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Your tax dollars are at work again to help local governments fight legislation requiring them to write meeting agendas with enough information to let you know what they'll be discussing or voting on.
The irony is not lost on me - if I was spending your money to pass laws to keep you in the dark, or to lobby against a bill to keep your property taxes from increasing in a bust housing market, I'd want to write my meeting agendas as vague as I could, too.
House Bill 4687, which passed the House Personnel and Pensions Committee on an 8-0 vote Wednesday, is opposed by the government lobbying groups that represent your county and municipal governments. It strengthens the Open Meetings Act to - gasp! - require that agendas be "sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the items that will be considered or will be the subject of final action at the meeting." It also requires that this description be available for 48 hours prior to said meeting.
Can't have that, can we?
Readers of this blog know that I have been hammering the McHenry County Board and other governments for waging a secret war on the Freedom of Information Act, Open Meetings Act, Public Notice Act and other sunshine laws. While they talk openness and transparency, they are paying lobbyists, again with your tax dollars, to pass a slew of bills weakening your right to know, or in this case, opposing bills strengthening it.
While I'll hammer the County Board for yet again fighting transparency, I'm going to give the board and its staff credit where it's due - their agendas are more than sufficiently descriptive. I have rarely walked into a meeting and not known what was going to happen.
But of course, the County Board is one of 7,000 public bodies in Illinois, Land of Governments.
Let's look at the sufficiently descriptive April 21, 2011 agenda of a special meeting of the McHenry County College Board of Trustees. It voted that evening to spend $750,000 to buy 20 acres for a future expansion of its Crystal Lake campus.
But you wouldn't know that by reading the agenda. How did it describe buying land for future government growth?
"Resolution to make offer".
An offer for what? An offer we can't refuse? Are we Don Vito Corleone now?
(Feel free to insert your joke about former MCC president Walt Packard and offers that can't be refused here.)
"Resolution to make offer" is an unacceptable way to describe spending my tax dollars to buy land to build more buildings and hire more staff, which will likely require even more of my aforementioned tax dollars. And given that the Northwest Herald has won awards for its grapples over MCC's past transparency issues – it took an unrelated Illinois Supreme Court ruling to convince them to hand over Packard's contract – I can't in good conscience give its board the benefit of the doubt.
The taxes that you pay to McHenry County and your municipality are used to pay their dues for Metro Counties of Illinois and the Illinois Municipal League, which as I've written before are lobbying against sunshine laws.
The IML calls this bill "a litigation minefield" that could potentially "open up virtually any action that a public body takes to a challenge over the sufficiency of notice." Of course, this is the same municipal league that warned Gov. Pat Quinn that signing the post-Blagojevich FOIA overhaul would – I kid you not – force governments to lay off police officers and firefighters to pay for responding to FOIA requests.
As I wrote to kick off our series "No More Excuses," the IML all but warned that the Jan. 1, 2010 effective date of the new FOIA would also mark the end of civilization as we knew it (forget pandemics or worldwide economic collapse – it's those darned FOIA requesters). We're still here.
County staff at a Feb. 9 meeting of the County Board Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee explained, like IML, that the bill is written with a gotcha mentality seeking to catch public bodies.
Pardon me for being a wise guy, but how many county and municipal ordinances in Illinois are not written with a "gotcha" mentality?
I bet the McHenry County Historical Society, which had a run-in last year with a McHenry County Department of Health inspector who said its museum needed to buy a $45-per-event permit to serve coffee and cookies, would have a thing to say about this. Ditto with the Franks, Gerkin & McKenna law firm that fought the county sign ordinance to keep a passage from the Old Testament on its front.
And if I had a nickel for every horror story I've heard about a potluck, church picnic or similar innocuous event compromised or ruined by a local government commissar armed with a shiny badge, an inflated ego and a book of The Rules (in caps because, well, they're The Rules), I'd be blogging this from my own private Caribbean island.
While I'm on the subject, if our local governments are opposed to "gotcha" laws, how about our municipalities dismantle all of these red-light cameras? Does anyone believe for a moment that these contraptions have anything to do with public safety and not raising revenue?
Likewise, will any taxpayer believe for a moment that government opposition to a mandate for more descriptive agendas has anything to do with fear of litigation? With all of these anti-sunshine bills being pushed by our local governments in Springfield, a strong argument can be made that this is just more of government's reflexive fear of the voting public.
How many governments would love to use ambiguous agenda language to hide tax referenda, spending increases, plush employee contracts and golden parachute pension-padding raises from you with agenda descriptions such as "vote on ballot," "agree to settlement" and "vote on that guy"?
It's just another front in our local governments' secret war on transparency.
Senior Writer Kevin Craver can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Many women have played important roles in the development of aviation. While schoolchildren might recognize the names of Amelia Earhart and Anne Linbergh, others--like Harriet Quimby and Bessie Cochran --are not so familiar. One woman whose accomplishments have been largely forgotten was arguably the most important of all--Katharine Wright, sister of the Wright brothers. 90.3's Karen Schaefer has this report.
Karen Schaefer- No one will ever forget the Wright brothers' historic first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. But history seems to have almost forgotten the third member of the team--Katharine Wright Haskell.
Joan Hrubec- I've had people come up to this exhibit. It's got the name onthere. It's got her brothers all over the place and they'll say, who was Katharine Wright? And of course then we'll say, well, the Wright brothers had a sister.
KS- At the Women's Air and Space Museum in Burke Lakefront Airport, Director Joan Hrubec stands in front a glass case filled with photographs, letters and personal treasures that once belonged to Katharine Wright. Hrubec says in 1989, when the museum opened its exhibition, little was known about her.
JH- We found that Katharine was practically left out, as far as any recognition was made. She stayed pretty much in the background and let the limelight shine on her brothers, but she was always there to guide them.
KS- Katharine's contribution to her brothers' legendary success was made not as an inventor, but as a silent partner. Her mother died when she was just fourteen, so Katharine took charge of the household. She entered Oberlin College and graduated in 1898, then taught high school for ten years in Dayton. While Wilbur and Orville were away testing their designs, it was Katharine who handled their correspondence and helped her brother Lorin manage the family bicycle shop. But it was after the flight at Kitty Hawk that Katharine really came into her own.
JH- She was college-educated, knew a lot of languages, so when they started going to Europe and meeting crown princes and kings and queens, it was Katharine who guided them through all that.
KS- In 1909, after nursing Orville back to health following a crash, Katharine joined her brothers in Paris to help promote the new flying machines. She made her first flight that year with Wilbur in Pau, France, her skirts modestly bound to her ankles with a piece of rope. Returning to the U.S with her brothers, she met with President William Howard Taft and was feted in a two-day celebration in Dayton. Newspaper stories from the time declared that Ôthere would have been no Kitty Hawk without Kitty Wright.'
Betty Darst- At the time that this was placed as a memorial, this was to recognize the gifts of Katharine Wright.
KS- But Betty Darst, a Dayton teacher who portrays Katharine Wright, says Katharine was much more than her brothers' amanuensis. In 1923 she became the third woman to be appointed to the board of trustees of Oberlin College. And in 1926 Katharine married her former math tutor Harry Haskell, later the editor of the Kansas City Star.
BD- But Katharine died suddenly in 1929. And Harry Haskell, a few years later, has this beautiful fountain built in her honor and memory. And here it is in Oberlin, this is a fountain that has fallen into disrepair.
KS- Although Haskell's tribute to his wife is crumbling, other memorials to Katharine Wright are maintained in Dayton and Cleveland as well as Michigan, Kansas and Missouri. But Darst hopes a donor can be found to restore the Oberlin memorial to a woman once as famous as her aeronautical brothers.
BD- And here we are at Oberlin College with such a legacy and such a connection, with the birthplace of aviation in Dayton, Ohio and the education of Katharine, who supported her brothers, both as their hostess and their communicator and their support system. And people like the Wrights who changed our world.
KS- Remembering the first lady of flight-- Katharine Wright Haskell--for 90.3, I'm Karen Schaefer in Oberlin.

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The Friends of the Natatorium are about to come out swinging.
The group is preparing to kick off a fundraising campaign to try and save the historic Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial.
It could be the last dance for the the crumbling historic structure. But those who want to save the natatorium are preparing a big band benefit this month.
It's the "era of swing" and the Harry James Orchestra to the rescue-- with one of its original members coming to town.
"That happens to be my dad, Fred Radke, who is the band leader and trumpet player who will lead the Harry James Orchestra at the Elks Club, on Sunday the 11th," said Mo Radke.
The head of the Friends group says the organization doesn't have a lot of money.
Its primary source of funds pays for the group to put on ceremonies honoring our war veterans at the memorial.
Radke realizes this month's big band fundraiser is a small effort toward what will cost millions.
"But it does give people who are talking about restoration hope, that there are folks who do think it should be preserved and saved. We are going to start ramping up to try doing more things in the community and generate the funds to help people know that we are serious about the restoration," Radke said.
Click here to see the city's Natatorium announcement.
Meanwhile, the city says it is still on track to complete the environmental impact statement studying the option of demolition by the end of the year.
The city halted the study while the state explored taking back control of the memorial.
But officials don't believe that delay will have much impact on the final report since most of the study was completed.
"Six months, as far as change or deterioration of the natatorium, I don't think there is that much change," said Chris Takashige, director of the city's department of design and construction.
Takashige says the completion of the EIS will not need any additional funding.
"I think people are misled to believe that the EIS presents only one directive. That's not true. All of the alternatives that were considered and full restoration is one of them," Takashige said.
The Waikiki Natatorium turns 86 this month.


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A student's value
One of the key tenets of Ohio Gov. John Kasich's "Achievement Everywhere" school funding proposal is that money follows the student.
But how much money is following a student depends on multiple factors.
Under the bridge formula enacted on Kasich's watch two years ago while the new school funding model was being developed, about $5,700, on average, was deducted from a district's funding and went with a student who attended another public school district via open enrollment or enrolled in a charter or online school. That was based in part on the minimum $5,732 per-student funding amount under the model introduced by Kasich's predecessor, Gov. Ted Strickland.
While the new proposal unveiled by Kasich earlier this year and now being considered by the General Assembly doesn't specifically set a minimum amount of funding per student, it essentially guarantees at least $5,000 per student in base funding.
That's the base number for money that follows a student to a charter school under Kasich's plan. The number for open enrollment is $5,704.
Damon Asbury, director of legislative services for the Ohio School Boards Association, said he couldn't speak to the rationale of either number, but it would make sense to him for them to be the same amounts. He also noted the actual numbers could vary by student and district.
"It's quite possible that the amount of money the community school student's getting might be more than the $5,704," he said.
Community, or charter, schools – including the online schools in which a growing number of Washington County students are enrolling – would receive additional funds based on special education needs, whether the student is learning English as a second language, economically disadvantaged status, gifted funding and money for students who do not have access to early childhood programs, according to Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols.
Nichols said $5,704 is what currently follows students in open enrollment. The governor's plan proposes using that same number for the next two years while the best way to allocate money based on open enrollment is explored further.
"We felt the best approach was to continue the current funding amounts for this budget and have conversations with districts from both sides of the equation (open enrollment into the district and open enrollment out of the district) to determine the best way to fund this choice option in the future," he said in an email to The Marietta Times.
In addition, schools could receive additional special education funding if the amount needed to serve an open enrollment student would exceed $5,704.
State or local?
Of more concern to some school officials than the disparity between the open enrollment and charter school amounts is the idea that not all of the money following students in either situation comes from the state.
The base funding amount – previously $5,732 and $5,000 under the new plan – is how much the state ensures each district has per student. But how much state money is needed to make that happen depends on how much money the district generates through its own taxes. In other words, if a district on its own can provide $3,000 per student, the state would only need to kick in $2,000 to meet the $5,000 threshold.
"Whether the district has $5,700 or $5,000 deducted for open enrollment and charter schools, Belpre only receives approximately $2,350 per student (currently)from the state," Belpre City Schools Superintendent Tony Dunn said. "The rest that is sent to the other districts … is local funds. It is worse for those districts that receive less state aid than we do.
"It would be much better for communities to have the deduction that is only state money instead of a static amount that the state says they fund," he said.
The debate over local money following students precedes the newest funding proposal.
"I know of no district in the state of Ohio that receives the full $5,700" under the current system, Wolf Creek Local Schools Superintendent Bob Caldwell said.
And that wouldn't change for districts like Wolf Creek under the new formula. If the school has an enrollment of 630 students (slightly below the current number) in the 2013-14 school year, $5,000 per student would equate to $3.15 million. But the district is in line to receive a little over $1.5 million.
Asbury said some make the argument that as long as the money deducted does not exceed the total amount provided by the state, local funds aren't being used. But superintendents like Morgan Local Schools' Lori Snyder-Lowe don't see it that way.
"They understand in my community that if you vote for a levy in the Morgan Local school district, they expect that money to stay in the Morgan Local school district," she said.
Nichols said students who take advantage of school choice options like charter schools are still factored in when determining a district's starting funding
"The state aid is higher because the community school and other choice students are counted in the district's total," he said. "In other words, a district receives more funds for every economically disadvantaged student even when that student is attending a community school. So it is appropriate to have the state aid provided to a district follow the student when they leave the district."
If community school students were removed from the equation, it could reduce the amount of state aid a district receives, Nichols said.


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National Conservation Lands are part of an active, vibrant landscape where people live, work and play. They offer exceptional opportunities for recreation, solitude, wildlife viewing, exploring history, scientific research, and a wide range of traditional uses. These are places that spark the imagination. Their spacious beauty has drawn people to the West for generations. The National Conservation Lands sustain for the future - and for everyone - these remarkable landscapes of the American spirit.
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Friends, Romans, THKD readers,
Roughly 5 months ago, Brandon Duncan (whom you may know from The Sequence of Prime) contacted me with an idea; let's start a new online metal zine. Typically I prefer to work alone, but Brandon's enthusiasm is contagious and I'm proud to call him my friend, so there was absolutely no way I could refuse. Brandon gathered an ace design team while I hand-picked some of my favorite writers from internet metal land with the express purpose of creating something new and unique, to drag the old school metal zine into the future, come Hell or high water with an emphasis on good old-fashioned writing and design.
After 5 months of hard work, I'm proud to present to all of you the fruits of our labors in the form of Backlit #0; fifteen pages of mind-melting music, art and literature.
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Cover Art by Dan Harding
Raping Angels in America #1 / Joshua Haun
Angry Old Men / Jordan Campbell
Helpless Child / Dan Obstkrieg
Fucking The Future / Joshua Haun
Libations in the Labyrinth Vol. 1 / Dan Obstkrieg
Words That Wound / Dan Obstkrieg
Doomsday Device / Joshua Haun
Interview With Jester King Brewery / The Dragon of M87
Interview With Ashencult / Jordan Campbell
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Dan Harding: The Fine Art of Horror / Brandon Duncan
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I hope that you will all enjoy reading the first issue of Backlit as much as we enjoyed crafting it. This is only the beginning!


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Creator of 'Family Ties' remembered for local generosityAP Photo
Gary David Goldberg is shown in this file photo during an appearance on the NBC "Today" show in 2008.
ARLINGTON — For the residents of Arlington, Gary David Goldberg, creator of "Family Ties" and "Spin City" who died Saturday, wasn't just a Hollywood artist, he was also a neighbor and basketball player.
Goldberg, 68, was a resident of California but owned a home in Arlington since 1987.
Mary Ann Carlson, former owner of the West Mountain Inn in Arlington, knew Goldberg because she and his wife, Diana Meehan, had been classmates at a school in California. When she first met him, she said she knew he was the creator of "Family Ties," which was a new show at the time, but hadn't seen it because as an innkeeper, she and her husband, Wes Carlson, were busy in the evening.
After visiting the Carlsons in Arlington, Wes Carlson helped them find a place in town.
"They really made it a home for themselves when they were in this part of the world," she said.
Carlson said the friendship between Goldberg and her husband was strong and it led to an honor for Wes Carlson, who died in 2000.
Donations that built a performing arts center at Arlington Memorial High School came primarily from Mack Molding, an Arlington manufacturer, and Goldberg and Meehan. The building, which opened in 2007, is named the Mack Performing Arts Center and Wes Carlson Studio for Dance and Theater.
Carlson said Goldberg hadn't told her he planned to name the project after her husband, a former teacher and educator.
However, those who knew Goldberg locally said that was typical of him. In Arlington, he was willing to help out but never wanted to take credit for it, they said.
Jamie Paustian, chief of the Arlington Fire Department, said he had always been good to the volunteer fire department.
"When we would have our carnival, he would often help us out financially. If we needed some equipment that we couldn't necessarily afford, like our brush truck, he donated a good sum of money toward our brush truck," he said.
Paustian said Goldberg would sometimes invite the firefighters to his home to play basketball, a passion which led to other local contributions. Because he often played basketball at the high school, he became friendly with Joseph Corey, who coached basketball there for 16 years. Corey's brother Jim, who retired as one of the high school's teachers this year, said he and his brother also used to join the pick-up games at Goldberg's home.
When Joseph Corey died in 2002, Goldberg set up the Joseph Corey Memorial Scholarship at the school which awarded $5,000 each to one male and one female graduating student who described in an essay the importance of athletics. Jim Corey said he and his family appreciated the tribute to Joseph and his contribution to athletics at the high school.
Kerry Csizmesia, who was principal of the high school at the time of the performing arts center project, said he had received word through Gene Hoyt, the caretaker of Goldberg's Arlington home, that Goldberg would be willing to contribute to a project that Csizmesia "wanted to see happen." He said Goldberg's contribution, along with the one from Mack, allowed the center to be built but also pointed out that Goldberg insisted it be named for his friend.
Goldberg was also involved in one of Vermont's most prominent weddings. Michael J. Fox, who reportedly became a friend of Goldberg's when they worked on "Family Ties" and "Spin City" together, got married at the West Mountain Inn in 1988.
Carlson said she wouldn't describe it as the most famous event that took place at the inn, which is now owned by her daughter Amie, but said it was the "most we had helicopters circling the inn."
Goldberg himself acknowledged his love of Vermont. At the opening of the performing arts center in 2007, Goldberg told the audience that Arlington had become his "first home," even though he conceded he still paid taxes in California.
"The dogs, more importantly, the dogs are licensed here," he said to applause from the audience.
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People's Choice Awards 2013 Fashion: Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence, Sandra Bullock & More Sizzling Celebs!
Awards season has officially commenced! The People's Choice Awards took place in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, and the red carpet was flooded with fashionable stars.
"The Hunger Games" dominated, picking up six trophies. Lead actress Jennifer Lawrence was named "Favorite Movie Actress" and "Favorite Face of Heroism." She showed off some thigh in a short black sequined dress.
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" star Emma Watson wore a daring and colorful graphic cut-out mini dress, while Humanitarian award winner Sandra Bullock opted for a more traditional calf-length black and blue off the shoulder gown.
Sequins were a big trend during the evening, with celebs such as Julianne Hough, Naomi Watts and Lea Michele sparkling on the red carpet.
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Check out the sweet new FAQ page (i.e. the only page with any content right now). I bet I read your mind! When we get back to school, I'm going to need some help building content for some of the other pages. Since this project hinges on student participation, I'd love to get some additional opinions before I post the official recording procedure on the How-to page.
On the bright side: I think I've finally found the perfect tape recorders. Now I just have to wait for them to be back in stock!


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From what I understand, this is the final Cemetary digging before Mathias Lodmalm takes his directions in the form of Sundown (which also has ex-Tiamat bassist Johnny Hagel on board).
Short, and to the point, this album simply just rocks. Theres none of the mournful, forlorn howls from the last record or any trace of death metal whatsoever. Instead, Cemetary combines just a hint of technology, some keyboards, and excellent rocking guitars to make the final Cemetary statement a simple and powerful one.
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Lt. Governor candidates campaigning with jobs focus
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate Mahlon Mitchell campaigned in La Crosse Tuesday. Mitchell joined several local lawmakers on a small business tour.
He says understanding how small businesses work is key for lawmakers to help make these businesses successful.
Mitchell feels getting small business going in the state is one way to get the economy going. "Last year we lost almost 24,000 jobs, last month we lost 6,200 jobs and a month prior to that we lost 4,300 jobs so its time for us to get serious about job creation as opposed to just giving tax breaks to corporations and think that that's automatically going to transcend into job creation," said Mitchell.
Mitchell's competitor on the ballot, Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch spent time in Oconomowoc Tuesday.
She says both herself and the governor have already proven they can focus on private sector job creation, they just need to be given the chance.
"We knew more jobs would be created toward the end of those four years, here we're back on the ballot after a year and five months so it's very tough to judge whats going to happen two and a half years from now as we're sitting here today," said Kleefisch.
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A local family needs assistance after losing their home near Ranchvale and belongings in a fire Sept. 25, said Clovis Municipal Schools family specialist Joe Moreno.
Moreno said James Mitchel and Kendra Colwell and their children, fifth-grader Baily Colwell, first-grader Michael Colwell and 4-year-old Anthony Colwell, need clothes, household goods, cooking utensils, pots and pans. He said the family lost everything and had no insurance on their mobile home.
Moreno said he will pick up items in Portales if people there want to donate.
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Today, I brought a fluorescent tube to the store to make sure I got the correct replacement. Trying to charm the sexy cashier, I waved the tube in the air, saying "I need a new light sabre, there is no force left in this one and the Empire is attacking." Turns out she'd never heard of Star Wars. FML
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Today, my daughter had a meltdown when I told her I donated some of her old toys to Goodwill. It turns out Toy Story has taught her that toys have feelings and that she has a meaningful relationship with them. She's in her teens. FML
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Today, in break from tradition, I proposed to my boyfriend. We were at a Japanese Pagoda. Water was trickling everywhere; the moment was perfect. While I was on my knee, after pouring my heart out, he looked wistfully out over the water and said, "So, I was thinking pizza tonight." FML
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Today, was the day my girlfriend and I tried to 69 for the first time. Today is also the day I learned that I'm physically incapable of maintaining an erection after someone farts in my face. FML
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Today, I had to forcibly separate a boy from my daughter after he grabbed her and started shoving her around. I complained to his mother, only to have her shout, "mind your fucking business" and say that her son can do whatever the hell he wants. FML
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Today, the car in front of me in the drop-off area at my son's school parked, and the driver got out. I basically leaned on my horn and gave her every dirty look in the book. She said nothing but stared at me as she opened the back of her van to unload her child's wheelchair. I'm an asshole. FML
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Today, I bought an $80, "invincible" phone case. One test drop later, my phone had turned into an expensive paperweight. FML
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Today, my boyfriend broke up with me because I'm now about 15 pounds overweight. When I called him a hypocrite as he's over 40 pounds overweight, he said that his weight didn't matter because "it's the girl's job to look hot." FML
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Today, on my way to school, I was shouted at by an obnoxious businessman for sitting down on the train when a "full fare paying passenger" was standing. I would normally have given him the seat straight away, except I have a broken leg. I showed him my leg and crutches. He still made me get up. FML
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Today, while at school, a bra fell out of my coat. After the initial shock, people started congratulating me on finally getting a girlfriend. I didn't have the heart to tell them it was my mom's. FML
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Down the 'pikeSeptember 07,2013
In a year's time, since the federal Affordable Care Act became the framework on which Vermont is building its health care "exchange," a relatively short timeline has been put into place for such a massive undertaking. What has occurred in the months since Vermont agreed to be the guinea pig for an online marketplace has created unrest among business owners and individuals who still are trying to get their heads around the "why" of the push.
Now, a month before the exchange comes online, an education blitz made up of hundreds of Navigators as well as public meetings and even advertising, is both attempting to clarify the state's health benefit plan and also is highlighting the fast-approaching deadline.
Nobody enjoys being forced into a decision, especially if it is made up of choices that many people do not fully understand. The state maintains that residents will have plenty of help enrolling in the coverage. And there will be new and easier ways to enroll — through the Vermont Health Connect website, over the phone, through the mail, or with in-person assistance. But many Vermonters do not seem convinced.
Compounding the apparent anxiety is phase two of the health care discussion, which will be upon Vermont within months of the exchange going online: a single-payer system by 2017.
A year from now, the anxiety that consumers here are feeling about Vermont Health Connect will be a distant memory compared with the larger, inevitable discussion of single-payer. Once the topic goes to universal coverage, and creating a funding mechanism to pay for it, a tremendous amount of political capital is going to have to be laid out on the table for the governor, his administration, and lawmakers, as well as lobbyists and special interests.
This is a discussion of unknowns. It is revamping a system that represents a huge portion of our economy. There will have to be lots of compromise, and done effectively, that means no one gets exactly what they want.
On The Times Argus' "City Room," a show aired on public access stations statewide, Gov. Peter Shumlin this week said he was satisfied with the timelines in place, as well as the education effort being made in the weeks leading up to the marketplace going live. He also acknowledged, candidly, that the price politically could be high. But the governor does not seem daunted by the hard decisions to come, especially as the single-payer model is revealed.
The governor's goal is clear: He will not be satisfied until a single-payer system will be in place that ensures everyone has access to affordable and comprehensive health care. He and the framers of this health care revolution know that the nation is watching. There is tremendous pressure being placed on Vermont to make the dovetail between the exchange and single-payer as seamless as possible. A lot can go wrong.
But the discussion always will come back to either funding or equity. There is no easy way to make either happen. For example, one idea being floated has been increasing the payroll tax since health care premiums will have been removed from the equation, except that currently there are businesses opting not to provide health insurance. Single-payer forces them to pay. The same argument will be made for any levy or tax rolled out to pay for universal coverage. It is cost shifting or creating taxes.
The governor told Times Argus Editor Steven Pappas that he was confident in the process and in the results to come. And he maintained that the health care discussion is happening in earnest, and that the right solutions will be presented to Vermonters in due time.
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The Lone Peak is an excellent choice for the mid/forefoot striker who needs protection and cushioning for trail runs. Our testers enjoyed its stable ride, serious traction, and sturdy build.
For us, the zero drop design was easier to adjust to on the trail, since you naturally spend more time up on the front of your foot as you navigate trail hazards and change direction more frequently. Testers liked the balance of cushioning and ground feel offered in the Lone Peak. Even with a stone guard in the forefoot, the shoe remains very nimble and gives feedback about the trail surface underfoot. More than one tester noted that even though the lugs don't look like much, the traction of the shoe is impressive over rocks, roots and other debris.
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May 4, 2011 —
Another pipeline expansion is approaching the region, with the recent filing of Tennessee Gas Pipeline's (TGP) application to FERC for its certificate of public convenience and necessity to modify pipeline and compressor facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The Northeast Upgrade Project (NEUP) is a proposed expansion to TGP's 300 Line, which is currently being expanded locally in Wayne and Pike counties. The project primarily consists of the construction of pipeline looping, which will run parallel to Tennessee's existing 300 Line as well as modifications at existing compressor stations, including one in Lackawaxen Township.
Tennessee proposes to increase pipeline capacity to provide up to an additional 636,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas transportation service into northeast U.S. markets, to serve growing markets in the Northeast associated with development of the Marcellus Shale.
The project involves installing approximately 39.5 miles of five 30-inch pipeline loop segments in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as adding an additional 22,310 horsepower of compression at two existing compressor stations located in Pennsylvania (12,000 horsepower at the compressor station in Lackawaxen Township). The project would increase the current right of way temporarily to 125 feet in most sections, with a permanent 75-foot right of way.
As specified in its application, during the first half of 2011, TGP will begin discussing land acquisition with landowners as soon as specific plans are completed detailing the proposed impacts to each property. Land agents will discuss easement rights already held by TGP and any additional easement rights that may be needed. Any payments for such easement rights and compensation for other material losses will be negotiated at that time.
Landowners will also have the opportunity to discuss the specifics of the crossing on their property and identify areas of concern. If appropriate, minor modifications may be made at this time to address specific local conditions that were not previously identified.
All landowner concerns will be noted. Landowners will also be provided with the process to address any construction-related problems. The Project's toll-free telephone number, 877/366-2650, will remain active throughout permitting, acquisition, construction and restoration processes.
An economic impact analysis prepared by Rutgers University for TGP specifies that the project is expected to cost approximately $341 million. "While a lion's share of the investment dollars will be spent on specialized materials and labor that will be brought into the region, about $58.9 million will be spent in Pennsylvania," it states.
In Pennsylvania, the investment is estimated to generate as much as 1,100 job years (the equivalent of one full-time job lasting a single year), $37.8 million in income for local labor, $51.4 million in gross domestic product, $12.2 million in federal tax revenues, $1.9 million in state tax revenues and $2.1 million in local tax revenues. See the study at www.north [2] eastupgradeproject.com.
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• WHO: TGP is a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation, which owns North America's largest interstate natural gas pipeline system.
• WHAT: NEUP would provide increased capacity from TGP's 300 Line in PA. Visit www.northeastupgradeproject.com [3] to view a map or access links to FERC documents.
• WHERE: Locally, the expansion would affect Berlin and Palmyra townships in Wayne County and Milford and Westfall townships in Pike County.
• WHEN: The FERC certificate application was filed on March 31. Following FERC issuance of an Environmental Assessment (EA), a Notice of Availability will appear in the Federal Register. There will be a 30-day period to review and comment on the document. FERC will consider the findings of the EA and any comments received when it makes its decision about whether to approve or disapprove the project. If approved, construction is estimated to begin in April or May 2012. The project has a proposed in-service date of November 2013.
• FOR MORE: Information regarding general project, landowner and right of way topics is available at 877/366-2650. FERC can be reached at 866/208-3372 or www.ferc.gov [4]. A Dispute Resolution Service Helpline is available at 877/337-2237 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com [5]. Visit http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/File_list.asp?document_id=13905510 [6] for more. The project's Docket Number is CP11-161.


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The National Rifle Association is raising eyebrows with its latest suggestion that gun owners keep a gun safe in their kids' rooms for home defense.
Gun safety advocate and firearms instructor Rob Pincus made the suggestion during his well-attended seminar "Home Defense Concepts" at the NRA's annual meeting in Houston last week, according to a video posted by ThinkProgress.org.
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Because most parents will instinctively run to their children uring a home invasion, Pincus said gun owners should put a gun safe in their kids' rooms.
"If that alarm goes off and the glass breaks and the dog starts barking, what's the instinct that most people are going to have, in regards to, 'Am I going to run across the house to get the gun, or am I going to run over here to help the screaming kid?'" he said. "And if I'm going to go to the kid anyway, and I have an extra gun and an extra safe, why not put it in their closet?"
Pincus acknowledged there is "an emotional push back" to such an idea.
"Here's my position on this. If you're worried that your kid is going to try to break into the safe that is in their bedroom, with a gun in it, you have bigger problems than home defense," he said to laughter from the audience.
Left-leaning bloggers and analysts scoffed at the suggestion, with the Daily Kos going to so far as to call the NRA "out of their d*mn minds."
An author and former police officer, Pincus teaches intruder defense courses in schools across the country, according to his Facebook page.


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|The Lady of Pain
|Grune the Scarred
|The Lady of Pain
As you are all looking down at the off flower beings, behind the wall changes, its most odd where once a two wooden beams seem to go from floor to ceiling now, a round oriental doorway seems to have come into being.
From out of this door way comes thing
A small Large Dragon some 8 feet high, He is in a fine silk Robe and have fine silver-ish metal on his claws. He looks around the room for a moment and walks over dead flower beings, Crushing one under his clawed foot he says, in a clear voice.
"Sid these things again, I told you not to let them in after yesterday."
Sid walks over,
"I did try Mr Tippe Toe but they where is a cunning disguise so they where"
Tippe Toe looks at the robes on the floor and rises and eyebrow for a moment. Then looks at the group.
"You did this?
As you nod you heads and say (post what yous say) he looks around the room.
"You others can wait, we will see you six 1st, come"
He turns and walks back through the portal not waiting to see if you follow.
If you do, you enter a vastly opulent space, some 40m cubed,
The portal behind you closes as the last one of the group enters. You see drapes hanging from the all's and a number of rooms off, last hanging silks, it has been made to look like avast tent. There is a small water pool in the center and coshed seats and tables around. You can see a large silver lounger on which Mr Stipee toe is stretched. Beside him in a slender ivory seat is the most shockingly beautiful woman you have ever seen. She is physical perfection, tall and slender she sits and smiles slightly as you enter the space, her deep green eyes following your every move. next to her on a table is a small egg like object and a fine glass chest, you can see with in a number of objects.
Unseen servants in clothing come and places seats for you all.
Rooms off N, E, W, and NW alcove.
|Grune the Scarred
Grune looks around and whistles through his teeth, as he takes his seat.
"Fancy. Knew a merchant in the city of brass that had similar tastes. Big fat ifrit, he was, and not nearly as pleasing on the eyes, if you don't mind me saying so. He was more of a cat man though.
Anyways, enough of that, word is that there is work to be had and if the jink is good, I might be your man."
|The Lady of Pain
Mr Tippe Toe looking over that the Lady next to him, She nods, then back at Grune.
"The jink, as they say is good, but let the rest of you sit 1st then we will talk of jink and work, refreshments"
The Unseen servants in suits bring in fruit and drinks or many kinds.
The Fine lady looks at you for just a moment Brehna, and for that moment you feel some thing pass over you, but just for a moment.
The Dragon looks again at the Lady then at Brehna.
"You have meet the one called 'The Teacher' is this true?"
|Bastille Targarian
Monkey's did that not us. Mad Mad Monkeys.
Batty keeps alert when the portal opens, she slowly steps through upon being invited. Upon seeing her surroundings, she takes her seat and enjoys the refreshments.
Hmm some of these foods remind me of home. Just like the cage to surprise you with what slips through the bars. I sure hope tippie toes has something promising. Koda needs a new harness. I wonder what all of these trinkets are for.
Remembering his experience with the chair outside and not wanting to damage any more of his host's furniture, Metalbeard politely sits on the floor. In line with the surroundings, he turns his dial to Polite Snooty Speech mode before addressing his potential boss.
"I am pleased to meet you, sir. You are no doubt aware that as a Modron, I am capable of performing a wide variety of tasks with mechanical precision. I will be honored if you consider me for employment in your undertaking."
He turns towards the trays, hoping someone has brought a nice bowl of polish to shine up his reverb surface. "My poem didn't have quite enough 'boom' that time," he thinks to himself, "otherwise none of them would have got away."
|The Lady of Pain
There is in deed some kind of mineral oil for you to drink Metalbeard
"Monkey's you say, well they would upset any one"
Tippe Toe gets up and walks a round the tent like space.
"I just wonder what they are after. I do hope I have not upset some one again"
He pats Metalbeard and the back as he walks past.
"I know a Quarton once, nice chap, liked playing flame chess if I remember right, not seen him is eons."
He gos back to his lounger picks up a small fury thing that squeaks and eats it with a snap of his jaw.
"Are yes the commission at hand"
going to wait for others here
Ralani nods when Tippie Toe enters the room. "Yes, material plane monkeys tend to be that way." She then followed the others into the portal while making sure her homunculus would come along.
She had been here before, some time ago. Tippie Toe had wanted some information that she had recently retrieved for another client. The pay was good. The woman hadn't been here then though and Ralani paid very close attention to her.
|Revial The Architect
"Yes, let us speak of commissions" the brown haired man chimes in. "This is quite odd, quite odd in deed. When the paperwork was brought to my firm and the letter spoke of hiring, I had quite expected something different of the nature. To be frank, I am not sure why I was brought here. I deal in buildings, portal licensing and zoning restrictions for the greater Sigil areas of the Foundry and Lower Ward, not redecoration" At that, the brown haired celestial starts rifling though a satchel at his side and getting out various contacts and paperwork. Still, I can be flexible, so what exactly are you considering? A neo-arboretum update, or perhaps a retro-beastlands? I can see your into Chi and Fung-Sui, but really, this whole Quasi-Celestial Royal Dynasty theme has got to go." With that Revial begins to withdraw several blueprints and design plans out of a long tube.
And you my metal friend. To answer your previous question, yes am a member of the Fraternity of Order. Should you need any contracts witnessed, documents notarized or marriages recorded... Revial pauses trying to remember any applicable laws between the marriage between an organic and metallic being. I'll get back to you on that last one. Anyhow hrm, let me see if I brought my stamp along. And with that Revial goes back to shifting though his small satchel. "Oh yes, here it is!" Revial exclaims as he pulls forth a golden notarization stamp, brandishing it.
"And you Mr. Tippy Toes. Before we go any further, I'll need to see a contract, in triplicate."
So you know how monsters sometimes have inherent class levels? That's kind of how I imaged Revial to be, his abilities as a archer / fighter are largely inherent due to him being the progeny of a powerful celestial rather than any real work on his part. Sure he's good with a bow, but hey, Sigil needs its architects too.
|The Lady of Pain
Mr. Tippy Toe smiles
"That's Mr. Tippy Toe not toes, I did ask Sir Reginald Answarth Bride if he could send one of his bright young things down to help me with my, eerr needs in this matter, you must be he."
Revial you know the name Sir Reginald is very well contented and high up in sigils higher class levels and You know for a fact he did not send you.
"This my personal pocket so needs no alteration and for home use only, no what I need is some one of your skills to be in a group we will asking to work for us for a time."
He looks over at Ralani and nods.
"Well now we are all settled lets start shall we, a few days ago my and the lady here, found our selves the winners at a very exclusive and high stakes game of chance. Wages where placed in some cases by unknown players in other planes, It was a very long game but the outcome was we won as very, and I mean very good odds."
He looks over at the Lady who nods.
"Most of the bets placed where not trivial rare Metals and gems but of magics and objects of rear value."
He picks up a half drunk bottle of wine from his table.
"The last bottle of blood war wine from the forever cold vault 7 being one such"
He fills his class.
"Another was a lost trove of keys, Portal keys long thought missing in the abyss."
At the he gets up and moved the Cristal chest, he opens it and takes out a small child's toy cart. A label is hanging off it by a string.
He holds it and reads it out.
"Round the back of the Old Willmot Barracks"
he puts it back.
"there is some 15 such items, each one opens a portal here in Sigil
once you take it to the location, Unknown keys long lost to places some say no one as been to before."
he gives a wink.
"The deal is this, you tell no one, you try out for us each key, all we ask is you find out of they work and what is on the other side. no one must know your doing this. Use the key see whats on the other side and come back. You must spend 24 hours on the other side minimum. Any thing you find you can keep all we wont to know is whats on the other side. To this end you will take the orb with you, it can record its surrounding. When the light on the side gos from red to blue 24 hours will be up and you can use the Key to come back. For each key you check for us in this way we will pay surviving members of the group a sliding scale of jink. The 1st key will pay you 18,000 true. How dos that sound and I have contracts"
He sits back down to see what you say.
Mr Tippe Toe looking over that the Lady next to him, She nods, then back at Grune.
"The jink, as they say is good, but let the rest of you sit 1st then we will talk of jink and work, refreshments"
The Unseen servants in suits bring in fruit and drinks or many kinds.
The Fine lady looks at you for just a moment Brehna, and for that moment you feel some thing pass over you, but just for a moment.
The Dragon looks again at the Lady then at Brehna.
"You have meet the one called 'The Teacher' is this true?"
"I believe so, yes. " Brehna says. Her voice soft, but somehow strong and carried upon the wind.
|The Lady of Pain
Metalbeard tries to restrain himself from blowing a bolt or two at the mention of the commission. "A lot of money," he thinks to himself. "I wonder if this employer knows a bit more about the destinations than he is letting on."
Sense Motive check: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
Cool, a nat 20. Does that get me anything?
One thing that Metalbeard has learned in his travels is that humanoids (and dragon-kin) never respect a negotiating partner who accepts the first offer. "Sir, might I suggest that you consider the extraordinary abilities of our group to travel and observe the planes, and add an additional factor to the price you propose. Surely you have heard the legendary tale ..." He begins drumming his head again as he recites.
"The Sylphs go marching plane by plane hurrah, hurrah,
The Aasimars go marching plane by plane hurrah, hurrah,
The Modrons go marching plane by plane
On Carceri they experience pain..."
There are many more verses, each more exciting than the last, descibing the many planar observations made by a group with very similar characteristics to those currently in the room.
Perform (oratory): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
Metalbeard tries to restrain himself from blowing a bolt or two at the mention of the commission. "A lot of money," he thinks to himself. "I wonder if this employer knows a bit more about the destinations than he is letting on."
Sense Motive check: 1d20+13
Cool, a nat 20. Does that get me anything?
One thing that Metalbeard has learned in his travels is that humanoids (and dragon-kin) never respect a negotiating partner who accepts the first offer. "Sir, might I suggest that you consider the extraordinary abilities of our group to travel and observe the planes, and add an additional factor to the price you propose. Surely you have heard the legendary tale ..." He begins drumming his head again as he recites.
"The Sylphs go marching plane by plane hurrah, hurrah,
The Aasimars go marching plane by plane hurrah, hurrah,
The Modrons go marching plane by plane
On Carceri they experience pain..."
There are many more verses, each more exciting than the last, descibing the many planar observations made by a group with very similar characteristics to those currently in the room.
Perform (oratory): 1d20+13
Good roll.
Brehan claps gleefully, happy for the entertainment.
Also I described her as wearing leathers but that was before I finished the sheet. She's dressed in normal clothing. As she moves you can see a faint black metalic lattice under her clothes. AKA Shadow mithril chain.
|Bastille Targarian
Portal jumping is one of my favortie things to do. Worst part is finding the key, second finding the portal, and your just giving us both. I think I can live with that, assuming the moneys good.
She turns to Revial
Make sure there's not some clause in those contracts where he gets to kill us for anything. I hate being killed.
Then after the song points at MetalBeard
Box-man you sure are a hoot. What's your name I do believe I'd like to know it. In fact I think some introductions are in order. I am called Batty. The scary looking thing back in the bar is Koda, and this... As she reaches into her trenchcoat bringing out a little bat ...is Bassandra.
Batty indeed is an appropriate name. Ralani's face shows a small smile, amused at herself. "My name is Ralani and yes, I'm willing to take part in this "excursion" of sorts."
Sudenly she realises the other probably want to know more about those with her, "The silent white one is Slick, but he can't talk. This here," She gently pats the well-groomed rat on her shoulder, "Is Lagor. Once again, he won't say much, but don't let that fool you."
A woman's voice in lilting tones speaks into your head says
::"I did not know he was still alive, I am please that he is, you could after all, may be the ones"::
The fine looking lady nods her head at you after the last word
"He's an odd sort and I know very little about him, though he was my mentor. He taught me much. "
Batty indeed is an appropriate name. Ralani's face shows a small smile, amused at herself. "My name is Ralani and yes, I'm willing to take part in this "excursion" of sorts."
Sudenly she realises the other probably want to know more about those with her, "The silent white one is Slick, but he can't talk. This here," She gently pats the well-groomed rat on her shoulder, "Is Lagor. Once again, he won't say much, but don't let that fool you."
"Magic is useful, but a sliver of steel in the right place is also useful. "
|Revial The Architect
|Grune the Scarred
|The Lady of Pain
The contract is indeed devilishly complicated going on for some 30 pages of very fine print at the end.
Mr Tippe Toe pays heed to the Ballard of the planes, at its end he says,
"You have made up my mind, you are in deed the ones for this endeavor, so I will point out to you this, its a fixed bid, you get 18,000 jink only if you for fill the tasks asked of you to the letter. On page 5 you will see that once you open one of the 15 portals you must place the key 'inside' the orb, only then will the light on the side change from red to blue after 24 hours."
He picks up the orb and shows you how to open it.
"Pages 8 to 9 talk about Intellectual property related to objects found and the market exploitation of said rights, you keep any thing you find but we keep the IP exploitation rights. The on page 25 in regard to one Professor Ruby Redhat, should you meet him on his travels you are to esquire where he many next set up shop, it is specifically stipulated that you purchase nothing from him. Other than that please read and sign then we can get started."
@ Revial The Architect If you mean "The Law" then Profession (lawyer) if you mean "Law" the Kno-planes
@Metalbeard only - Sense Motive on Mr Tippie Toe, hes seems to be deferring all decisions to the lady next to him as if shes the one in charge, yes she has not said a word or even moved much. You get the feeling he may not have all the facts himself
@Brehna When others are handing out names you said to "He's an odd sort and I know very little about him, though he was my mentor. He taught me much."
@all but Brehna, who is she talking about and who to?
|Bastille Targarian
|The Lady of Pain
Mr Tippe Toe shifts for the 1st time seeming uncomfortable.
"The male fay who calls himself 'a Professor of Things', he sells the most deadly of items, o they looks fine and simple but you will fined soon that they are the most accused of things. It is said that Asmodeus once purchased an item from Ruby that course a number of hells to freeze over for some time, a pair of 'always comfortable slippers' they say. I myself have an item made by him, locked for ever away where not one can switch the bloody thing on again, an automatic cleaner, he sold me"
Tippe Toe seems some what upset at this point,
"O a simple thing you would think, cleans the bloody room wile your working he says, but for the fact it also cleans your roody soul as well!."
He stops realizing hes lost his cool stands still for a moment gaining his composure once more.
"But the less said about that the better. The thing is we know that one of the keys leads to a place where he has set up shop. So trust me when I say only ask him where he will next set up shop"
he sits back down and takes out a key, a small child silver spoon.
"This one is 1st, it just says 'The Knife in the river' on it"
Map if you make Knowledge local DC5 roll
1d6 ⇒ 2
He hands Grune the Orb and the spoon.
|Bastille Targarian
|The Lady of Pain
for a moment he stops and look at the lady sitting, he nods
"If you say so, There is one other thing I should say, we believe one of the keys is a very special key, it leads to a place just called 'The House' you will know it when you find it, if you find it and I have my doubts you are to come back her at once, you will know how should you find the key. But be warned the house is not a face place, the sooner your out of it the better. Well if you have any thing more to ask please do so. Please sign you contacts and then hurry to your task, O on the way out could you please ask Sid to send in the next group thank you."
The Modron stands up and bows to his new companions. "Revial, Batty, Ralani, Brehna, ... Grune, it was? Pleased to meet you. My unit number is difficult for humanoids to memorize, so you may call me by my nickname, Metalbeard." Indeed, the curve of the studs on the frontpiece of his leather barding does kind of look like a beard, if you think about it the right way.
Responding to Revial's earlier remark about the various legal functions he can perform, "No, sir, don't worry about performing marriages for me. I've been down that road once, and learned the hard way... Well, let's leave that tale for another time." His passive expression seems to ignore the (likely) quizzical looks of the others after this statement, but a careful observer might detect that he is secretly enjoying himself.
Bluff check: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
He keeps his discovery about their true employer to himself for the time being, not wanting to tip his hand in front of her. He will inform his companions later.
Disappointed but resigned to the fact that his poetic negotiating skills have failed to increase the price, he steps forward and signs the contracts. Those observing closely may notice that he actually signs them not as "Metalbeard", but uses his formal identifier, "Unit 34879721312".
After waiting for the others to sign, he asks, "So, new friends, shall we set off immediately, or first thing tomorrow morning?"
|Grune the Scarred
|The Lady of Pain
|Revial The Architect
"Let me see the document." Revial reaches into the satchel at his side and removes a set of gold rim glasses and delicately puts them on. "Well I see several odd clauses and sub writs within the contract." Revial takes a deep breath. "First off there are significant typo's on page 3, 8, 14, and 26 as well as irrevent clause pertaining to insubstantial planar boundaries between the plane of dust and water. See Sigil writ PB-YH13 for a previous declared ruling on said plane of "Ooze" I also see that upon signing said contract, any and all property rights and or writ of claim is to explored planes gained via access of given keys is null and void on the part of the actuators, then there is the matter of deaths in said planes, and subsequent retrieval of corpses. No right over recovery of said corpse(s) have been listed in the underwritten contract. Aside from that, I would like the contract to specific that we individuals are acting independent of any previously established organization, group(s) or associations and are acting on behalf of the "executor" of said contact as "free agents"? If all of that is acceptable I will be happy to sign, as acting under my own will, on this the 3rd day of Sornach. Eh this is a normal temporal sub-plane yes? Right then, the 3rd Day of Sornach."
Profession (lawyer) 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14 I would like to find or write in any clauses into the contract giving a bonus to the party upon successful exploration of the first plane.
Edit: Yea, guess not.
"If all of the changes are acceptable, I will be happy to sign and notarize. Three copies yes? One for you, one for us and one to be held by a 3rd neutral party? Excellent. Sign here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, And initial there."
Lets do some plane diving!
|The Lady of Pain
You wave good buy or what ever you do to Mr Tippe toe and the shocking good looking woman who said nothing or moved out of her seat the entire time. I take it you tell Sid the Devil to send the next batch in and some 5 odd move past the pocket gate.
So off to the Knife and what you may find there, I will give you some time to get to the river, your trip is uneventful but as you get close you see a small crowed has formed to look down the river walls at what is transpiring.
Ok what ever skills you feel will help you find out just what is going off form the throng or from the view of some 12 odd river like craft milling about in the water.
Once they are well out of earshot of their employers, Metalbeard turns his speech dial and speaks in a low voice to his companions. "We don't be workin' for the guy who spoke-- the quiet woman in the room be in charge. She be holdin' the jink and the knowledge. Not sure if that be important or not."
On the way, he drums his head again and continues the planar travel rap he recited earlier for their employers. His inspiring march speeds up the travel a bit.
Triple Time ability, increases group move by 10.
Perform (oratory): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
At the waterfront, Metalbeard mingles with the crowd, trying to figure out what has got them so interested in the river.
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
|The Lady of Pain
|The Lady of Pain
|The Lady of Pain
Knowledge local DC5 gives you the above
Local 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
auto pass.
|Bastille Targarian
Perception to see whats amis 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34
Know(local) WTF is going on and why 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Batty takes notice of the ongoing in the river. A smile crosses her lips as one of the poor berks goes under from a tentacle. Her eyes dart upwards as if trying to remember something. She tucks her head into her coat and whispers some things to her pocket.
Knowledge (Local) check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Based on a map he recalls seeing once, tattoed on the chest of a muscular half-ogre pirate who was pummeling him (that's a story for another time), Metalbeard comments to his companions. "The 'knife' be the name of a rocky structure in the middle of the 'ditch', this river, if I be recallin' right. Perhaps if we be helpin' these people, they might give us a lift in their boat?"
Metalbeard tries to estimate whether he and his new friends could take on the creature, or drive it off somehow at least.
Knowledge (Dangerous Beasts): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
|The Lady of Pain


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~ Gitto'r Glyn, Welsh poet; opening lines from his "popish" Cywydd y paderau prennau (Ode to the Wooden Beads); secretly circulated among private Catholic homes in Wales during the English persecutions, when possession meant a death sentence.


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