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What do you value most in friendship?
~Glimmer Bloom~ posted a topic in General DiscussionHey everypony c: So a huge theme in MLP is, obviously, friendship! I was wondering what you all personally value in a friend and what you think is most important. I included the Elements of Harmony (minus magic) but I believe there are many more qualities too look for in a companion. Personally, I think the most important quality, although its hard to choose, is understanding. The world would be a much more free and open place with a little more understanding! Many a pony feel like they need to hide and bottle certain things up because they believe no one can make the effort the understand something they don't necessarily face with themselves. I've spoken to many troubled and distressed souls just about to explode from all the problems they've been holding back! It's sad. This thread is all about friendship so if anypony needs a new friend PM me ^-^ If y'all got any more friendship qualities you want me to add to the poll let me know
Random Acts of Kindness?
True Rarity posted a topic in General DiscussionSo I was just thinking about all the darkness and negativity of the world... Wow, this is really sounding cheesy. Basically, I wanted to know your ideas and opinions on random acts of kindness. My personal favorite is taping a baggie of popcorn and candy to movie rental stations with a note saying "Enjoy popcorn with your movie!" I know not everyone likes these things and think they're annoying. What's your opinion? EDIT: I had to put this here.
Does Big Mac prefer the kinder mares?
BrawnyCharger posted a topic in FiM Show DiscussionRegardless of whether you ship Fluttermac, Cheerimac, Sugar Mac, or even Marble Mac. One thing I seem to notice is that Big Macintosh seems to have a thing for mares who are usually known for their kindness. After all, Fluttershy is the Element of Kindness, and she's often paired with Big Mac by fans. Cheerilee is a teacher who works with fillies and colts, thus kindness certainly applies to her. Sugar Belle is pretty quiet and soft spoken and has been known to be kind as well. Marble Pie is a little confusing. She's quiet and soft spoken, but I'm not too sure if kindness is a part of her. But nevertheless. The common ground of each of these mares is that they're known for their kindness towards other ponies. So I don't think that we should accuse the big red stallion of having bad taste in what he likes in a mare, no matter which of these 4 ponies you ship him with. Don't you agree?
fluttershy Fluttershy fanart
Weak Freak posted a topic in Visual Fan Artdrawing MLP characters is alot harder than it should be... so I drew Fluttershy, my second fave, because she´s good at staying in one place. anyway, enjoy the drawing I did. was making 3-4 different backgrounds, but they all sucked, so I let it be transparent. and I know the pose is weird, just go with it -:P
Dealing with an Abusive Parent
Antidaeophobia posted a blog entry in Antidaeophobia's BlogI know I haven't been on the site for awhile. I've neglected my other forums as well, and I've missed my friends. But as some of you know by my last blog, my mother met a man in may on the internet, went to visit him for a month in august, and 6 days after knowing him she married him. Since then, life just became a hell fest frankly. With my mother trashing my character, and acting as if I was the strange one for being concerned for her safety...you know, marrying a man you just met is a little abnormal. Midway through September, she informed me that she was moving at the end of October, and that I was not coming with her, and I needed to find a place to live, and that it was none of her concern what happened to me. I am chronically ill and disabled, so I don't have an income, which put me in a serious position. Pretty much, she was punishing me for some nonexistent infraction. I've had to change my number, and have been dealing with lots of abusive letters from family, and family friends who have started attacking me. It's been horrible, and has drained me of my energy and joy. Some of you may know what my mother is really like, some of you may only have known she got married unexpectedly and was being really mean. But to say that my family is cruel, is very spot on. To give you a bit of perspective of what I've been dealing with in my home. My mother is a narcissist, manic depressive, has bipolar disorder, and is a hoarder. My home has since I can remember, been filled to the brim with things. I wont go into details, but it's been a toxic and verbally abusive life with my mother. I had packed my things, and was attempting to work on commissions to get money to survive. My mother, spent most of her time on her laptop, ignoring packing completely- but it wasn't my problem to help her. So when the night came that we needed to move out, I did what she told me to do which is 'worry about yourself, you're an adult and not my problem anymore'. So my friend and I dealt with everything that was mine. My grandma came despite me saying I was not ok with it since she's elderly, and my mom and grandma were packing. My mother wasn't packed at all, and had to leave in 5hrs for the airport. She hadn't got her shipping labels in order, my mom got herself a u-haul truck, and my friend and I had to take all my stuff by my car. Well, by the 3rd time we came to my house to get a load of stuff, things had descended into complete anarchy, and my mother was having what I could only describe as a psychotic break, and I didn't feel safe in my home anymore and my friend, who'd grown up in an abusive household and is very protective of me, took charged and wanted me to leave immediately for my safety. So my friend and I got my animals, I took my most important boxes and bags, and we left with the intent to get the rest of my things the next day as the house wasn't being cleaned out till the 2nd of November. Around 2hrs later, when my mom was being taken to the airport for Alaska, she sent me this. "Bravo. Well done. You win. You got your revenge on me, and kudos on the bonus of having your 81yr old grandmother in the position to move furniture. You promised to help. So- here is everything. How does it feel? All yours. We got you a storage unit, and a truck, so we don't have the money to change my ticket. 1800Junk will be there on Nov 2 to clean everything out. Good Luck." Of course none of these accusations are true. But this is what narcissists do- everything is always everyone else's fault. Everyone is expected to drop what they are doing to assist the narcissist or you are the enemy, and because I finally stood up and said 'enough of the abuse' I have been getting vile and horrible messages from family and family friends who have heard the heavily edited story my mother has been telling them. The storage unit that was suppose to be mine was closed, thank goodness I had nothing in there or I literally would have lost everything. I came back to the house the next day to get my stuff, and everything was there. She packed and took absolutely nothing with her, and the house is jam packed with stuff. As I stated before- my mother is a hoarder, and collected vintage things. I've spent the past couple of days, literally going through box after box, in every room with my best friend, and 7 members of his wife's church. All in an attempt to save family heirlooms, genealogy, and photos...all my baby pictures I found in the trash. I've saved what I can, but just like the house, I was thrown away like garbage. I was coping pretty well, trying to keep it together so I could finish the task of packing up the most important items. The final day my best friend and I were at the house getting the final items I needed, when all of a sudden my grandma just showed up. She showed up to clean out the fridge...talk about priorities. I will go into details later, but I had a break down, and my friend had to get me to his house quickly. I couldn't handle it anymore. I was sobbing and crying in his arms, and all my grandma could do is pat me roughly on the back and say 'oh, that's to bad' and walk away. My friend has some WORDS with my grandmother after that as he was so furious at how she was treating me. It's hard to consider myself a victim of abuse even though I had been for most of my life. No one likes to feel like they aren't in control, and it can blind you to the truth. But when a dozen people who I've never met, entered into my home, and looked around, and look at the hoard, and the fact that she left me, and threw my baby pictures away, and they can say 'A sick mind lived here' it's really shaken me, and opened my eyes. You never know what peoples homes are like, and even what condition your friends live in. Not everyone has a good family life, and not all parents appear like vile monsters in public, some can appear to be completely likable and fun- my mother was that. Untreated mental illness destroys families, and the victims of abuse have hard time recognizing there own situation. I'm hoping to come to terms with the sort of life I've lived, and that my life was not normal. I want to thank all of you who not just ordered commissions and let me put them on hold while I deal with all this, but also those of you that selflessly donated money to me in my time of need- it saved me. It's wonderful to know there are good people out there that care. I hope someday I can come to terms with it, and learn to better myself. I'm mostly hoping that with me sharing this, and also future journals and pictures, that people in the same situation will realize that things can change and get better. Once you get away from your abuser(s), you can learn to blossom. ~Anti~ PS: A special thanks to the Mormon church for helping an Atheist in need.
Dear Brony Community
PencilSketchPony posted a topic in Sugarcube CornerDear Fandom, Thank you. This fandom has been a huge part of my life for over a year now, and I just wanted to say 'thank you' for all the things you have done to make me feel good about myself. First of all, you are all so welcoming, it amazes me how warm-hearted you all are. I have made some amazing friends in this community, and when I was feeling down, they always had my back. I have not met anyone in this community who is mean or rude, and I think that says a lot about the people here. You are all so amazing and kind and loyal. It makes me feel so happy to think that if I need someone to talk to, there is always someone to talk to. Thank you so much. /)
Just wondering. I am a member of NASHI myself, and I was wondering if anyone else does stuff like that?
Kindness Matters
Sugar Pea posted a blog entry in Bottom of the BarrelYou think that your words may not hurt. You think that everything that comes out of your mouth won't count against you one day, You think that what you do may not hurt other people. You are wrong. Words and actions can effect anybody as much as throwing sticks and stone at them can. Kindness matter, especially to people you don't know in person, over the internet, what has you. It's important to know that whatever comes out of your mouth, can not be put back in. Even acts of kindness matters. That person could be having a bad day, and that one act of chivalry could make it turn for the better. Truth is guys, kindness matters. Be careful what you say to others, be kind to others. Do something nice for somebody, today.
Fluttershy helps Manny
ManeStay posted a topic in Visual Fan ArtHello everypony, Here is a picture I finished recently inspired the scene where Fluttershy helps Manny Roar
Which Element of Harmony is the hardest to maintain?
Megas posted a topic in FiM Show DiscussionTitle pretty much says it all. The fandom always blows a gasket whenever the mane six don't follow their element to a tee(which I think is ridiculous). But the more I think about it, the more I realize the elements aren't that easy to follow, whether it be not following it enough, or following it too much. Out of the six elements, which do you think is the most difficult EDIT: Also consider: Which of the mane 6 has it the hardest?
PegaDash1 posted a topic in Visual Fan ArtFluttershy with a Santa hat! Merry Christmas, everypony! Sorry about the shitty title, I didn't know what else to put >.<
Hi I just wanted to tell you how I feel. I'm kind. I'm helpful. I'm always there to make other people happy? right? That is great isn't it? It is great but I don't have my own life. I feel that I live just for other people. I realized this while ago. It is affecting me strongly very strongly. When I think about it I don't really have opinions on anything. I don't listen music. Everything I think I try to think the way it is best for all people. It can be seen if you put me in position where I have to make decisions. I tell you one story: I was in one place where my parents took me from time to time. There were 2 children there boy and a girl. They always disagreed on almost everything and I tried to please both of them. Then there were this one situation where they asked me which thing I want to do the boy wanted to play computer game and the girl wanted something I don't remember what and we would do the thing that I decided. It doesn't seem to be very hard situation, but it was really hard. I first said "I don't know" but then they kept telling me that I need to decide I didn't want to upset either one of them so I said I don't know again. They continued pressuring me then I started crying. Then I realized how hard it was to me to voice my own opinion I just couldn't do it I wanted to play computer game then but I suppressed that opinion for the sake of other peoples needs. I have always done it like that I suppress my own opinions and try to make everyone feel better for my own expense. Truth is its hurting me. People rarely express that they like things that I do they rarely say that I'm good and I'm great. and because I value myself based on that feedback that I havent been getting I value myself to zero. No feedback = No value . It shouldn't be like this but sadly it is. I CANNOT hurt other people that is one thing that I take very seriously if I somehow manage to do that I drop down very deep. It is impossible to please everyone but I'm still somehow trying to do that. And if people that are close to me even joke on me I get very upset about it. I can't take criticsism because I feel that they are insults. I have no interest in anything I always have some little interest growing in something but it flops because I realize after a while that I am alone and then I quit. I quit because I have no reason to be interested in something if someone else isn't and I can't share my kindness with them. I maybe forgot something from here but I hope you can understand something
The song cuts me deeply.. Because it's so true
MarsMoonDancer posted a blog entry in MarsMoonDancer's Blog
Vol 0 Ish 0
Sunshower Raindrops posted a blog entry in The Sunshower GazetteThe Sunshower Gazette Good Evening everypony! This is Sunshower Raindrops with The Sunshower Gazette. The Sunshower Gazette contrary to what you may be thinking is not a Blog for posting World news (or pony news for that matter), but a blog for posting inspiring stories, poems, quotes, etc. The Sunshower Gazette will be posting bidiurnal (every other day) and will have 5 stories all connected around a central theme. Since this is the first Issue there will only be one story due to time limitations. They following Story I was told as a scout by my scout master. I toke this story to heart and I feel it is something that this world lacks persistence. The following story is called The Starfish Story. The Starfish Story Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions. Off in the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As the boy walked, he paused every so often and as he grew closer, the man could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea. The boy came closer still and the man called out, "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?" The young boy paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean. The tide has washed them up onto the beach and they can't return to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun gets high, they will die, unless I throw them back into the water." The old man replied, "But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach. I'm afraid you won't really be able to make much of a difference." The boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish and threw it as far as he could into the ocean. Then he turned, smiled and said, "It made a difference to that one!" The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. "It made a difference to that one."
Sugar Pea posted a blog entry in ~Quotes Of The Day~"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again." - Og Mandino
Fluttershy is a shy pegasus who is kind, cute, soft-spoken, and has a lot of fears...... At least her default persona is. Since the very 1st season, it's been hinted that Fluttershy has a split-personality, a darker side of her who's more aggressive, cynical, and manipulative. A side of her nopony wants to trigger. So which is more fun to watch, normal Fluttershy, or crazy Fluttershy?
Looks like Me and Sam are both making PMV's :P
Geek0zoid posted a blog entry in Steven's Geeky Review BlogAnd he finished his first. Here's his PMV on Fluttershy's fan song, "Kindness!" What do you guys think?
Restoring faith in humanity!
Silver Blade posted a topic in General DiscussionHELLO FELLOW BROS AND BRONIES Today I want to RESTORE FAITH IN HUMANITY!!!!! *music from " Independence Day ' plays* Tell us good things that have happened to you or your friend, or talk about cool things people do for the homeless, the poor, and the down-hearted. to kick it off.... http://m.youtube.com/user/GiveBackFilms
I love this site so much.
Magic Twinkle posted a topic in FeedbackI wanted to dedicate this thread to YOU. You people are awesome. When I registered at Equestria Forever, I knew it was a fairly big forum and I was working my reputation higher there, but lately I felt the magic was gone so I just left (not without goodbye's though!) and registered here. And I have to say, I absolutely LOVE this site! It is so much more active I can hardly keep up with the action. On that forum it was basically possible to stay with the activity stream but here it is impossible. The people here are nice, too. Of course I'm not saying people were horrible on that site (I gotta give probs for the site for offering me so many nice friends for my loneliness), but at times there was a lot of drama. Even if it happened here, it could be pretty minor as the activity level is high, it would just sink in. I've been friendless for pretty much my whole life, and seeing as I'm unable to get friends easily in real life, internet is my comfort and particularly this forum (and EqF). I've made so many friends I'd gladly share time with... And when I shared my art there, people hardly noticed it, of course, with clearly less people and activity, but here, only here do I understand how much people appreciate my work! I've been here for only a bit longer than a week and I already have plenty of brohoofs! My art thread was also marked "popular" shortly after, which was unexpected for me. And now that I received feedback, some people said they would even PAY for my work, which was even more unexpected, leaving me speechless. How could I, the unknown hobbyist receive so much feedback so easily? All thanks go for this site. Sure, there are a lot better artists out there but this is just the change I needed. During my time in EqF I felt a bit depressed and annoyed at multiple times, to say the least, and now that I left the site, I feel much more lightier and happier, like as if a heavy load was removed from my shoulders. I don't know for sure, but it might be the site itself caused the pain, and now that I left, I'm much more happier. This also makes it easier to be here. Like I noted above, the people here are very kind. This is probably the first forum I actually enjoy my time on (although this site is obviously optimized for down to 13 year olds, forcing a good atmosphere). But still, I have absolutely NO idea what awaits me on this site. Being a casual art hobbyist and a lazy gamer I'm hardly noticed anywhere, or paid attention on. Here, on this very site, all kinds of opinions and feedback arise. I like that. I want to say it one more time, thank you. Thanks for this awesome site and keep it up! Let's make friends, not war!
Kindness vs. Generosity?
AlicornAcolyte posted a topic in FiM Show DiscussionI'm pretty new to the show; I'm only on the first season. But, I already have some questions, and I was hoping to get some insight on one of them. I hope this question doesn't seem too self-evident or silly, but I've been thinking about it. I get that Fluttershy represents Kindness, and Rarity represents Generosity, but I'm having trouble divining what the difference is. Thoughts for a pondering friend?
Title says it all. Rank the rest of the mane 6 in terms of kindness. Consider every little act, big or small, and the actions throughout all the seasons. Who stood out to you the most for their kindness; who did so the least?
Thank you all
Steel Accord posted a topic in General DiscussionI just wanted to say thank you all. To this entire unorthodox brotherhood. I've been hanging on another site based around a Tabletop game I've been playing. The game is fun, that's not the problem. Whenever I bring up my opinions, particularly my religious and political ones, there are attacks and vicious sarcasm. Most shocking of all was the dismissal of religious belief entirely as praying to a "sky fairy." I know we all don't believe in the same things guys. Hell, most of us are actually pretty ideologically opposed in worldly matters. Yet despite all that, there is one thing we always afford each other. Or two things rather . . . Love . . . . and tolerance. As much as that phrase has been tossed around irreverently, I find it to be no less true. Now more than ever. Whether you be socialist, atheist, hippy, redneck, Whovian, Browncoat, Solar Empire, or Luna Republic; we always extend a common respect to each other and an understanding that even views we oppose aren't void of value. We have our stumbles, and our squabbles, but we never falter, and we never fall to outside predations. This attitude may not be unique to us, but I am proud (as ever) to call myself a brony, as it is endemic of us. Now if you'll excuse, I'm off to sing a song that feels appropriate to the subject matter. We've traveled the road of generations, joined by a common bound. We sing G4's praise 'cross our hoooome nations, From Canada and beyooooond. We're bronies forever, Bronies together! We're family but so much moooooooooORE! No matter what comes we will face the weather, We're bronieeeeees to the coooore! There's no place that I'd rather be Then Bronycon twentyyyyy fourteen. People all around come to join and see As we gather from across the worrrrrrrrrrrrld! We're bronies forever, Bronies together! We're family but so much moooooooooORE! No matter what comes we will face the weather, We're bronieeeeees to the coooore! We're part of the herd we're one of a kind. Any insults and we don't mind. We're here for each other and that's what counts, You'll always be welcome without a doubt! This is more fun than the color pink, or balloons flying over your favorite drink! (What?) The love I feel here is swim not sink, as we party across the weeeeeeeb! We're bronies forever, Bronies together! We're family but so much moooooooooORE! No matter what comes we will face the weather, We're bronieeeeees to the coooore!
Michael Morones fundraiser/awareness event on Sunday
PlunderSteed posted a topic in Sugarcube CornerLater today (Sunday, 2 Feb 15) at 2100-2300 GMT (4-6PM Eastern) some friends and I are hosting a live broadcast of our studio session. We are putting the finishing touches on a song dedicated to Michael Morones, the 11 year old Brony who survived a suicide attempt, but is in need of significant medical treatment. The event will be hosted on this YouTube channel and is open to the public.
Twilight has lost her innocence
NeroAmentia posted a topic in Season 3 DiscussionI don't mean to say, for certain, that she is no longer kind or friendly, but as we've seen in season four - she blatantly killed something. I can't recall a time in the show where something actually died besides when she shot a bolt from her horn and killed that plant. It died! That specific plant actually died and she didn't think anything of it, she just saw it as something in her way. Also; that plant was more of an animal than just a regular plant. Imagine later in the show if it were another pony? What if Alicorns, from nature, are insane or evil? That would also explain why the Alicorn amulet was, by it's own, evil. Please discuss, I don't want to leave anything out of or not consider something behind this theory.
The Universal Kindness Thread
jackleapp81 posted a topic in General DiscussionI was thinking the other day: What if people shared words of kindness more frequently? What if they showed displays of genuine compassion on a regular basis? The fact of the matter is, we need more of this. Many of us, including myself, browse these forums daily, and more often than not, we end up seeing at least one person express discontent over something or other. Family issues, school troubles, sick days, bad hair days, issues with depression, anxiety, and the like. But how often do we sit down and actually type out few words of encouragement to help them out? Well, the answer to that is: Sometimes we do, and sometimes we don't. The intention of this thread is not to guilt-trip anyone into being kind, though. It is to encourage random acts of kindness, whether it be on this website, throughout the fandom, or even in your real daily lives. We've all heard the expressions "love and tolerate" and "friendship is magic" thrown around very often, but it's very important that we never forget to uphold these values within ourselves. So here is my humble request: Take some time out of your day to send a nice message to someone else. It doesn't have to be long, and you don't even have to know the person you send it to personally (although it helps). Even if it doesn't look like a person is struggling, they might be! You never know unless you ask, or inquire about their lives. Some people aren't as vocal about their problems. Feel free also to comment in this thread as well. Share your words of encouragement with the world! You never know who might need them. And remember: Keep calm, and brony on! Edit: Also, if anyone comes to this thread seeking help or advice in any area of their lives, feel free to message me as well. I'm no Dr. Phil, but I'm a good listener, and a pretty good friend.


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Leaving the Temple of the Black Goat behind them for the nonce, the party trudged back to Rhuun to recruit and reequip, pausing in the journey only long enough to bury the earthly remains of Reddannon and Yodahlla under low cairns in the Hills of Scowling Bones. After an uneventful trip, the walled settlement soon appeared out of the desert haze, with the blue, red, and bronze of the town's guardsmen visible in the late morning's heat.
Even before they reached the gate, the party heard the sounds of music, laughter, and happy chatter floating through the air. One of the guardsmen halted them at the entrance and informed the adventurers that the Feast of Erion was underway in Rhuun and a therefore a feast tax and arms peace were in effect. After paying eight silver smerduks each to enter (plus five copper groats to cover Gladys the mule) and acquiescing to having their weapons bound, the party stepped through the gate and onto the crowded Street of Cobras.
Amongst the crowd of celebrants, snake charmers, dancing girls, acrobats, mummers, and the like were other itinerant adventurers, each of whom had recently arrived in Rhuun: the fighting brothers Xander and Lyrax Tonn, the novice sorcerer, Tigir, and Kallen Doomsong, another fighting man (and apparently, a gambler and thief).
Once within the town wall, the party wanted to head directly to Seno the Jeweler in order to see what the necklaces they recovered from the fungal dead were worth. Before they could attempt to push through the crowded streets, however, the cry of "The procession is coming!" rang through the air. The street before them cleared swiftly as the crowd moved to either side of the avenue.
From around the corner came an odd parade. Four men dressed solely in loincloths, sandals, and brazen, full-headed dog masks appeared carrying a litter. Atop this sedan rode a woman dressed in vibrant white, her features hidden by gauzy veils. Behind them came numerous other men and women, each dressed in white and wearing half-face masks that also depicted the face and muzzle of dogs. A pair of draft lizards, each adorned with ribbons and bells, and ridden by a pair of men brought up the rear.
The party was prepared to wait for the procession to pass before venturing forth to take care of pecuniary business, but they soon found themselves in the midst of a conflict. Two men stepped from the crowd and halted the procession in the middle of the street. These two men confronted the lead litter bearer and insults were exchanged between the men and the bearer. As the crowd went silent, the adventurers could overhear the names "Bashari" and "Sulaj" mixed amongst the insult. Insults turned to pushing and shoving, and the threat of physical blows loomed nigh. It might have spilled over into violence had not two more men, each wearing a red turban, emerged from the crowd to try and broker a peace. Their efforts were initially rebuffed by the two instigators with words that they needed no help from "an Etar when it comes to dealing with Bashari filth!" Bannath, a cleric of Yg and enemy of Tarim, (whose church Erion is associated with) stepped close to the confrontation and did his best to stir the pot, hoping to incite a riot in which he could strike a blow against the Tarimites. Xander Tonn, a charismatic soul, attempted to calm the situation before it grew out of hand.
With things teetering on the edge of a knife, a scream arose from near the rear of the procession. Looking in that direction, the adventurers (and everyone else) saw that one of the draft lizards was now riderless: his master and handler, a man in his early sixties, lay on the dusty street after having fallen from the saddle. Whether overcome by the heat, the excitement, or perhaps his aging heart, the man lay unmoving on the ground.
The now-uncontrolled draft lizard—a beast the size of a rhino and looking like a cross between that animal and a Komodo dragon—began grunting and bellowing, shifting about nervously as the crowd backed away. Then, with a bass rumble from deep in its throat, the normally placid lizard charged the crowd, tossing bodies about like drop-me-sticks. The crowd screamed and ran—with the exception of the adventuring types who held their ground against the rampaging beast. In the rush to clear the crowded street, the four litter bearers dropped their passenger to the ground.
Between a barrage of arrows, sling stones, spears, and magic missiles, the party was able to bring down the large lizard before too many were injured and killed. In the aftermath, they discovered that they had saved the life of Shasira Bashari, who was the woman in white that had been dropped in the rush. She is apparently the wife of some powerful individual and promised to seek out the party at Qytuul's caravansary later to offer them a proper reward for their actions.
The party departed the scene (after learning that the lizard's rider was indeed dead) and paid a visit to Seno. There, despite efforts to convince me otherwise, they learned that the necklaces were of minor value. Multiplied by twelve, however, and with the much more valuable torc thrown in, the party walked out with a lot of jingle in their coin pouches.
Which led to the predictable purchasing of oil and animals—the two great combat upgrades of low-level adventurers everywhere. A guard dog, a rat, and a Mhyrakian watch lizard were all purchased, as was a barrel of oil to pour down into a certain fungus-filled crypt. Some armor upgrades were done and the party hired their comrades-in-arms from the street fight to fill out their ranks. I was busy stating up the dog and lizard during the hiring phase, but let me say that the terms of employment sounded pretty lousy to me. Had I not chimed in, I'm thinking that the party would have taken 25% of the newcomers' experience point rewards as well!
Now that they were restocked and replenished in numbers, the party, after finding it most difficult to get lodging for the night in the festival-jammed town, decided to head straight back to the Temple of the Goat. They left a note behind, which told their would-be benefactress to leave their reward with Anwar (who remained behind to crack the code of the Brazen Tablets of the Viscous Mother).
On the return trip to the Temple, they ran across the path of SOMETHING in the desert night, but wisely chose to keep their nose out of strange monsters' business unless imperiled by it. By 4 PM the following day, they had returned to the complex and were ready to finally venture into the pyramid itself.
After a quick side trip to pour 55 gallons of oil down a certain well and set it alight, the party approached the portal that granted entrance into the walled courtyard which held the stepped pyramid. A grotesque face adorned the iron doors and no keyhole was visible. After a quick once-over, they produced the symbol of Ishnigarrab and waved it before the values—which swung open with a groan. Beyond them lay a bricked courtyard and a few smaller statues of the hermaphroditic god. After learning that the gates don't stay open long, the whole party ventured into the courtyard. A door on the side of the pyramid faced the courtyard's entrance, and two gargoyles looked down on them from the corners of the stepped temple's second tier. A loosed arrow failed to spur the gargoyles into action so the party prepared to enter the vulva-shaped doorway before them
That when the dogs came creeping around the sides of the pyramid and a fight broke out.
Although they managed to overcome the Hounds of the Great Mother, the sorcerer Tigir was brought to the edge of death when he waded into combat—perhaps unwisely—and Xander Tonn was slain when one of the Hounds landed a particularly nasty critical hit on the young fighter (12 points of damage!). After taking a break to bandage their wounds, quaff some wine, and wake up Hicks—err, Tigir—the party looted their dead and headed into the temple…
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Carpetright UK like-for-likes up 1.4% in fourth quarter
Carpetright, the carpet and floor coverings retailer, has reported that its UK like-for-like sales were up 1.4% in its final quarter despite tougher market conditions in the period.
In the 12 weeks to 22 April, like-for-like sales in its Rest of Europe business, which includes The Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland, increased by 1.4% in local currency terms as the retailer continued to benefit from improving economic confidence and positive currency impact.
In a statement, Carpetright said it anticipates full year profit to be within the current range of market expectations, albeit towards the lower end.
Wilf Walsh, Carpetright chief executive, said: "In common with other retailers in the home improvement sector in the UK we have experienced tougher trading conditions over the last three months. Having said that, we are pleased to report continued like-for-like sales growth, with an increase of 1.4% in our fourth quarter.
"Trading in the Rest of Europe was in line with our expectations, underpinned by a continuing recovery in economic confidence, particularly in the Netherlands."
During the quarter, Carpetright accelerated its UK store refurbishment programme which meant 188 stores were trading under its new brand identity by the period end. In addition, three new stores were opened in Liverpool, Leeds and Bath.
Walsh added: "Following a further acceleration of the investment programme in the final quarter we have completed 188 store refurbishments – surpassing our target of 150 stores, which represents over 40% of the UK estate. Despite the inevitable disruption factor, the performance of these refurbished stores has been encouraging giving us confidence to continue with the programme."
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Irish Solar Photovoltaic Planning Applications
As of the 12th of December 2016, at least 144 utility scale solar photovoltaic schemes have been submitted for planning permission in the Republic of Ireland. Some high level statistics on these applications are set out below:
• Granted (Local Authority): 41
• Granted (An Bord Pleanála): 3
• Refused (Local Authority):11
• Refused (An Bord Pleanála): 1
• Further Information Requested: 36
• Decision Pending (Local Authority): 25
• Invalidated (Local Authority): 23
• Deemed Withdrawn: 4
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Abdul Kadir, Herdawatie and Abd Wahab, Mohd Helmy and Tukiran, Zarina and Tomari, Md. Razali Fusion of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Fingerprint in Boarding School Facilities Management System (FAMs). Compilation of Papers 2009 - VOLUME 2.
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Boarding School (BS) may offer variety of extracurricular activities where conducive learning environment with good facilities such as computer room, gymnasium and entertainment room contribute to good way of mind relaxing and boost up brains development . By enhancing security in BS facilities, help the school management to provide visibility of assets and effective users tracking. By using RFID technology, it is easier and faster to detect students handling at that time and reduce assets losses. In this system the fingerprint recognition is adopted to enable the process of identifying of BS student more reliable and secure. The application of FAMs as a Boarding School facilities management system will improve school management procedure, monitor the interest group movements automatically and increase assets security. This research work offers an important implication for monitoring the BS assets and eases the workload of the school management and save time for various student activities. In order to analyze and design the system, those who want to implement this application must have their metric cards embedded with RFlD tag and fingerprint registered to the access system .When the metric card passes through the RFID reader and fingerprint image authentication system verified ; the system will trigger the data from the RFID tag to the database where the access data can be view online by BS management for monitoring purposes. Thus present an easy access to BS facilities and reduce unattended assets loses.
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…is a horrid flooded world caused by the USA's carbon footprint, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on open carry gun whores. He has a point. FYI, Time Warner Cable is down in my area, so there may or may not be more […]
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Barks: "It was influenced by the old Inca method of laying stone. Yes, there's an article in there about the Indian tribes in the Andes. I got a lot of material out of the Geographic: the way they strung their bridges across canyons, the way the canyons had little paths carved along their sides. The Inca way of fitting stones together without mortar influenced [the half page view of Plain Awful]... a great deal.
I notice that I botched up my perspective a little in drawing that. I should have laid out all these squares down there," he said, poking the panel with his finger for emphasis, "by measuring points instead of from the vanishing point. See how they become diamond shaped toward the bottom of the panel?
When I was drawing it, some neighbour friend dropped in and sat there persistently talking to me, all the time that I was trying to make that big, complicated layout. And I would have to look up and answer, with my thoughts interrupted. There I was, hell-driven to draw that scene! It was just in my system. I wanted to draw it; and there I had this talking neighbor: talk, talk, talk. It's been a problem my whole life: whenever I was up against something on which I had to use my head and do some really deep thinking, somebody would always come along and have to talk about something. Even a stranger will buttonhole me and start talking. I was trying to work out all those complicated perspectives. He just looked at it and kept right on talking."
The perspective problem Barks was referring to can be optically "corrected" if one lays the book flat and views the panel from the bottom of the page at about 15 degrees angle. When Don Rosa made the sequel "Return to Plain Awful" in 1989, he intentionally used the same incorrect perspective in his half page view on Plain Awful, not wanting to presume to correct the error. But the Gladstone editors noticed it and told Rosa to redraw it and straighten it out.
The National Geographic was not the only inspiration for "Lost in the Andes." During the 1983 interview, Barks confirmed that the 1943 cartoon "Saludos Amigos" "had some influence on my choice to do an Inca story. I realized that it was a popular subject and that Disney's would love to have me use that locale. At that time, they were... trying to... get access to show their films in South America. They'd lost the whole European market during the war".
The setting of this story is similar to that of the "Lake Titicaca" sequence of "Saludos Amigos", but in a January 15, 1969 letter to Michael Barrier, Barks wrote that he did not work on that cartoon: "My 'Lost in the Andes' was inspired chiefly by National Geographic articles about the Inca civilizations. Some scenes from Saludos Amigos helped me with costume suggestions and exaggerated scenery. I only saw the picture once in a theatre."
Saki is the pseudonym of English author Hector Hugo Munro, born 1870 in Burma.
Interestingly enough, square eggs were also the theme for an unproduced wartime Disney-cartoon called "The Square World", which preceded Barks' comic by more than five years. In the projected film a machine was to have been used to mold people, animals and objects into square shapes. The Carl Barks Library - Set I shows some survived storyboard sketches and the story of the cartoon (page 1C-658).
In an August 4, 1975 interview by Donald Ault and Thomas Andrae, Ault asked Barks "Where did you get the idea of a square egg?" Barks: "Square eggs have been a joke for more years than I've been on earth. I remember hearing people talking about breeding chickens that would lay square eggs from the time I was a little child."
You are correct that the first piece of Barks art I was able to hold lovingly in my hands and drool over was ""Stranger Than Fiction"." [...] I also remember, that first visit, talking Carl into rifling through his archives to find "the square egg story" (Lost in the Andes) so that I could re-read a favored story from childhood. From my perspective now, I see that only eleven years had passed since publication of the story in 1949 and my first meeting with Barks in 1960. "Childhood," which had seemed so distant to me as a lad of 19, was but a blip on the radar screen of life as I now comprehend it, and the passing of time between when it was produced and when I requested Barks to let me read it, must have seemed brief to him as well, at his age then.
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Cleveland finally got the call for the NFL Draft, while Kansas City will also host the event in the coming years.
The NFL announced on Wednesday that Cleveland will hold the 86th Draft in 2021, while Kansas City will get their turn two years later. A site has not been set for 2022.
Both cities had been finalists to host in 2020 before the honour went to Las Vegas ahead of the Raiders' first season in their new city.
"Cleveland has a passionate fan base and the city offers distinctive iconic locations and attractions that will bring the NFL Draft experience to fans in unique and exciting ways," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said.
"We look forward to collaborating with the Cleveland Browns, the City of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and Destination Cleveland to celebrate the achievements of the next generation of players and create a memorable fan experience.
"We are excited to work with the Kansas City Chiefs, the City of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Sports Commission to showcase the area for a week-long celebration of football that will be watched by millions of fans.
"We know Chiefs fans will come out to celebrate along with thousands of fans from teams around the country for an incredible experience as we welcome the next generation of NFL players."
A record-breaking 600,000 people visited Nashville to attend the 2019 Draft last month, while an average of 6.1 million viewers were tuned in at any given time for another all-time high.


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just in case you haven't read it, espn has an article on dennis orcollo and the pool scene in the philippines. thanks billiard traveler for the heads-up!
here's an excerpt.
Orcollo, 33, doesn't look like anything special. He's 5'5″ and would weigh less than his 150 pounds if not for the small belly punctuating his thin frame. You would not pick Orcollo out of the crowds of Filipinos in the pool halls that are as characteristic of this country as the jeepneys that ferry passengers through the crowded streets. His appearance is well-suited to a game in which the goal is not to win a few racks but to be underestimated — and thus take the money your overconfident opponent has wagered on the match.
Orcollo has won so many money matches over the years that he is forced into long stretches of solitude, like this one at Star Billiards Center, where he is practicing. No one underestimates him or plays him for money anymore. . . .
(read the article here)
also, i did not realize that the wpba is now allowing men to play in their tournaments. i should probably sign up.
have a good week & weekend guys!


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Ever since I first started reading autobiographical works by other autistic people, I noticed that most of the books I saw fitting this description had been written by women.
While this was a bonus for me, being an autistic girl and mostly wanting to read about other girls, it did register as odd that so many of these chroniclers of their autistic childhoods should be female, when so many more men and boys than girls and women have diagnoses of autism, and when autism is so widely understood as a boy thing.
So now, with the help of Google and Amazon.com, I've decided to see if this preponderance of Lady Autism Writers really existed, or was an artifact of my choosing to read more women's stories.
As far as I can tell, every first-person narrative ever written (as of now) by an autistic person identifying themselves as such, is represented as a dot on this timeline:
(Red dots represent books written by female authors; blue dots are books written by male authors.)
You can see that, quite contrary to my initial belief, there isn't any such preponderance of autistic women's autobiographies at all! At every point along the timeline, there are either a) approximately equal numbers of books being written by men and by women, or b) slightly more being written by men.
Overall, too, slightly more are written by men, as this second graph shows:You might argue that this is still an overrepresentation of female autistics, since there's only supposed to be one of us for every four male autistics, and I'd go along with that, although with the caveats that we're still not sure how much of the gender gap is due to diagnostic biases favoring men and boys, and that autistic autobiographies include the stories of people who were not diagnosed until middle age --- a group that probably has a male/female ratio closer to 1:1.
(Why should I have perceived an imbalance when none really existed? Well, part of the reason might be the selection bias I already mentioned, but Amanda Baggs names some other factors that might help to give lots of people this impression: books by male authors tend not to be as well known --- there's no male equivalent of Temple Grandin, for instance --- and to be self-published or published by very small and obscure publishing companies, and to go out of print. Amanda also mentions that most of the non-speaking authors are male; that may also contribute to the male authors' relative obscurity).


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well as you can see it's been awhile. My health took a turn and I haven't worked on my crafts in over a year and it was sporadic before that. I'm hoping I'm back more regular now. I can't wait to share some of my new creations. As soon as I can get a sunny day I will be taking pics and posting products. Take care ya'all.
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