Resources and upgrades:

• Energy refills, XP, battle items, Catamins, non-discounted single-capsule draws, Uberfest and Epicfest are generally considered an inefficient use of Cat Food.
  
• Every month, there will be a few days during which every 11-capsule draw will guarantee at least one Uber Rare Cat (don't worry, the game will indicate whenever the Guaranteed Uber event is active); these events are what you want to save up your Cat Food for.
  
• Since Uberfest and Epicfest have higher Uber drop rates but are never guaranteed, save your Rare Cat Tickets for them.
  
• Always unlock units received from Rare Cat Capsules for the first time. Exchanging even duplicates for XP is a waste, as after clearing Into the Future Chapter 3, you will be able to exchange units for another currency called NP, which is far more valuable than XP.
  
• You can "use" duplicate Capsule units to give them + levels, which are equivalent to standard levels but have a separate caps. Normal Cats are capped at level 20, so + levels are the only to upgrade them past that point.
  
• Get every Superior Treasure from all three Empire of Cats chapters as soon as possible. It may be tedious, but there's no way around it without missing out on massive upgrades like +300% Worker Cat efficiency and +150% Cat HP/damage.
  
• The most important Treasures from Into the Future are the anti-Alien crystals, which massively reduce unstarred Alien stats (by default, unstarred Aliens have a 7x multiplier applied to their health and damage; an example of how this works is that an Alien with 1,000,000 HP would have 7,000,000 without Treasures). The anti-Starred Alien crystal Treasures from Cats of the Cosmos work the same, but are even more impactful, as Starred Aliens are instead up to 16x stronger without Treasures. The Alien stats shown on fan sites are what they have with all Treasures maxed.
  
• Unstarred Aliens do not appear in Stories of Legend until sub-chapter 25, Scars of War, while Starred Aliens start to appear in sub-chapter 43, Area 22.
  
• Raising your User Rank will eventually unlock higher level caps for most units. By User Rank 1610, the only units that won't be able to reach level 30 are the Normal Cats and some limited units, which can't reach level 30 no matter what, and the Crazed Cats, which have to wait until User Rank 3650.
  

Stages and strategies:

• One of the most important and widely-used strategies in the game is "meatshielding" - that is, spamming cheap units like Cat, Tank Cat and Boogie Cat to delay the enemies' advance and protect more valuable units from harm. Starting from Empire of Cats Chapter 3, stage 48, three meatshields will be ideal for most stages; buy Boogie Cat if you don't have a third yet.
  
• Everything in the game can be beaten with no Ubers nor continues. If a stage ever feels downright impossible to clear without these, you're either doing something wrong or not ready for it yet.
  
• While it may not sound like a big deal, a meatshield dying in two hits instead of one makes all the difference when it comes to stalling enemies. If the meatshields in a guidemaker's video are surviving a hit but yours aren't, yours are most likely underleveled.
  
• Though it's not completely unheard of for PONOS to make existing stages and enemies more difficult, it is an incredibly rare occurrence. Generally speaking, even a guide posted in 2012 will remain just as effective 12 years later.
  
• Be prepared to look up characters' stats online a lot, as it's not like the game is going to tell you anything. Using resources such as the wiki, mygamatoto and Battle Cats DB is the only to know exactly how much each stat improves with evolution, what outranges what, which units deal the most damage to which enemies, and so on, unless you'd rather figure it out on your own through trial and error. For example, the midway boss of Into the Future Chapter 1, I.M. Phace, has 366 range, surpassing almost every non-Uber attacker and anti-Alien unit you would have by that point; some of the most effective units to bring the first time you meet him are Dragon Cat (400 range) and Bahamut Cat (450 range), but if you don't look any of that up, you're just going to be trying the stage over and over again with different units to see what works.
  
• In Legend Stages, tap the speech bubble next to a sub-chapteevent's name to see the available rewards and whether or not a Treasure Radar can be used to obtain them, among other info.
  
• Level 3 and 4 Stories of Legend stages don't mess around! While there is an exclusive Special Cat obtained by beating all of Level 4 SoL, you don't have to worry about her until pretty far into the game.
  
• Zombie Outbreaks are much harder than the normal stages of each chapter, so beginner-level players can generally ignore them in favor of Treasure farming. Once you're strong enough to take them on, go for it - each completed Zombie Outbreak awards 10 Cat Food, and each time you clear all Outbreaks in a chapter, your maximum energy will permanently increase by 50.
  

Cats and enemies:

• Even without Area Attack, Lizard Cat can put in a lot of work in early- to mid-game stages, especially when stacked. He outranges all enemies found in Empire of Cats and Into the Future except for Le'boin, Ms. Sign, Nyandam, Cli-One, Le'noir, Alpacky and Elder Sloth.
  
• Most Rare and Super Rare Cats with anti-trait abilities are only useful against said traits (e.g. Apple Cat is good for freezing Red enemies, but useless for anything else), although there are key exceptions such as Courier Cat, Swimmer Cat, Hip Hop Cat and Vaulter Cat. Likewise, most Critical Hitters are too weak to deal much damage against non-Metal enemies.
  
• All Ubers from the Nekoluga Family are effectively useless in their first forms. Even after evolving at level 10, they still suffer from very poor survivability by Uber standards, making them dead meat as soon as any threatening enemy reaches them.
  
• Most units just get stronger or stay the same in their evolved forms, but there are some cases where reverting to an earlier form could be worthwhile, specifically when it comes to Uber Rare Cats. The Dark Heroes generally don't improve in stats as they evolve, but instead switch abilities and/or targeted traits. The Ultra Souls, Elemental Pixies and most of the Uberfest exclusives are cheaper and recharge quicker in their first forms, at the cost of having lower overall stats and weakefewer abilities than their evolved forms.
  
• The "Ancient Egg" units obtained from certain stages and events are just overpriced meatshields in their first two forms, but evolve into near-completely different units in True Form. The best and most important Ancient Egg to evolve is unanimously agreed to be Ancient Egg: N101, which is obtained by clearing five stages from the Behemoth Culling events (Hidden Forest of Gapra, Ashvini Desert and Jinfore Volcano) for the first time.
  
• Tin Cat, Cat Gunslinger and pre-True Form Flower Cat are some of the easiest anti-Black units to obtain, but are all single-target, leaving them nearly useless against hordes of Black enemies. Until you unlock Flower Cat's True Form, one of the most reliable strategies for most Black enemies is to spam lots of strong Area Attack units like Salon Cat, Weightlifter Cat, Figure Skating Cats and Crazed Bird Cat.
  
• One of the first Black enemies you'll encounter, Assassin Bear has jaw-dropping range and DPS, but a measly 550 HP (for comparison, that's only 50 more than Baa Baa, a peon). Most of the time, simply firing the Cat Cannon is enough to be rid of him; there are a few stages where Assassin Bears are given massive buffs and/or spammed, but you can always get around them by just destroying the enemy base before they spawn.
  
• Cyclone Stages are the main source of anti-Metal cats. While the Cyclones may seem unstoppable at first, most of them are easily countered by units that can slow them, freeze them, or knock them back. For example, Red Cyclone is a Red/Floating enemy, so the main strategy against it is to spam units like Pirate Cat, Witch Cat, Apple Cat, Shaman Cat and Bishop Cat. The only ones that require a different approach are The Perfect Cyclone and Aku Cyclone.
  
• As the name implies, Traitless enemies literally do not have any trait (i.e. there are no enemies that are Traitless/Floating, Traitless/Red, etc.). Similarly, Angel and Aku enemies are never considered Floating, with one exception: Variety Bears/Bears Be Back, a monthly event enemy with six traits.
  
• Metal enemies have low health compared to other foes, but only take 1 damage from non-Critical attacks. A good early-game Critical Hit unit is Space Cat, which outranges most Metal enemies and can be obtained by beating the Red Cyclone's event, Crimson Catastrophe, which appears every Monday. Space Cat and Jurassic Cat are really the only Critters you need until SoL sub-chapter 33, Quarantine Isles.
  
• Starred Aliens' Barriers can only be destroyed by a Barrier Breaker, the Breakerblast Cannon, or a single attack that deals at least as much damage as the Barrier's HP. Some enemies' Barriers are too resilient for most non-Uber cats to destroy through raw damage, in which case you'll have to resort to using a Barrier Breaker or Breakerblast.
  
• If enemy stats don't seem to match up with what you find online, this is because of a little something called strength magnification. In each stage, enemies are applied a different multiplier to their HP, attack power and Shield HP, which can result in many key interaction changes, such as an enemy taking three hits to kill Tank Cat in one stage and two hits in the next. For instance, Doge, Snache and Those Guys only appear at 100% strength magnification in Empire of Cats Chapter 1, but are buffed to 200% in the first Stories of Legend stage, Earthshaker, doubling their HP and attack power. And no, there is no way to know the strength magnifications without looking them up.
  

Other:

• Post basic questions such as "Which of these units should I upgrade first?" and "Is this lineup good for where I'm at in the game?" as comments on the Weekly Discussion thread, which is always the very first post on the front page of battlecats.
  
• This community uses a lot of unofficial terminology to refer to units, stages, etc., which can get overwhelming very quickly. Luckily, I've made a master list of jargon to help you with exactly that.
  
• No offense if English isn't your first language, but please try to read carefully and pay close attention when giving and being given advice. A few too many people have been given misleading or downright wrong information all because someone confused Fisherman Cat with Fishman Cat, Cats in a Box with "Boxer Cat" (Welterweight Cat), etc.
  

Comp: Major League Rugby
Venue: American Legion Memorial Stadium
View TV providers, weather info and previous results

London	Paris	Jo'burg	New York	Sydney	Auckland
00:00	01:00	01:00	19:00	09:00	11:00

Anthem RC	Pos	Sabercats
Tomasi Alosio	15	Drew Wild
Tyren Al-Jiboori	14	Seimou Smith
Dominick Iacovino	13	Louritz van der Schyff
Junior Gafa	12	Dominic Akina
Josh Shetler	11	Jeremy Misailegalu
Te Rangataria Waitokia	10	AJ Alatimu
Siaosi Nai	9	Jay Renton
Dan Hanson	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Connor Robinson	2	Tiaan Strauss Erasmus
Joe Apikotoa	3	Rob Cobb
James Rivers	4	Johannes Momsen
Lucas Gramlick	5	Nathan Den Hoedt
Graeme Pedegana	6	Emmanuel Albert
Albert O Shannessey	7	Ronan Murphy
Michael Ma afu	8	Gideon van Wyk
Jack Manzo	16	Seth Smith
Jake Turnbull	17	LaRome White
Stephan Bernal-Wendt	18	Pono Davis
Shneil Singh	19	Tomiwa Agbongbon
Logan Weidner	20	Keni Nasoqeqe
Sean Yacoubian	21	Carlo de Nysschen
Mateo Gadsden	22	Max Schumacher
Ulu Niuputuivaha	23	Drake Davis

Matchup: Houston SaberCats (8-1-0, 39pts, 1st in West) vs Anthem Rugby Carolina (0-9-0, 3pts, 6th in East)
Venue: American Legion Memorial Stadium, Charlotte, NC Weather: 72 F, 22 C, Partly Cloudy
Broadcast: The Rugby Network, Space City
Kickoff: 7:00pm ET, 4:00pm PT

Houston	Number	Carolina
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Daniel Hanson
Tiaan Erasmus	2	Connor Robinson
Rob Cobb	3	Joe Apiktoa
Johan Momsen	4	James Rivers
Nathan den Hoedt (c)	5	Lucas Gramlick
Emmanuel Albert	6	Graeme Pedegana
Ronan Murphy	7	Albert O’Shannessey
Gideon van Wyk	8	Tomalati Maafu
Jay Renten	9	Siaosi Nai
AJ Alatimu	10	Te Rangatira Waitokia
Jeremy Misailegalu	11	Josh Shelter
Dom Akina	12	Junior Gafa
Louritz van der Schyff	13	Dom Iacovino
Seimou Smith	14	Tyren Al-Jiboori
Drew Wild	15	Tomasi Alosio (c)
Reserves		Reserves
Seth Smith	16	Jack Manzo
LaRome White	17	Jake Turnbull
Pono Davis	18	Stephan Bernal-Wendt
Tomiwa Agbongbon	19	Shneil Singh
Keni Nasoqeqe	20	Logan Weidner
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Sean Yacoubian
Max Schumacher	22	Mateo Gadsden
Drake Davis	23	Ulu Niutupuivaha

Referee: Amelia Luciano (USA)
Assistants: Eanna O'Dowd (Ireland) & Cam Russell (USA)
TMO: Derek Summers (USA)

Pozdrav ljudi! Obećao sam vam da ću svaki četvrtak prijepodne ovdje objesiti vijesti iz Moljca, mog newslettera koji na jednom mjestu pokušavam obuhvatiti sve što je novo u svijetu knjiga kod nas. Besplatan ulomak iz knjige je besplatan ulomak iz knjige. Ja se ne žalim.
Mala napomena: Ne postoji jedno mjesto na kojem se objavljuju sva nova izdanja, a ja nisam savršen. Postoji mogućnost da mi nešto promakne ili da objavim nešto što je već par tjedana u knjižarama. Ja sam jedan tip koji ovo radi iz hobija, pa su greške vrlo moguće. Slobodno lupite reply, pa javite što sam zaznuo.
Još jedna napomena: Moljac je potpuno nezavisan proizvod. Nemam nikakvih veza s izdavačima, ne plaćaju mi da ovo objavljujem, niti da njihove knjige uvrštavam u izbor 15 novih knjiga. Ako neki od izdavača ikad poželi pomoći Moljcu da i dalje izlazi, to će biti jasno naznačeno kao oglas ili plaćena suradnja

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Besplatni ulomak iz Tomićeve nove knjige
U izdanju zagrebačkog Hena coma idućeg tjedna izlazi roman "Nada" Ante Tomića, gdje se u tri dana u jednom otočkom mjestu, usred turističke sezone, na blagdan svetice zaštitnice kojoj se zavjetuju parovi koji ne mogu dobiti djecu, prepliću se životi desetak junaka različite narodnosti i vjere. Duhovita i lagana, o ljubavi i Mediteranu, sa sretnim krajem i staromodnom humanističkom porukom, Tomićeva je priča kao zraka sunca kroz oblake, kao najbolja comfort food, tanjur lazanja ili pohane piletine u jednom očajnom danu.
Ovdje možete pročitati ulomak.
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Dva zanimljiva književna festivala u i oko Zagreba
Malo ugrije vrijeme i odmah kreću književni festivali. Mislim da se nitko ne žali na to.
Prvo, imamo Zagreb Book Festival koji ima tako prepun program da nema smisla ni da pokušavam prepričati što se sve događa. Booksa ima dosta dobar pregled, ali uvijek možete pogledati i stranicu festivala.
A onda imamo i Brdo knjiga koje na Samoborskom gorju i Žumberku ima program nadahnut planinama: predstavljanja knjiga i razgovori s autorima, izložbe, radionice za djecu i odrasle, izleti, prodajna izložba knjiga, glazbeni nastupi i ekskluzivni sadržaji.
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Umro je Paul Auster
Umro je jedan od najpoznatijih američkih i svjetskih pisaca, Paul Auster.
Autor 34 knjige, među kojima je i "Newyorška trilogija", preminuo je u 78. godini. Umro je od raka pluća od kojeg je bolovao neko vrijeme.
U književnosti se pojavio osamdesetih godina ovom trilogijom. Kasnije objavljuje romane "U zemlji posljednjih stvari", "Mjesečeva palača", "Glazba slučajnosti", "Levijatan", "Gospodar Vertigo" i kod nas prevedenom "Timbuktu". Uz to, scenarist je filmova "Dim" i "Dim u lice".
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• Benjamín Labatut Manijak Izdavač: Vuković & Runjić Preveo: Dinko Telećan Klikni za više
  • Nakon svjetski proslavljene knjige Kada više ne razumijemo svijet novi roman Benjamína Labatuta pripovijeda o transformacijama znanosti u eri sve moćnijih i samostalnijih računala – (ne)vremenu strmog uspona digitalne tehnologije i umjetne inteligencije – te nastavlja interes čileanskog autora za ambivalencije briljantnih umova i izuma koji naglo pomiču i izmiču svijet. Manijak je konstruiran kao triptih u čijem je središtu pripovijest o Johnu von Neumannu, briljantnom znanstveniku mađarskog porijekla čije se djelovanje razračvalo u područja kvantne fizike i teorije igre, funkcionalne analize u matematici i nuklearnog naoružanja. Pripovijedajući o kontekstu u kojem je ovaj genij stasao, prateći njegov rad, namjere i prirodne nastavke Neumannovih teza i otkrića, Labatut nas suočava s licem i naličjem ljudskih ambicija te postavlja osovinska pitanja naših bića i naših budućnosti. Stamena proza temeljena na iznimnoj erudiciji, iskričavoj znatiželji i jasnom osjećaju hitnosti pojedinih tema, Manijak cementira poziciju Benjamína Labatuta kao jednog od najzanimljivijih pisaca današnjice.
• Maggie Shipstead Puni krug Izdavač: Znanje Prevela: Mirjana Valent Klikni za više
  • Nezaboravna priča o ludo odvažnoj pilotkinji koja je odlučila isplanirati rutu svojega života, bez obzira na cijenu. Marian Graves bila je neustrašiva cijeli svoj život, od divljeg djetinjstva u planinama Montane do odvažnih ratnih misija u Spitfireu. Godine 1950. otputila se u svoju posljednju pustolovinu, Puni krug - let oko svijeta. Nitko je nikad više nije vidio. Pola stoljeća kasnije, Hadley Baxter, holivudska glumica koju prate skandali i koja je u padu aviona izgubila roditelje, dobiva ulogu Marian Graves u filmu koji se bavi njezinim nestankom. Uživljava se u lik i, usporedo s Marianinom pričom, sudaraju se sudbine dviju žena - i njihova glad za slobodom u krajnje različitim predjelima i vremenima.
• Marko Stričević Tito u Rusiji Izdavač: V.B.Z. Klikni za više
  • I upućeniji čitatelj i za historiografiju tek ovlaš zainteresirani namjernik pretpostavit će da je o biografiji Josipa Broza Tita – metalskog radnika, ratnog i revolucionarnog vođe, maršala, bonvivana, doživotnog predsjednika SFRJ i svjetske političke činjenice – dosad rečeno i napisano baš sve. Čitave biblioteke knjiga najrazličitijih profila, od akademske historiografije, preko režimske hagiografije i amaterske memoaristike do opsežnih biografija objavljene su o njegovu liku i djelu. Jedan period, ipak, ostao je gotovo posve nepoznat. S tom se slijepom pjegom – a riječ je o čitavih pet, po mnogočemu ključnih godina za biografiju budućeg revolucionara – u ovoj pionirskoj, intrigantnoj i uzbudljivoj knjizi impresivnoga zamaha u koštac uhvatio vanjskopolitički novinar Marko Stričević. U dinamičnoj, žanrovski hibridnoj kombinaciji minuciozno dokumentirane istraživačke historiografije, sinteze s elementima historije mentaliteta i povijesti ideja, reportaže i stilski rafiniranoga putopisa, Stričević u stopu prati Broza od njegova pada u zarobljeništvo u uniformi austrijskog domobrana 1915. godine, do povratka u zemlju, krajem listopada 1920. O tom razdoblju znali smo do sada iznimno malo, uglavnom na temelju usmenih prisjećanja samoga Broza. A riječ je o romanesknom, epskom vremenu kada Rusijom haraju revolucija i građanski rat, koji teško bolesnog ranjenika viju sve do sibirskih šumostepa, od izbjegličkih logora do sela nomadskih Kazaha. Od Bukovine, preko Svijažska na Volgi do Okna, Alatira, Kungura, Mihajlovke, Kojčubaja i Omska, u atmosferi koja podsjeća na onu Prattova Corta Maltesea u Sibiru, u doba njegova prvog i izravnog susreta s revolucijom, boljševizmom i partizanskim ratovanjem ispisivat će se životopis čovjeka koji će promijeniti našu povijest. Ova nezaobilazna knjiga mogla bi se također zvati i: Rođenje Tita.
• Julijana Adamović Divlje guske Izdavač: Fraktura Klikni za više
  • U romanu Divlje guske Julijane Adamović ništa nije onako kako se na prvi i drugi pogled čini. Očevi i majke nisu samo brižni roditelji koji podižu svoju djecu, djedovi i bake nisu samo toplo krilo u kojem se unučice gnijezde uz biblijske priče, guske nisu tek pernate predstavnice idiličnog seoskog ambijenta, a ni djevojčice koje nose priču nisu baš najtočnija, očekivana verzija sebe. Rekvizitarij ovog djetinjstva uključuje mnoge stvari, bića i pojave kojih bi svako djetinjstvo trebalo biti pošteđeno:
  • i neshvatljive smrti, i kradljivce tranzistora, i pse i ptice koji ginu greškom, i inozemstva u susjedstvu, i zabranjene školske torbe, i zabranjene osjećaje, i mržnju koja prepolovljuje sela, kuće, obitelji, ljude i postelje. Julijana Adamović začudnim je jezikom i autentičnim tonom ispisala dirljiv, moćan i potresan roman o jednom odrastanju koje je moglo izgledati sasvim drugačije – da su se jedni malo više, a drugi malo manje voljeli, da su neke prostorije bile otključane, a druge pod ključem, da su jedni malo više govorili, a drugi šutjeli, da su neki preživjeli, a drugi umrli na vrijeme, i da je barem pola svega bilo onako kako je trebalo biti. Ali nije. U tome su i tuga i moć romana Divlje guske, koji dira tamo duboko, kamo se njegova autorica hrabro usudila posegnuti.
• Jonny Thomson Minifilozofija Izdavač: Hena.com Preveo: Matija Pospiš Klikni za više
  • Minifilozofija autora Jonnyja Thomsona zaista je mala knjiga prepuna velikih ideja. Riječ je o originalnu, uzbudljivu putovanju kroz 2500 godina filozofije, koje istražuje ključna životna pitanja kroz prizmu misli najvećih umova. Ono što je u filozofiji u pravilu odbojno i nepristupačno, Thomson je učinio praktičnim, razumljivim i – zabavnim. Jednako nam tako ukazuje kako su i koliko drevni filozofski koncepti relevantni i u današnjem svijetu. Knjiga obuhvaća širok spektar tema, od Sun Tzuove strategije do Freudovih analiza, istražujući misli filozofa poput Sokrata, Platona, Aristotela, ali i suvremenih mislilaca kao što su Chomsky, Arendt, Harari i mnogi drugi. Filozofija više neće biti bauk! Dapače, ova zbirka minimeditacija ne samo da proširuje razumijevanje čitatelja, već ih i potiče na duboko promišljanje prirode života i ljudskog postojanja.
• Taylor Jenkins Reid Povratak Carrie Soto Izdavač: Vorto Palabra Prevela: Leira Harabalja Klikni za više
  • Carrie Soto najbolja je tenisačica svih vremena. Srušila je sve rekorde i osvojila dvadeset Slam turnira, postavivši nove standarde u ženskom tenisu. Žrtvovala je gotovo sve kako bi postala najbolja, s ocem kao trenerom. Ali šest godina nakon umirovljenja, Carrie sjedi na tribinama US Opena 1994. i gleda kako mlada britanska igračica Nicki Chan oduzima njezin rekord. S trideset i sedam godina, Carrie donosi monumentalnu odluku vraćanja tenisu kako bi pokušala vratiti svoj rekord – učinit će to iako je sportski mediji nikada nisu favorizirali, iako njezino tijelo više nije brzo i okretno kao nekad, iako mora progutati ponos kako bi trenirala s muškarcem koji se okrutno poigrao njezinim srcem. Unatoč svemu, Carrie Soto se vraća, za jednu epsku posljednju sezonu. Ovo je priča o cijeni i teretu slave i jednoj neumornoj heroini koja će vam prirasti srcu. Nitko ne stvara ženske likove tako dobro kao Taylor Jenkins Reid. Carrie Soto još jednom potvrđuje spisateljsko umijeće ove proslavljene i omiljene autorice.
• Vincenzo Latronico Savršenstva Izdavač: Fraktura Prevela: Antonija Radić Klikni za više
  • Kada Tom i Anna, strasno zaljubljeni milenijalci, shvate da ih rodni grad sputava, odluče se odseliti u mitski Berlin. Digitalni su nomadi, nemaju radno vrijeme ni redovita primanja, pa mogu živjeti gdje god požele. U svojim dvadesetima, u velegradu koji nikad ne spava, slobodni su i posvećeni sebi: uživaju u seks-partijima, izložbama, koncertima, drogama, izlascima. Život bez društvenih mreža ne mogu ni zamisliti. Kada 2016. započne izbjeglička kriza, mobiliziraju se kako bi pomogli – to je njihov susret s velikim povijesnim događajem. Volontiraju gotovo svakodnevno, ali uskoro postaju svjesni da je njihova uloga neznatna. Padaju u apatiju, nađu se u kolotečini i jedno drugo više ne primjećuju. Većina prijatelja vratila se u rodne gradove, prihvatila stalne poslove, osnovala obitelji. Čeka li i njih takav scenarij? Je li moguće spasiti ljubavni odnos u vremenu kada je lajk bitniji nego emocija?
• Johanna Frid Haraldova mama Izdavač: Oceanmore Prevela: Željka Černok Klikni za više
  • U zračnoj luci na samom sjeveru Švedske odvija se pravi generacijski rat: dvije žene čekaju Haralda, zgodnog, duhovitog i brižnog muškarca. Harald bi „da je pas bio zlatni retriver“, svaka bi ga žena voljela imati uza sebe, a sada se vraća iz klinike za odvikavanje. Koja će ga od dviju žena odvesti kući iz zračne luke? Haraldova mama ili Claudia, njegova partnerica, pomalo mrzovoljna doktorandica koju u pisanju doktorata ometaju Haraldovi sve veći problemi pa se osjeća kao u klopci. Dok se klupko događaja razmotava i Claudia uviđa da je dominantna majka zapravo treći član njihove veze, ona će polako otpuštati sve kočnice uljudnosti u odnosu svekrve i snahe, a Haraldova mama itekako će znati začiniti ovaj sraz dviju najvažnijih žena u Haraldovu životu.
  • S puno otrovnog humora i domišljatih dijaloga, Johanni Frid pošlo je za rukom prodrijeti u srž jednog od najsloženijih ljudskih odnosa na kojemu su se nasukale mnoge veze i brakovi.
• Ann Leckie U službi milosti Izdavač: Vorto Palabra Preveo: Neven Dužanec Klikni za više
  • Carstvo Radcha proširilo se galaksijom. Sada mu, međutim, prijeti krvavi građanski rat koji bi ga mogao zauvijek uništiti. Gospodarica Anaander Mianaai podijelila se na više neprijateljskih frakcija koje su u međusobnom sukobu oko bitno različitih vizija budućnosti carstva. Samo Breq, vojnikinja koja je nekoć bila ratni brod, može zaustaviti rat – ali ona je zapela na udaljenoj svemirskoj postaji Athoek. Čini se da je pad carstva neizbježan. Breq će poduzeti sve kako bi pomogla očuvati teško uspostavljeni mir, boreći se s političkim intrigama, tajnama i izazovima, sve pod budnim okom umjetne inteligencije za koju nije sasvim jasno tko njome upravlja. Mogla bi pobjeći sa svojim brodom i posadom, ali time bi sve građanke na postaji Athoek izložila smrtnoj opasnosti. Zato smišlja očajnički plan. Izgledi nisu dobri, ali nju to nikad ranije nije spriječilo da djeluje… "U službi milosti" treći je i završni nastavak spektakularne Sage o svemiru Radcha. Ann Leckie, prva je autorica u povijesti koja je iste godine dobila nagrade Arthur C. Clarke, Nebula i Hugo za najbolji roman i to za prvi nastavak ove trilogije.

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• Kate Bošković Mama je uvijek tu Izdavač: TAG Klikni za više
  • Ponekad i malima i velikima treba podsjetnik na onu najsnažniju ljubav - ljubav majke prema djetetu. Majčinoj ljubavi ništa ne može stati na put, čak niti smrt jer majka ostaje zauvijek tu. Slikovnica "Mama je uvijek tu" dobrodošao je dar i za djecu i za odrasle jer služi kao podsjetnik na neprolaznost majčine ljubavi. Nježna i emotivna slikovnica probudit će osjećaje i natjerati vas da snažnije zagrlite svoju djecu, zahvalite svojim majkama koje su i dalje uz vas i prisjetite se onih koje vas sada gledaju s nekog drugog mjesta.
• Suzanne Lang Mrzovoljni majmunčić na prespavancu Izdavač: Znanje Prevela: Marija Perica Klikni za više
  • Jesi li ikad ostao budan do kasno u noć? Maleni Maks sigurno je. I sad ide na prespavanac gdje uz igre i zabavu planira ostati BUDAN CIJELU NOĆ! No jedan po jedan, svi ostali zaspu, dok je on odlučan ostati budan. Koliko će izdržati? Omiljeni mrzovoljni majmunčić vraća se u ovoj zabavnoj priči za laku noć! Kako se nositi s frustracijom kad ne možeš dobiti ono što želiš?
• Emma Adbåge Graba Izdavač: Petrine knjige Preveo: Edin Badić Klikni za više
  • Graba se nalazi iza školske dvorane. Netko je odande davno iskopao gomilu šljunka, a sada u Grabi rastu žbunje i korijenje i u njoj se možemo igrati. Koliko god dugo želimo i čega god poželimo. Grabu vole svi – osim odraslih. Oni je mrze!

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Edo Popović : O muškarcu kao autoritetu u kući blebeću uglavnom slabići, oni kojima su batine jedini način da uspostave autoritet
Nakon što mu je zbirka priča "Ponoćni Boogie" 1987. postala kultna knjiga jedne generacije, Edo Popović kritiku i publiku nastavio je oduševljavati svakim sljedećim djelom, bilo romanom, novelom ili dnevničko-autobiografskom prozom. "Poglavnikov pudl", "San žutih zmija", "Mjesečev meridijan", "Igrači", "Priručnik za hodače"..., svi ovi naslovi čitaju se u dahu, a takav mu je i novi krimić "Hrvatski pasijans" koji je nedavno objavila izdavačka kuća OceanMore.
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Comp: Major League Rugby
Venue: Zions Bank Stadium
View TV providers, weather info and previous results

London	Paris	Jo'burg	New York	Sydney	Auckland
02:00	03:00	03:00	21:00	11:00	13:00

Utah Warriors	Pos	Sabercats
Caleb Makene	15	Drew Wild
Michael Manson	14	Christian Dyer
Mika Kruse	13	Tautalatasi Tasi
Lopeti Aisea	12	Sam Hill
Joe Mano	11	Line Latu
Joel Hodgson	10	AJ Alatimu
Kieran McClea	9	Andre Warner
Emerson Prior	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Nic Souchon	2	Seimou Smith
Paul Mullen	3	Rob Cobb
Matthew Jensen	4	Justin Basson
Saia Uhila	5	Nathan Den Hoedt
Frank Lochore	6	Keni Nasoqeqe
Dylan Nel	7	Emmanuel Albert
Thomas Tu avao	8	Ronan Murphy
Phil Bradford	16	B Flamenco
Franco van den Berg	17	Frikkie De Beer
Angus MacLellan	18	Pono Davis
Onehunga Havili	19	Tomiwa Agbongbon
Brodie Wilson	20	Johannes Momsen
Zion Going	21	Carlo de Nysschen
Robbie Povey	22	Max Schumacher
Isaia Kruse	23	Dominic Akina

Matchup: Houston SaberCats (7-1-0, 34pts, 2nd in West) vs Utah Warriors (4-4-0, 23pts, 5th in West)
Venue: Zions Bank Stadium, Herriman, UT Weather: 68 F, 20 C, Clear Sky
Broadcast: The Rugby Network, Space City, KMYU, KSL Sports
Kickoff: 9:00pm ET, 6:00pm PT

Houston	Number	Utah
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Emerson Prior
Seth Smith	2	Nic Souchon
Rob Cobb	3	Paul Mullen
Justin Basson	4	Matt Jensen
Nathan Den Hoedt (c)	5	Saia Uhila
Keni Nasoqeqe	6	Frank Lochore
Emmanuel Albert	7	Dylan Nel
Ronan Murphy	8	Thomas Tu’avao
André Warner	9	Kieran McClea
AJ Alatimu	10	Joel Hodgson (c)
Line Latu	11	Joe Mano
Sam Hill	12	Lopeti Aisea
Tautalatasi Tasi	13	Mika Kruse
Christian Dyer	14	Michael Manson
Drew Wild	15	Caleb Makene
Reserves		Reserves
Brian Flamenco	16	Phil Bradford
Frikkie de Beer	17	Franco van den Berg
Pono Davis	18	Angus MacLellan
Tomi Agbongbon	19	Onehunga Havili
Johan Momsen	20	Bailey Wilson
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Zion Going
Max Schumacher	22	Robbie Povey
Dom Akina	23	Isaia Kruse

Referee: Lex Weiner (USA)
Assistants: Kahlil Harrison (USA) & Kage Green (USA)
TMO: Saro Turner (Canada)

Comp: Major League Rugby
Venue: Sabercats Stadium, Houston
View TV providers, weather info and previous results

London	Paris	Jo'burg	New York	Sydney	Auckland
01:00	02:00	02:00	20:00	10:00	12:00

Sabercats	Pos	SD Legion
Drew Wild	15	Mike Te o
Christian Dyer	14	Tomas Aoake
Tautalatasi Tasi	13	Marcel Brache
Sam Hill	12	Ethan Grayson
Line Latu	11	James Vaifale
Davey Coetzeer	10	Josh Henderson
Andre Warner	9	Connor Tupai
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Faka’osi Pifeleti
Tiaan Strauss Erasmus	2	Cyrille Cama
Rob Cobb	3	Darcy Breen
Justin Basson	4	Isaac Ross
Johannes Momsen	5	Greg Peterson
Marno Redelinghuys	6	Vili Helu
Keni Nasoqeqe	7	Finn Kearns
Ronan Murphy	8	Jay Tuivaiti
Seth Smith	16	Lolenisi Veimau
LaRome White	17	Payton Telea-Ilaio
Pono Davis	18	Luke Green
Emmanuel Albert	19	Charlie Hewitt
Tomiwa Agbongbon	20	Brendan Amiatu-Tanoi
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Tupou Afungia
Max Schumacher	22	Nick Boyer
Dominic Akina	23	Harris Rutherford

Matchup: San Diego Legion (5-2-0, 26pts, 3rd in West) vs Houston SaberCats (6-1-0, 29pts, 2nd in West)
Venue: SaberCats Stadium, Houston, TX Weather: 79 F, 26 C, Partly Cloudy
Broadcast: The Rugby Network, Space City, KUSI
Kickoff: 8pm ET, 5pm PT

San Diego	Number	Houston
Faka’osi Pifeleti	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Cyrille Cama	2	Tiaan Erasmus
Darcy Breen	3	Rob Cobb
Isaac Ross	4	Justin Basson
Greg Peterson	5	Johan Momsen (c)
Vili Helu	6	Marno Redelinghuys
Finn Kearns	7	Keni Nasoqeqe
Jay Tuivaiti	8	Ronan Murphy
Connor Tupai	9	Andre Warner
Josh Henderson	10	Davy Coetzer
James Vaifale	11	Line Latu
Ethan Grayson	12	Sam Hill
Marcel Brache (c)	13	Tautalatasi Tasi
Tomas Aoake	14	Christian Dyer
Mikey Te’o	15	Drew Wild
Reserves		Reserves
Lolenisi Veimau	16	Seth Smith
Payton Telea-Ilalio	17	LaRome White
Luke Green	18	Pono Davis
Charlie Hewitt	19	Emmanuel Albert
Aminae Amiatu-Tanoi	20	Tomi Agbongbon
Tupou Afungia	21	Carlo de Nysschen
Danny Christensen	22	Max Schumacher
Harris Rutherford	23	Dom Akina

Referee: Luke Rogan (USA)
Assistants: Derek Summers (USA) & Allen Alongi (USA)
TMO: Mike Kelly (USA)

Matchup: Houston SaberCats (5-1-0, 24pts, 3rd in West) vs Old Glory DC (2-2-2, 14pts, 4th in East)
Venue: Maryland Soccerplex, Germantown, MD Weather: 68 F, 20 C, Clear Sky
Broadcast: The Rugby Network, Monumental Sports, Space City
Kickoff: 5:00pm ET, 2:00pm PT

Houston	Number	Old Glory DC
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Quentin Newcomer
Tiaan Erasmus	2	Facundo Gattas
Maks van Dyk	3	Tyler Rowland
Justin Basson	4	Rob Harley (c)
Marno Redelinghuys	5	Tevita Naqali
Keni Nasoqeqe	6	Collin Grosse
Ronan Murphy	7	Cory Daniel
Gideon van Wyk	8	Lautaro Bavaro
André Warner	9	Ethan McVeigh
AJ Alatimu	10	Jason Robertson
Line Latu	11	Axel Müller
Sam Hill	12	Tommaso Boni
Tautalatasi Tasi	13	Damien Hoyland
Christian Dyer (c)	14	Perry Humphreys
Davy Coetzer	15	Mike Dabulas
Reserves		Reserves
Seth Smith	16	Martín Vaca
LaRome White	17	Jack Iscaro
Pono Davis	18	Cali Martinez
Tomi Agbongbon	19	Bill Whiteside
Asa Carter	20	Brady Daniel
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Connor Buckley
Max Schumacher	22	Gradyn Bowd
Dom Akina	23	William Talataina

Referee: Scott Green (USA)
Assistants: Eanna O’Dowd (Ireland) & Craig Sakowski (USA)
TMO: Cam Russell (USA)

Comp: Major League Rugby
Venue: Sabercats Stadium, Houston
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London	Paris	Jo'burg	New York	Sydney	Auckland
01:00	02:00	02:00	20:00	10:00	12:00

Sabercats	Pos	Free Jacks
Davey Coetzeer	15	Reece MacDonald
Drew Wild	14	Mitch Wilson
Louritz van der Schyff	13	Wayne van der Bank
Dominic Akina	12	Le Roux Malan
Jeremy Misailegalu	11	Paula Balekana
AJ Alatimu	10	Jayson Potroz
Andre Warner	9	Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Malakai Hala-Ngatai
Pita Anae-Ah Sue	2	Sean Ralph
Maks van Dyk	3	Cole Keith
Johannes Momsen	4	Josh Larsen
Nathan Den Hoedt	5	Conor Keys
Marno Redelinghuys	6	Piers Von Dadelszen
Emmanuel Albert	7	Mitchell Jacobson
Tomiwa Agbongbon	8	Wian Conradie
Tiaan Strauss Erasmus	16	Andrew Quattrin
LaRome White	17	Foster DeWitt
Pono Davis	18	Kaleb Geiger
Keni Nasoqeqe	19	Jackson Thiebes
Ronan Murphy	20	Setaleki Baker
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Holden Yungert
Max Schumacher	22	Ben LeSage
Line Latu	23	Danyon Morgan-Puterangi

Matchup: New England Free Jacks (4-1-0, 19pts, 1st in East) vs Houston SaberCats (5-0-0, 23pts, 2nd in West)
Venue: SaberCats Stadium, Houston, TX Weather: 79 F, 26 C, Partly Cloudy
Broadcast: The Rugby Network, NBC Sports Boston, Space City
Kickoff: 8pm ET, 5pm PT

New England	Number	Houston
Malakai Hala-Ngatai	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Sean Ralph	2	Pita Anae-Ah Sue
Cole Keith	3	Maks van Dyk
Josh Larsen	4	Johan Momsen (c)
Conor Keys	5	Nathan Den Hoedt
Piers von Dadelszen	6	Marno Redelinghuys
Mitch Jacobson (c)	7	Emmanuel Albert
Wian Conradie	8	Tomi Agbongbon
Cam Nordli-Kelemeti	9	Andre Warner
Jayson Potroz	10	AJ Alatimu
Paula Balekana	11	Jeremy Misailegalu
Le Roux Malan	12	Dom Akina
Wayne van der Bank	13	Louritz van der Schyff
Mitch Wilson	14	Christian Dyer
Reece MacDonald	15	Davy Coetzer
Reserves		Reserves
Andrew Quattrin	16	Tiaan Erasmus
Foster DeWitt	17	LaRome White
Kaleb Geiger	18	Pono Davis
Jackson Thiebes	19	Keni Nasoqeqe
Seta Baker	20	Ronan Murphy
Holden Yungert	21	Carlo de Nysschen
Ben LeSage	22	Max Schumacher
Danyon Morgan-Puterangi	23	Line Latu

Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Assistants: Scott Green (USA) & Jono Cooper (USA)
TMO: Austin Reed (USA)

Aloha mai kākou!
ʻO Jordan Lucas Koakeikialiʻi Anderson Melcher koʻu inoa. In celebration of spring, I will be hosting a full moon gathering at Au Street Beach Access, Waialua, North Shore Oahu, on the evening of Apr 23rd. The purpose of this event is to have the very first meet up of my new band, Koa Keiki Metal Collective. We are a Kamaʻāina, mele ʻōlelo hawai'i, heavy metal, protest band. The opening ceremony will happen at 7:01 pm in accordance with the moonrise, and the closing ceremony will be at 6:23 am with the moonset. The ultimate goal of this band is to be the conduit to restore Kahoʻolawe with the immediate goal of holding a Polynesian Festival on Kahoʻolawe.
This is a free event. All you need is your mind, body, heart, and naʻau.
Feel free to share your voice, sound from musical instruments, AV equipment, food, and water. ALCOHOL AND MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES ARE NOT WELCOME.
Koa Keiki Metal Collective Inaugural Full Moon Gathering- Au St. Beach Access 258 A - Waialua - North Shore - Oʻahu
Apr 23, 18:00 – Apr 24, 07:00 • https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ww1fCh2ESAdnswHz8 • View details & RSVP https://calendar.app.google/LBvuqqdCthFC2oGP7
This event is open to anyone who has something to contribute to the mission of restoring the sovereignty of the peoples of Hawaiʻi. Please pass this invitation forward.
For more information or if you want to talk story please contact me through Instagram
u/melchmeistah
https://www.instagram.com/melchmeistah?igsh=N3c0bXNlYjI0YjR3
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono.
Kū Kiaʻi Kahoʻolawe!
A hui hou,
Koa Melcher

Last night on 6 April 2024, before midnight, the Spirit of Dieter Uchtdorf came to me in a dream and dictated the text of a talk that he could not give in general conference. I did not follow the procedure recommended in D&C 129, so I can't certify that it was actually him - but nevertheless I believe, from the text, that it COULD be him. He was more serious than I have seen him on TV, and had a few personal sentences in German, which I will omit. Here is what I heard:
Dear Brothers & Sisters!
84 years ago, I was born in a small town named Ostrava in what is now the Czech Republic. A turbulent time and a turbulent place: much of continental Europe then was under the control of Nazi Germany. My life and my family’s were upended – we became refugees fleeing from our home. When World War II ended, Germany, and much of Europe, was a pile of smoldering ashes and bombed out buildings. I remember still VIVIDLY the smells, the rubble, the cold and the hunger, and the look in my mother’s eyes. In city after city, the schools, the stores, the apartments, the hospitals, the trains, the factories, water and electricity utilities, the churches, were unimaginably devastated. EVERYTHING. After 6 years of warfare and enormous sacrifices Germany surrendered. And then, as the German people were starving in the terrible catastrophic hunger-winter of 1946-7, America did the unthinkable, UNPARALLELED in human history, by sending waves and waves of Care Packages to Germany. After that began, America initiated The Marshall Plan which organized and funded the rebuilding of my decimated country. First rate legal and governance talent from America worked to heal the democratic institutions of its vanquished enemy over the next 10 years.
I can speak for my generation when I say that we are grateful BEYOND WORDS for what America did for us when we had no right to ask for anything. And since then America has supported the security of Germany up to the current day.
All this terrible suffering and destruction came to Germany and Europe because in a time of crisis, evil men gained control of the government and destroyed the institutional protections built into the law.
We in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are familiar with the costs of evil political leadership from our scriptures. A peaceful, righteous people under King Zeniff in the Book of Mosiah were led astray after Zeniff’s death by his evil son, King Noah. It happened within a single generation. The Lord sent His Prophet Abinadi to warn King Noah and the people of the dangerous path they were on. Did they listen to him? No, they did not. And they experienced their own catastrophe … like Germany did.
What does all this say to US today? EVERY DAY we choose the path for our feet to tread. Sometimes the choice is trivial. Other times the choice determines momentous outcomes. The motto of the State of Hawaii is “Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono” which means “The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”. I love that motto !! Our choices determine the future health and prosperity of this country and that influences the world. We are now experiencing an era of great danger. President Nelson and the full First Presidency have given VERY CLEAR directions to us about this time.
"Members should also study candidates carefully and vote for those who have demonstrated integrity, compassion, and service to others, regardless of party affiliation." https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/6/6/23751117/first-presidency-letter-emphasizes-participation-in-elections-reaffirms-political-neutrality/
Our future as a people and as a country depend on our careful obedience to this direction.
I say these things, mindful of my place as a grateful guest in this blessed land of milk and honey, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Comp: Major League Rugby
Venue: Choctaw Stadium, Arlington
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London	Paris	Jo'burg	New York	Sydney	Auckland
00:30	01:30	02:30	20:30	11:30	13:30

Dallas Jackals	Pos	Sabercats
Vaughen Isaacs	15	Drew Wild
Marcel Muller	14	Christian Dyer
Mitch Richardson	13	Tautalatasi Tasi
Connor Winchester	12	Dominic Akina
Nic Benn	11	Jeremy Misailegalu
Martin Elias	10	David Coetzer
Juan-Dee Oliver	9	Andre Warner
Liam Murray	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Dewald Kotze	2	Pita Anae-Ah Sue
Juan Pablo Zeiss	3	Rob Cobb
Sam Golla	4	Justin Basson
Lucas Bur	5	Johannes Momsen
Ronan Foley	6	Marno Redelinghuys
Makeen Alikhan	7	Emmanuel Albert
Sam Tuifua	8	Ronan Murphy
Joaquin Horcada	16	Tiaan Strauss Erasmus
Tomas Bekerman	17	LaRome White
Kyle Steeves	18	Pono Davis
Daemon Torres	19	Keni Nasoqeqe
Ronnie McElligott	20	Tomiwa Agbongbon
Brock Gallagher	21	Carlo de Nysschen
Marques Fuala au	22	Max Schumacher
Jason Tidwell	23	Line Latu

Matchup: Houston SaberCats (4-0-0, 18pts, 1st in West) vs Dallas Jackals (2-2-0, 11pts, 4th in West)
Venue: Choctaw Stadium, Arlington, TX Weather: 72 F, 22 C, Partly Cloudy
Broadcast: [https://www.therugbynetwork.com/video/ba0f6f58-c67f-4eaa-a8b2-08dc436e47e1), Space City
Kickoff: 8:30pm ET, 5:30pm PT

Houston	Number	Dallas
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Liam Murray
Pita Anae-Ah Sue	2	Dewald Kotze
Rob Cobb	3	Juan Pablo Zeiss
Justin Basson	4	Sam Golla (c)
Johan Momsen (c)	5	Lucas Bur
Marno Redelinghuys	6	Ronan Foley
Emmanuel Albert	7	Makeen Alikhan
Ronan Murphy	8	Sam Tuifua
Andre Warner	9	Juan-Dee Oliver
Davy Coetzer	10	Martín Elías
Jeremy Misailegalu	11	Nic Benn
Dom Akina	12	Connor Winchester
Tautalatasi Tasi	13	Mitch Richardson
Christian Dyer	14	Marcell Muller
Drew Wild	15	Vaughen Isaacs
Reserves		Reserves
Tiaan Erasmus	16	Joaquín Horcada
LaRome White	17	Tomás Bekerman
Pono Davis	18	Kyle Steeves
Keni Nasoqeqe	19	Daemon Torres
Tomiwa Agbongbon	20	Ronnie McElligott
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Brock Gallagher
Max Schumacher	22	Marques Fuala’au
Line Latu	23	Jason Tidwell

Referee: George Myers (AUS)
Assistants: Jacob Gonzalez (USA) & Scott Green (USA)
TMO: Greg Gilliam (USA)

Hello!
Time for me to part with some things I don't think I will use again or probably wont use since I haven't already.
CONUS shipping only. Prices don't currently include shipping but I use USPS and will try to ensure that it won't be too much if any extra. I have not done this, so I am not sure what to expect.
I am local to Tampa/Central Florida if that is an option.
I am happy to take additional pictures or give additional information on any of the product and open to bundling items.
Thank you!
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Item	Notes	Timestamp	Price OBO
CT980 mechanical keyboard kit from ANTiDOTEKEYCAPS - 1800 layout	I bought this through Etsy a few years ago (they no longer sell there). An acrylic case. Hotswap. RGB lighting. Used for about 4 months.	https://i.imgur.com/O2STHzv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0lkTfe3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/b7CUUCF.jpg	$80
Drop Ctrl Aluminum case - TKL	https://drop.com/buy/drop-ctrl-aluminum-case?defaultSelectionIds=966029 . RGB lighting. Hotswap. SWITCHES NOT INCLUIDED. Used for maybe 6 months.	https://i.imgur.com/47nd2iP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Il63d9l.jpg	$40 SOLD $40+$10 SHIPPING
107 Gateron Clear Switches - linear	I am out of a switch remover at the moment, but they are the ones on the Drop Ctrl keyboard plus 20 more. The ones on the keyboard were used for maybe 6 months.	https://i.imgur.com/47nd2iP.jpg	$50
Cannon Keys Rekt 1800 Black	https://cannonkeys.com/products/rekt1800-keyboard?variant=39341206044783 Never used. Soder PCB. Everything included. I only unwrapped this little bit to take the picture.	https://i.imgur.com/waXQwkm.jpg	$270
Nice PBT Type 6 Keycaps	https://cannonkeys.com/products/nicepbt-type-6 Never used, just opened for picture.	https://i.imgur.com/5zkSdWV.jpg	$60 SOLD $60+$10 SHIPPING
HLYM Quartz Stone Wrist Rests - TKL size	https://drop.com/buy/hlym-quartz-stone-wrist-rests Never used.	https://i.imgur.com/N80U31h.jpg	$30 - PENDING
IFK Strawberry Lemonade keycaps - base and novelties	Used for about 4 months. I used this with the green board I'm selling (CT980 mechanical keyboard kit from ANTiDOTEKEYCAPS - 1800 layout) I find they went well together.	https://i.imgur.com/EoecnXe.jpg	$60 Base - $20 Novelties - $70 both
GMK Pono Keycaps and novelties	https://omnitype.com/collections/gmk-pono/products/gmk-pono-keycap-set Never used, still in packaging	https://i.imgur.com/3c7xE3q.jpg	$80 Base - $20 Novelties - $90 both PENDING
Pono Pitter Patter Desk Mat	https://www.deskhero.ca/products/gmk-pono-extras?variant=39701759426626 Never used	https://i.imgur.com/FPCQbX3.jpg	$20
GMK Pono Rama - Rose Geo Kitty	https://www.deskhero.ca/products/gmk-pono-extras?variant=39701752315970 Never mounted	https://i.imgur.com/UJb5HdM.jpg	$100

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Comp: Major League Rugby
Venue: Starfire Stadium
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London	Paris	Jo'burg	New York	Sydney	Auckland
02:30	03:30	04:30	22:30	13:30	15:30

Seawolves	Pos	Sabercats
Duncan Matthews	15	Davey Coetzeer
Lauina Futi	14	Christian Dyer
Divan Rossouw	13	Tautalatasi Tasi
Dan Kriel	12	Dominic Akina
Jade Stighling	11	Jeremy Misailegalu
Mack Mason	10	AJ Alatimu
Juan-Philip (JP) Smith	9	Andre Warner
Cameron Orr	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Joe Taufete e	2	Pita Anae-Ah Sue
Sam Matenga	3	Rob Cobb
Rhyno Herbst	4	Justin Basson
Jean Droste	5	Johannes Momsen
Reid Davis	6	Marno Redelinghuys
Charles Elton	7	Emmanuel Albert
Pago Haini	8	Ronan Murphy
Daquan Perry	16	Tiaan Strauss Erasmus
Chance Wenglewski	17	LaRome White
Olive Kilifi	18	Pono Davis
Taylor Krumrei	19	Keni Nasoqeqe
Isaia Lotawa	20	Asa Carter
Ryan Rees	21	Carlo de Nysschen
Sam Windsor	22	Max Schumacher
Jeremiah Sio	23	Line Latu

Matchup: Houston SaberCats (3-0-0, 13pts, 1st in West) vs Seattle Seawolves (3-0-0, 12pts, 2nd in West)
Venue: Starfire Stadium, Tukwila, WA Weather: 53 F, 12 C, Overcast with a chance for rian
Broadcast: Fox Sports 2, The Rugby Network (International Only)
Kickoff: 10:30pm ET, 7:30pm PT

Houston	Number	Seattle
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Cameron Orr
Pita Anae-Ah Sue	2	Joe Taufete’e
Rob Cobb	3	Sam Matenga
Justin Basson	4	Rhyno Herbst
Johan Momsen (c)	5	Jean Droste
Marno Redelinghuys	6	Reid Davis
Emmanuel Albert	7	Charles Elton (c)
Ronan Murphy	8	Pago Haini
Andre Warner	9	JP Smith
AJ Alatimu	10	Mack Mason
Jeremy Misailegalu	11	Jade Stighling
Dom Akina	12	Dan Kriel
Tautalatasi Tasi	13	Divan Rossouw
Christian Dyer	14	Lauina Futi
Davy Coetzer	15	Duncan Matthews
Reserves		Reserves
Tiaan Erasmus	16	DaQuan Perry
LaRome White	17	Chance Wenglewski
Pono Davis	18	Olive Kilifi
Keni Nasoqeqe	19	Taylor Krumrei
Asa Carter	20	Isaia Lotawa
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Ryan Rees
Max Schumacher	22	Sam Windsor
Line Latu	23	Jeremiah Sio

Referee: Moe Chaudhry (Canada)
Assistants: Austin Reed (USA) & Brian Dusablon (USA)
TMO: Scott Green (USA)

Comp: Major League Rugby
Venue: Sabercats Stadium, Houston
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London	Paris	Jo'burg	New York	Sydney	Auckland
00:01	01:01	02:01	20:01	11:01	13:01

Sabercats	Pos	Miami Sharks
Line Latu	15	Shane O Leary
Christian Dyer	14	Marcos Young
Louritz van der Schyff	13	Tomas Inciarte
Sam Hill	12	Nick Grigg
Jeremy Misailegalu	11	Santiago Videla
AJ Alatimu	10	Felipe Etcheverry
Andre Warner	9	Tomas Cubelli
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Rob Evans
Pita Anae-Ah Sue	2	Sean McNulty
Maks van Dyk	3	Reinaldo Piussi
Johannes Momsen	4	Tomas Casares
Nathan Den Hoedt	5	Michael Etete
Ronan Murphy	6	Ben Bonasso
Keni Nasoqeqe	7	Roelof Smit
Gideon van Wyk	8	Manuel Ardao
Seth Smith	16	Alexis Glover
Frikkie De Beer	17	Jonas Petrakopoulos
Pono Davis	18	Alec McDonnell
Emmanuel Albert	19	Rick Rose
Asa Carter	20	Chase Schor-Haskin
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Damian Morley
Max Schumacher	22	Gabriel du Toit
Dominic Akina	23	Eric Naposki

Matchup: Miami Sharks (0-2-0, 1pts, 5th in East) (0-0-0, 0pts, 1st in West) vs Houston SaberCats (2-0-0, 8pts, 1st in West)
Venue: SaberCats Stadium, Houston, TX Weather: 71 F, 22 C, Overcast
Broadcast: The Rugby Network, Bally Sports Florida, Space City
Kickoff: 8pm ET, 5pm PT

Miami	Number	Houston
Rob Evans	1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Sean McNulty	2	Pita Anae-Ah Sue
Reinaldo Piussi	3	Maks van Dyk
Tomás Casares	4	Johan Momsen
Michael Etete	5	Nathan Den Hoedt (c)
Benjamín Bonasso	6	Ronan Murphy
Roelof Smit	7	Keni Nasoqeqe
Manuel Ardao	8	Gideon van Wyk
Tomás Cubelli (c)	9	Andre Warner
Felipe Etcheverry	10	AJ Alatimu
Santiago Videla	11	Jeremy Misailegalu
Nick Grigg	12	Sam Hill
Tomás Inciarte	13	Louritz van der Schyff
Marcos Young	14	Christian Dyer
Shane O’Leary	15	Line Latu
Reserves		Reserves
Alex Glover	16	Seth Smith
Jonas Petrakopoulos	17	Frikkie de Beer
Alec McDonnell	18	Pono Davis
Rick Rose	19	Emmanuel Albert
Chase Schor-Haskin	20	Asa Carter
Damian Morley	21	Carlo de Nysschen
Guiseppe du Toit	22	Max Schumacher
Eric Naposki	23	Dom Akina

Referee: Lex Weiner (USA)
Assistants: Scott Green (USA) & Jono Cooper (USA)
TMO: Eanna O’Dowd (Ireland)

Matchup: Houston SaberCats (1-0-0, 4pts, 4th in West) vs Rugby FC Los Angeles (0-1-0, 2pts, 5th in West)
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA Weather: 67 F, 20 C, Partly Cloudy
Broadcast: The Rugby Network, Space City
Kickoff: 6:00pm ET, 3:00pm PT

Houston	Number	Los Angeles
Ezekiel Lindenmuth	1	Dane Zander
Pita Anae-Ah Sue	2	Ben Strang
Maks van Dyk	3	Conor Young
Justin Basson	4	Jurie van Vuuren
Johan Momsen (c)	5	Max Katjijeko
Marno Redelinghuys	6	Michael Amiras
Keni Nasoqeqe	7	Matt Heaton
Ronan Murphy	8	Jason Damm
Andre Warner	9	Niall Saunders (c)
Davy Coetzer	10	Dan Hollinshead
Jeremy Misailegalu	11	Jack Shaw
Dom Akina	12	Jason Emery
Tautalatasi Tasi	13	James Stokes
Christian Dyer	14	Andrew Coe
Drew Wild	15	Rory van Vugt
Reserves		Reserves
Seth Smith	16	Bruce Kauika-Petersen
Frikkie de Beer	17	Lincoln Si’i
Pono Davis	18	Alex Maughan
Emmanuel Albert	19	Reegan O’Gorman
Asa Carter	20	Semi Kunatani
Carlo de Nysschen	21	Tas Smith
Max Schumacher	22	Sam Walsh
Line Latu	23	Austin White

Referee: Derek Summers (USA)
Assistants: Marquise Goodwin (USA) & Kirk Swanner (USA)
TMO: Chris Assmus (Canada)