text: Evidence of Viking Exploration of America before Columbus 0x6a656666 posted:1/28/2012 12:45:02 AM Found this the other day, so I thought I'd post it. Lots of controversy, as usual. Fits in with a lot of Freemasonic and conspiracy literature as well. The Vinland map is claimed to be a 15th century mappa mundi with unique information about Norse exploration of America. It is very well known because of the publicity campaign which accompanied its revelation to the public as a "genuine" pre-Columbian map in 1965. In addition to showing Africa, Asia and Europe, the map depicts a landmass south-west of Greenland in the Atlantic labelled as Vinland; the map describes this region as having been visited by Europeans in the 11th century. Although it was presented to the world in 1965 with an accompanying scholarly book written by British Museum and Yale University librarians, historians of geography and medieval document specialists began to suspect that it might be a fake as soon as photographs of it became available,[2] and chemical analyses have identified one of the major ink ingredients as a 20th century artificial pigment. However, individual pieces of evidence continue to be challenged, most recently at a 2009 conference. Vinland Map Link 0x6a656666 posted:1/28/2012 12:48:33 AM This also goes along with the previous link: The Kensington Runestone is a 200-pound slab of greywacke covered in runes on its face and side which, if genuine, would suggest that Scandinavian explorers reached the middle of North America in the 14th century. It was found in 1898 in the largely rural township of Solem, Douglas County, Minnesota, and named after the nearest settlement, Kensington. Almost all Runologists and experts in Scandinavian linguistics consider the runestone to be a hoax. The runestone has been analyzed and dismissed repeatedly without local effect.The community of Kensington is solidly behind the runestone, which has transcended its original cultural purposes and has "taken on a life of its own". Kensington Runestone Link0x6a656666 posted:1/28/2012 2:21:39 AM Completed in1446, the Rosslyn Chapel contains depictions of maize (supposedly--make up your own mind). What I find interesting is how all controversial findings all share the same theme. This isn't necessarily Viking related, but apparently maize was considered unknown to Europe at the time of the chapel's construction. Rosslyn Chapel Linkjaguarsky posted:1/29/2012 1:59:52 PM There is an area in eastern KY near where I grew up that was said by the Native Americans living there at the time of western expansion to be a place where they did not go; a small valley area with lots of natural resources: water, and game. In thier oral history it was said to be inhabited by a race of tall white people with light or red hair who had come many generations before. Some of the strange race of people moved on but there were those who had stayed and by mutual agreement with the local tribes they simply avoided each other. Its just a story I heard as a kid from some friends who were descendants of the local Cherokee tribe. I always found it interesting and wondered if anyone ever looked for evidence of non-native habitation. Personally I have always thought that many different peoples came to this land at different times, always thinking they had discovered it anew. spiritech0 posted:1/30/2012 4:13:19 PM (off subject) Oh no! The text fields aren't wrapping the words to the window! (on subject) The "Mormons" preach that people came over to what is now the Americas around the time of the Tower of Babel event. I know, not Nordic, but considerable.gemini663181 posted:2/1/2012 1:46:58 PM It seems to be very possible. There is lots of evidence that would prove that many vikings found north America and explored it to the fullest. There are finds that prove this, As well as Viking boats and other Viking belongings that were left in North America. I would say that they were exploring the Americas long before columbus and portugal, or spain.gemini663181 posted:2/1/2012 1:49:28 PM Great article. Most have not researched this. It is a very rare study but has lots of proof as to its legitimate claims. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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sounds like you got insecurity issues. too many what if's... take it, one game at a time, bro.
The Knicks' loss to Indiana in the playoffs hurt for many reasons... With Boston down, Brooklyn struggling to gel and Chicago missing 2011 MVP Derrick Rose, New York's chance to take on the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals was last season... Thanks to their own inefficiency, key players being banged up from the long regular-season grind and a roster full of one-dimensional players, they couldn't capitalize...
With Rose's return to Chicago, Brooklyn stacking up and Indiana's young roster likely to take another step forward, the Knicks may be on the outside looking in when it comes to the top four seeds in the Eastern Conference...
New York will need a lot to go right this season if they hope to make it out of the second round, or even the first...
Iman Shumpert needs to become the two-way player the Knicks desperately need... Anthony needs to play at a higher level than last season, as does Bargnani... Ron Artest needs to energize the Knicks with toughness and perimeter defense while being a model citizen... Felton and Prigioni will need to find ways to put New York's scorers in positions to succeed...
Most of all, the Knicks need to stay healthy... Smith and Stat have knee issues, while Melo and Tyson were banged up by the end of last season... New York will have one of the NBA's oldest rosters again and if they want to make a serious run, they will need to keep everybody on the court...
We all know that this team has potential, but what might be needed we may fall short...
sounds like you got insecurity issues. too many what if's... take it, one game at a time, bro.
Clearly the additions of BARGNANI and Ron MWP Artest doesn't change the fact that we are a 5th seed team. The Heat, Indiana, Chicago and the new NETS are all better on paper...BUT we don't know that our roster is complete just yet. Patience grasshopper. The age of the Knicks is not the biggest issue , its KNEES. Stat and now J.R. have knee issues. The Knicks knew about J.R. prior to his signing so maybe he's insured for his contract...but how can STAT make it through an entire season when he has not been able to for the last 2-3 years. Should health not be the issue as it was last year the Knicks are now a better team as Camby , White, Novak, Richardson, Sheed, Thomas, and Kidd are replaced with MWP , Bargnani, Hardaway Jr. and starting the season with K Mart. The opportunity to add 3 more players for Veteran minimums won't greatly alter what we have currently under contract. We have added Beno, and Tyler so I remain at the roster is filled and will look this way barring a mega trade. So hopefully we make the playoffs and see where it goes from there.
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The way things look at the moment, i don't think we'll get past the 2nd round - Pacers and Heat will definitely take us...I think the Pacers are putting together a team to beat the Heat this year...kudos to Larry Bird and their team for playing the right cards
Yeah no way in hell we beat the Pacers, I mean Melo had a dislocated shoulder and JR had serious knee issues, Tyson was also injured, but really what does that even matter?
We only added MWP, Bargnani and got younger, more athletic and better. Pacers added Scola and Copeland, who are both elite defenders and are real difference makers. Add that to Granger coming back who fits seamlessly with Paul George and there is no stopping them.
Really OP? So much face palm in your post. Knicks beat Indy in 5 or 6 if fully healthy last season.
If our #1 rebounding option is literally breaking down in front of our very eyes, how are we beating a team with Hibbert, West, and Scola? They came outta the womb boxing out, trying to get the rebound.
Gotta love the eternal optimism tho. Sometimes I feel like Knicks fans would be like "nah, it's cool...everything is gonna be alright" while the bus is literally hurtling off the side of a cliff.
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
Still don't see the reason to put Stat on minutes restriction if his knees are 100%, let him play 30 minutes and if he injures himself so be it. This Knicks were constructed to be a contending team with Stat being a FT player not a part time one, let him play.
#2)That's the thing...his (STAT's) knees aren't good enough to let him play 30+ mins a game. When you see a company or organization say one thing, but do another, they only said what they said as a bit of spin-control, damage-control, and crowd control.
In the summer of 2010, Amar'e went to at least 3 teams looking for a 5-year deal, and was turned down by all of them because "his knees wouldn't hold up." If I remember correctly, the Suns were offering 3-year guaranteed, with a team option on the 4th year, so if the knees went, so did Stoudemire.
The Knicks, after being turned down by LBJ, were on the rebound...big time, and the only team even remotely interested in STAT's knees for more than 3 years guaranteed. So he took the money and security. When they went to insure his contract (like the majority of sports contracts are) it was turned down by every insurance company who they looked to get a policy from. See...insurance companies want to take your money, and not have to pay out. But with STAT, it wasn't a matter of If they had to pay out on the policy, but WHEN.
So yea...we amnestied Billups a year early to get Tyson, who has never played all 82 games, but hasn't come close since 07-08, and we're now stuck with Amar'e.
When the organization tells you "oh, he's healthy enough to return to all-star form....but he's only gonna play 20 mins per game" let their actions speak louder than their words.
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
STAT can't be the 4th highest cap hit in the NBA this year, but only play 20 mins per game for a team with aspirations of contention.
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
Ask yourself who's our best shot blocker and best passer on the team.
Once you name those guys, ranked them amongst the rest of the best in the NBA.
Theres your answer.
Honestly, i don't think Cope gets much minutes in Indy cause of his D unless they need a scoring punch now and then. You'll get good doses of Scola, Grainger and CJ Watson though..Truly, i hope i'm wrong about them taking us...I like our guys optomism though
some ppl on this board have some metnal problems or just desperations. Knicks lost game 1 which was very crucial. Same with Heat Pacers
if Knicks would win game 1 series could b very diffrent same with Heat Pacers without game winner by your Letraveller Pacers should have 2-0 goin to Indy.
Dont forget 1 thing
NBA allways wants Heat Lebron in finals $tern will allway rig some games
Last year the NBA they did everything they could to keep us out of the finals...it worked. Hoping they don't pull the same **** this year
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Tony Blair popped into town not long ago. Yep, the former British prime minister. He was in New Albany, cracking a joke about underwear models, talking to a barn full of folks about education and government and world affairs.
If you didn't know he was there, you probably didn't know that Bill Clinton was there before him, and Condoleezza Rice before him.
The New Albany Community Foundation doesn't make a lot of noise about its biggest annual fundraiser, which draws some of the world's top speakers and pulls in millions of dollars from donors. Organizers don't even advertise the Remarkable Evening benefit. It sells out anyway.
"It is pretty magnificent," said Cindy Hilsheimer, chairwoman of the foundation's board of trustees. "I'm sometimes shy to talk about it."
Remarkable Evening began in 2002 because New Albany wanted a library. The Columbus Metropolitan Library intended to build a branch there, but money was a problem, said foundation executive director Craig Mohre.
So the foundation approached library officials with a proposition: If they raised $1 million for books, would the library project move forward?
"We set off with this audacious goal of $1 million," Hilsheimer said, "and we ended up with a million-three."
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough was the first speaker for the new fundraiser. He was so moved by the cause that he returned the next year to dedicate the library.
The speakers who followed came with piles of awards and accolades. Playwright Wendy Wasserstein was among them, as were writers Doris Kearns Goodwin, John Irving and Walter Isaacson.
"We started really building a reputation for having a great event," Mohre said.
Every event sold out, and every event — underwritten and hosted by Limited Brands founder Leslie H. Wexner and his wife, Abigail — made money for the foundation. Today, the foundation has assets of more than $9 million and has helped fund education, health, environmental and arts initiatives throughout the city, including a $2 million contribution to a $15 million community arts center.
Two years ago, organizers discovered that a big-name speaker — in this case, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — doubled donations, from half a million to a million, Mohre said. So the next year, they brought in Bill Clinton.
"We doubled again," Mohre said.
This year, Tony Blair took the stage inside the Wexner party barn in New Albany, and 420 people listened and donated, collectively, $2.6 million.
The cost to get in the door of the Nov. 21 benefit was $5,000 for a pair of seats or $25,000 for a table of 10.
Once again, it sold out.
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I'm a fan of thinking too deeply about fictional characters. That's one of the very few skills anyone at Cracked actually possesses. We're about as qualified to do it as anyone who's watched the same movies and shows over and over until we have to think too deeply about them to find a new way to talk about them. Others are smart enough to think of all that pop culture geekiness in mathematical terms. They quantify the fictional because they can. That's what this article is about -- people who applied numbers, equations, formulas, and ... like charts and shit to better explain and understand the fictional characters we love. They intersected pop culture geekiness and academic nerdiness. They are nerd gods.
4How Much Would a Kaiju Pee?
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Movies about giant monsters smashing cities and beating the shit out of each other are primarily made for boys to gawk at and wonder how big those monster penises are. Science has not yet answered how big a fake monster's dong would be, but it's found an answer to how much a kaiju would piss. In other words, the scientific community is telling us they're bored and need better things to study.
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"Excuse me, sirs. May I piss on the charred remains of your world?"
A deep sea researcher from the U.S. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center who goes by the pen name Dr. M over at Deepseanews.com attempted to mathematically explain the eating and digestive patterns of the kaiju from Pacific Rim. He made a pit stop in their urinary canals along the way.
Everything in an animal's biology scales with size, so he used the equations biologists use to calculate how much food different types of animals need to live and scaled them up to the weights of the kaiju in the movie. It's hard to tell what earthly animals kaiju are most like, so he did the math for the likely candidates -- mammals, birds, reptiles, marine fish, and crustaceans --to cover all the bases.
The good news is that it would take 61.7 years for a single kaiju to eat everyone in Hong Kong. That's bad news for people in Hong Kong, as they are being eaten. Better them than me, I suppose. Those numbers tell us how much kaiju would need to take in, so he calculated how much piss they would pump out, assuming their digestive efficiency wasn't 100 percent. The average kaiju could hose down a city block with the equivalent of 40 barrels of piss. Assuming that it's mammalian, the largest of the kaiju, Slattern, would pee nearly 2,000 gallons a day. If it were more closely related to frogs, Slattern would piss around 1.5 million gallons a day, roughly 92 Olympic-size swimming pools.
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One day we'll measure Olympic swimming pools in increments of Slattern piss.
Just for shits and giggles, Dr. M crunched the numbers on Godzilla's pee stream, using his 55,000-ton weight from the latest movie. Godzilla would pump out 12,921,400 gallons of radioactive piss a day. Pretty much enough that Godzilla wouldn't need to waste time smashing cities to destroy the Earth. A couple steady streams into our oceans would be enough to turn us all into walking malignant tumors.
3How Many Miles Does Mario Run and Swim Trying to Find Princess Peach?
For a middle-aged plumber in overalls, Mario is pretty athletic. The guy has a vertical leap that can make him a top pick in the NBA draft. And he runs and swims like he's training for a triathlon where the third sport is curb stomping. All his running poses an interesting question: In Super Mario Bros., how far does Mario travel before he reaches Princess Peach? Nick Greene over at Mental Floss took the time to figure that out.
Yet no one has tried to figure out how many concussions he's had slamming his head into coin boxes.
The calculation began by trying to find a relative size for everything in the game. Assuming Mario has the body of a normal human whose stance has his feet just a bit wider than his shoulders, he would be 26 inches wide. From there, Nick measured out how many Marios each level would be. If Mario traveled directly to Princess Peach without veering off into warps or bonus areas, the total distance he'd run would be 3.4 miles. Factor in all the bonus levels, and Mario only tacks on another 0.3 miles, bringing his total run distance to 3.7 miles. Then there are the water levels, which total 1,218.5 feet, or as Greene calculated, about 7.5 laps in an Olympic-size swimming pool. With the bonus water levels included, another 344 feet are added on, bringing the total distance Mario travels in water to 1,562.5 feet, a little over a quarter mile.
Mario's epic journey through a magical land filled with villainous mushrooms, man-eating plants, and evil turtle overlords was a grand total of about 3.7 miles long. Now, let's consider that the current speed-run world record for Super Mario Bros. without mods or tricks is 4:53:69. The real-life world record for a mile run is 3:43:13, set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999. Mario would absolutely destroy that record back on Earth, but instead he chooses to keep rescuing a princess who by this point clearly wants to be in the cold, scaly, yet loving hands of a giant evil turtle. Mario's priorities are all fucked up.
"What-a bitch!"
Another group of people trying to apply math to fictional characters figured out that Mario runs about 20 meters per second, and they discovered that as they attempted to answer a different question surrounding another classic video game character ...


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Papa Emeritus II and his Nameless Ghouls today revealed the music video for the "Secular Haze" - the first visual offering from Ghost B.C. from their forthcoming sophomore psalm INFESTISSUMAM, due out on April 9, 2013 on Loma Vista Recordings. The video for "Secular Haze" was shot by Amir Chamdin in the band's hometown of Linköping, and you can check it out below, via Noisey!
"Secular Haze" will be available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon tomorrow, February 19th.
Papa Emeritus II succeeded Papa Emeritus at the conclusion of phase one in the year of 12, and the Nameless Ghouls joined him under the unholy church's current moniker Ghost B.C. - (Modified from Ghost in the US for legal reasons). Make no mistake though, the rituals still demand the same reverence and praise.
Ghost B.C. will be delivering their sweet satanic melodies, snaking distorted riffs, and vaudevillian keyboards to audiences across the continent for their tour Haze Over North America 2013, which will bow at this year's Coachella Valley music & Arts Festival on April 14th at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA. Tickets are currently available for purchase - see below for a complete list of dates.
Hailing from Linköping, Sweden, Ghost B.C. formed in in 2008. They released their heralded debut album, Opus Eponymous, on October 18, 2011. UK's Metal Hammer praised the album saying it was "an arcane occult feast," while this side of the pond Decibel Magazine hailed they "compel on pretty much every sensory level," and the Village Voice proclaimed "Ghost is Swedish, heavy, and tasked with slicing your soul to bits--or at least your ears." In 2011, Ghost B.C. performed at the annual Download Festival in the United Kingdom. The band's fanbase began to swell and not long after added some of Hard Rock's finest to this group. Additionally that year, Ghost B.C. took part in the Defenders of Faith III tour with Trivium, In Flames and Rise to Remain. In early 2012, they embarked on their first tour of the United States and later that year shared the stage with Mastodon and Opeth on their Heritage Hunter Tour in North America. That summer the band was invited by Metallica's James Hetfield to perform on the mainstage of Metallica's first annual Orion Music + More festival. Ghost will appear at the 2013 Soundwave Festival throughout Australia February 23rd - March 4th, Coachella on April 14th and 23rd, and will visit cities across the U.S. as part of the Haze Over North America 2013 Tour.


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It's July, and all I've got on my mind is football.
Yes, the weather these past few days has seemed more fall-like than middle-of-summer. (Overnight temperatures regularly in the 50s? In late July? Are you kidding me?)
And neither the Cubs nor Sox are giving area baseball fans reason to pay attention.
But that's not why I've been eating, drinking and sleeping football.
Training camp opened for the Bears on Friday, and for these past few weeks, I and other Northwest Herald journalists have spent countless hours working on an exciting new project.
In case you haven't noticed in our Sports pages recently, we hired longtime Pro Football Weekly editor and publisher Hub Arkush to lead our Bears coverage this season.
Arkush, who also appears on WSCR 670-AM The Score in Chicago, is considered one of the top NFL analysts in the country. Now, he's analyzing the Bears fulltime for the Northwest Herald and other Shaw Media publications.
As part of the project, we launched a new website, HubArkush.com, just last week.
For Bears fans who can't get enough of their favorite team, HubArkush.com is the place to go to satisfy your fix.
"Our plan for HubArkush.com is to bring football lovers everywhere the best of what I've done at Pro Football Weekly for the last 35 years with a hyper-local focus on the Chicago Bears and the NFC North, 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Arkush said when we launched the site. "If you love football and you love the Chicago area, you'll love HubArkush.com."
In just the first few days, we posted more than 120 stories and a dozen videos.
Here's an excerpt of Arkush's column after meeting new Bears Head Coach Marc Trestman:
I said Pro Football Weekly and he smiled a little wider and said "Of course, Hub," and we actually talked a little football for 60 seconds. Forget a breath of fresh air, this guy Trestman was a windstorm.
I also really like how comfortable he seems to be in his skin right now, because it's that skin that raises the biggest questions about Marc Trestman, head football coach.
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- Despite the importance of leaf traits that protect against critically high leaf temperatures, relationships among such traits have not been investigated. Further, while some leaf trait relationships are well documented across biomes, little is known about such associations within a biome. This study investigated relationships between nine leaf traits that protect leaves against excessively high temperatures in 95 Australian arid zone species. Seven morphological traits were measured: leaf area, length, width, thickness, leaf mass per area (LMA), water content, and an inverse measure of pendulousness (LP). Two spectral properties were measured: reflectance of visible and near infrared radiation. Three key findings emerged: 1) LP decreased (pendulousness increased) with leaf size and LMA, the former relationship suggesting that pendulousness affords thermal protection when leaves are large; 2) LMA increased with thickness and decreased with water content, indicating alternative means for protection through increasing thermal mass; 3) spectral reflectance increased with LMA and thickness and decreased with water content. The consistent co-variation of thermal protective traits with LMA, a trait not usually associated with thermal protection, suggests that these traits fall along the leaf economics spectrum, with leaf longevity increasing through protection not only against structural damage but also against heat stress.
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- Australian Journal of Botany, Vol. 60, no. 6 (2012), pp. 471-483
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- Arid areas; Australia; Leaf traits; Leaves; Plants; Temperature; Thermal protection
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#33010 - 06/25/01 12:46 PM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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Jazz's V.2
Jazz, can't thank you enough for your efforts. While I liked the colors of your first version (I may be a minority here), I like the second version better overall -- I find it much easier to read. Great job.!!
#33011 - 06/25/01 03:45 PM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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Tsuwm: I assumed that anu's picture was just a placeholder for whomever the upcoming chat guest was to be (thus the phoney date). correct me if I'm wrong, jazzo!
Yes, this is true, and the little box labelled chat could be used for something else, such as a brief about Anagrams.
Fiberbabe: The summer after I graduated from high school, I worked in a fabric store...
Well, my real jobs are working at a little shaved ice (sno cone type things) business down by the Loveland bike trail and working on the new website for my (former) school district.
Byb: I liked the colors of your first version (I may be a minority here)
If it would be preferred, I could fairly easily incorporate the colors on the first design into the second.
#33012 - 06/26/01 12:47 AM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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JazzO, Either of the designs is fine by me, especially if I don't have to do anything to instantiate them. Well done._________________________
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#33013 - 06/26/01 03:53 AM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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Jazz, I really like the second look. Well done!
#33014 - 06/26/01 10:28 AM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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My vote : the second.
Re Anu's picture : couldn't a thumbnail be put in somewhere...?...in the flag, fer' instance -- after all he IS the Wordmith.
#33015 - 07/07/01 06:19 PM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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Jazz-O - Any updates on what can/can't be done from our collection of suggestions?
#33016 - 07/08/01 11:23 AM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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In e-mail Anu confirmed to me that there is little he can change with the board options other than color schemes, so some of the suggestions can't be incorporated. He did, though, think that it would be a good idea to add a section for the helpful hints.
Other than that, we're still collaborating on a design.
#33017 - 07/08/01 07:14 PM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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Don't know if this lies within the practicable possibilities of the software, but I would DEARLY like a change to the Search capabilities. The trouble is that even when you have located the specific post you were looking for, locating the thread which contains it can be a nightmare since it probably has a different title, and as they are stored only by 'last access' and the info you have from the search function is the 'creation date'.
So what I would like is the addition of a 'view by creation date' for all threads, toggled between this and normal mode. Alternatively, I woud look for extra info with the found material on a Search: tell me what the title of the thread is, not just where it's stored.
As this coming year's coracle of chat slides over the Niagara Falls of verbiage, this ability to dig out reference to previous discussions with greater ease will become more important, I think.
EDIT: Do'h! Just realised for the first time that I can achieve what I want, by opening the post after the search, then clicking on the toggle to flat-mode display. Sometimes even just asking the question makes the brain actually work!
#33018 - 07/08/01 07:59 PM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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I have mentioned previously that it would be very nice to access to past sent PMs, to avoid embarrassing inability to recall what I said to whom. Also I suspect that I am not the only one ignorant about some of the terminology used about threads, flat vs threaded, causes of "wide screen syndrome" etc. A discussion of these topics ought be included in instructions for inexperienced members.I remind myself of the poor soul turned down for promotion because he had had one year's experience twenty times.
#33019 - 07/13/01 04:01 PM Re: The ever-evolving wordsmith.org
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Ok, blokes, we've got a couple more designs to look at. Anu wants to possibly implement the new design on July 20.
Here's what we have so far:
1: http://home.att.net/~lovelandjazz/wordsmith/index.html
The first one I showed you. Ten images on front page.
2, b: http://home.att.net/~lovelandjazz/wordsmith/index2.html
This is a modification on the second one, now in HTML format. It incorporates some of the suggestions made here. My favorite so far. Six images on front page.
3: http://home.att.net/~lovelandjazz/wordsmith/anu.html
This one was made by Anu with coloration and a few changes made by me. Fastest load time. One image on front page (a 1x1 pixel for spacing purposes.)
Now we just wait for comment from Anu
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Feeling Literary Part IV
See part I, II, and III.all pictures via The Selby
57 comments:
- Toosdai said...
oy! shelves of books are lovely. i can almost taste the musty, dusty smell of old books.
i only have one small bookshelf, so i use stacks of books and magazines as endtables around my bed.
- February 11, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Sun Yan said...
Nice Colection...
- February 11, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Isabel said...
I wholeheartedly agree. There are so many beautiful bookshelf shots on The Selby.
- February 11, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Mel said...
I like that elephant in the first picture :) I've always wanted to organize my books by color...
- February 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- anahita said...
agreed! on of the things that most annoys me about uni is not having all my books with me! and these are just so pretty xxx
- February 11, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- Liset said...
Nice bookshelfs!
- February 11, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- Orphaned Apparel said...
Oh, completely agree. There's really nothing quite like a bookcase stuffed to the max.
- February 11, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Julls said...
Just an lovely post! Can't wait to have my own house with a bright,quiet library !
- February 11, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Jilliebeanie said...
I wholeheartedly agree.
- February 11, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Francine said...
I like using little statues as bookends. Breaks up the monotony a bit and makes the bookcase more interesting!
- February 11, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Dip-tea said...
I miss my dad's book collection. He had three ceiling to floor bookshelves made of teak wood, back home which was stuffed with books. He was an avid book collector and had a voracious appetite for reading, that was luckily passed down to me. Oh that lovely musty smell. Delicious! Thanks for bringing it all back to me. :-)
- February 11, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- Emily said...
Oh, I just love it when you compile all of these wonderful bookshelf photos :)
- February 11, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- jessica said...
those are such great photos! i love that elephant in the first photo!
- February 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Bored and Crafty said...
Last photo reminds me of my own shelves. They bend a bit in the middle because of the weight. Haha
- February 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- javiera isidora said...
so cool! love the photo nº3, and the polaroids beautifu! i want all that books, it will be great have all to look everyday one.
- February 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- DearBeatrice... said...
I love collecting books, especially really old ones! one of my goals in life is to have my own library when I own a house ;) hahaa like in disney's beauty and the beast.
- February 11, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- chelsea lee aka spicklebee said...
I absolutely adore the selby and adore book collections even more.
I once had a boy tell me he loved my obsession with books and old book stores. He thought it made me who I am.
what a great collection of pics you've put together here!
- February 11, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Natasha Gardos said...
i love books, the smell, the look, the feel of them and of course the stories. children's books are my favorite. but to be honest I'm such a slow reader so i don't read as often as id like to.
love your blog, hope you can checkout mine :)
- February 11, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- haute.teapot said...
love the photos, especially the last one with the little tea cups. :)
- February 11, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Lisa said...
i love love love books. i'm always interested to see the different ways that people store them. thanks for this!
- February 11, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- The Style Rider said...
I agree! It creates such a homey feel and looks quite wonderful and appetizing to read. I love the polaroids on the bookshelves too..the antiques and books make it a place I would one day like to have too!
- February 11, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- emily kendall said...
have you seen that shelf with all the books arranged by the color of their spines? i loved it so much, i did it too my books too. too bad most of mine are in the grey/black spectrum...
- February 11, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- fashionforwriters said...
Yikes, the fourth photo is basically what my bookshelf looks like, but with even more clutter! The little china set amongst all the leather bound books is so darling.
- February 11, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Clara said...
i love The Selby's pics
- February 11, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- indigotangerine said...
as cicero would say, "A room without books is a body without a soul"
- February 11, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Faux Naif said...
i love these posts of yours.
"a taste for books is the pleasure and glory of my life. i would not exchange it for the riches of the indies."
- gibbon.
- February 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- KD said...
- February 11, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- erin :) said...
books are so versatile. they make good reads (that is, if they're good books of course), and they're so fashionable. antique books look good almost anywhere. thanks for the pics! :)
- February 11, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- ♥Lola said...
Gorgeous! I love looking at people's books :)
- February 11, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- Gizelle said...
not only do i love a shelf filled with books, i love the smell of books!!! so comforting...:D
♥ vanilla ice cream ♥
- February 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- summertime dreams said...
I couldn't agree with you more! my dream is to have a house one day and for it to have it's very own library... love these pics!
- February 11, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- TIFFANY thegirlwithafeather said...
I love shelves and shelves of books! I've always wanted to have a little library in my future home!
- February 11, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- BARGAIN BEX said...
What's funny is I always wish I had enough books to fill a room floor to ceiling, but now I think it would be quite possible with my fashion magazine collection ... ha!
- February 11, 2010 at 9:03 PM
- Natalya's Closet said...
wow, you go girl! xoxo
- February 11, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- XANABIOTICX said...
i want more non-fiction books. preferably
- February 11, 2010 at 9:42 PM
- Lauren said...
What is The Selby exactly?
It keeps making my heart jump everytime i read it because my last name is Selby...
the world seems to be getting smaller and smaller..
-Lauren Selby.
- February 11, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Lucy in the Sky said...
I can sort of read the Japanese on some of those book spines. :) Short stories and art...
- February 11, 2010 at 11:25 PM
- Ellie said...
great photos!
- February 11, 2010 at 11:30 PM
- reckless daughter said...
what does your bookshelf look like these days? or is it all packed away?
- February 12, 2010 at 12:04 AM
- Manja said...
One can never have enough books. Never.
- February 12, 2010 at 12:19 AM
- Carmen said...
These bookshelves are such a wonderful sight, I only wish I had one like these.
- February 12, 2010 at 12:24 AM
- The Lion & The Unicorn said...
love love love this post.
total dream of mine to one day have my own library.
love it.
- February 12, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- June Paski said...
love these photos, I wish I have a bookshelf like this :)
- February 12, 2010 at 12:54 AM
- Kerry said...
Ooh when I eventually get my own flat I am having shelves of mismatched books everywhere - they all look so lovely!
- February 12, 2010 at 1:25 AM
- le blog de leen said...
i'm such a huge fan of books that i need more shelves every week!
these pictures are always so fun to look at :)
- February 12, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- miriam said...
i'm too such a bookworm, love these images especially of those book shelves which are a bit messy!
- February 12, 2010 at 2:32 AM
- Imelda said...
Nice pictures!
When I finally buy a house or apartment I want it to have a huge library. I could never let it be filled with books alone, right now I have some cute boxes, some baboushka dolls and some other stuff in between my book.
- February 12, 2010 at 4:38 AM
- rachel / Red Lips Vintage said...
selby rules. he makes static things look so beautiful.
- February 12, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Molly Rose said...
I love a good, full, library full of books
- February 12, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Anna-Lisa said...
I'm an English major, so this whole series of posts made me soooooooooo happy. I love books so much, especially really old almost falling apart ones.
- February 12, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- Matilda said...
Books are a girl's best friends!!! ^^
- February 12, 2010 at 9:37 AM
- Robyn said...
As a fellow avid reader, I love this post-- book pics are so pretty! Makes me feel like I'm in a wise old professor's library... or Belle in Beauty and the Best... :)
- February 12, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Brittany said...
Thank you for posting these! I tell my boyfriend that the ONE thing I want in our future house (besides a huge walk-in closet) is a room that has bookshelves upon bookshelves, filled to the rim with beautiful books and knic knacks.
- February 13, 2010 at 6:20 AM
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Very nice!
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- February 14, 2010 at 5:07 AM
- the girl who came gift wrapped said...
I'm so excited to see people loving books as much as I! ahha and I've spotted you have a gossip girl book too! nice work : ) <3 Lily
- February 15, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- denise, the prime magpie said...
Bookshelves really are like a little snapshot of a person's life. I mean, really, who gets a book they don't at least have some connection to? This is a good reminder to check out Selby's new book -- brilliant idea.
- February 18, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- Ryan said...
Creepy, but I too have a folder filled with pictures of bookshelves and libraries. I really need shelves for my room. Piles of books everywhere, some even 3 feet high!
- March 14, 2010 at 8:52 PM


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from a biased Knicks fan, yes. Reality says no. I voted for Melo even though I don't really like his character, but no doubt he is a great ball player. He could be sooo much better and we would have a very serious chance at a championship if he would actually take this job seriously instead of just riding on his talents.
Don't shoot me, but I personally think aside from Melo, we don't have any other All-Stars on our team.


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I know this, you know this, but ParisS seems to think that by saying "serious marketing campaign" it actually has some meaning. There are budgets and other obstacles that restrict us. There is always room for improvement, and we should be getting better crowds. But it is ridiculous to think that we could get a decent crowd at Old Trafford (75k) for a semi final not involving England when we have only touched above 30k once with a semi final involving England.
What sort of miracle marketing campaign would turn around that record?


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|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
|Shel Whispertongue
"Well, let's take this one with us. We can turn him over to the guard. If nothing else, turning the bad guys in, or telling the dotteri where to find the bodies, should keep the spotlight off of us for a little while."
|Shel Whispertongue
|Shel Whispertongue
"Okay, let's get all the corpses together. The noble should be put in one of the ovens. As for the cultists and the brothers, the green slime pits are good enough for them, in my opinion. Make sure we've gotten anything of value off the corpses, though. No reason to let and trinkets go to waste here. I know a couple people that can help us sell all the items very quietly, too.
|Callandor the True
"I don't like the idea of turning this one over to the guards. What are we going to say? 'Hey, we killed a bunch of people in the slaughterhouse basement, but they were all bad. Here's one here. Go ahead and ask him - he's a demon worshiper.' I'd just as soon just leave him down here to wake up. Unless we want to get some information from him, in which case we should wait here for him to wake up, because I think carrying around an unconscious rogue is bound to draw attention, even in the seedier parts of town."
|Shel Whispertongue
"If we leave him here, he could cause trouble for us in the future. Or me at least, he knows who I am. I don't want to execute him, but I certainly don't want to leave him here to start his trouble all over again."
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
|Loco Billo Billcragg
Let's string him up with his his buddies onto those hooks in there. Then we can send note to the Dottari that there is some fresh meat for them to pick up.
Looking for chains, ropes hooks. If necessary slice up fabrics into strips to tie up the crook.
|Shel Whispertongue
"Very well, we can hang him or leave him laying where he is now for all I care. I'll drop a note to the Dottari, so the moron doesn't starve to death. Help me dispose of the bodies and let's get out of here. The place is starting to creep me out."
The party disposes of the Velbottis corpse in the oven and the cultists in the green slime. Obviously, there are still numerous signs of battle and fresh blood, but it is a slaughterhouse, so you hope that will mask it. You leave Vander alive but tied up, hanging from one of the hooks. Where do you go and what does your note say, Shel?
|Shel Whispertongue
DM, I'd assume Shel knows some merchant in the town who would buy the treasure we recovered on the down low. We need to get that done. Then Shel will write a quick note and try to stealthily drop it off at any Dottari office/outpost that isn't too populated.
To whom it may concern,
Please find the demon worshipped, Vander Anderhoffen at his slaughterhouse. He'll be bound and waiting on your with the other pieces of meat. Also, please question him harshly to get the truth. He is a follower of some demon named Pazuzu. He also frequents with necromancers. Creepy, huh? No thanks are necessary.
A Group of Concerned Citizens
If there is no suitable outpost, Shel can always pay a street urchin a few gold to deliver the message for the group.
Shel definitely has contacts who would have no problems buying the items she found. Just post items to be sold in the OOC thread.
With most of the dottari in the city out on patrol since the incident at the cemetery, it's pretty easy for Shel to drop off the anonymous note at a local garrison without being seen. Where do our bandaged/wounded heroes go now? You look like a bunch of mummies walking down the street..lol!
|Callandor the True
|Shel Whispertongue
"That makes sense, Callandor. There will definitely be more buzz around the neighborhood today. Might be worth heading to an inn first, though. If we don't get cleaned up, and get this slaughterhouse stink off us, we MIT as well go tell the Dottari that we were responsible."
|Loco Billo Billcragg
|Shel Whispertongue
Id think there were any amount of inns/bars in the area where we could kill a little time while things percolate, or we could always get a ring side seat at the slaughterhouse and simply wait for the Dottari to come running.
The party does get some odd looks from the locals on the street when they walk out of the slaughterhouse all bloody and bandaged, but there is a look of surprise and admiration on their faces that they endured.
Actually, there are no inns/bars in this section, mainly due to the stench and filth that pervades the Rego Crua, but there are plenty of abandoned buildings nearby, where the homeless generally stay, if they're not haunted.
|Shel Whispertongue
Luckily for you, the abandoned house you find is not haunted by real ghosts and is down the block from the slaughterhouse. About 20 minutes after Shel drops off the note, five dottari arrive. After they are inside for a few minutes, fifteen more are summoned. They question the locals, but as you can expect, there's not too much cooperation with the authorities in this District. If you stay longer, priests of Asmodeus are also soon summoned. How long are you staying and what's the next step after that? Resting the night here?
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Let's pick a room away from the main street. Maybe we can plan an escape route in case the dottari decide to search nearby buildings. If we spend the night here, I can tend to everyone's wounds and perhaps make us less conspicuous.
If we stay the night, I can swap out Detect Magic for Mending, and use Create Water for cleaning. Come morning, I can use channels to heal all up. Overnight, I can try a heal check to try and recoup my lost strength points.
|Shel Whispertongue
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Assuming no one objects to staying...
Tauni finds an appropriate space in the abandoned building (a basin, tub, etc.) and casts Create Water several times so that everyone can clean their gear, emptying and refilling as necessary.
Tauni 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Shel 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Callandor 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Kaliana 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Loco 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
That brings up to:
Tauni 9/12.
Shel 10/10.
Callandor 13/13.
Kaliana 10/13.
Loco 10/10.
Then making sure they are someplace where passersby won't feel the divine energy, Tauni channels energy in the morning to try and heal the remaining injuries.
First Channel 1d6 ⇒ 6
That leaves Tauni down 3 and Kaliana down 3. Also leaves Tauni down one point of strength damage.
She will use the mending spell in the morning to repair her armor and clothes. She use it for anyone else who wishes as well.
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
In the morning, Tauni will cast Cure Light Wounds on herself.
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
That brings her to down 1 hp and 1 strength. Everyone else who remains should be at full.
When Tauni wakes from dozing, she glances around. Kaliana? she thinks. Maybe she's keeping watch. Or maybe she didn't have the stomach for the gruesome things we saw yesterday; it is hard to blame her. Tauni says nothing to the others.
Suddenly, a voice interrupts the party, "Excuse me, pardon the interruption, I come in peace." You turn and suddenly see an elven blooded woman garbed in studded leather armor, a bow strapped on her back, and a long sword in its scabbard at her side. Her soft leather boots as quiet as can be, as she makes little if any sound when she moves. "But you weren't exactly being subtle. The dwarf's snoring could be heard a mile away." She smiles a little. "I am Janiven and would like to speak with you about your activities at the slaughterhouse. The whole town is buzzing about it."
Not at home so her pic will follow later.
|Shel Whispertongue
"What activities might you be referencing, miss Janiven? I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what you are talking about," Shel posits, making the newcomer reveal her hand before confirming any details.
|Loco Billo Billcragg
Oops, she's wearing a chain shirt, not studded leather and human, not elven. LOL!
Pic of Janiven
Janiven smiles at Shel's question. "Oh, I don't know. You and your band are seen going into the slaughterhouse owned and operated by the Vanderhoff brothers and now only Parne is left alive, while his brothers have "disappeared" and it turns out the whole lot of them are demon cultists. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that? I'm not here to report you, just thank you. Those bastards oppressed many good poor people in this District, while the dottari turned a blind eye. Ran things like a crime family. Good to see they got their just reward in the end. Oh, I'm sure they're dead. They never would have left Parne. Just curious. Why'd you get involved? For their gold and valuables?"
|Callandor the True
|Shel Whispertongue
Shel smiles at the newcomer. "Well, the jig is up already, I suppose. I had thought it might take longer than 8 hours before we were caught, though. Demon worshipping and necromancers are creepy, you know. We were also put in a place that it made sense to try and clear our names, after the assault at the funeral, at which we were requested guests."
Shel thought for a moment before continuing, "Now what's your play in all this, Janiven? And how were you able to track us so easily?"
Also, all four of the remaining original party needs to add 30 gold, 22 silver, and 4 copper to your sheets, as your cut of the coin from the slaughterhouse.
"Oh, let's just say I know the streets very well. I grew up on them and a little birdie told me your group was seen. I was just looking for clues as to who you may be, thought you may have set up in one of these abandoned buildings to scout the slaughterhouse before your entry. Dottari never would have come in here, they don't like to get themselves dirty, unless ordered to do so. Never believed I would still find you here. Guess that was just dumb luck, huh?" Janiven laughs aloud.
"I have no play here, uh.....um sorry, you haven't given me your name. Ah, that's right, there was an incident at the cemetery yesterday morning. My, you folk do get around. Well, like I said, just wanted to thank you for your efforts. You did a good thing yesterday taking out those demon cultists. I thought you might have been working for the dottari at first, given the whole devil/demon hate. But it seems you did good for goodness sake. And that's rare nowadays. Westcrown needs more people like you, people tired of the status quo who want to make for a safer city for all Wiscrani. Does this interest you?"
Suddenly, you hear noises at the entrance and you hear a voice say, "Janiven, you ok? I'm getting bored standing outside, watching the street. There's nobody out..." In steps a 6'4" tall male, with broad shoulders and bulging muscles, garbed in black armor with a broad sword strapped to his back. However, despite his impressive physique, what first grabs your attention is his rust colored skin and the curving horns sprouting from his brow! "Umm...sorry, am I interrupting?"
Janiven looks back at the stranger, fury in her eyes and she just whispers, "Awkward!", as she smiles at the party. Loco, however, recognizes the stranger!
|Shel Whispertongue
"Well, this has taken another turn, hasn't it? I'm impressed by your gumption, Janiven. I'm certainly not a fan of bad things happening to people who do not serve them. That seems to happen all too much in this town. Call me Shel," the halfling says to the female, extending her hand in friendship.
"And who is this big one? For the record, Janiven, having this one watching out, trying to stay inconspicuous...not a great idea," she says, looking all the way up to see the horns issuing from his head.
|Caladius Rend
The tiefling turns to the halfling, "Caladius." His eyes then flash ever so briefly as he looks toward the dwarf, "Abyss take me. Billo? I'd heard you got out. Started looking for you in fact. Good to you see you again, though I didn't expect to find you so soon." He then pauses for a moment, settling his weight on his right leg, he leans back slightly with his arms crossed as his eyes slowly sweep over the rest of the group. Apart from his subtle reaction to seeing Billo, his expression remains stoic. He then turns back to Janiven, "So did our numbers just grow or...?"
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
I am afraid you are catching us at less than our best here, Janiven, is it? Perhaps if you give us a better idea of what you have in mind? I've been trying for years to make things better here and there is this city, and it has been like drops of water in a desert. The good seems to evaporate in a flash. Do you have some notions that may be more meaningful?
Janiven looks surprised, as she stares at Caladius. "You know this dwarf? Now, why does that not surprise me? I will talk to you later about interrupting me." She then turns to Tauni, "I'd prefer to talk about this in a more decent setting, with fine food and drink. You know, let me wine and dine you and see if we can't join forces and make a real difference in the city? How's tonight, at say the tolling of the six night bells, at Vizio's Place in the Rego Pena? Does that work for all of you. Ask for me, you will be expected. And hey, take care of that cut on your cheek." Janiven tosses Tauni a berry and smiles.
|Shel Whispertongue
I don't have any plans for this evening. I think meeting up to talk would be pleasant. I actually have to go find a jeweler friend of mine. Dinner might be on me, if things break right."
Tauni, could you cast Detect Magic on all the items, so we can know what we are working with, and I can sell the rest?
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
Tauni catches the berry and, after giving it a cursory sniff, eats it.
Goodberry, or do I need to make a fort save? :)
Tauni switched out Detect Magic for Mending after the eight hours. If the DM says its okay to have done it before then we are good. Otherwise, I can pick it up tomorrow.
|Loco Billo Billcragg
Oh its you? Caladius you freak! Just like you to show up when I don't need you. Hey, so...I see you got some new boots to lick. When are you gonna stop letting all the sense out of your horns and join a real crew? We could have used your little pecker-blade back in the slaughterhouse don't you know.
|Caladius Rend
|Shel Whispertongue
"Well, aren't you two getting on like two little long lost sisters. I'm sure there are some stories between the two of you. I hate to interrupt the festivities, but I really must get to my friends. Anyone want to go with me to sell some of the stuff we collected? All of you are entitled to a share. If you trust me, I can bring everyone's share to dinner tonight, but I'm not the most trusting sort myself," Shel says with a grin.
|Tauni "Rabbit" Desba
I certainly trust you, especially after all we have been through together today. She pauses. Has it really just been a day, twenty four hours, since this all started? She shakes her head to chase away the thought. But right now I don't think any of us should be wandering off alone. At the very least I think we should pair off. It is not that I doubt your ability, Shel, but I think it a prudent precaution.
|Loco Billo Billcragg
What was THAT all about,Calandius? (falsetto)"You may stay with your old friend...?" Who is that ugly harpy to say what you may or may not do? Are you some kind of slave?....or worse...no...please let it not be so...you poor, poor soul....you're married aren't you?
|Caladius Rend
Caladius watches Janiven as she departs, his expression flat and guarded. At Billo's question, the teifling turns to regard him. "Married? No. Not a slave either. Just indebted." His voice is low and even and if it were any softer it'd sound like he was whispering.
He'll then turn to the rest of the group, starting with Shel. "Your name I caught. Shel. Well met." He then offers to Tauni and Callandor, "Caladius. You are also well met." His attention then swings back to Shel, "You have tasks to accomplish?"
|Shel Whispertongue
"We do, Caladius. See all this extra stuff we are carrying? I've got a place that will give us a decent price for all of it. If you would like to head out with us, you and Loco could catch up on old times."


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Giuseppe has a plan…even better, he has a new plan every week. Photo: Massimo Zanzani
According to Youthstream's Giuseppe Luongo, the flyaway Grand Prix format announced earlier this week will be discontinued and replaced with a new format?the second one this week…and how long it will last is anyone's guess. Go to the "MXA Weekend Report" to see what Luongo was proposing a couple days ago.
For the flyaway races (Qatar, Thailand, Mexico and Brazil) there will only be two GP motos (35 minutes plus 2 laps) with 250 and 450 riders mixed together, but racing separately for their respective class points. The starting field for these two motos will be increased to 40 riders, but really only 20 riders from each class (or some combination thereof) will be racing. So, the fields have actually be reduced from the 30 that Youthstream said they would accept last year or the 40 that the sport has always considered normal to 20 riders for 4 of the 16 GPs.
So, the Grands Prix of Thailand, Mexico, Qatar and Brazil will be two motos with 250 and 450 riders on the track at the same time.
This means that the proposed three-moto format of two days ago, which would have seen a 450 moto, a 250 moto and a combined third moto is dead…but maybe only dormant.
Youthstream will allow the top 15 riders in each class to get a break on the shipping costs. No money, but a discount on freight charges. This passes for the travel money from the good old days, but how much freight Youthstream pays depends on what team you ride for. The KTM, Suzuki, Honda and Yamaha 450 teams get to send 1320 pounds of freight, while lesser teams only get 880 pounds or 440 pounds paid for.
The 250 World Championship team only get 880 pounds for the top 10 riders, 440 pounds for 11th and 220 pounds (the weight of one bike) for riders in 12th through 15th.
Of note is the fact that after the first two flyaway races (Qatar and Thailand), the freight payment for the 450 class will be reduced to maximum of 660 pounds on down to 440 pounds for Mexico and Brazil. And the 250 GP teams will only get a max of 440 pounds of freight for the top ten riders and 220 pounds for 11th through 15th.
Giuseppe Luongo says, "We believe the 2013 overseas Grand Prix events with the new system will be very successful; if we see that having the two classes together works well and we reach our goals in terms of show, costs, safety and TV coverage (as we expect) we plan to implement a similar format for the European Grand Prix events. However, due to the high number of participants in the European Grand Prix events and to give the middle and support teams the possibility to take part in the World Championship and to show their riders and sponsors we need to slightly modify the format."
So what does Luongo think will happen to GP motocross in the future? If you guessed the three-moto system that was big news a few days ago, you are right.
The proposed GP plan for 2014 and beyond is one 40-man 450 moto, followed by one 40-man 250 moto. Then, there will be a "Super-Final" with 250 and 450 riders combined.
The make-up of the Super-Final will be the top ten from that day's 250 and 450 motos combined with the top ten in 250 and 450 season points. Obviously these could be the same ten guys both times, so after the top ten in points are seeded into the Super-Final, the top ten from that day's motos be selected as far back as necessary to get ten riders, from each class, into the Super-Final
The points will be paid by class…which means that the first 450 rider will get 25 points and the first 250 rider will get 25 points.
Luongo says, "This idea has come from listening to the various requirements coming especially from teams and manufacturers, television and sponsors; this brought us to re-study the entire program me and to use this opportunity to re-launch our sport, because in terms of race format it's very old and has not followed the evolution of the market, media and public who now request more easy to understand, fun, extreme, cool and spectacular ? this is why the X-games, freestyle, and the Monster Cup in Las Vegas are very successful. With this format we will enter a new era for motocross, while respecting the roots of our sport because riders will continue to compete in two races for the same duration (they won't have to change their type of preparation) and hard-core fans who loves the 1970's and 1980's style of motocross will still have their two races, just the second one will have a much higher level of racing and show."
Luongo says, "For the safety reasons and for a higher level of competition, the average times from the top 10 in the pre-qualifying practice will be taken and calculated at 108%, and the riders who are over this time will not be able to take part to the race. In extreme weather conditions the event management may decide to not use this rule (this rule will be enforced for all MX1 and MX2 Grand Prix events in 2013 ? not for MXON).


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Holiday sales rise on discounts, online shoppingBy ANNE DINNOCENZIO
and JOSH BOAK
the associated press | January 15,2014ap file photo
People shop in Colma, Calif. during the recent holiday season.NEW YORK Holiday shoppers were more than willing to spend during the holiday season, if they saw big discounts or were shopping online.
Sales rose 3.8 percent from last year for November and December combined, according to the National Retail Federations analysis of federal figures. That was a healthy gain in a season that kept merchants worried right up until Christmas as people held off on spending.
That caution and increased online shopping made the holiday less festive at the mall. Shoppers stayed away from many traditional destinations like department stores and electronics stores.
The sales increase came in just shy of the trade groups forecast of a 3.9 percent gain. It was better than the 3.5 percent increase in 2012 and the 3.3 percent average for the past 10 years.
It was a knock-down, drag-out battle between retailers to see who could discount the most to generate the most traffic, said Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics LLC, a research firm.
For retailers, those discounts came straight out of their profits. Many have cut their forecasts for the fourth quarter, and profits are expected to be the weakest since second quarter of 2009, when the economy was coming out of the Great Recession.
Perkins estimates that fourth-quarter profits will fall 0.7 percent from last year, the first decline since a 6.7 percent drop seen during the second quarter of 2009, according to his tally of 120 retailers.
January is already off to a slow start. Some stores like Express Inc. and Lululemon Athleta have said weak January sales are compounding their holiday-season woes. Express said it plans to continue heavy sales promotions, which it expects to last through the month.
The consumer is fatigued and taking a break, Perkins said.
Retailers fiscal year typically ends in late January or early February to include the pre-Christmas and post-Christmas seasons. A lot is at stake. November and December account for 20 percent of the retail industrys annual sales, on average.
Jack Kleinhenz, economist at the National Retail Federation, agrees that the holiday season was challenging.
It ended on a solid pace, but it was tempered by consumers selectivity and preference to discounts, he said.
The National Retail Federations figures include online sales but exclude sales at automotive dealers, gas stations and restaurants
Theyre extrapolated from Commerce Department retail sales figures, which were also released Tuesday.
That report showed retail sales rose 0.2 percent in December compared with November. That followed strong gains in October and November, helped by healthy auto sales.
According to the National Retail Federations analysis of holiday business, sales rose 3 percent in November and 4.6 percent in December from a year earlier.
The results highlight how Americans shopping habits are changing, posing challenges for retailers in 2014.
Over the past few months, people have been buying cars and appliances, as they take advantage of lower interest rates and replace worn-out models. That has left less room to buy more discretionary items. In a stronger economy, people could do both.
Another issue for traditional retailers: shoppers continuing shift to online shopping.
David Haskins, 32, of Greenville, N.C. did almost all his buying online this holiday, up from about half last year. He avoided department stores and bought a camera at Best Buy only because it matched an online price that was $200 cheaper.MORE IN National / World BusinessNEW YORK Its not just the musical Hairspray that will air live on NBC tonight. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Far from the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts International opens its $1. Full Story
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Avella, P, De Santo, A, Lohstroh, A, Sajjad, MT and Sellin, PJ (2011) A study of timing properties of Silicon Photomultipliers Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. ISSN 0168-9002
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She was united in holy matrimony to Jose G. Barrera at Our Lady of Victory Church in November of 1948. Exhibiting love for her community she worked effectively as a certified nursing assistant for 20 years. Upon her death she was a parishioner at Saint Joseph Catholic Church and was also a member of the Guadalupanas at Saint James Catholic Church.
She is preceded in death by her husband; parents; brother, Porfidio Garza; and four sisters, Reyes Perez, Jacinta Rodriguez, Mary Hernandez, and Vicenta Balderas.
Survivors include one daughter, A. Cindy (Richard) Gomez of San Antonio; three sons, J.C. (Eudelia) Barrera of Beeville, Jerry L. (Carol) Barrera of Wylie, and James J. (Darlene D.) Barrera of Las Vegas, NV; 10 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation was held on Sunday, August 24th, at Trevino Funeral Home from 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM with a Rosary at 7:00 PM. Mass was celebrated on Monday, August 25th, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church at 10:00 AM with Father Richard Gonzales, officiating. Interment followed at Beeville Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were: Kristofer Barrera, Mykael Kindla, Ezra Verdin, Jonathan Elliott, Hector Perez, and Paul Aleman.


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