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When Did Wargaming Become Unethical?
Ruaridh asked recently whether wargaming would have been regarded as even ethically questionable in past ages. The short answer is, of course, that I have no idea. On a more considered reflection, however, I might be able to offer some tentative suggestions.
Firstly, there has always been a strand of peace, and yearning for peace, in our culture. A recent book, called "The Glorious Art of Peace" by John Gittings ((2012) Oxford: OUP) examines some of these aspects, as the subtitle says, 'from the Iliad to Iraq'.
Gittings is not interested in wargaming, of course, but he does point out that in almost all cultures, peace has been an ideal, particularly as it is often associated with prosperity for the peasant farmers, who could and did lose everything when land was despoiled during campaigns.
An interesting start is to be made in, in fact, the Iliad. Here, Gittings argues that while about a third of the poem is devoted to battle scenes, many of them gory, Homer does not give unequivocal backing to the idea that war is a good thing. For example, the exploits of the heroes, their blessings in their own country, exploits, wives and families are often given; and then they die, gruesomely in most cases. Heroes, even in Homer, are not bomb (or even spear) proof.
A second Homeric item is the shield of Achilles, which was decorated with scenes of both peace and war. Gittings suggests that Homer is arguing that peace is the true aspiration of the human race; that what we really want to do is eat, drink and make merry, but the cares of the world (including warfare) often, if not usually interfere, and even the noble and heroic are not immune.
So, even as far back as the Iliad, peace and war are juxtaposed, in tension, and not to be accepted at face value. Of course, that is not how the text has necessarily been treated down the centuries. Alexander the "Great" is said to have slept on it on campaign, and it influenced generations of Greek and Roman scholars, poets and authors.
It is not just the Greeks, or the western tradition which has put forth this ambiguous view of warfare. In China the literature from the Warring States era also presents a less than fulsome picture of warfare. Gittings multiplies his examples from history, but the point remains: war has never been a straightforward issue.
It can hardly be a surprise, then, if wargaming has its ambiguities. If, as it does, our culture has a tense relationship with war, then a hobby which represents war cannot be without its own issues. What they are, exactly, is of course more difficult to define, as some of the posts on this blog have demonstrated.
So, when did wargaming acquire the status of being something polite society did not mention?
I am not sure, as I said, that I can really answer that question. However, we can, I think, see that it is linked with the rise of leisure time in the West. Speaking very broadly, before the Victorian era, (late 19th century) few people would have had the leisure to indulge in wargaming, and if they did, there was not much in the way of equipment to assist them. Of course, there are a few exceptions among the super-rich, and the Prussian army started to use wargames for professional reasons during the same century. However, it is Robert Louis Stevenson and H G Wells who start wargaming as a leisure practice in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Before the first world war there were, I think, two things going on. Firstly, there was a good deal of nationalism, jingoism if you will. This led, for example, to the Prince of Wales storming out of the first night of Shaw's 'Arms and the Man' when one of the actors inadvertently referred to the 'British Army' rather than the 'Bulgarian Army' running away. Even after the Boer war (and even, perhaps, particularly after the Boer war) the British army simply did not do that.
Secondly, there was what HG Wells called a lot of "whoosh" going on. Certainly from the point of view of the British (and probably US) middle classes, things were getting a lot better and were going to continue doing so. The British authorities were shocked, for example, to find how many young men from poor areas were unfit for war service due to ill health and poor nourishment. The society which was so forward looking was found to be mired in poverty.
Similarly, although revisionist historians have had a good go at this, the battles of the first world war were a profound shock, particularly as the Pals battalions were mown down and the war poets started to write (OK, not all of them, but Sassoon and Owen, at least). Now the view from 1918 or 1919 was that the allies had won, but the cost had been horrific. Peace movements (League of Nations, Peace Pledge Union and so on) grew and peaked during the 1920's and 1930's.
So I submit that, sometime around the end of World War One, wargaming (which was in its infancy) probably ran into ethical issues. Why, you can imagine people asking, would you want to wargame with the recent war to end all wars so vivid and awful in memory; when there are so many widows and unmarried women around because the death toll was so high?
I guess that this sort of question, which is akin to the ones Ruaridh was asked, are the ones that continue to dog the hobby to this day. On the one hand there are good reasons to wargame: to remember, to understand, to investigate what happened and why. On the other hand, there are the reasons not to wargame: it revisits the horror and pain, even vicariously.
So it could be the 'wargame ethics' debates we are having here are, in fact, related to our society's ambiguous relationship with warfare, and that neither war nor wargaming have ever not had these issues hanging around the margins.
Ruaridh 6 October 2012 at 13:16
I'm pleased you addressed this issue in a post. The answers you come up with are similar to my gut feeling about the situation: the industrialisation of warfare may well have led to a bitter taste when it comes to wargaming too.
Just to add to your reasons to wargame, one reason I have come across for some wargaming is to help old soldiers deal with what they saw in actual wars. I wish I could remember the reference now, but it was an interesting idea that I think merits exploration at some point.
Chris 7 October 2012 at 07:35
Don't forget that, from a British perspective anyway, war was pretty much a minority participation exercise before WWI. Up until that time the participants in war either made it their career from personal choice or from lack of alternative. (Or being too drunk to evade the pressgang) The actual horror of war wasn't really unleashed on the nation at large until about 1916; before that it had all been a bit of Boys Own Paper derring-do and showing Johnnie Foreigner where to get off to the comfortable civvy at home - essentially remote.
Any movement for peace in Britain during any age up to 1916 was generally on grounds of financial expense, not human cost.
The Polemarch 8 October 2012 at 01:05
It does seem that WWI had a profound impact on our view of war; I suspect that the industrialization of war had a significant impact, was did the mass call-up, and widespread casualties.
It may well be also that many of the British wars, anyway, had been remote and against some 'other' - colonial small wars; I think the Boer war was a bit of a shock to the system as well.
Another UK issue may be the navy, rather than the army, being seen as the vital arm. Naval battles, even big ones, had smaller casualty lists, I suspect, than the average land battle.
It would be interesting to hear from some of our non-UK based readers if any of this stuff is relevant to them in their context. For example, the US was not hugely involved in the destruction which was the first world war, so I do wonder if it had the same impact.
I guess that some old soldiers could use wargaming as catharsis, in many cases seeing battles from a different point of view might well help. The absence of colleagues dying and so on could also help with some form of perspective, I guess. Some of the founders of wargaming were on active service in WW2 and still wargamed the war, so it cannot of been bad for their mental health.
Thank you for the comments.
nundanket 8 October 2012 at 14:01
It's a good point Chris made about the impact on the British psyche of WWI being our first "mass participation war". Echoes what Harry Pearson said in Achtung Schweinhund about why we as a nation are so fixated on the World Wars. But personally I wouldn't be so sure that was when wargaming acquired any kind of pariah status.
Our impression of post-Great War society's view of that conflict is dominated by the writings of a relatively small number of writers and intellectuals. Arguably the work with the single widest impact was written by someone on the losing side(Erich Maria Remarque). Polite society it may have been, but only part of it.
My money is on a much later period - the sixties (coincidentally when wargaming grew as a mass hobby). And possibly boosted during the early 80s so-called "Looney Left" era.
I suspect that wargaming did not get pariah status (if such it has) after WWI, but that war itself did. Jingoism was an invention of the late 19th century:
We don't want to fight but by Jingo if we do
We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too
but, to overstate the rhetoric, died in Flanders.
The sixties did give a negative twist to the view of the first world war - 'Oh! What a Lovely War', which leads in a fairly direct thread to such cultural offerings at 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' and 'Blackadder Goes Forth'.
Incidentally, was it only me who noticed that Blackadder IV nicked one of the episodes from Biggles?
So I think that wargaming, in ethical and moral terms, is as conflicted as our societies are by the concept of war in general. There is always room, I suppose for another 'Dulce et decorum est' on either the war poets side or in its original meaning, and then the view of wargaming may shift again.
All good comments here, and an excellent discussion.
Thinking about pariah status, I do not think that wargaming has that any more. My experience in the eighties suggests that it did have it then, because people conflated the concepts of war and wargaming, assuming that both were essentially the same. Nowadays, I find that admitting to wargaming is more of a slightly embarrassing faux pas that leads to some teasing and an injunction to 'grow up' by the uninitiated. I am sure that some people still consider wargaming unethical and wargamers to be monstrous warmongers, but I encounter that attitude less frequently these days.
Just had a flashback to my uni days with that Jingo reference. Not the original version but a spoof from (if I remember correctly) the Boer War period:
I don't want to fight I'll be slaughtered if I do
The Russians can have Constantinople
(Can't seem to find the lyric for this)
I think you're right Ruaridh. It's more about the nerdiness than the warmongering these days.
Chris Grice 9 October 2012 at 12:13
There now. So the rise of wargaming as a pastime coincided with the decline in the public's attitude to actual warfare? Obviously, I'm not trying to make it out as cause and effect but it's an interesting paradox, isn't it?
It's clearly a coincidence that H G Wells, a well known pacifist, wrote Little Wars in, what, 1913? Just in time for WWI. Very perceptive chap, our Herbert.
Well, my experience of anti-wargame protesters as a few bedraggled placard wavers outside the Hexagon in Reading. I always thought that it was more to do with the show being called Armageddon than wargaming itself, as this was in the days of cruise missiles and Star Wars (the program, not the film).
I suspect the link might be a little more subtle than Chris suggests:
Rising prosperity => more people wargaming.
"Bad" wars => decline of public attitude to wars.
And then some link between perception of wars and of wargaming.
One of HG Well's short stories, IIRC, was about the advent of tank warfare, so I guess he was into the imagination aspect of wargaming...
Chris Grice 10 October 2012 at 01:56
Well no, I think the decline in the public's perception of war came from, firstly, the fact that it suddenly involved people they knew and wasn't so remote any more, and second, that the realities of it have become more immediate in the news media.
I'm not convinced there is any link at all with wargaming and the public perception of real warfare, hence the slightly puzzled reaction of most wargamers to anti war protestors. I remember them particularly at Leeds, but I also seem to remember Leeds Wargames Club's secretary was a CND member.
Wells predicted quite a few things to come, including aerial bombardment and submarine warfare; he thought it was fantasy and would never actually happen.
Well, I said 'some link' because it is by no means clear what it might be, except in some people's minds (probably the same who thought that 'When the wind blows' was pro-war propaganda).
As for Wells, his last book was, I think, 'Mind at the end of its tether', published in 1945, which may well sum up how he felt by then in the title.
I am sorry I did not post earlier, but maybe someone will read it anyway.
As non-UK based reader I suppose I can give some input about outsider's feelings and attitude towards war. I will try to be short although it is not easy.
I think Polish perspective is much different, because until recently we, as a country or nation, did not conduct agressive war for nearly four centuries, but we took part in many wars, either as defender or unwilling canon fodder in armies of our occupants. Wars were waged on our own soil and routinely resulted in large human and material loses. Since end of eighteenth century, we had to fight for our freedom against much more powerful opressors, with roughly 7 wars (or uprisings) lost and only 2 won. It is important to note that we ended WWII liberated from Germans but occupied by Soviets, which cannot be counted as a won fight.
Concerning WWI, it is remembered not for its meatgrinder, but because it started wars for our independence, culminating in crushing victory over Soviet Russia despite seemingly impossible odds (for instance you probably do not know, but British dockers, among others, delayed war equipment bought and scheduled for Poland during the darkest days of this war). WWI lasted 7 years in Poland if we add subsequent wars for independence.
The WWII experiences dominate our attitude, because it is the most recent and some remembering it are still alive. It lasted almost 6 years (8-9 if we count until pacification of major underground organisations fighting with soviet regime; the resistance lasted much longer, but on smaller scale - the last armed fighter was killed in combat on 20/21 october 1963 - over 24 years since start of WWII). Human and material loses were so huge it seemed almost irreversible (e.g. around 50% of educated people were missing - professors, teachers, doctors, engineers etc.; over 800 villages were burnt down in the current territory of Poland alone and hundreds more over our eastern border, in territories lost after the war; Warsaw alone was destroyed in ca.86% etc. etc.). Deeds of Germans, Soviets, Ukrainians and Russians in Poland were so cruel it is simply unimaginable.
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Another thing which has impact on the way of thinking is almost 50 years of communist regime, which on its part used patriotic feelings of people to intensify "war readiness" by propaganda means. Being a pacifist was deemed stupidity at best, until later eighties in XX century.
I think in popular mindset all this means several conclusions (as much as we can generalise such attitudes):
-war is greviously evil, because you lose your relatives, homes and possessions; suffering is huge,
-being a soldier you fight for freedom and peace for your land; if you kill, it is the enemy who started first and he is responsible for the mess, so it is clear self-defense.
From my personal experience I would say that attitude towards wargaming is like this: it is perfectly all right for children and teenagers and a strange hobby for grown-ups, but nothing at all along the line: "You guys are crazy warmongers!". I have not met any moral pondering about "How can you play those $%^&#@ Germans?" in wargaming. I suppose our memory is still so clear on what they did that nobody takes seriously into consideration any warm feelings towards such guys.
Thank you for your contribution; it does suggest strongly that attitudes towards wargaming vary quite strongly with respect to the context of the wargamer, in terms of nationality, history and politics. I can well imagine that in Poland wargaming WW2 might stir up strong emotions, either of memory or politics.
I wonder if wargaming is more popular in the UK and USA than in Europe because we have not been successfully invaded recently, and also perhaps that in the wars we have engaged in we have finished up on the winning side?
It does seem that in many European countries, wargaming is even more of a minority hobby than in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, etc. Or maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.
I do not know if suffering from defeat and occupation is much related to interest in wargaming. In fact war-related activities are quite popular in Poland (board games, reenactment groups, paintball and airsoft games, simulated combat etc.). Miniature wargaming is less widespread, mainly in fantasy/sci-fi area, although historical wargaming is also growing slowly. The biggest barrier in growth of any hobby is money limits, I suppose.
The fact that miniature wargaming seems to be most widespread in Anglo-Saxon countries may originate from the fact that it started there as a hobby and had more time to expand. I know that English are very fond of gardening, but I also know other nations do gardening too :), even if this is not so widespread (or is it?). Also the population of these countries is similar to that of rest of EU minus UK taken together, which makes a large community speaking the same language and having similar cultural habits - expansion of ideas is faster.
Summing up I would guess there are two major factors affecting wargaming popularity - cultural habits and wealth of particular society. War experiences has minor influence, although I think Germans may not be very much into the hobby, but I do not know any numbers, so I may be wrong.
I guess that the opportunity to wargame and the penetration of the hobby into society are probably, as you suggest, the determining factors, plus a wide English speaking audience. For example, you can occasionally find mainstream wargame journals in railway station bookshops, so it is there in the consciousness somewhere.
As for gardening, it is snowing here at the moment, so in my household anyway, its popularity has taken a big hit...
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Spider-Man Heroes & Villains Collection (UK) #44
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Title: Spider-Man Heroes & Villains Collection (UK)
Posted: Aug 2011
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This is a 60-part weekly series being pumped into the market by Eaglemoss publications. They don't know much about Spidey, but they know that 60 * $8.99 = quite a lot. And I'm the kind of idiot who will spend that sort of money without doing the math.
There's an original 7-page story in every issue, and collectible trading cards too. Sure, the stories are terrible, the art has been 90% ghastly, and the price is far, far too high. But there's glossy paper, trading cards, and an original Spider-Man comic strip series that 99% of the U.S. collectors will never own!
Story 'Time Invaders'
Summary: Jul-28-2011 (NZ)
Publisher: Eaglemoss Publications, Inc.
Writer: John Tomlinson
Artist: Kevin Hopgood
Colorist: Kevin Hopgood
Time Invaders!
What? Don't worry, I'm a bit confused too. But the story starts off relatively simply. You see... Spider-Man has just jumped through the mystical inter-dimensional portal that is in the attic of Oscorp Tower where Peter Parker lives with college pal Harry Osborn now that Harry's father Norman, aka the Green Goblin is in hospital after an accident involving the aforementioned mystic portal and the Sinister Six and Spider-Man, which also involved Electro, who subsequently captured Harry in order to interrogate him to find out where the Green Goblin went, except that Spider-Man then adopted the Green Goblin's costume in order to rescue Harry from Electro's capture which infuriated Electro so that when he merged with a Kree super-circuit chip that gave Electro hyper-powers, Harry was forced to jump through the portal in order to flee Electro's fury, and even though Electro subsequently lost those powers when the self-aware circuit chip had completed it's goal of being rescued, Harry was still lost in another dimension, forcing Spider-Man to seek him out. As mentioned above.
Trust me, the story so far isn't as interesting as it sounds.
But that's just the beginning. After sacrificing one of our seven story pages to a splash page, Spider-Man finds himself on the other side of a portal facing the "Invaders" from an earlier time, and an alternate reality.
The World War II super-team which faces our favorite web-slinger consists of Namor, Captain America, Professor Einstein, and Captain Kerosene (reserve member - Toro and the Human Torch were otherwise occupied).
Spider-Man battles the feisty Namor and Captain America, while Professor Einstein tries to work out what went wrong with his "time gate" - the device with which he had attempted to glimpse the future in order to assist with the war effort.
After an exchange of fists and wisecracks, Einstein figures out how to re-activate his newly-fledged portal in order to allow Spider-Man to leave... for places and worlds unknown...
This is a crazy and pointless story, and a very funny one as well. Writer Glenn Dakin has excelled himself this time, it's hard to believe that this is the same guy who gave us so many issues of utter cra...
Oh, hang on. Sorry, my mistake. This story is written by guest scripter John Tomlinson. That explains why the plot is original and the dialog is hilarious. And really, it is all in the dialog - snappy one-liners abound. It's as I always say... it's not what you do, it's the way that you do it. And this is done well.
This week's issue was an utter breath of fresh air. Sure, it was rather silly. But with luck, maybe Mr. Tomlinson will get the chance to write a serious story one day, and show if he's as versatile as he is amusing.
Until then, take these four webs.
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Classes 6A, 5A and 1A open the football playoffs this Friday, a week after the other three classifications did so. No. 1 Tupelo has a full head of steam heading into its postseason opener, handling Olive Branch in the regular-season finale (4:17). On this episode, Gene Phelps gauges the Golden Wave's matchup this week against Northwest Rankin (9:14), which has an explosive offense.
Also, Gene, Blake Morgan and Brad Locke look back at key wins last week by Amory (1:43) and Pontotoc (2:51), and a loss that left reigning 6A champ Starkville at home (6:10). As for the upcoming playoff matchups, some games of note include Cleveland at Amory (12:54), Pontotoc at Greenwood (14:55), and East Side at Kossuth (16:02).
And let's not forget about basketball, with a new season tipping off last week. Gene has updates on Ripley's boys and Ingomar's girls (18:39). Plus, Athletes of the Week are honored (21:02).
Tupelo has the No. 1 football team in the state, but the Golden Wave players and coaches have bigger goals in mind. On this episode, Brad and Blake look back at Tupelo's win last week (1:38) and look ahead to this week's matchup against Horn Lake – a win would clinch the Division 1-6A crown for the Wave (8:03).
Also on this jam-packed episode, the guys review big Week 10 wins by Pontotoc (4:34) and Shannon (5:34), among others. They also have updates on the softball, volleyball and swimming postseason (11:34), and they look at how the new school enrollment numbers might affect MHSAA reclassification (13:07).
And Brad presents Athletes of the Week (15:47).
Tupelo and Amory are cruising right along as the football season hits its stretch run. On this episode, Brad, Gene and Blake take a look at the Golden Wave (1:58) and Panthers (3:48), who are leading their respective divisions. The guys also look back at the shootout between Itawamba AHS and Shannon and how the Division 1-4A race is shaping up (6:41).
More big division games are on tap this week, with Tupelo hosting South Panola (9:57), Shannon visiting Amory (14:03), Corinth at IAHS (15:35) and East Union traveling to Baldwyn (16:29).
Also today, Gene has an update on the slow-pitch softball playoffs (18:49), and we have Athletes of the Week (20:57).
Some area football teams opened division play last week, and several more get going this Friday. On this episode, Brad, Gene and Blake look back at some of last week's key results, which included wins by Tupelo (1:19), Kossuth (3:19) and West Point (5:15).
As for what's coming up in Week 7, the guys preview some crucial matchups. East Webster meets Calhoun City (6:58) in a Division 4-2A opener, while Corinth visits Pontotoc (9:30) in 1-4A, and Tupelo continues 1-6A action at Columbus (10:47). And Gene says to keep an eye on unbeaten Itawamba AHS, which hosts Amory this week (11:59).
Gene also presents Athletes of the Week (15:13).
Tupelo and Booneville are both off to fast starts this season at 3-0, but they will be tested this week. On this episode of Prep Rally, Brad, Gene and Blake look back at some of last week's key results, including wins by Tupelo (1:33), Kossuth (6:46) and Aberdeen (8:34). And they look ahead to the Week 4 schedule, featuring Tupelo against Brandon (10:57), Booneville versus Corinth (14:21), Lafayette against Oxford (16:02), and Mantachie versus Mooreville (18:39).
Brandon comes in ranked second in the state, and Gene discusses how Tupelo sophomore QB Stephon McGlaun might fare after playing strong last week. He also talks about how the stakes have gotten a little higher in the Mantachie-Mooreville rivalry.
Plus, Gene has Athletes of the Week.
Week 2 of the football season saw some area teams pick up big wins, and more big games are on tap for this week. On this episode, Brad, Gene and Blake look back at some of last week's key results, including victories by Tupelo (2:25), Pontotoc (5:46) and Booneville (7:04). Gene has an update on Tupelo injured linebacker Peter Gray.
And looking ahead, some rivalry matchups highlight the schedule, as the guys preview Tupelo-Shannon (11:56), Kossuth-Baldwyn (17:09), and West Point-Starkville (18:44). Gene discusses the Tupelo quarterback situation, while Blake looks at what's been a potent Shannon offense.
Also, Gene has the Athletes of the Week (21:40).


Well. Here I am. It's been awhile! 8 months have passed since I last wrote and so much has happened! I now have an MA in publishing and seem to be getting a book published next year. I've had three jobs and am looking for the next as my temporary position winds down at the end of the year. A lot has happened. Have I stopped reading hence why no posts? Nope, but having 2 jobs and trying to complete an MA at the same time can leave one with very little downtime to not only read a book but to then review it!
Ah well. I am back. Just in time for Christmas. And this new book series I am about to review I would recommend to get someone for Christmas.
We start of this series with Balanced on the Blade's Edge. Here we meet Colonel Ridge Zirkander and he is in trouble. So much so that he is shipped off from his flight crew and sent to manage a prison in the middle of the snowy mountains.
Below this prison, Sardelle Terushan awakens after 300 years in a magic coma. She awakens to world where Dragons no longer exist and their dragon blood has weakened in humans, meaning no more sorcerers. In fact, anyone with magic (or accused of magic) is so greatly feared that they are often sentenced to horrific deaths. No longer physically attached to her soulblade, Jaxi, Sardelle has to face this new world alone without magic.
Ridge and Sardelle must battle their own issues to trust one another and leave this hell-hole.
The next in the series is Deathmaker and here we meet two new characters. Cas is the youngest in Zirkander's flight crew. She has an uncanny ability to always shoot her target and loves to be part of the wolf flight crew.
Deathmaker is a scientist/warrior who was kicked out by his army and now lives as a notorious pirate with a grudge against Zirkander. When captured and placed within a cell, his luck changes as he finds himself with Cas, his enemy's lieutenant. They need each other to escape but can they trust each other.
These are just the first two of the six book collection. So far I am hooked. Ironically, I had bought the first three as a set and had never gotten round to them, then BookBub offered me the first one for free and having read it, tried to get the 2nd one on Amazon to then be told I already had it. Whilst this suggests the blurb was good enough for me to download the books, it clearly didn't entice me enough to want to read it. However, I am glad I did.
Fast paced, witty and enjoyable are what I would use to describe this collection thus far. The characters have depth and by making the 5 main characters known through the first two books separately means we have a deeper understanding and knowledge of them and can now move on to the rest of the series with this greater understanding instead of having just 2 dimensional characters but having them in all of the books all of the time.
The setting seems a mix between modern day and medieval. There are flying machines similar to our fighter planes and airships yet magic is tolerated as much as it was during the Pendle Witches or Salem trials and is believed to have died out. Guns are used but so are swords. Buroker has used the best of all fantasy worlds and merged them together to enable primitive mindsets to live alongside mechanical evolution with magic.
If you are not a fan of independent authors due to the utter rubbish that can be out there then I suggest you have a go at these books to alter your mindset. Buroker has managed to create a very complete and accurate book that flows and feels like traditionally published book without actually being one. For fans of the Inheritance Cycle or the Lord of the Rings Trilogy this should be on your "to read list".
All in all a great read so far and I am excited to have a complete book series to get my teeth into once more. My verdict a solid 7.5/10.


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HempAmericana Inc (OTCMKTS:HMPQ) Leads Charge Into CBG Opportunity
As the CBD space heats back up following the Aurora-Reliva deal, it may pay to focus on potential CBD companies that could be next up in the M&A binge if the Canadian "bigs" are starting to swoop in – with HempAmericana Inc (OTCMKTS:HMPQ) being of particular interest. To add some further color to the story, the company just announced the upcoming launch of the Company's new Cannabigerol (CBG) oil product, now being laboratory tested for purity and potency. According to the release, the product will be available for purchase within two weeks on the Company's recently launched e-commerce portal (HempAmericana.store) as well as through its newly established distribution relationship with the Alibaba B2B platform.
"CBG has already started to inspire a great deal of interest as an emerging new trend in the cannabinoid supplement marketplace because it has subtle nuances in terms of its interaction with the endocannabinoid system that we are only just beginning to understand," noted Salvador Rosillo, CEO of HempAmericana. "CBD and Hemp consumers are beginning to experiment with CBG Oil in growing numbers, and there aren't many producers out there with the infrastructure to produce a truly top quality CBG formulation at meaningful volume."
HempAmericana Inc (OTCMKTS:HMPQ) bills itself as a company that researches, develops and sells products made of industrial hemp. The company also carries other non-hemp-based products but intends to focus primarily on the potential for hemp.
At this time the HMPQ's main product is its brand of hemp-based rolling papers known as "Rolling Thunders" that are to be used for the smoking of tobacco and other legal substances.
Anything that can be made with plastic can be made with industrial hemp and HempAmericana plans to fill the growing need and demand for hemp-based products within the United States. The company also intends to explore other possible business avenues relating to the legal use of the Cannabis plant.
According to company materials, "HempAmericana is an emerging leader in the CBD products market. The Company owns and operates a high-capacity, state-of-the-art CBD extraction and processing facility located in Augusta, Maine. This facility is armed with a supersized supercritical CO2 extraction system, centrifugal partition chromatography refinement technology, and a mechanized fully-automated CBD bottling system. HempAmericana also owns and operates Union Farm, a high-potency CBD strain development facility located in Union, Maine. The Company's CBD oil business uses the brand designation, "Weed Got Oil". HempAmericana also researches, develops, and sells products made of industrial hemp, including a popular brand of hemp rolling papers marketed under the brand name, "Rolling Thunders". See more at www.hempamericana.com".
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As noted above, HMPQ just announced the upcoming launch of the Company's new Cannabigerol (CBG) oil product, now being laboratory tested for purity and potency.
Recent action has been relatively flat for shareholders of the company during the trailing month. What's more, the company has seen interest climb, with an increase in recent trading volume of 19% above its longer-run average levels.
Rosillo continued, "More research is certainly on the way to help us understand more about how CBG can help people optimize their health and wellness through natural hemp-based products. But we already know it is closely related to CBD and has documented physiological interactions with some slight differences that may ultimately prove to be important as a resource for feeling our best."
At this time, carrying a capital value in the market of $5.4M, HMPQ has just started to pull in meaningful revenues, so the financial data should build out from here. The company doesn't have a lot of cash on the books, which must be weighed relative to about $3.6M in total current liabilities. We will update the story again as soon as further details emerge. Sign-up for continuing coverage on shares of $HMPQ stock, as well as other hot stock picks, get our free newsletter today and get our next breakout pick!
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The recent warm weather and blue skies have created picture-perfect, balmy days to close out summer — but appearances can be deceiving.
Just ask anyone who spends any time outside and they'll all tell you the same thing.
"It's horrible," said Kevin Zirbes of Nate's Lawn Maintenance in Belgium.
The culprit, as anyone who has stepped outside recently knows, is mosquitoes. While the pesky insects emerge every year, the August flood and persistent rain have seemingly created swarms of the biting bug.
"Heat and water equal mosquitoes," said Andrea Diss-Torrance, invasive forest insects program coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Stores can't keep repellent on the shelves, and parents are lamenting the fact they can't send their children outside on these otherwise beautiful summery days.
Runners and other athletes are feeling the effects as well.
The football field at Cedar Grove-Belgium High School was sprayed last Friday morning to try and deal with the pests, but coach Dan Schreurs said it didn't help. He called on some outside help to deal with the bugs.
Dave Didier of the Port Washington-Saukville Rotary Club decided to spray around the beer garden area in Upper Lake Park last Saturday to keep the bugs at bay and customers coming.
It seemed to work, he said.
Zirbes said he's been buying repellent wherever he can find it to help protect his workers.
"Everyone's out of it," he said, adding he was lucky Tuesday to stop at Drew's True Value just after the store restocked its shelves.
He's also bought some nets for workers to wear over their heads, Zirbes said.
Diss-Torrance said people need to eliminate breeding places as best they can by removing anything that can hold water — everything from watering cans to puddles and birdbaths and watering cans. Even plastic covers for grills and garbage bags can sag and hold water, creating a breeding ground.
Areas of standing water such as ponds can be treated with products containing Bti, a natural larvicide that controls mosquito larvae for as long as 30 days but is harmless to people, pets, birds, fish and other wildlife, she added.
Both male and female mosquitoes dine on nectar, but only the females bite, Diss-Torrance said. They need the protein in blood to make eggs.
According to the Purdue University Department of Entomology, each female lays as many as 400 eggs after a blood meal, and those eggs may hatch in less than three days. If temperatures are ideal, the eggs hatch and mature into adult mosquitoes in as few as 10 days.
Mosquitoes have a number of predators, including bats, swallows, martins, panfish, but at times like this, there aren't enough out there to make a difference, Diss-Torrance said.
She recommended people wear shirts with long sleeves and pants with socks thick enough to prevent mosquitoes from biting through them. The biting bugs are attracted to dark colored clothing, so she recommended wearing light, bright clothes.
"Any skin that's exposed they'll find," Diss-Torrance said.
But even covering up won't stop skeeters, Diss-Torrance said.
"They'll find where it's folded against you and go right through," she said.
Repellents with 30% DEET or more are suggested, and can be sprayed on skin or clothing, Diss-Torrance said.
"If it's really horrible out, I like mosquito clothing," she said.
Mosquito clothing covers much of the skin, has a hood with a mesh screen to cover the face and mesh panels to help keep the wearer cool, and can be found in outdoors stores, she said.
Pets should also be kept in screened areas to protect them from mosquitoes, Diss-Torrance said, adding veterinarians can also recommend repellents for animals.
If you do get stung, pharmacists can recommend treatments for the bites, she said. Natural treatments such as aloe can also be used.
West Nile disease can be transmitted by mosquitoes, but the odds of being infected are relatively small. The DNR estimates only 80% of people infected never experience symptoms. Most of the remaining 20% will experience relatively mild symptoms, with less than one percent or one of every 150 people, becoming seriously ill. There has not been a case of a person infected with the disease in Ozaukee County this year, and only two confirmed and four suspected cases in the state, according to the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.
Even as they continue to swat at the skeeters, people can take some solace in the fact that mosquito season doesn't last forever, Diss-Torrance said.


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English Partnerships is looking for a partner to develop 48.2 acres of land in Yorkshire under the government's Carbon Challenge scheme.
The government's regeneration agency wants to redevelop Brodsworth Woodlands, near Doncaster, into 500 homes and 145,300 sq ft of mixed-use commercial space in partnership with Renaissance South Yorkshire.
Under the Carbon Challenge scheme, which aims to 'accelerate the house building industry's response to climate change', all homes at the development will be zero carbon, in line with level 6 of the government's new Code for Sustainable development, and the commercial element will be BREEAM 'Excellent' rated.
The land, formally the Brodsworth Colliery, was reclaimed in 1997 as a part of the English Partnerships National Coalfields Programme – with the majority of the land turned into Brodsworth Community Woodlands.
Residential development will cover 32.6 acres of the site with the remaining 15.57 given over to the commercial element.
Jones Lang LaSalle is marketing the site and advising on the chosen development partner.


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President Kovind pays tribute to Fidel Castro in Cuba
President Kovind arrived here yesterday on the last leg of his three-nation tour to Greece, Suriname and Cuba.
PTI | Havana | June 22, 2018 10:08 am
(Photo: Twitter/@rashtrapatibhvn)
President Ram Nath Kovind has paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba, describing the late leader as a great friend of India who lent strength to the voice of developing countries in the international arena.
The President along with his wife Savita Kovind paid tribute to the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the US.
"Honoured to begin my state visit to Cuba by paying homage to Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba. A great friend of India, who lent dignity & strength to the voice of developing countries in the international arena. His leadership shall continue to inspire millions," the President tweeted.
Honoured to begin my state visit to Cuba by paying homage to Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba. A great friend of India, who lent dignity & strength to the voice of developing countries in the international arena. His leadership shall continue to inspire millions #PresidentKovind pic.twitter.com/pDz8M5CHZc
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) June 22, 2018
Cold War icon Castro stuck to his ideology beyond the collapse of Soviet communism and remained widely respected in parts of the world that struggled against colonial rule. The late commander of the Cuban revolution passed away at the age of 90 on 25 November 2016.
During the two-day visit, President Kovind will hold talks with newly-elected Cuban President Miguel Diza-Canel Bermudez.
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I recently had the opportunity to read The Golden Sequence by Jonni Pollard. This book came as a surprise to me, just bundled in with another book I had been asked to review. Let me tell you, surprise books are the best kind of surprise.
The Golden Sequence is much along the same vein as the past few books I've been sent for review; it is a book about finding yourself, discovering your innermost desires and drives, and reaching a certain kind of fulfillment. With The Burn Zone, I followed the story of a woman trapped in a cult, frantically searching for herself after losing her identity entirely to the world she'd been absorbed into. Then in Brother John, I read the essay of a man seeking purpose, hiding out in a monastery and all buy idolizing a monk who lives there.
The Golden Sequence is a how-to guide, more or less. It is a meditation aid and a guide in seeking fulfillment through understanding The Golden Sequence.
As I've said, this book is a lot about finding yourself and finding purpose in your life. It aims to identify the problems in our lives–why we're feeling unfulfilled and unconnected–and help us to fix the brokenness in our lives.
And that's where it falls apart for me, personally. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this book; it is well-written and researched and thought out. But I am not one for meditation or seeking fulfillment through self-discovery. And that is 100% to do with my own religious and spiritual views.
That said, there was still much to be gleaned from The Golden Sequence, even for a non-meditating Christian, like me. It was interesting to learn about Vedism and its views on seeking fulfillment. And it was interesting to read Pollard's understanding and delivery of the Vedistic beliefs.
What really intrigued me about this is the universal truth behind it all. Aren't we all trying to get to a place where we understand and believe that life is sacred, love is natural, wisdom is powerful, and that purpose and fulfillment are inextricably linked? Even in my own, different beliefs, these are ideals resonate so deep within me. Can you imagine a world where everybody held these same beliefs dear?
So while this was not a life-changing book for me, it was chock-full of truth and ideals that may resonate with others. It gives words to an understanding I've had for a long time that wisdom comes in different forms and in different areas. It spoke on the universal truth on our brokenness and our inadequacies.


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Organic Flower Acquires Ownership of 90 Percent of PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling
By FuelCellsWorksOctober 29, 2020 8 min read (1414 words)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Organic Flower Investments Group Inc. (CSE: SOW)(FWB: 2K6)(OTC: QILFF) ("Organic Flower" or the "Company" or "SOW") is pleased to announce that further to the Company's news release on August 21, 2020, announcing its intention to augment its investment portfolio with a hydrogen sector investment, the Company has acquired a 90% equity interest in California-based PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp. ("PowerTap") as at October 27, 2020.
"PowerTap is very excited to have had this investment and recognition from SOW and plans to quickly build out a large North American hydrogen fueling station network from its strong position in IP and over two decades of continuous progress in creating hydrogen fueling solutions.
As an experienced developer of technology in an important area that is finally having its time as a green but also economically compelling energy options, PowerTap is intent on becoming a leading part of the multi-billion dollar hydrogen fueling space," said Raghu Kilambi, CEO of PowerTap.
PowerTap's corporate presentation may be accessed at the following link: https://sowinvestments.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PowerTap-Deck-Oct28.pdf
Organic Flower and PowerTap will work together to develop the hydrogen fueling station network in stages, consisting of engineering & design; ongoing development of PowerTap 3.0; and permitting and site preparation. The development of the hydrogen fueling station network is expected to commence with further updates to engineering and design in Q4 of 2021. Subject to the progress of this initial stage, the remaining stages of development and initial manufacturing are expected to start in Q1 2021 and progress with the production of units in 2021. The anticipated aggregate cost of all stages of development of PowerTap's 3rd generation product is approximately $17m. At each stage of development, Organic Flower and PowerTap plan to secure financing of the project through available government financing & credits, and equity, debt & convertible debt offerings. The timing of the development to the next stages and the cost of each stage is subject to the success at each stage of development, the general development of the hydrogen fueling industry and the availability of funding.
This investment in PowerTap aligns with the Company's investment policy, which was previously amended and restated to include the renewable energy sector as an area of focus for the Company. The amended and restated investment policy is available for review on the Company's website at (https://sowinvestments.ca/) and will be tabled for ratification at the Company's next annual general meeting of shareholders. The Company intends to change its name to better align with its current investment policy and will announce the new name, ticker and effective date of the name change shortly.
Hydrogen Infrastructure Sector
The Company believes that finally, hydrogen is going to have its time due to the cleantech revolution and economic advantages over incumbent fueling technologies, especially in commercial transportation. Industry reports forecast hydrogen to be a US$130 billion industry by 2030 in the USA with 700,000 jobs1.
Hydrogen-powered vehicles have major advantages over battery electric, gas, and diesel vehicles (driving range, fueling time, and cost per mile)2. Billions of dollars' worth of hydrogen long haul trucks and cars are expected on the market in the next 2-4 years from incumbents and upstarts in the next 36 months3. Once produced, hydrogen-powered vehicles generate electrical power in a fuel cell, emitting only water vapor and warm air.
Established vehicle manufacturers (Toyota, Hyundai, Daimler, and Volvo) have announced that they are ramping up their delivery schedules of hydrogen-powered cars and long-haul trucks and Nikola Motors has announced it will be manufacturing hydrogen-electric long-haul vehicles4. The Company anticipates that the biggest need for the industry to receive general adoption are hydrogen fueling/refueling stations. There are currently only approximately 70 consumer hydrogen fueling stations in the U.S. versus approximately 150,000 gas stations and approximately ~25,000 battery electric vehicle (BEV) recharging stations5.
About PowerTap
PowerTap is leading the charge to build out cost-effective hydrogen fueling infrastructure through its environmentally friendly intellectual property, product design for the modularized and lowest tier production cost of hydrogen, and launch plan.
Substantial investment continuously over a 20 year period from serious and sizeable public and private organizations and partnerships including energy multinationals, the U.S. government, and further investments from a major auto manufacturer, has resulted in the PowerTap portfolio of IP and advanced deployed technologies as they exist in the present day.
For this reason amongst others, PowerTap believes that it has accrued and can deliver advantages over peers, battery electric vehicles (BEV), and gas and diesel fuel solutions, including quicker refueling, lower cost per mile, and longer driving ranges – and of course, lowest tier overall emissions including initial inputs and processing.
PowerTap's advantage over other hydrogen fueling station systems is that it has a small physical footprint where it can produce hydrogen fuel cost-effectively on-site at the individual station. Most existing USA hydrogen fueling stations buy hydrogen for storage at individual stations at much higher costs than PowerTap's production cost. PowerTap technology-based hydrogen fueling stations are located in private enterprises and public stations (near LAX airport) in California, Texas, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
PowerTap is expected to qualify for attractive infrastructure loans plus the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard credit program allows PowerTap to earn attractive cash flow generating credits for building out the hydrogen production infrastructure at the individual station level. The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard credit program was a multibillion-dollar market in 2019.
PowerTap's plans include the co-location of its hydrogen fueling infrastructure at an existing gas station/truck stops. PowerTap's goal is to deploy 500 to 1,000 stations within the next 3-5 yrs in the U.S. alone. There are currently under 100 active consumer hydrogen fueling stations operational in the U.S.
Additional information about PowerTap may be found at its website at http://www.powertapfuels.com
Acquisition of PowerTap
The acquisition of 90% of PowerTap (the "Acquisition") is the cumulation of the transactions contemplated under the previously announced letter of intent dated August 12, 2020, between the Company and PowerTap (the "Letter of Intent"). The Letter of Intent granted the Company with the option to acquire up to a 90% interest of PowerTap (the "Option"). Upon exercise of the Option, PowerTap's shareholders (collectively, the "Vendors") entered into a definitive agreement whereby the Company acquired 90% of PowerTap. The consideration paid to the Vendors consisted of an aggregate of 106,210,708 common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Consideration Shares"), under an 18-month escrow release program, at a deemed value of CA$0.30 per Consideration Share. The Vendors are arm's-length to one another and none of whom, individually holds 10% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company on a non-diluted basis. The Acquisition does not constitute a fundamental change or change of business for the Company, within the meaning of the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange, but as the Acquisition constitutes a significant acquisition pursuant to National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations, the Company will file a business acquisition report within 75 days from the date hereof.
The issuance of the Consideration Shares relied on the take-over bid exemption under Section 2.16 of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions and therefore the Consideration Shares are not subject to a four-month and one day hold period. However, the Vendors agreed to escrows of up to 18 months after the acquisition closes.
In connection with the Acquisition, the CA$4.4 million previously advanced by the Company to PowerTap pursuant to the Letter of Intent, was converted into an 8% demand promissory note, payable to the Company.
Engagement of First Marketing GMBH
Organic Flower has retained First Marketing GmbH, a leading investor relations and marketing firm based in Heidelberg, Germany, to provide marketing services focused on the European markets. Under the agreement, which commences on the date hereof, the service provider is to provide content distribution, translation and advertising services in Europe. The company agrees to pay the service provider up to 500,000 euros over the 6-month period to develop required content and artwork and to launch its market awareness programs in the European Union.
ABOUT ORGANIC FLOWER INVESTMENTS
Organic Flower is an investment company, that specializes in investing into private and public companies opportunistically that may be engaged in a variety of industries, with a current focus in the health and renewable energy industries. In particular, the investment mandate is focused on high return investment opportunities, the ability to achieve a reasonable rate of capital appreciation and to seek liquidity in our investments. A copy of Organic Flower's amended and restated investment policy may be found under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
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Q: Reading the packet information (based on the picture) Here is an image of a packet captured (I do not have full image, only this snippet). From it, I know that 0x4500 means it indicated the IP version is IPv4. But how do i indicate what is the source and destination address? Is there an easy way to see and determine which?
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A: Apologies for my "paint" with mouse skill. The general idea is this.
You take a header format and match it byte by byte.

To find protocol numbers one needs to read an appropriate registry. For IP this registry is IANA registry for protocol numbers. Most protocols standardized by IETF has similar IANA registries. The registry should be listed in protocol specification.

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