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Well this one came out of nowhere and no mistake! You may recall I had mentioned that I had received a £20 gift card for use at Waterstones for Christmas from my son. I have looked in all three of the branches nearest to where I work and to be honest I was not hugely impressed at any the sale stock. Succumbing I suppose to the inevitable 'judging a book by its cover' or my insatiable appetite for obscure conflicts I spotted the above title. Written by Ben Hughes and published by Osprey the book is concerned with the British involvement in the wars of liberation in South America just after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars. In particular, the aid given to Simon Bolivar and his campaigns to liberate Gran Columbia from Spain.
I must confess that the subtitle of 'A tale of defiance, courage, disasters and man-eating crocodiles' had certainly pricked my curiosity and the scale of the operations depicted appear to lend themself to gaming quite nicely - there is even a naval perspective for aficionados of the wind and water variety. In short then, it would appear to be ideal gaming material and I will report back when I have read it.
At this stage I cannot in all honesty see myself acquiring any kit for the period although given the huge amount of Napoleonic 20mm plastics available it would probably not be too difficult to cobble up something - I am almost certain that Hat Industrie produce Spanish Guerillas and many of the other uniforms could probably be 'painted over' existing figures. I will investigate this further but very much on a low priority basis.
As a postscript I should perhaps point out that the seed of an interest in this era (I am also sure there is a Sharpe novel set in the period) began back in 1979 when Eric Knowles managed to sell me (and some other equally wide eyed and naive gamers!) some 25mm Minifigs Napoleonic Spanish irregular lancers (complete with the customary wide bottomed horses) from some old stock from his shop - The New Model Army Limited in Manor Park, East London. As I recall the figures were wearing broad brimmed hats and as to what became of them I cannot recall. The plan to game the South American Wars of Liberation never progressed further than that despite the astute piece of salesmanship from Eric in clearing some old stock!
Many thanks for that - is is any good?
I am not sure what direction this will take if at all but I will try and acquire the Osprey uniform title as well - just in case!
It's an entertaining read. I picked up a copy of Conquer or Die myself just before Christmas, though I haven't read it.
Hornblower did some gadding about in South America as well I believe.
I will keep a 'Sharpe' eye out for the Devil! IIRC Thomas Cochrane was involved on the naval side (at least somewhere in South America) so I will keep a weather eye out in that direction as well.
As I say, not sure how much mileage there is in terms of gaming for me but we will see.Most of the people who were interviewed following the riots of august 2011 in Tottenham England admitted that what turned out as riots, essentially started as a peaceful protest over the shooting of a young man which soon exploded in an orgy of violence, looting and arson. Most sociologists would ascribe it to crowd behavior, but similar behavior has been observed among political leaders. This rather peculiar but intriguing social behavior is known as group thinking. If it exists among our leaders, surely it is worth a second look.
This behavior was first exposed by Irwin Janis in his book Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes where he analyzed the questionable decision making by the government in the Bay of Pigs, Pearl Harbor and the North Korean invasion among others. He defined groupthink as an extreme concurrence sought by decision making groups. The seeking of such concurrence occurs in most cases at the expense of realistically considering the acts at hand in a realistic manner. This behavior is common to groups where high cohesion, insulation from expert opinion and a lack of a systematic and empirical method of evaluating decisions exist.
The effects of this particular cocktail of conditions or a symptom of groupthink include an unwarranted feeling of invulnerability is usually the case in groups where little outside input is allowed, consequently the lack of dissenting voice gives the false impression that things are going well within the group. A strong belief in the morality of the group is often the case where the whole supersedes the parts. Hence individual codes of morality get swallowed up as few members of the group would want to speak up if there exists a conflict of their personal morals and the groups decision. Pressure on the dissenters is another symptom. In another social group this would be called peer pressure; but within this type of group the same dynamics pressurizes its members to conform to the groups conclusion. This most times is a product of the time constraint under which each decision is made. Others effects include self censorship and setting up of mind guards. This situation often results in very poor decision making.
When the decisions that result from a groupthink are critically analyzed one common denominator is found in the process of the decision making: the pressure to act, to do something or to make a statement through an action that is supposed to press home some point that the decision makers are trying to make. In his work Flowers, who empirically tested Janiss theory, found out that the cohesiveness of the group did not substantively influence the quality of the decisions taken by the said group, this might be explained by the fact that his conceptual definition of a cohesive group (college students) differed from that employed by Janis in his study. Most often the groups that exhibit this kind of behavior have a charismatic and authoritative leader who effectively creates an atmosphere where the groups deliberations are basically the extensions of his own thought process and as a result, there is little or no room to consider other possible options.
Groupthink often shows up in decision making groups and an understanding of it, could help in comprehending and exploiting the dynamics that come into play when the decisions are made by the groups of people in various organizations and conferences.
In an upset victory, a 24-year-old candidate won the Republican primary for former congressman Mark Meadows’s North Carolina district, beating a challenger handpicked by Meadows and backed by President Trump.
Madison Cawthorn is slated to win around two-thirds of the primary vote, according to the Associated Press. Cawthorn will turn 25 just before the November general elections, the legal age to serve in the House.
Meadows, who represented the district in the state’s western region for several terms, is now Trump’s chief-of-staff at the White House. The former congressman had chosen Lynda Bennett to run in his stead.
“I want to make something clear: I support our great president,” Cawthorn said on Tuesday night, appealing to supporters of challenger Lynda Bennett. President Trump made a robocall in support of Bennett.
“I do not believe this election has been a referendum on the president’s influence,” Cawthorn added. “The people of western North Carolina are wise and discerning. You observed both candidates and simply made the choice you believed is best for our district.”
Cawthorn is a real estate investor who was nominated at age 18 by Meadows for an appointment at the United States Naval Academy. However, a car crash left Cawthorn paralyzed from the waist down.
Cawthorn’s victory was one of two primaries on Tuesday in which a candidate backed by the president was defeated, marking the first time Republican primary voters rejected Trump’s endorsements. The second primary was won by Kentucky representative Thomas Massie, a libertarian who is running for a sixth term. Trump blasted Massie after the congressman forced House members to return to Washington, D.C. in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic to vote on an economic relief package.
Send a tip to the news team at NR.I think that the league's doing what the league does: ensure it continues to maintain its ability to maximize its ability to be as profitable as possible. As such, one of the more talented, young superstars who is very popular was always going to be reinstated *pronto* as long as he wasn't going to face any legal consequences. It does this in the same way a shark hunts fish. It's just what it is made to do.

I don't look to the league as an arbiter of morality. If anything, the fact that Calvin Ridley --a man whose "crime" is betting a fairly paltry amount of money-- got a year-long suspension is telling. The NFL wants money, it has partnerships with betting companies and a dude playing football who jeopardizes the perception of fairness of these bets is a problem to that. Honestly, this is just another proof that the legal system is woefully ill-equipped to address issues of sexual violence against women.Gmail is a free email service provided by Google. It keeps your account and emails encrypted and private and can be accessed by app or