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No matter what Jose Mourinho does with Marcus Rashford this season, he will be criticised by certain areas of the media.
Following Manchester United's second Premier League win of the campaign making it 6 points from 6, typically most articles covered the immediate impact of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the performance of new world record signing Paul Pogba,.
However, lurking in the shadows was a couple of negative pieces on the fact United's wonderkid, Rashford, is yet to play a minute of Premier League football.
Whilst the dynamic forward possesses such ability that he has people thinking he could go on to be the best player to come from United's academy since (erm Pogba?) the class of 92, surely it is best to protect him rather than run him into the ground in the early weeks of the season.
Born in 1997, the England international made his United debut in February and played continuously in the first team before going to the Euro's with England.
To say he was a breath of fresh air during a dismal season would be an understatement. Martial aside, Rashford was the only bright spark in a truly forgettable Premier League campaign for the Old Trafford side.
Like most 18 year olds, he is no doubt as fit as a fiddle and could probably play twice a week for the full season without any need for rest – but having been constantly involved in first team football since February, surely Mourinho has taken the bigger picture into consideration – not only for Rashford the individual, but also United as a club.
Mourinho has quickly found a winning formula so will no doubt stick to it until he is confident enough to make the changes to the side which do not alter team cohesion or ultimately the match result. Even new boy Henrik Mkhitaryan will have to wait his turn.
In terms of Rashford himself – he needs to look no further than the career of Michael Owen, who is the perfect example of a young striker who burst onto the scene making a huge impact at the highest level – only to be pretty much washed up as a footballer by the age of 26.
It is a real concern that those players who begin at an incredibly young age and rely on their electric pace eventually stagnate during their mid-twenties.
Swedish star Ibrahimovic is presently one of the most dangerous strikers in world football. At the ripe old age of 34 he is able to spearhead the United attack without any risk of burnout or crisis of confidence should he not find the net for three games – something which affects every forward at some stage of their career.
Of course Rashford will need game time. Every footballer does. Yet to criticise Mourinho for not playing the youngster in the opening two matches is absurd as this could ultimately be a 60 game season for United in which opportunities to impress will come thick and fast.
Marcus Rashford, along with Paul Pogba, Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial seem to be the future of Manchester United, and Jose Mourinho will be doing what he can to ensure they remain at the top of their game for the next ten years, even if it means sitting a few games out from time to time.


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The National Corvette Museum offers many opportunities for school groups who would like a fun, yet educational field trip. The Museum is pleased to offer deeply discounted rates for registered groups of 15 or more.
While the Museum has many interactive and hands-on exhibits which are on permanent display, we also have special traveling exhibits to appeal to your students.
School Group Rates
Grades K-8: $4 each
High School: – $5 each
Preschool & Daycare: $3 each
Teachers $7
One free teacher per 10 students
Bus drivers are free
- As of April 1, 2019, an additional .50 service fee will be added to each paid admission for use of our lunch space.
- A 6% sales tax will be added to the admission price unless a tax exemption form has been submitted prior to arrival.
For advanced reservations:
Contact Debbie Eaton – 270-467-8808 or 800-538-3883 – extension 185
Complete the Student Reservation Form and email to Debbie Eaton, [email protected]
Guided tours are available by request with advanced reservation. All group reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance.
Group Photos
Group photos are available for purchase at a greatly reduced rate from our partner, FotoFX.
Educational Exhibits
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of that epic achievement in human history, the National Corvette Museum, in conjunction with NASA and the Marshall Space Flight Center, have put together an exhibit that will inspire and remind us that no goal is too far out of reach. The exhibit is called From Gas Station to Space Station: How NASA Conquered Low-Earth Orbit.
Corvette Cave-In: The Skydome Sinkhole Experience
A semi-permanent exhibit to tell the story of our February 12, 2014 sinkhole in the Museum's Skydome which swallowed eight Corvettes. Learn more here.
Special Emphasis Tours
Career Awareness
The National Corvette Museum is the perfect place for students to explore career options. In addition to being a popular tourist attraction, we are like a mini city with a café, theater, store, insurance agency, an auto repair facility, a library and archives and a world-class race track. To support these businesses, we have administrative and accounting offices along with IT and marketing professionals. During the tour, students meet with our professionals and discuss their career, requirements and job opportunities. (2 hours)
Curriculum Tours
The National Corvette Museum serves as an educational resource for all to enjoy. Through our custom curriculum tours, your lessons in the classroom come to life in the museum's many displays. Teaching your students about physics? American/world history? Design? Economics? We will create a lesson that fits your classroom content and bring it to your classroom, then your class will have the opportunity to have a student tour with reinforcement materials from the classroom lesson, which allows your students to learn the content of the lesson at a deep conceptual level.
Musical Performance
The National Corvette Museum welcomes music groups to perform a "Musical Intermission" in the Chevrolet Theater by advance arrangement. Contact Debbie in our Group Sales office (270)467-8808 to learn more and reserve your date.
Box Lunches
Adult Boxed Lunches
Our boxed lunches are for ages 13+ and come with a wrap (turkey, chicken salad, or ham), chips and a drink priced at $10 per person. Download the order form here: Adult Boxed Lunch Form
Kids Boxed Lunch
Our kid sized boxed lunches come with your choice of sandwich (turkey or ham) with chips, a cookie and a juice box. This option is $5 per child age 12 and under. Additional side items are available for $1 each (fruit cup, slaw, potato salad). Download the order form here: Kids Boxed Lunch Form
Teacher Resources
Download our automotive-related activities that you can do in your classroom! Check them out here.
Classroom Outreach
Through our "Corvettes in the Classroom" program, the National Corvette Museum will visit your classroom to give a pre-visit in your classroom! This classroom visit ensures that your visit to the museum is as streamlined as possible. For a career or curriculum tour, students will engage in a lesson that connects the classroom to the tour they will be taking at the museum.
All lessons include formal-formative pre- and post-assessments to gauge student learning and ensure that no misconceptions are held about the content covered at the museum, before your visit! And of course, all lessons are accompanied and reinforced with a KTIP-style lesson plan with appropriate Kentucky and Core content standards addressed.


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Baumhower hosts Wed. evening Sunset Fests along Wharf Boardwalk
If you have ever traveled to the Florida Keys, or Key West, then you likely understand the importance of a fine sunset. It's a party; it's a ritual; it's a significant event. No sunset is taken for granted. Thanks to Bob Baumhower, the celebration of one of life's most exotic moments is now a part of culture here in Orange Beach every Wednesday evening. The setting for this new event couldn't be better. The Wharf's waterfront on the Intercoastal Waterway is blessed with splendid views, colorful sunsets, and our area's finest dining destinations. Sunset specials begin at 2 p.m. with 99c Coronitas, $4.99 DaiquiRonas and drink specials at Bimini Bob's (Bushwackers), Baumhower's (Daiquiris), and the Compleat Angler (Pina Coladas). Each restaurant also features special prices for oysters on the half shell, just 25c each for up to two dozen. The Jay Williams band begins at 6 p.m., and guests are invited to take part in the fun with contests and games. Following the sunset, you can enjoy Spectra, a high powered Disney-inspired outdoor light and sound show which cranks up for two 13-minute performances every night at 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. The extravaganza showcases popular music and a concert style theatrical light package choreographed throughout the Wharf's Main Street area. The Wharf is already an entertainment destination known for sound, light, food, fun. Now there is one more great reason to celebrate the good life in Orange Beach - Wednesday evening sunsets.Read More


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AccessoryGeeks / Don't deal with them
Ordered Iphone accessory's for christmas gifts. Received email stating one of two items was shipped the other back ordered. My credit card was charged for both items. I never received tracking number. Finally no product arrived so on Dec 22 I called them three times and one live chat with there site. By the end of the day I was told the product never shipped and the second item was not available anymore. They wanted to sub the first item for something else, I declined, just want my credit card refunded. I will never deal with these people again.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Visa said Wednesday it is positioning itself for an initial public offering as the credit-card brand echoes the move taken earlier this year by rival MasterCard Inc.
Visa will merge its regional entities into Visa Inc. and emerge as a stock corporation. A majority of the stock will then be offered to the public. A search is underway for a new chief executive as well as independent board members, who would comprise the majority of the board.
"This is a pretty important day for Visa," William Campbell, chairman of Visa International, said in an interview with MarketWatch.
Visa said it expects the proposed restructuring will "best position the company to meet the evolving needs of its customers and will accelerate its growth" by improving efficiency and increasing its access to capital.
An IPO would also give Visa a currency to make acquisitions and reward employees via stock options.
Although Campbell and Visa restructuring committee head Peter Hawkins said it is too early to discuss details of the IPO, they expect the transaction to take place in about 12 to 18 months.
Moody's analyst Curt Beaudouin said the IPO plan by Visa had been expected. "The company has been undergoing an internal review," he said. "It's not a big surprise."
MasterCard MA, -0.68% which has 4.400 employees, raised $2.4 billion in its IPO on May 25 as the richest U.S. IPO in two years. The stock debuted at $39 and closed at $71.91 on Tuesday. Shares fell $1.56 to $70.35 on Wednesday.
Campbell said Visa looked at MasterCard, but its IPO push has been underway internally for about 18 months. "It was a reference point but not a key driver," he said.
Campbell and Hawkins said Visa could eliminate some jobs when it consolidates its structure, but that other positions will also be added as the company grows.
Majority stake
Visa said it'll begin the IPO process and list its shares on a major stock exchange.
"It is expected that a majority of the shares in the reorganized company will be sold to the public," the company said.
UBS analyst Eric Wasserstrom said the Visa IPO could be a plus for American Express AXP, -0.82%
Moving to a for-public company will make Visa a stronger fighter against cutting interchange fees -- levies charged between lenders for credit card purchases.
"We believe Visa is unlikely to consider aggressively cutting rates and thereby eroding revenues as a for-profit entity," UBS said in a note to clients. "Hence, we believe this move is supportive of pricing, which should also benefit American Express."
Mitch Goldstone, lead plaintiff in a lawsuit by merchants protesting interchange fees, said the IPO from Visa won't affect his allegations against the credit card giant.
"This doesn't change anything," he said. "This is a mechanism to avoid anti-trust liability."
Outweighing MasterCard
Visa is about twice the size of its next-largest competitor, MasterCard, in terms of number of cards and sales volume.
If that bulkiness translates directly to its IPO, Visa could raise nearly $5 billion, twice the purse of the MasterCard MA, -0.68% IPO and one of the richest in U.S. history.
AT&T Wireless raised $10.6 billion in 2000 as the richest IPO to date, followed by $8.7 billion for Kraft Foods KFT in 2001, a $5.5 billion IPO for UPS UPS, -0.09% in 1999, a $4.9 billion IPO from CIT Group CIT, +0.67% in 2002 and a $4.4 billion deal in 1998 from Conoco.
With 6,000 employees worldwide, Visa links more than 20,000 financial institutions, 24 million merchant acceptance locations and 1.4 billion cards internationally.
The firm was incorporated in Delaware in 1970 as National BankAmericard Inc. and changed its name to Visa in 1976.
In 2005, the San Francisco company reported total revenue of $4 billion and net income of $325 million, up from $3.6 billion in revenue and net income of $260 million in the prior year.
Visa said Visa Europe will remain a membership association, owned and governed by its 4,500 European member banks, and become a licensee of Visa Inc.
Branches to be unified include Visa Canada, Visa USA and Visa International, which includes Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Now that the various Visa boards have OK'd the restructuring plan, it now goes before its 20,000 members.
Looking ahead, Campbell said Visa is eying a boost as an electronic payment giant.
"We can replace cash and checks in almost any situation," he said. "On mobile phones and at cash registers. It's assured of growing on a double-digit basis."


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European Community Call - November 4th, 2014- 9pm IST (Irish Standard Time)
CoderDojo Foundation
Tuesday, 4 November 2014 from 21:00 to 22:00 (GMT)
Event Details
With our ever growing community of over 410 Dojos in 43 countries we realized the need to stay connected. With this we'd like to announce CoderDojo community calls! We welcome you to join us for monthly calls to discuss starting, running and growing your dojo.
Questions to be covered:
Many dojos have questions before starting, while looking to expand and how to keep things running. Here are the essential questions broken down into topics we'd like to disquss:
- Dojo Administration
- PR, marketing & Branding Best Practices
- Curriculum & Teaching
- Mentor Recruitment & Retention
- Funding & Scaling
- Awards and Recognition
From here on when you book your place on the community call you will be sent both the connection details for the call and a link to a Google doc. You can enter the high level questions/topics you wish to discuss into this Google doc in advance of the meeting, proceeded by your name. We will do our best to sort and group them in advance so that we can have a good flow through the agenda on the night.
Tuesday, 4 November 2014 from 21:00 to 22:00 (GMT)
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CoderDojo Foundation
CoderDojo is a movement orientated around running free not-for-profit coding clubs and regular sessions for young people. Hello World Foundation was setup by James Whelton (Co-Founder of CoderDojo) to support the Worldwide CoderDojo community.


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Is there a way to center the images in a image gallery?
they are now all are centering to the left.
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Unfortunately, we don't have those kind of option at the moment. You will need to do some change in there to achieve that.
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Pondering Community
Over the years "community" has been one of the foundational blocks of Faith COMMUNITY Bible Church. But trying to really figure out what that means can sometimes be harder than it sounds.
One year we had a thanksgiving celebration together. One activity was decorating a large banner with images and words about what we were thankful for. During the course of the day, various people, both kids and adults, proceeded to create this banner
Some people thought very concretely; a house, their family, their pets, etc.. Others made random celebrative marks. Some built their own pictures while others chose to embellish on what others began. Some established their identity clearly, writing their names in and around their pictures. Others remained anonymous. Little Anne was just learning to spell her name and she almost had it down, too: the letters were a little misformed, but we all knew it was our Anne anyway.
That's how it is for us as a body here. Like Anne, many of us are just learning how to spell the names God has given us and it's nice to know we are in a safe enough place to be known even when we don't form all the letters perfectly. Others try new things on for size, incorporating them into their own pictures while there are those who establish the basic picture and vision which others add to, helping us actually walk it out.
This banner is like our church. Everyone's identity is in it and yet none of us can claim it as our own exclusively. And what makes it work is when we take each other's hands and join the dance led by God who weaves us in and around ourselves. Only as we join with the Lord of the dance have we the courage and the humility to see each other through God's eyes. And this is what I think community must mean.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
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* Surveys indicate that fewer than 20% of Utahns are aware of radon or that radon can be tested for and remediated.
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Forensic blood testing is misleading because blood tests in DUI cases don't actually test your blood. If you have ever been arrested for a DUI in Arizona, and the officers or their proxies drew blood, then you are likely aware that two 10 ml grey top tubes of blood are drawn for a blood test. The myth is that one tube is preserved for you (the defendant), and the other is tested by the State's crime lab.
Blood Testing in DUI cases: Do They Really Test the Blood?
Should I Retain a DUI Attorney Right Away?
In a word, YES.
How does the passage of SB1070, the new Arizona immigration bill, affect DUI Cases?
This DUI blog is the furthest thing from a political blog. However, on occasions, political issues affect DUI cases in ways that are not necessarily intended. A perfect case in point is the passage of SB1070, Arizona's new immigration bill.
First Offense - How Bad Can That Be? (Part 5 of 5)
If you have been charged with a first offense DUI in Arizona, you can see from our previous four posts that the penalties are tough. In fact, people are surprised when they learn what they are facing when they are charged with a first-time DUI in Arizona.
Be Safe This 4th of July Weekend!
According the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, last year it was reported that 309 motorists were charged with driving under the influence in Arizona over the 4th of July weekend. Of those arrests, 106 were made on the 4th itself. This was a decrease in the amount of DUI related arrests by 50 from the previous year. More than 300 officers and deputies joined a statewide task force targeting drunk driving. Of the total AZ DUI arrests, 99 were for extreme DUI. Law enforcement agencies made a total of 3,471 traffic stops during the extended holiday weekend.


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What He Did Every Night Caused Cancer In His Eyes And He Died! Make Sure You Don't Do This Every Day!
A large number of scientific studies have shown that the blue light which is being emitted from your mobile screen can cause the death of the retina cells in humans, and have a huge negative impact on our vision.
Experts claim that the blue light that is being emitted from electronic devices actually accelerates the death of retinal cells and that was the case with one man who used his smartphone every single night before going to bed in a dark room, for at least 30 minutes.
This caused his eyesight to slowly degrade, and it damaged his eyes beyond repair. If you too are someone who does this on regular basis, or even if you know someone who does this, we highly recommend you to immediately take action about it.
The man was 40 years of age when he visited the doctor and complained about not being able to see clearly. The albumen of his eye became red as a result of serious injuries, which were caused from him using his mobile phone in a dark room every night. Eventually, the signs of cancer showed up as well.
The doctors were powerless as a retina replacement is extremely difficult and expensive, so the man eventually suffered what nobody wishes to suffer.
Therefore, in order to prevent eye damage and even eye cancer, make sure you avoid using your smartphone in the dark and protect your eyes at all costs.
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SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) is a free and unbiased counseling program provided by the Indiana Department of Insurance. SHIP Counselors meet with individuals at the REAL Services office in South Bend or by telephone. They provide assistance with health insurance questions. To set up an appointment, call a Family Support Options Counselor at (574) 284 – 2644 or toll free (Indiana only) (800) 552 – 2916.
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Do you live in Will County? Do you enjoy making crafts? Can you crochet and/or knit? Turn your hobby into healing by becoming a craft volunteer...all from the comforts of your own home! Heartland Hospice needs more talented craft volunteers to donate items that will bring comfort to patients facing life-limiting illnesses. The sky's the limit when it comes to what will bring a smile to a patient's face, but some suggestions include: crocheted lap blankets/shawls/slippers, cards for every occasion (birthdays, holidays, "thinking of you," etc.), veterans appreciation items, stuffed animals (teddy bears) or any other craft item that will brighten a patient's room.
Once you have items ready to donate, staff will gladly pick them up at the volunteer's destination of choice or donations can be dropped off at our Frankfort business office. This is your chance to make a BIG difference without even leaving your doorstep! Please contact Heartland Volunteer Coordinator Belinda at firstname.lastname@example.com or 815-469-7100 if you're interested in donating handmade gifts of comfort to our hospice patients. We're waiting to hear from you!
Heartland Hospice provides end-of-life services to patients and their families throughout Will County, Southern Cook County, Kankakee County and Grundy County.
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Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.
This made me smile lots.
I wonder if you know what it is?
It's only the second time I have seen one of these in the UK though we saw lots of them in Egypt.
Spring must be on it's way as I took these photographs of the Blue Tits.
And I will leave you with another photograph of Maisie in her favourite spot at the top of the stairs.
That's part of my bottle collection just behind her and some very old fabric stamping blocks.
"This Week's Smiles" and you can also share your smiles too.


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Shishito peppers showed up in the organic box yesterday. I've heard the way to eat them is sauteed in some olive oil and a little sea salt. Sounds good.
This was another odd day. I know, I didn't eat much but don't worry, I'm far from wasting away. I had a regular breakfast then all kinds of busy good hell broke lose and all of a sudden it was dinner time and lunch hadn't happened. At 6:00pm I went for a vegetable tray and another popsicle. (Hot day.)
What I ate today:
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• Palapa Azul Frozen Watermelon Bar
• Trader Joe's Vegetable Tray - jicama, snap peas, cherry tomatoes, carrots
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If you want something done, or someone you can depend on, Nick Frontiero is that person. As a Marketing and Advertising Director, I needed production done, and Nick Frontiero Productions came to my rescue. Nick is the person who always gets the task done earlier than expected, with a pleasant attitude. No one is more dependable.
I also appreciate his advice and commitment to make sure projects are done correct and on time. He is very talented and devoted to his clients. It has been a pleasure doing business with Nick.
No one could do a better job than Nick Frontiero Productions, and it is an honor for me to recommend him.
Heather E. Sellers, Triton Management Group, Former Director of Marketing and Advertising
It is this man's humble opinion that out of all the elements of a successful marketing campaign, one thing can make or break it...Compelling Creative. We are inundated with well over 6000 advertising messages daily. It's more important than ever that your message stand out. Nick Frontiero offers some of the most compelling, contemporary, stylish and creative messages I have ever seen or heard. Keep Up The GREAT Work Nick!
Brent T. Markwell, Stevens, Markwell, Ingram Advertising Incorporated, SMI Advertising Inc.
Nick is a fine specimen of a voiceguy—he sounds really hip and cool and young—he can really turn your customers on—he represents state-of-the-art voiceover-his cutting edge production skills and "next generation" presentation will have you asking yourself" what the !$ was i thinking using the other guys? i must be a scmuck! SOMEBODY FIRE ME!! Get Nick—and get results.
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As an owner of a large sports bar I was looking for some better radio talent than what the local radio station could provide. Working with Nick was simple and smooth, even for a person like me that has zero radio creativity. Gave him my hit points, and he turned out a great spot!
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Nick is one of the few local production specialists in the Montgomery market that has the insight and talent to create striking, national-quality audio and video advertisements designed not just to make a sale for the client, but to build a brand
Matt Golden – Vice President of Production at Luken Communications
I've had the pleasure of working with Nick Frontiero over the past 10 years from his days as the lead singer of popular local bands and his time with the production department at Cumulus Broadcasting. Nick is a dedicated, hard working individual and I can say it is a pleasure to call him a colleague
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A tasty meal in a popular setting
This month was Gemma's choice in celebration for her 30th birthday! We dined this month at Ranchos, a chain we have been to before but this time we tried out the newer branch in Fareham.
The atmosphere was lively and busy for the popular Wednesday deal of unlimited ribs. We were seated in a cosy corner where we could admire the bar and the cosy decor which fit the venue nicely. This month we are taking the ladies view on things (the men have been a little slack with their review this time!)
Clair started with the nachos which she was a little picky about and ordered them without guacamole or salsa, something which the staff were happy to entertain! Thetvwere very crunchy and what you would expect from nachos! Gemma hadctge chicken pasties which were delicious.
For mains, Clair had a burger which was verybmeaty and delicious and definitely worth a try, whilst Gemna and Dave both opted for the unlimited ribs deal. Gemma felt they were beautifully cooked as the meat just fell off the bone! So filling too that they only managed one round!!
For dessert, Clair tried one of her favourite desserts, a cheesecake which was tasty but nithingbiutvof this world. Gemma opted to be a little different and had the sticky toffee pudding which soon disappeared!!
All in all, the meal itself was pleasant and although busy and noisy, the experience was pleasant enough to make us feel that perhaps we could return again at some point
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Samurai Siege 9188.8.131.52 An addictive strategy game developed for the android-os operating system, which has more than 3 million users in around the world have won. in this game you have turned the village into a strong base and create a powerful army of samurai, ninjas and battle enemies to go to the East culture and mythology. in addition to fighting gameplay together another users to join together and create a powerful alliance for a competition there (same game Clash of Clans ).
Dear Members note that the game requires Internet.
Game Features Samurai Siege:
Epic battles
Turning a small village into a bastion
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Artful Thursday Project #1
Julie Collings has started the Artful Thursday Project blog and anyone can participate. The object is to use some supplies that you have had around, and create something every Thursday - or Wednesday night for Thursday post (like me). So here is my first!
I have a lot of rubber stamps around but I really don't use them very often and they are really fun - and I have so many of the tags (boxes!). So, I stamped some tags - distressed them and and added some inks, acrylic paint and glitter.
I also have loads of small gift bags from when I was doing craft shows - so I did sets of three, wrapped toile around the bags, and glued a small pin back to a fun rhinestone. These are such sweet little packs!
Ta Da! And then I couldn't stop, of course . . .
Check out Julie's blog and see what you can come up with on Artful Thursdays!!


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Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Mother kills 4 years old daughter and dumps her in a well
A woman from Gboko, Benue State allegedly killed her 4-year-old daughter and dumped her body inside a water well. According to Idoma Voice, the gruesome murder happened at Tom-Anyiin Akaajime Gboko East. The suspect is currently on the run.
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December 6, 2005 at 10:15 am
I've been thinking about knitting a sweater, mostly because we keep it 64 degrees around here to save money. Yarn is cheaper than natural gas! With all this weight I've lost, I just don't have as much insulation as I used to. My right hand, which is usually on my mouse and thus away from the heat of my body, is so cold that it feels like it's going to fall off and shatter like supermarket china on the floor. Maybe I should just knit gloves instead.
First problem – I don't knit. I crochet, but you generally don't get as tight of a weave with crochet as you do with knitting and I'm all about locking away body heat. Not one calorie shall be wasted keeping my body temperature at a toasty 96.8. I have a knitting book with a sassy name called Stitch N' Bitch that explains how to knit, so I know I can overcome this problem. Though there will evidently be some bitching involved.
The second problem – how big should I make this sweater? Not only am I losing weight, but I don't know how fast I can knit. The faster I lose weight, the smaller I should make it. But the faster I knit, the bigger I should make it.
This is a calculus problem! Related rates. Eleventh grade math. Mrs. Stewart. The crazy lighthouse problem. It's all coming back to me, except of course how to actually do any of the math. I remember I really loved doing related rates, mostly because I was and am a loser geek. But even I didn't know they had actual real world applications.
I probably shouldn't even try making a sweater because I'll just get bored of it. I did learn how to do a basic knit stitch in high school and started a really long black and white striped sweater – which is still unfinished over 7 years later. I seem to only have the patience for small projects like bags and hats. I think this is why I like to blog so much. Entries don't have to hold my attention for too long.
Okay, I'm bored. Bye-bye.
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Queen • December 6, 2005 at 10:49 am
How about just a scarf? Or even a PONCHO so that you can wear it in the Spring just as a THROW ON sort of thing.
There's lots of patterns for them and you can KNIT or CROCHET. It goes fast and you won't be so bored so quickly.
That is unless your fingers are continually frozen, like mine. I have never been so cold in all my life. Everyone laughs cause I dress like I'm ready for the TUNDRA. Even in the house. Layer. Layers of LAYERS. I don't care. Let'em laugh all they want, I've lost it and when I'm done losing I'm thinking that my body thermostat will work it all out.
T_Stormcrowe • December 7, 2005 at 6:37 am
My wife is a crochet and knitting hobbyist(and she's GREAT!) her blog is http://craftymrsstormcrowe.blogspot.com and she can most likely answer ANY question involving crochet, knitting, tatting, and any other way to process yarn, thread, and so on!
Kirsten • December 7, 2005 at 6:37 am
Is everyone in the world eventually going to learn to knit? I started last week… on my fingers. I've got about half a scarf done – it's really fast, but you need very chunky yarn.
But as to the proper stuff on needles, you're on your own. That's the kind of maths problem that makes my brain want to slope off somewhere and leave me to it.
slush • December 9, 2005 at 4:07 pm
I'm a crocheter who recently learned to knit…and uh, it was super hard to learn after being used to crochet, and it takes a million years. I would just crochet with double strands, or with super bulky on hooks that are too small to get it tighter. And even if the sweater is too big when you are done, you can just wear more stuff under it to be warmer. Since I've lost weight, I'm always freezing, and you will probably just get colder the more you lose :) Nothing wrong with big sweaters.
Jen • January 11, 2006 at 10:51 am
I joined a Stitch N Bitch group. We meet on Sunday mornings at an adult toystore (smittenkittenonline.com) because the owner of the store started the group. I've found it a fabu way to work out my knitting issues. I learned to knit when I was really young, learned to crochet about 3 years ago, and just re-learned how to knit. The girls and guys at the group are fantastically patient about helping me through my issues. Maybe you can find a group? I hear there is a message board on line listing all the groups.
I say you should knit a big chunky tunic-y sweater with some bulky weight or fisherman weight yarn. The heavier yarn will go faster and as you shrink beneath it, you'll have that big cozy sweater thing going on. You'll be wearing it mostly around the house, yes? I have a sweater I bought at Lane Bryant for $4 on clearance. It was a cowl-neck sweater and I didn't like the neck so I carefully cut it off. I wear it when I'm feeling chilly though I get a bit of the Flashdance look since the neck hole is so big now.
Get one sweater done so you can practice your technique on it and when you're smaller, you can make a smaller one that much easier and faster. Seasons change so by next winter/fall, you'll probably have a better idea of size for next season.
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Since we used a digital camera to do all the filming for our major project, it was difficult to download our videos on a Mac (and it took a REALLY long time!). So, we need to start over with the filming again…
We will film on Tuesday by using the cameras that Alec has stored at the university. And this time, they will work! Yes! Since we have to start over, we are wondering if we should come up with a completely new idea or repeat the same idea as before. Personally, I think we should do something a little different, since we seemed to have too many short clips last time. Here are some ideas that I have:
- Film a short video on fast food. We can drive to different fast food locations (about 8-12 restaurants) and pretend to order through the drive-thru. Our film can be similar to Super Size Me, in which one (or all) of us gets bigger and bigger because of the fatty, oily foods. The conclusion may be a change in eating habits and/or weight loss program.
- Film a weight loss program targeted towards university students. One of us can be the trainer while the others do difficult workout routines. This can involve a treadmill, jogging outside, biking, rollerblading, stretches, weights, and/or DDR. At the same time, we can provide our audience with better workout options for stressed individuals like us!
- Film a reality show (like the Amazing Race). One of us can be the game show host while the other two compete to get to the finish line (Mac computer lab at the U of R). We can base our film off The Tortoise and The Hare! After the host introduces the race, two of us will travel throughout the city and face obstacles along the way. Like the book, "the fast one" will fall asleep and "the slow one" will win the race.
- As a group, we can create a story for elementary school children. It can be about three friends (us) and the many decisions that they make. The audience (by a "click" of the mouse) will choose the correct decision based on "what is the 'right' thing to do". The story will continue based on the audience's decisions. Of course, we will need to film multiple scenarios since the story can go many different ways (for better or for worse)!
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Sorry to hear it went downhill afterwards. I didn't know until now. Obviously you must have had more issues after I left.
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Lured by a coupon, my roommates and I made the trek to Sunnyvale's "restaurant mile" (El Camino between Wolfe and Lawrence) for this Persian restaurant. I was disappointed at first by how fancy Chelokababi seemed and how expensive the first page of the menu was, but there were some real bargains to be found with a little hunting. We ordered four dishes. Two kebabs, one chicken and one beef, were remarkably flavorful. Something billed as a sandwich, but not at all resembling one, had delicately seasoned meat and green peppers enjoyed even by a roommate who hates green peppers. I had the Zereshk Polo, a juicy quarter chicken served over (and under) a generous helping of rice with cranberries. All was delicious, and the bill was surprisingly reasonable for such a high quality of food.
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J.J. Abrams may be done directing Star Wars movies for the moment, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what's going to happen.
Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour this week in support of his new Showtime series Roadies, Abrams was asked if Rey (Daisy Ridley) is a Skywalker or Kenobi as theories circulate about both possibilities. "Obviously, it's not for me to talk about in this moment because this is Rian's (Johnson) story to continue now and the last thing I'm going to do is reveal something that he would be upset about. I want to make sure that Rian gets the courtesy," Abrams said. Of course, that hasn't stopped Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow from addressing it somewhat when speaking with recently.
I've seen all of the theories… What I do know is that we're going to make sure that that answer is deeply and profoundly satisfying, because Rey is a character that is important in this universe, not just in the context of The Force Awakens but in the entire galaxy, and she deserves it. So we'll make sure that that answer is something that feels like it was—it's something that happened a long time ago [in a galaxy] far, far away, we're just telling you what happened.
Apparently Abrams can keep quiet, but not necessarily Trevorrow.
As to the recent quotes from Greg Grunberg about Abrams regretting not directing Episode VIII, Abrams had some laughs. "Here's the thing about Greg," the director said while laughing. "You put a microphone in front of him and you never know what you're going to get. I love my friend Greg, he's been my best friend since kindergarten and I think that my enthusiasm for VIII is enormous. I think he also might have invented a couple of the quotes that he gave."
Well at least that has been cleared up.
The takeaway here is that Rey is indeed someone in the greater story of Star Wars and not just some random Force user. (Not that I ever thought otherwise) And we will indeed learn her backstory, but it is definitely a question of when that will happen.
My money is still on Jar Jar Binks being her dad. I'm just putting that out there now.
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I barely remember reading the first volume of Out of Time. I remember it was okay. It had problems and really needed something extra to make it standout and be really good. Sadly, the second volume of Out of Time suffers from the exact same problem. Everything about this story is forgettable and frankly the first volume wasn't strong enough to warrant this type of sequel. When I say, "this type of sequel" I mean one that's picking up pretty much where the first left off. You know, it's really rare that I can't recall a comic I've read so the fact that I'm struggling so much with the first volume has me questioning my own score for it (review here).
At any rate, we're at a time office. We're reintroduced to our main characters: a gloomy dude, a normal lady, a guy who thinks he's a robot and a butterfly that can travel dimensions. Great cast of characters, but they don't do anything special together. After our training scene that's used only to introduce the characters, we learn that our female character didn't finish a job and that time may be screwed up.
I'm going to save you some time and just let you know that they fix time. Why did I tell you that? Because it's going to help me illustrate the point that there's no consequences to this story. There's never any doubt that they'll fix time and so there's no reason not to tell you that they fix it. The point of the story is just to have the characters show up and do their gimmick, but their gimmick's aren't strong enough because we don't spend any real time with them.
There's a lot of attempts at humor in this volume and it really didn't land with me. I think it's because the characters are so one-dimensional that when they make a joke it's like hearing something funny from a random stranger. You're thinking, "who are you?" and not truly hearing the joke. Same thing here, I'm wondering who these characters really are rather than the dossier of bland details we're given to them and the results are jokes that aren't that funny.
The art is the same. It's not bad, but it's a weird almost stickman style. It's a style that's gotten popular over the years. Basically everything but the character's faces have a lot of detail. It's a good style and matches the story, but it would be funnier if the story was funnier. Instead it feels as if the art is trying to make all the jokes land, but it just can't get to all of them.
Overall this sequel feels completely unnecessary. I know I wasn't looking for it when it showed up in my inbox, but if the creators made it, they must have had a reason. The story is pretty bland and without any consequences there's not much reason for new readers to pick this up. Readers of the first volume will likely consider if they really wanted a sequel before picking this volume up or just blindly give it a shot. Maybe it's right up your alley, but for me it was a miss.
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The Two-Faced Twenty
April 20th of every year is always a controversial day. Usually, the controversy stems (pin intended) from advocates for marijuana use celebrating the day by smoking the illicit weed, talking openly about medical and scientific studies about the plant, and cracking "Four Twenty" jokes at 4:20 pm.
But this year, the day was more mired in controversy than usual, though not about marijuana. The focus was just on half of the "Four Twenty" holiday. The twenty half to be exact.
Or should I say, $20?
On April 20, 2016, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, announced plans for Harriet Tubman, former slave and suffragette, to replace 7th United States President Andrew Jackson, on the front of the twenty-dollar bill. The design is scheduled to be officially announced in 2020, likely again on 4/20.
But while the portrait of Tubman will grace the front of the $20 bill, Andrew Jackson will take over the back of the bill.
It goes without saying that this is a historic move for many reasons. The obvious of course is that this will be the very first African American on United States currency, and the first woman to grace a dollar bill, rather than just a coin. But this will also be the very first time two historical figures will occupy both the front and the back of the bill, and Jackson's role is stirring up controversy.
For starters, it is demeaning that the only time a Black woman gets to be on U.S. currency, her image has to be "chaperoned" by a White President. Some see this as a slap in the face, while others are just happy anybody of color is finally on paper currency. Okay, fine.
But let's not sugar-coat the actual problem.
Andrew Jackson was sworn into office in 1829. At the time, Harriet Tubman was seven years old, eating daily beatings while playing as housemaid and nanny to her then owner's baby. During Jackson's tenure in office from 1829 to 1837, he signed over 70 treaties with several different nations of Native Americans, only to go back on his word, setting off a chain of reactions that led to the Trail of Tears and the Second Seminole War, the first Seminole War Jackson had a big role in the creation of, just a few short years before he was sworn into office. His reckless behavior and choice of friends and eventually cabinet members, also sparked the Black Hawk and Second Creek wars respectively, leading to the blatant extermination and annexation of more than a dozen nations. It was all part of his Indian Removal plan, His double-crossing practice of signing a treaty only to send an army after the heads of those he signed with, leads to the joke of him being on a now two-faced bill.
During those same, blood soaked years, Jackson not only upheld slavery, but he tried to dismantle the First Amendment in doing so. How you ask? Simple.
Between 1835 and 1836, a number of abolitionists began sending petitions, letters and pamphlets through the mail, denouncing slavery and asking that Americans urge their congressmen and the president to abolish slavery. When word broke out about the tracts, pro-slavery terrorists began storming post offices throughout the country, destroying the tracts and obstructing the mail. Jackson not only supported the notion, he also demanded that the name of every abolitionist be posted publicly, along with their home addresses. He would later sign into law restrictions on what could be sent through the mail, to the point where only subscribers could receive the tracts, and postal workers who agreed with slavery, did not have to do their job to mail that which offended them.
A second slight came in the form of Texas becoming a state. Jackson had originally tried to purchase Texas from Mexico to the tune of $5000, but Mexico initially refused. But by 1836, pro-slavery supporters had made up their own band and had pretty much taken over Texas. Though Jackson tried to deny recognition of the state at first, a political game he played with friend and cabinet member Martin Van Buren. Once he was assured Van Buren ~ a man he later admitted to choosing because he needed "someone to control" ~ he not only acknowledged Texas as a state, he also voiced his support of their pro-slavery stance.
On the flip-side of the $20 bill, we have Harriet Tubman. Former slave who not only fought against everything Jackson's party seemed to support in regard to minorities, but a suffragette, who spent the last decades of her life fighting for a woman's right to vote, while also providing shelter and care for the sick and elderly.
Even in Christianity, the two couldn't possibly be more opposite. While Andrew Jackson would preach about his idea of good virtues learned from the Bible, he used the Presbyterian church for political matters and for saving face in his post-presidential years, while moonlighting as a Freemason, Harriet Tubman helped to grow the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, but only on the condition that a parcel of the land be used as a shelter for the elderly and those who were poor.
While it was no surprise to see Jackson's face on banknotes in 1869, today is a different day, in need of a more positive face on our currency, one that is not mired in controversy and race-based war mongering.
The choice of Harriet Tubman for the $20 bill is a positive first start in bringing equality to our currency, and as a historical icon, she is a great role model and perfect choice for the modern era. But to have her image chaperoned by the president who kept her enslaved as a child is at best an absurd oversight, and at worst, mean-spirited, supporting the ideology that you can't have a strong, Black woman, without having her being controlled.
Koriander Bullard is an author, cartoonist and human rights advocate. Keep up with her on Facebook!
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Home Workout Revolution Review Released by BootCampExercises.net
"The future of fitness is here" according to Mike Whitfield, a trainer from Atlanta, GA who contributed to a brand new workout program called "The Home Workout Revolution". With so many people who are struggling to lose weight but have too busy of a schedule to make it to the gym or want to work out at home but think they need expensive equipment, Whitfield explains that there is a solution.
"The Home Workout Revolution is the ultimate solution to people who want to work out at home with no equipment", said Whitfield, one of the trainers who can be seen in the follow-along workout videos. He went on to say, "Not only do people get 51 short, but effective workouts that they can do in the comfort of their own home, but Craig Ballantyne, Brian Kalakay and myself are right there every step of the way with each workout coming with follow-along videos. It's like having an accountability partner with you. One of the biggest keys to losing weight and having permanent success is accountability. These bodyweight workouts are fun, challenging and can be done literally anywhere."
"My friend Craig Ballantyne really pushed the envelope of the future of fitness with these follow-along bodyweight exercises and workouts. I was excited to be a part of it and there was a lot of manual work and sweat put into this project, but it was very well worth it. The feedback has already been amazing and people are having a lot of fun with these at-home workouts" said Whitfield.
Whitfield also mentioned that these are the same bodyweight workout routines that he uses when he travels because they can be done in a hotel room. The fact that anyone who gets the program can download the follow-along workout videos to their Ipod, Ipad and more makes it even more convenient for someone to lose weight without equipment.
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S. Logan on Bruno
So I'm thinking S. Logan isn't going to see Bruno:
After posting my vacation photos a few hours ago, I had no intention of blogging again for awhile, but I felt prompted to post about this so here goes:Continue reading>>>
Buying a ticket to see Bruno* is paying money to grieve God's heart.
(*The link includes a detailed, stomach-churning description of the movie. I glanced through it enough to get an idea of the content. If you're planning on seeing the movie, read through the description to be an informed consumer. You need to know what your money is supporting, and more importantly, the kind of material you are opening yourself up to.)


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Over at LRC, yet another person has signed up to the anti-immigration platform. Prof. Cox goes on a long list of reasons to oppose immigration, most of which have already been torn apart on this very site. So let's cut to the chase, Prof. Cox. You're standing on the border. A family of Mexicans is running for the fence. You've got the rifle scope trained on a mother running with her son. Do you pull the trigger?
And if you can't, are you really willing to "defend the borders"? Make no mistake about it, you're going to have to kill people to keep them out of America. People want in.
So, Prof. Cox, who would you kill?


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Saturday, October 2, 2010
RECIPE - Caipirinha Grilled Chicken (Frango com Marinada Caipirinha)
I was thinking the other day that this recipe would probably be just as successful made with cachaça, Brazil's distilled sugar cane liquor. So I thought I would give it a whirl. After all, if tequila and lime juice combine to become a margarita marinade, cachaça and lime juice would make a caipirinha marinade just as simply.
I made it out the other night, and as I suspected, the dish was wonderful. I used gold cachaça, which is aged and has a slightly stronger flavor than white cachaça, and it was a good substitution, as even after grilling, the chicken retained the citric flavor of the limes and the taste of cachaça. I had guests over for the "test", and they all loved the dish, though none of them had ever previously eaten the margarita version. For me, both recipes - the one with tequila or the one with cachaça - are winners, but being a Brazilophile, I'm going to go with Caipirinha Chicken from here on out.
RECIPE - Caipirinha Grilled Chicken (Frango com Marinada Caipirinha)
Serves 6
1 cup (250 ml) fresh-squeezed lime juice.
1/2 cup (125 ml) cachaça
1/4 cup (125 ml) cilantro, finely chopped
2 chili peppers, serrano or jalapeno, seeded and minced
1 1/2 Tbsp. Mexican chili powder
1 tsp. salt
fresh-ground black pepper to taste
6 boneless chicken breast halves with skin
Begin the day before serving. Mix all ingredients, except the chicken, in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Add chicken breasts, and turn several times in the marinade to coat completely. Cover the bowl, and place in refrigerator, overnight or up to 24 hours. Turn the chicken pieces in the marinade once or twice.
Prepare grill and brush grill rack with oil. Heat to medium hot. Remove chicken pieces from marinade, and grill until cooked through, turning once, about 9 minutes per side. Transfer to platter, decorate with thin slices of lime, and serve immediately.
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Fire Detection and Warning
Fire-detection and warning systems in some small, open-plan, single-storey offices and shops, a fire may be obvious to everyone as soon as it starts. In these cases, where the number and position of exits and the travel distance to them is adequate, a simple shout of 'fire' or a simple manually operated device, such as a gong or air horn that can be heard by everybody when operated from any single point within the building, may be all that is needed.
Where a simple shout or manually operated device is not adequate, it is likely that an electrical fire warning system will be required. In larger premises, particularly those with more than one floor, where an alarm given from any single point is unlikely to be heard throughout the building an electrical system incorporating sounders and manually operated call points (break-glass boxes) is likely to be required. This type of system is likely to be acceptable where all parts of the building are occupied at the same time and it is unlikely that a fire could start without somebody noticing it quickly. However, where there are unoccupied areas, or common corridors and circulation spaces in multi-occupied premises, in which a fire could develop to the extent that escape routes could be affected before the fire is discovered, an automatic fire detection system may be necessary.
You may need to consider special arrangements for times when people are working alone, are disabled, or when your normal occupancy patterns are different, e.g. when maintenance staff or other contractors are working at the weekend. In large or complex premises, particularly those accommodating large numbers of people, such as department stores and multi-storey office blocks, it is likely that a more sophisticated form of warning and evacuation, possibly phased, should be provided.
False alarms from electrical fire warning systems are a major problem (e.g. malicious activation of manual call points) and result in many unwanted calls to the fire and rescue service every year. To help reduce the number of false alarms, the design and location of activation devices should be reviewed against the way the premises are currently used.


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The Welsh faction's unique style comes in the form of the way their battleboard caters for the hit and run tactics of the Dark Ages Welsh peoples. All troop types are capable of carrying and throwing Javelins. They are very much a skirmish force and not designed for close combat. They can be mounted, but suffer more penalties for doing so due to a lack of armour. How can you utilise this hit and run force? Here are the rules from page 44 of the Main Rulebook...
"Welsh Warlords are equipped with javelins. They may be mounted on horses."
"Welsh Warriors and Hearthguard are equipped with javelins, but due to their lack of armour and protection, they have their armour value reduced by one against enemy shooting…"
"Welsh Warriors and Hearthguard may be mounted on horses (and this would also decrease their Armour against shooting by one…)"
"Welsh Levies are equipped with bows, slings or javelins".
To see what Javelins do in the game here are the rules from Page 23 of the Main Rulebook...
"Javelins may be used the end of a Movement activation. Immediately after movement, if the unit has no figures engaged in melee with the enemy, the unit may perform Shooting as part of that activation. This doesn't count as a a separate activation, and doesn't generate additional FATIGUE."
|Painted Gripping Beast models from their Saga Welsh range
Hit and Run - This is a reactive ability that acts as a counter to an enemy unit activation and allows you to activate one unit of your own within M of that enemy unit. You can't engage melee, but you can use it to back away OR to get in some javelin shooting before the enemy impact you in combat!
The Deadly Strike - When shooting with Javelins the enemy unit Armour is reduced by one and you can re-roll any failed attack dice. Nice indeed.
Taunting - allows you to draw out an enemy unit towards yours. Can be useful to pull units into missile range. Combined with other abilities, could well be devastating. editor's note- this is AWESOME against norman horsies!
The Rising Out - you can activate all Warriors and Levies though not for melee. You can picture the 'scoot and shoot' javelin effect this can have on your enemy.
When searching for strengths on the Saga Welsh faction you also need to look at other battleboard abilities. With 'Holy Ground' and 'Children of the Land', you can see that the Welsh can make excellent use of hit and run tactics and to slow down the enemy a little. The Welsh faction is all about keeping away from melee for as long as possible, using Javelin hit and run to weaken the enemy, then strike for the objective at the right time. Making use of difficult terrain is a must especially against mounted forces like Norman Knights. The ability in Saga of the Welsh units to be activated for movement possibly up to their exhaustion limit and each time deliver a shower of javelins make them highly prized missile troops. If you have at least one large foot unit (say 12 Warriors) you can deliver a lot of firepower onto an enemy unit in a single turn. Following this up with a charge into melee using the 'Strength Lies in Numbers' battleboard ability to boost the Attack dice.)
What are the weaknesses of this type of force? Any enemy with good shooting abilities will be a threat. Normans seem to be a good example here. You need to neutralise enemy bow and crossbow troops quickly and also any mounted forces. Keeping away from fast moving mounted enemy is also a key. Keep you foot troops in difficult going (Children of the Land!) and behind cover to keep their armour defence up. You are not fearless Viking warriors. Your skill lies in shrewdness, accuracy with the javelin and running into the mountains to live to fight another day.
One other tactic discussed across forums about the Welsh is their ability to use the mounted hearthguard or warrior armed with the javelin. This makes for a unit that is both susceptible to missile fire but equally is capable of moving 12 inches then throwing javelin 6 inches and then being retreated 12 inches. This gives it a reach of 18 inches or metric equivalent when moving and throwing and then a second activation to retreat it. This puts it out of reach of all but extended bow fire from Normans (or a couple of movement activation of cavalry!) making them less likely to be charged by enemy infantry.
There is an excellent article on this Sagatapestry site about mounted Welsh troops by VAeric....(link)
|Fearsome mounted Welsh Warriors with javelins
This leads on to the historical part of this faction. How realistic are the Saga Welsh and their skirmishing javelin throwing tactics with their Dark Ages counterparts?
Not a huge amount seems to have been recorded about the battle tactics of the Welsh in the Dark Ages. Much of what we know comes from the way they lived (society) and later in the post Norman Conquest of the early medieval tactics used against the English.
Typically, the Welsh would not fight in flat, open ground as this favoured mounted units such as Norman Knights.
|a typical javelin
For the mounted soldier, a horsemen was not unknown to have carried up to 10 javelin into battle.
Welsh tactics very much revolved around foot troops attacking from the cover of trees, scrub or rock, throwing their javelins and then retreating before the enemy could follow up. The Welsh used speed at the expense of armour, keeping armour light or non-existent and shields small and round (buckler size). Enemy warriors on horses or foot with heavier armour would find it impossible to pursue their lightly armoured enemy into forested or mountainous terrain. Once the Welsh had softened up their targets, then they would move in for the coup-de-grace, typically accompanied by loud shouting and screaming. Usually this would consist of clan or family groups working together but not necessarily in a greatly co-ordinated way as a whole to achieve their aims. If the warband took a beating they would slip away only to come back the next day with renewed vigour.
The response to this was learned through losses in battle. The Vikings kept mainly to the southern coastal areas. The Normans would wait until the Welsh moved off the lower lying land as part of their cycle of subsistence farming. They would quickly build wooden motte-and-bailey castles as a base to control the local populace. There is at least one report that English forces were ordered to strip off their chain mail to allow pursuit of the Welsh.
You can see from the above that Saga has taken the abilities of a fast, light infantry force with hit and run tactics and used that to build the flavour of the Welsh Battleboard. One area that seems to be in contention with history is the use of mounted troops in Saga. Historically, it seems that the Welsh tended to fight on foot, with cavalry dismounting to fight in battles. Notably, Welsh bow are at least once remarked to have been able to deliver a decent "parthian shot" over-the-shoulder as they retreated. In regard to the javelin, I find it hard to envisage throwing a javelin from horseback with any great accuracy. I can only marvel at the skill required to do this. One thing the Welsh were reported as doing is to spend a lot of their spare time honing their fighting skills!
Here is another link to a great blog of Saga-fest (link). The image below comes from this site and shows a group of Welsh Levy armed with Javelins.
|Welsh Levy about to hurl their javelins
Ultimately, I think the Saga Welsh faction have a lot of character and make for a skirmish force that a thoughtful player can use to great effect. They make a distinct contrast to the combat oriented Vikings and the cavalry of the Norman faction.
About the Author: "ambler" / Mike lives in the North West of the UK. After years of RPG's and GW wargaming he now plays in a long running Amber Diceless RPG and plays Flames of War at the NWGC in Stockport. Saga is a recent addition to the games-under-the-belt collection. Check out his blog: www.not2oldtowargame.wordpress.com


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Energy bars: Quick pick-me-up, or a recipe for disaster?
A Popular Product
When PowerBars debuted in 1987, with their strangely dense and chewy texture, they were marketed as fuel for athletes. But their convenience -- a one-handed pick-me-up with a healthy reputation (however debatable) -- quickly caught on with busy executives and frantic moms.
Now, a trip to your grocery store reveals entire aisles of different bars, marketed to those looking to pump up their protein intake, to lose weight, to add vitamins and minerals and to pinch-hit in a no-time-for-lunch crunch. In 2002, U.S. sales of nutrition bars grew about 30 percent; sales are expected to double from current sales of about $1.6 billion by 2006. "Such a huge growth rate is not something that many product categories ever experience," says Patrick Rea, research director of Nutrition Business Journal, a San Diego-based market-research publication. "Obviously, the makers of these bars have hit on the right combination of price, taste and convenience."
Few nutritionists will argue against the value of nutrition bars to athletes and exercisers who need a portable pre-workout meal. But some non-athletes see them as a kind of magical supplier of energy and vitamins, forgetting that along with the nutrients comes a not-insignificant number of calories. Sure, nutrition bars are better than the kind of empty-calorie foods busy people often turn to when there's no time for a proper lunch, like a candy bar or a bag of chips, says Roxanne Moore, RD, a Baltimore-based spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). But you can also get quick energy from a piece of fresh fruit, for example, which is equally portable and probably healthier.
But don't kid yourself. "Many energy bars are just glorified candy," says Elizabeth Somer, RD, author of Food & Mood (Henry Holt, 1999). "They're highly processed, and you're not going to find the thousands of disease-preventing phytochemicals you'd find in fruits and veggies."
Good in Moderation
Still, if you choose wisely, these bars can make smart snacks. Certain bars can be a good way to get a boost of, say, calcium or folic acid, especially if you're having trouble getting enough of a particular vitamin or mineral into your diet. But be careful if you're a daily energy bar consumer, because you actually may be getting too much of certain vitamins and minerals. If you have an energy bar, eight ounces of fortified orange juice and a multivitamin for breakfast, you probably have already overshot some of your nutrient needs for the day, which can have negative health consequences. For example, too much vitamin A can lead to liver damage, and too much vitamin C can cause diarrhea. And calcium or iron, even mildly in excess, can cause constipation or gastric discomfort. Additionally, many nutrients compete with each other in the digestive tract, so consuming too much of one decreases absorption of the other. "You really need to look at the whole diet and remember to consume balanced meals to feel and look your best," advises Moore.
And if the extra energy promise of ginseng or another added herbal ingredient appeals to you, beware. "Number one: There isn't much data to show that any of these herbs are really all that effective," warns Althea Zanecosky, RD, a Philadelphia-based spokeswoman for the ADA. "Number two: There aren't any standards for how much herb is really in these bars or how much is safe."
In fact, there are very few standards placed on nutrition bars at all, and they are not routinely tested before sale by the FDA or by any other federal agency. Manufacturers simply are required to comply with certain labeling laws -- but they don't always do that, either. In 2001, an independent testing company analyzed energy bars to see if the amounts of calories, carbohydrates, fat, protein, sugars, and sodium matched the amounts indicated on the labels. The results? Sixty percent of the bars tested failed to meet their label claims. The biggest discrepancies were in the high-protein category. Some of the labels indicated that the bars were "low-carb," but there really is no definition for what that means. Several companies, including Atkins Advantage, failed to identify glycerin as a carbohydrate (the FDA defines it as such). Since the release of the report, Atkins has changed its labels. The new packaging includes glycerin in the total carb count but also bears a seal advertising a low number of "net carbs" -- those that supposedly affect blood sugar levels.
Best of the Bars
Whether you want a pre-workout snack or a quick meal when lunch is out of reach, you want a bar that does the job. Start by looking for one in your calorie budget that is low in saturated fats and simple sugars. Compare labels. Look at total fat, then look at saturated fat. Fat calories should be 30 percent or less of the total. Same goes for sugars: Look at total carbs and sugars. Sugars should not comprise most of the carbs, and look for a bar that offers 3 to 5 grams of fiber per 200 calories. Key words in the ingredient list can also tip you off: High fructose corn syrup, glucose, sucrose, brown sugar, and honey are all simple sugars. Hydrogenated vegetable oil is a trans fat (which may raise levels of bad cholesterol), and coconut and palm oils, despite their vegetable origin, are potent sources of heart-harming saturated fats.
You also want a bar that will deliver the appropriate balance of carbohydrates and protein for your intended use. Unless your goal is to gain weight (or you're a competitive weight lifter), you can probably pass by the super-high protein bars, says Moore. "In general, people get more than enough protein in their diets," she says. (That's 50 to 70 grams for a 130-pound woman.)
If you're looking for a meal replacement, go for a bar that's more balanced in carbs and protein than one with a higher proportion of carbohydrates, suggests Moore. "The protein helps slow down digestion, which may keep you feeling satisfied longer," she says. Any of the bars marketed as 40-30-30 formulations (40 percent of total calories from carbohydrates and 30 percent each from protein and fat) will work for this purpose, as will some of the soy-based brands. For appetite control, look for 200 calories for the bar, and around 15 grams of protein.
But if you want quick fuel, that's the time to go for a bar high in carbs. "Carbohydrates are digested and absorbed quickly," says Moore. "They're better for people who are actually doing physical activity and don't want slowed-down digestion."