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Project updates:16-ton Double Girder Overhead Cranes

IntroductionA Look At Manufacturing ProcessSpecific UTILISATION in the Presse Machines Production IndustryHow to Determine the Price of Your Crane ProjectConclusion Introduction Welcome to our latest blog post where we take you behind the scenes on one of our biggest achievements of the year, a remarkable project we undertook for a leading company in the presse machines production industry. In…

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Expert Tree Removal Services in Toronto: Why It Matters for Safety & Aesthetics

Introduction: The Importance of Professional Tree Removal

Trees are an essential part of Toronto’s urban landscape, offering shade, beauty, and environmental benefits. However, there are times when tree removal becomes a necessity due to safety hazards, disease, or urban development needs. At Toronto Tree Removal, we specialize in safe, professional, and efficient tree removal services across various neighborhoods, including The Annex, The Beaches, Liberty Village, and more.

In this post, we’ll discuss when tree removal is necessary, the process involved, and how to choose the best tree removal service in Toronto.

When Should You Consider Tree Removal?

Not all trees need to be removed, but some situations demand professional intervention. Here are common reasons why property owners in Toronto might need tree removal services:

Dead or Dying Trees: If a tree is diseased, decaying, or completely dead, it poses a significant risk of falling and causing damage.

Storm Damage: Severe weather, including strong winds and ice storms, can weaken trees, making them unstable.

Structural Damage Risk: If tree roots are damaging underground pipes, sidewalks, or your home’s foundation, removal may be the best solution.

Obstructing Construction or Landscaping Projects: Sometimes, trees need to be cleared for new buildings, driveways, or other landscaping projects.

Invasive Species & Infestations: Trees affected by pests like the emerald ash borer may need to be removed to prevent the spread to healthy trees.

If you’re unsure whether a tree should be removed, our team at Toronto Tree Removal can provide an assessment.

The Tree Removal Process: What to Expect

At Toronto Tree Removal, we follow a structured and safe approach to tree removal:

1. Site Inspection & Assessment

Our ISA-certified arborists first assess the tree's condition, size, and location to determine the safest removal method.

2. Obtaining Necessary Permits

In Toronto, tree removal regulations require permits for trees over 30 cm in diameter on private property. We assist clients with the application process, ensuring compliance with city regulations.

3. Safe & Efficient Tree Removal

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We ensure that all removed trees are properly disposed of or repurposed, such as being turned into mulch or firewood.

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Citations:

Toronto Tree Removal Services

Tree Bylaws & Removal Permits – City of Toronto

ISA Certified Arborists – Why Certification Matters

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after last night | coriolanus snow

pairing: academy!snow x fem!academy!reader

in which: after a drunken night at the club, which resulted in you dancing with your distant classmate coriolanus in ways you probably shouldn't have, the two of you are assigned to a project together.

warnings: none

wc: 2.1k

you couldn't remember some of the previous night. it was definitely a poor choice, going out to the capitol clubs on a sunday night. you were fully aware you had school the next morning, but you were socially deprived. you and your girls hit up all the best places to party, but they had all left before you. which left you talking to coriolanus snow. it was one thing you definitely could remember. he was a fellow member of the academy you had never really spoken too.

until last night, at least. you remember what felt like hours of chatter at a high bar table. then you remember a short period of time on the dance floor. but a short period of time was all you needed. when you woke up you immediately felt some sort of regret for the way you danced with him. you barely knew him! the experience was exhilarating, being at the club by yourself. but you weren't by yourself the whole night.

coriolanus had fended off multiple strange men from you. you definitely remembered that. the one flaw of going to a club by yourself. being approached by men twice your age willing to by your a drink for a dance.

while nothing more had gone on besides the dancing, you couldn't help but get a fluttery feeling in your stomach when you thought of him this morning. you decided to push it down. you were too drunk last night to have had anything real with this isolated classmate.

you had noticed him throughout the years. he had stuck with a very select group of people during his time at the academy. and you weren't one of those people. arachne crane, clemensia dovecote, festus creed, people you couldn't care less to associate with. you had stuck with your group, and he had stuck with his. so when he approached you last night, it had taken you a second to pinpoint where you recognized his defined face from.

he had approached you and signaled you with your first name, which you were surprised to find out he actually remembered. he had approached you pretty cautiously, but became slightly more open as the night went on. clearly you had been the only person he recognized. you wondered if he was there alone, or had been there with others like you had. maybe they ditched him too.

you replayed last night, well, the bits you could remember of it anyway, in your head while getting ready for school. being drowned in assignments as you had been, you yearned for a social night. and you definitely got it. but you were now paying the price. a horrible hangover mixed with the requirement of attending the academy looked like the setup for a horrible day. you slipped on the final touches of your outfit and headed out the door.

it wasn't until you were in the driver's car and on the way to school that you realized today was the day you were to be assigned a major project, by your head professor. you audible groaned as the reminder entered your head.

your driver let out with only a few minutes to get to your first class. you rushed through the crowded hallways and just managed to take your seat as the bell rang. you had to remind yourself to take the day one class at a time, and soon enough, it would be over.

you had made it through your first class. one more class before lunch, you reminded yourself. you pushed through the hallway and made sure to get to class early to claim your unassigned assigned seat. recently a girl had been attempting to steal it. you managed to walk in just before her and sit in your favorite spot. you saw a look of defeat in her eyes. you couldn't help but break into a grin. this daily competition had added some sort of excitement into your school life.

the teacher walked in as the final students rushed to their seats. you searched through your book bag and pulled out a crumpled piece of homework that was due today. without saying a word, she began walking around to collect it. you handed it to her and she moved on. she returned back to her desk and cleared her throat.

"class, today is the start of a new project. it will be done with partners and it will be due in three days. you will have the opportunity to work on it in class as well as at home. for this project, you must present on the topic of: why we need the hunger games. as you all know, the tenth annual hunger games is approaching at a rapid rate. " you looked as a few girls looked at eachtogether, eager to be partners. the closest friend you had in that class, lysistrata vickers, glanced at you. you were excited to be partners with her.

"now, i'll read off the partner pairings." you heard a collective groan throughout the class. your teacher had no idea who was friends, and who wasn't. she wasn't much for noticing. so that meant you could be paired with literally anyone. you held your breath, hoping for someone you were familiar with.

your name still had not been called as she continued calling pairs. most of your friends had already been paired up. you were disappointed. the project would be unbearable with someone you didn't know.

"...and finally, y/n and coriolanus. please get into your pairs everybody, and discuss your plan. i'll be walking around to hear your ideas." you had zoned out, but when your name was called, paired with the man you had danced with last night, you definitely focused back in. really? out of all the possible options for partners you had to be paired with snow?

you weren't dissapointed because you hated him. quite the opposite actually. you had found him very charming last night, very nice. but even you recognized the tension between the two of you that had risen quickly last night. you barely knew him, but you felt like you needed to be with him. spend more time with him. so, in actuality, this was quite exciting. but you had no idea how he felt. so you would rather run away from this. not be partnered with him.

you looked around and searched for him. he was sat above you in the room, and diagonal. when you found him, you met his gaze. clearly he had already found where you were sitting. you nodded at him with a smile. you noticed as everyone shifted around the room to their partners. he signaled for you to come to him, so you grabbed what you needed and made your way up the small set of stairs between rows. the boy next to him had already gotten up, so there was a free seat waiting for you. you realized you were holding your breath as you approached him.

"hi, coriolanus," you took a seat besides him.

"coryo, please." he pleaded. you nodded. that name felt much more familiar. he had asked you to call him coryo last night too. you chose coriolanus today just in case.

"right. coryo," you noticed a shift in his body language when you said his name. "how do we even approach this?" you looked to him for an answer, but you only found him looking right back at you. when you gestured with your hand for an answer, he focused back in.

"right, um. let's just start with bullet points." he suggested. you nodded. he looked down to put his pen on his paper, then stopped. he tapped his pen a few times, blank with ideas. he finally put the pen down.

"this project is stupid." you whispered under your breath. you leaned in closer so he could hear you better, which clearly affected him.

"hunger games is coming up. i wouldn't expect anything less." he responded, nonchalantly. you felt the elephant in the room getting more and more prominent as the conversation went on. you had to talk about it or else it would get more and more uncomfortable.

"so, last night was fun." it was all you could think of. a simple statement but one that was clear to the point. he cleared his throat.

"it certainly was." he responded. you could have sworn you saw a smile creep up on one side of his mouth. you thought about all the times the two of you were closer to each other then you should have been while dancing. clearly he had been thinking about it too.

"i didn't know you could dance like that." you spoke. he truly was a great dancer. you picked up the pen he had put down and began to spin it.

"thanks. you danced well too." what he meant was you danced in ways you shouldn't. that you could be sure off.

"thanks. no but seriously. last night was so much fun. i really enjoyed..spending time with you." you couldn't handle this tension much longer. he had sort of hinted at the fact that he had also enjoyed last night, but barely.

you dropped the issue and attempted to work with him for the remainder of the class period. you had to admit it was difficult. you weren't sure wether to be happy or disappointed when you were dismissed by your professor. you began to pack up when he spoke again.

"hey, meet me in the library?" he asked. you froze for a moment. then you quickly accepted his invite. "see you in ten." he finished packing up and left. you quickly attempted to follow behind him but he was lost in the sea of people by the time you exited the class. you didn't feel like eating, so you headed straight for the library.

when you arrived, you noticed it was empty. typical. nobody spent their lunch time in the library. he had said ten minutes so you assumed he wouldn't be here for a while. you plopped your book bag down on the table you had claimed and began to look around.

a few minutes later you had made your way to the back of the library in the section that you thought would help you the most with your project. you scoured for anything useful in the shelves but there wasn't much. you were about to give up until you heard a familiar voice behind you.

"find anything useful?" you heard. you turned around to face coriolanus. he had ditched his bag and had clearly tracked you down to this section.

"barely. doesn't look like any of these have been touched in several years." you pointed to the visible dust on the shelf. he laughed. it was a rare occasion, you had found.

"i'm sure they haven't. i bet they haven't assigned anything like this before." he pulled different books out but ended up putting each one back. you turned your back to the book in order to face him.

"why won't you talk about last night?" you were fed up at this point. the elephant in the room kept getting more visible and he was still ignoring it.

"do you want to talk about last night?" he responded, nonchalantly.

"it happened.." you said.

"believe me, i know." he once again responded with little feeling. you scoffed at his non-answer. he clearly noticed. "i'm not saying i didn't love every part of last night." he clarified. he pinned your hand to the shelf as he placed his hand atop yours. you had now backed as far up as you could without hitting the shelf.

"you did?" you began to panic slightly. he had trapped you in this position.

"i did. and i can already tell you did too." he affirmed. you looked down and thought. clearly he wanted the same thing you did.

"so then what are we doing?" you asked. but you didn't want words as his response, you wanted actions. and he delivered. a few seconds after you asked the question, his lips were on yours. he had started off soft but you pushed for more. he obliged and became more intense with each kiss. after a few moment you let go. you had become flustered. he took a breath before saying anything.

"i hope you know i'm never letting you dance the way you did with anyone else now." you smiled at him. he was everything you wanted and more.

maybe going out on a sunday night wasn't the worst idea.

"after last night (after last night) i think i'm in love with you"

"woke up and i can't get you out of my head"

tags: @qalijahbydior

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ACI; Accessible Comics Initiative

I am starting a project on this blog for something I'm calling ACI, aka the Accessible Comics Initiative. I am creating digital versions of my comic collection, including collections for the following characters:

Captain Cold (Leonard Snart)

The Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane)

The Riddler (Edward Nygma)

Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne)

The Hood (Parker Robbins)

The Shroud (Maximillian Coleridge)

Loki Laufeyson

Morbius the Living Vampire (Michael Morbius)

The Tatterdemalion (Arnold Paffenroth) Soon to be joining this list once I have more of a collection for them:

Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)

Nite Owl (Daniel Dreiberg)

Rorschach (Walter Kovacs)

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

Gambit (Remy LeBeau)

Mirror Master 2 (Evan McCulloch)

Nightwing (Dick Grayson)

Robin (Tim Drake)

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)

I am scanning all of the comics I currently have in my collection in order from oldest to newest, and I will be providing Google Drive Links under the cover post (posting only the cover with the link embedded in the text detailing what issue it is and when it was released, but I will only be posting pages and panels including the previously named characters here as often as I can!

I unfortunately have to battle copyright laws, so I do have to be careful about all of this. This is my way of not only giving to small communities with underrated favorites/long time fans of characters, but also combating the prices and inaccessibility of modern day comic collecting. Consider this me sharing my comics with you <3. I've also made them even more accessible by creating a dark mode version! When viewing the files, L is light, D is dark!

I hope you enjoy ACI! All posts related to this movement will be in both character tags and it's own dedicated tags on my blog; Accessible Comics Initiative, and ACI. Feel free to reblog and signal boost!

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Habsfic Wip Wednesday! Idea by @habsfic only just learning about it but sounds fun!!!

relationship: Monty/Doby

summary or tagline: It’s a convenience store worker!Monty crane operator!Doby slice of life where Doby works at this construction site right next to the Tricolor Convenience store where Monty currently works as to help out Price (the store’s owner) after he got injured. Most of it is just Sam looking for a new job while simultaneously falling for this cute customer (doby) that comes in daily to flirt although sam’s so oblivious he doesn’t realize that. Idiot x idiot fic where they both end up in the same beer league team thanks to Xhekaj.

current word count or estimated % completed: I have about maybe 2k words done rn, but it’s bits and pieces so i’m not sure of the exact number. Expecting around 20-40k words if i can finish it!

what are you most excited for with this project? Just writing it is what’s making me excited!! I haven’t written anything for fun since 2023 and I’d really love to give out to the fandom too and not just receive because i know i’m capable of doing something worth reading!! Also i love how much freedom i have with it. And if i can get around to doing descriptions and fit them in well i’d be super happy, descriptions are really my thing!! Not the thing i’m best at but the one i enjoy most.

what's currently stalling you? many many things. Mostly i’m scared to mischaracterize Doby, and Sam too, but also i have 2 canoe camping expeditions to prepare for as well as a move so that’s really stressful and takes so much of my headspace i have trouble actually writing. Then there’s also the way my ideas are growing out of my control and i’ve never written (and finished) anything over 5k words, and last time i wrote a chapter by chapter thing (to help take out the stress of lenght) i never actually finished it so yeah the lenght i’m expecting it to be is paralyzing me! And finally i’m just too much of a perfectionist and i freeze when things i write aren’t exactly the way i want them to be. Harder to deal with when my first language is french too…

share a snippet of your wip: (not set in stone, i might change some things)

Sam takes a long drag. Lets it sit in his lungs for a bit, exhales. The smoke dances in the windless summer night, gracious, brief. He flicks the joint lightly, watches the ash drop to his backyard’s grass. A dot of grey in a sea of green. Or so he assumes - under the moon, it all looks the same anyways. The blunt is burning in his hand, it’s light slowly fading as it sits unused. Sam watches it die, absorbed. His head’s cloudy, there’s a pressure behind his eyes. His eyelids feels heavy. He lets them fall, as he himself collapses on the ground. 

The grass on his neck itches. Maybe he was better sat… Sam can’t bring himself to get back up though - doesn’t even want to try, he’s comfortable enough in his discomfort thank you. And also way too stoned to be sitting at the moment.

He breathes in, almost tasting the humidity in the air. It’s heavy on his lungs, on his skin. And it’s warm - too warm. Sam’s sweating, damp hair sticking on his neck, clothes begging to be taken off. It’s a familiar feeling, one he doesn’t exactly dislike. How could he; it only ever reminds him of good things anyways - like playing hockey with the boys, net steady behind him as he gets to guard it, the head pats and the beer they share after games in the locker room, or the hikes he goes on, the remote lakes he reaches, water endless before his eyes, his feet aching but his mind clearer than it ever is. Or the nights of camping when he gets to goof around the bonfire, and sing, and lay down to stargaze, mind hazy with booze. Or Doby.

Well. More like Sam’s jerk off sessions thinking about Doby. Doby’s hands, his waist, his lips, his piercing eyes. How Doby would look under him - or over, he’s not picky. How Doby would sound like, moaning Sam’s name, how his mouth would feel on Sam’s dick. Sam’s not peculiarly proud to be having so much dirty thoughts about a customer, a regular one at that, but what can he say. The man’s hot, he’s sweet and Sam’s more than gone for him.

[ardent-heretic]

Crazy Job

Woman next door hired a service to remove one tree. They arrived at 8:30 am and just finished now at 1:30 pm.

4 men, a crane, chainsaws, wood chipper, bobcat, and a stump grinder.

Took them 5 hours.

I had two larger trees removed a few years ago and it took 45 minutes.

I hope she was quoted a decent price and they didn’t milk it to make it look like a bigger project than it was. This was total bullshit.

I would have fired these bums.

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Crystal's 2024 Favorites

This year was full of awesome new young adult books and as usual it was difficult to figure out which ones would make my list of favorites. There were about ten that stood out, but these are the final four that really made a lasting impression and I would highly recommend.

The Quince Project by Jessica Parra [Our Group Discussion] Wednesday Books

Castillo Torres, Student Body Association event chair and serial planner, could use a fairy godmother. After a disastrous mishap at her sister’s quinceañera, all of Cas’s plans are crumbling. So when a local lifestyle-guru-slash-party-planner opens up applications for the internship of her dreams, Cas sees it as the perfect opportunity to learn every trick in the book so that things never go wrong again.

The only catch is that she needs more party planning experience before she can apply. When she books a quinceañera for a teen Disneyland vlogger, Cas thinks her plan is taking off…until she discovers that the party is just a publicity stunt and she begins catching feelings for the chambelán. As her agenda begins to go off-script, Cas finds that real life may be more complicated than a fairy tale.

But maybe Happily Ever Afters aren’t just for the movies. Can Cas go from planner to participant in her own life? Or will this would-be princess turn into a pumpkin at the end of the ball?

Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier [Crystal's Review] Clarion Books

In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. But as with all things that offer hope when hope had gone, the tale came with a warning.

Every wish demands a price.

Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons that roam the Nominomi Sea. Until, one day, an encounter with a female dragon offers her what she desires most. A chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong.

Samahtitamahenele, Sam, is the last remaining prince of Tamarind. But he can never inherit the throne, for Tamarind is a matriarchal society. With his mother ill and his grandmother nearing the end of her reign. Sam is left with two choices: to marry, or to find a cure for the sickness that has plagued his mother for ten long years. When a childhood companion returns from exile, she brings with her something he has not felt in a very long time-hope.

But Hanalei and Sam are not the only ones searching for the dragonfruit. And as they battle enemies both near and far, there is another danger they cannot escape…that of the dragonfruit itself.

A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal Farrar, Straus and Giroux

On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it—and she can’t do the job alone.

Calling on some of the city’s most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame comes the first book in a hotly-anticipated fantasy duology teeming with romance, revenge, and an orphan girl willing to do whatever it takes to save her self-made kingdom. Dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy, this is Hafsah Faizal better than ever.

A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur [Crystal's Review] Feiwel & Friends

Hope is dangerous. Love is deadly.

1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop him from commandeering their land for his recreational use, banning and burning books, and kidnapping and horrifically abusing women and girls as his personal playthings.

Seventeen-year-old Iseul has lived a sheltered, privileged life despite the kingdom’s turmoil. When her older sister, Suyeon, becomes the king’s latest prey, Iseul leaves the relative safety of her village, traveling through forbidden territory to reach the capital in hopes of stealing her sister back. But she soon discovers the king’s power is absolute, and to challenge his rule is to court certain death.

Prince Daehyun has lived his whole life in the terrifying shadow of his despicable half-brother, the king. Forced to watch King Yeonsan flaunt his predation through executions and rampant abuse of the common folk, Daehyun aches to find a way to dethrone his half-brother once and for all. When staging a coup, failure is fatal, and he’ll need help to pull it off—but there’s no way to know who he can trust.

When Iseul’s and Daehyun’s fates collide, their contempt for each other is transcended only by their mutual hate for the king. Armed with Iseul’s family connections and Daehyun’s royal access, they reluctantly join forces to launch the riskiest gamble the kingdom has ever seen:

Save her sister. Free the people. Destroy a tyrant.

[local-apollo-kid]

Ghost Is A Magpie.

Ghost, who, once he was comfortable with the 141, started to bring back little trinkets and leave them in a bowl that has now been deemed by Soap as 'the offering bowl'.

It started off as things like empty bullet shells with the name of the recipient written on it or something small from missions, but then it progressed into things like pinecones, crystals, and even little origami cranes and coins.

After this had been happening for months, Price set up another small bowl for gifts for Ghost. It's been affectionately named 'the altar' by Gaz. They've been leaving small sticky notes with spotify songs on them, dice, beads, anything they things Ghost might like.

Price usually leaves things like small toy soldiers and bits of scrap (NOT SHARP) metal he discarded while working on his new project.

Gaz likes to leave dice and beads and little bottle tabs wound together with string. It's always 4 bottle tabs wound together to represent the four of them.

Soap leaves pressed flowers, songs and jewellery. Like, he'll walk into a salvos and come out with a bucket full of every kind of jewellery. Earrings, necklaces, rings. He doesn't even know if Ghost has piercings at all but still leaves tons as offerings.

Ghost will never admit it, even though everybody knows. They see they way his eyes light up each time he sees someone put a new trinket into the altar, but he adores all the little gifts. He has shelves dedicated to the gifts a specific person has given him. He fawns over them and is so protective over them.

And, thankfully, for Soap, he does have piercings. Although he is yet to reveal them to anyone but Price ;]

[wimaccrane]

25 Ton Overhead cranes For Cement Factories

Intro:The Manufacturing Marvel: How We Built the 25 Ton Double Girder Overhead CranesHow to Determine the Price of Your Crane Projectconclusion: Intro: Welcome to our blog! Today, we are tremendously excited to share an account of one of our greatest achievements. We have successfully managed to deliver a mammoth project involving two giant 25 Ton double girder overhead cranes. This incredible…

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Conversion Corner: Battletanx Tanks part 1

Goliath Tank

We’ve converted various starships before here on the blog, but this time I wanted to cover more obscure vehicles, drawing upon a franchise that I’m sure some people remember, though it’s likely a bit obscure at this point.

Battletanx was a series of games that came out during the N64/Playstation era of gaming, set in a post-apocalyptic world where a deadly virus that only targeted 99.9% of the half of the population with two X chromosomes, i.e. the majority of cis women and probably trans men too. The result was a world where the few remaining women were initially hoarded by the governments of every nation as a precious resource until society collapsed and people began dropping nukes everywhere. Now, the freed women rule various tribes, gangs, and clans as goddesses that are nevertheless not allowed to leave and are often kidnapped by rival tribes that break through the defenses in their tanks to justify why there are capture-the-flag modes in the game.

Yeaaahhh… the plot hasn’t aged very well. Kinda misogynistic in vibes, but I loved first game and its sequel, which explains where the virus came from and why it was made (classic supervillain eugenics project to usher in the next phase of humanity by eliminating the population that didn’t possess the genetic predisposition for psychic powers, turns out), and wore out my controller playing those games, they were fun as hell.

One of my favorite things about them is the tanks that you use, which range from stolen mass-produced models to those cobbled together from nearby parts or even experimental weapons and tech salvaged from abandoned military bases. (take a trike motorcycle, slap a bigger engine and some salvaged half-track treds on the back, bolt on armor plating and a couple of heavy machine guns on, and you’ve got the fastest and frailest tank in the game). While there were only 3 tanks in the original game, the sequel bumped it up to 11 (plus 1 unplayable boss and 3 tanks exclusive to the Playstation version) as the years went by and got more inventive with their heavily armored death machines.

Which brings us to today’s subject as I work to convert these post-apocalyptic tanks to Starfinder, starting with the Goliath tank!

True to it’s name, the goliath is an absolute giant, towering above your average M1 Abrams. It sports a heavy core body with a pair of treads that rise high in the back but taper downwards towards the front. The turret itself is a tall beast, more akin to a rotating tower bridge from a destroyer or battleship than something found on a terrestrial vehicle, is capped with the actual pilot seat on the left, and a 210 millimeter cannon on the right, the sort of weapon normally found on such massive military watercraft. Furthermore, the machine also has a set of rail wheels on the undercarriage running perpendicular to the treads, allowing a properly mounted Goliath to zip back and forth to defend an area, the added stability increasing the rate of fire (a neat little nod to how real-world artillery was often mounted on rails since they were too big and unstable to mount on other vehicles.

There are many tanks in the game that stretch the boundaries of plausible, but the Goliath clearly takes the cake. No in-game explanation is given how this tank came to be, whether it was some experimental superheavy design that got liberated during the collapse of worldwide society or whether it was cobbled together from scrap armor, a repurposed crane or other massive vehicle, and a really big gun. Either way, they’re such rare machines that most tribes can only afford to have one guarding their most defensible locations, with only a rare few actually fielding them in assaults on the enemy. And that absurdity is exactly why I love it. So without further ado, let’s get into the stats!

Goliath Tank

Item Level 15; Price 387,317

Colossal land  vehicle (25 ft. wide, 25 ft. long, 15 ft. high)

Speed 35 ft., full 375 ft., (all-terrain, Railed)

EAC 31; KAC 33; Cover total cover

HP 302 (151); Hardness 18

Attack (Collision) 18d10 B (DC 18)

Attack advanced reaction cannon (6d10 P)

Modifiers -3 Piloting, -5 attack (-7 at full speed)

Systems

Complement 3; Passengers 4

Description

A Goliath Tank is a truly massive monstrosity, capable to crushing lesser vehicles under heavy tread. They can also be attached to rails to provide extra stability when used in a defensive role.

Railed: A goliath tank can be attached perpendicularly to rails in a process that takes 10 minutes. Once railed, the goliath tank can move at double speed, but only along the rails, and reduces it’s attack penalties by 4.

It was fairly easy to make this one based on the hover tank stats, but scaled up and less agile, though with a neat ability for when you put it on rails. That will do today though, look forward to more as the week progresses!

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why i associate them with those lyrics

this post is connected to this post

note: these are all solely based off my headcanons.

i'm sorry these are all going to be sad

livia cardew

i associate livia with "tell your baby that i'm your baby." mainly because livia had two brothers, one older and one younger. her parents always favored her brothers over her. and when the eldest died, her parents' love and protectiveness for the youngest one grew. livia was often forgotten and overlooked by her parents. she watched her parents dote on her little brother and shower him with affection, which they never did to her.

vipsania sickle

i associate vip with "high achiever, don't you see? baby nothing comes for free. they say i'm a control freak driven by the greed to suceed." because her family has very high expectations. as her family's expectations grew, her greed grew. her family's expectations is the reason why she's extremely competitive. she wants to fulfill those expectations and she wants to make her parents proud. but, everything she does is never enough. vip tries her best to be number 1, but coriolanus exists. her parents often tell her to be more like coriolanus, but he's always better than her in everything academic-related, despite her being one of the top students in the academy. which is why vip puts so much pressure on herself.

felix ravinstill

i associate felix with "daddy stuck around, but he was never present." because of this one line he says in the movie: "well, maybe he would've if he wasn't so busy running the country.", it made me think that pres. ravinstill was an absent father. pres. ravinstill never bothered to show up to felix's special events. there was this one day where all parents had to come to school for a parent-teacher conference, and only his mother showed up. felix also barely sees his father at home, his father only shows up for breakfast. he has lunch and dinner mostly in his office.

persephone price

i associate pippa with "if they knew sweet little you, they'd end up loving you too." because of coriolanus knowing that she was a cannibal back in the dark days. coriolanus distances himself from pippa, always. despite being in the same friend group, pippa and coriolanus were never that close. he also doesn't know her as well as his other friends do. her friends see pippa as a sweet and caring girl, but coriolanus only sees her as a cannibal. the girl who ate the crane family's dead maid. if coriolanus put the whole cannibal thing aside, he and pippa would've been good friends due to her kind nature. but he never did.

hilarius heavensbee

i associate hilarius with "i wanted to be the one that you could understand." because he just wants his parents to understand him. hilarius has two older siblings, one moved out and one's in university. his parents often compared him to them, and he just wants his parents to understand that he's different to his siblings. his two older siblings were close to his parents, but hilarius was never really that close with them. hilarius not only wants his parents to understand that he's different than his siblings, but he also wants a connection with his parents. he wants his parents to understand him like they understand his siblings.

clemensia dovecote

i associate clemmie with "i used to think i was smart, but you've made me look so naive." because of her previous relationship. clemmie used to date urban canville. it was a toxic relationship, but clemmie thought she had found the 'one'. despite her friends' (especially felix) complaints about how urban wasn't a good guy, she just brushed it off and continued to date urban for a year. one day, she found io's bracelet in urban's room. when she asked about it, urban just brushed it off, saying how io was only helping him with a science project and she had left her bracelet here. as the days grew, clemmie noticed that urban and io had been getting closer. her friends had been trying to tell her that urban and io were having a secret affair and that urban was cheating on her, but clemmie just brushed it off, telling them that they were overthinking and urban would do no such thing. until one day, she walked in on urban and io making out.

festus creed

i associate festus with "for the rest of your life, i'll be there. i'll be stuck in your head like the roots of your hair." because of a tragic accident that killed his younger brother when festus was twelve. festus and his younger brother, flavius, were exploring a cave. it had been festus's idea and flavius happily agreed to it. whilst they were in the cave, it started to rain. festus knew it was time to get out, and told flavius. but flavius, being a curious six year old, said no and that he wanted to stay inside the cave. the cave slowly started to flood and festus urged for flavius to get out. as they were trying to get out, it had flooded the whole cave, and they had to swim their way out. flavius didn't know how to swim, so festus had to hold him while swiming. the water pressure got worse, and festus lost flavius on the way to the exit. flavius had drowned inside that cave. festus made it out alone and survived. festus' parents didn't blame him for flavius' death, but festus thinks it was his fault and still has thoughts and nightmares about it.

arachne crane

i associate arachne with "i know who you pretend i am." because of her striking resemblance with her deceased mother. her mother died during the war, and arachne's father never remarried. arachne's four older brothers had all moved out and it was only arachne and her father left in the house since she was sixteen. her father always told arachne stories about her mother and how arachne resembled her mother so much in both looks and personality. arachne notices how her father sometimes calls her by the wrong name. "marilla," it was her mother's name. it's as if he pretends that arachne is marilla (not in a romantic way). arachne took care of him like marilla did. arachne realizes this as she matures. she knows her father pretends arachne is her mother.

[darkmaga-returns]

The Biden administration is reportedly auctioning off unused sections of the border wall in a last-ditch effort to undermine President-elect Trump's border security agenda.

Materials from the border wall, halted under Biden in 2021, are being removed and sold at low prices, delaying Trump's ability to fulfill his campaign promise to complete the wall.

The auction, conducted by GovPlanet, includes steel bollard sections sold for as little as $5.00 each, with sales scheduled for December 11 and 18.

Critics, including Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), condemn the move as a "direct affront to the will of the people," undermining Trump's mandate to secure the border.

The Biden administration's actions are seen as prioritizing political sabotage over national security, potentially exacerbating illegal immigration and border-related crises.

As the clock ticks down on the Biden administration’s final days in office, a shocking revelation has emerged that underscores the depths of their disdain for the will of the American people. The administration, in a last-ditch effort to undermine President-elect Donald Trump’s border security agenda, is reportedly scrambling to auction off unused sections of the border wall—a project that was halted under Biden’s disastrous tenure. This brazen act of sabotage is not just a slap in the face to Trump -- and the entire country that mandated change with his election victory -- but a direct assault on the nation’s security and the rule of law.

[hermit-writes]

Hermit Prints — A look back at 2024

Published Books

I’ve worked on several books for @duckprintspress as well as some independent or self published projects. Novels, novellas, and anthologies for all tastes!

Independent / Self-Published

Aphelion by S.E. Crane

Horizon’s Crown was an Earther triumph; a stage at the frontier of the settled systems, a city of hope and dreams and infinite potential.      Then one man bit another. Now, under the watchful eye of its orbital island, it straddles the line between dead and dying; a city of nightmares and endless sorrow. Varrett Vild Vickers belongs into a pilot’s chair. He’s meant to dodge asteroids, to race dragons, not chase credits so he can pay rent while HC’s major demographic clicks its teeth at him and tries to eat his face off. But it’s fine. Really. He copes.       Or that’s what he tells himself, all the way until a woman falls from the sky and turns his already upside-down life very sharply sideways. Armed with nothing but her worst-kept secret and a ledger of lies, Sophya Soulwright tricks her way into Horizon’s Crown, looking for not only her sister, but for redemption and a meaning to a life she’s never held dear.        What she finds instead is a city trying its hardest to live, and a man who courts death every step of the way. He’s infuriating, tireless, and after a glitch binds their souls together, he is now stuck with her.

The Edge of a World by JD River

A monster lurks under Otar’s skin. It has destroyed lives and Otar lives in fear when it will escape his grasp again. But he isn’t the only thing that seems out of place in this world: a mysterious ancestor, the Ancients, left behind nothing but ruins and questions. After the monster causes a tragic accident, Otar chooses to travel the Seven Lands to find answers instead of being executed. But time is running out. When the summon for a newly discovered ruin comes, it’s his last chance to clear his name. On his journey he faces down slavers looking for easy money, and his former lover – who still makes his heart beat faster. Then the excavation site finally reveals the truths about the Ancients, and it becomes clear that something bigger lurks in the shadows. Otar’s connection to his monster could save them all from a catastrophe – but will he be willing to sacrifice it all? The Edge of a World is a Fantasy Sci-Fi story about self-discovery, destiny, and paving your own path.

New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention — ‎ Immortal Jellyfish Press

An anthology of diverse speculative fiction exploring themes of reinvention, re-imagining, and revolution, from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and alumni of the 2023 Viable Paradise Writers’ Workshop. New Year’s resolutions and self-help gurus ask us to reinvent ourselves—be better, prettier, perfect. But the writers featured in this anthology know that promises of reinvention contain both potential and pitfalls.  One woman’s doppelgänger offers her a chance to fix her flaws — for a small price. One of Cinderella’s stepsisters discovers what she has to sacrifice to create her own fairy tale. Coffee shop regulars debate surviving an impending apocalypse if it means losing espresso. Against the wishes of her family, an eel-person yearns to reveal her true nature. A lonely, sentient ship and her human employee must learn to trust each if they both want to survive. A showgirl in a backwater lunar cabaret seeks cosmic fame—and will do anything to get it New Year, New You contains stories of rediscovery through time-travel, simulations, and distorted realities. Of reinventions that challenge deeply held beliefs or require a change of perspective. Of mind and body alterations that interrogate desire and self-image. From some of the emerging voices in science fiction and fantasy, comes a mind-bending collection of twenty-four tales that span the vast reaches of magic and space and delve into the intimate spaces between people.

Duck Prints Press

Aether Beyond the Binary

How would Earth look if the very atoms around us were suffused with magical aether? How would our lives be different if this aether was discovered last year, or last century, or last millennia? How might the people who lived with this magic explore their gender identities? These are the questions we posed to the 17 authors who contributed to Aether Beyond the Binary. Their inventive answers comprise this must-not-miss collection about magical realms, adventures and mysteries, new chances and well-earned endings, and characters as gender-diverse as the worlds they inhabit.

To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh

Serendipity, WA is filled with Christmas cheer, beautiful mountain views, and trans man Will’s feminist Wiccan family. Home for the holidays, he avoids their clumsy attempts at support by hiding in the local coffee shop and flirting with Bea, a friend from high school. The beautiful landscapes can’t make up for the the realities of being queer in a small town, and Bea wants out. Will grabs for a prosperity spell, and finds a new way to connect to the magic he’s become estranged from. New romance and optimism get them through the holidays, ready to face their next problems.

Hockey Bois by A. L. Heard

Nick Porter has always loved hockey. Ever since he can remember, it’s been his favorite thing in the world. It’s too bad he never learned to play, he’d tell himself, but it was too late to do it now. Adults don’t just magically learn to skate and join a hockey team. That’d be ridiculous. Except maybe they do? On a whim, he decides to sign up for an adult  beginner’s class. He learns to skate, joins a team, and meets a really hot teammate… and it’s pretty much a disaster from there on out.

Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley

A memory-stealing cult. The ever-watchful City of Eyes. Making small talk. Join Droplet as she faces all these horrors and more… Vigilante shapeshifter Droplet has trained her entire life to take down those with more power than scruples, but she still makes mistakes. When a rescue mission goes wrong, a memory-stealing cult of blood mages escapes with kidnapped captives in tow. To save them, Droplet reluctantly teams up with the outgoing, tenacious Azera. Droplet knows better than to trust a human—she made that mistake once, and that person’s betrayal scattered her community across the known world—and she can tell Azera is hiding secrets behind her sunny smile. But if they can’t learn to work together, even Droplet’s own memories could be lost.

Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica

For those who love their short stories spicy, we’re delighted to bring you Duck Prints Press’s debut explicit anthology Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica. In this collection of brand-new stories, we celebrate many flavors of polyamory. Orgy? Yes please! Ménage à trois? C’est magnifique! Foursomes and moresomes? Delighted to attend! We asked our contributors to blow our minds with their fun combinations, unusual settings, favorite trope usage, and (of course) super sexy smut—and they didn’t disappoint. From a vampire free-for-all to a heartfelt reunion, from surprise soulmates to enemies-to-lovers, this collection has polyamory in lots of scrumptious varieties that lovers of erotica won’t want to miss!

Fanbinding

I also did typsetting for fanbindings! Three were bound by TheBookishPause, one was for this year’s @marveltrumpshatete auction, and one was for the ever delightful @ltleflrt!

[bisphenol-a]

San Francisco closed the lid Sunday on the saga of a $1.7 million public restroom. To commemorate the commode’s installation, residents celebrated at a “potty party” they called the Toilet Bowl.

Lookie-loos lined up in the Noe Valley Town Square to give the loo a whirl. A band played songs including “Sloop John B” by the Beach Boys. (“This is a song about a john!” the band leader explained.) Children sipped lemonade and ate chocolate cupcakes while they tossed bean bags into plastic training potties on the ground.

San Francisco may have been a laughingstock over the news that it planned to spend $1.7 million to construct a single public restroom with a sink and toilet, getting skewered by late-night comedians and inspiring the “it” costume at Halloween parties.

But on Sunday, the city got the last laugh.

“We wanted to, you know, really roll with it,” said Zach D’Angelo, dressed as a giant roll of toilet paper with a red plunger as his hat. D’Angelo, the host of Tuesday night trivia at a pub down the street, served as the Toilet Bowl’s emcee — or, as he put it, the Grand Poobah.

“I am flush with excitement!” he exclaimed before he started telling toilet jokes that he said he had gotten from his 7-year-old nephew.

The mood wasn’t quite so lighthearted in October 2022 when city officials announced a news conference in the Noe Valley Town Square to celebrate securing $1.7 million in state funds to build the 150-square-foot restroom — enough money to buy a whole single-family house in the city.

The square was built in 2016 with outdoor seating, a playground and plumbing for a public toilet, but no actual toilet, because money for the project had fallen short.

Just as puzzling as the price tag was the timeline. The city said it would take two to three years to install the restroom, even after it secured the state funds.

Neighbors and a local journalist (well, me) began to question the details of the project. City officials explained the toilet would have to be approved by numerous city commissions. It would also be subject to environmental review. All that, plus the high cost of construction in the city, made the project expensive and time-consuming.

Politicians began distancing themselves from the bathroom brouhaha. Gov. Gavin Newsom took back the state money.

Then, Chad Kaufman, president of the Public Restroom Company, offered to donate a modular toilet instead. He and Vaughan Buckley, the chief executive of Volumetric Building Companies, paid for architecture and engineering work to get the site ready. They also paid for a truck to carry the modular toilet to the square, a crane to lift it into place and union labor to install it.

The tab for the city dropped to $200,000, and Mayor London Breed announced legislation that she said would help bring down the cost of other public projects. It would let city departments team up to get group discounts on goods and services for small jobs. The state gave the $1.7 million back to San Francisco again, and the city says it will be used to build more toilets.

In the end, the new red restroom in the Noe Valley Town Square was worthy of celebration. On Sunday, a woman doled out toilet trivia. Local librarians handed out free copies of children’s books entitled “Everyone Poops” and “Time to Use the Potty.” There was a toilet-themed costume contest with whoopee cushions as prizes.

Three San Francisco politicians — Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, State Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblyman Matt Haney — addressed the crowd. Haney posed for a photo in front of the bathroom.

“It’s not gold-plated, but it’s worth its weight in gold,” he said with a laugh.

Debra Niemann, director of the Noe Valley Association, a neighborhood improvement group, said she didn’t think the toilet travails had done much to make city projects, including public restrooms, any cheaper to build.

“But at least we got one,” she said. “It’s beautiful. It’s clean. It’s simple. It’s everything you could want in a public toilet.”

[doubleaynus]

Happy First Day Of Halloween!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Sejanus Plinth/Coriolanus Snow Characters: Sejanus Plinth, Coriolanus Snow, Arachne Crane, Felix Ravinstill, Festus Creed, Clemensia Dovecote, Persephone Price Additional Tags: Snowjanus Spooktober, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Zombie Typical Gore, Drinking, Blood, Festus Being An Asshole, Rimming, Rimjob Gone Wrong Summary:

Coriolanus’s eyes flicker back and forth between Festus and the TV, not moving a muscle. He clenches his jaw, watching some innocent soldier get gnawed on by one of the undead creatures. The zombies have a grayish green tint to their skin and a hazy look in their eye. Their flesh looked tight to their bones, dark rings under their eyes, daring to expose the rotting flesh underneath.

Coriolanus keeps repeating to himself how ridiculous they look, that it’s only people in costumes, zombies aren’t real.

Snowjanus Spooktober - Day 1 - You Look So Good I Could Eat You

[nainad123]

Articulated Hauler Market Size, Analysis, Business Scope, Drivers And Growth Opportunities 2032

The global articulated hauler market was valued at USD 6.0 billion in 2022 and is projected to exceed USD 10.9 billion by 2032, expanding at a CAGR of 6% during the forecast period (2022–2032).

The increasing demand for construction machinery has significantly boosted the adoption of various types of trucks and cranes worldwide. According to a recent industry analysis by Fact.MR, a leading market research and competitive intelligence provider, the global construction machinery market is anticipated to reach approximately USD 208 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% through 2032.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭, 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=S&rep_id=2234

Region-wise Insights

The Asia Pacific region is categorized into two sub-regions: East Asia and South Asia & Oceania. Among these, the East Asia articulated hauler market emerges as the most lucrative, accounting for over one-fourth of the global market share.

China dominates the East Asian articulated hauler market, holding more than three-fourths of the regional share, followed by Japan and South Korea. The East Asia market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.1%, creating an absolute dollar opportunity exceeding USD 1.2 billion by 2032.

Moreover, with several articulated hauler manufacturers based in East Asia, demand in Japan and South Korea is expected to expand at a CAGR of 5% during the forecast period (2022–2032). Additionally, increasing investments in the articulated hauler market are anticipated to drive further growth in the coming years.

Category-wise Insights

The global articulated hauler market is segmented by payload capacity into three categories: less than 30 million tons, 30–40 million tons, and more than 40 million tons. Among these, the 30–40 million-ton segment leads the market, accounting for nearly 60% of the total share. This segment is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.5% between 2022 and 2032.

Articulated haulers are widely used across various industries, including mining, construction, forestry, and agriculture. The mining sector holds the second-largest market share globally. The industry's current financial landscape presents both challenges and opportunities, particularly in addressing funding constraints. Since January 2020, prices of key commodities such as thermal coal, zinc, steel, aluminum, copper, lead, iron ore, nickel, and metallurgical coal have experienced significant declines, impacting market dynamics.

Competitive Landscape:

The global articulated hauler market is highly fragmented, with numerous regional and domestic players competing for market share. Companies are leveraging strategies such as mergers and acquisitions, expansions, collaborations, and partnerships to strengthen their global presence and expand their customer base.

Leading manufacturers are also focusing on new product development to enhance their market positioning. These efforts have led to the integration of advanced technologies into articulated haulers, improving efficiency and performance.

Fact.MR’s latest report provides in-depth insights into the pricing strategies of top manufacturers, regional sales growth, production capacities, and potential technological advancements shaping the market.

For instance:

On July 7, 2021, Terex acquired Ireland-based multinational company MDS International. This acquisition is expected to enhance Terex’s operational capabilities and broaden its customer reach.

On October 29, 2021, Rokbak introduced the RA30 and RA40 articulated haulers in the UK market. This launch marks the company’s entry into the region, positioning it to attract new customers and compete with industry leaders.

Global Articulated Hauler Market Categorized

By Payload Capacity :

Less than 30 Million Tons

30-40 Million Tons

More than 40 Million Tons

By Engine Power :

Up to 400 HP

400-500 HP

More than 500 HP

By End Use Industry :

Mining

Construction

Forest & Agriculture

By Region :

North America

Latin America

Europe

East Asia

South Asia & Oceania

MEA

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