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By Susan Redden
CARTHAGE, Mo. —
Angie Casavecchia, Jasper County public administrator, is looking for help from area residents to fulfill the holiday wishes of about 200 wards of her office.
This will be the fourth year for the effort, designed to make sure county wards who have no funds get something for Christmas. Area residents who want to help may take an ornament, representing a ward, from a Christmas tree that has been set up in the lobby of the Carthage courthouse.
"The tree has ornaments with their first names and ages, and wish list on the back," Casavecchia said. "Every year we've done this, we've had every single person 'adopted' off the tree."
Casavecchia said wards in nursing homes normally ask for items such as sweatshirts and sweatpants, socks and slippers, while younger wards want games and gift cards.
Residents who make the purchases are to put the gifts under the tree by Dec. 18. They may wrap them and attach the ornament, or take them unwrapped.
"We can wrap them if they'd rather not, and we'll get them all delivered by Christmas," Casavecchia said. "They're always thrilled when they're able to open a gift."
Since the program has been under way for several years, residents already are calling the office, Casavecchia said, "to ask about it and say they want to help."
She said her office this year has added a new element to the program, designed to make sure wards have supplies of personal care items such as shampoo, deodorant, razors and soap.
"We're putting some smaller trees in local churches and some areas that have ornaments with a single personal care item listed," she said. "We're hoping to gather enough items to send a personal care bag to each of the wards, along with their gifts."
If an abundance of items can be collected, those that are not sent to the wards at Christmas will be kept to meet needs throughout the year.
Three churches have signed up for the program, and four or five more are considering it.
"We've also had a couple of nursing homes pick up trees to put in their lobbies," Casavecchia said.
Organizations that would like to get involved may contact the public administrator's office at 358-4271.
Administrator duties
THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE oversees the needs of residents who have been declared disabled or incompetent by the probate court, and who have no one else who can serve as guardian.


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1. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
2. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
3. "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.
4. "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.
5. Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
6. There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
7. Just as a storm throws down a weak tree, so does Mara overpower the man who lives for the pursuit of pleasures, who is uncontrolled in his senses, immoderate in eating, indolent, and dissipated. 1
8. Just as a storm cannot prevail against a rocky mountain, so Mara can never overpower the man who lives meditating on the impurities, who is controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, and filled with faith and earnest effort. 2
9. Whoever being depraved, devoid of self-control and truthfulness, should don the monk's yellow robe, he surely is not worthy of the robe.
10. But whoever is purged of depravity, well-established in virtues and filled with self-control and truthfulness, he indeed is worthy of the yellow robe.
11. Those who mistake the unessential to be essential and the essential to be unessential, dwelling in wrong thoughts, never arrive at the essential.
12. Those who know the essential to be essential and the unessential to be unessential, dwelling in right thoughts, do arrive at the essential.
13. Just as rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, so passion penetrates an undeveloped mind.
14. Just as rain does not break through a well-thatched house, so passion never penetrates a well-developed mind.
15. The evil-doer grieves here and hereafter; he grieves in both the worlds. He laments and is afflicted, recollecting his own impure deeds.
16. The doer of good rejoices here and hereafter; he rejoices in both the worlds. He rejoices and exults, recollecting his own pure deeds.
17. The evil-doer suffers here and hereafter; he suffers in both the worlds. The thought, "Evil have I done," torments him, and he suffers even more when gone to realms of woe.
18. The doer of good delights here and hereafter; he delights in both the worlds. The thought, "Good have I done," delights him, and he delights even more when gone to realms of bliss.
19. Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others — he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.
20. Little though he recites the sacred texts, but puts the Teaching into practice, forsaking lust, hatred, and delusion, with true wisdom and emancipated mind, clinging to nothing of this or any other world — he indeed partakes of the blessings of a holy life.
This is one of the better known sutras, I think. I've read it before, superficially, thinking of it as a series of counsels of perfection, more or less unrelated to each other. Upon reflection, though, I think there's a much clearer rhetorical plan to this sutra.
I think the first two verses are key:Â Nothing can be accomplished, the Buddha says, without reforming our mind.
What is our mind, from a Buddhist perspective? I like the formulation in Thich Nhat Hanh's book Understanding Our Mind:Â Mind is a field in which every kind of seed is sown -- seeds of enlightenment, but also seeds of suffering. The seeds are sown by our genetics, by the physical environment in which we develop, and by our social environment as well. What we do with the seeds determines whether we will have (in the words of this sutra) a pure or an impure mind. And this, in turn, determines whether we will experirence happiness or suffering (vs. 1-2.)
Given this framework, the remainder of the sutra goes on to discuss several particularly unwholesome seeds, which can lead to suffering. How do we deal with these unwholesome seeds?
The first seed discussed is hatred (vs. 3-6). If we feel we have been wronged, a seed of hatred will sprout. If we cultivate this seed by dwelling on the wrongs done to us (vs. 3), hatred will grow, further contaminating our mind and increasing suffering. If we do not cultivate the seed (vs. 4), it will not grow. But we have to go further, cultivating the opposing, wholesome seed of non-hatred (vs. 5). How do we do that? Verse 6 suggests that we keep in mind that both we and our enemy are destined to die.
How does that help? Well, in other contexts I've seen two answers to this question. First, recognizing that both of us will die can help us broaden our perspective. In a hundred years, will my grievance really be important? This is a useful thing to think about, not least because occasionally, the answer may be YES! (Think, for instance, of the grievance of African slaves brought to this country against their will and treated as less than human.) In most cases, though, it will be clear that a particular grievance is really not worth continuing to think about.
A second answer is that recognizing our common death can also entail recognizing our common humanity. If we can see that our "enemy" is very much like us, then even if our grievance must be addressed, we have a sane way of thinking about the problem, a basis for approaching our adversary, and a confidence in our own understanding. Without those things, how can anyone resolve their quarrels?
I think I will leave off this discussion for today.
Because I learn from writing as well as reading, I am posting the sutras I'm reading and my thoughts about them here. Because I value the thoughts of my many gather friends, I am allowing limited comments. If you want to comment, please friend me!


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Modern Floorplans: An Average Modern High School
Fabled Environments
Megan R.
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Date Added: 01/08/2014 11:30:17
If your game is going to school - be it anything from your 'police procedural' needing to interview some students to a game based around high school life - here are the floorplans you'll need to set the scene.
Everything's here: extensive indoor and outdoor sports facilities including changing/shower facilities, a music area with space for band and choir rehearsals and smaller practice rooms, normal classrooms, workshop facilities and even an auto shop, laboratories, computer suites... even the nurse's office and administration suite. There's a big library and a cafeteria, too. Upstairs there are more classrooms and specialist areas for art and media work. On a practical note, there are rest rooms, water fountains and loads of lockers spread around the building. Outside, as well as a baseball diamond and a football field, there is plenty of parking space.
About all that's missing is a swimming pool and a faculty lounge. There are a few workrooms in the administration block, perhaps that is where the teachers go when not teaching, and there is a designated area for faculty dining. The sports coaches have their own space, including lockers and changing facilities.
It's really a magnificent piece of work. It's so big that for the 'full-size' sheets you can print with hex or square grids, etc., they have had to be split into sections. If you are going to make serious use of this in your game, perhaps you are running a high school based game for example, it would be worth considering purchasing a ready-printed version from Fabled Environments, you can order online from their website.
It's making me contemplate running a high school themed game, just looking at it!
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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20 Encounters (The City Watch)
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/08/2014 10:56:25
A useful little collection of events involving the City Watch to use at intervals when the party is visiting any settlement large enough to have regular Watch patrols of some kind. Many of the encounters could be developed into complete mini-adventures, or have ramifications that repeat for as long as they stay in town (or even if they come back again).
The work begins with a straightforward 'Encounter Chart' which makes use of several D6 rolls to determine what the Watchmen the party meets are doing - anything from asking questions to demanding something. Each chart has a subchart, so if you roll that they are asking questions you roll again to determine what the questions are about. There is also a table to determine what happens if the characters cannot or will not provide what the Watch are after
If your initial roll is a 6, there are 20 more detailed encounters. These are the real fun elements and more likely to develop into side-adventures of their own.
Naturally, you can choose rather than roll dice, and make the encounter a planned event rather than a random one if that suits your needs better. Most parties are at least wary of the authorities so the potential for some fun is always there...
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Eric Lofgren Presents: Female Elf Fighter
Misfit Studios
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/08/2014 10:14:47
A fine female elf fighter ready to do battle 'sword and board' style, dressed in sensible adventuring clothing and armour that actually offers protection - what's not to like?
In full colour, her armour has a greenish tinge and has a design inspired by leaves. Other than that, there is no real indication that she is an elf as her pointy ears are very sensibly protected by her helmet (aging LARPer who often played elves thinks this is a Good Idea...). Hence you could use her as a female human fighter if preferred.
Has anyone noticed how many of Lofgren's characters are left-handed? You could flip the image, but if you are going to publish it, make sure that the signature appears correctly!
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Eric Lofgren Presents: Female Human Fighter
Misfit Studios
Megan R.
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Date Added: 01/08/2014 10:01:14
An excellent pen-and-ink drawing that manages to convey both femininity and practicality, the fighter being caught in mid-draw, a dynamic pose as she reacts to a sudden attack.
And she manages to do so wearing sensible armour and clothing suitable for adventure...
It would make an excellent character illustration, or a picture to enliven a dungeon module.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Rocket Age - Rocket Racers
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.
Megan R.
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Date Added: 01/07/2014 12:19:08
Fancy a race around the inner solar system, looping around Mars and Venus?
Well, it's attracted quite a lot of attention, not all of the desired sort. Some rotter calling himself the Ghost Racer has threatened to disrupt the race unless he's paid a load of money. The party - who would be best off if at least someone can pilot - get hired by the Solar Cup Race Commission to pose as late entrants and keep an eye on things, protecting the real competitors and spectators from this Ghost Racer.
The characters will have some time to prepare, but the race is soon underway, around Venus and then to Mars, where there's a stop-over. All the time, they'll have to be on the alert to spot the Ghost Racer... if he's there.
Everything is well-laid out, with all the information the GM needs ready to hand and plenty of appropriate atmosphere to help you bring the alternate reality to life around your table. Characters can work on their rocketship, and there are copious notes about possible custom modifications. They can also pursue their investigations, and people with whom to talk are provided a-plenty. What's even better: the whole rocket racing community is brought into existence with other racers and even some of the notable events mentioned - so if your characters get a taste for the sport you will be able to weave it in to subsequent adventures.
Once the race begins, the actual mechanics of running it are explained clearly and coherently utilising the Chase rules from the core rulebook with appropriate modifications. This should help you meld die rolling into an exciting narrative as rocketships jockey for position. Various incidents to weave into the race are also provided.
Overall, a well-presented exciting little adventure. Gentlemen, start your engines!
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Wasteland Gangs: The Termites
Fishwife Games
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/06/2014 06:09:54
This is a very nice collection of well-developed NPCs, organised as a low-powered but coherent urban/biker gang that might be encountered in a post-apocalyptic township somewhere. (I think my Deadlands: Hell on Earth character would fit in well with them if he ever stops roaming around with his current party...)
There is a whole range of different types here. Many of them could make interesting encounters - or useful contacts - on their own. As a gang, they really shine giving a real impression of a functioning group of people doing their best to survive whatever apocalypse has struck your world... and who will continue to do so irrespective of whether or not the party is around or not - something you always want to achieve in creating a believeable alternater reality.
The details for each member of the gang are copious - appearance, nature, capabilities, what they have with them and what they are likely to be doing. All you need to do is add in any apposite game mechanics, but unless a brawl breaks out or you need them to attempt a task for which the outcome is not certain, you'll barely need any as you really know all you need to know about them from the write-up.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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[SSK] - Starship Kit - Volume 4 - Weapon Generator
Ennead Games
Megan R.
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Date Added: 01/06/2014 05:07:53
Many science-fiction game systems have their own spacehip design rules, but these tend to throw out very standardised vessels, so it is good to have a series of more generic works to aid in the creation of the wide diversity of vessels that are far more likely to be found out in the black. Use them in conjunction with your chosen ruleset to develop original and interesting starships.
This volume deals with offensive weapons. You need to be able to defend yourself out there after all!
It works by means of a series of tables, although if you prefer more control you can of course select the options you want rather than roll for them. These tables enable you to determine the 'class' of weapon (i.e. how powerful an example of the sort of weapon it is), its 'variation' (which provides wonderfully descriptive terms but also allows for a wide range of differences between otherwise similar weapons), its location, the sort of damage it does and the actual weapon type itself.
You will then need to do a bit of work to convert what you have got to your chosen ruleset, to cater for those details like how much damage that weapon actually does, in terms that work for the game mechanics you are using. That ought to be reasonably straightforward, compare your weapon description with existing ones in your rules and decide if it does more, less or the same damage...
A neat example of how to add more variety to starship weapon systems.
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Quick Worlds 26: Winston
Gypsy Knights Games
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/05/2014 11:48:00
Located in a quiet corner of Gypsy Knights Games's Clement Sector, Winston is a ice-bound world in an otherwise uninhabited system. Indeed it is only marginally habitable, with an atmosphere that requires a filter mask as well as being on the chilly side of cold.
Some 88% of the world is ocean, but an ocean completely covered by sheet ice. It thins a bit in places, but never enough to actually leave the ocean open to the air although these so-called 'blue spots' do allow for photosynthesis by aquatic life. Four major landmasses (and a few minor ones) poke through the ice, however, and this is where settlements are to be found... even though they too are inhospitable with glaciers, rocky landscapes and active volcanoes to contend with.
Rather surprisingly, over four million people have settled here in the 40 years since Winston was first colonised, initially following the promise of rich mining. Indeed the first settlements were sponsored by mining companies. Following the collapse of the mining companies, a weak democracy was overthrown by the last president declaring himself king. His son was less successful at ruling than he was, and a civil war ensued. The leader of the strongest armed group involved in the war has recently placed herself on the throne.
The rule of General Mary Webster is quite strict and completely despotic, yet she is hailed as more fair than her predecessors. Visitors to the planet need to be aware that firearms are prohibited and visas are needed to travel outside of the downport areas. Most recreational drugs are also banned apart from alcohol. However, the locals do enjoy playing a game called rugby, and a bizarre event called a tomato hurl. Life otherwise is quite tough, and death is commonplace especially in the government-controlled mines.
Temperatures are low, below freezing even in daytime, so most people live in domed settlements which are maintained at a more amenable temperature. There are three main domed cities which are described in reasonable detail. There is also a section on adventure ideas for this planet... should anyone actually want to go there. Many are based around the harsh regime, involving characters either in supporting roles (perhaps mercenaries hired to train local troops) or mixed up in a rebellion. Other worlds are quite curious and might sponsor a spy mission to find out what's really going on in a difficult-to-access world, whilst merchants will find profit selling off-world products - legal or otherwise - to the natives. If nothing else, they might need to import tomatoes for the tomato hurl.
Never thought so much could happen on a rocky ball of ice? Think again, and visit Winston. Just take care: misbehaviour can lead to imprisonment or even being shot out of hand, and it is said that not everyone survives a gaol term here.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Wondrous Items 1: Armor Made from Monster Hides
Kobold Press
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/04/2014 12:28:17
Most of us have spent an entire combat wondering if our weapons will ever penetrate a monster's natural armour... but how many of us have thought about using that armour for ourselves after that monster lies dead on the floor?
This product not only poses the suggestion, it also offers practical advice as to how to go about it and a wealth of ready-made samples. To collect the materials, use the Survival skill (which includes useful tricks like how to field dress game - this can be re-purposed to skinning a creature with the care needed to keep the hide intact) and then use the Craft skill to fashion the armour you want. There's even a note on how to work out what it's worth, if you decide to sell. Or want to know the value if you are counting collected hides as part of the party treasure and need to divide it up equally.
The example armours all give the DCs to harvest and make the armour (and you're shown how to work these out for other creatures), as well as any special properties your new armour might have as well as the regular protection element. These are generally based on the natural abilities of the monster that formerly owned the hide, and can be quite inventive.
The adventure potentials are immense. Not only will you eye up every monster in a different light, you may even decide to go hunting for just the right creature based on what you can make from it, or the party may be hired by a less-adventurous craftsmen in need of particular items to fill an order.
Neat idea, and plenty of potential for this to be more than merely 'more loot' for the party!
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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0 hr: Gryphon Poster Images
0 hr: art & technology
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/04/2014 11:57:34
You get two beautiful - and HUGE - jpeg images of two ships built on a common framework, the Gryphon-class.
The detail is amazing - down to the keyboards in people's staterooms and various almost-recognisable read-outs in the bridge and engineering! It all makes you want to hop in and speed off into the black...
One side depicts what must be a show vessel for the class, beautifully turned out and in pristine condition. The other is decidedly scruffier, but is very well-armed... now, I wonder which would suit the average party best?
Round the margins are a few exterior views to set the scene.
These are just delightful to look at, and for online players, or ones who have computer projection facilities where they game, can be of practical use as well. Or I suppose you could print them out - although I understand that the publisher has poster versions available for people who want a physical version.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Modern Floorplans: An Average Modern Fast Food Restaurant
Fabled Environments
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/04/2014 11:23:22
Here's a very nice plan of a fast food restaurant... and if you don't think you'd ever need one, think again. I once wrote an adventure that centred around one, and even if the main action doesn't happen there, your characters do need to eat from time to time!
The layout is fairly conventional. Double doors to enter and a large seating area with tables and booths, some on a higher level, with a children's play area. The kitchen area is open to view behind the cashier's station where you place your order and pay. Behind the kitchen is the staff area with a couple of offices, a storeroom and the back door. (I think you normally need a staff break room and staff restrooms as well, but that may be a quirk of UK legislation...) There are customer restrooms and a drive-thru window as well.
There's a single-page overview and then a massive version that is battle-map scale which can either be printed out entire if you have access to that sort of print facility or paginated and stuck together if you are home printing. Before you print, you can choose between hex, squares or no grid at all and even eliminate the furniture if you so wish (perhaps it is an abandoned fast food restaurant!).
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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D12 Calendar with bonuses 2014 by Kev's Lounge
Kev's Lounge
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/04/2014 10:54:24
A rather fun (and free!) sample of Kev's Lounge work... and practical to boot!
The main feature is a D12 calendar - you read aright, a calendar printed on the faces of a giant D12. A nice novelty item for your desk, with the added advantage that if it gets tatty, doused in coffee or pinched by a co-worker you can always print out another one. You can choose any one of the elements (earth, air, fire and water) or a greenish version the artist has named Life.
But there's more. A rather buxom barmaid standee, for whom you can choose both dress colour and hair colour. She brings back memories of a LARP when I was playing an NPC barmaid and borrowed a 17th century style bodice from a re-enactor friend. Boy, did the gentlemen players stare....
There is also a collection of 'markers' showing the various elements, which can either be activated (coloured) or not. You might devise a puzzle which your players can actually solve physically on behalf of their characters, or use them to denote who has elemental powers operational. Or something else... I'm sure there are other uses to which they could be put.
There are comprehensive instructions which show not only how to actually make the 'D12 calendar' but how to play with the customisation features (mainly clever uses of layers) to have everything turn out just how you want. Nifty, useful and free... what more could you want?
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Mythic Mastery - The Mythic Glabrezu
Necromancers of the Northwest
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/03/2014 08:27:30
Making good use of concepts and information presented in the Paizo book Mythic Adventures, this brief work crams a lot in - not just the titular Mythic Glabrezu (a thoroughly nasty character), but a collection of mythic abilities suitable for a range of evil and demonic creatures and even a discussion of summoning rituals including two worked out in full.
Whilst the glabrezu is an unpleasant creature to have around, evilly-disposed individuals are tempted to summon them because they can grant virtually any desire the summoner might have. Being evil, however, the glabrezu does its utmost to maximise the damage it does in the process. They are nasty enough in their normal form, but mythic ones are worse... the regular sort delight in turning the summoner's desires back on himself, whilst a mythic glabrezu prefers to spread its malice far and wide, causing suffering to as many people as possible. They are sneaky as well, once loosed on the world, they slink around in disguise seeking to sucker the unwary to make use of their wish-fulfilling services... and only later allowing them to discover the cost.
A selection of mythic abilities follow, which you may apply to any suitable creature. The one I like (if that's the word...) is Demonic Possession, which gives the creature the ability to take over, possess, another living being in a manner akin to a magic jar spell, only the living being serves as the 'jar' - and, horrifically, remains fully awake of what the demon gets up to when in control of his body! Ugh, but great potential for plot development.
The final part deals with summoning rituals. Mythic demons require specialised spellcasting and ritual to make them appear and (more importantly, at least from the summoner's standpoint) to bind them. Both researching and then performing the ritual involves time, expense and several skill checks... get just one thing wrong and potentially you have a demon on the loose! The material here gives an indication of how to devise such a ritual - both in terms of flavour and game mechanics - and two sample rituals (including one to summon a mythic glabrezu) are given.
It's amazing just how much has been crammed into a few pages, and it's all good stuff. Just the thing for those budding demonology hackers in your campaign world!
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Traveller Hephaestus
13Mann Verlag
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/03/2014 06:30:57
A classic space adventure: explore a wrecked alien ship packed full of unknown technology and dangers. Add in competition from pirates, scavengers, agents of various authorities and what is there not to like?
There is quite a lot of background for the Referee to absorb, this is an adventure for which thorough preparation is recommended. There is an extensive introduction explaining the people who built the vessel, their culture and their purposes - just how much characters will manage to discover is questionable, but diligent and inquisitive ones with an archaeological bent should find it fascinating.
The ship is vast - 9km long with multiple decks - but not all of it has survived. That which has is described in good detail, which should make explaining what the party can see easy (one you get over the word 'bulkhead' being used to describe a hatch rather than an internal wall!). There is a lot to explore, and that would be an adventure in itself.
The next section provides some reasons for visiting the ship as well as introducing the other individuals and factions who have taken an interest and who will provide, if anything, more opposition than the derelict ship and its systems... opposition which may have ramifications over and above squabbling over the ship itself. There are also three potential 'employers' who may approach the party regarding the exploration and salvage of the vessel.
Further notes cover possible future events and the results of experimentation/tampering with ship systems (in addition to information already contained in the description of the ship itself), and details of the notable 'special salvage' items that the party may retrieve and try to sell on.
The whole is presented in a very open-ended manner. There is this alien ship, these are the other parties interested... now introduce your party and leave them to decide how they wish to become involved and what they want to do. In some ways it's reminiscent of the classic Traveller adventure 'Annic Nova' but this adventure has a lot to commend it, bringing out the alien yet familiar feel of technology and providing a lot to do. Recommended.
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Village Backdrop: Chasm
Raging Swan Press
Megan R.
[Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 01/02/2014 07:48:16
Devastated by a natural cataclysm, this village in the back end of nowhere is struggling to survive against the odds. As the sole settlement on the one road through some badlands, travellers may find themselves there by chance if their business takes them in that direction.... or they may come on purpose as the armour produced here is very fine indeed.
Some years ago massive subsidence led to the village being nearly destroyed by the appearance of a great chasm through its heart. Outwardly a disaster, this also caused problems for a tribe of duergar living deep beneath, yet the calamity has caused the survivors - duergar and surface-dwellers alike - to band together and they are finding new strengths, like the manufacture of high-quality armour, to sustain them.
The chasm is bridged by a latticework of precarious rope ladders and bridges which now link the surface with caves beneath. A sketch map is provided (but if you want a bigger version one is available separately). Several noteable establishments are detailed including smithies as well as a couple of taverns and the 'Holy House' - an ingenious response to travellers of all sorts insisting on bringing their diverse religions along. This cavernous space offers room for shrines of any deity providing a fee is paid and no proselytising is carried out.
There are notes about the history of the village and its surrounding area, including a ramshackle and abandoned wizard's tower. Some say that it was the wizard's meddling that caused the calamity in the first place...
The place has a bit of a boom-town economy with a frontier feel and could provide an interesting night or two for your party. There are a few events - which could be developed into more if so desired - that you can run whilst the adventurers are in town. There is even some political in-fighting between various factions... and should anyone be curious about the wizard's tower or how the chasm came to be there... well, there's plenty to keep people occupied here.
An interesting little settlement, ripe to be dropped into a suitable location on your campaign world.
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I have very few rules, but the ones I have cover everything. Too many rules is too much to remember for both kids AND adults. I go with the KISS (keep it short & simple) philosophy: respect, responsibility and manners. 1. Respect - for yourself and others, for your things and the things belonging to others. 2. Responsibilty - for your words, deeds, and actions, for the things you are asked to do, for your own space not only at home, but in life in general. 3. Manners - Ma'am/Sir, please, thank-you, you're welcome, holding doors if you get there first, and simple common courtesy & politeness is NOT AN OPTION - it is a requirement in my house. But, if you really think about it, with these 3 simple rules, what have I missed in how we all wish our kids would behave and grow up?
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Beryl VogelDecember 07,2012Beryl Maureen Vogel
BRANDON Beryl Maureen Vogel, 90, of Brandon died early Thursday morning, December 6, 2012, at Porter Hospital in Middlebury.
Mrs. Vogel was born on May 7, 1922, in London, England, the daughter of the late Douglas and Helen (Murphy) Bole.
She graduated from secondary school, and was a part of the British war effort driving ambulances during the German Blitz bombing of London.
She met her husband in London in 1943, and they were married in September of 1944.
She served as a Librarian in Linwood, N.J., and once retired they moved to Brandon, VT, in 1977.
She was a member of the Green Mountain Doll Club, the Brandon Monday Night Club; she volunteered for the Brandon Library and was a member of the Brandon Congregational Churchs womens group.
She is survived by her daughter, Wendy Vogel of Brandon.
She was predeceased by her husband Don Vogel.
Graveside funeral services for Maureen Vogel will be at a later date at the Vermont Veterans Cemetery in Randolph.
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True Blood's fourth season ended with Tara seemingly dead as Sookie cried for her best friend (after killing Debbie, of course). Since then, fans have been wondering what that means for Tara in the future. Well, it's almost time to find out.
Season 5 Spoilers
According to TV Guide, creator Alan Ball has said, "Tara is still a part of the show. I'm sure fans have a lot of different ideas of how that could be possible, and one of those ideas is correct." Of course people are guessing that Tara will be another new vampire on the show for the fifth season. When you also take a look at other spoilers from TV Guide earlier this week, in which they said that "the title of the season premiere is 'Turn! Turn! Turn!' which is a song of Biblical extraction about profound change, like, say, dying, becoming a vampire or declaring your true sexuality" and that "all three of these things will happen during this hour," you can't help but think that this is another sign that Tara could very well end up a vampire this season. Considering one other alternative is that she would be dead after that gunshot wound to her head, there aren't many options as to how they could bring her back in True Blood season 5.
But how will that happen if it does? It's not going to be thanks to Bill or Eric, as Rutina Wesley has said, "I can tell you that Bill and Eric can't come running to the rescue. They just killed a member of the Authority, so they're going to have a big mess to clean up themselves, so Sookie's going to have to figure this out on her own. But, you know, she's strong and resourceful and doesn't need a man to figure out her problems." Sneak peeks have already been released from the season premiere (but don't reveal anything about what will happen to Tara), and one (below) does show Eric cleaning up after what he and Bill did (and telling Bill to hurry up and help). The last thing on their minds is what's going on with Sookie, so she won't be getting any help from there with one of them just randomly showing up and fixing this. However, they're not the only vampires Sookie knows, so it is possible she calls someone for help—or something happens that she's not aware about at first.
Of course there's also the question of what Sookie and Tara's friendship will be like after these events, and Wesley did say that friendship "will be significantly different": "That's going to be the interesting part to watch: Tara's reaction to Sookie and Sookie's reaction to Tara. All I can say is it's charged." So not only will Sookie be dealing with Russell after her blood and however Tara does return, she'll also be dealing with changes on a personal level. How will this experience change Tara's views of everything? What will this mean for their friendship when the season ends? So much can happen before the finale, and it's likely that will include what happens between Sookie and Tara—and everyone else who is affected by the changes coming.
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Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of articles in support of the Fair Tax.
By PAUL LIVINGSTON
Here is a short list of big problems:
• Stimulate jobs and economic growth.
• Increase disposable income.
• Regain lost economic and financial freedoms.
• Reducing taxing power of politicians, lobbyists and special interest groups.
• Reduce poverty.
• Making federal taxes easy to understand and pay.
• Improve funding for Social Security and Medicare.
• Unify our country.
Please think about this list, which one is at the top of your wish list?
But wait, why choose? There is one solution for all these problems. Start by moving the tax base from income, savings and investments to a tax base on consumption. One tax can work, a progressive sales/consumer tax system on all new goods and services. The solution is the FairTax, bill HR25/S122.
The FairTax was developed by the Americans for Fair Taxation after years of research and study with $22 million in private funds. This research is not associate with any political party, was done outside the Washington D.C. beltway and not influenced by lobbyists.
How does the FairTax stimulate jobs and economic growth? It eliminates 22 cents per dollar in hidden/embedded taxes that we, the final consumer, finally pay in higher prices charged by businesses to pay their taxes. Prices of U.S. goods and services go down and become more competitive in the world markets to bring jobs and growth. The tax code change will bring capital to our economy. The USA becomes a tax-free haven for business. The FairTax creates, without government spending and more debt, a jobs and economic stimulus program.
Disposable income goes up as the FairTax eliminates the salary deductions for income taxes and the regressive payroll taxes of Social Security and Medicare. You now get your whole paycheck before state tax dedications. Plus U.S. citizens get a monthly tax rebate, called a Prebate, to pay the FairTax up to the subsistence level spending. For most families the gain in disposable income will more than pay for the FairTax tax.


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Members of the came to a forum Sunday at the Winnetka Community House to heargive a state of the county address.
What more than 60 people in the audience heard was not only the condition of county government in Preckwinkle's first five months in office but a lecture about social justice.
Preckwinkle indicated the primary focus of the county's budget is operation of Stroger Hospital—formerly Cook County Hospital—and other health care facilities along with the Cook County Jail.
With her first order of business reforming the office of the board president after her election in November, she told the group she has improved fiscal responsibility, instituted innovative leadership, increased transparency and heightened accountability.
"We told every department they had to cut their budget," Preckwinkle said. "They all did it and we kept our promise to repeal the one half percent sales tax increase (enacted under the administration of her predecessor, Todd Stroger)."
With the county currently operating three hospitals—Stroger, Oak Forest and Provident—Preckwinkle explained how Oak Forest would be closed and Pvodident's mission changed to much more outpatient and specialized care. The beds are Oak Forest and Provident are rarely in full use.
After telling the group about her four pronged approach to reforming the office of the board president, she launched into a discussion of the underlying social issues behind many of the county's problems.
The Cook County Board president let them know she believes there is a strong relationship between failures in Chicago's public education system and the jail population.
"The education system has failed the young people," Preckwinkle said. "Only 55 percent of students graduate from the Chicago Public Schools. Among African and Latino you have 40 percent."
Where do most of those drop outs wind up? According to Preckwinkle they are among the 8,500 inmates of a jail inordinately populated by African American and Latino men. "Virtually everyone in the jail is African American or Latino," she said. It also costs taxpayers between $45,000 and $50,000 a year to house a prisoner.
Preckwinkle went on to tell the group the best solution to reducing the jail population and with it the $142 per day expense to incarcerate an inmate is improving education and with it economic opportunity.
"A high school diploma is not just entry to a trade school or community college, it is a ticket to the work force," Preckwinkle said. "If an employer has a choice they will hire the person with the diploma."
What Preckwinkle wants to see is an end the avenue from dropping out of high school to the Cook County Jail.
"If the young people can't find work they end up on the streets," Preckwinkle said. "If they are on the streets they will have contact with the police," she added describing what she feels is a vicious cycle.
Things are different in New Trier Township with some of the finest schools in the United States. Most graduates go to four year colleges. Preckwinkle sees North Shore involvement differently.
"This is a social justice issue. A lot of people here (in New Trier Township) understand that," Preckwinkle said when pressed after the meeting. She indicated many people in the area understand the evils of discrimination.
When Kathy Somogyi of Wheeling asked if the unused beds at Oak Forest and Provident hospitals could be used to treat prisoners with mental health issues, Preckwinkle explained way too many of the people in the jail system needed such care.
"One quarter to one third of the people in the jail have mental health challenges," Preckwinkle said. "In treating the mentally ill we have just changed the institution," she added explaining public mental health facilities have been closed. The former patients have become inmates.
After making that statement, Preckwinkle returned to her social justice theme. "Having a place to live and a job go a long way to curing depression," she said.
When New Trier Democrat board member Sandy Stein asked Preckwinkle about increased gambling revenue for the city, she bristled at the suggestion.
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Making a decision about what time bars must stop serving alcohol is difficult because it necessitates government intruding on what seems like a business decision.
But the issue has been raised in Essex County, and we share this thought: If the current 4 a.m. closing is maintained, it will be one of the few rural counties in New York to allow that much drinking time.
State law says restaurants and bars can't serve alcohol before 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday or before noon on Sundays. But closing times for bars, taverns and nightclubs vary by county.
Essex County had extended closing time from 3 to 4 a.m. in 2005.
Mac MacDevitt of the Essex County Prevention Team in Ticonderoga asked that Essex County's statutory closing time be rolled back from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. Besides drunken driving, MacDevitt pointed out that alcohol over-consumption can lead to sexual assault and other types of violence.
Chesterfield Supervisor Gerald Morrow took up the charge at a recent Board of Supervisors meeting, saying, "Nothing good happens from 2 to 4 a.m." and suggesting that earlier closures could cut down on the number of DWI arrests.
A look at a state website listing alcohol-cutoff times — www.sla.ny.gov/provisions-for-county-closing-hours — shows that 23 counties have 2 a.m. closing times, including Clinton and St. Lawrence counties.
Around 20 counties have 4 a.m. closings, but most of those are in urban areas such as Albany, Buffalo and New York City. Essex and Warren counties are among the few more rural counties in this group.
A smattering of other counties have 1 a.m. closings, and a few mix times, like 4 a.m. closings on Fridays and Saturdays and 1 a.m. the rest of the week.
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The Vilas and Oneida County Health Departments recently reported the discovery of two dead crows in Vilas and Oneida counties which tested positive for West Nile virus.
These are the first birds that have tested positive for West Nile virus in the area since surveillance for the mosquito-transmitted virus began May 1.
"The positive bird means that residents of Vilas County need to be more vigilant in their personal protective measures to prevent mosquito bites," said Public Health Director Gina Egan.West Nile virus is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito.
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The Garden of Cyrus
The Garden of Cyrus, or The Quincunciall Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the Ancients, naturally, artificially, mystically considered, is a discourse written by Sir Thomas Browne. It was first published in 1658, along with its diptych companion, Urn-Burial. In modern times it has been recognised as Browne's major literary contribution to Hermetic wisdom.
The Garden of Cyrus is Browne's Neo-Platonic and Neo-Pythagorean vision of the interconnection of art, nature and the Universe via numerous symbols, primarily the number five, and the quincunx pattern along with its variants, including the figure X and lattice design. Its slender but compressed pages of imagery, symbolism and associative thought are evidence of Sir Thomas Browne's complete understanding of a fundamental quest of Hermetic philosophy, namely proof of the wisdom of God and advocation of intelligent design.
With its near vertiginous procession of visual imagery and objects, its constant reinforcement of how God geometrizes (via the symbols of the number five and quincunx pattern), developed from hastily jotted notes in a fractured, breathless, style, The Garden of Cyrus is one of the most idiosyncratic of all literary works. A critical examination of draught manuscripts reveals that the rapid procession of visual images from art and nature in Browne's 1658 discourse were written with uncharacteristic haste, as if the physician-philosopher's imagination were conjuring evidence of the quincunx pattern faster than his pen could possibly write. Cyrus may therefore be considered an early example of stream of consciousness and even of altered consciousness writing. Not unlike Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, or the science fiction of H. G. Wells, The Garden of Cyrus invites the reader to share with its author in a fantastic perspective upon life and reality.
There are two major reasons however why The Garden of Cyrus is not as well known as its diptych companion, Urn-Burial. Firstly, due to an editorial and publishing trend, totally against Browne's artistic intentions, it has been omitted from many nineteenth and twentieth century editions. Because it has been little understood, it has thus been frequently omitted in many publications. Even modern editions from highly reputable publishers, such as Penguin New Directions in 2006 and New York Review Books in May 2012 continue to perpetuate this error.
The second reason for The Garden of Cyrus being little-known is the sheer difficulty of the text itself, which has baffled all but the most determined readers. Stylistically, the discourse veers abruptly from passages of sublime purple prose to crabbed note-book jottings. It also alludes to what is now considered to be obscure learning, namely Hermeticism and the esoteric in general.
Though difficult to read, The Garden of Cyrus remains an important work of English literature, primarily because it is incontrovertible evidence that as late as the mid-seventeenth century, isolated individuals throughout Europe continued to subscribe to the tenets of Hermetic philosophy.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - Texas A&M is in the early stages of planning big changes for it's West Campus.
Professor and project coordinate Doug Welsh says the Gardens and Greenway project has been in the works for more than 20 years, but the University finally started moving forward with plans last year.
"It'll be gorgeous. This is about creating an outdoor laboratory, an outdoor teaching facility, a place where students can get their hands dirty," said Welsh.
Renovations to the 44 acre plot of land north of Kimbrough Blvd. will be built around White Creek.
In addition to an arboretum and a Howdy station where there will be regular Farmer's Markets, the Gardens and Greenway Project will also add an amphitheater, wild flower meadow, and a rose garden to the growing university.
A&M officials estimate price tag will be about $60 million to build and then maintain.
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The Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP will be visiting Terre Haute this week, providing health tests, education and consulting services for free. This mobile health bus and a certified wellness staff and spokesperson will be at:
• Walgreens, 3603 S. U.S. 41, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday
• Booker T. Washington Community Center, 1101 South 13th St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday
The Way to Well Health Tour with AARP offers three free health tests that measure 10 key health indicators of a person's risk for or symptoms of today's leading chronic diseases: cancer, heart disease and diabetes. These tests measure total cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, body composition, skeletal muscle, resting metabolism, visceral fat, real body age and body weight.
This community outreach initiative is partially funded by Walgreens customers. Walgreens allocates up to $3 million annually from its customers' purchases of Walgreens brand health and wellness products to the Way to Well Fund.
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Like most children, James Horvaths sons went through a certain phase.
When they were younger, they were construction crazy, the Morro Bay author and illustrator recalled. You couldnt drive by a job site without having to pull over and hang on the fence and watch the big diggers dig.
After reading countless picture books about bulldozers, backhoes and forklifts, Horvath decided to write one of his own. His book Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tail, about canine construction workers, was published April 30 by Harper Collins Childrens Imprint.
Horvath, who moved to the Central Coast in 2007, traces his love of art to his childhood in South Amherst, Ohio.
Growing up, I always really enjoyed art and illustration but I really didnt have a clue what to do with that interest, said Horvath, a self-described comic-book junkie with a love of Saturday morning cartoons.
Following high school graduation, he said, he loaded up everything I had into a little Datsun and drove across the country to California, where he spent four years working in the construction industry before joining the U.S. Navy. A three-year nursing stint at a naval hospital in Bethesda, Md., led to other jobs, including a gig as a bicycle messenger in Washington, D.C.
It wasnt until I was exposed to computers and the rapidly developing field of commercial digital art that I saw the possibility of a career in art, recalled Horvath, who encountered his first Apple computer around 1990 as a student at Northern Virginia Community College in Sterling, Va. That lit a fire under me.
Over the years, Horvath has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for dozens of companies including Google, Nestlé, Readers Digest, Sprint, Tyco and Toshiba International. His fun, colorful illustrations have graced advertisements, book covers and childrens games.
Still, despite his success as the head of Jamestoons Studios, Horvath still dreamed of writing and illustrating his own childrens book. He estimates that hes written and shelved half a dozen stories since 1994.
It took me 20 years to write something I actually liked, he joked.
Once the author settled on the idea for Dig, Dogs, Dig, however, The thing practically wrote itself, Horvath said. There was something that felt right about it. The story worked. The characters were good.
Dig, Dogs, Dig follows top dog Duke and his fellow pooches as they build a new park. But what happens when these industrious dogs find something buried in the ground?
Horvath said he wrote the 40-page book, intended for ages 4 to 8, from a dads perspective.
I had this great image of fathers sitting down with their kids and reading to them, he said, so he tried to include details that parents can point out to their children. For instance, hidden on every page, theres a little black-and-white cat named Jinx.
As a designer, you learn the art of visual language, explained Horvath, whose visual influences include Josh Shag Agle, Theodore Dr. Seuss Geisel and Hanna-Barbera Productions, the animation house behind The Flintstones, The Jetsons and The Yogi Bear Show. Thats really what illustration is all about.
He found a publisher for Dig, Dogs, Dig almost immediately while attending the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators summer conference in Los Angeles in August 2011. Four days later after he sent out a draft version, Horvath got a call from HarperCollins.
It was a ridiculous shot in the dark, (but) I guess Im the exception that proves the rule, said the author, whos been asked to write two other picture books for HarperCollins. Build, Dogs, Build: A Tall Tail and Work, Dogs, Work: A Long Tail will be released about nine months apart.
Horvath said hes excited about writing more books for younger readers. Possible subjects include a monkey with a banjo and the friendship between a frog and a fly.
Im finally moving away from doing work for other people to working for myself, he said. With the books that Im doing now, Im the client. Im the director.


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In the wake of Dianne Feinstein's assault weapons ban, and Barack Obama's 23 executive orders on gun control, there are other gun measures that Congress is moving forward with.
One notable piece of legislation: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday that he was working on a bill with Senate colleagues and the National Rifle Association (NRA) that would implement universal background checks, a major component of President Obama's proposed gun-control reforms.
Manchin, a member of the NRA, had not previously endorsed any specific measures to address gun violence, specifically Feinstein's bill.
"I'm working on a bill right now with other senators — Democrats and Republicans — we're trying to get it, and looking at a background check that basically says that if you're going to be a gun owner, you should be able to pass a background check, to be able to get [universal background checks]," Manchin told Metro News radio's "Talkline," in an interview reported by The Washington Post.


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Key topics: Good people and great friends, inside and out
December 17, 2010|
Happy holidays from UW-Green Bay! My wife, Cathy, and I extend best wishes. In the Harden household, we're looking forward to visits from children and grandchildren. For the benefit of the Sun Belt branch of the family, especially the younger members, we hope the good sledding persists.
At UW-Green Bay, we'll have a celebratory get-together for our University family later next month, on Jan. 19. It's the annual mid-winter convocation of faculty and staff to open the second semester. We honor retirees receiving emeritus status and co-workers celebrating service anniversaries.
The snapshot above is from last January's gathering. This particular image is of faculty and staff marking 10-year anniversaries — we also acknowledge 20, 25, 30 and 35 years — but I believe you could choose just about any photo, any group from that day, to illustrate my larger point here, which is this: UW-Green Bay has quality people.
As I close my first full calendar year as chancellor, the outstanding impression I carry is of a group of faculty and staff notable for their competence, commitment and creativity. That's not idle talk. From a perspective gained through working at several other colleges and universities, I can honestly say that UW-Green Bay is special. You can be proud of your University.
Some faculty and staff are natives of the Green Bay area, Wisconsin or the Midwest. Others come from across the nation and around the world. They're well credentialed, well educated, and highly motivated to serve the community and our students. They're effective and cost conscious, too. They have become so adept at "doing more with less," I argue, that when the cycle turns and conditions allow for reinvestment, UW-Green Bay some day deserves first crack at "doing more with more." We've shown what we can do.
That's a message I have shared widely. With the general public. With Governor-elect Walker and other state officials. With members of our various citizen advisory groups who, in turn, spread the word on our behalf. (I thank those members of the Chancellor's Council of Trustees, for example, who took part in last Monday's meeting with local state legislators.) UW-Green Bay has quality people. Our students, alumni, faculty, staff and community supporters have accomplished amazing things, working together.
I know that, as 2010 draws to a close, Wisconsin's budget deficit is generating talk of freezes and cuts, along with headlines about the climate for state agencies and employees "growing chillier by the day." I'm realistic, but also optimistic.
We'll not only weather the chill. With good people and great friends, we're going to prosper. Thank you for your continuing interest in, and support of, UW-Green Bay. Happy holidays.


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Globe Text Voting for Lakan at Lakambini 2010 ActivatedAuthor: orman | Filed under: Festivals
Globe Telecom, MAJOR SPONSOR to the 71st Foundation Anniversary of General Santos City, more popularly known as Kalilangan Festival, announced the activation of their Text Voting for the Lakan at Lakambini Seard. Below are the commands:
To vote for your favorite Lakan/Lakambini Pageant, simply text:
VOTE FOR LAKAN <candidates Nickname> and send to 2278
For example, you want to vote for DAVID JAMES BARBERO, the just text the following:
VOTE FOR LAKAN DAVID and send to 2278
To get the list for Lakan
LIST FOR LAKAN and send to 2278
LIST FOR LAKAN send to 2278
To get tally for Lakan/Lakambini Pageant Text Vote
TALLY FOR LAKAN to 2278
TALLY FOR LAKAN to 2278
VOTE FOR LAKAMBINI <candidates Nickname and send to 2278
VOTE FOR LAKAMBINI MAUREEN and send to 2278
To get the list for Lakan
LIST FOR LAKAMBINI and send to 2278
LIST FOR LAKAMBINI and send to 2278
To get tally for Lakan/Lakambini Pageant Text Vote
TALLY FOR LAKAMBI and send to 2278
TALLY FOR LAKAMBINI and send to 2278
List of Candidates for LAKAN and their First Names to be used:
- (JOHN) John Michael Lanoy
- (RYAN) Ryan Cabras
- (DAVID) David James Barbero
- (GEVIC) Gevic Romero
- (JIMMY) Jimmy Ortiz
- (LENARD) Lenard Kim Bayabos
- (MARK) Mark John Viajedor
- (JERICO) Mark Jerico Wong
- (JENEL) Jenel Labiana
- (IAN) Ian Mark Gomez
- (JAMES) James Jordan
List of Candidates for LAKAMBINI and their First Names to be used:
- (SARAH) Sarah Alvarez
- ( REGINA ) Regina Baybay
- (CAROLINE) Caroline Lim
- (AMILYN) Amilyn Lagnason
- (MARJORIE) Marjorie David
- (SARASHVATI) Sarashvati Sarkar
- (RHEA) Rhea Marie Ranara
- (YENELYN) Yenelyn Cabarijan
- (MAUREEN) Maureen Paulo
- (VIENJIL) Vienjil Fe Rosete
- (LIZA) Liza Jane Genotina
Here are the Lakambini Candidates and their corresponding name-codes:
1. Sarah 2. Regina 3. Caroline
4. Amilyn 5. Marjorie 6. Sarashvati
7. Rhea 8. Yeng 9. Maureen
10. Vienjil 11. Liza
Here are the Lakan Candidates with their corresponding name-codes:
1. John 2. Ryan 3. David
4. Gevic 5. Jimmy 6. Lenard
7. Mark 8. Jerico 9. Jenel
10. Ian 11. James
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DeAndre Presley said he wouldn't call Virginia Tech an elite team after Saturday's game. Time will tell if he's right or not.
Please join us for the first game thread of 2011.
The folks from AppFan give us an in-depth look at the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
The Hokies will face a spread option offense and a 3-4 defense in their quest to start the season 1-0 for the first time since 2007.
The Hokies will play the Mountaineers on ACC Network.
The Hokies host FCS powerhouse Appalachian State to open the season.
The App Trail blog at the Winston-Salem Journal has the Mountaineer's depth chart. App State will start two freshmen and three seniors on its offensive line. The freshman receiver, Bobo Beathard, had four catches including a touchdown during its last scrimmage.
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Home » News » Weather
Keene dam OK after heavy rainfall caused concerns it might breach
About 7 p.m., the city's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) was activated to assess and monitor the situation.
Public Works staff continued to monitor the water levels and the fire department was called in to help pump water out of the pond and into storm drains.
Residents in the immediate area were alerted to the situation.
City engineers, with the assistance of the state Department of Environmental Services Dam Bureau, inspected the dam and deemed its condition safe.
As the rain tapered off and with the water being pumped out of the pond, the water levels subsided, eliminating the earlier threat of the dam rupturing.
About 11:30 p.m., the EOC was terminated and pumping operations ceased. Public Works staff remained at the site through the night to keep an eye on the dam and the water level.
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The various names being thrown around for offensive coordinator don't really matter as much as what the vision Mack Brown has for the texas offense going forward, because that vision of what he wants the offense to look like is going to determine who his next offensive coordinator is going to be, not some gaudy stats put up at another school.
If Mack sees Garret Gilbert as a QB who can spread the ball around to multiple receivers in the passing game, and believes he has the WRs to make such an offense work, Dana Holgerson is the best candidate for the job, because he can install his version of the Air Raid, which has a running game component which Brown would like. If Brown sees texas as needing a multiple attack that will spread defenses out and run and pass on them from various formations, while forcing mismatches in the defense through personnel, then Boise State's Harsin is the best candidate. If Mack wants a spread offense with a running game based on running Power with inherent single-wing principles, all run at warp speed, Gus Malzahn is the man. If Mack truly wants to build a power running game around incoming RB recruit Malcolm Brown, then Jim McElwain from Alabama is the best man for the job. The next offensive coordinator at texas is going to depend on how Mack wants his offense to look. Unlike the defense, where Mack lets the coordinators run their own show, I think Mack likes to get his hands into the offense a little, where he was once an offensive coordinator. This is just idle speculation on my part, though.
As fans of texas' football program, what do you want the offense to look like? Do you want to see a spread passing game? A power running game from the pro-set, using 21 personnel like Alabama? Power running game and spread padding game utilizing multiple personnel groups ala Boise State? Spread passing and power running and Gilbert running the option in a no-huddle attack like Auburn?
What do you see as the future of the texas offense?


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CORRECTION In a Faceoff column that ran Monday on the Triangle & Co. front, the location given for the Governors Club subdivision, scene of a bowhunt for deer, was in error. The gated community is in northern Chatham County.
Suburban hunting can curb deer population
It has always struck me as passing strange that in a nation where pets and charismatic wildlife such as the wolf have been elevated to demi-god status, there is such profound ignorance about the wild thing next door.
My opponent draws a bright line between supposedly vast rural acres where hunting can take place and subdivisions where homeowner and deer must learn to co-exist.
Truth is, North Carolinians don't live that way. Before the Great Recession, we plunked subdivisions in the middle of forests and fields at a frightful pace, fragmenting wildlife habitat and gobbling up about 1.5 million acres of countrified land between 1984 to 2004.
When the economy cranks back up, we'll do so again, maintaining our dubious status as a top 10 state for acreage of housing slapped up in the once-wild living room of deer and other critters.
As most wildlife biologists will tell you, the surest way to control deer is with well-regulated hunting. But rampant development has barred hunters from the very places where the conflict between deer and man is most severe.
Other measures won't cull the herd to levels the land can sustain or lessen the threat of Lyme disease.
Boys and girls, drop the suburban 'tude and see your wild neighbors as noble animals, not azalea-munching pests or four-legged car-wreckers. North Carolina's estimated 1.25 million deer are extremely adaptable creatures with few natural predators, able to hunker down in the thinnest thicket and ghost past houses and fences.
Hunters, myself included, are often regarded as Satan's spawn by folks who worship wildlife from afar. But a tightly controlled bow hunt can restore an effective check where it's needed most. It ain't a silver arrow, but it sure can help.
Jim Nesbitt is Wake County/Monday editor.
Hunters should steer clear of suburbs
I grew up hunting, and our sons hunt. We have felt the highs of taking a trophy buck and the lows of human error. Despite the lows, I support hunting to manage the deer population - but not in residential neighborhoods. Why?
As the N.C Wildlife Resources Commission stated in its "Deer Problems in Residential Areas," when "hunting in residential situations...the discharge of any weapon (including bow and arrow) is dangerous and a...permit will not be allowed." As I realized and the commission notes, the deer problem is a "people problem" resulting "when people place a higher value on their ornamental plants than on the wildlife that lived in the area before the houses were built."
Why, then, do individuals rush to kill inside neighborhoods? It is because the Wildlife Commission, which grants residential hunting permits, has forgotten its own advice that hunting should be relegated to surrounding rural areas; and that non-lethal remedies such as repellents, fences and birth control are for residential use. "There will probably always be a significant deer population..." the commission states, "and if you choose to plant species ... attractive to deer, you will always have deer depredation problems..."
Simply, "the challenge is...to learn how to live with deer ...and for surrounding landowners to learn how to ... control their deer populations."
It follows, then, that the greatest impact on North Carolina's residential deer population would be for the commission to increase hunting to reduce the state's deer population, and for neighborhoods to manage deer via the recommended smart, non-lethal strategies.
Walter E. "Skip" Bollenbacher lives in Governors Club, a Chapel Hill neighborhood where bow hunting created a controversy this winter.


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Auburn Hills, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Brandon Jennings flirted with a triple- double on Friday, posting 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, as the Detroit Pistons pounded the Brooklyn Nets, 111-95, at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Josh Smith stuffed the stat sheet as well, racking up 23 points, eight boards and seven assists for the Pistons, who snapped a two-game slide and beat Brooklyn for the third time this season.
Andre Drummond notched a 16-point, 22-board double-double, Kyle Singler scored 16 and Rodney Stuckey supplied 14 points in the triumph.
"We've been talking about trying to use him wisely," Pistons head coach Maurice Cheeks said of Drummond. "He's been very energetic. Obviously getting 22 rebounds and running the floor, getting up and down the floor and blocking a few more shots."
Jason Terry paced Brooklyn with 18 points, while Joe Johnson netted 16 points for the Nets, who had won two straight.
Paul Pierce's driving layup pulled the Nets within 17-14 with 4:02 left in the first, but Brooklyn went the rest of the quarter without a field goal, allowing Detroit to close the stanza on a 13-3 run.
The Pistons' push continued in the second, as Detroit tallied the first seven points of the period to build a 37-17 lead under two minutes into the quarter.
Andrei Kirilenko's tip-in finally quelled Brooklyn's field-goal drought with 10:04 on the clock, but a Chauncey Billups jumper just over two minutes later found the difference back up to 20.
Detroit carried a 67-44 cushion into the locker room and pushed the margin as high as 29 in the third before taking a 96-73 lead into the fourth.
Despite shooting a woeful 5-of-18 (27.8 percent) over the final 12 minutes, the Pistons were able to hang on for the victory.
"The guys kept playing," Nets head coach Jason Kidd said of his team battling despite being down double digits for the majority of the second half. "The guys who were out there playing continued to execute. We got some stops finally, but the big thing is that we continued to play."
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need help with 2-day itinerary on a budget please!
we are two food and drink lovers visiting from LA on a budget. we'll be arriving Thursday afternoon and leaving Saturday morning, staying near Sea World, and ready to eat just about anything. we'd also like to take in some of the local attractions such as balboa park and have tickets to a baseball game Friday night downtown. we have a car and don't mind driving but would like to have plenty of outdoor and relaxing time. we definitely want to hit up the mariscos german truck but are not sure which location is most convenient for us. we can get every kind of ethnic food in LA so we'd like to try some really standout local food, but again, can't spend a lot. any and all suggestions are appreciated!!
Here are some of my faves..
Bay Park Fish Company in Bay Park..great happy hour
Water's Fine Food on Morena
JV's..great taco shop by USD
Sab e Lee in Linda Vista for fab Thai
Perry's for breakfast in Old Town...trucker cap required
Acqi es Texcoco in Chula Vista for the best potato taquitos and they say the goat is sublime
Tender Greens in Liberty Station behind airport
South Beach Grill in OB
Azucar in OB..best guava pastries
Sessions Public in PL/OB
Bahia's in Bird Rock/LJ
JRDN at Tower 23 for drinks and app's oceanfront in PB
Have a great time in SD tastycakes and report back!
BCs list hits most of the highlights.
*Local Habit in Hillcrest features locally produced food and craft beer
*SOL Market in the Liberty Station complex (north end, close to Wine Steals and Corvette Diner) sells and serves locally sourced and produced food products. SOL is an acronym for Sustainable, Organic and Local. They're not really too far from the Sea World area. They serve food, craft beer and you can pick up items to go here as well.
Mitch's, Point Loma. http://mitchsseafood.com/


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After a bit of a hiatus, I've been trying hard to get out and about with the camera at every opportunity I can to practice.
My latest experiment has been with movement, and what better opportunity than a rally drive!
This was last years christmas present to D, and he enjoyed it thoroughly. And to be honest – so did I!
There is nothing like the grumble of cars through your body, dirt and adrenalin…and I was just watching!
Of course, catching it on camera was a challenge!
Myself and D would highly recommend the experience.
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If the guys in the touring cast of "Million Dollar Quartet" seem a little bit nervous on the Orpheum stage this weekend, know that's only because they want to please you. They really want to please you.
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Graham Zusi
- DOB August 18, 1986
- Age 27
- Place of birth Orlando, Florida
- POSITION Midfielder
- CLUB Sporting KC
- TWITTER @gzusi (197K followers)
- Current ASN 100 Rank 15
- Previous ASN 100 Rank 11
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Graham Zusi looks more like the future of the United States national team than the past. The University of Maryland product—he scored the game-winner in the 2008 College Cup championship, playing alongside teammates Omar Gonzalez and A.J. Delagarza—has the type of vision and creativity that Jurgen Klinsmann wants in his charges. Zusi is developing into more of a goal creator than a goal scorer, although he's not afraid to take a chance when presented with one.
Zusi thrives in the midfield, playing an attacking role for both club and country. After serving as a frequent sub for Sporting KC during the 2009 and 2010 MLS seasons, Zusi broke through with 25 starts in 2011. He repaid coach Peter Vermes's faith with five goals and seven assists, earning MLS Breakout Player of the Year honors. He had continued success in 2012, leading MLS in assists with 15 and getting named a member of the league's best XI for the first time in his career. He was also one of three finalists for the MVP. His good form last season resulted in a chance to feature for the USMNT, when he earned his first call-up in January. During which he scored his first international goal, against Panama, in just his second cap. The tally proved to be the game-winner. "It was fun," he said after the match. "The crowd was great. It was a fun environment to play in."
The Florida-born midfielder also made the initial roster for Klinsmann's five-game tournament in May and June 2012 but was one of the last men cut. The player kept his head up, however, believing he was close to a more established place within the hierarchy of the U.S. team. "I talked to Jurgen for a while about some things, about where I am as a player. I agreed with pretty much everything. He said I'm pretty much knocking on the door, and I just need to keep playing hard and try to get better," he told SportingKC.com in June 2012.
And he will. Zusi's continuing on his upward trajectory. He's becoming a well-above-average MLS player and has shown himself to be a crucial part of the USMNT setup since Azteca.—NOAH DAVIS
Klinsmann on Zusi:
"Graham Zusi left a very strong impression in the January camp." (May 2012)
Noteworthy ReadsZusi Named MLS Breakout Player of the Year (SportingKC.com)
Zusi Speaks U.S. Past Panama (ESPN.com)
Zusi: Klinsmann Says I'm "Knocking on the Door" of USMNT (SportingKC.com)