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Fayette County, Philly have poverty in common
UNIONTOWN, Pa.
It is hard to imagine that this picturesque town, with its stately courthouse, charming narrow streets, cozy diners and cluttered antique shops, has anything in common with metropolitan Philadelphia, a bustling city of skyscrapers, nightlife and sports complexes on the opposite end of the state.
Yet rural Fayette County and urban Philadelphia County (the city shares the county's borders) have Pennsylvania's highest poverty rates, with Fayette nearing 20 percent and Philadelphia at a staggering 26 percent. In other words, one in five folks in Fayette lives in poverty; in Philly, more than one in four do.
These counties could not be more different: Fayette is overwhelmingly (92 percent) white and rural (less than 176 people per square mile); Philadelphia has a predominating mix of minorities (more than 44 percent black and 12 percent Latino, with 37 percent white) and urban density (more than 11,000 people per square mile).
"When poverty strikes, it doesn't see rural or urban black or rural white," said Burns Strider, a Democrat strategist who works with rural voters. "Folks have a tendency to associate the problem as an urban issue, but our rural communities are suffering too. You don't see it because it is not concentrated in the way it is in the city."
Fayette County and Philadelphia share some poverty correlations, according to Bert Rockman, a Purdue University political science professor — namely, "lower educational achievement, the elimination of easily accessed jobs, the decline of key industries, and an intergenerational transfer of impoverishment."
Rockman said the United States has one of the lowest intergenerational levels of social mobility among developed economies.
"People tend to be stuck in place more here than in comparable economies," he said. "So, although Fayette County is mostly white and Philadelphia is majority black and also has significant Latino populations, they both share the same characteristics when it comes to poverty."
Avery Johnson, who runs one of the few Washington lobbying firms that only pushes Congress to help the poor, had personal experience with poverty as a black growing up in West Virginia's coal hills.
"I'd argue that the rural poor probably have a bigger disadvantage" than those in cities "because there are miles … for them to get to services that can help them," Johnson said.
His firm, Advocates for the Other America, is a rarity on Capitol Hill because the poor are politically invisible, he said. "There are other firms who push for the poor as part of many things they do. This is all we do."
It has been tough to push Congress to do something, he added, because "the poor don't vote, black or white, so they don't have clout. They don't force Washington to pay attention."
"Poverty impacts every single aspect of your life in the ghetto," said Elijah Anderson, a Yale University social sciences professor and author of "Code of the Street," a sometimes heartbreaking study that outlined four years of research into a poor black community of inner-city Philadelphia.
Anderson was very disappointed that, aside from a speech by Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan, any mention of poverty was conspicuously absent during the 2012 presidential campaign and at the Democratic National Convention.
"It was terrible," he said. "You have people who are dislocated, the jobs have left, and there is no sense of urgency in Congress and the White House."
Strider, the Democrat strategist, called the entire situation "tragic."
"So often we get on our patriotic pedestal and boast about how we invest our monies in other countries," he said. "It is time to invest at home. We have to have the political fortitude to invest where there is no political strength, in poor neighborhoods and communities."
Purdue's Rockman said that, while underlying similarities exist between poverty problems in Fayette County and in Philadelphia, race remains an obstacle to seeing them that way. "The bottom line is that politicians need to address the poverty problem as a unit," he said.
Past efforts to do so, such as President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs, were not terribly successful. And today's political system has turned far more out of tune with the problems of the poor and the near-poor than ever before.
Salena Zito covers politics for Trib Total Media (412-320-7879 or email@example.com).
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UNICEF strongly urges protection of all children during unrest in the Middle East and North Africa
BRUSSELS/NEW YORK, 26 February 2011 – UNICEF is deeply concerned by reports that children and adolescents have been killed or injured in the escalating violence that is affecting a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
"No child should be exposed to any form of danger, as this could have a long-lasting effect on their survival or psychological well being," said Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, from Brussels.
UNICEF is ready to provide assistance if needed and urges all those involved to protect children at all costs.


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Stumbling in the wrong direction
by Kieren McCarthy | 3 Apr 2013 |
ICANN needs to get back to its technical mission before it does real damage to the Internet
It wasn't that long ago - in the days before new gTLDs took up every waking moment of its life - that the most frequent concern expressed about ICANN was "mission creep".
ICANN was set up to administrate the Internet's naming and numbering system, but continually found itself unwillingly pulled into other issues from trademark protection to market regulation, to privacy and legal enforcement concerns.
As those issues came up for discussion, wise Internet old hands warned again and again in public forums across the globe that moving away from its "narrow technical remit" would spell disaster for ICANN.
But somewhere along the line that advice stopped being provided. Perhaps it was when the same technical stalwarts' knowledge and experience became a valuable commodity for companies wanting to run a new gTLD. Or when the chair of the Board saw he only had a few months left to approve the new gTLD program before his term was up.
With bitter irony, it may have been when former president Bill Clinton addressed ICANN's San Francisco meeting (in return for $250,000) and inspired many in the audience by pointing out that the most important thing when faced with difficult and fast-moving issues was to "stumble in the right direction".
Jack of all trades
Whatever happened, just a few years later ICANN has found itself developing and introducing the first-ever global database of trademarks, even though it has almost no experience or knowledge of trademarks, software development or global legal systems.
At the same time, the organization has written the rules for a new multi-billion-dollar market in which many of the world's largest companies will participate without so much as a single economist on staff.
ICANN has managed to turn itself a global Internet censor by badly handling a request from the Red Cross and Olympic Committee. With no experience or expertise in international politics, a series of missteps have seen the organization provide extraordinary protections to a long list of names under every new Internet extension.
Then there is the newly drawn contract that breaks European law by ignoring data privacy concerns. Piling one mistake onto another, the organization's quick-fix solution was to instantly grant a blanket exemption from its "global" policy for those physically located in certain countries of the world.
And then there was the time ICANN set itself up as a provider of international aid in the course of an evening, creating a $2 million fund for needy applicants and only then embarking on a search for someone who knew anything about how to run it. (It was saved by the fact that only three people applied for assistance, two of which didn't meet the criteria.)
Technical limits
These novice moves in long-standing and complex worlds are exactly what the technical community spent the first ten years of ICANN's life warning against. But what even those advocates didn't account for was that rushing into unknown areas would cause the organization to lose track of its very reason for existing.
A new report published last week by Verisign warned ICANN may destabilize the Internet if it doesn't sort out a range of technical issues that effectively define what the organization's real role should be. The report doesn't have DNS experts seriously worried, but it does makes for disturbing reading.
The issues identified - from inadequate monitoring, to rushed software systems and unfinished specs, to missed deadlines - show that ICANN has fallen behind in key technical preparations. And it has done so despite the efforts and well-documented concerns of the Internet community. Technical considerations have started playing second fiddle to a pantomime of legal, political and business issues.
Incredibly, no one appears to have noticed. Or at least they had not chosen to speak up until ICANN crossed the line and tried to award itself absolute control over the domain name system through unilateral contract amendment rights.
Getting back to its roots
The good news is that despite such miserable forays into other worlds, ICANN is still well equipped to do its central job - overseeing the domain name system.
There is no greater gathering of knowledge and understanding about how humans and machines can connect on the global telecommunications network we call the Internet than at an ICANN meeting. Complex issues that take weeks to explain to others are instinctively understood by the vast majority of attendees, and despite the large quantities of hot air, once the ICANN community gets its teeth into a technical issue it has a pretty good record of finding workable solutions. Such solutions have enormous global value and will become increasingly valuable as the Internet become embedded in our global culture.
ICANN needs to get back to that technical inheritance rather than continue to kid itself that a PDP and a public comment period can solve the world's Internet ills. And the ICANN community needs to be honest with itself and admit that, yes, it really doesn't know that much about the world beyond IP addresses and name servers. Let other, better qualified groups decide those issues and then ICANN can figure out how to work creatively within the end results. Like engineers do every day of their lives.
Once the new gTLD approval process is off and running, ICANN will be presented with an opportunity to get back to its technical roots. It should grab it with both hands. And we should all hope that the decisions made while working outside a limited technical remit don't end up damaging the Internet too badly.


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Chapter 469 has been released!
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O_O What happened in the beginning of the chapter? It just kinda skipped from one thing to another and then NaruSaku ftw became epic fail… I am disappoint.
Wow this chapter only showed me one thing…never use love as a means to manipulate people to get what you want.
P.S no more NaruSaku coupling after that. Haha
Aaaaaawww… Cute right?
I'm not sure if she really does… Maybe she is just trying to "replace" Sasuke…
Or maybe Naruto is just over reacting a little… probably not.
Well, he definitely doesn't go back on his word…
Who would've thought dat sakura would get rejected by naruto…. as long as he tried to impress her and get her 2 like him n a he jus told her strait up. I think that he made the right joice though she seemed like she was faking to me too. i think she jus said all that bcuz of wat sai said n she was just trying 2 break the "curse" she but naruto in.
Loved this chapter. Naruto is the man and Sakura is an idiot.
Finally! Proof that there will be no NaruHina!
But anyway pretty good chapter. Honestly I think it could have used some more dialogue or action. I can't wait to see more of Killer Bee vs Kissame!
awful chapter, thas how you fill a week with nothing…just a sakura scene that doesnt make it ec¡xcept for naruto´s response…and wow the new info, the name of tsuchikage…..thast all til next week, hoping a better chapter with full of potential by the way
Why the hell did this have to happen?
That was by far the worst chapter of Naruto I've ever read
sakura finally told naruto that she likes him; to bad that she's lying
OMG just read it, wow, almost destroyed me then. Would've been a good plan, if Naruto hadn't grown up so much since the start.
T_T…. Please Sakura, a confession like that would go straight through me. How fake! All hail NaruxHina!
That confession was so fake.
Looks like Danzo's obssessed with kekkai genkais not unlike Orochimaru, seeing as he wants a Byakugan eye.
Even better, there's still hope for a NaruHina pairing, yah!
All I got to say is "POW RIGHT IN THE KISSER!!", Naruto is standing tall now and Sakura needs new acting lesson's, but I'll always love my Sakura. Vince Shlomi about that favour you owe me, well I need it now, please teach Sakura your way of ninja.
cliche but i dunno if its effective. the whole plan just made sakura…i don't know…
As soon as Sakura started her speech, i knew what Narutos reaction would be. can't wait to see what he says to her next week!
Wow… Wow… Wow….. I can't believe it… Haha… NaruSaku has just been slapped in the face! SASUSAKU FOREVER!
is wonder if its true or not
wat sakura is sayying
holy crap sakura you should never reveal your love in public (i dont know if she really loves naruto) but if you do you will get rejected and did you see rock lee's face hes like 'OBJECTION'
YES no more sakura – naruto goo hinata and danzo is not obsessed with the byakugan he just doesnt want someone out of the hyuga clan & konoha to have it i dont care if that mizu ninja dies but please get that eye back i hate the other ninja villages trying to obtain konoha powers
Wow wtf? I totally saw i coming though, i mean she said "i know what i have to do" like 10 chapters ago,but damn. NaruSaku epic fail… O.o
Awesome, sakura needs to drop off the face of the earth, what the heck was that? you cant love someone for most of your life then go on trying to love someone else in a day. its total bs. and she should give up on sasuke too, i mean, c'mon, sasuke doesnt like her, i mean, who does sasuke like? he hates everyone. karin will have a wayy better chance then her. hinata deserves naruto wayy better than sakura ever will. Hinata forever!
Interesting development: Sakura seems to just want Naruto to stop chasing Sasuke. And Ao is about to lose the Byakugan, it seems. Well, it seems that NaruSaku may be a failure, but I support NaruHina more anyway.
Wow just wow I can't beilve this chapter. Can't wait to see what happen in this next chapter.
Hinata's was so much better, Sakura get a clue will ya!
Danzo is really taking huge risks, if Ao doesn't come back, everyone will rightly assume it was him, his standing among the Kages is already rock bottom, his reign in Konoha will end the moment Gaara relays the news of what happened at the summit, manipulation, cowardice and now attaking a Kage's bodyguard, whew add that to the fact he fled underground while everyone fought Pain and you the perfect WORST candidate for Hokage ever!
Yeah…if that confession was real, my name's Donald Trump. Did Sakura REALLY think Naruto was going to fall for that? That was as transparent as water! I don't hate Sakura- I actually like her- but I DO NOT like NaruSaku, I am a NaruHina fan one billion percent. Not quite sure what her motives are; maybe she just said because she thought it would make Naruto feel better, or to get him to stop going after Sasuke, or maybe both. But, at any rate, we can now clearly see the difference between Sakura and Hinata (the later of whom is my favorite character!): Hinata really does love Naruto, but even if she didn't, she would never lie and say something like that just to make someone else feel better. And Hinata has loved, admired, and appreciated Naruto from the beginning.
Wow…I hate Danzo more every minute…what a desperado. Why does he need the RIGHT eye, anyway? It's his LEFT eye that's normal. Does he want to exchange his Sharingan for a Byakugan, or does he just not want a Mist ninja to have a Byakugan? Anyways, what a LOSER!
personally, this chapter made me really disappointed and i actually face palmed when sakura started her 'confession'. i'm not much of a fan of narusaku(any pairing of sakura really), but even i felt insulted that the pairing and even sakura herself appeared to be mocked. first making sakura say such a fake confession to naruto? that is just…and then sakura's character in this chapter. it was horrible, i was just able to really start liking her in shippuden and then that.
as for the chapter itself it seemed more like something to fuel the pairing wars instead of making things progress in the story. now there's going to be sasusaku and naruhina fans going crazy, while the sakunaru will probably be suffering…
in all, i have to say this chapter was simply horrible and i can only hope next weeks is much, much better.
Come on she should have known that wasnt going to work. This is naruto uzumaki, the ninja that never goes back on his word. Idk if she likes hime or not. Wonder wat he'll say. I cant wait till naruto becomes the leader of the shinobi alliance>;>
wow this chapter was not interesting and that was the fakest confession ever. i understand why sakura is lieing. He wants naruto to stop chasing after sasuke and the only to convince naruto is by lieing to herself and to naruto. Right now ALL HAIL NARUHINA.peace out
Sakura… i hate her… Naruto is not a stupid kid anymore… he won't fell for a trick like this. Sakura—> go to the emocorner and cry for your Sasuke
wow, i really didn't enjoy this weeks chapter.it was all on the confession, and it wasn't even good. I didn't like his choice of making sakura lie. it was badly thought out, no one liked this whole event. personally i'd 100 times want narusaku instead forsure. this was a big dissapointment. really disliked this chapter
What how could you not want Naruto to get with Sakura. The hero should always get the girl. Although it looks like she doesn't really like him. I feel bad for Hinata but I also think that NaruSaku should happen. I mean there kids would be a lot stronger and smarter. Although NaruHina kids might have a Byakugan. But I still wish Sakura wouldn't have F'd things up and get with Naruto.
It's just like Tsunade and Jiraiya. You know Tsunade loves Jiraiya by the stuff she says after he dies, but it was too late for her to tell him. Now he's dead. Naruto should fix that by being with Sakura. That would make me feel better.
wow, i really didn't enjoy this weeks chapter.it was all on the confession, and it wasn't even good. I didn't like his choice of making sakura lie. it was badly thought out, no one liked this whole event. personally i'd 100 times want narusaku instead forsure. this was a big dissapointment. really disliked this chapter
im so sad about this really…i feel like im gonna cry…..to me i really want narusakura. it just kills me for this to happen, i feel like they were destined to be together.
Well, as much as it seems like Naruto and Sakura won't be showing up together in the end, I wonder…it's still possible. Naruto I think, because he loves Sakura so much can easily read her, and while she might be lying now, it's to get Naruto from keeping the promise he made to her, so they can kill Sasuke.
One thing that bothers me is what Madara said a few weeks back to Naruto when he mentioned the fight between Sasuke and Naruto will be the final battle between the hatred of the Uchiha and the Leaf. Based on his later story to the Kage Summit, it'll take both the Mangekyou Sharingan, and the Senju bloodline to control the Juubi, or the Rinnegan of the Rikudou Sennin. So it begs the question, is Madara stupid enough to really believe that he can recombine the 9 Bijuu and be able to control it?
One other question, what exactly did the Rikudou Sennin give the Senju half of his descendants to compliment the story given to his older son's descendants-the Uchiha?
Erm, the whole beginning threw me off for a second.
And for the whole Narusaku thing,
I do believe that Sakura does love Naruto, but she's terrible at saying so because of her epic fail at a love confession for Sasuke. (Actually, I think Naruto probably would be a softy for her crying. Hahaha.) Plus it was hinted eariler in part two (by Yamato) that she was in love with him.
My prediction:
Either this will turn into a sap fest,
or Naruto will go off and be emo, and after a couple chapters he will end up sucking face with Sakura and at the end of the series have little blonde and pink haired Hokage babies.
Or I could be wrong and the odd institution which I formerly loved, aka Naruhina, will win. But, I doubt it.
oh. my. god.
okay, i think that sakura really does love naruto, but what was with that confession? in front of everyone? it sounded totally fake to me. if i knew sakura, she wouldnt be so in your face about it. im a total fan of narusaku, but that was the absolute wrong time for sakura to say that… either it was deliberate or kishimoto shouldn't write romance.
man this was rocki'n
Sakura Haruno: The most selfish time-waster in Shippuden.
She drags Kiba, Lee, and the ANBU trouble(match)maker out of the village for some fake confession. Not only is this an insult to Naruto, but it's also offense to Hinata and Sasuke(whether he cares or not).
I think that Danzou is somehow taking control of Sakura to make Naruto not focus.
That's what I think…. anyone with me?
wow, that was one of the saddest chapters yet for me. i don't want sakura to become this. naruto and her are destined to be together. Not naruhina, they've never had much talk time and they haven't had much time together on the manga. its always been destined to be narusaku. i feel like im gonna cry and die if this turns out bad between narusaku. im very unhappy about this chapter…:(
Sakura might actually care for Naruto, but that's only because Sasuke isn't around anymore. If Sasuke were to come back, she'd flock to him again.
The chapter was actually pretty good. If Naruto had said yes to Sakura, I would've lost all respect for Kishimoto. That's been expected since Naruto started for goodness sake. By including Naruto's rejection amid the other plot twists, Kishimoto still possesses the creativity and unpredictability that makes him an original writer.
Is Tsunade ever gonna wake up? I mean come on.
Actually, this just shows that NaruSaku is over. He rejected her in the end lol.
And this makes NaruHina a lot more likely.
It seems that Sakura has feelings for both Naruto and Sasuke, but that she tries to convince herself that she likes Naruto the most because of the things Sasuke has done. I completely agree with Naruto, "don't lie to yourself". He shows that he has grown alot more up, seeing as how he saw through her confession. I like the result, even though I wouldn't have anything against the two of them getting together. I just want it to be because they both have true feelings for eachother.
As for the chapter in whole, not very much happened, but it was nice reading anyways.
sakura needs to be slapped in the face. Seriously, that act was so fake, anyone could have seen through it. I mean, if she really would have meant it,I think she would have cried, even a little when Naruto didn´t believe it…Or maybe it is true, and she´s killing two birds with one stone…hmmm, could be…
after sakura confessed and all the flashbacks showed i knew something shady was going on look naruto could be a idiot but when it came to emotional things he knew so naruto is not that big of idiot he knows somethings up
Meh. People are overreacting if you ask me. The drawn-out love expression was supposed to look fake.
i think she's lying….but naruhina will happen…at least i hope
Just thought about a thing…dont know if this has been discoused but, if donzo have the power to minipulate people then he could have gotten the kake titel the same way…
boring chapter dudes… what a bummer…
That's a logic point from Naruto. I mean, Sakura talks like he's just a replacement. True love is the way Hinata said it. NaruHina & SakuSasu FTW!
i think that he left the senju his strong chAKRA so that would explain how the first was able to control the bjuu and probably how he had mokuton and also why the second had such strong water techniques
Nah, Danzo will not get the Byakugan…you've all forgotten someone…Kabuto…
He'll come, take the Byakugan and then go after Danzo's sharingan
way to go champ(naruto)…..sakuras also being considerate either way u look at it….she's eithyer trying to brake the guilt thats been driving naruto, or express herself…its kinda sad but narutos 'all grown up'
hinata still the best confession w/ naruto…..just back chapter 437….
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Long before FREDDY VS. JASON, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR, or even KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, Universal Pictures revolutionized franchise horror by pitting two of their most famous, frightening creatures against one another in one epic film. When werewolf Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is revived by the rays of the moon after his tomb is plundered by thieves, he seeks the help of old gypsy women Maleva, who takes him to the castle of Frankenstein in hope that the infamous scientist might have some insight into how to end Talbot's tortured existence. While the mad doctor himself is dead, his monstrous creation remains frozen in the caves beneath the ruins. Talbot frees the monster and soon, with the help of a concerned doctor and the heiress to the Frankenstein legacy, sets out to unlock its creator's secrets.
A lean, intelligent screenplay by Curt Siodmak makes FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE WOLFMAN one of Universal's finest horror outings. The first half of the film is a faithful and direct follow-up to THE WOLFMAN (1941), detailing Talbot's resurrection and agony over his unwilling immortality. The grave robbing scene is scary and tense, and great performances by Chaney, Patric Knowles (as Doctor Mannering) and Dennis Hoey (Police Inspector Owen) give the early proceedings considerable emotional depth, lending weight and credibility to a plot that could easily have become a one-note gimmick. Chaney again elicits a great deal of sympathy from the audience, his Wolfman almost assuming the role of protagonist by the final reel. The action moves along at a nice clip so there is little time to get bored or question the pseudo-science once the monster is found and the Frankenstein portion of the story begins. Ilona Massey, Maria Ouspenskaya, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye and Lionel Atwill round out the excellent cast, all doing a fine job here.
Bela Lugosi finally assumes the role he once turned down, the Frankenstein monster, but he is probably the least effective of all the actors who played the part during the 30s and 40s. He is too short and a bit pudgy, and his thick Hungarian accent reportedly lead to all of the monster's dialogue scenes being removed. This undermines the performance severely, since the monster was rendered blind at the end of THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942), but no reference to his blindness is left in the film. As a result, Lugosi appears stiff and clumsy rather than menacing. Hopefully someday, Universal will release a restored version that includes the missing dialogue (if those scenes still exist).
Other than the confusion regarding the monster's vision, continuity is surprisingly sharp here. As a direct sequel to two other films (only one of which was written by Siodmak), one would expect a few slips, but this movie gets the details right. This is one of the all-time best examples of how to make a sequel mesh seamlessly with its predecessors while still expanding and adding to the mythos.
The much-anticipated battle between monster and werewolf isn't quite the savage affair it could have been. It comes in the final minutes of the film, as a drunken villager blows up a nearby dam and floods the whole area. Though exciting, this clash is far too short and is hurt by Lugosi's stiff, awkward portrayal of the monster. Still, it is an unforgettable moment, the first time two screen horror legends would engage in hand-to-claw combat. Unlike many such meetings in contemporary cinema, this seminal monster melee comes at the end of a very smart, extremely entertaining film, so it's difficult to be too disappointed by its brevity. FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN is still the standard by which "crossover" films should be judged, and in that respect it casts a long and imposing shadow.


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vlad-hg version 2.2.3 has been released!
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Hebrew U. Bans Sexual Relations Between Teaching Staff, Dependent Students
The amendment has already been approved by an advisory committee, and will be brought to the university senate for final approval.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has decided to amend the university's bylaws to forbid even consensual sexual relations between a teacher and a student who is academically dependent on him.
The amendment has already been approved by an advisory committee, and will be brought to the university senate for final approval when the new academic year opens next month.
The unprecedented regulation was prompted by the arrest of Prof. Eyal Ben-Ari, a senior lecturer in the sociology department, in late July on suspicion of forcing female doctoral students to have sex with him if they wanted to obtain stipends or good recommendations. That arrest in turn sparked a wave of other sexual harassment complaints by university students.
"The university is not a puritanical institution, and it is not forbidding relationships between teachers and students," said university spokeswoman Orit Soliciano, explaining the new regulation. "But the minute such relationships exist, they cannot exist simultaneously with a superior-subordinate relationship."
According to Soliciano, "superior-subordinate relationships" include relationships between faculty members and students taking their courses, relationships between student and their thesis advisers, and relationships between a lecturer and any student dependent on him for a stipend.
The draft regulation approved by the advisory committee states that sexual relations between a teacher and a student subordinate to him constitute a conflict of interest. Moreover, they "create an inappropriate educational and community atmosphere, and are liable to lead to exploitation of the superior's status. Therefore, a teacher must refrain from all intimate relations with a student as long as there is a relationship of academic dependence between them."
If an intimate relationship already exists, the regulation continues, the teacher must immediately sever his academic relationship with the student, or else inform his academic superior so that the latter can arrange for the academic relationship to be severed.
Violating any part of the new regulation will constitute a disciplinary infraction, it concludes.
Vice Rector Prof. Miri Gur-Arye stressed that the new regulation will be in addition to rather than in place of existing regulations on sexual harassment. This means that a professor who violates the rule against intimate relations with an academic subordinate could be subject to disciplinary or criminal charges for sexual harassment in addition to disciplinary charges for violating the new regulation.
Other universities are considering similar amendments to their bylaws. The president of Tel Aviv University, Prof. Zvi Galil, for instance, recently appointed a committee to examine and propose changes to his university's regulations on student-faculty relationships, with the goal of clarifying which types of relationships are permissible and which are forbidden.
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The University of Hawaii at Manoa says the chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities is due to be the featured speaker at this month's undergraduate commencement.
Jim Leach is the ninth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He previously spent 30 years in Congress representing southeastern Iowa in the U.S. House. The former Republican lawmaker has also served as public and international affairs professor at Princeton University.
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Last week, I testified on CSBG Appropriations. I was number nineteen out of twenty people to testify that day. I listened to a lot of testimony prior to mine. Eighteen people talking about their programs, all good programs. Everybody asked for more money. Everybody pointed out how tight things are right now, how the demand for services is growing, and how more money is needed. Everyone requested an increase to address increased demand for services, the increased cost of fuel, or the increased cost of insurance. Some wanted billions; others wanted millions.
I felt genuinely sorry for appropriators. They have difficult decisions to make and these were clearly twenty programs that interested them. Listening to everyone testify, I got a full flavor of some of the challenges Members face. I was encouraged to testify by Members. This is a good sign for our program. We asked for $700 billion on CSBG, an increase from our current allocation at $670 million. We asked for a small increase to get us back to the 2010 level.


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Our largest temperate bass and has a more streamlined shape. It has prominent, usually unbroken horizontal lines along the upper sides, 2 separate dorsal fins, 3 stair-stepped anal fin spines, and 2 tooth patches on base of tongue. Although it is a non-native, marine species, landlocked populations have been established across the country. It is a coolwater species and does best in our larger reservoirs. It is a voracious predator, primarily consuming fish. Gizzard shad and alewives are the preferred prey. It hasn't been stocked in state waters since the early 1980's with remnant populations still existing.
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Shaquille O'Neal scored 33 and the Phoenix Suns overcame a 49-point performance by Kobe Bryant to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 118-111 on Sunday.
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-10-07-2006 #1
Ike Moves Up The Ladder
Lost in all the hoopla against Detroit was the fact that Ike moved into the all-time top 10 in receptions, passing Larry Centers and Keenan McCardell for 9th place. Next up on the hit list, Irving Fryar. Is the guy amazing or what?
The Hall beckons.
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Isaac is one of the greatest of all time. Where are all of the people who said Bruce is done (forgetting the real reason why he didn't do well in 2005 was because he had the turf toe injury that hampered him most of the year), or Bruce should be the #3. They are nowhere to be found. Never count out Ike.
-10-07-2006 #3
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He's definitely an ageless wonder who is still near the top of his game. He'll do a lot more damage before all is said and done.
-10-07-2006 #4
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i think everyone know my position on the reverend just based off my profile name.... bruce should make it to the HOF but look even art monk isnt in the HOF yet so even though i hate to say this, bruce most likely wont be a 1st time ballot Hall of famer...
-10-07-2006 #5
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Let's look at the numbers. As of today....
Monk 224 Games 940 Rec 12721 Yds 68 TDs
Bruce 171 Games 833 Rec 12598 Yds 78 TDs
Now Monk played in 53 more games (so far) and Bruce already has 10 more TDs, in 2 or 3 more games he should surpass Monk's yardage, and if he stays on this pace for receptions he will pass Monk next year. All of this done in less games than Monk. There's my case for a first ballot induction for Ike.
-10-07-2006 #6
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You never know what goes through the minds of voters, but I have no doubt by the time Ike is done, he'll be top 5 in every major receiving category and a lock.
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not only is he a great player on the field but also off,he handled this past off season cut like a true professional. he is no doubt a first ballot hall of famer and i will be there when he is inducted.
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-10-07-2006 #9
Re: Ike Moves Up The Ladder
All you have to know is that people like Miklasz have a vote so nothing is certain.
Ike has a good case for first ballot.
-10-08-2006 #10
Re: Ike Moves Up The Ladder
What is it now? Ninth in receptions, tenth in yards? Add in the Super Bowl ring which was heavily based on his adjustment to Warner's throw and subsequent TD run, and I think there's a strong first-ballot case to be made.
-10-08-2006 #11
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Based on the fact that Ike always plays well against the Pack. He has a good shot at passing Monk this Sunday on the receiving yards list. Ike needs 124.


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Analysis of MSME Loan Market for NBFCs in India
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The research service introduces the relevance of MSME Loans Market for NBFCs in India. Frost & Sullivan believes that with the emergence of newer business models to tap bottom of pyramid, NBFCs loan disbursals to MSMEs has grown at a rapid rate from FY 2009 to FY 2011. Further, drivers, restraints, and challenges are analyzed. Following that, estimates of current and forecasted market size and market share analysis is provided. Company profiles of the top NBFC companies and End user analysis is studied. The conclusions represents the SWOT analysis of the NBFC market and recommended strategies to ensure a profitable future.
- The market for this research service is defined as "loans given to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector by non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in India. Such loans are mostly unsecured or partly secured.
- Top 20 NBFCs have been considered in this research.
- Market size is the value of loan disbursements by NBFCs in a financial year. Financial year is April 1 to March 31 of the following year.
- All values are represented in Indian Rupees (Rs) as lakhs and crores.
IMPORTANCE OF MSMEs
- Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are significant growth drivers of the Indian economy.
- Despite this obvious importance of MSMEs to the Indian economy, government departments, SIDBI and the RBI have not been able to reach out to the majority of MSMEs. It is estimated that only about x percent of unregistered and 10 percent of registered MSMEs have access to finance from banks and financial institutions (organized sector).
- One of the biggest challenges faced by the MSMEs in India is the inadequate and delayed access to quality credit.
- Traditionally, primary lenders to MSME segments have been local moneylenders in the unorganized sector. Credit from unorganised sector is not only unreliable but also intermittent and expensive. MSME segment thus provides significant untapped market potential for NBFCs.
- NBFC market has been consolidating with the number of deposit taking NBFCs declining every consecutive year since 2005-2006.
- However, the quality of each surviving NBFC has been improving as indicated by increasing average asset size and growth in income. SHOW LESS READ MORE >
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2. Market Overview
- Market Overview
- - Introduction
- - External Challenges: Drivers and Restraints
- - Market Size and Forecasts
- - Market Share and Competitive Analysis
- - Company Profiles
- - End-user Analysis
3. Conclusions
- The Last Word
- - Key Conclusions and Recommendations
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|Posted: Sat Apr 7th, 2012 03:07 am
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|This has been discussed in other threads and I totally agree. I look back at last year, when the 150th anniversary of Ft. Sumter came up it was all over the news. I remember seeing the national news, local news, local radio, and local paper having all kinds of articles leading up to and on the annivesary of Ft. Sumter with comments of all sorts of events supposed to be occuring for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. TCM ran a full month of movies somehow related to the war last April (which started that thread that ended up on movies we'd have liked to be added). And we had the thread that posted the article on books being released or re-released in honor of the 150th anniversary. But by the time the anniversary of First Bull Run (First Manassas) rolled around I don't remember there being any sort of mention about the war in the news unless it was more local news (certainly not my local news) or sources that catered to folks interested in the war.
I know someone said the focus in '61 through '65 was more on the military side of the war and since then the focus has shifted more to the political side of the war. Fine, but wouldn't this be the perfect time to bring that more to the public at large? If the war is not appearing at all really in the news then really is there much of a chance of introducing either to the public at large?


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I just had to share this. Recently, we purchased a recliner at the Boston Store. It was scheduled to be delivered on Wednesday morning, the day after the huge snowstorm. The phone rang midmorning and the delivery person asked if we were home at our address and added they had the chair and the truck was a few blocks away.
I explained that we were home but our street had not yet been plowed and they could bring it a few days later. There was some noise and then we lost the phone connection. About 20 minutes later our doorbell rang and to my amazement there stood two men, one with a chair on his back. He had carried the chair on his back through 15 inches of unplowed snow for two blocks to deliver it on time. When I said I couldn't believe he did that they replied that was their job. Wow. That is dedication and deserves a special thank you.
In addition I would like to thank the DPW, the County Highway Department, Wagner Excavating and all the others whose heroic efforts make it possible for us to carry out our daily tasks even after a huge snowfall like this. These are special people who go out of their way to make our lives better and they all deserve our thanks.
Darlene Navis


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Even though the temperature is turning colder, Mark Loux, Ohio State University Extension Agronomy Specialist, is advising that there is still time to apply herbicides for control of winter annuals and marestail. OSU research has shown that treatments applied well into December, even under cold conditions, will still offer effective control.
Cold weather will slow the rate of kill, but since the point is to destroy the weeds by early spring, fall treatments still have time to work well.
Emergence of weeds is largely finished for this fall. Therefore, there is not a need for residual ...


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Dec. 11, 2012
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Box Score |
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Auburn Head Coach Tony Barbee
On what he told the team at halftime...
"I am just going to chalk up this first half to finals, multitude of practices and ten days of rust. Let's knock down these looks. We had the same shots in the first half as we did the second half, they just didn't go in. Our guys shot the ball with better confidence. We took of the ball better too. Ten turnovers in the first half is way too many especially against a team that didn't press us. In the second half, the guys took advantage of their opportunities offensively."
On the return of Chris Denson...
"I am happy for Chris that he has been able to refocus. He put academics on top. He met a very high bar academically in the first semester. I told Chris this first semester doesn't deal with me. This is the rest of his career. I want to see him perform the way he did academically year round. Obviously from a basketball perspective, we all see what he brings to the team. He is another guy who can get buckets. He can score in a variety of ways."
On Denson's return helping Frankie Sullivan...
"It is big for Frankie because has another guy who he has confidence in right now. It is like I told the guys, not only do they have to earn my trust, they have to earn the veterans' guys trust as well. One of the things that Frankie, Chris and Josh (Wallace) have is that they have a good chemistry in the backcourt."
On how important it was to get a win...
"It is always good to get the taste of winning. The losing taste can get contagious. It is a disease we don't want to catch. This winning disease can become contagious too. Now let's get the taste of that and not lose it. It is not the team we played as the effect of why we won, but how we played and did we play the right way. Defensively I thought we did some good things. Terry Rose for them is as good of a shooter as we have seen all year long. We did a good job of not letting him get loose. He is averaging 17 a game against some really good teams. He wasn't able to get loose, because we paid attention to detail against him. We have to get on a roll and with the four games in a row at home, we have to get on a little bit of a roll, not just winning, but playing the right way and finishing game."
On the team having fun in the second half...
"Losing is not fun. They have kept a good attitude. It is a long season. Obviously none of us want to lose, but we are going to be a much better team in January than what we were in November and December because of the youth. When you get that late into the season, those young guys are no longer freshman. They will be playing at a higher level. We will have everybody. When everybody is on the same page offensively and defensively, we can go eight or nine deep. It will allow us to press more, which you saw tonight. It will be more aggressive with Chris being back and we will have more depth in the backcourt."
On playing Rob Chubb and Ashaun Dixon-Tatum at the same time in the second half...
"It is something we have been looking at in practice. We haven't been able to do it in a game. I am glad we had the opportunity to look at it in the game tonight. It is something we can do. They play well off each other. Our guards will play well off of them when we want to run. The biggest question for me is what are going to do with those guys defensively. I liked what Rob looked like today on the wing in our 2-3 zone. He becomes bigger than any of our other wing defenders. He has to be able to make the right reads because he is so used to being that five man in our zone. I thought he made some great reads. It is a hard transition to come from that center spot where you just have a pretty small space to having to be alert and aware on those wings. He did a good job tonight."
On the departure of Sharief Adamu...
"I am very disappointed. It is tell all of my guys, the sport of basketball is a great vehicle to teach a lot of life lessons. The biggest ones for guys this age is the decisions you make in your life will affect everything you do in life. We want to learn from other people's mistakes and not our own. I am disappointed in some of the decisions that Sharief made to put himself in this position."
On the walk-ons bringing energy to the bench...
"They work hard every day in practice. They are a part of this team. You can see the affection they have for each other. When many of the walk-ons are on the court you could just be sitting there, but that whole team was up going crazy and cheering for those guys. They wanted those guys to play well and score. It shows you the camaraderie this team does have."
Auburn Player Quotes
Jordan Price, Fr., G
On being able to make shots in the second half...
"Yes sir, it was just a result of us being in the gym everyday working out and just working on our game
and my teammates finding me. I was just happy to be out there with my teammates."
On how it feels to get a win again...
"It feels better than losing. Our coach in the beginning, he said winning is contagious, so hopefully this
win right here will rub off on us and we can just continue to press forward and win some more games."
On the change between the first and second half tonight...
"We played pretty well defensively in the first half, but we just tried to come out and we had to make
shots. In the second half we just started making the shots that we were missing in the first half."
On having Chris Denson back in the lineup...
"Oh it means a lot. He's an offensive threat and defensive threat, so we were just happy to have him
back. Hopefully he can continue to do what he does in the next few games that we play."
Chris Denson, Jr., G
On his first game back...
"It was a sigh of relief. Not playing for the first eight games and seeing my team go through that hard
stretch really hurt just being on the sideline not playing. Today was a sigh of relief. I think I brought a lot
of energy and the scoring spark that we needed to get the (win) today."
On if he learned anything from not being able to play...
"I did. I grew up, point blank, period. I didn't have my head on right. My priorities were messed up. That
comes with maturity, and I think I went through that. I have a great family and Coach Barbee and my
teammates, they really stood by my side when I was going through the hard time. I picked up and did
what I had to do to get back on the court."
On what he had to do to be eligible to play again...
"I had to pass 19 hours. That's what engineers and stuff take a lot. 19 hours is a lot. I stuck through it.
Having that and family problems and basketball practice, that can be kind of hard, but I stuck it out."
"I'll say just the break that we had; the 10-day break. We came out sloppy. People came out sluggish.
We had that talk in the locker room before Coach Barbee came in. We told each other before Coach
came in, we just needed to pick it up on (defense). When Coach Barbee came in, he reiterated the
defense and we need to score the ball. I think we shot 34 percent in the first half and ended up finishing
the game with 54 percent, so we picked it up."
On being able to help offer support on offense for Frankie Sullivan...
"Frankie has been doing his thing, but Coach Barbee even told me before this game that I needed to
be the scoring spark to help Frankie. We have other people that can score, for instance, Jordan Price.
Everybody just needs to make plays, and they'll be scoring sparks, as well."


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Oliver a 43 year old man, Nova's father is cruel and will do just about anything to gain favor or power in society. Even marry his daughter off to the richest man he can get. Which is the purpose of the birthday party. Being as old as she is now, 18 is actually kind of late for a woman to be betrothed. Whenever things don't go Oliver's way he takes it out on Nova and her 4 other siblings by, working, beating, and raping them venting on Nova the first born the most. Their mother died giving birth to the youngest of them the twins. Melany(girl) and Markus(boy), who are 7 years old. Aurron(boy) is the third born, 10 years old. Last the second born is Griffith who is 15 years old and almost a man himself.
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Goodman's DCC RPG
Posted 22 June 2011 - 03:33 AM
So, where does Conan come in?
Well, Robert E. Howard is on the "Appendix N" list, and specifically the Conan stories. The DCC game hopes to bring back the spirit of old time pulp fantasy where wizards were evil and heroes had to battle all kinds of dark, shadowy monsters. The adventures that I've run through are very Conan-like so far, and I'm thinking that this game may really appeal to the Conan crowd. I'm thinking of running some Mongoose Conan adventures, since conversion from 3E to DCC seems pretty simple.
I think the free Beta playtest download can be found at:
If anyone has any questions I'll try to answer them.
Posted 22 June 2011 - 03:31 PM
The following authors were of particular inspiration to me. In some cases I cite specific works, in others, I simply recommend all of their fantasy writing to you. From such sources, as well as any other imaginative writing or screenplay, you will be able to pluck kernels from which will grow the fruits of exciting campaigns. Good reading!
Anderson, Poul: THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
Bellairs, John: THE FACE IN THE FROST
Brackett, Leigh
Brown, Frederic
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Pellucidar" series; Mars series; Venus series
Carter, Lin: "World's End" series
de Camp, L. Sprague: LEST DARKNESS FALL; THE FALLIBLE FIEND; et al
de Camp & Pratt: "Harold Shea" series; THE CARNELIAN CUBE
Derleth, August
Dunsany, Lord
Farmer, P. J.: "The World of the Tiers" series; et al
Fox, Gardner: "Kothar" series; "Kyrik" series; et al
Howard, R. E.: "Conan" series
Lanier, Sterling: HIERO'S JOURNEY
Leiber, Fritz: "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" series; et al
Lovecraft, H. P.
Merritt, A.: CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al
Moorcock, Michael: STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" series (esp. the first three books)
Norton, Andre
Offutt, Andrew J.: editor of SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III
Pratt, Fletcher: BLUE STAR; et al
Saberhagen, Fred: CHANGELING EARTH; et al
St. Clair, Margaret: THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS
Tolkien, J. R. R.: THE HOBBIT; "Ring trilogy"
Vance, Jack: THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al
Weinbaum, Stanley
Wellman, Manley Wade
Williamson, Jack
Zelazny, Roger: JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" series; et al
The most immediate influences upon AD&D were probably de Camp & Pratt, R. E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, H. P. Lovecraft, and A. A. Merritt; but all of the above authors, as well as many not listed, certainly helped to shape the form of the game. For this reason, and for the hours of reading enjoyment, I heartily recommend the works of these fine authors to you.
I've read quite a few of these and like most of them. My "top five" are probably:
* Robert E Howard (of course!)
* Fritz Leiber
* JRR Tolkien
* Michael Moorcock
* Roger Zelazny
Posted 02 July 2011 - 07:41 AM
When I first started playing d20 in late 2000/early 2001 I was dismayed by how complicated it is and instinctively started to houserule my own 'd20 Lite' version, but, sadly, that required more work than just going back to an earlier version of D&D.
Honestly, the "Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser" stories by Fritz Leiber are MUCH more "Old School D&D" than REH, and REH was a much greater inspiration than LotR.
My 2 cp.
Posted 10 September 2011 - 05:18 PM
When I first started playing d20 in late 2000/early 2001 I was dismayed by how complicated it is and instinctively started to houserule my own 'd20 Lite' version, but, sadly, that required more work than just going back to an earlier version of D&D.
I felt the same way about d20 when I first picked it up (my first d20 game is Mongoose's Conan RPG, which is a bit different than standard 3.0/3.5 D&D), but after having played with it a bit, I have come to recognize that it truly is a superior rule set. That's probably why games like Pathfinder are still going strong even after 4E has come out.
If you insist on a lite d20 game, don't reinvent the wheel. There's several out there, from homebrew to True20. Just do a Google search. You'll find a stripped down version of d20 in no time.
Posted 11 September 2011 - 07:16 PM
Posted 11 September 2011 - 08:16 PM
I have Savage Worlds, and there's even a free downloadable conversion for the Hyborian Age (maybe more than one). Personally, I don't care much for the SW system (it uses die-types as stats, basically), but I have a lot of friends who like it. My preference is D&D 3.5 or Pathfinder.
Quite a few people that I've read over the past five or so years speak very highly of another game called Savage Worlds and have professed success when using it for their own Hyborian campaigns. However, I know naught about the ruleset. Whatever works for you and your gaming group!
But I would like to try Wizards & Warriors, which is a fantasy variation of the system used in Mutants & Masterminds. My favorite d20 derivative.
Posted 04 October 2011 - 03:43 PM
Quite a few people that I've read over the past five or so years speak very highly of another game called Savage Worlds and have professed success when using it for their own Hyborian campaigns. However, I know naught about the ruleset. Whatever works for you and your gaming group!
I'm one of those Savage Worlds fans. Its been a great system for me and my game group. We're currently playing through the second leg of our ongoing Solomon Kane campaign. Great fun.
I've checked out the DCC beta and it is...interesting. I guess my biggest hangup would be the random spell potency. But I haven't played it, so maybe that won't slow things down as much as I might think. I hope to get to sit in on a game eventually. While it uses OD&D as a foundation, it really does run off in wild different directions.
Posted 04 October 2011 - 04:18 PM
Posted 05 October 2011 - 01:46 PM
many i'll send into the ground, laughing as they die"
Posted 15 October 2011 - 06:35 PM
Goodman gave away a free module as part of the "Free RPG Day" experience. The link I provided is a rules set to go with the module.
Didn't Goodman give this away at Free RPG Day this year? I think I picked it up...
Posted 19 December 2011 - 05:48 AM
Fighters get some cool heroic actions they can do and magic is dark and corrupting. While it's not set in Conan's world, I think that Howard's fiction clearly has a big influence on the design (as does other "Appendix N" authors such as Smith, Merritt, and Leiber) and running a Conan-like swords & sorcery game should be pretty fun.
Posted 19 December 2011 - 08:59 PM
I looked up the magic stuff out of curiosity, and it has really cool rules about spells behaving differently when being cast by different people, and magic manifesting differently, which is a neat idea to me. Also, the chapter on magic has a concept called "spellburn" where a character can give up ability scores to guarantee a spells success... the quote heading that rule segment is:
"Blood aids great sorcery."
Not an exact quote, but a prominent line from Conan paraphrased...
Also, for those looking for rules-lite D20, I'd suggest the beta rules of this game, and also Castles & Crusades.
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - Henry Louis Mencken
Posted 31 December 2011 - 10:28 PM
A few days after posting this, I found out that the deadline has been moved again. Goodman said that in order to make his Feb deadline the manuscript would have to arrive at the printers right about now, and it's not done yet.
Just a little update. The release date of the RPG has been moved to February, 2012, with the intent of "getting it right" instead of meeting an artificial deadline.
I've seen the manuscript as it stands now ... still in proofreading and with most of the layout in place ... and it looks simply amazing. Even folks who aren't sold on the RPG as a game should at least look at it in a game store to drool over the "old school" artwork. (You can find some previews on the GG website.) It looks fabulous and plays well, too!
Anyway, the timeline is now probably set for late March or early April.
Posted 06 April 2012 - 10:46 PM
Again, it's not Conan per se but is inspired by the Swords & Sorcery fiction of REH among other authors. (I think the "Appendix N" list is in a post I made earlier in this thread.)


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Okay, no peeking in your wallet...do you know who's on the $100,000 bill? And who's that guy on the dollar coin you never spend? Test your knowledge of historical figures who are truly "on the money" with this quiz on the faces of US currency. Good luck!
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Who was the first US President to appear on a for-circulation coin, in 1909?


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Warding off the specter of election-year health insurance cancellations, the Obama administration Wednesday announced a two-year extension for individual policies that don't meet requirements of the new health care law.
The decision helps defuse a political problem for Democrats in tough re-election battles this fall, especially for senators who in 2010 stood with President Barack Obama and voted to pass his health overhaul.
The extension was part of a major package of regulations that sets ground rules for 2015, the second year of government-subsidized health insurance markets under Obama's law — and the first year that larger employers will face a requirement to provide coverage.
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The law is clear about those minimum standards and apparently somewhere in the law it must say that the Administration can delay without Congress amending the law.
I hate to say it but it seems too late, many (most? all?) of those plans have already been canceled. Re-instating them seems like a lot of work for the insurance companies when they can just say they would rather be PPACA compliant and save themselves the extra work.
This would have done a lot of good a few months ago...
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But until they actually move violently against the people or the states, I think the violent revolt you seem to want isn't going to happen.
Don't make the mistake of thinking the people don't care, rather they trust that this will be rectified through the system.