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Mach Xtreme MX-ES 16GB USB 3.0
OverviewHardware: Storage, HDs & SSDs
WHAT WE LIKED:Fast transfers, Write speeds exceed specifications, Lightweight, Sleek housing, USB 3.0, Long life SLC memory, 5 year warranty
WHAT WE DISLIKED:Limited North American availability, 16GB a bit small for some people, Moderate price premium, No excryption software
Specifications and Package
The specifications for the FX-MX USB 3.0 16GB are as follows:
- Model Name: MXUB3SES-16G
- Capacity:16GB
- Interface:Type USB 3.0
- Dimension:69.5 x 17.0 x 8.2mm (LxWxH)
- Lightweight: 32g
- Max. Read Performance: Up to 140MB/s*
- Max. Write Performance: Up to 60MB/s*
- Shock Resistant: 1,500G
- Vibration: 20G
- Altitude:80,000ft
- Operating Temp: 0℃ ~ +70℃
- Storage Temp:-45℃ ~ +85℃
- OS Support: Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000 / Mac OS X
- Other features: SLC NAND Flash / Ultimate Endurance / World-class Reliability
- Warranty: 5 Years
Examining the features, there are two things to note here of particular interest. The first is that the MX-ES USB 3.0 doesn't come with any special encryption, locking, or fancy protection software; it's a straightforward storage device to transfer and keep files. The second is the 5 year warranty, which is longer than the 3 years we typically see, due to the SLC memory used and identified as longer life by MX Technology.
The MX-ES USB 3.0 comes in a small black package that's highlighted by white and grey. It's quite a nice package, very sleek, and it's rather interesting to note that this USB drive is apparently "Optimized for ASUS USB 3.0 motherboards". Now, we've used many motherboards over the years, but we're not quite sure how it's optimized for ASUS when the USB 3.0 spec is obviously not manufacturer-dependent. We'll hazard a guess at some sort of partnership between the two companies being the reason here. Regardless, we're big fans of ASUS and we'll actually be using an ASUS motherboard on the test bench today, if that's anything of consequence.
Let's take a closer look at this flash drive.


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Latitude: 52.3309 / 52°19'51"N
Longitude: -0.5665 / 0°33'59"W
OS Eastings: 497781
OS Northings: 271278
OS Grid: SP977712
Mapcode National: GBR DY6.TWG
Mapcode Global: VHFP7.4PC0
Entry Name: 39, High Street
Listing Date: 26 April 1950
Last Amended: 17 June 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1040342
English Heritage Legacy ID: 232417
Location: Stanwick, East Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, NN9
County: Northamptonshire
District: East Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Stanwick
Built-Up Area: Stanwick
Traditional County: Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire
Church of England Parish: Stanwick St Laurence
Church of England Diocese: Peterborough
SP97SE (North side)
5/115 No.39
26/04/50 (Formerly listed as
House. Late C17. Regular coursed limestone with thatch roof. Originally 2-unit
plan. Single storey with attic. 2-window range of C20 leaded casements under
wood lintels. Similar leaded casements with diamond panes under eyebrow dormers
to attic. Central C20 door under thatch hood. Brick and stone stacks at ends.
C20 single-storey extension to left also has thatch roof. Rear is similar with
arch-head leaded casements. Interior has chamfered ceiling beams and room to
right of entrance has open fireplace with bressumer. Owner has receipt for
hearth rent dated 1680.
Listing NGR: SP9778171278
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A hybrid LCD panel overcomes this problem by making the panel semi-reflective. In bright sunlight, the backlight can be turned off, an the reflection of sunlight off the panel used instead to display the image. At night, the traditional backlight is used to illuminate the image.
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Lampman/Grace Wedding
Best Wishes to Tim and Andrea Grace, October 10, 2009, Charlotte, MI. You had to see their wedding introduction. One of the bridesmaid & groomsmen exchanged tux/dress. Hilarious! I met Andrea through her Aunt Sue. Sue is a professional bowler (and I didn't know it) who hustled me one time for $50.00. She gave me 75 pins and still clobbered me. Lol! Thanks Sue for remembering me. And thank you Andrea and Tim for allowing me to hang-out with you on your special day. Peace!
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From Bill Gorman of TV By The Numbers:
- TV Ratings Saturday: 'The Bridge' Premiere Flops, Straining US/Canadian TV Relations
"The CBS premiere of Canadian import The Bridge was nearly unwatched on Saturday, drawing just a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating for both its episodes and straining US/Canadian TV diplomacy in the process." Read more.
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"I write because I love the feeling of having a single idea or thought, and allowing this force within me to take over and consume the page before me. I never know how it is going to turn out. I never know what direction it may lead me in. The final conclusions and thoughts all live in my unknown, mysterious place that only my subconscious mind has the map for, in surrendering to the flow of words I am being led blindfolded to somewhere magical that I have never been before. It's an adventure in itself, I don't need to leave my home."
Snapshot from feedmeblog - she gets it. This is why I started my own blog, I wanted to express my love for things, it gives me a voice and an insight to many people who I have not met, and might inspire them to follow what they love and enjoy!
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Components A single: Sharing Some Offers by The good Grand Prix Motorists"We share what we know, making sure that many of us may possibly improve."
SHARING SOME Offers BY The nice GRAND PRIX Motorists
"This was these types of an important victory for me. It's the outdated point Everybody says: you get your very first Grand Prix along with your mentality alterations. Before you decide to considered you could possibly get it done; now you already know you'll be able to."
- the terms of triple Planet Champion, Alain Prost after profitable the French Grand Prix in July 1981
"I do not give a shit for fame, I don't give a shit for society. I do not want to make friends with anybody who's important. I just would like to earn."
- Nelson Piquet (two-time Brazilian entire world champion)
Some equilibrium in your daily life now you should, Nelson (and never values to impart to young Nelson, jnr)
"The many leading motorists are tricky individuals with complex personalities. I would not go as far as to convey pleasant guys complete previous; but the most beneficial Components one drivers are driven, enthusiastic, pushy, would not-take-second-best, immensely aggressive individuals. That is what would make them so very good - given that they're bastards."
- group owner, Frank Williams
Ayrton Senna
(A short while ago voted the top Grand Prix driver of all time by above two hundred previous and present-day drivers)
"If anybody at any time offered their soul to win a championship, Senna did; the determination was just frightening. Every time he was in the vehicle, he was out to demonstrate to Everybody, he was another Entire world Champion. Now he has accomplished it (in 1988), and has the prospect to turn down the wick that he's been burning so intensely all calendar year, he might be able to go on to this point termed 'greatness' and turn into the most effective driver of his period.'
- Irish driver, John Watson
"Out of the blue I realised that I was not driving the vehicle consciously. I used to be style of driving by instinct, only I was in another dimension. I was way around the limit; but still I had been able to find more. It frightened me, since I realised I had been effectively further than my aware being familiar with."
- Ayrton Senna
"Senna is actually a genius. I determine genius as just the correct facet of imbalance. He is highly produced to the point, where by he is almost more than the edge. It really is a detailed call."
- British driver and now Television commentator, Martin Brundle
"Ayrton has a little trouble. He thinks he can not eliminate himself, because he believes in God and I believe's extremely unsafe for the other drivers."
- Alain Prost
"I feel the person is really a nutter. He is totally uncontrolled."
- Irish driver Eddie Irvine, who became crew-mate to Michael Schmacher at Ferrari
"Prost is rather wound up for the time being - and I believe, to some extent, he is wound himself up. It's the first time I've at any time found him shed his amazing. Regretably, it seems that Senna has received the psychological war entirely won. In the meanwhile I believe Alain's drive is suspect, although his drive unquestionably isn't. But I believe currently being bonked on The pinnacle by Senna has, if just about anything, pushed iot downhill instead of uphill."
- the ideas of colourful former British Entire world Champ, James Hunt to the Senna-Prost feud with the late eighties early 1990's, which began after they ended up "equal variety ones" at McLaren
(likewise to Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in 2008 but with far higher intensity and animosity)
"I feel that, in comparison to Ayrton, my speed is OK. He's just perfect. He's confident inside himself, after all the achievement he has had. It's rubbish to say I can conquer him. He is continually great."
- Austrian Gerhard Berger
Ayrton Senna's seek for perfection took him to spots the place no driver had been prior to.
"Ayrton experienced gained the race (1992 Hungarian GP in Budapest) and as I stood about the podium and attempted to take in the enormity of it all, he was in a most benevolent temper. He set his arm all around me, hugged me, and explained: 'Properly carried out, Nigel. It's such a very good feling, is just not it? Now you already know why I'm such a bastard. I do not ever want to lose the sensation or Permit any person else encounter it.'"
"Prost features a Wiliams deal and he provides a clause in there which vetoes me driving... and there's absolutely nothing you can do over it. He basically does not choose to contend with me in the identical car."
- Senna
Other resources of reference contain the following publications: 'Autocar', 'Autosport', 'F1 Racing', Link 'Grand Prix Global', 'Motoring News', 'Motor Racing', 'Motor Activity', 'The Autocar' and 'The Engineer'.
"I love to experience a racing auto around me, to sense the best way it holds me.
I like to make it do everything it had been built to carry out, then a little bit additional."
- Stirling Moss, my boyhood hero and the greatest driver hardly ever to acquire the coveted globe championship
"That working day I had all the things turned on and firing on all cylinders. I used to be ready to do anything at all. Whichever way you checked out it, it had been a unprecedented race. When it had been around, I used to be certain that I'd never be capable to drive like that yet again by no means! I'd reached the Restrict of my focus and may to acquire. Those people have been The 2 things that permitted me to go ahead and take pitfalls I did that working day. I knew I could acquire; but I realized equally I could get rid of.
I had been stretching myself for the Restrict. I had been trying out new factors, pushing myself further at a lot of blind places, where I never ever right before had the bravery to go cliquez ici the Restrict. I had been never a daredevil, never ever a amazing driver. I would try and gain as gradually as is possible. Right until that race I had never ever demanded extra of myself or the vehicles. Every time I shut my eyes, it had been just as if I were within the race once again, earning those leaps at nighttime on People curves, where by I'd never prior to had the bravery to press points to this point. For 2 days I skilled delayed action apprehension at what I had carried out, a feeling that had never ever appear about me just after another race, a feeling that still returns to me this day After i think about that time. I had by no means driven as I drove then; but I also knew I'd by no means be capable of go as quickly once again- ever!"
And Juan Manuel Fangio did not. That epic race, the German Grand Prix while in the 12 months 1957 was to get the five-time Argentinian globe champion's past victory!
"I had been taught that all the things is attainable, if you're ready to throw in the towel, to sacrifice, to receive it. Regardless of what you should do, you are able to do it, if you'd like to do it badly sufficient. However, most humans Give up way too shortly in life." *
- former British racing driver Stirling Moss's famous quotation
"Allow us to get to for the entire world that ought to be, that spark of your divine, that also stirs inside of each one of us."
- the words and phrases of Barack Obama in accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway
In case you set your heart on it, you can exam, problem and surpass your own personal "perceived limits" when you way too "get into your own zone".
Access for The celebs and discover the winner of existence in YOU ...via playing your own brand name of new music over the magical journey of existence!
Craig Lock ("Information and Inspiration Distributer + thoroughly unmusical motor racing fanatic and petrol-head")
"Champions are not produced from the health club. Champions are produced from a thing they've got deep inside them - an internal flame that burns brightly...with objective, drive and passion. True champions Stay the dream, the eyesight of who and what they can someday turn into.... even a long time in advance of it takes place."
- craig
" I really feel we can ALL generate and enthuse magic into 'so-called humdrum very little lives'. You do not just have to be the choreographer, or perhaps the conductor of your life script - relatively paint your daily life since the masterpiece it could (one day) be. You will find a wealthy tapestry of expertise in every human soul, that flows throughout the spirit of God. So don't commit your times stringing and tuning your instrument; begin building and playing your exclusive tunes of new music at the moment."
"Achievements: how as well as the spirit with which you deal with, then overcome the everyday obstructions, the frequent trials and tribulations along the customarily rocky route-way of daily life's magical and mysterious journey. Light-weight your route brightly."
- craig
THE WILL TO Get
"To push fearlessly to gain is to acquire A different race - the race against concern -
(trophies by themselves are but symbols to delight aged age);
To obstacle your fellow man in peaceful pursuit
Of bravery could be the epitome of braveness;
To lose the voiture la plus economique race with grace will be the embodiment of grace by itself.
To triumph is to accomplish glory
But glory is vacant with no overthrow of fear, the acquisition
Of courage, of grace -
For your possession of those would be the genuine glory.
Good breeding is displayed in the chance to drop properly
Which is generally engendered by regard:
Regard is established by the acknowledgement not of the other guy's shortcomings or faults
But primarily the acknowledgement of his virtues -
For with no advantage
What on earth is male - be he over the keep track of complicated the fates,
Or with a mattress of slumber?
(with the Global Grand Prix E book of Motor Racing (Edited by Michael Frewin and initially released by Leslie Frewin, London in 1965)
"Alongside one another, a person intellect, a person everyday living at any given time, Let's examine how Lots of individuals we could impression, really encourage, empower, uplift and even perhaps inspire to reach their fullest potentials...and so become 'ever extra champions "Alongside one another, a person head, one particular daily life at a time, let's see how Lots of people we can effects, persuade, empower, uplift and even perhaps inspire to reach their fullest potentials...and so come to be 'at any time far more champions of existence'."
For dearest dad and 'pal', another 'winner' - begin to see the dream never died...It is really just taken A different system!
"At times you have to hand over the lifetime you had prepared... so as to Dwell the lifestyle you were being intended to live."


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Thank you too all who helped out and participated in the 2016 International Arts Night at Cedar Hill School. The children's art work was on display for all to see. It was a great success, an energetic and unique experience, and an art-filled extravaganza.
The Warwick Beacon reported on Arts Night and they had wonderful things to say about the event. Check out an an excerpt below.
Cedar Hill's First "International Arts Night
From the Warwick Beacon May 5, 2016
"Cedar Hill School recently held an International Arts Night to celebrate and welcome the numerous international families that have moved into the Cedar Hill Elementary community…Throughout the school year students throughout every grade worked on various art projects, from dance routines, choral lineup, collages and paintings from various different regions and cultures around the globe."
To Read entire article, follow this link: http://warwickonline.com/stories/cedar-hill-arts-night-has-international-flare,112296?
A BIG THANK YOU GOES OUT TO DANIELLE GARDINER, MARY CARTWRIGHT, AND PHOEBE MADDEN FOR ORGANIZING THIS FUN-FILLED EVENT. It was culturally interesting, artistically fabulous and a wonderfully inclusive and welcoming night. You all did a spectacular job and we can not thank you enough!
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This isn't the first time I've reviewed a novel by China Miéville, and it won't be the last time either.
China Miéville is one of the finest writers of science-fantasy I have ever read. Whether it is the imagined world of Bas-Lag, which three of his most ambitious novels envisage, to the grimy streets of contemporary London in King Rat, China Miéville is consistently creating tales with puissant imagery, poetic prose, and a confident voice. The thing I love about China Mieville is his ability to make an impossible premise feel real, and that is exactly what he has done with The City & The City.
In fact, I could just gush about how overwhelmingly fantastic he is, and how almost every book he's written I've loved from start to finish (except the census-taker), but that wouldn't make for a very entertaining blog post now, would it?
So, here is some photographic evidence of my fandom so we can move along with this post:
The City & The City is detective novel at heart, albeit a very different detective novel. Though it plays on common themes in Miéville's works, such as politics and things of a surreal nature, it is also completely new. Exploring these themes through the lens of theoretical physics and interstitiality, Miéville crafts a novel of dizzying and superior heights.
Yet, as complex as I have made it sound, The City & The City is formed on a single premise. That is that, somewhere on the edge of Europe, two cities that occupy the same space exist. These two cities may occupy the same space, but the citizens of each are completely oblivious to each other. Well, not quite oblivious, they 'unsee' each other. That is to say, one resident of one city is forbidden from looking into, or travelling to, the sister city. Drivers in both cities have to avoid each other without so much as a flutter of recognition, pedestrians wordlessly move through foreign crowds without acknowledging them, and whole streets go untraversed depending on which city they belong to. Why? Because this is the law, and to break this seeing/unseeing law is to invoke breach.
I rate Miéville's world building (or should I say city building) in this novel very highly. He has created a world both familiar yet so strikingly alien while still being easy to understand. The cities are considered, well described and developed, and have been fully thought out. Miéville once again proves his powers of observation by creating a setting so vividly and fully imagined.
The main character, Inspector Tyador Borlú, is part of Beszél's (one of the two cities) extreme crime squad. The story opens straight into the action with the inspector arriving at the scene of the crime on which most of the story hinges. Soon, Borlú begins to expect that this murder may have taken place over both cities, but how? The pacing is nothing short of masterful, the plot thickens rapidly, and soon we see Borlú struggling with his dogged determination to solve the case and uncover the truth. Borlú himself is an interesting and well-written character, which is good seeing as the book is written entirely from his point of view. Secondary characters, such as Dhatt and Corwi, are a testament to Miéville's ability to write a compelling cast into his books.
The use of language is more economic than the average Miéville book, meaning you don't need a thesaurus to read this one. The prose still leans towards the poetic but doesn't distract from the strong first person narrative. Dialogue is convincing, with plenty of little references to things that made me smile.
My one gripe with the book is that the mystery was still quite conventional. That is not, however, a terrible sin. Miéville has turned a conventional mystery plot into something different using the setting. Once again proving that he is one of the masters at writing settings that will come back to haunt your dreams.
This novel is a monument to the genre while breaking all sorts of predefined norms for a detective novel. If you haven't already read The City & The City, then I would urge you to do so as soon as possible.
That's it for this review, I hope you enjoyed it.
Have you read any China Mieville? If so, leave me a comment below, and tell me all about it.
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InnoGames: 扩散风险也意味着把能量扩散出去(不能聚焦做事)
原作者:Matthew Handrahan 译者:Willow Wu
InnoGames的CEO Hendrik Klindworth在Devcom发表演讲之前,他认真思考了从网页端转移到移动端的过程中,专注于少数游戏给了他们多大的帮助。
2011年的时候我去拜访了InnoGames,那时德国的游戏产业正处于蓬勃发展时期。这家位于汉堡的游戏工作室正要发布一款被众人看好的新游戏,Forge of Empires,后来也成为该工作室最成功的作品。
在那一年我还拜访了其他几家德国工作室,包括Gamigo, Bigpoint和Goodgame Studios,这时的网游市场还处于繁荣时期,他们同样也在浏览器平台收获成功,并且期盼着在未来能够收获更多。虽然并不是每个公司都能称心如意,但是InnoGames却做到了。
鉴于InnoGames热门游戏都发展得非常好,收益也是逐年稳步上升,今年,Modern Times Group把他们在InnoGames股份增加到了51%。Devcom下周将会在科隆举行,CEO Hendrik Klindworth将会详细说明公司把目标转向移动市场对于他们的成功历程有怎样的意义。
2011年的时候,你们在网页端下了很多功夫。那段时间,还有几个非常成功的本地公司也致力于这个领域:比如Bigpoint, Goodgame Studios, Gamigo。对于德国游戏产业来说,那真是一段黄金期,但是InnoGames的势头一直都很好,愈变愈强。
Klindworth: 2011年,那时候好像人们都不用担心你的游戏会不会卖得好,一路飞涨。虽说现在要盈利也还是挺容易的,但是从2011年开始,这个行业的竞争也开始激烈起来了。为了获取用户争得头破血流,市场变得更具有挑战性,但这段时期也是InnoGames发展渐入佳境的起点。
Klindworth: 当一切都进展顺利的时候,最好的办法看似就是去招募更多人,做更多的事,但是尤为重要的是要在这段时期要坚持贯彻你的发展策略。要小心,不要发展过快,员工人数不需要那么多。保持后见之明对我们来说真的非常重要。
InnoGames在2003年发布了首款网页游戏,Tribal Wars,到今天它仍然还在屹立不倒。
Klindworth: 大概420人。
鉴于InnoGames的成功经历,在6年内人数翻一倍还算是比较保守了。Forge of Empires是InnoGames成功路上的功臣之一,网页版本的游戏计划在2011年发布,截止今年五月的终生收益(lifetime revenue)已经达到了2.5亿欧元。
Klindworth: 它已经在市场上有些年头了,而且还呈现增长趋势。移动版本真的是帮了我们大忙,也为Forge of Empires带来了新一波的收益。
距离我们上次全身心投入移动平台已经有好几年了,我们还可以继续增加玩家人数,增加收益。能够经营一个游戏这么多年,这非常令人欣慰,这也成为了InnoGames的优势之一。我们早些年的第一款游戏Tribal Wars,它已经14岁了,现在仍然活跃于市场中。
Klindworth: 结果也证明了这么做确实有效,但是对我们来说其中包含了很多困难的工作……我们真正的突破要算是2014年Forge of Empires的手游版本。有至少三年的时间我们全公司的精力都放在了移动平台,但是并不是所有的东西在一开始就能获得完美的成果。有时候我们需要反复尝试,但这也是对我们有帮助的。
我们从经验中吸取教训,尝试新方法,2014年的平板版本的Forge of Empires成为了我们的真正突破。这是头一次,我们有了"终于啊,所有的努力都没有白费,在移动平台也能行得通。"这样的感觉。
Klindworth: 我们网页端的盈利还在持续增长,作为一个公司看到这些当然是很高兴。当然它的涨势是比不上移动端的,因此我们的新游戏只会发行移动版本。我们预计未来的收益增长主要就是靠这一块了,虽然我们的网页游戏还会继续运营下去。
Klindworth: 这个值得说一说。人们有时想要在同一时间做好几件事。作为一个公司来说,即使是一个400人的公司,你必须集中精力制作出非常棒的游戏。当你有了一些成功的作品之后,你可以继续把它提升到一个新的高度,可以去发展更多玩家。重点并不在于数量。就算你手头上有12个游戏,质量都不怎么样,这对你没有任何帮助。
从网页端转移到移动端,发布平板版本的Forge of Empires对InnoGames来说具有重大意义。
Klindworth: 扩散风险的同时也意味着把你的能量扩散出去。任何公司的资源都是有限的,精力也是。这就是为什么你需要专注。
Klindworth: 迄今为止,我们每年都是这样,成绩一年比一年好。这是我们过去的成就,现在成为了我们对未来的期望。
Klindworth: 南美市场有在我们的计划之内,它是一个颇具潜力的市场。但是我们决定停止在韩国后续计划。韩国玩家对游戏的期待和欧美地区玩家是相当不同的。在韩国,各种不同类型的游戏都可以获得成功,本地的开发者们非常厉害,十分了解当地市场。我们的重点就是西方市场,不打算进入韩国、中国或是日本市场。
Klindworth: 但是鉴于我们所累积的经验,我们有能力预测接下来的几个月甚至几年将会发生的事情。我们对所建的项目了如指掌,我们知道要怎么营销,怎么投资,怎么扩大玩家基数。尤其是当游戏投放到市场中后,我们真的能预测到之后会如何发展。
Klindworth: 每年就那么几个吧。这就是我们的上限了。即使只有两个或三个游戏,对我们来说也是艰难的挑战,质量是我们一直都是我们的重点。
Ahead of his talk at Devcom, CEO Hendrik Klindworth reflects on how a focused portfolio aided the transition from browser to mobile
Matthew Handrahan
When I last visited InnoGames in 2011, the German industry was in a boom period. The Hamburg-based studio was just about to release a promising new title called Forge of Empires, one that went on to be its greatest success.
The other German companies I visited that year – including Gamigo, Bigpoint and Goodgame Studios – had also found success in the still robust browser market, and were looking toward a future that would bring plenty more. It didn't work out for all of them, but it did for InnoGames.
This year, the Modern Times Group upped its stake in the company to 51%, recognition of InnoGames' track record for sustaining hit games and growing revenue year after year. At Devcom in Cologne next week, CEO Hendrik Klindworth will detail the role the company's transition to mobile played in that story of success.
"Not only the success," he adds, "but also the challenges along the way."
In 2011, you were very much focused on the browser. At that time, there were some really successful German companies in that space: Bigpoint, Goodgame Studios, Gamigo; it was a vibrant period for the German games industry, but InnoGames is the one that has really gone from strength to strength.
Klindworth: In 2011, it was a time when it really seemed like there was unlimited growth. Growth was very easy still, but 2011 was also the time when it started to get much more competitive. User acquisition went through the roof, markets got more challenging, but this was a time when – especially on a relative level – things for InnoGames were getting better and better.
The harder the market got, the better it worked for us. Really making sure we had good analytics in place, good marketing, and also being efficient in all of our activities when we scaled a game. It worked very well for us when the market was getting hotter and more competitive.
At this time we managed to really outgrow some of our competitors. But I think one aspect that was always very important for us – and is still important – is that we didn't want to grow too much in terms of company size, employees and people. It becomes too hard to keep a consistent culture and find the right processes when you grow too fast.
Some of your competitors took a different strategy, growing very big relatively quickly. You wanted to take a more measured approach then?
Klindworth: When things are running very well the best idea seems to be to hire more people and do more of everything, but it is especially important to stay true to your growth strategy in those times. Be careful not to over-spend, over-hire; in hindsight that was really important for us.
Also, we focused on hiring the right people. It wasn't about the mass of people, it was really about the quality.
InnoGames launched its first browser game, Tribal Wars, in 2003 – and it's still running today
When I visited InnoGames had around 200 people. How many are you now?
Klindworth: Around 420.
Given how successful InnoGames has been, doubling headcount in six years is fairly conservative. One of the main contributors to that success is Forge of Empires, the browser version of which was about to launch in 2011, and reached €250 million lifetime revenue in May this year.
Klindworth: It's been on the market for a few years already, and it's still growing. It was very helpful to have the mobile version out there, which started a new growth phase for Forge of Empires.
It's also been a couple of years since we went full-force into mobile, and we can continue to grow player base and revenues. It's really nice to see, and also a strength of InnoGames; that we are able to run games for many, many years. Our very first game, Tribal Wars, is 14 years old and still active.
Not every company I talked to in 2011 has been so prosperous. The temptation is to put it down to InnoGames handling the transition to mobile better than the others. Is it that simple?
Klindworth: I would say that, in the end, it worked out, but it was a lot of hard work for us… Our real breakthrough was Forge of Empires [on mobile] in 2014. There was at least three years where we had to make sure the whole company was focused on mobile, and not everything went perfectly immediately. Sometimes we had to re-try things, but that helped us.
We learned from that experience, tried a new approach, and then the real breakthrough was 2014 with the tablet version of Forge of Empires. That was the first time we thought, 'finally, now all of the hard work pays off. Mobile really works.'
What part does browser play for InnoGames today? Will every new product be mobile from now on?
Klindworth: As a company, we still continue to grow our browser revenues, which is quite nice to see. The growth is not as big as mobile, of course, so we focus our new games on mobile-only. That's where we see the future growth of the company, even though we continue to run our browser games.
You're on more platforms now, but you still have quite a lean portfolio. It's bigger than it was in 2011, but not dramatically so.
Klindworth: That's important. There is the temptation to do many things at the same time. As a company – even as a 400-person company – you have to focus your energy on your making really great games. Then when you have a couple of successful games you can focus on making this super successful, you can develop your players there. It's not really about a mass of games. It doesn't help if you have 12 mediocre games.
Nowadays this is relevant for all companies. You have strong games, you invest more in these strong games, and everything gets better iteration by iteration.
The launch of Forge of Empires for tablet devices was a key moment in InnoGames' transition from browser to mobile
Is there anything to be said for a larger portfolio, and spreading risk across more games?
Klindworth: Spreading risk also means you're spreading your energy. Any company has a limited amount of resources, a limited amount of energy that you can use to be successful. That's why you have to focus.
You earned €130 million revenue in 2016, 25% higher than the year before. Have there been many down years?
Klindworth: Every year until now [has been higher than the last]. It's what we've achieved in the past, and it's what we hope will follow in the future.
When you think about growing in the future, how important is global expansion? Are you looking beyond Europe and the US, to Asia and South America?
Klindworth: South America is a relevant market for us, and a growing market. But we decided against further activities in Korea. The player expectations there are quite different to what you see in the US and Europe. Different kinds of games are successful there; the local developers are very strong and really understand the market. Our focus is on Western markets, and not so much South Korea, China or Japan.
You're now focused on the mobile market, which is widely seen as becoming more volatile all the time.
Klindworth: But with the experience we've gathered, we also gain the ability to predict what will happen over the next months and years to come. When we build an experience we know what's going on behind it; we know how to do the marketing, the investments, how to grow our player base. For us, especially when a game is out there and live, it's really a predictable part of our business.
New games? It's always interesting to see how they work out. They're more of a challenge.
How many new games can you release in a year and still retain the focus that has proved so valuable?
Klindworth: A few launches per year. That's the upper limit of what we can achieve. Even two or three games is a big challenge, and we will always focus on quality.(source:gamesindustry.biz )
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Hi guys! So I've decided that I'm going to participate in Bout of Books for the first time. I've seen so many people talking about it recently so I figured, why not participate in a read-a-thon? Binge reading is always fun. And hopefully I'll have the chance to discover a bunch of new blogs out there. It's a win-win.
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 13 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team
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HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – The merger between US Airways and American Airlines may be official now, but you will still see "US Airways" signs at airports like MYR.
The good news is, for now, there are no plans to make any changes until after the holiday season. Once the changes come it will be gradual, but the first change you'll notice is the merging of the frequent flier programs. By early January, US Airways flyers should be able to use their benefits to book flights on American and vice versa, which means more destinations for you.
Industry experts say flight fares are bound to go higher after a merger, because there is less competition, but US Airways says it will depend on the market and fuel costs.
Tune in beginning at 5 a.m. to hear what travelers say about the merger and preparations they are taking this holiday season.


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With the temperature dropping and the holidays around the corner, it's time to start thinking about winter beverages. The pumpkin-flavored days of October and November are gone, and now that we're in December, it's time to break out the wassailing spices—cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
As it turns out, Frank has been working on a line of "adult beverage vessels" in the studio recently. In addition to whiskey cups, cordial cups, and toddy mugs, he's also come up with some nifty whiskey jugs, complete with corks.
What better excuse to test them out?
We have three great recipes for holiday spirits to share, sure to keep you warm on the cold winter nights. The first one is a classic:
4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp fresh-grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt
Dark rum
Boiling water
First, make a simple batter by combining the butter, brown sugar, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.
Once you've mixed it all up, it should look like this:
Try to resist eating this straight out of the bowl, if you can. Take it from someone who couldn't resist, and ended up eating sugar-butter for lunch. If you actually do have some left over, you can pop it in the freezer and take it out whenever you are mixing up a batch of hot buttered rum.
Spoon 1 – 2 tablespoons of the batter into a small mug, and then slowly add about ¼ cup of boiling water.
Stir until the batter is dissolved. Then add about ½ a cup of rum.
Pretty, right? Stir and enjoy. Actually, sit down first. And then enjoy.


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In collaboration with Writer/Director Josh McGowan, we made Must Dust -- a meditation on where BMX and art collide. The piece is centered on embracing the obstacles that come with creating -- never losing your resolve. Your voice, ambition and resourcefulness will always be the driving force behind what you do. Most importantly, the process of creating is the rewarding part; the finished product is just the result.
A BTS video of Must Dust was also documented by Red Bull for an episode in their BMX series Raditudes. You can view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6uUGDlrIDo&t=2s
Teradek also did a nice write up about the production behind the video and how their wireless devices were an essential component in a smooth production. You can read the article here: https://teradek.com/blogs/articles/capturing-bmx-action-for-red-bull?mc_cid=04d831c327&mc_eid=d8c0f7824b
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Movi Operator - Sam Wiley
Special Effects - Kyle Copeland
Grip - Nick Friend
Production Assistants - Carson Smith, Josh Link, Connor Di Prinzo, David Porter, Natalie Simmons
Editor - Josh McGowan
Original Score - Jonny Mendez
Sound Design and Mastering - Cody Twitchell
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All the time and money photographers used to spend on film and waiting to get their pictures back can now easily spent on printer ink and paper, and of course tinkering with photo editing software.
The latter is usually bundled with a digital camera. For instance, Fuji's MX-270 comes with Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4.0. This is one of the more manageable Adobe products, in that it is not too feature-heavy that the average consumer, who just wants to remove a bit of red-eye, gets baffled.
You can organize photos into digital photo albums, touch up, enhance, and modify them, create projects with templates, clip art, and sample photos, explore 3D and Adobe Changeables clip art, and share them in print, via e-mail, on the Web, or as electronic postcards and puzzles. ($49, http://www.adobe.com/store/products/photodeluxehe.html)
Adobe Photoshop 5.5, ($649 — yes, $649!) is not to be tangled with lightly. Meant for graphic designers and publishers who can cope with 100 megabyte files, Photoshop's tool bars alone can cover so much real estate that they get their own dedicated monitor.
It is mainly used for batch-processing files (say, tweaking the red on two hundred snaps while you leave the computer on all night.)
The equivalent of a dime bag to get you hooked is Photoshop Experience, Adobe Photoshop Limited Edition 5.0, which costs $89. Don't go there unless you want to be a pro.
Much more friendly is Kodak's Picture Easy. This makes the process of conceptualizing where your photo is and getting it into the computer, like the name says, easy. A series of icons guide you through the process, and while it can be slow and the interface needs a redesign, you won't get lost on the way, whether you are printing to glossy paper or to the web.
All the usual features are present – organize and store pictures in digital "photo albums" on your hard drive, enhance pictures, create an on-screen slide show, and print in a variety of formats and sizes.
Picture Easy works with KODAK Inkjet Photo Paper and T-shirt Transfers, and with Kodak Photonet online, which allows you to store, access, and order photo quality prints, enlargements, or photo gifts over the Internet, and e-mail them to friends
Making it easy for people to share their pictures digitally is the theme of the year, especially as 1 Hour Photo outlets realize all their heavy machinery could soon be obsolete. America Online's new version 5.0 includes a feature called "You've Got Pictures" which encourages people to send their chemical-coated celluloid to a processing centre and the results, as well as being printed and returned to you, arrive as e-mail.
The end results aren't stunning, but they make it easy to put your grandchild's face on a mouse pad.
As do a few other companies, notably iPrint (www.iprint.com) who do a $15 photo mug, and LivePrint (www.liveprint.com) who do the same for $10. Both operate under the same principle — Kinko's without the lines (or the control).
Microsoft's Picture It 2000 software has become one of the best around. Although they usually give it away with cameras (a sure sign of a developing market) you can buy it for $54.95. Tools are on the left, workspace is on the right, and a filmstrip runs along the bottom so you know what pictures you have open.
Automatic edge-finder and red-eye remover are useful tools, as is the cataloguing system, which lets you append words to each picture for ease of cross-reference.
It deals in layers, like Photoshop, so you can build up a complex image, and hand-holds you though each new step.
The only thing lacking is the Projects section – after installing hundreds of megabytes on to your hard drive, you'll wonder where it all went when you see the meager selection of holiday cards you can make. (http://www.home-publishing.com/PictureIt)
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IPIX sells you software keys which work out about $1 per "bubble" picture, and also kits that include the camera and lens.
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- any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
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- a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford.
- a very small sum of money.
- a coin of very small value.
- a very small object.
- a very small creature.
- to a small extent; somewhat (often preceded by a): a mite selfish.
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Related Words for mitespeck, insect, bug, particle, parasite, mote, minim, molecule, atom, bit, tick, smidgen, iota, minute, acarid, nit
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Not the greatest tragedy in the world, perhaps, but a mite sad.U.S. Wants Freedom from 'Filthy' French Cheese
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OPEC meets in Vienna on Friday, a meeting that will, according to the Wall Street Journal, be a mite testy.
Predicting Palestinian genocide of Jews under a one-state solution is a mite farfetched, I would submit.Accusing Each Other Of Genocide
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October 17, 2012
Well, maybe a household name among the Twitterati, we who take ourselves a mite too seriously, but never mind.The Sedition Files: How an Indian Cartoonist Becomes a Criminal
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Historical Examples of mite
"It's not the least mite I'm blaming you, honey," said Katy.Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter
An' you needn't, dear; for nothin' between us is changed a mite.
I'll take one of 'em, if you say so, or I'll own it don't make a mite o' difference whose they be.
"Don't you worry one mite about me," she replied, in an even voice.
I shouldn't wonder a mite if you'd got some o' them stomach troubles along with your cold.
- any of numerous small free-living or parasitic arachnids of the order Acarina (or Acari) that can occur in terrestrial or aquatic habitatsSee also gall mite, harvest mite, itch mite, spider mite Compare tick 2 Related adjective: acaroid
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- a very small particle, creature, or object
- a very small contribution or sum of moneySee also widow's mite
- a former Flemish coin of small value
- a mite informal somewhathe's a mite foolish
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"tiny animal, minute arachnid," Old English mite, from Proto-Germanic *miton (cf. Middle Dutch mite, Dutch mijt, Old High German miza, Danish mide) originally meaning perhaps "the cutter," in reference to its bite, from Proto-Germanic *mait- (cf. Gothic maitan, Old High German meizen "to cut"), from PIE root *mai- "to cut" (see maim). Or else its original sense is "something small," and it is from PIE *mei- "small," in reference to size (see minus).
"little bit," mid-14c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German mite "tiny animal," from Proto-Germanic *miton-, from PIE *mei- "small" (see minus), and thus probably identical with mite (n.1). Also the name of a medieval Flemish copper coin of very small value, proverbial in English for "a very small unit of money," hence used since Wyclif to translate Latin minutum from Vulgate in Mark xii:43, itself a translation of Greek lepton. French mite (14c.) is a loan-word from Dutch.
- Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, certain species of which are parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some cases transmit disease.
- Any of various very small arachnids of the subclass Acari that often live as parasites on other animals or plants. Like ticks and unlike spiders, mites have no division between the cephalothorax and abdomen.


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North Korea's sixth ballistic missile test concerned the United Nations and countries surrounded North Korea. All the news from US President Donald Trump's side is always showing their resentment for North Korea's missle tests and they call it aggression to make a war. Yet from the perspecitve of North Korea's foreign minister, North Korea is doing what it thinks is neccessary to protect its country and show their attitude against US-South-Korea military rehearsals and their defense system situated in South Korea.
What do other countries consider about the current Korean penisula's tension? China has started to adopt the United Nations' pleas and placed economic sanctions against North Korea's military tests, sanctions of which are oil imports to and textile exports from North Korea. Though China has agreed to the UN's decision to place sanctions on North Korea, China is consistently committed to peace and dialogues to deal with the Korean penisula's tension.
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- China has excellent and numerous ground forces plus a substantial air force capable of tactical support. The ROK has good special forces who speak Korean and can (under Chinese command!) assist in a coup to overthrow the Kim regime in DPRK. The USA has excellent air and naval forces plus advanced technical expertise. The three governments must plan a coup to overthrow Kim in which China will be the leader. The objective will be the substitution of a government in DPRK that is acceptable to both China and the ROK. And all nuclear weapons will be removed from DPRK. The most criminal accomplices of the Kim family dictatorship must be killed. There will be some exceptions though. Those accomplices with high military and security ranks will be spared if they assist the coup. Following the coup, though, they will be paid a few million dollars and exiled to the country of their choice (to live in luxury; but under intense surveillance). When the new (socialist) government (under Chinese control) takes power, the ROK and USA will end their military alliance and all US forces will leave ROK. Plans can then be made to work towards eventual peaceful reunification of a less-armed Korea which will be allied to China. While some ROK special forces will assist the Chinese, they will leave the DPRK as soon as the coup is successful and the Chinese forces have occupied the DPRK and the DMZ. Japan and Russia will be fully informed once the coup begins. They will be consulted about the final results; but they will not exert any control. This is the way to achieve three things: 1. End the danger of war in Korea. 2. Rescue the people of DPRK from a government which is criminal, brutal and has no legitimacy whatsoever. 3. Begin a new era of cooperation, friendship and alliance between China and the USA. It's my view (as a Canadian North American) that the USA must end its excessive interventions in Asia. So let's see how the Asians can solve their own regional problems and allow the USA to withdraw! I admit that my solution is brutal and violent. But, sometimes, this is the best way to handle bullies like Kim. And I stress that this whole project must be planned in great detail,carefully-coordinated, and executed with great skill by China, ROK and USA to reduce its risk. None of the "amateurism" that occurred in Iraq, Libya and Syria!
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The emergingchurch.info site shows promise; unfortunately it is rarely updated if updated at all. But an Englishman named Geoff Holsclaw has reflected on what convergence looks like for the 3rd millennial church.
After moving beyond a rationalistic faith, which reduced everything to impersonal propositions and a privatized faith, I begin looking for alternative expressions of faith. In this search I find "Celtic" Christianity, with its emphasis on nature, body/spirit holism, its prayers/rituals, etc,...or, as many others do, I go all the way back to the "Fathers" because their cultural situation is (claimed to be) like my own post-Christian culture, and therefore much could learned from them.Read the complete article
But instead of going through history to find conversation partners for a holistic faith, we should go global. The problem with this type of historical approach (although thinking historically is a big step) is it still only moves through "western" faith. (We move to the "Celts" back to the catholic mystics and monks, and then back to the "Fathers.") African and Asian Christians never became disconnected with nature, nor had a dualistic notion of man, and therefore are just as valuable to us as the "Celts" or the "Fathers", and even more so because we can actually dialogue with them. The Third World Church is living, and has lived, in situation similar to the Fathers for a long time now, and are therefore much farther along then us in "living" it. Let's talk with them about it. It is great to overcome our historical amnesia, but we also overcome our myopically localized vision.


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So playsuits seem to be around this summer. Are women over 35 actually supposed to wear them?
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Can you please explain the point of a "hair bauble"? My girlfriend keeps going on about them and I am totally stumped.
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I believe that the Purpose Driven Movement truly fails to understand or apply this passage in their ministry efforts and the reason I believe that is because they are driven to please the unbeliever rather than edify the faithful. But don't take my word for it, turn back the pages of time and hear what John Calvin had to say about it.
"When we consider that there is nothing but sin and wickedness in us, we must learn to be displeased with ourselves, and serve God fervently, with a pure heart: this is the doctrine contained in the Holy Scripture, We must understand the meaning of St. Paul, when he saith to reprove; that is, if we would be well instructed in the school of God, we must confess ourselves guilty; we must be pricked to the heart; we must be reproved for our faults. When the Word of God is rightly expounded, the faithful are not only edified, but if an unbeliever come into the church and hear the doctrine of God he is reproved and judged. By this we understand that although the unbeliever may be wrapped in darkness, and pleased with his own ignorance, yet when God so enlightened him that he seeth the misery and wickedness in which he hath lived, when he seeth his deplorable situation, while giving ear to the Word of God, he perceived the heavens open, as it were, and that man was not made for this life only, but to be exalted to a higher station. Thus unbelievers are convicted.Excerpt taken from a sermon delivered by John Calvin (1509-1564) called "The Proper Use of Scripture" which was transcribed from the book Great Expository Sermons compiled by Faris D. Whitesell, copyright 1964 By Fleming H. Revell Company: Westwood, New Jersey
And to make it more clear, St. Paul addeth the secrets of the heart are then disclosed; for we know while the Word of God is buried, no man taketh heed to himself; our hearts are in darkness. What then must we do? We must apply the Word of God to our use, and be awakened out of sleep: we must no more forget God, nor the salvation of our own souls; we must search the very depth of our hearts, and examine our whole lives; that we may be ashamed of our filthiness, and become our own judges, to avoid the condemnation that is ready at the hand of God."


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PELLSTON — Once-beaten Pellston has been ranked in the top 10 all season.
The Hornets played like one of the top Class D teams in the state throughout the district tournament on its home floor.
Christopher Hass scored 20 points to lead four Hornets in double figures Friday as Pellston rolled past Harbor Light Christian, 73-21, to claim its second consecutive district championship.
The Hornets, 21-1 and ranked second in the Associated Press state poll, will take on Rogers City, 9-12, in a regional semifinal 6 p.m. today, Monday, at Gaylord High School. Pellston opened the district with a 62-16 win over Mackinaw City.
Despite the lopsided outcomes — to this point — in its state tournament games, Pellston is taking nothing for granted this week as it seeks its first regional championship since 1944.
"You can't look at (an opponent's) record," said coach Cliff Hass, who saw his team fall in a regional semifinal to Cedarville last season. "I tell my players, 'Let's look at the NFL playoffs the last three years. The team that has won the Super Bowl has been a wild-card team.'
"Nobody reaches a regional by luck. They're playing well. It's the team that's playing the best at the time."
Rogers City started 0-6 this season and was 3-11 at one point. The Hurons are the lone Class D school in the six-school Straits Area Conference, and they went 5-3 this season against Class D opponents.
Two of those losses came to a 19-3 Posen team that is in the other half of the regional bracket, paired up against Cedarville, 18-4, in a Monday semifinal.
Rogers City defeated Gaylord St. Mary, 62-47, on Friday to win its fourth straight district championship.
"You've got to take care of business here and you can't look past (Rogers City)," coach Hass said. "We're focusing on Rogers City. They're not intimidated by us and they're not going to back off. We know we're going to have a worthy opponent."
Andy Hamlin added 16 points, Dale Stark had 12, and Jarrett Anderson finished with 10 in Pellston's win Friday over Harbor Light. Christopher Hass had eight rebounds and dished out seven assists, Hamlin had 11 rebounds, Stark grabbed eight boards, and Max Ketterer added seven.
Hamlin and Christopher Hass scored eight points apiece — both hit a pair of 3-pointers — in helping stake the Hornets to a 24-4 lead after one quarter. By halftime, Pellston led, 43-9.
Jake Ellis scored seven points and Lucas Matthews added six for Harbor Light, 7-15.
Monday's other regional semifinal, featuring Cedarville and Posen, is a rematch of last year's regional final, won by Cedarville, 64-62.
Cedarville is the six-time defending regional champion.