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|Harakani DM
It is nearly 6:30 when the gate-guard screams out.
Grandmother has been trying to make dinner, but the coughing has gotten so bad one of the older kids has had to take over while she sits down.
Thom-Thom is sitting out on the seat in the front garden watching the gate; his vision means he often pulls night shift, though the silver sky has not yet darkened to black.
Everyone else is bustling around the house but Minnow, and some of the younger kids are grumbling about Minnow being late - mostly because they want to get to the pastries Tarek brought home from work.
Suddenly Thom-Thom screams out "Minnow! Trouble!"
Those who run out into the street or garden see Minnow, arms pumping, covered in sweat, running like the wind away from the gate. A few seconds behind her, just emerging, are a pack of large but mangy long-haired dogs.
You have initiative. Put yourself on the map starting in Thom-Thom's square and move from there. Anyone who wants can look out a second story or first story window, but that has limits where you can see.
Anyone want to volunteer to be helping out in the kitchen?
These appear to be a feral dog with a bit of wolf in them. Maybe a quarter or an eighth.
These dogs belong to the War-Wolves, a gang of crazy Ulfen thugs and mercenaries that live out 5 gates past High Road. The War-Wolves often use a pack of dogs to run down quarry while they follow behind.
At Grandmother's house dinner is not just a meal, it is a tradition.
It starts about 6pm when the various kids with jobs start coming home. Those who can bring food for the table, or toys for the little ones.
Grandmother brings out the main meal and for an hour or so the family talks about their day. Grandmother tells a story. Sometimes someone sings. The kids who are too young to go out talk about what they've been taught by an older kid that day. Anyone who can show something off does.
After dinner Grandmother kisses every child on the forehead and sees them off to baths or bed. Grandmother's kisses are special - not just a symbol of affection but imbued with healing power that soothe aches and heal scratches.
Minnow is thirteen (almost fourteen, as she'll be quick to tell you). She looked gnome sized when she came under Grandmother's care two years ago, a tiny urchin living in East Markets. Grandmother bought her home and fed her up, and discovered Minnow's Talent. Minnow can run. Minnow can run. Minnow can run faster than any other kid at Grandmother's house. She can slip through crowds "like a fish through water" - that, and her size, is where her name comes from.
Minnow is quick - but she's also grown a lot of size and muscle with regular feeding. She's cheerful, and friendly, and loyal. Generally no-one has a bad word to say about her... but no one has ever said anything good about her smarts either.
Minnow is trying to get a job as a runner, but she's been known to fall back on her old occupation of snatch-and-run thief.
|Aku Markas
Aku had been helping Grandmother in the kitchen like he had done many times before. The first step always was simply lighting the fire, which meant snapping with his fingers and mumbling some words. Grandmother was always convinced it was good training for him but for Aku it wasn't even an effort these days.
When the shout came from outside Aku yelled for one of the other kids to come help him, specifically one big enough to be able to keep an eye on the food while he checked what was going on outside.
Leaving the who and what for the helping out to you as I'm not sure what is available in the legion of children
|Harakani DM
|Tarek Madrysian
Tarek barks Pepper, I'll race you... catch me if you can!
The young man then runs pall-mall towards Minnow's position, trying to get between her and the dogs.
Run action, move x 4 for 120ft. Deducting difficult terrain as needed. Acrobatics (part of move?) 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24, trying to mitigate Difficult Terrain (hurdle over, vault, tip-toe, etc...) as long as it doesn't make the move less than without it.
Assuming Pepper has a blade/club handy.
|Anton Vitruvian
Nuala, you go relieve Aku in the kitchen, Anton told his sister before steping out into the street and moving towards the fleeing Minnow.
Double move down the street
Edit: I had forgotten to purchase equipment on my character. It has now been updated
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Weyland Piper
At the first cry of alarm from Thom-Thom, Weyland drops what he was doing and darts outside to see what's the matter.
Knowledge(local): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
He moves to join Anton up the street.
"Come on Minnow, run!"
RAW: You can't run in difficult terrain acrobatics check or no.
Nicator has been sitting upstairs, petting his familiar, Itzala, as he reuses some paper to try and map out what he knows about Grandmother's disease. There must be a way to figure this out... Gods, but I need more resources! Perhaps Anton could find a scroll or two for me... Distracted, Nicator jumps at Thom-Thom's shout, scattering his carefully stacked papers around him. WIth a quick command to Itzala to stay inside, he stands and runs down the stairs, pushing through the croweded rooms as quickly as possible.
Double Move: Down the stairs and up the street.
|Einar "Pepper" Elander
Pepper sits on the front stoop, looking after the smaller children playing in the garden. He smiles wryly as a minor scuffle breaks out between two of the children over a reed hoop they have been sharing peacefully up until that point. Peace never lasts though does it? he thinks as the smaller of the two manages to wrestle the reed away from the other. The children are approaching him to settle things when Pepper is distracted by Thom Thom's shout. He stands tall on the stoop and manages to see Minnow running. He runs out into the street and, when he sees the dogs, pulls out the club he has stuffed into his belt in the small of his back. The club itself is merely a sturdy table leg with a short length of chain wrapped around the business end to give it more heft. Pepper easily slips around any people on the street as he runs after Tarek, "You'll get there first, but i'm the one those dogs will run from!"
Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
I'll run as well if possible.
|Harakani DM
Aku had been helping Grandmother in the kitchen like he had done many times before. The first step always was simply lighting the fire, which meant snapping with his fingers and mumbling some words. Grandmother was always convinced it was good training for him but for Aku it wasn't even an effort these days.
When the shout came from outside Aku yelled for one of the other kids to come help him, specifically one big enough to be able to keep an eye on the food while he checked what was going on outside.
Leaving the who and what for the helping out to you as I'm not sure what is available in the legion of children
I will try to document the legion. Did you want to take an action?
|Treize Seischiro
Treize, like the others was otherwise indisposed when the alarm was sounded. He was lying in 'his' bed, eyes closed, and thinking. He could see it all, everything he ever really wanted: power. It was all just out of his reach, but that was changing, the way everything changes. It was up to Treize to make sure that things changed in just the right way.
It was at about this time that the alarm was sounded and Treize was on his feet quick enough. He made sure to grab his daggers from the night stand as he rose, keeping one out, and sheathing the other on his belt. Treize hurried himself over to the second story window to see what the issue was: and he immediately regretted getting out of bed. With an audible sigh, Treize made good speed down the stairs towards the front door.
"Dogs," he muttered to himself making his way to the door. "Of all the stupid..." he muttered, trailing off as he passed the group of children that was, no doubt, forming by the front door to see the commotion. Seeing that so many of them had already made good speed to the courtyard, and not really wanting to see 22 children raging to kill some dogs, Treize turned to whatever two children happened to be standing by the house door and pointed to each of them individually "you and you. Nobody else leaves this house. If they do, neither of you eats for a week," Treize threatened and before any kind of response could be given, the Elf was on his way again. He didn't have time to take the diplomatic route, though, to be honest, he was not especially concerned about four mangy dogs. Including himself, there were now 10 of the gang opposing four dogs which should be more than sufficient to deal with this 'threat'.
Still, Treize knew better than to charge in head first in this city of magicks. Things were never necessarily as they appeared to be.
Intimidate check:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Perception to notice anything 'odd' about the dogs:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
And I edited my position on the map to H54.
|Harakani DM
|Harakani DM
Minnow runs forward at top speed, aiming directly for Wayland's screaming encouragement and almost colliding with Pepper coming the other way.
Hot on her heels the dog advance, dodging past the careening Pepper to follow her down the street - The dogs aren't much faster than Minnow, but fast enough they would have just about caught her if Pepper hadn't been in the way.
As the dogs advance, running through the gate are four Ulfen men. All of them are wearing wolf - well dog - furs, and have a wolf-hood over their heads.
While they appear at first to be unarmed, each fist has a nasty looking leather glove spiked with fangs and claws.
@Aku: I like you made sure the food was okay! Since you didn't leave the house Grandmother uses Scar on you (which means she can healing touch you at range if you need it).
@Pepper: you can have AoO on the dogs. Remember you only get one.
The dogs are running (quad move)
These are members of the War-Wolves, a gang of crazy Ulfen thugs and mercenaries that live out 5 gates past High Road.
The War-Wolves often use a pack of dogs to run down quarry while they follow behind.
They're violent, tribal Ulfen who strongly try to imply they are Lycanthropes.
If you made 14+
Lead by Ragnar! Ragnar isn't the leader of the War-Wolves, but he is a "hero".
Rumour has it he's actually done the occasional mission back out to the real world.
Ragnar is inordinately proud of a magical gemstone that normally floats around his head - strange, it seems to be missing.
|Tarek Madrysian
|Einar "Pepper" Elander
Pepper narrowly avoids Minnow by slamming his shoulder into the garden wall next to him. He grimaces as he tries to make a big target to slow down the pursuing dogs. When one tries to slip past him, he uses his remaining momentum to swing his club at the blur darting by. The appearance of the War Wolves keeps Pepper from following the dogs. He settles into a crouch and spits out,
AOO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 sigh
Intimidate if appropriate: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 sigh again
Ready an action to charge any War Wolf that comes within 30ft
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Shaezon Silverfall
Shaezon uses his move action to get closer all the while looking around for anything club-like to use as a weapon. If he sees something he'll use mage hand (standard) to pull it to himself. (mage hand 30'range)
Perception 1d2 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
He thinks to himself "I'll have to remember to always prepare something to use as an offensive spell. Apparently you never know when you might need it. "
|Treize Seischiro
Treize moved quickly, seeing the newcomers up ahead, following what were, presumably, their dogs. He clicked his tongue in frustration. There was no room to maneuver, or really do much of anything. Not that there really was much to do at this point except try to get into the fray as quickly as he could. He doubted the invaders in the background would be able to hear him if he were to utter a threat of some kind and he similarly doubted they would care enough about it to heed the warning.
Defensive combat stance
Double move to H46 (I'm assuming each square is 5ft)
|Weyland Piper
Nicator blinks in surprise as the Ulfen men run through the gate. Gods... what is going on here? As Weyland moves to guard Minnow, Nicator moves up to cover the child's side, attempting to ensure that ensuring that the dogs cannot This is stupid--extremely stupid... Better to let one of the stronger ones stand here...
Nic focuses on the link between him and his unknown patron. Focusing his gaze on the nearest dog, he wills it to go to sleep, his nostrils flaring with the effort required. "Minnow, get back!" he shouts as he exerts the needed mental effort, as he begins to try and find the pocket containing his sling.
Move Action: Move from H39 to I37
Standard Action: Slumber hex on the dog in I35. Dog gets a DC14 will save to negate. If it fails, the dog falls asleep for a round (In which case, have fun Weyland!)
|Harakani DM
|Harakani DM
Alright guys, 24 hour post cycle is up.
AoO from last round
Pepper lashes out at a Dog as it runs past him. The blow knocks the dog sideways, but it continues to bound on.
The men slow down as it becomes obvious that there is a resistance massing in front of them, and that this is a dead end. But ignoring Pepper's insults they do continue to move forward, forming into a line as they go.
Possibly in response to Tarek, possibly as good tactics one of the wolf-men whistles and the dogs halt almost comically and start backing up, growling and snapping.
Shaezon holds out a hand and Mrs Hewitt's gardening spade flies through the air and into his grip.
Slowly children start climbing out onto the roof of Grandmother's house, rocks, pots and cutlery in their hands. Grandmother herself opens up the shutters on the second story window.
What appears to be the leader of the wolf-men grins a sharp-toothed grin and speaks in a patois of Ulfen and Taldan - two Taldan words buried in Ulfen
"Thief. Rock."
"The little thief b#~#+ snatched my magic rock and ran."
As Treize passes by Thom-Thom, still on guard, he hisses out quietly "What should I do?"
Has Shaezon cast mage armour? I'm okay with the spade being a club or a 2H improvised S/B weapon.
Given how well you rolled on Knowledge Local
Ragnar's rock is an Ioun Stone, rumored to have some sort of protective magic. It is supposedly worth thousands of gold.
Ragnar doesn't suffer thieves gladly.
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Tarek Madrysian
Tarek is pleased, the immediate violence has paused. Weather it was because of his words or something else, it doesn't matter.
Thank you! For being reasonable.
I sincerest apologies. But, you get rock, we heal dogs... Peace for now. Neh?! No fighting. No bloodshed.
Tarek turns to Minnow, seeing her next to Shae.
Shaezon, I need a ROCK! Now, please.
This isn't meant as a diplomacy check per se, just a straight up offer in it's most basic sense. Tarek, knowing Minnow's habits... can figure she's the thief. He has no idea why she stole this guy's pet rock. He's dealing with what he knows.
He's directing himself to Shaezon because he's not a primary combatant... and not currently in the front line. And, that was my action/turn... not free speech.
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Harakani DM
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Tarek Madrysian
|Anton Vitruvian
Anton stays where he is, keeping an eye on the dogs and the Ulfen gang, readying to act if necessary.
Ready action to cast Murderous Command DC 15 on an enemy (perhaps the second one, to allow it to attack the first) that gets within range (25 ft) should hostilities continue.
Sorry I hadn't posted, I was looking on my Campaigns page to see if there were any updates and, for some reason it wasn't showing any. I only found out when the discussion page did show an update and I noticed some stuff unrelated to what had happened in gameplay the last time I checked, lol.
|Harakani DM
@Tarek. Whispered, DC 21 as you observe
@Shaezon. Use it as a club. On reflection it is much better than an improvised weapon
It'll take a while to fully identify. 1st action is detect, which gets you a faint aura of conjuration. It'd take longer to confirm, but it could well be an Ioun Stone version of a Periapt of Health... which would make it worth around 300 lbs of gold. It does seem to be cracked though, which could seriously lower its power and retail value.
|Shaezon Silverfall
@Tarek. Whispered, DC 21 as you observe@Shaezon. Use it as a club. On reflection it is much better than an improvised weapon
** spoiler omitted **
I was only looking for the first round information, school in this case.
Shaezon looks to the rock contemplatively then "accidentally" drops it. Shouldn't be too hard to fake at this distance.
Bluff 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9
He then scoops it up turning his back to the Ulfen men. Blocking his actions using his own body Shaezon picks up the magic stone and another mundane stone. With a quick prestidigitation he makes the non-magical stone as close to the color of the magical one as possible. It'll last an hour. (He usually has prestidigitation going for cleaning and what not, so it was probably already active.) Also shae slides the real one into a pocket.
He then stands and presents the fake stone saying in common"Sorry. See good as new." He'll then use Prestidigation to make the fake stone rotate around his head for a moment before snatching out of the air and holding it palm up. In a display of really inferior phycial ability Shaezon throws the stone as far as he can at the Ulfen, but really off to one side prefably so it slides down a hill or something.
Thrown weapon1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
|Shaezon Silverfall
Harakani DM wrote:
@Tarek. Whispered, DC 21 as you observe@Shaezon. Use it as a club. On reflection it is much better than an improvised weapon
** spoiler omitted **
I was only looking for the first round information, school in this case.
Shaezon looks to the rock contemplatively then "accidentally" drops it. Shouldn't be too hard to fake at this distance.
Bluff 1d20+0
He then scoops it up turning his back to the Ulfen men. Blocking his actions using his own body Shaezon picks up the magic stone and another mundane stone. With a quick prestidigitation he makes the non-magical stone as close to the color of the magical one as possible. It'll last an hour. (He usually has prestidigitation going for cleaning and what not, so it was probably already active.) Also shae slides the real one into a pocket.
He then stands and presents the fake stone saying in common"Sorry. See good as new." He'll then use Prestidigation to make the fake stone rotate around his head for a moment before snatching out of the air and holding it palm up. In a display of really inferior phycial ability Shaezon throws the stone as far as he can at the Ulfen, but really off to one side prefably so it slides down a hill or something.
Thrown weapon1d20+3
See discussion thread about "number of actions."
|Aku Markas
Once Anton's sister had taken over Aku rushed outside. There he found the rest of older kids facing off against some idiot Ulfen. He moved in behind them, "Please bring me up to speed, what's going on?"
He held his hands ready to burn those idiot Norsemen if they dared approach.
|Einar "Pepper" Elander
Pepper flips his club over the back of his hand in a obviously practiced move.
|Treize Seischiro
"Go back to the house. Kill anything that gets past us," Treize responded to Thom-Thom, he didn't even look back to see if his order was being acted upon. He spoke calmly, coldly, and quietly, though not as quiet as a whisper. There was no need to whisper, the Ulfen were still nearly a hundred feet off. He continued his advance towards the Ulfen, and crossed the street coming to where the rest of his comrades were huddled around Minnow.
Treize said nothing, as there was little to say. Clearly Minnow had stolen something, a rock evidently, and now they wanted it back. Idiot girl, Treize thought to himself. Theft in and of itself was a somewhat useless practice in the eyes of the Elf. Essentially, he had no real interest in the gold acquired through thievery except insofar as it furthered some greater end. Thievery with a purpose, however, becomes somewhat more acceptable, though was usually too risky to be taken seriously as an option. Most people care far too much for their things; they'll fight tooth and claw to get that meaningless trinket you stole back if for no other reason than to satisfy their own ego. Of course thievery could always be tolerated when survival was at stake because, well, anyone who chooses death over stealing a loaf of bread deserves to die. Thus to be caught doing something so petty, to Treize, was...unacceptable. If you are going to steal, for any reason at all, you make damned sure you're competent enough as a thief to do it without getting caught. Otherwise, you deserve whatever fate the Gods cook up for you.
Treize gave Minnow a disapproving glare. Everybody is now threatened because of the stupid girl's rash actions. He would protect her, of course, even if for no other reason than because the gang could not appear weak before others. Weakness was death, or worse, in this world. He would, however, make sure she was aware of his disapproval later, once the imminent threat was dealt with.
|Tarek Madrysian
|Harakani DM
Shaezon takes the rock from Minnow, says something and looks at it
Perception roll to hear Shaezon cast (intruders) = DC 10 (0 + 10 for range) 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Spellcraft roll to understand = DC 15 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Similar rolls apply if people want to know. Perception is easier the closer you are
The War Wolves walk towards Pepper, getting up close to him, but not raising their clawed fists yet. They are not threatening AoO
Their dogs continue to retrun to their masters - though they give Pepper, or at least Pepper's club, plenty of room - especially the limping dog.
As they approach they start to chant
"We are War Wolves!"
The War Wolves howl in unison
"We go where we want! When we want!"
The leader continues "Give us the rock and the girl and we choose to go away."
The growling voice, lack of personal space and howling presses in on Pepper
Intimidate from War Wolf 1 on Pepper DC 10 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Intimidate from War Wolf 2 on Pepper DC 10 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Intimidate from War Wolf 3 on Pepper DC 10 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Intimidate from War Wolf Leader on Pepper DC 10 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Anton has readied murderous command
@Aku: I put you on the map - hope it was right - for running out of the house. Two kids tried to stop you on Treize's orders, but I will assume you countermanded.
Pepper is shaken for three round (best roll, not cumulative)
While the War Wolves are scary, Pepper is good enough at stand over tactics to know they aren't coordinating. They're also letting him back off.
Can I get a diplomacy and profession:thug roll please.
|Tarek Madrysian
Tiko-Tako Ya-ya-ya... I get it.
Let's all calm down. Tarek speaks as he steps out into the street and moves to stand beside Pepper. His hands are up, empty. He is unarmed and unarmored.
Like I said, you get rock... we heal the dogs. And, you can have me. You or one of your men against me. One on one, until one is down. No one else involved.
Tarek doesn't understand Ulfen. He's just putting skin in the game.
|Einar "Pepper" Elander
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Harakani DM
Sorry Shae
Shae drops the rock and picks it up
Profession: The war wolves seem to know what they're doing in a fight, but they're amateurs at Thuggery. That means they're more likely to fight when they don't need to. They're also likely not to realise the importance of controlling the situation. They've got all their guys at the front and no-one watching their backs. Most of them are watching you and Tarek. Probably because you speak their language.
Guys like this probably respect strength and get into "who's tougher" competitions, but aren't actually psychos.
Of course this is more of a jumble of memories and experience for Pepper (rather than an analysis).
|Tarek Madrysian
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Weyland Piper
|Shaezon Silverfall
|Einar "Pepper" Elander
Pepper sniffs and seems to look back at the dogs backing off. As he does so he makes gestures while staring at Weyland. It is up to the GM if I can convey the following spoiler at this distance
Pepper turns back around to the War Wolves,
Nicator, a bit confused at how events are transpiring, carefully walks closer, trying to look as unthreatening as possible. Best to stay prepared for whatever happens... Gods Tarek, what are you thinking here? He glances causally to the side, gauging the dogs. One of them shook off a sleep charm earlier, but that may have been a fluke. At least I have another shot if need be. Cautiously, he clears his throat. "Pepper, would you mind translating for us? It's a bit hard to gauge what they're saying right now." And hopefully we won't have to fight... I'd hate to have those dogs strike at me, but I must be on hand. I suppose a mist might do if we need to run, but they've seen Grandmother's house. Gods! What have you done, Minnow?
Move Action: Move from I37 to I31.
Move Action: Move from I31 to H28
Relinking map to save on scrolling up: MAP
|Einar "Pepper" Elander

subset: commoncrawl


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Montpelier proposes $16.9 million school budget
MONTPELIER The School Board has approved a $16,986,916 budget for voters to consider in March, which represents an 8 percent increase that could reduce 15 positions.
Some of the reductions include job eliminations, but there is one retirement among them.
The increase translates to an estimated $260 tax increase, or 13 cents on the tax rate, for a $200,000 property, which had a $2,622 education tax bill for the current school year.
The spending increase is high enough that the district, in order to comply with state law, will have to present its operating budget as two questions on the March ballot. The first will be for $16,970,522; the second line will be for $389,132.
If voters approve only the first line of the operating budget, the tax bill would increase about $179 from the current school year for a $200,000 property.
The proposed cuts include several teaching positions, but only two full-timers: a music teacher and a special education teacher. Most are reductions in hours, and subject areas include math, English, English as a second language, foreign language and social studies.
Due to public feedback, some last-minute changes were made, including reinstating a physical education position initially planned for the chopping block. The board also authorized enough funding for the administration to decide whether to keep a Union Elementary School social worker.
The board had also been considering whether the ballot should include two $2.3 million bond questions or one $4.6 million bond question. But the districts facilities director, Thom Wood, told the board Wednesday that most of the infrastructure repairs in the second bond likely would not begin immediately due to planning and logistics.
Board Chairwoman Sue Aldrich said that was a surprise to her.
The sole bond will be no more than $2.3 million for infrastructure work considered critical, such as addressing leaky roofs, a district heating project at Union Elementary School and certain bathroom repairs. Also included are interior and exterior door upgrades across the district to improve security.
The district has to pay only interest on the bond for the first year, but the district will be faced with $179,892 for principal plus interest in the 2015-2016 school year, an amount that will stay in that range for about five years.
Every $95,000 equals a 1-cent increase in the tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year, a figure that will vary in future.
The board had been wrestling with how to best present the fiscal challenges.
Board member Lowell VanDerlip said he believes the community will recognize the school districts budget challenge. Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, the increase was 2.8 percent with subsequent increases each year of 5.2 percent, 4.5 percent, 2.5 percent and 1.5 percent, then a 0.5 percent decrease and 1.5 percent increase. The current years increase, which was voted on last year, was 4.8 percent.
The 2014 fiscal year, which begins in July, would be 8 percent.
VanDerlip said Thursday the two-line operational budget vote is triggered when two conditions are both met: Per-pupil spending is above the state average and an overall budget increases beyond the rate of inflation plus 1 percent.
The citys per-pupil spending was about $100 above the state average.
The total budget is nearly $17.4 million, but a grant budget line of $372,606 reflects certain federal money.
In addition to the school budget, the city is proposing a 2.2 percent or 2-cent tax rate increase for the March vote. Montpelier Alive has been advocating a 4.5-cent tax rate increase on commercial buildings in the downtown area, and the City Council is to decide at its next meeting whether to include that additional tax question on the March ballot.
The City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday for its second public hearing on the proposed city budget.
In other news from Wednesdays School Board meeting, Steve Robinson announced he would not be returning to the board, leaving an opening on the March ballot. Aldrich, the chairwoman, expressed her regrets and said he was an extremely helpful board member.
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Rooms in Center Lisbon
N.º máximo de huéspedes2
Cuartos de baño2
Tamaño15 m²
- Apto para familias / niños
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- Lavadora / secadora
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- Jacuzzi
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|Rua Nova do Desterro, 1150 Lisbon, Portugal
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|Habitación privada
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This beautiful room has a king size double bed and lots of space for you to keep your clothes. Has a full size mirror and a sunny window. The apartment has a complete kitchen with a closed balcony (the smoking lounge), a large living, 3 rooms and 1 full bathroom plus one for service only. The entire house is equipped with central heating.
Next door, you have typical restaurants with Fado, where you can enjoy the best grilled fish. We cook special vegetarian meals too! Or, if you prefer, you can shop in the local groceries and cook a nice meal at home.
All around transports (metro, bus, train, boats, bikes and typical "Streetcar"). Located 10 minutes from the airport by taxi or 15 minutes by metro (Martim Moniz station). Very Beautiful zone with a lot of life around, day and night! This is the best place to stay if you came in holiday!
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Smoking Lounge on the balcony!
There are no specific rules!
Live in our house as if it were your home!
Your home away from home :)
|Precio semanal para hasta 2 huéspedes
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Nice place. You have all what you need in your papartment. Really close to the centre and to tram 28.
Claudia wasn't there to give us the key. But Johanna was lovely and helpt us with all issue's. Thanks Johanna.
All Ok a lot of Stairs but a nice Room !!!! Thank You
The Flat was located perfectly and Carlos was probably one of the nicest people I've ever met. The flat has everything you need and even more. No complications with anyone else and all in all a very very amazing trip. If I ever decide to go to Lisbon again, I'll for sure make a reservation here again!
I stayed almost one week in this appartment and it was super!
The appartment itself are small but functional and really tidy. It is suitable for one or maybe two persons. It is situated in a very nice place of the town close to the city center but in a very quiet street without any trafic.
I can sincerely recommend this appartment.
Kind regards Lena
I couldn't meet Cristina, but Carlos was very friendly and nice person. The room was clean and comfortable. The same with the rest of the home. Good experience in Lisbon for me ;)
good guy. nice kitchen with some leftovers;)he opened the door for my friend in the early morning when i was wasted in bed....which is obviously not a matter of course.cheers carlos.greets from leverkusen
Nice and really tidy and clean flat with 2 bathrooms. Big kitchen with all equipment is cool. our room was just a bit small but it's okay. Owner is really nice and kind. I can recommend it.
nice and cosy apartment. Very close to the center. Recommendable.
It has been a while, but still: Great flat in a very nice spot in the city - you can get anywhere very fast. We never met Claudia, but her room-mate Carlos was a wonderful and very helpfull host. We really enjoyed our stay.
When we booked the room Claudia immediately left us a message and explained how to get to there,... She was really considerate in her communication so we felt welcome at the house. The room was small but clean and cosy. Carlos, Claudia's flatmate gave us some excellent advice about local restaurants. Nice stay!
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- Title
- H2 optimal signal predictive quantization in oversampled FBs
- Author(s)
- Li, Shenpeng; Zhang, Jingxin; Zhang, Cishen
- Abstract
- This paper is concerned with the design of signal predictor in oversampled signal predictive subband coding. Spectral analysis of the prediction error system is used to derive an H2 optimization formulation of the design problem, and an LMI based method is obtained to design the H2 optimal signal predictor that minimizes the variance of quantizer input signals. Simulation examples are presented to demonstrate the obtained design method.
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- Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA 2007), Singapore, 01-03 October 2007, pp. 994-999
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- 2007
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- Error analysis; Hydrogen; Optimal signal predictor; Oversampled signal predictive subband coding; Prediction error system; Predictive control systems; Quantiser input signals; Spectrum analysis
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AGCO plans to build its high-horsepower Massey Ferguson and Challenger tractors in Jackson, MN. As a result, the company will expand its Jackson manufacturing plant to handle the tractors.
The agricultural economy must be doing well to experience announcements of manufacturing expansion. AGCO made such an announcement today. The company will add 75,000 sq. ft. to its Jackson, MN, plant to handle the production of high-horsepower wheeled row-crop Massey Ferguson and Challenger tractors. Plans for the addition also include a visitors center.
Currently, Challenger track and articulated 4-wheel-drive tractors, high-flotation applicators and high-clearance sprayers are made in at the Jackson facility by 900 employees.Expanding the plant will require the hiring of another 100 employees with an annual payroll of $5.68 million, ACGO reports.
Bob Crain, general manager for AGCO North America, was on hand for the event. Crain says the manufacturing expansionis part of the company's plans to place manufacturing in the United States where the customers are located. "We'll be able to offer machines more closely configured to the production practices and needs of ourcustomers here while also reducing delivery time to both dealers and farmers," he stated in a news release.
The expansion should be completed by the end of 2011. The visitor's center will take up 17,000 sq. ft. of the expansion and is expected to host 10,000 visitors a year.


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Apple Cinnamon Cheesecake
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 55 min
- Ready Time: 240 min
- Yield: 12 servings
- 1/2 cup butter, plus 1 tbsp., softened, divided
- 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
- 2 medium all-purpose apples, cored and sliced
- 1/4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 300°F. Beat 1/2 cup butter and brown sugar in small bowl until fluffy. Add flour, oats, walnuts and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; mix well. Press firmly into bottom and halfway up sides of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 minutes.
- BEAT cream cheese until fluffy in large bowl. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth (do not overbeat). Add eggs and 1/2 cup apple juice concentrate; mix well. Pour over partially baked crust.
- BAKE 45 minutes or until center springs back when lightly touched. Cool.
- MELT remaining 1 tablespoon butter in large skillet. Add apples; cook until crisp-tender. Arrange on top of cheesecake; drizzle with Cinnamon Apple Glaze. Chill.
- COMBINE 1/4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, cornstarch and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in small saucepan; mix well. Cook and stir over low heat until thickened. (Makes about 1/4 cup.)
Eagle Brand is a trademark of Eagle Family Foods Group, LLC, used by permission.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 slice, 1/12 of cake), Calories 460 (Calories from Fat 240), Total Fat 28g (Saturated Fat 15g, Trans Fat 0.5g), Cholesterol 120mg, Sodium 260mg, Total Carbohydrate 48g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 35g), Protein 8g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 20%, Vitamin C 30%, Calcium 15%, Iron 6%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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19. P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason
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at The Staples Center on October 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
17. Olly Murs - Troublemaker
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 16: Singer Olly Murs speaks on stage during the official launch to mark the FA's 150th Anniversary Year at the Grand Connaught Rooms on January 16, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
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XXX performs during the 2012 F1 Singapore on September 22, 2012 in Singapore.
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Festival goers enjoy a set by a dubstep DJ at the "Lounge on the Farm" festival near Canterbury in Kent, on July 8, 2011. Five years ago, dubstep was just another fresh but obscure strain of dance music, limited almost exclusively to a handful of nightclubs in south London. Today it is taking over dancefloors worldwide. Born out of drum'n'bass and the 2-step UK garage movement which propelled Craig David to fame, dubstep completed its journey from quirky curiosity to commercial success story earlier this month (eds: earlier in July) when DJ Fresh's "Louder" hit the top of the UK singles chart. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAMES PHEBY *BRITAIN-ENT-MUSIC-DUBSTEP* (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Bruno Mars arrives at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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HOLMDEL, NJ - MAY 20: DJ Calvin Harris spins onstage at 103.5 KTU's KTUphoria at PNC Bank Arts Center on May 20, 2012 in Holmdel City, New Jersey. (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images)
11. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack
US singer Demi Lovato performs under heavy rain in Montevideo, during her A Special Night tour on April 29, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Pablo PORCIUNCULA (Photo credit should read PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP/GettyImages)
10. Lil Wayne - Love Me
9. Rihanna - Pour It Up
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 08: Rihanna performs at Barclaycard Wireless Festival at Hyde Park on July 8, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Danny Martindale/Getty Images)
8. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Singer Taylor Swift arrives at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center on September 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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Singer Rihanna performs live on stage as part of her 777 tour at The Forum on November 19, 2012 in London, England.
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To leave would be economic suicide especially for the parts of the UK outside the M25. Our regions rely heavily on EU grants for capital development. Do you really think a London centric government would re-direct the saved EU money away from the capital and into the regions such as the north? If we were to leave the EU and an independent (if the vote goes that way) Scotland were to stay in things would become very interesting.
Maybe the north of England could join an independent Scotland, we could be better off.?
I think that the London-centric government would cut taxes across the UK - this being good for all parts of the UK.


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At the time of writing the Canon Powershot G15 can be bought for around £499 online, whereas the Canon PowerShot G1 X costs about £20 more. The reason why the prices are so similar, despite the G1 X being the more premium model, is that the G15 is still new and we're yet to see the price drop after its launch. To give you some idea of how the G1 X's price has reduced, it can now be picked up for around £180 cheaper than when it was released in January 2012. If the G15 follows at the same rate of depreciation as the G1 X, expect it to cost around £340 by May or June next year.
Canon PowerShot G1 X review video.
Which camera you choose depends at lot on what you're looking for from a compact. The G1 X is designed for enthusiasts who want the spec and similar image quality of an APS-C DSLR with the benefit of it being smaller, lighter and more convenient. Compared to the G15's 12.1MP sensor, which has physical dimensions of 7.4×5.6mm, the G1 X's imaging sensor is larger (18.7×14.0mm), helping it to produce better detail and perform better at higher ISOs.
Canon PowerShot G15 review video.
Find the best Deals for the Canon PowerShot G1 X and Canon PowerShot G15
If you're after a compact that'll fit in your pocket easily and deliver reasonable image quality, we'd recommend the G15. Although it's no match for the G1 X in terms of detail it produces, it is the more practical solution if you're after a camera that's small and easy to fit in your pocket. Not only that, the G15's auto focus system and zoom are slightly faster than the larger G1 X.
As our image quality tests have revealed, the Canon PowerShot G1 X is the better camera to choose if it's excellent image quality you're after. The detail the larger sensor produces is more impressive than the Canon PowerShot G15, especially when you push to higher ISO's.
What we have here are two cameras, both of which have strengths and weaknesses. In an ideal world we'd love to see the sensor from the G1 X squeezed within the G15's smaller body. With not much between the two in respect of their price, the camera that offers the best value for money here is the G1 X. If we had £520 to spend right now it would be a difficult decision on which to choose, but we'd probably we swayed to the G1 X for its superior image quality.
Image Quality
To assess the image quality, we headed out with both compacts and took a selection of identical images in the same lighting conditions. Returning to the office to compare the results, we then took a series of shots at all of the ISO sensitivity settings, using our diorama as our subject.
Below you'll be able to find links that take your through to our image sample gallery where you can load, or save, the images we took before comparing them side-by-side for yourself.
If you're unsure of how to save the images to your computer, simply click on an image to view it at full size, then right click, and select Save As. Choose the location of where you'd like to save the file (whether it be on your hard drive or desktop) and click on Save.
Taken with the Canon PowerShot G1 X.
Taken with the Canon PowerShot G15.
100% crop from the Canon PowerShot G1 X image above.
100% crop from the Canon PowerShot G15 image above.
Taken with the Canon PowerShot G1 X.
Taken with the Canon PowerShot G15.
100% crop from the Canon Powershot G1 X image above.
100% crop from the Canon Powershot G15 image above.
To view the full image gallery and the entire set of images taken with the Canon PowerShot G1 X and Canon PowerShot G15, click here.
Another benefit of the G1 X is that it has a flip-out 3in screen whereas the G15 has a fixed screen. The G1 X also allows you to shoot longer exposures in low light (for up to 60 seconds) but it's important to add, however, both cameras allow you to shoot Raw.
The Canon PowerShot G1 X features a tilting 3in, 920k-dot screen whereas the Canon PowerShot G15 features a fixed 3in, 920k-dot display.
You could be swayed to the G1 X for its sensor and image quality, but the G15 has some advantages of its own. For one, it's much smaller and is roughly 40% thinner and 10% lighter. The lens has a wider f/1.8 aperture compared to the G1 X's f/2.8 offering, enabling you to shoot with faster shutter speeds in low light situations.
The Canon PowerShot G15 features a lens that'll focus more closely than the G1 X.
Another advantage of the G15's lens is its ability to focus more closely. It'll let you shoot within 1cm of a subject in its macro mode, whereas the G1 X can't focus closer than 20cm. After calling in the cameras to conduct our own image quality comparisons, we noted the zoom on the G15 is fractionally faster at operating from its widest focal length to full telephoto, and the focusing system is also more responsive. At times the G1 X can hesitate while attempting to focus on a subject, which becomes more noticeable in low-light situations.
Handling & Ergonomics
As for handling, the G1 X has a larger grip to wrap your hand around, but both feel as well built as each other. The ergonomics are virtually identical too, with full control over exposure modes and exposure compensation taken from the top plate.
Both compacts also offer a hot shoe for the attachment of an optional flash and support Canon's range of EX-series speedlites, such as the Canon speedlite 270EX II and Canon speedlite 430EX II.
The Canon PowerShot G1 X's top plate controls.
The Canon PowerShot G15's top plate controls.
Here we can see how the G1 X is similarly laid out to the G15.
There's are very few differences at the rear of the two cameras other than the G1 X has a tilting screen and the G15 doesn't.


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Comment by Will Taylor - April 03 2014 @ 09:30 AMLove these boots!
Wear a 9-9-1/2 running shoe / hiking boot,
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Bought another pair in size 11, good fit for my waders with heavy wool socks.
Very comfortable, lace up tight for my narrow feet.
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Skip to comments.Barack Obama Says Pro-Life Group Lying About His Pro-Infanticide Votes
Posted on 08/17/2008 5:40:50 PM PDT by SErtelt
Barack Obama Says Pro-Life Group Lying About His Pro-Infanticide Votes
Washington, DC -- Barack Obama has some harsh words for a leading pro-life group that has exposed his misrepresentations about his votes against two bills that would have stopped infanticides. Obama goes as far as saying the National Right to Life Committee is lying about his record.
At issue are votes Obama cast against a bill that would have made sure babies who survive botched abortions get adequate medical care.
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How could they be lying about his votes? He either did or he didn't, and there's clearly documented evidence he voted for this barbaric practice.
This is another one that is going to blow up in his face.
Running scared, Nobama?
Yes, recorded votes will show who is the liar. But I doubt it will blow up in his face with his flock.
Senor' Osama Obama HUSSEIN, Spande Merde!
Obama is a pathological Liar! Obama Hussein takes responsibility for Nothing that goes Adversely! He steals from others what appears to go well!
Obama is a Snake in the grass. There is No Character, Loyalty, Leadership, Honesty or Ethics in Obama's Soul!
Hi NOBAMA08,
You got a GREAT name! I wonder why I think so! :-)
The man is a fool betting his voters are even bigger fools.
An inconvenient truth, BO?
Wouldn't this be very easy to prove?
Oh hell no, that would be a plus for him with his flock.
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The BeelzUHbama is getting angry.
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Is "Video Obama" some Max Headroom version of him?
Sorry, Barry Headroom, you'll have to go under the bus too.
(Any Photoshoppers out there who could make a Obama version of Max Headroom?)
If he did not want a position construed upon those votes, he should not have made them the way he did.
Too bad Hussein, you are mired in the excretement and off your own actions and cannot shake off that smell.
How presidential.
Hussein's own words (on many occasions) are devasating.
"They're lying, and, and they're just... just... RACIST!"
LOL...They are like minded fur sure!
Obama chooses death for Babies, over PROBABLY crossing the lines in terms of unconstitutionality,
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And if were placing a burden on the doctor that says you have to keep alive even a previable child as long as possible and give them as much medical attention as as is necessary to keep that child alive, then were probably crossing the lines in terms of unconstitutionality.
This is what I don't understand with pro-abortionists. If you support abortion, why try to hide it, deny it, attack the pro-life side, or try to "moderate" it into something that it's not?
You're either pro-abortion or you're pro-life. There is no middle ground here and this is proof that Obama shouldn't be elected on some village water board, let alone President of the US.
Wright (Obama's pastor and spiritual mentor for 20 years): He's a politician. ... And he says what he has to say as a politician. -http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/04/wright_on_obama_hes_a_politici.html
Is this "Change we can believe in"?
He sure has accused alot of people/groups of lying lately.
Not with his most devoted flock, but that flock can't get him elected by themselves.
I think undecideds who make up the majority, particularly away from the coasts, are turning away from him in droves because of this kind of thing.
God willing, he will lose this election by the landslide he so richly deserves.
"I voted against murdering babies before I voted in favor of murdering babies."
That's right, eeeverybody's lying but Barack. Even pro abortion groups such as NARAL didn't oppose the Illinois Bill specifically because of language that he claims isn't there. Funny that I don't see those groups coming to his aid if his claim was true, i.e., it undermines ROEvWADE...and if NRLC is correct, that he presided of the committee that inserted this key language he claims isn't there, then he'll look like the jackass that he is...except, of course, to other jackasses, which there are many in this country...
I got the same impression from reading the article...that much of his explanation sounded Kerryish. I'm surpised the man can dress himself in the morning since he doesn't seem to have an original thought in that waste of space he calls a brain.
This loser is unbelievable!
The tortured syntax, the dubious rhetoric, and the moral incoherence are all utterly unmistakable to even a modestly well-tuned ear.
When you read the whole case, it is obvious that it is he barack mcgovern who is the liar. The more he whines the more people who care about life will read and the more it will hurt this lying bag of shiite.
Don't bet on seeing that definitive rebuttal anytime soon.
Hello Steve! There are many Freepers who have gathered info on Obamination's pro-death votes and his spoken support for it. I recommend we warn the Christians who are actually supporting this guy that they are making a grave mistake. I just did a search for "Christians for obama" and found sites for contact. Who else can warn them? I have my own site and will add all the links from Free Republic to it, but first contact is better. How about we also contact our own local media outlets or start a small free newspaper to let the public know. Local talk radio stations are a good place also. I noticed CBN is still posting their exclusive interview on their news page. Yikes! Lot's of work to do.
I know a lifelong dhimmirat and pro-abortion person.
She opposes letting a born baby die, calling it murder by neglect,
but refuses to believe that Obama supports that.
THIS is how they will justify supporting him even with this abhorrent policy position.
boxer i'm not answering these questions
Barbara Boxer states/slips in a floor argument that the baby can be "chosen" out of life, ie, it's not "viable" or "alive" until the "parents take it home".
I like your name, too! LOL NOBAMA NOT EVER!
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If I had not watched the game last night and you told me this morning that Cliff Lee blew a 4-run lead in a playoff game, I would have assumed that someone put crack in your cornflakes. But alas, I did see the game and yes, the unbeLEEable happened.
Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa looked like a serious moron in the first two innings, pitching Chris Carpenter on only 3 days rest. The Phillies beat him up to the tune of 4 runs. With Lee on the mound, this was a sure win, right? Wrong.
Because Lee imploded , allowing 3 runs in the 3rd and two more over the 6th and 7th. Frankly, he never should have been sent back out for the 7th after it was clear in the 6th that this was not his day.
But the Phillies offense also blew a lot of opportunities. After scoring 3 in the 1st, Placido Polanco hit into a double play with 2 men on base to end the inning. It was still a good first inning, but they could have really put the game away here and did not. They left runners on base in the 2nd as well.
Polanco is 0-8 in the series so far. So is Carlos Ruiz. Ruiz took a huge shot at the plate to save a run yesterday, but his bat has come up empty. And Hunter Pence, although he has gotten a few big hits, has also left 5 men on base in the series and hit into a fielder choice in a key situation last night in the 8th, killing the momentum.
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Since the ultimate goal is to win the world series, the Phils were mismanaged for not letting Atlanta win final game, which would have then forced St. Louis to expend energy and pitchers in the play-in game. St Louis has been the hottest team in the major's over the last month. In fact, it would have been smarter to let Atlanta win 2 games in the final sereis which would have knocked hot St. Louis out of the playoffs – replaced by the weak Braves. The BLAME lies with the Phillies Manager!!!!


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With Beer Deal, Harley-Davidson Rides the High Lifeby
Most automakers might slam the brakes on a marketing partnership with a beer company for, well, obvious reasons. Not so for Milwaukee neighbors Harley-Davidson and Miller High Life, which this week announced a multiyear collaboration that will produce Harley-branded beer cans and High Life-styled hogs in time for summer.
The two products are celebrating overlapping 110th anniversaries this year, and while they've teamed up for marketing events over the past two decades, this marks the brands' first long-term arrangement. But don't expect to see motorcycles running on tanks full of the "Champagne of Beers." To start, the pact will bring commemorative Harley-Davidson designs to 16-ounce High Life cans and the packaging for 12-ounce bottles. Also, 150 Harleys decked out in High Life graphics will be given away.
Bill Davidson, vice president of the Harley-Davidson Museum (and great-grandson of Harley-Davidson co-founder William A. Davidson), even helped make a batch of High Life on Wednesday that will be mixed in with regular brews to produce 6,500 barrels—the equivalent of 2 million 12-oz. cans. The beers touched by hog royalty won't be specially labeled, though, so don't get too excited.
In response to the potential pitfalls a drinking-and-driving brand alliance could present, Ashley Selman, marketing director for heritage and economy brands at MillerCoors, noted the opportunities created by the pact to discuss safety. Miller High Life will be encouraging safe riding online and via social media while also asking riders at motorcycle events to take a safe-riding pledge. Harley-Davidson did not reply to e-mailed questions.
"I think less of it as a beer company and a motorcycle company and more of it as the Miller High Life brand and the Harley-Davidson brand," Selman says. "These are two brands that are all about heritage, all about craftsmanship, all about quality. They are two iconic American brands." (Beer. Motorcycles. America!)
Miller does not have partnerships with other carmakers, according to Selman. Located across the street from each other in Milwaukee, the two brands have been aligned since Miller's sponsorship of Harley-Davidson's 90th anniversary celebration in 1993. They came together again for Harley's 95th, 100th, and 105th anniversaries, and turned out a Miller Lite/Harley-Davidson stock car for Nascar events in 2000.


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Thinking through semantics for SOA
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A lot of discussions have occured around semantics for SOA. Any thoughts on these definitions for SOA "terms"..
Service – a repeatable business task represented by a software module deployed on network accessible platforms provided by the service provider. Its interface is described by a service description. It exists to be invoked by or to interact with a service requestor. It may also function as a requestor.
Service Orientation – an approach to integrate business tasks as loosely coupled, linked services
Service Oriented Architecture –An architectural style of the structure of a software system in terms of its components and the services they provide, without regard for the underlying implementation of these components, services and connections between components
Composite application - a set of related & integrated services that support a business process built on an SOA
Components - Definition of a modular unit of functionality, accessed through one or more interfaces. A component may be composed of other components, but a component is not necessarily a service.
Service Component Architecture (SCA) - a set of specifications which describe a model for building applications and systems using a Service-Oriented Architecture. SCA extends and complements prior approaches to implementing services, and SCA builds on open standards such as Web services.
Business Process Management - Covers the full range of application-to-application, inter-application, workflow and person-to-person process management, including process design, automation, management, and continuous improvement.
Service Registry - a searchable registry of service descriptions where service providers may publish their service descriptions. Service requestors may find services and obtain binding information (in the service descriptions) for services during development for static binding or during execution for dynamic binding.[Read More]
SOA, BPM and Model-driven Development: The Keys to the SOA Kingdom!
SOASOA 060000JRQN Marcações:  model_driven_development business_process_mgmt 1.224 Visualizações
As I was sitting in my doctor's office (yes! I got the cast off!), I was reading through some of our recent SOA implementations and noticed that as more and more companies are seeing the power of SOA to drive business results. One of their surprises is the value they are seeing in modeling -- it seems that modeling is becoming one of the most critical steps to SOA success.
Reading more deeply and talking to several customers while icing my ankle, it seems that most companies deliver modeling to help organizations fully visualize, comprehend, and document business processes in order to close the gap that exists between an organization's lines of business and IT's understanding of the business drivers. Given that a business process is a defined set of activities leading to specific results, modeling provides the added assurance that best practices are well documented and communicated throughout the organization before deployment.
For example, one large insurer is having their business analysts use modeling to define alternative scenarios, differing in resource allocation, branching assumptions at decision points in the flow, and other parameters, and see which alternative results in the lowest cost, fastest average cycle time, lowest percentage of service level agreements violations, or other optimum business measure. In addition, tbecause they leveraged simulation can help reveal bottlenecks in the process, allowing new alternative scenarios to be analyzed -- resulting in significant time and cost savings before they are implemented throughout the SOA.
I believe that BPM with SOA is the keys the kingdom and SOA will help facilitate the next phase of the business process evolution. The evolution is occurring now because of the heightened need for enterprises to compete more effectively by adapting to market changes faster, continuously improving efficiencies and streamlining collaboration across traditionally siloed departments.
Well, at least it may be the key that opens the door that allows you to explore all the benefits to SOA. What are your thoughts? By the way, I have now proceeded in my recovery and hope to be walking with my cane at the NYC SOA summit -- that is sold out!
If you are one of the lucky 400 that got a seat, I'll see you there!
Til then....back to icing the ankle!
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April 3 SOA News -- SOA Entry Points!
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Yesterday we announced a series of 5's for SOA.
5 SOA entry points based on a study of 500 customers from Mercer. The 5 are: People, Process, information, Reuse, and Connectivity!
We highlighted 5 Real customers using these SOA entry points for Value (Pep Boys, Harley Davidson, Delaware Electric, Magna Steyr, and Wuestenrot and Wuerttembergische AG (W and W AG).
On the business side, we have 3 entry points for customers looking to start their SOA journey! People centric collaboration, Business Process Management, Information as a service. Now we know that you could do BPM or Collaboration without SOA, but with SOA the value grows.
For instance around BPM, for many years companies have wanted the magic potion to fix, improve, modify process activity. But IT has been the biggest inhibitor. SOA changes the game in this space by allowing processes to be represented as services and components. As such, the service-based process now becomes re-usable, flexible, and can be modified and re-deployed more quickly. SOA turns processes into parts (called "services") so the specific part of the process can be improved, optimized, and then reassembled with other parts of the process.
Or for collaboration, SOA will enable this user experience and ensure consistent levels of service are met each step of the way. SOA allows customers to create, deploy, and update composite applications faster with SOA portlets. As application portlets are created or converted to "service-based" portlets, you can aggregate and integrate these portlets faster and more economically to get the collaborative user interface and view into your business that you need.
Or for Information, SOA drives further success Information delivered as a service provides extensive options to a company to allow for packaging, transformation, and distribution of the information to the right people at the right time. Information as a service, as a part of an SOA ensures consistency in sources and data rules, aligns information with business processes, provides business context to information, uncovers insightful relationships hidden within information, provides a basis for trust in information, and enables tighter control over information.
For the IT entry points, the 2 are Reuse, where a strong view of being able to reuse both IT assets and business logic. To build an SOA, you look at what you already have (people, applications, business processes, etc.), and use existing resources to streamline business processes, cut development time, ensure consistency through the organization, and save money. Based on open standards, IBM's offerings were created to allow a company to extend the value from their existing software by service-enabling it and then reuse the business value that comes from that service again and again. Firms can:
-Enhance flexibility by reduce duplication of function by creating services to be shared across the enterprise -Leverage proven core applications and function through services enablement, through wrappering or other methods
In fact, a study by Software Productivity Research found that it is five times less expensive to reuse existing services and applications than to re-write them.
And finally Connectivity. SOA connectivity allows users to take an existing business process and deliver it through a different business channel with minimal rework. So for example, if you have a business process like opening a new account that you deliver through a call center, you can deliver the same process through a web site or a kiosk by leveraging this kind of connectivity. Doing so will ensure a secure, consistent user experience and save a great deal of cost. By the same token, SOA Connectivity lets you reach out to your trading partners with secure, services-based connectivity beyond your firewall. The Enterprise Integration Challenge report from Software Strategies found that use of an Enterprise Service Buses was two to four times less expensive than custom-built integration or FTP.
So tell me what you think? Do these entry points seem like ones you could use?
We have an SOA business value tool that will allow you to sit down and determine your ROI from these Entry points as well. Let me hear from you![Read More]
SOA, BPM and a Broken Ankle! What do they have in common!
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Good day to all! Well, this southern girl broke her ankle about 2 weeks ago! Since there can be no "weight bearing on that leg now" for a while, I started thinking about where we put our weight in our first SOA implementations! From our recent survey, most companies are viewing BPM capablilities are the highest rating SOA capability. BPM being Business Process management. BPM is how you design, automate, and manage operational business processes at the pace required by changing market conditions and business priorities, aligned with strategic and operational goals. The value comes in around your ability to adapt quickly and cost effectively. By deploying the right BPM tooling, infrastructure, and methods, you will be able to respond at the speed of business while maintaining business controls and, where necessary, regulatory compliance. BPM improves your bottom line and enables innovation, helping you to compete effectively and win. Gartner recently gave a Market Opportunity number of $806M in 2006. Business Process Management Suites will be the Next Big Thing, February 2005, Jim Sinur
I am curious how many of our SOA folks are leveraging this capability of BPM and what processes are top of your list?
Til next time!
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danica's apology
so everyone can take it for what its worth, like i said she had every right to react, just wish she went about it another way, but that is JUST ME.
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michaeljohn wrote:it is funny how some are saying "well people are giving her a hard time because she is a woman." and i think that is total junk, i consider her a race car driver when she is driving, then how people fall back on the woman card to justify her actions, i remember speaking out against carl edwards when he dumped brad k, or kyle and ron hornaday, i will give her the pass of not knowing sam's tire was flat, but to dump him at 150-160mph, well there is no excuse for it.
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By Laurie Stone: CNJ Correspondent
PORTALES — Some Eastern New Mexico University students are trying to make a statement today — by staying silent.
The Day of Silence is a national youth movement organized to protest harassment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.
Those participating in the Day of Silence will wear a red T-shirt and avoid speaking as much as possible until 6 p.m., when a rally is scheduled at the Campus Union Building's patio.
"Gay people should be treated just like heterosexuals — accepted and not just tolerated," said Tracy Riley, an ENMU student who organized the Day of Silence. Riley is originally from Oklahoma, but said he has lived in Portales for the last six years.
"We hate violence and we want equal rights as our heterosexual counterparts have," said Tino Cordova of Clovis, an ENMU student and a participant in the movement.
Not everyone in Portales is responding to the movement with silence.
Mark Vigil, owner of Mark's Restaurant and Catering, said he plans to answer the Day of Silence by promoting a Day of Truth on Thursday, providing what he said is a Christian viewpoint on the homosexual lifestyle.
His restaurant displays a sign promoting a Web site (www.telladf.org/truth) he said offers additional information.
"I put the sign up so I could express my Christian perspective," Vigil said. "I'm not judging anyone's lifestyle. I want those who have questions to have another source to find answers to their questions.
"I'm doing nothing different than exercising my First Amendment right that is available to not just me, but everybody."
At ENMU's Baptist Student Union Fellowship, Director Brian Townsend said his response to the Day of Silence is no response.
"I do not condone their (gay-lesbian) lifestyle but it is not for me to turn on someone and be a bullhorn in their life to say that what they are doing is wrong," Townsend said. "I believe the only way to ultimately change someone's behavior is to embrace them with love.
"We have to speak truth, but we must first love them enough to gain the right to speak into their lives.
"For all the energy we put into protesting homosexuals, if we would put the same energy into loving those we do not understand then things would be different. Out of the context of (a) relationship, who will listen to you if they think that you do not care about them?"