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Whether you have a dog or a cat, shedding is a common issue at home. It falls to the floors, hides behind doors, and lingers on upholstered furniture. It's everywhere.
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Testing criteria included agitator brush and belt endurance; handling — flexibility, weight, turning and overall ease of use; cord length; bin functionality —how often are bag or bagless models emptied; and noise level — too loud for pets?
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Receiving 73 points out of 100, this model from the high-end Miele brand scored the best overall points during testing. The Twist has a bag, suction control and a full bag indicator, plus a swivel neck design for tighter turning. It performed "excellently" with pet hair and on carpeting, "very good" on bare floors, for noise and tool airflow. Handling received a "good" rating. Average cost is $450.
With a score of 72 points, this second model from the Miele brand also has a bag but testing showed it was a bit more difficult to handle, compared with the Miele Twist. It is also costs twice as much, but comes with a HEPA filter, offers suction control and has a full bag indicator. The vacuum performed "excellently" with pet hair, "very good" on carpet and bare floors, and for noise and tool airflow. Handling received a "good" rating. Average cost is $800.
With 71 points out of 100, the Panasonic features a full bag indicator and a HEPA filter, but does not come with suction control. It performed "excellently" with pet hair, on bare floors and for tool airflow. The model received a "very good" nod for carpeting, while noise and handling received a "good" rating. Average cost is $500.
If you're interested in a lower cost, lighter weight version of the Panasonic, their MC-UG693 model received 67 points out of 100 and while it has suction control, it does not feature a full bag indicator or have a HEPA filter. It performed "excellently" with pet hair, on bare floors and for tool airflow. Consumer Reports gave it a "good" rating for carpeting, noise and handling. Average cost is $200.
This affordable model received 70 points out of 100 and is available with either a bag (U5491-900) or without a bag (U5786-900). These models do not have suction control, but they feature a full bag/bin indicator and come with a HEPA filter. Both models performed "excellently" with pet hair, on carpeting, and on bare floors. They received a "very good" rating for tool airflow while handling and noise scored a "good" rating. Average cost for bagged is $115, bagless is $160.
Scoring 68 out of 100 points, this popular brand is bagless, features a full bin indicator and has a HEPA filter. Consumer Reports notes that the brand is one of the more reliable when it comes to upright models. The "Animal" performed "excellently" on bare floors, and "very good" with pet hair, on carpeting and for tool airflow. It received a "good" rating for handling. Average cost is $500.
While professional ratings are helpful when trying to figure out which vacuum may be best for you, it is suggested that you also review online user reviews before buying a product to get additional user feedback.
Check warranty, service and return policies before purchasing a vacuum so that you know what to expect in case you're not satisfied.
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Ouya has about a day and a half left in its Kickstarter campaign. The nearly $7 million the company has raised has attracted the attention of many third parties that want in on the ground floor. Today, Ouya announced XBMC and TuneIn will bring their services to the Ouya platform.
XBMC is an open source media player that's available on various platforms such as Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android and Linux. It allows users to playback all kinds of media files on their home network. XBMC will make sure its app works well with Ouya when it's released. The XBMC team has been granted early access to Ouya prototypes to ensure the quality of of the app.
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Is Banning Toys The Answer To Childhood Obesity?Rebecca Odes
The Happy Meal as we know it may be on its way to extinction, at least in New York City. NYC City Councilman Leroy Comrie Jr. has proposed a ban on toys in fast food meals for children, unless those meals meet nutritional standards. Kids, he argues, will choose a meal with a toy over any other option. Comrie wants the toys paired with healthier meals, maxing out at 500 calories:
"By ensuring that toys are only given away with meals which meet the nutritional guidelines set out in this bill, children will be more likely to pick the healthier meals when they do visit fast food restaurants. Children, lured in with toy giveaways at an early age, are more likely to develop a habit of eating unhealthily."
McDonald's is, of course, against these regulations, saying parents should have choices. Because when your kid is at the counter, begging for that sweet cadmium-coated BPA-molded piece of character licensing, you've got two choices: Yes, or Crying.
I must disclose that I am one of those irritating people who don't take their kids to McDonald's. This is partly because in New York City, I feel like there are too many easy healthy options to justify that choice, partly because I was freaked out by Fast Food Nation, and partly because I'm a controlling, mean witch of a mother who denies her children pleasure to quell her anxieties. (Note to children reading this in later years: that last part was a joke.)
Those who know me may have heard me complain about the stronghold McDonald's has on children and their parents. For example, why are fast food restaurants the only ones that give away toys? Nevermind the toys. Let's talk about the PLAYPLACE. Say you're an exhausted parent who hasn't had a break from her bouncing-off-the-walls kids all day. Are you more likely to take them to a restaurant where they'll get healthy food…but you'll have to tell them 683 times to get back in their seats and stop sliding under the table and stop irritating these other people who are trying to have a nice dinner out? Or. To a fast food restaurant, where they can shove 683 sparsely nutritive calories down their throats in 8 minutes, then run off to purple plastic helix heaven, leaving you to stare into space and nurse your Diet Coke in fluorescently lit peace?
McDonald's defends their Happy Meals with quotes from experts and parents: "Taking away toys from kids' meals won't solve childhood obesity. Nutrition experts and parents agree. In a national survey of U.S. moms, 83% say that banning toys from kids' meals is NOT an effective way to deal with this important issue. On average, kids eat at McDonald's about three times a month; that means about 87 other meals are eaten at home, school or elsewhere. That adds up to a discussion larger than toys."
Clearly, the obesity epidemic is not about toys. It is, however, about kids eating unhealthily, and about the association between unhealthy food and pleasure. I agree with Councilman Comrie's impulse to change that association. But I'm not so sure about the implementation. I'm sure there are a lot of parents out there who are fans of the Happy Meal and would be deeply ticked off to have toys taken off the menu. If the comments on these posts about last year's Silicon Valley ban on Happy Meal toys are any indication, McDonalds is not lying when they claim serious parental support.
What I'd personally like to see is more positive incentives for kids to eat healthily and for parents to help them eat well. If you really want to change children's eating habits, why not support the growth of other, healthier options to become equally child—and parent—friendly? New York City has a lot of healthy places to eat, but none of them has a purple plastic slide. And as far as I know, none of them give away free toys.
Are you pro- or anti- Happy Meal toy ban?
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BERKELEY SPRINGS - A very 'Talent'ed singer is coming to Berkeley Springs on Wednesday.
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., the vocalist who won season six of "America's Got Talent," is bringing a Classic Christmas Crooners Tour stop to the Star Theatre for his only stop in the Eastern Panhandle this holiday season. He'll be joined by some heavyweights: former lead vocalists from The Temptations, The Drifters and The Platters.
Murphy, a Logan, W.Va., native, hasn't forgotten his own family's bout with homelessness and is tying this concert in to a good cause. Ticketholders who bring nonperishable food donations to the Ice House TreeFest prior to the concert have an opportunity to meet the performers, get autographs and pose for pictures.
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Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., season six winner of NBC's "America's Got Talent," will perform Wednesday at the Star Theatre in Berkeley Springs.
The food items are going to the Morgan County Backpacks program, which is aimed at stamping out childhood hunger. The bags of food are sent home on weekends with children who have little or no food to eat while not in school. The program serves 320 children currently in kindergarten through 12th grade, or about 12.5 percent of the school population.
The desired food list includes plastic jars of peanut butter, canned pasta meals and canned soups. Monetary gifts are also accepted.
"The need is great," said Susan Caperton, Morgan County Backpacks chairperson. "We are grateful for Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. and his team for this opportunity to help our kids."
Murphy shies away from pats on the back for his charitable work. He's been involved with The Children's Home Society in West Virginia for many years, even before he was a star. He can recall growing up in need.
"Things were good growing up in Logan," he said in a recent telephone interview. "But when Mom and Dad divorced, Mom moved us to Detroit. It was like going from God's country to Baghdad overnight. But we toughed it out."
He said eventually his mom moved his siblings back to West Virginia. He had to stay in Detroit because he had a young son. His stepfather threw him out. He had a rough time until he got away himself a little more than a decade ago, and he came back to West Virginia.
Murphy has been singing since he was 3, for friends and family. At 17 or 18, he started singing in the bars. But in November 2010, he and his wife left for New York City, where they stood for 12 hours outside the Jacob Javits Convention Center among thousands lined up to audition for "America's Got Talent."
On stage, he received standing ovations from judges Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel after doing a Frank Sinatra song. He said he wanted to audition in New York "because that's the best place other than Las Vegas to do Sinatra."
It was a good decision that catapulted him into world focus. In the competition, he sang with Patti LaBelle and crooned "My Way." And the rest is like a fairy tale.
"I was lucky I hadn't been on YouTube or cellphone videos before that network experience," he said. "People thought, 'Wow, a black kid was doing Sinatra and not rap or hip-hop.'"
Murphy has always admired Sinatra. Many of the tracks from Murphy's "That's Life" are Sinatra standards, but he puts his own stamp on them. He worked with legendary producer and Grammy winner Steve Tyrell, himself an aficionado of Sinatra's music.
"I'm a fan of the great American songbook classics," Murphy said. "I like performing Sinatra, Cole Porter, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams and even Quincy Jones. ... That was the best music ever."
Murphy, 39, wants to make sure the world and his generation don't forget those standards - and he wants to introduce them to new generations. He said it was missed for a couple decades, but he's blessed by God to be able to usher it back into the mainstream.
His shows combine those songs, and he said audiences are younger listeners who saw him on "America's Got Talent," alongside their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.
"Ain't that a kick in the head," he said, referring to a classic, "that everybody still likes it, and we can spark those memories back up."
He and writer Rick Robinson penned his story in "'America's Got Talent' Winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.: From Washing Cars to Hollywood Star," published by Headline Books.
He has a new Christmas CD, "Christmas Made for Two," which features his rich vocal textures backed by all-star musicians. Highlights include takes on "White Christmas" and a swinging "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Also in there are classics "The Christmas Song" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas." He duets with former Temptations lead vocalist Glenn Leonard on "Silent Night."
Leonard is one of the iconic stars joining Murphy on his stop in Berkeley Springs. Murphy said he was talking with manager Burke Allen about how he wondered where some of those singers were and if he could ever work with them. Allen tracked a couple of them down, and now these former lead singers of iconic groups are headlining the Christmas shows with him.
More evidence of his desire to give back is in the proceeds from "Christmas Made for Two" sales. A portion of sales benefits the Children's Home Society of West Virginia.
Murphy said he's been at "rock bottom," when he didn't have a roof over his head, a warm coat, food or school supplies.
He believes he's meant to give back, and working with various charities helps him stay grounded in a world that has him touring Germany for the troops over Thanksgiving, and China just before his Berkeley Springs show.
The concert will mark the first time Murphy has performed in the Eastern Panhandle, and he's bringing his Classic Christmas Big Band. Tickets are $25 and available at www.starwv.com or www.landaumurphyjr.com.


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Nyjer Morgan, after connecting on a deep sacrifice fly that won the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday:
I'm sure this will go over well in Pittsburgh, especially considering his history there. If they do get upset, though, perhaps they should be more upset about their inability to win in Milwaukee. Or the fact that Clint Hurdle probably pulled Charlie Morton too soon. Or the fact that they had Morgan struck out in the 8th and couldn't secure the out.
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Brass flashed in the sunshine and nervous flag girls practiced routines one more time as the 30th annual Rampage Field Show took over Cougar Stadium again Saturday, the only marching band competition featuring five Santa Clarita Valley high schools.
More than 2,000 students from 34 Southern California high schools participated in the band and color guard tournament. As always, the event was hosted by William S. Hart High School regiment band and color guard and the Hart Music Boosters.
Canyon High School, Golden Valley High School, Saugus High School, Valencia High School and West Ranch High School all made appearances.
Anthony Bailey, Hart's director of bands and event organizer, said he was thrilled to be a part of Rampage for his 14th year.
"We all go to different events every weekend," he said of the William S. Hart Union High School District bands, "but because of the history and the tradition, all five high schools had the opportunity to be together and perform."
Rampage drew about 6,000 spectators, said Armando Enriquez, co-chairman of the committee that made the tournament happen.
Attendees enjoyed competition performances from bands from 10:15 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. Schools were grouped into seven divisions based on band size, and winners were awarded trophies.
Schools hustled through practices and warm-ups throughout the COC campus before their performances.
Steve Shatkin, a parent volunteer in charge of Rampage facilities, said it was a huge endeavor to organize the event. More than 1,000 volunteers helped set up.
Local vendors also set up booths, providing food, merchandise and entertainment for attendees.
"It brings me a lot of pride and joy to see the kids participate in an event like this," Shatkin said.
Seventeen-year-old Hart senior Jeeven Virdi is a trumpet player for the Hart regiment and enjoyed participating in the competition.
"Rampage is a great event," Virdi said. "All the bands come together here, and we get to meet new people, introduce ourselves and see what instruments they play.
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Microsoft Corp. is dropping out of the bidding for Hulu LLC, the online video service put up for sale by its media-company owners, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, told Hulu executives last week it wouldn't continue into a second round, said the person, who wasn't authorized to talk publicly. The person didn't rule out Microsoft re-entering later.
Hulu bankers at Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim Partners met in the past four weeks with Microsoft, which already rents and sells films and TV shows through its Xbox video-game console, to solicit an offer, people with knowledge of the situation said on July 1. The bankers also met with Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., AT&T Inc. and as many as eight other companies, they said.
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Yahoo would pay up to $2 billion for Hulu with four or five years of exclusive access to current TV shows and older movies, the Business Insider website reported, citing a person it didn't identify.
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New Americans Strategy
Start: Great Person free
Ancient: 2% interest
Medieval: 1/2 cost to rush units
Industrial: +1 food from plans
Modern: x3 production factories
This is my american strategy here, and here is what you should do with your starting great people (GP):
Great Artist: Explore then sell it if you need gold to rush the horsemen, or just wait if there are civilizations like zulu to flip a capital. I prefer to wait and flip a city and get free untis there.
Great Leader: Explore then settle it. It will be good to use in medieval era but remember that you will get this maybe 1/100 times
Great Humanitarian: Explore then sell it if needed, or get the growth bonus/+1 population. I suggest to build at least 5-6 cities then use the +1 bonus, it's much better than only 50% growth.
Great Scientist: No, don't use it at the start. Work on 2 forests, for 5 turns, while you explore with it. Then, come back and rush horseback riding; with the gold you got, you will have a horsemen unit (in 5 turns) and maybe another one, really good I think. Another strategy is to explore with it while working on horseback riding after you rushed the first warrior. Then rush code of laws and expand.
Great Explorer: Rush two warriors while you work on horseback riding, you will get 2 villages in 3 turns usually (4000 BC first warrior, 3900 BC second warrior, then you get time to explore). If you want explore and use it later, while working on 2 water tiles and horseback riding
Great Builder: Work on horseback riding, explore with this and after you got horseback riding, rush a horsemen unit if you want. You can also wait if you explored enough or you can use it at the start rushing a galley and exploring with the militia (it's still 30 gold while you need 40 for an horsemen unit)
No, this isn't based on the early rush, in fact, I know that now they are really good expanders, and if you want to, you can build cities like a crazy while you get a lot of gold. This is easy to do:
When you reach medieval era, getting which technologies you want, work on 1 grassland and 2 water tiles (gold) until you are in despotism.
After 4 turns, rush the settler, you will have the gold you need to (4*4=16 gold), and counting you get also the 2% interest, it will save you.
Then, rush new cities and new cities, and you won't have problems about defence. Keep producing gold until you are sure to out tech the enemy, or just work on few cities on science to follow him while you expand. When you get navigation, if you are not winning, build a lot of settlers and expand on islands.
By doing this, you don't need libraries and can stay on fundamentalism if you want, because you will have a huge technology really fast. I played against zulu players and I destroyed them (people like Kyoday GT4).
If you need a tech tree to follow, that's what you need:
Horseback riding
Bronze working (normally)
Code of Laws
I won't tell you everything, but remember that Monarchy is a key technology, giving you a great person.
Then follow whatever you want. You can get currency, or go for knights, you can rush a lot of them if you need, but if you want to do that, be careful about the technologies and try to rush them before industrial era. Other good technologies are Industrialization and Corporation. More cities you get, more gold you got to use.
I know this is a bit based on horsemen rush, but I will try to add new things soon. Tell me where you are having problems and I will try to answer you or add new things here.
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Can I ask you why you're suddenly hung up on Horseback riding as an early tech? Respectfully, I'm just curious. For my money it's the last of the four techs up front to work. With America it seems like the better strategy is to take your GP, wait with him for something special (like say Literacy if he's a scientist or Great Wall if he's a Builder) and then gradually play for an end game victory. America is geared more for later turns than ancients, right? Wouldn't you then recommend to play to your Civs strengths and not your preferences as a player. You may be an early rusher--but that doesn't suit America at all, does it? With America you want guard your units well and then play for a late boom.
I'm asking--you're the expert on this. I'm a diety player (no where near your caliber probably) and that's how I win with Lincoln. In much the same way I wouldn't advise the Zulu to go for a late science boom I wouldn't advise a production powerhouse like America to play for an early win. It's like sex on prom night playing with America: you know it's going to be ugly, sloppy and longer than you thought, but you should come out okay in the end if you play your cards right.
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I don't know Morte, I consider a two hour game a short game...I like analyzing the intricate parts of the game.
As far as America goes, I think you're downplaying the late boom with them. If you get the communism bonus you're getting x3 factories for 134 production. That to me is about as unbeatable as it comes. Further, if you can steal or maybe hold off on using a GB, then and then you can get Military Industrial, you're basically unbeatable in the modern era. There is no other civ that can match that type of production. Towards the end of the game you should be cranking out an army per turn per city with the Yanks. With that power you can basically choose when you want to win and by what way.
Really, I'm not arguing with you because you're the expert but I think we've had this conversation before--about playing to the CIVs strengths and not your own preferences.
Plus, I just don't think the odds are there for you with horseman. You're even up with archer armies. you get between 9-12 points for veterans (12 if you're on a hill) which is exactly what archers in cities with barracks have. You're basically battling even up odds. Further, if you rush horseback riding you won't get the +1 irrigation bonus because either Egypt will have it by then or someone else like China will. Further, your horserush will NOT work against the English. Period. The first thing the English learn should be bronze working which means they'll already have veteran, +1 long bow archers who are basically pikemen. FURTHER, if you're playing the Greeks your theory won't work either because they've got pikemen to start.
|Aug 04, 2009, 07:03 PM
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Who said you go after them?
Look, if you play a full game, but you have an extra capital from the start of the game, it sure smoothens the further path, and you'll have one civ less to 'worry' about.
And about the trippled production....Aztecs can beat it :P
Capital on hill, wall, spy rings, fortified veteran modern infantry having loyalty, engineer and leadership, a great general, and next to the city one tile of water containing a battleship fleet (veteran and aztec).
-Only a nuke beats that
anyways, the trippled factories is indeed extremely powerfull, turning all cities in über production powerhouses and enabling you to get any wonder you want in no time at all!
Just so you don't forget, you only get the trippled production from factories in the modern era, so you have to survive there first!
And that's why a horse rush can delay your oponents shouldn't you want an early domination for some reason...
BUT, and that but's for Morte, I do have to say a horse rush is risky...
If you play against people who make quick galleys and sail off to their islands, or if you have those pesky zulu/arab neighbours....
I don't do a horseback-rush every game, and I prefer a quick and safe expansion, and use a catapult siege a bit later (slower, but effective!).
|Aug 05, 2009, 12:13 AM
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Maybe you can't realize that I usually have this first horse army in 10 turns nex to a capital. Once, I have been lucky and had a horsemen army built in 4 turns and in 6 turns I took the chinese ( a top player ).
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|Aug 05, 2009, 05:43 PM
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This strategy works because it get to the other capitals before they have archer armies. Usually they won't have archer armies before 2000BC, and your horsemen should have an easy time picking up 1 or 2 caps.
Once you practice this strategy, you should have your horsearmy about 80-90% of the time by 3000BC. Sometimes you can have 2 armies by 3000BC or better, but that's a very lucky game.
Don't be shy about rushing another civ early, you will probably be terrible at it when you try if for the first few times, then you'll get the hang of it.
besides, the true power of the Americans is not the horserush anyway, it's the halfcost units that are really 1/3 cost units, you get to republic really fast and cover the map with cities in the BC. It's pretty easy to get 20 cities in the BC once you have practiced it enough.
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|Aug 05, 2009, 09:50 PM
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Dude, easy, Morte. For the 9,384th time, I'm not arguing with you. It's your fiefdom here and I respect that. I also respect the horserush strategy and, indeed, if you play with them a lot and it works for you, I'll take your word for. Dude, calm down. Again, you're the guy who plays this game non-stop--I'm sure your info is good info.
I haven't played with America in a long time (I'm putting the finishing touches on the 64 wins at Deity first). That said, you're again, better suited for it than me.
But I'm an odds guy.
I believe that even odds as an attacker is a very risky proposition. It's why I like the game so much--it's a fundamental assessement of warfare. It lets you know how risk averse you are. That said, I like America's chances better in the end game. They are clearly not like the Germans, Aztecs, Zulu.
Obviously, you want to make a b-line straight towards the usual techs early on. Try and get a feeling for what your opponents are doing. If you're playing China for example, you know that they're two techs ahead of you, don't bother with irrigation...they're going to get it. Instead focus on getting Republic as fast as possible.
Work your way towards Currency and THEN go for the 250/bonus as banking. THEN you want to be the first to get the two +5/gold bonuses in industrialization.
Then corporation.
Use your great builder for the Military Industrial Complex.
Start cranking out factory after factory BEFORE you rush anything. Try and get to 1000 gold as quick as possible because with the +2 plains bonus, you'll have 4 in plains and then you can have a lot of flexibility.
So basically my opinion is that for a domination victory, you have to act like an economic powerhouse if you're america. You want to have the ability to get 100 gold/turn for doing nothing (interest bonus). That way you can just pound out unit after mother fu k ing unit and you're unstoppable.
Again, dude, I'm not stealing your thunder. Contrary. I think you have an excellent point. I just think what makes this game SOOOO much fun is that you can't just say, "Horserushing works every time" or "Knights ALWAYS work". It's such a well designed game that you have to make adjustments on the fly.
And again, I stand by what we orginally talked about on an earlier thread. It's more important to play to your CIVs strengths than your own personal preferences. I think you'd agree with that.
Best wishes
|Aug 06, 2009, 12:22 AM
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Rushing Military Complex is going to save you 20% and it's not as good as you think. You can rush other wonders. The civ strenghts are horse rushing and 1/2 price units infact, then the x3 factory production comes later and it's not going to help if you rush them in every city. Communism + Factories in 2-3 production cities can make it worth, but not more. Then you can win by economic really easy if you want. Ok, again, read the MEGA CITY STRATEGY.
|Aug 06, 2009, 12:44 AM
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I understand you not wanting to horserush, and you like a long slow game that percolates nicely, and Americans can win in a lot of ways, but their highest rate of success is via rushing. Not just the horserush, but that is 90% of the time the most effective opening for them, but also being aggressive throughout the game.
In the Medieval era, the Americans can rush units at their hammer value. If you tech up to Feudalism, first building about 10-20 cities really fast while in republic, you can then set all your cities to gold. You'll be making about 50-100 gold per turn, and then you'll start spamming 2-4 knights per turn. Do this for 5-10 turns, switch to fundamentalism, and not even riflemen are gonna stop you.
You can do this with any unit. 5 legion armies will usually stomp on pikemen, 3 legion armies will usually take care of an archer army. Catapults attack just as strong as knights, and you can get them way earlier.
Any strategy that claims to be the most effective, yet advises to hold off until the modern era to become powerful is not really sound at all. There are too many varibles, as you have said, for it to go wrong. This is also why anyone who sets out building a lot of warriors so they can eventually upgrade them to tanks via Leonardo's Workshop is way off in strategy as well. There is just way too much in between the opening and the modern era to say sit back and wait for the x3 factory bonus.
- waiting to not go over 250 gold before Currency is smart, because you'll get the free market. But there's no reason to then save up to get free Banking other than it give you industrialization a few turns faster, since Banking is a pre-req for it. It's not really a big deal, and often I'll wait and tech banking as well to get the 100 gold bonus, but that's not really a game changer either.
- There is absolutely no point to building the Military Industrial Complex with the Americans. They have no problem ever rushing units. In the Modern era, they are rushing units at the same gold cost that others rush them for in the Ancient era: x2 costs. Why would you need to waste a GB or hammers on this wonder for them?
- Basically, you waiting to long to do what you are doing in the Modern era. You can do this in the Medieval era and have almost as many units as you want, you don't have to wait forever to start pumping out units.
I have a lot of friends that like long and slow CivRev games, eventhough they no they can stomp on the AI at any point of the game. They like the pretty buildings and seeing their cultural borders expand, and building up an unessarily large tech lead. If you're that kind of guy, then have at it, I don't want to get in the way of your fun. But, if you are talking about pure and sound strategy, then I am of the opinion that you are way off.
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|Aug 10, 2009, 10:34 PM
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I do know this: If you're America and China is in the game, dimes to fu k ing donuts you won't beat them to irrigation. Here's why: the AI LOVES bronze and Iron working. But usually it also tries to mix in alphabet with china so that it can get to COL and switch to Republic. That said, they don't have to bother with the 40 science it takes to get writing. The reason China has the lead early on in tech is because of the +1 city pop. So, while it takes everyone else 5 turns to get a warrior and increase in pop, china gets 5 turns of +2 science. Which means they'll get an early jump.
And that doesn't even include the greeks. For whatever reason, the Greeks always have the tech lead early in the game. I don't know how the fu k they do it but just watch when you play the Greeks, they will ALWAYS have the early tech lead unless you're playing with Egypt and someone shoves a rainbow up your ass and starts you in the middle of the Mojave Desert or something.
I will ceed you this point, Grey: I think a turtle strategy is a bad recipe. I agree it pays to be aggressive and waiting is a bad move--especially against any real person. I can see that. After you wrote your article, I can see that rush would probably work better than going to republic with America.
Picture yourself next to England and say, India, and you're in the middle. If you're America, the smart thing might be to avoid trying to rush towards Republic and instead use your strategy of using rush to create a couple of horseman armies and then just steal everyone else's settlers. The problem though is that that won't work when you get democracy. You can't just attack with a Democracy.
BUT, again, i'll emphasize this again: using the example above, you're going to have a motherbeeeeeeeeotch of a time horserushing and taking a capital city with horses with America. The reason I know this is because I passed 8th grade math my third time through it. Horseman, (say veteran horseman to make it sweet) cannot take a capital that is defended by veteran archers unless you're a few shades of lucky. The palace bonus makes it so fu k ing hard. It's a motherbeotchwhore taking down archers with Knights if there is a palace and say it's Russia and they have loyalty. Let alone horseman.
And honestly Morte, Grey, whomever else is out there, answer me this: Have you guys HONESTLY ever taken London with Longbow archers with simple horseman? HONESTLY. Yeah, maybe you got lucky once or twice and did it but I'll doubt you do it consistantly. Or the Greeks? Have you taken Athens with Horseman? Horseman over pikeman? Won't happen. I'll take those odds every single fu k ing game.
As far as the Military Industrial goes, I'm just telling you what I found worked for the Americans. I tried it last night and rushed the MIC and by then it was over. I was in a hell of a fight until I could just overwhelm anyone. Switch to all gold over science, and then buy cheap units that are rushed at half cost and you're unstoppable.
BUT, I'll stress that what I love about the game is every game is different and maybe MIC wouldn't work with the Yanks in a game where the French were ready to get a domination victory or something. It just depends--the game is fluid.
I like the MIC but if no one else does, I'll take your word for it, I haven't used the Yanks in a long while. But hencetoforth it's always seemed to be the most effective method for a late game win for me.
|Aug 11, 2009, 01:40 AM
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Are you talking about Single Player or Multiplayer???
If you are talking single player, then I don't agree w/ the post. Humans will get better defenses up faster, but the AI won't have an archer army before 2000BC, which gives you 10 turns to use your horsearmy to get a cap. 9 times out of 10 I have my horsearmy by 3000BC w/ the Americans, and the most resistence I'll get it some single archers or a hopilite from Greece. The Greeks are difficult to horserush after 10 turns, but that's about it. Otherwise, in SP, the Americans are almost guarenteed to get 1 cap in SP w/ horsemen. If you don't beleive this, then send me your gamertag and I'll show you in teams game or something so you can see what I mean.
We're not talking about horserushing others after they get an archer army, we're saying you've gotta get there faster than they get archers, which is easy to do against the AI if you are doing it right.
And I know what China gets for tech as the AI, and they won't get Irrigation before 1000BC 90% of the time. Japan gets tech faster than the Chinese in SP, because they put more workers on sea. The Chinses AI just grows, gets a single city, and it takes forever for them to get their third and fourth cities. Meanwhile, after 5 techs w/ the Americans, you should have about 5 cities really fast and get CoL and Irrigation, and then you should have about 15-20 by 0 AD.
Irrigation is easy to have first, if you aren't getting it, you probably aren't expanding enough early on.
And again, on the MIC: It's like throwing a hand gernade out of a plane after you've already sent a bomb down, it's overkill and not needed. You've already got half cost units, why do you need 1/3 cost units?? Espeically in the modern era when you've got 3x factories. At this point, you shouldn't need anymore units at all. It usuallly just takes about 2 or 3 tank armies to kill the AI anyway, what exactly are you trying to do to them? Are you actually letting them keep pace with you in tech all the way to the modern?? This shouldn't happen ever. If you aren't establishing at least a 10 tech lead by the time you're in modern or shortly thereafter, you are not expanding enough and not teching well enough.
You seem like you have the right kind of analytical mind for the game, but maybe you just aren't there yet, and that's fine. Lots of things work in the game, but you're probably making things harder on yourself. You should be able win the game a lot quicker, getting to the modern a lot faster, and taking more caps sooner. When I first started beating Deity, I would do it with just 4 or 5 cities, and it would still be a struggle. Then i learned the power of expansion, and now i try to get at least 10 cities in the BC against the AI, and there is never a doubt who's game it is. I haven't lost to the AI since maybe around the time I first beat Deity, which would be about 10 months ago and about 200 games ago. They shouldn't give you any problem, just expand and kill.
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|Aug 11, 2009, 04:29 AM
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You work on balanced, you think I would horse rush after 20 turns or probrably 30.
Ok, I had once a HORSEMEN ARMY in FOUR turns with 2/3 EXP. 2 turns far away from a chinese top player.. Bad for me, he had 2 fortified veteran archer armies..
Are you kidding me? You talk about London having longbow archers, Athens with tons of hoplites etc..
You make me laugh
Only a lucky man using english could defend to horsemen.. It's not vice-versa.
In SP irrigation is REALLY EASY to get before the AI and not hard in MP using Americans and taking 1-2 capitals.
AI doesn't build the archer army by 2000 BC Grayson.. They get the first archer by that time unless you declare them war.
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Dr. Ed Weiler, the Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md., added, "This is a tremendous accomplishment for John and
for the COBE team. It is also important to note that COBE was built
entirely 'in-house,' and the fact that a NASA civil servant has won the
biggest science award possible demonstrates that world-class research is
happening here at NASA."
COBE was built at Goddard to measure microwave and infrared light from th
early universe. COBE determined that the cosmic microwave background, whi
is essentially the afterglow of the Big Bang, has a temperature of
approximately minus 455 degrees Fahrenheit. This observation matched the
predictions of the hot Big Bang theory and indicated that nearly all of t
radiant energy of the universe was released within the first year after t
Big Bang.
Also, COBE discovered slight temperature variations of approximately 10
parts per million in this relatively uniform light. These variations
pointed to density differences which, through gravity over the course of
billions of years, gave rise to the stars, galaxies and hierarchal
structure we see today.
Steven Hawking a decade ago, independent of the COBE team, called these
variations "the most important discovery of the century, if not of all
Alfred Nobel, the wealthy Swedish industrialist who endowed the prizes,
left guidelines in his will for the selection committee which cited "the
prize should be given to those who shall have conferred the greatest
benefit on mankind" and "have made the most important discovery or
invention within the field of physics."
The 2006 Nobel Laureates will gather in Stockholm on Dec. 10 to receive
their Nobel Prize Medal, diploma and monetary award from King Carl Gustav
XVI of Sweden.
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:46:41 -0700, Shawn Gordon
>cool, I just posted, I don't hold a lot of hope of an answer though
>since no one has been able to answer it in 20 years of asking.
>At 12:26 PM 9/27/2006, Bruce Collins wrote:
>>Shawn Gordon wrote:
>>>I remember a while back that I challenged you to
>>>provide certain data regarding human evolution,
>>>and you, like every magazine I've written and
>>>every newgroup I've posted to, were unable to
>>>provide such simple information. I'll repeat the
>>>challenge in case you don't remember:
>>>* I want to see a global map that indicates how
>>>many intact skeletons of each pre-homo sapien has
>>>been found and where. I also want to see how
>>>many are based on partial skeletons and what it
>>>was, I've read reports of a partial jaw bone
>>>found 5 miles from a piece of arm and some
>>>declaring a whole new branch. I also want to see
>>>what dating method was used to verify the age
>>>since we all know that carbon dating is only good
>>>for between 30k and 70k years (depending on who
>>>you believe), but there is no empirical evidence
>>>of dating that goes more than about 5,000 years
>>>(as a scientist, this should really bug you).
>>There's another article in Scientific American about "Lucy's Baby".
>>The key phrase in this abstract is "No other hominin of such
>>antiquity--including Lucy--is as complete as this one."
>>The second link points to a blog where you can discuss this finding
>>and post any questions or comments that you might have regarding
>>such things as the completeness of the skeletal findings or your
>>perceived shortcomings in the dating process. So now's your chance
>>to get a response to your challenge from somebody in the field.
>>** SPECIAL REPORT: Lucy's Baby, an Extraordinary New Human Fossil
>>The arid badlands of Ethiopia's Afar region have long been a favorite
>>hunting ground for paleoanthropologists. The area is perhaps best
>>known for having yielded "Lucy," the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton
>>of a human ancestor known as Australopithecus afarensis. Now
>>researchers have unveiled another incredible find, from a site
>>called Dikika, just four kilometers from where Lucy turned up. It
>>is the skeleton of an A. afarensis child who lived 3.3 million
>>years ago. No other hominin of such antiquity--including Lucy--is
>>as complete as this one. Moreover, as the earliest juvenile hominin
>>ever found, the Dikika fossil provides a rare opportunity to study
>>growth processes in our ancient relatives.
>>** BLOG: Lucy's Baby: Join the Discussion and Take Part in Our
>>Publishing Experiment
>>Earlier this week we posted a special report on the 3.3 million-
>>year-old skeleton of a child found in Dikika, Ethiopia. A version
>>of this story will appear in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
>>Inspired by various wikis and other collaborative projects, we want
>>to get your input on what the print version should contain. Here's
>>how you can participate: just post your thoughts and questions about
>>the discovery in the comments section of this blog post. I'll answer
>>your questions to the best of my availability and I'll also be
>>inviting some experts in the field of paleoanthropology to contribute
>>their observations.
>>* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
>>* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
>Shawn Gordon
>* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
>* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *


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Hints and tips
Here are a few hints and tips for using IT and Library-related services more sustainably, at work or at home:
At work...
- Save energy
- Switch off IT equipment when it is not in use – but please consult the owner of the equipment, your Local Computing Representative, or a technician first.
- To power down a PC which is running the standard University Windows image, you can simply log out. The Cardiff University System for PC Powersaving will automatically power down the PC to standby, where it will use very little power until it is needed again. (To check the image, click the Start menu and choose All Programs - if you can see CardiffApps as a menu option, then the PC has a standard University Windows image). Alternatively, you can simply shut the PC down from the start menu.
- If you use a computer screensaver, ensure it is a low power one: for example, a standard Windows logo screensaver - or switch it off completely if it is not needed.
- Set the monitor to power down when not used, if this is not already enabled.
- Save paper
- Use duplex (double-sided) printing where available and appropriate, to save paper. For more ideas, please see our Tips for More Sustainable Printing. Within your academic school, please consult your school technician and budget holder where appropriate on printer purchase and the use of duplex printing.
- Use Learning Central where appropriate to use and distribute lecture notes
- Reduce travel carbon
- Use video-conferencing, Skype, or telephone conferencing to communicate with colleagues instead of travelling.
- University members can use the staff and student intranet for remote file access, electronic journals and email - reducing need for travel and document printing.
- Purchasing and recycling
- For procedures on disposal of University IT and other WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) please see the University's Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Unit (OSHEU) website, and the University's purchasing website, which includes advice on using the national Xchange service for staff to buy and sell redundant equipment.
- Contact your School's Local Computing Representative or Library Representative when purchasing equipment/library resources, to avoid duplication where appropriate.
- Before planning to install a server or server room, please contact insrvConnect - the IT Service Desk - or your Local Computing Representative, for advice on energy and to reduce duplication.
- Additional advice
- Please see Cardiff University's Environmental Golden Rules for more ideas.
- Please see the advice from the Carbon Trust on improving energy efficiency around the office.
At home...
- Save energy
- Turn off PCs/Macs and printers/peripherals when not in use
- Change your power management settings to ensure you use a low-power or disabled screen-saver, and that the monitor powers down when unused
- Use a "plug-in power and energy meter" to measure how much energy is being used by different appliances. These are available for around £15 online or from DIY shops
- Save paper
- Use duplex (double-sided) printing where possible. See our Tips for More Sustainable Printing for more ideas.
- Recycling
- Reduce, reuse, recycle and dispose of your waste carefully - find out more information from Waste Awareness Wales.
- Donate books to charity when you no longer need them. Recycle books, magazines and newspapers where you can rather than sending them to landfill.
We also welcome your ideas on how to use IT and Library-related services more sustainably.


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April is National County Government Month, as recognized by Resolution 14-39.
It's an apt time to reflect on the current "Resilient Counties" initiative of the National Association of Counties (NACo), and to assess what is being done locally to enhance our community's resiliency.
Resilience is the ability to thrive amid changing physical, social and economic conditions.
County Council Member Elle Cochran reminded the body at the April 4 council meeting that counties continued to operate despite the last government shutdown. She said that we all paddle the same canoe, especially during times of adversity.
I'm proud to say the County of Maui is a resilient community. The residents of Lanai, Maui and Molokai continue to thrive, despite facing significant challenges and changes.
NACo is urging counties to focus on programs for disaster preparedness and recovery. The council has already taken action.
The Countywide Policy Plan, approved by the council in 2010, established a policy to "restrict development in areas that are prone to natural hazards, disasters or sea-level rise." In addition, the plan says the county shall "provide an adequate supply of dedicated shelters and facilities for disaster relief."
The NACo initiative also recognizes the importance of a strong and diverse economy.
Maui County needs a broader range of employment opportunities to keep our young professionals from leaving the islands. There are many talented residents who want to contribute their skills and expertise in a variety of sectors, such as information technology.
Ordinance 3937, which was signed into law by Mayor Alan Arakawa on March 28, establishes procedures and standards for county grants to promising local companies. This innovative program may help nurture high-tech firms and other start-ups that can provide good-paying, long-term jobs for those wishing to start careers and families here.
In addition, the council continues to fund agencies that seek to foster sustainable employment, including the Maui Economic Development Board and Maui Economic Opportunity.
Several council members recently attended an energy conference co-presented by MEDB. Government and energy leaders agreed that the conversation addressing the changes in the energy landscape of Maui County has only begun.
In an effort to support local agriculture and recognize the need for food security, Resolution 14-40 was adopted at the April 4 council meeting.
The resolution sends draft legislation intended to help small farms, family farmers and farmers markets to the Lanai, Maui and Molokai planning commissions for their review and comment.
Resilience is a group effort.
As we continue to deliberate on the mayor's proposed budget for fiscal year 2015, which includes increases in rates and fees, please share your thoughts and solutions with the council. The Budget and Finance Committee receives testimony at every scheduled meeting, and the public is invited to testify on any item in the budget.
On a personal note, I'm grateful to those who helped me quickly recover from my injury, especially the staff of Hale Makua. I'm back to pound the gavel, and returned to chair the April 4 council meeting.
I am looking forward to leading the body at our next meeting on April 22. At that meeting, the council will hear on second and final reading Bill 24 (2014), which would ban tobacco use in county parks and beaches.
A hui hou.
* Gladys Baisa is chairwoman of the Maui County Council and holds the council's Pukalani/Kula/Ulupalakua area residency seat. "Chair's 3 Minutes" is a weekly column to explain the latest news on county legislative matters.


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