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Explorer Moment of the Week: Agustin Fuentes
Agustin Fuentes, Primatologist Photograph courtesy Agustin Fuentes
Have you ever wondered what a macaque monkey does all day? Primatologist Agustin Fuentes has too, and his research in Singapore has produced some interesting and unexpected results.
What project are you working on now?
At the moment, I have two main projects: macaque monkeys and a "think tank." As for the macaques, I'm continuing to study groups in Asia and Gibraltar and trying to figure out why they do so well around humans when so many other primates do not. Recently, I've been collaborating with the National Geographic Crittercam team so that we can really get a "monkey's-eye" view of how the macaques see the world and move around in human landscapes. The think tank is actually a yearlong research seminar that brings together anthropologists, biologists, philosophers, and theologians to think about, and come up with integrated approaches to, evolution and human nature. I really love my job!
What's the biggest surprise you've discovered in your work or in the field?
There are many, but a recurring one is that monkeys never seem to read the textbooks. Every time you think you finally can predict what is going to happen and understand the system, they do something unexpected. Our initial Crittercam work in Singapore revealed something amazing that I still cannot fully explain. This adult male who was wearing the camera ("Kurt") crossed a six-lane major road using the roof of a pedestrian overpass. But instead of running straight across (to the ripe figs on the other side), he stopped in the middle, went to the edge, and just sat there and watched traffic for a while. The visuals are amazing. Now if I could only get a Vulcan mind-meld going on to know what he was thinking….
Have you ever been lost? How'd you get found?
Yes, more than once. Quite some time ago (before I had access to good, handheld GPS units) I was in the Atlas Mountain of Morocco looking for Barbary macaque monkeys. I had left the village I was based in before dawn to hike up five to seven kilometers into the mountain forests. I thought I'd been on trails, but by 10 a.m. it was clear I was not. I circled back and headed in what I thought was the appropriate compass heading, quickly realizing that I had miscalculated. Just after midday I was exhausted and running low on water. I sat down in a glade of trees to rest, wondering how I was going to get myself out of this one, and promptly fell asleep.
A soft gurgling and bleating—and some really bad breath—awoke me. I was face-to-face with a sheep. I looked around and saw not only about 40 sheep, but also five monkeys and two people. Chatting with the herdsmen I was able to find out more or less where I was, that monkeys were indeed in the area (duh!), and that my assumptions about compass directions were correct, but my ability to judge distances was not. I was about two kilometers from the village. I thanked the herdsman, hung out with the monkeys for another hour or two, and went back down to the village for a much needed glass of orange juice followed by the best mint tea ever.
If you could trade places with one explorer at National Geographic, who would it be and why?
At the moment I'd love to time travel back to 1911 and slip into the persona of the early National Geographic explorer Hiram Bingham III. There are obviously a lot of problems that emerged from the expeditions to Peru he led (and the items he took back to Yale), but I've been reading about his journey to Machu Picchu (as I will be visiting there soon) and am fascinated by the sensations, images, and excitement of his adventure. His drive to discover, meticulous descriptions of exploration, and the ability to translate them into popular literature are impressive. I respect the skill involved in putting the public in his shoes as they stepped onto the broad cobblestones at Machu Picchu. Besides, how can one not want to spend a few days in the shoes of the guy who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones?
Agustin Fuentes, Primatologist Photograph courtesy Agustin Fuentes
What do you think National Geographic explorers will be exploring in 100 years?
It is hard to say, but my money would be on outer space, inner space, and urban space. I think the technology to put people on nearby asteroids and teams on Mars will be up and running and similar technologies will allow much more intensive, long-term research in the deeper parts of the seas. Microbiology will be an open frontier with genomicists and microbiologists discovering whole worlds on—and in—our bodies. The cities of the next century will be amazingly dense and layered places, excellent locales for urban archeology and exploration of new types of ecosystems.
If you were to meet your eight-year-old self, what would you say?
Even as a child I always had the explorer bug. I spent much of my childhood exploring wherever and whenever I could, either in the urban jungles where we lived; during my travels (I was in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador as well as the U.S.A. when I was eight); or through books, magazines (as in National Geographic), movies, and TV (especially Star Trek). The main bit of advice I'd give my eight-year-old self is to learn to play music. In my travels I've found that music, along with fútbol (soccer) and a smile, are often the best ways to break the ice in a place where you are really different, might not speak the language, and have just arrived. In many of my travels the ability to play an instrument, like the guitar, would have really come in handy. I wish I'd had the focus and discipline to do it at eight, because I just started learning to play the guitar a few months ago, and it does not come easy.
Where is your favorite place that you've traveled?
There are many places that I truly love, but for more than a decade my field research focus centered on the Indonesian island of Bali, a place truly amazing and complexly beautiful. It is on Bali, in the shadow of amazing temples, rice fields, and rivers, that I first came to really realize that monkeys and humans could share more than space. They can live together, they have lived together, and unlike many other places, in Bali they might do so successfully into the future. No matter where my projects take me now, Bali is always at, or near, the top of my list, which, by the way, at the moment includes my current project locations of Gibraltar and Singapore (both incredible in their own rights).
What initially sparked your interest in anthropology?
I've always been interested in what makes people tick … in why we do what we do and where it all comes from. Imagine my surprise when I got to college and discovered there is actually a name for that: anthropology. It was an undergraduate course by my eventual graduate mentor, Phyllis Dolhinow (one of the pioneers of primatology), that introduced me to the possibilities of an integrated anthropology. From the first class I took with her I was on the path that shifted a drama and zoology major into an anthropology diehard. The very fact that I could have a career trying to figure out what it means to become, and to be, human pretty much sealed the deal.
What do you think is the most important thing we can learn from studying monkeys?
Sociality and friendships are the glue and the gas for primate existence, and humans are the most socially extreme of the primates. At our very core of our existence is the ability to deal with the world via social means, by collaboration, cooperating, and conflicting. Studying monkeys makes us better acquainted with many of the basal primate processes and systems of sociality. It lets us see where we (as humans) link up with our closest cousins, and where we differ dramatically. Plus, monkeys are really awesome to watch.
Have you had any scary experiences in the field?
There've been a few Indiana Jonesian incidents—giant spiders on my head, snakes taller than me about to strike, facing a bowl of curdled sea turtle blood I was expected to drink—but probably the worst was something that, luckily, did not happen directly to me.
I was conducting research in the extremely remote Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. (Check out a map. I was on the west coast of North Pagai island, sort of the edge of the world.) To get into a town with goods and access to boats that could get me to Sumatra to get supplies and such, we had to take a dugout canoe with an outboard motor out into the Indian Ocean and slide into the strait between North and South Pagai to reach the trading village of Sikakap on the southeastern edge of the northern island. In good weather, this meant dealing with ten-foot waves and rough seas.
On one occasion the weather was not good, but I was slated to go with five local men on this trip. The rains were so bad that I could not get from my jungle field site to the coastal village on time to make the boat and they left without me. They never made it to Skikakap. A few days went by and I joined the men of the village to search many miles of shoreline looking for any evidence of survivors. We found two of them, or rather, parts of two of them. They must have capsized and encountered the many types of sharks in the area. What was left of their bodies showed obvious signs of shark bites and being in the sea for days. What truly terrified me about this was that, if it were not for the rain and my slow going in the jungle, my last experience on this planet would have been in the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean with sharks and no hope.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (October 29, 2012)--President Barack Obama canceled more campaign events Monday in order to monitor Hurricane Sandy back in Washington.
The latest political event to get scrapped as the storm heads to the East Coast was the president's trip Tuesday Green Bay, Wis.
The White House announced that Mr. Obama was canceling that trip, as Air Force One was en route to Washington from Florida Monday morning.
The president decided not to attend a noon rally in Orlando Monday so that Air Force One could get safely back to Washington.

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ALAMEDA -- Mychal Rivera has never met Antonio Gates, but he has been paying close attention.
The Raiders rookie tight end, with his first career touchdown in hand, grew up in Southern California while Gates was establishing himself as one of the NFL's best tight ends with the San Diego Chargers.
"I've watched him a lot -- he and Tony Gonzalez," Rivera said. "They're real pros who do things the right way. They run routes really crisply, take pride in their blocking and make a big difference in games."
The Raiders will be focusing a lot more attention on Gates than the Chargers will on Rivera on Sunday night, but the sixth-round selection out of Tennessee might be the most productive pick in the Raiders' rookie class through four games.
Rivera has nine receptions for 123 yards and an 18-yard touchdown. The only Raiders rookie who has been on the field more is first-round pick D.J. Hayden, with 159 snaps.
Jeron Mastrud is the starting tight end, but Rivera has been in for more plays (149 to 135) and shown a knack for getting open and making plays since the early days of training camp.
The touchdown against Washington on Sunday became a national highlight because of histrionics in a Coliseum suite by his more famous sister. Naya Rivera, who plays Santana Lopez on the television series "Glee," was caught on camera celebrating wildly.
"I was just going through progressions in my head, getting to my landmark, looking at the zone, looking at the coverage, letting the game slow down -- putting all my practice habits in the game," Rivera said. "That's one thing I always remind myself. The game is nothing but a fast-paced practice. It's just against somebody else."
Gates, 33, had 49 receptions for 538 yards last season, his lowest totals since his rookie season in 2003. Through four games in 2013, Gates has 25 catches for 364 yards and two touchdowns and is on pace for career highs in receptions (100) and receiving yards (1,456).
At 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, Gates, a former Kent State basketball player, still uses post-up moves to his advantage.
"As a defensive back, you're normally outmatched by his size, but you've got to be as physical as possible and hopefully see the ball thrown," Raiders safety Usama Young said. "If you've got your back to the ball, it's almost impossible to cover him."
Young believes Gates is merely free of injury issues that slowed him last season. Raiders linebacker Kevin Burnett, a former teammate of Gates' in San Diego, thinks his resurrection is a matter of scheme as designed by coach Mike McCoy.
"What they have done is take away a defense's ability to double-team guys, and so Gates is in play," Burnett said. "It's a chess match, and when they find the one-on-one matchup, they're going to go to the playmaker."
At 6-3, 245 pounds, Rivera is smaller than Gates but might eventually be an every-down tight end.
"That's to be determined," Raiders coach Dennis Allen said. "We'll continue to develop him every day to be a three-down player for us. We'll continue to work on his blocking, and it's a matter of time to see how they mature in terms of getting bigger and stronger.
"I've seen a lot of improvement in his in-line blocking. I think he's a really good player."
McFadden called hamstring injuries "tricky" and said "I'd rather miss one or two games than pop it and miss four or five."
If Wisniewski can't play, Andre Gurode, a former Pro Bowl center with Dallas, will move to center from left guard. Complicating matters is that three other linemen -- tackle Tony Pashos (groin), guard Lucas Nix (ankle) and tackle Menelik Watson (knee) -- are questionable.
Also listed as questionable is fullback Marcel Reece, who is expected to get reps as a running back along with Rashad Jennings and Jeremy Stewart.
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.
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FDA Prepares for Nanomedicine Revolution
June 21, 2011 -- New technology now makes it possible to create atomic-scale drug particles, diagnostic tools, and biological medical devices -- and the FDA is struggling to regulate the fast-growing field.
Noting the "critical need to learn more" about the impact of nanotechnology on medicines and medical devices, the FDA has issued a warning that it intends to regulate the field -- and has asked for help in understanding the impact the new technology will have on FDA-regulated products.
It's a welcome development, says nanomedicine developer Gang Bao, PhD, director of the Center for Pediatric Nanomedicine, a joint project of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
"It is a great thing that FDA now pays attention to nanotechnology," Bao tells WebMD. "We can always publish scientific papers, but what we really want to do is have nanomedicine used in the clinic: for drug delivery, diagnosis, or treatment using nanomachines. Without FDA approval we cannot do that. So therefore this is a very important advance."
Nanotechnology already is a trillion-dollar industry spanning fields from agriculture to product packaging. It springs from new technology that makes it possible to manipulate matter at the atomic scale. The application of this technology to medicine is truly revolutionary, says Jamey Marth, PhD, director of the Sanford Burnham Center for Nanomedicine at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
"It will be comparable to what occurred 50 or so years ago when Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and its role in biology," Marth tells WebMD. "We are going to witness a huge increase in the understanding of disease and in the ability to treat, detect, and ultimately cure disease with nanomedicine."
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It's difficult, but important, to grasp the scale of the nano world. A nanometer (nm) is a billionth of a meter. A single sugar molecule is 1 nm in diameter; the DNA helix is 2 nm in diameter. A typical virus is 75 nm in size. A red blood cell is 7,000 times larger than a nanometer.
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Days ago I read this announcement about Sun moving Java's license to free software, and in particular that some parts of it will be released under the GPL
Today on www.sun.com they are announcing a webcast today at 9.30 Pacific Time
Are we nearly there?
13.November.2006—Sun believes deeply in creating communities and sharing innovations and technologies to foster more participation. Today in a historic move, Sun is opening the door to greater innovation by open sourcing key Java implementations—Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE), Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME), and Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE)—under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2), the same license as GNU/Linux.
Lycos News/ Associated Press has an article about this
Sun is leading the way
Being able to create cross-platform applications without the hindrance of proprietary software is the key to making open-source software and the Linux desktop a major player.
I'm not sure this really
I'm not sure this really constitutes "leading". Python, Perl, and Ruby all enable cross-platform application development. Python at least has been around since the early 1990s and has been available under a completely "free" license since 2000 at the latest (the earlier license would probably be regarded as free by most people, but was GPL incompatible).
Still, it is nice to see Sun following the lead of others after only ten or so years of lag time. ;-)
Quite a few people seem to like Java, and there's a lot of free software written for it which had to previously be regarded as "contrib" since it brought in the non-free JRE as a requirement. It'll be interesting to see what packages will be affected.
For one thing, it'll resolve Debian's long-standing Java policy crisis.
Another article...
Another article:
Lots of interesting stuff. I liked this:
Sun played a video of Stallman not just saying that "the Java trap won't exist anymore" (as it applies to Java), he gave a stunning endorsement of Sun's behavior and contribution (as the largest contribution of its kind to the free software community). It was a complete 180 degree turn in disposition for the leader of the free software world.
I read something about how RMS's arrogance may have contributed to the MS/Novell deal:
For OSS, as we mentioned last week and the week before, the Oracle move against Red Hat and the Microsoft-Novell deal might not have occurred had it not been for the incredibly arrogant way Richard Stallman was treating the companies that supported Linux.
And I wonder if people like the author of that piece will look at this news as a demonstration of what happens when you remain consistent in your beliefs and values. And patient. Maybe it's not arrogance, but instead is commitment to a plan that is working.
This is very welcome news, and I'm happy that Sun chose the GPL over the Apache license.
Huh, I followed your link, but that really is all the guy said about it. He didn't support this claim at all, and I frankly don't see how anything Stallman has said could be interpreted as driving either the Oracle/Red Hat or Novell/Microsoft events.
Both seem to be fairly clearcut cases of companies seeking to take advantage at the expense of other companies.
EDIT: Oh wait, that was Rob Enderle? No wonder.
I agree -- I was kind of nonplussed by the charge. I'm not familiar with Enderle's work, but my buzzword radar beeped when I saw in that same blurb, "At the end of the day..." Scanning over the whole entry, it looks like lofty pronouncements are favored. :-)
Enderle is a sufficiently well-known anti-free software hatchetman (by his own admission, even), that he has his own wikipedia entry.
Some of his writing is incredibly gonzo. The example you pointed to is an extremely mild case. He's quite a character.
Java Free ? OK Enjoy your freedom
To seem this is a god news for free software launchers, I hope that it ´s a true .
In bioinformatics some applications are running in Java and this fact let a great jump to continue development in this area, another programs running in Python and Perl (free too).
I believe that the business in this moment will be Solaris and to let free Java is a marketing strategy for maintain the collaborators in the free source community, but, if Java is really free , Sun and free source programmers are happy and my too and the java trap disapear in the infinite ( I hope).
Congratulations if the trait take a god final.
I believe that I continue my learning about programming in Java with more enthusiasm now .
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"Homegrown Mutiny" FREE DOWNLOAD from 1996
I'm still digging through my old 4-track tapes.
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The people it applies to back then it still applies to today. In fact, the list has grown considerably since last year. MUTINY!!! haha
Still loving the beat. But Company Flow ended up getting a lot of popularity and I couldn't pass it off as my own anymore. Ah well. Nah, but still...I thought I found some hot shit no one would know about. That's not how it worked out.
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This is fire!!
Yeah, When I found out about Company Flow. I thought nobody knew about them. Which was in '97. Then about a month later they played at my college which was a very small crowd.
Now that I think about it, that was my first underground hip hop show. Crazy!!
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Mutiny was my 2nd favorite AOI song. Can't listen where I am right now, but looking forward to hearing that shit.
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Yes, excellent track. Thanks for sharing.
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this is great.
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Feats, don't fail me now! - feat design in 5e
One of the cool things about 5e is the refocusing they've done with feats. Feats were a mess in 3e, varying all over the board in relative power, purpose, and complexity; 4e feats may have been improved in some ways, but there were still "feat penalties" and lots of boring +1s and minor effects.
In 5e, feats seem both more powerful and more exciting. With very few exceptions, they open up new options and even new playstyles. The "specialty" packaging system is cool in itself, but it would be pointless if the feats didn't hold up too.
So when considering homebrew 5e feats and fixes to existing feats, I thought it would be worth trying to figure out what the guidelines are/should be for a good 5e feat. Here's my interpretation:
1. Feats are combat-oriented. Since feats are part of "specialties" which determine how you play your class, they're almost without exception applicable to combat situations. (The only "exception" that springs to mind is Jack of All Trades, but obviously there are plenty of ways to apply most trained skills in combat.) This is, in my mind, a GOOD thing for roleplaying: if you want to be a shopkeeper or have a bunch of followers, that's either strictly roleplaying or it's part of your background. No need to sacrifice combat prowess for the sake of in-depth roleplaying and character development.
2. Feats fit into a specialty. IMO there should not be a list of stand-alone feats. If a feat can't be formed into a cohesive specialty that defines how a certain type of character does his job, it's not specific and exciting enough to be a 5e feat.
3. Feats are not class-specific. While some feats work best for a narrow range of classes/builds, no feat should ONLY apply to a single class. There shouldn't be a fighter feat that gives you more CS dice, or a cleric feat that gives you more uses of Channel Divinity; while these things might be useful ways to distinguish a character, they belong under the tent of in-class customization (styles, domains, schemes, etc). This is as much to keep class design on track as feats: if the cleric NEEDS help to get his Channel Divinity up to par, the class shouldn't be sucking up a player's main other mode of customization (specialties) to get that done. It's a cop-out to rely on specialties to make the individual classes sufficiently flexible.
4. Any feat that affects HP or money should scale with level. Thanks in part to bounded accuracy, most abilities and effects that are powerful at first level are pretty decent at higher levels too. The big exceptions are hit points (and damage and healing), which increase drastically with level, and wealth, which does even more so.
There are two big rulebreakers here in the current playtest: Toughness and Herbalist. Both of these feats are awesome at first level but barely noticeable by 10th level, much less 20th. This is unnecessary. Toughness could be adjusted to give you 1 or 2 hp per level (along with the fixed 1d8 HD), and the maximizing of Healer's Kits could be moved over from Healer's Touch to Herbalism (perhaps with some nerfs), so that Herbalism is awesome for non-magical healers of any level, even if they don't care about dropping a few extra GP on store-packaged healer's kits and potions.
5. It should take a dedicated action to gain advantage on an attack roll. No feats that give you advantage when flanking, or when fighting goblins, or whatever. Advantage is awesome and hard to get, because with it you almost never miss - not to mention rogues getting to sneak attack every round.
6. New powers must be useful options for the appropriate build. There are three basic types of feats in the 2nd playtest: feats that give you a new action or reaction to use, feats that dramatically alter or improve an existing action or reaction, and feats that give you a generic passive bonus. The first type (e.g. the Defender feats) is my favorite, and the rule of thumb should be that the new action types will be about as good as a normal (at-will) class ability of the same action type. So if I can use a reaction to give an enemy disadvantage on an attack against my ally, as a defender, that's at least as useful to me as using that reaction for an opportunity attack. The Necromancer feats? Maybe not quite as good, but still viable in the right circumstances.
7. Passive bonuses must be interesting and character-altering. The other extreme type of feat is the purely passive bonus: Jack of All Trades, Toughness, armor/weapon proficiencies, etc. These aren't as flashy as other kinds of feats, but that can actually be a good thing for a player who doesn't want to drown in options. If I want to just focus on smashing things with my fighter, I can pick Toughness and not worry about special reactions and whatnot. But the trick is that these feats shouldn't be flimsy little +1 bonuses or other barely noticeable advantages. The biggest offender here is Two-Weapon Defense, which may serve a good purpose for the system (making a dual-wielder about the same AC as a sword-and-board fighter) but is snoozeworthy to the max. You're not doing anything differently due to that feat. Jack of All Trades is borderline, but at least a new trained skill can alter the way your character behaves (especially for rogues). Toughness is currently great at first level, completely altering the way a wizard or other low-HP character plays at low level, but as I said above this is more of a scaling issue. I would argue that +1hp and +1d8 HD at first level would still be very sweet, and you'd appreciate is much more when it's +10 HP at 10th level.
8. Feats that improve existing powers need to be carefully examined across all applicable classes. Healer's Touch and the Necromancer feats come to mind here. But I was also thinking of this when trying to design a Swashbuckler specialty for fighters using one finesse weapon with nothing in the off-hand. For a fighter, this style comes with big tradeoffs, since you're giving up 1d12+mod (greatsword damage) for 1d6+mod (rapier damage) with no big corollary benefit - so a fighter specialty that gave you +1d6 damage might seem good, right? But then, for a rogue, fighting with a finesse weapon in one hand and no off-hand is the default fighting style, so this would basically be free damage. The only solution (I can think of) would be to make the benefit something that would appeal to fighter-swashbucklers more than rogue-swashbucklers, like maybe a marking effect.
What rules would you add (or subtract)? What feats in the current playtest break these rules, and how could they be amended? And finally, what new homebrew feats would you add, using these rules as guidelines?
For starters, here's a feat from my homebrew Swashbuckler specialty:
Artful Dodge. When you fight with a finesse weapon and no off-hand weapon or shield, as a reaction you may grant an opponent disadvantage on a single melee attack against you.
"Artful Dodge" gives you a new reaction, which is useful and appropriate to a character with the swashbuckler archetype. It's useful for both fighters and rogues (and presumably rangers, etc) without overpowering any one class or build: fighters get the bigger benefit since they're more likely to get hit in combat, but a rogue with the swashbuckler archetype probably gets mixed up enough in melee to appreciate it as well.
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Already Nr. 1 breaks it for me. I want a RPG, not a dungeon crawler.
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Edit : Though I do take your point about role-playing being detached and non-mechanical. Problem is that when character features are always combat oriented, then putting together a character and then RP/ing come game time means you arent doing anything that was part of level gain, which is awefully un-rewarding.
Players WANT to use that cool new feature that they got last level, and how do you do it? Pick fights. Sneak around that pack of goblins? Well, that doesnt let me use that cleave feat I just got! Lets fight em! As characters are a series of combat definitions, fighting becomes the predominant way to resolve every situation.
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Just my take on your guidelines. As always, play what you like
As always, play what you like
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Then how do you feel about the feats in the playtest already that are combat focused?Ditto. I want 5e to bring D&D back from the "combat is the dominant pillar" point it got to. Saying feats are combat specifics just goes in the wrong direction for me.
I don't think the simplest solution to insist they muddle up the system with different types of feats, or say to change ALL the feats to not affect combat, but just do what has been claimed is a totally viable choice, and drop "specialties" altogether.
Sure the default assumption will probably be that most people use specialties, but then again, a whole lot of people like the focus on combat.
By focusing all feats on combat it should conceivably be easier to run a non-combat focused game you'd seem to prefer. All you have to do is decide not to use that "module" instead of reworking the mechanics of the entire system.
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Personally, I'd also like to see a focus on more role-playing than combat, but I'd say it'd be easier to do that by creating different systems to give non-combat options. It's not always the player that decides what kind of game is run, but the DM (or the three overpowering personalities at a table of four).
Say you have two characters, one with all combat feats and another with feats that give mechanical benefits to "role playing"
In a combat heavy game the guy with all the combat feats is going to be more effective, and vice versa if the game is biased towards RP that is influenced by mechanical options. Then you end up with people who play in organized play (or whatever some guy assumes is the "default" manner) complaining about "Feat taxes."
Much easier I say to create systems that focus on different "pillars." Then DM that wants a very combat heavy game can say "we're going to use only specialties and no backgrounds" and a guy who wants more RP can say he's dropping specialties and using backgrounds and ____*.
*Some other hypothetical system that gives more or different mechanical benefits for "role-playing"
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Agreed with @bogmad, though I can't xp you.
For most games, combat is a pretty big part of the game, but not the only part (IME). Those games will use Specialties and Backgrounds.
Some games will want to refocus a bit towards the other pillars, and don't want to overburden their character sheets with excessive combat options. WotC has suggested that those people can drop Specialties (AKA feats) altogether and still have a playable game.
Other games will go in the opposite direction and drop Backgrounds, keeping Specialties, and focus on hacking and slashing.
A few games will subscribe to KISS and drop both, yielding fairly simple characters that are easy to track and level up.
I think that's a good balance, and a way to keep everyone happy. And it works best if feats are kept as combat options, to standardize their worth and allow the party "face" to be good at combat and negotiation.
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Ok, there may be an argument for feats being combat only, but I cant agree with this "RP'ing is purely played out" part. When characters are just collections of combat synergies, players will naturally feel inclined to fix problems through combat. It also misses a great opportunity to make the characters cool for something other than their ability to kill things.
So, ok, maybe feat can be combat only, but dang nam it, lets also do something to make characters cool for non-combat reason as well, and not just this "Non combat is pure RP" approach. Beef up backgrounds a bit maybe...(Whilst being VERY careful to keep them loose enough to give players and DM's latitude to solve problems)
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Would I be too much of a heretic if I said I'd prefer not to deal with feats except as part of themes/specialties/whatevertheywanttocallthem?
Feat bloat is, IMO, one of the biggest issues with both 3e and 4e. It's one of the biggest drags on character creation and leveling.
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An abdominal hernia occurs when soft tissue has pushed through the abdominal wall. A ventral hernia is a hernia that develops in the front of the abdomen. Types of ventral hernias include:
Some hernias may not need treatment. Others can require surgery. Some hernias can be serious and require medical attention right away.
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The abdominal wall covers the front of the body from the ribs to the pelvis. It normally keeps abdominal tissue in place. When this wall tears or weakens, tissue pushes out. This creates a hernia. The tissue pushed through can be loops of intestine, fat, or other tissue. The weakness may be caused by:
Weak spots may be present at birth. Others may develop later in life from general weakness, injury, or from surgery.
Older adults are at increased risk.
Factors that may increase your risk for ventral hernia include:
Hernias produce a bulge under the skin. It may not cause any other symptoms. Sometimes you may notice pain that increases during the day. Activities that may cause pain include:
Sometimes a loop of intestine becomes trapped in the abdominal wall. This may lead to a blockage of the intestine. Strangulation can also occur if the hernia is slowing or blocking blood flow. Symptoms of a strangulated hernia include:
A strangulated hernia is a medical emergency. It requires immediate surgery.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Images may be taken of your abdomen and intestines. This can be done with:
Many hernias enlarge over time. A hernia may be easily pushed back in, without causing any symptoms. In this case, your doctor may choose to watch it. Otherwise, surgery is usually performed to fix the weakened area of the abdominal wall.
Hernias are repaired with surgery. During the surgery, the displaced organs are put back into place. The damaged wall is repaired. A piece of mesh may also be placed over the area to provide extra support.
To help reduce your chance of getting a ventral hernia, take these steps:
American College of Surgeons
American Society of General Surgeons
The Canadian Association of General Surgeons
Health Canada
Hernias of the abdominal wall. Merck Manual for Health Care Professionals website. Available at:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gastrointestinal_disorders/acute_abdomen_and_surgical_gastroenterology/hernias_of_the_abdominal_wall.html?qt=ventral hernia&alt=sh. Updated June 2014. Accessed January 14, 2015.
Mittal T, Kumar V, et al. Diagnosis and management of Spigelian hernia: A review of literature and our experience.
J Minim Access Surg. 2008;4(4):95-98.
Patient information for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair from SAGES. Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons website. Available at:
http://www.sages.org/publications/patient-information/patient-information-for-laparoscopic-ventral-hernia-repair-from-sages. Accessed January 14, 2015.
Spigelian hernias.
Pediatric Surgery Update. 2004 Apr;22(4):1
Ventral hernia. Dartmouth-Hitchcock website. Available at:
http://patients.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/hernia/ventral_hernia.html. Accessed January 14, 2015.
Ventral hernia. UCSF Medical Center website. Available at:
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/ventral_hernia. Accessed January 14, 2015.
Last reviewed January 2015 by Marcin Chwistek, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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The other night I ran with a friend of mine who is super fast. It was fun to have her company and to have someone push me to run faster!
What's your +/- partner workout experiences?
I read in Bicycling Magazine jan/feb 2012: "Michigan State University researchers found that exercisers could hold a plank position 24 percent longer when paired with a stronger workout partner than they could on their own. Researchers speculate that performance is partly ruled by your belief system and your brain paces you based on that."
24% longer -- that's a huge benefit!
Thoughts? What works for you? Are there certain sports/types of workouts you prefer company or prefer to be solo?
:-) Sara
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Hey Sara,I prefer to train by myself during the week but on Sundays I'll meet up with a [ slower ]friend for a 30 mile bike then a 5 mile run,he always comments on having to run harder when we train together.I also prefer to lift weights solo too as it takes half the time.It's taken me 30 years to get everything dialed in but it's still a time management project!Take care,
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Lifting, generally solo. Swimming, running and biking with wife is always an added benefit. Better training by myself however.
I've always been a solo trainer and every workout is as hard as I can go. When I was racing bicycles (Cat 1 - 60+ wins), I sometimes rode with a group, but there was usually a crash. In running, I think a group only works if the abilities are very similar (or you are being social and only the slowest person is seriously training). Today, about once a week I bike with my step-daughter. We either do intervals or she rides steady and I do intervals. I find that to be the best way for cyclists of unequal abilities to train together. A fun workout is to give the slower person a lead, say 30-60 seconds, and then chase. The interval ends when you catch them. I like to pick a head-start time that results in about 3 minute intervals; and then we soft-pedal for a couple minutes. 3 minutes hard followed by 2 minutes easy is my favorite interval workout. 2 hours of that will leave your thighs feeling very thick (and wobbly). I listen to books when riding and running (a car that is going to hit you, and one that will miss you by the normal 4 feet sound exactly the same - so I don't see a safety issue); but I haven't found an earphone setup that works for swimming with books.
Mike, BT and Soltari,
Thanks for responding, I loved reading your comments.
Mike - your sunday ride/run sound fun and I'm sure gives your friend a better workout, which is awesome. I agree doing weights on your own is quicker especially if you have a certain flow/routine you like. Cheers to 30 more years!
BT- I mostly swim with a masters group or my husband. The water is better for us, whenever we rode together we'd end up arguing! But overall, I think working out together even if it's not side-by-side can strengthen a marriage.
Soltari - I love your suggestion for mismatched cyclists, great idea. I'm going to adapt that elsewhere. I love intervals as well.
Have a great weekend you guys!
:-) Sara
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