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Its Jay Carney's fault....
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The problems we face today are because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living
Its Jay Carney's fault....
It was a sad day when the people of this country elected Ol' Purple Lips to the White House...it's continually gotten worse every day since...let's hope some big changes are in store for the mid-terms and next Presidential election.
Veterans earned the right to medical care and the buck stops with whomever is in the White House...period.
You could tell by his speech at West Point that he just despises the military... its a shame.
Obama campaigned in 2008 saying he'd fix problems at the VA and make it his number one priority. lol.
Is anyone surprised? A politician lied.
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I thought I was going to see some bush in this thread
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our veterans don't get care, but prisoners get taxpayer-funded sex change operations - we are living a liberal's wet dream
William F. Buckley describes a conservative as, "someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop." - and then proceeds to drag civilization back to times best left in history's dungheap.
America eats her young! Can you picture that?
it is true that bush passed a bill that capped vets benefits if any of you ever went to a VA hospital you would know this they straight tell you that you arent elegible because bush passed a bill that if you earn like 28k or more you have to pay a co-pay and if you make over 50k they show you the door. BTW I have battling a disability claim since 2009 and its in repeal again, take 6 months for them to send you a letter saying they even recieved it but 12 months to tell me I need to fill out additional forms all the while I dont get health care. Everyone who thinks Bush is a hero can go fuck themselves!
Aussies and Philadelphians are the only people here
What branch were you in, Heckman? Cause I had no idea, bro.
The run around heck, they want you to say fuck it, so some politician can skim them further. But I should talk cause I said fuck 'em a long time ago.
the VA is a socialist healthcare system. what could possibly go wrong? lmao.
wtf! pot meet kettle, lmao
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If you strike me down(ban me)I'll become more powerful than ever.. Don't say i don't warn you.
Has nothing to do with Obuma or Bush the government has been fucking its vets since the civil war just do a quick search, IE gulf war syndrome, Agent Orange, all sorts of shit that they deny till almost all the vets die from it then they are like, yup it exists but nothing we can do now
Aussies and Philadelphians are the only people here
Aussies and Philadelphians are the only people here
Its really sickening how they say you are their first priority, yet history shows vets have been getting fucked over since this country formed a standing army.
heres some of our greatest hits
Aussies and Philadelphians are the only people here
^ thruth. It's just a phuquin game for teenegers!
William F. Buckley describes a conservative as, "someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop." - and then proceeds to drag civilization back to times best left in history's dungheap.
^ Also a FDR fact.
What i like about my country we dont deal with terrorists,would never pay ransom
Or trade,how the fvck can obama release high grade terrorists for a fvcking desserter,
Sad fvcking day for the whitehouse.....

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Some parting thoughts on love and community and Waynestock 3 …
There was a moment during Waynestock 3 when the tragedy that spawned this whole beautiful thing came rushing back.
Kevin Abernathy was on stage, singing his heartbreakingly gorgeous song, "Love Alone." It's a track that first appeared on his sophomore album, "Beautiful Thing," and one he re-recorded for his most recent solo effort, "Some Stories." It's also the song he played on stage at The Bijou Theatre during Andrew Bledsoe's memorial service.
Working the front door with Andrew's dad, Wayne — the guy for whom Waynestock is named — I caught a glimpse of it in the man's eyes, which brimmed with tears. It wasn't the only time he got emotional over the weekend — his remarks to the assembled crowd before the all-star jam that brought Waynestock to a close included a few as well — but it was a reminder of how Waynestock started.
"There would be laughter, bouncing off the walls … smiles in photographs up and down the halls … if you could live on love alone …"
The tears, however, were few and far between.
This year's Waynestock rose money for the Community School of the Arts. Although the past two Waynestocks were held in response to tragedies — the death of Andrew in late 2010 was the catalyst for Waynestock 1, held in early 2011, and the death of beloved local musician Phil Pollard in late 2011 was the driving force behind last year's event — this year was different. As one of the organizers, I freely admit my uncertainty of how well another Waynestock would be received without such visceral pain driving the momentum.
It's human nature, really. When Andrew died, those of us who love Wayne wanted to do something, anything, to help our friend. Everyone we asked, from Daniel Schuh at Relix Variety Theatre (the gracious home of Waynestock since the beginning) to the musicians who played that first year to the sponsors who helped get the word out to the donors who gave of their time and equipment, agreed to take part without hesitation. The folks who came to see the music gave generously above and beyond the $5 cover. After such a weekend of magic and beauty, it seemed impossible that we could repeat its success.
But we did, last year. Again, tragedy was the catalyst, but remembrance and love became the legacy. And while there was no single beneficiary, no fallen friend or loved one, to whom Waynestock was dedicated this year, love remains the post-Waynestock emotion that best sums up the whole weekend.
"Tangled up in kisses, on the side of the road, still running on empty with a million miles to roll, if you could live on love alone …"
The doors opened Friday night to a dedicated group of Con Hunley fans who had driven all the way to Nashville and arrived four hours before he was scheduled to take the stage. Warrior-poet Black Atticus charmed and entertained, and Abernathy was the perfect lead-in to the night's big event.
Every act who took the stage at Waynestock made fans of those in attendance who'd never heard them before, but the act that brought in the most people was Con Hunley, backed by Mic Harrison & The High Score. For Mic and the boys, it was a big deal; family members came to see them share the stage with an icon, and they were in fine form. Mic and guitarists Robbie Trosper and Chad Pelton provided killer licks and sweet backing vocals for Con's amped-up brand of country soul, and when they opened the show (after Mic and the boys warmed up everybody with "The Colonel Is Dead") with a rousing, juke-joint inspired version of "Livin' on the Funky Side," the exhilaration was palpable. Con's older fans felt rejuvenated (and even got their balladeer fix on with a few of his slower-tempo numbers), and fans of the local music scene were content to watch in wonder as history was made with Hunley's return to Central Avenue.
It was the sort of magic that defines Waynestock, and it would be repeated throughout the event. The Rockwells, absent from the local scene for a few years now (save for a single performance last May), were as enthusiastic as the dancers that crowded the stage during their set, with mild-mannered Tommy Bateman peeling off one killer pop-rock lick after another and Jonathan Kelly managing an impressive leap mid-song that would have made Pete Townsend proud. The Mutations, performing in front of a screening of the 1967 Peter Fonda flick "The Trip," kept the dancers happy, with Harold Heffner getting down among them for a fired-up and impassioned version of Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away." Yak Strangler, featuring Andrew's brother, Rylan, on drums, wrapped up Friday night, and with winter weather moving in throughout the day on Saturday, the turnout for night two appeared, at first, to be in doubt.
Those who stayed at home missed a hell of an exotic set from Saturday's two openers, the Gypsy jazz-influenced Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego and the klezmer band Dor L'Dor. (Dor L'Dor dad/bandleader Ken Brown even brought out the shofar, the traditional Jewish ram's horn pipe, for the group's finale.) Johnny Astro and the Big Bang steered everyone back to the middle of the road with some straight-ahead American rock 'n' roll done to perfection, and the Americana outfit Guy Marshall proved that it's East Tennessee's answer to the beloved and long-running Murfreesboro band Glossary. Sam Quinn and his Americana power-trio co-horts — Tom Pryor and Jamie Cook of the Black Lillies — were the perfect lead-in to the grand finale.
"Too bad the heart has to have a mind, to tell it what to do when the eyes are blind …"
And once again, art and community and love were elevated into something else. Magic seems too hokey, too generic, to describe it, but what other word fits? What other word accurately captures the wonder of seeing the Tim Lee 3 (Tim and Susan Bauer Lee with drummer Chris Bratta) sharing the stage with Greg Horne, Mike McGill, Kevin Abernathy, R.B. Morris, Black Atticus and Jodie Manross? Atticus flowing smooth the lyrics of R.L. Burnside's "Snake Drive" while the band powered behind him like a growling muscle car … the boogy-woogy honky-tonk of McGill and the rest howling through his original, "Women, Whiskey and Pain" … Sam Quinn, grinning like a madman and watching the Lees blister through his haunting takes on Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane" and "Cortez the Killer" … Manross and Morris, trading lead as well as Bonnie Raitt and John Prine ever did on Prine's "Angel from Montgomery" … the whole damn family, wrapping up the night with a gloriously ramshackle version of Morris's "Distillery" … that's the stuff that Waynestock is made of. That's the juice.
That is magic.
"There'd be no children troubled in their sleep, nothing else desired, nothing else to need, if you could live on love alone …"
After the house lights went up and the instruments were packed away and the last drinks poured, those of us who conceived of this thing felt like exhausted children on Christmas night. We take no credit for the creation of that magic, and like everyone else who walked away amazed and grinning and wearing those "did-that-just-happen?" expressions of slack-jawed joy, we recognize that Waynestock is so much more than just us. It's so much more than Andrew Bledsoe and Phil Pollard, who no doubt were in the house and dancing and grinning along with the rest of us over the weekend. It's so much more than the assuaging of grief and the remembrance of those departed and the banding together to overcome tragedy.
It is about celebration. It is about unity. It is about beauty and music and lifting up what is so good and right about this beautiful, brilliant and occasionally bizarre scene. It is about raising a flag in Happy Holler and declaring, "WE ARE KNOXVILLE."
If we could live on love alone, then we would never have to leave Relix. The kegs would never run dry and the bottles would never dwindle. The sound would never be muddied and the instruments would stay tuned and the infinite possibilities of musical mayhem would play out for the rest of our days.
Love alone, unfortunately, isn't always enough. And in a way, that's OK, because Waynestock then becomes this bubble, this magical (yeah, yeah; there's that damn word again) world to which a door is opened once a year and everything good about who we are as musicians and music lovers and human beings who call Knoxville, Tenn., home manifests itself in vibrant, vivid ways. Shutting that door for another year — and knowing there's no guarantee it will open again — is bittersweet, but something tells me this will happen again. Part of me screams that it must. It's too good, too special, to not revisit.
Besides, the key is simple … love. It opens the door. Love alone is all that's needed to get back to the place that Waynestock shows us is possible. Love alone … well, sometimes it is enough.


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From Ibiza to Formentera on a boat Trying to going party in Ibiza mid May is almost impossible. No big clubs opened, grandmas and grandpas overrun the island, and it isn't hot as expected to lay all day long on the sand. Thanks to God there are some boats left: cheaper than in July or August, the experience to rent one of them for a day is really great.
Has anyone seen Dead calm? It's a film starring Nicole Kidman where she and her husband are sailing on the Pacific and a survivor of a crashed boat who is rescued by them, turns to be a massive murderer…well, we feel a sensation of calm but at the same time, fragility and isolation. Except for the psycho part. In fact, you're not in the middle of the ocean, so there's no place to get lost yet until being found. Formentera is just 3.6 km far form Ibiza and the tour is delicious, even if you suffer seasickness.
You just have to chill, relax, and let go and the stress; touching the sea waves with your hand and let the wind guide you. It's wonderful how this kind of boats can navigate without an engine, almost magical. And much more romantic than the fast ones. On board you have a world of services, such as music, suntan lotion, food and drinks. What else do you need?
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The lens of a predatorAugust 22,2013
The lens of a predator
The recent killing of an orphaned fawn by a game warden has generated some interesting responses by those in support of this state-sanctioned cruelty. The policy should be that, if anyone takes a fawn from the wild, that person should be prosecuted for obstructing the right of survival for that animal, it states.
If the doe was found dead and someone chose to rescue and care for its fawn, who, other than the game warden who shot and killed the thriving animal, obstructed the right of its survival?
There is no data that shows fawns can be successfully raised in captivity to adulthood, then released to the wild with the expectation that they will survive, policy advocates state. First of all, the rescuer had no intention of keeping it into adulthood, no intention of keeping it as a pet, and the animal could not contract chronic wasting disease in captivity. Furthermore, fawns and other animals are rescued from fires, floods and accidents everywhere and successfully rehabilitated into the wild. Havent those so-called experts read the hundreds, if not thousands, of books written about the care, feeding and returning of orphaned and wounded animals to the wild? In none of these books is it recommended to shoot the animal as a form of treatment.
We need to make sure we maintain a healthy relationship with the birds, mammals, reptiles and other (creatures) that live in our woods, the advocates say. How can there be any relationship with these creatures when we are all subject to prosecution for feeding birds? Are we supposed to mow our grass to a stubble, cut down our berry bushes and apple trees because bear and deer feed on them? Are we supposed to live in fear of a game warden skulking around our property looking for evidence of scat and animal tracks? The only relationship being promulgated here is the one between the hunters and the Fish and Wildlife Department.
And this so-called respect for the natural world around us consists of keeping the wildlife wild so it can be hunted. As it admits, the Fish and Wildlife board regularly relies on the departments research and recommendations in their decisions, but they also listen closely to hunters.
Hunting wildlife is hardly a fair fight. And the perverse practices of running bears up trees by GPS-collared dogs in order to shoot them, multiple hunters forming scrimmaging lines to shoot a trapped deer, and shooting animals from the road are particularly offensive. There is so much to observe and learn from the natural world, but that knowledge is severely limited when seen through the lens of a predator.
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#208555 - 12/31/12 10:56 AM Re: painstaking [Re: Coffeebean]
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Hi gang
Back in a previous life (possibly referenced in those links given at the head of this string which I cannot get to open) some discussion had taken place on the history of Tom Swifties. I understand the general background of a piss-take of the adverbially overladen books by the Stratemeyer conglomerate but I had recalled my American brethren and sistren talking of a major advertising campaign (an oil company, in the 50s?) which widely popularised the form as roadside billboards.
Google has failed to cut me a path through the jungle any pointers?
#208556 - 12/31/12 11:35 AM Re: painstaking [Re: maverick]
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Happy New Year, Maverick...Burma Shave?
#208558 - 12/31/12 11:58 AM Re: painstaking [Re: jenny jenny]
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#208559 - 12/31/12 12:11 PM Re: painstaking [Re: jenny jenny]
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Originally Posted By: jenny jennyHappy New Year, Maverick...Burma Shave?
YES! Thank you - too few active neurons to waste more on this annoying escapee from the Wot I Know prison...
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Happy New Year to all.
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Maverick!! Happy New Year!, he said, annually!_________________________
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Yes, Happy New Year All!
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August 9, 2005
Springfield, Ill. The Illinois State Board of Education
(ISBE) has received a new federal No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) Title II grant for ISBEs Transition To Teaching
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teachers in Illinois. Transition to Teachings goal
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who wish to change careers and become bilingual teachers
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meet federal requirements for high need. Currently, Chicago
Public Schools (CPS) District 299 is the only Illinois
district to meet all the grant criteria. Participants
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by the State and must already have a bachelors degree
in any subject.
Along with the Governor, the State Board has a
strong commitment to meet the growing bilingual education
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$12 million in new money to bilingual education over the
last three years. This Federal grant will help us build
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teachers to one of the states area of greatest need.
Illinois Transition To Teaching initiative has
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years. It provides financial support for the completion
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Language (ESL) approvals. All participants work as bilingual
teachers in CPS schools while completing the required
This program will help us meet the need of the
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Cohorts will be created through fall 2007 to complete
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Building a team of great teachers is critical to
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All of that being said, there's no incentive for Denver to move Melo right now...they're probably still holding onto the hope of someone maybe renting Melo for the last few months. They might not wait until the deadline, but there's no real reason for them to move him before mid Feb.
Giving them an ultimatum won't work. NJ backed out to save face because they knew they had no chance at convincing the dude to sign the extension for them. Not for the politically correct statement of "it took too long and got too expensive"....please, what he should have said was "we rode that media train to gain some exposure on the back of a man that we knew we had no chance to get...that train reached it's last stop...everyone off."
We can give them a deadline of Tuesday, they can take their time and go past the deadline...contact us in mid-Feburary and propose the same exact deal and we'd take it and Melo would sign. Our situation isn't quite the same as NJs.


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The course will explore the religious, cultural and historical backgrounds of Middle Eastern groups including Al Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood. Special emphasis will be placed on the schism between Sunni and Shite Islamic groups and its effect on the stability of the region as well as on Israel and the US. The Iranian threat and its effect on the region and the world will also be discussed. The tinderbox in the Middle East will be explored through these topics.
1:00 – 3:00 PM– Dr. Joshua Gutoff
Talmud on the Edge: Strange Stories of Death, Desire and Power
In this class we will examine and explore four Talmudic discussions where stories of odd and extreme cases are used to explore profound questions and reveal insight into the human condition, moral life and the search for God.
1:00 – 3:00 PM – Dr. David Rabeeya
An Introduction to Islam, the Arab Culture and the Arabic Language
Explore the roots of Islam and gain insight into today's Arab and Muslim way of life. The Arab cultures and the inner connection between the Arabic language and the customs and mores among Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa will be discussed. This class will also compare and contrast Islam to Judaism and Christianity.
9:30 – 11:30 – Rabbi Jon Cutler
Theodicy: Good and Evil in Judaism
This is the week of Tisha B'Av and in light of that we will examine the Jewish understanding of theodicy. Theodicy is a response to the evidential problem of evil- that the occurrence of evil in the world is evidence against the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God.
A theodicy seeks to show that it is reasonable to believe in God despite evidence of evil in the world and offers a framework which can account for why evil exists. We will examine how the Bible, the Rabbis, Medieval, and Modern Jewish thinkers attempt to justify the existence of God in light of evil.
9:30 – 11:30 – Dr. Reena Sigman Friedman
The American Jewish Experience in Film
We will discuss trends in American Jewish history using 4 classic films that illustrate these trends. The films are "Hester Street," "The Jazz Singer", "Gentleman's Agreement" and "Avalon." These films explore the Jewish struggle and response to assimilation, religious identity and anti-Semitism.
For more information please contact Barbara Rosenau, Director of Adult Jewish Learning at 215-635-7300 x182 or [email protected]


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|GM Squawk
So it's morning. All of you are in your respective homes or places you call home and the day goes by as normal. However, you notice that a harrow card has been placed somewhere where you would first see it. Goffred, finds an inquisitor card in his spellbook. Tristain finds a midwife card inserted in a pile of chalk he prepared the night before. Durriken finds an avalanche card in his wrist sheath. Theron discovers a cricket card on Korada's symbol. Raseri discovers the juggler card placed neatly on her greatsword.
As different as these cards may be, they all have one thing in common: a message, and by the discreet location you have found the cards, it is certain this message was for you.
"I know what Gaedren has done to you. He has wronged me as well. I know where he dwells, yet cannot strike at him. Come to my home at 3 Lancet Street at sunset. Others like you will be there. Gaedren must face his fate, and justice must be done."
As the day has just started, there is still much time till sunset. If you wish, you may check the townspeople if anyone knows who lives at 3 Lancet or if something similar may have happened.
|Theron the Absolver
Theron takes the card flips it around in his fingers.. He sets it down and starts washing up. He thinks it over while shaving .. not a trap .. if they wanted me dead.. He reflexively looks over to where he was sleeping - imagining the furtive intruder.
Theron rinses and dries his face. A pawn .. worst case I'm a pawn .. He looks at the card again before getting dressed.
He wraps his arms and chest with the leather straps of his armor - attaching the wooden plates like phylacteries. He tests the tightness in his final morning ritual. Theron packs his few worldly possessions into his satchel, his crossbow in its case. He checks the plumpness of his leeches before packing their jar as well. All questions gone from his mind he greets the day completely present.
|Raseri Whitescale
Raseri reads the card again before setting it down and finishes getting ready. As she goes to leave, she picks up the card as an afterthought, and puts it in one of the pockets lining her cloak. She rubs the heel of one of her hands in her eye to try and get rid of the last of the sleep in it.
"Too damn early in the day for this."
She walks out the door and considers the offer. It's almost too good to be true, but she hasn't had much luck in the past year.
Lancet Street, huh? I think I know where that is. Maybe Mak* knows something.
She sighs as she continues down the street. The day was looking to be a long one.
Not even ten minutes outta bed and I need drink. That has to be a new low, even for me.
She continues along the familiar way to the tavern she had started going to. She was almost out of money and was going to need work soon, which often meant as a serving girl in an inn or tavern.
'Least most of Mak's regulars have enough wits about them to keep their hands off.
Raseri sighed again as she walked into the dark common room. Mak was already behind the bar and a few people were brooding over their ales, but the tavern was mostly empty. She slid up to the bar and pulled out a gold piece.
"Hey Mak, mind if I ask you a few questions?"
*Nobody really important, just trying to add flavor. I figured Raseri would be looking for work when she's only got 6 gp to her name at the moment. She knows Mak by name, but that's about it.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 She wants to know about Lancet Street, who might be living in the house at 3 Lancet Street, and whether or not he (Mak) needs a hand or two to help out in the tavern.
|Durriken Garde
Durriken starts to crumple the card in his hand, then smoothes it back flat against the wall. He rereads the message on the back. This has to be a trick. But who could possibly know? I've been careful...
He flips the card over and looks at the image. He knew what a Harrow deck was, but the meaning of the card was not known to him. Was this card selected for me? It might bear some looking into.
Durriken opened the chest where he kept his meager belongings. He drew out the shirt of fine mail links and settled it over his head, the weight welcome and familiar. He covered that with his overtunic, then belted on his swords. He slipped one dagger into his wrist sheath, one into his boot, and a third in the small of his back. If someone was watching him, he'd best be prepared to deal with the threat.
His preparations complete, Durriken opened the door out onto the alley and stepped out into the morning. His first order of business was to find a Harrower and find if the card held any significance.
Knowledge Local to see if he knows of any Harrowers: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
What section is Lancet street in? Who might live there?
Knowledge Local to see if he knows what kind of citizenry lives in the area of the meeting location: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
|Goffred Giulianoff
Fredo first noticed the pasteboard card when the surface slipped under his quill. He'd been struck by inspiration during the night, with the solution to a problem that had been stubbornly refusing to be solved for weeks. He knew it was a long way from increasing air resistance to truly creating lift, but now he'd figured out that the way to increase air resistance was to pack the air denser under the body, not to alter the body's surface area or mass. More importantly, he'd been shown how to do it. So when he woke up he wanted to write it all down before he forgot. He'd opened his spellbook and started to write. When his quill nib reached the card it continued to write, but also to move the card with its strokes. By the time Fredo noticed, the card had smudged his wet notes all over the page.
"Of all the things," he cursed, slapping the table and pushing the hair that still reached his forehead back. The notes were lost forever and the page was ruined. He tore it out of his spellbook, crumpled it up, and threw it against the wall. But the card could be saved. Fredo grabbed a wad of blotter paper and pressed it to the pasteboard, calling from his mind a spell he'd prepared, but had not had occasion to use, the day before. It was the most minor of magics, but it drew the ink out of the card so the blotter paper could do its work. It was sodden, and Fredo's fingertips stained with the ink, before the card was dry. He let it fall to the floor, where it landed with a splat, and wiped his fingers on his robes. They were black, it wouldn't show.
Having saved the card, it was now time to examine it. Fredo moved to the window to get a better look. He saw the face, the part that had smudged his notes, first. The frame glinted in the daylight, as though it had been reinforced with metal. The image was of a man in black robes, a red hood, and a red and black shawl and tabard holding a file full of papers. There was a chain wrapped around his neck, and the papers were falling out of the file. The man's pale finger was pointed at Fredo, and his eyes were narrowed in suspicion. Along the bottom ran the appelation "the Inquisitor". Fredo quickly turned it over.
Then he saw the message. It was odd. It looked like it had been scratched into the pasteboard with a pen, but holding it the surface felt perfectly smooth and the slightest bit sticky, as though it had come fresh from the printer. Fredo could not even feel the scratches his own pen had made a few seconds ago. Maybe his spell had had a hand in its pristineness, but Fredo hadn't willed it so and was deeply opposed to the idea that magic he had called up could have gotten out of his control. But the message itself was far stranger than its lack of accompanying texture. Nobody he'd talked to in the last six years, or even in the last six months, had known where to find Lamm, even if they knew his name and believed in his existence. Yet here in his hands he held, unsolicited, a suggestion that someone might.
And yet it might not be what it seemed. The card, and its message, merited further examination. Fredo spent the next hour in preparation, fixing some minor spells in his mind. The card suggested that Fredo would learn more at sunset, and he did not want to prepare anything major unless he was sure it would be useful. But he did not need his major magics for the investigation he wanted to do. He wanted to stop by the College's library first thing, and try to decipher the meaning of the card's image. The text was obvious information, but if its mysterious sender had only wanted to send that message they wouldn't have written it on the back of a picture so obviously pregnant with symbolism. That Fredo knew not what it meant didn't mean there wasn't an additional message in the picture. Then he would need to consult a map of the city and find Lancet Street. It sounded like it would be in or near Gray District, but Fredo needed to be sure. Finally, the card would need its dweomer examined, but that could wait until Fredo had the other information he wanted. Fredo grabbed some day-old bread to eat on the way to the library, strapped a waterskin and pouches full of spell components, weapons, and other gear to his belt, and left.
Fredo prepares Detect Magic and Prestidigitation. This leaves him with four first-level spell slots and one cantrip slot unprepared.
He spends the rest of the day at the library. He'll follow any leads his initial inquiries lead him on (for example, is the card part of a set? Who pays property taxes on 3 Lancet Street?) until two hours before sunset. He'll then try to Detect Magic on the card, concentrating as long as it takes to tell him everything he's going to find out. Regardless of what he learns via this simple divination, he'll proceed to 3 Lancet Street forthwith.
knowledge (arcana) on "the Inquisitor": 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
knowledge (local) on "Lancet Street": 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Add modifiers for using the library's research material as appropriate.
|Tristain the Chalker
Tristain turns the card over and over again in his hands as the walks through one of Korvosa's parks looking for berries.
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 Survival
A midwife. I like the art on the card; a skilled hand drew this.
Turning the card over, he reads the message again and thinks of Trina.
Mulling things over, Tristain goes directly to 3 Lancet Street, walking by it a few times to see what he sees. After a few casual walk-bys, he will see what he can learn about 3 Lancet.
1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Know (local)
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Diplomacy (Gather Info)
While walking, Tristain will put some of the berries in his pouch, others he will cup in his hand.
Cast Goodberries.
Meh. I really need to find a better way to eat.
* * *
Tristain will spend the day still trying to sell some of his chalkwork, but his mind will really be focused on tonight's invitation.
How could anyone know how much I hate Gaedren? He's a blight on this city...*my* city...and he took Trina from me.
|Theron the Absolver
Theron lets chance carry him, and finds himself in front of the tavern where his retired friend from the watch, Ellick, eats breakfast with his retinue of aging could-have-beens. He walks in and orders, waiting to catch Ellick's eye. He waits for Ellick to motion him over before asking him what he knows about 3 Lancet Street. Theron can already tell from Ellick's expression, he may not be in the mood for another favor.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 gather information
|GM Squawk
It is now sunset.
|Raseri Whitescale
"Just curious. I heard something about that place."
Better to not let them know someone left that card, that might lead to some awkward questions. So this woman is supposed to be dead. I dunno if I like the sound of this.
Raseri buys a drink and some food and thanks Mak for the information before leaving the tavern. She wanders around the streets for a bit before heading to Lancet Street. When the sun begins to set, she walks up to the front door of third house, and knocks.
"Hello? Anyone there?"
I'll subtract the costs for the food an drink from Raseri's gold.
|Goffred Giulianoff
Fredo puts the card back in his spellbook where he found it, and gathers the books and his other things. The books he drops off at the reference desk to be reshelved, and makes for the door. As he passes the threshold, his stomach rumbles, and he puts a hand over it, embarassed.
I suppose hunger is one of those immutable realities the card representes," he thinks, trying to find a food cart so he can grab a quick bite before going to see Zellara.
As Fredo chews on the tangy but overly-ground sausage he makes his way down to the waterfront, and thinks.
That book didn't tell me much about what "immutable reality" meant. Surely it could not mean the shape and form of things. I can accomplish feats of transmutation that put that theory to rest, and the masters of the art can do so much more. From the docks Fredo could see the sun beginning to dip behind the tallest buildings on the far side of the river. He could also see the evening rush over High Bridge. Men and women who lived in East Shore crossed that bridge every day to sell or buy goods and labor, and made their way home each nightfall by the same route.
Nor can it refer to the form of social life. The history of intelligent life is the history of changes in the modes of living that life. And a good thing, too. Korvosa's stifledness was evident not only in the man to whom the card promised directions, but also in the throng on the bridge. But aside from a philosophical problem, those people presented a practical one. Fredo could see that he'd have a hard time crossing against the current. There were other problems too. Judging by the map of the city, Lancet Street was fairly far to the north of the bridge's west terminus, and to get there he'd have to walk by the Citadel. That wasn't an experience he was eager to repeat.
Instead, he casts about on the docks, looking for a light skiff to take him across. As he looks he continued to think. Maybe what is immutable is not things or phenomena themselves, but the rules by which changes in them operate. The will is important, in magic and in life. It directs change. But it cannot do so as it pleases. To do so is to court disaster. His mind on his problem, Fredo only half-notices a skipper approach him with an offer to take him across, and only half-negotiates a halfway-fair price. He helps the woman put up the boat lights, green on the left, red on the right, and white up the mast, and she casts them off.
The crossing was uneventful. "You picked a good time," said the skipper. "No one captaining a big ship wants to put in at dusk. Too many sandbars around Old Korvosa, and the dockies are just about to change shifts. Even night's better, cause you can see the lights on the docks and the other boats." Even so, she had to tack them around - and scream instructions at Fredo so he'd know what "slacken port fo'sl sheet" meant - half a dozen times before they put in on the other bank.
"Thank you," he said, vaulting over the side. The skipper wasn't listening. She was busy arguing with a surly-looking halfling over whether she had to pay a docking fee just to drop off a single passenger. Fredo was lucky. They'd started out near the south end of the eastern waterfront and ended up on the southern end of the western waterfront. It only took a block of walking south and a right turn before he was on Lancet Street. He started to look at numbers but the sound of knuckles rapping on wood caught his ear. He'd never seen the woman before - he would have remembered a head of hair like that - but she sounded a little on edge, as though she did not usually haunt this place.
"Are you looking for the fortune teller's place, miss?" he says, walking up to her. "Because I am." He left the implication hanging in the air. If she'd gotten a card, now she could share.
Presumably the sausage and the lift cost money. Squawk, please tell me how much so I can subtract it from Goffred's current total.
|Theron the Absolver
Theron nods to Ellick "Yes .. rest. You have earned that luxury." He leaves and spends his day as he has for weeks - walking the streets on the edge of the shadows.
He passes the address an hour before dusk. Spreading his awareness around him, the alleys .. dark windows .. the light fixtures and where they will cast shadows after dusk. Know your surroundings, but don't plan. Never plan. Plans calcify the mind and body.
Theron takes note of the possible routes to the address, and patrols around them. He sees a man approach from the waterfront just before dusk. Something familiar about the man, a vague feeling of trust that .. strange strange.. He sees the man walk to the door and also a petite young girl.
Theron finds himself walking to the door, as well. Best to get a read on the others now .. outside..
|GM Squawk
The sausage shall cost 3sp as common food, and the lift fare costs 1sp per mile. Just so that it's easier to deduct, I'll call it 2 miles and have you pay 5sp total.
For Raseri, the meal should cost 3sp as well and the drink depending on what it is can cost anything between 1cp to 10gp. As it is a general drink on the go, I deduce it as a mug of ale which costs 4cp. So 3sp4cp total.
I will wait for the others to reply to continue. Meanwhile, everyone make a Perception check as you near the door.
|Durriken Garde
For the most part, Durriken's day proved fruitless. Finding the name of the home's owner hadn't really provided any insight into what kind of game was being played. He didn't like feeling hunted - he'd been the hunter for years. He doubted this was Gaedran's work, the place was too public, and if he'd wanted him dead, why break into his quarters and leave the calling card?
As darkness began to descend on the city, he followed along as his feet carried him towards the address, almost of their own volition. His thirst for revenge was too great to ignore the possibility of finally putting an end to Lamm, as good to be true as the situation likely was. It will be the death of me, one day...
Keeping to the shadows as he approaches, he notes three figures already gathering at the door. He's never seen any of them before, but one... So familiar, but I don't know why...No matter. So four of them, then. He quickly appraises each as he moves across the street to the door. Let us see just who, and what, we are dealing with...
|Tristain the Chalker
Tristain arrives early to 3 Lancet, for better to stake out to enters and exits before him.
He will set up 'shop' nearby, not so close as to be directly in front, but near enough to watch the building.
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 Perception
Not nearly as much foot traffic here as in the markets. And few are interested in buying. Meh.
Tristain keeps hawking until nearly sundown, only doing one chalk sketch of note, the 3 Lancet Building itself.
The chalks the building as he sees it: one of many small pieces that makes up Korvosa, a piece of puzzle for this great city, a protector of the citizens that may dwell within.
Holding the sketch out, he realizes that it will probably never sell...it's not interesting to others.
At sunset, Tristain begins to pack up while discretely keeping an eye on the building. Rolling his sketches together to pack in his scroll tube, Tristain eyes a woman knock and enter the building.
Interesting, I might not be alone in there.
|Durriken Garde
|Tristain the Chalker
|GM Squawk
The house is built in the architecture uniformity laws of Korvosa. However, the residence is adorned with colorful Varisian cloths and a sign that says "Accurate Harrowing Guaranteed".
It has been some time since Raseri first arrived. Five of you have come, yet nobody answers the door. It seems as if no one is home. The door does not seem to be locked either.
|Tristain the Chalker
|Durriken Garde
Durriken's eyes flash and he whirls on the artist, his left hand reaching under his cloak and grasping the handle of his handaxe. Belatedly he recognizes the man from the market, and quickly becomes aware of the others looking in his direction. He relaxes his grip, though he doesn't move his hand away from the weapon. Wound too tight, boy... He stalks over to the artist, his voice low and gravelly when he speaks, each word obviously a labor.
"Keep your voice down. What do you know of it?"
|Goffred Giulianoff
"Enough to guess what your card says," interrupts Fredo. With a flourish his card appears in his hand, and he holds it out so the whispering man could see the writing. "Though perhaps not the image on the other side. I don't know the whole Harrow deck by heart." Another flourish, and the card disappears again.
"But our hostess is likely missing her property, and our business is not something to which we should call attention by congregating on the street. I think this man," says Fredo, gesturing to the lean scroll-carrier, "has the right idea. We should wait inside."
Perception: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (9) - 2 = 7
|GM Squawk
|Theron the Absolver
|Durriken Garde
|Tristain the Chalker
|Raseri Whitescale
No point in being sly to this one.
"I am. I guess that means someone left you a gift this morning as well?"
Raseri's eyebrows raise as more people show up in front of the house. She looks at the group uneasily, she could probably get away, but she'd be hurt in the process.
Gotta trust them for now.
She follows the others inside once the door is open.
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 Mainly trying to see if there's anything that's out of place or feels wrong.
|GM Squawk
The cozy chamber within this small home is filled with a fragrant haze of flowers and strong spice. The haze comes from several sticks of incense smouldering in wall-mounted burners that look like butterfly-winged elves. The smoke itself seems to soften edges and gives the room a dream-like feel. The walls are draped with brocaded tapestries, one showing a black-skulled beast juggling men's hearts, another showing a pair of angels dancing atop a snow-blasted mountain. A third tapestry on the far wall depicts a tall hooded figure shrouded in mist, a flaming sword held in a skeletal hand. Several brightly-colored rugs cover the floor, but the room's only furnishings are a wooden table covered by a bright red throwcloth and several elegant tall-backed chairs. A basket covered by blue cloth sits under the table.
Raseri, make a will save.
|Tristain the Chalker
Tristain enters the room and looks around, breathing deep the aromas of food.
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11 Perception
Heading directly for the food, Tristain picks up the note and reads it aloud, his head tilting back over his shoulder to allow his voice to reach the others.
"'Thank you for coming. I had to step out for a bit, but shall return shortly. Please, have a seat while you wait. The basket under the table contains bread and drink for you.'"
Tristain peeks under the cloth, hopeful that food is there.
|GM Squawk
True enough, the basket is filled with bread. A couple of bottles of wine are there as well. Tankards can be found on another table within the room. The bread looks a bit stale despite the alluring smell just earlier and the wine not fine, however they seem of ok quality.
|Tristain the Chalker
Tristain smiles, grabs a loaf of bread and bottle of wine (sans tankard) and makes his way back to the others.
"Free food. At least this night won't be for naught," Tristain says to the group.
Holding the loaf in his mouth (his other hand has the wine), Tristain will offer a hand to Goffred. "Tr-st-osh," Tristain says through the loaf in his mouth.
Tristain recalibrates, moving the wine to be pinned against his body by his left arm, and then moving the loaf from mouth to right hand and then repeats the greeting.
"I'm Tristain? And you?" Tristain smiles friendly.
|Theron the Absolver
|Raseri Whitescale
Will: 1d20 ⇒ 16
Hopefully that made it.
This screams trap.
"Maybe we should check to see if anyone's home."
|GM Squawk
|Goffred Giulianoff
Fredo smiles at Tristain's antics and shakes the proffered hand. "My mother calls me Goffred. My friends call me Fredo. It's good to meet you. A greater pleasure I've not had all day." Fredo lets Tristain's hand go, worried that if he keeps it much longer Tristain will lose the grip on the wine bottle. Fredo raises his eyebrow at the sight of the macabre tapestries, but goes to sit at the table anyway. He chooses the spot farthest from the door, the better to see everyone.
Already there was something interesting to see. The eldest among them was casting a spell, he was sure of it. There was no mistaking the seemingly nonsensical words and gestures. That he felt confident enough to do so in front of a group of random strangers bespoke a cofidence to offset the suspicious one's jitteriness.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
"If we're going to be sharing food," he proposes, reclining a little in his chair, "We might as well all share our names. I don't know about Tristain, but I can't work with titles for long."
|Theron the Absolver
|Tristain the Chalker
Turning politely from Fredo, Tristain takes a big bite of bread (not worried about poison...it's free food!) and offers his hand to Theron.
Noticing chalk on his bread from his hands, he wipes his hands on his pants before re-offering the hand to Theron with a smile.
"Greetings, I'm Tristain. Well met. Say, did you get a card too?"
Tristain holds the bread again in his mouth while he fishes into his pocket for his harrow card.
"I got this...just slipped in while I was sleeping. Weird, eh?"
Tristain's eyes narrow as a thought occurs to him.
"Wait...did you all get this bit about..." Tristain reads from the card, "'Others like you will be there. Gaedren must face his fate, and justice must be done.'?"
Tristain puts down the card.
"Did Lamm get one of your friends too?"
|GM Squawk
|Theron the Absolver
Theron shakes Tristain's hand .. he starts to retrieve his card from the satchel when Tristain catches him with such a personal question. He takes a deep breath. "My business with Lamm is my business. However.. I would not be here if what the note says were not true."
He decides to soften the awkwardness of his curt behavior and lays down his card .. "This is the card I received. 'The Cricket'"
|Goffred Giulianoff
"No pressure, Theron," says Fredo. "This is not a place to share our life stories if we don't want to. As the cards say - and yes, Tristain, my card says the same as yours - this is a forum for justice." Fredo's Inquisitor appears again, and he sets it on the table in front of him, face up.
|Tristain the Chalker
|Durriken Garde
Ignoring the greetings going on for the time being, Durriken examines the surroundings. The tapestries are disturbing, even to him. The smell of food hits him and he reaches for some bread, suddenly realizing that he's neglected to eat all day.
Noticing that everyone else is laying down their cards, he fishes in his belt and pulls out his, tossing it face up on the table. Avalanche. I don't know what it means. Meaning on the back is pretty clear, though. He eyes the group, and turns to the short man who had started the introductions. "Justice, you say? Seems to me it's vengeance our absent host is after." He pauses to take a bite, chews and swallows, then continues. "Which makes us of a similar mind."
|GM Squawk
|Goffred Giulianoff
What the PC hears: RP more in the unexpected time granted.
"Well, that's as much a matter of place and audience as anything else," says Fredo. "Bleeding Lamm in his lair would be vengeance, because it's personal and private, and the only satisfaction would be ours. Hauling him out on the street, pronouncing his name and crimes before people who have folklorized both, and showing them his death would be justice." The wine bottle, making its rounds through the group, finds its way to Fredo. He pours a little into one of the cups passes the bottle on, and drinks. The wine is sour in his mouth, but he swallows it anyway.
"I think it's important that people know of Lamm's destruction, and not just from our mouths. He deserves to suffer for what he did to us and to everyone else not present here. But beyond that he does not deserve eternal life in stories meant to frighten children."
|Durriken Garde
Durriken eyes the man coldly, but decides to set the matter aside for the time being. "So long as he dies. He'd do no less to us," he says, inclining his head slightly, accentuating the horrible scar across his throat. "Bringing a man who operates in the shadows to justice may be more difficult than simply ridding the streets of him, however."
Durriken pours a small amount of wine into a tankard and drinks deeply. The taste fits his feelings about the whole situation. The woman hadn't spoken yet, but the sword she carried left little question as to what she was. The others, though...The old man had murmured and gestured strangely, a spellcaster of some sort? The short one had offered no indication of why he was here, but his manner and speech spoke to someone of an upper class background. And the artist might be mad. And how, exactly, are these four supposed to help me?
|Goffred Giulianoff
"So be it," says Fredo, inclining his cup slightly to the man, then swallowing the rest of the wine. He stares up at the ceiling and thinks of the scar the man had taken the trouble to point out. It meant he had survived personal combat with someone, possibly Lamm or more likely one of his agents. But seeing, and surviving, one of Lamm's agents was closer than Fredo had ever gotten. And since, despite Fredo's voicing his preferred plan, Lamm was likely to die in his lair, the scarred man could tell him things he needed to know.
"Tell me," says Fredo, "Does Lamm normally hire himself or his men out to kill? Or is it something exceptional?"
|Raseri Whitescale
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Raseri seems lost in thought while the group talks. She seems to finally come out of her stupor as the talk of justice and vengence fills the room.
"You can decide whether he lives in a prison cell or dies at your feet. All I want is to find my sisters. After that, you can do as you wish."
She looks at the group with cold gray eyes, taking in what they have on them and what they're doing as they talk.
"Other than that, all you need to know is that you may call me Raseri."
Raseri moves to a spot where she can keep an eye on everyone and any doors to the room. She makes a point to not touch anything, especially the food and wine.
|Goffred Giulianoff
"Prison, Raseri? Who mentioned prison? I want him to die on the street, in the face of all his victims instead of us select few. Prison has no place in his future." Fredo's black eyes find Raseri's grey ones, and he sits up straighter. "I'm sorry to hear of your sisters, but heartened at your faith that they still live. Lamm was not so kind to all our families. I want him to tell me why he killed my brother."
|Durriken Garde
"I suppose it depends on his mood and the circumstance. I've seen it done both ways."
He turns to the woman, his eyes softer than the rest of his countenance would suggest him capable of. "Lamm has your sisters?" He glances to the artist. "And you, as well? You are sure of this?" That was not good. If Lamm had potential hostages...But, he was what he was, now. New children need not follow his path. If they could be saved...He nods to Raseri and Tristain in turn. "Durriken Garde. Your loved ones are lucky to have ones so devoted as to risk their lives for them." He pauses briefly to drink more of the wine, swirling it in the bottom of his cup. "It might make all the difference, in the end."
|Theron the Absolver
"Well the one who has brought us together risks raising my ire. I do not enjoy being toyed with .. and when time tips the balance on lives that could be saved... I think its time you show yourself."
Theron scans the room. where could you be watching from..
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|GM Squawk
Theron, with his eagle-like senses, hears someone open the door. An attractive middle-aged Varisian woman with dark hair goes inside the house.
"Greeting everyone, I am Zellara"
She produces her Harrow deck from a pocket and idly shuffles the cards whilst subtly hinting everyone to introduce themselves. Her skill with the deck is obvious as how the cards seem to float and dance over her hands and the table. She nods her head at everyone except Goffred, who is already sitting.
"Please, my guests. Take a seat."
|Raseri Whitescale
This happens before Theron's outburst, just didn't get it up in time.
"No reason why we can't beat both answers out of him, but how is having him die in the street any different from having him die at your feet? He's dead either way."
Raseri drops her steely gaze from Goffred's. her sigh is barely audible in the room.
"I know it's hard to lose family, but I really wonder if killing Lamm is really going to help you find peace."
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Kali Kirsten Kennedy and Daniel David Amador received their honors from members of the Beeville Masonic Lodge No. 261 Tuesday, June 17, just before the Beeville Independent School District board of trustees met.
The Lamar Medal is named after the second president of the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar, who was a Mason.
Lamar is known as the "Father of the Texas Public School System."
It was his work as president that resulted in the creation of the state's public school system. Today, more than 4,000 streets across the state are named after Lamar.
Local lodge member Eldridge Custer said the fraternity has long supported public schools across Texas. In the early days most Masonic lodges were located in two-story buildings. Lodge members met and conducted their business on the second floor and they encouraged local churches and schools to meet in the ground floor.
In many locations, it was the lodge members who founded the schools and paid the salaries of the teachers.
During the presentation of the awards, Custer outlined the history of Masons in Texas, pointing out that the fraternity had established lodges here before the revolution that won Texas' independence from Mexico.
Some of Texas' most famous heroes were Masons, including Anson Jones, Sam Houston, Lorenzo de Zavala, James Fannin, Antonio Navarro, William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.
Anson Jones actually carried the official charter for the first Masonic lodge in Texas in his saddlebags as he fought in the battle of San Jacinto.
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A 10th Mountain Division soldier died in Afghanistan Wednesday.
Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, age 24, of Staten Island died when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device, small arms and indirect fire.
He was an infantryman with the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
Ollis joined the Army in August 2006. After training at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., and Fort Benning, Georgia, he was assigned to Smith Barracks, Germany, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Ollis arrived at Fort Drum in November 2011. He previously deployed to Iraq in April 2008 to May 2009 and Afghanistan in June 2010 to May 2011.
Ollis deployed with his unit to Afghanistan in January 2013.
Ollis's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, four Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, the Valorous Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, two Army Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, two Afghanistan Campaign Medals, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon, three Overseas Service Ribbons, the NATO Medal, the Ranger Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver Wheeled Vehicles and Tracked Vehicles.
Ollis completed the Airborne School, the Ranger Course, the Infantry School, the Special Operations Senior Site Exploitation Course, the Air Assault School, the Combat Life Savers Course, the Command Language Program German Head Start Course, and the Medium Tactical Vehicle Course.
Ollis is survived by his mother and father.
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Nomination forms must be postmarked or received in the local USDA Service Center by close of business on Aug. 1.
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As one of the most visually attractive and difficult sets of the 1960s, the 1963 Topps baseball set is a top choice amongst collectors. Of all the 1960s Topps issues, this set made the best use of color. The bold colors provide excellent eye-appeal but, due to the solid, colored borders at the base of each card, finding high-grade examples is a chore. They are as beautiful as they are easily chipped. This great set is also filled with tremendous star power. It is also home to one of the most desirable cards in the hobby, the Pete Rose rookie card. Willie Stargell, another key Hall of Famer, also has a rookie card in the high-number series. Along with the usual dose of stars like Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays, there are a few extremely popular combo cards. Buc Blasters (Clemente, etc.), Bomber's Best (Tresh/Mantle/Richardson), Power Plus (Aaron/Banks), Pride of the N.L. (Mays/Musial), and Dodgers' Big Three (Koufax/Drysdale/Podres) are all very popular cards and they help make this set, perhaps, the most desirable of the decade. The common series, cards 447-522, are very tough and command a premium. This set can satisfy on a number of levels. To read in-depth articles, click here and here.
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Casual bowlers and diehard league members alike have told Alive for years that this Northeast-Side establishment is their favorite.
Is it the slick synthetic lanes? The modernized scorekeeping system (with awesomely laugh-inducing "strike," "spare" and other graphics)? The high chances you can walk up and get one of the 64 lanes (as long as it's not league night)? The happy hour drink prices? Or the fact that you can bowl in the morning, noon or middle of the night (they're open 24 hours a day, seven days a week)?
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Björkliden Fjällby lies 250 km inside the Arctic Circle in majestic Swedish Lapland - Europe's last true wilderness. Björkliden Fjällby has been outdoors types for 100 years because of its wild setting and its winter and summer activities. Big it isn't and this is where its charm lies.
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After touring in support of their 1993 masterpiece, Anodyne, the seminal alternative country band Uncle Tupelo split up over long-simmering creative differences between co-leaders Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. Tweedy recruited much of the band to form Wilco, while Farrar teamed up with original Tupelo drummer Mike Heidorn to form Son Volt, the more tradition-minded of the two Tupelo offshoots. Joined by brothers Jim (bass) and Dave Boquist (guitar, fiddle, banjo, fiddle, steel guitar), the band signed to Warner Bros. and released its debut album, Trace, in 1995. It was greeted with excellent reviews from most critics, offering a set of stark, subtle, mostly downbeat songs that drew from traditional country, folk, and roots rock. The single "Drown" was successful on both college and rock radio, and the band subsequently added unofficial fifth member Eric Heywood on mandolin and pedal steel for its second album, 1997's Straightaways.
While Straightaways mined territory similar to Trace and again received positive reviews, some found Farrar's lack of creative progression troubling, and although 1998's Wide Swing Tremolo was a somewhat harder-rocking affair, the erosion of critical support for the group continued. They ended up on an unofficial hiatus (rumors of their breakup were denied), and Farrar debuted as a solo artist with 2001's Sebastopol, putting the future of Son Volt in further doubt. He continued with his solo career throughout 2002 and 2003, and in 2005 Rhino issued Retrospective: 1995-2000. But Son Volt weren't over. Farrar revived the nameplate in July 2005 with the issue of Okemah and the Melody of Riot (Legacy). For the album, recorded in St. Louis, Farrar was joined by drummer Dave Bryson, bassist Andrew DuPlantis, and ex-Backsliders guitarist Brad Rice. Search arrived in early 2007, followed by American Central Dust in 2009.


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Fisher Students Experience Abbey Road and "Harry Potter" in London
Every January for two weeks, Fisher students have an opportunity to participate in the International Travel-Study Program to London, a joint study-abroad program organized by Cayuga Community College (CCC) with students from various local colleges. While there, they take one three-credit course, and pack in countless hours of sightseeing and exploration.
Tom Proietti, Resident Scholar in Media in the Communication/Journalism (C/J) Department, has traveled alongside students on this trip for the past 25 years, teaching in the program. The 2013 trip was his last, and Dr. Jack Rosenberry, Chair of the C/J Department, will carry the travel torch in the years ahead.
CCC organizes the trip, which this year attracted 100 students from CCC, Monroe Community College (MCC), SUNY Brockport, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Oneonta, Keuka College, Niagara University, and Fisher. C/J students Aimee Schenck and Carissa Cantie both went on the trip.
The program offers 10 courses to students. Proietti and Rosenberry taught the "Media in the UK" course, one of the largest, with 25 students from a variety of schools, eight of those students from Fisher. According to Proietti, the course was originally offered in 1988 as "Broadcasting in London," and has evolved to its new name. The three-credit course is a C/J elective. It includes tours and media-related activities throughout London, with a backstage tour of the National Theatre, tours of Mediateque (the British Film Institute library and digital archive), visits to the taping of two television shows at the ITV network, a tour of the "Harry Potter" film studio, and a bus tour and walking tour of film locations and iconic locations for British music in and around SoHo, including the Beatles' Abbey Road studios.
Schenck and Cantie were intrigued to participate in the program after hearing so many positive things about it – from Proietti and from their peers.
Schenck was struck by the cultural differences, noticing how British people tend to live and act quite differently than Americans. Comparing both countries' media also made her think.
"Noticing the pride that individuals have in their media was a very important take-away for me," she said. "It was especially noticeable when we spoke to members of the BBC. They strive to be the best, and believe they can and will be. They also take pride in the information they provide to their citizens; it was very interesting to compare to what I have seen from American media."
For Cantie, who has been to Austria and the Czech Republic, London was a place she saw only in the movies or photos ? certainly nowhere she thought she would ever find herself. She said it was hard to pick a favorite memory because she loved all of the opportunities the group experienced, and the exploring she was able to do on her own.
"I loved that you could walk down any street and turn any corner and there was always something different and beautiful to see or do," said Cantie.
She, too, was fascinated by the media culture. "Media in the U.S. is very censored. I watched four shows on the BBC channel that showed things that I would have never seen on American television," she said.
Schenck had the added bonus of seeing cousins while in London, which she says was her favorite part, aside from riding on the London Eye at night and the boat trip to Greenwich.
"I know that if I hadn't gone, I would have regretted it. The trip seems expensive, but it is completely worthwhile and the experience truly is priceless," said Schenck.
Proietti said that over the years, he has seen students benefit from the trip in many ways.
"It is a wonderful cultural experience and an awful lot of first-hand and up-close examination of the various media in another nation and culture," he said.
Rosenberry added that the trip really opens up a student's eyes to another culture.
"London is an amazingly cosmopolitan city, and while walking down the street or riding the underground, it's possible literally to hear a half dozen languages spoken inside of 10 minutes. Students have to get outside of their comfort zones in a good way, and it's great to see them grow as they do so," he said.
With Proietti turning over his frequent flier miles to Rosenberry, he has been reflecting on the 25-year experience. He has traveled with more than 600 students over the years, and said many of them return to experience an entire semester abroad. Some have even settled there for careers.
"The trip is truly a life-changing experience. Students become different people on the trip in the best possible ways of learning about a new culture and seeing a different media system," he said. "London is a truly gorgeous and intoxicating city, so rich in history and culture."
Rosenberry is looking forward to leading the College's participation in the program.
"Tom has been telling me for many years that this experience is a life-changing one for students, and having participated in it myself for the first time, I really understand what he meant," said Rosenberry. "In the space of two weeks, I could see the students growing and changing as they soaked in all of the cultural experiences, and I was really happy I could be a part of it."
Fisher students Patrick Harney (taking photo with back to camera), Chelsea Salitan, and Aimee Schenck in the famous crosswalk in front of the Abbey Road recording studio immortalized on the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover.
Students Carissa Cantie of Fisher, Laquanda Fields of MCC, Todd Jackson of Fisher, and Mike Petrone of Fisher take part in a sample radio drama at the BBC.


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A Ko Olina man accused of murdering a man execution style is innocent, according to his attorney.
Patrick Deguair Jr., 30, made his first appearance in District Court Monday on related charges.
He is charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping and other offenses in connection with the death of Jermaine Duckworth, 24.
A tourist found Duckworth's body on March 28 at Yokohama Bay.
Deguair kidnapped Duckworth the night before and shot him in the back of the head before dumping his body over a cliff, according to court documents.
"What I know about the victim unfortunately is that he was linked to terrorizing a how bunch of people, and it is a city and a state like Hawaii. When you terrorize a whole bunch of people, they have a bunch of relatives and bunch of friends," attorney Michael Green said.
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Protect your eyes from summer sun
Eye's lens doesn't repair itself when damaged by sun's rays
(NewsUSA) - As you slather on sunscreen to protect your skin this summer, don't forget to protect your eyes. Unlike other parts of your body, your eye's lens does not repair itself when damaged by the sun's rays -- eventually this can lead to permanent eye damage.
"While intense UV exposure can cause temporary 'sunburn' on the eye's surface, an even graver concern is cumulative, long-term effects," said Richard P. Mills, MD in Seattle, Wash. "UV-A and B rays actually penetrate the cornea and damage the lens and retina, leading to increased risk for cataract and macular degeneration, so protection and getting an eye exam are vitally important."
EyeCare America, a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, provides eye exams and care at no out-of-pocket cost to people 65 and older. The eye exams are provided by a corps of nearly 7,000 volunteer ophthalmologists across the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. To see if you are eligible to receive a referral for an eye exam and care, visit www.eyecareamerica.org. This online referral center also enables friends and family members to find out instantly if their loved ones are eligible to be matched with one of EyeCare America's volunteer ophthalmologists.
"I'm a low-income senior who needed an eye exam after many years of neglecting myself. Economically embarrassed, I was referred by EyeCare America, and received excellent, fast and courteous service," said, Mr. Hansen, a recent EyeCare America patient. "I worked hard all my life and never dreamed I would be in a position of not being able to afford a simple exam."
To protect your eyes this summer, EyeCare America offers the following advice:
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* When participating in winter sports, especially at high altitudes;
* When using medications that can cause photosensitivity.
Taking measures to protect your eyes from the sun, as well as getting eye conditions detected early through an eye exam, can help slow or prevent total vision loss from diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts. But not everyone has insurance or can afford eye exams, so visit eyecareamerica.org to see if you are eligible for an eye exam and care at no out-of-pocket cost.
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"I encourage representatives in all careers to invite students to job shadow them -- not only on February 2 -- but throughout the month and throughout the year," said State Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee. "This national event reminds us of the importance of involving youth in the workplace and allowing them to explore various career options."
Representatives from several area businesses along with local legislators joined State Superintendent McGee in supporting career development and challenged others throughout the state to do likewise.
"Linking students with employers provides valuable real-world experiences for our youth," said Superintendent McGee. "This partnership also stresses the important connection between the community and education as we work together to offer Illinois students an education that is Second to None."
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"Why I want to be Governor" is a creative writing contest open to fourth and fifth grade students. The "Next Generation Education Leadership Award" asks students in sixth through eighth grade to explain how a teacher, principal and school have helped them explore career options. Contest entries are due at the State Board of Education by Friday, February 2, Groundhog Job Shadow Day. Winners and regional finalists will be announced the week of February 12.
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My DD will be 3 1/2 this month, she is still happily nursing, and I was planning on CLW--though I can hardly imagine her deciding to wean, she says she wants to drink mommy milk "forever!" Over the last week I have been noticing that my supply seems lower than it has been--that uncomfortable "pulling" sensation of letdown in an empty or nearly empty breast, etc. Drinking a lot of water has helped some. But last night as we were nursing down to sleep, she said sadly, "When will your breast make more milk?" I said "Why? Aren't you getting any milk right now?" and she said "No!" We switched sides, same story. She was very sad but continued nursing for a few more moments until she fell asleep. Then I got up and cried I don't think either one of us is ready to wean, but I could deal with it if she were ready; I felt so bad not having milk for her when she still loves it so much.
This morning I do have a little milk. Just to check *how much*, I dug my breast pump out of storage. I immediately got milk...but I pumped 20 minutes on each side and got a total of maybe 2 teaspoons.
I really don't want to wean right now, since she doesn't want to and since we are just about to do potty training (YES, I know we are very late doing that, I was waiting for her to *want* to potty train, apparently she thinks she'd just as soon wear diapers "forever" too, LOL), and I think one thing at a time is enough. I definitely want to be able to have milk for her, if possible, for at least a few more months. She nurses every morning and evening, a couple of times during the night, and at least once or twice during the day most days.
What to do??? I'm going to buy oatmeal, Mother's Milk tea, etc, and try that, as well as making sure I get plenty of liquids. I'm considering pumping a couple of times a day, to see if that will help increase my supply.