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10 bold predictions for the Lebanon County high school football season
Pat Huggins
Lebanon Daily News
As Hank Williams, Jr. once so eloquently asked a nation of gridiron fans, "Are you ready for some football?"
Of course you are. And that's a good thing, because it's here.
Friday night, Aug. 23, the 2019 high school football season kicks off — literally and figuratively — at a stadium near you.
Just how it will all play out remains to be seen, but here are 10 bold predictions — hopefully accurate, too. Yikes — on what the season will hold for Lebanon County teams and their fans.
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1. The Cedar Bowl will go down to the wire. Finally
The annual crosstown clash between Lebanon and Cedar Crest has been thoroughly non-competitive in recent years — Cedar Crest has won seven straight by an average of nearly 28 points per game, including last year's 42-19 decision at Alumni Stadium.
But I believe this year will be different. Due to graduations that took some key players from Cedar Crest — including four-year starting quarterback Logan Horn and receiver Brody Dunlop — and the fact that Lebanon brings back nine starters on defense and eight on offense, the teams appear to be more evenly matched than they've been in some time.
That doesn't mean Lebanon will end its Cedar Bowl losing streak. First, it's got to, among other things, stop Cedar Crest's power running game, led by senior back Tyler Cruz. But unlike the past seven years, this one will be in doubt until the very end.
I think. I hope.
2. A Lebanon County team will win the Lancaster-Lebanon Section 3 title
Really going out on a limb here, since four — Annville-Cleona, Elco, Lebanon, Northern Lebanon — of the section's 10 teams are from Lebanon County.
And I'm sure perennial power Lancaster Catholic will do its best to make me eat those words, but I believe A-C, Elco and Lebanon all have legitimate shots at the section crown. Northern Lebanon could play a spoiler role but is probably not ready to contend after a 1-9 2018 season.
So who's it gonna be? I'm gonna say A-C, which brings back loads of skill position talent and has the section's best kicker in junior Mac Plummer. Circle that Sept. 27 Annville-Cleona at Lancaster Catholic game on your calendar.
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3. Lebanon County's best player will be Cedar Crest running back Tyler Cruz
Cruz racked up 647 yards and 14 touchdowns in a balanced offense last year and will be relied upon heavily this time around as Cedar Crest transitions into the post-Logan Horn era and emphasizes a power running game.
Physical and fast at 5-foot-10 and 200 pounds, Cruz will have his work cut out for him against Section 1 defenses, but he'll prove his worth just the same with the help of a veteran Crest O-line that includes Andrew Foltz and TJ Moore.
4. Lebanon QB Isaiah Rodriguez will put up big numbers
Rodriguez showed glimpses of immense potential last year as a sophomore, throwing for close to 2,000 yards with 18 touchdowns and just nine interceptions.
Oh by the way, he's 6-foot-5 and 205 pounds with a cannon for a right arm, and honed his skills with a trip to the Manning Passing Academy this summer.
Lebanon coach Gerry Yonchiuk, who knows a little something about mentoring quarterbacks, is beyond excited about Rodriguez's skills and with good reason.
He'll be fun to watch, guaranteed.
5. Elco running back Luke Williams is the best player in the county nobody knows about
Why do I say that? Because I almost forgot about him and all he did last season as a freshman was rush for 787 yards and four touchdowns in the regular season while helping Elco to an 8-2 record and a district playoff berth.
To be sure, junior QB/DB Braden Bohannon, a tough kid and great leader, is Elco's catalyst on both sides of the ball, but who knows where the Raiders would have been without Williams' productivity last season.
His older brother, Erik, a senior tight end/linebacker, is a heck of a player, too, just so you know.
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6. Annville-Cleona's Mac Plummer is the next Chad Ryland
Like Ryland, who went from soccer player to place kicker at Cedar Crest and is now booting field goals at Eastern Michigan, Plummer has got a heck of a strong right leg and a likely future as a collegiate kicker if he wants it.
All he did last year was hit on 45-of-51 extra points and 3-of-4 field goal attempts, including a 45-yarder against Elco that would have been good from 50. As a sophomore, no less.
With A-C figuring to be pretty potent offensively, Plummer should get plenty of chances to enhance his kicking skills this season. Keep an eye on him, college recruiters.
7. Northern Lebanon will win a game it's not supposed to
Yes, the Vikings went 1-9 last season and yes, they've only got 23 players on their roster this season.
But Northern Lebanon grew from last season's struggles, and at some point this season I think it'll prove it and knock off a team it's not expected to beat.
Having starting quarterback Ethan Borcky returning doesn't hurt, but it's more than that. I spoke to a few of the Vikings this week, and they seemed determined to prove they're better than people think.
They showed a flash of it last season when they nearly upset playoff-bound Elco. And it says here they're capable of closing the deal this season. Stay tuned.
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8. Palmyra will post its sixth straight non-losing season
Once an afterthought when talk turned to the county's most consistently successful football program, Palmyra hasn't had a losing season since 2013, going 5-5, 7-4, 8-2, 6-4 and 8-3 the last five years.
I think they'll make it six this season. Won't be easy, though. Graduation hit hard and a challenging Mid-Penn Capital Division schedule awaits.
But head coach Chris Pope and his staff have gotten pretty good at getting the Cougars to the finish line in good shape over the years, so don't be surprised if they do it again.
9. Lebanon's Alumni Stadium will continue to be the county's coolest high school football venue
Not a bold prediction, really. It already is. Alumni Stadium's old school charm is hard to beat on a crisp Friday night.
Plus, where else can the crowd noise and PA announcer be drowned by a training passing by on the 8th street tracks? Gotta love it.
10. I will complain about the weather for at least the first two weeks of the season
As I told someone recently, I love me some high school football, but not in the summer heat and humidity, which looks like it will be with us at least through Week 1.
By the way, Aug. 23 is way too early to start the regular season. Sorry, it's true.
Ah well, at least it's almost fall. Enjoy the season, everybody.
Pat Huggins is a sportswriter for the Daily News. Follow him on Twitter @phuggsports.


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There are many kinds of road scammers in India who operate independently. One of the most famous road scamming gangs was the "Thak Thak Gang" which used to rob car occupants of money and valuables. A recent incident has surfaced from Delhi where a guy robs a Porsche driver off his phone.
The whole incident was recorded by a dashboard camera. The incident took place on a busy road near AIIMS hospital on 2nd August. The Porsche was stuck in traffic and was in the right most lane and was waiting for the traffic signal to turn green.
According to the post done the brother of the victim, a guy walked past his vehicle pretending to be busy with his own phone. But he was checking out the valuables inside all the cars stuck at the signal. As the signal turned green, the Porsche started moving slowly, and the driver heard a loud thud sound from the rear of his car.
The guy who was pretending to look in his phone came back and started knocking the left-side window of the victim's car and asked him to roll down the window. When the driver asked him what is the problem, the scammer said: "Can't you see how you are driving?" At that comment, the scammer's partner knocked on the driver-side window. The driver looked towards his right – and the scammer quickly lifted the phone lying on the passenger seat and left the spot.
This is one the most common ways of scamming people and robbing them of their valuables. Such scam gangs target people driving alone.
The victim later registered a FIR at the Hauz Khas police station, but the cops have not apprehended the criminals till now.
Such incidents are one of the most common ways to scam people in India. Here is how you can avoid such situations.
If you're sure that you have not hit anyone, do not entertain any such people.
If you are sure its a scammer, shout back at the scammer from inside the safety of the car. They vanish instantly, as they do not want to spend time there as it increases the chances of others recognising what they are doing.
Never open the window, if the person insists, open slightly so you can hear each other.
The person is not letting you go from the spot, immediately call the cops on the spot.
Never get out of the vehicle leaving your valuables inside.
Always keep an eye on suspicious jaywalkers on the road.
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Global airlines will push to get "neutral information" on whether to use or avoid airspace over conflict zones at Tuesday's meeting of the U.N. aviation agency and other airline bodies, a European-based airline industry source said.
The U.N. agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), has invited the heads of the airline industry, airports and the world's air traffic control networks to the Montreal meeting to discuss what needs to be changed to ensure that airliners are flying in secure airspace after the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine on July 17 took 298 lives.
The meeting is likely to hear calls for wider international powers to intervene when a country fails to monitor threats to its airspace. The Malaysia Airlines crash occurred after Ukraine left open air corridors that lay within the range of the missile blamed for destroying the jet.
Airlines, represented by International Air Transport Association, will tell the meeting they urgently need improved access to "neutral information based on objective criteria," the industry source said.
"Airlines do not have CIA operatives working for them," said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "At the end of the day, airlines have to decide whether to fly or not based on accurate information.
"Yet some countries will never, ever say there is a problem with their airspace even if there really is a problem with their airspace. This does not make it easy for airlines."
On Monday, Emirates Airline announced it would stop flying over Iraq to protect against the threat of militants on the ground.
ICAO currently has a limited role and cannot open or close airspace. It issued an advisory this year, warning of a jurisdictional risk posed by two sets of air traffic controllers directing traffic over the Crimea region.
Enhancing ICAO's role to give it the authority to tell airlines where to fly, or to tell its members what to do with their airspace, would test rules that dates back to World War One peace agreements and are enshrined in ICAO's founding charter.
It would also require the agency to obtain sensitive information from its member states about their internal military and political affairs.
Diplomats say any attempt to tamper with the sovereignty of airspace could set broader precedents that make quick results unlikely. The United States has already said it is not seeking changes to ICAO's guidelines.
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, involved in Tuesday's meeting, has also said it is not pushing for a central body to provide oversight or issue advisories.
While ICAO is unlikely to gain broad regulatory powers, some U.N. agency insiders and industry experts said the agency could help keep country regulators better informed.
It already publishes a Global Risk Context Statement, which describes risks to airliners in broad terms. The document highlights the risk of shoulder-mounted missiles, for example. But it does not say where in the world these risks are most severe, information of crucial interest to airlines.
One council representative raised the possibility of expanding the Risk Context Statement to include more details about regional conflicts.
"Nonbinding advisories may be possible," said another source familiar with ICAO. "Airlines want ICAO's involvement as ICAO may have better access to government sources of security intelligence, and thus could help make better information available to airlines."
But governments may not be eager to share sensitive military intelligence, and singling out particular regions could anger some states.
"Where ICAO has success is where they keep out of politics, as much as possible," said David Mackenzie, a Canadian professor who has written a history of the U.N. agency.
Even if there is a consensus in favor of expanding ICAO's role in some way, it may not last.
"When there are challenges, people want ICAO to get involved," said a second council representative. "But when we are further away from problems, the states would like ICAO to go away."


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Contract Renewals Confirm WhiteHawk Cybersecurity Expertise
WRITTEN BY: Meagan Evans
WhiteHawk's (ASX:WHK) best-in class cyber security products have attracted some major customers — from US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) company contractors, to top financial institutions and utilities, as well as US Federal government departments.
The company now has three contracts with separate US federal government departments — including a subcontractor role with Fortune 500 company Accenture (NYSE:ACN) on a US$2B government contract.
While news of these contracts was celebrated by company shareholders, it's not just the new customers, new contracts, and new partnerships that are grabbing attention.
A possibly even stronger endorsement of WhiteHawk, its products and its services, is that it is securing contract extensions...
Just another piece in the puzzle cementing our decision to name WhiteHawk as the Next Tech Stock's top pick of the year.
The latest re-signing is from a top 10 US financial institution that holds nearly US$400 billion (A$589B) in total assets and is well-known throughout the industry for its leadership.
The now multi-stage contract with the institution was first signed in May 2018 to provide continuous monitoring, alerting, and mitigation of its key supply chain companies' business and cyber risks, across its 50 most critical sub-contractors. The contract was then extended that following December, with today's extension bringing its total value to over US$850,000 (A$1.25M).
Not long before this, WhiteHawk secured a contract extension with a top 12 US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) company customer to provide for business and supply chain risk management. It includes continuous monitoring, alerting and mitigation of business and cyber risks for a total of up to 60 supply chain companies in real time.
Due to the sensitivity of cybersecurity risk focused work, specific company names cannot be released.
What I do know is that both are large tier 1 organisations, and their decision to adopt WhiteHawk's cyber security technology for an extended contract period is a strong endorsement of the group's products and it bodes well for revenue growth.
All the latest from our pick of the year,
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Here's why WhiteHawk is the Next Tech Stock Pick of the Year:
WhiteHawk Limited (ASX:WHK) is the first global online cybersecurity exchange and AI-driven cyber risk mitigation company, enabling small to mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) to take smart action to identify and address cyber risks.
WhiteHawk sells cyber products and services to SMEs — businesses with revenues of up to US$1 billion — from referrals or 360 Cyber Risk Framework vendor companies via its online cybersecurity exchange platform.
The company also sells its 360 Cyber Risk Frameworks and Risk Scorecards to large corporations and government organisations and their supply chain and vendor companies. Additionally, it provides executive cyber risk consulting services to large government and industry enterprises.
It's also the Next Tech Stock's top pick of the year.
We made that call back in May when the company announced it had been awarded two consecutive major sub-contractor roles working to secure US federal governments departments.
Since then then the stock has gained plenty of investor interest — the share price bouncing off a low of 4 cents last September to reach more than 15 cents per share in May.
Contract extension with top 10 US financial institution
WhiteHawk today confirmed a contract extension with its top 10 US financial institution customer for business and cyber supply chain management, providing for cyber risk analytics for up to 50 companies.
The initial US$325,000 (A$479K) contract was signed back in May last year and was the company's first sale of its 360 Cyber Risk Framework. The contract involved identifying the financial institution client's exposure to business and cyber security risk through its 50 most critical sub-contractors.
As mentioned, it can't be named, but this customer, is a major US financial institution that holds nearly US$400 billion (A$589B) in total assets and is well-known for its industry leadership.
Not only has WHK successfully extended its existing contract, but it has transitioned the customer to its advanced offering of the 360 Cyber Risk Framework. This version includes the newly launched Business Risk Platform from Interos and the WhiteHawk Cyber Risk Scorecards.
This contract extension is the continuation of an initial multi-phase contract started in 2018 for a total of over US$680,000 (A$999K).
Framework continues to provide business and cyber risk continuous monitoring, alerting, prioritisation and mitigation services for over 50 vendor companies for US$249,000 (A$367K).
Long term contract open competition is still under deliberation, but this contract will allow the customer to continue to effectively execute their Vendor Risk Management Program on the comprehensive business ecosystem dashboard that includes business, technical, and security risks.
The customer contracted with WhiteHawk to implement a comprehensive 360 Cyber Risk Framework which includes provisioning of an online Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription augmented by cyber risk management consulting services.
Through regular automated reporting, the customer will maintain a Cyber Risk Rating baseline for key suppliers, receiving actionable business and cyber intelligence and gaining visibility and transparency into the cyber health and status of its suppliers.
The customer will receive WhiteHawk Cyber Risk Scorecards for 30 suppliers and Risk Portfolio reports. The Cyber Risk Scorecards provide detailed cyber risk reporting on an individual company basis.
These reports provide risk context and solution insights based on WhiteHawk Cyber Risk Analytics and vendor matching. The Risk Scorecards summarise the findings and solution options for each vendor to act upon, for increasing their cyber maturity and resilience and the Risk Portfolio Report allows the customer to view trends across the entire set of vendors, providing an executive level view of supplier performance over time.
WhiteHawk CEO Terry Roberts explained that "having important Financial Sector customers renew their 360 Cyber Risk Frameworks with WhiteHawk is critical to our credibility and growth".
WHK: Next Tech Stock's pick of the year
The above is the second contract extension won by WHK in recent months — the first being an extension with a top 12 US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) company back in mid-June for supply chain risk management.
WhiteHawk continues to make substantial progress in its technological developments, and along with its management team, its contract signings and partnerships accrued to date, plus opportunities still in the pipeline, confirm it as our Next Tech Stock pick of the year.
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Q: Reason: Incompatible library version: identify requires version 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0 Trace/BPT trap i am running 10.6.8 MacOSX Snow Leopard , and i have installed imagemagick using brew install imagemagick and when i run identify in my terminal i get the following error
I got this error when i ran spree install as well , as spree also uses imagemagick and imagemagick requires some dyld library version 14.0.0
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dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/identify
  Reason: Incompatible library version: identify requires version 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
Reason: Incompatible library version: identify requires version 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
Trace/BPT trap

I had also run software update but it does not update the DYLD Library version , How am i supposed to update the Library version from 13.0.0 to 14.0.0 or above in Snow Leopard ?Please help , thanks in advance

A: i figured it out , if was quite simple
i just copied a different version of libfreetype.6.dyld from my MAMP installation to my /usr/X11/lib
sudo cp /Applications/MAMP/Library/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /usr/X11/lib/

and it worked.

A: Try installing dlib library using following command
conda install -c conda-forge dlib
It will take care all the dependencies and eventually will work out.

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Staten Island Yankees Set to Transform to Pizza Rats on Saturday Home Games
June 11, 2018 June 11, 2018 by jdelpriore1, posted in baseball, Minor League Baseball, SPORTS
By Jerry Del Priore
Staten Island Pizza Rats.
Brooklyn may be known for its pizza, but Staten Island is making a compelling case to get its pizza noticed. The Staten Island Yankees, the short-season Single-A New York-Penn League (NYPL) affiliate of the New York Yankees, will be known as the Pizza Rats during Saturday home games.
The first Pizza Rats tilt is on June 23, at Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George.
"We're going to have some fun with this brand at the ballpark in 2018," said President Will Smith in a press release.
In addition, the team will be playing as the Staten Island Pizza Rats on July 7, July 14, July 21 and August 4.
The name change came about in 2016, when the Staten Island Yankees searched for a new team name to create a hometown identity. The Pizza Rats made its way to the team's final five possible nicknames. The final decision was left to the fans, who voted for their favorite in a "Name the Team" contest. By a tremendous margin, the winner of the contest was the Staten Island Pizza Rats.
However, the Staten Island Yankee organization decide to table the name change for the time being. The name amendment resurfaced at an offseason meeting attending by Smith.
The Pizza Rats Join the Ranks of Different Minor League Baseball Team Names.
"I was in a meeting this offseason and someone recounted the rebranding contest," Smith said. "His lone comment was that it could not possibly be Pizza Rats. When I asked which one he preferred, he could not recall any others. That has been the response of many – it's unforgettable."
Along with the name change, the team released six new logos designed by Brandiose and will feature new merchandise both online and in-store at the ballpark, including New Era baseball caps, hoodies and t-shirts. You can view all of the logos and accompanying merchandise at pizzaratsbaseball.com.
"Of the five finalists, this was always an intriguing direction," Smith said. "I understand it's polarizing when heard for the first time. We believe these designs define a new brand that has something for everyone."
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A federal judge indicates that a verdict against Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics division over alleged problems with Pinnacle hip implants will stand, but the amount of damages awarded by the jury will be reduced from $500 million to $151 million for five plaintiffs whose cases were tried together.
U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade said he was forced to reduce the jury's award of punitive award in a DePuy Pinnacle hip trial, pursuant to Texas state laws, which limit the amount of such damages that may be awarded to punish corporations. However, Judge Kinkeade refused to set the verdict aside or allow the manufacturer to have a new trial.
After hearing evidence involving complications suffered by five different individuals who received the controversial metal-on-metal hip implant, the jury awarded a combined $140 million in compensatory damages, as well as another $360 million in punitive damages.
Johnson & Johnson argued that the verdict should be thrown out, or in the alternative indicated that the $360 million in punitive damages should be reduced to about $10 million.
The verdict came in the second bellwether trial scheduled in a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) established for cases filed throughout the federal court system, which are centralized before Judge Kinkeade in the Northern District of Texas.
All of the complaints raise similar allegations, indicating that the DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement was defectively designed, prone to fail and caused metal blood poisoning, known as metallosis, often resulting in the need for risky revision surgery to have the hip implant removed or replaced after just a few years.
Johnson & Johnson received a defense verdict in the first DePuy Pinnacle trial to go before a jury in 2014, after the manufacturer argued that the plaintiff's implant was improperly positioned by the surgeon. However, the jury in this case concluded that each of the plaintiffs' injuries were caused by defects and problems with the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant design.
Judge Kinkeade also issued an order (PDF) on July 5 refusing a request by Johnson & Johnson and DePuy to stay additional Pinnacle hip bellwether trials while the most recent verdict is appealed, noting that numerous courts have held that it is normal for the MDL process to continue during an appeal.
A series of bellwether trials in the DePuy Pinnacle hip litigation are expected to move forward, serving as test cases for thousands of similar lawsuits pending nationwide for individual who experienced problems with the implant.
The next trial is scheduled to begin on September 6, and will be selected from a pool of seven cases.
The Depuy Pinnacle is a metal-on-metal hip replacements, which features a metal femoral head that rotates within a metal acetabular cup. Similar models have been introduced by several different manufacturers in recent decades, and the design has been linked to substantial problems, often resulting in catastrophic failure within a few years after the artificial hip is implanted.
Johnson & Johnson previously agreed to pay more than $2.4 billion to settle DePuy ASR hip lawsuits faced by their subsidiary, resolving about 8,000 cases brought by individuals who required revision surgery after receiving this newer metal-on-metal design, which was recalled from the market after a higher-than-expected failure rate became evident.
Although the DePuy ASR design was based on the Pinnacle hip, Johnson & Johnson has failed to negotiation a large settlement for DePuy Pinnacle hip lawsuits, previously indicating that it intends to defend the cases at trial.


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"Back in the day, the blues was the real deal, and it had soul, and there were the greats playing it," says blues guitarist Wyatt Lowe, who was still in middle school when he began playing in local venues.
Lowe is both comfortable and credible in his role as a frontman, and he knows his way around blues chords and blues scales and appears to be able to solo endlessly in long streams and phrases that contain well-oiled quotes to many of the greats.
"We had a barbecue and blues restaurant in Temecula [Chappy's Road House] when Wyatt was born," says Lowe's mom Cheryl. "Wyatt grew up listening to Billy Watson and Robin Henkel. He was three years old and he'd stand by the side of the stage and watch, mesmerized. We wondered if something was wrong with him. But no. He was just soaking it in."
His backup band the Youngbloods has included drummer Jaxon Blinn (son of Scottie Blinn, formerly of the Mississippi Mudsharks, and now fronting Black Market III) and bassist Connor Patlan.
Lowe is something of a product of the Blues Lovers United of San Diego (BLUSD) Summer Blues Camp, where he brushed up against blues stalwarts such as Anson Funderburgh and Kim Wilson. "We worked for two months, on the fundamentals," Lowe says, "of what a blues player should know."
But young guys playing the blues? Why not indie, or punk? "I don't think we picked blues out," says drummer Jaxon Blinn. "It started out that way. I'm really into electronica, but I'm the only one in the band who is."
"The music we do?" says bassist Patlan. "It's someone else's, but we put out own vibe on it."
Wyatt Lowe's parents eventually left Temecula for Encinitas. They now run Chappy's Roadshow BBQ and Catering, which is how they met Scottie Blinn, who became the Youngbloods' coach. "We catered one of his events at the Summer Blues Camp," says Patrick Lowe.
Both Lowe and Patlan attended San Marcos high school, while Blinn attended High Tech High School, in Point Loma. In July 2013, the Lowe family, longtime Temecula residents, announced they would be relocating to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
By 2016, he had formed Wyatt Lowe and the Mayhem Kings and announced plans to relocate to Los Angeles.
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Bachelet had 'difficult' choice taking top UN job
By Tim Witcher
September 15, 2010 — 12.39pm
Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet said she thought long and hard before agreeing to become the first head of the United Nations' new super department on women.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon named Bachelet to the post on Tuesday, saying that he wanted her to lead a "powerful, dynamic and effective entity" that is being created from four existing agencies.
"It was difficult. I thought it over a long time, but in the end I accepted... because I knew the job would be along the lines of my entire personal history," Bachelet told a press conference in Santiago.
"It looked like a wonderful job that I couldn't turn down," she added, recalling her past advocacy for women's rights.
Diplomats said Bachelet was first approached for the job earlier this year but had been reluctant to accept. She cannot serve two consecutive terms as president under the Chilean constitution and the post could affect any hopes she has of standing again in 2014.
Her entourage said she would stay in the New York based post for at least two years.
Bachelet, a 58-year-old moderate socialist, left the Chilean presidency in March after four years as one of the most popular leaders in the country's history.
Ban said Bachelet, who is also a trained doctor, brought "global stature" to the new post.
"Ms Bachelet brings to this critical position a history of dynamic global leadership, highly honed political skills and uncommon ability to create consensus," Ban told reporters.
"I am confident that under her strong leadership, we can improve the lives of millions of women and girls throughout the world."
The new body will carry the official title, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, but will be known as UN Women.
It brings together the UN Division for the Advancement of Women, the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
The UN chief said that creating UN Women had been one of his top priorities since taking office in 2007. He said Bachelet could make it a "real force."
Her nomination to head the agency was widely welcomed.
"She has broken barriers for women in Chile and throughout the region, and I am inspired by her passion, her expertise, and her courage to speak out on difficult issues," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations said Bachelet "is uniquely qualified to provide the credibility, talent and dynamism that it will need to begin its important work."
The UN General Assembly set up the new UN Women agency in July and ordered it to be operational by January 1, 2011. Ban insisted that all the necessary groundwork has been laid to get the department ready on time.
Her new post will be tough, as the United Nations regularly acknowledges that "gender inequalities remain deeply entrenched in every society."
Bachelet was Chile's first woman head of state and she pushed through landmark social legislation in the deeply Roman Catholic country, such as allowing morning-after pills for victims of sexual abuse.
But the multitude of issues -- ranging from the mass rape of hundreds of women in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in August to efforts to cut the huge numbers of deaths women during child birth -- will require huge resources and political ability.
Improving women's health is one of the key targets set by the 2000 Millennium Development Goals which are to be the topic of a major new summit in New York next week.
Ban said: "Women and children will be at the very core of our final push to realize the goals by the deadline of 2015."


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Thursday 28 Jumada al-ula 1441 - 23 January 2020
Uygur
Get to know Islam
العربية ar
اردو ur
Principles of Fiqh
Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings
Punishment and Judicial Sentences
Adultery/fornication and Homosexuality
The reason why the one to whom a homosexual act is done is to be executed
Publication : 19-03-2006
Why is the one to whom a homosexual act is done to be executed like the one who does it?.
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Al-Tirmidhi (1456), Abu Dawood (4462) and Ibn Maajah (2561) narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done." Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
The Sahaabah were unanimously agreed on the executing of homosexuals, but they differed as to how they were to be executed.
Some of them, such as Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq and 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with them) thought that they should be burned to death. Some of them, such as Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) thought that they should be thrown from a tall building followed by stoning. Some of them thought that they should be stoned to death, which was narrated from both 'Ali and Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them).
See: al-Mughni (9/58).
The reason why the one to whom such an act is done should also be executed is because he is a partner in the sin, because this sin can only be committed if both parties take part, so it is only just to carry out the punishment on both of them. Similarly in the case of zina (adultery), the punishment is carried out on both the man and the woman. Moreover there is nothing good to be gained from letting the one to whom it has been done remain alive, because of the great evil that has befallen him and because of the great evil that may result from his presence.
It says in Mataalib Ooli al-Nuha (6/174): Even though adultery and homosexuality are both immoral deeds and are both evils that go against the wisdom of Allaah in His creation and His command, in homosexuality there are innumerable evils and it is better for the one to whom it was done to be executed than to let him repeat that evil action, because he has been corrupted in such a way that there is no hope of reform for him, and there is no goodness left in him, and after that he will not feel shy before Allaah or before His creation. The sperm of the one who did that will affect his heart and soul as poison affects the body, and he does not deserve to be guided to anything good, and every time he tries to do something good, something will happen to spoil his good deed, as a punishment to him. Hardly ever do you see one who was like that in his youth but he is the worst he can be when he grows old. He does not gain any beneficial knowledge or do any righteous deeds, or repent sincerely, in most cases. Once this is established, the evil consequences of homosexuality are among the worst of evil consequences, so its punishment is one of the most severe of punishments in this world and in the Hereafter.
The companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) agreed unanimously that the homosexual is to be executed, and none of them differed concerning that. Rather they differed as to the method of execution. Some people thought that this difference means that they disagreed about executing him, so they narrated it as a matter concerning which the Sahaabah differed, but it is a matter concerning which there was consensus among them, not a matter of difference. End quote.
The source for this was Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him), who mentioned it in al-Jawaab al-Kaafi li man sa'ala 'an al-Dawa' al-Shaafi.
But if the one to whom it was done was forced, then he is not to be punished, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah has forgiven my ummah for mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do." Narrated by Ibn Maajah (2045); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.
See also the answer to question no. 38622 for more information.
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Q: org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException when call getBean I integrated spring security in to More-Vaadin/springsecurity-integration
The version of Vaadin is older there so I rewrite some of its elements using newer VaadinVersion.
But the problem is that during authentication in this method I catch the exception.
public void handleAuthentication(String username, String password, HttpServletRequest request) {
    UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken token = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(username, password);

    token.setDetails(new WebAuthenticationDetails(request));
    HttpSession session = request.getSession();
    ServletContext servletContext = session.getServletContext();
    WebApplicationContext wac = WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(servletContext);
    AuthenticationManager authManager = wac.getBean(ProviderManager.class); //exception
    Authentication authentication = authManager.authenticate(token);
    SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authentication);
}

I've got NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException in wac.getBean line
org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type [org.springframework.security.
authentication.AuthenticationManager] is defined: expected single matching bean but found 3: org.springframework.security.au
thentication.ProviderManager#0,org.springframework.security.config.authentication.AuthenticationManagerFactoryBean#0,org.spr
ingframework.security.authenticationManager

When I try to use ProvideManager.class I get the same exception.
My context file looks like this
<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
             xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
             xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
             xsi:schemaLocation="
                http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
                http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd">

    <global-method-security secured-annotations="enabled"/>

    <http pattern="/VAADIN/**" security="none"/>
    <http pattern="/static/**" security="none"/>

    <http auto-config="true">
        <intercept-url pattern="/" access="IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY"/>
    </http>

    <authentication-manager>
        <authentication-provider>
            <user-service>
                <user name="admin" authorities="ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN" password="admin"/>
            </user-service>
        </authentication-provider>
    </authentication-manager>

    <beans:bean id="springSecurityFilterChain" class="org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy">
        <filter-chain-map path-type="ant">
            <filter-chain pattern="/**" filters="securityContextPersistenceFilter"/>
        </filter-chain-map>
    </beans:bean>

    <beans:bean id="securityContextPersistenceFilter" class="org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter"/>

</beans:beans>

What is the problem? I did not implemeneted any AuthenticationManager myself.

A: Why not named your authenticationManager like this ?
<authentication-manager alias="myAuthenticationManager">
And call it like that : wac.getBean("myAuthenticationManager");


Economic History of the United States from 1920-1963 has its roots from European colonization that began as early as 16th century. Separate Colonial economies developed through farming to 13 independent farming economies. The 13 farming economies came together in 1776 and formed the USA. In the subsequent 200 years, these states have grown into an industrial economy, which forms over 25% of the world economy (Miller, 2004). The question that people ask is how did they make it? What are the reasons behind the United States economical success in the early 20th century? The Economic History of the United States from 1920-1963 is supported by technological and industrial factors, highly productive farmlands that provided the required raw materials to the industries, large unified markets for the finished products and a supportive and committed political-legal system. Good examples of an industry that greatly influenced the economy of the US are the motor vehicle industry. The big producer's f the motor cars were Ford, Chrysler and GM. Ford's Model T became the car for everyone. Mass production of the car caused its price to fall rapidly and by 1928, it was estimated that over20% of Americans had cars.
The benefits of mass production went back to the consumers. This is because purchasing any good or service affected the economy in many ways. Any item in the shop has to be manufactured by someone. Whatever is manufactured is achieved using labor-intensive production process because there were no machines (Lewis, 2000). The person who produced the item would get paid, he would also spend whatever he has received and the cycle continued. If someone is buying goods, it means that someone else is employed to make the goods.
Despite this economic success, two groups of Americans never enjoyed the prosperity. The first group consists of African Americans. The African American supplied the required labor in the large farms during this period but due to the factors that surrounded their existence, they remain poor. They lived in misery and total poverty due to the discrimination that was so common in the southern states. This made most of them to move to search for better living standards in the northern states. In the cities, they could only afford to live in the ghettos.
The second groupp is the sharecroppers of the south Americas. They did not share in the prosperity in these early years of the 20th century (Harris, 2009). These people rented out pieces of land from property owners so that they could do some farming. The massive boost in production of food crops caused a surplus in the market making it very difficult for people to sell their produce. This meant that they could not pay the property owners hence causing them to be evicted from the farms. Many farmers lost their homes due to such evictions. Most of them roamed the American states searching for part time jobs.
The various factors that caused America to prosper in these early years are a combination of providence, luck, application of skills, a good constitution and determination to succeed. Others included the industrial infrastructure, abundance of coal; discovery of petroleum oil in Pennsylvania made the nation to prosper rapidly. What I find interesting is that in such great economic boom, some minority groups remained in stark poverty. I believe that growth should be uniform. Unequal distribution of resources in some parts of country disqualifies US from being considered successful.


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Where is Flemish Spoken?
The region of Flanders where Flemish is commonly spoken is known as Vlaanderen in Dutch.
Flemish, also known as Southern Dutch or Belgian Dutch, is any of the numerous Dutch language dialects used in Zeelandic Flanders, French Flanders, and Flanders (northern part of Belgium) by over 6.5 million individuals. Flemish refers to the people, culture, and region of northern Belgium. Belgium recognized Dutch, German, and French as the three official languages of the country, with Dutch being the most widespread. There are four Dutch dialects in Flanders: Limburgish, West Flemish, East Flemish, and Brabantian. Brabantian is the main contributor to tussentaal (Flemish Dutch).
Flanders is one of the languages, regions, and community areas of the country which occupies an area of about 5,221 square miles. It is the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium and the official capital city of Flanders is Brussels. The government of Flanders governs the community aspect of the region including education and culture. Even though it's not a bigger part of the country by area, Flanders is home to over 68.5% of the Belgian population (7,876,873).
Flanders has a population density of about 1,200 Belgians per square mile. Flanders borders Wallonia to the south, the Netherlands to the east and north, and France to the western side near the coast. The official bilingual enclave in the Flemish area is Brussels.
The region is divided into five provinces: Limburg, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, West Flanders, and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant is the newest province that was created in 1995 after the Brabant province was split. The largest municipality in Flanders by population is Antwerp with over 1,824,136 residents while Limburg is the smallest municipality (863,425).
French Flanders
The French Flanders is part of the Flanders County situated in present-day France where Dutch is still spoken. The Dutch and Flemings were the dominant ethnic groups in French Flanders. French Flanders lies in the present-day area of Hauts-de-France and corresponds to Dunkirk, Douai, and Lille arrondissements on the southern boundary with Belgium. French Flanders together with Cambresis and French Hainaut make up the Nord department. It is a flat marshland situated in a coal-rich region to the southern parts of the North Sea. French Flanders is made up of two areas; Walloon Flanders and French Westhoek. The French Westhoek lies between the North Sea and Lys River while Walloon Flanders is on the southern side of Lys River.
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Q: How to fix the "Error: Non-Character Argument" message in a foreach() loop I am writing a program that finds all mutational pathway from one given Amino Acid (AA) to another AA. The beginning of my program does the following:

*

*Prompts for a certain starting amino acid (eg. "H" - Histidine) and ending amino acid (eg. "W" - Tryptophan)

*Runs through my aa_nuc function, which returns a character vector codons that code for the given AA (eg. c("UGG") for "W")

*Makes a tibble with all combinations of starting and ending codons using the expand.grid() function. I call this 'allroutes'. I renamed the starting codon (Var1) as start and the ending codon (Var2) as end.

At this point, I have the following tibble: allroutes
I then begin the difficult part, which is the nested foreach() loop that ideally does the following:

*

*splits up each start and end for each row of allroutes into individual characters using strsplit()

*Finds the positions whether any characters do not match using which(). These are the sites that will be "mutated" later in the foreach() loop.

*Finds every possible order of these possible mutation sites using perm() from the combinat package.
eg. AAG → UUU can be accomplished via the following pathways

*Two nested foreach() loops which creates a data-frame with each row being a different mutational pathway and each column being a separate codon on the pathway.

Ideally this program would output a data frame which resembles the following (using the "H" to "W" example):

start
first_step
second_step
end

CAU
UAU
UGU
UGG

CAU
UAU
UAG
UGG

CAU
CGU
UGU
UGG

CAU
CGU
CGG
UGG

...
...
...
...

When I run the program, I get the following error message at the beginning of the foreach() loop:

*

*Error in { : task 1 failed - "non-character argument"

And the following warning messages:

*

*1: executing %dopar% sequentially: no parallel backend registered

*2: Unknown or uninitialised column: start.

*3: Unknown or uninitialised column: start.

I was wondering how to go about solving these problems? Here is my code for the nested foreach() loops:
foreach(i = 1:nrow(allroutes))%dopar% {
  current_row <- allroutes %>% slice(n = i)
  start_array <- strsplit(current_row$start, "")[[i]]
  end_array <- strsplit(current_row$end, "")[[i]]
  possible_mutation_positions <- which(start_array != end_array)
  my_list <- tibble(combinat::permn(possible_mutation_positions))
  template <- current_row %>% mutate(first_step = NA, second_step = NA) %>%
    select(start, first_step, second_step, end)
  foreach(j = 1:nrow(my_list), .combine = "rbind") %dopar%{
  u <- 1
  foreach(k = 1:ncol(my_list)) %dopar%{
    mutation_position <- my_list[j,k]
    # if(start_array[mutation_position] != end_array[mutation_position]){
     start_array[mutation_position] <- end_array[mutation_position]
     start_array <- paste(start_array, collapse = "")
     template[u] <- start_array
     u <- u + 1
  # another idea template <- template %>% mutate(foo = paste(intermediate_array, collapse = ""))
    }
  }
}


The deployment phase is one of the most important, if not THE most important phases of the game. We've all experienced the moment when you've looked at your army and you opponent's army and thought "I'm going to lose this one" or "I'm going to win this one". The question is 'what makes a successful deployment phase' and 'how do you maximize your own advantages while minimizing your disadvantages'. While at the same time you want to minimize your opponent's advantages and maximize his disadvantages. This is a topic that deserves much more thought than can expressed in an internet forum but I will try and cover some of the basic ideas and provide a few examples along the way.
A big factor of how the battle is going to play out depends upon the landscape of the board. As each piece of territory is generated, it is worth considering how the piece can affect each army. If you think it is beneficial, you want it on your side. If you think it is detrimental, you want it on your opponent's side. Correspondingly if a piece of terrain is especially advantageous to your opponent, you should deploy it away from him or to deny him the advantage. Statistically speaking, when it comes to picking sides, unless there is an obvious advantage or disadvantage to one side or the other, the player who gets to choose sides will more often than not pick the side they are standing on or the side their army box is on. Perhaps it is a gesture of being nice to an opponent or just plain laziness but they'll usually not pick the opposing side to make an opponent move all his gear or move his own. Knowing that, you should have a decent idea of what side you're playing on and can place terrain accordingly.
When placing a piece of terrain you know you want to control, make sure you can reach it by the end of turn 1. Between Scouts, vanguard movement, and a myriad of other hazards, beyond turn 1 a lot of unexpected things can happen. By having the unit of your choice controlling a piece of terrain, you're giving an advantage (minor or more significant) to your unit and bringing the fight to that spot on the board. Whether it's an Alter of Khaine giving your units Frenzy or a defended wall, your troops are now more effective or better protected than they would otherwise be. And if the terrain is something that has an area effect, on the following turn you can position you unit to ensure your unit is within its range of effect while hopefully the enemy isn't. Being able to see these kinds of advantages during deployment will help you capitalize on the strengths of your army or help eliminate a weakness. Your job during deployment is to ensure the terrain will help your units do what they do, just let them do it better.
There are always going to be pieces of terrain you don't want on your battlefield. When a Sigmarite Shrine is rolled and your facing an Empire army, you know your opponent will want to cluster his army around it. Dwarves will want a hill for their war machines. Wood Elves love to see forests all over the board. Place these pieces of terrain off to the extreme sides or in the rear corner of a deployment zone. Or cluster a bunch of bad terrain choices together to make a part of the battlefield so undesirable that no one will want to deploy there. Rivers, a settlement, swamps, things like that are avoided by most players and in doing so, you not only can isolate something you'd prefer to avoid while also reducing the area where your opponent is likely to deploy. Deploying terrain essentially defines how an army deploys so controlling one often means you are controlling the other.
Of course there will come a time when a piece of terrain shows up in your deployment zone that you really don't want to deal with. A swamp in the middle of your deployment zone forcing you to break up your army, an Anvil of Vaul when you're facing High Elves, and so on. As you deploy your units you have two choices – deploy away from the terrain or deploy your fast units around it so that they can get away from it as fast as possible. If you don't have troops near something, it won't affect you. You may find yourself retreating towards it as the game goes but at least you've done your best to avoid it and not let it interfere with your battle plans. Of course if you win the dice roll, you can always choose the other side as well!
I have two last things I like to consider when I place terrain for my army; my movement speed versus my opponent and how much shooting I expect my opponent to have. If my army contains relatively fast units, knights or flying characters for example, I want to break the field up in some way to give my opponent a way to think he is anchoring his flank while I plan on moving my fast units around something and into his flank/rear. Other than big, ranked up units there aren't a lot of things that will withstand a charge by our elite troops so once your fast moving troops have cleared a path into your enemy's rear, he has almost lost. No unit in Warhammer wants to take one of our units in the rear while especially while we're hitting them from the front as well! Conversely if my opponent has a great deal of speed, I want to use the terrain to slow him down. If the fight is coming to you, deploy channels of terrain to funnel his troops so that you can try and take them on a piece at a time. Break up his forces so you can concentrate on one unit and then another. Imagine trying to force him to engage your cheap, throw-away units in out of the way areas or have to pass through difficult terrain to get to you.
If your opponent is one of those players who loves to shoot at you, fill the middle of the board with buildings, forests, boulders, and anything else that will block his line of sight. If his units are forced to shoot at a penalty, or better, you're choosing what units he is shooting at, you are winning the shooting war even if you left your RBTs at home. Every turn an enemy War Machine isn't shooting at one of your expensive models or units, that machine is not earning its points and might even blow up along the way. Moving units around the terrain may be irritating but it is usually a lot less painful than one of your units getting hit with a template.
My last word on terrain – never worry about fleeing through Dangerous Terrain except perhaps with a unit of knights (because they WILL roll all 1's for their tests…). A unit of 20 models will statistically lose 3. With a bad roll you may lose 6. You've not only saved your unit but you've probably left your opponent's unit out of place. And you've denied your opponent the victory points he would have received had you actually fought the combat. I find my opponents will rarely try and willingly charge their own units through Dangerous Terrain but statistically it is hardly "dangerous" terrain. With that in mind, consider how to deploy your baiting units (Eagles, cheap chaff, etc) to lead your opponents units astray and near these hazards. Seeing the value in terrain will give you a significant advantage and can swing games either way depending on how it is used.
I agree that it's often a forgotten phase of the game. Terrain dictates much of what happens in game. And often the approach is just to put something down. Do you play with a lot of mysterious terrain? Or mainly just regular hills/forests and so on?
One thing I would also consider when placing terrain is how you want your army to approach your opponent. What is your general battleplan. And how much room do you need for certain units or tactics. For instance, if you are going with a refused flank strategy then it can pay off to try and place a piece of impassible terrain in the middle of the battlefield, which would effectively split up a horde army, allowing you to fight half the army at a time.
On the other hand, if you're running a big block or horde, then it can pay off to have some open (or at least passable) spaces. Or perhaps you want some decent firing lanes for your RBT.
As I am only able to play tournaments, terrain is usually pre-set. But playing Wood Elves there is always the question of the free wood. First issue, what type do you choose? Venom Thicket is popular because it forces DT checks on the enemy but if you have Rangers, making those enemy cause Fear leaves Abyssal Wood an attractive choice.
Then where do you put it? If you plan on attacking, just short of the centre is attractive. You might want to grab it with Eternal Guard as ASF Poison is excellent, not to mention the value of Stubborn in a wood. Then you can rotate your other units around the EG-held wood.
If holding back it can be good in your deployment zone, both to give cover and the +1 to cast spells. With Moonstone it gets very interesting. If you have two other woods say, it can pay to try to place your own to ensure flexibility about which table sectors to teleport into.
Spells like Curse of Anraheir and Awakening of the Wood also need to be considered. Not to mention Treesinging. Often overlooked but there are tricks like inflicting 2d6 S4 on a unit in combat to watch out for.
I do need to write a a second piece to accompany my Deployment and Terrain thoughts regarding deployment and your opponent. I believe how your opponent deploys carries a heavier weight regarding your own deployment than taking advantage of terrain often will however so far I've not yet been able to write a cogent article. The topic is so vast I've found myself spiraling into endless tangents each time I've tried. I do keep trying though!
I play generally using scenarios and terrain out of the book unless I'm playing in our local league in which case we use custom terrain charts for where the battle takes place - Khemri, Chaos Wastes, Lustria, etc. But still there is plenty of magical terrain on the table. We do scatter each piece for a bit of randomness. I've seen folks just place terrain but all too often the boards all look the same or you get the guy who deploys his cannon inside a *lava donut* so I prefer rolling for it.
Wood Elves and woods are a topic unto themselves. And that woods has two basic potential functions - assist your units (provide +1 to cast, give Fear to your units, etc) or as a teleport location for the Moonstone of Hidden Ways. In theory I prefer the Moonstone as a way to protect anyone from getting too close to my bunker but each are valid uses of the wood. I'd rather save 500ish victory points and frustrate my opponent by teleporting away than having poisoned attacks but there are some especially canny Generals out there who can make astounding use of some of those abilities. It really depends on your army build on how to make best use of that wood.
I don't believe the Acorn of Ages is worth 100 points in 8th edition as the benefits and penalties associated with forests are fairly minor. Depending on how forests and charge distances function in 9th edition, this item has the potential to be game changing.
Nice article! A great way to get started on Ulthuan! I'm also writing a deployment piece as we speak - we should combine some of our ideas maybe and add it to the tactics forum.
Seeing as I never play generate terrain by the book and very rarely play mystical terrain, this is a particularly interesting read.
I am curious though, do you envision this expanding into discussing evaluating a specific board - be it randomly generated or set as per arbitrary rules - in the light of terrain? I have done this to some extent previously (see the Dwarf case study in the powerplay article for example) and the more I do of this, the more interested I become in exploring this further. You have obviously thought a great deal about this so I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the matter. In my experience, most lists have certain pre-configured templates that they'd like to adapt from in any giving game. The most obvious example is a bowline where you want to castle up in a corner, but I also find that combined arms and hyper-aggressive armies have certain patterns they enjoy more than others. What's interesting about this is that regardless of whether the terrain is generated or set, you can evaluate the board prior to deployment (and choosing sides) and make an educated guess on what's good for you, what's bad, what's flat-out unplayable and what's autowin.
As I mentioned in another topic recently I think there is far too little emphasis on deployment. In terms of tactical discussions, analysis and awareness it seems to be an often forgotten part of the game, at least it doesn't get the attention I feel it deserves. Your thread here is an excellent point to start digging further into this and I thank you for your contribution!
John, will we be seeing a draft of your deployment article any time in the near future?
I hope so! At the moment its on the 'to be completed' list along with a few other higher priority items (my PhD thesis being the big one). I'm hoping to work on it next week, maybe Sunday if I get a bit more done on my thesis before then.
I feel the Moonstone is more important for a foot character. It still makes sense mounted but it's less critical. So following that logic, the aggressive placing of the wood might make more sense if you don't need it as a teleport station, so much.
Acorns, interesting. They cost you all the magic item 'slots' of one lvl4, which limits your options on the other characters. But if you intend to fight much, use Moonstone, Stave etc. they're worth a look I feel. Where you actually put them down could be a complex issue.
First of all, thanks a lot for very kind words. It is a great honor to know that my contribution to this forum is considered valuable.
You touched upon very important aspect of the game, that is terrain placement, as it directly affect the deployment. It actually looks like a separate sub-phase. I admit I don't have experience with it as the tournaments I attended and casual games I had usually use pre-set terrain. It is often mysterious terrain too, that adds another dimension to the game as you enter the battle without knowing what particular forest can contain. Because of that players sometimes dedicate one unit to scout the terrain first so that the player knows what kind of danger lies ahead.
I think we can distinguish three general ways of setting up the terrain that will affect the deployment in their unique way.
1. Terrain placed by players - that is the way you have just described but might not be practiced by many players. It may add little more time to do so but definitely adds new dimension to the game.
2. Terrain randomly pre-set - this includes any other instance when you don't know what terrain is going to look like and you have to assess it just before the game. It can be randomly generated by players (like choosing the map on UB) or by tournament organizers for example.
3. Terrain pre-set and known - ETC style tournaments are probably the best examples here. You know beforehand what kind of terrain you can encounter as the maps are already prepared and known. So even if you don't know on which table you might play, the fact that the number of options is finite and known allows you to plan ahead before you start the game.
They are obviously an important factor. Some of them may affect army list building more than the deployment. Blood and Glory comes to mind as an example. On the other hand, even in that scenario, you might deploy your standard bearing units in a more safe position than usual just to protect your fortitude points.
I am aware there are many options here, as scenarios are varied and even the ones from the book can be modified etc.
Some armies have low unit count, some are the opposite. You cannot guarantee if you go first or second but +1 to roll-off is an important factor tipping the odds of winning first turn to the player with lower unit count. How do you take that into account when deploying? Some scenarios also affect the chances to go first so that can probably be addressed in point one but the subject overlaps both factors.
Do you have fixed order of deployment or does it depend on something? HE often start with great eagles and fast cavalry to see where the enemy goes and then position their main regiments. Of course that all depends on relative number of regiments too. If you, as HE player, happen to have fewer regiments, does it affect the deployment order at all?
Does your army arrive to battle in the same, generic formation that may slightly vary due to terrain, enemy army, scenario? Or do you improvise just before the game due to these factors?
Personally, I find it very important too. General's and BSB's presence is very important as they boost the leadership of the troops and allow these very important re-rolls. Of course, if you have compact army it might be of a small issue. Or if you have a dedicated bunker unit. But if you have more regiments it might be different story.
I think you answered the first question with your second one. It is a general answer but still a good one. If you can deploy in the way that maximizes your own advantages and minimizes your disadvantages then it is a good deployment. How to do it though is a much more complex task. I have found out that trying to discuss that topic with particular game in mind helps to narrow it down and discuss specifics so I often try to check on battle reports to have a look at this phase in particular.
But it is good idea to have a more general topic, so thanks for starting one.
Great first post as mentioned above.
Most tables I play have pre-set terrain similar to Tournies our club games generally ignore the Magical Terrain but we have used these features in the past.
As you have touched on the style of army you use will help determine which terrain features are advantageous to your army.
For example if you have a defensive army you will let your opponent cross a river on the board and you might even try to fight his units while they are stuck in this disadvantaging terrain.
Sometimes at club games I will simply pick the side I am on so we don't need to move all our stuff. It can be more of a challenge if the Terrain is not to your advantage.


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LP (Item 900643) Columbia/Aartrud (Italy), 1972 — Condition: New Copy
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Live In Kalisz (180 gram pressing)
Lanquidity (UK), 1986. New Copy 2LP
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A rare live set from the later years of Sun Ra – and one that maybe goes a bit more outside at points than some of the titles of the time that saw wider commercial release! The set begins with the sort of material that would have been right at home on Saturn Records at the start of the 70s ... LP, Vinyl record album
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Did You Tell Your Mother
Sun/Ascensionale (Italy), 1979. New Copy (reissue)
An overlooked gem of spiritual jazz from the South African scene – a group led by pianist Tete Mbambisa, but one that also features some of the best work we've ever heard from legendary reedman Basil Coetzee! The album features four long tracks, all nice and long – modal numbers that ... LP, Vinyl record album
Nahuel Jazz Quartet
Ascensionale (Italy), 1963. New Copy (reissue)
A beautiful gem from the Chilean jazz scene of the early 60s – one of the only records of its type we've heard from that nation at the time, and a real treasure all the way through! The group's a quartet – with modern alto sax and clarinet lines from Patricio Ramirez alongside warmer ... LP, Vinyl record album
JMS (France), Mid 70s. New Copy (reissue)
A 70s classic from bassist Henri Texier – a musician who's been a key part of the French jazz scene for decades, and already had a very unusual approach in his early years! Texier is fantastic here on acoustic bass – but he's also already opening up in so many other ways too – ... LP, Vinyl record album
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Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe
Verve/Aartrud (Italy), 1969. New Copy (reissue)
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A wonderful wonderful set from the British jazz scene of the late 60s – beautifully inventive large ensemble material, done under the direction of Neil Ardley – and featuring some of the best British jazz musicians of the time! The group's a showcase not only for creative young talent ... LP, Vinyl record album
Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media
Head Rock (Japanese Record Day release)
Columbia (Japan), 1970. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)
A definite head rocker here – a brilliant bit of funky jazz from Japan, and a record that beautifully balances acoustic and electric elements! Jiro Inagaki plays some heavy tenor and soprano sax on the record – working with a combo that includes electric guitar, electric bass, and ... LP, Vinyl record album
Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited
Sounds Of Sound Limited (Japanese Record day release)
Columbia (Japan), 1970. New Copy (reissue)
A killer funky group from early 70s Japan – a slightly large ensemble, but one with some really heavy drums at the bottom – plus some great use of organ and electric guitar! There's a tight brace of horns at the top – flute, tenor, trumpets, and trombone – but the rhythms ... LP, Vinyl record album
Miles Smiles (180 gram pressing)
Columbia, 1966. New Copy (reissue)
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Miles Smiles, but his grin is a wry one – given the angular energy of the set! The album's a landmark effort from the mid 60s quintet that includes Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams – all of whom work without fail to capture Davis' newly emerging approach to ... LP, Vinyl record album
Sketches Of Spain (180 gram vinyl mono edition)
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A beautiful collaboration between Miles Davis and the great Gil Evans – and perhaps the most perfectly realized of all their projects! The album's got a wonderfully unified feel – as it begins with long compositions that have a distinct Spanish-tinge (and not a Latin-tinge, which is an ... LP, Vinyl record album
Agharta (180 gram pressing)
Columbia/4 Men With Beards, 1975. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
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A seminal 70s side from Miles Davis – originally a Japanese recording, and one that returns to the solid push of the initial electric years! The record's a completely cooking little session – one that mixes the raw, noisier styles of other Davis albums with a focus, funked-up energy ... LP, Vinyl record album
Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet
Dusk Fire (180 gram pressing)
Columbia/Jazzman (UK), 1966. New Copy (reissue)
A great group gets even better – as the legendary pairing of tenorist Don Rendell and trumpeter Ian Carr is joined by pianist Michael Garrick – who was really helping to shape the sound of British jazz at the time! The album's only the second from the Rendell/Carr Quintet, but it's ... LP, Vinyl record album
Phase III (180 gram pressing)
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The third legendary album from the Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet – and a set that really has the combo stretching out in the new kind of freedoms offered by the Landsowne series at the time! The group had already made fantastic waves on their previous two albums – but here, the songs ... LP, Vinyl record album