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|Istas Wraithscar
Keliwyn and Emerion to post Round 2. Then Round 3 Istas and Heather. I don't give these guys much of a chance.
To keep things moving, I'll go ahead and post for Istas, even though her action won't take effect until next round. Since Emerion went to aid Keliwyn (and that's preferable, considering he's got multiple opponents on him), her actions shouldn't need to be retconned based on anything the two swordsmen do.
The third man tries to blindside Istas as shepulls her spear out of the dead doctor.
Sensing the approach of more physicians, Istas rightly assumes one of them will target her back. With the grace of a Shoanti warrior, she brings her shield around as she finishes Emerion's opponent, knocking aside the newcomer's club. She then lets loose an almost animal-like growl, thrusting with her spear to bring down another of Urgathoa's cultists.
Melee attack with spear (and assuming no flank bonus since Emerion moved on)... 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Damage, if applicable... 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Three Queen's Physicians charge into the room.
"Traitor!" one snarls at Keliwyn. Two of them move to engage the elf from either side.
"Not really," Keliwyn smirks, as he twists and ripostes against one of the new attackers.
Attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25 Damage3d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1, 5) + 4 = 12
Emerion skirts Istas ans her foe, coming up behind the man. His blade slips easily past armor and wounds the man deeply.
Keliwyn's riposte strikes home and another Physican falls mortally wounded.
Round 3
Istas ..22
Heather 19
Emerion 16 you can go still go ahead of them
Qps ....15 1.5 left
Keliwyn 11
Fina 9
Emerion's victim looks back at the Varisian which gives Istas a wide opening. Her spear pierces the left of his breast and he sits heavily coucghing blood. Then there was one.
Heather ?
|Heather Whiteraven
|Emerion Brightsmith
Emerion closes on the remaining cultist, again moving to flank (I believe he was one attacking Keliwyn - if not knock off 1d6 sneak attack).
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19 Damage 3d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3, 2) + 2 = 8
The wall will prevent you from gaining a true flanking position, but 2 hp don't matter.
Emerion's rapier finds its mark again and draws blood. The masked man panics. He flails left at Keliwyn and right at Emerion with his club-headed staff before dashing around Emerion. He seeks to run along the wall to the double doors.
Seeing that his route will take him near Heather, Fina drags her sword into a high ready position.
Emerion have an AoO. Keliwyn can also chase him down. If he lives long enough Fina will also take a swing at him.
Have youse guys been including the Hero's Feast benefits?
|Heather Whiteraven
|Emerion Brightsmith
I confess I had completely forgotten!
As their foe turns Emerion aims a thrust under his exposed guard.
Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 Damage: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 2 = 9 + Sneak Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 4 if applicable.
|Istas Wraithscar
Fina watches them squirm weakly on the floor. Just one is dead outright. "You don't waste any time," she observes dryly.
"When fate is upon you, it waits for no one," Istas explains.
The priestess looks around at the dying and the wounded with a stern gaze.
"All of these cultists should be put to death," she announces, "Unless you have any objections, Gray Maiden, I'll send them to Pharasma's judgement now. We haven't the time or resources to take them into custody. And they've perpetrated a crime of genocide against Korvosa's citizens. This is their appointed time to die...else, we wouldn't be here. My Lady calls them to the Boneyard for their sins."
I forgot to include the bonuses, as well. And, I haven't rolled the temporary hit points yet.
1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
|Emerion Brightsmith
"You don't waste any time."
"Well, you saw how they reacted," Emerion shrugs. "Why would physicians be ensconced down here away from their patients for days on end? Because they aren't physicians." Emerion tugs the masks and robes from the nearest men.
"Unless you have any objections, Gray Maiden, I'll send them to Pharasma's judgement now. We haven't the time or resources to take them into custody. And they've perpetrated a crime of genocide against Korvosa's citizens. This is their appointed time to die...else, we wouldn't be here. My Lady calls them to the Boneyard for their sins."
"I don't know what you do to the enemy, Istas, but you scare the hell out of me sometimes," Emerion quips, and quickly checks the chambers that the masked physicians came from.
Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 +1 vs Traps.
|Istas Wraithscar
|Heather Whiteraven
Fina nods in response to Istas. "Not the throats." She even lends a hand by grimly driving her dagger through a chest or two.
Are any of you carrying rope? If so Fina wants to save one doctor, well-bound, for questioning. If not there's always speak with dead.
Keliwyn: Nothing wrong with those doors.
Emerion: The Physicians came out of the southern door. It's one room with a large crate in the chamber's center. Around it stand five mismatched chairs and stools. A lantern on the crate provides light for the card game lying interrupted on top of the crate. A brimming chamberpot stands behind a curtain in one corner.
No frescos of an acropolis here. The walls are bare stone, seeping water in places. Crude artwork is scrawled near the chamberpot.
|Istas Wraithscar
Fina nods in response to Istas. "Not the throats." She even lends a hand by grimly driving her dagger through a chest or two.
"No. Never the throat," Istas agrees, knowing full well the need to preserve the head and speaking parts of a corpse so it may be interrogated later. A soft metallic ring echoes through the chamber as she draws forth her dagger...not at all squeamish about what must be done. "Leave them to me," she commands, "The followers of Urgathoa will die by my hand."
With Shoanti pragmatism, she sets about the grisly task.
"The Pharasmin call this blade Peacebringer," she states. Leaning over one of the cultists, she drives it through the wounded man's heart to finish him. Short, quick, and efficient. "May it deliver you to Pharasma's Boneyard quickly. And with your death, may it finally bring peace to those you've harmed with the taint of the Pallid Princess."
She continues her ministrations to the dying, leaving it to Fina to secure one for live questioning.
Are any of you carrying rope?
I'm sure one of us does.
|Heather Whiteraven
Heather joins Emerion and her nose wrinkles at the smell from the uncovered pot.."Pah it smells worse than Gaedren Lamms hideout" she comments then realises that apart from Keliwyn no-one here will have any idea of what she was talking about.
|Emerion Brightsmith
Emerion supplies the Grey Maiden with silk rope from his pack.
"Pah it smells worse than Gaedren Lamms hideout"
"I can imagine. We'll have to deal with Old Korvosa later - they've isolated it, it's in the hands of gang-lords and I have friends over there that need help," Emerion looks distracted and torn for a moment.
"All right, let's do things right this time - we drag the bodies in here, and take their masks and robes - that should give us the element of surprise against the rest."
Emerion does as he says, dragging the corpses (and the prisoner) into the guardroom, and distributing masks and robes to Istas and Heather.
"We can't cover your armour, but we can introduce you as a new recruit," he explains to the Gray Maiden.
|Heather Whiteraven
Emerion supplies the Grey Maiden with silk rope from his pack.
Emerion does as he says, dragging the corpses (and the prisoner) into the guardroom, and distributing masks and robes to Istas and Heather.
"We can't cover your armour, but we can introduce you as a new recruit," he explains to the Gray Maiden.
Fina thanks Emerion for his rope and helps stash the bodies.
"Only a fool would buy that story," Fina replies. "It is well known that the Grey Maidens are ruled by discipline and devotion to Queen and City."
The leather jackets are an awkward fit over breastplate too. Less so over Keliwyn's chain.
Where to? The northern single door. The double door to the east? Back up the elevator?
|Emerion Brightsmith
"Only a fool would buy that story. It is well known that the Grey Maidens are ruled by discipline and devotion to Queen and City."
"Listen, these ones bought the story that a man with a naked sword in their hidden stronghold was a new recruit, I think we can safely assume they are not that bright," Emerion replies tersely. "Besides, every organisation has someone who is corruptible. What will happen if we step beyond these doors and find a Grey Maid or two already here? Forgive me if I sound traitorous, but I'll cut them down without any remorse if they defend these genocidal bastards."
Emerion turns to Keliwyn.
"Single door first, then the double?"
|Heather Whiteraven
Heather gives a piercing look at Fina's back
"Who are you" she thinks to herself "You don't act like a sergeant your more like an officer..someone comfortable around nobility..I wish I could see through that visor because I have an idea that I know who you are
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|Emerion Brightsmith
"Ladies first?" Keliwyn says with a sweeping bow to Istas.
So we have Keliwyn (w/hat & leather apron), Emerion & Heather disguised as physicians, and Istas and Fina in regular refinery, correct?
True, Bill is the only original player remaining. Heather and Keliwyn the only original PCs.
This game is almost three years going strong - quite an accomplishment. Out of 296 pbp games on these boards, we're #13 in terms of number of posts. And as much as the turnover can be annoying in the course of the game, I think the characters coming and going really gives things more of a 'living' feel.
|Heather Whiteraven
I agree with Bill..the rotation of characters makes sense in a city based game..how it might affect the later stages is another matter altogether
Heather looks at Emerion and then hands him 4 scrolls.."Those are more use to you than me now" she says
Passed over 4 scrolls of Disrupt undead (CL1)
She draws her wand of Hideous Laughter and stands ready.
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|Istas Wraithscar
"Probably easier for me to just stab them, but thanks all the same, Heather," Emerion looks at a scroll for a moment and then stows them away.
"Not necessarily," Istas offers, "Some undead don't respond all that well to...stabbing. Sometimes you need stronger stuff to bring them down. I'd hold onto those if I were you..."
Emerion Brightsmith wrote:"Probably easier for me to just stab them, but thanks all the same, Heather," Emerion looks at a scroll for a moment and then stows them away."Not necessarily," Istas offers, "Some undead don't respond all that well to...stabbing. Sometimes you need stronger stuff to bring them down. I'd hold onto those if I were you..."
"What if we cleave them instead?" Fina hefts her sword. "It'll be hard for them to do anything if they're in two pieces on the floor."
There's a lighter tone to her words. Might she be joking?
Keliwyn draws open the single door. By the light of Emerion's sunrod, he sees a 20x25' room. Cabinets and low benches fill this chamber. The smaller cabinet on the west wall is secured with a brass lock. From pegs on the opposite side of the room, the empty black eyes of four beaked plague masks glare with soulless, unblinking stares. A door in the east wall leads out of the room.
"Looks like a storeroom," Keliwyn says, ducking back through the door. "A locked cabinet and another door. Anyone want to help me search through this stuff?" he asks, but without waiting for an answer he ducks back into the next room, where he gives his attention to the locked cabinet.
Perception (traps) 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Disable device 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17
"Damn," Keliwyn mumbles under his breath as he wipes his fingers on his shirt and tries the lock again. No prohibition on retrying locks, I believe, just traps.
Disable Device 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36
|Emerion Brightsmith
"I will," Emerion volunteers, moving in to assist. "For some reason our foes just love writing things down - like those notes we found on how they were trying to make the plague more lethal."
Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
What would it be to check through documents? I am guessing Linguistics, as it's also used for forgery.
|Heather Whiteraven
Keliwyn works on the cabinet with the brass lock.
The other cabinets contain long dark leather robes and coats,
high boots, wide-brimmed hats, and the solid round headed diagnostic canes. There's enough to outfit about a score of Physicians.
With a final twist of his fingers, Keliwyn pops open the locked cabinet. Inside is a second set of latched glass doors behind which lie a variety of delicate doctors' instruments — jars of unguents, syringes, magnifying glasses, rolls of clean white linen, and the like — four empty leather pouches, four silver flasks, and a medicine jar full of black onyx gems.
Alas no writings here.
|Emerion Brightsmith
|Heather Whiteraven
Heather takes the time to lose the bloodstained disguise she is wearing and replace it with fresh versions. She also takes a cane.. I take it, that it counts as a light club
Knowledge.Arcana 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 for info on Onyx
|Heather Whiteraven
"Ahhhh..it's not really my field, I think so but....Istas..you know more about this sort of stuff than I do"
its a DC20 skill check to ID the spells cast with a particular component
she casts Detect Magic on the assorted paraphenalia
|Heather Whiteraven
Why didn't I take 10 on my knowledge roll??? doh
Take 10 on Spellcraft for a 22 on each potion
"These seem to be three moderately powerful healing potions..and.." she seperates the 4th flask from the rest" ..some poison. I take it we are NOT using this
|Emerion Brightsmith
"Heather, why don't you hang on to those potions. I'm sure you have room in your nifty new backpack," Keliwyn suggests. "These I'll hold on to," he continues in a lower voice, slipping the gems into his beltpouch. value?
"Ladies?" he says, poking his head back out through the doorway, "Maybe we should continue through something other than the front doors?" Making his way over to Emerion, Kewilyn thinks of his previous encounter with the undead and the ineffectiveness of his blade, and also helps himself to one of the physician's clubs, sliding it into his belt.
|Emerion Brightsmith
|Heather Whiteraven
Heather slips the potions into a side pocket on the haversack then hefts the cane.."Hmm, good balance in these..and high quality workmanship..I believe they may accept enhancements of a magical nature."


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bh loves: Zooey's raspberry lips and music note nails
When I initially rocked up at bh HQ a few months back, one of the first pieces of advice I dished out revolved around bright lipstick and just how effective it is at making your face appear fresh and well-rested and just all-round glorious.
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Two more notable facts about this beautiful makeup look is that she's not only lined her lids with black liquid eye liner to further enhance her bold blue eyes, she's used a crème raspberry blush on the apples of her cheeks to complement her berry lips too. It's divine, beauties, and a look you must slip into your beauty rotation, stat.
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Now, we know we'd have to practise a handful of times with a nail art pen to, erm, nail those note designs, but what a quirky and cute way to jazz up a somewhat simple black and white outfit, right? If you blink you may miss them, but they're bound to impress anyone who lays their eyes on them.
So, after having studied Zooey Deschanel in all her beauty goodness, please repeat after me:
"I will embrace bold lipstick and make my peepers pop and my skin glow in the process. I will also dabble in some nail art, be it nail stickers, nail pens or playing with different nail polish hues."
Good one. My work here is now done (until I see another celebrity looking ah-may-zing and beg you to steal their look, that is).
What do you think of Zooey's makeup and nail combo? Are you keen to copy either of them? Both?
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That lip colour!
The raspberry lip colour is gorgeous
gorgeous! blue eyes accentuated with berry lippy!
I love the vibrant look.
I do like her lipstick it suits her but its not something that i would wear its more for the younger ones. And if you hadnt pointed it out I wouldnt have noticed her lovely nails
Love those nails, how darling!
It looks really good together.
Is it pronounced Zoooey or Zoe?
I love Zooey! She's so cute!
Yeah, i agree she is aways looking s beautiful and cute but I wouldnt copy her style either because its not my type of style that im into yet i love how she rocks it so well. :)
love the bright lips, totally digging that trend right now
love zooey!
Looks amazing especially the lips
zoey is amazing, love her
i love her eyes, they are just beautiful and she seems like a really cool person
I'm loving the brightly coloured lips for winter. Really cheers you up on a grey day.
I like that she kept it simple
I have a girl-crush on Zooey...
Can't even think how long it would take to do nails like this in "real life" with us mere mortals doing nails.
She reminds me so much of Katy Perry! She's gorgeous ... love the nail mash!
"I will embrace bold lipstick and make my peepers pop and my skin glow in the process. I will also dabble in some nail art, be it nail stickers, nail pens or playing with different nail polish hues."
Love her nails! They looks so nice, and her dress is also pretty!
Nice contrast
I think it looks great!
Those nails are too cute!!

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Some seem a bit ify to me but gotta wait till I hear them.
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ive heard of them from so long ago
looking forward to them
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looking forward for their debut ^^
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I would eat something small at whatever place you are at.....theres nothing wrong with eating a mcdouble at mcdonalds to hold you over, but ordering a big mac + large fries and large drink will hurt you.
lets just say for some unknown curcumstance you were unable to get to your normal healthy food choice for your diet and were say out somewere got stuck out there longer then expected for eg.. and you had the choice between say eating nothing or eating junk food like a mc d's or burger king or kfc what would you do?
say no becasue its "bad food" and go hungry untill you could get a healthy bb meal or just go nuts in maccas?
I would eat something small at whatever place you are at.....theres nothing wrong with eating a mcdouble at mcdonalds to hold you over, but ordering a big mac + large fries and large drink will hurt you.
There's no reason most people can't carry some kind of snack with them, but in dire situations you just pick the best thing that you can. :-)
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eat a angus wrap or something small to hold you over for a few hours. Most "junk food" places have decent things you can order. Wendys has chili, chicken salads, etc. there are subway's all over the place. Eating a Big Mac combo and a apple pie is not a good choice.
I saw a guy order (2) combo meals from Arby's. I thought he was ordering for a friend but he ate both of them. lol. yes he was fat.
if im tryin to gain weight i will eat McDonalds before i miss a meal. if im cutting i will absolutely go without
Eat the burgers, but skip the fries and sodas. Hamburgers or cheeseburgers are best, no fatty sauces, just meat and bun. Avoid fast food joint sauces like the plague!
Eat with efficiency not overeating. Keep the space for water or any other drink . Skipping food is not solution of fitness and good health.
Id eat whatever there was if I was hungry. A single meal isnt going fuck you up.
never want to go hungry for too long a period-catabolic
Saturated fats and trans fats, like those found in junk food, get dispersed throughout your body and can lead to fat build-up in your blood, thereby increasing your blood pressure.
lol i love kfc's
Here's my answer to traveling (tho I suspect the simple volume of food that you vs what I eat might present some challenges for you):
- I always pack good travel stuff that will cover me in a pinch if I'm stuck in an airport, worse yet, stuck on a plane on delayed take-off, stuck at an airport overnight or just caught starving w/ no immediate options:
-- pouches of tuna
-- protein bars
-- baggie of protein mix+ scoop
-- baggie of oatmeal
-- baggie of almonds or cashews
^^ that stuff is PERFECT to have with you. I also keep a small collection of plastic silverware.
I always try to get a hotel room w/ a mini-fridge and a microwave.
If I can, I'll find a nearby grocery store and get enough stuff to cover most of my meals - if its salad, a tupperware bowl, precooked chicken cuts, some fruit, some water, etc.
I can't stand going into restaurants alone and usually feel sick after eating fast food so I avoid those situations where I can. If you're stuck w/ McDonalds or something, you should still usually be able to find a "clean" meal. I'm more likely to go to a sandwich shop than burger joint if I have a choice, because at least I know what is going into my food. Greasy burgers just make me feel sick and frankly leaves my skin so greasy that I have to go clean my contact lenses.
A perfect example of a foodless situation - I was in Chicago for work, staying in a hotel downtown. Apparently the hotels in Chicago don't have stuff like you'd find at a Marriott Courtyard or something. No fridge, no microwave, not even a coffee maker. (I've been known to make oatmeal in the coffee pot!) Further, because I was downtown, most everything closed, including the Walgreens on the corner, by 6 pm and nothing was open over the weekend except the expensive restaurant next to the hotel. The one breakfast I had in that restaurant, I got my hand slapped when I submitted my travel expenses for spending too much, and it was the cheapest item on the menu. So, to that end, I hit a drug store that was open near my office during the day and picked up some fruit. I made oatmeal + protein mix + cut fruit for breakfast in my room for most of the 6 days I was in Chicago and then picked up some coffee on the way into work. I got lunch at work / wherever. Dinner, several times ended up being a pouch of tuna and more fruit because the choices were spend $$ at the restaurant or nothing, because stuff had already closed. Once I realized how early the places were closing, I also made a point to pick up a good sandwich during the day so I'd have something more than tuna for dinner. But either way, I was covered for all my meals and didn't break the bank, and didn't get caught having the choice of eating shit or not eating.
I'm not saying you need to travel w/ an extra suitcase of food, and I've never really been caught in this situation before because I don't typically go to locations that are in the middle of big cities, but I managed very well. At a min, I carry enough for a couple food emergencies - I always assume the stupid shit is going to happen going to or coming from my destination - caught somewhere in the airport or on a plane. But I can also be comfortable when I do get hungry - even if its a meeting that runs too long or whatever. I'm a miserable bitch on wheels when I get hungry, so I just make damn sure I never get caught w/o something decent to eat.
It obviously depends on whether i were cutting or bulking. If i were cutting thered be no point in eating the junk. Id just stay fasted for the time being and lose a bit more fat in the process.
Depends and you can always find something halfway decent in most places nowadays. Chicken strips, chicken salad, etc. I think just about any burger besides mcdonalds is probably not that bad. mcdonalds is total garbage except the actual chicken strips.
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kfc its a zinger burger with salsa hands down haha
but yeah im doing my first cut now so the temptation is high i should really stop talking about kfc's
Wicked zinger tower box meal go large with beans and a bottle of water...sounds good for my cheat meal!
Id rather eat fastfood than go catabolic.
Order like 4 crispy chicken sammiches with extra lettuce and tomato from the wendy's dollar menu. Ask for a packet of italian vinaigrette.
1) Remove the buns
2) Set aside all of your lettuce and tomatos.
3) Take the chicken and wrap in napkins. Squeeze some of the oil off.
4) chop up the chicken and mix in the lettuce/tomato. Add dressing.
You now have a halfway decent meal while on the road for under $5
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If I absolutely have to I will get McDonald chicken nuggets and rip the breading off and eat that.... If it's good enough for usain bolt it is for me
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Media duties, which were not in play, remain at Havas' MPG.
Final presentations took place last week with Interpublic Group's McCann presenting to executives at client headquarters in Akron, Ohio, on Thursday and Publicis Groupe's Saatchi pitching Friday, sources said.
The installation of Joseph Viselli as marketing director at Goodyear prompted the review, according to sources.
"We were very pleased with the work of both finalist agencies," said Viselli, in a statement. "Both McCann and Saatchi provided us with terrific, strategically grounded creative work for both print and electronic media. We were most impressed with McCann's collaborative chemistry with Goodyear and with our other agencies. Its team showed a willingness to push us creatively while still embracing Goodyear's brand personality."
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Prosciutto Puffs
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 45 mins
Here is a wonderful appetizer to serve as part of your cocktail party buffet or passed on trays. Very elegant!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup water
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 5 large eggs
- 3⁄4 cup minced prosciutto
- 1⁄4 cup snipped fresh chives
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. Butter 2 large baking sheets.
- Heat the water, butter and pepper in medium saucepan over medium heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low.
- Add flour all at once and cook, stirring, until mixture forms ball and leaves sides of pan. Stir 1 minute longer; remove from heat.
- Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth. Stir in prosciutto and chives. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
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Over its 17-year career, Jaga Jazzist has garnered international and critical acclaim, played countless rock, jazz and electronic music festivals, and received praise from music luminaries, including The Mars Volta and Flying Lotus. The group's first album, A Livingroom Hush (Warner Music Norway, 2001), was named the best jazz album of 2002 on BBC.com. Yet, how is it that so few Americans know about them?
During its lengthy existence, Jaga has only played six shows in the U.S., and its upcoming North American tour that begins on June 21, is only its second in the States. Wily mastermind and principal composer Lars Horntveth, 31, says Jaga has remained largely unknown in the U.S. because of the band's "no bullshit" and "maximalistic" modus operandi.
"What Jaga represents is a complex, melodic and no bullshit attitude, not being as commercial as so many other people are," he says. "I guess we represent some kind of alternative scene in Norway. It's an attitude of not making things simple or selling out."
The term "maximalistic" is Horntveth's personal antonym for "minimalist." It refers to his goal of making each Jaga song as complex and energetic as possible, yet still euphonious. Manically shifting among as many as five time signatures in one song, the band's members often seem to want to challenge the listener as much as their own technical skills.
Other times the nine instrumentalists offer an unusual orchestral experience via stunning crescendos played from their rock/jazz/electronic/progressive perspective. In "Toccata" from the band's 2010 album, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune), they accomplish this with trumpet, tuba, trombone, double-bass, lap steel, Fender Rhodes, church organ, drums and vibraphone.
With its non-mainstream music, the ensemble simply hasn't had the funds to tour extensively and build a massive following in the States. Jaga, as its members like to say, is largely a nonprofit group that creates art for art's sake. Finances have been so slim in the past that band members have had to maintain other jobs in the health care industry, or as album producers and band members for other well-known Norwegian groups such as Turbonegro and Motorpsycho.
Nevertheless, the nonet has powered through 17 years, about 30 band members, six albums and three EPs for two main reasonsfriendship and passion for music. Six members have been with the band since the beginning. In the mid-'90s, they all grew up as teenage friends in the quiet, Oslo suburb of Tonsberg. Its core members have been Horntveth, who founded the group at age 14, his older brother Martin and older sister Line. The age range of the band is now 29 to 35.
Over the years, Horntveth never received formal musical training, but several other members are trained jazz musicians. Still, as a self-taught musician, Horntveth has produced numerous albums for other top Norwegian acts and composed music for theater, film and radio.
As a film composer, Horntveth cites Bernard Herrmann's dizzying theme song for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) as a major influence. That largely explains the often dramatic, supremely restless quality of Jaga compositions. We can imagine a superhero flying across the ends of the earth to save mankind from a nefarious villain or an Aston Martin speeding down a highway in some spy flick.
His film composing experience came in handy for One-Armed Bandit, as he painstakingly scored music for every instrument on each track. With all that sheet music, the album took an entire year to complete. This was just another example of the band's "maximalistic" approach, the most intriguing aspect of which is perhaps Horntveth's more idiosyncratic method of songwriting.
In order to create novel sounds, he will often begin with a sound he finds extraordinarily unpleasant and spend several hours attempting to make it palatable. That's how he came up with the concept behind One-Armed Bandit, an album inspired greatly by the sound of slot machines.
"I was sitting in my studio in Oslo, and suddenly I started making this 'barump barump' sound, that kind of fanfare, arpeggio thing," says Horntveth. "I thought, 'okay this is so stupid, I have to make more of this idiotic-sounding stuff.' That's what I'm trying to do many times is make music that makes me a bit embarrassed at first, but then try to do it in a way that makes it really cool."
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Project ID: 2008WY43B
Title: A New Method for Tracing Seepage from CBNG Water Holding Ponds in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Project Type: Research
Start Date: 3/01/2008
End Date: 2/28/2010
Congressional District: 1
Focus Categories: Groundwater, Surface Water, Water Quality
Keywords: Carbon Isotopes, CBNG co-produced water, Recharge Flowpath
Principal Investigators: Sharma, Shikha; Frost, Carol; Reddy, Katta J
Federal Funds: $ 9,378
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $ 72,188
Abstract: The proposed work will establish and verify the utility of a low-cost and innovative approach for understanding "Groundwater contamination caused by seepage out of CBM water holding ponds," which has been identified as one of the critical areas of research under the CBNG Related Issues category in the Wyoming Water Research Program Request for Proposals (WRP RFP, 2008). Groundwater degradation caused by infiltration from CBNG water retention ponds is an issue of immense importance because groundwater is a major source for stock water, irrigation and drinking water for many small communities and ranchers in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. It is necessary to develop a tracer that can fingerprint this water in order to trace seepage of water from these ponds into shallow aquifers. Strontium isotopes and other geochemical tracers have limited application in some instances because of significant contributions of these elements from local lithologies and high analysis costs. This study evaluates a low cost tracer that is less readily overwhelmed by near-surface sources.
Based upon preliminary analyses of CBNG co-produced water, we suggest that the carbon concentrations and isotopic composition of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (δ13CDIC ) can be used as a natural tracer for fingerprinting CBNG co-produced water. Our results show that CBNG co-produced water has strongly positive δ13CDIC (+12 to +22‰) that is readily distinguished from the negative δ13C of most surface and groundwaters (-8 to -11‰). Furthermore, the DIC concentrations in co-produced water samples are also high (>100 mg C/l) compared to the 20-50 mg C/l in ambient surface and groundwaters of the region. The distinctively high δ13C and DIC concentrations allow us to identify surface and groundwaters that have incorporated CBNG co-produced water and can also be used to track the CBNG produced water infiltrating from the ponds. Accordingly, we suggest that the δ13CDIC and DIC concentrations of water can be used for long term monitoring of infiltration of CBNG co-produced water from the CBNG water holding ponds.
Samples will be collected from the CBNG discharge wells, water holding ponds and monitoring wells and analyzed for δ13CDIC and DIC concentrations, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), electrical conductivity (EC), major cations (e.g., Ca, Mg, Na, and K), and major anions (e.g., alkalinity, sulfate, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, and phosphate) to assess changes in water quality as the CBNG water migrates along the recharge flow path.
The results from this study will demonstrate how we can trace the seepage out of CBNG water holding ponds using a low cost stable isotope approach.
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Despite reports last week that the upcoming Rapture Metro downloadable content pack for BioShock 2 would be released this week, it appears that the DLC isn't quite ready for mass consumption.
That is according to Microsoft's Major Nelson. Still, he did find it in his heart to share some details about the pack, and here they are:
- Six all-new maps built, some built from the single-player portion of the game
- Three new Achievements/Trophies
- Rebirth Feature – Players who reach rank 50 have the option to rank down to Level 1 and receive a special mask
Not quite as substantial as I was expecting, but perhaps there's more to it than what's been revealed at this time. Whatever it includes, the Rapture Metro pack will cost 800 Microsoft Points, and will be available when it's available.
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Alison Watt, Root, 2007, Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 213.4 cm, British Council Collection. Courtesy the Artist / Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.
Alison Watt, Hollow, 2009, oil on canvas, 182.9 x 182.9 cm.
Alison Watt, Host, 2006-7, Oil on canvas, 426.8 x 304.8 cm, Courtesy the Artist / Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.
Alison Watt, Vowel, 2007, Oil on canvas, 274.3 x 213.4 cm, Courtesy the Artist / Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.
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Alison Watt is the seventh National Gallery Associate Artist and the youngest in the scheme's history. This exhibition marks the end of her two year period at the National Gallery and is comprised of six large scale works which were inspired by works from the Gallery's permanent collection.
By the early 2000s, Watt had established a reputation as a painter of material and the work in this exhibition demonstrates a deep fascination with the possibilities of the suggestive power of fabric.
Watt began her time at the National Gallery by surrounding herself with key visual influences in the form of reproductions pinned to her studio wall, from the material sensuousness of Ingres to the earthy reality of Courbet. She then embarked on a series of powerful, large-scale paintings.
The canvases in this exhibition appear at first to be overwhelmingly white but this sensation is arrived at with a surprisingly varied palette that includes grey, burnt sienna, cadmium red and yellow. She chooses titles for her works during their creation, or shortly after, selecting words with an ambiguity that allow spectators to find their own interpretations.
Two of the works, Pulse and Echo, feature a large knotted form, possessing a sense of weighty physicality that seems to push the folds of fabric into the spectator's own space.
There is an aggressive thrust to these pictures, offset by the little open folds that suggest an entrance. The notion of a point of entry becomes the dominant theme in the rest of the series, but in these first two paintings it is the forceful and physical property of the knots that give the works their character.
Host seems to be losing its connection with fabric and pushes its representational qualities about as far as they can go before shifting into abstraction.
The appearance of a dramatic movement away from, rather than into the very pronounced centre of the painting it gives the painting an expansiveness, implying a continuation beyond the picture's edge. The completion of Host reflects Watt's deepening interest in Zurbarán's Saint Francis in Meditation, which was perhaps the work that Watt drew most inspiration from during her time at the National Gallery.
The effect upon her work of those sculptural folds by Zurbarán can be seen in the paintings Phantom, Vowel, and Root. Both Root and Vowel are indicative of how Watt's work made at the National Gallery has been moving away from the painting of matter towards something less definitive.
The exhibition catalogue (£12.95) that accompanies the show also debuts a powerful new work by Scottish poet Don Paterson, recipient of both the Whitbread and T.S. Eliot Prizes for Poetry, which was composed in response to viewing both Watt's work and the works influencing it. Published by the National Gallery Company and distributed by Yale University Press, the catalogue has been generously supported by Bank of Scotland Private Banking.
The Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Associate Artist Scheme enables leading contemporary artists to work with the National Gallery's permanent collection of pre-1900 Western European art. The appointment is for a period of two years during which the artist is given a studio in which to make new work that in some way connects to the National Gallery Collection; thereby demonstrating the continuing inspiration of the Old Master tradition on today's artists.
Alison Watt.
Alison Watt, Phantom, 2007, Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 335.3 cm, Courtesy the Artist / Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.


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When a collection of the sport's finest players gather together for one star-studded game, it's inevitable that storied memories will transpire. Since 1933, Major League Baseball's first All-Star Game, there have been countless great moments.
But great moments can be defined in a number of ways: the sentimental, the unexpected, the sublime, the disputed and even the gruesome. All of these moments are great in their own right.
Over the past 80 years, there have been a plethora of unique events. Below are 50 of the greatest ones.
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Can anyone become a genius? What do geniuses do that makes them so special anyway? Three new books explore different facets of genius, and I'll share what makes each one worth reading.
1. Divine Fury: A History of Genius, by Darrin M. McMahon, is a 300-page tome, dozens of which are filled with images and notes. This absorbing history of ideas about genius includes genius's "intimate connection to the divine," as well as the social construction of genius. From the ancients to today, every possible aspect of this fascinating topic is explored.
Included is a section about Hitler, who thought himself a genius, and the corrupting power of genius. It's a book for scholars, certainly, but also for anyone wanting to get behind and beyond the way genius is discussed in popular media.
2. Genius Unmasked by Roberta B. Ness is a highly readable account of how more than a dozen major scientists did the genius-level work they did, followed in each case by a discussion of how they used particular cognitive tools. Ness is a physician-scientist and author, much awarded and honored and involved in research on innovation.
The cognitive toolbox Ness makes a good case for includes the following: finding the right question, observation, analogy, juggling induction and deduction, changing point of view, broadening perspective, dissecting the problem, reversal, recombination and rearrangement, the power of groups, and frame shifting.
If that quickie list makes it seem too hard to teach or learn how to be a good innovator, Ness explains in elegant detail precisely how each of the scientists she's written about used whichever of the tools he or she used.
I'll give the example of Maria Montessori, whose mental processes I haven't read about before. Italy's first woman physician in 1896(!), Montessori took an interest in retarded children. She observed, shifted frames to see things through a child's-eye-view, and made the connection that children (normal and non) could, by way of self-learning, develop with respect, their natural impulses unsuppressed, leading to much greater educational and developmental progress. By asking the right question—could retardation in part be a matter of the way in which children were taught?—she was able to design a whole new system of educating any and all children.
Other remarkable innovators analyzed in Genius Unmasked include Darwin, Einstein, Edison, Curie, and several more recent individuals who have advanced the fields of social psychology, medicine, computers, and environmental science. Highly recommended.
3. Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius, by Kristine Barnett, is a memoir of raising her son Jake, a math and science prodigy who began university at nine. By the age of two, however, Jake had stopped speaking and was diagnosed as autistic. At three, his teacher doubted he'd ever read. It takes further evaluations before Jake is found to have Asperger's, with an IQ of 189.
Barnett weaves a compelling narrative that many parents might relate to, especially the parts about navigating the various systems so as to get a struggling child the best help possible. Barnett tells readers about her and her husband's countless internet searches, the overwhelming hours of therapy of various kinds that Jake needed, the role of boredom in her son's problems, as well as her own efforts to help other children while helping her own. As complicated and trauma-filled as her own life is, Barnett writes with neither sentimentality nor self-absorption. Really quite fascinating.
Find out more about Barnett's charitable community center for autistic and special-needs children and their families called Jacob's Place.
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Strip Club Next To Convent Has Its Liquor License Revoked: ReportClub Allure attorney and former investor Robert Itzkow says the ruling will be appealed to the state's Liquor Control Commission.
Pedestrian Dies After Being Hit By Vehicle In Stone Park A 50-year-old South Side man died Wednesday, two days after he was hit by a vehicle in west suburban Stone Park.
Flooding Slowly Recedes Amid Dry Conditions TuesdayThe rain might have stopped falling hours ago, but most of the Chicago area remained under a flood warning Tuesday morning, with many streets still covered in water from a series of storms that dropped nearly 5 inches of water in some suburbs.
Nuns Allege Prostitution At Stone Park Strip ClubInside the walls of a west suburban "gentlemen's club" men and women engage in the practice of "high friction, full physical contact," according to a lawsuit filed by a group of nuns who live next door.
BGA: Suburban Police, Fire Pension Fund Shortfalls Total $3.3 BillionPolice and fire departments across suburban Cook County might be in line for some budget cuts, as huge pension problems loom, according to a report from a government watchdog.
Nuns File Suit, Hold Vigil To Close Neighboring Strip ClubThe nuns, several local residents and the village of Melrose Park filed suit Friday seeking to shut Club Allure, which is on the Stone Park-Melrose Park border.
Sisters Vs. Strippers: Nuns To Sue Over Strip Club Next Door To ConventTheir lawyer, Tom Brejcha of the Thomas More Society, said state law is clear that adult clubs cannot operate within 1,000 feet of a school or house of worship. The nuns have both, and the club is just over their back fence.
Nuns' Suit: Stone Park Strip Club Has Brought 'Sexual Misbehavior' And Loud MusicNuns who earlier protested the opening of a strip club adjacent to their convent in Stone Park have slapped the village and the club with a suit that seeks to yank the curtain down on the adult entertainment.
Huge Fire Wipes Out Stone Park GroceryIt took at least two hours to contain the flames. No one was injured – small consolation to the family that ran the grocery store.
Nuns Launch Latest Assault Against Strip Club In Stone ParkThe Get It club was supposed to open in April, but road construction along Lake Street has slowed those plans dramatically. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
Strip Club Next To Stone Park Convent May Be Preparing To OpenIt is unclear whether a strip club will open as scheduled next door to a Roman Catholic convent in west suburban Stone Park.
FDIC Takes Control Of Wilmette-Based BankPremier Bank has become the third Illinois bank to fail this year, and the second this month. State regulators worked with the bank for months in an attempt to save it.


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When people start talking about politics being brutal they don't mean the silly underpants stealing strategy of Mallard and his merry band of halfwits. They mean this kind of poetry in motion.
A proper negative campaigning ad
That sounds very similar to, the type of reoffending and the pathetic way our justice system deals with it here, on a regular basis.
The difference here is that nobody and I mean nobody is ever held accountable.
We should seriously look at the Justice system. They want to be treated like sacred cows that are untouchable and can do no wrong.
Why do we privatize the public prosecutors office? But we can't privatize prisons.
We would see more accountability if these were elected positions, same with the police commanders, do we really need a Police commissioner based in Wellington accountable to politicians when a locally elected Sheriff would be accountable to the constituents in his/her area. It would also go a long way towards balancing up the staffing levels were the high crime areas tend to have the lowest number of police per capita. With funding being on a per capita basis.
Is there any body outside of the Justice system, think that we are being well served and receiving good value for money with the current system?


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DAY 3 HONG KONG 7s: FIJI TAKES CUP, SAMOA PLATE, USA BOWL
Fiji won a high scoring Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens Final against arch rivals New Zealand to take its 13th title in Hong Kong. The Fijians had humbled everyone before them over the whole tournament and took the game straight to their opponents in a ferocious enounter.
Fiji were two tries up after only 4 minutes, but even a relatively inexperienced New Zealand team can't be ruled out and they fought back to tie the scores, 14-14, at half time. A try by Stefano Cakau early in the second put Fiji back in front and this was entended to 14 points by Nikola Matawalu's score a few minutes later. A Bryce Heem try put New Zealand back in touch with 2 minutes to go, but Waisea Nayacalevu's instant reply sealed it for Fiji despite a late consolation try for New Zealand.
An emotional Fiji coach, Alavereti Dere said he was "very, very happy" after winning at his first attempt as coach in Hong Kong and as such becoming one of a very few players to win the Hong Kong Sevens as a player and coach. Commenting on how close the match was, he commented, "I think we wanted it more than New Zealand in the last ten minutes".
Looking ahead to next week's event in Tokyo, Dere said "it really sets us up for next week and maintains us in the top two places in the IRB Sevens rankings"
Also in the Cup, South Africa defeated England, 28-0, to take 3rd place, winning convincingly with four unanswered tries.
Samoa won a close contest in the last minute with a try from Taulagi Afamasaga, to defeat Argentina 12-10 to take home the Plate competition. Earlier in the Bowl Final, Kenya held on to win 14-12 against a competitve USA team.
In the all important Qualifier event, Canada took the spoils beating Spain 22-5 with a hatrick of tries from Sean Duke. There was consolation for Spain though, as they along with Canada and third place winners, Portugal, won the three spots on offer to join the HSBC Sevens World Series next year, guaranteeing them competition against the best teams in the world at ten series events.
Unfortunately, host Hong Kong were not able to capitalisie on the their good form from the first two days, as a red card for playmaker Keith Robertson, made it very difficult for them against Japan, who eventually won through 10-5 in extra time after a gallant effort by the Hong Kong team.
Results Day 3:
China 5 – 7 Guyana
Uruguay 22 – 5 Philippines
Hong Kong 5 – 10 Japan
Spain 19 – 7 Tonga
Canada 24 – 7 Russia
Portugal 21 – 17 Zimbabwe
Fiji 26 – 7 Argentina
Australia 14 – 19 England
Samoa 14 – 27 South Africa
New Zealand 31 – 7 Wales
Guyana 0 – 31 Uruguay
Japan 12 – 17 Spain
Canada 14 – 12 Portugal
Scotland 14 – 28 USA
Kenya 29 – 0 France
Argentina 21 – 12 Australia
Samoa 36 – 7 Wales
Fiji 14 – 7 England
South Africa 12 – 19 New Zealand
Qualifier 3rd Place: Japan 19 - 33 Portugal
Qualifier Final: Spain 5 - 22 Canada
Bowl Final: USA 12 – 14 Kenya
Plate Final: Argentina 10 – 12 Samoa
Cup 3rd Place: England 0 – 28 South Africa
Cup Final: Fiji 35 – 28 New Zealand
Source: Hong Kong Rugby Football Union media release prepared by Elite Step Asia Limited


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Cambodia overview
Peace and stability has slowly started to return to Cambodia and the steady influx of aid has been building up the infrastructure and clearing away land mines and other remnants of fighting. This means the Cambodia is gradually becoming a viable mainstream tourist destination. For now it is best to stick to the well travelled tourist trails to avoid the banditry and land mines that are present in some of the more rural areas. That being said, sticking within these areas still offers enough to make Cambodia a good stop off point on any tour of South East Asia.
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Flicker (Kanye West Remix) Lorde
With the "Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1" soundtrack dropping next week on November 17th, the label decided to come through tonight and drop off another track from the project, with Kanye West reworking Lorde's "Flicker."
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1" Soundtrack Features Kanye West, Pusha T, Miguel & More
When it was announced that New Zealand pop sensation Lorde would be putting together the soundtrack for the new film in the Hunger Games series, it looked like the selection could be something special.
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Name your favorite rapper. Eminem, Jay Z or Kendrick Lamar come to mind? What about Lorde?
Yellow Flicker Beat Lorde
Lorde has seen a sudden rise to fame this past year, starting with her break-out and debut single "Royals" in mid-2013.
Team (Remix) Maino
As Lorde's popularity continues to rise, she continues to get remixed by different rappers. At first we saw a lot of "Royals" freestyles/remixes but now it seems "Team" is the Lorde track of choice to mix.
Team (Remix) Iamsu! Feat. Sage The Gemini
Rappers seem to love going in over Lorde tracks.
Royals (Remix) T-Pain Feat. Young Ca$h
Sure, we've heard remixes to "Royals," before, it's been covered from Rick Ross to The Weekend, and now, T-Pain. This remix is something which T-Pain calls a "T-Mix," and it's not the first one he's done.
Pharrell Talks About How Lorde and Kendrick Are Shaping The Industry
Pharrell is one articulate dude, if you haven't heard him speak already. When he sat down with Hardknock TV, he had a lot to say about music as an art form and music as an industry.
Royals (Remix) Lorde Feat. Rick Ross, Wale & Magazeen
We first got Ricky Rozay's remix of Lorde's popular track "Royals" back in October, although it had tags at the time. Now Wale has decided to add himself to Rozay's remix, with his portion receiving a production remix as well.
Royals (The Weeknd Remix) Lorde
Check out Royals (The Weeknd Remix), the latest track from Lorde, which dropped on Saturday, August 17th, 2013. Lorde's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Royals (The Weeknd Remix) has further strengthened that fact.


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The Financial Accounting Foundation plans to conduct a post-implementation review of the standard governing accounting for income taxes to gauge how well it has performed.
Review Slated of Accounting for Income Taxes Standard
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Apr/May 2014
You can't help but become inspired when you read the profiles of the Women of M2M. I learned so much from many of these women. They are passionate and persistent. Their energy is infectious. Most of these women see what often times others don't see. They do not talk about a male–dominated world. They don't want to talk about gender bias. They see the glass as half-full rather than half-empty. They seamlessly manage crisis and change, and are turnaround experts.
Successful women leaders know how to play the game when they have to—and can anticipate the unexpected. They know what cards to play and keenly calculate the timing of each move they make like a chess grandmaster.
Many are well-organized, aligned, and well-balanced, juggling a career and motherhood. These leaders talk about embracing traditions and even adapt to changing times.
Yet, in order to clear a path for greater advancement, female business leaders need to tackle these most pressing paradoxes for which many of them are sending mixed messages that are uncomfortable realities that complicate an arguably positive picture of progress for women in business.
We hear time and time again, women are pushing the boundaries when faced with adverse circumstances and talk about confronting challenges. But the truism I discovered after months of interviews, most women, especially those who are not at the helm of their company, will not rock the boat when it comes to their careers. What's more, many will not admit it, unless pressed, that corporate America can do more to advance women.
In fact, most women don't want to talk about a lack of support within their own companies. Rather, they want to talk about what they want to achieve and how they can build a more robust community for upwardly mobile women. Sadly, that mantra kind of crumbles for many of the women on the list in 2014. As someone who has worked in this industry for 15 years, I have seen the paucity of women moving up the ranks, when you compare the growth of the technology industry as a whole.
I have to admit I'm not the only editor that has reported on this phenomenon. The Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fortune, and others, have also written lengthy articles noting that women should be transcending the ranks. In the U.S., while women might make up half of the U.S. workforce, only 25% represent the technology industry.
Part of the problem appears to be that female business leaders fail to build strong social networks for business. While women are known to be consummate relationship builders, they fail to use their own contacts to get themselves promoted within their own organizations or elsewhere. Despite the renewed feeling that many claim to get from sharing with each other, they won't do it until it is sanctioned by their corporations.
In interviews with many women through my career, many admit most of their male counterparts have found it acceptable to create social environments to engage in developing business and exchange career favors. Heaven forbid if a woman should ask for reciprocation or some type of favor that would imply their social exchange would benefit other women even more in the very business they are helping to grow. One female executive told me that she thought even though networking would benefit her, she didn't want her management to think it was a "girl's" night out. It's interesting to note unless at the pinnacle of her career, both genders found it difficult to recommend a woman for the list.
If this is an industry of consummate relationship builders why was making a recommendation so difficult? Even the women we recommended were not confident in themselves to appear in the list. Some women felt they hadn't earned the respect of their male or female colleagues and didn't want to appear on the list just yet. What's more, when we invited some women to make time for the gathering of technology women to network and build the community, several could not justify the time with their management. And those that were top management couldn't justify making the time. It's easy to say we need more females involved in technology and that both genders need to be supportive, but the onus is on the industry to truly put forth the commitment. Make no mistake, there are some women who are true champions. These are true leaders in technology. We need more of you. All this illustrates to me is that we need more women to aspire to be leaders and to push the boundaries that others have not taken before. The future does look bright for M2M.[button link="https://connectedworld.com/subscribe-connected-world/" color="default" size="small" target="_self" title="" gradient_colors="," gradient_hover_colors="," border_width="1px" border_color="" text_color="" shadow="yes" animation_type="0" animation_direction="down" animation_speed="0.1"]Subscribe Now[/button] Gain access to Connected World magazine departments, features, and this month's cover story!


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HIGHLAND FALLS - Police say a body was recovered from the Hudson River today in Highland Falls.
Officials say a boater found the body of a female at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday along the border of Orange and Putnam counties.
Police say the body was recovered by boat and taken to Garrison by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department.
Police have not confirmed the identity of the body found. They also say there does not appear to be anyone who is missing that matches the description of the woman they pulled from the water.
The woman is said to be in her late 30's to early 40's with dark skin and long dark hair.