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Does Cross still make pens in their “classic” form factor?
My only Cross pens were purchased years ago at an Office Depot and Ebay. The former doesn’t seem to carry them anymore.
I didn’t see anything on the Cross site.
I see a lot of Cross classic pens on Amazon but not on the Cross site. Would appreciate if anyone could point me in the direction of any reliable sellers.
Thanks in advance.

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Lawmakers in California are hoping to push through controversial legislation that would ban retail staff from stopping thieves stealing from their stores.
Senate Bill 553, which was submitted by State Senator Dave Cortese, has been passed by the State Senate and will now progress to policy committees in the State Assembly. Cortese hopes the proposed law will prevent workplace violence and protect staff from being forced by their employers to step-in during robberies. But some store bosses are furious about the plans, with the California Retailers Association mocking the move as an open invitation for thieves "to come in and steal."
The political wrangling in California comes just weeks after Home Depot security guard Blake Mohs, 26, was shot to death during an attempted robbery in Pleasanton, California. Other cities in the state are also facing their own problems as they attempt to deal with lawlessness.
San Francisco has been gripped by a crimewave that has seen Whole Foods close its downtown location after just a year of business, with bosses saying they were unable to "ensure the safety" of their staff in the city. Nordstrom followed suit by leaving the city this month, but many smaller businesses have had no choice but to remain, despite attacks on their premises.
The proposed new laws come as stores have blamed shoplifting for hitting their businesses, with Target issuing a statement in November blaming "organized retail crime" for an eye-watering $400 million loss in its profits in 2022.
Cortese, a Democrat representing much of Santa Clara County in the heart of Silicon Valley, told Newsweek: "SB 553 is focused on protecting employees. The bill does not prohibit employees from stopping theft. It does prevent employers from asking non-security personnel to confront a person involved in criminal activity. We don't want rank and file employees to be forced to place themselves in harm's way."
During an interview with Fox 2/KTVU, he said: "More recently, we've seen another spike in retail violence; [At] Safeways, Home Depots, it just seems to be happening every other day... What we're saying in the bill is it's not ok for employers to take a rank-and-file worker, somebody whose job is really something else... and say, 'Hey, you know, if there's an intruder we're going to deputize you to intervene.' People get hurt and often killed that way."
A statement issued by Cortese's office noted that assaults in stores rose during the pandemic, citing 2022 analysis by the New York Times, which found that assaults in grocery stores increased by 63 percent from 2018 to 2020, and assaults in convenience stores grew by 75 percent. The statement added that workplace violence is the second leading cause of fatal occupational injury.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that workplace violence affects nearly 2 million workers each year, with female staff suffering from higher rates of nonfatal injuries than their male counterparts.
A retail security survey published in 2022 by the National Retail Federal (NRF) also suggested the issue may be getting worse. The annual survey of the retail industry's loss prevention professionals found that "retail shrink is an almost $100 billion problem."
According to the survey, retailers blamed "external theft" for the greatest portion of "shrink" at 37 percent, while 28.5 percent was deemed to be the result of "employee/internal theft." The difference was made up by various factors, including processing and control failures. The survey found that 37.9 percent of respondents replied that no associates were allowed to apprehend shoplifters in their organizations.
The California bill, if enacted in law, would require employers to provide active-shooter training to workers, keep a log of any violent incidents, and allow companies to apply for workplace violence restraining orders.
SB 553 is not targeted at—and does not affect—trained security guards. In fact, the bill highlights the need for dedicated safety personnel.
But Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association, told Fox 2/KTVU: "This bill goes way too far, number one, where I think it will open the doors even wider for people to come in and steal from our stores."
And she added that most stores already prevent ordinary workers from confronting shoplifters, saying that most hire employees specifically trained in theft prevention for that purpose. "It [the bill] says no employee can approach someone who's shoplifting, so even if someone is trained on how to deter someone from doing that, now they're not allowed to approach someone. So what does that mean? We are opening up the doors to allow people to just walk into stores, steal, and walk out."
Newsweek has reached out to the California Retailers Association for further information and comment. Several large retailers, including Target and Walmart, have also been approached for comment about the proposed law.
The bill is currently subject to adjustments as it progresses through the State Assembly's policy committees.
Update 6/6/23, 6:04 a.m. ET: This article was updated to include additional comments by State Senator Dave Cortese.

From left to right: Campus Martius showing the Majestic Building; Carlsbad Austria "Souvenir of Detroit" cup*; David Whitney Building; Floral Clock in Waterworks Park; Main Post Office. Trays: (L) Detroit Art Museum; (R) Wayne County Courthouse
Almost all of the depicted buildings/landmarks have now been demolished
Some day I hope to add Old City Hall, Grand Army of the Republic, Michigan Central Station, Palmer Park Log, Waterworks Park Observation Tower, Bell Isle Casino, Grand Circus, and Union Depot Train Station. Though idk if there are antique souvenir porcelain stuff of all of those.
*The cup has 3 views on it: "New County Building"; "Waterworks Park"; & "Campus Martius" (I refuse to get the imgur app, and they no longer let mobile users upload multiple pictures, otherwise I'd post detail shots of the cup)

So a lot of posts keep appearing in my feed (damn you algorithms, for showing me what I want!!) that Greece is not the hot potato, compared to say... Bulgaria.
And while I won't get into arguments about which focus tree is objectively better, I much prefer to play Greece. In fact, I consider it my favorite country in the whole game.
Why?
Because its big enough to have its owns unique buffs and flavors, but small enough that you can get through ALL the good stuff well before Germany kicks things off.
Compare that to Bulgaria's massive, powerful, but ultimately bloated focus tree. There is some great stuff in there, but good luck getting to it before The Big One gets rolling. You'd be lucky to grab one eco focus before jumping back to the political side.
Whereas in Greece, and this post, I'm going to show you how to form Byzantium with an industry relative to Italy by the time Poland refuses Danzig, allowing you multiple paths to get your Triumphs.
But as always, lets hit the basics:
Opening Moves:

1. House Arrest
2. Basic Research Selection (Electronics, Tools, and Construction)
3. Queue up two CIVs
4. Build 12 Convoys (for a nice round 100)
5. Swap that Horse div for an Infantry div
6. Exercise your fleet until you have ~50 Naval XP (trade oil if you want; it won't hurt your non-existent economy)
7. And Start "Devaluating that Drachma"

So, if all goes well with the RNG gods, we should have Eleftherios back and about 144 PP to spend.
Let's spend some of that by picking this guy:
You know, I keep thinking that's Washington's Portrait. LOL.
This guy is going to allow you to grab every Greece Achievement (aside from the stupid Hellenic Civility) in one run.
But for now, his PP and Stab boost are the most important right now.
As for Technology, keep industry up to date, pick up trains, and invest heavily into cheap CAS. Its going to be your best friend by the time your war with Turkey kicks off. You should have engine-2 CAS-36 with double bombs ready for production by the time you've assigned the necessary factories to guns/art/eng.
Use the rest of the prep time to upgrade your guns, arty, and to pick up radios. You'll even have time to grab a '36 cruisers with that fourth research slot.
A Word about Poor Eleftherios:
I wish this bastard had a more consistent death rate. I've had him die as soon as I hit un-pause. I've had him live to see Byzantium Reborn.
The point is, you have three choices:

• Risk the RNG gods and keep restarting until he lives long enough for you to pay off your debt, and "Crush the Monarchists,"
• Spend your next batch of PP on the previously mentioned "Crush the Monarchists," for the needed War Support, but slowing down your ability to pay off your debt
• Take the middle ground of sending an attache to Spain. The trouble of course is getting the PP and the Command Power.

The Monarchists will become friendly again once you complete that Political Focus, but for now, its a quick way to get some War Support.
I live for the first, hate the second, but settle for the third. Its up to you and how short your temper is.
Moving on...
Economical National Focus Path:
Now, I know all the big shot YouTubers are all about the "Open Foreign Subsidized Factories," but did you know that those eight factories don't come with extra building slots? Considering how premium real estate is in Eastern Europe, that sucks.
So instead, we're going down the proverbial right path to grab 12 OFFMAP Civs.
Here's how we're going to do it:
I love 9b for naval games, but if its not for you, just pick 9a.
Its pretty straightforward. Don't start paying off your debt until you are to able to do so in bulk. The PP cost is the same, but the recharge time is much shorter. If you get extremely lucky, and Eletherios is still alive, you should be debt free when it comes time for the big focus.
Autarky is nice too, especially, since we plan to never remove, nor change the Schachtplan. -10% CGs AND 15% CIV speed for a small malus to trade and eco laws? Shut up and take my Resources!
By the time you have "Expanded Our Tobacco Industry," we should have enough CIVs to start making an intel agency. Get the Departments that increase our Civ Intelligence so that we can spy on Turkey. Its critical that we know when they are about to take "Abuse the Office of Soil Products."
This is also a good time to grab your Naval Flexible Contracts so that you can get the "Royal Hellenic Naval Shipyard on the cheap. Spend your remaining Naval XP to create a good '36 destroyer.
I also know that the big shots love to "Mobilize the Economy," but since we're finishing out the eco tree first, we don't have the War Support or the PP to get a War Economy going so early. Besides, That tourism gives some juicy boosts that you get to enjoy for the next year or so:
Keep an eye on that CG Factories Number, its going to become important later.
Alright, assuming Eleftherios is still in charge, you've paid off your debt, and are ready to become "The Bedrock of Balkan Financial Stability."
Start improving with nations until you have the following approval:

• Yugo, Hungary, Albania = 65
• Turkey, Romania, Austria = 90
• Czechoslovakia = 100

Don't bother with Bulgaria. Only Non-Aligned Greece can break the threshold.
I added 15 for padding due to the ticking removal, because the last thing you want to do is spend another 10 PP to start improving again.
Once you have positive PP gain, go ahead and Crush the Monarchists for the War Support. Eleftherios isn't looking so well.
When its all said and done:
That's embarrasing...
And its only going to get better once we "Rejuvenate Athens" and Crack down on those monopolies.
Its at this point that I like to "Improve Worker Conditions" to avoid Strikes when we go to war with Turkey, though its up to you. You may not be able to if Eleftherios is gone, but if he's still here, go ahead and eat the industry hit.
Because once we get down to the bottom, here's what we get to play with:
Honestly, this is my favorite Industrial Concern. Soo many goodies here.
So, its August of 1937. Ready to see the fruits of your labor? This is what is all been building to...
Told you Tourism is Underrated...
Now that's what I call seed money. Who needs Consumer goods when you've got Tourism and a revanchist population? In freaking 37' on Partial Mobilization??!!!! As a democracy??!!!
Would you believe me if I told you that you're going to fill in every one of your build slots with time to spare?
Don't believe me? Keep following along.
Military Industry Order:
So, while you build factories, here's where you are going to put them:
Transports are just a placeholder. I'm still researching my CAS.
Thanks to Limited Exports, the Schachtplan doesn't hurt too much, but eventually, you will need to trade for steel and rubber, and aluminum.
Alright, while this works in the background, here's the next set of focuses you need to grab:
Yup, you still have time, unlike a certain other neighbor...
These focuses will provide you with Army XP to get Relief of Command, meaning you can hire Niklolaos Plastiras for 100 PP instead of 200 PP, plus an extra 25% army xp buff, Navy XP for playing around with the Navy some more if you like, and Air XP to build your CAS planes.
The Hellenic Navy also gives three dockyards, which while useful on its own keeping away Turk naval invasions, will put you that much closer to getting 6 MORE Offmap Civ Factories from the UK, all the while not hurting your CG count since you decided to fix your industry first.
Now, and only now, are you ready to Bring Back the Exiled Republicans and get the Second Greek War of Unification going.
Its a straight shot down to Horror and Fear, but you'll pick up some nice batches of PP as you go along. I got lucky in this playthrough, since Eleftherios is still around, but if you are stuck with Themostikles, you should still have enough PP for the following:

• Metaxas for that PP and Factory Boost.
• Plastiras so you can reorganize your divisions.
• Phaliron Aircraft for better CAS damage.
• Napoleon and your GBP before you flip to the gamers.
• War Economy and Extensive Conscription when the coup occurs.
• Befriending the Commies (if Eleftherios is still miraculously alive)

Speaking of the Gamers, you can take as many gamer options as you want, because your democracy boy has been building up a massive stockpile of support in the background; just make sure it doesn't fall under 60%. Remember, the Heraklion convention will only fail if you go into coalition with the EEE, no matter what decisions you take regarding the rowdy brownboys.
But there's still a little bit of house cleaning we need to take care of.
Between "Venerate the Ancient Hellenes" and "The Anotolian Refugees," your MILS should be completed, leaving your country without any more build slots. Has that ever happened before? You can build Infrastructure to get more resources, or airfields in Thrace to get more CAS Cover, but here's the most important buildings:
If you want to fight in Thrace, you need to build those depots.
These depots will allow you to fight the Turk Army man to man, without any of those silly naval invasions that get convoy raided to death. Build your rail to level three if you have the time, but its imperative to get those depots going.
Don't forget your one-time use of the 300% depot build speed.
Now, let's organize who's going to be fighting on said front.
Here's what your Mountaineers should look like:
Missing a Mountaineer is okay. They have extra org to make up for it.
These will be great when you break into Anatolia. A Good left fist.
Here's what your Tagmata Shocktroopers should look like:
Standard 9/4 Hammer to break the Bosporus
Just save as your Mainstay Infantry Div and add on the arty. A Good right fist.
Here's what your Cavalry (wait what?) should look like:
Bet you didn't see this coming, huh?
These will be the fast little bastards that play the encirclement game with the poor AI. And the arty will give them enough teeth to play dirty. Just be sure you assign them low priority so that your shock troops and mainstay Divs receive replenishment first.
And to help out your boys, here's what's going to be flying over their heads:
Since Turkey's Army Air Force sucks, this will be just fine.
Let's put it all together for the following breakdown:

• 3 Mountaineers Divisions
• 4 Tagmata Shock Troops Divisions
• 10 Mainstay Infantry Divisions
• 7 Calvary Divisions
• With 300+ CAS Support

Okay, its coup time.
While the Heraklion Convention is on its way to failure, pull up Turkey's Focus. If you've done everything right, its early January 1939, and Turkey is starting to "Reconfigure Turkish Foreign Policy."
And when the Heraklion Convention fails, you'll get refunded 10 days of focus time. As soon as Turkey's focus has between 26-59 days left, take "Horror and Fear" and enjoy as Turkey has no one guaranteeing them!
During that 60-day period, grab State Serves the Military, Extensive Conscription, War Economy, and Befriend the Communists (if Eleftherios is still kicking), once the coup occurs, and arrange your forces like so:
Note that we will defend the Aegan islands.
Its a small force, but its more than enough to win the day. Four of your mainstay divs will hold a significant amount of the Turk army in Anatolia, while you practice the good old Thrace cheese maneuver that Paradox tried to kill with the new supply system, supported by your CAS raining fire down from above.
The good old days are back, baby!!!!
Side-note: If you want to do the Bittersteel/Hatlessspider method, this will still work, just use your barely existent industry to build a port instead of a depot on the border for the needed supply, and remove one div from each of the islands for the mainland campaign. This will avoid the messy need for naval invasions.
A Splendid Little War
Once the focus is completed, slow it down to 3-Speed, you don't want to make a mistake or miss encirclement of opportunities.
First, let the AI lose their entrenchment trying to force your lines. As soon they fail, hit makeshift bridges and counter attack, using your Mainstays and Cavalry to pin the flanks.
You want to aim for this:
I love it when a plan comes together.
With a kill/death ratio like so:
Damnn...
Now, you can take the fight to Anatolia with your superior industry and divisions, or you can cheese the port encirclement and Constantinople encirclement like in the old days.
Since I love efficiency, I always go for the cheese.
Once you feel confident, you can take the war to Anatolia. Use your shock troops to break their lines, rush cavalry to force encirclements, and let your CAS work in the background. The war should last less than 140 days.
Here's the score card on the eve of victory:
A Splendid Little War.
And here's what we've all been waiting for:
I freakin' love that color, but how about we fix that name...
Now how's Italy doing?
They may have more MILs, but guess who has 0% CGs for the remainder of the game?
The Future:
Here's where I leave you, in Jun 1939. Its 2 seconds to midnight, and the world will change depending on your actions.
Do you supplant Italy as Germany's secondary partner, driving the Allies out of Africa, and then ultimately, to London itself?
Do you go back to the "historical," let the Italians declare war on you, and fight a bloody, but much more successful war in the Balkans, hoping for table scraps from the useless Allies?
Or do you think big?
Do you take that NAP with Italy and use the next two years to build up your economy and forces?
Do you play footsie with the UK to grab 6 Offsite CIVs? You already have 6+ dockyards?
Do you rush 40's fighters so you can fly "The Double Headed Aquila" with '44 fighters in '41-'42?
And ultimately, do you wait until all of the Balkans (including that annoying, tiny bit of Bessarabia) is being crushed under the weight of the Germans and friends, begging for a savior, and being ignored by a UK more interested in dying in Africa?
Do you, great Caesar, restore the Balkan themes by yourself? Constantly rejecting military access faction invites to the Allies and Soviets as you march to restore the occupied territory under the true Roman Banner?
But why stop at the Balkans? Can you truly be the Roman Empire without the Eternal City? Some of those locals don't think so, hence why if you land on their shores first, you'll gain their allegiance, and the path to restoring the heart of the empire is open.
But such ambitions require careful planning. You can't dally too long. The British are looming, wearing away the Regia Marina until the coasts are clear for intercession, and the Soviets will use any dastardly attempt to divert the Germans from the Motherland, even attempting an annoying naval invasion into Bulgaria.
So you have to get there first.
Get the max naval invasion tech, take Tip of the Spear, research the best marines, establish complete Air Dominance over the Balkans, and send in the naval hoards.
Start with Bessarabia. The Soviets forfeited their rights the moment they retreated. Bessarabia deserves a government who won't enforce No Step Back.
Now comes the tricky part, my Caesar. The Adriatic is full of ports practically begging for Allies landings. You must strike first. Hit the Italian peninsula, rally the Italian yoke to their false king, push north to the Eternal City and into the North, but do not cap them, for the beleaguered partisans of Yugoslavia will rise up and throw a sticky mess into your plans.
Instead, hold at Emilia Romagna, then send off the marines to the opposite end of the Adriatic. Rush the foolish AI where they least expect it. Take the ports, and cut off any attempt for the freedom loving Allies to reestablish the amalgamation that WAS Yugoslavia, and you'll have done it.
The path for a Triumph of the Balkans is open. Now you must only push until the frontiers are secured.
And victory will be yours, for quite little World Tension in the peace deal, I might add...
But whatever choice you make, my Caesar, please don't forget to do this:
How can you be the Byzantium Empire without the proper names?
Thanks for reading, and here's hoping u/Bitt3rSteel gives the Right Side of the Eco tree some love when he makes it to the "K"s (wait, what?) in his A-Z playthrough...
Snoo, signing off.

I hope this helps!

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