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Two injured as car hits lamppost in Barrowford (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Two injured as car hits lamppost in Barrowford
Updated 8:50am Sunday 16th February 2014 in News By Jon Robinson, Reporter
A DRIVER and a passenger were taken to hospital this morning after being involved in a crash in Barrowford.
The emergency services were called shortly after 6.30am after receiving reports of a Vauxhall Corsa on its side in Wheatley Lane Road.
The fire service said it appeared the car had hit a lamppost and a wall before flipping over.
The driver and passenger both got out before the emergency services arrived and were taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital.
The road remained open.
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Does anyone know if there is a BAR/BAT competition this year? Its 4 months into the season and I haven't seen any kind of update so should I assume that its not being scored this year? :(
Its too bad if its not because I've always thought it was a great competition and a way to gauge how well you've done.

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I'm currently bulking, but unlike last time I bulked, where I did zero cardio at all, this time I decided to throw in 1 day of cardio for 30 minutes at a time, just once every other week. Why? Mainly just to keep some type of stamina and if possible, slightly help reduce any excess bulking up fat. I've been doing this cardio first thing in the morning on a pretty much empty stomach. About 30 mins before I start I only drink a protein shake mixed with water (15 grams of whey) and 5 grams of l-glutamine.
So I'm wondering now, even though this is a very small amount of cardio, could doing it (especially first thing in the morning like I mentioned) be having any negative effect on muscle gains?
Thanks in advance.
short and simple ....no
" Eat to grow, Progression to get stronger " - mesmall
nah. I would keep doing it.
Need to keep your heart strong.
I really can't see how just 30 minutes of cardio, twice a month is going to benifit you much. Why wouldn't you do it at least once a week?
coolslug, like I said, I don't really do it to lose fat or cut up or anything. Since I'm bulking, and since I lose weight very easily, I just wanted to throw it in just so that when bulking is over and I will start to cut up and do more cardio, it won't be like it's my first time jogging in months.
I still don't think thirty minutes will have any negative effect on muscle gains even if you do it once a week rather that just twice a month. I do see more positive effect on stamina and heart though.
Maybe someone can reply with reasons why such a small amount of cardio would have a negative effect on your bulking goals but I don't know of any.


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So...just a cheap point-and-shoot is all that's needed for private use, right? If you actually make money with your gear, you need the best. Personal pleasure from a hobby and/or creating memories of your kids' childhood is so much less important than money.
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Hi ironsos, asti, and felipe!! LOL, yes, I hope the routine will stick! This time! ;)
I want 3 days off! I want 3 days off! I want 3 days off!
Thanks Felipe! Do you have anything planned for your weekend?
Ironsos, hopefully your laptop will arrive sooner than they suggest? I'm glad to see you can still get online though.
Sticking my tongue out at Huff and yelling "hahahahaha" and running away before she throws something at me……………
ironsos yes, 6 days does seem really long. But i'm sure it'll be worth it!
I've been thinking of getting an netbook or something like that, vs getting a smart phone. My non-smart phone's contract is up this summer.but first I have to think whether I want to be able to check email all the time, since I already spend so much time in front of a computer. Do I really need/want to be emailable the other 8-9 hrs of the day? Most of my brain says "NOOOOOOOOO" but there's the workaholic part that is saying yes!!!
Sigh. I hate it when my brain disagrees with itself.
gasp meanie asti!
Where are MM's rock cookies??
It's about time she baked another batch! I think the last lot are still festering under PB's icecream freezer in the corner of The Great Hall. I'm throwing a dark chocolate Hobnob in your direction instead. They're very yummy!
I believe my Mum is getting me a Kindle for my birthday. And no, you work far too hard as it is. You need to relax and detach when you are at home. There are other ways to reach you if it is really necessary.
finds the festering rock cookies and throws them at asti
gobbles down the Hobnob Mmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Thanks for the voice of reason, asti!! yYes, I agree, I just need to stamp out the yes!!! voice some more.
stomp stomp!!
rats, I need to get going! Just as I found anotehr rock cookie stash! rats!!! LOLOLOL!!!!
Hope to stay to play soon….!!
I should be back in about an hour or so, but if you're sleeping by then asti, havea good night!
Hides behind the emo couch just in time…….hahahaha, missed me!
Glad you enjoyed the Hobnob! Stomp on that nasty little voice! It was good to see you. xx
Nope asti, no plans, but several possibilities. Maybe go out for drinks, maybe go to Universal since my annual pass has been collecting dust for a while now, or maybe just rest. I'd be happy no matter what. Just being off work for a couple of days will be good :-P
I'll agree with that, Felipe! Having a few days to do as much or as little as you want is luxury! I plan on reading and practising piano, both enjoyable and relaxing, though the reluctant housewife in me tells me I need to get out the feather duster and de cobweb the corners of the ceilings. That'll be fun!!!. I hope you have a good weekend, whatever you end up doing.
Rats, I missed asti! Someday…. hides the rock cookies in a very mildewy corner O:)
It was good to talk to you too! Yes, my ability to stomp is getting stronger. :) Have fun with the reading and piano… booooo de-cobwebbing! Though I can see the benefit to that, too. Hmm.
Felipe that sounds nice!! Agree with asti – even just a few days helps so much! :)
ooh I just recalled – Jen hope your electricity came back on. Or will come back on, soon! If you do need to toss out a lot of food, though, it's worth asking the electric company if they can reimburse you for it, esp since it wasn't your fault it got disconnected. I was in a 3 day blackout years ago, and since it was because of a mistake on the part of the electric company's repair crew, they had to reimburse those affected. You had to itemize the food that was spoiled, though, so keep a list of the stuff you have/had to chuck.
Evening all! We have had a pleasant day with sunshine and a lot of clouds, some with showers.
I took my list of hospital events to my doctor and explained that the nurse last week had been surprised by some of the information that I had been giving her during my session with her. I made no accusations, just let him mull over the implications. He is happy with my BP and has changed my Simvastin to an alternative and will see me in a month's time.
BWJen I hope that everything goes smoothly with your Dad's new housing venture. It sounds as though the family will find the move a distinct boost to their way of life. Nice to have another generation going to the same school which still has a good reputation.
Hufflebug Nice to see you dropping in and having some fun.
Asti I am well into Ursula under, it is very intriguing and the writer seems to be very knowledgeable about deafness. I wonder if she has a family member or friend with this problem. My DS will be away at a ukulele camp this weekend so I can just stick my nose in my book if I want. I bought a copy of The King's Speech in Sainsbury's this morning for less than Amazon is currently charging – £8. I want to acknowledge Colin Firth's achievement and the great team effort which has garnered many awards.
Off to bed.
Wow!! A real Bug visit and not just a sighting! ;)
I want a three-day workweek. Permanently! But full 40 hour a week pay! ;)
I seem to be missing my naptime. I think I'll go try to salvage some of it. ;)
Bbl. ;)
Hi, everyone!
LH good luck breaking in your shoes. I'm all about wildly beautiful shoes in my regular wardrobe, as my closet attests, LOL, but for the trip, I'm all about functional, comfortable, supportive, cooling. I don't give a strand of Merlin's beard what anything looks like if it accomplished those objectives, LOL, and in fact I can guarantee that my family is going to be walking around looking like the most touristy of tacky tourists a great deal of the time. But I won't care as long as we manage to stay as comfortable as possible. I predict your not-wildly-beautiful Berkies will look miles above whatever we are wearing! You may be embarrassed to be seen in our company. I won't blame you. ;)
I'm test-driving pants right now for those above-stated objectives, or I should say workout capris. They're nothing close to special or cute. Black spandex-y (but loose, not the skintight stuff! No one wants to see that!), sort of yoga-y style. So far, so good. No weird seams that rub in unfortunate places, and they handle the six mile walks pretty well. I may just stock up on those, a pair for each day, and add different tops to them. For LeakyCon, of course, I'll be in costume, so this is just for park days, but I think they may work out pretty well. And they're cheap enough that if they get messed up or whatever, I can trash them without much qualm. They're also thin enough to pack easily, lightly and not take up much space. It's unfortunate that they're black in that they will suck up that Florida sun and heat like a magnet, but I didn't like the grey and any lighter colors than that would be problematic on water rides for obvious reasons. So, black it is. The kid and husband will all have cute shorts and capris in different styles and fabrics, but I am sticking to basics.
LH you're too right about the building codes, LOL. Although with those other disasters at least no one knows for sure where they're going to hit (hurricanes notwithstanding; anyone too close to the coast is in the same boat as people in a flood plain, IMO.) A person could live in Tornado Alley and never get a direct hit. With the flood plains, it's all just a matter of time. Eventually, it WILL flood, even if it's once every hundred years.
Jen I hope the power is back on and you didn't lose anything. I know too well how aggravating that is. In 2006 when we had the big wind storm here and were without power for six days we lost everything, and I had just stocked up on all the expensive stuff – meats, etc. That's awesome news for your Dad, though, congratulations to him! And to you, whichever way you decide, LOL. It's nice to have the option, anyway, but I know what you mean about the independence. That's tough to give up.
Asti enjoy your days off! I'm trying to slow down a bit with the exercise, but I'm such an all-or-nothing compulsive, LOL. I'm so afraid of slipping into the "nothing" and undoing everything I've improved over the last six months. But it looks like my body is forcing me to slow down, so now I will have to listen, at least for a few days. :)
Hi, Huff! Good luck on the new routine!
Ironsos I hope the laptop arrives sooner than stated. Computer problems always flummox me so much, I don't even like to think about them in case my computer decides to take advantage of my momentary weakness with a demonstration of just what havoc it can wreak if it chooses. ;) There, there, nice computer, good computer… LOL I will try to heed the exercise warning! It's just hard because I have this countdown clock ticking in my head reminding me how little time I have left to be ready for the trip. Tick-tock, tick-tock…. sigh
Felipe enjoy your days off, too! But start counting those pennies… you have a trip to plan for! Eh-hemm….
Mother called. Daddy couldn't walk. She said his legs wouldn't support him. So I left my shopping cart and headed to their house after calling the doctor to find if they could see him. When I reached their house I could hardly get him up and into a wheelchair and into the car. Then getting out of the car and into the wheelchair at the doctor's office was a challenge.
Once I got him him into the doctor's office and checked in I called the school and told them I was working a medical problem and to see if my daughter had finished her test. They said she had and I could have her. So, I left my parents and headed out for my daughter. By the time we made it back to the office the doctor had been in and had ordered blood tests. Daddy was running a fever but no one can tell me how much it was. His blood pressure had also dropped out. When the doctor came back in he said my father's white blood count was high so he had an infection somewhere. So, they gave him an injection of antibiotics in the office and a prescription for Augmentin. He has pulled my father off his blood pressure meds.
Then, I had to get my father back in the car. I felt and the doctor agreed I needed to spend the night with my parents tonight to supervise the moving around. So I went home, packed a bag for my daughter and me, fed the dogs, pulled dinner together for my DS, and stopped for fried chicken on the way back to my parent's house.
So, I have my father in and settled and we've eaten our chicken. We're watching my daughter's new Celtic Woman DVD and later we're going to watch THE KING'S SPEECH.
Now I have to fish the two blood pressure pills out of my father's two weekly pill carriers.
Tomorrow is Friday the 13th…
Several theories have been proposed about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition.
One theory states that it is a modern amalgamation of two older superstitions: that thirteen is an unlucky number and that Friday is an unlucky day.
In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, twelve gods of Olympus, etc., whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners.
Friday has been considered an unlucky day at least since the 14th century's The Canterbury Tales, and many other professions have regarded Friday as an unlucky day to undertake journeys or begin new projects. Black Friday has been associated with stock market crashes and other disasters since the 1800s. It has also been suggested that Friday has been considered an unlucky day because, according to Christian scripture and tradition, Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
Personally, I have always had good fortune on Friday the 13th…
Huff – You put those rock cookies right back young lady!!! I need themto throw the at PB whenever he decides to grace us with his presence.
LadyHawke – I can not fathom carrying someone. Didn't they think of hospitalizing your poor Dad? Your parents must adore you.
I am exhausted lately. I have been sequestered in an office with the principal trying to fit all the incoming 7th graders into homerooms. It is a tedious project since we have to look at reading scores of each student. That is 1,450 students. I hate the end of the year.
We also have two of our staff that we love dearlybattling cancer. One of them is a social studies teacher that worked as long as he could but stopped working a month ago. Today be sent us an e-mail telling us that his doctors have stopped chemotherapy because it is not helping him anymore. His cancer is still spreading. He will now be in hospice.
The other one is a fellow secretary at another school. She is fighting her cancer valiantly. She is still coming to work despite her weakness and pain. We all have told her to stay home but she refuses. She has lost so much weight we can't recognize her anymore. She say she rather work than stay home and obsess over her possible death. We all know that soon she will not be able to come to work.
Cancer has been
Kicking my family and friends lately.
MM, I did not have to carry him, thank goodness. I took the wheelchair as close as I could to him. Then, I got hold of the waistband of his pants and hauled up on them, helped him pivot, and guided him down. Then, we did the same thing from the wheelchair to the car, from the car to the wheelchair, from the wheelchair to the car, from the car to the wheelchair, from the wheelchair to the chair. I need to be here when he needs to get to the bathroom and then to bed.
I am hoping when the antibiotics start to kick in he will start feeling better and get his strength back. Since he has had an antibiotic by injection and orally and will have another orally before bedtime I hope he will be much improved by morning.
MM, I know you will be so glad when school is over. That is so sad to have so many people in such dire straights.
We are so glad to see you, MM.
LH I hope your poor dad feels much better soon. Try to enjoy the extra night out with your parents and daughter like a slumber party as much as you can, and do try to still get some rest yourself. Love and {{{{HUGS}}}} to you all.
MM I hope you get your energy back over the weekend. Be sure to rest, young lady! You need it. I will keep your coworkers in my thoughts. That's so sad. I wish someone would find a cure already. :(
I am back from running errands, nothing terribly exciting although I did pick up two more pairs of wildly beautiful shoes for summer. :) Since we were discussing their opposites earlier, LOL. I won't bring them on the trip, since trip shoes are all about function (except for the ball, of course), but they'll be great for the rest of the summer. Now I just need a pedicure so I can dare to wear them. :)
I also picked up a new memory card and battery for my camera to have for the trip. It's a decent camera, not great, but the battery has not been holding its charge at all. My DS has a fantabulous camera that he really wants to bring, but it's big, bulky, heavy, requires lots of special equipment (extra flashes, lenses, etc.), and there's no way he'd be comfortable storing it in lockers during certain rides or leaving it in the room, plus I'd worry about it getting wet if it rained or knocked around in the crowds or whatever. We'll have slightly less nice photos out of mine, but much less trouble and worry. So that's one more thing off the list of things to do for the trip. Yay!
^%$$#@@@@!!!!!*&&%$#@@#$% Laptop. Now the sound keeps going in and out.
Other than that it has been a rather nice day here.
LEMON: You might think about getting a couple of the disposable cameras to take
back up pictures.
That's a good idea, Ironsos! I think we will. I would hate to have to worry about our good cameras on this big of a trip. :)
I've wasted the evening (and lots of $$$) away online tonight, shopping for HP related items. Whoohoooo!! LOL We finally decided to do away with our personalized license plates. We got CHZHEDS when we moved here, in honor of being Green Bay fans, but since we're not going to be Green Bay fans again until certain people who shall remain nameless (Rodgers, Thompson, McCarthy…) are gone, it was time for a change. And I don't know why we never had any HP-ness on the car anyway, as obsessed as I am and as much as I love to have absolutely everything accessorized just in case there are three people left on earth who can't tell absolutely everything about me from 50 paces… LOL Well, there's a reason they call them vanity plates, I know, but I can't help it. I've always had personalized plates (my first one was JBBRJAW! In WI we had LUV A LMN and it was nice because WI actually put the spaces in there to help it make sense, where a lot of states, like our current one, won't.)
Anyway, we've narrowed down our top HP choices and will be handling that next week. The best ones were already all taken, of course, but I think we came up with good options. SO I had to go get some HP license plate frames to go with, and a window decal to replace the Green Bay one. Now we'll be all set! One I found on Cafe Press and just has red and gold long stripes top and bottom with a red "G" in the middle of the top for Gryffindor fans, and I made the other on a custom site. It says, "Favorite Teams: Gryffindor… and Whoever's Playing Slytherin" on a red background with black font. Yay. :)
The other thing I made up tonight is for the DS for Father's Day. We were talking about his work stuff – chickens, remember – and one thing and another and somehow landed on him being something of a "Chicken Whisperer" LOL. So I made up a baseball cap that has three little chicks with "Chicken Whisperer" across them in black type. I know it's one of those you-had-to-be-there things, but at the time it was so funny, and I know he'll wear it. Industry people will get a kick out of it if no one else does, especially when he's working his booth at the local fairs.
That's about it for me tonight. Between that stuff and the shoes earlier today, I have successfully blown my budget all to smithereens and need to go recover! Hope you're all having a great night!
Aloha! ;)
Just a place marker type pop-in. ;)
Off to justify my job. ;)
It was a rough night here. Daddy managed to take himself to bed and to the bathroom during the night but every time he got out of bed and went back he moaned and groaned very loudly for a long time. This morning he was sleeping but I went to check on him before taking my daughter to school and he told me he thought he was doing better and was willing to go to the podiatrist appointment we had scheduled.
After I got home and had a shower my mother called. She had gone back to take him his antibiotic but he couldn't sit up to take it. So, she managed to take his hand and pull him up and when she told him to hold onto his walker so she could hand him his medicine he just fell backward. It took four tries to get his antibiotic down him.
We have called a private ambulance to come after him. It must be a private ambulance to cross state lines to the hospital. I need him down there with me where he is easily accessible instead of halfway across town.
Lady Hawke I hope this is just a passing weakness due to the infection and not some new drawn out problem. Fingers crossed for you and your parents. Lots of white light and protego spells coming your way. ;)
Lunch lurk. ;)
Off to pay bills (??YUCK!!) and eat lunch. ;)
Should have been (YUCK) !
Prayers are with you and your parents, LH. {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}
Lady Hawke Hoping and Praying things will improve for your father.
MM Sorry to hear about your co-workers.
Now that I have caught up, I think I need to see if I can take a nap. It's stormy here today. Overcast one minute, then the sun shinning for a little while. I'm not sleepy but my back needs a rest.


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Friday night, the Chicago Public Schools Board holds more public hearings on a proposed property tax hike that will equal about $84 more a year for the average household.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said it didn't have to come to this. She joined us to explain her position.
Lewis said the tax increase is a Band-Aid over a much deeper problem. She said spending cuts to CPS were made without consultation with the people who actually know where the fat in the budget is.
Lewis also said that whether a CPS school works and has resources depends on your zip code.
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Gordon and Koether perform at the closing ceremony for the Mike Kelley exhibit
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Kim Gordon and Jutta KoetherMoMA PS1 (22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, New York, NY) Map it $18
As part of the closing ceremony for the Mike Kelley exhibit at MoMA PS1, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth fame, and Jutta Koetter of artist band XXX Macarena come out to perform. Kelley, who designed the album cover for Sonic Youth's LP Dirty, was a longtime fan and friend of the band and used their music in his performance piece Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's Profile (1986). For today's event, Gordon and Koether have produced something unique for the occasion.


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By Chris Block
On Sunday night I joined CT and Forklift of HockeeNight.com for their annual NHL Draft preview show.
You can listen to the show here by clicking the play button below.
For those who prefer… I've uploaded an MP3 of the show you can download here.
Topics included on the show…
- Which position and who the Blackhawks may be looking to draft at #18
- A look back at the 2012 Draft and how well the Hawks did
- Joel Quenneville's coaching future
- Prospects of trading some core, and non-core veterans
- Justifying the Johnny Oduya re-signing
- Phillip Danault
- Mark McNeill
- Please Stan, no more Bryan Bickell
- Looking ahead at familiar names coming out in '13 & '14 Drafts
- Ridiculous Blackhawks free agency speculation
- Trading Patrick Kane
- Barry Smith
- Adam Clendening and Shawn Lalonde
- Moving the Coyotes from Glendale back to Phoenix
- NHL expansion
- All this an much, much more in this 2-hour PuckCast extravaganza
And a reminder, the HockeeNight boys will be hosting an outing this Friday night, June 15th at Galway Bay at 500 W. Diversey Parkway in Chicago. The event is sponsored by Jeppson's Malort. Arrive early for an hour of open bar. I'll be there as well. Check HockeeNight.com this week for more details.


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Plaid Cymru's Spring conference in Beaumaris comes to an end after two days.
Plaid Cymru delegates urged to offer "a better alternative" to Labour
Plaid Cymru's conference in Beaumaris has ended with a call to party activists to offer Wales "a better alternative" to the present Labour government in Cardiff Bay.
Plaid leader Leanne Wood says education and jobs are two major issues where Carwyn Jones is letting down the Welsh people.
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Westminster coalition and Welsh Government both under fire at Plaid Conferenceby Nick Powell
Plaid Cymru will continue to fight the so-called 'bedroom tax', an MP has told the party's conference, despite losing a vote at Westminster aimed at blocking the housing benefit cut.The government had a majority of more than 40, despite Labour's decision to support Plaid's motion in the Commons.
Arfon MP Hywel Williams told the conference in Beaumaris that the disabled and people who are unemployed or on low wages will have nowhere to turn. He said that while household incomes are constrained and homelessness continues to rise, the 'bedroom tax' will have extremely damaging consequences.
– Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru MP for Arfon
The bedroom tax is a devastating policy that will come into effect in April affecting 660,000 people, and 40,000 of them in Wales. This is simply another way in which UK Government is persecuting benefit claimants. It's important to note that those who claim benefits are not 'shirkers' – the majority of them are in work, on low wages, and facing increased rent charges. With low household wages, how will people afford the penalty of between £418 and £1248 per year? To the shame of Cameron and Clegg, disabled people will have to choose between heating, eating or paying the rent.
The conference was also told that the Welsh Government 'blames other people' rather than take responsibility for public services. But Plaid Cymru's education spokesperson said it's time for the Welsh Government 'to stop passing the buck' and that the education minister should keep his job.
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The Welsh Government needs to break the link between educational attainment and poverty. We need early intervention for pupils so no child is left behind to ensure proper literacy levels for children leaving primary school. Today I'm calling on the First Minister to make sure the Education Minster Leighton Andrews stays in his job so we can properly scrutinise him for his policies.
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Labour 'tired and uninspired' claims Plaid MPby Nick Powell
The theme of concentrating Plaid Cymru's fire will continue into the second day the party's conference in Beaumaris as its leaders portray themselves as ready to take over from Labour as the Welsh Government, rather than seeking to get back into coalition with their former partners.
Yesterday Plaid's leader, Leanne Wood, spent much of her speech attacking Labour's record on education. Today the party's leader at Westminster, Elfyn Llwyd, will accuse Labour of squandering the opportunity of the powers gained by the Assembly in the 2011 referendum.
The referendum signalled a change. But change has been frustratingly slow in coming under a tired and uninspired Labour government in Cardiff Bay.Time after time, Labour fail in their duty to the people of Wales by being too tied to their Westminster leaders. Labour MPs' criminal decision to vote for a reduction in the EU budget which would cut structural funds and the CAP, as well as the betrayal by the majority of their members of the most vulnerable in abstaining on the welfare reform bill –serve to demonstrate whose priorities come first for the Labour party in Wales.
It is not Carwyn Jones to whom they are answerable, but Mr Miliband and the tired New Labour clique who seem to control him.
The Silk Inquiry will provide a fantastic opportunity to promote Welsh interests. The difference between Plaid and the other parties came out most starkly in their diverging contributions to this inquiry. For here again we saw the same pattern of Plaid on the front foot and the unionists lagging behind. We should probably send our submission to Labour HQ as well, just so that they can announce it as their party policy 10 years later.
Mr Llwyd will remind delegates that Plaid has asked the Silk Commission for devolution of the justice system to Wales, including powers over police, probation, youth justice and prisons. It also wants devolution of other powers including natural resources and energy; transport and broadcasting.
We view this as an opportunity for Wales to be more democratically accountable and in the driving seat of its own destiny. The road that leads from Silk will propel us into the next stage of our nation's history. But Silk has tied Labour in knots – admittedly not hard to do. In the last few weeks, the Welsh Government has announced that it – finally – recognises the expediency of devolving justice powers to Wales. But as soon as Carwyn Jones announced this, he set obstacles to trip us up. Like a closing-time drunk, every time Labour take a step forward, they lurch back two paces.
No excuses for education failure says Plaid leader
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood put what she called a failure for which there can be no excuse, the Welsh Government's record in education, at the centre of her speech to the party's conference in Beaumaris.
We can do so much better than this. Where is the sense of urgency we need in Welsh politics now? We can't afford to wait any longer before we see an improvement in standards within our education system.There will be teenagers doing their GCSEs this Summer who have spent the whole of their education under devolution.There can be no excuses, education is devolved in full.
Unless the basics are right, we won't get the rest right. Plaid Cymru will implement a comprehensive literacy and numeracy programme with early intervention.
We want to see if we can utilise willing volunteers like retired teachers and other professionals in this work. We want to extend the principles of the foundation phase to offer a much wider range of out of school and weekend activities which promote and support classroom based learning. The government's approach to education has shown nothing less than a shocking dereliction of duty, an absolute travesty. For Wales – a country where in the past, great store was placed on the value of education it is extraordinary that it has now become one of our great failures.
– Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood AM
The Welsh education system has become the graveyard of ambition.When a child fails their education, the consequences stay with them for life. Ask anyone who didn't sit or who didn't pass the 11 plus. But when our education system fails our children, who takes responsibility? To date, no one. Not one education minister has ever been sacked for poor results. All too often, failure is rewarded with promotion. My view is that the time has passed where we in Wales can blame all and sundry for our problems.
Leanne Wood warned delegates that it was no good to simply blame injustices dealt to Wales in the past, saying that regardless of our history, we are where we are and have to make the most of it. 'No more blaming others – let's take the responsibility for putting it right ourselves. Now'.
Plaid Leader Leanne Wood begins speech
Leanne Wood has begun her speech to the Plaid Cymru Conference in Beaumaris. She said much needs to be done to improve the economy, the health service and education.
– Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood AM
Wales needs real leadership. I pledge to you that when I am returned as First Minister in 2016, I will make sure standards are raised in education. A Plaid Cymru government will work to provide opportunities for all to reach their best potential and we will make sure that the brightest children are able to excel.
Ms Wood claimed that she was the leader with the energy and determination to be a First Minister who could fulfill the responsibilities of the job.
Senior Plaid figures speak at Anglesey conference
Our Political Editor Adrian Masters is at the Plaid Cymru Conference at Beaumaris on Anglesey, where he spoke to former AM Nerys Evans, Elin Jones AM and former party leader Ieuan Wyn Jones.
Plaid sets sights on Anglesey elections.by Nick Powell
The former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has told his party's conference in Beaumaris that his successor, Leanne Wood, can become First Minister in 2016. He said Plaid must be seen as the party that fights for jobs and for the life of Welsh communities, to win the next Assembly election.
He added that he became MP for Ynys Mon in 1987, two years after the last time Plaid Cymru held its conference on Anglesey. He said now they have two months to win the leadership of the island's county council. Elections were postponed from last year because of problems with feuding councillors.
Mr Jones claimed Anglesey needs Plaid Cymru to offer clear policies and leadership to give people a council they can respect. He was followed by Ceredigion AM Elin Jones who said Plaid in Anglesey can follow the example of her constituency, where the party gained the council leadership last year.
Plaid conference to focus on economyby Adrian Masters
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Sunday, 20th January, 2002, 04:04 PM #11
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Re: How do I get more roleplaying out of my Players?Originally posted by Humanophile
I'd think that anyone who wanted to roleplay would go for the big, neon "family member in danger" sign, especially in a group of relative novices.... I'd also reccomend putting a kibosh on all non-PHB races or possibly even all non-humans after this. (I know some people will disagree with me, but in my experience good roleplayers would rather be known for their exploits and abilities, while bad roleplayers are more likely to want grand, implausible backgrounds and lists of stuff. Templates and odd races tend towards the latter.)
My advice: If the many good suggestions above don't help, then take some time away from DMing with this group, or at least with certain players in the group. It's tough, but having fun is really the bottom line, isn't it? If you're not having fun any more, take the few players (nine is an enormous number of players to keep entertained...) who do roleplay, and continue whith just them -- let the others "spin off" into their own game with one among them DMing in their favourite style. You'll find that everyone's happier, I think. After a while, the others may grow tired of playing their way and come to see the role-play beyond the roll-play.
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Sunday, 20th January, 2002, 06:30 PM #12
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1. I suggest that as the campaign progresses--if it isn't already this way--that you have any pregnant prostitutes' pimp go to either the local Thieves Guild or member of the ruling body--some big authority figure with lots of power and clout--and drag the PC who fathered the child into a minor legal skirmish. You know, something that can only be settled by the PC agreeing to do something in character, to support the child, etc. Or otherwise require dialogue, arguing, and verbal conflict to resolve. Then force him to follow it up with action.
2. A potent tool that should be used to encourage role-playing is pacing. It involves a few factors: How much time are the player characters are given outside of the action to deliberate, in character? Are they ever trapped in a situation--like the hostage / captive scenario you described--in which they can do nothing but talk with one another, plot, etc.? Can you put an NPC in the cell with them and say, 'you're trapped in the dungeon of the Big Bad Guy... what are you doing? Oh, and you see a grubby gnome who looks like he's been here for at least a decade, he's sitting in the corner, eyeballing you.'
3. githyanki half-dragons should not exist, and neither should undead elves. but that's a horse of a different color.
Sunday, 20th January, 2002, 10:50 PM #13
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I think its been said before, most new players (if they are new players).. like to cut thier teeth on "neat stuff adn ganrly monster bashing" as time goes on and you players and DMing style change (as they will) things will change...
But the best way to get roleplaying out of your players is to lead by example, keep them in character byt you keeping in character... not saying you don'y, but tis advice there anyway..
Sunday, 20th January, 2002, 11:49 PM #14
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Well, yes, but really the "kidnap the family" hook is a particularly poor example.If I tell player A his brother is kidnapped he doesn't care. Do you see what I am saying?
IMO, if you're going to use family or friends as adventure bait, you are obliged to get some emotional connection going first - have them visit, help - actually make the character care for them somehow. Only then do you get the right to kidnap them and expect the player to care in more than a lip service way.
In short, you have an obligation to emotionally connect the player to this brother in some way - otherwise the roleplaying will probably be insincere, and (if you're using family members only as ways to manipulate the PCs) - cynical.
If you do a good enough job in making the player care for the PC's family, your job is already done. This is the opposite of making the players hate (or want to see the comeuppance of) your villains, which is also important...
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If you read the Githyanki Culture section in the Psionics handbook, it says that as soon as they reach 15th level, their queen kills them... Or is that Gizerthi? THAT would sure make that player want to roleplay...
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Rounser's suggestions are quite good. If the NPCs surrounding a character are part of the PCs lives, it is likelier that the player will be concerned about them. Possibly have the NPC relatives help the PCs out of a jam, or help them celebrate important events in the character's lives.
It is hard to get some people to role play. The irony is that I have seen non-human, and even odd-ball characters roleplayed well. However, this is VERY difficult for most beginning players to do.
Talking to the players is probably the best thing that can be done. It also helps to create something for the characters to identify with. Nation, family, faith, an organization -- most people tend to belong to something other than themselves. Even Conan the Barbarian, a bit of a loner, saw himself as a Cimmerian who would never abandon a friend. Heck, even Elric of Melnibone had loyalties beyond himself.
Perhaps it would be good to just have tne new players have human and other relatively normal characters until they have a clearer grasp on role playing. Is it easy to make a powerful character, yes. But it is more important to make one that can at least give the impression of having a heart and a soul. Mind you, powerful characters and role playing are not mutually exclusive. (Power, I believe, should be earned through blood, sweat, tears. Along the way, such characters should have built up such interesting and meaningful lives that they would qualify for a good episode of Biography. Contrast this with a munchkin character whose victories are meaningless and who never truly fought for what they achieved.)
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Did I make a mistake?
Last session, about two hours before we were actually going to start, one of the githyanki came over to work on his character.
We were starting anew with the campaign, and he went about rolling a similar character to his previous ones. Thirty minutes into his writing a background another player came in. This player made a similar character and desired to be his younger brother, which was fine with me.
A few hours later I was looking at everyone else's characters... 90% of them were humans, the other character chose a dwarven subrace (mountain I believe).
Two outsider characters and four players handbook races... I was befudled.
While I was looking over characters and discussing the campaign setting I had chosen to use, the Githyanki and rouge were outside talking. I could hear some conversation about, "I don't really feel like playing tonight," from the rouge and that both Githyanki broke up with their girlfriends simultaneously the day before and then got drunk.
I then decided I didn't want to have Githyanki characters at all for the sake of campaign stability. When they all came inside I asked them if they would use the character generator on my computer and make some simpler characters.
They said something, but I can't remember what. I know I didn't get to say anything back. They went outside.
After a few minutes one of them came in and grabbed his stuff and said he was leaving. I asked him why, knowing the answer already, "because you won't let us use our characters we spent two and a half-hours making." In his face, however, I read "I'm getting drunk because I am distraught."
I did not get to play this week. Someone asked I'm 17 and just had my birthday on the 19th. There was some talk about possibly playing, and I would have.
One of the players called me Saturday when we were supposed to play. He said that the Githyanki and Rouge were planning on playing with another DM (a person who I played with when I first started playing, but we had a falling out). He told me they would make plans with me and then break them to get wasted. I felt a bit disturbed and did not know what to say. I called Kevin, one of the three "bad eggs", but the one that I really don't feel betrayed by. He stated he had no idea, and I believed him. But both other players were already at his house. My friend that called me earlier was correct.
I have a little more to say, but I will post that after I get some response to just this material.
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A game is just a game. What you sound like you have going on is people being self-centered and troubled, and sadly sitting around a table does not make people more mature. Step back from the game, and realize that the "bad players" are not likely to improve soon.
(This is not a "kick the bums out" rant. Doing so is probably one of the worst things to do to friends, and I'm assuming these people are friends of yours.)
I don't envy the position you're in, having to keep a game up while simultaneously not seeming too antagonistic to people who need to work through their own stuff in their own ways. As a DM, make it a point to superficially write in roles for them, while making those roles of as little importance to the campaign at large as you can. If you're really skilled, try getting them to blow off games without making it look like you want them out, but that requires skills many people don't have. (Hint: put a lot of social action or puzzles between fights, puzzles especially as you can't attack them for S&G, and those players will probably lose interest fast. But don't push it.) But at the same time, make it clear that you're there for your friends, and (even against previous advice) let them just kick ass if they need to blow off steam.
You've got a tough trick ahead of you. Good luck.
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Hi, creamsteak.
Sometimes you have to let friends work out their personal issues. It seems that there is a lot going on outside of the game.
I have seen more people come and go in 21 years of role playing than I can keep track of without a spreadsheet. Sometimes people will drift away and come back.
It sounds like it was not the githyanki vs. more regular PCs issue that caused the players to leave. It seems that they have a few things they have to work out. Just let them know that you will be there as a friend. Sometimes, that is all you can do. (People have to make their own decisions.)
I think Humanophile had a lot to say. Leave an open door for your friends, and hopefully they will continue to value your friendship.
I wish you good luck with your players and friends.
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Sorry to bump this old thread but I am trying to be sure I update the "DMing Advice" thread with the proper urls...
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I was under the impression that the point was not to acquire a spirit set, but rather that the spirit currently on your gear could be better utilized. Regardless of the amount of spirit you currently have, having the 70% instead of 55% of it turned into crit rating would always be an upgrade.
On a separate note, I fail to see why the molten armor buff that's already on you would be changed by merely changing two pieces of gear. I could see why changing specs might cause such behavior since buffs are usually wiped clean after changing specs although in live this doesn't apply to molten armor. Essentially all that's happening is that you have Molten Armor A which can only be cast with two piece t9 equipped, and Molten Armor B which is only cast when you don't have the t9 equipped. The % of spirit to crit should not dynamically change depending on whether you have the t9 equipped or not.
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The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approved the master plan for the 35-acre Veterans Affairs Medical Center Campus located at the intersection of North Capitol Street and Michigan Avenue in Northwest Washington, DC.
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Since the veil was lifted on Robert Galbraith, and J.K. Rowling was discovered, sales figures have grown in leaps and bounds for The Cuckoo's Calling. The week before Ms. Rowling's pseudonym was uncovered, the book sold 43 copies (within that week) in the UK. In the days after the news broke, sales jumped to 17,662 in six days. Even though retailers have run out of print copies, J.K. Rowling is back at number one for bestsellers in Britain. ABC 4 reports:
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Very sad news indeed. Best wishes to Phil, but it is a shame to see such a young man with great potential for our kids no longer at the helm.
It is a good decision for Phil and his family, but he has spent so much time (extra hours, I mean) and energy at Paly that I can understand his decision.
He will be an asset to any classroom in which he teaches - hope he does remain in the district.
on Jun 18, 2013 at 9:32 am
A great loss for Paly. Phil is a one-of-a-kind administrator, respected, appreciated and genuinely well-liked by parents and students. His decisions always put the students' well being first. We had such great confidence in him, and that was a gift to the entire Paly community.
I wish nothing but the best for Phil and his family going forward, and also hope that he is able to continue to share his considerable talents with PAUSD.
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Phil's just a great guy; thank you, Phil, so much for your hard work over the past 3 years!


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