text: [VEKN] Official Ventrue Newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 1 - April 1998. In this issue: COMMENT - V:TES Requires New Blood DECK BUILDING - The Enemy of My Enemy Deck -A Ventrue vote deck for beginners using Common cards. SHORT FICTION - Taking Care of Business - An American Ventrue in Paris Q & A - Your Comments Are Welcome - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMMENT V:TES Requires New Blood "Fellow Kindred, let's let our internal bickering end here, tonight, for just an moment. As Ventrue Prince, I have noticed own numbers have dwindled; be it from enemies, boredom, treachery or malaise. This cannot be helped, but must be dealt with quickly, or we shall all perish. We need to evoke the Third Tradition: The Progeny on a massive scale...." V:TES is in trouble, and we all know it. The game needs new blood, which is why I created the analogy above. We must all work together to gain new interest in our favorite CCG. By getting more players, we not only benefit from more people to challenge against, but the more people who show demand for this game is the only way it will continue. WotC is not supporting it, but they also have not YET put the stake through it. Since this is a Ventrue Newsletter, and the Ventrue take responsibility for all the Camarilla, it seems appropriate global issues of the game be raised here. I suggest one way to boost membership is through these newsletters. Legbiter writes an excellent article in his Anti-Gangrel Newsletter on how to suck in Magic players who are jaded into the game. But that is only a launching point, and not a solution. It's very easy to NOT want to get involved with V:TES, because it appears to be a dead game! We need to change that attitude among our fellow CCG players! (If not us, then who?) I feel more of us can contribute to demos of the game in game stores and conventions (I am hosting a "learning V:TES at GameCon I here in the Bay Area next month. I think we need CLEARER rules to teach new people with (which LSJ has confirmed is in the works, but how long it will take is unknown). I propose we create our own "starter" decks and give or cheaply sell them to these new players (really, do ANY of you remember trying to play a decent deck with less then 200 purchased cards!) The strength of this game is built on its inherent balance: that you don't need all rares to have a good deck. One simple deck is outlined below in this issue. Bottom line, Let's all make it easier for others to get hooked into this great game! Let the Third Tradition begin! NEXT MONTH: Two Player V:TES: Can It Be Fun? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DECK BUILDING Enemy of My Enemy Deck 12 Crypt, 80 Library - Use with 4 or more players The Ventrue are known for their vast resources, and who would think the Blue Bloods would stoop to something like a deck made entirely of COMMON cards! (Shudder) But, the Ventrue are wise investors, and realize it is not the amount you put in, but the yield on the investment that counts. So, suppose you really want to play a pure Venture Deck, but cannot afford the amount of basic V:TES cards required to make those fancy decks you've seen, but have a bunch of friends who are willing to trade their COMMON cards. And, you want to make it a deck that FEELS like a Ventrue Deck (not just any card thrown in to make it work). Well, this deck is for you. The focus of this deck is to knock down your enemy (Prey) via votes, directly if possible, and if not, then by helping an enemy (your Prey's Prey, or your Predator's Predator) to make it possible. Note: This deck does not exceed 4 cards of any type, only because it is assumed the player does not have that amount of cards. Thus, it fits into any house rules that have a 4 card limit by coincidence only. Also, the deck is built for the standard voting rules, which allow discarding multiple PA's to increase votes. Any house rules that limit only one extra PA per action will cripple this deck. Vamps - 2x Gideon Fontaine 2x Heather Florent - The Opportunist 2x Jazz Wentworth 2x Melissa Barton 2x Sir Walter Nash 2x Violette Prentiss Every vampire (except Melissa) has Superior Presence. This is important because we are gonna load this deck with common Presence cards, and want to be sure we can always uses them to their full extent. Also, Heather, Melissa and Jazz have special abilities dealing with the Edge. Heather gets the Edge's blood put on her when controlled by you at the start of your turn, Melissa gains blood when it's exchanged for a vote, and Jazz allows you to get it if it's uncontrolled. These are very important cards for the voting deck we are going to build. With these 3 cards out, the best scenario is this: You have start with the Edge. You gain one blood for it (which can go to Heather if she is not at her max blood, or into your pool), you cast a vote using anyone but Jazz, and throw in the Edge, with Melissa gaining a blood (if she is also below max). Jazz is then used to get the Edge back, perhaps to cast another vote, perhaps to gain another blood! If you can't get all of the vampires above, when substituting, try to use ones with superior Presence. More of the same Vampires is preferable to ones w/o Superior Presence. Masters - 3x Blood Doll 3x Effective Management 2x Minion Tap 2x Misdirection 2x Protracted Investments 2x Short Term Investments = 14 Master Cards 2x Uptown Hunting Ground (Uncommon - Optional, swap out Investment cards for this) These cards are all common, except Uptown Hunting Ground. If you have it, use it. But it is not required, as you should get plenty of blood without it (but more blood never hurts.) Try to place the Blood Dolls on Melissa or Heather. Then when they gain blood, you can siphon it to yourself. If you don't have enough of the masters listed above, you can substitute missing ones with Ascendance. Political Actions - 2x Camarilla Exemplary 3x Consanguineous Boon 3x Consanguineous Condemnation 3x Conservative Agitation 2x Disputed Territory 3x Domain Challenge 3x Kine Resources Contested 3x Peace Treaty 4x Regaining the Upper Hand = 26 PAs 2x Dramatic Upheaval (Vamp - Optional, swap out 2 Peace Treaties for this) 1x Praxis Seizure: whatever (Rare - Optional, swap out a Disputed Territory PA for this) Again, all are common, except the PS (which again, if you have one of the many different types, use it.) If you only have PS: Chicago, exchange Sir Walter with Timothy Crowley, to avoid contesting your own Prince! Due to your hand structure, you should have enough votes to win any vote early in the game, and later when you get your Prince out. However, another player may have the same type of voting power, or worse, other players may together have more then enough to beat you. So you have to make them your allies. Do this by excluding them from bad votes, (like CA or KRC) or including them in good ones (such at the use of DT to give them control of a location (usually your or their Prey's). Make deals with players before your turn rolls around ("Each turn you attack my Predator with your weapons, I won't play Peace Treaty." This works even when you DON'T have Peace Treaty!) This kind of dealing is what V:TES was made for (despite what your enemies think.) RUH is the best one of the bunch for you, because it allows you to take the Edge from someone who currently controls it. Try to get as many of these as you can, since using the Edge also can give you blood. If your Predator has Obfuscation skills, he probably has lots of Stealth, and you can't stop him from bleeding you. Your job is to focus on ways to make your Predator's Predator more of a threat. If you're down to 3 player's and you're in this position, you messed up. To combat this weakness, place the Dramatic Upheaval cards in the deck. Now, you can change the seating order to prevent this sort of thing from happening, (as long as there IS somewhere to sit to prevent this from happening.) Other votes can take the place of these if you don't have them all. However, they are more likely to be used as extra throw-away PA votes, especially if they require a Prince to call them. Actions - 4x Enchant Kindred 2x Legal Manipulations 2x Social Charm 3x Restoration = 11 Actions These actions increase the bleed against your Prey, and since all your vamps should have the superior discipline, you should either gain some blood back, or use EK to get more vamps out at less cost. (This card is for use with Heather, Sir Walter or Jazz, depending on who's active, and who's in waiting. Always try to get one of these out early in the game for this reason.) Note that using these Bleed actions allow you to directly bleed anyone, not just your prey. This can come in handy when your Prey is defended well, and you need to take the Edge from someone else. Also note LM costs a blood from your minion, so use Heather if possible, since she has the easiest chance to pick up an extra blood due to her ability. When possible, tap the Prey before bleeding him with Misdirection or Consanguineous Condemnation. Another tactic is to use a Camarilla Exemplary vampire to bleed (even if blocked, the prey loses 1 blood anyway). Restoration is a Fortitude discipline, and your smaller vampires cannot use it, so keep that in mind. Act. Mods - 2x Bewitching Oration 3x Bribes 2x Cryptic Rider =7 Act Mods Bribes will sweeten a potentially sour deal. Remember that you get a blood too when you use this card! Cryptic Rider allows you to set up a sweet vote and then automatically pass a harsh one after the sweet one succeeds. This combo can make for a devastating turn with the right 2 PA cards! Combat - 4x Dodge 4x Majesty 3x Skin of Rock = 11 Combat When combat occurs, be careful against Protean or Animalism minions, as they can send you to Topor with Aggravated Damage. Avoid or minimize combat damage by using these cards. Sometimes you may want to lower Heather or Melissa's blood, especially if you expect a blood later. Combat is perfect for that. Reaction - 4x Deflection 2x Dread Gaze 2x Political Backlash 3x Wake with Evening Freshness = 11 Reactions This deck is built to block incoming bleeds as you set up to lower the table's blood with votes and their own aggressive actions. Occasionally, you will be able to deflect the bleed to your prey, but in general your vamps will have to take the brunt of the damage from your Predator. This should be ok since there are so many ways for you to gain blood, or reduce the damage. NEXT MONTH: A Common Ventrue/Malk Deck, including Dark Soveregns cards. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SHORT FICTION Taking Care of Business Gideon Fontaine looked out the penthouse window of the study and surveyed Paris. He loathed this city, and wanted to get this business over with so he could return to New York quickly. Sir Walter had ordered him to fly to Paris, to "convince" a resistant CEO of Centron Pharmaceuticals to vote in favor of the merger with BosTech Labs. The Ventrue controlled BosTech, and the merger would allow the clan to dominate the European market share. In addition, the Ventrue also wanted the research Centron was conducing on various diseases. They were experimenting on variants of XTC, and that had to be contained. It was feared the Brujah Anarchs were behind this effort, and if the Ventrue could not control it, it had to be destroyed. For nothing can interfere with our feeding... Gideon had not fed before he left and his taste for vitae was so specific he doubted he would find time for suitable donor here. He remembered the taste of his last victim's blood, a week ago. She was hard to find, too; but the soothing sensation that came over him each time he tasted her was unparalleled. She was the perfect type. He felt the Beast inside him, and if this damned assignment wasn't so time sensitive, he would have hunted for her replacement. But he couldn't, and now he simply must contain the Beast. Louis Durant entered his study, obviously upset to have Gideon arrive in the middle of the night for an "emergency"" meeting that should have waited until morning. "What business must we conduct now, before the rising of the sun?" For a moment, Gideon thought the mortal may has suspected his supernatural nature, but then waived it off to the idiotic pompousness of the French. He opened his briefcase. "Durant, it has come to our attention you may back out of this merger. I want to make sure that does not occur." Gideon tossed a manila envelope to Durant. "We are sweetening the deal, by adding some stocks on other companies to broaden your portfolio." Gideon could tell he was getting Durant's attention. "It's all yours, now, if you sign the merger request right here, which will be presented at the Board Meeting tomorrow by my man. I am on a schedule, and must be done with this before morning." Gideon placed the final contract and a pen on the table in front of him. Durant opened the envelope, and started to flip through the certificates inside. "I think this is a good beginning, but I think is not enough for my vote." Gideon expected this tactic, the man's greed was legendary. He applied his Presence discipline on Durant. "Louis, we can be generous, but we do not respond to threats. Work with us, and you will be cared for." Gideon pulled at him, willing him to go along with his words, to drop his guard enough to, of all things, trust him. Durant looked at the pen, then looked away. "I'm sorry, misure, I cannot when I know there is more to offer." The Beast was starting to surface. "Don't kill him", Sir Walter warned, "Otherwise we'll never get this merger. Convince him. That's why I'm sending you." Gideon swallowed, and tried again, feeling drained as he willed Durant to sign the paper, as well as fighting the Beast deep inside him. "Louis, there will be more, much more, as time goes on. But I only have this now, and you must see that we need to get your signature before any more can be done. We will be in your debt." Louis smiled, picked up the pen, and started to review the papers. Gideon licked his lips, the beat starting to thump in his head, demanding blood to sooth his soul. But he could not kill Durant, not only due to his orders, but due to his own dammed curse of victim preference. HE was NOT the perfect type. It seemed like an eternity as Louis read all the fine print of the contract. Gideon was worried his Presence would wear off, but Durant continued. Gideon knew must have said all the right things as well as give him the mental push required to get him to stay with it this long. His tension and boredom caused him to search the room. His gaze fell upon a picture of Durant with other mortals. "Is that your family?" Gideon asked, with a small tremble in his voice. "Oui, we had that photo taken last year." Durant turned to the last page, and picked up a pen. "Do they live here with you, your wife and your daughter?" Gideon asked, hoping not to sound too anxious. "Oui." Durant started to hesitate, perhaps wondering what strange feelings were overcoming his guest. Gideon used his superior Presence to steady himself. Don't lose it now, Gideon... "Family is important, Louis. You are a lucky man. Shall we sign?" Louis smiled, and agreed. After the signatures, Gideon placed everything in the attache case, locked it, and made one final request laced in Presence. "Louis, may I rest here for a bit, before I leave. I'd like to meet your family before breakfast; I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot of each other from now on." Louis could not resist such an offer, especially when the skill of the vampire's voice was applied, and offered him his own room. Gideon waited until he was asleep, and thought again at the picture of Durant's daughter in the picture. Red hair, green eyes, light complexion, long, smooth neck, young and pure. She was the perfect type. Perhaps he misjudged Paris. It had what he craved most, in the most simple of places for him to access. He slowly got up to silence the Beast again. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Q & A Please let me know if you like the format of the newsletter. I've placed a few questions below. 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MUMBAI: The CBI has given a clean chit to Nitesh Rane, son of state industries minister Narayan Rane, in an attempt to murder case registered against him in 2010. Chintu Shaikh, a former member of Nitesh's Swabhimaan Sanghatana, had accused Rane Jr of opening fire at him inside the organization's office in Khar. Shaikh had alleged that Nitesh fired at him twice and one of the bullets grazed his cheek.
On Monday, the CBI filed a closure report in the magistrate court in case. In the report, the CBI said there were no eyewitnesses to the alleged shooting incident.
A senior CBI officer said, "The court is still to take cognizance of the report."
"The court can either accept the CBI's findings or frame charges on its own. It can also order further investigation," said the officer. "Medical reports have concluded that Shaikh's injuries were not caused due to the alleged shooting. The ballistic investigation, too, does not support his claims."
Speaking to TOI, Nitesh said, "Until and unless the court finalizes the report and gives me a clean chit, I would not like to make a statement."
The matter will be heard by the court on April 21.
It was Shaikh's allegation that on September 23, 2010, he went to the Sanghatana's office with a box of sweets to celebrate the birth of a child. He went into Nitesh's cabin where the latter was sitting with his personal assistant and a businessman friend. Shaikh alleged that he offered them sweets and bent down to touch Nitesh's feet when the Rane scion alleged hit him. According to Shaikh, Nitesh was annoyed because he had suffered losses in business and Shaikh' s celebrations made him livid. He alleged that while others started assaulting him, Nitesh fired two rounds at him. One of the bullets allegedly grazed his cheek following which he fled and admitted himself to a hospital in Powai.
The Khar police had booked Nitesh and his two aides for under sections 307 attempt to murder and under various sections of the Indian Penal Code , 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC and various sections of as well as the Arms Act. He was however not arrested in the case.
In March 2011, following Shaikh's petition claiming that the police were trying to shield Nitesh, the Bombay high court transferred the case to the CBI.
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The city of Guilin is surrounded by two rivers and four lakes and is studded with sheer sided karst mountains. It is said that the two rivers are likened to green silk ribbons, while the dramatic hills seem like emerald hairpins. The rich natural resources have served as inspiration for artists and painters since ancient times, and numerous inscriptions and paintings have recorded the poems that eulogise its beauty in works of literature.
Guilin is located at 109°E longitude and 24°N latitude in north-eastern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Guilin Municipal Region covers an area of 27,809 square kilometres. The altitude ranges from 140 to 160 metres.
Guilin sits in a subtropical monsoon zone with a warm and moist climate, which is moderate all year round. However, visitors should be prepared for a bit of rain, with annual precipitation of 1,900 mm. The average year-round temperature is 19°C (66°F). The coldest temperature occurs in January at 8°C (46°F) and the hottest occurs in July at 34°C (93°F). The best time to travel to Guilin is between April and October.
The population of Guilin is about 4.938 million, and the urban population is approximately 720,000.
With a population of about five million in the city and surrounding areas, Guilin is home to 28 minority nationalities, including the Zhuang, Hui, Yao and Dong, which make up 8.5 per cent of the population. Each minority has its own unique customs and festivals.
There are more than 50 domestic flights each week to key cities in China and 29 flights per week to Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Macau. The two railway stations provide direct links to Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Kunming, Nanning, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as well as Hanoi in Vietnam. The land infrastructure links Guilin to all parts of Guangxi Province and key cities in the Pearl River Delta, including Dongguan, Guangzhou and Zhuhai.
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The Li River is the most important part of Guilin's landscape and is 170 kilometres long. The Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo is the highlight of any trip to north-eastern Guangxi Province. Karst peaks surprise visitors at each bend of the limpid river. Water buffalo graze the fields, peasants reap rice paddies and fishermen float by on bamboo rafts. With a taste of a life far removed from the concrete metropolis, the scenery along the Li River has become one of China's top tourist destinations.
Elephant Trunk Hill
As the symbol of Guilin, Elephant Trunk Hill is a major tourist attraction in the scenic area. Elephant Trunk Hill is located on the western bank of the Li River. The shape of the hill is just like a huge elephant drinking water from the river with its trunk. Shui Yue Cave (Water Moon Cave), a semi-round cave penetrated by water, is between the elephant's trunk and legs. The inverted reflection of the cave in the water plus the opening above forms a full moon. This phenomenon is unique and many laudatory inscriptions can be found on the wall inside the cave. Visitors can boat through the cave to the river.
Die Cai Mountain
Situated in the north-east of Guilin by the Li River, Die Cai Hill is one of the three most famous hills in the city, with Elephant Hill and Fubo Mountain. Die Cai Hill is known for its scenery and stone carvings. Because of the resemblance of its rock formations, piled up layer on layer, to folded brocade, it is also known as Folded Brocade Hill. Die Cai Mountain is a visual feast of magnificent scenes such as the Die Cai Pavilion, Wind Cave and the Cloud Catching Pavilion, along with countless stones with inscriptions created by famous Chinese scribes.
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About one kilometre from Die Cai Mountain and above the western bank of the Li River, towers Fubo Hill, another of Guilin's scenic spots. Half of the hill stands in the river and the other half on land. Since the galloping water is always blocked here and eddied, the hill is considered to have the power of subduing waves. Moreover, it was on this hill that a temple in commemoration of General Fubo was built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907), which gave rise to the name Fubo Hill.
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Quoted from Schluggell Makes a great egg substitute for baking: 1T Flax Meal & 1T Boiling Water, mixed up, equals 1 Egg. Works better to do this ahead of time to get the mucilage first, rather than just dumping the meal into the batter though.
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I'm looking for time tracking, task tracking, or attention tracking apps that are useful enough that you found you stuck with them for at least a year - and that they changed your behavior for good. What works? asked May 05 '13 at 17:05 Kevin Kelly I have been using Workflowy constantly for almost two years. It is a simple but powerful site/app that allows you to build lists within indented lists. You can annotate an item, mark it as complete or add new items under it, making it a new parent node. If you're a real wizard, you can easily share a node in your lists with someone else in R/RW mode via email, so a friend can add your list to their lists. Incredible tool, free to use with a suggested $30/year donation at www.workflowy.com — thank me later!
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I will try to express how grateful we are to have Habitot in our area. I truly wish every city had a place for parents and children like this to go to. First, the price is more than reasonable. Second, they consistently change the themes so creativity is running wild that rubs off not only onto the kids but onto the parents as well. Third, I'm so happy my daughter can play in the water area and get wet without me having to clean up after as well as do so-called messy projects there with paint and glue and again, i do not need to spend my time cleaning up after. Most of the staff (volunteers?) are exceptional. And the only thing I wish is that this place was open longer hours. We love you Habitot! We refer so many people to you!
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This product smells very nice and I really wanted to like it but it brought back the dry patches on my face after just one use. :( I used this with my facial brush. Went back to using Boscia purifying cleanser.
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This is one of the best cleansers I've ever used. It's incredibly concentrated, and the tiniest dab foams up and removes all dirt, makeup and oil without stripping. The scent is lovely, and--best of all--it's totally natural. Love it!
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Love it ! Pretty expensive, pleasant smell, nice lather, rinses well. It's in a lovely pump bottle but the pump (on the one I have) doesn't work - I decanted into a plastic squirt bottle. Doesn't dry my skin, not greasy, generally a very nice, expensive face wash. I'll re-purchase as I have yet to find any other one I care for.
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This is a gentle foaming cleanser for all skin types. I feel like this is a good natural cleanser that does not cause severe dryness or redness after using it(which tends to be a problem I have with cleansers). It does not irritate my eye area either which is also a common issue I have with many cleansers. It is expensive at $42US, but it is very concentrated so a little goes a long way. I plan to keep using it until I find a cheaper alternative!
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I've tried so many products from this line, and I really like the idea of all natural, but when a product irritates and dries the skin, whether it's natural or not doesn't matter to me. Some of the ingredients are beneficial, but then I see lime oil and now I understand. Lime oil can be drying and irritating to some people, and I'm one of them.
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I used a sample of this cleanser but I won't buy it. This is gel with a light pineapple smell. It foams and it's slightly drying after a few uses. It is expensive but it lasts a long time. It won't leave your skin poreless as it claims though!
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I love the White Tea Purifying Cleaser. It's gentle and takes off all my makeup without leaving a trace. I just don't use it for my eyes though because I prefer to remove eye makeup with a traditional makeup remover before.
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I got this as a Beauty.com deluxe sample, which has lasted me a while. It seems to work well for me in the winter months, cleansing my dehydrated/acne prone skin well without stripping and irritating it. Gentle, but still has a lather and smells great.
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I got this as a delux sample from beauty.com. The scent is absolutely to die for. It does an amazing job of cleansing and toning the skin without drying it out....leaves my skin squeaky clean. I recently purchased the raspberry acne bar as my cleanser b/c of stubborn breakouts and that works quite well also. This is much more refreshing though. You only need to use about a dime size amount (at the most) to create a really rich lather, so even though this is expensive it should last a long time.
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Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive — and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely ultra-runner, and the hidden tribe in Mexico that runs to live.
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I used to drink Jeremiah Red at BJ's a lot when I lived in Dallas. Haven't had any for a long time, so I figured I'd try my hand at it. Here's what I came up with in Beersmith. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 3.00 gal Estimated OG: 1.075 SG Estimated Color: 15.3 SRM Estimated IBU: 25.8 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: - % Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item Type % or IBU 8.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 76.85 % 1.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 9.04 % 1.00 lb Rice Extract Syrup (7.0 SRM) Extract 9.04 % 0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2.26 % 0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 2.26 % 0.06 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 0.54 % 1.25 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 17.6 IBU 0.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (30 min) Hops 5.4 IBU 1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (5 min) Hops 2.8 IBU 0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc 1 Pkgs Irish Ale (White Labs #WLP004) Yeast-Ale I'm using the rice extract to get the OG up a bit without killing the color - it's already dark enough. I'm not using rice syrup, but dry rice extract. I'll be kicking this loose in a little over a week, unless anyone has any comments or suggestions. Thanks.
No suggestions as I lack the experience, but keep us posted. This is a popular one for friends and family and it would be pretty cool to clone it. Grains are steeped?
I figure I'll steep the grains for 40 minutes or so. I'll post more once I start the brew.
This one's officially dead. I wasn't thinking when I order the yeast and it took 12 days to get here. It shipped before Labor Day, then I tracked it sitting at a warehouse in Denver for 3 days. By the time I got it on Tuesday, the cold pack was a warm pack and I had a feeling the yeast was dead. Without thinking, (and it being almost midnight when I was brewing) I hadn't bothered making a starter, even though by OG was slated to be 1.070, which it was. As soon as I pitched it, I cursed myself thinking that I should have made the starter. Sure enough, after 72 hours, not a twitch. The OG stayed the same and the yeast culture just settled at the bottom and died. Oh, well. . . live and learn. I'm sure the ants in the yard are loving me right now - sweet, sweet wort to eat!
I keep a bunch of dry yeast in the fridge just for this reason. 2 Packs Safale s-04 and US05, 2 packs Nottingham, 2 packs Windsor, and 2 packs Munich. I didn't do that in the past, but then I put an order in online and had it delivered like you did. Had the same issue. Something to consider.
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It has been a less than stellar season for the Carolina Hurricanes. A year after falling a hair short of the playoffs, they have been duking it out with Montreal for last place in the East for most of the season. Eric Staal has been struggling, the team doesn't seem to be able to put anything together – outside of thumping the Bruins for some reason – and it has only started to turn around within the last two weeks as they have gone 5-1-4.
I looked at a little bit of history being made in the Western Conference earlier, so I thought I should note that in the Eastern Conference Carolina is flirting with some history of their own. Unfortunately, unlike their friends on the West Coast, the Hurricanes history is pretty futile.
If the season ended today the Carolina Hurricanes would be the worst shootout team in (post-lockout) NHL history.
As Luke DeCock of the Charlotte Observer notes:
In 2005-06, the first year the NHL instituted the shootout to break games tied at the end of overtime, Matt Cullen led the Hurricanes to an 8-2 record in the skills competition, which helped the Hurricanes to the second-best record in the Eastern Conference.
Since then, the Hurricanes haven't had quite as much luck. With Saturday's shootout loss to the Florida Panthers, the Hurricanes fell to 0-6 this season, surpassing the NHL record for shootout futility of 0-5, set by … the Hurricanes in 2006-07.
What makes things more unlikely in Carolina this season is the fact they have the original shootout goal poster boy on their roster.
Even Jussi Jokinen, a career 46 percent shooter who is tied with Pavel Datsyuk for the all-time lead with 30 shootout goals, missed Saturday. He's 2-for-5 this season.
"The shootout, it goes lots with the confidence," Jokinen said. "When you're going good, you're going good. When its not going good, you don't have the confidence and that confidence is always huge in the shootout.
"As a team, we need to be better. I need to be better, goalies need to be better, our other shooters need to be better. No one has been good in shootouts — not me, not the other shooters."
The Hurricanes' shootout struggles have been crippling to say the least. When you consider that had they even gone .500 in the shootout this season, they'd be right in the discussion of contenders to win the Southeast – which is just as much a reflection of how bad the Southeast is as anything else – it'll be tough for 'Canes fans to not wonder what could have been had the team not started so slow out of the gate and had a bit more luck in the skills competition.


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Philanthropists are the architects of the charitable castles that inspire and sustain a community. But individual generosity only goes so far. Caring citizens need a firm foundation of support to maximize the impact of their giving. The stronger that foundation is, the more enduring their legacy can be. Community foundations provide that base of support.
At the turn of the 20th century, many charitable individuals and organizations existed in communities around the country, but not one "community foundation" to provide an underpinning for permanent charitable gifts. Wealthy people were starting their own private foundations to distribute gifts to charities, but people of moderate means had no way to make a significant impact on the causes they cared about. Around 1912, the idea of pooling many individual charitable funds for maximum, long-term effect arose, and the community foundation model of permanent endowment, broad, flexible purpose and personalized giving was launched.
By 1978 there were about 220 community foundations in the country, but none in Sarasota. Local businessman and fund-raiser Burt Bershon joined with attorney Ron Skipper, president of the Southwest Florida Estate Planning Council, to create a special tax-exempt organization that would give attorneys, accountants, trust officers and other estate planners a charitable vehicle they could recommend to their clients. That broad-based vehicle became the Community Foundation of Sarasota County: a permanent means for one generation of far-sighted individuals to influence future generations and affect community change.
From its first humble "office" inside a desk drawer donated by the Florida West Coast Symphony in 1979, the Community Foundation has grown to a permanent endowment of $80 million, made up of more than 400 philanthropic funds. In 2004, the Community Foundation will move from its present office in downtown Sarasota to a newly constructed headquarters on Fruitville Road. Thanks to the generosity of Leila Gompertz, a past board chair and chair of the Legacy Society, the foundation will own its own building, large enough to accommodate a growing staff and to host special community events and seminars. An endowment fund will cover the costs of building maintenance so that resources for grants and scholarships will not be diminished. The new building will symbolize the foundation's permanence in the community and its support of the area's many nonprofit organizations.
For the past 25 years, the Community Foundation has worked at the local level to make Sarasota County an even better place to live. Since president and CEO Stewart W. Stearns's arrival in 1988, the it has given $25 million in grants and scholarships and raised the bulk of its $80-million endowment. Each year, it distributes more than $5 million in grants and almost $400,000 in scholarships. Named funds range in size from as little as $10,000 to millions, and because the assets are pooled, donors benefit from economies of scale in investment and administration. Under the supervision of a volunteer board of community leaders, the foundation is able to spark change and respond to emerging needs in the arts and humanities, community development, education, environment, health and human services and animal protection.
"We make it possible for donors to invest in the community in a way that maximizes their access to personalized services, good fund management practices and tax favorable advantages," says Stearns. "Our professional staff has intimate knowledge of the community and the nonprofits that serve Sarasota County. We keep pace with the always-changing needs of our area and in that way, can offer donors guidance on both emerging needs and critical community trends." While some of the foundation's funds have restricted use, many are available to initiate pioneering new programs and services that might not otherwise exist. Here are just a few of the highlights from the Community Foundation's quarter-century of support to the charitable castle builders of Sarasota County.
Aiding Families in Distress
Supporting Community Safety Issues
Supporting Public Education
Strengthening Families
Engaging Youth
Community Foundation grants have been the vehicle for realizing donors' dreams, often launching new initiatives or supporting key community programs like protecting the environment, providing childcare and early education services and enhancing the function of nonprofit agencies. In the last 10 years, more than 5,000 grants have been distributed to a wide range of charities. Here are a few additional major achievements:
With the Community Foundation as the underpinning, individual and family legacies grow and build permanent community capital. "For 25 years, the foundation has brought together people who care deeply about their fellow man, and who believe in local action," says Stearns. "The vision and mission of the Community Foundation's well directed leadership will continue making the region a better place to live and ensuring a future that is 'For good. For ever.'"
Focus on Unsung Heroes
"When the oak is felled, the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze."-Thomas Carlyle
Every community has its heroes; the quiet and usually unheralded people who give their time, money, talents and love to causes that make a difference in all our lives. Since 1995, the Community Foundation and its partner, the Wilson-Wood Foundation, has given 31 of these community treasures special recognition through the Unsung Hero Awards. Here are just three of them.
Jencie E. Davis
Thanks to Jencie's efforts, the Newtown community has a police substation at Central Avenue and Seventh Street and more visible law enforcement. She chased drug traffickers off the streets by marching volunteers through crime-ridden areas, and works to improve neighborhoods and alleviate long-ingrained problems with patience and grit. She faithfully attends city commission meetings and remains a strong community advocate.
Tina Riggle
A survivor of alcoholic parents and foster care, Tina Riggle overcame her own addictions to become a mentor to women in trouble through Drug Court. Tina helps them build a better life and strives to get their dealers jailed. She founded Court Watch, a group of volunteers who monitor the trials and sentences of drug dealers and other habitual criminals. Tina is also active in the Gillespie Park Neighborhood Watch program.
Dr. Henri "Bud" Marsh
His official title was "Guardian Ad Litem," but Dr. Marsh was the best guardian angel any child could have. Until his death in October 2001, this soft-spoken retired veterinarian gave voice to abused, neglected and abandoned youngsters whose family's divorce and custody cases were presented to the 12th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Marsh and his wife, Angie, turned many young lives around. He will be remembered for his special rapport with judges, parents, foster parents, social workers, attorneys, teachers, doctors, therapists, and especially, kids.


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Morning Roar: A look at the Detroit Lions' 2014 receiver stats
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Detroit Lions season report card
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Best hotels in Dallas, USA | Budget accommodation ($)
Budget accommodation in central Dallas usually equals a park bench, but some local residents do rent out spare rooms via www.airbnb.com. Otherwise, you're looking at staying in an anonymous part of the giant urban sprawl and making sure you've got a car. The Best Western CityPlace Inn (4150 North Central Expressway) is decently close to the action, and falls into the surprisingly acceptable motel bracket. More of the same chainy adequacy can be found near Love Field airport, while the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center (8051 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway) further north is a step up in quality if down in price.
Best hotels in Dallas, USA | Mid-range hotels ($$)
The Indigo (1933 Main Street) is just lovely. Friendly staff and a tropical, beachy feel give it oodles of character. The bright yellow bedrooms are very much love-or-hate, though – be warned. The nearby Magnolia (1401 Commerce Street) is a Downtown steal as well – big mirrors make the rooms feel more spacious than they are, but a recent makeover has embellished a genuinely stylish swagger. The Belmont (901 Fort Worth Avenue) is a relative bargain – the retro-chic feel, city views and judicious tarting up of a classic building make up for the slightly isolated location.
Best hotels in Dallas, USA | Luxury hotels ($$$ to $$$$$)
The Adolphus (1321 Commerce Street, $$$) is the one with the wow factor, with wall-to-wall wood panelling, billowing plants and tapestries making the lobby scream "opulence". The bedrooms are more subdued, but still have touches of classic glamour. The Palomar (5300 East Mockingbird Lane, $$$) puts a fun twist on the upmarket business hotel, with free wine-tasting every evening, leopard-skin robes, plants in the corner of the perky-feeling rooms. The Stoneleigh Hotel and Spa (2927 Maple Avenue, $$$) has a detached refinement about it, with lots of natural light, smart-without-being-cold colour schemes and spacious standard rooms.
The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek (2821 Turtle Creek Boulevard, $$$$) has a relaxed but stately feel that's popular with visiting dignitaries. A coral colour scheme runs throughout and it's in a leafy location. Slightly closer to downtown, the Ritz-Carlton (2121 McKinney Avenue, $$$$) is your classic big corporate luxury hotel, but there's plenty of cat-swinging space and all the facilities you can care to mention. Joule (1530 Main Street, $$$$$) is the star though; bold and in the heart of Downtown, all surfaces are varnished to superhuman levels and startling art installations make it stick in the memory.
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Hello. I live in Rhode Island and purchased my 1948 Colonial-Style 3-Family in 1997. While n the process of renovating 2 kitchens (1st and 2nd floor) and 3 bathrooms, and separating the hot water for each floor, I had to have new hot/cold water lines sent to the 3rd floor. After the contractor was all done, he told me that he found some evidence of fire damage while running the copper lines. He said there wasn't any damage to structure or anything like that.
It seems like a bunch of seemingly-random observations are coming together. The house is sided with white vinyl siding. If you look at the back of the house, the siding around the stove area and kitchen cabinets on the 3rd floor, and a little into the 2nd floor has newer siding (it's a different color). Also, the original baseboard trim is missing from the wall behind the stove, and the original casing is missing from the window over the kitchen sink. Also, the kitchen walls are 1940's-tiled, but the wall behind the stove has no tile on it. On top of that, the kitchen cabinets on the 1st and 2nd floor were original, while the cabinets on the 3rd floor were newer (early 90's-ish) wood models, along with the same era fixtures. The 1st and 2nd floor also had original tile backslashes, where the 3rd floor is just painted drywall. On top of this, the 3rd floor kitchen has wires sent up on the outside of the house, whereas all the other rooms have their wires in the walls. I'm guessing there was a stove-fire that spread a bit into the rest of the kitchen. When I purchased the house, there was no disclosure of a fire, or anything at all, for that matter. I'm not really worried about structural problems or anything like that, as I've had the house for 14 years without running into any problems, but shouldn't sellers be required to disclose this information? I haven't fully renovated the 3rd floor kitchen because it was newer with the cabinets and all, but when I do eventually renovate it (stripping it to the studs like the kitchens and baths), do I have to eat the cost of replacing things that were fire damaged? I'm going to be visiting the town hall to see if any permits were taken out to repair fire damage. Are house fires recorded by the city or fire department? Would insurance companies have this info on file? I'd like to confirm what actually happened. Thanks,
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Do you have the disclosure form from the sale? Does your state form have a section for fire damage? |
Yes, I have the disclosure form, and their is a section for Fire damage, but no fire history is listed. I've done a bit of research, and it seems that the RI State Fire Marshall keeps the records on fires and "all the facts concerning the investigated fires, and all reports of the investigations as the fire marshal may cause to be made, including statistics as to the extent of the fires and damage caused thereby, and whether the losses were covered by insurance, and, if so, in what amount." I think that information will provide a little insight about what happened up there. Once I have dates and info like that, I can check for permits at the city hall. Nick |
Couldn't the fire go back to the third (or fourth) people who owned the house and never been disclosed, so that the people you bought it from never knew about it at all, or else just forgot about it (a one time event) when disclosing things to you? |
Were disclosure laws in effect 14 years ago in your state? |
"I'm not really worried about structural problems or anything like that, as I've had the house for 14 years without running into any problems..." Why would you even care? Youre area may not have even had disclosure laws 14 years ago and it sure sounds like the fire was longer than that. How many times has the house changed hands since it was built? |
After 14 years you are likely way past the statute of limitations even if you could have originally gone after them. |
- Posted by luann_in_pa (My Page) on Thu, Jan 27, 11 at 14:20
You've had the house for 14 years without problems. I see no need to waste my time researching something like that... but hey, it's YOUR time and effort, not mine! And if you find out there was a fire 20 or 30 or more years ago... what? |
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Quoted from Skillie Breakfast was 5g cooked oats with a teaspoon Honey.Lunch is Beef sausage ans saladDinner will be Home made Pizza made with rice flour base. I have had no cheese yet this week, so I think it is time for a lovely Pizza.Did 30 min treadmill and 10 min in the sauna last night. As it is Friday I will not be doing any excersize. The week-end I would like to try some more of the swami baking recepies. Could anyone please tell me if I can replace Flaxseed flour with rice flour in the Cranberry muffin recipe? As I just cant find flaxseed flour only the seeds.
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Kristen Stewart Cheating Scandal: 'Twilight' Actress Moves Out of Home Once Shared with Robert Pattinson
Following in Robert Pattinson's footsteps, Kristen Stewart has moved out of the home she once shared with her beau of three years following the news that she had cheated with Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders.
Stewart, 22, has packed up her things from the couple's Los Feliz, Calif. love-nest and is currently living away from Pattinson, PEOPLE reports.
After photos of Stewart and Sanders canoodling surfaced in an issue of Us Weekly, Pattinson has severed all contact with his Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 costar. The British actor is reportedly "heartbroken and humiliated" by Stewart's tryst with Sanders, a married man who's 19 years her senior.
Though the word's still out if the couple will reconcile, Stewart and Pattinson won't be able to avoid each other much longer.
Both actors are scheduled to appear as co-presenters MTV's Video Music Awards on Sept. 9, and will continue to promotion the final Twilight film -- due out Nov. 16 -- this fall.
On Wednesday, Stewart publicly issued an apology to her boyfriend.
"I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected," the statement read. "This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."
Likewise, Sanders -- who's currently married with two children -- apologized for the affair.
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The prestigious National Tibbetts award is made annually to small firms, projects, organizations and individuals judged to exemplify the very best in SBIR achievement. The emphasis is on recognizing those accomplishments where, in the judgment of those close to hand and often most immediately affected, the stimulus of SBIR funding has made an important difference.
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Jay was introduced to the SBIR program in December of 1996 when he attended his first SBIR conference held in Casper. He was so impressed and excited about the possibilities of the program for himself and other small businesses that he helped coordinate, with Wyoming SBIR staff, another community conference in Sheridan a month later - 52 people attended. With the support of Tibbetts award winner E. Schmidt and SBIR outreach coordinator, C. Busch, Sheridan and Johnson county became informed.
Jay submitted his first SBIR proposal in the Spring of 1997. This submission did not result in a win but he was persistent and learned the importance of not going through the process alone, using outside reviewers, and preparing a quality, competitive proposal. Consequently, Jay has won two Phase I awards from USDA, was the Principal Investigator on a NASA Phase II award for Big Horn Valve, and has been involved in numerous other SBIR projects with firms throughout the western US.
Jay has been and continues to be a strong advocate of the WSSI program. He has supported the Phase 0 program in several capacities passing on the lessons learned through his application experiences. Jay has been a reviewer, mentor, and has and continues to work with and encourage small businesses to utilize the program. "The WSSI program is an excellent resource should small businesses elect to investigate and use them for preparing proposals."
Jay believes in the SBIR program and the help it provides to small businesses. He states, "Innovative small businesses really need to find out if they should be participating. I let folks know that the SBIR program can help their small business by providing funding for their high risk ideas, it can help them focus on their short and long term goals, and it can provide the recognition they may need to find other funding or teaming partners for their projects."
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Board of Zoning Appeals
The Washington County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) is composed of five residents of Washington County appointed by the County Circuit Court for five year terms. The BZA is responsible for hearing and deciding appeals from determinations made by the Washington County Department of Zoning Administration in the administration or enforcement of the Washington County Zoning Ordinance. The BZA is also responsible for hearing and deciding requests for variances from the terms of the County Zoning Ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest, when, owing to special conditions a literal enforcement of the provisions of the County Zoning Ordinance would result in unnecessary hardship.
Regular Board Meeting:
Called as needed by the Washington County Zoning & Subdivision Official.
Regular Meeting Location:
County Administration Building
205 Academy Drive
Abingdon, Virginia
Board of Zoning Appeals Members:
Mickey E. Tyler
Beulah S. Lambert
Joe B. Lyle
William Duffy Carmack, Jr.