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I've played in a couple of play-by-post games over the last couple of years, and they've all ended more-or-less unsatisfactorily. Usually posting would slowly wind down until we hit a bottleneck of some kind and it stopped entirely. If you have ever run or played in a PBP or PBEM of this kind that survived more than a couple of months: What techniques and measures in the area of system, style, social contract, or otherwise work to make a game like this maintain player engagement and game momentum?
Oddysey. I've run several successful PBPs and several unsuccessful ones. (It's been a very long time since I did PBEM.) These are based on my own experiences only. My advice may be incoherent as I'm going off the cuff and have taken a lot of allergy meds today.
I usually set up a phpBB-based forum solely for use with the PBP, rather than using an area of someone else's forum. It makes it much easier for me to administer and tweak.
I set up custom ranks for each player to indicate which character he or she is playing, which makes it easier for the players and myself to keep things straight. I encourage avatar use as well.
The paramount concern in PBP, in my experience, is having active players. I ask for some kind of substantive post at least once a day. Stagnation is doom in the PBP realm ... once things slow down, heat death follows. If I can't post for a few days - which happens - I let everyone know, and expect the same.
One thing I discovered running a City State of the Invincible Overlord PBP a couple years back is that too many options at the beginning of play can lead to decision paralysis as the players try to decide what to do. In a dungeon-type game, I'd recommended starting at the adventure site, getting stuck in, then getting to the roleplaying after the players have the swing of things. In a story-type game, I'd consider starting in media res, like with a chase scene or something that gets the players thinking in-character quickly.
Another advantage of having your own forum is that you can easily set up "private" forums, each of which only a given player can see. This is useful for "note passing," keeping track of xp and private conversations, and so on without having to go through a backlog of PMs.
I usually have an out-of-character forum for intros, general discussion, and metagame stuff, and an in-character forum for actual play. I devote a separate thread to each "delve," as I'm currently running an OD&D campaign.
Finally, I'd avoid excessive infodump. It's great for you, as the referee, to know lots about your setting, but I'd keep the early background to just enough to give the players a sense of things and parcel the rest out through play.
Hope this helps a bit ... if I can be of any more assistance, especially in the area of setting up a phpBB-based forum, please let me know.
I ran a PBeM game for several years, and have done a number of successful and "failed" with others. I've only done free-form this way, though. (I call it "Collaborative Fiction" when talking to non-nerds.)
One of the keys to keep things going is to be continually recruiting. New blood keeps things alive. For a free-form PBeM, I'd suggest at least 6 players minimum; I prefer 8-10 as my ideal. I've also found some sort of public "standard" helps greatly -- "I will post at least once a week" sort of thing. I've tried "Just post when you're able" games, and they tend to grind to a halt in pretty short order as you've described.
You also want to find and nurture the leader-sorts within the group -- you want people who will kick the group when it slows down too much, either by throwing in new ideas or plot twists or whatever else. You also need to be willing to cut a plot/storyline/quest closed when things start to flag, and start up a fresh new one again -- in my experiences, about a month and a half is enough for a single storyline, which means if you throw in two weeks of down time between plots, you have a nice rough two-month schedule for plots.
I had a PBP game that went on for a few years. Best advice I can give is be very selective of who joins. All it takes is a few people to go stagnant posting late which drags the game on and people get bored. People you know that will post regularly and can commit is the only way to go. If you have people that are not posting per your stated guidelines. Boot them and replace them right away. Otherwise it's not worth your time or your friends. If you treat it like an exclusive PBP, it's more likely to be treated like an exclusive pbp. For the game I had going on for a few years. I was lucky! Great bunch of guys, but after a year or two people get really busy with real life. So try to set short stories so that if someone has to bail, they might be able to at least finish out the chapter in your on going pbp campaign.
The biggest killer I've seen to online play for RPGs is combat with initiative order. So in terms of system, picking one that de-emphasises combat, or at least handles it equally would be necessary. Alternatively, some systems, like Burning Wheel have a combat system that isn't done step by step like most traditional systems, that lends itself better to PBP/E. Another thing is avoiding a system that requires checking against TNs. If you ahve to ask for permission before you declare your action, it really slows things down, but if you can just roll and determine the results yourself, you can string together several actions in a single post. This means d20 systems are a particularly bad fit, because they offend on both counts. Something like Alternity, or even moreso Donjon would work much better.
Secrets to running a play by post game? I would sat the first is having a game YOU LOVE. (If you do not love the theme, world, and such, the game will not thrive).
Save deeper stuff for other things.
As you note, PbP games have a tendency to peter out within a few months, but some great ones last and there are definitely things you can do to maximize their chances:
For the GM
One of the biggest factors will be recruiting great, reliable players. Assuming you don't already know them,
Here are two somewhat different examples of very successful recruiting posts (which attracted many applicants and inspired them to write up strong characters).
Once the game is running,
For Game Seekers
I recommend looking for many of the same things above, e.g.
I have played in and run several PBeM games and as with the other posters, some have failed and some have not. One (sodiumnoir.com) ran for 10 years and it was eventually my failings that killed it in the end. I couldn't handle a disruptive but outwardly helpful player and they eventually ruined it for everyone. Even the person running the game is susceptable to the many things thta can kill a PBeM.
Here are my tips to add the other great advice when running an online game.
1) be strict with troublesome players. The number one killer of an online game is the guy who spoils it for everybody else. You have to keep a harsh control over disruptive influemces, espechially the ones who will spoil the game for you as the GM.
2) share the workload. If the game gets big, give your star players room to run thier own substories. Ask good players to help newbie players, treat it like a community event. If people offer to develope the website, let them.
3) keep everybody reined in to start with. No matter how great a player seems to be, don't let them stretch the rules of the setting or to create an 'unusual' character. make everybody, even your friends you already trust, prove themselevss first. Once they have shown that they are a benefit to this game and this setting, then you can let the good players do kinky things with their characters or even create seciond characters.
4) have a page for the rules of your game. make sure players know the way you deal with non posting and the like. An unyeilding system make sit much easy to deal with issues.
5) make sure players have access to you or the GM/storyteller. Make sure their access to him/her is structured and they don't bug the GM so much he starts to hate the game.
6) the number 2 killer is the GM/storyteller loosing interest. How you prevent this I have no idea. The best games I played in were run in chapters, with natural ends to each story. Even when the GM lost interest and the story fizzled out, they'd still run good stories in the past and that is what I remembered.
7) don't try to fix a lull in the game by throwing new stuff at it. Games can get drown in all the great ideas at times. Every player is a frustrated storyteller of some type and they will all want to throw cool subplots for their character at you. You will want to throw a bunch of cool things at them. Find a way of limiting that and you'll be a better man than I.
I haven't run very many games on PBP myself, but I have been in a few very successful ones. Here's what I've seen that works, specifically for using someone else's PBP site.
Separate OOC and IC
This is absolutely essential in a PBP game. If you're using an RPG forum, keep two threads going at once - one for OOC and one for IC. If the forum has a dice-roller, always roll in the OOC thread, or if you prefer and the forum has it, use Spoiler tags to keep the roll separate from in-game action. If you need to tell a player something secret, send a private message. If you need to discuss actions out-of-character, use the OOC forum OR if you have a small group you could even host an IM chat for more elaborate OOC discussions.
Have Everybody Read The Rules
PBP is one system where not knowing the rules (or not having access to them) can really grind a game to a halt. Make sure your players know the rules before getting started. They don't need to be experts - they just need to know enough to play their character, or to be able to look up a rule if needed. If one player doesn't have access to the rules for any reason, make sure they have access to someone who does, or create a short 'cheat sheet' of things that player will need to know in advance.
Keep People Posting
There will be periods when players aren't posting, and it can be a real drag on the game. Make a minimum post requirement - at least once a week for larger groups, or once a day for smaller groups. Make it clear that if a player needs to go on vacation, they must inform the rest of the group well in advance, and preferably leave a way for the other players to continue.
Be Prepared For A Long Haul
If you're doing a PBP right, it will last for a long time. Not 'might', it will, inevitably, last for a very, very, very long time. Really. A single encounter in whatever system you're using can take weeks to complete. A single quest can take months. And a whole campaign can easily take years to finish. This is inevitable. Accept it, embrace it, and be prepared to take copious character notes in case you forget something that happened literally a year ago.
I've been playing Jedi vs Sith for the last several years, the PBP game started out on Facebook in 2007 where the gamers could post their moves and story within the comments section. Eventually it moved to being done within some groups on Facebook, and to its own website.
The site is still active, and a lot of it has to deal with several dedicated members who have stuck with it through the years, as well as new members being introduced to it. Some of what helped make it last as long as it did, was the site's moderation which is done by both Admins (Whills) and by chosen people from the players (Councilors).
If you have any other questions, that I might be able to help with shoot them off and I will be happy to answer them!


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For Episode 20, the "Hey, singers – be careful out there!" edition, we welcome back opera journalists Joseph So, and Paula Citron as well as Alia Rosenstock, Associate Artist Manager with Dean Artists Management. Gianmarco Segato, the COC's Adult Programs Manager, is your host.
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Our winter operas offer a great contrast in content and musical styles. Così fan tutte is a charming Mozart rom-com about young love and temptation, and A Masked Ball offers a Verdi tale about forbidden passion, unrequited love and political intrigue. But whatever your heart desires, you can purchase tickets online or let your loved one choose their own night with a gift certificate.
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Is the person you're purchasing for already a subscriber? Are you? You can still double your dose of Così fan tutte and buy tickets to the special Ensemble Studio performance starring our young and talented Ensemble Studio members! Take advantage of special ticket prices for this performance and sit in a prime seat on the main floor for only $55!
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Photos: (top) COC branded merchandise; (middle) A preliminary costume sketch from the COC's 2014 production of Così fan tutte. Sketch by Debra Hanson. (middle) Bearitone Bear; (bottom) 8x magnification opera glasses. All photos by Jeff Higgins/Michelle Hwu unless otherwise specified.
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This holiday season, many COC artists are getting into the spirit, using their vocal talents to share some truly great seasonal music.
Starting off the list are three singers with a long COC association! Ensemble Studio Alumnae Joni Henson and Virginia Hatfield together with their friend Megan Latham have just released a refreshingly different CD of holiday music, "Christmas at Casa Diva," which can be purchased here.
While not exactly holiday music, tenor Richard Margison (Salome, 2013) sings the great songs of Italy with the Ontario Philharmonic at Koerner Hall on December 10.
Next, you can catch popular Canadian tenor Ben Heppner (Tristan und Isolde & Peter Grimes, 2013) as he joins the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for their "Festival of Carols" on December 11.
Here's one for the west-coasters! You can catch Ensemble Studio baritone Cameron McPhail (La Bohème, 2013 and our upcoming February 7 Ensemble performance of Così fan tutte) and his wife, soprano Catherine Affleck for an evening of operatic bons bons with the Vancouver Women's Musical Society on December 11.
This weekend, Ensemble Studio graduates, soprano Jacqueline Woodley, mezzo soprano Krisztina Szabó (Love from Afar, 2012) and Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour artist, bass Geoffrey Sirett, are part of Against the Grain Theatre's unusual staged version of Handel's ubiquitous Messiah on December 14 and 15 – but hurry, the two-show run is already almost sold out!
Catch a 2014/2015 artist this month, as Canadian bass superstar John Relyea (The Tales of Hoffmann, 2012) sings with counter-tenor Lawrence Zazzo (Orfeo ed Euridice, 2011) in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's annual Messiah on December 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22.
If at this point you need a break from all the holiday music, baritone Phillip Addis (La Bohème, 2013) will be giving a recital of German, English and French art song for Music Toronto on December 19.
To cap off the year, our sensational spring 2013 Salome, Erika Sunnegårdh appears in the New Year's Eve gala concert, "Bravissimo" at Roy Thomson Hall along with Ensemble Studio graduate mezzo soprano Wallis Giunta (Così fan tutte, 2014) and baritone James Westman (Die Fledermaus, 2012).
And finally, Ensemble Studio alumnae Betty Waynne Alison and Neil Craighead ring in the start of the New Year with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra on January 1.
Not an exhaustive list to be sure – but lots of opportunities to hear COC artists this holiday season before we launch our winter operas in January!
Photos: (top) A scene from the Canadian Opera Company's production of Eugene Onegin, 2008; (middle-composite) Jacqueline Woodley. Krisztina Szabó, photo by Bo Huang; (bottom-composite) Erika Sunnegårdh. Wallis Giunta, photo by Barbara Stoneham.
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The hit cap is 8%, except for abilities which use the spell hit table like taunt/etc.
I am a prot warrior and need to know what the hit cap is for me? my hit is 267= 8.14%.
The hit cap is 8%, except for abilities which use the spell hit table like taunt/etc.
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ok, so taunt uses spell power cap? if so what is the cap for that? i run with a draenei pally and doing ICC saurfang we i am having taunt issues this was before i got 267 hit rating will this help the issue?
Spell hit cap is 17%. Also note that taunt uses the spell hit conversion, so if you have 8% melee hit, then you have 10% spell hit and only need 7% more.
Glyph of TauntWhen you attack from the front your attacks can be dodged and parried (ca. 6.5 % dodge + ca 12 - 15 % parry)
When you attack from the back (dpsing) your attacks can be dodged (ca. 6.5 %)
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263 hit rating (removing 8% miss rate) (sve ispod 200 je klimavo a ispod 150 vrlo klimavo
164 with the talent 3/3 precision (removing 5% miss rate)(talenat)
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Draenei: Remove 32 hit rating from any of these numbers for your cap
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214 expertise rating (26 expertise skill) removing 6.5% dodge rate (minimum je 26 - na 22 ste soft capovani)
164 expertise rating using the talent 3/3 Vitality(talenat)
469 expertise rating (57 expertise skill) removing dodge and parry. (maximum)
Racial bonuses:
Human using sword or mace: 25 less expertise rating needed
Dwarfs using maces: 41 less expertise rating needed
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540 defense skill -5,6% chance to be critically hit (Raid bosses)
540 defense for a warrior is the minimum where you get crit immune (rather than a cap which means maximum). Getting more defense after reaching 540 is still very good, it gives, dodge, parry, blockrating and chance to be missed.
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Yeah I suggest you use glyph of taunt if you have problems with taunt misses, don't gimp yourself by gearing or gemming for hit.
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Thank you all for help! We did saurfang and downed him thursday night at 1st time. my expertise ratting is only 14, not good any sugestions? below is a link to my toon.
thank all again!
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Regem your gloves for all +30stam
Drop the parry gem from your shoulders for +30stam
I'd drop the ToC25 ring for Clutch of Fortification
Get new trinkets. Glyph of indominability is good and the black heart is easy to get as well.
Reenchant cloak for armor.
Personally I'd reenchant your weapon for Blood Draining or Mongoose.
Get the socket bonus for your helmet and boots.
Get a new gun
Take a long hard read on this link, it will help a lot.
Hit isn't as special as it's made to be. Expertise is, I think, the more needed value here. Around 25 or 26 is the magic number, but I'm learning that it could be lower. I think 14 is a little too low. My hit is 184 and my Exp is at 27. Look at the spec section there, it explains how deep wounds will maximize threat.
And remember, STAM STAM STAM !
26 Expertise Skill is what your aiming for.
Do not gem or enchant for Hit. Just take what you get in the form of green equips on gear through the natural course of upgrades. It really does not matter. Most tanks including myself tanking ToC/ToGC 10/25 with as little as 40-80 hit rating.
Your threat comes from proper ability usage in your priority rotation first and foremost. Second is your spec and glyphs. After that comes being dodge capped for expertise at 26 skill.
There is something so appealing about backhanding someone across the face with a shield.
If it helps at all I had very low Hit rateing while I was raiding TOC 10/25 man and this lasted until ICC. I didnt care much of my hit rateing and I found ways around my taunts missing all the time. You only really have to do 2 things.
1. Put Vigilence on your fellow tank that way u have unlimited taunts. (This is when Dimishing returns come into play though so be careful with that.
2. If you still have trouble with taunt just glyph it
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Dec 21, 2013, 11:53 PM EST
Michigan got 19 points from Nik Stauskas and 17 from Glenn Robinson III as the Wolverines knocked off Stanford 68-65 at the Barclays Center on Saturday night.
It was a win that Michigan needed, as they whiffed on four chances to lock down a marquee victory already this season. That's not to say that Stanford is a marquee victory for Michigan, but right now it is their second best win and looks a lot better as a close victory than it would as a loss.
There's more to the story, however, as Robinson played one of his better games of the year. Michigan needs Robinson to be more than just an athlete with a jump shot if they are going to contend for a Big Ten title. Since being a non-factor in a loss to Duke, Robinson is averaging 18.0 points in the last three games.
But that's not the real story from Saturday.
Mitch McGary is.
He didn't play against the Cardinal. He was on the bench in a shirt and tie. Before the game, Michigan termed McGary's issues as a "variety of stuff". After the game, John Beilein told reporters that McGary is sore head-to-toe and that he will be getting an MRI soon after getting injured running into a basket support.
Michigan needs McGary. When he's healthy and in shape, he's such a weapon for the Wolverines. There aren't many kids his size that play as hard and aggressive as he does. But until he's healthy and in shape, he's a liability. Simply put: McGary is not a skill player. He's as good as he is because of the effort that he can give, and at this point, he can only give that effort for a limited amount of time.
It will be interesting to see just how long he has to miss. Getting him healthy is the first step towards getting him into shape.
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Penn State will return to the school's original colors- black and pink- for their next two games.
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Koenig and Dukan combined to score 18 points in the second half for the second-ranked Badgers.
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Nov 27, 2014, 12:56 PM EST
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Nov 27, 2014, 2:07 AM EST
Arizona scored 22 points off of 14 San Diego State turnovers, and that along with good foul shooting proved to be the difference.
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I would generally avoid Picking up socket bonuses and just go for pure agility everywhere, 1 agility is worth about the same as 3 crit (i think). Reforging looks good, with it mainly going to crit, however you're more than 3% over your hit cap, so you lose a fair whack of hit rating.
the choice of pet should be base don the buff/debuff it brings, all of them do approximately the same DPS, so as now its your job to use the right pet for your raid makeup. if someone else bring 5% crit, don't take a kitty. if no one can (easily) provide the sunder armour Debuff, you should bring a pet that does. It's up to you to determine which pet will provide the most useful buff/debuff.


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In matters of form Marx was content to remain within Classical ideals: a traditional sonata structure in the opening movement, the slow movement in simple ternary form, while the finale is a lively rondo. In this respect, the concerto is more attuned to the nineteenth century than the twentieth. Its 'Romantic' characteristics are therefore suggested by its musical content.
The opening movement, Lebhaft (Allegro moderato), is in the tonic E major and, beginning with a discreet drum roll, immediately the heroic upswing of the main theme is announced, a fulsome and radiant melodic idea that is already being treated polyphonically in the inner voices. After this rapturous statement, the piano enters in the manner of a cadenza—a vigorous flourish, leading to a richly chordal repeat of the theme which immediately broadens and develops rapidly. A subsidiary theme, heavily accented with powerful octaves, darkens the optimistic tone before the second subject proper enters in the woodwinds. This slower theme is highly expressive and the Marxian harmony here is ravishing. The form is then broadened to include a sort of scherzo section in brisk 6/8 time, heard in the orchestra alone, which replaces a more traditional development although references to the earlier material abound. A series of powerful climaxes leads to the recapitulation where the piano takes up the opening theme with great virtuosity as the orchestra fills out the second subject in response. After a terrific climax, the movement ends rapidly in the tonic major.
The slow movement is in F sharp minor and opens with a soulful pastorale for woodwinds, reminiscent of Bach and based on a plaintive melody. The piano enters and proceeds to embellish and almost improvise on this theme, building to a huge crescendo of spread chords and increasingly chromatic arpeggios, before the pastoral mood returns. The piano is frequently alone, musing to itself, and as the movement ends it is the piano which draws this highly individual elegy to a close, with the full orchestra only returning for the final chord.
We return to E major for the finale - a glittering rondo which restores the exultant upswing of the first movement, replete with dance rhythms and many playful themes that are woven together in an extraordinary manner. At times, the harmony and wayward, ever-moving melodic material remind one of Delius. A subsidiary theme heard in the bassoon leads to an episode which is Russian in character but this is soon replaced by a heartfelt, lyrical, upward-leaping melody of considerable beauty. This reappears in full orchestra before the hectic coda, in which the piano hurtles through some incredibly difficult variations on the main idea (replete with double, consecutive, chromatic—and split—octaves, coupled with syncopated spread chords!) as the concerto ends triumphantly.
The Romantisches Klavierkonzert was played in Austria and Germany throughout the 1920s, but (perhaps because of the phenomenal difficulty of the solo part) it had disappeared from the repertoire by the mid 1930s.
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Nvidia has introduced Tegra 4 for smartphones, tablets, gaming devices, auto infotainment and navigation systems, and PCs.
Previously codenamed Wayne, Tegra 4 features 72 custom Nvidia GeForce GPU cores - or six times the GPU horsepower of Tegra 3. It includes quad-core application of ARM's Cortex-A15, which delivers 2.6x faster web browsing and strong performance for apps.
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Digested food that has come from the stomach to the small intestine contains very strong acids—posing a serious danger to the duodenum, because unlike the stomach, the duodenum has no special lining to protect it from acid.
So how is it that the duodenum escapes damage from the acids in digested food? Determining the answer requires us to examine the events that take place during digestion, and an awareness of the amazing processes that occur in our bodies.
When the level of acid reaching the duodenum from the stomach becomes dangerously high, the walls of the duodenum release a hormone called secretin, which protects the duodenum and is found in the walls of the small intestine in an inactive form, called prosecretin. On contact with acid, prosecretin is converted into secretin.
Released into the bloodstream, secretin travels to the pancreas where it stimulates the release of enzymes. The pancreas, on learning by the presence of secretin that it is in trouble, sends to the duodenum bicarbonate ions that neutralize the acid and thereby protect the duodenum.
How did these processes, so vital to human life, come about? Located in the pancreas is "knowledge" of the substance needed by the duodenum cells, and the formula to activate them. The way the pancreas "understands" the message sent by the duodenum, and its subsequent release of bicarbonate ions are all miraculous.
Here, in talking about the intestinal cells, we use terms like "knowledge" and "understanding" to emphasize the events that take place in the human body. However, as every conscious person can appreciate, it is impossible for a cell to think, to possess the will to make decisions, or to be aware of what's transpiring with other organs and produce enzymes and hormones in response.
The unique Possessor of knowledge, Who created these cells together with these capabilities, is God. With these features that He has created in our own bodies, He demonstrates to us His infinite power.
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4. Acid 5.Prosecretin fount in the lining cells of the small intestine.
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9.... Neutralize the stomach acid.
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Remote control over lights and surveillance cameras are fairly typical applications of a Crestron system. What's a bit out of the ordinary is the way the system keeps the heat and flies at bay in the barn. Seven fans—one aimed at each stall and at each end of the barn—kick in automatically when the temperature of the barn reaches above 80 degrees. If it's above 85 and the humidity level is lower than 40 percent, the fans stay off and a misting system emits a fine spray of water over each of the barn's stalls. "Misting can lower the temperature by as much as 20 degrees," says Brunen, "but they only work if it's not humid."
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An extended orchestral introduction opens the slow movement, after which the soloist sings plangently in the lower register accompanied bardically by the harp. This theme has a strong family resemblance to other similar tunes written for the viola by Bowen's Academy contemporary Benjamin Dale, although perhaps showing a greater influence of Tertis, who was eager to demonstrate the sonorous effect and singing tone of his playing. At the end of this tune the clarinet plays a melodic phrase, and after the viola and orchestra have echoed each other faster music leads to the viola's expressive middle-section theme before the opening theme returns in D flat, elaborated at even greater length.
Bowen's third movement incorporates elements of scherzo and finale. The soloist's scherzando opening theme is extended over eighteen bars before being passed to the clarinet and bassoon. The viola, with an upward glissando from a low G to a high harmonic, soon announces an extension of the first subject before a chromatic upward rush of solo double-stopping leads to a total change of mood as a broad and dignified tune on the strings is harmonized by the brass and taken up expressively by the viola. Bowen then combines the first and second subjects, and while the viola sings, the orchestra, especially the clarinets, play in scherzando fashion again. After a climax Bowen makes passing use of a whole-tone scale (Debussy was just becoming known to British audiences). The substantial cadenza is heralded by a reminiscence of the first movement's coda. Doubtless the cadenza is more Tertis than Bowen. When the orchestra returns Bowen soon reminds us of the first subject of the first movement. We have come full circle, and the concerto ends brilliantly celebrating the viola as a virtuoso.
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