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Interview: So long see you in a bit: Bombay Bicycle Club's Ed Nash is back with Toothless
With Toothless, Ed Nash is bringing songs conceived on Bombay Bicycle Club's tourbus to life, with no expectations.
Words: Will Richards
Ed Nash is back where it all started. He's currently assembling the live band for his new project Toothless in the Tottenham rehearsal room Bombay Bicycle Club used to frequent in the run-up to the release of their debut album 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose'.
"I literally haven't been here for ten years, and there's pictures of us as kids on the wall, it's so strange," Nash remarks. "The area has changed so much since we were here, there's so many fancy new flats around and it's barely recognisable from the space we used back in 2006." Building the four-piece live band, which includes Bombay drummer Suren de Saram ("I could never start a band without Suren - it was one of my conditions"), and heading back to the old haunt presents a good opportunity for Nash to look back on the decade he's spent with Bombay Bicycle Club, and the solo career he's skirted around for years and is finally making work.
"It's something I've always done, I'd just never intended on showing it to anyone. It was only when we knew that the band were going to take quite a bit of time off that I started to take it more seriously," he explains. "It was good to have motivation to finally get the music out there."
"It's just Bombay Bicycle Club in a different capacity"
— Ed Nash
Nash describes the band's current hiatus as less of a conscious decision made at one point, but one that the band all knew would come after finishing the tour for 2014's 'So Long, See You Tomorrow', ending a decade of constant touring and releasing.
"Everyone knew it was going to happen, because we'd been doing it for ten years. It sounds like we weren't enjoying it - we absolutely loved touring and recording and everything about it - but it was coming to the end of our fourth record, our most successful record, and we hadn't really done anything else in that time, and you could feel people itching to try and do other things."
Speaking of all four of the band's new projects, Ed refers to them as "just Bombay Bicycle Club in a different capacity," with all members involved in each others' new ventures to different extents. "The band's not making music at the moment, and not being a band, but in terms of our personal relationships and the work we do together, everyone's very much involved. Jack's doing some production on my songs, Suren's playing drums in the live band, and I literally live in the same house as Jamie, so everyone listens to the work each other are putting out, and all have opinions on it. With regards to feelings Bombay fans might have about the projects, Nash thinks it "might be good for people, because there's a far greater output from us at the moment."
Despite working closely with the other members of his band on Toothless, Nash iterates a clear different between the styles of music of Toothless and Bombay Bicycle Club, if not the personnel. "I can't try and write songs like Jack, because I'm not Jack, and if people want that from me, then they're not going to have a very good time with it, but if they want something different, that's what I'll give them. I can only write the songs that I write."
"If they want something different, that's what I'll give them"
The first Toothless single, 'Terra', is the track Nash describes as the slowest burner of the tracks he's written, and how he therefore made a brave choice to release it as the first taste of the project. "I think it's the most low-key one, so it's only up from here."
The majority of the album has been written and produced by Nash, with five of the tracks being mixed by Chris Cody, who's worked with the likes of TV On The Radio and Beach House, in Los Angeles this month. Guitar riffs and lyric ideas for Toothless date back years, but the meat of the work was put in during the second half of Bombay's tour for 'So Long, See You Tomorrow' and since.
Despite being something he's been involved with for years, making the first step towards making Toothless a reality gave Nash a shock, stepping away from the close support network he'd always been granted as part of a band. "it's a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, doing it by yourself without the really strong support structure I've always been part of. I'm not saying it was worse or better, just quite hard. You need to be challenged."
"With the band, it feels like a machine. I was a part of it, but everyone else pushed it along as well, and when you don't have that, it's all down to yourself, and I'm thriving with that pressure and motivation."
After Toothless makes its live debut in May, Nash plans to finish recording the album with Steadman, tentatively suggesting a late-2016 release date. For now, though, he's just overwhelmed with the support its garnered in the first few days of Toothless being public, and isn't putting any pressure on its future.
"Even if it's a small little part of my whole career, I'm really proud of what I've done over the past year. Even though it's quite scary going out on my own, it's been unbelievably rewarding."
Bombay Mix - Ed Nash fills us in on all his bandmates' new ventures
Jack Steadman
Jack Steadman has always been productive, with many a remix of his popping up on Soundcloud. As well as coproducing the Toothless album, he's working on a solo album. Remaining tightlipped, Nash says: "I can't speak too much for Jack obviously, but he's making an album now that he's wanted to make for a long time."
Suren de Saram
Trying out as a drummer for hire, it looks like we'll be seeing Suren popping up here, there and everywhere in the next few years, beginning with a stint behind the kit for Toothless. Oh, and we're all still waiting for the solo jazz album he tweeted about making.
Jamie MacColl
The guitarist seems to be the one member of Bombay Bicycle Club not venturing into music making in his holidays. Instead, he's swatting up and going back to University. He also recently made a radio documentary for BBC Radio 1 about modern protest songs. Clever boy.
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Toothless - The Pace of the Passing
There are undeniably some moments with serious bite.
Biting back: Toothless
Ed Nash is stepping out of Bombay Bicycle Club's shadow with his new project. Here, he discusses his debut album 'The Pace Of The Passing'.
Tracks: Metronomy, Sleigh Bells & More
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Q: Is there a (deep) relationship between these various applications of the exponential function? Here is a list of some applications of the exponential function.
1) The exponential mapping in Lie theory.
I put this first because my intuition tells me that this must be the most fundamental, or deep, way of thinking about the exponential function.  I have often been misled by my intuition however, and the main reason I feel strongly about this is because of how fundamental I consider Lie theory to be.
2) Fourier Series
3) Roots of Unity
4) Gaussian Distribution
5) Boltzmann Distribution
There are certainly other applications, but it always kind of bothered me that I couldn't use symmetry methods to see how (all of) these applications are related.  Is it possible that there is no way to do this, i.e. that it's just a happy accident that the exponential function has these applications and it is unrelated to any continuous symmetries?

A: Questions and Answers in MSE and two other references:
 Ad 1) :
How to derive these Lie Series formulas & chain references
 Ad 3) :
Ambiguous matrix representation of imaginary unit? idem
 Extra :
Where the exponent in the Laplace Transform comes from
 Ad 4) :
Gaussian Blur as a sample application of the Extra item

Updates.Ad 2). The Fourier transform
is a special case of the double-sided Laplace transform:
$$
F(p) = \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} e^{-pt}\,f(t) dt \quad \Longrightarrow \quad
F(i\omega) = \int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} e^{-i\omega t} f(t)\,dt
$$
The Fourier transform, in turn, is a generalization of the complex
Fourier series:
start with equation (20) in the Wolfram reference and read until the end.
Ad 5). In this reference

Derivation of the Boltzmann Distribution

it is argued on page 23 (with obviously a typo in it) that the Boltzmann probability distribution $f(E)$ must have the following form:
$$
f(E_1) \times f(E_2) = h(E_1+E_2)
$$
Let's elaborate on this a little bit:
$$
f(E_1) \times f(E_2) = h(E_1+E_2) \quad \Longrightarrow \quad h(E) = h(E+0) = f(0)f(E)
$$
Derivative:
$$
h'(E) = f(0)f'(E) = \lim_{\delta\to 0} \frac{h(E+\delta)-h(E)}{\delta} =
\lim_{\delta\to 0} \frac{f(E)f(\delta)-f(0)f(E)}{\delta} =\\
f(E)\,\lim_{\delta\to 0} \frac{f(\delta)-f(0)}{\delta} =
f(E) f'(0) \quad \Longrightarrow \quad f'(E) = \frac{f'(0)}{f(0)} f(E)
$$
Continuing in terms of the article:
$$
\frac{df(E)}{f(E)} = \frac{-dE}{E_c} \quad \Longrightarrow \quad f(E) = A e^{-E/E_c}
$$
Which is the Ansatz for the Boltzmann distribution.

Ad 3). According to Wikipedia, De Moivre's formula is:
$$
\left[cos(x)+i\sin(x)\right]^n = \cos(nx) + i\sin(nx)
$$
And this can be proved for any integer $n$ , quite independent of Euler's formula.
It's rather the other way around: because of the pattern $\;f(x)^n = f(nx)\;$ , de Moivre's formula can be considered as a heuristics for Euler's formula.
But uniquesolution is quite right: <quote> Probably the most fundamental fact about it is that it is the only measurable function for which $f(x+y)=f(x)f(y)$ for all $x,y$ </quote> Can we mimic this behavior of $\,e^x$ with the function $f(x) = \cos(x)+i\sin(x)$ ? From trigonometry we know that:
$$
\cos(x+y) = \cos(x)\cos(y) - \sin(x)\sin(y)\\
\sin(x+y) = \sin(x)\cos(y) + \cos(x)\sin(y)
$$
Hence:
$$
f(x+y) = \cos(x+y) + i \sin(x+y) =\\ \left[\cos(x)\cos(y) - \sin(x)\sin(y)\right] + i \left[\sin(x)\cos(y) + \cos(x)\sin(y)\right]
=\\ \left[\cos(x) + i \sin(x)\right]\left[\cos(y) + i \sin(y)\right] = f(x)f(y)
$$
So our $f(x)$ behaves like an exponential function.

A: The most important traits of the exponential function that make $e^x$ occur in that much applications are
a) Euler's identity $e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0$
and its implications for the definition of complex trigonimetric functions, i.e.
$$e^{i \cdot x} = \cos x + i \sin x$$
(like Fourier transformation, unit roots)
b) the fact that $\frac{d}{dx}e^x = e^x$
which lets $e^x$ naturally occur in many solutions of differential equations, which are often the most basic formulation of natural laws (growth/decay, gaussian distribution).

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Law360 (November 25, 2020, 2:03 PM EST) --
Seth Kruglak
We have long expected a wave of COVID-19 litigation exploring the limits of force majeure, impossibility and frustration of purpose doctrines in New York. While we have yet to see major decisions on the merits in the most factually on-point cases, a few guideposts are clear.
First, New York courts will not allow parties to use COVID-19 as an excuse for prepandemic breaches and will question payment defaults under settlement agreements struck prior to the pandemic.
Second, courts might not be receptive to efforts to use COVID-19 as a reason to vacate preliminary injunctions entered prior to the pandemic.
Third, COVID-19 excuses might be limited when raised in connection with a contract containing a time-is-of-the -essence performance clause.
And finally, cases winding their way through the courts bear close watching.
COVID-19 is not an excuse for prior breaches.
Raising a COVID-19 excuse for a contract breach that occurred prior to the pandemic will draw the ire of judges. For example, in Firmenich Inc. v. TPR Holdings LLC,[1] a Commercial Division justice in New York County made clear that she did not appreciate a defendant's raising the pandemic as an excuse for not paying a promissory note upon which it had stopped paying in April 2019:
With respect to defendant's claims about impossibility and frustration of purpose, the Court wholly rejects those arguments. This Court can look at a calendar; the alleged nonpayments started in April 2019. The pandemic did not start causing business disruption in the United States until 2020. Although there will likely be many cases exploring how the pandemic might affect disputes over contracts and promissory notes, this is not such a case. In fact, it is patently absurd that defendant would disingenuously cite to a pandemic that has caused so much harm around the world as a defense to a default that occurred last year. The pandemic is not a catch-all defense to disputes that began last year.
Another recurring fact pattern involves defendants using COVID-19 as an excuse for defaulting on payments due under settlement agreements struck prior to the pandemic.
Courts have rejected such efforts, starting with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York's decision from May in Lantino v. Clay LLC.[2] In that case plaintiffs moved to enter a consent judgment against certain New York-area gyms and individuals who defaulted on payments under an agreement to settle Fair Labor Standards Act claims.
The settlement agreement provided for entry of a consent judgment for $1 million, less any payments previously made, in the event defendants missed a payment. In response, defendants claimed that "their performance should be excused based upon the doctrine of impossibility because of their inability to pay, ostensibly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Governor Cuomo's PAUSE Executive Order."[3]
The court recited longstanding New York law that economic hardship does not excuse performance on impossibility grounds and stated:
At best, Defendants have established financial difficulties arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic and the PAUSE Executive Order that adversely affected their ability to make the payments called for under the Settlement Agreement. As such, Defendants' performance under the Settlement Agreement is not excused.[4]
Other federal and state New York decisions have cited and followed Lantino.[5]
COVID-19 is not a basis on which to vacate preliminary injunction.
In Vector Media LLC v. Go New York Tours Inc.,[6] the Appellate Division's First Department recently affirmed a preliminary injunction entered in 2019 requiring defendant tour bus operator to continue to provide plaintiff advertising agency the exclusive right to sell and place advertising on the tour buses pursuant to a contract.
In the interim, the Commercial Division denied the tour bus operator's motion to vacate the injunction on account of the pandemic: "COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic do not present impossibility or frustration of purpose to performance of the [contract] ... or the Preliminary Injunction" because the tour bus operator "concedes that it can lawfully operate its business notwithstanding with certain restrictions, and as such, cannot claim that performance is objectively impossible."[7]
Nor could a reduction in revenue from COVID-19 constitute frustration of purpose because, among other items, the contract at issue specifically contemplated the situation where the number of buses it operated fell below certain thresholds.[8]
COVID-19 does not extend time-is-of-the-essence obligations.
In the real estate space, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that a purchaser of a hotel in Puerto Rico could not postpone the closing based on frustration of purpose, failure of consideration, impossibility or impracticability arguments when the parties' purchase and sale agreement contained a time-is-of-the-essence clause for the parties' obligations under it.
In In re: Condado Plaza Acquisition LLC,[9] the debtors entered into the purchase and sale agreement in November 2019 to purchase the Condado Plaza Hilton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the price of $31 million and placed an initial deposit of $3.1 million into escrow. The contract stated time is of the essence for the parties' obligations under the purchase and sale agreement and scheduled the transaction to close in December 2019.
The parties agreed to several extensions of the closing date, including one such extension made on March 17, where the purchasers agreed to waive all conditions precedent to the closing. Notably this date came after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic and after the Governor of Puerto Rico had declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico and issued an order requiring the closure of all businesses until March 30, subject to certain inapplicable exceptions.
Litigation ensued when the purchaser refused to close in May 2020 and instead sought to delay the closing in order to further evaluate the hotel's prospects.
The court dispensed with several contract-based arguments made by the purchaser, but, most significantly for our purposes, Judge Wiles held that the purchaser's efforts to postpone the closing based on the doctrines of frustration of purpose, failure of consideration, impossibility and impracticability fell flat. He noted that the purchasers did not supply any authority or support that these doctrines could extend an express time-is-of-the essence closing provision:
The Closing Date deadline was itself a material provision of the contract. Either the contract could be performed on the Closing Date (in which case [Purchaser] was obligated to close), or it could not be performed on that date (in which case the parties were excused from their respective obligations). In either case the 'time of the essence' Closing Date was not extended.[10]
The court also stated it was skeptical of applying each justification were it required to address the issue:
Frustration of purpose: If the purpose of the PSA was so completely frustrated by an unforeseeable event, then the purchaser would have a defense to enforcement of the PSA and an argument for the return of its escrowed deposit, but the closing date deadline still applied.
Failure of consideration: The court noted that this "is a doctrine that permits rescission of a contract if a party receives little or nothing of value," that it "does not apply if the alleged failure of consideration is a risk that the party took under the terms of the contract," and that either the consideration was sufficient or not. It would not extend the closing date.
Impossibility and impracticability: The court cited well-established case law that the doctrine of impossibility "does not excuse performance of a contract merely because the performance would be burdensome or unprofitable" and questioned whether impracticability applies under New York law outside the context of the Uniform Commercial Code.[11]
Pending cases bear close watching.
We await future decisions on the merits of the typical COVID-19 defenses. In one case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, a Brazilian bank issued cobranded credit cards with a U.S.-based airline and agreed to purchase a minimum quantity of frequent flyer miles from that airline to provide to cardholders to earn with purchases.[12]
The bank filed a declaratory judgment action against the airline on grounds that the airline's decision to stop operating flights between the U.S. and Brazil for more than 90 days constituted a force majeure under the contract permitting the bank to terminate the agreement. In the alternative, the bank sought a declaratory judgment that it is excused from further performance of its obligations under the common law doctrine of frustration of purpose. The motion to dismiss filed by the airline is fully briefed and awaits a decision.
While we have the preliminary views on how New York courts might treat COVID-19 defenses, we have yet to see a decision on the merits in a case where COVID-19 excuses take center stage. Such disputes winding through the courts bear watching and we will take note of any key developments.
Seth M. Kruglak is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright.
The opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the firm, its clients or Portfolio Media Inc., or any of its or their respective affiliates. This article is for general information purposes and is not intended to be and should not be taken as legal advice.
[1] No. 652751/2020, 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 33087(U), at *3-*4 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Sept. 18, 2020).
[2] No. 1:18-cv-12247 (SDA), 2020 WL 2239957 (S.D.N.Y. May 8, 2020).
[3] Id. at *3.
[4] Id.
[5] See Maesa LLC v. TPR Holdings LLC, No. 652685/2020, 2020 WL 5499231 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Sept. 9, 2020) (stating in suit to enforce settlement agreement that "defendant submits no evidence or explanation of how performance was impossible by the June 15, 2020 cure date . . . , rather than being difficult due to the pandemic"); Butler v. Suria , No. 17 Civ. 3077 (KPF), 2020 WL 5105160, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 31, 2020) (holding defendant's inability to pay sums due under settlement agreement not a defense to breach of contract because "[t]o the extent Defendant argues that financial difficulty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic excuses performance, Defendant has not met the high burden to establish that this excuse applies").
[6] 130 N.Y.S.3d 304 (1st Dep't 2020).
[7] No. 653808/2019, 2020 WL 5992328 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Oct. 7, 2020).
[9] No. 20-12094 (MEW), 2020 WL 6038813 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Oct. 9, 2020).
[10] Id. at *14.
[11] Id. at *13-*14.
[12] Banco Santander (Brasil), S.A. v. American Airlines, Inc. , No. 20-CV-3098 (RPK) (RER), 2020 WL 4926271 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 21, 2020) (addressing sealing matters).
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When replacing the ipod touch 4 screen/digitizer assy do I need to remove the black adhesive around the perimeter of the case? Looks butyl rubber. Does the clear tape sit on top of this or replace it?
Jack, I think what you might be seeing is the leftover adhesive that is stuck around the case, it rests on top what looks like a 'black rail' that goes all the way around the inside edge of the case.
You should remove any old adhesive that may be left over which is stuck to the black railing. Once removed, it the railing will look a bit shiny.
You will need 3M 300SL adhesive, preferably die cut, to reattach the screen. You can find it here on ifixit or amazon search "ipod touch 4th adhesive", they usually sell packs of at least 5. I would HIGHLY recommend you get at least 5. I do repair's all the time and it's really easy to goof up the adhesive "gasket" when peeling it off.
I also wrote a review today on Amazon. Before you order, ask the seller if the adhesive has a white backing or yellow. I received in a kit of 5 with yellow backing, vs the typical white backing, and I couldn't get any of the 'gasket' part to lift off without the adhesive sticking to the back. I even tried heating the back of the last two pads with a heat gun to loosen the adhesive to no avail. All 5 were useless and I ended up hand cutting adhesive from some old 'white backed' pads that I had left over.
(and for the pro's, I couldn't even get the gasket on the 'yellow backs' to come up clean with an xacto).
No, do not remove the black rubber. There is a special 3M clear double-sided adhesive made specifically for this device--you should use that to reattach the digitizer and screen assembly. (Look it up as "iPod touch 4 adhesive" on eBay or Amazon.) It often comes in the full size with the outer frame pre-cut but not removed; that's what you will need.
Country Computer Service makes this a bit more clear than I did...thanks!
Hope that answers your question. The only adhesive you will need to remove is clear and rests upon the black rubber/plastic.
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Sackhoff's next regular television role was in another remake, Bionic Woman. The series saw her play the role of the lead Jamie Sommers' (Michelle Ryan) nemesis Sarah Corvus, considered the "first Bionic Woman," who believes that Jamie's newer parts may help in repairing her malfunctioning bionics. The show tumbled in the ratings and was also panned by critics; it was cancelled after eight episodes. Although it was widely panned, Katee received almost universal acclaim for her portrayal of Corvus, with claiming she should have been the star.
Sackhoff has also appeared in several movies, her first being the 2001 romantic comedy My First Mister. She has since moved on to play roles in other films such as The Last Sentinel and White Noise 2: The Light. She also provided her voice to the video game Halo 3.
Sackhoff appeared on several shows such as 24, Bionic Woman, Nip/Tuck, CSI, and The Education of Max Bickford. Currently, she stars in A&E;'s drama Longmire as Victoria Moretti.
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2007 The Last Sentinel
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2000 Undressed (TV series)
1999 Hefner: Unauthorized (TV movie)
1999 Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV series)
1999 Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (TV series)
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LODGED BY THE SULTANATE OF OMAN UNDER THE CAPE TOWN CONVENTION AT THE TIME OF THE DEPOSIT OF ITS INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION
(i) Form No. 1 (Specific declaration under Article 39(1)(a))
The Sultanate of Oman declares that the following categories of non-consensual right or interest:
(a) liens in favor of airline workers for unpaid wages arising since the time of a declared default under a contract to finance or lease the subject object;
(b) liens or other rights of an Omani state entity relating to taxes or other unpaid charges since the time of a declared default under a contract to finance or lease the subject object;
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(ii) Form No. 4 (General declaration under Article 39(1)(b))
The Sultanate of Oman declares that nothing in the Convention shall affect its right or that of any entity of that State, any intergovernmental Organization or other private provider of public services to arrest or detain an object under its laws for payment of amounts owed to the Sultanate of Oman, any such entity, Organization or provider directly relating to the services provided by it in respect of that object or another object.
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(a) rights of a person obtaining a court order permitting attachment of an aircraft object in partial or full satisfaction of a legal judgment;
(b) liens in favor workers for unpaid wages arising prior to the time of a declared default under a contract to finance or lease the subject object;
(c) liens or other rights of a state entity relating to taxes or other unpaid charges prior to the time of a declared default under a contract to finance or lease the subject object;
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shall be registerable under the Convention as regards any category of object as if the right or interest were an international interest and shall be regulated accordingly.
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The Sultanate of Oman declares that the Convention is to apply to all its territorial units.
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Can I Write My Own Will In Texas?
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Are handwritten wills legal?
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Does a spouse automatically inherit everything in Texas?
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How do I make a simple will in Texas?
Decide how you're going to write your will.
Choose beneficiaries for all your assets.
Choose guardians for your minor children or pets, if you have them.
Choose your will executor.
Sign and witness your will according to Texas law (that's two witnesses who are at least 14 years old).
Do you need a lawyer to make a will in Texas?
Do I Need a Lawyer to Make a Will in Texas? No. You can make your own will in Texas, using Nolo's Quicken WillMaker programs. However, you may want to consult a lawyer in some situations.
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are 18 years of age or older,
have been lawfully married, or.
are a member of the armed forces of the United States.
Conclusion. A handwritten Will is a legally enforceable document. With this knowledge in mind, if you have not already done so, it might be time to start drafting your Testament. It does not need to be a daunting task, as it can enable peace of mind for both you and your family.
Obtain a certified copy of the death certificate.
Locate the original last will and testament.
Select the appropriate probate procedure.
Prepare the appropriate documents to file with the court in the Texas county where the decedent lived at the time of death.
If a spouse dies and does not leave a will, the Texas laws on intestate succession determine who inherits the estate. If there is a spouse and no children, the spouse inherits all property. If there is a spouse and children, the spouse inherits one-third and the children share two-thirds.
Writing: Holographic, or handwritten, wills may be valid in Texas, as discussed more fully below. Beneficiaries: A Texas last will and testament may provide for distribution of property to any person, but at least one beneficiary must be named.
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Q: classCastexception when comparing two strings I found here on Stackoverflow what a "ClassCastException" is, but i don't see how to solve the problem in my case:
I have a class "Gebruiker" (=dutch for user). Each Gebruiker/User-object has a "String Gebruikersnaam (=username)" and a "String Password". The "Boolean type" decides if the user is an administrator (true) or a normal user (=false).
public class Gebruiker implements Serializable{

        private String gebruikersnaam;
        private String wachtwoord;
        private Boolean type;  //0 = user 1=super user

        public Gebruiker(String gebruikersnaam, String wachtwoord, Boolean type) {
            gebruikersnaam = this.gebruikersnaam;
            wachtwoord = this.wachtwoord;
            type = this.type;

        }

A method in this class returns the username as a String.
        /**
         * @return the gebruikersnaam
         */
        public String getGebruikersnaam() {
            return gebruikersnaam;
        }

In have an ArrayList<Gebuiker> gebruikers;, where i store all the Users.
The If-statement in the code below compares the username from a given "Gebruiker"-object using my methode "gebr.getGebruikersnaam()" with the text in a Username input field "LogOnName". So i compare a string with a string, but i get an error there...
 for (Gebruiker gebr : gebruikers) {
   //line 72 in the code:
   if (gebr.getGebruikersnaam().equals(logOnName.getText())){
      //do something here

      }
    }

Part of the Stacktrace generated due to the error i can't solve:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to my.venster.Gebruiker
    at my.venster.zeeOnline.logOnGebruiker(zeeOnline.java:72)
    at my.venster.zeeOnline.logOnButtonActionPerformed(zeeOnline.java:910)
    at my.venster.zeeOnline.access$300(zeeOnline.java:30)
    at my.venster.zeeOnline$4.actionPerformed(zeeOnline.java:429)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2018)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2341)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)

I understand that I may get a ClassCastException when I try to cast one type to another type that's incompatible with that type. ie an integer into a string, but here, I need a string from the User object, which is also a String.
Why do i get that annoying ClassCastException, when I try to do the login procedure for one user?

A: Print logOnName.getText() and see if it prints a String or an Object. You have to do the assignment like this :
this.gebruikersnaam = gebruikersnaam;
this.wachtwoord = wachtwoord;
this.type = type;


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Blue and Pink were the first to arrive, soon joined by Black and Purple. Others quickly rolled up and before long, everyone was discussing what they'd been doing over the holiday. Teal produced a new "Roll and Write" game that everyone could play together, called Trek 12: Himalaya, a game where players are climbing a mountain. He gave a quick summary and demonstrated how he'd raided the stationary cupboard so everyone quickly agreed to give it a go.
The game has some prima facie similarities to On Tour which we played remotely a couple of times, in that two dice are rolled and their results combined. In On Tour, the results are simply combined to make a two digit number, so a two and a three can make a twenty-three or a thirty-two. In Trex 12, the numbers are combined by addition, subtraction or multiplication and additionally players can pick either the larger or the smaller individually, with each option available a total of four times during the game.
Players are trying to make chains of consecutive numbers and groups of the same number—runs and melds, which represent ropes and camps respectively. At the end of the game, players score for the highest number in the rope (or camp), plus one additional point for every other connected point (which must be connected when they are played). Additionally, players score bonus points for the longest rope they make, and the largest camp, and penalties for any isolated numbers that are not part of a rope or a camp.
It took a couple of turns to get going, but thereafter it was quite quick. The game has a sort of legacy element with alternative maps and envelopes that can be opened once certain challenges have been met, but we played the Dunai map and without any complications. Teal pointed out that although the first number can go anywhere, thereafter numbers must be written next to other numbers so it was wise to keep options open. Pink therefore started at one end, immediately demonstrating how to make the game more challenging.
Pine and Blue seemed to be working to very similar strategies with a long rope and a large "Four" camp in the middle, though Pine made a better fist of it and finished in second place with sixty-eight. Ivory was the overall winner though, with lots and lots of short bits of rope of high value and a final score of seventy-two, well clear of the total needed to beat the game. Trex 12 had been both quick and enjoyable, so after that aperitif everyone was ready to move on to something a little more filling, and the group split into two, the first playing the "Feature Game", Streets.
Streets is a tile laying game by the same people as the very enjoyable Villagers. It is, perhaps, a little lighter and, rather than developing the occupants of a village, players are building a city, transforming it street by street, from a small town into a centre of culture and commerce. The turn structure is similar to more familiar games like Carcassonne: On their turn, the active player chooses a building tile, adds it to the town, places an ownership marker on it and then scores any completed features, in this case, Streets.
Although there are similarities, there are a lot of differences: players have a hand of three tiles all of which represent buildings; as well as ownership tokens, the active player also places people on the building, then there are the tile placement and scoring rules. The building tiles have a road at the bottom and sky at the top and can be placed such that a Street, a row of houses, is extended by adding the tile to it in the same orientation, or terminated so that the road is perpendicular forming a junction. When both ends of a Street finish in a junction, the Street is closed and scored.
Different buildings score in different ways, for example some tiles give points for people in the Street and others for the number of building symbols in the Street. There are a few little niggly little rules. For example, when scoring a Street players include the symbols on the street itself, but also any on a tile that terminates the Street and points towards it. There are other ways of scoring buildings as well, for the number of adjacent tiles or copying another building of choice in the Street for example. In addition to the money won for the building itself, players also score for the number of people on the tile scored.
When a building is scored, the active player moves the people on to different building in another, open Street. This encourages players to terminate Streets even though they might not score themselves, because they can move people onto their own buildings elsewhere which means they will score more later in the game. There are a few other things that contribute to the decision making dilemmas. For example, players only have five ownership tokens, and if they run out, they have to take them from another building without scoring it.
The game ends when all the tiles have been played and any remaining Streets are scored, but for half points (similar to Carcassonne). The basic game is quite straight forward, but although most people got to grips with it, the combination of small text, symbols, a little confusion of terminology and general tiredness meant others struggled with planning effective moves. Black took what was obviously an early march when he played his micro-brewery tile to "copy" another high-scoring tile in the same street, but Purple, Blue and Pine had their moments too.
In the end, Black won with a cricket score of a hundred and twenty (well, a score that would have beaten England in the recent Ashes series anyhow). Blue, Purple and Black quite enjoyed the game and could see the its potential for adding expansions too. Definitely one to be played again, though Pine might need some persuading. Meanwhile, on the next table, Ivory, Pink and Teal were getting to grips with a game of Key Flow (Lime having taken an early night after another very early morning).
Ivory and Pink have played Key Flow and its big brother, Keyflower, many times before (including relatively recently in October), but Teal was new to the game though he'd heard good things. In both games, players are building villages and activating the buildings in their villages by playing meeples (or rather Keyples) to generate resources and score points. The games have a lot in common including the artwork, the iconography and the fact both take place over four rounds or seasons, but the underlying game mechanism is different. In Keyflower, players acquire tiles by auction where in Key flow players gain cards by drafting.
Key Flow is surprisingly straightforward to play, though doing well is a completely different matter. Players who start with a hand of cards, choose one and pass the rest on, adding their chosen card to their village before they get their next, slightly smaller hand. There are three types of card: Village cards, Riverside cards and "Keyple" cards. Village cards are buildings that can be activated by playing Keyples above them, while Riverside cards provide instant resources and skill tiles.
The cards have to be "connected" together and location can be important. Buildings for example are more productive if they have been upgraded, but upgrading needs resources and the resources need to be moved to the building being upgraded. Similarly, in autumn there are some buildings which score points for resources they are holding. Therefore, it is helpful if the building producing the resources is near to the one being upgraded or used for scoring as moving resources can be expensive and sometimes difficult.
Simlar to the Keyples in Keyflower, the Keyple cards are used to activate buildings and produce resources. Some can be played either in a neighbour's village or the player's own village. Other cards can only be played in the village one side or cannot be played in one's own village. This is why three players is arguably the sweet-spot for Key Flow—with more players there is at least one village players cannot use, adding a level of randomness that it is difficult to deal with. With three however, everything in play is accessible, though perhaps at a cost.
At the start of the game players get some winter cards which can act as objectives to guide players' strategies; at the start of the final round players get to keep one of these with the rest going into the draft. At the end of the game, players score for any autumn cards, any buildings with upgrades as appropriate, any winter cards and finally one point for any otherwise unused gold.
This time, Pink went for a "Scholar Strategy", but changed his mind at the last minute to go for the Ranch instead. Teal went for a gold strategy with the Jeweller to double his score, and picking up both the Gold Mine and the Smelter, the latter of which he upgraded so he could exchange one skill tile for three gold. Unfortunately, Pink found that useful too and therefore got in his way somewhat. Ivory didn't appear to have a strategy early on, but made sure he had plenty of resources he hoped would be useful later in the game.
In the final round, Pink got his Scholar anyhow then lucked out and got the Trader too, while Teal's flotilla of boats gave him a lot of options, but somehow he struggled to convert them into points. Ivory who had been keeping all his options open with a scatter-gun approach, managed to finish with a smorgasbord of points from pigs, Keyples, travel, and of course resources.
It was not a surprise Ivory won as he always does well in this game, but Pink was very pleased to have run him close finishing just five points behind. With that, people started to drift off, a few people hung about for a while, just chatting, amongst other things, discussing what "Cotton Clouds and White Cashmere" smells like and whether the new soap in the Ladies really did smell of it…
Learning Outcome: "Roll and Write" games aren't only the preserve of "Remote Gaming".
This entry was posted in Games Night and tagged Carcassonne, Key Flow, Keyflower, On Tour, Streets, Trek 12: Himalaya, Villagers on January 23, 2022 by nannyGOAT.
The evening started with Beige protesting about the lack of Dinosaurs. This had to be explained to everyone else: Pink had dropped round paperwork for Welcome to Dino World on Monday, only for Blue to realise that she'd got confused. This meant that everyone now wanted Dinosaurs and felt they'd missed out on something they hadn't known wasn't going to happen…
In order to mark the start of "Golden Week" on Thursday, the "Feature Game" was the MetroX expansion, Sendai & Hakata & Nagoya. "Golden Week" encompasses four of Japan's national holidays, celebrating the Japanese Constitution (May 3rd), Children's day (May 5th), Emperor Hirohito's birthday (April 29th) and his love of plants (May 4th, also known as Star Wars Day). Blue's confusion with dates meant she had thought it was the end of May, not the start. Still, it meant people have something "up-roar-us" to look forward to in a month or so, and in the meantime, they had trains to play with.
MetroX is a game we played a few months ago and was provided by Blue's very lovely BGG Secret Santa. Somehow, although it is not complicated, it is a rather difficult game to get your head round. In summary, the game is a variant on the "Roll and Write" games where a card is turned over and players write on their train map. They assign the number on the card to a line and "build" that number of stations along the line (marking them with an open circle). When a player completes a line, they score points with the first player (or players) scoring more points than those to finish the line in later rounds (similar to the scoring for columns in Noch Mal! and Noch Mal So Gut!).
There are four different types of card, but the most common are plain numbers which allow players to just build stations and these are numbered two to six, with fewer of the high numbers. Each line must be extended from the start end (the end with the "Indicator Boxes", marked in red on our paperwork). This means that although stations can be built in the middle of the line because they are part of another line, stations cannot be added beyond this point (where the lines diverge) unless all the earlier stations have been completed.
Normal number cards cannot "skip" completed stations. In other words, in a line where the first two stations have not been completed, but the third has, if a "Six" is used to build the first two, the third cannot be jumped, and the remaining four are wasted. So efficiency is the name of the game. There are a small number of special cards with a circle round the number that allow players to skip completed stations, but these are few and far between and are only low numbers. There is also a wild that allows players to fill in one station anywhere on the board without filling in an indicator box.
In addition to scoring points for completed lines, players can also score a lot of points for intersections. In the deck of just twenty cards, there are three "Star Cards". These allow players to build just one station at the cost of one Indicator Box, but instead of writing a zero in the box, they write a number that corresponds to twice the number of lines that go through the station—this is the number of points they score at the end of the game. With some stations forming the intersection of four or five lines, these can be very lucrative, but the timing of these cards is really critical.
This time the early cards were not helpful with a circle card coming out first, when there was no opportunity to take advantage of their special ability. The second card produced even more moans and groans as it was a "Star", when there was only one place that would give more than two points and some people had already used that with the first card. There was a bit of confusion as well with some of the colours looking a bit similar as a result, Purple was quick off the mark and was the first to claim a line, but others thought it wasn't possible given the number of cards we'd had; it turned out the line was longer than she thought.
Several people got in a bit of a mess, but Pine got into such a tangle that he retired early as fixing his problems was too difficult. We got all the way through the deck on the first pass, as the "six" (and shuffle the deck) card was the very last in the deck. Which meant we had the full quota of low numbers (and high numbers too), and as we'd had some useful cards at the start everyone struggled at times. Despite the issues, it didn't really take long to play. So, while everyone else was still counting up Ivory was the first to post with a massive, and what proved unbeatable score of twenty-eight, helped by being able to put one of his "stars" on the one highest scoring space, giving him a eight points.
Burgundy claimed a "moral score" of twenty-six, which would have given him second place, though in reality he was just off the podium behind Green with twenty-three and Black with twenty-two. With that, Lime took an early night and Pine joined the group again for the lighter, travelling band, route planning game, On Tour. We first played this back in January, but a few people missed out. Those that had been there had really enjoyed it though, and we were keen to give it another go.
The game is really, really simple: two d10 dice are rolled to give two numbers. These are combined to give two, two-digit numbers. Players have a map with a network of circles, and write these two numbers in two of the circles somewhere on their map. At the end of the game, they have to plot a route through the numbers along the provided connections such that the route connects adjacent points starting with a low number and never decreasing. Players get one point for each circle they manage to visit.
There is a restriction provided by cards which indicate the area of the map numbers can be placed in on each turn. These also provide a specific location, such that players who place a number in that circle score a bonus if their route goes through it. There are two maps available: USA and Europe, so being a group full of Europhiles, this time, we chose Europe.
The dice were particularly challenging this time though and despite both Blue and Pink trying, neither managed to roll a five, or a two, and there were an awful lot of nines. There were the inevitable complaints when people didn't get what they wanted, and these increased in number as things became increasingly critical as the end approached. Pink possibly came off the worst claiming a "moral score" of thirty-seven, though his actual score was only twenty-five.
Green managed the highest score, with thirty-eight with a route going from Ireland to Norway via Italy and Bulgaria. Blue and Black made up the podium four and eight points behind respectively. Time was marching on, but there was still time for our now traditional end-of-evening trip to Board Game Arena and after everyone had enthusiastically eschewed Dingo's Dreams, we went for our old favourite, 6 Nimmt! (with the Professional Variant).
6 Nimmt! is so simple and so much fun, and we've played a lot of it online in the last year. The simultaneous card selection means the downtime is minimal, and the balance between strategy and luck means it is the perfect game for our large group at the end of the evening. Starting with the card with the lowest face value, they are added to the end of row that ends with the highest number that is lower than the card in question.
If the card is the sixth card, the player picks up all the other cards, and that is exactly what happened to Blue on just the second turn. This game is one of those where once it goes wrong it goes very wrong, and from there, things just went from bad to worse for her as she picked up again on the third turn too. She wasn't the only one to get unlucky of course. For example, Pink managed to pick up on the first turn of one round when four of the other six other players played cards between ninety-one and a hundred, leaving him to place the next card and pick up a pile of cards.
Fairly inevitably, Blue ended the game, though it was closer than it might have been with Burgundy finishing with just one point left from his starting sixty-six. At the other end, Pine (who always does well in this game), lost just ten points giving him a massive win, with twenty-five points more than anyone else. After a vote on Vevox to decide what to play, we went for the easy option and decided to play 6 Nimmt! again.
This time, Pine did not do quite so well and Pink was the one who managed finish with the most points, fifteen points clear of second place, which this time went to Blue. Remarkably, Burgundy managed the whole of the final round with just one point and on the last card, Purple pipped him to the post and ended the game. Green had spent a large portion of the second game talking to himself when his sound went down, so decided that was his queue to finish. Another online vote confirmed things and everyone went to bed.
Learning Outcome: Every country should have a "Golden Week".
This entry was posted in Games Night and tagged 6 Nimmt!, Dingo's Dreams, MetroX, MetroX: Sendai & Hakata & Nagoya, Noch Mal So Gut!, Noch Mal!, On Tour, Welcome to Dino World on May 11, 2021 by nannyGOAT.
5th January 2021 (Online)
It was a very quiet night: Pine was late arriving due to another meeting; Lime had gone to bed early; Green and Lilac eschewed games in favour of the telly. So it was just six that settled down to the "Feature Game". This was On Tour, a "Roll & Write" game where players are managing a band going on tour. The idea is that players have to plan the band's route and schedule their stops visiting as many places as possible as shown on their map. Blue was having one of her dopey nights and made a bit of a pig's ear of explaining the rules, but fortunately, they weren't overly complicated and Burgundy was on the ball and filled in the gaps where necessary.
The map is divided into six sections: a horizontal border dividing the North and South and two vertical borders separating East, West and Central giving six areas. At the start of each round, three cards are revealed from the deck. Each card features one of the possible stops and a region: North, South, East, West or Central. Two d10 dice, are also rolled, each individually giving a number between zero and nine, which when combined, give two two digit numbers, i.e. five and three give 35 and 53. These two numbers must both be written on each player's map in two of the three regions shown on the cards. At the end of the game, players draw a route from location to location following the marked paths, with each location visited having the same number or higher than the previous one.
Although this is almost all there is to the game, there are a couple of little niggles. Firstly, if a double is rolled, instead of two numbers, players draw one star in one of the regions shown on the cards. Similarly, if all three cards reveal the same region, then players again draw one star in that region. Finally, if a player can write a number (or star) in the state/country shown on the one of the cards, they draw a circle round it, signifying that it is worth double if it is included in the band's tour. Players thus score points for each location visited and an extra point for each location visited that has been circled. The player with the most point is the winner.
There is a little bit of setup, where the dice are rolled twice (to give four numbers) and four cards are revealed. Everyone writes these numbers in in the same locations and circles them, which basically helps to stop everyone from placing on the low numbers on one side and all the high ones on the other. The first rolls were 09, 90, 38 and 83, placed in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana and Minnesota respectively. This put low and high numbers in the east, which was not a good start, but things got worse when the following dice rolls were repeatedly high/low numbers rather than mid range.
About half way through, Pine popped in having escaped from his meeting, to see how things were going. As he hadn't eaten yet, he popped out again and returned later with his grub, just in time to see the last couple of rounds. The game was full of muttering and this just seemed to increase towards the end, as people had one or two critical numbers they needed to make their tour work. There was a big cheer from both Burgundy and Ivory when the penultimate roll gave them a 60. This made a huge difference to them almost doubling their scores, giving Burgundy the winning score of forty-one, three ahead of Ivory on thirty-eight.
We'd really enjoyed the first try and everyone was keen to give the European map a go too, especially Pine, who liked the idea of planning a music tour. The starting numbers of 12, 21, 08 and 80 weren't too bad, even though they were mostly located in the south west of Europe (Montenegro, Austria, Serbia and Estonia respectively). These were quickly followed by lots more low numbers causing Pine to comment that his Tour was in lockdown and going no-where. Burgundy muttered about a blockage in central Europe and added that for him Turkey was out of the question, to which Blue queried whether he'd over-indulged at Christmas…
Eventually, Burgundy announced that he'd cleared his blockage, to which Pine answered that was possibly something that had to happen a lot on tour buses given the diet often enjoyed by roadies. Meanwhile, the muttering returned as people increasingly needed specific numbers to make things work and gambled on dice rolls making their tour segments connect. Everyone seemed to get more or less what they needed and most people seemed to decide Ireland and Portugal weren't worth visiting, dumping difficult numbers there. Pine started in Turkey and almost ended up back there.
Blue who last time played safe and added almost nothing to her score in the second half of the game, learned from Ivory and Burgundy and managed to stitch three sections together in the last couple of rounds. Somehow, players appeared to have more options this time and everyone seemed to spend a lot of time trying to optimise their final routes to get the best scores possible. This time Burgundy and Ivory again did well, but Pine just beat them to second place, with Blue producing the highest scoring tour, going from Bulgaria to Ireland via a meander through central Europe and the Baltic states.
The game had been quite enjoyable, but had taken quite a lot longer than expected (although part of that was because we'd played it twice). There was still time to move to Board Game Arena for a couple of games though. Ivory took his leave, but after some discussion, everyone else settled down to a game of Saboteur, a game we are all very familiar with and have played quite a bit both in real life and, more recently, online with Board Game Arena.
We all know the game well so it was quick to get started. Each player has a hand of cards and takes it in turn to either play a tunnel card, or play an action card. The aim of the game is to help the team build a tunnel to whichever of the three terminal cards holds the gold, unless you are a Saboteur of course, in which case, your aim is to hinder the efforts made by everyone else. With just six players there are either one or two Evil Saboteurs, and the rest are Lovely Dwarves.
This makes it hard for the Saboteur team and they have to get their act together quickly to make the most of what little time they have. We usually play with the "House Rule" that we treat each round as an independent game, but on Board Game Arena, the game is played over three rounds (as per the rules as written). Purple started the first round and by chance headed south where Blue soon alleged that gold was to be found. Burgundy confirmed it, but Pink claimed Blue was fibbing and broke her trolley making life especially difficult for her as she only had tunnel cards to play.
When Black said the bottom card was not gold, that really put the cat amongst the pigeons. Something about Burgundy's behaviour clearly made Pine suspicious as he broke Burgundy's pick for him and Pink then broke Black's trolley too. The tunnelling had somewhat stalled, but once Pine repaired Blue's tools the digging resumed. From there it wasn't long before Pine reached the gold and Pink and Burgundy were revealed as treacherous Saboteurs, the first time ever for Pink. It was at this point that everyone realised that Black had looked at the bottom card and claimed it wasn't gold. When questioned about it, he said it was just to add a bit of interest…
Purple started the second round as well, and Blue again was quick to take a peek at the bottom target card—this time she claimed it was coal. Pink said he didn't believe her, but Blue pointed out how unreliable he was after last time. For everyone else, the jury was still out. Purple looked at the top card and said it was gold. Pink confirmed that the bottom card was coal and then Pine's repeated discarding of cards roused Purple's suspicions and she smashed his lamp for him. Black returned the favour, breaking Purple's lamp.
Meanwhile, the tunnel continued progressing slowly. Then Pine showed his true colours and triggered a rockfall in a critical location. The gap was quickly plugged by Pink suggesting that perhaps he wasn't evil this time. Burgundy broke another of Pine's tools, but he was quickly able to repair that. Blue didn't have any cards that would take her to the top card that Purple claimed was gold, but could make it to the middle card, so rather than discard, confirmed it was coal. When Black discarded yet another card, it was too much for Burgundy who called him out for the traitor he was and smashed up his trolley. Then it was only a couple of turns before Purple made it to the gold for the lovely Dwarves.
Pink was first to play in the final round and the tunnel made rapid progress towards the middle target card. The dwarves were nearly half way there when Purple checked the middle card and said it was coal. Blue immediately checked the bottom card and said it was also coal and the tunnel swiftly turned north and Pine confirmed that was where the gold was. Purple smashed Black's lamp—a very suspicious move, and then Pink played a tunnel card pointing away from the agreed target—he pleaded stupidity, but everyone else thought that was also a suspicious move.
Blue was able to fix the problem caused by Pink, but a couple of turns later he confirmed his treachery when he played a rockfall and regressed the tunnel. Fortunately, he could have played it in a worse place and Burgundy was quickly able to repair the damage. A couple of turns later, after a brief hailstorm of broken tools, Purple also confirmed her status as an evil saboteur. Fortunately it was too little, too late and Burgundy and Pine were able to extend the tunnel to the gold.
It was the second time Pine had made it home, and unusually, despite the fact he had failed as as saboteur in the second round, he took overall victory. Although time was marching on, there was still enough for a game of our favourite, the 2020 Golden GOAT, 6 Nimmt!. The game is so simple, yet so much fun, it is the perfect end-of-the-evening game. It sounds so unpromising: players simultaneously choose a card, then starting with the lowest value card played they add them to one of the four rows. If the card is the sixth card, instead they pick up the cards and add them to their scoring pile with the the card they played forming the start of a new row.
It is as simple as that. On Board Game Arena, players start with sixty-six points (or "nimmts") and the player with the most points when one player falls below zero is the winner. We usually now play with the "Professional Variant", so cards can be added to either end of the rows which adds to the madness. This time, Pink was the first to pick up cards while Purple continued in what feels like her New Year's resolution, not to be the first into the red.
With Purple recusing herself from the race to the bottom, Pink, Blue and, unusually, Pine, took her place. Eventually Blue got left behind and Pink and Pine duked it out. Remarkably, it was Pine, who nearly always does well in 6 Nimmt!, reached the bottom first, suddenly picking up fourteen bulls's heads, just before the end of the round bringing the game to an abrupt end. There was some ribbing about how he was just doing to prove that he didn't always do well—still, with a little practice before next time, he will no doubt return to his usual position.
The winner in this game is always largely incidental, but this time Black was the one who finished with the most points, nine more than Burgundy in second. There was a bit of chit-chat about school and Christmas before we left. Pine explained how he was at primary school with Anthea Turner (or perhaps it was her sister Wendy). Blue told how her mum and uncle were at school with Pam Ayres and her sister Jean, who still lives in Stanford. When Purple explained about the time that her nephew had reached into Black's stocking and pulled out his old nuts, we all knew it was time for bed.
Learning Outcome: Ohhhhh, so THAT'S where South Dakota is!
This entry was posted in Games Night and tagged 6 Nimmt!, On Tour, Saboteur on January 18, 2021 by nannyGOAT.


Chico Community Scholarship Association held its annual fundraising luncheon Oct. 16 where more than $14,000 was raised to fund scholarships. Shown pleased with the results are Janice Keating, Robert Evans and Sherri Kimmelshue. Businesses and individuals contributed to the luncheon to help make it a success. The association's goal is to provide graduating seniors in Chico Unified School District scholarships and to award a scholarship to each applicant in spring 2014. For information, visit www.chicoscholarships.org.