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Chirk, Wrexham, Wales Genealogy
Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun) is a small town, community and ecclesiastical parish in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales Genealogy, Wales, between the towns of Wrexham, Wales Genealogy and Oswestry.
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CHIRK, a parish, in the union of Oswestry, hundred of Chirk, county of Denbigh, North Wales, 5¾ miles (N.) from Oswestry, on the road from London to Holyhead and Dublin. This parish is remarkable in history as the scene of a conflict between part of the forces of Henry II. and the Welsh, which took place in 1165, in a deep and picturesque valley, along which runs the river Ceiriog, on the west and south sides of Chirk Castle. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a handsome edifice, with a square tower containing a ring of bells, and measures fifty-seven feet in length and thirty-nine in width. [1]
The town of Chirk, and much of the surrounding area was for centuries under the influence of nearby Chirk Castle and, later, the Trevor family of Brynkinallt in Chirk.
The parish of Chirk was divided into five townships:
- Chirk
- Halton (Welsh: Halchdyn)
- Brynkinallt (Welsh: Bryncunallt)
- Pen y Clawdd
- Gwernospin
Chirk was formerly a coal mining community, with coal being worked since the 17th century. The largest of these collieries were Black Park (one of the oldest in the north of Wales) and Brynkinallt. All mining ceased in the area during the 1960s.
It was a coaching stop on the old mail coach route along the A5 road from London to Holyhead.
The Chester to Ruabon railway had been extended south to Shrewsbury by 1848 with stations at Llangollen Road (at Whitehurst) and Chirk. South of the town a railway viaduct was constructed by Henry Robertson to take the line over the Ceiriog Valley.
Administration[edit | edit source]
|1536 - 31 March 1974
|1 April 1974 - 31 March 1996
|from 1 April 1996
Records[edit | edit source]
Civil Records[edit | edit source]
Births, marriages and deaths in Chirk are recorded in the GRO indexes as:
|1 Jul 1837 - 30 Sep 1935
|St. Martin's
6a (1852-1935)
|1 Oct 1935 - 1974
|11b (1935-1946)
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The following Chirk Parish Registers have been deposited at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth:
|1678 - 1956
|1611 - 1971
|1611 - 1975
The Clwyd Family History Society have published several volumes of the Chirk parish registers:
There are no official records available on the IGI for Chirk parish.
Nonconformist Church Records[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
The parish of Chirk formed part of the Oswestry Registrar's District.
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|RG9/1880 Folios 67-116
|RG10/2784 Folios 3-56
|RG11/2661 folios 36-95
|RG12/2188 folios 126-179
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Poor Law Union Records[edit | edit source]
In 1791, the Hundred of Oswestry and the border parishes of Chirk and Llansilin were incorporated under a local Act for poor relief. A workhouse was built at Morda.
The records for the Oswestry Union are held at Shropshire Record Office in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- C Neville Hurdsman, "A History of the Parish of Chirk", 1996, ISBN:187242452X
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Ordnance Survey map of Chirk
- Chirk War Memorial at Clwyd FHS
- Chirk Parish Church at Clwyd FHS
- Chirk Parish Church at CPAT.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849). Adapted. Date accessed: 11 September 2014.


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Quite a while ago, when this blog was still young and fresh, I wrote about what motivates me to paint, and followed it up with a post on my painting station. I have since come to realise that the two posts are related. Moving from a fixed place to paint to a mobile painting station has contributed more than anything else to increasing my painting output of late.
This is somewhat counter to intuition. In many painting guides on the Net, you will find the advice that a fixed place in the house to paint at is quintessential, for a couple of reasons, one being that otherwise there is too much setup time before painting, raising the lethargic inertia barrier one has to overcome to start painting. A second reason is that in a household involving small children and pets (we qualify on both accounts) you need a place apart for your painting and miniature stuff, so that you can keep it out of harm's way (this works both ways: your miniatures will not be mangled and you will save yourself trips to the ER with a child having eaten one or more of paints, brushes or miniatures).
Obviously, having a mobile painting station you need to set up before starting to paint is anathema to the above two points. So why do I paint more frequently now that I have mobilised my painting situation?
On the one hand, the second reason stated above is void in my case; I still have a space in the house — in the cellar — where I keep all of my stuff, and where I do the "dirty" work like flocking bases or cleaning up figures before priming them. On the other hand, the setup argument is still valid: to paint, I have to go into the cellar, bring up the painting station (precariously balanced on one hand — this is bound to go wrong someday, sending my paints and figures tumbling across the stairs) and set it up in the kitchen (which in winter involves running an extension cord from the veranda to get power for the daylight lamp I use). This takes time. I nevertheless find that this does not bother me at all, for some reason.
So, again, why do I paint more since I've set up the mobile station? I think it has to do with the fact that there is less of an urge to paint non stop. When you paint at a fixed location, getting up to do something else is more of an interruption than my current situation, and you feel an obligation to sit there and continue painting. In a hobby activity, any obligation to do something is a bad thing, and subconsciously, one starts to avoid that situation (or I do so, at least). In this case, one starts to avoid going up to the wargames room / painting closet / whatever to paint. Not a good thing.
With the mobile station setup in the main living room / kitchen area, I do not feel bound to it, and I can easily get up, and do so regularly, to go check something out on TV, or talk to my wife, or do whatever else strikes my fancy, often even while still holding figure and brush in my hands. I think it is this feeling of 'liberty', combined with the two factors I stated in the earlier article, that has resulted in my increased painting output over the last couple of months.
To quantify this: my Flickr account gives me a nice way of gauging my figure output — in the period July 2004 - December 2004 I have painted 42 figures (more or less), which comes to about 7 per month, or one figure every 5 days or so. This is my highest output since I started painting back in 1996-1997, and I was a single Ph.D. student with lots of time on my hands then.
As a quick aside, I'm having a week off work now, and I find that, paradoxically, I do less painting these days than during a normal work week. There must be an element of decompressing after work by painting that's playing here.
Anyway, that's it for now. Comments are, as always, welcome.
PS: the title of this post is a play on Getting Things Done, the umpteenth book on productivity and time managment that nevertheless is generating quite a buzz on the Net.
My current painting station is a fixed setup, in my wargaming room. I actually prefer it that way. It gives me a reason to go up to my gaming room and spend some time there. Also, being in the middle of all the gaming stuff actually gives me inspiration, and can easily get out reference pages (I keep a binder full of photographs of painted miniatures from all sorts of gaming magazines).
Also, I usually have a 'battlefield' setup, so when a figure or a base of figures is painted, I immediatly put it on the table to see how it looks 'in action'. Maybe this is because I really want to play with the toys, and I never really painted to a very high standard in order to participate in painting competitions.
I like the inspiration angle - having played in your wargames room I can easily see where the inspiration comes from.
I must say that I no longer paint as if each figure would have to win a prize in a painting competition. I guess I'm mellowing with age, but I like the fact that I can now finish a figure in less than an hour, and while it will not win anything, I am still quite happy with the result (see the sidebar to judge for yourself). Compare that to the 4 hours or so I spent on the Celtic general I took to the Crisis painting competition, and I know which I'll take for the majority of my figures.
To bring this back round to the subject of the post, in the new house (if it ever gets finished :) ) I'll have a dedicated wargame room (basically the entire attic, as at Phil's), and I'm sure I'll experiment with painting setups again.
I'm with you Bart. I also have a large permanent room downstairs in the basement. However, my wife does not like to see me disappear for the entire evening. So, I now have a painting station and light that I keep in my liquor cabinet. I put it on the dining room table and paint there so I can keep my wife company in the evening while she reads or does cross stitch. This is actually working well for me as I think in terms of hours, I'm painting more now than ever.
So, I now have a painting station and light that I keep in my liquor cabinet
Now that's a painting setup. Let me see… Lagavulin, Bowmore, paint, Laphroaig, brushes, … I can see this work :)
Yeah, the only problem is that all the OTHER contents of the cabinet end up being far more appealing than painting yet another company of US Airborne!!

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SAUSALITO, Calif., October 16, 2012 -- liveBooks, Inc., a photo-rich content management platform focused on sharing and distributing across the web, mobile and print-on-demand channels, today announced the acquisition of on-demand photo companies Pinhole Press and Pinhole Pro. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition expands liveBooks' market opportunity with a differentiated, premium-quality offering targeted at the on- demand photo gift industry, which is estimated to reach $2 billion by 2014 according to InfoTrends.
"liveBooks and Pinhole are united by a shared vision of elegant design, superior product quality
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Hello Surrender Fasters. You've made it to the last week of fasting for Cycle 5 and what a journey it has been!
Throughout this Cycle we have studied the theme Mastering the Art of Contentment. This week however, we're switching gears to focus discontent; Holy Discontent to be exact.
Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, has coined the phrase Holy Discontent. Holy Discontent is from God. It's the one thing about this world you can't stand. It might be poverty, addictions, abuse, or some other ill. Whatever the case when you see it, touch it, or get near it you can't stand it; in fact, everything in your screams that you need to take action.
What is that for you? What is the thing you can't stand about the world?
Our holy discontentment can come from a heartbreaking personal experience, or some injustice in the world. And it comes when you open your eyes to something bigger than yourself.
Today God is asking you to get in touch with the one thing you can't stand anymore about this world. Don't let the complexity of the problem overwhelm you. God is in control and that He wants to use you to bring change to this dying world.
Take Moses, He was chosen by God to rescue the children of Egypt from slavery and lead them to the Promised Land (he didn't personally usher them into the Promised Land, but his leadership molded a Joshua who successfully crossed them over). Moses was born a Hebrew, but adopted by Pharaoh's daughter and raised an Egyptian. However, he never forgot who he was. Despite his mistakes God used him in a mighty way!
Some of you are thinking I can't take action. Yes you can! Where would this world be without people like Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Gandhi, and Cesar Chavez? Like them, God wants you to use you for a mighty work. Surrender and let Him use you!
I have a passion for helping people complete their earthly assignment. I can't stand to see a life wasted! What is that thing you can't stand? In what way would you like to change the world? Please comment below.
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Hey, Abigail here.
So I know it's been a long time since we've written anything on our blog (we always say that!), but we just have a hard time making a routine of it.
Ever since we got back from Haiti (April 2012) we've been anxiously waiting to see what God has in store for us. We were so anxious to travel again that we weren't taking sufficient time to listen for His still, quiet voice. Once we took the time to settle down, we discovered that God has wondrous plans in store for our family, but we MUST be willing to set our own wants and timetable aside.
There have been several opportunities that we have tried to pursue in this last 18 months or so that we've been back in the States. Some of these include pursuing another position abroad with GO Project, starting the process to become a certified foster family, and serving with a ministry in South America. With each of these, we have gotten excited and rushed into things blindly, not seeing the red flags that kept popping up. These opportunities were not right for our family at this time. We finally felt the Lord saying, "Just wait! I have something great for you guys, but I need you to enjoy this season of waiting, and learn to open your eyes and ears to my voice."
So we stopped running after things, and let other things fall into our laps. I've been able to participate in a couple different Moms groups, and I love it! I'm having so much fun forming relationships with other mothers, especially in my local MOPS group. John got the opportunity to go back to school to finish his Bachelor's degree, which will open up so many doors for us in the future. We've started volunteering with Catholic Charities to help refugees. The first people we've met are from Bhutan and (I think) we've become fast friends despite the severe language barrier. I'm continuing to volunteer at our church's ESL classes, I enrolled Hosea in a Music Class, and we've formed many relationships along the way.
I guess the biggest lesson we learned here is this: Don't be afraid to jump in. It may not be where we necessarily want to be at the moment. But our eyes are on Him, and He put us here during this time for a reason. We're putting down roots, all is well, and we're continuing to find joy in the waiting.
**In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9**


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In 2014, there will be more than 2 billion smartphones globally. Mobile is becoming not only the new digital hub but also the bridge to the physical world. That's why mobile will affect more than just your digital operations — it will transform your entire business. This means that in 2014, automotive retailers should be prepared to re-engineer their processes, platforms, and organizations in order to stay relevant in this new business environment.
A mobile marketing study conducted by Forrester Research concludes this is what you should expect to see in 2014 and how automotive retailers should take action:
■ The intersection of mobile with the physical world will emerge as a top priority. Those professionals who are successful in their use of mobile will use it to enhance or transform existing customer experiences within physical spaces. Mobile brings the Internet to the physical world and enhances, rather than displaces, other media. For example, customers are bringing Internet prices and promotions into physical retail locations. In the past, many retailers ran their store operations and online businesses separately - this is now obsolete. Don't think of mobile as just shopping on the go. Mobile is a tool for in-store. It's a tool for research and consideration.
■ ACTION: Engage your consumers in their exact moment of need, which has been referred to as a "mobile moment," with the right services, content, or information. Not only do you need to understand their context (e.g., situation, preferences, or emotions) in that moment but you also need insights gleaned from data over time to know how to best serve them in that moment. Understanding when and where people want to interact with your brand and the actions they want to take within your mobile content can drastically help you deliver an optimized experience. (Note: this is where geo-fencing / geo-conquesting for automotive retailers is extremely effective utilizing location-based technology.)
■ Mobile advertising will start maturing. Brand advertisers have long been hesitant to invest in mobile due to the lack of maturity of the mobile ad ecosystem, the absence of rich-media ad units, and measurement complexity due to the primarily cookieless environment. But in 2014, expect to see new mobile-centric ad formats to emerge, more effective mobile video inventory to grow, and more mobile ad network inventory to shift to the exchanges. Improvements in user identification will be a primary driver for these changes.
■ ACTION: Shift the way you think about mobile advertising. You will be tempted to look for strategic guidance in over-hyped, tech-focused questions: Will Facebook extend FBX to mobile in 2014? Don't get distracted by the chatter. In 2014, focus on creating a mobile advertising strategy that takes advantage of the unique context and formats the mobile platform provides you. Begin by working with several vendors to test new ad formats and compare their ability to offer better-targeted mobile experiences. For example, an ad platform such as Apsalar can help you figure out the ROI of various ad campaigns through the use of in-app analytics and first-party data.
■ Companies will not differentiate tablet and mobile phone experiences. Despite the rise of smaller (7-inch) tablets and the increasing cellular connectivity of these devices, tablets are still primarily used within the home in a very different context than mobile phones. And the majority still rely on Wi-Fi. While Forrester believes that use cases between smartphones and tablets will continue to diverge, companies will continue to consider them as mobile devices. Do not make this same mistake.
■ ACTION: Differentiate your tablet approach and split your tablet budget. You cannot ignore the fact that more than 10% of web traffic will come from tablets alone in 2014. Automotive retailers should make the most of the context in which people use their tablets: It's a lazy Internet experience where people are much more open to discover and explore brands and products. Strategies that incorporate the depth of online programs with the touchscreen capability and full-screen HD video of tablets will maximize your marketing efforts on this distinct form factor. But whatever strategy you choose, remember that user behaviors and expectations for tablets are much closer to those for PCs than for smartphones. When you lump tablets in with mobile phones, you drain dollars from the already-meager mobile budget when you should be reallocating budget from the PC — the core device the tablet will replace among consumers.
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Great article Elana! There is a huge future for mobile marketing - I focus on automation which includes a text message feature based on any data available! Inbound texting is growing as well - going to actually write a blog about that shorty myself!
Great Elana!
I can show how Responsive (RWD) Website Design holds a direct impact on Mobile SEO and Local SEO and it's correlation to unique, informative content, driven through a Responsive Blog, which no one seems to discuss. Mobile sites are going to have a tough time outranking Responsive Sites, which Google prefers, even though this news is absolutely ancient, circa June 2012, based upon content alone.
Glad you enjoyed the article Alexander - I agree that Mobile SEO should be discussed here too, I'll be diving into that topic next month...
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Nova Scotia announces spending spree after offshore royalty windfall
HALIFAX -- An offshore royalty windfall has prompted the Nova Scotia government to embark on a nearly $245 million spending spree two weeks before the fiscal year ends.
The money announced Thursday in what the opposition Tories termed "March Madness" includes $120 million to expand high-speed internet in under-serviced areas.
Finance Minister Karen Casey said the one-time funding for internet service comes from recalculated offshore royalty revenues won in an arbitration decision on pipeline transportation costs for shipping Sable natural gas.
"This resulted in a recalculation of royalties from when the gas started flowing in 1999," said Casey.
She said the revenue was estimated at $120 million in December, but the arbitration award could bring as much as $250 million.
Casey said another $90 million was made available from departmental restructuring costs -- $75 million of which is related to non-wage costs.
Premier Stephen McNeil credited the government's fiscal management over the last four years for putting it in the position to spend in what it sees as priority areas of the economy.
McNeil acknowledged they'd considered putting the offshore money toward the province's $15 billion debt.
"We had a healthy discussion about that," he said. "If this had arrived on our desk in 2013 we probably would have had no options."
The money earmarked to help bring internet service to 95 per cent of the province's homes is to be part of a new trust fund that will be administered independent of government.
According to a report by Brightstar Canada also released Thursday, Nova Scotia's public subsidies to provide fully linked service to homes "could potentially reach $300 million to $500 million" over 10 years.
McNeil said the province's initial contribution to the internet project, and to others in the overall funding package, would also help leverage monies from federal and private sources.
"I think it's safe to say that with the dollars we are putting in, by minimum we will receive back another dollar on behalf of citizens to make these projects go forward."
The spending includes $40 million to fund research and innovation projects including in the ocean and clean energy sectors.
The government also plans to spend more than $16 million on programs that assist those on low incomes in making their homes more energy efficient, and on other initiatives such as needle exchange programs and job coaching for people with autism spectrum disorder.
Progressive Conservative MLA Eddie Orrell praised the funding for rural internet access and some other initiatives, but questioned the government's overall priorities in spending the money during what's often referred to as "March Madness."
Health care should have been more of a focus, he said.
"It's OK that we are spending that money but spread it out over the year to make sure that people get the health care and other things they deserve in this province," he said.
Critics have long used the term "March Madness" to describe big, late-year leftover spending by various governments and departments.
The political controversy often created by such spending prompted the NDP government under former premier Darrell Dexter to issue directives banning the practice for three years running.
Last year, the Liberals used more than $40 million in a flurry of announcements prior to the provincial election.
Casey said even with the extra spending, the government expects to end fiscal 2017-18 with a balanced budget.
The fiscal year wraps up March 31.
"They (spending projects) will not create ongoing expenses or additional debt for future generations," said Casey.


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Recently, I've updated my book, Testing Vue.js Components with Jest, to reflect the latest versions of vue-test-utils and Jest.
Doing that, I found out some things changed and other cool features were added to vue-test-utils over the last months.
In this article, I'm going to give you a summary of those changes, so you can upgrade your testing code to vue-test-utils v1 without any problem.
Brace yourself!
shallow to shallowMount
Easy peasy.
shallow was renamed to
Thus, the API for creating wrappers now includes
mount and
shallowMount, depending on whether you want to render children components or just perform a shallow rendering:
import { mount, shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
// Renders SomeComponent but not its children
// Renders SomeComponents and all its component subtree
Newly added classes and attributes
Before, if you wanted to assert on DOM Element attributes, you had the
hasStyle or
hasClass methods on the wrapper API:
it('A test', () => {
let cmp = mount(SomeComponent)
expect(cmp.hasAttribute('alt', 'Hello')).toBe(true)
expect(cmp.hasStyle('padding-top', '10')).toBe(true)
The problem of these methods is that they were not flexible. What if want to perform any other check aside from asserting its existence? Or use the Jest's awesome snapshot testing features? Nope, that wasn't possible.
That's why these methods have been replaced by
classes and
attributes. In that way, the code above could be rewritten as follows:
it('A test', () => {
let cmp = mount(SomeComponent)
expect(cmp.attributes().style).toContain('padding-top: 10px')
And since the very latest release, both
classes and
attributes have an optional argument to return directly the value for a specific key. The last example could be written as:
it('A test', () => {
let cmp = mount(SomeComponent)
expect(cmp.attributes('style')).toContain('padding-top: 10px')
Forms and setValue
Previously, to test a form input with a
v-model directive, you had to update the data bound to it and trigger an
input event (
change in case of radios and selects):
inputCmp.element.value = value
With the addition of the
setValue method, now you just need to call it:
It might not be game changing, but
setValue can make the test shorter, more readable and it's a nice abstraction for not having to remember what event to trigger depending on which kind of input it is.
Events and emitted
Imagine you have a component with a
handleClick methods that emits a
message-clicked event. Something like:
<span @click="handleClick">Click Me!</span>
export default {
methods: {
handleClick() {
this.$emit('message-clicked', 'Howdy cowboy');
In order to test that an event is emitted, you needed to create a Jest stub and listen to its event:
it('triggers a message-clicked event when a handleClick method is called', () => {
const stub = jest.fn()
cmp.vm.$on('message-clicked', stub)
expect(stub).toBeCalledWith('Howdy cowboy')
Now, the
emitted method has been added to the wrapper API, changing the way to assert for events:
it('triggers a message-clicked event when a handleClick method is called', () => {
expect(cmp.emitted()['message-clicked'][0]).toEqual(['Howdy cowboy'])
emitted returns an object which keys are the triggered events, and the value of those keys an array of events triggered with their parameters. For the previous example, it'd be:
"message-clicked": [
["Howdy cowboy"] // first event triggered
This example might be a bit contrived, but the
emitted method becomes very handy when several events are triggered.
Wrapping Up
Aside from the changes mentioned in the article, several features have been added, such as:
- Better support for slots, scoped slots, functional components and JSX
- Addition of the
parentComponentoption to the
- Lots of bug fixes
And what's more, the documentation is now much better.
If you're not on the latest version just yet, now might be a perfect time to upgrade!
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Sporting clays is a fast growing shooting game that tests shotgun skills by simulating the flight of game birds. The courses keep the competitors guessing by the various angles and flight patterns from the clay birds. A well designed sporting clay field will be a challenge to anyone, from beginner to professional, and is a great practice tool in the off-season. Setting up and building a sporting clay field can be challenging but worth the effort when the job is complete.
Items you will need
Shooting platforms
Gun racks
Clay target throwers
Design the Course
Step 1
Sketch a rough design for how you want the sporting clay field to look based on the property you have available. Focus on limiting the amount of walking required to get from station to station.
Step 2
Designate a spot for at least 10 stations. If room allows, add more stations as necessary which can add flexibility to the field if you intend on hosting tournaments or competitions.
Step 3
Draw the trail system that connects each station. Make the trail wide enough to accommodate golf carts and other ATVs.
Prep and Build
Step 1
Use the tractor and mower attachment to mow the trail system and stations. Adding mulch to the trail is optional and recommended if you experience large amounts of precipitation or plan on having a lot of foot traffic on the trail.
Step 2
Build shooting platforms for each station. These serve as the designated shooting areas for each station and add a safety feature for the other shooters and target thrower. Place the gun racks next to the shooting platforms at each station.
Step 3
Install the clay target throwers according to the drawings. More than one thrower may be necessary at specific stations. Adjust the throwers and stations as needed to mimic the flight patterns of different game. Have targets flying from the sides, overhead and straight at the shooter.
- Review local shooting laws and regulations.
- Obtain the proper amount of insurance.
- Beware of the neighbors and the direction of the shooters.
- Be creative and change the course as you feel necessary.
- Shoot at several other sporting clay fields to generate ideas for your course.
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Ability: Gravitic Anchor
Overview[edit | edit source]
The Gravitic Anchor becomes available for use if all three parts of Omega Force Set are equipped.
Basic Information[edit | edit source]
- Profession: All
- Locale: Space
- Game Description: The Kellerun Gravitic Anchor fires a modified warhead that ovewhelms a ship's rotational momentum, and makes turning almost impossible. The target's Turn Rate and Defense are greatly reduced. The Gravitic Anchor also significantly reduce the target's resistance to Kinetic Damage, making it more vulnerable to torpedo and other kinetic attacks.
Detailed Information[edit | edit source]
- Used by:
- Target: Foe
- Ability Type: Debuff Turn Rate, Kinetic Dam Res & Defense
- Activation: 0.5 sec
- Range: 10 kilometer Range
- Shares cooldown with:
- None
- Starts cooldown on: 2 min
- Self
- Trained by:
- This ability cannot be trained
Ability Ranks[edit | edit source]
|Ability/User Rank
|Ability Effects


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- For the companion, see MOA (Companion).
The MOA is a Corpus robotic proxy that serves as the backbone of their automated combat forces. Appearing as a tall, armless bipedal walker, these are the most ubiquitous combat machines seen in the Origin System.
Standard MOAs are identified by their green color and are the weakest, most common type of MOA. They will often attempt to overwhelm players with sheer numbers.
They make screeching sounds when alerted, and their main method of offense is to rush forward in relatively small groups, firing once its target is within range. They are essentially bipedal turrets. MOAs are immune to elemental stuns, although staggers and knockdowns work on them. MOAs rarely, if ever, take cover; they rely on their fairly thin shields for additional protection.
Whilst standard MOA do not pose a significant threat at lower levels, high level units can cause very serious damage in a short amount of time due to the high fire rate on their Plasma Rifle, and the improved damage and accuracy they gain from being high level. It is especially important to keep them away from the Defense objective as a result, as even a lone unit can easily cause critical damage to the objective.
MOAs can recover from knockdowns with a quick kick-up, though additional knockdowns soon afterward will result in a slower recovery, as additional knockdowns while they are recovering will cause the animation to reoccur (possibly a bug).
Eximus MOAs are sent as a syndicate death squad by The Perrin Sequence.
Farming Locations[edit | edit source]
These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the enemies until better facts are proven.
- Normal MOA
|Tile Set
|5 - 7
|Corpus Outpost
|5 - 7
|Corpus Outpost
|E Gate
|3 - 5
|Corpus Outpost
Tactics[edit | edit source]
- MOAs and all its other variants are the fastest common land-based enemy fought in the game.
- MOAs engage targets by flanking them and gunning them down with rapid laser fire. It is advised to keep moving while engaging them to avoid getting flanked and swarmed.
- They are commonly the front-line units of a Corpus group, backed with Crewmen.
- Unlike their Crewmen masters, the MOAs fire constantly, making quick work of shields.
- MOAs stand still when firing, occasionally moving between attacks.
- Their erratic screeches can signal whether they are alarmed.
- Its torso is located at the middle section of the MOA's body. Shooting the MOA's turret will deal 50% less damage.
- They can spawn indefinitely in some cases from MOA Cabinets.
- MOAs can fire their guns indefinitely, so move out of their range or line of sight and stay mobile to decrease their opportunities for opening and sustaining fire
- The MOA's head is located under the turret with arthropod-like mandibles.
- When affected with abilities that force enemies to use melee attacks, MOAs will try to kick players close to them.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- As of Update 18.5, MOAs can now be Stealth attacked by all melee weapons. The animations for these new stealth attacks are unique to MOAs.
- Like other humanoid enemies – despite not having arms – all MOA variants can use ziplines, including Bursas. They jump up and grip to the zipline with their legs.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The Moa were several species of flightless bird that were indigenous to New Zealand.
- MOA is believed to be an acronym, but due to the nature of the in-game UI, it is hard to distinguish if it is fully capitalized or not.
- However, in the menu for The Perrin Sequence's ranks, the negative ranks have the description "Hunted by Eximus Moa Squad/Platoon"
- According to a piece of concept art, MOA stands for "Mobile Offensive Armature."
- The standard MOA is the smallest of its kind, dwarfed by the other variants that players will encounter.
- The shape of the MOA from the waist down is very similar to the design of the Stalker in Dark Sector.
- MOAs can be summoned as temporary followers to aid the Tenno, if one hacks a MOA Cabinet Spawner.
- Earlier designs of the MOA had more organic-looking legs, as opposed to the obviously robotic design currently in use.
- There is a unique variant of the MOA found in a certain room in the Infested Ship Tile Set on Eris, it is named "Corpus Walker" bearing the same model as the regular MOA with the exception of it shares the Shockwave MOAs shockwave, has a unique description of "Heavily Armored" and will only exceed level 1 if spawned during a Kuva Flood, adopting 80 instead of 1.
- Syndicate MOAs can exclusively crouch and move if their summoner is also crouched, enemy MOAs will only walk or run with long strides if they are required to move from a crouched position.
Bugs[edit | edit source]
- If an ability augment is used on an allied MOA (Such as Ember's Fireball Frenzy), the additional particle effect will be in the middle of the MOA in line with its feet, as the MOA does not possess a separate weapon for the effect to become attached to.
- If a Loki casts Radial Disarm against a MOA, the Stun Baton will be on its weapon.
- Despite this, the MOA uses weak kicks to continue attacking enemies.
- In the Codex, there is a chance that any MOA will glitch its movements and camera (100% of glitch with the Eximus).
Variants[edit | edit source]
|Terra MOA
|Update 24.0
|Orb Vallis
|Codex Scans
|Plasma Rifle
|Other Drops
|Mod Drops
|Organ Shatter 3.79%
Reach 3.79%
Fever Strike 0.37%
Molten Impact 0.37%
North Wind 0.37%
Reflex Coil 0.37%
Shocking Touch 0.37%
Stretch 0.37%
Life Strike 0.1%
Split Chamber 0.1%
|+ ++ + - -
|++ ++ +++ - -
|Base Level
- Terra MOAs are able to jump long distances when their current target gets too far away.
- Terra MOAs will also attempt to kick and stagger any enemy within their melee range.
|Vapos MOA
|Update 25.0
|Corpus Gas City
|Codex Scans
|Plasma Shotgun
|Other Drops
|Mod Drops
|Ammo Drum 0.76%
Revenge 0.76%
15 Endo 0.76%
North Wind 0.33%
Smite Grineer 0.33%
Energy Channel 0.03%
80 Endo 0.03%
|+ ++ + - -
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Media[edit | edit source]
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Changed the MOA Laser rifle sound!
- Introduced.


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Today we're reading 1 Samuel 23 and Ezekiel 2.
This devotional is about Ezekiel 2.
Jeremiah and Ezekiel lived and prophesied during much of the same era of time. This was the time when the Northern Kingdom (Israel) had been displaced by the Assyrians and the Southern Kingdom (Judah) was in decline and would eventually be taken captive by the Babylonians. The difference between them is that Jeremiah prophesied before Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians and after it fell where as Ezekiel's prophetic ministry began only after Jerusalem fell while he was with the other exiles in Babylon (1:1). Instead of serving God as a priest, which he would have by birth (1:2), Ezekiel was called by God to see visions (chapter 1) and to prophesy to God's people in exile. Here in Ezekiel 2 he received a direct message from God himself, a message that commissioned him to call the rebellious people of Israel to repent. Jeremiah had faithfully proclaimed the word of the Lord, even when he was imprisoned for his message and when the Lord's enemies plotted to take his life. Ezekiel, too, was told to be faithful with the message the Lord gave him (vv. 4-8) regardless of whether people responded in repentance and obedience or not. The reason God sent Ezekiel and told him to keep prophesying even when there were no results was that "they will know that a prophet has been among them" (v. 5c). God's people may have rejected his message, but God would not withhold that message from them.
What purpose was served by sending prophets to people who would not listen and repent? The answer is that it removes their excuse and renders them guilty before God (see Rom 3:19). While it is hard to keep speaking truth in a hard-hearted world, God has a purpose for his word going out even when there is no response to it. Messengers like Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and us are not held accountable for how people respond to the message. Only God can transform a heart that his hard to his message through the power of the Spirit. What we are responsible for is to be faithful—faithful in speaking what God said without subtractions, additions, or apologies and faithful in living the truth in our own lives.
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