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Scorpino (3.5e Race)
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Some tales say they were created; whether they by magic or science. Others say they evolved. However, the true way they came to be is unknown. The average day for a scorpino is constantly guarding their territory and getting food and water. The reason they adventure is also unknown.
Physical Description[edit]
Scorpino have a tauric body structure with large pincer-like hands,as a domanant trait, and a scorpion-like tail. Their tail has adapted to swing around their sides, from between their legs, or behind them. Scorpino tend to stand around 6 to 7 feet tall and weigh about 400 lbs. due to their chitin armor, pincers, and stinger. Their skin color is usually reddish yellow like the desert sand. Eye color varies as much as it does with humans.
Scorpino seem to be aggressive to anybody; even their own friends. However, they act as they are treated. If feared they will be fearsome.
Scorpinos' alignments vary too much to know.
Scorpino prefer to live in the deserts were they have camouflage.
Scorpino will tend to pick up religions from wherever they spend most of their time.
Scorpino language, Scipish, is a combination of clicks and rattles.
Scorpinos are given names by their parents and that becomes their middle name. They gain their first name when they are old enough to leave their parents and do so. Their last name can be anything but is always the same as one or both of their parents.
Racial Traits[edit]
- +2 Strength, +2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, −2 Charisma: They may be strong but they are slow and aggressive.
- +3 Climb, +2 Grapple
- Monstrous Humanoid
- Large
- Scorpino base land speed is 40 feet. 30 Climb Speed
- Scorpino's have a 25% chance of not having Pincers. Roll 1d100, 75-100= no Pincers
- Their pincers make it hard to hold items. They suffer a -2 to attack with non-natural weapons. The chitin give them a +3 natural armor bonus. The tail also gives them a +2 to Balance.
- Natural Weapons: 2 pincers 2d3. Tail stinger 1d4+(1d2 con damage(DC 10 +1/2 HD)) Range 10ft
- Automatic Languages]]: Scipish and Common. Bonus Languages: any non-secret.
- Favored Class: Barbarian
- Level Adjustment: +1
Vital Statistics[edit]
Adulthood | Simple | Moderate | Complex |
5 years | +D6 | +2D6 | +3D6 |
Middle Age1 | Old2 | Venerable3 | Maximum Age | |
100 years | 200 years | 250 years | +250+D100 years | |
Gender | Base Body Size | Body Size Modifier | Base Weight | Weight Modifier |
Male | 2' | +2D4" | 2 lb. | × (D8) lb. |
Female | 2' 6" | +3D4" | 3 lb. | × (lb. |
Attacks: Pinch 1d8, Tail 1d6+ Fort Save DC18 1d4 Poison (Venom)
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An outing to O'Keeffe country is a favorite day-trip of guests from the Hacienda Nicholas Bed & Breakfast Inn. Along with a visit to Ghost Ranch, we suggest that you also plan to hike the very accessible Box Canyon Trail (photo on the left taken by innkeeper Greg Uzmann). This trail was a favorite of Georgia O'Keeffe herself, and spending time in this part of New Mexico will undoubtedly give you a better appreciation for her work.
The Box Canyon hike is about five miles in total, and hiking the whole trail should take about three hours. Be sure to bring hats, water and sunscreen!
The history of this area is particularly interesting - in the early 19th century rustlers drove stolen cattle into the canyon and kept them there until it was safe to sell them off. This nefarious business was ratcheted up by the Archuleta brothers in the late 1800's. They opened a lodging establishment where guests checked in...but never checked out. Instead, they were murdered, and their horses and other belongings were stolen. It was said that one could hear the echos of all of these poor murdered souls, and so the area was christened "Ghost Ranch".
Should you still have time before enjoying your evening Wine & Appetizer at Hacienda Nicholas, take a quick tour of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum while the images of the day are still fresh in your mind. The museum is just a few blocks from the inn.

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"Ve . . . W-where's Bella?"
Feliciano Vargas walked around the school looking for (Name). It was after school and she suddenly disappeared into thin air. He was a little worried about that, since it's been happening a little more often recently. But Feliciano was more worried that she wasn't telling him about it.
He looked around, seeing the people in the halls, but not (Name). He looked in the library and finally found her sitting at a table, scribbling into that notebook. "Ciao, Bella~!"
"Eh . . .?" (Name) looked up, and closed the notebook in a flash. "Hi, Feliciano, how are you?"
"I'm relived, actually! I thought I lost you, (Name)~ I couldn't find you anywhere and I got really worried!"
"W-well . . . I was just about to head towards the main gate so I could meet you."
"Bella, you've been staying a lot after school, right?"
"Y-yeah . . . truth is . . . m-my little cousins, aunt, and uncle from out of town are visiting and staying at my house. And since I couldn't find much privacy there, I stay a little after school."
"Oh~ that makes sense!"
"Speaking of which . . ." (Name) began looking around the library. "What time is it?"
Feliciano looked down at the cell phone in his hand. "It's twenty minutes after the bell."
"Ah!" (Name) quickly jumped up from her seat, collecting her things. "S-sorry to leave so quickly, but I need to run, Feli!"
"W-what!? S-see you la-" Before he could say the rest, she was gone. "-ter . . ." Feliciano sighed. "I feel like I can't see her any more . . . Huh?" On the table, as he stood to leave, he saw that notebook of hers. Carefully, he picked up the book and stared at it for a while. "I'll give it back to Bella tomorrow . . . if I can see her. . ."
Feliciano sat in boredom on the couch, watching TV. He and Lovino already ate dinner, so it was a little too late to make pasta . . . He began flipping through the pages of (Name)'s journal, which he had at his side. What he saw inside were sketches, little entries of thoughts and short stories. He was surprised of how much she wrote and drew in her free time. But there was one that specifically caught his eye, which was the most recent entry.
No matter how many times I've tried to deny the truth, it's a mere fact that I'm in love with him. I love that bubbly, cheerful, and energetic personality that seems to spread to anyone he comes in contact with. I love how he may seem weak and irresponsible and how he has points that can make up for that. He's an absolutely charming guy. He's very skilled with using his two hands. He can paint, cook, design, and sing. He can be the human definition of perfect.
Compared to him, I don't think I deserve to be near him. Yet he still talks to me, hurting me with his kindness. Don't get me wrong, I feel glad that I'm treated nicely . . . but I really just want to be more than a friend to him. But in reality, I'm really just not fit to be with him, am I? There are so many girls around him, and they're simply better than me.
I'm curious about what he sees in me. He's been talking to me every day since we met. Why is an amazing person like Feliciano talking so someone who is so plain, like me? What does he think about me?
That was as far as (Name) wrote, and he believed that's where he interrupted her. A blush painted his cheeks as he tried to read through it again to make sure he wasn't mistaken. He wasn't mistaken. He began to read what else she wrote in the journal as the blush rose to his ears.
"Oi, Feliciano." Lovino plopped himself on the couch and changed the channel. Feliciano didn't reply, and Lovino looked at him curiously. "What's with you? Did someone pull your curl? You're blushing."
Feliciano came back to reality and looked at Lovino with the blush still there. "N-no . . . I'm fine, fratello. I'll be in my room, okay?" Lovino didn't need to reply. Feliciano ran with the notebook in his hands and locked the door behind him.
He flopped down on his bed, his face planted into his pillow. "Did I really hurt her?' he muttered into it. He thought for a second, and lifted his head. A good idea came into his head as he smiled happily.
"Ve~ (Name), (Name)!" She looked up to see the one and only Feliciano Vargas running towards her. She was sitting in the grass, under the shade of a tree, after school. He sat beside her. "Bella, you forgot your notebook at the library yesterday. I wanted to return it to you." Feliciano held it out to her.
With a blush on her face, (Name) gratefully took it. "T-thanks, Feli. I was wondering why I couldn't find it yesterday." She shyly looked at him. He didn't seem out of the ordinary. Maybe he didn't read it after all.
"Ve . . . Bella, are you okay?" He put a hand on her cheek and turned her to face him again. Feliciano could feel the heat on her face in his palm. "(Name)?"
"I-I'm fine, I'm fine, Feli!"
He laughed as he took his hand away, and sat there with that usual grin. (Name) opened the notebook to the last page she was on, and noticed an entry that she didn't recognize.
(Name), you're always so observant. But haven't you noticed that I feel happier when you're with me? Haven't you noticed that you always make my day better?
I don't know why you would have such low self-esteem. You have a lot of things to be proud of! You can write such amazing things and you're absolutely beautiful. Why do you think I call you Bella?You should have a lot more confidence in yourself. Don't look down on yourself, (Name), because you'll always be perfect in my eyes.
I love you're timid and shy personality, and yet you can be as happy as can be when you want to. Your hair shines perfectly in the sunlight and frames your face perfectly, bringing out the best beauty in you. I know I may not be the best with words, but I'm trying for you!
Remember when we were kids, and I always told you "Ti amo"? You would always tell me that you didn't know what I was saying. I want to say it again, (Name).
(Name) looked at him with the same rosy color on her cheeks. And before she could ask about what she just read, Feliciano cupped her face gently and dove in for a kiss. The Italian had a blush of deep red along with (Name). He pulled back, and looked at her lovingly with his amber eyes.
"Ti amo . . . (Name) . . .," he mumbled shyly, in comparison to his happy personality.
"I-I love you, too, Feli . . .," she replied as she shut her book carefully.
And with that, Feliciano came back for another kiss.
This is why I got a crush on him, this is why I stay up at like 3 in the morning reading this stuff!
I never saw that until now... My god, thank you so much! I'm completely blind (or bad at using keyboards).
THIS FLUFFINESS IS A MURDERER!!!! IT MUST BE ILLEGAL!!!!!!!! Lol, no! It should be published and made a best seller. ='3


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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
And his voice is starting to change, which is so cool…; or, BSC Super Special #3: Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation.
The gist: All of Stoneybrook Middle School (except for Logan!) are going to the Leicester Lodge in Hooksett Crossing, Vermont, for a whole week. They're off for a week of fun winter sports and the Winter War, a competition that pits half of the school against the other half. Fun! But the weather is being a bitch, making for slippery roads. One of the SMS buses skids off the road, but no one gets hurt. One of the other groups staying at the Lodge, a group of elementary school kids, is not so lucky; their bus flips or something, and all the teachers have to go to the hospital, but all the kids are fine. So, the BSC, because apparently they don't really want a vacation, volunteer to watch the sixteen kids for the week, with some help from the teachers…yup, they're even bunking together…DUMBASSES!!!!!!
And of course, each girl has some event or something to deal with…
Kristy: She's the organizer for the Winter War AND she's her team's captain. So, she's all competitive and bitchy and pushy. She gets pissy when people don't want to participate, and she gets even pissier when people mess up…She even breaks a kid's ankle…sort of. She pretty much bullies this kid into cross country skiing, and he breaks his ankle, and she feels all kinds of guilty. But he forgives her and even asks her to dance at the dance at the end of the week.
Mary Anne: She's apparently the nerdiest person in the history of SMS, as she's the first person to ever volunteer to be the trip historian. But instead of working on her paper, she moons about Logan, and obsesses about all the hot bikini-ed girls in Aruba. Oh, and she tries to research the legend of the lodge ghost, but, like so much else in this book, it doesn't really go anywhere.
Stacey: Meets a boy. And she's in love, and he's in love.
Claudia: She's dumb enough to think that her 25-year-old ski instructor likes her, and she's totally heartbroken when he introduces her to his wife and two kids…
Dawn: She's homesick and klutzy and has a fight with Mary Anne. Boring.
Jessi: She's organizing the talent show, and she's afraid to participate in any of the athletic events, cause she thinks she'll hurt herself and never dance again! Oh, and she dances at the show, and everyone applauds and she finally feels like she belongs…[wipes away tears.] Oh, and she thinks this bitchy girl from the elementary school is racist. Turns out she's homesick and she's bitchy and she's called Pinky.
Mal: is an idiot. She's attempting the whole lame-o Harriet the Spy thing again AND she's absolutely terrified of the dance. To the point where she hopes they have to evacuate before the dance…stupid bitch.
So, thems the major plot points. Not much good clothing in this one, cause they're wearing a lot of snow gear. However, Claud has some impressive skiing goggles…
And that's all I can say about this one…it was dreadful. Seriously trying to forget.
29 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I love, love, love this blog!! I always look forward to a new entry...
You should do babysitter's little sister, although I know how much Karen bugs you, I know that it would be fricken hilarious! - 8:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
Yeah, what a lame superspecial but, I do agree that a Little Sister would be pretty hilarious.
Thanks for these. I love it. - 8:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Oh god! No! No Little Sister! Please! For your own sanity, please don't do any Little Sisters.
Um, and Claudia was remarkably stupid in this one. See what happens when you don't let her dress "wildly?" - 8:49 PM
- Kristina said...
I distinctly remember the cover of this book and thinking it looked so good and that I would love it. I can't remember if I did or not. Maybe I did. Which would tell you just how much better my taste in reading has come along since I was barely teen.
- andrea said...
yeah, definitely the worst super special ever. i haven't read the european vacation one, but this one sucks.
- Sara said...
This one was uber-lame. I remember Mallory being so embarrassed at the dance when some kid from her math class (Justin!) asks her to dance, and she steps on his feet FOUR TIMES.
Good lord. Klutzy much?
And Kristy was a TOTAL beeyotch in this one. So mean and competitive about that stupid Winter War. - 11:04 PM
- Library Lady said...
Okay, I'm putting it out there... This was my favorite super special. Much better than the one where Stacey gets traped in a car with her mom for 12 hours or something... C'mon now... (*shuffling feet*)... Don't judge me.
- Anonymous said...
Love this blog!!! Its hilarious. Now riddle me this: (and this is for anyone who reads this blog who may know which non-BSC book I am talking about) In my youth (80s-90s) I read tons of young adult fiction that wasn't limited to BSC exclusively. I am trying to figure out the title of a book - I know the part of the title was "Sunday" which was the name of the main character - but it was about a young girl who gets her braces removed and suddenly gets into modeling. She meets a girl also in modeling who is emotionally disturbed and tries to kill herself. Ultimately our main character decides that modeling is not for her and at the end of the book takes some huge scissors and cuts off her long french braid. The cover shows her in the bathroom looking at herself in the mirror after cutting her hair. Any clues as to this book's title??? HELP!!! Thanks!
- Colleen said...
I'll admit I loved this one (maybe that's just because I loved all of them, though)...I would always read it on snowdays.
But seriously, with how rich Stoneybrook is, how can they not raise enough money to pay for the trip??? - 1:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
I actually like this SS. Mary Anne mooning over Logan is hilarious. And how could you not like Jessi's subplot, which was essentially The Girl Who Cried Racism?
- Cassandra said...
I think Shadow Lake is the worst Super Special; nothing happens in that one at all. The blizzard and busload of kids, while stupid and improbable, at least provide plot points. And at least there are no Karen or David Michael chapters in this one.
- Dawn said...
You are awesome! i am so glad that i found this site. :) This super special wasnt exaclty on my top ten, but it's plot and story lines were better than the 12th super special (here come the bridesmaids)Now that one always annoyed me...Anyways, thanks so much fr brighting my day!
- Anonymous said...
Karen did suck. Did anyone else hate how she always referred to her mother and Seth's house as "the little house" and Watson's house as "the big house"? Yeah, I'm sure your mom really loves the constant reminder of how well she did in the divorce...
- Anonymous said...
Maybe the Babysitters thought they would get some kind of school credits for babysitting while on holiday. I can understand maybe babysitting during the day - like, hanging out with the kids, skiing and skating and making snowmen with them, but to actually *bunk* with them?! Don't they *want* to talk about boys and make-up and bras and other 13-year-old things?! Freaks. :P
- Little Willow said...
Hello there! I'm writing a piece on BSC for a lit monthly. Would you like to contribute a quote or two? Please let me know by emailing littlewillow AT slayground DOT net
I will be linking to your blog. - 3:37 PM
- Christy said...
Ok, I love this blog more than Mary Anne loves Logan. But what I really need to comment on is the Camp Mohawk super-special. I just read it yesterday and there's a line in there about some camper who can't swim because she's Iroquois. WHAT!?!!
- Katie Gillet said...
i love your supra-titles! Little sister might be interesting if you can bring yourelf to it.
- Anonymous said...
I rememebr this was the first ever BSC book I owned myself (the school library got some good use out of me). And I also remember thinking that Mary Anne seriously needs a hobby.
- Anonymous said...
how many times do these girls fall in 'love'??
And... Logan. gah. He's not interested in the bikini girls, Mary Anne, because he's obviously not interested in girls... :P
and all the 'omg older man likes me!' and she's like, 13. Ridiculous! - 8:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous comment awhile back wanted to know that title of the book about the girl who becomes a model...It's called "Adorable Sunday."
- Anonymous said...
I didn't even REMEMBER this Super Special and I do have way too many neurons permanently used up by ANM.
As for the Blizzard Super Special I must have been a perverse young child because I lived for these natural disaster super specials (stranded on an island?)
Also are you going to review the one where 13 year old Dawn or someone dates a 19 year old guy? Were they 13 in dog years or what? - 3:34 PM
- Katie said...
Can I just say I love this blog? Thanks so much for your commentaries, I find them very entertaining.
You know, I didn't care for this SS much myself, but the one I always disliked the most was #2, the Camp Mohawk one. No idea why, maybe it was because I hate camping. - 9:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
Ugh . . . I HATED MA's "storyline". The Logan thing is so lame. And I've always wondered why they even have a historian for this trip; seriously, what's the point? But I think the worst Super Special would have to be Here Come the Bridesmaids. I found that one to be incredibly boring. No boyfriends, hardly any drama , nada. At least Winter Vacation has some sort of drama!
- Anonymous said...
Library lady! This was my favorite Superspecial too. I loved it. I dreamt of going to a lodge like that.
- Anonymous said...
Possibly the guy Claudia liked was French? And named Pierre?
How do I remember this?
Awesome. - 12:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
Question, and I know this is really really late, but I just re-read this bad boy last night: how the hell does Kristy know how to ski? Claudia, I'll buy, even though we never, ever hear about Kishi family ski trips before or after this book. Stacey, same deal. But Kristy?
First off, she specifically says in whatever the hell one they go to Florida in that she's never even left Connecticut before, except to visit cousins in some BS place. Second, I don't think that Mrs. Thomas, pre-Watson, was taking her four kids on lots of ski trips on her single mom salary and with her limited free time. We skiied here and there when I was growing up, and it took a couple of trips to even be moderately good. If Kristy's competitive with Claudia, where the hell did she learn to ski and get that good??? - 12:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
actually, didn't Claud and the fam always go to Vermont? and it was rough their first time without Mimi? i think that's where she picked up the skiing.
- Kristen King, Inkthinker said...
Pretty sure the ski instructor was French, but his name was Guy, not Pierre. I remember this bc Claud write that it rhymed with SKY but I wasn't sure if she meant where the sun is or she just couldn't spell SKI.
- metamorphstorm said...
I think Pierre was the guy Stacey fell in "luv" with in this one. He tells her he's from one of those states (Montana?) near Canada, and she asks if he's French-Canadian. He said NEAR Canada, not IN it. But I could be wrong; Stace and Claud fall in love way too often. Claud's plotline was ridiculous, falling for a 25-year-old...she and Stacey both seem to think older guys (Wes, that sub, too) really like them...and he was 23 or something :P


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Kelex warns her that if she had something to do with this, she'll be in big trouble with the Fortress' defenses. Kelex also tells her that she's not Linda Danvers, so she's no Supergirl. Supergirl hits him with a red sun burst, throwing Superman, now sitting up, and Kelex, across the Fortress.
She apologizes, and Kelex carries Superman to a scanning table. Kelex finds that Superman has a debilitating Kryptonian illness that is killing him, Xarxas.
Noticing that Krypto has not come down with anything, nor has Cir-El, Kelex takes Cir-El to a scanner and learns that she is barely Kryptonian at all, and both of her parents were human.
On the news, people recount how Superman phased through the plane he was rescuing last issue. In other news, Bizarro has gone crazy and is tearing apart downtown Metropolis.
Bizarro lifts a tank above his head and spouts that he knows what he wants this time... to rule the world. He demands that Lex Luthor give him the world, now.
The military calls Washington to tell them that there is a grave matter of Homeland Security.Bizarro is acting like he never has before.
Kelex plops Superman in a bio remediation suit, which looks like a suit of armor based on the Millenium Giant Bull in the face, only in Superman colors. Kelex tells Superman about Cir-El, and the Bizarro Attack.
Superman tells Cir-El he needs he help, and they take off to take care of Bizarro, who Superman assumes is now stronger and more intelligent, because the virus would work the opposite as it has on him for Bizarro.
As they are leaving, Superman yells about how Cir-El broke a Phantom Zone crystal and something came out of the portal, but they are too far gone to notice.
At the police precinct, Lois searches for Clark. Instead, she hears about Bizarro tearing up Lexcorp.
Lex-Men attack Bizarro, as Talia Head looks on. Superman and Supergirl arrive, and Bizarro rips right into them. He takes Superman and smashes him on the ground, breaking his helmet off. Bizarro, it would seem, is talking normally, truly intent on taking the world for his own.
He smashes Cir-El, because Cir-El tries to push him off of Superman, and Bizarro smashes her, telling her she can be his queen when he rules the world.
Superman tells her to use leverage, and she does, sending Bizarro flying.
She uses her red sun burst, hitting Superman AND Bizarro, sending both flying.
Superman reiterates that Bizarro is getting stronger while he is getting weaker, and attacks him.
The police helicopter, with Lois in tow, takes off with Talia to find out what Superman plans to do to handle Bizarro.
Bizarro has realized that the probe will help him kill Superman and thus take over the world, so he crashes down near it. Cir-El and Superman arrive to stop him. Superman's suit is weakening.
Superman attacks, and Bizarro smashes him.
Bizarro punches Supergirl, and his hand breaks. Superman tells her that Bizarro's power is waning, and tells her to hit Bizarro, hard. She does. Bizarro is knocked out.
Talia takes the probe despite Superman indicating that he needs it, because Homeland Security has decreed that the probe needs to be taken, and if he dares speak about it to anyone, he'll answer to a Homeland Security committee.
They leave Bizarro. So Superman takes him, figuring Bizarro will help him get better.
They make anti-bodies using Bizarro's blood, and Superman is cured. Supergirl suddenly collapses, and turns into a young girl who wears glasses.
In Metropolis, the creature unleashed by Cir-El, looking very much like the bio regeneration suit, save with a silver face, tears into Metropolis, where "Yes" advertisements proliferate.
Story - 1: Okay... there's some good stuff here. Bizarro, not Twerp-O, the pet villain project of Steven Seagle, like we see in other books like Action Comics. There's Superman, actually acting like Superman. And there's a somewhat interesting premise.
But like a movie, you can know the whole plot, and it can sound great, but the execution... the execution.
For instance, if you'd tell me I was about to read a comic about Superman fighting for his life in the Fortress of Solitude and then having a one-on-one brawl with Bizarro, I'd be jazzed up. And truthfully, when I heard that this was what was coming down the pike, I was excited.
Then look.
A weird, crazy premise. If Superman is weakened by a Kryptonian virus, then Bizarro, he's made stronger. I guess Steven didn't really read the resolution to "Emperor Joker", or maybe he just chose to ignore it, but Bizarro is a magical manifestation of Mxyzptlk's interpretation of an opposite of Superman, based in the Bizarro Luthor created and Joker brought to life through "Emperor Joker". He isn't Kryptonian. In fact, even if this Bizarro is a copy of the one we know from Pre-Crisis, I would postulate that he is ANTI-Kryptonian. Thusly, in my opinion, the virus would not harm or help him.
BUT, if it did, it would not make him smarter. Otherwise, Superman would be dumber.
BUT, if it did, it would not make him more ambitious. Certainly, Superman is not LESS ambitious in this issue.
And certainly, if it was an opposite effect on Bizarro's blood stream, taking Bizarro's body's reaction to the virus (assuming, as we must, that they could somehow pierce Bizarro's skin, which is doubtful, and that Bizarro stayed knocked out somehow, which is also doubtful, and assuming, as we must, that Bizarro isn't just going to tear apart the Fortress), one would have a way to boost Superman's powers, not cure his disease. For it would take a body transfusion to make this scenario work. If you take a person LIKE Superman, infect them, and have them able to fight the disease, this solution works. If you take someone the exact OPPOSITE of Superman, infect them, and they can fight the disease, there is no logical way to make that a cure, just a logical way to make someone the opposite of Superman cured of the disease Superman has. It's like infecting a duck to cure a cat. They're so opposite, it's not really very sensible. But because they wear nearly the same uniform, hey...
So it's just a comic book, yeah, but this stuff nags at you if you pay attention.
And a good fight is essential to, well, a good fight.
Throughout I could not pay attention, thanks to wondering how in the heck if Superman was dead a containment suit can make him any more capable to fight Bizarro than say, a tank battalion, or why he would even try without calling in the JLA. Big mistake, and Superman's not a rookie. He knows better. Cir-El might fly in stupid, but Big Blue doesn't. Bad writing.
And hey, the containment suit is cracked open, fizzling out of control, but Superman's still not deaf, dying, phasing, passed out, or even more than simply winded? Granted, it is assumed that his condition is fluctuating. But it was fluctuating a lot faster than this last issue, and at very least we can note that this is inconsistent.
And that said, the good fight essential to, well, a good fight simply isn't there. Note my descriptions. Superman hits Bizarro. Bizarro hits Cir-El. Cir-El hits Bizarro. It just isn't creative. What about slapping Superman upside the head with a Billboard while punting Cir-El to Utah? At least that would have been funny. This is just repetitive.
And look... Bizarro wants Cir-El to be his bride, and for some reason has become megalomaniac Bizarro, just like the Mxyzptlk twins and any other remaining wholesome Superman fare left. I thought Bizarro loved Lois. No, now he's into Cir-El, and bent on dominating the world, just because making a lovable someone homicidal is so wholesome and cool.
All I have to say to that is, WAY TO GO, GUYS!
All we need now is for Bibbo to become a bad guy, and all we have is a blabbing angry Perry, a total Witch Lois, and whiny Jimmy for supporting characters. Way to go. And don't forget old divorcing Lana, never mind little Clark.
Maybe I'm a purist. But purists are the folk who've been reading since time out of mind, so maybe they should be listened to. I'm not afraid of change. As unconventional as it seems, I loved the killing of Superman, the changing of Superman's hair, the Imperiex War, I love all these risks, when done right. The villain changes are being done for no reason other than to get people talking or to make a corny villain easier to write. And that indicates to me a lazy writer.
I wrote a Mxyzptlk comic. He's hard to write. He's very cornball, he speaks in an odd tongue, and you'd think, given power like that, he'd just whomp Superman like Bizarro does this issue. But he doesn't. It's not in his nature. So I wrote around it, and surprised myself with the wellsprings you can come up with. I wish these writers would do the same with time-tested characters.
Like Superman.
He's dead, then he's fighting again, then he's magically healed. That destroys all of the tension of the piece, right there.
And I swear to Metron and Sonny Grayven, if that Cir-El whines in my comic book one more time, ONE MORE TIME, she's gonna need more than a bio-regeneration suit (whatever the heck THAT is, why not use the Kryptonian matrix battlesuit?) to pull my foot from her crying behind. That's right. I'm threatening a fictional character.
Things get really repetitive. You'll notice Superman tells Cir-El TWICE that he thinks his powers are going down while Bizarro's are going up. Why? I say sloppy editing. But that's just me. Maybe.
And look. A bio-regeneration suit with malicious intent is in Metropolis. Bizarro, with a few punches, took Superman's bio-regeneration suit out. So we're supposed to feel tension that one is flying around Metropolis with the shady, hardly alluded to "YES" drink? I don't get it. This is just dumb.
I mean, where's the grandeur here? The sense of wonder? What in the name of monkeys is Cir-El doing in a comic which deserves a fine place in American literature and with children of all ages? This needs to get more accessible, and not in a dumbed down way, in a more well written way. Shining characters. Reasonable action. Responsible people. And REAL tension.
I wanted Steven to be a great shining light in a pack of bad books. And to be honest, he's absolutely WHOMPING Casey, but that ain't saying much.
And look, folks. I know a lot of you like Ghetto Kelex. At times, I do as well. But five to ten pages (I don't know, because if you'll look, they killed page numbers as well as the letter column) of Kelex babbling about Superman, yo, it ain't really much more than a Sambo routine. Hate to put it that bluntly, but it is. Someone said: "Let's make entertaining a quality people associate with black people, and then exploit it, because it's 'hip'", whatever that means.
Well, that's just so original.
And one more thing, small in comparison to the whole, but large nonetheless. Kelex tries to warn them about the Phantom Zone thing, and they don't hear him. Two people with super-hearing.
And hey, let's just give Cir-El a secret identity, just for the heck of it, out of nowhere. And Multiple Personality Disorder.
Hey... this SHOULD be after the Supergirls story, right, because Lois is mentioned as being a TV reporter. So why is Supergirl seemingly new to Kelex and the Fortress. It starts with bad and ends in editing.
It's been said before, but why another Supergirl? It makes the non-use of the pet project villain kind of negated, because it's a pet project Superhero, now, isn't it?
Who do we have to blame for Bizarro's rampage? Superman, who didn't imprison Bizarro last time they met. Why? Because he just flies off now instead of putting people in the pen, thanks to the editor and the writers. Funny how this isn't explored. It might point something out that's obvious to everyone except the most casual reader and the editorial staff.
I can only offer two compliments. Thank you for using Bizarro, as I said, and not Lame-O, the intergalactic bug that Superman doesn't want to fight, and thank you for making a political statement about the secrecy of the Department of Homeland Security and what it might do with regards to our health, our safety, and the state of what we hold dear, out metaphorical Supermans.
But all in all, such horrible inconsistencies that it's hard to get lost in the story, which I blame half on Eddie Berganza for his title (editor) and half on Seagle for his (writer).
Art - 4: This art is actually pretty good. Aside from the fact that Supergirl is unattractive (and I mean, take it to brass tacks, Supergirl should be hot), the narrative is smoothly told, and we know who is who, and things are very dynamic. Bad execution of words aside, I do like McDaniel.
Now, the new Lex-Men, they just stink. I can't stand them. They're purple, which is one half of purple and green, which everyone knows is fan gold, but they're still dumb looking. The other design was much better. This leads up, perhaps, in theme, to the Superman/Batman Luthor suit (see the preview for 6 to see what I mean), which rocks the house, but outside of context, they're just lousy, so minus one.
Otherwise, top-notch stuff.
Cover Art - 1: Okay. I've done it in French. I've done it in minimalist fashion. I've done it calm, hostile, bitter, sweet, and now, I'm gonna do it in Pig Latin.
Oh-nay ackground-bay. At-they ucks-say.
Atline-Flay. At-what a ame-lay ord-way (heh, ord-way) to ut-pay on a over-cay.
Uperman-Say ooks-lay ike-lay e's-hay ooping-pay. And I on't-day eed-nay to ee-say at-they.
Ite-whey over-cays ain-stay. E-way an-fays ate-hay at-they. E-way eally-ray ate-hay at-they.
Uperman-Say's olors-cay are off, as are ir-El-Cays.
I oo-day ave-hay to ay-say at-they the ogo-lay is ixed-fay. Us-thay the wo-tay.
Other an-thay at-they, is-they over-cay inks-stay. Ike-lay oop-pay.
If only I ould-cay eak-spay is-they in Erganza-bayese, so e-hay ight-may ear-hay the ans-fay.
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Oceana Gold's gold and copper mining project in the northern Philippines - costing $US247 million ($NZ300.8 million) when completed - is about to move from development to production in coming weeks as ore is introduced into the refining process.
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For its third-quarter results, Oceana's crucial cash costs to produce each ounce of gold in New Zealand remained beyond $US1000 at $US1081, but once in full Philippine production, it has been estimated Didipio's gold and copper equivalents will dilute overall production cash costs to possibly $US600/oz.
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Collecting and documenting everything Traxxas produced and sold to the public for the first ten years.
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I've added the Traxxas Villain IV and Hawk to the webpage (links above). Please feel free to read the write-up and check out the pictures. Also, I love to hear from other Traxxas fans so comment or email me with additional information or just to share stories. Thanks again and enjoy!
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Hi, I remember the first Cat that I saw and had to work on, there are some big differences between it and the ones that are shown here. 1. The one I worked on did not have a discreet receiver or servos, instead it had a circuit board for the receiver and sone motorized gearboxes for the servos. 2. The speed control was very similar to the Tamiya style used on the Hornet and Grasshopper. Bruce
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Spanking the Cow- The continuing saga of an R100GSPD at the Races
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I got to chat with Jason over lunch the day after his return. He was still in LaLaland, suffering from severe jetlag, but I asked...
Were you and the bike expected to win? Yes....
You weren't on the podium, do you still feel like a winner? Yes!
Winning the Caldecott is surreal!!
Jason is truly honored...
Perhaps those who are more astute on the subject can school me, but here's my take on the Caldecott...
Id never heard of Andy Caldecott before this week. A legendary competitor whose life was cut short striving to be the best yet again. A keen sportsman and family man who earned every point of respect he was given, and then some. I would have been proud to have met him.
Those that knew him have created an award in his honor that is given each year to one competitor at the conclusion of the event. There is no mention of it on the website and the details of the award criteria are not written down in the rules.
The award is not for the machine, or the team or country that won the race. It is for an individual who leads by example. Its not necessarily for the person standing on podium.
It can only be won by someone who demonstrates the best in sport, and in life. Someone whos willing to help push you out of the rut, as he is to push his own dead machine across the finish. That sort of thing. The kind of mate youd hope for in the proverbial foxhole...
Vince Lombardi claimed to be misquoted. It should read, Winning isnt everything. It the will to win, thats the only thing.
That spirit is what The Caldecott is for.
Its not about start/finish times. Or the fastest stages. Or the biggest, baddest factory machinery with bankroll.
Its for the guy that reminds us of who we are , and who we might want to be someday. Hes not pictured on the podium, but his shadow keeps the light levels down.
The Andy Caldecott Award is a recognition of excellence on all levels.
You dont have to be first, to be a winner in this category.
Congratulations to Jason Adams and Rooney Racing for a race well run.
You are legendary competitors at the top of your game. Respected by your peers for your achievement, and then some.
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Who doesn't love a good braid, whether it's a fishtail, four-strand, and now a lace braid. This style can be created with French (or Dutch) plaits with one small change: you only add new pieces of hair to one section of the braid. Since we just made an impromptu "salon," I was only working with two bobby pins and no comb. It's not pulled as tightly as you'd want — for say, a night on the town — but get the same idea with these steps.
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i first learned how to do this by a youtube video but it helps having a guide, thanks!
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Omg, this was so helpful! I tried to do it on my own but added hair on the left side of my head, preventing me from achieving the lace effect!
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ahh i love this hairstyle, i wear it loads and i always get compliments that it looks lovely, its really easy too when you get the hang of it and keeps all your hair off your face for work and things.
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Sorry for all the caps I got so excited!
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MY AUNT USED 2 DO THIS 2 MY HAIR ALL THE TIME and i would go 2 the grocery store and ppl would tell me it looked cute
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argh. i thought it was how to incorporate lace/ribbons into a braid, which i desperately want to learn but keep messing up -.-
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I've been loving all the braiding tutorials, Bella. I have always loved braids but, for a while, nobody seemed to be wearing them. For my super-long thick hair, it's a fun way to manage the "poof" and keep me from my usual boring style (up in a bun).
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I'll have to try this. I've tried this before and it seems to mess up. I'll try the ear to ear and report back. French braids look so great and if done right stay put. But my arms & fingers hurt after a while :/
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Thanks! I've been wanting a tutorial since Drew Barrymore did it so beautifully a few weeks ago!
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Thanks for this, Bella--SO helpful! I can't wait to try it. I really love braids, and this one style is one of my favorites.
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I love the step by step instructions. Please do more of these. They're great. Also, I'm trying this on my hair tomorrow.
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Great tutorial, thanks! (and that lady has gorgeous hair!)
I'll have to give this another try - I usually always end up with a braid that's considerably thicker at the end than at the start, to the point it's not pretty. I'm obviously missing something.
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Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont (30 November 1637 – 10 January 1698) was a French ecclesiastical historian.
He was born in Paris into a wealthy Jansenist family, and was educated at the Petites écoles of Port-Royal, where his historical interests were formed and encouraged. At the age of twenty, he began his two monumental works, the Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire ecclésiastique des six premiers siècles and the Histoire des empereurs et autres princes qui ont régné pendant les six premiers siècles de l'Église. The first is a history of the first six centuries of the Christian Church; the second is a history of the Roman emperors during the same period.
Tillemont became a priest at the age of thirty-nine and settled at Port-Royal. When Port-Royal was dissolved in 1679, he moved to his family estate at Tillemont, where he spent the rest of his life, pursuing his historical work with great devotion. His Histoire began to issue from the press in 1690 and his Mémoires in 1693, though the publication of both works was not completed until after his death.
Tillemont is cited frequently by Gibbon in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. His works were among the first to provide critical surveys of the full range of source material. His prose style is considered dry, but he had a reputation for accuracy, detail and conscientiousness. His work was attacked on a large scale by Honoratus a Sancta Maria in his Réflexions sur les règles et l'usage de la critique, three volumes (1712-1720).[1]
- "Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
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An assault at the American Legion Club in New London has led to a grand jury indictment.
Ronald D. Ohm, 37, of 160B Williams St., New London, was charged with felonious assault in connection with a March 29 incident.
He was one of 14 people indicted Friday by a Huron County grand jury.
New London police investigated the case in which there were two victims, but one of them declined to pursue prosecution. The older man, a 57-year-old New London Township resident, went to Fisher-Titus Medical Center with various injuries after an assault at the American Legion Club.
"He sustained a broken right collarbone, a broken right shoulder and a broken left lower leg," Sgt. Joe Hicks said earlier. "The younger victim refused treatment (at the hospital)."
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Our bird continued migrating south along the Gulf coast yesterday, covering 149 miles (240 km) for the day.
En route, she passed all of the classic, major Gulf of Mexico hawkwatching locations, La Mancha, Johnny Angel Beach and Cardel.
She finished up by landing right in the heart of the city of Veracruz, perhaps to hunt pigeons.
The Google Earth image shows a long black shadow at her roost site, suggesting a tower of some kind, a radio or cell tower most likely.
I have passed closely by this location several times in the past and stayed at hotels not far from there. Those of you who have been on any past FRG Veracruz tours were also quite close.
The tower is also located about a third of a mile NW of the location of the fourth North American Ornithological Congress in 2006.
Is there anyone on the Veracruz team who could take a picture of this site for us?
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Tech exec predicts mobile banking users will soon eclipse online banking users.
Financial institutions still in the mix as digital wallet uptake evolves in fits and maybe starts.
The future of digital wallets is uncertain and the earlier predictions of quick market adoption may have been proven wrong, according to some experts and credit unions using the technology.
Fiserv and Symitar dominate the discussions around credit union core systems, but many smaller providers are nipping at the heels of the core giants.
This second part of a two-part series on core processor competition is a preview from next week's print edition of Credit Union Times.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An FIS executive told a CSCU session that denial of service attacks are often diversionary tactics.
Fiserv, FIS pushing to make person-to-person an instant affair, which may be the key to real adoption.
The effort to create a new technology standard for integrating credit union-specific software has marked a number of milestones since it was launched by members of the CUNA Technology Council.
This preview from next week's print edition looks at the work on new integrating standards for credit union-specific software.
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Atmanspacher, Harald and Primas, Hans (2002) Epistemic and Ontic Quantum Realities. [Preprint]
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Quantum theory has provoked intense discussions about its interpretation since its pioneer days. One of the few scientists who have been continuously engaged in this development from both physical and philosophical perspectives is Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker. The questions he posed were and are inspiring for many, including the authors of this contribution. Weizsaecker developed Bohr's view of quantum theory as a theory of knowledge. We show that such an epistemic perspective can be consistently complemented by Einstein's ontically oriented position.
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Various explanations have been offered as to the distinction between "needle-work" and "cunning work." Probably neither term expresses just what is to-day understood by embroidery, though the latter may come nearest to it. The art of embroidery by the loom was extensively practiced among the nations of antiquity. In addition to the Egyptians, the Babylonians were celebrated for it.


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A more modern reading of the Commerce Clause is that its purpose is to let the government regulate the economy more broadly. Now, this clause is used to justify things like laws regarding the safety of food and drugs as well as things like minimum wage laws.
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looks real good! did you use some sort of sealer under that? and how many coats of clear did you put on?
The brown is a Brushed Metallic, with a satin finish, outside is black gloss. All done with Krylon spray cans. 2 coats of primer, wet sand with 800 grt in between coats lightly. 3 coats of paint, 1000 grt wet sand between coats. final wet sand 2000 grt, rubbing compound. Wash off with water, Add Meguiar's Polish compound,buff.Add Meguiar's swirl-x,buff.Add meguiar's deep crystal carnauba wax,polish her up...I didnt think that satin paint would shine like that. But im gonna go with it..
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Hi. Welcome to
the Fall 2001 of "In Our Own Words," the Ezine from
BBBooks. We are a grass roots organization, not a corporate entity, so we don't dance to the dollar sign. You can expect to find thought- provoking, creative, alternative writing, information and politics right here. We offer the "People Before Profits Poetry Prize" each year and offer all kinds of other stuff for writers, poets, students, educators, spiritual types, feminists, humanists, tradespeople and activists. We're people who follow their conscience, but like to have fun too! The writers in this edition of "In Our Own Words" range in age from their 20s to their 80s. Much of the writing came from creative |
writing classes held in Oakland, California, composition classes in San Francisco, CA and from writers across the country who sumbitted writing to "In Our Own Words" or our poetry contests. Our
editorial philosophy
is simple: Writers respond to life; they chronicle our times
and remind us what it is like to be human. |
How You Can Be Published: There are
several ways. You can also send in poetry or short prose of
your own to be considered for IN OUR OWN WORDS, our ezine. We
also recommend looking at the Classifieds in Poets
and Writers Magazine, visiting our Calls
for Submission Page, or entering a contest, similar to our annual "Burning Bush Poetry Prize." Only entries that include
a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) will be returned, so
be sure to include this with your work. See
our editorial philosophy. |
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