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'My love life with Lamidi Adedibu'
By Yinka Fabowale
02 June 2018 | 4:24 am
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Mrs. Bose Adedibu was not just the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu's wife; she was the maverick politician and acclaimed strongman of Ibadan politics' confidant and alter ego. She wielded so much influence that many of the grassroots politician's followers knew that to get any political favour, post or patronage, they needed her support. The vivacious beauty, who Adedibu married as his third wife, spoke to YINKA FABOWALE on their relationship, intimate and romantic side of the 'Garrison Commander,' how his political associates deserted her and the family after he died in 2008, among other issues.
How did you meet the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu and became his wife?
It was the wish of God. I met him in front of my house in Idi-Arere, Isale Osi Ward 4 in the South-West Council, where I was living. I was very young then and he was in a car and about going out.
Until then, I did not know anybody called Adedibu, but my uncle was always with him. He worked with him and they were going out together on that fateful day. My uncle was inside his car when I stepped out to see off my boyfriend who came to visit me at home.
I heard my uncle calling me, "Bose, Bose," and I replied, Egbon (uncle). He alighted from the car and told me to come towards the car. I refused. I told him he should come over, knowing that he was with a stranger.
He crossed over to meet me and as he was coming, I was laughing and asked him, Egbon, nibo le ti n bo? (Uncle, where are you coming from?) Then, he just asked me, "Do you know Chief Adedibu?" I said 'you have started again, ta lo n je Adedibu?
He then said I should come and meet him. We both crossed the road back to where Adedibu was. Adedibu then said, Omo yi nibo lo n gbe la'dugbo yi? O ma rewa o. (young lady, where do you stay in this neighbourhood? You are quite beautiful).
I thanked him, and then he said, "I want to marry you." When I heard that, I just laughed, because I thought he was joking. That happened in the afternoon and in the evening, they came together again with my uncle inside a car, a station wagon, and my uncle came inside the house.
Immediately, he told me that Chief Adedibu was outside. I asked which chief he was talking about and what he was looking for? He repeated that chief wanted to see me, but I told him I did not like what he was doing. But he started pleading with me to see chief, before I knew it, chief was just right there behind me.
He told me the reason he came was that he wanted me to marry him. But I didn't take him serious, I just laughed. I was wondering why he could say such, because I was looking at him as someone who much older than me. He was clean-shaven and when I married him, he was just between the ages of 49 and 50 years.
That was how we met. But it was not an easy and immediate thing, because I was hiding and running away from him. He then started moving about to get people to influence me.
The current Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, who was his friend, came to my house, which was close to his and he was like a father to me, and said: "Bose, chief said he wants to marry you." I asked which chief he was talking about and he replied Adedibu.
I told him I had someone I was dating and he just laughed, saying: "We will marry you, this girl." He left and was discussing with my mother, telling her, Iya Egba, Omo mi lo ma fe Chief Adedibu o. My mother said: "Since she is your daughter, no problem."
I was still not happy. So, Adedibu went around to see my uncles and my stepfather. It was then that my stepfather called me and spoke to me about his proposal.
What then persuaded you, pressure from family?
I will say pressure from family and pressure from him, because he did not give up.
So, you could see he loved you?
Yes, he loved me. That was the reason he did not give up. I just felt maybe he was the one God had destined for me to marry, which eventually turned out to be true.
Did you regret marrying him?
I did not regret it for once, because he was a good man. He was like my perfect man and I even pray to marry him in my next life.
He was a good father, a good husband and a good companion, a man that loved me so much. He married me in my youth and made me live with his entire family. He had three wives (my seniors) and I lived with them and with his first, second and third children, who were even older than me.
He did not just marry me and keep me somewhere; he married me and kept me right there in the house.
How was life in the polygamous setting?
You would not believe it; I did not experience any polygamous problems. The family was unlike other polygamous families I know.
I think it was because the women I met took me as their daughter, as I took them as my mothers. So, there was no cause to say I was offending them. Although as a human being, there could be differences, but we never engaged in a quarrel to the extent that my husband would settle our differences. No, there was nothing of such in the family.
My husband was the captain of his home, so the "ship" was sailing smooth. I believe it was God's making. He was a very prayerful man and engaged in fasting and prayer.
Adedibu was such?
Oh, yes! Nobody fasted as he did. I have never seen any person that fasted fervently than him. He was a prayer warrior.
I do not know how to describe him, but as old as he was then, he fasted a lot.
That, I must say, contrasts with the image of a mean, vicious and violent politician that people have of him?
This is because they did not know him. If you ask those close to him, they will tell you that he was a praying person. In fact, he was a 'coward,' but his cowardice was in the sense that he had the fear of God.
In the area of politics, which was his calling, yes, he would not joke with you and do not joke with him in that line either. But when it came to his marital life, my husband was a fantastic man.
In terms of giving alms, he was a cheerful giver and never slept with money. He helped the needy and even when he was aware you had money, he would still endeavour to give you.
He loved women. But even if he did not like them, they always wanted to stick around him, knowing that he was a cheerful giver. He invested in every person he came in contact with. That was my husband for you.
Don't you think that perhaps also helped his political influence and career, as beneficiaries definitely feel a sense of obligation to pay back during elections?
Maybe… Like some people, they would buy land, they had no money to build and when somebody wanted to take the land from them, they would say it belonged to Adedibu. If he heard of it, he would summon the fellow and asked why he brought in his name in the matter and the person would plead and explain that he did that because some people wanted to take his land from him.
He would ask what it would cost to build on the land. Before you know it, he would build the house for the person. That was the same he did with the cash gifts he usually gave people. They are just too many to mention.
But some people do not really appreciate or reciprocate kind gestures. If they did, Adedibu's name would never be forgotten.
For instance, our governor, who is my 'brother' and my 'husband' often tells people that it was Adedibu that helped him to reach certain stage in life, that he (Adedibu) was his father and he meant a lot to him. But what has he done for the family, even though we do not belong to the same (political) party?
When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was President, I know how much advice he gave to my husband and how many people my husband assisted to get federal appointments. My husband would mention their names to Baba Obasanjo and he would assist them once there are qualified and not corrupt of fraudulent.
So, how do you react to taunts of being married to an old man, to a politician of Adedibu's hue, who believed in the Machiavellian principle of the end justifies the means?
Can you imagine? Was he old when I married him? He was not an old man when I married him. The age gap was quite high, no doubt about that, but he was not that old. Am I also not old now? Am I the same age as when I married him?
They don't know what they are saying.
How did he influence you to join politics?
A Yoruba adage says, Bi ewe ba pe lara ose, oma ndi ose (leaf wrappings of a soap soon become soap). So, it is not strange for me to become a politician. When he was alive, we did everything together. He was my husband and that was what my husband was doing.
I understand that you tried to run for the Senate, what happened?
He refused. You know you men. He decided that I should not go.
How did you now feel about that?
He was my husband and like I said, he was the captain of his house. He said he did not want me to go.
He would have allowed me contest for the seat, but for the influence of the late Alhaji Arisekola Alao, who came very early one day and said to my husband: "Baba, I heard that you want to allow Alhaja run for the Senate. They will 'snatch' her away from you in Abuja o (laughs).
Then, my husband said: "Aare, let her go. You know she has been the one doing several things for me and we have been in this (politics) together. I do not want others to take her place or reap where they did not sow."
Arisekola, in response, said: "No, no! Don't you think it is better she does not go, at least, one of her children can run for the seat in her stead. Please, talk to her."
My husband said he would talk to me. He could not tell me himself, he was feeling shy and because he had great respect for me and did not want to confront me, so he sent for my uncle and told him to help beg me not to run.
It is interesting to know that Adedibu had this soft and intimate side to him. How romantic was he as a husband?
He was a very romantic man. Let me tell you, he knew that I was a young girl and never denied me of anything.
Really? Even in his old age?
I am telling you. He often knew what I wanted and did not turn down my requests too.
Like I said earlier, I never regretted marrying him. He never 'starved' me of anything and if I wanted something from him, I knew how to go about it.
Even before he did anything, he would tell me in the morning or wake me up at night and say: "Alhaja, I can see that you are interested in somebody getting political favour, this is why I am not going to use that person and I am telling you this for your own consumption alone, not for anybody."
So, we were very close when he was alive and he was very romantic. That was why you saw young ladies flocking around him.
How did you feel when young women surrounded him?
(Laughs) Ah, I was so jealous. I would be thinking, 'is it how you did to me that you would be doing to young ladies out there?' Then I would go mad with him and he would say: "I am just helping them."
Can you imagine? He could not even tell me not to run for the senatorial seat, he sent for my uncle. In fact, the day my uncle and other relatives came to tell me that my husband said he didn't want me to run for any political office, my elderly uncle had to come as early as 6.30am. He told me that since they were the ones that prayed for me regarding my political ambition, now that my husband had decided he did not want me there, I should stop henceforth.
I looked straight into my husband's eyes and asked: 'Alhaji, so you could not even tell me this?' He replied that if he had told me, I would have been annoyed and that was the reason he sent for my uncle.
So, how has life been without him?
(Sighs) My brother, it has been a terrible experience. Yinka Ayefele sang Great Experience and Sweet Experience. I passed through both.
When my husband died, I was thinking he would wake up. I just kept on looking forward to the day he would wake up. I was lost in thought, talking to myself and people were always around me.
You know, Muslim widows normally observe five months of mourning in the house. As a widow, I did my five months without stepping outside my gate. From here (sitting room) to the backyard, because I had to exercise my body, as I could not sit in one position for five months.
Then, his political associates and hangers-on started leaving the house even before the period ended. The then governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala tried and did all he could to sustain the compound and political family. But you know, people were around and there were too many people doing so many things.
When Senator Teslim Folarin and Akala started "fighting," so many people just deserted me, but Folarin was coming to this house, Akala was giving us stipends, Gbolarumi Azeem and then deputy governor, Arapaja, tried their best and Arisekola was on ground as a Muslim brother and was there for the family, which included my brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, my children and sons-in-law.
But many, including those that if they came in the morning and could not see Baba had to pass through my room to his room, deserted me. God has really been on my side.
So, how did you cope?
With God, everything is possible. I sat down and accepted that my husband was gone and cannot come back and just decided move on.
Raising the children was where problem started. Before then, I did not know how their school fees were paid and how they bought pencil and eraser. So, I started from there and you know my husband was not somebody that kept money inside the house or the bank.
When he died, they said he had N7million or so in the bank. I did not even know where the money was and I could not get anything. You know, he did not allow me to work, so kitchen was my office. But I can say with the help of God, we survived.
Are your children through with school now?
My children are PhD and Masters degree holders, Allihamdullilahi (all thanks to God), and my grandchildren too.
Grandchildren? But you still look young and beautiful. There must be advances and pestering from men?
(Laughs) Yes, there would be, but maybe they are afraid.
So, if someone proposes marriage, would you consider it?
Will the person even want to marry me? That is the point.
Why not, you still look attractive?
But the person will be scared. The fear will be there.
Considering your position as Adedibu's widow?
Yes! The fear would keep them away and I am not bothered about that, I am not concerned.
It would be 10 years on June 11 since your husband died, would there be any memorial event?
Yes, at least I am able to establish a Foundation in his honour. We are looking up to those God had blessed through him to help us immortalise his name, so that his name would not be forgotten so soon.
We are also trying to launch a book on the man Adedibu.
By the way, are any of your children showing interest in politics?
Yes, I have about two of them who want to participate in politics, but I am trying to slow them down.
But I will encourage them at the right time.
Tell us a little about you?
My father, the late T. S. Ewoyeju, was an Itsekiri, hailed from Delta State, but that is through his own father, while his mother is from Ibadan.
My father was the only child and was the only one that was allowed to marry from the Southwest. My mother is from the Balogun family in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
As I said, my grandmother was from Ibadan and we came here during the civil war. I was born here. All my uncles, I mean my father's younger ones, were all born in Ibadan. Their father and my father, who was an engineer and worked with WNDC, stayed in Lagos.
As an engineer, we travelled to many parts of the country with my mother. We were transferred to Ahaoda in Rivers State, Calabar in Cross River State, we were in Aba in Abia State, Onitsha in Anambra State and finally, they brought us to Ibadan when the civil war started. Since then, we have been staying in Ibadan.
So, why would I not look like a person from Ibadan? I started my schooling in Ahaoda, but when the war began, I attended St Luke's Grammar School and Ori-Aje St Luke's Demonstration School and completed my secondary education in Molusi College, Ijebu-Igbo.
Afterwards, I went to a catering school and from there, I started my petty business, because my mother was a trader at that time.
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Chris August
Chris August has struck a balance in a beautiful tension. The soulful singer-songwriter who cites influences from Stevie Wonder to Boyz II Men accepts the call to speak the truth and pour every ounce of his being into his music, without taking himself too seriously. This equilibrium is evident on the award-winning artist's new record, The Upside of Down.
At 3 p.m. on April 25, 2012, August woke up in a hospital bed with no idea where he was or how he had gotten there. A plastic band hugged his wrist, and an IV poked out from the skin on his arm. Utterly confused, August looked up to meet the eyes of a friend who told him he'd been in a serious skateboarding accident the day before.
"It's the weirdest feeling I've ever had in my entire life," says the easygoing musician, occasionally laughing in disbelief as he tries to describe what it's like to forget an entire day of your life—and a frightfully eventful one at that.
August remembers looking at potential covers for his new album with friends on April 24th. What he doesn't remember is hopping on his electric skateboard on a street he'd boarded hundreds of times, hitting a patch of gravel in an unmarked construction site, flying from his board, being knocked unconscious and later being rushed to the hospital for a bruised, bleeding and swelling brain injury.
After a CT scan, doctors told the 30-year-old that there was a 50 percent chance the swelling would continue, requiring a very serious surgery that sometimes leaves its patients relearning basic functions—like how to walk. Thankfully, though, the swelling went down, and August was able to return home a week later and recover.
Even in the wake of that trauma, August is good-natured and able to make light of certain moments along the way, especially the conversations he had in the hospital, which he now forgets—like trying to convince a friend to escape with him in the middle of the night.
August's new record, The Upside of Down, is due out on August 21, less than four months after his accident. The record explores the beauty of God's omnipresence and abiding love, and the lead single, "Center Of It," points to God's promise to be with His people in the midst of the highs and lows of our lives.
Joking that he should have prophesied something more optimistic, August describes "The Upside of Down," written with his co-producer Ian Eskelin (Francesca Battistelli, Jason Castro), as revealing the truth that God is with us both in the beauty and the brokenness.
"It shows God's character and His grace that He has for us," August explains. "God loves us despite the mistakes we make. He's there with us no matter what."
And while the title track and "Center Of It" would seem to have emerged from the story of his recent incident, August penned both songs long before he ever thought of buying an electric skateboard. Both gained new significance, however, when he returned home from the hospital to begin the humbling healing process. Sitting down in his studio to listen through the most recent mixes of the record, August was inundated with poignant reminders of God's faithfulness pouring out of his songs and reminding him that he wasn't alone, even in his own highs and lows.
The Upside of Down isn't August's first break into the music industry by any means. His Fervent Records debut, 2010's No Far Away, cemented his name in the Christian music world and earned the Texas native the coveted titles of "New Artist of the Year," "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Pop Contemporary Album of the Year" at the 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards. That record also spawned the massively popular radio single "Starry Night," which held the No.1 spot on Billboard's Christian / AC chart for six consecutive weeks and was the first debut single to reach No.1 on that chart in more than three years.
At the end of the day, sure it'd be awesome if I could sell a lot of records and have some success just from the business side of it. That'd be great, but what good is all that if I'm not reaching people and encouraging them to live for something greater than themselves?
When he was just 22, August cut his teeth in the mainstream industry working with names like Ryan Cabrera, Brian McKnight, Robin Thicke and Babyface and signing with Geffen Records while being managed by Jessica and Ashlee Simpson's father, Joe Simpson. He toured with and opened for Ashlee, and it was on one of those tours that he finally decided to leave Los Angeles. He'd been living there for three years and felt it was time to head back to Texas and his Christian music roots by leading worship at his church.
Just months later, in January of 2009, August was sitting in his room writing "Starry Night," an anthem to the God who had rekindled something now burning within him.
"It was really late at night, and was during the time when I had been getting back involved in church in Dallas," he remembers. "I wrote the whole song that night and recorded it, produced it and put it on an independent record."
When an A&R rep at Word Records heard that recording, August ended up with a deal and made the move to Nashville. He co-produced No Far Away with celebrated producer Ed Cash (Dave Barnes, Steven Curtis Chapman), exploring the depths of his love for writing and producing.
Now, the self-taught pianist and keyboardist is coming back to his rootsier side with The Upside of Down, letting some of his more soulful, R&B influences take the spotlight.
"Anytime I play live, I do these stylized versions of the songs on my record, and people are always saying, 'Why don't you sing like that on your album?'" he muses. "After hearing that suggestion multiple times, I started thinking, 'Well, now that you say that, maybe I will.'"
An enthusiastic Stevie Wonder fan, August's gospel music influences are especially clear on his record on songs like the groove-heavy "Amen." With titles like "Restore," "Let There Be Light," "I Believe" and "A Little More Jesus," the songs on The Upside of Down see August turning to traditional gospel themes, capturing their enduring truths with his pen while infusing them with the new energy of his pop-laden yet grippingly expressive sound.
When it came time to mix the project, August knew the exact patina he wanted, and he didn't settle for anything less. Though it was a pipe dream at the time, he reached out to his favorite mix engineer—LA-based Neal Avron (Fall Out Boy, Sara Bareilles), who has been behind tons of pop records. Avron mixed the entire album, rounding out the songs just the way August had envisioned them when he was still in the writing room.
When it's all said and done, the musically meticulous artist who sees each of his songs from the initial writing phase to the fully orchestrated, mixed and mastered track, says his primary hope as a songwriter is to write and produce songs that people relate to, songs that meet them where they are and offer something in that interaction.
"I'm not veering from that," he insists. "At the end of the day, sure it'd be awesome if I could sell a lot of records and have some success just from the business side of it. That'd be great, but what good is all that if I'm not reaching people and encouraging them to live for something greater than themselves?"
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1370 DR: After years of persistent and stubborn existance as an outpost securing the central tradeway through southern Amia, Fort Bendir is finally expanded into a real village. Thanks to its fortunate location and the hard work of its citizens, the halfling town soon grows prosperous. Randy "the Blue Hin" becomes the first mayor of Bendir Dale.
This is the first, last, and only mention of Bendir Dale on the Amia timeline.
But, as a player of a lifelong Daler, I'm curious to know a bit more, if possible. If Fort Bendir became Bendir Dale twelve years ago, how long before that had Fort Bendir been around? Whatever happened to Randy "the Blue Hin," and what made him so blue? And... just who is or was "Bendir," anyways?
Randy was a PC. I don't know why he was blue, but he literally was. And had a tail. I think the place became a village partly due to PC effort, but I wasn't involved so I might be wrong.
I don't know when Fort Bendir was added into the module. It couldn't have existed for two RL years, unless it was an Arelith relic. There is no official lore on when the fort was established, because we didn't happen to slap an arbitrary estimate on that when we made the timeline. I didn't know about its origins, and Tormak probably didn't think of it if he did know. So I guess the dating is up to the current DMs' best guess. If Sune, Grymia, Tormak or someone else knows the RL date of its addition, you could compare it to other events in the early history of the server and slap it somewhere there.
Lacking any hard dates or facts, I would submit that "years of persistent existance" refers to less than a decade. (I think I wrote it, in which case it doesn't really mean anything more than what it says; I never had a better idea.) Horde Wars began in 1362, so perhaps the fort was built to protect the road and the local hin population from its ravages? That would give it 8 or 7 years to grow into a village. I was unable to date the end of Horde Wars in my research of Cordorean history earlier this year, and there's a lot of discrepancies there (sometimes assumed that they lasted decades), but it's possible that they were almost over or waning by 1370 and that's why the Fort could transform into a peaceful settlement.
The Horde Wars begin. Large bands of monsters attack settlements and travellers all around Amia. Cordor takes a leading role in defending human civilization.
Drak'law, Layla, and the rest of the Emberblaze family take over Stonehold and rename it as Wyrmhold. The Dark Flight destroys the town of Benwick, which results in the scattering of the local metallic dragons and Imperator retreating to Kohlingen. Over the following years, the chromatics of the Dark Flight make occasional appearances and cause some disturbances, unchallenged by their goodly kin.
Millenial wards around Winya Ravana fail and the ancient town with its Lifestone reappears atop the Nexus. A group of adventurers fight and defeat the devil who covets the power of the Lifestone. The city secured, most elves on Amia move in to bring it to life again. Settlers also come from Evermeet and Faerûn.
Monsters from the Underdark attack Udos Dro'xun, beneath Cordor. Stingers, beholders, reportedly even dragons, overwhelm the drow defenders. Survivors flee north to establish Ultrinnan, the promised land and the city of Lolth's Victory - ironically enough.
After years of persistent and stubborn existance as an outpost securing the central tradeway through southern Amia, Fort Bendir is finally expanded into a real village. Thanks to its fortunate location and the hard work of its citizens, the halfling town soon grows prosperous. Randy "the Blue Hin" becomes the first mayor of Bendir Dale.
By checking how the appearance of Fort Bendir relates to these events, you should be able to find a natural date for it. If it actually predates the Horde events, then you pretty much have free rein to slap any date earlier than 1362 on its founding.
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Fort Bendir/Bendir Dale is indeed an Arelithian relic, and still exists on Arelith to this day.
Thus, go back at -least- to the Great Server Schism.
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I tried to recall all the Mayors I could think of whether known or rumored. Let me know who I missed because I'm certain I do not recall them all.
Fort Bendir was around pre-Amia, and existed the 1+ year I played on Arelith before Amia existed. It's as old as you can get.
Seriously. I'd love to know how many people are living in Bendir Dale now. Mainly the npc number.
You said it at least went back to the server split. I clarified and said it went back even further.
We should say, then, that it predates 1358, the Time of Troubles when Zanshibon was tossed into the Abyss. That happened after Fort Bendir real-time, right?
Probably somewhere in the 1350s, making it around 30 years ago.
// Unless the DM team wants to change this, Zanshibon's fall by all rights should've happened post ToT simply because RP that happened around the time suggested that to be the case.
I believe that the reason Randy was blue and had a tail was that he had a hefty dose of lower-planar blood in him. Most likely demonic, given his chaotic bent, IIRC.
Yes, but the problem is that Arelith/Amia had stuffed a lot of history in their brief RL-existance. During that time even less official FR years had passed, because the novel/game supplement release timetable was one FR year every few RL years. To make sense of the rapid development of settlements and local history things simply had to be stretched further into history than a literal 1:1 reading of the chronology would warrant.
When NWN was released in 2002, the official FR year was 1372. There was only a handful of official years after that before the 4e transition, and unless we take everything at a timescale of 1:1 (which was deemed absurd), there's really no choice but to reinterpret old events even radically - especially given that Amia didn't come to be until 2004 (I think).
I forget when Fort Bendir became Bendir Dale IRL time. I think it was post Amia. I know the Black Flag had a more-than-little hand in it coming to fruition and its early founding due to Randy's links to them.
It'd have to have been post Amia. On Arelith it's still "Fort".
It was in my time, but I think Winya was before my time, so the in-game dating of 1370 (one year after Winya) seems about right. Must have been sometime in late 2005, early 2006.
That list is not correct either.
It turns out both Boppi and Drem were Mayor. Among other old threads, the below thread shows the transition from Boppi to Drem. This all happened long before the current forum structure so most of the hints are buried in old PC Stories and Character Description threads and so forth. I've added Serena for completeness.
I really can't take your word for it honestly.
The list I gave is the list I was given ICly and that's really the only list I can go off of. If oral tradition in which they were passed down is inaccurate, that's not something that can be addressed OOCly. History makes mistakes all the time. The list I gave was the list I was given in a DM event by two DMs. If that's wrong, that's just how it is IC.
Considering most people in Bendir Dale didn't at all keep good detailed records, it's not surprising someone went unrecorded.
I doubt an entire mayor tenorship goes unrecorded.
Well, you can doubt it all you want to. That doesn't change the reality of the situation that we have nothing to go off of ICly except for the IC ceremony that Gunz and Bobo did for me in which they gave me that list. If we're talking about actual history and lore of Bendir Dale, I think what happened ICly should take precedence over what we think happened OOCly retrospectively with no evidence to back up the claim that there were records that were kept.
I don't see why that's so hard to believe. History has always operated that way, with important people missing from historical records or simply forgotten. Johanna, Lyle, nor Missus kept any kind of detailed written record accessible to the public. We don't have very detailed record from other Mayors either. In fact, some of the stuff written are completely wrong and not even what happened. But it's written as if something happened in a certain way when it never did. We don't even have exact dates or length of who was in charge for how long. That's how unprecise and unrecorded our records are. Which is probably why Liz made this thread in the first place. Since we really don't know.
The Dale was sold to devils. That itself is ridiculous and hard to believe that hins would do, but it happened. We had so many DM shifts too that the same character doesn't even act the same since they've been randomly played by multiple DMs over the years, even though we the players have gotten accustomed to certain characters talking a certain way and such.
It's just an inconsistent town.
I think it's a far better option to just assume that Bobo and Gunz forgot a name, than to retroactively overwrite history. Just because we're not able to confirm very much doesn't mean we should just toss out what little we actually can confirm. It doesn't make any sense to invoke IC vs OOC in this situation, if Boppi's mayorship actually occurred IC. Maybe his tenure was particularly uneventful or short, so he tends to get forgotten?
What if whoever played Boppi comes back to the server tomorrow? Are we going to tell him/her "sorry, we can't confirm you ever existed, so we've written you out, and you never happened"? Nah.
Maybe everyone wanted to forget the reign of the Golden Gnome? It must have been a time of terrible magics and horrible fashion.
But yeah: if it happened, it happened. Chalk it up to someone forgetting IC or OOC. But it's not very plausible to appeal to the inconsistency and incompleteness of historical records, given that it all happened within the span of 10+ years and the majority of the population is the same. They remember.
Well, I can't do anything ICly about something I don't know and I certainly can't speak for Gunz and Bobo. So that's really up to them. If Boppi's player came back, yeah, I would tell it to their face "Oh oops! Let us fix that". It's that simple.
Hins don't operate like humans. Which seems to be a constantly forgotten fact on Amia. Being a mayor of a hin village in Faerun is typically not a big deal. It's a "mayor" in name only. Especially since most hins don't stay in a particular place for a very long time. Ghostwise is kind of an exception to this, where leadership role is slightly more emphasized (but they don't have a written language either), but regardless of the subrace, it's usually a cleric, who tends to be a de facto leader mostly because clerics of any deity in hin society is highly respected.
As for me, I'm done with this thread. I'm sorry I wasn't very helpful. Good luck!
I don't see what your second paragraph has to do with this topic. Hins don't operate like humans, so suddenly a thousand people forget what happened a few years ago? Seems legit.
You could find out IC by searching the forums, if your PC was so inclined. As my rule of thumb, if something is recorded on the IC forums and not just in a private diary, letter or a PC story happening in private, there are sources and clues in game. That's the basis for any IC research, really. There's not an actual transcript of the first State of the Commonwealth Address anywhere in game, but I sure am taking the liberty to assume there's some record of it in the world since a description of the very public event is posted on the forums. It takes some good judgement and awareness of the political and scholarly realities of the setting, but realistically the events in Amian history would have produced volumes of written records, oral tradition and physical clues even if there isn't an in-game placeable or a forum post explicitly stating so.
Hin tend to be excellent record keepers. They just don't place the same value on it that other races do. They take family ties seriously and that requires the tracking of genealogy. Many Hin are also merchants and as such often keep receipts and bills of sale.
For a total list of leaders, Cindle would likely have a comprehensive list somewhere. However, I would just as easily believe that a follower of the Scamp took it and folded it into a paper hat for some children or Nof reviewed it while eating a jam doughnut and made a slight mess of it which resulted in a name or two that just can't be made out.
Hello, beautiful people! I am the player behind Boppi and I can confirm that he indeed was the mayor. I can't remember all the details and whatnot, but I do remember that I had a laugh!
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Can we all just take a moment to gasp at this rare sighting of the golden gnome himself?
So, a question from my original post that's not really addressed: Who or what is or was Bendir? We've got Fort Bendir growing into Bendir Dale, with the Bendir River flowing into Bendir Bay, and trivial things don't get that much stuff named after them.
Bendir Dale was first founded by Joe Bendir with his wife Wanda Bendir. He named it for his terrible drinking habits, which often led him into fights against evil and general disappointment with the law.
I'm 1296, Bendir Dale was officially recognized by the world at large as a sovereign nation capable of controlling the sword coast and all shipping there in. However this was quickly undone by the Great Horse wars of 1302 (not to be confused with the Hoard Wars of contemporary years) and the response to the loss of their once proud Capital City was the genocide of all amian horses and mounted creatures that were currently in existence. This included such majestic and terrifying species as the Amian Octo-Pony, the Mounted Lycanthrogator, and the Woolly Sean.
Eventually the Dale was able to rebuild, but the descendents that remained were sluggish and lazy, and had the was like traits of their ancestors bred out by their brief horse overlords. Now they are mainly an agricultural society, feeding most of the amian region lovely meals and fresh pies every night.
I think you've got this thread confused with some other thread, Bob.
in 1370, Fort Bendir was expanded into the Bendir Dale, with Randy the Blue Hin as it's first mayor. This is historically the year after Benwick is destroyed and 3 years after Stonehold is taken over by the Chromatics and the enslaving of the Mylocks there, making Bendir Dale the youngest settlement on Amia.
Im raising the dead here. Diging up old graves. But from my recollection, Randy was mayor when Budly got the title. But I might be wrong. The memories are so vague. Can we get a new updated list of the mayors after Serene? Would that be Rosary twice and then Marigold Cobcruncher by now?
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18 Comments / User Reviews
Reality is my friend - July 27, 2020 at 9:53 pm
Democrats bleeding heart idiots suck dick.The same ipeople who say It's okay to be gay when nature says it's not .Can two men make a baby.force it down everybodys throats that shit is ruining America giving in to cry babys
plantfeeder - May 21, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Hey wackoff, maxie, anonymous coward, and girls. No historical pragmatism in your worlds, huh? To hell with what it saved in lives and property. We dropped the bomb on civilians! Civilians living in industrial and military towns. I'd say grow up but I don't think that's ever going to happen. The appalling stupidity and emoting on your parts is proof that you have been raised to despise everything that America has ever done. Even when we do the right thing. News flash Poppy sniffers: Even though by dropping the bomb we greatly upped the chances of all of you being born, we still did the right thing! If you can't see that, it's only because of your hatred and distorted(brainwashed)views on this topic. War is Hell! But we Didn't Start This One. We finished it! Yukdog is completely right in that we saved not only millions of American, Australian, Russian and British lives but millions of Japanese who a) Were willing to fight to the death because b)they were controlled by fanatical Samurai nut jobs. It's only because the Emperor was a human being and not a God, like the people thought, that Japan surrendered. The fanatical nut jobs that were in control of Japan even tried to steal his surrender speech so they could continue to prosecute this war to their Samurai(never surrender)end. It's quite obvious none of you have taken the time to study this. Or any history for that matter. If you had you'd know that your reactions to this event are the recipe for this happening again. Yes War is Hell, guys. And it's paved with a**holes like yourselves with all the good intentions in the world. But Human Nature is what it is and the urge to save the planet or it's inhabitants is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Our founders knew this. But your hatred for them is probably just as strong as your stupidity on this subject.
Max - August 11, 2011 at 11:02 am
fuck you america you have blood of millions of people just fuck you
Blizz26 - August 12, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Your a dork. Go live in North Korea where you belong…
Jackmeoff - October 19, 2011 at 3:55 pm
And you, Blizz26, are ignorant if you have no remorse for what was done to innocent civilians, whether they be Americans or Japanese, or Iraqis. What you need is a REAL history lesson, but I cannot give that to you. First, you need to acquire a desire for truth, and not simply be a consumer of propaganda. I am sincere when I say, "I hope that you see the light someday."
Yesugen - May 1, 2021 at 10:59 pm
You are the one who needs the real history lesson!!!
Anonymous - July 4, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Typical American hypocrisy that they are so well known for. What they did is unforgivable.
Ohhh, please!!! Did Japan attacking and killing the marines and civilians of the usa, was that forgiveable????? If only japan accepted the defeat, none of this would have happened!!!!!
yukdog - July 3, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Give me a break. This is why they need to teach history! We have Japanese friends who are convinced they too would have died had Japan been invaded. They indeed were being taught how to charge American soldiers with bamboo spears, etc. In addition "the bomb" killed far fewer, people. and more humanely (if such a thing is possible), then the fire bombing of Tokyo. Before you start spouting propaganda read some history and get some facts! Even death due to radiation was far less common than expected, something that is still hard to explain.
The real lesson here is that all war is stupid, brutal, and almost always wrong. I find it "interesting" that today international law says that it is OK to kill someone but it is against international law to try and hurt them. Yet another reason why war is so stupid.
yukdog……….WTF are you spewing here? You are so inarticulate that you probably cannot interpret your own words. Get clear and try again. I am sure you have something meaningful to say.
Maybe they should make a documentary about the Nanking massacre or other crimes of fascist Japan
Adnan - June 30, 2011 at 11:27 pm
pure terrorism …
Lfg212000 - June 30, 2011 at 2:08 pm
balone
Lyall14bb - June 30, 2011 at 11:49 am
Well it saved American lives….so much better than Japanese lives. After all, whats a few hundred thousand Japanese women and children worth? Do you get im being slightly sarcastic?
Jon - July 2, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Not sarcastic. Just very sad


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Official sources told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a 17-year-old girl (name withheld) hanged herself on Monday evening at her home in Qazigund village following which she was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
"It seems the girl has committed suicide. We have started an investigation to ascertain the actual cause of her death," official said. (KNO)
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Thomas J. Abercrombie."Ibn Battuta, Prince of Travelers," National Geographic (December 1991), 2-49. Great illustrations.
Ross Dunn. The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1989.
This book gives much information about the societies into which Ibn Battuta traveled. It is outstanding in giving a historical context to Ibn Battuta's story.
H.A.R. Gibb. The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Vols. I, II, III, Hakluyt Society, Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, London, 1956.
A translation and notes from the Arabic "Rihla" of Ibn Battuta. (The fourth and final part is still being translated by Professor C. F. Beckingham.)
Rev. Samuel Lee, trans. The Travels of Ibn Battuta in the Near East, Asia & Africa, 1325 – 1354 (Dover Books).
Tim Mackintosh-Smith. Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah (7 Jun 2002).
Tim Mackintosh-Smith. The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battutah (6 Jun 2003).
Tim Mackintosh-Smith. Landfalls: On the Edge of Islam with Ibn Battutah (19 Aug 2010).
Tim Mackintosh-Smith and Martin Yeoman. The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah (13 Mar 2006)
Said Hamdun & Noel King, Ibn Battuta in Black Africa (with a foreword by Ross Dunn), Markus Wiener Publishers, Princeton, 1975.
Books for Young Adults & Classrooms
Travelers and Explorers, IQRA Trust, London, 1992.
A beautifully illustrated children's book telling of several Muslim travelers of the Middle Ages, including eight pages about Ibn Battuta.
Ibn Battuta: A View of the Fourteenth-Century World (A Unit of Study for Grades 7 - 10), by Joan Arno and Helen Grady, National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA, 1998.
One useful lesson deals with the "The Historian's Dilemma: To What Extent Can Primary Documents Be Trusted?"
Amazing Adventures of Ibn Battuta and Ibn Battuta in the Valley of Doom and The Travels of Ibn Battuta and Others, by Durke, Astrolabe Pictures [Muslim Heroes series].
These books, except for the first, do not follow closely the real travels of Ibn Battuta, but go off into fantasy adventures. They are aimed at young children and don't contain Ibn Battuta's own words.
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325 – 1354 by James Rumford (for ages 8 – 12)
"Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325 – 1354" on the Fordham University Medieval Sourcebook, featuring translations of large segments of the Rihla.
"The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta" from Saudi Aramco World in three parts.
"Ibn Battuta" on Wikipedia contains (among other things) useful maps of his travels.
Following in the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta, a five-part video series from The National Newspaper that focuses primarily on Ibn Battuta's travels in Andalusia (Spain) and North Africa.
The Man Who Walked Across the World, a three-part BBC documentary travelogue with Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
"Ibn Battuta Visits Mali" focuses on the traveler's time in West Africa. It is stamped with "Evaluation copy" but it has been up on YouTube for years.
"Ibn Battuta" is a page in Kahn Academy's Exploration and Interconnection unit. There are also pages devoted to Marco Polo and Zheng He and an introductory video about global connections.
Journey to Mecca: In the footsteps of Ibn Battuta is an IMAX dramatized documentary about the travels of Ibn Battuta. There is a teacher guide available.


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Q: Rotated Table View is not visible in iOS 6.0 In my application, I rotated the table view using
CGAffineTransform rotateTable = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(-M_PI_2);
tableView.transform = rotateTable;
[tableView setFrame:CGRectMake(40, 333, self.view.frame.size.width + 600 , 37)];

This runs well till iOS 5.1 devices and I can see the rotated table view (rotated by 90 degrees). When I tried to run this in iOS 6.0 device, I can't see the table view, the view is left empty, I don't know why the table view is behaving like this in iOS 6.0 devices. Please show me the way to solve this problem.
The table view is rotated, but the cells are not visible and table view is not scrolling, by the way I'm using custom cells.

A: I am not sure if you are rotating your cell too,if not  then you need to rotate your cell by same M_PI_2 for each cell creating in method UITableViewCellForRowAtIndexPath it might help.
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{
         UITableViewCell* cell1;
         cell1  = [self.yourTableName dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"yourTable"];

                [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"customCell" owner:self options:nil];

                cell1 =tableCell;
                tableCell=nil;

           cell1.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI_2);

          // values for cell content here

           return cell1;
}

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It's no secret, I've been a terrible reader lately — and by that I mean I haven't been reading a whole lot. Partly due to life, partly due to having a hard time finding a book that really drew me in. This one did it. I downloaded the free Kindle sample and was hooked before the sample was over.
I wasn't entirely sure about it when I started reading it — the old time-y dialogue and phrases kept making me shudder — it felt forced at first. After I settled in and became comfortable with the time period and main character, I began reading it in her accent and it became comfortable.
Before I delve into this review, let me warn you: I am obsessed with three historical time periods and/or events. Ancient Egypt, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Oregon Trail. Now, I grew up on the Oregon Trail — Bonneville Point (an Oregon Trail Historical Preserve) is literally down the street from my house. I used to be terrified of digging in the dirt because I thought I'd happen upon a skeleton or something. I never found anything, but I studied the Oregon Trail extensively during my homeschooled years. I also loved the hell out of the PC game.
Once Lee was on her way (after her parents are brutally murdered and she's forced to flee — after all, if you have the ability to sense gold and people find out, they want to use you) and posing as a boy, I was sucked in and couldn't put the book down. I loved that the whole posing-as-a-boy was done differently than other stories I've read. She was still proud to be a woman, but extremely upset at the fact that in that time period women were bartered back and forth and essentially owned by men. After her secret is out, she freely wears a skirt, shoots a rifle, and rides a horse.
On that note, Lee is a strong female MC — though she has her trials, she works through them realistically and believably. I really enjoyed her character, as well as the supporting characters. Even the ones who began as folks I disliked grew on me after a while.
The worldbuilding was decent, but I did find myself getting lost at where they were at in the journey. I would have liked some more orientation as to where they were in points — some familiar names would pop up — Fort Laramie, Fort Hall, etc. and I would know where they were, but that's only because I know them.
Anyway, I'm obsessed. It's fine. I'm definitely starting the second book ASAP. Added to my favorites and rated a 5/5.


Who is the real strong one?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a true child of God. He was a messenger of peace in a time of grave conflict. His influence and stamp on the civil rights movement was indelible. Had it not been for him, there would have been much shedding of blood. Dr. King provided a non-violent outlet for the anger and frustration that had reached a boiling point among the African American community. Imagine where we'd be without him? Imagine where South Africa would be without Nelson Mandela and Bishop Tutu?
Unfortunately, a few generations of white people, largely for economic reasons, forgot that we are all from the same human father, Adam, and the same Father, God. The oppression was fueled by a false ideology that a whole race of people were thought to be sub-human. It was unforgivable, and yet Dr. King and Nelson Mandela were symbols of forgiveness. They knew we must get beyond the lies that fueled inhumane treatment and its violent response. Violence begets violence. How will the chain ever be broken? These great men knew it would only be through the high road of peace and forgiveness, not the low road of payback. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth only creates a race of half-blind toothless people.
We are in a time of great anger in America today. This is an election year, and so far, it's the angriest voices that are getting all the attention. Those seeking peace, cooperation and common ground are thought of as being weak and ineffective. Perhaps by the time we reach the actual election, cooler heads will prevail, but right now I'm worried about this country. Here's why: If Dr. King showed up in one of these political debates for EITHER party, and stood for what he stood for 50 years ago on all of the big issues of the day, he would be laughed off the stage. This is why I'm worried about America.
The answer to this anger has to start with each one of us. We have to decide we are going to break the chain. Decide that you are going to be a peacemaker. You are going to claim your part in creating conflict, and forgive others for their part in it.
I'm glad we have the holiday we had yesterday. I'm sad that more people, institutions and workplaces don't observe it. I think it may be the most important holiday we have. It should force us all to think: How can I be a minister of peace in my world today? Where is there conflict in my life? Is it in my marriage? My family? My neighborhood? My church? My workplace? Maybe it's the same old racial conflict raising its ugly head.
Be a peacemaker. Take the high road. Rise above the conflict. Find common ground. Link arms with the opposition. March through the hatred, the revenge, the retribution. Exercise forgiveness. In doing so, you will not be the weak one; you will be the strong one. Happy birthday, Dr. King.
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For many years I have said that Dr. King would be appalled at his country today.
Thank you for this. Dr. King, along with many folks who came along during and shortly after him, would get laughed off the stage…I daresay, including folks like Ronald Reagan. That being said, looking back thru history, and all the way back to the motherlands, politics has always been dirty, ugly, preposterous! A trip thru the Museum of U.S. History in D.C. will give you a good glimpse of it. I think today it feels worse because the impact of social media, youtube, tv, etc provides a crazy forum for people who normally seem to be decent, God-fearing, upstanding citizens to spout off w/o thinking about the impact their words are having.
I'm thankful for what Dr. King did. And here in Georgia, many folks use it as a "Day On" instead of a "Day Off" to do service work. I'm hoping that will pick up in the future and that even folks like me who are independent contractors will close our laptops and get out and DO.
I cannot imagine what this world would be like had Dr. King NOT stood up and let himself be pushed into the spotlight. We have to do better. We just have to.
That would be setting a great example. I like this idea.
In response to today's Catch, I say, " God does not move unless we pray". If things in America are as appalling as you say, shaking your head about it does nothing. Prayer does, and only prayer does. Be obsessed by prayer for America.
I hope you have seen the movie, " War Room". I am in the process of making such a War Room out of my office. I am praying for America. I saw President Obama on CNN with Anderson Cooper's town hall. This was about guns, but it was not about guns. It was about the sad state of affairs in America. Obama's gift to America is his exposure of that sad state in Washington and appeal to you and them to do something about it. That appeal happened to center around guns, but really it centered around the polarized thoughts and as John said anger about the state of the country. Americans search your souls as to the root of that anger. The state of america is what I read in the book of judges, " …And everyone did what was right in their own eyes" , Judges 21:25. Be like Daniel and confess the sins of your country and pray for revival. It is not too late.
I am a Canadian. I don't say any of this with the intent to hurt you. But I have watched the USA decline over the last 50 years and it has not been pleasant. Canada has its own problems, but it is not a world power. It does not have that responsibility, but it is responsible to God, just like America. Please pray for your country's revival, as I am doing. Let the groundswell of prayer make Martin Luther King Jr. proud, and put a smile on God's face. No not a smile, but a face splitting grin!!!
Sometimes it takes a crisis to make us move. MOVE IN PRAYER!!!
Please don't be angry at me at what I say here. It is said out of loving concern. The time is now…PRAY!!!!! I am on my knees right now praying about a change of heart in America to set things right. Please join me!
I haven't seen War Room, but keep intending to. I am definitely working to make prayer much more prominent and intentional in my life, including a prayer journal. To be able to look back and see God's hand working thru prayers is a fantastic thing.
It was obvious we are in crisis mode here in the U.S. when the right to own guns has suddenly jumped to an all-time all-important issue. I never dreamed it would overtake our own concern for each others' spiritual well-being, but it seems to have done this.
Thank you for praying from Canada.
There are those around who still feel that somehow they (fill in any ethnicity, creed etc.) are less human than we… unfortunately even in our churches where there are many of those angry people. I'm one… but I get angry at those people who are angry because of fear or ignorance. It seems hard for me to talk reasonable to someone who is not using their reason. Dr. King's way of non violence is definitely a difficult one.


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Microsoft Office LTSC and 2021 are now available in public preview
Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel for Windows and Office 2021 for Mac are available in public preview.
These versions of Office don't require a subscription, instead of being available as a one-time purchase.
Microsoft Teams will ship with these versions of Office rather than Skype for Business.
Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) for Windows and Office 2021 for Mac are now available in public preview. These new versions of Office don't require a subscription but also don't receive any new features. They're intended for regulated devices that can't get updates for years at a time, devices that aren't connected to the internet, and systems that must stay locked in time.
Office LTSC has all of the features from its predecessor plus a "subset of new features already available in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise," according to a Microsoft Tech Community Post. The post does not share a list of the new features for Office LTSC. Previously, Microsoft shared that "Dynamic Arrays and XLOOKUP in Excel, dark mode support across multiple apps, and performance improvements across Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint," will be in the new version of Office LTSC.
Like Windows 10 LTSC, Office LTSC will be supported for five years and be governed by the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.
Unlike previous versions of Office that shipped with Skype for Business, the new versions of Office will ship with Microsoft Teams. People can still install the Skype for Business client app through Microsoft Download Center.
Microsoft shares that today's announcement is just the first in a series of preview announcements for the on-premises wave. Over the coming months, the company will announce commercial previews for SharePoint and Project Server.
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ElleMadara wrote: » Gear up your Dark side characters, Imperial Retaliation is not that hard I have been for weeks. G10 just isn't good enough for some of the special missions even in phases 1-3.
The fact that people seem to need g11+ characters plus Shoretrooper to beat a phase 3 mission in order to get a required hero unit for later missions is ****.
I focused on CHS first, used orbital bombardment to ability block everyone, did everything I could to keep ability block up on CHS and CLS and they still cut me to pieces.
I like to run Thrawn in a zKrennic lead with DT, Shoretrooper, and Sid.
Worse is that this forum shows a history of the same issues of imbalance with Imperial Retaliation and it's gone unaddressed since the first rework. Not even a "we're looking into it." since November!
Part of the high difficulty is the obsurd platoon requirements with characters that are locked behind packs. Without the ability to weaken the rebel strafe, it's impossible.
Zenflow wrote: » @CG_Kozispoon Any word on a response from CG in regards to the reworked TB? Nope.
+1 it's absolutely broken and not fun at all.
I only have Stark at 4* 45/65 That's a different rant entirely. It totally feels like a pay to progress move on CGs part. At least CHS had farmable cantina node.


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Top 9 Reasons for Businesses to Proactively Manage Water
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A sustainability manager at a large auto parts manufacturer recently explained the company's lack of interest in water management this way: "It's not worth our time. Water is too cheap and no one cares." Moreover, the executive acknowledged that even if they did care, they had no idea how to tackle an operational issue that is largely unseen and highly distributed. Doing nothing is a common response, and indicative of the second-class status water still has in much of the business world, including the boardroom.
It's also a view that is obsolete. Investors worth trillions of dollars have told their portfolio companies in the Fortune 500 in no uncertain terms that they care about water, and view it as a major risk to business. They have ample reasons: a decrease in water quality globally paired with increases in scarcity, regulation and compliance.
Yet this risk has not translated into a broad business response.
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Here are 9 business reasons why executives should care:
All of these, of course, result in the ultimate business case: material financial savings.
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Q: Intersection of complements of connected components (2) Let $(X,d)$ be a non-compact, complete metric space and $K\subseteq X$ compact. Pick $x^* \in X\setminus K$.
Let $E$ be the connected component of $X\setminus K$ that contains $x^*$. Let ${\cal C}$ be the collection of connected components of $K$. For each $C\in {\cal C}$ let $E_C$ be the connected component of $X\setminus K$ that contains $x^*$.
Do we have $E=\bigcap\{E_C: C\in{\cal C}\}$?

A: No.
[I'm assuming you means to write "let $E_C$ be the connected component of $X \setminus C$ that contains $x^*$." Otherwise I don't see how your question makes sense. Let me know if I'm guessing wrong and you meant to ask something else.]
Let $X_0 = (\omega+1) \times \mathbb{R}$ (where $\omega+1$ has its usual topology as a convergent sequence). Let $X_1$ be obtained from $X_0$ by adding two points at infinity, $p$ and $q$. For a neighborhood basis for $p$, take sets of the form
$$(\omega+1) \times (-\infty,r) \cup \{p\}.$$
Similarly, for a basis of neighborhoods of $q$, take sets of the form
$$(\omega+1) \times (r,\infty) \cup \{q\}.$$
Let $X$ be obtained from $X_1$ by adding infinitely many isolated points off to the side (these won't play any role in our argument, but you wanted $X$ to be not compact).
Let $K = \{p,q\}$ and let $x^*$ be the point, say $(0,0)$ (although any other point of $X_1 \setminus K$ will do just as well). Clearly $E = \{0\} \times \mathbb{R}$.
$K$ has two connected components, $\{p\}$ and $\{q\}$. Each of $X_1 \setminus \{p\}$ and $X_1 \setminus \{q\}$ is connected, so $E_{\{p\}} \cap E_{\{q\}} = X_1 \setminus K = X_0 \neq E$.