text: Eron12 and I were always somewhat intrigued with the 6th Edition BRB scenario called Seven Knights. One player plays a normal army, the other plays all heroes and lords. 6th edition had special scenario rules for extra large magic item allotments but we forgot about that one when we relaunched the scenario in 8th edition using all Heroes/Lords but with the normal individual character limits. Eron has been working on a converted, scratch built and/or kitbashed Daemon Prince for all four Chaos gods. They are all unpainted and most have work left to be done (Billy is currently without a head) modeling wise but they are all field-able now, so we opted to try Seven Knights with the four Daemon Princes. Instead of the Magnificent Seven we have the Maleficent Four. So Daemon Princes are at or near the top of most players' list of "Most Overpowered Units in Warhammer 8th Edition." It's not an unfair fight in this case. It's rare one gets to plan his/her army around countering a specific build (though the Tzeentch DP really threw me for a loop). Army of Scalenex Slann Mage Priest, BSB, Standard of Discipline, Channeling Staff, Focus of Mystery, Becalming Cognition, Harmonic Convergence, Lore Mastery of High Magic Saurus Scar Veteran, Armor of Destiny, Great Weapon, Cold One Skink Chief, Blowpipe, Light armor, shield, Terradon, Pigeon Plucker Pendant, Potion of Foolhardiness, Warrior Bane Skink Priest, L1 Lore of Beasts, Dispel Scroll, ended up with Amber Spear 24 Skink/3 Kroxigor Cohort with Full Command and Poisoned Attacks 24 Skink/3 Kroxigor Cohort with Full Command and Poisoned Attacks 27 Temple Guard, Full Command The Maleficent Four Every Daemon Prince was maxed or practically maxed out for their points limit on magic items and Chaos mutations. Even after kitchen sinking his four lords with gear, house ruling that one Daemon Prince could be a BSB, and making all three of the wizards level 4, Eron12 was still roughly 50 points shy of 2000. He could have bought a cheapie Chaos character sidekick but that would require Eron12 to thin the magic items a bit to make room and it would break the thematic awesomeness that is four Daemon Princes fighting by themselves. Rather than bring up every mutation and magical item, I thought I'd stick with the ones that had a material impact on the game. Nurgle was represented by the Bilious Lord of Yersinsia, (Billy to his friends). He was defensively loaded and served as general. He had a Chaos Familiar for an extra spell and better channel. He took the Lore of Nurgle. His spells were Curse of the leper, Rancid Visitations, Fleshy Abundance, Blades of Putrefaction, and Stream of Corruption. Khorne was represented by the Daemon Prince Kobb. Kobb had a +1 attack and had an Enchanted Shield. None of the other upgrades really mattered. Tzeentch was represented by a Daemon Prince whose blasphemous name cannot be reproduced by our frail mortal tongues or keyboards. I do not remember what the Nameless One's assorted upgrades did. They were overshadowed by his sneaky Tzeentch magic. I had forgotten that I had loaned Eron Nagash and that he has a Vampire Counts and Tomb Kings army book (since 8th edition went out of print he's been hunting army books that are being resold cheaply). The Nameless One took the Lore of Undeath and got Ryze, Khizaar, Razkhar, and Kandorak. It is no secret on this forum that I really like the Lore of Undeath and think about it often. I figured the potential of the Lore would be weak against four Daemon Princes but it never occurred to me that Eron12 would take it. Playing a team of characters against and army, dictates who fight who and when is key. Undeath is a spectacular lore if you are on the Magnificent side of a Magnificent Seven scenario and I didn't see it coming. Slaanesh was represented by Lexi who had Acquiesce, Hysterical Frenzy, Slicing Shards, and Cacophonic Choir. She had a magical shield that gave her a 1+ armor save against shooting. Important because Lexi played cat and mouse with my Skirmisher Skinks for much of the game (though eventually she handed them off to the Nameless One). Terrain We decided to use the Chaos Wastes terrain generator we worked. The terrain tended to frame the table leaving the center of the table mostly open. Since our units rarely left the center of the table, the terrain didn't matter. Two mysterious forests, a tower of Blood, a Marsh, a River of Blood, a Temple of Skulls, a Mist Wreathed Swamp, a Wyrding Well, and a Sorcerous Portal. The Temple of Skulls/aka the scary hill helped give my Skinks a nice vantage point to shoot from once or twice, but we never touched the other terrain The Sorcerous Portal had no minimum range so it couldn't be avoided. Most of the time it hit me and most of the time it was beneficial. My lower right had the Temple of Skulls. Moving up we had an ordinary building on the center, then a mysterious forest on my upper right and another building. The River of Blood separated the buidlings on the edge from the rest of the table. Opposite me was the Tower of Blood in the center of Eron's Deployment zone. The left side of the table from my view had the Mist wreathed swamp with the Sorcerous Portal above it. Then the other forest above that. Deployment We house ruled that Eron12 could deploy his DPs one at a time to make deployment more interesting. I used my Skink Skirmishers in the lower right as a dummy drop (and to keep them away from the Sorerous Portal). Then moving left I put my two Skrox in then the TG. Scar Veteran joined the Temple Guard, Slann joined the Temple Guard, and the Terradon Chief positioned near the Skirmishers. I figured my Temple Guard would really like the Sorererous Portal's buff spells and would only be mildly inconvenienced by the baleful spells so I deliberately positioned them to soak up the Portal's spells. I placed my Beast Prince in my right-most Skroxigor block. I mildly regretted this. I figured my Skink Skirmishers would be too many points in a fragile target if I put my Priest there. I figured if I put my left most Skroxigor block was so close to the Slann I wouldn't gain much from having a vassal there. Problem is my right most Skroxigor block was the most exposed. While the Skroxigor took a long time to die, I couldn't toss out any Amber Spears or serve as any Arcane Vassal with the unit tied in combat so early. Eron 12 was concerned about the portal and deployed his four Daemon Princes far away from it making a loose cluster on the right side of the table by my view. Billy, then Kobb, then Nameless, then Lexi. They were pretty much opposite my main blocks. No one played hard to get. Chaos won initiative for first turn. WoC 1 All the Daemon Princes advanced angling towards my right. Left to right order changes to Kobb, Billy, Nameless, and Lexi. Lexi had the least horizontal distant to cover so she was well ahead of the others. That was fine because she pointed right at my Skink Skirmishers. 10 PD against 6 DD. The Sorcerous Portal gave my Temple Guard Wyssan's Wildform. I dispelled an attempt to create a Cairn Wraith with dice. Then I failed to prevent the summoning of a Spirit Host. Nameless put it front of one of my Skroxigor blocks. Billy cast Rancid Visitations on my Terradon Chief. This could easily kill him, so I scrolled it. Then Lexi shot him down with Slicing Shards. I think bringing the Terradon Chief was a mistake, I was just too enamored with the thought of using the Pigeon Plucker Amulet. No shooting. No close combat. LM 1 I hoped to have my Terradon Chief remove the Spirit Host since he had my only magic weapon. Now I could only kill ethereals with static CR. I had both Skroxigor charge the Spirit Host to annihilate it with Static CR. TG march forward to close the distance between them and the Skroxigor. My Skirmishers failed their march test. They had plenty of movement to get out of Lexi's front arc but they couldn't position themselves to have all ten shoot her now. (I didn't realize that Lexi is nigh invincible to regular shooting yet) 10 PD vs 6 DD. I got Wyssans cast on the Temple Guard again, so my Temple Guard far away from close combat now are Strength and Toughness 6. I figured three flying targets in a row is the best I'll ever see for a chance to use Tempest, but I flubbed my casting. No more Slann spell. Since my Skink Priest is technically engaged in close combat, he can't Amber Spear. I fired some ineffectual shots at Lexi and learned about her anti-shooty armor Spirit Host inflicts no wounds on me and then crumbles away in the face of 6 points of CR. Only took me half of my army to counter this spell… Chaos 2 Lexi, Billy, and Kobb fly into my right-most Skroxigor. Nameless positions itself for some Undeath casting. 11 PD versus 7 DD. The first Wyssan's Wildform wears off (still got the one from last phase) and the Portal decides to cast Speed of Light on Temple Guard. Nurgle Rot is an upgrade that inflicts automatic Strength 1 hits on enemies in base to base contact without armor saves. That can actually hurt Skinks. Billy diseases a Skink to death this way. Nameless casts Khizzar on my Skroxigor and whiffs the damage roll, but he still got a token for a successful spell. Now armed with two raise the dead Tokens, Nameless can summon two Spirit Hosts. I was ready to dispel this, but he rolled IF. Miscast did no damage as nothing was in base contact with Nameless, though it drained the Chaos team's magic pool which was just as well since I had most of my dispel dice left. No shooting phase. Kobb's Firebreath kills five Skinks and fails to wound any Kroxigor. Kob inflicts five wounds on the Kroxigor with his mighty blade. Billy scores a lot of hits, but fails to damage any Kroxigor. Were the Daemons played appropriately, Kobb would have challenged Billy's right to lead at this point, and the two would fight to the death. Lexi was so upset about not seeing a fight to the death, she decided to miss with every attack. I figured that Kobb was the most frontloaded offensively so I maximized attacks on him (and Billy is basically unkillable in close combat). I didn't inflict any unsaved wounds. Eron12 forgot that Skroxigor were no longer immune to Thundertomps, I forgot that Daemon Princes had Thunderstomps LM 2 Not too long ago, I showed Eron12 just how long a pair of Spirit Hosts can hold a powerful block up. Now the tables were turned. There was nothing I could to keep my right most Skroxigor from getting bogged down and this would create a wall of Skroxigor to make it even harder for my TG to engage their flying enemy. I should be upset about this, but I am simply too proud how well Eron took to my lessons. Thank you Games Workshop. Your book Nagash has enriched my gaming greatly. It's almost enough to make me forgive you for Age of Sigmar, almost. I'm still mad, but I'm not going to send them any horse heads (the shipping costs for horse heads between the US and UK is crazy bad). Skrox charged the Spirit Hosts (either that or let the Hosts charge me), TG swift reform to face Nameless and back up slightly (I just moved them a smidgeon to justify the swift reform). Skinks Skirmishers climb the hill for a vantage point to shoot at Nameless. 10PD versus 5DD, Wyssans Wildform from before goes away, and I now get a redundant casting of Speed of Light. Nurgle rot kills a Cohort Skink and wounds my Beast Priest, I cast Apothesis to bring my badly wounded Kroxigor to full health. I cast augmented Soul Quench on Nameless only to have it scrolled. I followed up with Arcane Forging but Eron12 had plenty of DD left to shut me down (the secondary effect of the dispel scroll). I swapped Apothesis out to pick up a Light spell and rolled Banishment, exactly the spell I was hoping to get. Skirmisher shooting at Nameless does no unsaved damage. Spirit Hosts kill two Skinks, then they lose two wounds from Crumble, they still have two bases on the table, so they get to keep their full attacks next round. Kobb and Billy make short work of my two remaining Kroxigor, Lexi kills a Skink, barely. My Skinks managed to wound Lexi despite putting most of their attacks into Kobb who remained unscathed. In hindsight I should have concentrated on Lexi given that Kobb was worth the least points of the Maleficent Four. We remembered the thunderstomps this time, but Eron12 rolled fairly poorly only killing two or three. Chaos 3 Nameless could have charged the rear of my Skroxigor fighting the Spirit Hosts but that would open it up to a retaliatory charge by Temple Guard, so Nameless flew over to menace my Skink Skirmishers (who were now well out of the Slann's leadership bubble). The other DPs were engaged. 5PD versus 3DD, The Sorcerous Portal gave my TG Speed of Light yet again. Nurgle rot kills a Cohort Skink. Eron threw all 5 dice at Khizzar to kill five of my Skink Skirmishers. Khizzar provides bonus Raise the Dead tokens so Eron12 now had 4 (though Nameless never cast another spell the rest of the game). My Skinks passed their panic test despite their vulnerability. My Skink Brave issued a challenge. Lexi killed him with two overkill, saving me from facing 1d6 thunderstomps. Kobb and Billy only killed one Skink each, but they made up for it with good Thunderstomps. I was left with five Cohort Skinks and my wounded priest. I didn't score any unsaved wounds but my Skink Priest at least managed to hit Billy. That's a moral victory if there ever was one. Spirit Hosts kill one Skink. Then lose three wounds to crumble reducing them to a single swarm base. LM 3 If I rolled a 12, My Temple Guard could have charged Nameless but I wasn't feeling lucky. They marched forward. The surviving Skinks circled out of Nameless' front arc. 10 PD versus 6 DD. The Portal decided to cast Plague of Rust on my TG docking their armor save for the rest of their game. Nurgle Rot kills another Skink. I intended to blast Nameless with every spell I could. Eron dispels my attempt at Banishment. Augmented Soul Quench inflicts one unsaved wound. I still had some dice left so I cast Hand of Glory on the Skroxigor fighting the Spirit Host. I figured Hand of Glory would not help me much against DPs so I swapped it for a Light spell and took Speed of Light. Skirmisher shooting at Nameless does no unsaved damage. Spirit Host kills a Skink before crumble takes the Host out of play. I reformed to face the Three Daemon Princes who were proceeding to wipe out the dregs of my other Skroxigor block. Just for funsies, My Skink Priest issued a challenge and ended up being overkilled by Lexi. Chaos 4 Everyone but Lexi charges my remaining Skroxigor. Lexi positions herself in the empty space between the exposed flanks of my Temple Guard and Skroxigor. Stand and Shoot does nothing per usual. 5PD versus 3DD. Portal gives Wyssans to my TG. Nurgle rot fails to kill a Skink. Eron threw all five dice to cast Choir of Cacophony on my Temple Guard but I dispelled it with three dice. Becalming Cognition is the best discipline ever. Billy and Kobb inflict 9 wounds on Kroxigor killing them exactly then proceed to thunder stomp a mere two Skinks. Nameless slices up my unit champion with its blade. I maximized attacks onto Kobb since Billy's build, as mentioned makes him invincible. I got a lot of poisoned hits and actually managed to inflict an unsaved wound on Kobb. LM 4 I swift reform TG towards Lexi, sideways shuffle for a good line on the others. If the Skroxigor can hold the line for two more turns. My Temple Guard can hit the Kobb and/or Lexi's flank. 11 PD vs 7. This time my Skroxigor were the closest unit to the Portal. The Portal fireballs one Skink to death. Arcane Unforging inflicts a wound removes Lexi's super magic shield theoretically opening her up to Skink shooting, but I rolled quite well with an Augmented Soul Quench and killed Lexi (and my Skinks are almost all certainly dead by this point) No shooting phase. Between regular attacks and thunderstomps, the remnants of my second Skroxigor block are slain. I did sneak an unsaved wound on Nameless. Everyone but Billy is one wound down at this point. Kobb reforms faces Skink Skirmishers. Nameless turns to show my Slann its nameless hind quarters and nameless parts. Billy doesn't bother reforming. Now the DPs aren't obligated to stand still while my Temple Guard charge them. Chaos 5 Kobb charges my Skink Skirmishers. Billy and Nameless move near the flanks of the TG. Now Billy is the closest one to the Sorcerous Portal. 3 PD versus 4 DD, The Portal shoots Fireball that splashes harmlessly on Billy's back. In addition to a great armor save he has the Firebane Gem. He probably found the Fireball soothing. Between Becalming Cognition and having more dice, I easily stop Billy from casting Stream of Corruption. No shooting phase. My Patrol Leader challenges Kobb who barely manages to kill him with normal attacks, thus preventing Kobb from making any thunderstomps. Slann's in range, so the Skinks are ready to stand their ground die in the service of the Old Ones. LM 5 I repositioned my TG for advantageous facing against the Daemon Princes, but you know they are just going to fly away again. 8 PD against 6 DD. The Sorcerous Portal decided Billy could use Speed of Light (it really loves bestowing that spell). I cast Earthblood and Speed of Light on my Temple Guard. Then got IF Timewarp and rolled a Calamitous Detonation which I nudged with Soul of Stone into a regular Detonation. Not too terrible since the TG were now packing ward saves, only lost four. No shooting phase. Kobb butchers the Skink Skirmishers and reforms. Chaos 6 All 3 DPs were pointed at my TG. They could have hit the front and rear, but my Temple Guard were only down four soldiers, and they now had three combat buffs and a Scar Veteran boosting them. If the DP Brigade charged, I'd be almost certain to kill at least one of them, so the DPs flew out of the front arc and positioned themselves to surround me again, but this time with no one in my front arc. 11 PD versus 9DD, Portal cast Soulblight on TG. I let Curse of the Leper go through (after Soulblight this put my TG to Toughness 1 making me helpless to hypothetical Nurgle spell). I gambled on letting Curse of the Leper through figuring I'd be better off stopping the damaging follow up spells altogether. My gamble paid off. He six diced 6 diced Rancid visitations but I beat him with 6 dispel dice. Then I dispelled Stream of Corruption. LM 6 Nameless and Kobb were one wound down, but Nameless was a L4 wizard and worth a lot more points (and was the BSB for what little that mattered) 8PD against 6DD. The Portal killed 3 TG with a Fireball (I knew there was a downside to letting that anti-Toughness spell through!). I intended to hit Nameless with several spells but I rolled IF on Banishment. Banishment failed to kill Nameless. Then a miscast vortex failed to kill my Slann. Of the 16 DP wounds, I took 8 of them. 4 off Lexi, 2 off Nameless, 1 from Kobb and 1 from Billy. I don't remember when I got crazy lucky and actually wounded Billy, but it happened once. I lost 460 versus 1172. I'm pleased with how I did, all things considered. I expected to be tabled. Afterthoughts In this scenario, I think I should have dropped the Terradon Chief and Skirmishers. They didn't do much. You can't really run interference when the enemy flies and is tough as nails. Well Eron and I are glad we did this, but don't see any reason to play a four Daemon Prince game again. At some point, I'd like to try this special scenario again, this time on the Magnificent side of this scenario. Not sure if I want to go Empire or Lizardmen but I'm pretty sure I'd rather have a fairly large group of heroes than a fairly small group of Lords. I'm leaning towards Empire, because I'd love to try a Pegasus riding wizard with Undeath. Anyway, that's on the eventual to-do list. Probably going to do a few more traditional scenarios before we play Magnificent Seven again. If I got Magnificent Seven with Lizardmen not sure if I'd want a Slann or not. Might go with Tehenhaun and some Beast Skink Priests. Lore of Beasts is good for character heavy armies and my pell casters can fight adequately at least in theory. Then take a bunch dino riding chiefs and cowboys. If I go vanilla Slann, I'd want him to be ethereal but that doesn't seem very magnificent or heroic. Maybe Mazdamundi would be best…nah, I like the idea of a horde of Scar Veterans and Chiefs. I certainly have the model collection to handle it. @eron12, even though they aren't Lizardmen I'm guessing the L-O forumites love to see your WIP photos for your four Daemon Prince. I especially like Nameless' alterations now but I suspect Billy will be the crown of your collection once he's finished and painted. At least Billy has the best story starting as a humble lump of tin foil.


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Right now the cast of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is making publicity rounds since the film is just two weeks away from hitting theaters. And that's why Buzzfeed caught up with Evangeline Lilly, where the conversation eventually turned to Marvel's Ant-Man. The actress, who's playing Hope Van Dyne, daughter of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), actually had some pretty interesting insight on the publicized departure of director Edgar Wright, a big part of the reason much of the cast signed on to the comic book film. In short, Lilly says that what Wright wanted to do with the film was great, but she says that it might have been too far out of Marvel's wheelhouse to mesh with the grand scheme of their cinematic universe.
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"Shocked. And mortified, at first. Actually, I wouldn't say mortified. You know, a creative project is a moving target. You never end up where you start. But we all, I think, signed on very enthusiastically with Edgar. We were excited to work with Edgar. We were fans of Edgar. So when the split happened, I was in the fortunate position where I had not signed my contract yet. So I had the choice to walk away, and I almost did. Because I thought, 'Well, if it's because Marvel are big bullies, and they just want a puppet and not someone with a vision, I'm not interested in being in this movie.' Which is what I was afraid of."
Lilly goes on to talk about the differences in Wright's vision and Marvel's plans:
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So while it sounds like Edgar Wright would have directed the hell out of Ant-Man, perhaps the director just had too strong of a vision to fit in with that Marvel had planned. But at the same time, it's disappointing that Marvel isn't willing to let directors infuse more of a variety of styles into their films to make each more distinct. If there's one complaint Marvel naysayers have, it's that the films are a little too similar to each other in story, theme and style. However, Marvel did let James Gunn have a decent amount of freedom with Guardians of the Galaxy, one of the biggest outliers, and look how great that turned out. It's not like comic books are all the same, so maybe the films should be a little more diverse as well. Anyway, hopefully Ant-Man still turns out all right next year. Thoughts?
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About The BroBasketWe have a pretty cool backstory, check it out!
Our Story
The BroBasket started out with this true story, way back in 2013, starring a fellow classmate in our CSUCI MBA program… it went something like this;
My fiance (now husband) sent me a bouquet of flowers and I leapt with glee! That evening as I thanked him for the gesture I asked "Well why don't I send you some flowers at work to repay the favor?". He laughed and respectfully declined but retorted with, "I don't want flowers, but you can send me a bucket of beer instead!" After searching the internet and quickly realizing I couldn't send him a bucket of beer, I realized what a cool concept that would be!
The Seed Was Planted
And there it was, the seed had been planted for what would eventually become TheBroBasket.com. Our Entrepreneurship class overwhelmingly choose it as the business we would start in our classroom. As a whole, the class worked on the various aspect of the business plan; some wrote lengthy marketing ideas, others ran tons of theoretical sales numbers and financial figures, while others came up with a logo and even some prototypes. At the end of the class the four Vice Presidents stood in front of a panel of real life venture capitalists in hopes of getting the idea funded and turning it into an actual business! After all, as our Professor Doug Lane once said "Anyone can have an idea, but getting an MBA is about turning that idea into a business".
From Classroom Idea to a Real Business
Unfortunately we did not get funded, our little idea still had a long way to go, but the whole class got A's and we left with a sense of accomplishment; we had fun and really worked together on something bigger than ourselves. After class concluded, the original four VP's; Mike, Pete, Kenneth, & James (three of which are the current owners), and a handful of other students really believed in the idea and thought it could be turned into an actual business. So we continued to meet regularly and work on all the aspects of the business plan that needed more attention. Over time a few class member's fell off, but we vowed to give anyone that opted in a little piece of the company as an ode to the original class and their hard work. When we finally had a more refined business plan in order (almost a year after the class had concluded), we set out to get the money to turn the idea into reality. We held another much more 'real' venture capital presentation. We invited friends, family, members of our cohort, and of course, everyone that was in that Entrepreneurship class with us. This presentation netted us a few thousand dollars from a couple classmates. Not enough to launch the business, but it was a start and it gave us hope.
When the Rubber Hit the Road
After getting lackluster responses from many potential funding partners, and being turned down by a few banks for lines of credit or loans, we realized if we were going to make it happen we would have to pull it out of our own pockets. So the original founders, with the help of some family, cobbled together enough money to get a location, licenses, some initial inventory, and most importantly, a website built. We decided to bootstrap our business because we knew it was now or never if we were ever going to get The BroBasket off the ground. It took over a year and a half, tons of man hours, lots of coffee (and beer), and many delays, but on December 12th of 2014, in the middle of the Christmas rush for gifts, we launched TheBroBasket.com with high hopes and a uneasy feeling that we might not get any of that time or money back… but who cared by this point 🙂
A Drastic Shift on Our Business Model
Originally we opened the business as a local gift basket delivery service, kinda like Edible Arrangements geared toward men, but drinkable arrangements (as we lovingly call them in our case). We launched our website as our main portal for our local customers to order on, but then the strangest thing started to happen, we kept getting orders from all over the country! We would refund these orders and sheepishly state that we unfortunately did not ship our gift baskets out of the area, but delivered them locally. After a few months and many local advertising and promotional flops (as well as a severely lacking website) we quickly realized that local sales would not sustain the business, but since people kept ordering from all over, the light bulb went off! With the help of an SBA backed loan from our local partners at Ventura County Credit Union, we shifted our business model. We launched a new and improved website, started advertising our products nationally, came up with cool new ideas like Customize Your Own (our biggest seller), figured out how to safely ship our baskets, and bam, we were a full fledged eCommerce operation!
Happy Customers
Today we ship our BroBasket's all over the country, with 1000's upon 1000's of happy customers served. Even the male centric nature of our brand has not deterred some 1/3 of our gift recipients from being female (women love us too!). It's not that we just make some of the coolest gifts for guys out there (because we do), but that our customers love that they can send their friends and family their favorite alcohol in a custom gift basket on their special day, because what makes a better gift for any occasion other than booze?!
Looking Into the Future
We are kicking ass, having fun and have no plans on slowing down here at TheBroBasket.com. We will be offering more craft beer, custom and non-alcoholic gift baskets and plan on adding cool new gift options for any and all occasions in the near future.
-James (The Jack of all Trades) and The Guys @ TheBroBasket.com
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What kind of gifts do Men REALLY want?!
The guys and I one day asked ourselves "What kind of gifts do men really want?" Now being that we technically are men and we do own a gift basket company, it seemed like a no brainer that we put out a survey to see if our assumptions were correct. We also realize...read more
Terrible Valentines Day Gifts for Men
We get it, it's a "Holiday" centered around love and you want to show the love of your life just how much you mean to him. You even go as far as reading publications like Scosmo magazine to get ideas. That's all well and good, but some publications (ESPECIALLY Scosmo)...read more
The Perfect Thanksgiving Cocktails
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Post-Graduation Life advice
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The BroBasket Team
Mike Mazza
CEO / That Guy that said that one thing that one time
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Kenneth Connell
Director of Operations /Chief Sexiness Officer
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James Grasty
Director of Marketing / Jack of all Trades
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Press Coverage for The Brobasket
Check out Our raving reviews
(bloggers love us)
SoCal City Kids: Fathers Day Gift Guide
Product Review Cafe: Fathers Day Gift Guide
Read about us in these Publications
Featuring James our Jack of all Trades at the BroBasket and his entrepreneurial thoughts
Home Business Mag
featured us and let us tell the story of how a MBA class idea turned into The BroBasket
One Million by One Million
gave a great back story on how we came to be and where we plan on going
Camarillo Acorn
Our local newspaper here in Camarillo, CA featured us in an awesome article not too long after we first launched
Santa Barbara News Press
Another local publication was kind enough to give us a shout out in the wee early stages of our business
Watch some videos featuring us
Checkout the behind the scenes action filmed by our awesome photographer Evan while shooting our new product photos
You can hear James, the Jack of all trades here at The BroBasket, talk about all things Craft Beer and a bit about BroBasket on Craft Beer Blab
Lifestyles Defined Gave us a lovely little review
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West and Southwest must include I2a's in a very high degree, not only R1b, it's very easy to note while checking Iberians. There is an obvious discrepancy between Dienekes' and Davidski, and I think the first one is getting more accurate data. Most Iberians get absurd reports in the West Asian admixture here, when it's well known it's very insignificant. This new Mediterranean is very confusing, as I said there's a discrepancy since I was less than 5% Southeastern and now I'm almost 12%.
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The body of a Staten Island mother of two has been found in Instanbul, nearly two weeks after she vanished the day she was set to fly home. News 4's Checkey Beckford has more from the Grymes Hill section of Staten Island.
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Civilization Revolution 2
By 2K
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
***NOTE: Compatible with iPhone 4S+, iPad 2+, iPad mini 1+, and iPod touch 5 - WILL NOT RUN ON EARLIER DEVICES***
The sequel to one of the most successful strategy games on mobile is here! Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2 challenges players to build a glorious empire that will stand the test of time. This is the first game in the Civilization catalog to be developed and available exclusively for mobile devices. Civilization Revolution 2 offers mobile strategy fans a brand new 3D presentation and more tactical depth than ever before! Find out if you have what it takes to rule the world!
Key Features:
- New Units – strengthen your military might with brand new combat units including Aircraft Carriers, Jet Fighters and Special Forces.
- New Technology – race to science supremacy with new technology such as: Lasers, Modern Medicine and Information Technology
- New Buildings & Wonders – grow and expand your civilization like never before with new buildings and wonders including Nuclear Power Plant, The Red Cross and Silicon Valley
- Enhanced 3D Graphics – updated 3D graphics taking full advantage of iOS devices graphical capability
- Scenario Challenges - reenact historic events and battles in the Scenario Mode
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What's New in Version 1.5.3
Minor bug fixes
Customer Reviews
Not as bad as most reviews, but...
I really enjoy Sid Meier's Civilization games, and I am a big fan. I did not find this game to be nearly as "buggy" or poorly made as I have read. However, it is also far from being perfect. The biggest issue I had was with the first game I started. I played it through almost to the end, but I learned the hard way the importance of saving the game. I left the game idle twice while preparing a meal and both times the iPad went blank and upon unlocking it again, the game had to reload completely but I was happy to see a "continue game" option. The first time I pushed "continue game" it worked fine. The second time failed 10 times before I gave up. I kept getting stuck forever on the loading screen. I was almost to the end of the game and it got me pretty discouraged. I miss options like "hold for one turn." I have to move the armies fully or push the "defend position" button. I constantly forget what I have on the board because I have to put so many armies in the defense mode. I also battle with lag and long loading times. It is still fun though. It does work, is playable, has most features of the other versions, and is fun. I am generous with my 4 star rating but if this gets updated again and fixed, it will be an easy 5 star.
Needs Serious Update
This game is a spot on reference to the Xbox 360 version of CivRev including graphics, layout, and overall gameplay, yet with the 360 version you got to see just about every building in your cities including the wonders as well as watched your units change styles whenever they were upgraded to have a special ability. I think the makers could add to the graphics to let us see what buildings we have in the cities and also let us see the wonders that have been built. Also more scenarios would be greatly appreciated, and it
Would be even better if the scenarios followed the outline for them that was written, like global warming, "water is rising and resources are becoming scarce" yet when I start the game it looks like any other randomly generated map on one huge continent with very little water separating the civs and plentiful resources. What's the point of a scenario if it doesn't follow the written scenario? And do barbs only attack the actual players civ? I have yet to see a barb attack a computer player and I have yet to see a computer player attack another computer player or even meet another comp player within the game, even in late eras, all of these are making me regret the $10 I spent on this game.
Last bug fix.. July 2015....Really?
I'm a huge fan of the civilization revolution games, but this version is pathetic. In a few days it is going to be an entire year since the last bug fix! Even longer since the last new content update, but the bugs are so bad no one cares about new content just fix the bugs!! For example no AI leaders will know anything about other leaders or interact with each other for the entire game!! Which throws out many strategies where you could put 2 civilizations against each other... And the special forces are completely useless, if you can research modern warfare you lose your ability to produce modern infantry (best defenders in the game (4 attack 8 defense)) inexchange for for special forces (which are complete assclowns costing 20 extra production and have 8 attack 4 defense). The tech modern warfare is a good way to lose a close game, but that's to say if you didn't get bored of all 4 AI's thinking your the only other leader in the game. There are many other bugs just read other people's reviews of this update since its been out for a year and only 1 out of many have given it 5 stars. I wouldn't recommend buying it until they put out a bug fix even then at 7$ it's still an abandoned game (was 15$ upon release which just goes to show its diminishing quality).
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- Updated: Jun 04, 2015
- Version: 1.5.3
- Size: 1.01 GB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean
- Seller: 2K, INC.
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It's here already, the planting season all of us have been waiting for, I know there are some certain places whereby it is possible and easy to make ridges even without rain, like some of those swampy and loamy soil ground, but generally, we are supposed to wait for rain before we do the planting of seasonal crops,
but now there rain has started in major parts of Nigeria, some parts are experiencing heavy rain while others are still having slight rain, it can't be equal everywhere but it is raining; because we are in the season, with this understanding in place, I have decided today to handpick major agricultural crops that you can consider and cultivate this planting season and make money with it.
1. YAM : This is a good time to put your implement to work and cultivate yam, yam takes 8 to 10months, to reach maturity and be harvested for market and sales.
Yam needs more water in the first 6months, for effective growth and nutrient, so it is wisdom to plant your yam at the early stage of the first rain I wouldn't emphasize much on how to start yam farming, you can read more about that here.
This is a good time to invest and start your own maize farm, maize is not available all throughout the year; especially in a country like Nigeria, there is so much profits to make in maize farming business, in the next 5months to come, you will see Nigeria eating all kinds of maize, both the yellow and white, cooked(boiled), smoked, dried, processed, confectioneries, stored and lots more.
Rain is very if maize plantation must be successful, so you can start making your ridges and bed now for maize, if you are cultivating an acre of land or more than that, then I recommend you employ expertise and utilize tractor for your cultivation so as to make the job smooth, effective and easy; you can check out more on maize farming business here.
3. WATER MELON: This is another major crop that is highly profitable, you can start now, I understand water melon does not require much water but in a rainy season, the land becomes good at yielding fertility which enhances plant growth, so get down to market and make your plans to cultivate water melon this season, read more on how to get started with that here.
4. VEGETABLES: This is a good time to plant your vegetables, you can see in Nigeria, the major challenges with cultivating vegetable is water, and that is why we employ irrigation system but it is always stressful, but by the time you do more of your vegetable planting during raining season, to save stress and see your vegetable flourishing.
5. COWPEA : Cowpea needs good fertile land and water, that is why you should cultivate cowpea in raining season,
These are the major arable and profitable crop that you can consider for cultivation in this raining season, I wish you the best farming year.
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12 Things Pastors Do Not Know
Joe McKeeverJoe McKeever says he has written dozens of books, but has published none. That refers to the 1,000+ articles on various subjects (prayer, leadership, church, pastors) that can be found on his website -- joemckeever.com -- and which are reprinted by online publications everywhere. His articles appear in a number of textbooks and other collections. Retired from "official" ministry since the summer of 2009, Joe stays busy drawing a daily cartoon for Baptist Press (www.bpnews.net), as an adjunct professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, writing for Baptist MenOnline for the North American Mission Board, and preaching/drawing/etc for conventions and churches across America. Over a 42 year period, McKeever pastored 6 churches (the last three were the First Baptist Churches of Columbus, MS; Charlotte, NC; and Kenner, LA). Followed by 5 years as Director of Missions for the 135 SBC churches of metro New Orleans, during which hurricane katrina devastated the city and destroyed many churches. Joe is married to Margaret, the father of three adults, and the proud grandfather of eight terrific young people. He holds degrees from Birmingham-Southern College (History, 1962), and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (Masters in Church History, 1967, and Doctorate of Ministry in Evangelism, 1973). Joe's father was a coal miner who married a farmer's daughter. Carl and Lois McKeever, both of whom lived past 95 years of age, produced 6 children, with Joe and Ronnie being ministers. Joe grew up near Nauvoo, Alabama, and attended high school at Double Springs. Joe's life verse is Job 4:4, "Your words have stood men on their feet."
- 2015 Sep 16
As a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ, faithful pastor, you know a great many things. "We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren" (I John 3:14). "We know love" (3:16). "We know that we are of the truth" (3:19). "We know that He abides in us" (3:24).
But there is so much we do not know. Here is a partial list….
1) You do not know what people in your congregation are going through.
You know some of what several are experiencing. But even with those closest to you, so much of their personal lives is hidden from all but God.
2) You do not know what God is doing in each life.
It's like the wind which blows, said our Lord to Nicodemus. "It blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes" (John 3:8).
3) You do not know the plans the Lord has for each one.
"What about him?" said Peter to the Lord, pointing to John. "What is that to you?" said Jesus. "You follow me" (John 21:21-22).
4) You do not know exactly who is sitting in your congregation.
Recently, before I stood to preach, the pastor introduced me to each member of his congregation. Perhaps there were thirty present. I said, "When the church grows to 200, I want to see you do that!" He vowed that he would. But most cannot.
5) You do not know how God has brought them to this moment.
See the above reference to John 3:8 again.
6) You do not know what struggles each is enduring.
Not everyone tells you their problems, and not all wear their pain on public display.
7) You do not know how God is going to use you today.
We must approach every sermon as though this were life and death for some, for it may well be.
8) You do not know which word of yours God will use to prick their hearts, convict them of sin, strengthen their faith, and bring them to Jesus.
9) You do not know how inadequate you are.
And that's all right. I imagine if we knew we would be so discouraged, we would quit. "Not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, but our adequacy is of God" (2 Corinthians 3:5). It's all about Jesus.
10) You do not know what potential you have.
The One who created you and redeemed you has called you into His service. Now, expect Him to empower you and do wonderful things through you.
11) You do not know which sermons of your (and which visitations, counseling, witnessing, notes of encouragement, or gifts) will bear the most fruit and be most used of the Holy Spirit.
I love this little reminder from Ecclesiastes 11:6. "In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good."
12) You do not know what God can do with your pitiful sermon.
But it's fun to find out!
After all….
You walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
Unless you are willing to give the Lord your best effort and then leave the results with Him, you will not last in this work. If you require that the fruit for your labors must always be visible and measurable, one of two things will happen, both of them bad: you will either lose heart and quit or you will become a manipulator of congregations.
You will walk by faith or you will become a statistic (Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17).
You will not know until you get to Heaven how God has used you.
You will be rewarded at the resurrection of the righteous (Luke 14:14). What we have to ask ourselves is: Can I wait that long? Can I believe that strong? Can I sing that song?
Say this to yourself repeatedly until its promise becomes part of the very marrow of your bones: "God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love that you have shown toward His name in having ministered to the saints, and in still ministering." (Hebrews 6:10)
Go forward by faith, friend. "Let us not grow weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we don't quit" (Galatians 6:9).
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Welcome to the Sixth Grade Orientation! ☺. Sixth Grade Teachers:. Mrs. Collier -Room 2 07 Religion and Social Studies Mrs. Pietrzak - Room 210 Math and Science M iss Moore - Room 208 Language Arts. Expectations and Procedures. Please review, sign and return to homeroom teacher:
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Language Arts
Please review, sign and return to homeroom teacher:
Expectations and Procedures
Classroom Contract
Homework Policy
Homework is assigned directly to support and enhance learning taking place in the classroom and it is vital to your student's success.
Homework is expected to be submitted on the assigned due date.
Policy is as follows:
A loss of points will accrue with each additional day that an assignment is late. Students will be assigned to the O.R. as a result.
2 visits to the O.R. = lunch AND recess detention with 6th grade teacher and notification to parents.
Excessive missing assignments will result in a parent conference.
Power School (online gradebook)
Teacher Web (homework/news and events
Friday Folders (to be returned on Mondays)
Google Calendar (coming soon to a computer
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3rd period daily
Tutoring, AT
Library visits
Band lessons
Birthday treats
Mrs. Pietrzak
New Text - Go Math
additional practice, assessment, intervention and
videos to demonstrate skills.
Expect homework regularly as it enforces what was taught and practiced in the classroom.
Weekly Quizzes.
Module / Unit Tests every 3-4 weeks.
Fractions and Decimals
Ordering, operations, conversion
Number Sense
Place value, exponents, order of operations
Ratios and Percent
Representation, applying rates
Angles, polygons, area, circumference,
perimeter, surface area, volume
Probability and Data/Statistics
central tendency, analyzing/summarizing data
Scientific Inquiry
Experiments involving the Scientific Method
Earth and Space Science
Rocks and Minerals
Physical Science
Matter / Atoms
Life Science
Cells (animal vs. plant) tissue and organ systems
Texts and technology
4th Quarter
Miss Moore
--We will be learning comprehension strategies
-Purpose for Reading
-Answering literal, inferential, evaluative, and synthesizing questions
--We will be gaining a deeper understanding of literary elements
-Plot, Setting, Character, Theme, Etc.
-Types of Genres
---Most of our published work will be completed at school.
--Research skills and integration of technology will be a main focus in Language Arts classes.
--Students will continue to read 30 min. in the classroom and 30 min. at home each evening.
--Students may count reading Social Studies, Religion, Science, Health, Math, magazines, online sites (Schlastic.com, Newsela App, Discoverykids.com) as steps!
--Commonsensemedia.org to check what your kids are reading
-As an alternative to Spelling books, we will study Greek/Latin stems. This will help prepare the students when transitioning into Jr. High.
Mrs. Collier
The field trip your children have been waiting for!
Where: Cuyahoga Valley Environmental
Education Center (CVEEC) in Peninsula, Ohio
When: Tuesday, Feb. 3rd - Friday, Feb. 6th, 2014
(4 days/3 nights)
Cost: $220.00 per student; includes all meals,
transportation, programming, and t-shirt
"All The Rivers Run" Resident Program
Incorporates the arts, technology, science, math, social studies, and language arts
Discovery based hands-on learning
Complements classroom instruction
CVEEC has won local and national awards for quality
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Why aren't email marketers sending relevant communications?
26 Feb 2016
In February's DMA Email Council meeting we debated at length why we thought email marketers aren't sending relevant communications and utilising the possibilities of personalisation. This debate was stimulated as a result of the DMA's recent email tracking report in which 63% of consumers agreed or strongly agreed with the following statement:
"Most of the marketing emails I receive include no content or offers that are of interest to me".
I'm not going to lie, this debate was right up my street and something I could debate at length! I am incredibly passionate about making the most out of email marketing to drive optimal performance and I also think email marketers generally receive negative press about not implementing more sophisticated strategies, but this criticism is often levied by those who do not fully understand the challenges and sophistications of email as a marketing channel. In my career I too have been accountable for managing, creating and optimising marketing strategies for a range of digital channels including websites, SEO, PPC, Social media and email marketing. I've been in the challenging situation, one of which all email marketers dread, where the Director of the business informs you that data has just been purchased because 'we need to get an email out to increase sales'. The brand has no relationship (yet) with that purchased data and even after highlighting at length the risks of sending to that data, you are required to send an email campaign to that data.
Now I can see why for the untrained eye it is easy to think that it's really easy for email marketers to personalise their campaigns. And yes it is much easier than it was several years ago, as technology has evolved and become more sophisticated. But the pressure of 'getting an email out' still remains, and this is a pressure many email marketers face every day, a pressure that they continue to fight against, trying to educate about a more planned and sophisticated approach which will drive better results.
So how can email marketers start to push back against this pressure? Well, devising a planned strategic approach is the first step to achieve this, as you're able to counteract the 'just send it' argument by demonstrating the journeys the subscribers will go on with your brand, the LTV of an engaged customer and the risks associated with an un sophisticated blast approach…meaning there are other ways to achieve the businesses objectives rather than always looking at one email send to solve all revenue gaps.
But for this to succeed, a personalisation strategy won't be successful operating in a vacuum. For the utopia of personalisation, systems need to talk to each other to tell each other if a recipient has transacted, has bounced from your website or called your contact centre. And here lies one of the biggest challenges facing email marketers, as highlighted in the results of the DMA's email marketer report, and one I see every day in my current role as Lead Digital Marketing Strategist, where by 56% of challenges related to data, a 'lack of data', 'data degradation' and 'data silos'.
Having worked with a variety of small and large organisations, the number one challenge remains the same, and that's with the historical, inherited systems that were fit for purpose 5 years ago, but are now not able to cope with the sophisticated marketing strategies email marketers want to be delivering.
So how does an email marketer overcome this?
A number of customers I'm working with currently are either starting this process, where you really need to take a step back and redefine what you now need to fulfil your email strategy. One key area here is education about what email marketing means to your business, to your IT departments, Management and Board to demonstrate why the investment of realigning systems is worthwhile to your business and how essential it is to maximising your email performance. Other customers and brands that have just completed this exercise, and are now reaping the rewards as they are able to map and tweak new and existing customer journeys, report on a monthly basis and regularly testing how much personalisation delivers the most optimal results by segment.
But even if the above seems impossible for your organisation, sending relevant emails is still more achievable than you might think. Every time you send an email campaign, behavioural data is gathered by the email platform you use. This behavioural data can be used to segment subscribers, uncover what they are interested in by looking at what they are clicking on, or not clicking on, in your emails to ensure you send them content that is of interest to them every time. These types of behavioural journeys can also be automated, creating a win-win situation!
Of course, if you're lucky enough to have not inherited an ancient system and don't have any data silos, then there really is little excuse to not send more relevant communications!
Why is sending relevant email campaigns important?
Let's not forget that at the end of an email dispatch is a customer. In any strong relationship there needs to be trust and for consumers this is key, to trust the brand that is contacting them.
If you ask for preference information and the consumer has interacted with you on a number of occasions but you send generic, non-personalised email campaigns this recipient isn't going to feel particularly valued and is going to start question their trust in that brand. And in the recent DMA Email Tracking report, consumers were found to lose trust in a brand by 32% if the content they receive is not relevant. It would be like meeting someone a couple of times and being asked the same questions over and over again.
Not sure about you but I'd start to think the other person wasn't listening, had no interest in me or in building a relationship. Consider your email marketing activity in the same way. At the end of the day no-one wants to just be a number on a database.
Some quick wins that can be implemented today are to look at how your subscribers are interacting with your emails. For example analyse the content that drives the most clicks, is there a particular web page that receives the most traffic from email? Capitalise on this and start by testing the types of personalisation that drives the most engagement, such as name, location, device, weather, recent transactions, viewed content on your website etc. Also look at the number of long term non-openers you have to create separate journeys for those recipients to restart building a relationship with them. This will help to maintain and increase engagement which will ultimately create long term loyalty with your email subscribers.


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FEBRUARY 29 may only come round every four years, but Leeds United's trip to Brighton & Hove Albion next year will be far from a rare occurrence.
Yesterday's shifting of the game at the Amex Stadium from the scheduled date of the previous Saturday to a Monday night by Sky Television takes the number of United fixtures selected for live transmission this season to 11.
For a team sitting in the lower half of the table, this is a remarkable tally and one that underlines the pulling power of Leeds whose fixtures attract Sky's biggest audience in the Football League.
Not that this explanation is one that elicits much understanding from the 2,500 or so fans who will now have to head to Brighton on Leap Day, 2016, rather than the scheduled Saturday.
A spokesman for the Leeds United Supporters Trust (LUST) said: "The Trust is not surprised to find that, for the fifth successive season, Brighton away will be a night game.
"We are, however, somewhat disappointed that what constitutes our longest journey of the season has been subjected to fixture disruption, on top of the considerable fixture disruption Leeds fans have been subjected to this season.
"The scheduling takes no account of supporters' needs."
Last night's trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers was the eighth time Leeds had been shown live this season.
Such a disproportionate amount of appearances has already upset the club, with president Massimo Cellino being hugely critical of both Sky and the Football League.
In October, the Italian – currently under threat of an ownership ban from the League – took the controversial step of restricting United's ticket allocations at away grounds to 2,000. He cited the money being lost by Leeds in ticket sales when home games were shown live as part of his reasoning.
Cellino performed a U-turn following protests from Leeds supporters, but remains unhappy with the scheduling of fixtures by Sky.
Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday, meanwhile, will also meet live on the satellite channel towards the end of February. The encounter at the KC Stadium has been brought forward a day to Friday, February 26.


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Audi has continued its pre-season preparations for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a test on the track at Sebring, USA, during the first week of March. All nine LMP race drivers reeled off a total of more than 6,000 kilometers in a test version of the new Audi R18 e-tron quattro on five test days. On the unrelenting circuit in Florida, which due to its characteristics is regarded as an extremely tough test track, the main focus was placed on durability. In optimal weather conditions at Sebring, the squad of Audi Sport achieved the goals it had set for itself. "All the drivers were enthusiastic about the car," said Chris Reinke, Head of LMP in summing up the tests. "Our Le Mans prototype for this year is an evolution. In spite of this, the drivers agreed that they felt improvements in so many areas that you could almost call this a new car. The new aerodynamics, for example, in combination with the excellent work of our tire partner Michelin, makes enhanced performance possible." All manufacturers will meet for the first time at an official joint WEC test, the prologue, at Le Castellet (France), on March 28.


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Chen, Ying
|Dr. Chen is an associate professor of the Reliability and System Engineering School of Beihang University in China. She obtained her Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2006 and now working at Science and Technology on Reliability and Environmental Engineering Laboratory. Her reserch interests focus on complex system and failure behavior modeling, quantitative risk analysis of electromechanical systems. She is a member of IEEE Reliablity Society and reviewer of the journal "IEEE Transaction on Reliablity","Journal of risk and reliability", et al.
Hu, Weiwei
|Dr. Hu is an assistant professor of the Reliability and System Engineering School of Beihang University in China. She is a visiting scholar at UCLA since June 2015. She obtained her Ph.D. from Beihang University in 2009. Her current primary research interests are in complex electric system reliability, prognostics and health management of complex systems and physics of failure. Professor Hu is a member of IEEE Reliability Society and also a member of China Prognostics and Health Management Society.
Peng, Weiwen
|Weiwen Peng is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He was a visiting graduate researcher of B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences during 2014-2015, and now continues his research on X-ware reliability in China. Under Professor Mosleh's supervision, his research is focused on X-ware system reliability by leveraging the strengths of Bayesian reliability and model based systems engineering. As an imperative topic, the research on X-ware system reliability is distinguished from classic methodology of system reliability by highlighting the interactions within the X-ware system, and being more dynamic and more realistic.
Ramos, Marilia
|Marilia Ramos is a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering at Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. She is a researcher at the Center for Risk Analysis, Reliability and Environmental Modeling (CEERMA-UFPE) and a member of the Program of Human Resources of the Brazilian National Oil Agency (ANP), which rewards the best students working in the area of Oil and Gas. She has perfomed quantitative risk analysis on Brazilian refineries, pipelines and LNG platform. She was a visiting scholar at UCLA for one year during 2014-2015, working with Dr. Mosleh on her current research: human reliability applied to petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants.
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|Christoph A. Thieme is a Ph.D. student in Marine Technology at the Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. Under the supervision of Prof. Mosleh, he is working on the reliability assessment of software for autonomous marine systems and integrating software reliability in probabilistic risk assessment. Autonomous systems rely on software intensive control and therefore special attention needs to be paid to software reliability assessment.
Zhang, Min
|Min Zhang is a visiting graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles from January, 2015 to January, 2016. She is a Ph.D. candidate and also serves as faculty at Harbin Engineering University of China since 2011. Her research focuses on reliability analysis and probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) methodology and their applications in nuclear power plants, including system reliability assessment, PSA and risk monitoring.
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Originally developed with the sole purpose of being a Ferrari rival to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Ford GT40 became a prominent racing machine in the 1960s in both Europe and the US. Not wanting to leave such an important car out of the fun, the 2013 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance also took time out from its other celebrations to recognize the 50-year anniversary of the GT40.
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Muscle wins big at 2013 Amelia Island Concours as 1936 Duesenberg, 1968 Ford GT40 take top honors
The 18th-annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance took place this past weekend, and in one of the show's biggest years yet (bringing in more than 25,000 spectators and attracting more than 300 vehicles), two powerhouses ended up winning the judges' hearts. The top Concours d'Elegance award went to a 1936 Duesenberg SJN, while the Concours de Sport went to one of the celebrated marques, a 1968 Ford GT40.
Report: Ford's Kuzak hints that GT successor may be in the cards
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All we want for Christmas is a Ford GT
The Ford GT has always been badass. When it went into production in 2003, all of those kit cars from back in the day suddenly paled in comparison to a genuine GT40-inspired supercar. It was a relative bargain, too. Of course, when we say relative bargain, we mean expensive. Always willing to settle, we've found a way to claim with a straight face that we own a GT. It's still not cheap, but it's hundreds, not hundreds of thousands. Winding Road has pointed us to the 1:6 scale remote control Ford


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I heard it FUCKING all... He says, i quote... "People don't find me desirable!" FUCKING... ?WAS LOS MIT SIE? I am bout to blow my FUCKING brains out of my head, take it and pound it on the wall, and call it crack. I find you desirable in so many ways. I am not who I was a long time. I'm sorry I put you through that... I'm sorry! Through everything I was blind.
Through my relationship with Kevin. I really have a respect for love and won't do it with anyone else, Love is not something that you just get delivered to you... You earn it. I was there for him in so many ways but one and that's because I didn't have a car and he had a car and he wanted to stay up my ass twentyfour-seben but 6 times a week! I loved him, and obviously he loved me. But I wouldn't want to be smuthered like that. Take time and rest from eachother and that will make it stronger the next time we see eachother! I mean god.
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Shattered Star
From the ashes of Thassilon, an ancient power shall rise again! The ancient empire of the runelords may be long dead, yet the legacy of Thassilon continues to haunt the frontier realm of Varisia. With the rise of one runelord only narrowly thwarted, Korvosa reeling after the curse of the Crimson Throne nearly brought the city to its knees, and Riddleport rebuilding after a close call with a falling star, the people of Varisia fear that the greatest threat to their land has yet to play its hand….


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Jobs are key to any Aer Lingus deal, says Reilly
MINISTER for Children Dr James Reilly has said that the Government will "look very hard" at the sale of Aer Lingus "if the right deal is put on the table".
But the Dublin North TD also said he is "very concerned for jobs" that could be affected by the sale of the Government's stake in the airline.
There was opposition to the initial €1.4bn IAG offer among many government TDs, particularly from the Labour Party and it was ultimately turned down by Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe.
Dublin North is home to the airport and many Aer Lingus workers.
"I am obviously very concerned around the jobs for the members, particularly in my constituency and in many other parts of Ireland as well", Minister Reilly told the Herald.
"I am not ideologically opposed [to a deal with IAG].
"If the right deal is put on the table that can guarantee those things for us then I think we will have to look at it very hard", he said.
The Government is expected to make a decision on the sale shortly, after initially refusing to accept IAG boss Wille Walsh's first takeover attempt.
Since that time IAG representatives have held a number of meetings with Government officials in an attempt to hammer out a deal that would ensure job security.
The Government is also looking for guarantees in terms of connectivity and future Aer Lingus growth if IAG is to buy the airline.
"Minister Donohue hasn't come to us with the final facts yet", Dr Reilly said.
"We made it very clear that we are not prepared to accept the previous deal and I don't believe in making any comment until such time that what's on the table is put in front of me and I'm not aware of what the full deal is yet".


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Strong Dollars And Weak Exports
July 9, 2001
The National Association of Manufacturers and other business groups are pressuring Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to intervene in financial markets to bring the dollar down against foreign currencies.
A strong dollar makes goods cheaper for consumers; but it also makes U.S. exports more expensive. The result is a widening trade deficit.
In many cases American businesses are the world's most efficient producers. But their edge in productivity is offset by exchange rates.
The dollar has risen steadily against most major currencies since 1995.
- In 1995, $1 would buy 94 yen -- today, it will buy 122 yen.
- One dollar would have bought $1.37 worth of Canadian goods in 1995 -- today, $1 will buy $1.52 worth of Canadian goods.
- The dollar's value increased 39 percent in the last 6 years compared to an index of other major currencies, adjusted for inflation and weighted by trade, according to the Federal Reserve.
The dollar is rising because demand for dollars is outstripping supply. When the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy to fight inflation, it strengthens the dollar, especially when other countries follow a looser monetary policy.
The resulting rise in imports, pressure on exporters and bigger trade deficits will become intolerable, if only for political reasons.
In a similar situation in 1985, Treasury Secretary James A. Baker sold dollars from the Exchange Stabilization Fund and bought foreign currencies, while foreigners did the same. This brought the dollar down sharply, which improved the competitiveness of U.S. exports.
Soon, Secretary O'Neill may engineer a new international monetary deal to at least halt the dollar's rise. It may be just the sparkplug the economy needs to get moving again.
Source: Bruce Bartlett, senior fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis, July 9, 2001.
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Hailey Cain has a history of testing the limits of her fate: as a fearless bike messenger on the twisted, competitive streets of San Francisco; as a young female cadet in a sea of men at West Point. But Hailey also has secrets—the biggest of which led her to leave the academy just two months short of graduation, two months away from becoming a lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
Now, scraping and fighting her way through life, Hailey finds focus only when she's in motion. When an old friend from her former life in Los Angeles calls in a favor, Hailey doesn't have to think too long before she accepts the mission. She will escort a young Mexican woman across the border to a remote mountain town in the Sierra Madre. But what happens there will alter Hailey's life irrevocably.
From the dustiest Mexican roads to the meanest streets of East L.A., Hailey finds herself ensnared in a war more deviant and ugly than any she trained for as a cadet. Deep in the gang underworld, pursued by mobsters and authorities alike, Hailey must use her instincts to stay alive—and to protect the innocent from a past that still haunts her.
Awash in sharp gangland details and unrelenting in its pace, Hailey's War introduces one of the most memorable heroines in recent crime fiction. Hailey Cain is complicated, tough, and unnerving—and her journey into the depths of despair and desperation is as harrowing as it is impossible to pause.
"The resolution is neatly symmetrical, with Hailey's backstory revealed only in the final pages. Compton has a definite gift for portraying flawed, multidimensional characters, and Hailey may be her most compelling creation so far." (Booklist)
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A lot of people may or may not know that exercise makes you a happy person, I do hope you are one of those people that know this but if not, then you've come to the right place, er maybe article? Well whatever the case may be, please do continue reading and I'll be one happy person to show you how you can be happy while you go through your exercise routine. On a side note, doesn't it already make you a happy person knowing that exercise helps you feel happier, I know it helps me.
Immediate better mood – In just five minutes of exercise, your brain will be releasing some really good hormones that will immediately improve your mood, making you a happy person, well happier perhaps, depending on how bad a mood you're at on that day. All it takes is five minutes to make your day better, not even vigorous exercise mind you, and your bad day can immediately go from one of the worst days of your life to maybe moderately bad… wait that's not good, let's think positive, from an alright day to a good day, much better.
Better stress management – Research has shown that bouts of regular exercise, has rated people with better stress management skills. Know how sometimes you are so stressed in the office, you step away from the computer and pace around the room? That my dear friends, is exercise to make you a happy person. As previously stated all it takes is a few minutes to improve your mood, better mood means better stress handling, better stress handling means you are a much happier person.
Strengthen your mental toughness – Do you know those moments when the exercise gets really tough and you push yourself beyond your usual limitations, that not only can make you a happy person, it also strengthens your mental resiliency. Nothing quite toughens you up like hard times, and sometimes as you exercise you need to get to the hard times and push, and push some more to really get to where you want. Just by doing that, you can get stronger mental faculties which tends to make you tougher and can lead to you being a happy person.
Strengthening your body will make daily life easier – Having trouble bringing in the groceries in one go? Well get some exercise in and not only will you become a happy person, you'll become a stronger person, making life all around so much easier to go about. Who wouldn't want that right, I know I would!
Improved immunity – As one continues to do regular bouts of exercise, you will not only increase your overall body strength, but also improve your immunity system against sicknesses. How and why is perhaps due to more oxygen in your system as you exercise, maybe it's because you are strengthening everything and the flow of your blood is better, perhaps even because there is less fat in your system that clogs it, either way this should make you a happy person. So if you often get sick, make sure to get some exercise and you'll be healthy, spiffy and happy in no time.
Sleep oh glorious sleep – There's something about a good and satisfying sleep after a wonderful exercise session, it can really put a smile to a happy person's face just knowing that he or she has achieved something within the day. And since you've gone and burned off most of your energy during the exercise, you'll be able to enjoy a deeper and more restful sleep, assuming you did everything right, look forward to waking up with a great big smile plastered all over your face. Of course if you just started your exercise routine on the other hand, you may feel some aches here and there but that's the good kind of aches in my humble opinion, but hey whatever works for everyone else right?
Challenge aging – Time is something we can't really win against but at the very least we can fight against it a little and to do that we need to get some exercise in. Aging can be very difficult, our mobility, our skeletal muscles, our joints and so much more tend to slow down, but with exercise not only can you be a happy person, you can make sure to slow this process down. In fact if done correctly you can still do a lot, well into your more mature years. Again we can't beat time but at the very least we can make it our friend rather than an enemy that stares us down and eventually wins.
Beat down depression – Since you've pretty much increased your mood, you now have something that can fight off depression. Research has shown that people who go through regular exercise are not only happier, but also less anxious or depressed. Assuming you are having serious anxiety and depression problems, hit the treadmill, you can really help yourself fight it off. It's not a guaranteed win but if that's the case perhaps it's time to consult a specialist however if it's small pouches of feeling down or nervous, exercise will not only make you a happy person, it will help reduce those negative emotions, so why not go for it if it's right there?
Increase your energy – Despite getting a better night's rest, after a good exercise routine, you will definitely have more energy through out the day. People with more energy are often compared to a happy person but who am I to judge, in the end at least you'll have more energy in general to do whatever it is you enjoy. I like using it to spend more time with my friends and family, but that's another personal preference, feel free to go nuts on that extra charge of energy.
A good time to socialize – Regardless if you are out on the open road, running down a path that feels too good to explain or if you are biking in the gym, this is a great time to spend with friends, family and heck even acquaintances. As mentioned before exercise can get you in a good mood, now let's spread that mood by spending time with friends and family alike. I personally like the whole biking around the neighborhood with the kids idea, that makes me a happy person but to each their own. Some prefer a grueling basketball match with friends or maybe football with family, either or exercise can be a social type of event that will make people very happy.
Now there we have it some killer ways that exercise will make you a happy person. One way or another, there must be one or two benefits that really speak to you above, heck maybe all the benefits make you want to exercise, either way I do hope this really pushes you to go to the gym or hit the open road. Stay healthy!