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Fort Ricasoli

Fort Ricasoli Malta

Fort Ricasoli is located in Kalkara, Malta, and is over 300 years old, being built around 1670 thanks to the Order of Saint John. Despite being somewhat dilapidated, the fort still sees use as a filming location, including in Game of Thrones.

How to Get to Fort Ricasoli

Flights to Kalkara from the UK start from £50, and go up to £250, with prices being higher in peak tourist season. From there, it’s easiest to get a bus to the fort – there are the X3 and X4 lines which both run hourly, and will cost you between £1 and £3 to ride, which is pretty reasonable. It’s the only public transport service that will get you there, so you’d be wise to plan accordingly.

It makes sense to combine this trip with the nearby location of the star shaped fort – Fort Manoel.

You can also do a Game of Thrones Malta tour, and the best online tours include GetYourGuide and Viator Travel.

Game of Thrones Links

Owing to the current state of the place, it’s challenging to try and identify exactly how much of the area was used for filming. However, we do know that this was the site used for the Red Keep. It’s a castle in King’s Landing and was used a couple of times in the show – particularly when Arya Stark tried to get back into the Red Keep and was turned away because no-one believed that she was a daughter of the King’s Hand.

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History of Fort Ricasoli

Let’s take a look at the history of the place and see why it’s such an appealing destination for people to visit. The Fort first began life in June of 1670, as a single piece of stone. Over the next four years, a skeleton frame was built. Construction just developed from there and eventually became the Fort that people see today. Of course, once upon a time, it was a fully functional fort, but years of conflict damaged the structure and left it in its current condition.

In modern days, however, you’ll find that Fort Ricasoli appears most frequently in films. Much of the Fort which is still safe to use is leased to the Malta Film Commission, and this means that a lot of people can use the Fort to film in. Films like Gladiator and Assassins Creed are shot there, as well as naturally Game of Thrones. Right now, you’ll find that the Fort is mostly used for just filming. The structure is too dilapidated to do anything else with it. A lot of it is fenced off also because it’s unsafe for people to interact with or touch.

But if you’re interested in visiting Fort Ricasoli, there’s still a lot to appreciate. If you look carefully, you can easily see all of the locations where filming took place, and it’s fascinating to look at all the history that the Fort has been known for. After all, there’s over 300 years of building and conflict and multiple owners of the Fort to get your head around. There was even a mutiny in the Fort in 1807! The history is pretty obvious, and it’s almost tangible – you could imagine soldiers living and working here, and you could almost picture the scenes from Game of Thrones being filmed.

If you are looking for a good private Game of Thrones tour of Malta that includes the Red Keep, I recommend Viator Travel’s Private Game of Thrones Tour Malta.

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Who hasn’t played this game at one time or another, without the help of actual cards, or a board? My brothers and I, and now my wife and I, routinely try to stump each other with lyrical trivia.  Any music lover would like Encore (Endless Games, 1989). This is the kind of party game that nobody really wants to start playing – who wants to show off their own tone-deafness, after all? – but ends up getting everybody gathered around, laughing, and contributing a song or two from their own repertoire.

The game very simply requires each team to identify and sing lyrics from a song, at least six words in length, that include one target word that is drawn randomly from the deck. Teams alternate on the same word until one team fails to come up with an original answer, at which point the other team wins the right to move closer to the end.

There is a newer version of Encore out (first picture), but we played the older version (pic number 2), and because the old tunes are still around, it was still full of relevant words. Unfortunately, I can’t offer an opinion on the cards available in the current edition – but I honestly have no doubt the target words are a decent sample of easy, difficult, and in between. In addition to the word cards, the game comes with a board,  a die, pawns, and a marker.

The target cards are shown below – each listing five everyday words. On one team’s turn, the die is rolled and their pawn moved; the color of the space they land on refers to the colored word on the card they must play. That team them must come up with a song including that word, and sing at least six lyrics that include it. Once they do, the other team must come up with a different song. Turns alternate until one team appears stuck. At that point the other team can impose a time limit (20 second sand timer), but if that first team comes up with a song, the other team then has a time limit as well. Once a team fails to come up with an appropriate answer, they lose control of the dice.

The yellow spaces on the board correspond to “category” questions, and are self explanatory. Otherwise there is nothing special about the color categories on the cards.

Encore is billed as a game for music lovers, but it really is a democratic game, with musical elements for the whole family. As bad as people might consider their singing to be, once among friends all bets are off, inhibitions are cast aside, and it’s all about laughing and enjoying the company.

This is an easy game to recommend to just about any group. The fact that players are matching their own repertoires against the word in question makes it appropriate for any age group (over 8, that is) and any English-speaking country. It is definitely a nice family game, because it can bring people together across generational lines.

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Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow

I finished my last game of The Werewolves of Millers Hollow (999 Games, 2001) less than 10 hours ago, and I can’t really wait to tell you about it! This is such a unique game, and the interaction is so interesting, that I’m a little embarrassed and ashamed that I waited so long to play it! (And I call myself a game lover – bah!)

In this game, players (except for the “Moderator”) play the part of simple townsfolk – but some of them are werewolves and wake up at night to kill an innocent victim, and then arise in the morning among the rest of the townsfolk. The townsfolk then all try to decide who among them might be a werewolf, and the player chosen is lynched! Of course, that player may end up being a werewolf, or an innocent victim. Eventually, there are only werewolves or townsfolk left, and they have won the game.

The key to The Werewolves of Millers Hollow is that players do not know the actual identity of any of the other players (per cards, above), and when nighttime falls, all players close their eyes as if asleep, only “waking” when they have a role to play. There are only a few werewolves – up to four – per game, but they are the only ones who know who they are, and when they mingle with the rest of the townsfolk during they day they must avoid being found out.

So the game starts when the moderator, whose job it is to run the game and communicate decisions among the players without giving away identities, deals a card to each player. That card becomes that player’s identity (see below). Ordinary Townsfolk simply close their eyes during the night phase, and open them when night is over, and then help try to determine who might be a werewolf during the day. The Werewolves act like townsfolk, but during the night phase they, at the moderator’s cue, open their eyes and communicate silently to decide on a victim. The moderator then silently taps the victim to let them know they were killed by the werewolves, and the werewolves close their eyes again. When the moderator announces morning time, everyone except the victim opens their eyes, and the victim’s identity is revealed.

When the day begins, all players (including the werewolves, who are acting like regular townsfolk) debate and choose by vote which other player is a werewolf. That unlucky player is “lynched” and then their identity is revealed (By the way, when players are “killed” they are out of the game, and may not participate…but it is still a lot of fun to watch!). The (optional) sheriff card can go to any player, by vote of all players at the beginning of the game, and that role confers on them two votes when deciding who is a werewolf. That can be particularly bad if a werewolf ends up becoming elected sheriff, because as the number of players dwindle, those two votes are increasingly powerful!

If a player is not a werewolf, they are a townsfolk (but the sheriff can be either). The townsfolk may be ordinary, or they may have a special role. The Fortune Teller (above) wakes up first after all the town has gone to sleep, and they get to “peek” at another player’s identity. It is up to them, after that, how to use the information.

More special townsfolk cards are below. The Little Girl has the option of opening her eyes while the werewolves are awake, to peek at them – however, if she is caught peeking at them then she will automatically become the next victim! The witch has two potions, one for healing (bringing back one dead person) and one poison (for eliminating one person); the witch wakes up after the werewolves have killed and gone back to sleep, and she determines whether to use her healing or poison potion that night, or not. She may use each only once, and they may be used on herself.

At the beginning of the game, the Thief may opt to remain a regular townsfolk, or they may choose one of two remaining cards from the deal. The Hunter, when killed, gets one shot at one player, taking that player with him. Cupido gets to play matchmaker – any two players of Cupido’s choice become instantly in love and MUST protect the interests of their loved one. If one of the lovers dies, the other must follow (by taking their own life!).

And so goes The Werewolves of Millers Hollow. The game is so exquisitely interesting because each person has information to share and an identity to hide at the same time, and they do not know who is who. It’s a game of guesses (usually wrong on my part – lol!), suspicion, hunches, and luck. It takes about 20 minutes or so (depending on how many are playing) to play a single game, but as I said earlier it is very easy to play many games in a row. In fact it’s hard not to.

I absolutely recommend this game to any group of people gathering just about anywhere. It would even be great for more formal gatherings where there is a need for an ice breaker or a team-building type exercise. I can envision modifications to make it even better for something along those lines. That said, it is also perfect for later nights, when the more raucous games, or the more serious games, are over and there are enough people left behind to make it work.

There is an expansion of The Werewolves of Millers Hollow called “New Moon,” and a re-implementation called The Village (that is, it’s a newer version of the original with added features); see pictures below. I have yet to try these, but you know they are high on my list!

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Ticket to Ride

Railroad games are just plain fun. There have been a number of them published, and some have enjoyed a cult-like status for a number of years (see my review of Empire Builder, for example). But none have been as popular as Ticket to Ride (Days of Wonder, 2004), which has been on the short list of best games since it came out. It is considered one of a few “gateway” games – that is, a mildly complex game that is so very fun and addictive that “new” gamers will want to try other, more complex games.

The Ticket to Ride board is a map (the original version is the USA, but there are a number of other versions available) denoting major cities, interconnected with train routes of various colors. There are two stacks of cards: Destination cards depict two cities (which players would need to connect with a continuous train route) as well as a point value for connecting them (see below); Ticket cards depict a train car of a certain color, which corresponds to certain routes on the map board – or they might be multi-color “wild” cards (farther below!).

Players each have a stack of 45 trains in their own color,and they start the game with five ticket cards. They draw three destination cards and can keep either two or three of them – but the ones they keep are routes that they must complete with continuous tracks of their own color. If the routes are completed, the player gets the points; if they are not completed by the end of the game, the player loses those points.

The game consists of players taking turns drawing new tickets, drawing new destinations, or placing train routes. In order to place a train route, a player must have enough of the correctly colored tickets, and turn them in. A multi-color wild card is good for any color ticket. Each route is a certain color, or gray, and a certain number of train links long. For example, El Paso to Houston is six links long, and green, so a player would have to accumulate a combination of six green or wild cards and then turn them in – then he or she would be able to put six of their own color trains on those six links. Note that some routes are double wide, so two different players can occupy parallel tracks between the same destinations.

Points are scored throughout the game by placing routes – and the value of the routes increases non-linearly, so that one track piece earns you one point, but 6 track pieces earns you 20 points. Points are also awarded at the end of the game. Players who achieved their destination goals are awarded the corresponding number of points (more points for longer tracks), and those who failed to do so are penalized the same number of points.

During a game of Ticket to Ride, 5 cards available to be drawn are kept face up, and on a turn a player may draw two of the visible cards, unless it is a wild card, in which case it is the only card that can be drawn. If there are no colors the player wants, he or she can draw from a face-down pile once or twice (they can also draw one card here, and the next from the face up stack, again with the exception of the wild card. A player might also draw more Destination cards in an effort to bulk up their score. This mechanism of a constantly changing card availability makes the game more exciting than if they had been face down, plus it gives the alert player information about the plans of his or her opponents.

While it is “another train game,” this is one train game that has gotten a lot of people hooked. It’s complex enough to be rewarding, but simple enough to learn in 5 minutes. I recommend it for any map or train game enthusiast, of for any gamer who wants to expand their social gaming circle. It is good for families, groups, and just a bunch of friends. But be ready to accommodate more hungry zombies….

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There’s a reason charades has been enjoyed for the better part of the past 400 years; both King Louis XIV and Catherine the Great were apparently fond of them, and it was being played by Scrooge’s nephew Fred at his party in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Charades can be played with a group of friends as well as a group of strangers, no props are required, everyone is always involved, and laughter generally ensues.

So it is no surprise that games involving the “guessing game” mechanism of charades are still popular today. Guesstures (Parker Brothers, 1990) has been in game closets now for 20 years because it introduced a clever time limit mechanism to the classic game. The time limit takes the frantic suspense of ordinary charades and “kicks it up a notch.”

There are only a few components in Guesstures (older edition, above), and it’s a very simple game to learn and to play. Players split into two teams and, on their turn, one person from their team will be the reader, while all others are guessers. The readers have to try to get their teammates to guess the words on each of four cards in order to score the points associated with those words. But there is a timer involved….

The picture above shows the Timer/Dropper, which is the interesting innovation in Guesstures. There is a spring-loaded timer on the right of the unit (out of sight) that is wound, like an old-fashioned clock, each turn, and it is locked in place until the reader is ready. The cards are put in place as shown above, and when the timer is activated, the reader must get his or her team to guess each word, in order. If the team guesses the word, the reader must physically retrieve that card and pull it out of the unit – before it falls. Yes, before it falls. The timer is connected to a platform that is supporting each card. After a short while, the platform allows the first card to fall, then the second, then the third, and finally the fourth. If the team can’t guess the word, or the reader can’t grab them fast enough, the card is lost to them and earns zero points.

The cards come in two colors, and each card offers a choice of two words – one is more difficult than the other and earns more points, and the two different colors also represent difficulty levels. The reader gets to choose which word will be facing up for his or her team to guess that round, and stands to win whatever the point value is.

Guesstures is one of those games that is an absolutely safe bet for a party. It stands a good chance at being what it takes to really get things going, or it might not, but it won’t bomb. I recommend it to just about any group of people who want to have fun together; hard core gamers can take a break from the intensity of the strategy games and have some lighthearted fun, and casual acquaintances can break the ice and laugh without fear of sounding ridiculous, or at least more ridiculous than anyone else.

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Through the Ages

I got what I wanted for Christmas, Through the Ages (Eagle Games, 2006). But then it took a few weeks to find the time to play it! So read on to find out what I have to say about boardgamegeek.com’s  # 5-ranked game (out of 5,889 games listed)…

If you knew me, you’d know that I love history and civilization-type games, so you know I’m probably going to like this game. In the interest of saving time for some of you, I’ll go ahead and cut to the chase: I do like this game. But was it what I expected? Is it worth the $69.99 price tag? Will it really take 4 hours or more? How complicated is it?

I’ll do my best to answer those questions, but the upshot is that it’s not what you would call a family game – it is, however, a great game for a hardcore gamer, thus its rank on bgg. You’ll find it prominently displayed (or sold out) at any independent game store, but you won’t find it in Target or WalMart.

Unlike its venerable Games Magazine Hall-of-Fame forebear, Civilization (Avalon Hill, 1980), Through the Ages doesn’t use a map. It is basically only a card game, but there is so much to keep track of that each player gets a player’s card and a certain number of Jujubee-sized counters with which to account for the changes in every category during each turn (see below). Each player is racing to construct the most influential culture through a combination of military, religious, technological, and artistic achievements.  To procure these achievements, a player must allocate resources in the form of food, mined material, and people. These resources go towards strengthening the military, building urban buildings (such as libraries or temples), or improving technologies for mining and farming.

The basic mechanic of the game is “action point allocation” – which is a geeky way to say that you can only take so many different actions on a turn, and you must use them wisely…  Actions consist of choosing a card, playing a card, or allocating resources to various tasks.  There is a cost of one to three action points for each card, and the cards are laid out on a card “track” so every player knows what is available and how much it costs. The selection of cards, and the timing of that selection, is the biggest key to Through the Ages. The accumulation of “culture points” is the goal, and almost all of the culture points are on the various cards.

I won’t go into excruciating detail, but there are a few more important elements to consider. There are several different sections on the scoring board; beside the overall culture points track, there are sections for tracking technological prowess, military strength, and cultural strength. The point of all these tracks is to make accounting for each player’s development more streamlined; one simply has to refer to the appropriate track, instead of counting every piece each time.

Through the Ages can be played at three levels of complexity as well. The “Full” game uses every rule and moves completely through three epochs of world history (see epoch three cards, below). The “Advanced” game uses most of the rules, but moves only through two epochs (see epoch two cards, above). The “Simple” game only involves the first epoch, and leaves off important rules – such as the use of happiness indicators, and the use of the military. The rules

The rules recommend that first time players play the simple game in order to really learn the mechanics of the game and avoid frustration. That’s definitely a good idea, if you have the time or if you are not a serious gamer. I would avoid trying the full game on the first try, however, unless you want to spend half the game with your nose buried in the rule book. The rule book itself is helpful in general and has lots of pictures and examples – but it is difficult to find every little thing you might want to find.

So – there it is. Through the Ages has a very high production value. The art is attractive (enough), the cards and playing pieces are sturdy, and the playing aids are substantial. Does that justify a $69.99 price tag? For me it does. I would not recommend it to anyone who wasn’t absolutely sure they already wanted to play, but if it is on someone’s list, then I can’t imagine a better gift.

Through the Ages is good for any hardcore gamer, or any serious gamer with an interest in history (like me!). If you aren’t sure whether to get it, do a little research and find out who is really interested and who they might be playing with before purchasing it. Despite some claims to the contrary, it is not a simple game, especially to the new player. It is, however, very intuitive. Everything makes sense once you understand what different symbols and actions mean. The first game will take a very long time – even more with more players. Playing time would move down to about one hour per person after a few games have been played.

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Gheos (Z-Man Games, 2006) is an interesting, attractive, and relatively small and affordable game, easy enough to learn quickly – but quickly complicated by the range of options available on every turn.

Players are divine entities rearranging parcels of land in an effort to maximize the size of their following. The parcels themselves are triangular tiles, featuring one or more land masses bordered by water, which join to make “coastlines” or “continents” – continuous stretches of land. Players take turns placing one of their two randomly drawn tiles into empty slots, or replacing existing tiles, in order to construct continents to their own advantage or to the opponents’ disadvantage. Once a tile is played, a player may designate a “following” by placing a colored disc onto any empty continent. They may alternatively take a cube – a “follower” – of any color that is in play (a color that has already been played onto a continent, that is). The goal is to earn points by amassing high-value followers.

The triangular tiles in Gheos have one of several icons on them, in the form of circles, temples, and pyramids. Pyramids simply identify tiles that cannot be replaced – they are the only tiles that will remain in place once they are put on the table. Temples and Circular icons depict cups, wheat, and swords. Cups and wheat confer points, and swords are used to determine the outcome of a “war.” When identical logos are combined, through tile placement, on the same continent, any following on that continent will be stronger.

Once a continent is claimed by a following, no other following may be played. However – and this is where the game becomes really interesting, if slightly complicated – because a player may replace an existing tile, one continent can be broken into two new ones (split), or two separate continents can be merged into a new single continent (merged). In a split, the follower has to follow the wheat – they must be placed on the new continent that has the most wheat. If there are equal amounts of wheat icons, the player doing the splitting decides. In a merger, if both continents have followers, the one with the most swords remains and the other simply goes away. In the case of a tie, the player doing the merger decides.

One other very important part of Gheos is the scoring, which occurs inconsistently throughout the game, through three different mechanisms. When a temple tile is played and the land has a following, a player gets points for the number of round icons that match the temple. When a “scoring chip” (see the round cup-icon chip above) is played, the player gets points for the number of cups and the number of followers on a continent. Each player has the opportunity to play up to three scoring chips. When an “Epoch” tile, instead of a regular land tile, is drawn, a scoring round occurs. Follower cubes and the number of pyramids on a continent determine the number of points scored by each player.

The scoring mechanisms are hard to keep straight, and it is quite hard to think ahead in any effective way. The tiles vary so much and the potential to totally revise the board in one or two turns by replacing tiles really makes this a game of quick reaction and intuitive timing. Knowing which followers to grab and when to cash in a scoring chip is crucial to the game, because the game can change so fast otherwise.

Gheos would be good for most lovers of abstract strategy games. Despite its complications, it is simple enough for kids as young as 10 – but it is sophisticated enough for much older and serious players. I would recommend it for any game enthusiast, as well as any game player who likes other tile-laying games such as Carcassonne.

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A trio of new Pikmin 3 Wii U screens

Nintendo this morning sent over a trio of new Pikmin 3 screens showing off the in-game Wii U GamePad type controller gadget, and a couple of gameplay shots of the game. Yeah, we’d like a deeper look at the game, but these will have to do for now!

Pikmin 3 screens:

Pikmin 3 doesn’t have a solid release date yet, but you can still pre-order it below.

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American Columbo

Miss Chen
Description: This herbaceous plant is a monocarpic perennial. It persists as a rosette of 3-30 basal leaves for 5-15 years (or more), finally bolting as a flowering plant that becomes 3-8' tall for a single season, and then dying. The basal leaves are up to 14" long and 4" across; they are oblong-elliptic to broadly oblong-elliptic in shape and smooth along their margins. The upper surfaces of the basal leaves are medium green and glabrous with prominent central veins; they are deciduous. The central stem of a flowering plant is light green to purple, glabrous, terete (circular in cross-section), rather stout, and unbranched. Along its entire length, there are whorls of 4-5 leaves (rarely more) that become gradually smaller in size as they ascend the central stem. Individual whorled leaves are 3-12" long and ¾-3" across; they are oblong-elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate in shape with smooth margins. The upper surfaces of these leaves are dark green and glabrous with prominent central veins; they are also deciduous. The central stem terminates in a panicle of flowers up to 2' long (typically 50-100 flowers per panicle). This panicle is narrowly pyramidal in shape with spreading to ascending lateral branches. The terminal branches produce clusters of 2-6 flowers each on pedicels ¾-2" long.

Each flower is ¾-1¼" across, consisting of a shallow corolla with 4-5 spreading petaloid lobes, a shallow calyx with 4-5 spreading lobes, 4-5 stamens, and a superior ovary with a single style. Usually, the flowers are divided into 4 parts, rather than 5. The corolla lobes are oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic in shape; they are mostly greenish white with purple specks or streaks, although their bases may be tinted pale yellow or pale pink. Toward the middle of each corolla lobe, there is a conspicuous nectar pad that is heavily fringed. The bases of these nectar pads are surrounded by rings of green. The calyx and its lobes are medium green and glabrous; individual lobes are linear-lanceolate and up to ½" long. The superior ovary is light green. The peduncle, lateral branches, and pedicels of the inflorescence are light green to purple, glabrous, and terete. At locations where there are divergent branches within the inflorescence, there are pairs of leafy bracts about 1-3" long that are linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong in shape. The blooming period occurs from late spring to early summer, lasting about 3 weeks. The flowers within a panicle bloom at about the same time. Individual plants in a colony have a tendency to bloom synchronically (during the same year at the same time), which facilitates cross-pollination of the flowers. Afterwards, the flowers are replaced by ovoid seed capsules about ½-¾" in length; these capsules are strongly beaked from the persistent styles. At maturity, these capsules become dark brown and split open to release their seeds. Each capsule contains 4-14 dark brown seeds that are crescent-shaped and winged. The root system consists of a fleshy taproot.

Cultivation: The preference is full sun to light shade, mesic to dry-mesic conditions, and calcareous soil that is loamy, rocky, or sandy. The seeds require a dormant period with cool moist stratification in order to germinate. Because this plant persists as a rosette of basal leaves for several years, it is slow to develop, and its seeds are not often available commercially. Problems with disease organisms or insect pests rarely occur.

Range & Habitat: The native American Columbo is occasional in the southern half of Illinois, rare (or possibly extirpated) in NE Illinois, and absent from the rest of the state (see Distribution Map). Illinois lies along the NW range limit of this species. Habitats include upland savannas, upland woodlands, wooded slopes, limestone and sandstone glades, woodland openings, and small meadows in upland wooded areas. In areas near southern Lake Michigan, this plant occurs in similar habitats with calcareous sand. American Columbo is often associated with upland oak trees and such ferns as Asplenium platyneuron (Ebony Spleenwort) and Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern). It is found in higher quality natural areas.

Faunal Associations: The flowers are cross-pollinated primarily by such long-tongued bees as honeybees, bumblebees, and Anthophorine bees (Anthophora spp.); these insects obtain mostly nectar from the flowers. Aside from these pollinators, there are few records of floral-faunal relationships for American Columbo. The basal leaves of more western species in the same genus, sometimes referred to as 'Elkweed,' are eaten occasionally by elk and other hoofed mammalian herbivores. However, evidence of such browsing hasn't been observed by the author for the more eastern American Columbo.
Photographic Location: A rocky wooded slope in southern Illinois and an upland woodland in east-central Illinois.

Comments: American Columbo is an unusual native plant that has a tall striking appearance when it finally bolts and blooms. The greenish white flowers with purplish specks or streaks have an odd appearance; they are produced in great abundance during the blooming period. Even though the flowers of American Columbo have conspicuous nectar pads like some species in the Lily family (Liliaceae), such as Melanthium virginicum (Virginia Bunchflower) and Veratrum woodii (False Hellebore), it is not closely related to these latter species (the former species is a dicot, while the latter are monocots). The Frasera genus is a small group of plants that are found primarily in western North America. American Columbo is the only eastern species, making flowering plants easy to identity. Immature plants consisting of basal leaves, however, can be confused with the immature stage of False Hellebore. An obsolete scientific name for American Columbo is Swertia caroliniensis.
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Happy Sunday!  I’ve been under the weather the last few weeks I was sick and I have a neck injury that has been dragging me down a bit.  I’m getting better slowly but it’s been taking longer than I’d like.  I have a few recipes ready to go so I’ll be sharing more regularly now, hopefully.

Breakfast is an important meal! I’m not a big fan of breakfast foods so I try and make breakfast more enjoyable with foods I do love.  That’s where these  breakfast tostadas come in.  It’s nothing new that I love tostadas but breakfast just got better with this recipe.  You can switch it up with all your favorite breakfast ingredients.

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Sausage & Egg Breakfast Tostadas
Servings: 6 Tostadas

8 eggs
2 T water/cream
8 oz breakfast sausage. bacon or ham
1/2 cup shredded cheese
4 T cilantro, chopped
6 corn tostadas
Cooking spray or butter
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste

Additional Optional Toppings:
Hot sauce
Sour Cream

Heat a medium sauté pan on medium heat. Add in the sausage and cook until cooked through breaking up into pieces.  Once cooked through, remove from the pan and drain on a paper towel on a plate.  Set aside.  (If using bacon or ham, dice up and cook fully)

In a bowl, crack eggs and whisk together.  Add in the water or cream and whisk.  Heat same sauté pan over medium heat again and spray pan with cooking spray and add in the eggs.  Cook the eggs mixing often. Once eggs are completely cooked remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.

Now to assemble the tostadas, spread egg mixture down evenly over tostadas, top with sausage and cheese and any addition toppings and serve. You can make this recipe with bacon


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Isaiah 11:1 says, “A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.”  This German hymn, dating from 1560, was translated by Theodore Baker (vv1-2), Harriett Spaeth (vv3-4) and John Mattes (v5).  Taken from The Trinity Hymnal, Revised Edition, 1990.  Hymn #221.

Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
From the tender stem hath sprung
Of Jesse’s lineage coming
As men of old have sung
It came, a floweret bright
Amid the cold of winter
When half-spent was the night.

Isaiah ’twas foretold it,
The rose I have in mind
With Mary we behold it
The virgin mother kind
To show God’s love aright
She bore to men a Savior
When half-spent was the night.

The shepherds heard the story
Proclaimed by angels bright
Christ, the Lord of glory
Was born on earth this night
To Bethlehem they sped
And in the manger found Him
As angel heralds said.

This flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere
True man, yet very God
From sin and death He saves us
And lightens every load.

O Savior, child of Mary
Who felt our human woe
O Savior, king of glory,
Who dost our weakness know
Bring us at length we pray
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One Seed Contenders

See the post below this one for my updated bracket. But first, here is an exhaustive list of every team that can reasonably get up to the one line.

· Villanova – The AP’s #1 are 12-1 vs. the RPI top 100, with six top 50 wins (4 of which were on road or neutral courts). With the 20th rated OOC schedule, they should get a one seed if they win the Big East outright.
· Kansas – The Jayhawks are the Coaches’ top team and are 4-0 against the RPI top 50 (with 3 of those wins away from home). With ten top 100 wins and the 35th-rated OOC SOS, they should get a one seed if they win the Big XII outright.
· Baylor – The Bears have 10 top 100 wins, including five top 50 wins. Their great tenth-rated OOC schedule puts them in prime position to land a one seed with a Big XII title.
· Creighton – Greg McDermott’s squad leads the country with 8 top 50 wins, and they only have one loss. They suffered an unfortunate break, though, as Mo Watson was lost for the year. How they do without him will impact their seed.
· UCLA – The Bruins have made a great turnaround this year. They own the best win of the season (at Kentucky), and have 8 top 100 wins. However, the Bruins have just 2 top 50 wins and a poor 176-rated OOC SOS.
· Gonzaga – The nation’s only unbeaten has 7 top 100 wins, four of which are against the top 50. Their overall SOS won’t be great by Selection Sunday, so a one seed seems unlikely if they suffer more than one loss. Even one loss isn’t a one seed guarantee.
· Kentucky – The Wildcats have an outstanding OOC SOS (7th), as well as 8 top 100 wins and 4 top 50 wins. However, they already have two losses to other one seed contenders (UCLA and Louisville), and playing in the SEC does not give many opportunities for quality wins. Beating Kansas at home is a must for a one seed.

· West Virginia – The Mountaineers have surprised this year. They own a top notch road win (Virginia) and a dominating win over Baylor. However, WVU has just 5 top 100 wins (although four are against the top 50) and a brutally poor 253-rated OOC SOS.
· North Carolina – The Heels are a solid 5-1 against the top 50 and are 4-2 against 51-100. However, they already have three losses and the ACC grind is unforgiving.
· Florida State – The Seminoles are flying high this year behind Dwayne Bacon and exceptional athleticism. They are a great 6-1 against the top 50. However, they have just one win against RPI 51-100. I expect the Seminoles will end up on the three or four line when all is said and done, but they are undoubtedly in the one seed race right now.

· Notre Dame – The Fighting Irish have been a pleasant surprise this season. They are 7-2 against the top 100 (with four wins against the top 50), have just two losses, and are unbeaten in ACC play. However, their RPI and OOC SOS are just okay. The Irish will need either the ACC regular season or tournament titles to have a chance at a one, and maybe both.
· Louisville – Rick Pitino’s 2016-17 edition has some major plusses, but also some real negatives. While the Cards have the 11th best OOC SOS, 4 top 50 wins, and 8 top 100 wins, all of their top 50 wins are at home and they already have three losses.
· Duke – The Blue Devils are barely in the discussion with just five top 100 wins and four losses. However, because of their injury issues all season, the suspension of Grayson Allen, and the absence of Coach K for medical reasons, a realistic possibility exists for the Devils to run through ACC play and take the ACC Tournament Championship. If that happens, expect the committee to give the Devils the benefit of the doubt.
· Florida – The Gators have a great RPI, the nation’s best OOC SOS, four top 50 wins, and 10 wins against the top 100. However, they already have three losses and their best win is either Arkansas or Seton Hall. If Florida takes home the outright SEC regular season title and makes the SEC title game, then they’ll likely end up on the one line. But that’s probably not happening.
· Butler – Bulldog basketball always seems to find a way, and this year is no different. Butler leads the nation with 12 top 100 wins against just one top 100 loss. However, they already have three loses, two of which are in the bad loss category. If they end up beating out Villanova and Creighton for a Big East Championship, then they have a great argument. But don’t count on it.
· Arizona – Despite some terrible personnel luck, Sean Miller has his crew in position to get a protected seed. With just two losses, a one seed is possible. But their only top 50 win is by two over Michigan State on opening night, and they also have neutral court losses to Butler and Gonzaga. If they take home the Pac-12’s regular season and tournament, though…
· Oregon – Dillon Brooks was injured to start the year, and they may catch a bit of a break from the committee for that. However, they only have two top 50 wins (both at home), and they have just one road or neutral win against the top 100. Like Arizona, there’s a path to a one seed. But near perfection will be required.

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Kraket is the study association for Econometrics and Operational Research at the VU. Kraket was founded on 14 July 1972 and the name Kraket stands for 'Critical Actuaries and Econometricians'. The vast majority of econometrics students are members of the association and there is every reason to do so. In our room (HG-8A30) you can buy books every day between 10 am and 4:30 pm, ask questions, work or just come by.

Kraket unites students and business through case days, in-house days and the annual LED (National Econometristers Day), where members can get in touch with companies and orient themselves on the labor market.

Furthermore, a study trip abroad is organized once every two years. In 2019 a group of students have traveled to Marrakesh and Casablanca, where they visited several companies, a university and the Dutch embassy and of course explored the city. Previous study trips, among others, went to Lisbon, Madrid, Istanbul, Tokyo, New York and Atlanta, Hong Kong and Brazil. The next study trip will take place in 2021.

The printing press is also running at full speed at Kraket. The SECTOR magazine will publish several articles during the year. In this formal magazine you will find a lot of information about companies. Every edition contains company interviews, columns and various articles from companies, teachers and other guest writers. In addition, an edition of the Ecotribune will be published every quarter. In this informal newspaper, extensive reports of the organized activities are presented.

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Celebrity Entertainment Jesuit Murder by Numbers

Read about the Jesuits and 201: https://gematriaeffect.news/pope-francis-lives-in-vatican-suite-201-march-26-2013-news/

His death comes 132 weeks after

Notice how Marvel equates to ‘Catholic’.

In light of the Kobe parallels, it is interesting to note that the Avengers video game was announced January 26, 2017, three years before Kobe died.

  1. jsalaam1970 on August 29, 2020 at 7:27 am

    I know you’re going to dig up a lot more on Chadwick’s death. But 201 is also one of the area codes of Newark, NJ.

  2. Cshev on August 29, 2020 at 4:56 pm

    Black Panther Movement = 106, 322. Black Panther Party 74,191. They were started by Marxists, in Oakland in 1966, but who knows if Wikipedia can be trusted.. Read The Jesuits by Malachi Martin. They were Marxists = 33, 57, 123. 93. The BPP symbol was a raised black fist. The slogan was “Black Power”- 56, 106.

  3. Cshev on August 29, 2020 at 5:14 pm

    The full name was Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and Black Power was used, but the Movement slogan was Power to the People, or All power to the people.

    Check out Susan Rosenberg = 177, 201. She was an incarcerated domestic terrorist that Clinton commuted the sentence on January 20, 2001. Would that be 20/1?? You can’t make this stuff up!! She is now associated with Black Lives Matter.

  4. Fernando J. Gonzlez G. on August 30, 2020 at 12:59 am

    It can be said that from his first television roles, Chadwick Boseman was chosen to be part of this theatrical work …

    (2003) [Reggie Porter Montgomery] = 288 (28/8) = 119 (11/9)
    A role that he only played for a single week on the soap opera All My Children, as he did not like the direction the character was taking (using racial stereotypes). Which coincidentally was replaced by Michael B. Jordan, co-star of Black Panther.

    (2003) [David Wafer] = 93 = 177 ([The Jesuit Order])

    (2003) [Foster Keyes] = 59 = 139 (13/9 death date of “black Jesus”)

    (2004) [Chad Boseman] = 59 = 234 ([Mark of the Beast])
    Character of the short film Date, about 9/11.

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On Sunday, February 3rd, 2019, Roma Lagos, the first ever Roman-inspired luxury restaurant/lounge in Lagos, located at 31A Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I, hosted its maiden edition of ‘The FEAST AT ROMA’ and it was indeed, “a feast feast!”

Roma’s exquisite kitchen treated the likes of Adebayo Oke Lawal, Aduke Bey, Idia Aisien, Prince Noble, Steve Chuks, Akah Nnani, and many more fabulous guests to some grand platters. Let’s take a look:

The remarkable menu consisted of a seafood boil, a carnivorous platter, a mixed platter, and a cheese and cold cuts platter that was not just the ultimate feast for the eyes because of its beautiful presentation, but also, the ultimate feast for the stomach. Bringing a particular sweetness to the table was French luxury champagne brand, Veuve Clicquot, who partnered with Roma to organize this exclusive event to further elevate the Roma experience.

The dishes were carefully curated for the feast had deep and complex flavors that wowed the guests’ palettes but the shining star of the day was the seafood boil. In a city as diverse as Lagos, it is surprising that it is almost impossible to find a decent seafood boil, and every foodie knows that a seafood boil is one of the great communal eating experiences ever.

Whether you’ve had a bad day or whether you’ve had an absolutely brilliant day, coming together with your loved ones to sit and eat some darn good salt potatoes with sweet corn, shrimp and various kinds of cajun-spiced shellfish will always make your day that more special. So if you’ve been looking for the tastiest, well-done seafood boil in Lagos, head on to Roma. We’re elevating our eating style in 2019, yes ma’am!

The Feast at Roma had guests chittering and chattering away as they shared meals, Veuve Clicquot champagne, laughter, and good vibes. While they ate, they were serenaded by saxophonists that covered everything from classic jazz to new-age hip hop. DJ Venum also provided the guests with excellent music that had the guests grooving way into the night as they also enjoyed some cool and high-quality shisha flavors The entire ambiance, food, service, etc., provided quite the idyllic Sunday. This is how ROMA makes things sweet and heated.

Along with Victoria Island and Ikoyi, Lekki has become a bittersweet agglomeration of residence and business and consequently, a major hub for nightlife. There’s no scarcity of options when it comes to lounges, bars, clubs as well as, restaurants, thus, creating the desire to find something that is not only premium and exclusive but also, all-encompassing of the various experiences one has when one chooses to go to either a bar, a club, or restaurant. ROMA Lagos is this all-encompassing place and we’re so glad we found it!

To hear more and see about Roma, follow the hashtag #FeastAtRoma and Instagram @romalagos

Media Partners for this event were: Ynaija, Spice TV, Lagos Weekender, Genevieve, Bella Naija, Schick, Yellow of Lagos, StyleMe Africa, Guardian Life, Lost in Lagos and Lekki Republic.

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GGGI Laos team participates at Lao National EV Summit 2019

April 2, Vientiane – H.E. Mr. Khammany Inthirath, Minister of Energy and Mines, opened the Lao National Electric Vehicle Summit 2019 by providing background information in Lao PDR on energy generation and its outlook on strategic positioning toward e-mobility. H.E. Khammany laid out some foundations: infrastructure (charging stations and service centers), tax and custom, regulatory framework, and policies that need to be in place to promote electric vehicles. Speeches of thanks were given by Mr. Boun Oum Syvanpheng, Managing Director of Electricite Du Laos (EDL), and Mr. Bounleuth Luangpaseuth, President of EV Lao, followed by the signing of an MOU  between EDL and EV Lao to launch a pilot project for EV charging stations in Laos aiming to promote the use of electric vehicles, increase domestic use of electricity, reduce of import of fossil fuels from neighboring countries while improve domestic economy, environmental and health condition of Laos.

GGGI Laos Country Representative, Dr. Jason Lee, presented and addressed the concerns of financing barriers and lack of awareness in the transport sector – especially in regards towards transitioning from traditional petrol vehicles to green renewable electric vehicles. “It’s a lot cheaper than you think, and it’s cheaper than regular vehicles. Sometimes people think electric vehicles are more expensive because of upfront costs. There are international organizations like GGGI to help provide technical support on financing methods to lower these upfront costs.” – Dr. Jason Lee. GGGI’s contributions towards developing the economic case of EV’s in Lao PDR were mentioned amongst the panel discussion including representatives from the Ministry of Public Work and Transport, EDL, Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI), Banque pour le Commerce Exterieur Lao Public (BCEL), and EV Lao.

Multilateral collaboration between public and private companies, international organizations and the government is a huge achievement and the capacity built among key stakeholders of the transport sector on EVs have grown tremendously as evidenced in this EV Summit. GGGI Lao Country Program continues to support development of green cities and the transition to e-mobility – through the utilization of clean energy that is currently abundantly produced in Lao PDR.

On April 2, 2019, GGGI Laos’ Country Representative Dr. Jaeseung Jason Lee participated in the National EV Summit in Vientiane Capital, which brought relevant governmental ministries, key public and private companies to address environmental and air pollution problems from fossil-fuel based cars through E-Mobility.


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3’ x 6’ 3‟ x 10” (91cm x 191cm x 26cm)
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4’ x 6’ 3” x 10” (122cm x 191cm x 26cm)
4’ 6” x 6’ 3” x 10” (137cm x 191cm x 26cm)
5’ x 6’ 6” x 10” (152cm x 198cm x 26cm)
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Emperor 7' x 6'6" x 10" (213cm x198cm x 26cm)

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San Angelo ISD Awaits Additional Guidance from TDA on USDA Extension to Summer Meals Program

On Monday, August 31, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an extension to allow the summer meal program operators to continue serving free meals to all children through as late as December 31, 2020 or until funding runs out. San Angelo ISD is waiting on additional guidance from The Texas Department of Agriculture. Until San Angelo ISD receives this guidance, SAISD students will continue with normal procedures to receive meals.

San Angelo ISD will communicate with our families as soon as the Texas Department of Agriculture makes a determination through our website, email, and social media accounts.


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GLA Point of View on New Tick-Borne Co-infection Diagnostic Test

by Timothy Sellati, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, GLA

Lyme disease is the most commonly occurring vector-borne disease in the United States. The number of cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has increased steadily over the past 25 years. The actual number of cases that occur annually is difficult to pinpoint given several shortcomings associated with the current FDA-approved two-tier serologic testing protocol. Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of Lyme disease fall into two categories: (1) direct methods to detect the Borrelia burgdorferi,bacterium, the causative agent of Lyme disease, and (2) indirect methods that detect the immune response (antibodies) against it. Shortcomings associated with the current testing protocol include low sensitivity in those newly infected, subjectivity in the interpretation of Western immunoblot results, and the inability of the test to discriminate between current active infection versus past exposure.

Despite the annual estimated number of cases being 300,000 to 329,000 nearly 3.4 million Lyme serologic tests are performed each year.  The predictive value of a test is determined by its sensitivity, specificity, and the prevalence of the disease in the population to be tested. Given the Lyme testing protocol’s shortcomings, coupled with sometimes inappropriate use of the test (prior to production of antibodies against B. burgdorferi) and the ability of the pathogen to shut down antibody production during later disease, there is an unacceptably high rate of false-negative and false-positive results.  The most effective treatment options can only be pursued when rapid and accurate diagnosis occurs. Compounding the challenge faced by physicians in choosing the correct course of treatment is the fact that the black-legged (“deer”) tick, Ixodes scapularis, also serves as a vector for Powassan virus, Borrelia miyamotoi and mayonii infections, and the causative agents of anaplasmosis, babesiosis. Lack of knowledge about the co-infection status of an individual can delay provision of appropriate treatment(s) to combat all the symptoms experienced by a patient. Recognizing that the longer a pathogen remains in the body the more likely the severity and duration of disease will be greater, there is a critical medical need for rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnosis.

It is for this latter reason that so much excitement surrounds the announcement that Global Lyme Diagnostics (GLD), which launched its ground-breaking Lyme diagnostic in 2017, and is now launching its tick-borne co-infections diagnostic test. This new co-infection panel offers physicians the ability to test patient samples for evidence of the most common tick-borne diseases (i.e., Anaplasma, Babesia microti and B. duncani, Bartonella henselae and B. quintana, and Rickettsia including the Spotted Fever Group).

According to GLD’s CEO, Mickey Ramchandani, “The new co-infection test is the most affordable on the market with the quickest turnaround time from test to results and allows physicians to custom-pick the co-infections they want to test for—not forcing them to run a battery of tests for a co-infection they have already deemed unnecessary through their own analysis.” Ramchandani also states that “Our mission at Global Lyme Diagnostics has been to reduce false negatives plaguing the Lyme testing assays with a test that is not only reliable but is also affordable to a wider population. We are now expanding our test menu to also include multiple different co-infections that result from tick bites.”

GLD licensed the technology platform and related intellectual property surrounding chimeritopes developed by Richard T. Marconi, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Marconi also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Global Lyme Alliance.

timothy sellatiTimothy J. Sellati, PH.D. is Chief Scientific Officer at Global Lyme Alliance

As GLA’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Sellati leads GLA’s research initiatives to accelerate the development of more effective methods of diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.


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Grateloupia filicina (J.V. Lamour.) C. Agardh

Grateloupia filicina (J.V. Lamour.) C. Agardh

Fucus filicina Wulfen (nom. illeg.), Delesseria filicina J.V. Lamour.

Vernacular Names

Indonesia Sayur karang.

Geographical Distributions

Grateloupia filicina was first recorded in Trieste (Italy). It is considered to be cosmopolitan and widely distributed in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It occurs along the entire coast of China. In Southeast Asia, it has been recorded for Burma (Myanmar), East Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Sumba) and the Philippines.

This thallus is purplish-red, gelatinous, with slippery surface, erect, linear, compressed to subcylindrical, caespitose, measures 15-20 cm tall, taper to the base and apex, with a short stalk and anchored by small holdfast.

Its branching is generally pinnate, sometimes radial, measures 2-3 mm wide of branch pinnules and commonly compressed subcylindrical. The internal structure is filamentous where the medulla is composed of anastomosing filaments.

The cortex is made up of anticlinal rows of cells. Life cycle is triphasic, diplo-haplontic, isomorphic and dioecious. Tetrasporangia are cruciate and scattered on the cortex of the frond. Antheridia are in superficial patches on the cortex.

The cystocarps are slightly prominent and embedded in the cortex.

Ecology / Cultivation

G. filicina grows attached firmly to dead corals and rocks on rocky, wave-exposed shores and edges of reefs or rocky walls of reef channels.

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  1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 15(1): Cryptogams: Algae.

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