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|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 125
Yohan Jimu Oburaien Vāsasu Kamen no Sankishi
|Japanese translation
Johan, Jim, and O'Brien VS The Three Masked Knights
Triple Play, Part 2
|Episode number
|Japanese air date
February 28, 2007
|English air date
October 26, 2007
|Featured card
|Japanese opening
|English opening
|Japanese ending
|Episode listing
|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode listing (season 3)
|Triple Play, Part 1
|Return of the Sacred Beasts
"Triple Play, Part 2", known as "Johan, Jim, and O'Brien VS The Three Masked Knights" in the Japanese version, is the one hundred and twenty-fifth episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime. It first aired in Japan on February 28, 2007 and in the US on October 26, 2007.
Axel Brodie realizes that the Three Masked Knights are simply a distraction, and urges Jim Crocodile Cook and Jesse Anderson to stop their Duels and attempt to stop Marcel Bonaparte from reaching his true objective.
The Duels between Jesse Anderson, Jim Crocodile Cook and Axel Brodie against the Three Masked Knights continue, with both the food storage facility and power supply station on the line. Vice Chancellor Bonaparte attempts to sneak back into Duel Academy, but is spotted by Blair Flannigan, who informs Jaden Yuki. The two of them chase after him, as they realize he would be a very strong opponent if he was turned into a Duel Ghoul.
Axel wins his Duel quickly, and determines that these Duels means nothing and that they are only meant to serve as a distraction as Marcel Bonaparte moves towards his true goal. He urges Jim and Jesse to surrender, so they can save time and go after Marcel. Impassivity Mask stops Jesse from leaving with a strange beam fired from his duel disk, while Jim is stopped from surrendering by the angry students, who want the food Marcel promised them if they win. Axel leaves and gathers the Blue Berets together, heading towards the power supply station.
Jim and Jesse win their own Duels with some difficulty, Jesse finishing last despite his early lead. Bonaparte reaches Marcel, followed by Jaden and Blair. When Jaden tries to drag Marcel back, Bonaparte reveals that Marcel is his son and vows not to let Jaden harm him. Marcel reveals the Devil Arm from under his cloak and suggests that they leave. A large group of Duel Ghouls emerges behind them from over the sands. Marcel uses the Devil Arm to punch through the sand, and a deep fissure forms as the pillars surrounding the area where the Sacred Beasts were sealed rise from the sands.
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Featured Duels
Jesse Anderson vs. Emotionless Mask
Duel continues from the previous episode.
Turn 3: Emotionless Mask
Emotionless Mask draws. He then passes his turn. On Emotionless Mask's End Phase, he discards one card due to the hand size limit.
Turn 4: Jesse
Jesse draws. On Jesse's Standby Phase, the effect of "Silent Pain" activates from Emotionless Mask's Graveyard, destroying "Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth" and inflicting 1000 damage to Jesse (Jesse 4000 → 3000). Jesse activates the last effect of "Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth" to place it in his Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card. Jesse Normal Summons "Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger" (1600/1000) in Attack Position. "Topaz Tiger" then attacks directly. but Emotionless Mask removes from play "Silent Space" from his hand in order to destroy "Topaz Tiger". Jesse activates the last effect of "Topaz Tiger" to place it in his Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card.
Turn 5: Emotionless Mask
Emotionless Mask draws. He then passes his turn.
Turn 6: Jesse
Jesse draws. On Jesse's Standby Phase, the effect of "Silent Pain" activates (Jesse 3000 → 2000). Emotionless Mask then removes from play "Silent Torment" from his hand in order to inflict 1000 more damage to Jesse (Jesse 2000 → 1000). Jesse's hand contains "Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle", "Triggered Summon", "Last Resort", "Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle", "Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins", and "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus".
Jesse then activates "Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins". This card gains certain effects based on the number of Crystal Beasts in Jesse's Spell & Trap Card Zone. Jesse then Normal Summons "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus" (1800/1200) in Attack Position. He then activates the effect of "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus to take "Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle" from his hand and place it in his Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card. Emotionless Mask then removes from play another "Silent Space" from his hand to destroy "Sapphire Pegasus". Jesse then activates the last effect of "Sapphire Pegasus" to place it in his Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card.
Jesse then activates the first effect of "Ruby Carbuncle" to Special Summon the latter from the Spell & Trap Card Zone (300/300) in Attack Position. Jesse then activates the second effect of "Ruby Carbuncle" to Special Summon all "Crystal Beasts" from his Spell & Trap Card Zone. Emotionless Mask then activates the effect of "Silent Space" from his hand, but Jesse activates the third effect of "Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins" to negate "Silent Space" and destroy it by sending "Topaz Tiger" from the Spell & Trap Card Zone to the Graveyard. "Sapphire Pegasus (1800/1200) and "Amber Mammoth" (1700/1600) are Special Summoned in Attack Position. "Amber Mammoth" and "Sapphire Pegasus" then attack directly (Emotionless Mask 2300 → 600 → 0).
Axel Brodie vs. Laughter Mask
Duel continues from the previous episode.
Turn 2: Axel
Axel draws a card and subsequently sets it. He then Normal Summons "Fire Trooper" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. Axel then activates the effect of "Fire Trooper" to send it to the Graveyard and inflict 1000 damage to Laughter Mask (Laughter Mask 4000 → 3000). Laughter Mask removes from play "Rough Fight" from his Graveyard in order to inflict damage to Axel equal to the damage he inflicted to Laughter Mask (Axel 2500 → 1500).
Axel then activates "Fire Recovery" to discard "Volcanic Scattershot" and Special Summon "Fire Trooper" from his Graveyard (1000/1000) in Attack Position. Since "Volcanic Scattershot" was sent to the Graveyard, its effect activates, inflicting 500 damage to Laughter Mask (Laughter Mask 3000 → 2500). Axel then sends "Fire Trooper" to the Graveyard in order to inflict 1000 damage to Laughter Mask (Laughter Mask 2500 → 1500). Axel then activates another "Fire Recovery" to discard "Volcanic Scattershot" and Special Summon "Volcanic Scattershot" from his Graveyard (500/0) in Defense Position. The effect of "Volcanic Scattershot" activates (Laughter Mask 1500 → 1000).
Laughter Mask intends to activate his face-down "Burial from a Different Dimension" on his next turn to return his three "Rough Exploders" from the Removed from Play Zone to his Graveyard. This will allow him to remove from play his "Rough Exploders" from the Graveyard and inflict 1500 damage to Axel.
Turn 3: Laughter Mask
Laughter Mask draws. Axel then activates his face-down "Draw Blast" to inflict 1000 damage to Laughter Mask (Laughter Mask 1000 → 0).
Jim Crocodile Cook vs. Anger Mask
Duel continues from the previous episode.
Turn 2: Jim
Jim draws. He then Normal Summons "Weathering Soldier" (2000/1200) in Attack Position. "Weathering Soldier" then attacks and destroys "Anchor Knight" (Anger Mask 4000 → 3500). Anger Mask then activates the first effect of "Anchor Knight" to discard "Reload" and Special Summon "Anchor Knight" from his Graveyard (1500/600) in Defense Position. On Jim's End Phase, "Weathering Soldier" loses 600 ATK due to its own effect ("Weathering Soldier": 2000 → 1400/1200).
Turn 3: Anger Mask
Anger Mask draws. He then switches "Anchor Knight" to Attack Position. Anger Mask then activates his face-down "Violent Salvage" to return "Giant Trunade", "Reload", and "Trojan Blast" from his Graveyard to his hand. He then activates the effect of "Anchor Knight" three times to discard "Giant Trunade", "Reload", and "Trojan Blast" and inflict 1800 damage to Jim (Jim 2200 → 400). "Anchor Knight" attacks and destroys "Weathering Soldier" (Jim 400 → 300).
Turn 4: Jim
Jim draws. He then activates "Specimen Inspection" to send "Sample Fossil" from his hand to the Graveyard and declare one monster Type and Level. Once that is done, Anger Mask must send a monster with the declared Type and Level from his Deck to the Graveyard. Jim tells Anger Mask to send a Level 4 Warrior-Type monster from his Deck to the Graveyard, so Anger Mask sends "Anchor Knight" from his Deck to the Graveyard.
Jim activates "Fossil Fusion" to remove from play "Weathering Soldier" and Anger Mask's "Anchor Knight" from both players' Graveyards and Fusion Summon "Fossil Warrior Skull Bone" (2000/800) in Attack Position. Jim then activates "Time Stream" to pay half his Life Points (Jim 300 → 150) and Tribute "Skull Bone" in order to Special Summon "Fossil Warrior Skull Knight" (2400/1100) in Attack Position. He then activates another "Time Stream" to pay half his Life Points (Jim 150 → 75) and Tribute "Skull Knight" in order to Special Summon "Fossil Warrior Skull King" (2800/1300) in Attack Position.
"Skull King" attacks and destroys "Anchor Knight" (Anger Mask 3600 → 2200). Anger Mask then discards "Reload" in order to revive "Anchor Knight" (1500/600) in Defense Position. Since "Skull King" had attacked and Anger Mask has a monster on his side of the field at the end of the Damage Step, "Skull King" can attack again. "Skull King" then attacks and destroys "Anchor Knight". "Skull King" then inflicts piercing damage to Anger Mask (Anger Mask 2200 → 0).
Mistakes in the English version
- Axel also said that "Volcanic Scattershot" deals 500 damage when it's removed. It does this when it's sent to the Graveyard.
- Masked Knight of Laughter called his "Burial from a Different Dimension" a Trap Card. It is a Spell Card.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 This card is shown when Anger Mask searches his Deck via the effect of "Specimen Inspection".


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So, you need a job and are eyeing up prospects. It can be a very stressful but exciting time. You find some interesting options and start to envision yourself working at XYZ corp., imagining what your life will be like if you just get that job. It's kind of like falling in love.
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Hello, jenjen!
#1 is a trick question . . .
1) Let be the set of all U.S. presidents,
and let be the set of all ordered pairs
such that succeeded in office.
Is the graph of a function?
It is true that every President had a successor (well, except Dubya).
But Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms.
. . He was the 22nd President and was succeeded by Benjamin Harrison.
. . He was reelected as 24th President and was succeeded by William McKinley.
Hence, set contains: (Cleveland, Harrison) and (Cleveland, McKinley).
Therefore, is not a function.


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This last one is just personal, but I am biased against summoners and paladins. While submitting one won't keep you from getting selected, it's important for you to know that.
Recruitment will be open until I feel like I have enough characters/players to choose from - I'm not certain when that will be, so get the apps in sooner, rather than later, if any of the other recruitment threads are any indication.
Good luck, everyone!
|Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal
|GM Idyll
|Caerwyn Callandriil
|GM Idyll
|Ptolmaeus Arvenus
|DM Fflash
|John Woodford
I have a concept for a halfling archaeologist bard, which would do for the skill monkey role and a bit of arcane & healing support. Here's Edrebertil "Bert" Blackwillow. I haven't gone through equipping the character yet, but that wouldn't take much time.
Favored class bard; +1 skill rank at L1
Climb +6
Diplomacy +7
Disable Device +7
Escape Artist +6
Knowledge (Arcana) +7
Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +6
Knowledge (History) +7
Perception +7
Spellcraft +6
Feat: Lingering Performance-Archaeologist's Luck effects persist for two rounds after halting.
Scholar of the Ancients-Speaks and reads Thassilonian; +1 trait bonus to Knowledge (Arcana) and Knowledge (History) checks
Vagabond Child-Disable Device is a class skill, +1 trait bonus
|GM Idyll
|Edward Sobel
I would be interested in playing an LG Dwarf Monk. His motivations are pretty typical for a LG monk, he seeks to use his talents to seek out and destroy evil and protect the innocent. Was looking to do a Vow of Silence, as I think it would be an interesting role-playing mechanic, but I'm still on the fence on that (would have no benefit at level 1 anyway). Going to dump charisma and I'm willing to role play that.
I'll admit up-front that I've never done an online campaign before but am looking forward to giving it a chance.
Meet Tribin, halfling rogue
2'11" tall and 33lbs, with a little effort the 23 year old Tribin still passes for a human child. On many occasions in the town of Sandpoint this deception has earned him a warm meal and a bed to sleep in. Other nights it has earned him a night of running from the local sheriff. Regardless the game has always been entertaining and no one gets hurt, though sometimes Tribin has to fend for himself, and from time to time this means trying to get a few coins off the locals to get a meal at Ameiko's place, though never from someone who appears they cannot afford it. Lately Tribin has been doing well, and this means he is able to give back, whether this means volunteering time at the local orphanage or various locations around Sandpoint. Even assisting Belor, the town sheriff if he needs it.
Str - 11 Dex - 18 Con - 10 Int - 14 Wis - 10 Cha - 14
Roguey skills
Weapon Finesse feat, Dangerously Curious and Family Ties for traits
Expanding upon my dwarf monk (we'll call him Lollok), I want to use the Outlander - Exile trait and the Law Enforcer trait.
Formerly, Lollok was a member of an order of monks devoted to perfecting themselves and maintaining the order and balance of society. As a journeyman of his order, the headstrong Lollok tended to speak out against the wisdom of his elders. Eager to champion his order's ideals, Lollok felt that his masters were spending too much time looking inward and not working to better the world outside of them. When Lollok confronted his masters over their passive ways, they took offense to his impudence. They gave a mission: to leave the order in order to protect society and actively defend his fellow humanoids from great evil. Although his masters considered this a punishment, Lollok gladly accepted the demand. Until he could return with proof of his heroic deeds, Lollok would not be allowed to return to his order. Furthermore, to atone for his ever-brash tongue, Lollok was made to follow a vow of silence until he could complete his mission.
Believing the city to be a haven for danger and disorder, Lollok found his way to Sandpoint to find a way to make a difference and accomplish his mission.
|Tania Teg
|Ptolmaeus Arvenus
|Rameth the Delver
I would like to submit Rameth the Delver, he was picked up for a Shattered Star but it seems to have fallen apart.
The only thing that I need to do is drop his point buy, which I would drop WIS. I would need to get rid of my extra gold I have as well and swap out my campaign trait for a different one.
But I believe he is a very solid character, otherwise
|Aiden Lightfoot
"There are eyes in the darkness... always."
Allow me to introduce Aiden Lightfoot, halfling ninja.
He is completely statted up and ready to go with a background I believe ties him strongly to sandpoint and Varisia as a whole.
For myself, posting several times per day won't be a problem. I just hope I finally get a chance to play this appparently amazing AP.
If you have any questions please just let me know.
Aiden Lightfoot
Male Halfling Ninja 1
CG Small Humanoid (halfling)
Hero Points 1
Init +4; Senses Perception +5
AC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 11 (+4 Dex, +1 size)
hp 9 (1d8+1)
Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +0; +2 vs. fear
Speed 30 ft.
Melee Wakizashi +5 (1d4/18-20/x2) and
Wakizashi +5 (1d4/18-20/x2)
Ranged Shuriken +5 (1/x2) and
Sling +5 (1d3/x2)
Special Attacks Sneak Attack +1d6
Str 11, Dex 18, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 8, Cha 16
Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 13
Feats Weapon Finesse
Traits Dirty Fighter, Family Ties
Skills Acrobatics +8, Bluff +7, Climb +4, Diplomacy +7, Disable Device +8, Disguise +7, Escape Artist +8, Fly +6, Perception +5, Stealth +12, Use Magic Device +7
Languages Common, Elven, Halfling, Varisian
SQ Fearless, Hero Points (1), Poison Use
Combat Gear Shuriken (20), Sling, Sling bullets (10), Studded leather armor, Wakizashi, Wakizashi; Other Gear Backpack (empty), Bandolier, Chalk (5), Holy symbol, iron (Pharasma), Piton (2), Saw, Soap, Thieves' tools, Twine (50')
Shuriken - 0/20
Sling bullets - 0/10
Special Abilities
Dirty Fighter +1 damage when flanking.
Fearless +2 racial bonus vs Fear saves.
Hero Points (1) Hero Points can be spent at any time to grant a variety of bonuses.
Poison Use You don't accidentally poison yourself with blades.
Sneak Attack +1d6 +1d6 damage if you flank your target or your target is flat-footed
Do. Not. Fear.
He had told himself this so often it had become a mantra.
He stood at the corner of Festival street and Tanglefoot alley, dressed in black, cloaked in shadow, palms sweating, a knot in his stomach. He had followed his mark for days to become familiar with his movements. Within minutes he would be in sight, heading toward the dock on Mill Pond.
The man was a half-orc named Belok and Uncle Jubrayl wanted him to get a message. He didn't question his Uncle. Sandpoint is a small town and Varisians look after one another. Half the businesses along Festival street gave their unsold food to orphan children at the end of the day or threadbare blankets to the beggars, seeking some respite from the cold.
With news of Goblins and Giants abroad, the small contingent of guardsmen and militia were otherwise engaged these days. Besides, they had never really bothered with Jubrayl. So what if a few crates went missing from the ships in the harbor? Who cared if some of the passing caravans didn't fully declare their goods? The Sczarni had done more to keep the peace than half a dozen sheriffs in years gone by. Belok had moved in though, and within months had a lucrative protection racket operating. Jubrayl had a soft spot for orphans, beggars and needy. Long years in the Sczarni had taught him they were often the best sources of information on the street. He looked after them and they looked after him. If that wasn't the case Aiden would have died as a squalling babe in that grim, Chelaxian whorehouse.
There. The half-orc turned the corner. But he wasn't alone, a tall, broad shouldered human man accompanied him. Protection. Wise, but futile.
He moved swiftly and silently. "Do not fear" he told himself again. First, remove the threat.
His first strike sliced through the human's knee, driving him down to the ground with a grunt, his second ended hilt deep in his throat. Send a message. Twist. Let Belok see the blood flow.
The Half-orc turned to run. Despite his small size, Aiden was faster than most of his kind and, living up to his family name, he closed the gap between them in a heartbeat. Leaping, impossibly high, he vaulted over his prey, his left arm grasping in a kind of headlock. With a twist, he threw his weight backwards and flipped them both, somehow landing on Belok's chest, the razor sharp blade a fraction from his throat.
"You were follish to come to Sandpoint, Belok."
"P...please. I have money.
"I know." said the halfling with a snarl. "taken from the honest folk of Festival Street. The racket ends tonight, or your life ends tomorrow. Remember, Belok, there are eyes in the darkness. Always."
And suddenly he was gone. Melting into the shadows like smoke in the wind. He was not born in Varisia, but this was his land. He did not have family in Sandpoint, but these were his people.
|Navlin Gaethdel
Ekan, human Evoker with a chip on his shoulders about giants :)
Male Human (Chelaxian) Wizard 1
LG Medium Humanoid (human)
Init +1; Senses Perception +0
AC 11, touch 11, flat-footed 10 (+1 Dex)
hp 8 (1d6+2)
Fort +2, Ref +1, Will +2
Speed 30 ft.
Melee Dagger +0 (1d4/19-20/x2) and
. . Dagger +0 (1d4/19-20/x2)
Wizard Spells Prepared (CL 1, 0 melee touch, 1 ranged touch):
1 (2/day) Magic Missile, Mage Armor (DC 15), Burning Hands (DC 16)
0 (at will) Light, Detect Magic, Ray of Frost
Str 11, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 10, Cha 12
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 11
Feats Point Blank Shot, Scribe Scroll, Spell Focus (Evocation), Wizard Weapon Proficiencies
Traits Focused Mind, Giant Slayer
Skills Appraise +8, Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (engineering) +8, Knowledge (history) +8, Knowledge (local) +8, Knowledge (planes) +8, Linguistics +8, Spellcraft +8
Languages Common, Draconic, Elven, Giant, Thassilonian, Varisian
SQ +3 to Appraise checks, Empathic Link with Familiar, Enchantment, Evocation, Force Missile (7/day), Intense Spells +1, Necromancy, Share Spells with Familiar
Combat Gear Dagger, Dagger; Other Gear Backpack (13 @ 9.08 lbs), Blanket, Ink, black, Inkpen, Parchment (4), Spellbook, Trail rations (4)
Special Abilities
+3 to Appraise checks You gain the Alertness feat while your familiar is within arm's reach.
Empathic Link with Familiar (Su) You have an empathic link with your Arcane Familiar.
Enchantment You must spend 2 slots to cast spells from the Enchantment school.
Evocation Evokers revel in the raw power of magic, and can use it to create and destroy with shocking ease.
Focused Mind +2 to Concentration checks
Force Missile (7/day) (Sp) Magic Missile hits for 1d4+1
Giant Slayer +1 Bluff, Perception, Sense Motive, attack and damage against giants.
Intense Spells +1 (Su) + 1/2 wizard level to spell damage (minimum +1).
Necromancy You must spend 2 slots to cast spells from the Necromancy school.
Point Blank Shot +1 to attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at up to 30 feet.
Share Spells with Familiar The wizard may cast a spell with a target of "You" on his familiar (as a touch spell) instead of on himself. A wizard may cast spells on his familiar even if the spells do not normally affect creatures of the familiar's type (magical beast).
Spell Focus (Evocation) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
His remaining family struggled, found a new home... in Sandpoint, but rebuilding your lives from nothing is hard. It's even harder to find power when you're powerless, but Ekan was smart and driven. Eventually, the chance came to study magic, and that's what he did.
Ekan became a wizard, and found evocation magic came naturally to him. Perhaps it was all the anger still inside of him but he found the direct application of force quite satisfying. Now he's returned to his second home, determined that Sandpoint never suffer the fate of his first village.
He also wants a wizard tower of his own one day, but he realizes that's a selfish vanity, for now at least.
|Chaise Zikaldiru
|Tania Teg
|GM Idyll
|GM Idyll
|Ptolmaeus Arvenus
|Chaise Zikaldiru
|Rameth the Delver
gm idyll
since we are wrapping so fast
his trait will be scholar of the ruins as well
|Chaise Zikaldiru
Alright, reworked my character. Now a Skill-based Rogue. Campaign Trait is Favored Son/Daughter (if that's alright).
Basic history is that he's lived in Sandover since his Mother moved there after the death of his father when he was young (a toddler). He's half-Chelaxian from his father's side and half-Varisian from his mother.
His mother works at the local tavern where Chaise helps out from time to time, which is why he knows the owner.
Lately, he's been getting restless. He's hesitant to leave his mother even though she understands his need to travel, because he's still a Varisian and her son. He still stays, because so far he didn't have a reason to go.
|Tania Teg
|Chaise Zikaldiru
|Adventus Artemidorus
Hey there Idyll. Good to see you again. :)
I've got a character I've been trying to get into a Runelords game for awhile that I'd like to submit.
|Adventus Artemidorus
Simple story
So he left Korvosa with the damn expensive hippogriff saddle he had had to buy himself in tow. He had heard rumors Sandpoint liked to take in oddities like him and often had the sort of problems a man with a sword could get paid to handle. Besides, the big city had been starting to get to him.
|Adventus Artemidorus
Alright, Adventus Artemidorus, Ventus to his friends, is as finished as he's going to be.
A Sable Company Marine and Skirmisher hybrid, he is meant to be a frontline fighter and will eventually be accompanied into battle by a hippogriff (it'll be a bit before then).
NG, Human and what one might refer to as a 'good guy' without being sickeningly so.
Leaning towards favored enemy goblinoid or magical beast but I have yet to decide.
Okay, I updated crunch and fluff to meet your requirements. I'd like to point out I've got well over 3000 post on these boards, so you know I'm reliable. I can post every day, and am an experienced DM as well.
Character advancement wise, Jelani will be a fighter/barbarian with a dip in bard going for steel falcon prestige class. He hits hard, will have decent skills, and can use cure wands (after his bard dip).
Best of luck to the other applicants!
|Galia Hartswift
Among Galia's few possessions is a cowbell. To any normal passerby, it looks like a normal cowbell. Meant to be hung around the lead cow and used in the herding of cows. It is made of brass, has a faint smell of leather, polish, and heather, and has many dings.
But this is no ordinary cowbell. It is a loud cowbell. It goes all the way to 11!
If there's a gap in the group, a lack in the pack, a missing piece in the party puzzle that can only be filled by cowbell, then Galia's the right barbarian for the job.
|Aldiran Teldessar
|Aiden Lightfoot
But this is no ordinary cowbell. It is a loud cowbell. It goes all the way to 11!
If there's a gap in the group, a lack in the pack, a missing piece in the party puzzle that can only be filled by cowbell, then Galia's the right barbarian for the job.
Nice, I got the reference lol. By why not just get a louder cowbell and call that 10?
Any news on the skilled slot? Aiden sits in the shadows and waits. Patience was one of the first things he learned.
Gimme a few hours but putting up a cleric of Iomadae
Edit - I note you said the divine role is filled and you are looking for Martial, Arcane and Skilled. May I recommend a 5th or possibly even a 6th player? Its easy to lose players in PbP in the many games I've been a part of and it kills the game to have to slow down to recruit that essential extra when you are down to 3.
|Aiden Lightfoot
Gimme a few hours but putting up a cleric of Iomadae
Edit - I note you said the divine role is filled and you are looking for Martial, Arcane and Skilled. May I recommend a 5th or possibly even a 6th player? Its easy to lose players in PbP in the many games I've been a part of and it kills the game to have to slow down to recruit that essential extra when you are down to 3.
Personally, I think this is a good idea. Real Life does have a habit of getting the way sometimes and people need to drop out.
Plus a 5th or 6th opens up the possibility of characters outside the iconic roles who can fill more than one occasionally. I'm thinking of the inquistors, magi, bards, alchemists and even druids of this world.
Up to you GM of course but 5 or 6 is just as easy to run as 4 if you get the right people IMHO.
|Grimnor Wyrmreaver
|Sir Egon D'Clausanne
|Kilaim Orefinder


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If you were independently wealthy and had no friends, you could spend all of your time at Bay Area film festivals. Of course, if you did that, you probably wouldn't stay friendless for long; you can meet some great people at these events.
No sooner is the San Francisco International Film Festival over then Docfest rears its non-fiction head. Now Docfest is gone for another year and what do we get? Another Hole in the Head (a horror and sci-fi festival put on by SF Indie) and Frameline30 (AKA, The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival), almost on top of each other. Someone needs to find a really gruesome gay horror movie to let these two festivals merge.
Time constraints have kept me from previewing any of the films in either festival, but a number of selections have caught my eye. Among Hole in the Head's promising-sounding titles are The Last Eve, a "unclassifiable genre-bending, time-traveling, religious epic,– and The Hamiltons, about a nice family adjusting to a new community, some of which are chained in their basement. Among the revivals are The Beast, from 1975 France, and described tongue-and-cheek in the program as "one of the greatest sexploitation monster movies ever made.–
As I skimmed Frameline's lineup, the most interesting titles were all documentaries. These include Wrestling With Angels, about playwright (and Munich screenwriter) Tony Kushner, and God & Gays: Bridging the Gap. Among the more promising fiction choices are Love Life, about a seemly conventional married couple (i.e., a man and a woman), both closeted gays. There's also a kids' showing of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
On a very different note, the Parkway is dipping its toe into the revival business for a week-long series of cult favorites called the Parkway Pizza Party. If you want a chance to see Fight Club or Donnie Darko on the big screen, this is the time.
We're also coming into the Bay Area's Silent Movie Season, and schedules for The Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival (June 23-25) and The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (July 14-16) are now up. If you like live music with your movies, check them out.
And put some of these on your schedule for this week:
Recommended: Lawrence of Arabia, California Theatre, San Jose, through Saturday. To call Lawrence the best big historical epic of the 70mm roadshow era would be damning it with faint praise, so let me be more precise: It's one of the greatest films ever made. Stunning to look at and entertaining as pure spectacle, it's also intelligent, exploring the career of a fascinatingly complex and enigmatic war hero. T. E. Lawrence–at least in this film–both loved and hated violence, and tried liberating Arabia by turning it over to the British Empire. This masterpiece isn't worth seeing on DVD and barely worthwhile in 35mm. Shot in Super Panavision 70, Lawrence should be experienced in 70mm. And yes, the California is showing it that way.
Recommended: Over the Hedge, Presidio, now playing. Like any good, child-oriented, computer-animated feature, Over the Hedge keeps you laughing at the jokes and dazzled at the visuals. It even makes you care a bit about the characters. But it goes beyond those commercial requirements, saying something real and important about the damage that our consumer-oriented culture does both to us and to the natural world on the outskirts of our civilization. Besides, you've got to love a kids' movie that undercuts the obligatory "families stick together– speech.
Recommended: United 93, Elmwood, opening Friday. We can enjoy the vicarious thrill of movie theater fear because glamorous but familiar faces, Hollywood sheen, witty dialog, and genre conventions all conspire to remind us that it's only a movie, and that it will end in triumph and redemption. Paul Greengrass' harrowing 911 retelling gives us no such reassurance. There is no glamour in this cast of unknowns. The grainy, up-close, handheld camerawork doesn't glow. No one is especially witty. And we know going in that something very close to this really happened and that no one came get out of it alive. The result is the most nerve-wracking experience I've ever had in a movie theater. It isn't fun, but it leaves you with greater appreciation of what those people went through.
Recommended: Fight Club, Parkway, Friday and Saturday. Strange flick. Edward Norton wants to be Brad Pitt (who wouldn't?), not only because he's shagging Helena Bonham Carter, but also because he's a free-spirited kind of guy and a real man. Or maybe he's just a fascist? Or maybe…better not give away one of the strangest plot twists ever written, even if it strains credibility more than a speech by George W. Bush. And Bonham Carter gets to say the most shocking and hilariously obscene laugh line in Hollywood history. A Parkway Pizza Party presentation.
Not Recommended: Lady Windemere's Fan (1925), Stanford, Saturday and Sunday. Ernst Lubitsch adapting Oscar Wilde? How could that miss? Here's how: Even Lubitsch couldn't find a way to transfer Wilde's wit into silent film (there was a conscious decision to avoid Wilde's dialog in the title cards). The result is lifeless and uninteresting. As part of its Ronald Colman series, the Stanford is presenting Lady Windemere's Fan accompanied by Jim Riggs on the Wurlitzer pipe organ. On Saturday, it's on a double-bill with Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back.
Recommended, with Reservations: Sir! No Sir!, Lark, opens Saturday. Today's mythology vilifies Vietnam-era protesters for mistreating returning veterans. David Zeiger attempts to set the record straight, using old footage and new interviews to remind us that it was the soldiers fighting that war and the veterans coming home who started the anti-war movement. There's nothing exceptional here as filmmaking, and the picture never really hooks you on an emotional level. Still, we'd do a lot of good if we could get people to see Sir! No Sir! who don't already agree with it's message.
Recommended, with Reservations: CSA: The Confederate States of America, Red Vic, Sunday and Tuesday. Kevin Willmott's mockumentary starts with a quote of George Bernard Shaw's: "If you are going to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh. Otherwise they'll kill you." Willmott better watch his back, because his alternative history of the South winning the civil war hits painfully close to the bone as it examines our country's cultural and institutional racism, but it just isn't all that funny. It tries, with mock commercials for slave security devices and fake clips from imaginary movies, but only occasionally succeeds (the Home Shopping Network parody is priceless). Still, it's nice to see someone do a mockumentary about something more important than dog shows and musicians.
Noteworthy: Oklahoma!, California Theatre, San Jose, Sunday through Thursday. Few films as mediocre as Oklahoma! are as historically or technically significant. Based on the stage play that revolutionized the Broadway musical, it was the first movie shot in 65mm and the first released in 70mm with six-track magnetic stereo sound–a format that dominated big Hollywood releases for the next 40 years. What's more, the image was improved further by shooting and projecting the extra-wide film at 30 frames per second; 25% faster than the standard 24fps (a 24fps Cinemascope version was shot for wide release). The California is screening a 70mm, 30fps print, which is, according to one Bayflicks reader who has attended it, in very good condition. Note: This listing has been altered since I first posted it.
Not Recommended: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Parkway, Tuesday and Wednesday. Oh, how Terry Gilliam has fallen! Monty Python's token Yank made three of the best movies of the 1980's, then his career collapsed and took his talent with it. Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas reeks; a confused, ugly, and meaningless exercise–which would be forgivable, if it also wasn't boring and witless. A Parkway Pizza Party presentation.


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Various Artists – Rheintal Chillout 4
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Releasedate: Oct, 21st 2016
It's time again: the Rheintal Chillout Compilation goes into the fourth round. Once again, 15 finest chillout tunes were selected. Among them famous acts like Blackfish, Senseque and Soehngenetic. Even though Blackfish and Senseque are currently represented on an original Café del Mar compilation and are real classic acts for more than 20 years in the area of electronically relaxed sounds, the Rheintal Chillout has developed its very own sound. Inspired by a meditative landscape in the upper Middle Rhine Valley between Bingen, Rüdesheim and Koblenz. 80 minutes of meditation and Wellness were put together on this compilation. Drink a glass of wine, sit back and let act.
04.12.2015: Blackfish - Between the Worlds
Between the worlds!
Finally! Blackfish enters the relaxed production stage with his third album "Between the Worlds". After long announcements, the fans of electronic downtempo sounds may now look forward to new sounds of the iconic music project…The work "Between The Worlds" is the result of a very intense creative period of Maximilian Lopp a.k.a. blackfish. His hallmark are deep samples and groovy downbeat rhythms – brought together in the very finest way. On top of his productions, you can enjoy outstanding voices of artists such as MC Santana, Vera Bockelmann, Rachelle Schäfer and Thomas Thendri. With relaxed melancholy, fat beats and sub-basses, partly jazzy warm pianos and cellos M.Lopp creates an atmosphere which one can hardly escape. The groovy rhythms create an extremely fresh character of the sound. But Blackfish is not only an expert in sampling and sound design, by the way: he also kept his own style during all the years. And if you thought previously, trip-hop is now the least what you've been missing in recent years, don't shout out too loud! Because, soon will – every bet! – Blackfish – Between The Worlds also be played on your Bluetooth Box and provides you touching moments. So quickly come back to the Blackfish sound.
2014-09-05: Stefan Kaps – Cool Down
Cool down!…a nice announcement, which was chosen by Stefan Kaps for his album. After one year production time, the time has come: the first official album of the Hessian Producer will be released on …. in electronic trading. The musical roots of the producer are in the late 80s, where just 2 turntables in a flightcase, a stereo-mixer and heavy old school drum machines ruled the musical life of the genre by that time. A lucky shot, the accidential meeting of Label Manager Maximilian Lopp (Blackfish Productions) with Stefan brought back the fire of electronic music after 25 years of abstinence – and the result can be seen and heard.
2014-02-28: Senseque - Deep Blue
A relaxed trip into the depths!! Nearly 5 years after his debut "Seaview", the Hanau/Frankfurt based musician Martin Fietz, specifies a more than worthy successor with his chillout-project Senseque: Deep Blue takes you on an extremely relaxed journey into the depths of the subconscious. Each tune tells its own story, which one can not simply escape. By listening to the endless soundscapes of Senseque, one automatically receive a longing for sun, sea and beach and the feeling of being able to escape from everyday life.. Deep Blue – listen, sit back, travel away!
2013-11-2013: Rheintal Chillout 3
p(lastp).We start the third round of the "Rheintal Chillout" series and are proud, that we have assembled a fine collection of electronic music again. The mixture is perfect for a journey through the young Rhine Valley: – hidden coves where time stands still for a moment – High-altitude vantage points with breathtaking views of the valley. It is an unbelievable experience of meditation and the "Rheintal Chillout 3" provides the perfect musical mood.
2013-07-05: Analog Digital
It was only a question of time until the two Offenbacher musicians Jörg Friedrich and Stefan Kreuzer would meet and produce an album together.
The clear digital Friedrich/Pearlcoder-soundcosmos encounters
Kreuzer's playful downbeat style.
The album "Analog – Digital" is the result of their common passion for both exciting and relaxing compositions. The tracks conjure a warm magical feeling into the room, without being arbitrary. Each track tells a story in its own way, which is not always straightforward, but holds many surprises: from heavenly violin, special sound gimmicks to dirty electric guitar.
Special guests on this album are the bass player James Lindemann and the producer Maximilian Lopp. Lindemann developed in studio sessions soundscapes and overdubs, Lopp contributed a special remix.
2013-03-07: How Long?
How Long? Children of the damn! Out Mar, 7 2013 – This is our fresh new release from the blackfish forge – featuring vocals by the one and only MC Santana. (remember back in 2005: blackfish and MC Santana won the May Ayim Award with the video to their tune "Watch ya wayz"). Time kept on slipping and right now we already passed the "year of the dragon". But as MC Santana said: It's never too late to do your shit.
Check out two additional outstanding remixes: Bad Matter created such a warm 70ies Hip-Hop Remix while Herr Soehngen a.k.a. Riddim Republic did a pure Reggae tune. We are very proud to announce this release!
2012-12-15: New blackfish remix
Hardly recommended and free download:
Soehngenetic – Pseudolectual Remixes
Original release info by Soehngenetic: Why another remix album? Because again I was curious how my friends would interprete my raw material. And again I'm very happy with the results and bandwidth of styles at all. Why "for free"? Well, I wouldn't have been able to realize this album without my remixing friends. And as I wasn't able to pay them for their work (because there's no real chance to recoup), I decided also not to realize profit from that project.
2012-12-14: Shenisa - Rising High EP available now!
Shenisa's singing career started with a 2 year education at the Scream Factory in Frankfurt, a school for singing and performing arts founded by George List. At the end 2005 Shenisa began working with the DJ and Production team Pearlcoder. Shenisa has combined her love for various forms of music such as reggae, jazz and soul to create a voice that is powerful and rich. As a songwriter her lyrics are sarcastic, motivating, provocative and ironic. The production team is Kriss Lomax and Joerg Friedrich, they are responsible for the amazing sound of Electro, Ambient and Lounge.
The new EP "Rising High" presents the sound from the live perfomance from Shenisa & Pearlcoder.
It`s a fine appetizer for the coming Album in 2013.
2012-08-17: Maximilian - Rebuilt
Here we continue our EP Series with a brand new product. Labelowner and former of BFP has been active again in making new music:
"Rebuilt" is the finished product and marks the start of some exciting new music coming up on BFP in the near future.
Available in all major download stores from Aug, 17th 2012
2011-12-02: Rheintal Chillout
Rheintal Chillout
This time around, we present a BFP Media product:
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2011-11-01: Sincera Remixes available
Out since June, 3 2011! Koala – Sincera Remixes
We proudly present some new remixes of Koala's emotional tune "Sincera": The deep house mix brings the original on the floor with all the flavour of the original. Joerg Friedrich, part of our electronic artist "Pearlcoder" was so fascianted of Sincera, that he created a very special ambient mix, that goes soooo deep. Please go head and listen!
2010-12-17: EP No. 15: KOALA "Flavoured Sounds"
The blackfish productions family grows: Latest signing are André Arnoni and DJ Felippe from Sao Paulo, whose project "koala" has been established after playing for 6 years in a experimental/rock band.
Their EP sounds like a journey through different emotions, sometimes happiness, sometimes hope, sometimes sadness. They know how to catch the listener with their inbound chords and bass lines.
This is a "must-have-EP" for all blackfish productions fans – please go ahead and listen yourself.
2010-11-03: Superstring EP
3 years after releasing our legendary first EP "Rejection", Maximilian Lopp, the former of Blackfish Productions is back again with new tunes:
Check out the Superstring EP…
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'White Collar' Premiere And Special Interviews!
What will you be doing tonight at 9 PM EST? Starpulse suggests turning on USA and watching the second season premiere of their hit show White Collar. USA brought Starpulse behind the scenes for a day to meet the cast, ask them about what's coming ahead, and see the sets in person. A panel of journalists got to speak with Tim DeKay (Peter Burke), Matt Bomer (Neal Caffrey), Marsha Thomason (Diana Lancing), Sharif Atkins (Clinton Jones), upcoming guest star Hilarie Burton (Sara Ellis), writer Matt Negrete, and costume designer Stephanie Maslansky. Then we got to wander the set and see Neal's penthouse apartment, the FBI office, and a gambling area for an upcoming episode. Here's a close look at where White Collar left off at the end of last season, and then some of the questions asked of the cast by Starpulse.
Neal Caffrey is one of the most brilliant criminals in the world, but he happened to face off against an FBI Agent that just so happened to be better: Peter Burke. After five years of searching for him, Burke finally put Neal in jail, where he's been serving his time. Just a few days before his sentence is up, his girlfriend Kate (Alexandra Daddario) shows up to break with him and disappear. Neal escapes prison to try and catch her, and instead of sending him back, Burke offers him a job: help him catch criminals, and Neal can be on probation in New York City. Under Burke's watchful eye, of course. As Neal searches for clues about Kate and what a mysterious music box has to do with her disappearance, he makes new friends in the FBI Branch and with Burke's lovely wife Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen).
Spoiler alert! At the end of the first season, Neal managed to make a deal with the loathesome dirty agent Garrett Fowler (Noah Emmerich) to spare him and Kate in exchange for the music box. There's a plane waiting for him with Kate on it, but Burke stops him. Burke begs him to stay and to choose this life over the one he used to have, and just as Neal's about to answer, the plane blows up. With Kate inside. The second season will address Kate's death, who is behind it, and maybe answer more about the music box and its importance to everyone. Plus there will be more baddies for Burke and Neal to chase down together!
Here's a few questions asked to the cast from yours truly and their answers. Thanks goes to USA for giving us the transcript!
Chelsea Doyle: When did you think that the relationship between Neal and Peter changed between the convict and the person who caught him, to an actual friendship?
Tim DeKay: For me, it was when he was, it was an episode called Vital Signs. And there was a time where, in order to get Neal out of that clinic—he was drugged at the time—in order to get him out, Peter had to one, go in there and get him and there was a moment where Peter had to make the decision to steal the surveillance tapes from that clinic. And that was a moment where Peter, you could say, crossed the line and did something illegally, and it was simply for him, it was for Neal and no other reason other that.
Chelsea: How do you like being portrayed in one of the healthiest couples we've ever seen on TV?
Tim: It's wonderful, it's wonderful. Because most of the relationships I've had on television have not been healthy. So it's real—or working on getting to be healthy. It's wonderful, it's just great and it's not healthy in a Leave it to Beaver way either. It's healthy in a very mature—what's the word I want there? They're savvy, they're both, they've got it going on, they're a good couple to emulate.
Chelsea: So, I have a question about Kate. And you know, Neal, we had to start out believing that Neal really loved Kate and this whole thing. But as the time went on, and now with her dead, it turns into more of like, is she a symbol, is she a mystery? Because it seems a little bit more of an obsession that a love now?
Matt Bomer: Well, what I always loved about the character is that his romantic life is where he got sloppy. It's sort of his tragic flaw, Achilles heel. So, I truly believe, I do think Neal is a little bit obsessive-compulsive in a lot of ways. I think that's one of the benefits and probably drawbacks of being as intelligent as he is. I think he probably over thinks a lot of things. But yeah, she was definitely an obsession, but I think in his heart he truly believed that she was the one for him. And whether it's rational or not at a certain point, is sort of irrelevant for him. So, yeah, I think in his heart and his mind it's love.
Chelsea: Tim had mentioned that Peter really trusts Diana.
Marsha: Thomason: Yes.
Chelsea: There's probably going to be a big fall-out there eventually.
Marsha: He does trust Diana.
Chelsea: Peter might be shaken a little bit because of what happened with Fowler and that there might be corruption in the FBI, and it would seem that Diana might not be completely on the level. But how do you think Jones will react to them that there are dirty cops or dirty people around him?
Sharif Atkins: You know what? I think Jones—I'm discovering he may have a penchant for gambling. But I think Jones is kind of level—you know what I mean—because, you're right, Peter's kind of going through some ups and downs. He's being attacked on all sides. And I think Jones' char—you know, I think that character is just right down the middle—you know what I mean—and can sort of play off and be the anchor when it feels like Agent Burke is kind of up in arms or what have you. That's my take on it anyway.
Chelsea: Now Neal and Sara have a past, what's that about?
Hilarie Burton: You know they have a—I don't know how much I'm allowed to give away. Nothing. I'm not going to give anything away. But it seems that Neal has a past with everybody and I feel very fortunate to be one of the woman that he has crossed paths with, whether that's in a good way or a bad way. Yeah, I mean he certainly has made his mark on the city of Manhattan. And, yeah, I think we come in with a little bit of a history and add some layers to when our characters see each other again.
Chelsea: Are there going to be some romantic sparks between Sara and –?
Hilarie: And Neal? Well God I hope so, that's a good looking man [laughs]. I mean, I think anybody regardless of gender, race, creed, wherever you're from, can admit that he is probably one of the Seven Wonders of the World. That man is beautiful and charming, so I wouldn't be opposed to that, that's ridiculous.
Chelsea: Would Neal assume that there's a possibility Kate could be alive, or would it even cross his mind?
Matt Negrete: You know, he's looking into it. I think that basically he just wants answers, and so I think a lot of what we're going to explore in Second Season is him trying to get to the bottom of what happened, was this an accident, was it not? And if it wasn't, like who could possibly be behind it?
You heard it from them, now support this excellent show on USA tonight for the second season two of White Collar at 9 PM EST!


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CLOVIS — Clovis voters have approved Sunday alcohol sales in bars and restaurants.
Those sales would be limited to liquor by the glass — which opponents contended would increase alcohol-related incidents and send the message that it's acceptable to drink and drive.
More than 55 percent of the 5,264 votes cast Tuesday favored Sunday sales.
The group behind the initiative, Citizens for Clovis Progress, said Sunday sales would increase revenue in Clovis because residents would eat out in the city instead of driving to other places where alcohol could be served with meals.
"I think this will bring a positive change for Clovis," said Robin Howe, a spokesman for Citizens for Clovis Progress, which collected signatures for three months to put the question on the ballot.
The city already allows alcohol sales, both package and by the drink, on the other six days of the week.
City Attorney Dave Richards said it will take at least a month before Clovis restaurants and bars can serve alcohol on Sundays. The City Commission has to declare the results of the election official, then businesses that wish to serve alcohol on Sundays will have to apply for a special license from the state.


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Chaos Headwear Sponsors Outdoor Outreach's Event "Reach the Peak"
For Immediate Release
Beth Cochran
What's UP PR
Chaos Headwear announces proud sponsorship of Outdoor Outreach's 2nd annual Reach the Peak: Trail Race & Mountain Festival, scheduled for Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 at Black Mountain Open Space Park & Hilltop Community Park in San Diego.
The goal of the event is twofold: first, to raise funds for Outdoor Outreach's programming and secondly to celebrate the outdoors. Outdoor Outreach aims at provide comprehensive outdoor programming that allows at-risk and underprivileged youth to make positive, lasting changes in their lives. In purchasing a ticket or fundraising for entry, participants will be helping the most at-risk kids in the San Diego area.
"There are a lot of races out there that emphasize reaching in, achieving a personal best, and beating out the competition," Outdoor Outreach Executive Director, Chris Rutgers says, "but this event is different. This event is about reaching out and celebrating a day in the outdoors."
The event offers participants a wide range of activities for every endurance level, including a four-mile trail run/walk, an endurance course, a mountain navigation and adventure option, and a one-mile family fun, obstacle route. Additionally, mountain biking and mountain dual-athlon categories have been added for 2012.
Post-race, everyone will celebrate at the event's mountain festival, which will include post-race yoga classes, a rock climbing wall, lunch, a beer garden, live music, and access to prizes and SWAG from event sponsors like Chaos, Mesa Rim Climbing & Fitness Center, REI and ZOIC.
To register click here: http://www.stayclassy.org/san-diego/events/2nd-annual-reach-peak-trail-race-mountain-festival-register/e17429.
To create a fundraising page head here: http://www.stayclassy.org/san-diego/events/2nd-annual-reach-peak-trail-race-mountain-festival-fundraise/e18881
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About Outdoor Outreach: Outdoor Outreach was founded 1999 with a mission to empower at-risk and underprivileged youth to make positive lasting changes in their lives through comprehensive outdoor programming. It is the only agency in San Diego, and one of just a few in the country, to utilize outdoor physical experiences to provide youth with the support, relationships, resources and opportunities they need to become successful adults. Chaos is happy to be a part of this worthy cause by sponsoring the "Reach the Peak" event and encouraging youth to reach their full potential through experience of the great outdoors.
Contact: Beth Cochran firstname.lastname@example.com 406.579.7909
To learn more about Chaos Headwear, our products and programs, please visit www.chaoshats.com Chaos Headwear specializes in quality, responsiveness and a vast array of headgear possibilities. The brand is owned by Do-Gree fashions, a mill that has been family-owned and operated for three generations. Based in Montreal, Canada, Do-Gree Fashions is able to respond quickly to both customer requests and fast-paced market trends, which allows the company to offer unparalleled service. Designs from both Chaos and sister brand Moon Shadow vary from winter to four-season, urban to alpine, casual to high-end alpaca, all of which supply the men's, women's and youth markets. Materials include: merino wool, mohair, acrylic blends, cottons, angora, fleece, and technical fabrics from the New CTR-Chaos Thermal Regulation, Fits ALL 4X®, Pro-Stretch™ and Pro-Stretch plus™, Windshield®, Dri Release®.


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Phil Fish won't fix Fez due to cost of patching on Xbox Live
If you watched Indie Game: The Movie or followed the at the opening of day development of Fez, you'll be an intelligent being the hardships developer Phil Fish went through. Well, his troubles aren't immersing yet, and Fez has been suffering from a major bug that corrupts some players save files. Less than 1% of players are unnatural, but to that 1% who've paid beneficial to the game like everyone else, it's a frustrating puzzle that needs and deserves to subsist fixed.
Corruption started a few weeks ago after a patch was released to plant other issues. That patch was pulled at the time it started corrupting some save files, only Fish refuses to patch the patch and is instead just re-releasing the identical one. For gamers that aren't effected through . messed up save files, it does place some framerate issues, loading times, and decease loops. Fish also believes that granting that your save has corrupted, just restart the bit of strategy and that new save will exist fine. So it may only event those who've gotten in a great degree far into Fez.
Fish has fixed that future patches will not subsist free because Microsoft will charge him tens of thousands of dollars to plant the game, and as a feeble indie developer he cannot afford that. The dissimilitude is, if Fish had instead released the valorous on Steam, it probably would be obliged been patched already at no unusualrdinary cost to the developer. Instead Fish stifle owes Microsoft money for the set apart of putting his game on Xbox Live. It's during this same reason that many feeble developers choose PSN/Steam over XBLA.
Fish has apologized to the 1% of gamers who inclination have their games ruined, but whose lapse is it really? Fish chose to put his game on XBLA. Maybe he didn't perceive about these re-certifying costs beforehand, but if everything is free to carry into practice on Steam why didn't he pure choose to put Fez on that platform leading? Even putting it on the PSN would bring forth cost him a lot less currency than he's forking out to Microsoft.
It's uncandid that Microsoft wants to charge in such a manner much money for a patch, no more than Fish made his bed and at this moment he just refuses to lay in it.
More at Polytron Corperation, via Thesixthaxis
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text: Amidst bomb threats and government pressure, LGBT Open Games kick off in Russia The Russian Open Games have finally kicked off with Greg Louganis attending. However, the LGBT-inclusive sports festival has had to weather last-minute venue cancellations, a bomb threat, and threats from anti-LGBT politicians who urged the event to be shut down by the government. Issues: News, Local and Regional News, Family, Religion and Faith, Sports, Young Adult


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As you drive down the country lane into the Seventy-four Ranch, you'll see the lovely rolling foothills of the North Georgia Mountains. The big sky is wide and blue, and our spirited horses and our cattle are on the move. Get ready to relax in rugged indulgence. The historic Butler-Cape House, built in the mid 1800's, is the heart of the Ranch. Our rooms, cabins and suites are hand-crafted for your delight. Antiques, artifacts and artwork await you, and you'll be refreshed by comfy beds, down pillows, quilts and fluffy towels. See our beautiful rooms on the Rooms Page.
The Seventy-four Ranch is dog friendly as well as family friendly. We love animals and want your animal companions to join you for a fun weekend or overnight visit with us while you stay at our Bed and Breakfast here in Jasper, Georgia, which is about an hour from both Atlanta and Chattanooga. Read about our Pet Policy on the Pet Friendly Page. And don't miss our feature in the AJC: "5 Trips Fido and Humans will Love".
Weddings at the Seventy-four Ranch are unique and memorable. Read more about it on the Weddings Page. Choose from our speciality of an assortment of custom packages with accommodations. Your guests won't be able to stop talking about it, and the photos of your wedding will be phenomenal. View an online Wedding Album of beautiful photos from a recent wedding held here at the Seventy-four Ranch.
Care for a little adventure? We have 1200 acres to ride. Stay right here on the ranch and learn to rope like a cowboy or fish for your dinner in Parker Pond. We've got the poles, bait and plenty of fish. Watch our foals learning to become cow horses and our calves scampering after the herd. Big Scarecorn Creek invites a family expedition or a rendezvous point for cocktails. See all the Activities available on the dropdown menu above.
Wake to the smell of rich coffee and the sounds of the ranch coming to life. Your hearty breakfast is served on the antique french dining table in the Butler-Cape House. View Sample Menus. Savor the freshest of foods, often straight from our garden and organic when possible. Stroll around our gardens, full of antique roses and period flowers, or find a porch or a wooden swing and luxuriate in the breeze that sweeps through our valley. When it's time to leave, you'll be refreshed and renewed, with memories that will last a lifetime.
In the moonlight, roast marshmallows around the campfire and listen to the true tales of the history of the ranch. We'll tell you about the Cherokee Indians, the Civil War, and the 'Moonshine War' here. The night sky sparkles with stars, and we have a fun and easy way to get you started on your exploration of the starry heavens. Read about our Stargazing adventures on the Stargazing Page.


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WASA employees help with student program
Several employees of the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority pitched in recently to help students learn more about engineering water-related projects.
Technical Services Manager Keisha Lisbon Thorpe and General Manager Stephen Hogan joined Brown and Caldwell Engineer Andy Patceg and 24 other volunteers to present the first state model water tower competition earlier this fall.
Middle school students from all over metro Atlanta built model water towers that were judged according to their structural efficiency, cost efficiency, hydraulic functionality, and design ingenuity.
Some 40 students participated in the effort to build the structures using household items. The goal of the friendly competition is to educate students about the water treatment process and the importance of properly designed and operated infrastructure, with the water tower serving as an example.
The Model Water Tower Competition was started by the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association in 2004. Since that time, a number of states have sponsored similar competitions, with the Georgia section of AWWA and GAWP joining the ranks in 2012.
"We were excited about the opportunity to help organize the first statewide Model Water Tower Competition in Georgia, because we saw this as an opportunity to educate our young people about what we do and its importance to their everyday lives," says Stephen Hogan, PCWASA General Manager. "If we also can help them gain an appreciation for science and the water and sewer industry, they'll be prepared to oversee the community's infrastructure when that time comes in their future."


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The Stairmaster Stepmill 7000PT is the revised version of the original real stair steeper machine which offers the user a real stair climbing experience. The Stairmaster Stepmill 7000PT uses a revolving staircase which can vary in speed enabling the machine to simulate walking or running up a flight of stairs. Each step is a full 8" high which gives a complete stair climbing reality of motion. This machine is a staple in any health club or gym and is always sought after by members thereof. This newer version, the Stairmaster Stepmill 7000 PT, offers an advanced display console, an assortment of programs and features not present on the previous
• Electronically Controlled Alternator Brake: ?Electronics precisely control the pedal descent allowing a wide range of user to exercise within their comfort zone.
•The Widest Range of Climbing Speeds: ?Meet every fitness level with speeds from 24 to 162 steps per minute.
• Patented revolving staircase?: 8" high steps most closely duplicate the workout of real stair climbing.
• State-of-the-Art Console?: Features the C40 StairMaster custom back-lit LCD console with scrolling performance feedback (calories, time, distance, floors climbed, METs and watts).
• 6 Programs?: Quick start, Manual, Fat Burner, Aerobic Training, Speed Intervals, and Constant HR Fitness Test?Multi-stage Fit Test and CPAT Fire Fit Test
• Heart Rate?: Polar-compatible wireless heart rate
• 20 Resistance Levels
• Step Range: 8" Fixed step
• Reading rack: ?Accommodates larger reading material with built-in cassette and water bottle holders.
• Built-in entertainment system control pad?: For use with wireless commercial entertainment systems. This feature is C.S.A.F.E compatible and works with entertainment systems such as Fitness Advisor, Broadcast Vision, and Cardio Theater.
This item is usually delivered via Common Freight Carrier. Estimated time to ship is 3-5 days.
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Ever wonder why so many foods originating from the hotter climates in the world are always so spicy hot?
From Mexico to India, Southeast Asia and China to southern Italy, popular cuisine is full of spices, herbs and flavorings that make the eyes water and the cheeks turn rosy. Reality TV shows make a big deal out of which restaurants serve the hottest foods and which contestants are able to withstand the fiery insults from the foods they serve.
Some hot spices or food components not only improve flavor, but serve medicinal purposes. Americans Indians have used cayenne (Capsicum annuum or frutescens, or red pepper) as food and medicine for at least 9,000 years. Cayenne has also been used in traditional Indian ayurvedic and Chinese, Japanese and Korean medicines as an oral remedy for digestive problems, poor appetite and circulatory problems. It has also been applied to the skin for arthritis and muscle pain.
Spicy foods containing peppers might even have an impact on cancer. In 2006, researchers at the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles found that capsaicin, a substance found in hot peppers like habanero, jalapeno and chili, killed off prostate cancer cells.
Research suggests that eating hot peppers contained in spicy foods might be helpful for treating obesity. Hot peppers have been shown to suppress appetite and decrease total caloric intake. A 2006 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that consuming chili pepper improves blood sugar and insulin regulation after a meal.
Until the introduction of refrigeration, populations living in warm and tropical climates were at greater risk of illness from potentially hazardous foods like meats, beans and other high protein foods. A unique property of hot spicy foods is the potent antibacterial role they play to protect against food-borne illness. People who enjoyed food with antibacterial spices probably were healthier, especially in hot climates. They lived longer and left more offspring, who in turn enjoyed the same kinds of foods and flavors as them.
A review of 4,578 recipes containing meat, poultry or fish published in 93 traditional cookbooks, found that the hotter the climate of the region, the more spices were called for in the recipes. Especially prominent were onion and garlic, which have been shown to inhibit the growth of all 30 microorganisms considered in the study. Cayenne, which is widely used in hot climates, inhibits the growth of 80 percent of microorganisms considered.
Among 120 recipes from Indonesia, 80 percent contained garlic and onion and 77 percent contained capsicums. In Ireland, on the other hand, onions appeared in 56 percent, garlic in 23 percent, and capsicums in only 2 percent of 90 recipes analyzed, even though the plants can grow there. In India, more than 80 percent of Indian recipes were prepared with onions, ginger, and capsicums and 76 percent called for garlic. But in Norway, the only prominent seasonings were black and white pepper, used in less than half the recipes.
Just a word of caution: The University of Maryland Medical Center warns that hot peppers might increase stomach acidity, increase the risk of bleeding from blood-thinning medications and decrease the effectiveness of aspirin. Consult your doctor about consuming spicy food if you have a stomach or intestinal problem, or are taking blood-thinning medications or aspirin.
Chuck Newcomb, MS, RD, CDE is a consulting registered dietitian providing medical nutrition therapy services for Memorial Hospital Los Banos. He has a master of science in clinical nutrition from New York University. E-mail questions to the Attention of ChuckRD at:
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Chuck Newcomb, MS, RD, CDE is a consulting registered dietitian providing medical nutrition therapy services for Memorial Hospital Los Banos. He has a master of science in clinical nutrition from New York University. E-mail questions to the Attention of C