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When you work for a bank, and you are presenting a loan to your boss for approval, stop talking when the pen goes to the paper and scrawls out a signature. Just stop. There is no need to say a word more.
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Architecture Field Trip
On Sunday, June 25, my husband and I visited Allentown, PA, for a house tour sponsored by the West Park Civic Association. If you follow my art blog, you will know that I participate in an art show in the park each June. We were there last weekend (though it was held in the Masonic Temple, next door to the park, because of the weather; look here if you want to see more). Usually the house tour is set for the following day, and I never have had the energy to go back to try it out (we live about an hour away).
This year, though, the tour was held the following weekend. We decided to make a day of it.
We got to Allentown about 10 AM so that we could have something to eat before we walked around. We chose a restaurant recommended by a friend a short distance from the park (thank you, Adrian!) called Union and Finch. I can recommend it now myself, too – our meals were delicious, and everyone there very friendly.
Here is the apartment building across the street that you saw reflected in the window of the restaurant. I love the name of it, Julian Court. Very elegant sounding. The building is also beautiful – look at the brickwork and other details.
I'm warming you up for the tour by showing you this building. This section of the city dates from around 1900-1920. It's densely settled, with apartment buildings, businesses, and rowhomes or twins lining the streets. Space is at a premium, so West Park itself makes an oasis of green and openness in the city layout.
After lunch we parked at the Masonic Temple and walked through the park to the ticket location outside the Church of the Mediator, located on the edge of the park.
Lots of people there. (You can see my husband in the chili-orange shirt.) Once we paid, we got a booklet with a map and some info on each house, and we set off.
I won't go into much detail about the houses we visited, as photos were not allowed. Generally, the houses were tall and narrow and featured layouts with lots of bedrooms and less living space than you might find in today's homes. Previous ages needed this layout because of larger families and yet fewer possessions. Kitchens in particular are small in this age of house, although we saw some innovative ways they had been enlarged or adjusted.
We also saw a lot of beautiful woodwork and flooring. We went in one house, now the headquarters of a local business, with the softest glowing wood on the stairs – I read later that it was Brazilian mahogany. Think about that!
So, I'll give you a view of the outsides of the kinds of houses we saw.
Besides the street access, many houses had alleys running behind them. I've walked along these alleys in the past and I think it is more interesting what you can find in these spaces than along the front, many times.
One building really stood out to me – a church located at 15th and Turner, right off the park. I've noticed this building for years but never been inside – it has been closed for as long as I can remember except for a short period a couple of years ago.
A former Episcopal church, built in two parts – 1907, I think, and 1930. It is not enormous, but it takes up the entire lot, coming right on to the sidewalk. An individual now owns it and hopes to develop it in some way. We took a look inside – here is the 1930 section (pews removed some time ago) and a nice window – there were quite a few throughout the building.
It's difficult to say what will happen to this building – for one thing, it has no parking. The neighborhood presses right up against it on all sides. And for another, it is very expensive to maintain, I am sure. Still, I hope a use can be found for it.
After that, we retrieved our car and went home – to our 1950's split-level. And though I enjoyed visiting these older homes – they reminded me of our previous house, a Victorian from about 1890 – once again I reflected on the good fortune that brought us to our current home, airy and spacious-feeling as it is.
There is no place like home, that was the theme for this day.
Posted in Ordinary? Yes But No
Tags: Allentown PA, architecture, church, contentment, everyday life, home, Pennsylvania, West Park
Orienteering and Doing It Somewhere You Might Not Expect
Last week on June 14 my husband and I participated in an orienteering event. I'm going to tell you all about it. But first, I'll talk a little about the sport of orienteering.
Basically, orienteering is following a course from point to point using a map and a compass. You progress through the points in order and check in with an electronic device at the marker at each location. It's a competition, with the fastest person winning, but winning is also relative.
For one thing, at events, there are different courses set up over the same ground with varying difficulty levels. So there's a "fastest person" in several categories. And then there is the idea of the personal challenge – getting around the course at all (my goal), figuring out how to manage obstacles, completing the course in the most efficient manner…all these things are achievements. Last, the pleasure of being outside, in the woods or meadows, and the fun of climbing or scrambling around or running on trails…that's maybe the best part of all.
We belong to the Delaware Valley Orienteering Association and we are rank amateurs, having started last year and done maybe ten events. But we really enjoy it and I can't say enough about how friendly, helpful, and encouraging the group has been to us.
Anyway, I participated in the orienteering event in the recent Senior Games. And I'll take this moment for an aside: my photo appeared on the cover of the 2017 brochure from my 2016 performance – I am in the upper left corner wearing the pink sweatshirt.
Anyway, while there, I learned about a Wednesday night series the DVOA was doing this summer. The idea was to go to a different location each week, offer two courses at beginner levels, and shoot for an event lasting about 2 hours at most. It sounded like a great way for me to improve my skills. My husband's participation is dependent on the course; he is still recovering from his fall and rough terrain is not good for him.
A couple of weeks ago, we did the event at the Schuylkill Nature Center – two courses in a traditional wooded trail setting. I did both courses and my husband cheered me on. But then – we realized there was one coming up we both could do. And it was something unusual for the club as well – the location was the grounds of the Norristown State Hospital.
This facility is a mental hospital, founded about 140 years ago, a large campus located about 30 minutes from our house. The Norristown Farm Park, immediately adjacent to it, and where I did orienteering in the Senior Games, is now a county park. It was originally the farm attached to the hospital, where patients worked in fields, a fish hatchery, and with livestock, as was common practice in the past.
The hospital now is almost entirely closed down. There are still some patients who live there; some of it is used for day programs; and there is a heavily guarded forensic section (we did not go near this part of the facility). The remaining residential patients are transitioning out. Most buildings on the campus are closed and some are being torn down.
All this means for our orienteering experience is that acres of landscaped grounds with an array of buildings are there, waiting for the challenge. And, since it is a "tame" landscape, nicely mowed, my husband could participate.
OK. We arrived at about 6 PM and got ourselves set up. I planned to do course #2 first and he took course #1. We clicked the start and got our maps.
The control points are numbered and straight lines connect them (not that you should follow those lines, indeed. It's harder than that). There is also a key to the locations' exact positions once you arrive in the general area – I use the one written out rather than the one done in symbols.
You are looking for these markers. When you find the one you want, you insert your clicker into it to register your arrival.
I won't go into the details of my two sessions – just a an overview of things. And while I talk, I'll show you pictures of the grounds as I go along. (I took them after the event, not while I was running.)
Keep in mind that unless I say differently, every one of these buildings is closed and mothballed, no longer in use.
First of all, you need to understand that I am a good runner, pretty fast and with endurance. Number two, I am terrible at relating the map to the actual landscape. Just terrible. My technique is sort of like water circling the drain – I get close, I go around and around, I run back and forth, and I finally come in to the control point with a big flourish and an internal sigh of relief.
I also have a tendency to miss the plain and simple things the map is shouting at me and so I often end up very perplexed; when I review the situation suddenly it is clear, and I would have sworn the map had changed, in my hand. This tendency leads me to explore a lot of places I didn't have to on my way to the control points.
I did have a nice talk with two workers on a break who wondered what we were doing. I stopped for a couple of minutes to show them the map and they helped me by pointing out the control point I was looking for behind a hedge. Remember, they knew nothing of orienteering before I came along, but they could read a map…
But I digress. My husband, on the other hand, though a slower runner than me even at his best, can go directly from point to point. Hits the target every time. It all just flows for him. He was held back by his walking speed on this occasion.
Anyway, I finished the course I was on and he was already in. I decided to go out again and do the course he had done, while he rested. I beat his time (I'm running, remember) by about 15 seconds. Well, if you run in circles, this is what is going to happen.
I've got a better idea now of what I need to do to improve. First of all, I know I can't go from point to point. I do better when I pick out intermediate points in between and work my way along. Second, before I start running off, I need to slow my thinking down enough to focus HARD on the map so as to try to anticipate the places I will get confused and what will signal me that I have gone badly wrong. Third, standing and thinking is ok. I don't have to let the clock ticking in the back of my head urge me on before I am ready.
Nonetheless, I really love the focus and the exhilaration of orienteering. I love running along with a goal in mind and meeting the challenges of each segment of the event.
I also found that the experience of playing a game in this particular location led to quite a bit of reflection. Not that long ago these buildings would have been full of people – a whole society existed here. As I ran along I imagined what memories these buildings, all silent now, hold in their bricks and concrete. I wondered if it were disrespectful to the patients and their suffering that I was running heedless through their walks and courtyards or jumping over stair railings.
I noticed, though, that the outside world is seeping in. There is free access to the site now, with an open gate. Near our start point a large crowd of brightly-dressed children were playing in a soccer game while their parents cheered, sat on lawn chairs, and ate dinner from coolers. There is a community garden with greenhouses, worked by members of the surrounding neighborhood (they have signs advertising their plant sale at the gate). I noticed quite a few people obviously out for an evening stroll or walking a dog – people from nearby making use of the lovely grounds.
As my husband said, it is a good thing that we can add happy memories to the history of this location. I think he is right. I am very grateful for being able to have the simple pleasure of doing an outdoor activity with other people, all of us enjoying ourselves.
twenty years
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Tags: acceptance, art, artist trading card, ATC, attitude, change, expectations, future, memories, mixed media, regret, the past, time
the insubstantial
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Getting the Hurt Leg Fixed, Chapter 10
On June 7, we visited the surgeon. It was time for a checkup on my husband's left knee.
To remind you, this story started on Christmas, 2016, when he fell down the stairs and completely severed his left quadriceps tendon. This serious injury cannot heal by itself and required surgery, done on January 6, 2017. He went home in a brace, unable to bend his leg for weeks or even touch it to the floor. He required assistance with every detail of living, and so I was fully occupied for months. Remember this scene from Chapter One – in the hospital awaiting surgery?
As he healed, things got easier – first he could touch his foot to the floor, put weight on it, bend his leg in the brace, walk without crutches, and finally say goodbye to the brace itself. He has faithfully attended physical therapy and regained full flexibility in the knee.
Other changes have come about. This experience forced us to think about how we manage daily life, and some changes were made. For one thing, my husband moved his office to a suburban location for a variety of reasons, one being that it made his schedule easier for PT, but also added to our quality of life by making work more accessible and convenient. He also was able to work from home during his recovery and found that it could be done with good results. These changes are permanent and I like the new schedule – we have more time together. That means a lot to me.
We also were reminded how much we value being able to run, to hike, to take walks, to exercise. The recovery process for his knee will take about a year. Though it has healed now, it is weakened, as is the right leg, and it will take another six months or so for that strength to come back, as much as it will. Still, my husband last week ran about 100 yards on the track at the high school – a milestone. We do not know the final outcome, but we do know that with this doctor visit, we are ending one phase and beginning the next one.
But I've gotten ahead of the story. The doctor was pleased with the knee's status. He said, "I could torture you with asking for another visit in three months, but I don't think you need it." We were very happy to agree and left the medical office building for the last time. I had a bit of superstitious worry about making such a statement, but I have decided to be firm with the fates and let them know we'll do our part if they will do theirs!
So, take a look, as we wave goodbye. And end the story of the hurt leg here, with our characters driving off in the car toward home.
Posted in Ordinary? Yes But No
Tags: art, change, drawing, gratitude, healing, health, hospital, hurt leg, knee surgery, love, persistance, reflections, relationships
I was not in that city
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a little more tired, a little more
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I've been working on returning to running – the past few years have been so up and down for my exercise and this past winter, with my husband's injury, really added to the confusion.
So, I've been doing the run/walk method – you run some, walk some. I've got a plan and I'm working along with it.
When I run, I don't listen to music – I just think. I come up with all kinds of odd things.
A couple of days ago I was going along and I made up a little cheer for myself. I must – I must tell you.
It owes a lot to the fact that I'm currently on a sequence of walk 2 minutes, run 5, walk 2, run 8…and to that old high school cheer 2-4-6-8…you'll see.
Here goes:
Two five two eight
who do I appreciate?
Legs and feet, arms and abs
Claudia McGill machine is fabs!
See, I knew you'd like it. Now imagine me running along and chanting this little bit of encouragement (inside my head, of course, because I need all my breath to run…)
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Facebook's experimented with ways to surface old Memories since 2010. But after seeing Timehop hit 6 million daily users on mobile, Facebook is officially launching a competing nostalgia feature called « On This Day. » It shows users their Facebook posts from the current date in past years, like photos from exactly one year ago, or status updates from four years ago.
Rolling out globally over the next few days, On This Day will be accessible from https://www.facebook.com/onthisday, Facebook's bookmarks menu, search, News Feed stories, or opt-in notifications on iOS, Android, mobile web and desktop.
While Timehop can dredge up memories from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, Flickr, Dropbox, iPhoto or your camera roll, On This Day just sifts through Facebook. The social giant's product manager on the feature, Jonathan Gheller, refused to cite Timehop by name, claiming the feature was inspired because « we see behaviors from our community and we try to build…
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Dollar Tumbles as Risk Taking Resumes
The U.S currency eased on Tuesday as a sell-off in growth linked currencies waned and risk taking increased on expectations of a global economic recovery. The greenback had weakened earlier, with losses against the EUR recorded. Europe's currency edged above the $1.35 level, boosted by a stronger than expected rise in the closely watched ZEW gauge of German investor sentiment.
Against its counterpart in Canada the U.S. dollar weakened after that country's central bank signaled its willingness to tighten monetary policy. The U.S. dollar dropped 1.6% against the Canadian loonie after the decision, extending losses of about 0.3% before the central bank's statement was released. The greenback bought C$0.9991, pushing the Canadian currency back above parity, where one U.S. dollar buys one Canadian dollar.


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It's so cute when celebrities recognize their own lookalikes, it saves fans the trouble of doing double takes. Last week Sistar's Bora ran into K-actress Han Chae Young at an event and the two took a selfie asking their fans if they could pass as sisters. The answer is "totally", and their not the only Korean entertains to have lookalikes in the same industry. Sure, the proliferation of plastic surgery in K-ent could have more and more stars looking alike since there seems to be one ideal for visuals for each gender, but some of the lookalikes currently out there aren't due to knife work and more like serendipity. Ever find yourself curious about a new find simply due to a resemblance to a favorite star? Continue reading
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I already gave a pretty glowing review of Civilization VI. I did neglect talking about some of the problems and annoynaces that I have with the game. This is because most of these problems feel like relatively minor, nagging issues, rather than game-breakers, and the review was long enough as is without diving into nitpicks. So I decided to dedicate an entire post to these little nagging issues, nitpicks, and annoyances. Remember that I love the game! So the items listed here are not deal-breakers by any stretch. They are just small blemishes on an excellent game, and problems that I would like to see fixed in post-release patches.
While the game's UI is generally very minimal and clean, there are a number of frustrating issues with the user experience design.
Civ V had this same problem as well. The one-unit-per-tile rule means that after one unit moves, the game can't just skip to the next unit in the stack. Instead, it has to pick a unit somewhere else on the map. The logic for this doesn't seem to even bother trying to find a nearby unit or a relevant unit, and so the camera is constantly whipping around from one end of the map to the other. When trying to manage a large army during a war, this can get very annoying very fast.
If suitable logic can't be implemented to make this unit-cycling work a bit smarter, then players should be given the option (via the options screen) to disable it entirely. This is especially true for multiplayer. There is already a "Unit needs orders" prompt, so it's easy enough to just use that to jump to another unit. Otherwise, the game should just wait and let the player actively click on the next unit that I want to move. Heck, even if smarter unit-cycling logic is written, the game should probably still provide the option to turn it off.
Each tutorial tooltip dialogue should come with an option to "don't show this tip again". Civ games are long, and they often aren't played through to completion. So when learning the game, I end up restarting often. And since the game is still new, I still have the tutorial tooltips turned ON. I do this so that I can be reminded of how the newer features work (particularly the late-game features that I haven't seen as much).
Leaving the tutorials on, however, means that I have to sit through all the early-game pop-ups as well. I already know how a district works and what a city state is; I don't need to see these tutorial messages again! But it is nice to see the messages for late-game stuff like national parks, archaeology, and corps, since I still don't have much experience with those features yet.
As such, I should be able to turn off the tips that I've already seen and know, while leaving on the tips that I haven't seen, or don't yet know...
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization VI, civilization, strategy, grand strategy, turn-based strategy, history, user interface, tutorial, barbarians, AI, surprise war, notifications, diplomacy
Firaxis has given me a belated birthday gift by releasing Civilization VI. They've also ensured that I don't get very much productive done during the months of October and November this year, since I've been sinking a whole lot of time into "one more turn"-ing myself late into the night. I've barely scratched the surface of the newly-released Dark Souls III DLC, my Madden franchise has fallen behind, and I haven't even bothered buying recently-released games like the new Master of Orion. My board game collection has been collecting dust, and my Dungeons & Dragons campaigns have been on hiatus. I'll get back to all those things after one more turn.
The first thing that stood out to me upon entering my first game was the artwork. It's a pretty stark contrast from Civilization V's visuals. Civ V favored a semi-photo realistic quality. Many screenshots of the game's map look like satellite photos, and units (though exceedingly large) looked and animated realistically. This created a lot of pretty screenshots (still images), but the game looked kind of static, washed-out, and dull in motion. VI, on the other hand, goes for an exaggerated, vibrant, and more cartoonish look that reminds me a lot more of Civ IV and Civ Revolution.
What I really like is how utilitarian the visuals are. Almost everything on the game map is communicating part of the state of the game to the player. You can see every piece of infrastructure in and around a city, as well as exactly which tiles are being worked, all without having to open a separate screen and without having to clutter the screen with extra UI icons. There's even different graphics to represent the different phases of a building or wonder's construction that tells you exactly what that city is currently constructing, and how close it might be to finishing that wonder. It's attractive, but it's also clean and informative.
The fog of war is also wonderfully functional and neat to look at. This game renders the fog of war with the style of a hand-drawn map on canvas (similar to Total War: Shogun 2, which I loved). Heck, there's even an animated day/night cycle that was seemingly added because ... why not?
The rest of the game shows similarly high production quality. There's actual cinematics for the win screens instead of dialogue boxes with a static image. Finishing a wonder results in an in-game cutscene of that wonder's construction. It isn't quite as pretty as Civ IV's pre-rendered wonder movies, but makes up for it by providing a sense of context that makes me feel like I'm seeing "my Oracle" instead of just the Oracle. There's more historic quotes, all of which are narrated wonderfully by Sean Bean. Firaxis even brought back composer Christopher Tin for some of the music. The new theme music, "Sogno Di Volare" ["The Dream of Flight"] isn't as immediately catchy as "Baba Yetu", but it's still an uplifting, memorable track that stands out more than the menu themes of Civ V. Put simply, this game just looks and sounds terrific...
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization VI, civilization, strategy, grand strategy, turn-based strategy, history, humanism, humanist, Civilopedia, city, empire-building, districts, hex, civic, social policy, diplomacy, Ed Beach, Christopher Tin, Sean Bean
Civilization VI may look very similar to Civilization V at a glance, but once you start playing it, you're going to notice a lot of subtle differences. One of the most immediate differences will be the changes to unit-movement rules with respect to terrain. Units still travel on hexes, and terrain such as hills and forests still slow down movement, just as in the previous game. But this time around, the cost to enter a tile must be paid before entering that tile! This is a small, but significant change of rules that may force you to change the way that you explore the map.
Efficient exploration is key to getting off to a good start in Civilization. And a good start is key to success at higher difficulties and in competitive multiplayer. This is still true in Civilization VI. First and foremost, exploration will reveal valuable real estate for settling your first few cities, including resources, coast lines, and natural wonders. An efficient explorer will also be likely to uncover more tribal villages (i.e. "goody huts"), which will grant tech boosts, extra money, free units, or a head start towards founding your own pantheon. Efficient exploring will also introduce you to more city states, and you'll be more likely to be the first player to meet the city state. Being first to meet a city state will grant you a free envoy. This will grant you an immediate bonus depending on the type of city state, and it will put you one step closer to unlocking additional bonuses and becoming the suzerain of that city state.
So now that we've seen the rewards and benefits that await our exploration of the map, let's take a look at those new movement rules and how they'll impact our early exploration...
Tags:Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization VI, unit, movement, hex, exploration, hill, forest, jungle, river, terrain, scout, warrior, city, city state, suzerain, natural wonder, ancient ruin, eureka, barbarian, encampment, pillage
Most of the board games that I like are very long, epic games that take hours to play. Games like Civilization, Battlestar Galactica, and Eclipse can take four or five hours to complete - all of which can still be finished before I'm even done setting up Axis & Allies 1940!. But sometimes, my friends and I don't have hours to burn on a board game, and we need something shorter to play. Fortunately, I have a handful of shorter games as well. And one of the best and shortest games that I play is the deck-building game Dominion.
Dominion is an exceedingly simple game to learn, set up, and play. The basic concept is that each player spends money from his hand to buy kingdom cards to place in your deck. Each kingdom card has special abilities that you can execute when you play it from your hand, and the strategy of the game comes from which cards you buy and how you chain their effects together to maximize your ability to buy victory point cards. Each game will have a group of treasure cards and victory point cards, some of which are distributed to each player to form their starting hands. Each player receives seven "Copper" treasures and three "Estate" victory cards. Shuffle them, and draw five for your starting hand.
When your turn comes along, you can have an Action Phase and a Buy Phase. During the Action Phase, you play any "Action" cards from your hand and resolve their effects. During the Buy Phase, you play any treasure cards in your hand to purchase new cards to add to your deck. Each card has a cost to buy it, which is printed in the bottom corner. Certain cards will grant you additional actions or buys (i.e. the ability to split your treasure to purchase multiple cards of smaller value), and chaining them together efficiently is the key to victory.
There's very few actual rules to learn, since all the actions in the game are resolved by simply reading the effects from the card. The only things you have to learn are some of the game's basic vocabulary (e.g. "action", "buy", "gain", "discard", "trash", "attack", and so on). Once you know what all those words mean in relation to the game (and most of them are self-explanatory), you are ready to play! The result is a simple and elegant game that can be picked-up and played within a matter of minutes.
But this simple game also hides some serious depth and versatility...
Tags:Dominion, Rio Grande Games, board game, card game, deck-building game, medieval, renaissance, kingdom, victory point, treasure, shuffle, card protectors, Donald X. Vaccarino
Back in April, I expressed my dissapproval of the Raiders plan to relocate to Las Vegas. At the time, my primary objection was to the idea of building an NFL-size stadium adjacent to UNLV's campus. But as time has moved on, the plans have shifted, and the city has come up with new location proposals for the $1.9 billion stadium, as well as new financing plans. Last week, the Nevada State Legislature, on the order of Governor Brian Sandovall, convened a special session to vote on the proposed stadium financing plan. The successful vote was a win for the Raiders' plan to relocate, but was a major loss for the city of Las Vegas and state of Nevada.
The finance plan requires the city of Las Vegas to raise $750 million in funds from a hike in room taxes for its hotels. This leaves taxpayers supposedly off the hook by passing the bill onto tourists. Critics have complained that this takes money away from Las Vegas schools and other public infrastructure and services, but this criticism is a bit of a red herring, as there were no plans to collect such revenues and spend them on schools or other services to begin with. Critics are valid in pointing out, however, that this does take that money away from potentially being collected for the purposes of funding education or services in the future.
I would be fine with this $750 million price tag if the plan guaranteed some degree of revenue or profit-sharing for the city of Las Vegas. It would be an up-front investment with the potential of paying for itself over the long-term. No such fortune for us Vegas residents. This is a bum deal for the city of Las Vegas, however, as the plan does not allow for any revenue or profit-sharing from the proceeds that the stadium may gain. So public money is being spent on the project, but no money is going back to the public. Sheldon Adelson and Mark Davis are both billionaires. If they really wanted the Raiders to move to Las Vegas, they can afford to build their own damn stadium.
What really sours this deal though is that it also presents some other "screw you"-s to the city of Las Vegas. The plan to build a new stadium started out as a plan to build a new stadium for UNLV's football program. But UNLV gets screwed by this deal, as they will actually have to pay approximately $250,000 per game to the stadium's owners in order to play their home games there! They'd have to pay $250,000 per game to "rent" this facility! "Public stadium", my ass! If Las Vegas is raising tax money to pay for this stadium (and we're paying for almost half of the entire bill), then it should belong to the City of Las Vegas or Clark County. If it belonged to Las Vegas, then our public university (UNLV) should be able to use the facility, and should get revenue from ticket sales. Not so, apparently. Make no mistake, this is not Las Vegas' stadium; this is Mark Davis and Sheldon Adelson's stadium.
We don't get the stadium; we only get the debt. NFL teams have a long, sad history of screwing cities with stadium deals...
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Ok guys, so here is my army list:
Shas'El+FB+PR+TA+HWMT+SI+HWDC+1xShield Drone - 122
x3 XV8+TLFlamer+MP - 129
x3 XV8+PR+MP+MT - 186
x3 XV8+PR+MP+MT - 186
FWx6 - 60
FWx6+EMP+(DF+DP ) - 163
Krootx10 - 70
Fast Attack
Piranha+FB+DP+TA - 75
PFx6+(DF+DP ) - 157
Heavy Support
Railhead+DP - 145
Broadsidesx2+A.S.S.+Team Leader+HWDC+Shield Drone x1 - 205
I will use my HQ to deepstrike behind opponents and get close to light vehicles and commanders. Same goes for piranha.
My Heavy Support blows stuff up!
My EMP FW squad will be taking out any other vehicles that escaped.
I'm hoping that with all this focused on taking out vehicles, I'll be able to use my other battlesuits to take out squishy troops, and my pathfinders will be markerlighting it up!
My other FWs will be for taking objectives, and the kroot will die like they do best.
Please give me some feedback, its extremely welcome!
HQ: Interesting.
ELITE: Good, I've used that flamer squad before its good but will die fairly quickly when they reach CC.
TROOP: Personally I wouldn't buy a DF, I'd just get another PF squad and use theirs.
FAST: good
HEAVY: you forgot to buy the secondary weapon system for your Hammer head (it is required) so you need to find 10-20 points.
ASSESSMENT: I wish your HQ the best in his task, Also EMP grenades dont work too well without the ability to roll very well, so I hope you are a Vegas pro.
Last edited by Blood Seriph; September 30th, 2010 at 18:15.
Thanks for reminding me about the 2nd weapon system on the hammerhead, I do need to get that.
Also, I have been rethinking the EMP grenades, as I feel I have enough anti-tank already on the field. If I take those off the field, along with one DF, I'll be able to fit in the Railheads secondary weapon, give it a blacksun filter(Good for that Raigun in DoW) and decoy launcher(I hate immobilized from a glancing, my SM friend gets really lucky with those), and add another piranha!
Thanks again, My revised list is below:
Shas'El+FB+PR+TA+HWMT+SI+HWDC+1xShield Drone - 122
x3 XV8+TLFlamer+MP - 129
x3 XV8+PR+MP+MT - 186
x3 XV8+PR+MP+MT - 186
FWx6 - 60
FWx6 - 60
Krootx10 - 70
Fast Attack
Piranha+FB+DP+TA - 75
Piranha+FB+DP+TA - 75
PFx6+(DF+DP+DL) - 162
Heavy Support
Railhead+BC+DP+DL+BF - 165
Broadsidesx2+A.S.S.+Team Leader+HWTL+HWDC+Shield Drone x1 - 210
Now that I don't have the extra DF, I'll probably use one of my FW squads to give the kroot some extra help. I know that alot of people say to keep your FWs mobile, but I would rather have them doing something other than running around the battlefield. I feel that, in a objective match, unless there are a ton of objectives, I can win by taking one or two and contesting or killing off most of my opponents troops this way.
If I do get another PF Squad, it will be at 1750 or 1850 pts, since I feel like I only need them for my elites at this level, and I love piranhas.
Last edited by Taubeast; October 1st, 2010 at 18:20.
I should have bought pirahnas last week when i went on my spending spree, but i had to get sum more xv 8's, 3 just wasn't cutting it. Anyways, lemme know how it plays out, especially with that wacky unorthodox hq ya got there.
I wonder if there will be cake.....
I sure will, I should be playtesting it this friday against a heavy-hitting Space Marine list
Hopefully it will work out for the better.
Tau for the victory!
In that case...
If your going against space marine's Id drop the flamer squad and get a 2-suit Fireknife squad(you'll also have 5pts left if you do this).
Good Luck.
Thanks for that last bit. I really was trying to make this an all-comers list for everything, but I may play two games to see which does better. I'll let you know how each unit does!
Here are my thoughts:
- Honestly, I do not like over-boosted commanders (or crisis in general). It's very tempting, but it's still a crisis, it might die from a single damage 8 wound or get stuck in close combat. Also the Helios setup of your commander is quite risky since it's most efficient at 12". JSJ doesn't work perfectly on every board, everytime. It's very annoying to lose such a costy unit. Try about taking a normal fireknife commander and invest the points in some other additional firepower.
- Restructure your torch squad: 3x Torch-Crisis TL-Fl,DroneC+GunD, this way the squad will cost 123 points and will have 3 gun drones which might come very very handy, since they got the pinning rule (also you'll get more wounds for your squad)
- Drop the SMS of your hammerhead. It just isn't worth it. Take normal burst canons and use the spare points for other stuff.
- If you want to use your FW's to actually do something, you have to increase the size of the unit. However, it's much more efficient to mobilize them.
- Think about using an additional pathfinder squad. Don't forget your fireknifes have a 50% miss rate and reducing cover saves can help you a lot. One single pathfinder squad might die fast, no body likes them. They will get a high position of the priority list of your oponent. I personally take two squads if i can afford to and try to position them quite seperated on the board, this way one of them usually stays alive. (you can also use the second devilfish to mobilize your firewarriors and/or use it as mobile cover for your crisis as well as board control)
- If you're going to face a lot of MEQ stuff think about switching your torch squad for a deathrain squad(TL-MP,TA). I think they might perform better than torches.
Well, on the issue of my commander, I'm trying to use him as an early light tank/dread popper, so I can focus heavy firepower elsewhere if need be. Also, the friend I'll be playing likes his termies...I'm hoping that This HQ will be deadly enough to termies, yet still be mobile enough not to get assaulted(although this is a moot point with me as well. The particular friend I'll be playing has horrendous luck. I once took out a squad of his vanguard veterans when he assaulted a single XV8, which was total luck on my part, and is something I don't wish to try to re-do ) I have tried out the Fireknife commander, but I dislike the fact that none of my battlesuits can take out any heavy stuff once it gets near to them. I figure that if any battlesuit should fill that role, it should be the commander, as he has the best chance of survival with the upgrades he has.
I do like the idea of the gun drones in the torch squad, and I can see that it could be useful. However, if I do that, I feel that the Torch squad may be a waste, as I'll be limiting its range to 18 inches, and I want them to be worth it!
More PFs...Well, I wanted this anyways, but couldn't see a way to fit into my army, as I love the large number of battlesuits, the piranhas, and everything else! This is my first upgrade at any higher point levels, but I just couldn't fit it into this list.
As I've already stated, I tried to make this list more of an all-comers, but I may play two games to see how Flamers and Fireknifes compare.
I've edited the previous list to show that I'm giving the HH BCs, my Broadsides will be getting a target lock, and my PFs DF will be getting a Decoy Launcher as well.
Thanks for the feedback, I'll post a battle report so you can see how the game(s) went!
Last edited by Taubeast; October 1st, 2010 at 15:14.
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Wintersday is coming to Guild Wars 2 on December 10th, 2013. That's a little earlier than last year! Have you been stockpiling in preparation for this patch? At this point, it's OK to spill your beans since people knowing your items will only help their price increase.
Selling Gold
I'm looking forward to goofing around in the game, but also to making a lot of gold. Speaking of gold, players will be buying lots of it, and the price has already peaked at over 8 gold. I predicted 10 gold by Christmas Day, so here's hoping I'm right! At this point, you could buy gold when it's around 6 gold and hope to sell at 10, but that's not much profit when you take the 36% fee out for selling it.
Wintersday Gifts
Wintersday gifts are exploding, but be warned! These could greatly decrease in price the longer the holiday goes on. I bought them when they were below the current buy order, so I'm hoping to make gold by heavily undercutting the current price of the gifts. If you manage to get some on buy orders right now, then you can do the same.
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Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. Looks like gossamer scraps crashed btw! I'm nervously watching for it and hoping that it goes back up. :(
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|Reviews for Curses and Reverses
| MusicalMaryann chapter 2 . 11/6/2010
Another great chapter... some great story ideas! Well done.
| MusicalMaryann chapter 1 . 11/6/2010
Great writing! Very much in Pushing Daisies style. And cool story idea.
| poyntersally chapter 3 . 8/8/2010
This was soooo cute!
| Miki chapter 3 . 2/6/2009
Loevly. Just lovely. You have a wonderful grasp for the Chuck/Ned banter. It's sad, on the one hand, that they had to be alone together like that, but so romantic on the other. I really don't see either of them minding.
It's so sad that there will be no more Chuck/Ned goodness. Evil, evil ABC for canceling our bliss.
| laura chapter 3 . 12/30/2008
this was perfect! the best fanfiction i ever read and from now on I'm going to call all my bowls bob :D
| Rainbow Stevie chapter 3 . 11/9/2008
Hands down, one of the best Ned/Chuck fics I've ever read. Ever since the first preview, I've been vaguely disappointed that this wasn't a movie rather than a TV show (just in the interest of...not being tortured incessantly by the no-touching thing), but now I have this to content me. And on the bright side, if the show doesn't give me proper resolution on that front, at least I can believe in this as how things wrap up.
I'm so glad someone was finally able to write a plausible way for them to touch - however brief that period was - that I won't even complain about the terribly bittersweet way we get to ultimate happiness. (well, heh, maybe just a little. I may never be able to read 'the man named only for his occupation died quietly in his sleep of a broken heart' without tearing up. Powerful stuff).
| kattastic999 chapter 1 . 10/30/2008
i love it its awesome!
| otahyoni chapter 3 . 10/22/2008
Aw. Delightful.
Love how Chuck's...state...reversed the curse. And other than the "honeys" and "sweethearts" feeling odd in Ned and Chuck's mouths, the dialogue was spot-on. So many great Emerson and Ned moments. :)
Very nicely done!
| FrancisHHr chapter 3 . 3/11/2008
I fell in love with Pushing Daisies yesterday, and this fics was awesome, it's the perfect way for them to be together forever. And your narrator was just like the one in the show. Congrats!
| sonoralie chapter 3 . 3/1/2008
I adore Pushing Daisies, and you got the unique patter of the show down absolutely perfectly. I could imagine the words coming straight out the character's mouths! And the story itself was great - I loved how well-balanced everything was. Great job!
| imaginationrunsfree chapter 3 . 12/23/2007
really great story, and very well written! I like how u applied your knowledge of Japenese language to the story, making it very believable. I could have gone without the road kill, but cute non the less. Oh and i think ur first section was the best.
| happiness5678 chapter 3 . 12/22/2007
Just wanted to say how much I loved this story. You really put a lot of detail into it...great job! I hope you write more for Ned/Chuck because you write them really well :)
| happiness5678 chapter 1 . 12/21/2007
I absolutely love this! I'm going right now to read the next part...great job!
| Elphie Fae chapter 3 . 12/20/2007
Oh geeze. Many conflicting emotions. I'm so happy for them, but thinking about what Chuck has to live with makes me want to cry. At first I wondered why she left Olive and Emerson and went to live a secluded life by the sea, but then I realized the full extent of the curse you gave her. She can't touch anyone other than Ned again. Ever. What a horrible curse to have to live with.
That was very well done. I'm not a crier, especially not with Fanfiction, but as I read the pre-epilogue ending I was fighting back tears.
| Animekitty47 chapter 2 . 12/19/2007
This is interesting! Though the chappie titles are weird, why do you combine them like that? Update soon please!
*adds to story alert list*


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I SUPPOSE I should be happy with it. Be that as it may, the fact that a full strength Liverpool side went head to head with an Everton team held together with Pritt Stik and Gaffer tape and still struggled to conjure up anything resembling a clear goal-scoring chance says as much about Everton's resolve as it does about Liverpool's dreams this season.
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