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Home prices see big jump in Greeley
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This trend is evidenced by three months' worth of double-digit increases over the previous year in housing prices in Greeley and Evans, according to the most recent data from Information and Real Estate Services.
August, September and October saw increases of 19.2 percent, 24.2 percent and 22.2 percent, respectively. What's more, the median price of a home in the submarket has risen in every month of 2012, with the exception of February, when home prices remained flat. April and May, meanwhile, saw double-digit increases.
In dollars and cents, this means the median home price in Greeley in October was $165,000, compared with $135,000 in October 2011.
Fort Collins and Loveland have also seen increases in median price in recent months, but the gains have been much smaller, at 4.3 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively.
Of course, Greeley's price is still significantly lower than median prices in other parts of Northern Colorado, but the sustained improvement in home prices there is reason for optimism.
Chalice Springfield, managing partner at Sears Real Estate in Greeley, points to a basic tenant of economics as one reason for the jump in home prices.
"It's partially about supply and demand," Springfield said.
Greeley residents are beginning to purchase homes again, Springfield said, so much so that the number of active listings in the area dropped to 420 as of October, compared with 962 back in October 2008.
During the recession, homebuyers retreated and foreclosures created a glut of vacant homes on the market in Greeley, but improving economic conditions and a decrease in the area's foreclosure rate have resulted in a nearly 11-percent drop in the number of active listings on the market year-over-year.
Foreclosure rates in Greeley have been steadily decreasing for nearly a year, with just a slight bump in April 2012 that dropped back down the very next month.
As of September, the foreclosure rate in Greeley was 1.41 percent, compared with 1.91 percent in September 2011, according to CoreLogic. Delinquency rates are also falling, from 4.88 percent in September 2011 to 3.93 percent a year later.
Delinquency rates track those homeowners who are 90 or more days behind on their payments. Greeley's delinquency rate is still higher than Colorado's, which was at 3.45 percent in September, but the area has made definite progress in the last year.
"Things have changed in the past 12 months," Springfield said. "Interest rates are very low and those who were under water may not be any more."
Like many other trends in Greeley, the oil and gas boom, as well as the entrance of Leprino into the market, can be considered partially responsible for improving conditions in the area.
Both of these have created new jobs and more disposable income for Greeley residents, and have also put a squeeze on the rental market in Greeley.
For months, it has been difficult, if not impossible, to find a single-family home to rent in Greeley, and those than can be found require rent that is between 10 and 30 percent higher than it used to be, depending on location.
Beyond the single-family market, it has been years since a new multi-family complex was constructed in the city, while multi-family developments are seemingly built left and right in Fort Collins.
"This is a prime opportunity for multi-family," Springfield said. Because of low interest rates and even lower vacancy rates, some renters are beginning to buy, also contributing to the low housing supply.
Purchasing a multi-family unit in Greeley has also gotten more expensive as vacancies drop. The median price of attached dwellings in Greeley, which typically refers to multi-family homes such as apartments and condominiums, increased by 29.9 percent year-over-year in October.
Average rent in Greeley was at $693 per month in the third quarter, the highest it has been in at least five years.
The City of Greeley did issue permits for 10 units of multi-family development worth $1.1 million in September, indicating that perhaps this type of real estate might be ready for a comeback in Greeley.
While those in the market for a new home may not appreciate the prices of homes going up, the trend is an indicator of an improving economy.
"Weld County having positive increases is a sign of sustained change," Springfield said.
Increased demand will drive new development, helping to bring back the construction industry and the jobs that go with it. Beyond that, real estate firms are also hiring new brokers to help keep up with the increased business.
The Group Real Estate, which has offices across Northern Colorado, has consistently been hiring all year, and Springfield's company has added four new employees to its ranks within the last six months for a total of 38 employees.
Even with higher prices, those looking for a home can get more for their money in Greeley, Springfield said, a factor that is also contributing to the increase in demand.
"Affordability is huge in Weld County," Springfield said.
Molly Armbrister covers real estate for the Business Report. She can be reached at 970- 232-3139, at firstname.lastname@example.com or at twitter.com/MArmbristerNCBR.
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Susan McManus had been working at Nationwide for six years when in 1999 the company announced a revolutionary change: It would now offer domestic partner benefits for employees.
That led McManus to make an announcement of her own: She was gay and grateful for the new policy that would now apply to her and her loved ones.
That proclamation started McManus on a "long and rewarding journey" for GLBT respect and support in corporate America, where she says she has had a dedicated and progressive partner in her employer—and in the Columbus business community as a whole.
"There is so much work being done and great examples throughout the business community that involve strategic discussion around diversity—whether it's neighborhoods or ethnic groups, or academic and professional groups," says McManus, vice president of brand management at Nationwide. "They are all part of the local color. It's what makes Columbus a great place, and a great place to do business."
McManus grew up in Bowling Green and went to Wittenberg University. While pursuing a master's degree in statistics from Ohio State University in 1992, she landed a Nationwide internship and stayed at the company to work in market research, customer data analysis and web development.
Although McManus first thought while in college she might be gay, she admits "repressing" those feelings until coming out years later to a mentor at Nationwide. Since then, she has worked with leaders to make the company as supportive of the GLBT community as possible, something that's reflected in its perfect score for eight years running on the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Index, a measure of companies' gay-friendliness.
Evidence of Nationwide's commitment to the GLBT community, says McManus, comes from its public support of the federal Employee Non-Discrimination Act, which would make it illegal to fire someone for being gay. In absence of a vote by Congress, 13 states (Ohio is not among them) have enacted similar legislation.
Nationwide also supported 11 gay pride festivals across the country, including Columbus, where 200 employees marched past banners along High Street showing the company's support of the event.
The company also has gone the extra mile to support its GLBT customers: Nationwide is the first insurance company to create a call center and train agents specifically to deal with domestic partner coverage in the ever-changing gay-marriage and civil-union landscape.
"The bottom line is, it's good for business," McManus says. "Internally, if we can attract and retain the best talent and they happen to be gay, the best and brightest will come here to work for us. If we tailor our product and services to the gay community, they will spend more money with us. It just feels like the right thing to do."
McManus says she hopes other local business leaders will step up to encourage diversity through example and education because it makes sense—not just for Columbus, but also for the bottom line. She cites an April 2012 McKinsey & Company study that shows companies with high levels of women and global diversity among executives boast a return on equity 53 percent higher than other companies.
"Leaders need to ensure their company policies are inclusive, go out of their way to attract diverse talent and get engaged with the local diverse communities where they do business," she says.
"To attract the best diverse candidates, companies need to make sure their own house is in order and provide compelling reasons for diverse candidates to work there. Employee offerings like domestic partner benefits, mobile access, flexible work environments, convenient child care and fitness centers are the standard of the best places to work."
Nicole Kraft is a freelance writer.
Reprinted from the September 2012 issue of Columbus C.E.O. Copyright © Columbus C.E.O.


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Mesa Urgent Care Clinic at Dobson and Guadalupe
For the best in Mesa urgent care, look no further than our walk in clinic at the intersection of S Dobson Rd and W Guadalupe Rd. If you're suffering through an injury or the relapse of an existing condition and it's not a life-threatening situation, we're here to help provide immediate medical care in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. You'll find us on the SE corner of the intersection in the plaza that includes Villa Tuscana Reception Hall. We share the street-side building with Great Clips. Proudly serving the Mesa Public School District, we welcome the students, faculty, and staff of nearby Dobson High School.
We founded our line of premium walk in clinics almost a decade ago based on a simple but vital insight: Mesa urgent care could and should be a lot better. As proud members of the community, we believed then and believe now that our neighbors deserve the best urgent care clinic Mesa can bring them. Yet what we saw was something else entirely: an emergency care clinic experience that was anything but compassionate to the needs of people at their most vulnerable. Suffering patients in need of attention were often made to endure excessively long wait times in an atmosphere so chaotic it could exacerbate the illness people were there to treat. Stress is not good in the best of times; when you're in pain, it's making a bad thing worse. On top of all that, the care people ultimately received was often perfunctory, delivered by a harried staff who tended to treat their patients like numbers.
Today, at our conveniently located walk in clinic, you'll receive Mesa urgent care on your terms. We won't make you wait an obscene amount of time, because we know that you're in crisis. After all, you wouldn't be at an urgent care center if you weren't. With or without an appointment, you'll be greeted by an expert staff of medical professionals who are deeply sympathetic to your pain and eager to help you get through it. It's Mesa urgent care the way it was meant to be: compassionate, competent, and speedy. If you need our help, we're committed to delivering it.
Urgent Care Services
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Directions to Banner Urgent Care on Dobson & Guadalupe
Traveling on the Price Freeway, take Guadalupe Rd headed east and turn right into the shopping center just after passing Dobson Rd. We are on the SE corner.


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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula live at musiXplore Paterson NJ
Sep 16, 2012 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
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Sten Hostfalt - Guitar
Blaise Siwula - saxophones and clarinet
Live in Concert
September 16 2012 at 1pm
The Ivanhoe Wheelhouse,
4 Spruce Street, Paterson, NJ
Sten Hostfalt and Blaise Siwulas 2011 CD Now Matter is released on the Sonus Rex label New York City and available at Amazon, iTunes and in creative record stores worldwide.
The Sonus Rex label, a New York City based independent creative music production label operated by Sten Hostfalt, recognizes the transformation of the record and the recorded media product, by introducing a custom made one-of-a-kind live audio CD format. Each single record with it's own individually unique program content and sequence and previously unreleased tracks. Although the records may contain parts of previously released albums, these are custom concert only 'mixtape' type of recordings created for, distributed and sold at concerts only and not available online or in record stores. Each unique single concert-only available record will have it's own singularly unique program content, sequence and cover art. A format designed to expand the traditional stock, itemized CD merchandize product in order to match, anticipate and represent each unique event in a flexible manner artistically reflective of the creative live performance processes and practices.
The Ivanhoe Wheelhouse, 4 Spruce Street
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Celebrating the Soul of Southern Recipes,
Cooks, Cookbooks and Traditions
B. Smith, TV Personality, Entrepreneur, Restauranteur, Cookbook Author, Former Model
"Whatever you do, do it with style…"
"I have the memory of good flavor to go by…" B. Smith
Born:August 24, Western Pennsylvania
Memorable Quote: "Fear of failure will only limit you. Don't be afraid to take risks.
Mistakes are part of the fun…I wouldn't think twice about making some dramatic gesture like stacking up a pyramid of classes and making a champagne fountain. There are far worse things than broken glasses and spilled champagne.
Special Honors:
BET Entrepreneur Award; American Library Association (ALA) Honor Award (Black Caucus, 2000) for Rituals & Celebrations.
Why we cherish Barbara "B." Smith:
She encourages us to entertain family and friends by breaking bread at home with delicious recipes, and away from home with dishes from one of her gracious and stylish restaurants. (In D.C. and Manhattan).
Because she's just as beautiful on the inside as on the outside, B. Smith inspires us to smile, serve thoughtful menus …and also comb our hair… before guests arrive.
B. Smith's Entertaining and Cooking for Friends, 1995
B. Smith Ritual's & Celebrations, 1999
B. Smith Cook's Southern Style, 2004
B. Smith's Red Velvet Cake recipe easily comes together as a layer cake or cupcakes with mini-loaf pans. The buttercream icing couldn't be easier or more delicious.
Weiss and Jews;
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Happy Birthday Cupcakes
Long before the craze, cupcakes were my "birthday pastry of choice" based on the surprise chocolate "velvet" cupcakes my dad brought to my 5th grade classroom to celebrate my birthday in the 1960s. At that time, I had never heard of red velvet; neither had anyone from my Alabama family, including my grandmother, a Creole, Southern and Soul Food expert.
Others, from my generation and before, attribute the movie, Steel Magnolia's, for claiming red velvet (created at Manhattan's Waldorf Astoria) as an heirloom southern cake. This cookbook collector has come to appreciate merits of this movie theory after not finding red velvet recipes in any pre-1970s southern cookbooks. I've found velvet cakes, not red velvet, and no mention of armadillo cakes in a region where everybody knows southern groom's cakes are fruitcakes.
B. Smith's red velvet recipe was the first one I baked, weeks after receiving her second cookbook, in 1999. The next year, I adapted the layer cake to cupcakes with two mini loaf cakes made from the remaining batter.
Since then, red velvet cupcakes have become part of my birthday ritual, along with round-the-clock (some say desperate) replaying of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young."
Four "girlhood friends" (that term from another southern film, A Trip to Bountiful,) Deni, Carol, Lynne and I celebrate birthdays each year between March 23 and April 9, while the sun is in Aries. Happy birthday to anyone else blowing out candles this spring.
"May you build a ladder to the stars
…Forever Young written by Bob Dylan, who celebrates his 70th birthday on May 24th.
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Scrolling Photo Credits from Page Top, including Julia Child, Marcus Samuelsson, Art Smith, Leah Chase and more…
Counter-Clockwise Beginning with Wedding:
1. Donna's parents (Muriel & Eliot Batte) w/ Mobile, Alabama wedding party, June 28, 1950. ( Eliot Battle & flower girl, Peggy Cooper Caffritz, 2009.)
2. Donna with Art Smith.
3. Donna's paternal great aunts (c.1890)
Wilson, North Carolina.
4. Donna with Julia Child, Greenbrier Hotel, 1997.
5. From private photo collection, unknown Boone County Missouri Couple/WW1.
6. Donna, Donna's Father, Eliot Battle, Sr., Chef Marcus Samuelsson.


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The Toronto restaurant scene is a very exciting place right now. It's beginning to shake-off its stayed puritan roots and is really embracing the thrilling possibilities that can only happen when multiculturalism begins to mature and evolve.
Over the past 60 years a steady influx of immigrants have come to the G.T.A. introducing residents to their cultures and cuisines. The second and third generation of those immigrants have benefited growing-up with the flavours of their heritage in the home kitchens of their parents and grandparents as well as training in the top western kitchens of the city and beyond. They're now in a position to open restaurants of their own. As they're doing so they're looking to cook the flavours and dishes of their childhoods, but with a modern interpretation based on their restaurant experience and culinary training. The best part is the dining public seems to have reached a point where they're also ready for this confluence. It's a perfect storm.
One of the best examples of this is chef Nick Liu, who recently left Niagara Street Café, to open a modern Asian brasserie called GwaiLo with business partner Christina Kuypers, who is known for making some great cocktails at Splendido, the Black Hoof and the Drake. Both have Asian heritage, but grew-up and trained here. Liu's has been successful utilising flavours from his Chinese heritage and other Asian cultures in his food at Niagara Street Café and has consistently heard great feedback. So when he wanted to bring that to another level, a modern Asian brasserie was a local progression. After having difficulty securing the right space for it, Liu and Kuypers decided to test the menu and introduce their vision to Toronto with a series of pop-up dinners. I was invited to attend the second one held in the upstairs space of Niagara Street Café.
The evening began with Kuyper's Double Happiness cocktail, a beguiling concoction with a base of six-year-old Jim Beam Bourbon and accents of Amaro Montenegro (a mild Italian bitter), pineapple shrub (a sweetened vinegar-based drink) and ginger. Properly boozy and a bit sweet, sour and tangy it possessed some nice warming heat on the finish courtesy of the ginger and a touch of pleasant herbal flavours from the bitters. The combination was beautifully balanced, but the sneaky note of pineapple really shone through and captured my interest. The flavours were also a bit reminiscent of Asian tea so pouring it from a tea pot into Chinese-style mugs was no accident. In fact it was a harbinger of things to come during the six course meal.
For example instead of a traditional bread basket Liu intends to serve the crispy fried bread you often see in rice noodle roll-wrapped crullers at dim sum. The salty complex flavour of toasted nori and smoky-savoury miso broth in the crispy silken tofu starter was a great way to begin the meal. One of the great dishes of the night was the duo of Perth Pork terrines. It expertly played with different textures, an integral part of Asian cuisine, which is often overlooked in a lot of Western food. The crispy sweet and sour terrine provided a ying-yang flavour combination with a crispy, yet tender texture. The sliced terrine's pork fat melded beautifully with an undercurrent of five spice. But what made the dish for me was the touch of acid, tang and the gelatinous crunch of the pickled jellyfish. When introducing the dish, Liu pointed out that given they're overrunning oceans, jellyfish are one of the most sustainable, but underutilised ingredients Liu pointed out .
Their whole, fried Trillium Farms trout, served properly with head, tail and all, was beautifully crisp and perfectly done without any hint of greasiness. That was not a small feat with the small kitchen and the fact that the 60 or so attendees were all served family-style, nearly simultaneously. As impressive as that was the best was saved for the end with a roasted Nagano pork loin. The pork's natural sweetness was contrasted with the slight bitterness of lotus leaves. The dish's finishing touch, pork bone broth served table-side from a kettle, had a beautiful depth of flavour and a bit of spicy heat from flecks of red chili.
Dessert also didn't disappoint. A tapioca pudding base was garnished with the refreshing almost kumquat-like tang of buckhorn berry sorbet, which came from the same farm as the duck that went into the Peking duck almond brittle. In the brittle Liu managed to capture the spice combination and the savoury essence of Beijing's most famous dish without crossing over too far into the savoury spectrum of flavours.
If there's one criticism that I shared with Kuypers and Liu it's that I was expecting a bit more heat especially in the nahm jim dipping sauce of the fish course and Thai-inspired eggnet salad. No matter what their cultural background diners who want to eat the type of food Liu and Kuypers envision have sambal oelek in their pantries, Sichuan peppercorns in their spice rack and bird's eye chills in their fridges. They want the bit of spice and heat that gives Asian food some of its vibrant kick and spark.
Early in the evening they addressed the restaurant's pseudo-contentious name and its "are you a banana or an egg?" branding—if you're confused think carefully about the colours or those two foods. Liu explained he grew-up in Markham and although he can order a great spread of Cantonese fare in it's authentic restaurants and can cook-up a feast of family favourites that's about the extent of his ties to his Chinese heritage. In fact he's been called a gwailo his whole life. The deprecatory term meaning ghost man or foreign devil has ties that stretch back to China's complicated past with Western colonial powers especially the Opium Wars and their aftermath. But over the past twenty years the term has lost much of its bite to the point that even the Canadian Broadcast Council has ruled use of the term in a context like this merely "impolite" rather than derogatory.
Every ethnic minority community has a pejorative term to refer to those of the second and third generation who are culturally more a product of where they were born than their heritage. Although there's a more accurate Cantonese term, Jook-sing, to describe this Kyupers and Liu have colloquially co-opted gwailo and used it as a cheeky way to create a bit of buzz. That's invaluable in the hot Toronto restaurant scene where exciting new restaurants are opening almost daily.
If the preview dinner is any indication Kuypers, who will run the front of the house, will have diners served well. Napkins were folded when attendees left for the washroom, water glasses were topped-up seamlessly without interrupting conversation and servers knew all aspects of the dishes. There won't be a set date for opening until they find the perfect space, so if you want a taste it's best to follow GwaiLo on Twitter for future pop-up dinners. The next one with chef Matt Kantor, Fielding Winery and Muskoka Brewery is on the 22nd. But once they do find that spot it should be a great addition to the Toronto restaurant scene where food lovers can get an exciting and inspired meal and cocktail that's just a little irreverent, but always delicious.


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Pot Kids
[EPILEPSY WARNING] This LSD makes me think I'm on this video
The video for composer and electronic musician Dan Deacon's new single "Learning to Relax" is a dazzling display of pulsating colors. [more inside]
Where does the will to go on come from?
In a rare study involving direct brain stimulation, Michael Greicius, a neurologist at Stanford University, and collaborators say they have uncovered direct evidence that a brain region known as the anterior midcingulate cortex and its surrounding network play a central role in motivation and a readiness to act.
"Fire the flopper."
Coach Jerry Kill of the Minnesota Gophers battles the stigma of epilepsy.
Dream Map to a Mind Seized
How do I empower someone without language, sign, or gesture? What is it like to experience aphasia, dysnomia, auditory and visual distortions, and variable physical sensations? At times I imagine that entering into my son's sensory world—his own particular neurocosm, perhaps I should say—is a bit like walking into Lewis Carroll's Wood With No Names ...English professor Amy Leal wrote about her young son's son's unexplained regressions and loss of skills last year in Little Boy Lost. This year she returns with a beautiful and heartbreaking study of her son's condition in Dream Map to a Mind Seized.
The Spirit Catches Lia Lee, RIP
First published in 1997, Anne Fadiman's book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, a chronicle of a Hmong refugee family's interactions with the American medical system in the face of a child's devastating illness, has become highly recommended, if not required, reading for many medical students and health care professionals, over the past 15 years quietly changing how young doctors approach patients from different cultures. On August 31, with little publicity, Lia Lee, the young girl who inspired the book, after living most of her life in a persistent vegetative state, quietly died [NYT obit].
Marissa is an adorable toddler with a rare and terrible medical problem: West Syndrome, a.k.a. infantile spasms. Her father Mike has been active in the online Special Needs community, chronicling her story for years now at his blog Marissa's Bunny. Last year, his readers raised almost $30,000 through a ChipIn fundraiser to offset the costs of Marissa's neurosurgery. As a sort of 'thank you', and with the help of matching funds from his employers, Mike offered to give away and/or raffle 40 iPads to the special needs kids of his blogger friends, to be used as assistive technology devices for many of their non-verbal kids. This follows on the heels of several other iPad raffles he's held in the past year.
Guess what happened next. The Special Needs Parenting blog community is on the case: Ellen Seidman (and her commenters), Rob Rummel-Hudson, Sarah and Joyce Hely, Shannon Des Roches Rosa and others are putting together the pieces right now.
(previously on MetaFilter: the unravelings of Kaycee Nicole, JT LeRoy, Kodee Kennings, Alexa DiCarlo, and Amina Arraf)
Guess what happened next. The Special Needs Parenting blog community is on the case: Ellen Seidman (and her commenters), Rob Rummel-Hudson, Sarah and Joyce Hely, Shannon Des Roches Rosa and others are putting together the pieces right now.
(previously on MetaFilter: the unravelings of Kaycee Nicole, JT LeRoy, Kodee Kennings, Alexa DiCarlo, and Amina Arraf)
Seize on, Emily.
Speculations have been made about Van Gogh, Julius Caesar, Dostoyevsky, Napoleon, and many others. A case has been made to add Emily Dickinson to their ranks.
The Founders of Gospel Mime: A New Dimension of Worship
Put your hands together for the
animated ministry epileptic seizures of K & K Mime. Not over the top enough for you? How about ICCM (come for the Flash intro, stick around for the voice of God warning you about the IRS). Or how about Evangel Cathedral.net, feel free to skip the intro and enjoy the floor show, or Drum & Bass Ministries? All are the divinely inspired creative work of Sharper FX.com.
Never put anything in their mouth
Graphic epilepsy seizure footage - "[The] piece of footage was shot with the assistance of our friend David, in January 2003, at the repeated insistence of my wife Christine. She wanted to know what happened to her body while she was seizing, and we were under standing orders to catch any footage possible... Upon viewing this footage a few days later, she was shocked and astonished, as one could well imagine."
"Everyone who logged on, it affected to some extent, whether by causing headaches or seizures"
Possibly the first computer attack to inflict physical harm on the victims:
"I don't fall over and convulse, but it hurts,"... "I was on the phone when it happened, and I couldn't move and couldn't speak."
Warning: this FPP may cause seizures.
The new video, "Run", from R&B group Gnarls Barkley (best known for their ultra-popular and painfully ubitquitous 2006 hit song "Crazy") has been banned from MTV for failing the Harding Test, a set of criteria determining the likelihood of video material triggering seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy (PSE), approximately 1 in 6000 people*. The video is now circulating online. [Watch at your own risk. May cause seizures.] [more inside]
May cause seizures.
Hip-hop artist Sean Paul suspected to cause grand mal seizures in woman. Stacey Gayle, a 25-year old epileptic, had grand mal seizures nearly every time she heard Paul's hit "Temperature." She listened to the song on her iPod in front of doctors. Soon after, she suffered three seizures. [more inside]
Dünyayi kurtaran adam
Video of a hemispherectomy, a neurosurgical procedure to remove a hemisphere of the brain, on a 6-year-old girl with epilepsy. Previous post about the procedure. [Via Mind Hacks.]
As if you didn't already know
TLE, possibly one of the most common diseases, believed to affect 600,000 to a million Americans, remains obscure. It is what afflicted Julius Ceasar, Alexander the Great, and Dostoyevsky. Known through the work of Bear and Geshwind, it is virtually impossible to diagnose except in a severe cases where a seizure can be witnessed by an MRI or EEG, also because of the controversial theories on personality. While a neurological disorder, it is treated by psychiatrists, and when medicated, artists have often felt that the muse has left them.
Researchers zap Dan Aykroyd's brain; actor unzips own fly.
Researchers zap Dan Aykroyd's brain; actor unzips own fly. Swiss scientists have simulated an out-of-body experience in a female epilepsy patient, by using electrodes to stimulate the angular gyrus section of the brain. Anyone have other examples of (supposedly) parapsychological phenomena struck down by the (supposedly) harder sciences?
Epileptic fined over $5000
Epileptic fined over $5000 for making a funny face during a seizure. (via Fark)
Step #1: play Everquest twelve hours per day. Step #2: shoot yourself in the head.
Step #1: play Everquest twelve hours per day. Step #2: shoot yourself in the head. This being America, step #3 is of course: have your mother sue Sony on your behalf. She expects to uncover documents proving Sony knew Everquest is addictive, but maybe she'll just discover why she didn't do more to help her epileptic son as his life spiraled out of control.
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Restaurant companies will form CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries Inc.
Private-equity firm Centerbridge Capital Partners LP has purchased Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc., the owner of Old Chicago and Rock Bottom, as well as Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group Inc., the owner of the Gordon Biersch chain. Terms of the deal were not disclosed on Monday. The two restaurant companies will combine to form CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries Inc., but will maintain the separate restaurant chains, headquarters and management teams. "Gordon Biersch, Old ...
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The Jervis McEntee Diaries - June 5, 1885
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Friday, June 5, 1885 I awoke with a head ache and feeling very badly but got up and stirred about. It was raining, but held up during the forenoon when I went to the hot bed and took up the Nasturtiums and drove over to the cemetery with them and the other plants and set them out, Port[?] having prepared them and the other plants as I instructed him. It was an excellent day for it and I am glad it is accomplished as it has rained a considerable since and they will have a nice start. Girard brought me a batch of letters from the office at dinner time, one from Mrs. Stoddard inviting me to dine with them today to meet E. P. Roe and Hamilton Gibson. One from Miss Noxon, a note from Eastman Johnson, several business notes and a long letter from Charlie Osman written May 30 enclosing a note to him from Joe in which he wishes him to discontinue his business connection with me in the birch braid as it is disagreeable to him to have any of my affairs brought to his notice. Was ever any thing more childish. Charlie evidently sees the absurdity of the whole thing just as any man of common sense would and was written at length to show me the difficulty of his position and telling me that if I did not reply he will not misinterpret my silence. I expected this somewhat for I think one can always count on Joe to do the foolish thing, but it places me in an awkward position [with?] [Mr?] Dunlap. However I must face the difficulty and if I can find no one to take Charlies place must give up the enterprise. This letter of Joes closes my connection with him and ends all efforts to conciliate him. I think there is no use trying to have relations with a man capable of so poor and mean a revenge, for entirely [fancied?] injuries, as this. I shall not answer Charlies letter. He evidently hopes I will not think it necessary. I wrote to Eastman[,] sent amount of my bill to Clark & Cahill, sent for paper for my fathers room from specimens sent me by mail, wrote to Mrs. Stoddard and also to Mary enclosing Joes and Charlies letters. My head ache passed off almost entirely by dark, and my carbuncle seems to be getting along well.


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Switching to E85 could result in higher ozone-related mortality, hospitalization, and asthma, Jacobson claims. The result of switching entirely to E85 fuel would be 185 more deaths per year across the U.S., with 125 of those in Los Angeles. Jacobson says Ethanol would worsen the ozone problem in urban areas where smog is already a major problem: Los Angeles and the Northeast. Ozone levels would actually fall Southeast due to a unique blend of chemicals in the air and the heavy vegetation.
President Bush, biofuels industry groups, and even the American Lung Association have promoted ethanol as good for public health, ES&T notes.
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Rocco P. Marra, 89 of Watertown
Rocco P. Marra, 89, formerly of Haley Street, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the Samaritan Keep Home where he had been a resident.
Mr. Marra was born December 28, 1923 in Watertown a son of Philip and Frances Yaria Marra. He was orphaned at the age of four and raised at St. Patrick's Home by the Sisters of St. Joseph. He graduated from Immaculate Heart Academy and joined the United States Army in 1943. He served with Headquarters Base Squadron, 72nd Service Group in the Pacific Theater and was honorably discharged in 1946. On March 20, 1947 he married Catherine L. Tauroney at Holy Family Church with Monsignor Farrell officiating.
Mr. Marra was a Multi-lithograph printer for the New York Air Brake retiring in 1982. After his retirement he was employed part time with the North Country Library System until 2007. He was a communicant of Holy Family Church, a member of the Legion of Mary at the church and a member of the Elks Lodge. He enjoyed bowling with his New York Air Brake friends and photography. Rocco was a good neighbor, always giving and charitable, and he loved his family, friends, church and chocolate. He will be lovingly remembered.
Surviving besides his wife are three daughters, Elaina F. Marra, Watertown, Elissa L. (Ernest) Orlando and Lori A. Marra (Lisa Moretto), all of Rochester, two grandchildren, Matthew P.(Susan) and Michael B. Hedrick, several nieces and nephews. Two brothers and a sister died before him.
Calling hours will be Tuesday from 2:30-7:00 pm at the D.L. Calarco Funeral Home, Inc. A prayer service will be held Wednesday at 9:15 am at the funeral home with a 10 am funeral mass at Holy Family Church with Rev. Steven Murray officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery with military honors. Contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 1425 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601.
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For the second, remember Boyle's Law:
For this set of questions I don't need answers, per se, what I need is a little help figuring out where to begin to work them out.
1st question is: The density of air near the earth's surface is 1.29Kg/m^3. If a helium balloon with a mass of 1Kg floats in the air without rising or falling, what is the volume of the balloon? Show your working(presume that the mass of the material of the balloon is negligible).
2nd: A balloon filled with 1lt of air is 70kPa, what would be the volume of the balloon when it reaches sea level? Show your calculations.
Many thanks.
For the second, remember Boyle's Law:
1) For the first one use Archemedes Principle (The Buoyant Force is Equal to the weight of the fluid displaced, in this case air)
so in this case the force would be
equate that to the weight of the balloon and out pops the answer
2) For the second one I assume your familiar with the fact that for an ideal gas
in this case we assume the temperature remains constant and we know the number of moles of gas inside the balloon is constant so that simplifies down to or
use the first set of values to find k then plug in the pressure at sea level (a quick google gives me it as 101kPa to 3sf) to find the volume
or you could do it the other way I can just never remember all the different gas laws so I just remember pV=nRT much easier!


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After high school he joined the Marine Corps and had the honor of serving in Vietnam. He earned his engineering degree and then worked for 32 years at Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego, Calif. During his time in California he met Tommi and Al Cooper. They became fast friends and after Al's passing Chuck and Tommi become reacquainted and were married here in Petersburg.
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This is the Blogosphere at its best – a heart felt mea culpa on Michael Brown. I take pride in being one of the few bloggers who stayed by Brown and did not succumb to the mob frenzy. Reading my post from September 27th I realized how angry I was at people for jumping to harsh conclusions based on thin to non-existant evidence:
I have found the need by pundits, left and right, to jump on Michael Brown as the reason the Katrina response was 'not adequate' to be the the epitomy of arrogance.
To Congress, media and bloggers alike – if you want my respect on this subject you better come equipped with some hands on experience of your own. Armchairing is easy – so easy it becomes an addiction.
Hindsight is wonderful, but scapegoating with hindsight is disgusting. So while so many stick their noses up at Brown for not being experienced enough, I remind them he is much more qualified than they are on this subject. He is more qualified than I am.
We are not "Insta-experts" in all things because we have readership or viewership. A lesson to keep in mind. Repeat offenders of drive by misfires should especially take note. False alarms will reduce your credibility faster than you could ever imagine.
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Gary Giddins on Ignored Black Jazz Writers
This third piece for the column is smack dab in the here and now.
At the time I attended the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) award ceremony at the City Winery in Tribeca, on June 11, 2011, I had intended to write my next article for the column about the charge levied by some musicians that the recent Grammy category cuts were in some way based on race, or, rather, on the claim that whether the intent of the cuts were race-based or not, the effect skews against more artists of color.
But after first lounging in the back of the venue, facing the raised stage where Candido Camero, Randy Weston, T.K. Blue, Gregory Porter and others performed, and from which the categories, nominees and award winners were announced, I decided to walk over to where the action wasstage left, by the long bar you see up and to the right when entering the sizable venue owned by Michael Dorf. That's where the journalists, musicians, and others in the jazz artistic and business community were largely huddled, standing rather than sitting, enjoying conversation, appetizers, and free-flowing drinks.
I walked over to greet Joe Lovano, seated nearby with Pat Philips, Terri Hinte and Todd Barkan. I joked with him, saying that if you had to lose to anyone in the Musician of the Year category, if it turns out to be Sonny Rollins, then, my man, you ain't got nothin' to be ashamed of. Joe laughed and agreed. Not only is Lovano an innovative, soulful saxophonist; he's such a warm, good guy. Interviewing him last summer for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem's series Harlem Speaksa public program that I co-producewas an experience of simpatico and swing in conversation that I'll always treasure.
Then, if I remember correctly, the nominees for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism were announced by Howard Mandel, President of the JJA. They were: Amiri Baraka, Ben Ratliff, Bill Milkowski, and Stanley Crouch. The winner: Bill Milkowski.
Shortly thereafter, Gary Giddins, one of the premier jazz critics of past 30+ years, pulled me to the side and pointed out that in the 15 years of JJA awards, a black writer has never won in the Lifetime Achievement category.
At that moment, I switched award ceremonies.
Bobby Sanabria and other musicians protesting the elimination of 31 categories are bringing a suit against NARAS, and have initiated a boycott of CBS, the network that airs the Grammy Awards. That controversy should have legs for awhile, and I may well return to it in a future column.
But this particular story of race and media, jazz and journalism, is of special importance to the community of jazz musicians, writers and critics also. Whereas some might prefer to sweep race discourse under the rug, we launched this column to deal withstraight-up and straight-aheadthe issue of race and jazz not only in the past, but now.
To that end, Giddins and I spoke over the phone, to go into some detail about his observation of how race plays into not only awards given by an association of jazz journalists, but also into the very "national newspaper of record," The New York Times.
All About Jazz: Didn't you tell me that a black writer has never won the Jazz Journalist Association's Lifetime Achievement Award?
Gary Giddins: That's correct. And I don't think that a black writer has won the award for best jazz review and feature writing either. Before we go any further, I want to underscore that Bill Milkowski totally deserves the award. He's a terrific writer, someone I've learned a lot from. I'm not saying that anyone who has received it was undeserving.
I understand that obvious candidates among black writers have disappeared in the last several years. Gene Seymour, at Newsday, would have been an obvious candidate. But Gene's not there anymore. I would think that Gene would even be considered for lifetime achievement, even though he spent as much time writing about movies as writing about jazz. He was still a very good jazz writer, he did it for a very long time, and he wrote a very good introductory book on jazz for young people.
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i've been lurking the board for a bit picking up on as much as possible. i've been playing off and on for about four years, but have only really taken the sport seriously for about the past 4 months. i throw forehand and backhand. just switched to predominantly backhand with forehand for shots to the right.
i have a handful of discs consuming valuable room in my bag. maybe you can give me some suggestions as to how to fill the slots. i've been trying a lot of gateway stuff recently, to see how it flies. mixed opinions so far.
here's what i've got in or around the bag.
Stable Control Drivers:
- e sabre 176 (love it. goes where i need, surprisingly even in winds. wouldn't mind something with the same results, but a tighter line)
Distance Drivers:
- star wraith 171 (i like it, but it seems to get pushed around in wind, so i only use it ever so often.)
- e inferno 173 (don't really like how it feels in my hand. only used it twice. balls in wind.)
- mirus 171 (just got this at a night tournament last night. haven't gotten to throw it but it seems solid. potential to swap out for my wraith?)
Moderately Overstable Driver:
- e savage 173 (god bless this disc. use it for everything except for strong headwinds and distance shots over about 350. seems to me like it's gateways striker, although i haven't thrown a striker)
More Overstable Driver:
- star xcaliber 173 (forehands, overhands, headwinds. i'm okay with it, but i'm not married to it. i liked the teerex better but it's in a lake)
- two e illusions 174 + 175 (i wish i liked this disc, but i don't. every ten throws with it i have one that impresses me, but this thing just hooks and skips all over the place)
- dx roc 180 (as much love as rocs get, i'm honestly not sold on this one yet. i had an s warrior that i lost in the lake. loved it for two throws that i got to use it for, but not sure on it yet)
- e element 176 (i want to love this one, but i'm not sure on it. nice that it goes right when cranked. glides forever. hard to get to stick to the pin.)
- two ss wizards 170 + 175 (one for putting and one for approaches. wizards are my staple for short and mid game.)
that being said, the illusions can definitely come out, along with the inferno, element, and maybe others if there is an upgrade from current molds to a different one. i really like the idea of having a bag with few molds that you can do a lot with. right now my savage and my wizards are about all that are holding my game together. hit me up with some suggestions.
i drive off the tee with control at about 325-350. if i crank it i can hit around 375-400, but with significantly less consistency. i throw fairway drivers from around 250 inwards. mids and putters inside 200. i honestly rarely use my mids though.


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Seeing Mishael finish her drink and stand, Suny throws back her barely touched tankard of tipple.
Fort Save:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
And with a rosy glow beginning to show on her cheeks skips along with her freinds.
"Are we headin' in right now? Or waitin fer th' morrow?" She asks quietly. "Casue, if'n we want to go in t'morrow I c'n use th' night t' slip un'er th' place an' have a listen/look aroun', type thing?" She suggests.
"I think we go now. The day is young and our purposes for seeing Gartold are legitimate. The note could be a source of concern for him as well. What we do after may need to wait for night. But, if anyone needs time to prepare, we certainly have time for that."
"Well, there's that and also securing our lodgings whilst we're staying down this way. Perhaps we should make sure our room is, how shall we say, suitable and safe." Now that the group has what they came for, Karsielle relaxes a bit, almost enjoying the liquor in front of her. She does however, express surprise that everyone else can drink it straight, without some divine intercession to improve its taste. She shrugs, "Suny, you know, best you don't go getting yourself caught up in a fisher's net, before we've been in to have a look at the lay of the land. Then you'll know, where best to go catch yourself a fish." she smiles at their own little elven mermaid.
Suny grins and waves a hand dismissively, "Nets is whut knives is for." She says breezily.
"O' course, back home, we's careful where we lay our nets an' mindful o' where we swim." She explains obtusely.
"Though usually fer fishin', we use spears an' such. Most times catchin' 'em 'On th' fin', so t' speak." Suny looks thoughtfully around the bar. "Speakin' of which, whut say we go lookin' fer lunch?" She inquires.
Karsielle puzzles at Suny's reply, shaking her head and frowning slightly. "Yes, I'm sure that back home you knew the ways of fishing, but I'd hate for you to be the fish caught in the net..ho well!" a sigh slips out as she sees the excited looks in the elf maid's eye. The thought of lunch in this place seems most repulsive to Karsielle, "Perhaps, if we are to lunch we should take a meal in an establishment of slightly more quality than this. Fine though their food might be, I'd prefer if we could go where there is a more varied menu." Whilst my prayers may take the taints from the food, it doesn't improve the taste so much, is it almost your little joke my lady, though it will steel my will to your most divine vengeance. A smile breaks on her face as she concentrates on her thoughts.
Suny grins and gives Karsielle a friendly hug as the other maid sighs,
"Oh we's do more'n fish back home. There be huntin' an' gatherin' and scoutin' an' weavin' an' carvin' an' sailin' an' buildin' an' lookin' about an' stuff!" She explains effusively, still with her arms around Karsielle.
"One o' th' things I like doin' most be gatherin' the Urchin spines. You take along a light pokin' pole, about's two people long, an' cruise along side th' coral wall. Then, when ye spot an' 'Archer Urchin', ye make sure t' be out'a th' reach of how far they c'n squirt their spines an' ye POKE 'em!" And Suny gives Karsielle a playful squeeze/poke as a rejoinder to her tale. With a mischievous grin she finishes.
"The spines make rilly great arrow points." She smiles, "So, lets try..."
Knowledge Local:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
And she suggests a place that might be more to Karsielle's liking.
|Silas Vayn
Sunny playfully pokes her tongue out at Mishael's jibe.
"Although ye c'n eat th' critters..." She does add thoughtfully.
"Any way, I were suggestin' a place whut th' name of sounds all foreign an' exotic, like Karsielle is." She smiles and hugs the silk swathed woman cheerfully again, then giggles,
Heck, back home we think th' critter called 'Cow' be somat rare and a delicacy worth savourin'!" She explains.
|Kazmir "Bloody Flag" Voltiss
Karsiele's face reddens ever so slightly at the embarrassment of being seen as so 'rare' a woman amongst her friends, but it quickly passes as the elven woman continues her excited tales. Her eyebrows raise at Sunny's portrayal of a 'cow' as a rare beast, as her mind works She is such a strange thing, but likeable. With a smile breaking out on her face, Karsielle's voice sweetly rings, "Yes, I'm sure Sunny can find us a good place to eat, and I'm sure it will have good fish on it's menu. And don't worry BF, I'm sure she'll charm the sweetest and cheapest prices for us." Her dark brown eyes look out warmly at the group as she relaxes in their company.
Sunny smiles in return for Karsielle's compliment,
"Pshaw! We dun't have t' be eatin' finnnies jus' cause we's by th' sea. I be sure th' town's got'a whole load o' things t' try an' partake about!" She skips ahead a small way and looks towards the establishment that she's remembers hearing about.
"Th' thing is, back home, we's generally have small critters flittin' about in'a underbrush. Though some o' th' clan's, their islands have...um...'Grunters'?" She frowns as she tries to think of the 'common' term, "They's about as big as most island critters get..." Sunny looks at her companions, large blue eye's alight with wonder.
"So, whut is it that ye fancy would be called a 'treat', then?" She asks, obviously intrigued by the idea.
So, yeah, relying on the previous local know it all roll to have some where suitable to every one's needs/wants. (^_^) But meanwhile, on with the role playing interaction!
Mishael laughs "I think the word you'res searching for might be pigs Suny. I think I liked the idea of cows better. Although for lunch, I'm perfectly happy with the finnies. Flag's got a good thought about the halflings. You never know what we might overhear."
|Kazmir "Bloody Flag" Voltiss
"Pig...pa-pig, pa, pap, pig, pig, pa-, pap, piggy, pig, piggy, pig, pig, piggy, p-piggy, pig, p-, pa-, pig, piggy, pig..." Sunny mutters and mumbles the new word under her breath as she skips along with her friends.
"Hmm...? Wha?" She blinks as every one elses words catch up with her.
|DM Sinvel
Very sorry, please keep up without me, but I am committed to this game and will hop in when I get a chance. My nights will probably be taken up with work so I won't be able to come back full time until Saturday. Thanks!
No worries. I think you have a group in for the long haul. Good luck with the jury duty and trying to keep up with work.
"Suny, I think you got it...and one or two or the more common nicknames! What you're thinking of is probably the boar variety. Can be a nasty sort. The ones they raise for food are usually more docile.
(^_^) Sunny grins at Mishael, "Oh, so's callin' folks out as critters is just as much th' not done thing here abouts as well? Yah, I kind o' figured that one out on some of th' boats I worked on." She giggles,
"Do you know, there's a city where makin' th' act of wipin' yer shirt be a nasty thing to indicate ye don't like some one? It be a dead certain way o' startin' a fight fer sure every time!" She continues to lead her friends towards the tavern she remembers for their brunch.
And also wishing yourself the very best of luck, patience and such with your affairs, Master DM. *Bows*
"Boar...b-oo-arrrrr, b-oar, boo-arrr, boar, boooorrrr, boar..." And she lapses into remembering yet another new word.
|DM Sinvel
*Glomp-HUG* Aye and welcome back t'ye! (^_^) Yuppers, that be the size of it. Some wheres t'make poor Karsielle feel somat more like home. (^_^)
|DM Sinvel
After filling their bellies, the group walks down to the Saltshacks entrance. Two halflings armed with harpoons sit in a guard building on the boardwalk and control the bridge that connects the Saltshacks docks with the boardwalk. Based on the previous day's observations, people other than the halflings that make the Saltshacks their home usually present a paper to the guards to gain access.
Sunny skips up, says "Hi!" (^_^) and is then immediately distracted by the intriguing design of the fellows (Or lasses) harpoons.
Survival Check:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
"Oh! They's shaped t'be throw from above the sirface int'a th' water! See? The tip on 'em is shaped just so..." She points out these and various other differences to those of similar tools her people use back home.
|DM Sinvel
Karsielle comes bounding after Suny, "Please Sir guard, don't take offense. My young friend here isn't so used to the big city and it's ways. She is more at home with the river and the lake. She takes so much interest in such things that are to do with water and its environs, please take it as a compliment that she appreciates the art and function of your tools. Would you allow us to enter and see some more? "
Diplomacy 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
|DM Sinvel
|Kazmir "Bloody Flag" Voltiss
As the group apporaches the Saltshacks, Bloody stays behind his friends with his hood up, and awaits to see what his friends plans persuade the little ones to let them in. While thinking up a back up plan for them.
Stealth(just trying not to get the attention of the guards):1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
"Only those who have official business may enter. Do you have a writ of passage?" the short guard responds.
Sunny tilts her head at the question, even as she lifts one foot to absently scratch behind her other leg,
"How d'we goes aboot gettin' one o' these...'Writs o' passages' then?" She asks intrigued.
Diplomacy:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Mishael takes deliberate care to resist her usual urge to draw herself up to her full height. She bobs her head demurely and bats her lashes at the guards, "Really, as my friends have said, we mean no harm and would only like to make a brief tour of the area." She pats her purse meaningfully while suggesting, "If there is a toll to be paid for admittance, I am sure we could manage."
Diplomacy to assist Suny 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
|Silas Vayn
|DM Sinvel
The guard that spoke before addresses Suny, still in a authoritative tone.
"You can get a writ if the chief accepts your request. One of you may meet with him, but the rest of ye will have to stay outside." He takes a step forward and lowers his harpoon. "All of ye step back and I will let the elf woman in to meet with Gartold."
Suny first squees in excitement, then just as suddenly a kaleidoscope of emotions wash over her features -from happiness at being selected for entry to sadness at her friends being left out -to joy at getting to enter back to worry about her companions being left outside.
"Okeys, quick group huddle!' So saying she throws an arm around each Karsielle and Mishael, with options for Silas and B-Fang to join as well.
|DM Sinvel
One halfling holds his harpoon horizontaly to bar any of the others in the group from approaching. The other makes a loud whistle toward the Saltshacks and a band of four halflings come running towards the draw bridge. One of them lets down the bridge and they all run across.
"This here elf lady asks to speak with Gartold." says the halfling guard to his companions. He then eyes Suny's shortswords and bow. "You can keep the bow, but the swords need to stay with yer friends here."
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One halfling holds his harpoon horizontal to bar any of the others in the group from approaching. The other makes a loud whistle toward the Saltshacks and a band of four halflings come running towards the draw bridge. One of them lets down the bridge and they all run across.
"This here elf lady asks to speak with Gartold." says the halfling guard to his companions. He then eyes Suny's shortswords and bow. "You can keep the bow, but the swords need to stay with yer friends here."
Breaking from the group huddle. (Feel free to add anything more in the OOC Thread, guys!) Suny nods at the new leader's comment and begins to unbuckle her short-swords and even passes over her bow to which ever amongst her companions wishes to keep watch over the items. She even unships one of her daggers, though also allowing to Half-lings to note the knife sheath still strapped to one shin.
"Okeys then, lets be off t' make th' case!" She exclaims and giggles "Th' sooner in, th' sooner out, hey?" (^_~) She gives her friends a wink in passing.
As she walks away with her escort, those left behind can hear her voice asking questions about the details of the local's current fishing practices.
|DM Sinvel
The halflings don't respond to Suny's attempt to make small talk, they almost scowl at her when she says anything to them. She almost thinks she can hear one of the actually growling behind her.
They escort her down the dock a was and then off to the right. There a barge is docked with a small one story building sitting on it. The halfling in charge motions for Suny to wait before opening the door and entering the building, closing the door behind him. A few moments later the door reopens. "Gartold will see you now." he says.
Inside a portly halfling sits across a desk in the middle of the room, a pair of guards on each side him. On the walls are various pieces of artwork depicting scenes at sea, most of which involve ships being tossed about in violent storms.
The stocky halfling stands when Suny enters "I'm Gartold Kingnetter, what can I help ye wit'?"
|Kazmir "Bloody Flag" Voltiss
"I hope the shiney one does well." He looks towards the cards and an idea swirls into his head. He whispers to Mishael"Maybe we could get the other guard into the game and get some info off him or at least his allowance." Bloody holds up his hands as he offers the idea to his crew.
Knowledge Local:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Knowledge Geography:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Knowledge Noblity/Royalty:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
She steps forwards and bows fluidly from the waist, such that her mop of blond hair almost touches the decking beneath her bare, brown feet. Upon straightening she begins.
"Hi greetings it is t'ye, ye Lord-ship."
Diplomacy:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
"I come before ye representin' a group o' folks whut be lookin' in't a series of events who's trail be as twistin' as it be confusin'." She stands tall but loosely as she makes her speech to the Half-ling leader.
"M'self an' those whom I be teamed with, are both lookin' fer as well as carryin' information. The likes of which, perhaps, the lot of us should be gathered t'gether in the poolin' of fer a more beneficial arraignment?" She pauses and awaits the Half-ling leaders response to her opening lines.
Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
|DM Sinvel
As Suny studies the paintings on the walls of Gartold's office, she thinks she recognizes a few tell-tale signs of the storm depicted in one of the illustrations. To her it looks like The Eye of Abendego located west of the Sodden Lands. In another, she sees something depicted that she has only heard about through folk tales back home: a seafaring group of saviors known as the Knights of Salvation, with their chain linked path into the eye itself.
"Yes? What exactly be ye after an' What does this be havin' t' do wi' th' Saltshacks?" Gartold says in a patient tone.
Suny nods at Gartold's question,
"Well...th' mates an' I been followin' somat...nefarious...to which said trail does seem t' lead here." She looks around again, (We haven't got a description of Welby, have we?)
Perception:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
"Though I think t'others travelin' with m'self would also be able t' add more...colour...t' our conversation, if'n ye ken m'drift." She does give the half-ling leader a nod and a wink,
Diplomacy:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
|Kazmir "Bloody Flag" Voltiss
Bloody gives a nod back to Mishael, then whispers "Follow my lead." Bloody takes a moment and pulls back his hood revealing the visage of a human male wearing glasses. As he moves over towards the cards he gives a persona of uncomfortableness with a blend of proper ettique. He speaks in a Chelaxian accent,"Soo are we playing jewel fin, if not you'll have to teach me how to play. Do I need my coins out now or by the dark gods." He curses as he drops his coins all over the ground and hastly picks them up. "Oh bother, my luck is already bad. Oh well my institute pays for my expenses anyway, you wanna join us Mr. guard?"
Using disguise self while cloaked, Disguise check:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22
Perform(Acting):1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
Bluff:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23


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The United States blamed both Israel and the Palestinians today for bringing the Middle East peace process to the brink of collapse as it scrambled to salvage the talks.
John Kerry, the Secretary of State, was forced to call off his latest trip to the region after the Palestinians pressed ahead with a unilateral attempt to gain international recognition at the UN. The Palestinian Authority delivered applications to join 15 international agencies, treaties and conventions to a UN representative today despite calls by Israel not to do so before the mandate for negotiations expires this month.
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian
When did John Kerry last see his own bed? Since February last year, when he took over from Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, he has clocked up 371,000 miles during 169 days of shuttle diplomacy. The question that must be asked is whether this frantic activity is achieving anything.
On Tuesday he was back in Israel for the 11th time in 12 months, but after being blindsided by President Abbas's bid for Palestinian statehood, he was forced to cancel yesterday's trip.
Few people thought the odds of success were good when Mr Kerry arrived in office and made reviving the Middle East peace process his primary goal. Now, as the prospects for a breakthrough recede, he is facing criticism for his sometimes arrogant and off-the-cuff style. John McCain, who counts himself as a friend of the former senator, likened him to "a human wrecking ball" for his chaotic, perpetual tour of the Middle East.
Last month, at a gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, Mr Kerry was forced to deny that he was embarked on a self-serving bid for the history books, telling the audience: "This isn't about me."
He conceded when he took over from Mrs Clinton that he had "big heels to fill", but then set out to attempt to eclipse her record. While she may have viewed the State Department as a stepping stone and concentrated on rebuilding her image at home, and America's on the world stage, Mr Kerry wants to end his career by achieving something big. He is on track to outstrip the Clinton air miles, but his hopes of writing a glorious chapter are fading — and with them, America's reputation for effective diplomacy.
From the early days, President Obama had been anxious to avoid having his whole foreign policy agenda consumed by the Middle East . Last year he set three priorities for the region — a nuclear deal with Iran, easing the crisis in Syria and attempting to revive the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Now he may end up with much talk and little action on all fronts.


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