobles around the track on the board. Moving these nobles (one
emperor, two consuls, and three senators) is useful for a few reasons:
- Move them into a space in your arena.
- Move them out of a space in another player's arena.
- Move them onto a "resting spot" space, which immediately awards the moving player a medal.
- Production: At the end of each turn, players will want to produce
one of their events. There are thirty events in the game, and each
player starts with two small events, although they can purchase much
larger ones later on. Each event has a required number of resource
tokens to put it on, although a player can produce them with fewer
tokens for fewer points. When a player produces a show, they add together
- the spectators that the event gives (more resources, more spectators – ranging from three to fifty)
- 4 spectators for any star performers they have that match a resource used in the event
- spectators for each senator (3), consul (5) or emperor (8) in their arena
- 5 spectators for each season ticket they have
- 3 spectators for each podium they have (this is awarded to the highest scoring player each of the first four turns)
- 3 spectators for each medal they discard
- 5 spectators for each previous smaller even they have already done
- Phase Five: In phase five, the player who has the highest score
in the game receives a podium (worth three spectators) for their
arena. Each player must then discard one token that they used in
their event (attrition), and then the player who is in last position
on the scoring track may take a token of their choice (one of the
basic twelve) from the player that scores the highest. This presents
players with an interesting choice on some turns. Should a player go
all out and produce the best show that they can, hoping to win the
podium and get a little more money; but knowing that they may lose one
of their valuable resources to another player? I've had to make that
choice in a few games that I've played, and no matter which way I've
picked, I've always second guessed myself and wondered if the other
option was better.
- Five rounds: The game only has five rounds, which really puts a
pressure on players as they must build and do as much as they can so
that they can really put on a stunning show in the last round. While
the starting tiles a player gets may determine their initial strategy,
a player can utilize trading and auctioning to get pretty much
whatever they need by the end. In this way, I think that the game is
better played twice, as players have a much better knowledge about
what to expect at the end. It is very critical that the entire game
is about the final show you put on, and players must constantly be
looking ahead. This is one of my favorite aspects of the game.
- Theme: There are some that may be put off by the box cover, which
immediately makes you think about the tremendous fights and action
sequences Hollywood has associated with the games in the Colosseum.
So it is understandable that some may be a bit depressed by the fact
that the game is all about putting on productions. But I found it a
neat change of pace and was certainly glad to play a game with a
refreshing theme that fit the mechanics well.
- Medals: Players get medals through some auctions, and by landing
notables on the "resting places". Medals can be used for three
spectators in an event, exchanged for six coins, or can be used to
move a notable up to three spaces in EITHER direction. Even more
importantly, two medals can be discarded to allow a player to purchase
two things in Phase one. This makes medals invaluable, and players
must take care not to discard them willy-nilly in the early phases of
the game.
- Fun Factor: The game builds and builds to a very climatic
showdown with everyone putting on their best performance in turn five.
This is a game that grows in excitement, and although the bidding and
trading phases may be mild (this will most likely depend on your
gaming group), they are interesting enough to make the game more than
simply luck of the draw or roll. Yes, there are roll-and-move
mechanics, as the Nobles move around the track. Players must deal
with the programs and tiles they are initially dealt. But I have felt
(especially with experienced players) that the player who makes the
sharpest decisions wins the game, and it's often close enough to be a
nail biter at the end.
I highly recommend Colosseum; it's a beautifully produced game that has some real strategy behind it. I would call it a medium-weight game, and it's certainly easy to teach and learn; but I cannot fathom why some would call it too lucky. The comparisons to Princes of Florence are perhaps somewhat valid, but that game is dry and dusty, while perhaps nicely designed. Colosseum, on the other hand, is a game that invokes the theme of the Roman era and gives players a lot of fun, easy choices in a game that lasts about ninety minutes. Easily one of the best games of the year!
Tom Vasel
"Real men play board games"
This review comes after playing my first game and doing so with a group of relatively beginner level gamers.
Introduction of the game to players:
This is possibly the best game I can think of for being able to explain the game to newer players. The player's summary sheet covers most everything and introducing the parts of the game will cover most everything to get started. In other words, there's not a whole lot of 'we'll explain it when we get to it' going on.
Breaking Paradigms and Pre-conceived notions:
This was quite the paradigm breaker for myself and my group. We are all so anxious, based on our experience, to get started building, buying and moving that we all missed the forest for the trees!
So let me take a step back and explain for the rest of you who may jump in too quick too. The game is only five turns long. You win by producing the single largest event during the game. So, there are two key points:
- In general, your largest event will be your last of the game,
the fifth one you will be able to produce. (each turn you are
generally able to purchase and produce larger events).
What this meant to us who rush in too quickly is that everything
you do in the first four turns is done in a way to let you maximize
the value of your final event. In other words, put aside the
tought of trying to have the biggest event each round to start
with, or buying things just for the sake of buying them because
they will 'help you now' - In this game, you want to help yourself
for LATER.
- Realize that, in it's basic form, having only 5 turns means that
you can only purchase five items during the game.
Keeping our eyes focused on the final goal, there are two things
you need to do to produce a superior final event - First, you need
to expand your arena to full size - and that's two purchases.
Second, you need to produce an event every turn, and they need
to be able to get increasingly bigger to earn you enough money
to afford that final large event. That means, very possibly, that
you will have purchased two medium sized events
That's 2 expansions, and three event purchases. That means you just used all five turns just to purchase your basic needs.
This translated into learning that the addional action tokens are VERY valuable and that I now know how wrong I was when I first wondered why anyone would want to spend two emperor medals to buy an extra item!
Final Comments:
This is a very good game, and I now know that every action counts heavily and with only 5 turns the tension is just right. And interestingly enough, when we looked up at the clock, we found we had played for longer than we had thought because the game flowed so nicely.
Just remember to step back and keep an eye on that last event!
Had the opportunity to finally play Colosseum this weekend. That's one of the drawbacks to a game that has a 3 player minimum. The other factor in a 3-player min game is they usually take over 2 hours to play. If you can overcome these barriers (finding enough players/having enough time etc.) then you should enjoy Colosseum. Gameplay is relatively simple to learn, but as the headline says....the setup's a pain the butt. There are so many little die-cut counters of all sizes and shapes. The money is kind of neat, but the 1's and 2's are nearly indistinguishable from one side. I Played my friends Kevin and Chris, and Chris won, found the best strategies right off. Which is unusual for Chris as he usually looses, but this weekend I think he won every game we played except one?
Anyway, after the set-up the game moves pretty fast, and is finite, which is a feature I like in many games. Carcassonne for example, is finite game, even if you have 500 sets of tiles to play with, the game will end at prescribed moment. Games like Axis & Allies, although fun, can either be endless, or end too quickly. This game has 5 rounds, and a limited amount of times you "improve" your hippodrome, and by your ability to produce popular shows. The game essentially plays out like Ticket To Ride (T2R), and it's offspring. You are given 2 SHOW tickets, which seem like destination tickets in T2R. In order to produce the play you have to possess the minimum required assets shown on the card. Assets are things like, lions, gladiators, orators, horses, and scenery. These can be replenished in the bidding phase of the game which comes prior to the show production phase. Once you produce a play, it earns you points, translated into gold coins, and prestige if you have a senator, consul or the emperor visit your theater during a show. The senate is moved by each player on their turns, and they can even move them OUT of your theater, so be careful about that. I know this SOUNDS complicated, but it's really very easy to play once you try. We did a trial run of 1 round as an open handed round to work out the phases, but after that we started a new one from square one. I suggest the same approach for you if you intend to buy this game. If you've played ANY of the T2R Series then you have the upper hand. Honestly in retrospect this game has it mechanics from Alan R. Moon, but is from designer Wolfgang Kramer, who authored Torres and Tikal. With clever use of the neat wooden dice (provided), you can move just the right amount to get 2 of the senate into your hippodrome. But it all doesn't matter in the end, if it's not making you money. Chris won with just his starting hippodrome (2 tiles) and hoarding money buy purchasing a season ticket counter every turn. So in this sense the game seems unbalanced, even if you're able to produce a play every turn, like I did, you can still be beat out by someone with lots of +5 season tickets. Still though we all agreed at the end to play it again, we almost played it once more right then, but decided on something else instead. So the bare facts, it's a pain to set-up and put-up, but it's a lot of fun to play, and there is some strategy there too, plus....if you like any of the T2R Series, then you'll definitely love this. I give it 4-stars for the unbalanced scoring as I perceive it, and for the obvious T2R mechanics.
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For one side the return Ashes series in Australia was a glorious story of redemption and recovery; for another it was a dismal and disastrous capitulation.
There is no polite way of saying it: England were utterly pathetic. The 5-0 whitewash was a total humiliation for Alastair Cook's men, it cannot be understated.
So without delaying it any longer, here are the series ratings for the 2013/14 Ashes series Down Under.
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Alastair Cook - Just 246 runs in the entire series for the usually prolific and composed Cook tells its own story: he just could not find any form with the bat. Tormented by the Australia quicks, he was uninspiring, unimaginative and unconvincing as captain.
Batting average - 24.60
Rating - 4/10
Michael Carberry - The Hampshire batsman was presented with a golden opportunity to establish himself in Test cricket but he blew it pretty badly. England needed much more than one half-century from their opening batsman and it could well cost him his place.
Batting average - 28.10
Rating - 4/10
Joe Root - Perhaps harshly made the fall guy in the final Test at Sydney, Root never got to grips with facing the Australia quicks, even from down the order. His 87 was a rare demonstration of patience and application from an England batsman, but he did not do enough to help his team over the course of the series.
Batting average - 27.42
Rating - 4/10
Kevin Pietersen - Outscored and overshadowed by a young Test newcomer who played a game less, Pietersen did not deliver for England in this series. The best of England's established batsmen, he still fell shamefully short of what was required of him when faced with a challenge he would have been expected to rise to.
Batting average - 29.40
Rating - 4/10
Ian Bell - Given his wonderful form coming into the series, Bell's abject performances were perhaps the most alarming of the whole bunch. Having dominated against the Australia bowlers over the summer, Bell repeatedly gifted away his wicket with little or no resistance. Talked of as a potential captain, he showed very little leadership or influence.
Batting average - 26.11
Rating - 3/10
Ben Stokes - Perhaps the one bright spark for England on an otherwise woeful tour, Stokes showed himself to be a class act with both bat and ball. At the age of just 22, Stokes led the runscoring chart with 279 despite having only played in four Tests and stood out for his courage, determination and resolve. A hugely impressive first series in Test cricket, his century at Perth was the only one mustered by an England player and 15 wickets were very valuable.
Batting average - 34.87 / Bowling average - 32.80
Rating - 8/10
Gary Ballance - Thrown in at the deep end for the final Test of the series in Sydney, Ballance showed signs of the quality he has and a combative, fearless streak that could serve him very well in the future. At 24 he was given a torrid task, but he did enough to show Flower that he has a lot to offer going forward.
Batting average - 12.50
Rating - 4/10
Matt Prior - This could very well be the end for Prior after a hapless showing with both the bat and gloves left Flower and Cook with no choice but to drop him after the third Test in Perth. With Bairstow and Jos Buttler offering more promising options going forward, this could be it for the aggressive wicketkeeper/batsman.
Batting average - 17.83
Rating - 3/10
Jonny Bairstow - It would be easy to give Bairstow a lower rating based on his obvious lack of runs, but for such an inexperienced wicketkeeper he did a sterling job behind the stumps in what was a very, very tough ask to come into a losing side for the final two Tests of a shambolic series. He still has a lot of potential and can develop into the role if given time.
Batting average - 12.25
Rating - 4/10
Tim Bresnan - Inevitably held up as the man to come in and make things better for England in the third and fourth Tests, Bresnan failed as badly as everyone else from the tourists. Down on pace and confidence, his bowling was pretty innocuous and he produced nothing with the bat.
Bowling average - 8.50 / Batting average - 41.20
Rating - 4/10
Graeme Swann - It was an utterly abject showing from England's top spinner, both with the ball and the bat. Seven wickets at 80 was a dismal return for a bowler of his calibre and jumping ship midway through the series left England in a horrible position to see out a humiliating tour with pressure unfairly heaped on young players as a direct result.
Bowling average - 80.00 / Batting average - 7.20
Rating - 2/10
Stuart Broad - Undoubtedly England's best bowler through the series and perhaps the one senior player who rose to the challenge presented by the hosts. 21 wickets in the series at 27.52 represented a very respectable return for the paceman as he delivered when most of his team-mates did not even turn up. Responded to the inevitable abuse in the perfect way.
Bowling average - 27.52 / Batting average - 19.37
Rating - 7/10
Jimmy Anderson - England's best bowler endured a hugely frustrating series with 14 wickets at 43 as he made little impact at any stage of the tour. Outbowled by the 22-year-old Stokes despite having played a game more, it was a chastening series for England's top paceman and attack leader.
Bowling average - 43.92
Rating - 5/10
Monty Panesar - It is hard not to feel sorry for Panesar given the lack of trust placed in him by Cook, leaving him down at fine leg for days on end while even the part-time spin of Root was often preferred to his slow left-arm. This is likely the end for Panesar after he was dropped in favour of Scott Borthwick for the final Test at the SCG.
Bowling average - 85.66
Rating - 3/10
Chris Tremlett - Only afforded one Test match in the entire series, Tremlett bowled well down on pace and offered very little to the bowling attack. Still, with four wickets at an average of 30, he was largely better than what was to come for England and was perhaps harshly dropped after the series opener.
Bowling average - 30.00
Rating - 5/10
Scott Borthwick - It really was the classic mixed bag from a very young and inexperienced leg spinner. Some truly terrible deliveries were hammered for boundaries in almost embarrassing fashion, but four wickets at 20.50 represent - at least on paper - a reasonable eturn for Borthwick in what was surely one of the more difficult Test debuts to make with the series already gone.
Bowling average - 20.50
Rating - 5/10
Boyd Rankin - The Irishman is very likely to go down as an England one-Test wonder after a pretty listless showing with the ball in the final match of the series. Hampered by cramp in two of his spells, he struggled to make any impact as Australia's batsmen played him comfortably. England were reluctant to play him all series.
Bowling average - 81.00
Rating - 3/10
Jonathan Trott - It would not be at all fair to rate Trott's efforts in the series after the England number three left the tour following the opening Test in Brisbane, having suffered with a stress-related illness.
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As you probably know already from reading this blog I'm not big into grappling, especially in the context of self defence. Or I should clarify that statement: I'm not big into submission grappling and the overly technical BJJ type stuff. There is no place for submission holds in self defence, in my opinion, not unless you are working security. In terms of restraint, in my view, the best restraint is unconsciousness. Unless you intend to break limbs, you shouldn't be using submission holds.
This is not to say that certain aspects of grappling are not needed or are not useful for real street encounters. You still need some grappling skills for when things go wrong, which they inevitably do. The key is context. Grappling should just be a part of an overall system; it should not be the complete system.
I'm happy to say that the author of this book takes the same view. She is not advocating that you immediately engage in a grappling contest or take your attacker straight to the ground. What she is presenting in this book are solutions to those problems that you may face when you find yourself on the ground in a fight, like how to defend from the ground, how to gain good positioning and most importantly, how to get back to your feet as soon as possible.
Even though the author, Lori O'Connell is primarily trained in traditional Jujitsu, she does not allow any of the more impractical techniques from that system to make it into this book. The emphasis here is on practicality, not art, and for that she should be applauded.
So on to the books contents. The first thing I noticed about this book was that it doesn't drag on or go into reams of unnecessary detail. The text is clear and concise and the general layout is very easy to follow. This is also helped by the many pictures throughout, which show the author demonstrating the techniques she is describing.
Chapter headings include: Understanding the Ground, Body Shifting and Control, Attacks to Vital Targets, Defending from the Ground Against a Standing Attacker, Defending Against Common Neck Restraints and Defending Against Joint Locks.
The book also covers defending against an armed attacker on the ground (knife) and how to defend against multiple attackers from the ground.
This book is an excellent guide to the grappling techniques that you maybe need on the ground. There are still too many for my liking, as I like to keep things ultra-simple on the ground, but if you need a reference or a guide on what to include in your ground defence, then this book will serve you well.
For added value, you also get a DVD with this book. The DVD features the author demonstrating the techniques she covers in the book itself. It's very helpful and well produced.
Overall, I'd recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Combatives/SD, mainly because it is more practical and has much less bullshit in it than many books of a similar ilk.
You can get When the Fight Goes to the Ground by clicking the link, where you can even look inside before you buy.


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In his Oct. 10 letter ("Who caused this crisis?"), Sam Parente complains about the length and the complexity of the Affordable Care Act. This is a ridiculous complaint.
Most members of Congress are lawyers. Two thousand pages of details and legal minutia are not a big deal for them to read. And if they cannot do that then they have staff they pay who will read it for them.
Mr. Parente also complains about the bill being "rammed" through Congress on a "purely partisan basis." Obama ran on health care. Everyone knew he was going to try to get it done. Everyone knew what the details of the bill would be. There were no surprises in the bill.
Republicans did vote, and they knew what they were voting on. So what if they all voted no? The bill was voted on in accordance with the Constitution and the rules of the House and Senate. The bill passed both chambers. The President then signed the bill into law. The Supreme Court then upheld the constitutionality of the law.
But now Mr. Parente questions the legitimacy of the law because it was too lengthy and complex for Republicans to read and/or because they felt bullied by Democrats. This would be laughable if it were not so infuriating.
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Privately owned financial institution which (1) accepts demand and time deposits, (2) makes loans to individuals and organizations, and (3) provides services such as documentary collections, international banking, trade financing. Since a large proportion of a commercial bank's deposits is payable on demand, it prefers to make short-term loans instead of the long-term ones (which are handled by organizations such development finance companies and home mortgage companies).
Use commercial bank in a sentence
Sometimes if you have tried to get a loan from the major banks and it won't work you can go try a commercial bank.
I wanted to transfer my funds to a commercial bank, because they were more reliable and trustworthy in my mind.
Having a good commercial bank on your side will make it much easier for your business to grow and expand.


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Your team gets the topic -- Flowering Trees. Now yell out names to try and match the target answers. No matter how spectacular or creative your answers, you only get credit if they are on the screen.
In the Platinum Edition, the original Outburst game is sleekly packaged in this all-inclusive version along with some added features. There's double the topics as well as a built-in scorekeeper and timer. Play the traditional 10-answer game or try the 6-answer skill level for something new. Plus, the come-from-behind feature adds suspense to every game.
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Average Rating: 4.8 in 3 reviews
We bought Electronic Outburst about 5 years ago. It was the last one and I've not seen another one since. We take it with us every where we travel, whenever we visit friends and family and bring it out whenever we have company. EVERYBODY LOVES IT!!!!
The categories are thought provoking and the answers can sometimes be off the wall! It really forces you to stretch your brain. When you play with teams the energy and excitement are through the roof!
I wish that I could find another one because we've worn ours out.
The focus of this game is the brainstorming activity of guessing, and exclaiming, the words associated with the topic. The old means of scorekeeping, with the game board, just got in the way of the FUN! The electronic version of this game translates to PURE FUN!!! With as little as two players you WILL have a good time!
This is a fantastic game, and we play it on every major holiday so the entire family can play. I like that there is virtually no limit on players and people can join in as they please.
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, is that I wish there was a new edition with more up-to-date categories and answers.


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The German ocean carrier's shareholders of Friday approved all items on the agenda for the annual meeting, most notably including the approval of new authorized share capital, which will be used toward the merger with UASC.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the nation's agricultural trade surplus is also expected to increase to $19.5 billion for fiscal year 2017, up 40 percent from $13.9 billion for fiscal year 2016.
With 13 of the top 20 container lines reporting combined losses of $2.5 billion in the first half alone, industry losses will likely range from $8 billion to $10 billion for the full year, according to Lars Jensen, CEO of SeaIntelligence Consulting.
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BOJ Refrains From Adding Stimulus, Spurring Stock Decline
The Bank of Japan refrained from expanding monetary stimulus as signs of strength in the domestic economy outweighed the threat from Europe's debt crisis.
The bank expanded its asset-purchase program to 45 trillion yen ($564 billion) from 40 trillion yen, according to a policy statement released in Tokyo today. Seven of 17 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News predicted monetary easing. The loan facility was cut to 25 trillion yen from 30 trillion yen.
Stocks fell after the decision, which followed South Korea's central bank unexpectedly lowering borrowing costs today and China cutting interest rates last week. Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi this morning called for the central bank to do more to boost the world's third-biggest economy and meet a 1 percent inflation goal.
"This is simply a technical move that shouldn't be considered to be monetary easing," said Masaaki Kanno, chief economist at JPMorgan Securities Japan Co. in Tokyo, and a former BOJ official. "Some market participants will be disappointed to see that the BOJ didn't ease policy."
The central bank this month raised its economic evaluation of all regions for the first time in more than two years, citing improvements in consumer spending and rebuilding demand from last year's earthquake.
The yen traded at 79.34 as of 5:52 p.m. in Tokyo. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed 1.5 percent lower, falling for a sixth day.
Underscoring the difficulty in executing its stimulus efforts, the central bank failed on July 10 to attract enough bids in a six-month credit lending operation for the 14th straight time, following a failure of a regular monthly bond-buying operation last week.
The BOJ said it will buy more treasury bills and remove the minimum bidding yield for the securities, moves that may smooth its operations after failures at some auctions.
Japan's central bank kept its benchmark interest rates between zero and 0.1 percent and monthly bond purchases at 1.8 trillion yen, the bank said in the statement today. At a press briefing, Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said that the BOJ won't cut interest rates on commercial lenders' excess reserves because of the potential adverse affect on liquidity.
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"The BOJ cut the amount of the credit-loan program because there were a lot of failures," said Junko Nishioka, chief economist at RBS Securities Japan Ltd. in Tokyo and a former central bank official. "Additional easing will depend on external factors, such as a worsening European crisis or a slowdown in the U.S."
The Bank of England raised its asset-purchase target by 50 billion pounds ($78 billion) on July 5, the day the ECB and PBOC's eased and two weeks after the U.S. Federal Reserve expanded a program lengthening the maturity of bonds it holds.
Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corp., the world's biggest maker of tires, may extend output cuts in the second half as Europe's debt crisis and China's slowdown curb demand, Masaaki Tsuya, chief executive officer, said in an interview on June 21.
The International Monetary Fund will reduce its estimate for global growth this year, Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on July 6, citing weakness in investment, jobs and manufacturing in Europe, the U.S., Brazil, India and China.
Japan's benchmark 10-year bond yields fell to 0.765 percent as of 4:32 p.m., the lowest since 2003. Europe's debt woes have spurred demand for Japanese assets, regarding as a relatively safe haven in times of global turmoil.
The BOJ today kept its inflation outlook at 0.7 percent for the year starting April 2013 after setting a price goal of 1 percent in February. The bank expects 2.2 percent economic growth this fiscal year and 1.7 percent in the following 12 months.


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Computer dropped off for el-repairo
Finally I was able to schedule an appointment with Apple to repair my Macbook Pro. It was making this weird noise when I turned it on, then it would crash. Apparently it's my hard drive that's was making all the noise… it's "scratching all it's information off"… that's how they explained it to me. Translation: I lost ALL my photos, all of the book I had been writing, all my music, everything. Gone. Adios. Sayonara. Bye-bye.
I didn't have a backup hard drive because I'm an idiot. Sooooo…RIP. The only good news is that Apple no longer carries my size hard drive anymore (100 GB) so I get a 120 GB for free, complements of Apple Care Protection Plan. Buying that was the best $100 investment I've ever made!
So anyways… I'm bummed now. I had the ultimate bookmarks/favorites. One night I spent FOREVER searching all the old websites I used to go to and found all my old photos on Webshot, and Photobucket… and I found all my old Xanga blogs. I also had an awesome thing full of people's blogs….
Anyways, I should have my computer back within 3-4 business days so hopefully by next week.


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I have been knitting and designing for over 50 years.
My favourite thing to do is to draft and knit garments that are classic-with a-twist, that will fit, that I will wear proudly, that will be ...
I have been knitting and designing for over 50 years.
My favourite thing to do is to draft and knit garments that are classic-with a-twist, that will fit, that I will wear proudly, that will be admired, and that will inspire others to learn how to knit!
And my next favourite thing to do is pass all I know about how to do this along to you!
My favourite thing to do is take something from my closet (that I did not knit) and re-interpret it in knitting. So, I have a black, pin-stripe, oversized, A-line shirt with a zippered panel in the back. I love it, wear it often, and needed to knit it.
And here it is--with major differences! Instead of a pin-stripe, this is done in lace. Instead of a zipper, this has button loops. And, most importantly, the piece in the back is not done in the same colour. And it need not be done in the same yarn either: the back panel could be done in a lighter yarn.
For the red version, I used the same yarn in a different colour: for the gray version, I used a lighter yarn in a different colour. So, after picking your main colour, you could go stash diving for your coordinating yarn? What fun when you turn . . . and show off the back!
I do have to end by saying that, in my Knit to Flatter and Fit class, we find out that pretty much everyone looks good in an A-line. It's so easy to wear, I now find it difficult to draft or knit anything that isn't an A-line!
NOTE This garment is similar to my Back-Panel A-line Top, also available here. There are differences: the other is sleeveless, shorter, narrower, has a halter neckline plus different armhole, and is done in a finer gauge. But, if you are adept at pattern drafting, you could buy this one and sort out how to make the other? Or vice versa? (It was a shop owner who pleaded with me to not print these as one pattern: too long and complex with so many options. So I bow to her experience and offer you this note.)
18 stitches and 28 rows = 4" over lace pattern and after blocking


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Today's 'Rising Artist of the Day' is Devin Farney, who comes to us from San Francisco. Farney is a composer/songwriter with a sophisticated and eccentric flare. "As a 2-degree-holding composer he (and his music) have been part of national and international music festivals, and his music has stacked up a few notable awards and recognitions. Devin is currently the staff composer at Brilliant Ideas LLC (an ad agency). He is also the keyboardist for the popular band "The Love Dimension." As a songwriter he is recognized as having a knack that is at once uniquely eccentric yet personal. He draws influence from a ridiculous array of artists, and his music shows a keen sensitivity for melodic and harmonic appeal.
His freshly released project "Magnum Passion" is already being hailed as sophisticated, witty, and highly original. It conveys a huge array of influences ranging from A to Zappa. Fans of Animal Collective and the Dirty Projectors will relish in the thick simultaneous hi/low-fi folksy-electric textures. There are traces of vocal stylings a la The Flaming Lips, rhythmic complexity a la Radiohead, and even classical gestures a la prog. With Magnum Passion Devin Farney has found a way to reconcile his thirst for musical experimentation and innovation with his desire to maintain a melodic foundation."
One song off of "Magnum Passion" that I'd like to showcase is "Dry Rain". (Listen below) The song has a sort of psycodelic melody with Beatles-esk vocals gently playing over it. There's no doubt that Devin Farney is a very talented songwriter and musician and only time will tell what happens with his career, but my guesses are sky high.


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AVON PARK - With both contestants in their corners, the legal sparring between Avon Park's city manager and a councilman is going into extra rounds.
The Avon Park City Council voted unanimously to reject a settlement offer by Councilman Garrett Anderson in his ethics complaint against City Manager Julian Deleon. Anderson offered to settle an ethics complaint that was brought against Deleon in January 2013.
Anderson had filed an ethics complaint against Deleon with the Florida Ethics Commission, which was investigated and dismissed in August and September 2013. Florida law allows a defendant to petition for attorneys' fees if a complaint is found to have erroneous or false information.
Deleon said Tuesday that the cost for his attorneys, Albert Gimbel and Mark Herron of Messer Caparello P.A., Tallahassee, totaled about $10,000, of which Anderson offered $5,000. He said the city council's consensus is to oppose settling legal disputes because it "encourages more of the same" and the town suffers from rumors and innuendos.
The next round in Deleon versus Anderson takes place in the city council chambers March 10 to March 13, when an administrative law judge determines if Deleon is or is not entitled to the fees based on petitioner Anderson's complaint.
"My lawyers in Tallahassee are gearing up for depositions and trial. So far, the fees are about $10,000. A full-blown hearing will probably amount to another $20,000 in fees," Deleon wrote in an email. "I have repeatedly maintained that Anderson's sworn complaint contains reckless fabrications of the facts, which were intended to damage my professional reputation."
Anderson's complaints stem from what he wrote in a March 7, 2013, letter to the Ethics Commission alleging that after he was elected Nov. 6, 2013, Deleon threatened him, stating that if Anderson made attempts to interfere in any of his "personal business, that he would cause serious ramifications for my personal business, Anderson Arms."
Anderson Arms is an Avon Park-based ammunition manufacturer Anderson opened in 2008.
Following the city council meeting, Anderson, who has served on city council since Nov. 6, 2013, said the city had the chance to recoup half of the fees, which would have been the most beneficial action to take. He said now that it's again going before a judge, the city "stands to lose a lot more money." He said the only options now are to pay the full amount or go to trial.
"To take the offer would have been the smartest for the city. One half should have been taken," he said.
Anderson's mother, Sherri Anderson, said Tuesday that Deleon's attorneys made the first offer to settle for $8,200 and Anderson's attorney, Bernard Dempsey of Orlando, countered with a $4,100 offer. That's when Deleon's team said there would not be a settlement unless it went to the city council.
In his email, Deleon said if the case continues forward, other allegations of unethical dealings involving Anderson, specifically, what he said was "a failed insurance claim which was filed; and unpermitted construction work in the Anderson Arms factory."
Anderson said Tuesday that the insurance issue was unsubstantiated and drawings for the construction work were taken to the city but they were never signed. He said he didn't understand what those issues have to do with the ethics issue at hand and it amounted to "blackmail" by Deleon.
"That's the definition of blackmail, the fact that he's wanting to put something in the paper trying to blackmail me speaks volumes of his character," he said.
Although the case has lingered in a political haze in the council chambers since early 2013, councilman Parke Sutherland said it hasn't been a personal distraction. In September 2013, he said he talked to City Attorney Gerald Buhr about the issue and Buhr said the city has a duty to pay all or part of Deleon's attorney's fees.
"I want the city to be consistent, not have to answer baseless allegations," he said.
At the council meeting. Sutherland made a motion to reject the settlement, it was seconded by Councilwoman Brenda Giles and passed 4-0 with Anderson abstaining.
Deleon said he would only accept a full payment for fee recoupment or "we are bound for court."
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