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JINS MEME Official App Terms of Use
These JINS MEME Official App Terms of Use (these "Terms of Use") set forth the terms and conditions for when the customer (the "User") downloads to the User's device (the device on which the App is downloaded shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Device") and uses the JINS MEME Official App (including the items set forth in Article 4; the "App") provided by JINS Inc ("JINS"). These Terms of Use apply to the entire App. The User shall use the App after agreeing with these Terms of Use as the contents of the agreement.
The App may have restrictions on the countries and areas that can be downloaded or updated.
Article 1. Terms of Use
In order for the User to use the App, the User will need to agree to these Terms of Use upon reading and fully understanding the contents hereof.
If the User is a minor, please obtain the consent of a person who has parental authority when using the App.
The User shall use the App by complying with these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use shall apply only to the App. If apps other than those provided by JINS are used, please confirm the terms of use, privacy policies and other provisions set forth by each app.
Article 2. Use of the App
The User may use the App on the condition of registering for a JINS MEME account (the "User Account") and logging in by using the registered e-mail address and password.
The User must strictly safeguard the registered e-mail address and password at the User's own responsibility and shall not allow the use thereof by a third party. JINS may deem the use of the App through the User account as User's own use.
In using the App, the User shall, at User's own responsibility and expense, prepare JINS MEME which works with the App (the "Eyewear"), as well as the necessary telecommunication device, operation system, telecommunication means, etc.
Article 3. Usage Fees
The App may require monthly or annual fees (the "Paid Plan"). Details of the usage fees are published on the homepage of JINS MEME or the downloaded pages of the App. JINS may revise the usage fees without obtaining the User's consent; the User shall pay the revised fees from the effective period for the Paid Plan which arrives after the revision date in a manner designated by JINS.
The User shall take the payment procedures through the Apple AppStore or Google Play store.
On the Paid Plan, the surcharge automatically arises unless cancellation of renewal is made within 24 hours before termination of the effective period. Management of the Paid Plan and turning off the automatic renewal may be made in the iOS/Google Play account settings at any time.
If the effective period of the Paid Plan terminates and no renewal or new registration is made, it will no longer be possible to use the relevant App or review the data accumulated during the effective period of such App.
In the event that the User cancels or uninstalls the use of the App during the effective period of the Paid Plan, or if JINS deletes the User account in accordance with these Terms or Use, or if JINS takes measures for suspension of use or operation of the App, or in other similar cases, no usage fees already paid shall be refunded for any reason whatsoever.
Article 4. Items
Within the App, virtual items or services (collectively, the "Items") may be obtained with or without compensation. The contents of the Items, and the details including manner of acquisition and prices, etc., are published within the JINS MEME homepage, the App or on the pages where the Items are obtained.
In obtaining paid Items, the User shall take the relevant price payment procedures through the Apple AppStore or Google Play store.
Upon completing the procedures for obtaining the Items (the payment procedures as set forth in the preceding paragraph in the case of obtaining paid Items), a license for using the Items shall be granted to the User. The User may use the Items in accordance with these Terms of Use and in the manner of use designated by the App.
The User agrees that the User will not obtain any ownership in the Items.
The User shall in no way, whether within or outside of the App, sell, transfer, or exchange Items under the use license.
In breaching the preceding paragraph, JINS may delete the User's Items, the use license thereof, or the User's account.
Article 5. Matters to be Noted Regarding the Use of the App
The App is not intended to be used for the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation or prevention of diseases, or to provide medical or other the User's physical or mental health, the User shall consult with physicians or other professionals at the User's own responsibility, shall not disregard professional medical advice by relying on the information provided by the App, and shall not delay in consulting with professionals.
The stretch and exercise routines provided by the App are not necessarily suitable for all people. In addition, the contents provided by the App include contents that may relax people and induce drowsiness and may cause injury or accidents to the User; thus, sufficient care should be taken with regard to the surrounding circumstances to ensure safety, and the User shall engage in such stretch and exercise routines using their reasonable physical and mental strength.
The User agrees that the User shall be responsible for any injury and other damage incurred in relation to the use of the App, and JINS shall in no way be liable therefor.
Article 6. Intellectual Property Rights Concerning the App
The App is protected by the copyright laws and treaties concerning copyrights in Japan and various relevant countries, as well as by other laws and treaties concerning intellectual property rights, and such rights belong to JINS or the rights holders having lawful rights. JINS and the rights holders having lawful rights do not transfer or license to the User any copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights or other intellectual property rights regarding the App, beyond the extent necessary for the use of the App.
Article 7. Prohibited Matters
The following acts are prohibited in regard to the use of the App:
Acts of using the App in a manner or means to infringe the legal interests of others and violate public order and morals;
Acts that violate the Road Traffic Act and other laws and regulations, criminal acts, unlawful acts or acts tied thereto, or acts that incite or aid and abet such acts;
Acts of violent or sexual expressions, discriminatory acts based on race, nationality, creed, gender, social status, lineage, etc., acts that induce or encourage suicide, self-harming acts or drug abuse, or other acts that contain anti-social content and cause discomfort to others;
Acts of campaigning for public office, solicitation to a particular belief or religion or acts similar thereto;
Acts of offering illegal profits to Anti-Social Forces (defined below) and other cooperative acts;
Acts that infringe upon the reputation, trust, rights or property, etc. of JINS or a third party;
Acts of impersonating another person, whether real or fictitious;
Acts of unauthorized access;
Acts of using the User Account of another person;
Acts of allowing a third party to use one's own User Account;
Acts that interfere with the use of the App by another User;
Acts of cheating, including obtaining or increasing, etc. the Items in an improper manner;
Acts of collecting, accumulating, disclosing or transferring personal information of another User or other third party without obtaining that person's consent, or acts of attempting such acts;
Acts of transmitting or writing-in computer viruses or other unlawful information;
Acts of eliminating, modifying, reverse engineering, reverse compiling or reverse assembling the App or the official site, etc., or acts that are similar thereto;
Acts of jamming communications, intercepting communications, invading servers or that cause other excessive burdens on the server;
Acts that lower the social reputation of JINS or the App; acts of developing, providing, etc., similar services to those of the App by using intellectual property rights relating to the App; and acts that interfere or may interfere with the operation of the App;
Acts violating these Terms of Use or any provisions such as the guidelines concerning the use of the App; and
Other acts that JINS recognizes as inappropriate.
Article 8. Measures Upon the Violation of these Terms of Use
If JINS reasonably determines that the User has violated these Terms of Use, JINS may delete the User Account of such User immediately.
Article 9. Representations and Warranties of the User
The User shall represent and warrant that there is a possibility that the App will be subject to the Export Controls of the United States Department of Commerce or similar export laws and regulations under the laws or regulations of Japan, the EU or relevant countries. In addition, the User shall represent and warrant that the User will not take out of the User's country or provide to a third party outside of the country the App and the technical data and technical information relating thereto provided from JINS (including, but not limited to, any technical information, software, drawings, user manuals, data, documents, etc.), without obtaining a valid export license required by such laws or regulations.
Article 10. Exclusion of Liability
JINS shall provide the App as-is to the User and makes no warranty to the User, including the following, regarding the App and the services incidental to the App, that:
The App will accurately operate under the User's usage environment or demonstrate all of the functions;
The App conforms with the particular purpose of the User, is useful and has commercial usefulness;
The assessment of the App and other displays are always accurate;
A loss of data or any other failure or problems concerning the App will not occur as a result of updating the OS of the Device, firmware of the Eyewear or any apps, etc.;
The App will always function correctly and meet sufficient qualities for all Users;
No failure, malfunction or harm will occur to the Device or other equipment due to the use of the App;
The App can be used perpetually and the performance and capability at the usage start time can be maintained;
No interruption or error will occur in the use of the App;
Harmful items such as computer viruses are not included in e-mails, etc. transmitted in relation to the App;
Information regarding the User will not be erased, and no alteration or damage thereof will occur; and
The App and the provision of the services incidental to the App will not infringe on any rights and interests of a third party, and will not be subject to claim for infringement.
JINS will not be liable for any direct damages, indirect damages, incidental or consequential damages, special damages, lost profits and other damages (whether or not foreseeable) caused by the User using the App or the App not being able to be used or not functioning, except if due to the intent or gross negligence of JINS or if these Terms of Use correspond to a consumer contract under Article 2(3) of the Consumer Contract Act.
Regardless of the cause of the claim, if JINS is liable to provide compensatory damages in relation to the provision of the App, the maximum of that amount will the highest of (i) the purchase price of the App, (ii) the usage fee amount received for the month in which such damages occur, or (iii) JPY 100; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is any intent or gross negligence on the part of JINS.
Article 11. Precautions Concerning the Use of Apps When Driving
Among the apps in the App, the app for driving does not warrant the prevention of accidents due to falling asleep while driving, etc.
In using the app for driving, please do not install the Device in places that are unstable, that obstruct the field of vision or that impede safe driving.
Operating apps or keeping one's eyes on the screen while driving is dangerous. Please only operate the apps after stopping your vehicle and confirming your safety.
JINS is not liable for any traffic accident the User may suffer.
Article 12. Suspension of Operation
If a failure, etc. in the system operating the App is discovered, if maintenance inspection of such system is to be made, if the operation of the App becomes difficult due to an event of force majeure such as an earthquake, lightning, fire, flood, natural disaster, war or terrorism, and for which JINS is not negligent, or if JINS otherwise determines as necessary, JINS may suspend the entire or partial operation of the App without notifying the User in advance. JINS will not be liable for damages incurred by the User due to the suspension of operation of the App in accordance with this paragraph.
JINS may suspend or discontinue the entire or partial operation of the App based on JINS's judgment upon notifying the User in advance (examples may include, but are not limited to, suspension or discontinuation due to suspension or discontinuation of the operating business of the App, transfer to a third party, or corporate split, share exchange, share transfer or dissolution). JINS will not be liable for damages incurred by the User due to the suspension or discontinuation of operation of the App in accordance with this paragraph.
Article 13. Discontinuation of Use
If a defect of the App or a possibility of infringement of the rights or interests of a third party is discovered, or if JINS otherwise determines as necessary, JINS may request User to discontinue the use of the App. In this instance, the User shall promptly comply with the discontinuation of the use of the App. Damages incurred by the User due to the discontinuation of the use of the App according to this paragraph will be in accordance with Article 10, Paragraphs 2 and 3.
The User may discontinue the use of the App at any time by uninstalling, destroying or erasing the App.
Article 14. Exclusion of Anti-Social Forces
The User represents that the User is not an organized crime group, organized crime group member, organized crime group quasi-member, organized crime group-related business, corporate extortionist or the like, racketeer advocating a social/political movement or special intelligence organized crime group and others corresponding thereto (collectively, "Anti-Social Forces") and that the User does not have any direct or indirect relations with Anti-Social Forces, and affirms that the User will not constitute the same in the future.
The User affirms that the User will not, nor will the User use a third party to, engage in acts that correspond to any of the following:
Violent acts of demand;
Unjust acts of demand that exceed legal responsibility;
Acts of engaging in threatening behavior or using violence in regard to a transaction;
Acts of spreading rumors, deceiving or using power to damage JINS's confidence or to interfere with JINS's business; and
Other acts corresponding to each item above.
Article 15. Personal Information
Personal information provided from the User in using the App shall be handled pursuant to the JINS MEME Privacy Policy. Since the User will need to consent to the JINS MEME Privacy Policy in order to use the App, the User must confirm the JINS MEME Privacy Policy without fail. If the User consents to these Terms of Use, the User shall be deemed to have also consented to the JINS MEME Privacy Policy.
Article 16. Amendment of the Terms
There may be instances where JINS will amend these Terms of Use pursuant to this Article at JINS's own discretion. In such instance, JINS will announce the amended terms of use (the "New Terms of Use") and the effective date on the JINS MEME official website.
After the amendment of these Terms of Use pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the User will need to consent to the New Terms of Use in order to use the App. The New Terms of Use will take effect on the effective date as set forth in the preceding paragraph. If the App is used after the amendment of these Terms of Use, the User shall be deemed to have consented to the New Terms of Use.
Article 17. Notice
The notice sent by JINS to the User may be made in a manner as considered appropriate by JINS from among sending the notice to the e-mail address registered by the User, sending the notice to another telecommunication means address registered by the User, and publishing the notice on JINS's official website; even if such notice does not reach the User due to a change or error in stating the User's contact details, such notice is considered to have reached the User on the day immediately after the date of delivery in the case of an e-mail or other telecommunication means, or on date of publication in the case of a publication on the website.
JINS may give notice of important notifications such as update information concerning JINS MEME, including firmware of the main body of JINS MEME and the App, to the e-mail address registered by the User.
Article 18. Sub-Contracting
JINS may, without needing to obtain consent from the User, subcontract the App and part of the services provided incidental to the App to a third party. In this case, JINS shall cause the relevant contractor to comply with the same obligations as those imposed on JINS in accordance with this Agreement, and shall be responsible to the User for any breach of obligations by the relevant contractor.
Article 19. Survival
Even after the provision of the App to the User is terminated, the provisions of Article 3.4, 3.5, 5.2, 6, 9, 10, 11.4, 12, 13.1, 15, 18 through 22, and other provisions setting forth exemption of JINS shall remain valid.
Article 20. Severability
Even if a part of these Terms of Use is declared to be invalid due to the laws and regulations or a decision of a court, etc., the other parts shall continue to remain in effect.
Article 21. Governing Law
Disputes concerning these Terms of Use and the App shall be governed by Japanese law.
Article 22. Jurisdiction
The Tokyo District Court shall be the exclusive court with jurisdiction in the first instance for disputes concerning these Terms of Use and the App.
Effective Date: November 3, 2015
Revised on December 13, 2016
Revised on February 10, 2017
Revised on June 30, 2021
Revised on November 18, 2021
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namespace Xopn\PhpRamlParser\Domain;

class NamedParameter extends AbstractDomain {

	const TYPE_STRING  = 'string';
	const TYPE_NUMBER  = 'number';
	const TYPE_INTEGER = 'integer';
	const TYPE_DATE    = 'date';
	const TYPE_BOOLEAN = 'boolean';
	const TYPE_FILE    = 'file';

	/**
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $propertyName;

	/**
	 * The displayName attribute specifies the parameter's display name.
	 *
	 * It is a friendly name used only for display or documentation purposes.
	 * If displayName is not specified, it defaults to the property's key (the name of the property itself).
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $displayName;

	/**
	 * The description attribute describes the intended use or meaning of the parameter.
	 *
	 * This value MAY be formatted using Markdown [MARKDOWN].
	 * @var string|NULL
	 */
	protected $description = NULL;

	/**
	 * The type attribute specifies the primitive type of the parameter's resolved value.
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $type = self::TYPE_STRING;

	/**
	 * The enum attribute provides an enumeration of the parameter's valid values.
	 *
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $enum;

	/**
	 * The pattern attribute is a regular expression that a parameter of type string MUST match.
	 *
	 * Regular expressions MUST follow the regular expression specification from ECMA 262/Perl 5.
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $pattern;

	/**
	 * The minLength attribute specifies the parameter value's minimum number of characters.
	 *
	 * @var integer
	 */
	protected $minLength;

	/**
	 * The maxLength attribute specifies the parameter value's maximum number of characters.
	 *
	 * @var integer
	 */
	protected $maxLength;

	/**
	 * The minimum attribute specifies the parameter's minimum value.
	 *
	 * @var float
	 */
	protected $minimum;

	/**
	 * The maximum attribute specifies the parameter's maximum value.
	 *
	 * @var float
	 */
	protected $maximum;

	/**
	 * The example attribute shows an example value for the property.
	 *
	 * @var mixed
	 */
	protected $example;

	/**
	 * The repeat attribute specifies that the parameter can be repeated.
	 *
	 * @var bool
	 */
	protected $repeat = FALSE;

	/**
	 * The required attribute specifies whether the parameter and its value MUST be present in the API definition.
	 *
	 * @var bool
	 */
	protected $required = FALSE;

	/**
	 * The default attribute specifies the default value to use for the property if the property
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	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $default;

	/**
	 * @param string $propertyName
	 */
	public function __construct($propertyName) {
		$this->propertyName = $propertyName;
	}

	/**
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getPropertyName() {
		return $this->propertyName;
	}

	/**
	 * @param string $propertyName
	 */
	public function setPropertyName($propertyName) {
		$this->propertyName = $propertyName;
	}

	/**
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getDefault() {
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	/**
	 * @param string $default
	 */
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		$this->default = $default;
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	/**
	 * @return NULL|string
	 */
	public function getDescription() {
		return $this->description;
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	/**
	 * @param NULL|string $description
	 */
	public function setDescription($description) {
		$this->description = $description ? (string)$description : NULL;
	}

	/**
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getDisplayName() {
		return $this->displayName;
	}

	/**
	 * @param string $displayName
	 */
	public function setDisplayName($displayName) {
		if(empty($displayName) || !is_string($displayName)) {
			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('displayName must not be empty');
		}
		$this->displayName = $displayName;
	}

	/**
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function getEnum() {
		return $this->enum;
	}

	/**
	 * @param array $enum
	 */
	public function setEnum($enum) {
		if($enum !== NULL && !is_array($enum)) {
			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('enum needs to be an array');
		}
		$this->enum = $enum;
	}

	/**
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function getExample() {
		return $this->example;
	}

	/**
	 * @param mixed $example
	 */
	public function setExample($example) {
		$this->example = $example;
	}

	/**
	 * @return int
	 */
	public function getMaxLength() {
		return $this->maxLength;
	}

	/**
	 * @param int $maxLength
	 */
	public function setMaxLength($maxLength = NULL) {
		$this->maxLength = $maxLength === NULL ? NULL : intval($maxLength);
	}

	/**
	 * @return float
	 */
	public function getMaximum() {
		return $this->maximum;
	}

	/**
	 * @param float $maximum
	 */
	public function setMaximum($maximum = NULL) {
		$this->maximum = $maximum === NULL ? NULL : floatval($maximum);
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	/**
	 * @return int
	 */
	public function getMinLength() {
		return $this->minLength;
	}

	/**
	 * @param int $minLength
	 */
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		$this->minLength = $minLength === NULL ? NULL : intval($minLength);
	}

	/**
	 * @return float
	 */
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		return $this->minimum;
	}

	/**
	 * @param float $minimum
	 */
	public function setMinimum($minimum = NULL) {
		$this->minimum = $minimum === NULL ? NULL : floatval($minimum);
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	/**
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getPattern() {
		return $this->pattern;
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	/**
	 * @param string $pattern
	 */
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		if($pattern !== NULL) {
			$pattern = '/' . str_replace('/', '\\/', $pattern) . '/';
			if (preg_match($pattern, '') === FALSE) {
				throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The given pattern %s seems invalid.', $pattern));
			}
		}
		$this->pattern = $pattern;
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	/**
	 * @return boolean
	 */
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		return $this->repeat;
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	 * @param boolean $repeat
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		$this->repeat = $repeat === NULL ? NULL : !!$repeat;
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	/**
	 * @return boolean
	 */
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		return $this->required;
	}

	/**
	 * @param boolean $required
	 */
	public function setRequired($required = NULL) {
		$this->required = $required === NULL ? NULL : !!$required;
	}

	/**
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getType() {
		return $this->type;
	}

	/**
	 * @param string $type
	 */
	public function setType($type) {
		$this->type = $type;
	}

}

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What excites me about youth ministry today?
When I sit down and talk with Youth Pastors, staff, and volunteers I hear a lot of the same thing—that their students want more. This is incredibly exciting.
In the late 1990's the face of youth ministry was this big, overblown monstrosity of thrills and excitement, and I was all in. I simply assumed that if there were more games than God, I would draw more students with the entertainment, and hope to keep them engaged. However, in recent years I discovered by listening to my students that they want more truth.
My leaders and students have a desire to make more of an emphasis on four things these days: the Gospel, the Scriptures, discipleship, and missions, which was not the case when I started in youth ministry fifteen years ago.
It seems to me, by and large, that I am continuing to hear from other student ministries that are growing in number, but are more focused on growing deeper. Depth, it seems, has prompted their ministries to grow wider. In the past, the focus on youth ministry has been the exact opposite. Yet this new trend contradicts my former assumption that deeper relationships arise in smaller groups, but more having more fun boosts the numbers in youth ministry.
I really became convinced of this two years ago when a 9th grade student came up to me on a Wednesday night and said, "my friends and I would like to spend more time hearing about God than playing games." To be fair, it is true that I stink at games, which is why I let someone else lead those. But it is also true that on a typical Wednesday night we would spend ten minutes playing a game for the sake of fellowship and thirty-five minutes working through the story of Joseph in Genesis. Now, our fellowship is found almost entirely in studying the Bible. Praise the Lord!


Sound science and ground-breaking research provide the foundation for World Wildlife Fund's conservation successes. But it is WWF's innovative application of everyday technology that is yielding results for tigers on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. WWF scientists are using camera traps to help conduct presence/absence surveys that will provide a range map for tigers in Sumatra's lowland rainforest. The cameras will also help provide a density estimate of tigers in various habitat types and determine whether there are adequate prey species for tigers to subsist. The results could have significant implications for species and forest preservation here and around the world.
This is the first time WWF has used camera traps to study tigers in Indonesia. In July 2004, field staff began handing out questionnaires to find out if local people had seen any tigers. Scientists then conducted a track survey, in which they attempted to find evidence of the animals in a specific area. This information was used to determine where to set up camera traps, armed with infrared sensors triggered by movement.
WWF put 30 camera traps in the forests — one per tiger home range (about 40 square miles) — and checks them every 3-4 weeks. Because the cameras have been placed in remote locations, it takes at least a day to hike to each (the team can check all 30 within a month). Cameras must be moved occasionally because the flash often alerts animals to their presence, causing those animals to avoid the area in the future.
Due to the moist, hot climate of Sumatran forests, the cameras often malfunction, so scientists will be lucky if two-thirds of the pictures are of any animals. Because they had conducted thorough research to determine likely tiger habitat, WWF scientists got their first tiger photo within 10 days of setting the traps.
The survey portion of the project will likely last between two and three years, and could lead to opportunities for radio collaring and tracking tigers in order to better establish the size and shape of their range in certain habitats. WWF has been able to focus on tiger research thanks to the forest protection established by Indonesia's recent creation of the 212-square-mile Tesso Nilo National Park.


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Ran the TC6.1 today for the first time and my first time racing in over 2 years. Good car. Finished 5th overall out of 12 so not too bad for knocking off the rust.
Never did figure out my front shock situation. Lowest I could get it tweak free was 6mm. Compared everything to other tc6.1s at the track and can just not figure it out. In hindsight I should have swapped shocks with someone else to see what would have happened.
Last edited by or8ital; 03-04-2012 at 05:56 PM.
Can someone please show me how to cut the top deck in on my TC6?
Here is a picture of the front of the car with the shock collar all the way up. Can anyone see anything I've done wrong??
Yeah you bought an Associated. JUST BUSTIN YO CHOPS.
IMO, I'd suggest the XXXMain book, Chassis Set Up Guide....before cutting the top deck.
Have you tried taking out the 2 button head screws on the top deck near the spur? Fine tuning option prior to cutting td.
Will there be a Chassis like this for TC6.1?
Seen some prototype in ETS Gran Canaria last week! Levanen and Hebert were not able to cahallenge the fast guys. Despite some of the best were not there they didn't make it to the a-main.
What is the material you have under the board on your bench?
That looks to be the rubber mat material for the drawers or tool boxes. Should be able to find it at any hardware store.
LOL! I was just talking about you yesterday and wondering if you were still into RC.
Seems like I have to cut the rear one above the pinion to fit a 36T pinion for a 21.5T motor anyway lol.


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Spirodecospora melnikii är en svampart som först beskrevs av Lar.N. Vassiljeva, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av K.D. Hyde & Melnik 2003. Spirodecospora melnikii ingår i släktet Spirodecospora och familjen kolkärnsvampar.   Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)
Written by Philip Pullman
Juvenile Fiction - Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction - Action & Adventure - Survival Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Classics
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HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!
The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an "All-Time Greatest Novel" and Newsweek hailed as a "Top 100 Book of All Time." Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.
Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.
Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want.
But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other...
A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
A #1 New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction
Published in 40 Countries
"Arguably the best juvenile fantasy novel of the past twenty years." —The Washington Post
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PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy, which has been named one of the top 100 books of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. Pullman was knighted for his services to literature in the 2019 New Years Honours.
The Book of Dust, Pullman's eagerly anticipated return to the world of His Dark Materials, will also be a book in three parts. It began with La Belle Sauvage and continues with The Secret Commonwealth.
Philip Pullman is the author of many other beloved novels. For younger readers: I Was a Rat!, Count Karlstein, Two Crafty Criminals!, Spring-Heeled Jack, and The Scarecrow and His Servant. For older readers: the Sally Lockhart quartet (The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess), The White Mercedes, and The Broken Bridge. He has written a magnificent collection, Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, and his essays and lectures on writing and storytelling have been gathered in a volume called Dæmon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling.
Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, England.
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"Възкресение Христово" () е православна късновъзрожденска църква в битолското село Дедебалци, Северна Македония. Църквата е под управлението на Преспанско-Пелагонийската епархия на Македонската православна църква.

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I have no idea who Amy is , I was hoping for a faster tempo of light-hearted material but perhaps this is this the tale of Jackies' mood
Not to fear as there are lots of gay adults with and without balls ... to play football or baseball
Two Hearts Nov 29, 2016 10:48:19 GMT -5 pgantioch and bgstar like this
The lyrics would be right at home with these old guys (I wonder if this is where Jackie is headed?
From their new album: Hardwired for Self Destruction:
Last Edit: Nov 29, 2016 10:50:42 GMT -5 by Deleted
Two Hearts Nov 29, 2016 14:25:32 GMT -5 jrchico and pgantioch like this
Nov 29, 2016 10:48:19 GMT -5 9x19 said:
You could be right, but I think she wants to write music somewhere between that of Evanescence and Within Temptation. We'll see, but I think she thinks she can use her voice in both the dark and light side of
symphonic type pop music.
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Seriously, it would be a great benefit to Jackie's career to have a large gay following and to become a gay icon. Gay icons are usually entertainers that are popular with the general public, as well. But quite a few of them have had their careers kept afloat thanks to a very loyal gay following.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_icon
Two Hearts Nov 30, 2016 7:27:15 GMT -5 via mobile jamesn likes this
Nov 30, 2016 0:26:26 GMT -5 @miketigfan said:
Seriously, it would be a great pbenefit to Jackie's career to have a large gay following and to become a gay icon. Gay icons are usually entertainers that are popular with the general public, as well. But quite a few of them have had their careers kept afloat thanks to a very loyal gay following.
Just my own comment about the Wikipedia article. I provided the link just to explain what "gay icon" meant, for those not familiar with the term. I personally think the article over intellectualizes and over psychologizes the phenomenon. The glamour part I get. I had a gay friend from high school that liked Judy Garland and Joan Crawford. It was more about him liking Wizard of Oz and Mildred Pierce than anything philosophical, psychological or religious.
MTF: "...quite a few of them have had their careers kept afloat thanks to a very loyal gay following."
PGA: True. None other than Lady Gaga had a loyal gay following as she was getting started. If you ever saw an old LGG concert, they were part singing, part dancing, part confessional & part pep-talk for those who felt ostracized, felt like they didn't belong (e.g., LGBTs).
Two Hearts Dec 9, 2016 14:05:08 GMT -5 pgantioch likes this
Post by Beachguy on Dec 9, 2016 14:05:08 GMT -5
There are a lots of fans gay at this time of the year and deck the halls
Two Hearts Dec 9, 2016 14:11:12 GMT -5 jrchico likes this
She has a grey following , ""become a gay icon "" you mean followed by gays , her sister has that of career
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"The inspiration (for the song) is the stability of your mind, and the ghost that is kind of in your head. It haunts you every day of your life and you have to put up with it, no matter what that voice is. Whether it's a dark voice or an optimistic voice, it's always there haunting you." - Jackie
Does that give you a way into it, at all? It did for me.
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Post by guus on Dec 13, 2016 4:08:05 GMT -5
Dec 10, 2016 12:08:01 GMT -5 @ragnarok said:
If this album takes off, which is entirely possible, say goodbye to the good old days when you could get a seat a couple of rows from the stage at relatively low prices. She will be plunged into what 'A' list success is. I hope she has the strength to handle it.
She has.
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Post by rickolsen on Feb 5, 2017 11:08:30 GMT -5
Two Hearts, released March 31, will consist of a CC album and an EP of pop songs Jackie has written. Jackie has resigned with Sony.
pagesix.com/2017/02/05/jackie-evancho-lands-record-deal-after-trump-inauguration/
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Feb 5, 2017 11:08:30 GMT -5 rickolsen said:
My initial reaction is that is a good way of doing it.
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Post by javier on Feb 5, 2017 11:50:39 GMT -5
That means that it will be predominantly CC I guess
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Two Hearts Feb 5, 2017 12:55:05 GMT -5 jrchico and agog like this
Post by richardnc on Feb 5, 2017 12:55:05 GMT -5
Definitely a good way to do it. Maybe still dictated by Sony on the primary genre but a compromise to throw in pop?


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I have learned three different versions of this form over the years from my teacher and his teacher. The Thirteen Postures form (also known as Wudang Thirteen) is an excellent first form to learn. It is short, is not strenuous, and can be done in a small space. It teaches the eight intentions or energies and the five directions of taijiquan, gives a nice introduction to taijiquan principles, and is a nice start to learning other forms.
The first eight movements are the directions of applied energy – your mind leading energy which moves the body. The first four are used in Yang style for Grasp The Bird's Tail. The last five are the directions – forward, back, left, right and center (the neutral position), and are also associated with the five elements. The form also gives practice moving to the corners. There are many variations of the Thirteen Postures besides this one. You can read more about the Song of the Thirteen Postures at the Qi Encyclopedia.
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I rarely, if ever, log into Second Life anymore. However, today Twiglet asked me to log in to see her land before she released it and sends all her things back to inventory. It is absolutely beautiful, the job she has done with decorating. I wanted to show off the gorgeous items that designers (other players) are able to create and how players with an eye for design can create some beautiful places within the game. It was really lovely, too lovely not to share. For some odd reason her avatar was blocked from viewing, lol, that's SL being SL for you... Sigh.


I like dark backgrounds and clear, minimalist, simplistic, flat, abstract designs. After making my own Love Letter version recently, which all have white flat graphics and text on a dark and differently coloured background, making playing cards in a similar style was the natural next step.
When I had the physical cards of my first test print in my hands, I noticed that because every suit has its own background colour, you can sort of tell the suit from looking at the cards from the side in some circumstances. It's not that bad, really, but I would not advice to play any serious games with them.
I tried to fix that by adding the same border to the front of the cards. I tried a solid border and a gradient border. I tried a dark border and a light border. But whatever I did, it never looked right.
Instead of fixing this in the dark version I decided to keep it but I also designed a version with a light background. That version has a more classic look, it has dark and differently coloured graphics and text on an off white background. Cards from that will definitely not reveal their suit.
The indices are in all four corners to make it possible to fan them in either direction.
It was quite difficult to find a good font for indices. I tried hundreds of fonts and multiple test prints to find one which is narrow enough and has its own character while still being very readable. When I found "Voltaire", it ticked all the boxes and I'm really happy with it.
I originally only wanted one more suit (to be able to play Lost Cities), but then got into searching for good alternative suits and found four more suits which made sense and worked well.
I've looked a lot at other alternative suits, either from historic or modern decks. But I was really disappointed with most of them. They rarely fit the genius simple design of the French suits (diamonds, hearts, spades, clubs). One of the reasons why the French deck became so popular is because the suits are so simple that it's easy to create stamps which made them easier and cheaper to produce.
Simplicity made them successful, so, whichever additional suits I would pick, they'd have to be as simplistic. And something else I noticed: They all have at least one curve and one spike and are vertically symmetric. (Diamonds don't always have curves, but some variants have, like the one I used here.) I tried to find suits which would meet those criteria.
So, I chose: shields, drops, moons, stars.
The stars don't have curves either, but they could have. The reason why I had to have stars is because that is the one constant alternative suit that appears everywhere. And it pairs well with moons. It makes sense and was the first one I've chosen.
I always liked the thought of four-colour decks where all suits have different colours. Naturally, I wanted my deck to have four coloured suits as well. They make it easier to distinguish the different suits which is better for some games. Although in other card games they will make pairing more difficult because there are no two red suits and two black suits anymore.
That's why I also created an alternative more traditional two-colour deck.
I used the most common four colour combination: blue diamonds, red hearts, black spades, green clubs. I like the second-most common option of using yellow diamonds, but that wouldn't look good in a dark deck.
The other colours fit the theme of the other suits: Shields is purple is royal, drops is teal is watery, moons is grey is nighty and stars is yellow(ish) is shiny.
I didn't mirror the pips at first. I didn't see the point because it only works well with even numbers. But when I had the physical cards in my hand, I was surprised that I found it more annoying than I anticipated, so the final version does mirror the pips.
I've intentionally made the distribution of the pips different to classic cards. That was mainly because it was easier to do this way.
The face cards are quite minimalist. I didn't want to have any unnecessary elements. I chose to add the transparent suit to the background rather than a single solid suit to the side to make it more symmetric and less in the way of the minimalist design.
I love designs which somehow merge the face and the suit. But I don't have enough design skills to pull something like that off.
I initially only wanted one more rank as that already existed (historically and in a Tarot deck). But when I had to print amounts of cards that were divisible by 18 (or I would have to pay for blank cards), I also added 1 (which is used in some other decks and makes it possible to use 1 and Ace differently), 11, 12 (which fills the suit grid nicely and makes some historic sense, thinking of the duodecimal system) and a Maid, a Cavalier and a Lady.
Originally there were three clear ranks (Knave, Knight, King) but I also wanted something female to have an equal balance of gendered cards. Adding a female equivalent to the Jack was my starting point. But I also liked those three ranks. So, I started to look for a middle rank pair as well to go with the low rank pair (the Jack plus its female equivalent) and the high rank pair (King and Queen).
It was really tricky to find a pair of nouns that are a) clearly of middle rank, b) clearly male and female and c) don't start with J, Q, K or A.
A Tarot deck has the Knight as a fourth face card, often called a Cavalier. That was a good candidate to keep for the middle male card.
Other decks have a Princess but I didn't find that fitting as there is no equivalent Prince. A Maid as a female servant made sense to pair with the Jack. And a Lady or Dame as the female equivalent of a Knight made sense to pair with the Cavalier. A Dame is also already used in lots of other languages instead of the Queen.
[T]he Cary-Yale deck […] added queens, mounted ladies, and maids as counterparts to the males.
As for the images for the face cards, the higher pair has typical headgear (a tiara and a crown), the medium pair has typical weapons (a sword and a sword hidden in an umbrella) and the lower pair has typical tools (scissors and a spade).
As with standard decks, the jokers are a bit more elaborate.
They pay tribute to lots of other alternative suits and show a transparent version of them in the background.
The four jokers in the standard suits show their equivalent Latin and Germanic suits.
The four jokers in the alternative suits are grouped by theme and show symbols which are used in other alternative suits: Shields show horseshoes and horns, drops show anchors and shells, moons show suns and crowns, stars show steering wheels and jewels.
I've also added a transparent suit to the jokers' indices, so they can potentially be treated as an additional face card. It also adds a way to distinguish them for colourblind people when fanning.
There is a reference symbol (※) where the rank would be. Most decks use a star, but because I already use the star for an alternative suit, I had to use something else.
As with most things, finding a name was the hardest and it was the very last thing I decided. I will spare you the hundreds of bad names I came up with and will just explain where "Micaya" comes from. The "mi" is coming from its main design aspect, its minimalism. The "caya" is coming from the "Cary-Yale" deck mentioned above that also had an additional Maid, Knight and Lady.
But knowing what the name means is unimportant. What's more important is that it sounds like it could fit into many cultures, is easy to pronounce (I hope) and doesn't already have a company or product with the same name.
New suits and ranks are great. But what games can you actually play with this deck?
I know most people would only be interested in such a deck if they knew which exciting games they could play with it that would benefit from an extended deck.
I've got a vague idea of some games that fit that criterion. But in order to fully figure this out, I've bought a couple of books on hundreds of card games and plan to learn most of them.
I might follow this post up with a list of games and/or a collection of rules.
The font used for the indices is Voltaire.
The design is my own, obviously inspired by hundreds of other decks.
This first print is by MakePlayingCards.com.
The graphic software I used to create the deck is… none!
I am a web developer and had started designing the deck in pure HTML and CSS. I had planned to move over a more sophisticated graphic design software, like Inkscape or The Gimp. But when I tried that it just slowed me down a lot. So, I stuck with HTML and CSS and made huge screenshots of each card.
And to my surprise the quality of the print looks as good as if I had used a graphics tool. You really cannot tell that it was not made with a more appropriate tool.
MakePlayingCards.com's Marketplace and some other similar shops have the great advantage that as a designer you don't need to pay anything upfront. You just offer the design, and when someone buys a copy, they literally produce that single deck just for them.
That makes it super easy and literally risk-free to publish it. But it also makes it quite expensive for buyers.
I've chosen MakePlayingCards.com mostly because they are really flexible, give you lots of options, let you do everything online and automate most of the process.
But I might choose to sell it on other similar shops later.
You can get a combination of the dark or the light version and with individual or usual colours per suit, as a whole deck or a subset from my MPC shop space.
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Naples or New York - Which Gets Hit By More Hurricanes?
Its a great question. Most people, I am sure would speculate that it wasn't even close.
By a wide margin it is assumed that most would believe the Southwest Florida coastal town of Naples, Florida has a much better chance of being in harm's way of a tropical hurricane. After all, Naples enjoys a subtropical climate, where New York obviously enjoys a much different climate. Lets look at at the data. In the 153 years since hurricanes in Florida have been tracked, a hurricane of at least a Category 1 has brushed Naples on average every 7.7 years. There has never been a direct hit on the coastal beachfront city. The closest was Hurricane Donna in 1960. Donna came ashore at Everglades City, 36 miles from Naples.
More recent history is very telling. The last time a hurricane effected Naples was Hurricane Wilma in 2005. That is eleven years since a hurricane landed within hundreds of miles. Since 2005 New York and vicinity has been host to 8 hurricane events. These storms bringing high winds and storm surge hit close enough to New York to cause severe flooding, coastal erosion and damage, downed trees, millions of dollars in damage to buildings and infrastructure, and loss of life (53 New York deaths were attributed to Hurricane Sandy). Hurricane Sandy, in 2012, caused widespread damage and fatalities over a number of states, including New York and New Jersey, losing $62 billion of damage to New York and surrounding areas. There was flooding in the New York City Subway system, road tunnels entering Manhattan, and many suburban communities. Hospitals had to evacuated, thousands of homes and approximately 250,000 vehicles were destroyed. Large parts of the city lost electricity for several days, and voice and data communication was disrupted in lower Manhattan.
Naples' distinctive location at the southern tip of Southwest Florida makes it difficult for hurricanes to form a direct hit. The majority of hurricanes travel up the east coast of Florida, then up through the Atlantic states. Storms that enter the Gulf of Mexico, would have to make a very sharp and extreme right-hand turn to land within Naples' shores. The storms continue north heading for other Gulf states (Louisiana, Texas, etc.) and other Florida locations.
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There are four main reasons why garage floors crack. The first cause is from movement of the earth. Soil movement can be from the soil and/or water under the cement floor freezing. This freezing causes the soils to expand and exert pressure against the cement floor which causes cracking. Water can erode soils from under the garage/foundation floor that causes weakness in the floor which can result in floor cracks. The second cause of garage floor cracks is from vibrations. Vibrations can be from blasting, earthquakes or as simple as heavy equipment going in front of your house. The third cause of garage floor cracks is improper preparation of the soils where the concrete was poured. The last cause of garage floor cracks is from the concrete itself. The mix itself could be improper or not strong enough.
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Hay'at Tahrir al Sham killed a civilian in targeting a protest in Ma'aret al Na'san village in Idlib, on Apr 30
The death of the civilian Saleh al Mar'i, from Ma'aret al Na'san village, in the northern suburbs of Idlib governorate, in a shooting by members of Hay'at Tahrir al Sham on protesters against the opening of commercial crossing by Hay'at Tahrir al Sham linking areas under its control and areas controlled by Syrian regime forces in Ma'aret al Na'san village, on April 30, 2020. Additionally, a car affiliated with them intended to run over protesters to disperse them. As a result, five civilians were injured. We note that Hay'at Tahrir al Sham suspended the opening decision at the same day.
SNHR assured the necessity of closing the all crossing between all areas as a precautionary measure to stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in particular with Syrian regime's areas as they are considered as vulnerable areas where the military and commercial movement is continuing with Iran, a COVID- 19 pandemic country.


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The Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum
The second half of my museum day saw me at the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum – an appointment only venue at Hereford's TA centre.
This is a great little museum, and I am indebted to David of Sunset Militaria for showing me around and imparting some of his expert knowledge. The Museum contains artefacts relevant to the Hereford Rifle Volunteer Corps (HRVC) (1860-1908), Herefordshire Regiment (1908-47) and Herefordshire Light Infantry (1947-68).
Highlights include pennants from the car of Grand Admiral Doenitz, the 2nd Fuehrer of the 3rd Reich – rescued from the officer's mess and now given pride of place in the museum!
On display are numerous regimental standards, uniforms, cap badges at the like from the regiment's long and distinguished history, alongside many bits and bobs ranging from photographs and drums to helmets and regimental crockery! There are also plenty of medal sets, including some rare groupings, for collectors to drool over and having such a knowledgeable guide, like David and the other trustees, adds a whole new dimension to the visit.
The Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum deserves all the support it can get and I heartily recommended making an appointment (a simple email does the trick). It is the trustees' aim to build a larger museum dedicated to Herefordshire's oft-overlooked military history, from its Napoleonic Volunteer militias to the SAS, and I for one fully endorse this!
A brief history of the Herefordshire Light Infantry
While Herefordshire's connection with the regular army ended in 1881, when the 36th (Herefordshire) regiment became the 2nd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, the county has a venerable association with volunteer regiments. Companies of militia and yeomanry have been raised in Herefordshire since before the Napoleonic wars and the Herefordshire Light Infantry TA proudly carried on that heritage.
The militia barracks building at Harold Street is dated 1856 and more buildings were acquired in 1890. There was a drill hall in Widemarsh Street up until the 1880's, which was presumably superseded by a drill hall at Friars Street, which remained in use for some time. During the period other drill halls could be found scattered among the towns and villages of Herefordshire. The Harold Street barracks later became home to the county records office, with the new Suvla TA Barracks opposite.
The 1st Administrative Battalion, Herefordshire and Radnorshire Rifle Volunteers was formed in 1861, comprising the 1st to 8th Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps and the 1st to 3rd Radnorshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1880 it was re-designated 1st Herefordshire (Hereford and Radnor) Rifle Volunteers and became the volunteer battalion of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) the next year, beginning its long association with the KSLI.
The regiment's first taste of active service came in 1900, when two Volunteer Service Companies were formed from the three Volunteer Battalions of the KSLI, of which the Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps was one, to reinforce 2nd Battalion KSLI in South Africa during the Boer War. In 1908, the regiment was transferred to the Territorial Force and the title of the Regiment was changed to 'The Herefordshire Regiment TF' (although it retained two companies in Radnorshire).
In World War I the regiment was expanded to three battalions. The 1st Battalion was mobilised as part of 158 Brigade in 53rd (Welsh) Division and fought at Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and the Western Front. The 2nd and 3rd battalions did not see active service and were eventually absorbed into 4h (Reserve) Battalion KSLI.
The 1st battalion fought with distinction in the Great War, for example being mentioned in dispatches following the landing at Suvla Bay:-
"Some of the units which took part in this engagement acquitted themselves very bravely. The Divisional Commander speaks with appreciation of one freshly landed battalion of 53d Division, a Herefordshire battalion, which attacked with impetuosity and courage."
The battalion went on to fight in the battles of Rumani, Gaza, Beersheba, Khuweilfek, and Tel Asur, before being transferred to the western Front as part of 102 Brigade in 30 Division. Here they participated in the battles of the Marne and 3rd Ypres, earning another special mention following action near Menin:-
"Congratulations to you and all ranks of your splendid Battalion for the excellent work done during the three days fighting."
Following the armistice and a stint of garrison duty in Germany, they returned to Hereford and were demobilised in 1919. In 1920 the Reserve army was reorganised into the Territorial Army and the regiment became the Herefordshire Regiment TA, losing its Radnor companies and thus severing the long-held ties with that area. The regiment re-joined the 53rd (Welsh) Division as part of the 159 (Welsh Border) Brigade, alongside the 4th Battalion KSLI and 3rd Battalion the Monmouthshire Regiment (this after an unsuccessful attempt to turn the Herefords into a heavy artillery regiment).
The interwar years saw the regiment settling down to normal peacetime duties, including attending camp and participating in various sporting competitions, but by the late 1930's it began to modernise in preparation for another world war.
In 1939 the regiment doubled in strength, splitting up into two battalions. While the 2nd battalion was involved in anti-invasion duties and never saw action, the 1st battalion, following postings to Tenby and Northern Ireland, was reorganised with the rest of 159 Brigade into a Lorried Infantry Brigade, joining 29 Armoured Brigade in 11th Armoured Division.
Originally intended for service in North Africa, the Division eventually saw action during the Normandy landings and in Operations 'Epsom', 'Goodwood' and 'Bluecoat' and the battles around the Falaise pocket. They then participated in the thrust into Holland and fought through NW Europe, eventually reaching the Germany's Baltic Coast. Their last action was during 'Operation Blackout', where members of the Herefordshire Battalion saw the surrender of Grand Admiral Doenitz, the 2nd (and last) Fuehrer of the 3rd Reich.
Post-war reorganisations saw the Battalion reformed in 1947 to the Herefordshire Light Infantry (TA), reflecting its long association with the KSLI. The battalion continued to thrive but sadly ceased to exist after a reorganisation of the TA in 1967. Its battle honours have since been incorporated into the Light Infantry TA, a platoon of which is still stationed in Hereford.
For more information, see here and here, and this frankly fantastic forum thread here.
The VBCW perspective
Like all Territorials, the men of the Herefordshire Regiment would have had their loyalties torn at the outbreak of civil war: duty bound as soldiers to serve the King but also obliged to defend their land and loved ones against oppression.
For a loyal regiment with such a distinguished martial tradition, it might be difficult to see how they would have rebelled against the government but when the Bishop of Hereford declared for the Anglican League, members of the Herefordshire TA fought for him in some of the early battles.
In the end it must go down to the political and/or moral stance of each man and his officers. Some would have felt strongly enough to join the Anglican League, others would have marched to the nearest royalist unit, while I suspect a great many would have simply headed for home, taking their weapons and equipment with them.
This state of affairs would be a sad and ignominious end for the Regiment, and as such I invented the 'Hereford Bulls Veterans Association' in my first piece on VBCW Herefordshire to bring back some of their spirit and reputation. After visiting the museum I concluded that this is not enough and so, sooner or later, you will see the Herefordshire Regiment, properly represented in miniature form in this blog, ready to do battle!
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Labels: History, Places
Command groups
So I had a few miniatures knocking around that I planned to use in various command groups – here they are painted up!
BUF command
These three go with the BUF standard bearer I knocked up for the Evesham game and will eventually form part of the Herefordian arm of the Three Counties Legion.
L – R: Gary Mitchell Miniatures' 'Mrs. Plumber' as propaganda officer, Gary Mitchell Miniatures' 'Richard III' for C.O. and Musketeer's BUF commander (which I'll probably use for a company C.O.)
Municipal command
Three chaps who will lead the Hereford City Municipal LDV battalion.
L – R: Hasslefree's 'Prof. Beattie' as a medic, Wargames Foundry's Victoriana mayor as C.O. and a converted Artizan Maquis fighter as standard bearer.
Anglican League command
Fresh from Ross-on-Wye, this lot will march at the head of my AL battalion.
Front row L – R: Ironclad servant (with extra tin hat) as 'batman', Bolt Action vampire hunter as C.O. and Wargames Foundry Victoriana priest as chaplain.
Back row L-R: Wargames Foundry WW1 trench raider (with added tin hat and sniper rifle) as sniper (duh!) and converted Wargames Foundry Victoriana parson as signaller.
I've still got a few more minis to flesh them out, but it's a start!
The Hereford Waterworks Museum
Last week I had a rare day to myself – and what does a footloose and fancy free guy do when he's at liberty? Well he visits a couple of local museums of course!
First stop was Hereford's Waterworks Museum, situated at the site of the old pumping station. The museum showcases engines and pumps from the start of the industrial revolution onwards – many in full working order. There are some amazing pieces of machinery here, all lovingly restored by a team of enthusiastic volunteers who are happy to explain the workings of their pride and joy(s).
Herefordshire lacks any large lakes, the right geography for reservoirs or significant underground aquifers, so the River Wye was seen as the only effective water source. Hereford, like many towns and cities, suffered from epidemics of water-borne diseases. In response to this, the Hereford Improvement Act of 1854 enabled the City Fathers to provide paved streets, gas lighting and a piped supply of drinking water.
To facilitate the latter a site was chosen at Broomy Hill – a location higher than the city centre and adjacent to the River Wye. Upon the completion of a pumping station, water could be pumped from the river, filtered and then fed by gravity to the city.
As Hereford grew and nearby hills were urbanised, a water tower was built, acting as a giant 'header tank', thus providing mains water pressure to these new areas. The pumping station was also enlarged throughout the period (the last annexe being built in 1906), reflecting the transition from steam to diesel, and thence electric engines to power the pumps.
In due course Herefordshire's other towns had pumping stations built; for example the people of Leominster suffered particularly from water-borne diseases and the authorities were directed by the government to do something about it. The pumping station was built in the 1860's, taking water from a local aquifer, which quickly ran dry, necessitating a more distant source.
The advent of World War II saw the expansion of the Royal Ordinance factory at Rotherwas, which also needed pumping equipment as part of the necessary fire-fighting requirements. A reservoir was dug and a pumping house, guarded by a pillbox, was constructed.
Meanwhile more rural areas continued to rely on age-old wells, boreholes, streams etc. and the countryside was dotted with local reservoirs, hydraulic rams, water wheels, wind-powered pumps and the like until the introduction of a county-wide mains water distribution scheme in the 1960's.
The Waterworks Museum tells this story much better than I can, with equipment from all stages of Herefordshire's quest for safe drinking water on site.
Not only is the evolution of the Hereford's main pumping house demonstrated, but Leominster's pumping station has also been rebuilt, showcasing the infrastructure of the satellite towns. Following the chance discovery of the Rotherwas engine, an exhibition detailing Hereford's WWII heritage has also been constructed, with the original fire-fighting equipment lovingly restored to full working order.
The museum is definitely worth a visit, especially if you're into old machines or interested in Herefordshire's civic history. The museum shop sells a nice selection of books which give more information on the subject and guided tours for schoolchildren are available.
Any faction wishing to maintain their grip on Herefordshire's towns must surely hold the pumping stations – not only that of Hereford but also Leominster, Ross, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington. Control of the towns' water supplies would be of paramount importance (provided one could also control the gas and electricity supplies).
Hereford's water tower, still I believe the tallest structure in the city, would offer unparalleled views of the area – most useful when keeping a lookout for enemy factions.
However in the 1930's, rural areas still depended on local sources and would be largely independent of water suppies from the towns. As is so often the case in these situations, holding the cities and towns is one thing, controlling the countryside is another…
Hop picking in Herefordshire
One of the fondest memories I have of my Nan is her impression of the Black Country accents she would hear during hop picking season, when people from nearby industrial areas in the Midlands and South Wales would descend into Herefordshire to earn an extra few bob.
I was also once told how my great granddad, gamekeeper Sam Jones, would occasionally be called upon by the local policeman during hop picking time to help sort out the fights that invariably broke out in the local pub when the Gypsies, who also arrived to earn some hopping money, had had a little too much to drink.
This, coupled with my dad's memories of how surprised he was at how neat and well turned out the travelling folk were when they turned up looking for work, has always piqued my interest about how these disparate communities joined with the locals in September to meet the increased need for labour come hopping time.
My nan stands in the centre of this photo, with my dad and my uncle to her left
A search through the internet reveals a wealth of information on hop picking, and its pickers, from all corners of the UK. Rather than simply paraphrasing what has already been written, below is a collection of pertinent links, which I hope readers of this blog will enjoy perusing.
Hops and hop picking
"'Going hopping' for children meant sleeping on straw pallets, rabbit stews, avoiding wasps, picking hops into an old umbrella while their mothers worked at the cribs to fill the greensacks. It was a hard 'working holiday' but in the evening there was singing around the fires, and places to explore."
A great source of information on the whole business of hops can be found in the website of the Bromyard Hop Festival – an organisation that celebrates everything hop-related in an annual festival. It's fantastic that the town of Bromyard is taking the trouble to do this, and I heartily recommend that you support these guys and keep an eye out for details of the 2012 event!
The excellent Herefordshire Through Time website contains lots of fascinating articles on the world of hops, from a history of the plant to the processes involved from harvesting to drying – take a look!
The Gypsies
"One night someone rang the police to say that murder was being committed down at the Gypsies' wagons. On arrival the police bundled the troublemakers into their vans, but as fast as they were put in at the front, they got out at the back and carried on fighting!"
I can heartily recommend the fantastic Romany Road website, which, among many other great articles, memories and photos, has a page on hop picking in Herefordshire. This includes a calendar of the hop grower's year and a most useful article – both by Mary Horner.
Romany Road is a non-political, non-profit-making society, our aim being to share and enjoy memories and reminiscences of Romany Life, and produce a quarterly journal full of Romany stories and photographs celebrating their culture – available for a modest annual membership fee.
The Black Country
"The pickers took with them cooking utensils of every size and shape. The most important was the 'hoppen box'. This was a tin trunk which held all the clothes."
Check out Cradley Links, a website devoted to the history of the local and family history of the village of Cradley in the Black Country.
The page devoted to hop picking presents a fascinating collection of reminiscences of the hop picking 'holiday' from Cradley residents and a rather catchy song on the subject. There is also an account of when the local history group Cradley Then and Now set off in 2004 to Claston Farm in Dormington to experience hop picking for themselves.
Linking to the Bromyard hop festival mentioned above, an article in the Birmingham Post from march 2011 also harks back to the days when Midlanders would flock to the countryside to pick hops.
"Oh, it was wonderful, it was great. I used to love hop picking."
The Jones History Website of the UK contains a great transcript of a tape recording of the reminiscences of Mr Dai Harmon, who grew up in Penyard, Merthyr Tydfil. While a fascinating insight into how life was in interwar Merthyr, it also contains a lovely snippet about the annual hop picking holiday in Herefordshire.
Wikipedia is, as always, a useful source of information, and contains an article on 'hopper huts'. Photos on this page led me to the website of Kent Life – Kent of course being another great hop growing area of the UK. Kent Life have recreated a collection of brick and tin hopper huts and looks well worth a visit!
Hop picking in the VBCW
The picture I have painted of Herefordshire in the Very British Civil War is of a largely isolated county where the royalist authorities struggle to contain various other factions; not least local 'marcher lordships', fascist organisations and rebel Anglican Leaguers.
However the hop picking season adds a whole new dimension to this, with what are essentially migrant workers pouring into the county from the Black Country, Wales and the Romany community. The commercial need to get the hops picked would undoubtedly override any security considerations that the authorities might have, and so wartime travelling restrictions would either be waived or quietly ignored by farmers and landowners.
This would open up what is essentially a local conflict – left-wing agitators from industrial and mining areas would use the hopping season as cover to infiltrate what one would assume to be traditionally poor recruiting grounds. Spreading dissent among the diaspora of hop pickers would be their goal, hopefully expanding this to the larger local population. Weapons, ammunition and equipment could also be smuggled inside sympathetic pickers' 'hoppen boxes', while militant fighters themselves could masquerade as pickers.
Welsh Nationalists could also use this as a method of getting men and material into the county, albeit at the risk of clashing with left-wingers from the Welsh mining towns. This 'fifth column' could be used to assist their allies in the local Anglican League, or even further their wider aims of pushing out the welsh border. The tradition of churchmen preaching among the hop pickers could also serve as a useful recruitment tool for the Anglican League.
The Romany community largely kept themselves to themselves, and might be less susceptible to such agitation. However at a time when life was no doubt more difficult, arms were plentiful and suspicion was rife, the sadly still current mistrust of travelling folk could escalate into something more deadly, leading Gypsy families to take the necessary steps to protect themselves, especially in areas where far-right groups have the upper hand.
What was once seen as a family holiday and a chance to earn some extra cash could well develop into a deadly battle among the hop yards, hopper huts and drying kilns.
Labels: History, Pseudohistory
Carve-up in Colwall – times two!
Myself, Giles and his mate Gavin decided to do a dry-run of an urban game in readiness for the biggish game in February. Not only would this give us a feel for the right balance of buildings and other terrain, but also try out Giles' ammunition supply rules and the random event cards that I had written.
The Village of Colwall
In an effort to tie the dry-run into our current campaign narrative, it was decided to base the action in the village of Colwall – site of the Malvern Spring Water factory and more importantly the Colwall railway tunnel. Whoever controlled Colwall thus controlled a vital rail link between Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The BUF flying column sent to rescue the BUF that have been cut off in SE Herefordshire and that face a hostile LDV in Ledburyhas to fight its way through Colwall on the western slopes of the Malverns - the first fighting that village had seen.
Giles' supply rules were as follows:- before each turn, each unit drew a playing card and consulted a table. Most cards meant that the unit had enough ammunition for that turn, others meant that ammo had run out. One of my random event cards would be drawn if a player rolled a 1 or a 6 when dicing for initiative.
Within the village, two buildings acted as supply dumps – the factory on the defenders' right flank, and a warehouse on the defenders' left-centre. Whoever occupied these buildings did not have to draw a supply card. The factory would start off under the defenders' control, while the warehouse was unoccupied.
Starting positions (MHC on the right, Blackshorts on the left)
Gavin took control of the defending MHC, while I fielded my Blackshorts, newly re-enforced with the 'Blackskirt' Sidcup Highlanders. My plan was to race the veteran highlanders to the warehouse on the left, while the green Metropolitan Blackshorts, tank bombers, command unit and support weapons occupied buildings in the centre, where they could fire at the defenders with the help of two armoured vans. Finally the trained Marches Blackshorts would advance at the far left and, supported by fire from the centre, make an attempt on the factory.
That was the plan anyway…
The Sidcup Highlanders beat the MHC to the warehouse
The highlanders duly reached and occupied the warehouse, narrowly pipping an MHC company to the post. The rest of the Blackshorts fared less well however. While the command unit duly occupied a building, the Metropolitans failed to get into a large coaching house due to the lack of doors and windows on their side of the building – something I'd failed to consider!
The Marches Blackshorts wonder where their bullets are
The Marches company was also stymied, as repeatedly poor supply cards meant that they spent a lot of the time without any ammunition! They were reduced to skulking behind a house while they waited for some decent supplies to be forthcoming.
The Blackshort centre hangs around the coach house
On my right, the highlanders quickly shot up the advancing MHC unit, almost destroying them utterly. The command unit also gave the defenders a hard time, with the sniper taking out one of the MHC tank bombers. However the rest of the centre was forced to take pot shots through the exposed archway and flanks of the coach house, while the vans typically made a lot of noise but hit very little – one of them being more useful as a shield for the HMG as it went around the coach house.
Set ramming speed to, er, zero...
While the highlanders fortified the warehouse, the rest of the force was now coming under considerable fire from the defensive positions. The armoured van supporting the command unit soon lost its armaments and in revenge attempted to ram the MHC anti-tank rifle responsible (which, having claimed its first prize, was heading out to take on the second van). This was foiled by the remaining tank bomber, who managed to immobilise the vehicle.
Withdrawl from the centre
I was now regretting placing my command unit in the front line, as the building they were holed up in was getting, well, holed! The Metropolitans were also receiving casualties, while fire from the HMG and armoured van had little effect on the forces defending the factory – now being re-enforced by MHC vehicles from their centre.
Discretion is the better part of valour
After a handful of casualties the green Metropolitans broke, as did the command until after being reduced to just the commander. While the highlanders redressed this balance by wiping out the MHC command unit with MG fire from the warehouse, at the other end of the table the Marches company, having being –finally- supplied with ammunition, advanced on the MHC's flank. However, unsupported by the centre, they were quickly shot up by the factory defenders. It was time to concede.
Massacre on the flank
We decided that the supply rules were perhaps a bit too severe, while the event cards didn't get much of an airing to be of any use. However on the plus side we did have time for another game! We decided that supply cards should be drawn only after a unit had fired – giving them at least one chance to do something! If a picture card was drawn, then an event card would also be drawn, rather than drawing them in the initiative phase. Control of the factory and/or warehouse increased the value of the card drawn.
And so on to game 2…
Starting positions
This time Gavin took control of the Blackshorts, while I had a chance to field some of my Anglican League figures, who had taken over defensive duties from the MHC. Once again the factory was in the defenders' hands, while the warehouse was unoccupied but under nominal Anglican control.
The Anglican command eagerly awaits victory
I once again decided to race to the warehouse with my veteran LDV unit, while at the other flank, knowing from bitter experience that the coach house could not be entered from behind; I defended the factory with the green Archenfield Amateur Athletics Association, with an HMG at the far end to counter any flanking move. The trained LDV lined the fences at the centre, with an armoured van, Croydon Crusher, anti-tank rifle and anti-tank bombers for support.
Oh dear...
Gavin shrewdly anticipated my attempt to reach the warehouse, and had most of the Blackshort forces in that area under primary fire orders: firing at the most opportune moment (crossing the road to reach the building). A lucky shot from an armoured van nearly halved the LDV unit as they left the safety of their defences, while the fascist infantry finished off the rest as they scrambled into the warehouse.
The HMG moves up
Combined rifle and vehicle fire from the Blackshorts quickly knocked out the Croydon Crusher and rendered the van useless, while return fire had very little effect due in part to my usually woeful dice rolls. Fire through the archway between the factory defenders and the Blackshorts behind the coach house was desultory, so as it was clear that there would be no flank attack on my right, I rashly decided to move my (well, Giles' actually) HMG into the archway to get a crack at the fascists behind.
More bad news for the AL
This move was soon met by a hail of bullets and the HMG was no more, while at my left the Blackshorts duly occupied the warehouse and then advanced to roll up my depleted left flank. At this stage I remembered I had some anti-tank bombers, but it was too late to do anything with them.
Get stuck in lads!
The fascists bombers on the other hand had advanced into a building in the centre (probably still strewn with the corpses of the Blackshort command group from the previous game). In order to actually do something positive, rather than through any tactical need, I charged the centre LDV into the building, turfing out the bombers. However despite this minor victory, and with time ticking on, it was clear that I had to throw in the towel.
Warehouse taken, the Blackskirts roll up the flank
Another great game was had, and the supply rules worked out a lot better. The event cards also saw more play, although in this case had little effect on the game (the Blackshort anti-tank rifle unit only discovering a barrel of cider after they had done their work). Much food for thought was had regarding the number and placement of buildings (regarding positioning of doors and windows etc.) and rule amendments for storming said buildings were also tried out.
More piccies can be found here and here.
Onwards then, to February and the biggish game. The fascists have secured the Hereford/Worcester rail link and the Anglican League have negated the MHC's hard won gains. But what effect will all this have on the siege of Ledbury?
Labels: Wargames
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