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So, I've been working for some time now on a Jedi Career/Specialization concept for porting this system into other eras (but still keeping the general theme of "Edge"). It's still a ways out, mostly because I'm finding I'm too busy to actually test anything on it, but I have spawned an idea for the enterprising GM who wishes to introduce a fully-fledged Jedi into the mix. These rules attempt to keep with the traditional Jedi Guardian/Sentinel/Consular concept and their typical perceived "roles." Nothing too surprising or novel here
So here I present The Quick and Dirty Jedi System:
1. Make Lightsaber a skill to purchase.
2. Make a career called "Jedi." The Jedi career should have the following skills: Athletics, Coordination, Discipline, Leadership, Lightsaber, Knowledge (Education), Perception, Vigilance.
3. (This step involves a smidgen of work on the GM's part, but should be nearly plug-and-play) The Jedi career can have three specializations, each with an analog for already existing specializations. For example, Marauder or Bodyguard could be transformed to Jedi Guardian, Politico or Scholar could be made into Jedi Consular, Assassin or Thief could be renamed as Jedi Sentinel). When you do this, allow them to treat any talents that mention "Brawl or Melee checks" as if they said "Lightsaber checks." Consider also giving Lightsaber as a bonus skill to the Jedi Guardian specialization.
4. Replace one bottom-level talent (25 XP) in each specialization with the Force Rating talent (allowing the Jedi to increase his Force Rating by +1 each time). The Jedi Consular's should be the easiest to purchase, and the Jedi Guardian's should be the hardest to purchase. The Sentinel's should be as easy to purchase to as is his Dedication talent.
5. The Jedi Career gives the player a starting Force Rating of 1.
Like I said, I've been working on talent trees for each of these specializations and I have a good idea of what bonus skills I'd give them, and also of the new talents I would plug in, but I figured I'd see what people thought of the idea before I ran too much farther with it.
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The Beginning of an Era UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL 2007 Symposium The Beginning of an Era UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL 2007 Symposium October 18,2007 ""Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."" ~ President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903 Three years before the 26th president of the United States spoke those words, Thomas D. Dee, David Eccles, and brothers Edmund O., William H., and Warren L. Wattis were poised to do great things. Just eight days after the turn of the century, these five entrepreneurs founded the Utah Construction Company. It was an opportunity seized. It was their chance to ""work hard at work worth doing."" It was the beginning of an era. 2007 UTAH INTERNATIONAL CENTER FELLOWS Dr. Thomas Alexander, Dr. Stan Layton,John Sillito and Dr. Becky Johns 2006 UTAH INTERNATIONAL CENTER FELLOWS Dr. Susan Matt and Dr. Stephen Francis In October 1999, the late Edmund Wattis Littlefield and Broken Hill Proprietary, Ltd. donated the Utah Construction/Utah International Collection to the Stewart Library Special Collections. The company archives contain more than 300 boxes of minutes, financial records, correspondence, scrapbooks and project reports, and more than half a million photographs. In These Pictures: 1. Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico; La Quemada to Tepic, Mexico; 1923-28 2.O'Shaughnessy Dam; Tuolumne River in Northern California, Hetch Hetchy Valley; 1921-24 3. Hoover (Boulder) Dam; Colorado River in Arizona, California and Nevada; 1931-36 4. Southern Pacific Railroad; Alturas, California to Klamath Falls, Oregon; 1927 5. Southern Pacific Railroad; Black Butte, California to Oakridge, Oregon; 1926 6. East Canyon Dam; East Canyon River in Morgan, Utah; 1916 7.American Falls Dam; Snake River, Idaho; 1925-1927 8.Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; Soldier Summit, Utah; 1913-15 9. Western Pacific Railroad; Northern California Extension (Keddie to Bieber); 1930-31 10.Deadwood Dam; Deadwood River in Cascade, Idaho; 1929-31 11. Southern Pacific Railroad between Calva and Peridot, Arizona; 1928 12. Western Pacific Railroad; Feather River Canyon Route (Oroville, California to Salt Lake City, Utah); 1906-10 Visit library.weber.edu/ucc for more information on the symposium or the collection. Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & EXHIBIT 9 a.m. ""Utah and the Western Pacific Railroad"" Presented by WSU visual arts students, this photographic exhibit retraces historical points of interest along the Western Pacific Railroad, specifically in the Feather River Gorge area. The continental breakfast and the presentations will be held in the Hetzel-Hoellein Room, located in the Stewart Library Special Collections area. The photographic exhibit will be displayed throughout the library. PRESENTATIONS BY THE 2007 UTAH INTERNATIONAL CENTER FELLOWS: 10 a.m. ""David Eccles and the Origins of the Utah Construction Company"" Dr. Thomas Alexander, Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Professor of Western American History Emeritus, Department of History, BYU 11:15 a.m. ""The Wattis Brothers: Spanning Distances, Spanning Eras"" Dr. Stan Layton, Visiting Instructor, Department of History, WSU 2 p.m. ""Thomas D. Dee: Founder, Builder, Public Servant"" John Sillito, Professor and Curator of Special Collections, WSU INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH IN THE UTAH CONSTRUCTION COLLECTION 3-4 p.m. Library staff will be available in the Thomas D. Dee Reading Room to assist symposium attendees with their research in the Utah Construction/Utah International Collection. The reading room is located in the Special Collections area of the library. The Beginning of an Era UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL 2007 Symposium The Beginning of an Era UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL 2007 Symposium Luncheon& Family Dinner YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR TWO SPECIAL EVENTS. October 18,2007 LUNCHEON 12:30 p.m. John and Telitha E. Lindquist Alumni Center, Weber State University FAMILY DINNER 6 p.m. Ogden Country Club Please join us for cocktails, dinner and a special program. The Beginning of an Era UTAH CONSTRUCTION/UTAH INTERNATIONAL 2007 Symposium October 18.2007 LUNCHEON & FAMILY DINNER ? I/We will attend both the luncheon and dinner. ? I/We will only attend the ? luncheon or the ? dinner. ? I/We will be unable to attend. Name _ Spouse or guest _ No. of vegetarian meals _ Your telephone number Please return by Friday, October 5, or reply to Car la Price at email@example.com or 801-626-7628. BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FIRST-CLASS MAIL PERMIT NO 118 OGDEN UT POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE ATTN: DEVELOPMENT OFFICE - 4018 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN UT 84403 - 9983 NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES
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"We're excited about the growth we're experiencing," said Edinburgh salesman Jeff Husfeld.
In Florida, meanwhile, acreage is down and growers continue to battle disease and the weather, which has been hotter and drier than normal.
"We desperately need cooler weather to color up our honey tangerines," said Al Finch, vice president of sales and marketing for Florida Classic Growers, Lake Hamilton, Fla., the marketing arm of the Dundee Citrus Growers Association.
"It has slowed our movement down tremendously," he said in mid-January.
The lack of rainfall has led to smaller-sized red grapefruit, Finch said.
"We're peaking on size 56, 48 and 40, but there's good volume available for 5-pound bags," he said.
Vero Beach, Fla.-based Seald Sweet International is also offering good deals on 5-pound bags of smaller red grapefruit, said Florida citrus manager Dave Brocksmith.
Brocksmith expected the pent-up demand for Florida tangerines to ease by the end of January, and said midseason oranges are reaching maturity,
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One of the more inspiring books I've read about creativity was published this year by a visual artist, Austin Kleon. It's called Steal like an Artist, and anyone who creates anything could benefit from some of Kleon's advice.
The thin red line between plagiarism and originality has always puzzled me, not just a writer but a visual artist. As a part-time student at the School of the Art Institute, I scribbled furiously when an instructor would look at my work and suggest I check out a certain artist. He/she never explained, to my satisfaction, exactly what I was supposed to be looking for and copy. Was it a part, or the whole? I was conscious of not wanting to plagiarize, yet I knew there was something to learn from great artists.
Kleon's book demystifies the creative-theft process. Early on, he reminds us that nothing is original. Everything builds on what came before. It's right there in the Bible: "There is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1.9)
The first step, he writes, is to figure out what's worth stealing, then selectively collect what you really love, from many sources: magazine articles, books, poems, blogs, drawings, paintings. Once you've identified an artist you love, study everything about that artist. Not just her style but what SHE loved. Research her work. Go deeper. Find out who inspired HER, then research everything you can about those people. Don't just copy one person to be original – copy many.
Here was an enlightening moment: to be truly original. You don't want to steal the style but the THINKING behind the style. Johnny Carson tried to be Jack Benny. David Letterman tried to be Johnny Carson. Paul McCartney tried to be Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis. On and on.
Once you think you know your heroine-artist, ask yourself where you fall short. Take your copies, and transform them into something that's uniquely you. What is the next thing that Picasso or F. Scott Fitzgerald would have created? Go there. Record, Google, Doodle.
Kleon promotes a concept called "productive procrastination." Have a lot of side projects going at once and bounce back and forth between them. Don't throw anything away. Do good work and share it with folks. Wonder at something, and invite others to do the same. Give secrets away, but don't share everything.
If there's one Kleon concept that caused me to pause, it's his definition of plagiarism: it's too simplistic. I've worked with a lot of lawyers and lawyer groups, so my innate red flag went up when I read: "Plagiarism is trying to pass someone else's work off as your own. Copying is about reverse-engineering. It's like a mechanic taking apart a car to see how it works." Well, ok, but it's more complicated than that. Talk to a lawyer if you think you may be crossing the line.
Salvador Dali once wrote: "Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing." Call it stealing, copying or whatever, but to create truly original work, you need to imitate, then build on what you borrow. Take only what inspires you, forget the rest, then transform your copies into something that's uniquely your own.
Stealing like an artist is at once a complex and simple process. To quote Kleon: "There really are no rules." So, as an artist, how have you benefited from copying your idols? What advice can you offer that may help others get to the other side?


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Although the official results are not in yet, the unofficial results are in for most of Bolivar County.
In Alligator, Tommy Brown ran for mayor uncontested and received 22 votes.
The elected aldermen are Jerry Mitchell, 23 votes; Ronald Fava, 28; Michelle Wallace, 24; Shewanda Butler, 22; and Robert Fava Jr., 25.
Benoit held no elections.
In Beulah, Carl Lewis was elected mayor with 71 votes, while Luscius Tucker received 55 votes for mayor.
The elected aldermen for Beulah are Ella Hannah, 76 votes; Tim McCoy, 101; Francis Turner, 81; Marvin Turner, 103; and James Walker, 105.
Boyle held no elections.
Cleveland held elections in May with the primaries, hence no election was held Tuesday.
In Doddsville, David Ruffin was elected mayor and ran uncontested.
The aldermen also ran uncontested and are J.T. Leflore, Charles Martin Sr., Roy V. Brown, Samuel McIntee, and Lisa Bell.
In Drew, city officials preferred to wait until the official results are in to publish.
In Duncan, Charles Harvey was elected mayor with 110 votes, while Tara Bell received 40, and Tynesia Mims received 9.
The aldermen will stay the same as the previous year with Roy Caston, John Janous, Erma C. Lee, Lynn S. McMurchy, and Shirley Reddics.
In Merigold, Andrew Westerfield was unopposed for mayor.
The aldermen were also unopposed and are Charles Miller, Johnny Thomas, Pierce Criss, William "Billy" Latham, and Ken McGarrh.
In Mound Bayou, city officials preferred to wait until the official results are in.
Pace city officials also preferred to wait to publish results until they were official.
In Renova, Harvey L. Green ran for mayor against Jimmy L. Parker. Green won with 148 votes over Parker's 94.
The elected aldermen for Renova are Tony G. Anderson, 154 votes; Juanita W. Green, 150; Milton Hunt, 141; Lenora Payne, 172; and Elbert G. Scott, 134.
Rosedale held no elections.
In Ruleville, Shirley Edwards beat out Rodney Frothingham for mayor with 641 votes over Frothingham's 200.
Shaw city officials preferred to wait to publish results until they were made official.
Shelby city officials also preferred to wait till results were made official.
Winstonville held no elections yesterday.
The Bolivar Commercial will publish the official results of the elections when they have been confirmed.


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Mayoral contests highlight local elections
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They don't draw the spotlight of a presidential election, but the outcomes of municipal elections such as Tuesday's have a much greater impact on the day-to-day lives of Southland residents, officials say.
"You are electing local officials who are spending your tax dollars," Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots said Friday. "You can actually call and talk to these people."
Tax rates, improvements and services as basic as plowing snow could be impacted by the results after votes are cast.
Some Southland towns have hotly contested mayoral races, with challengers out to replace incumbents — some of whom have been in office for decades.
Oak Lawn and Tinley Park have two of the hottest races for mayor. In Crestwood, residents will have a mayor not named Stranczek for the first time in decades. Crete voters will decide whether to re-elect Mayor Michael Einhorn, who faced backlash when he supported building an immigrant detention center. And in Country Club Hills, the ballot for a slimmed-down city council, from 10 aldermen to five, has incumbents running against one another.
In Oak Lawn, it's hard to drive down streets and not notice colorful campaign signs on front lawns and at businesses. Lines are clearly drawn between incumbent Mayor David Heilmann and challenger Sandra Bury, who met in a lively debate last week, with each painting different futures for the village.
Bury has emphasized the need for transparency and ethical conduct among village officials, supports term limits and opposed back-room deals. Heilmann said the village must have ambitious growth plans, citing development at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue — which is to include a Mariano's Fresh Market — as leading to future growth.
A few miles to the south, in Tinley Park, incumbent Ed Zabrocki, in office since 1981, is challenged by attorney Steve Eberhardt. Zabrocki has been mayor so long, a downtown plaza bears his name. And that longevity is the main reason why Eberhardt seeks the office.
It was Eberhardt who beat the drum so loudly for term limits that Zabrocki and the village board were forced to set up a committee to study the idea. Zabrocki often has said term limits are already in place, in the hands of the voters in the form of municipal elections every two years.
Eberhardt said the longevity of Team Tinley, Zabrocki and his running mates, has led to a coziness on the board that hurts the village.
Turnout for Tuesday's election is not expected to be great. Courtney Greve, spokeswoman for Cook County Clerk David Orr, said turnout for municipal elections in nonpresidential years typically has ranged from 17 percent to 30 percent.
Orr said in communities with contested races, turnout is usually about 50 percent. But 64 percent of the races in Cook County are not contested.
"I love it when everybody votes in every election. But that doesn't happen," Orr said.
If that holds, turnout could be better in Alsip, Olympia Fields, Blue Island, Midlothian and Crestwood, which are among the Southland towns where there is a fight for mayor.
Incumbent Alsip Mayor Patrick Kitching is being challenged by James Quinn. Olympia Fields features a three-way race, with Willis Pennington Jr., incumbent Debbie Meyers-Martin, and Kelvin Oliver.
Midlothian Mayor Terry Stephens is being challenged by Sharon Rybak.
In Crestwood, where Mayor Robert Stranczek decided not to run, John Toscas, Lou Presta and Dino Pavoni will vie for his seat. Blue Island Mayor Don Peloquin also isn't seeking re-election, leaving Randy Heuser, Gonzalo Campos and Mark Potoska on the ballot.
Monee has four mayoral candidates: Jay Farquhar, Daniel Tovo Sr., Nanci Barfoot and William Bailey.
In Will County, Voots is optimistically projecting 18 percent voter turnout.
"That's pitiful," she said. "This is the most important election."
Voots said she tries to get the word out, and even mails a sample ballot to every household and tells would-be voters where the polling places are. She also registers young voters in the high schools.
"There is no reason they should not vote," she said. "With the economy the way it is right now, you think people would get out and vote. But I don't see it going over 18 percent."
By comparison, the last presidential election drew 71 percent, she said.
Early voting, which ended Saturday, has been light, too, Voots said. As of Friday, Romeoville had the most early voters in Will County — 262 — likely attributable to the fact that former Chicago Bear Steve McMichael is running for mayor against John Noak.
Other sites with more early voters were Mokena, with 261 early votes in a contested race for three village trustee seats; and Frankfort Township, with 217 votes.
"Voting is so important," Voots said.
In various communities, there also are contested park district, school district and township races, along with village boards.
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