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Midge Ure Set to Release 'Fragile' 8/18
Grammy and Brit Award winning musician Midge Ure, OBE (Officer of the British Empire - awarded in 2005) is set to release his first new album in over a decade entitled Fragile, via eOne Music. The album, containing ten tracks takes from the various influences spanning Midge's vast career from his accomplished guitar work (Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy) to the synth sounds and technology he has utilized since the late 70's to today (Visage, Ultravox.) The album was recorded almost in its entiretly in Midge's studio in Bath, England with Midge at the helm, playing, arranging, producing and engineering, a true 'solo album.'
An album of beautifully crafted, atmospheric music from a skilled songwriter, 'Become' (which is presently in heavy rotation on BBC Radio) and 'Dark, Dark Night' (a collaboration with Moby), shows more than a passing nod to his electronic roots, all the way to the heady, cinematic soundscape of 'Fragile' or 'Star Crossed', which could almost be called contemporary prog-rock all blend comfortably on this collection of songs.
Midge Ure has an impressive back catalogue fronting the groundbreaking electrorock band Ultravox as well as being a member of such noteable bands as Visage and Thin Lizzy in addition to Band Aid where he produced and co wrote the smash charity single 'Do They Know Its Christmas'. He was also one of the principle creators of Live Aid and Live 8 along with Bob Geldof. Ure has spent most of his career touring the globe most recently with Ultravox who reformed in 2009 as well as some solo shows and the notable role of MD for the Princes Trust at the Royal Albert Hall with a cast of the usual suspects including Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Mark King.


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How to Complete Your Project Management Research Paper Successfully
Posted On April 28th, 2009 | Research Paper Writing
So, you need to prepare a research paper on project management. It is your academic project and your major objective is to complete it successfully. By the way, successful completion of specific projects is the basic principle of project management. So, keep it in mind when working on your own project.
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Staff Employee Recognition
Recognized December 17, 2007
From President
Alexander Gonzalez:
My thanks to everyone who sent in nomination forms. We have many commendable staff on campus, and I encourage you to nominate anyone you feel is deserving of this award. The deadline for submission of a nomination for the Staff Employee Recognition Award is Friday, February 15, 2008. Complete details regarding eligibility, criteria, and nomination procedures are available on the website link: http://www.csus.edu/president/staffrec/index.stm


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX dips as gold losses weigh ahead of Brexit vote
(Adds portfolio manager comments, details on Suncor Energy, updates prices)
* TSX closes down 2.82 points, or 0.02 percent, at 14,012.32
* Five of the index's 10 main groups end lower
By Fergal Smith
TORONTO, June 21 (Reuters) - Canada's main stocks edged lower on Tuesday as losses for gold ahead of a vote by Britain on its European Union membership weighed on mining stocks, offsetting gains for financial and energy stocks.
The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, lost 1.9 percent, including a 3 percent drop in shares of Barrick Gold Corp to C$24.54.
Spot gold fell 1.9 percent as U.S. and European shares rose amid receding expectations that Britain could vote to leave the European Union in Thursday's referendum.
Industrial stocks also lost ground, falling 0.9 percent as railway stocks retreated.
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd slid 2.3 percent to C$159.30 after warning it expects revenue to fall about 12 percent in the second quarter from a year ago. Continued...


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Divorcees remarry for organ donation
It's the ultimate act of sacrifice... a woman in China underwent two rounds of surgery to donate part of her liver.
The recipient? Her former ex-husband.
Su Dan and Tian Xinding had been married for 10 years but divorced over issues relating to their business.
Two months after their split was finalized, Tian was diagnosed with liver cancer.
Facing a long donor waiting list, Su- who was a match, offered to donate a part of her liver.
But in China, organ transplants between a couple are only approved if the pair are married. So that's what they did...Again.
After renewing their vows, the couple underwent a successful 10 hour surgery.
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From bombastic to beloved, Joachim Sauer's trip to Wagner's "grail"
By Michael Roddy
BERLIN (Reuters) - In his youth, theoretical chemist Joachim Sauer found the music of Richard Wagner "bombastic". All that changed when he was in his early 20s with a chance encounter with Wagner's 'Siegfried'.
Now the annual Wagner summer festival in Bayreuth is one of the few occasions when the media-shy Sauer is seen in public with his wife, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
This year, the bicentenary of Wagner's birth, is a special one for the many millions of "Wagnerians" who share Sauer's passion. It was the chance to talk about Wagner's music, and only about music, that prompted Sauer to speak to Reuters.
"If you ask me what is the best good fortune in my life of course I say that I have seen in my lifespan the Wall coming down, the reunification," said Sauer, 63, who grew up in communist East Germany.
"But the second, which comes with it, is perhaps that I now can go to Bayreuth."
Sauer, considered a top expert in his field for his quantum chemical work with catalysts used in the chemical industry, and also in cars, met for an interview in English over dinner recently at the restaurant of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin where he went on to see Puccini's "Tosca".
"They see me all the time at Bayreuth and think I only like Wagner's music and it's not true," Sauer said. He also likes Beethoven, Mozart, some of the Romantic repertoire, even the music of the 20th century, and Verdi's "La Traviata", which he considers a masterpiece.
But what is it about Wagner's music that Sauer, a slender, fit and cordial man whose smiling countenance throughout the dinner of fish and a glass of white wine belied his somewhat dour image in the German press, finds so engaging, if not to say addictive? Continued...


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When, in November 2010, Barack Obama reflected on the "shellacking" that was the Democrats' disastrous performance in mid-term elections, even his notorious and unnerving self-confidence must have admitted to the possibility that he would be a one-term president.
And yet this afternoon he'll walk out to a public re-inauguration not only re-elected but with the contours of a permanent Democratic majority outlined and a strong claim to being the most effective domestic President since Franklin Roosevelt.
Two years ago, his argument to the American people was hampered by counter-factual possibilities (imagine if we'd fallen into a second Great Depression), counter-intuitive ideas (government needs to spend more, not less, in a recession; we need to send more troops into Afghanistan in order to leave that country sooner), and deferred gratification (healthcare won't kick in until 2014; the economy will take many years to recover fully). During last year's election campaign his argument was simpler: don't risk the other lot. Today he will argue that the best is yet to come. On that score, he is probably right.
If you wish to argue, as I do, that Obama is already a great president, it is natural to lean heavily on his atrocious inheritance and the circumstances in which he has led. When he came to power America was losing 750,000 jobs a month. In the last quarter of 2008, the annualised drop in growth was approaching nine per cent. Confidence in the global financial system was decimated and America was engaged in two costly wars. Now debt is rising steadily but the country has growth that most of Europe envies. The troops are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan. A depression has been averted. All this despite the interminable theocratic propaganda of Fox News and those witless chumps in Washington who work for it, the modern Republican Party.
But if you want to go further, as I do, and argue that Obama is potentially a transformational president, you have to believe that his second term could make good on the promises of the first. Here, the ambition is undimmed: comprehensive immigration reform, including an amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants, finally looks likely because both parties have an incentive to pursue it. Then we have a civil rights revolution for gays and lesbians; energy independence through investment in shale gas; recreational cannabis increasingly legalised; and all this on top of gun control, universal healthcare and the blow for equality that was America's first black president.
On several fronts, America is moving forward on social issues to roughly where our own Tory party is. In his seminal 2007 book, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again, the journalist David Frum articulated his vision for a moderate, reformist conservatism, based on love of family, faith and flag, which delivered a permanent governing majority. With today's Republican Party unable or unwilling to engage with whole swathes of a new, coffee-coloured America — where women, the young, and ethnic minorities lean heavily toward Democrats — conservatives like Frum are bracing themselves for a generation in the wilderness. Little do they realise that their wish has already been fulfilled — by Obama.
Amol Rajan is editor of independentvoices.com; twitter.com/amolrajan
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refinishing fiberglass door
I have a Therma Tru fiber classic door that has been totally stripped and refinished due to a problem I had with the clear coat flaking off after a few years. I have used a gel stain and sealed it with marine spar varnish which should offer the best protection. I also added a coat of the varnish ever year or two as suggested. I still get the flaking which takes off with some of the stain, but only on the bottom half of the door. The sun hits the bottom of the door only during the morning hours, for about 4 hours. Therma Tru recommends that I strip the door and use their own stain and sealer. It is a very difficult, time consuming project to strip these doors and I have a double door with sidelights. I am not confident that Therma Tru's product will have satisfactory results and am debating on painting the door rather than go thru this ever so often. Has anyone used Therma Tru's stain and sealer and have they worked? Has anyone had this problem and found a satisfactory fix to it??
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[Warning: This is very, very NSFW. Don't come crying to me later because I put this note right at the beginning.]Comedy-song duo Garfunkel & Oates (aka Kate Micucci from Scrubs and Raising Hope and Riki Lindholme from the new Joss Whedon Much Ado About Nothing) are back with another song. This one's called "The Loophole," and it's about Christian girls who think it's okay to have anal sex. This video contains plenty of blasphemy, including church scenes and some … [Read more...]
Vampire Weekend Creates an Indie-Rock Last Supper
Two Vampire Weekend posts in like a month? Who am I?Anyway, the band has yet another video with spiritual elements. This time it's for their single "Diane Young." In the video, the band, plus fellow musicians like Santigold, Sky Ferreira, and Chromeo create a sort of neo-hipster Last Supper. It's pretty, even if the song's not as good as "Oxford Comma." … [Read more...]
Vampire Weekend's New Single Asserts That Zion Doesn't Love You
I think of Vampire Weekend as a disaffected art rock band, but do they have a spiritual side? Their latest single, "Ya Hey" (a pun on one of the Jewish names for G-d, Yahweh) contains quite a few spiritual lyrics, like "Zion doesn't love you/and Babylon don't love you," and refers to whoever "you" is as a "saint."The video is deliberately oblique, just showing people (mostly wearing muslin wraps that look like togas, or standing in front of the Chrysler Building) opening bottles of … [Read more...]
The Very Not-Religious Cat Power Is Wearing a Cross Necklace in Her New Video
Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, sports a cross necklace in her new video for "Manhattan."Normally, that might not be interesting. But Marshall has spoken out against religion many times in the past and even called it a "pyramid scheme" on Twitter recently, so what's with the neckwear all of a sudden? If you want a sense of exactly how not-interested-in-religion Marshall is, here's an excerpt from a very revealing interview in Dazed magazine: My dad was a Jehovah's Witness. My parents both … [Read more...]
Tori Amos: 'I Chose to Look at Christianity As Another Myth'
Singer/songwriter Tori Amos has never shied from talking about religion. She grew up the daughter of a Methodist pastor, and many of her songs reference Biblical imagery or deal head-on with Tori's relationship to religion. Take her first big single, "Crucify," for example.Tori is now out promoting Gold Dust, an album she did of her songs in tandem with the Metropole Orchestra. Unsurprisingly, faith has been a big topic in her interviews. Here are a few quotes from her interview with the … [Read more...]
Please Enjoy This Video of Young Ryan Gosling Performing at a Mormon Talent Show
Although Ryan Gosling is a big movie star who makes women swoon and create internet memes, he used to be a Mormon kid growing up in Canada. Before his big break on The Mickey Mouse Club (yep, the one with young Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears on it), he performed this version of "When a Man Loves a Woman" at a local Mormon talent show. You are so, so welcome. … [Read more...]
We're About to Find Out What Drake's Bar Mitzvah Was Like
Rapper and proud Heeb Drake was spotted filming at a Miami synagogue this week. The Canadian musician was at Temple Israel along with Lil' Wayne and DJ Khaled - the three of them are filming Drake's new video, which reportedly recreates Drake's bar mitzvah. I wonder what his parsha was!Update: Here's a sneak peek at the video. Drake tweeted this picture yesterday: … [Read more...]


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Tipping the SCALE
I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, and certainly I am not. Honest. But one of the problems with working on a show like Southern California Linux Expo and this year's SCALE 11X leaves me little time to do anything but the wood-chopping and water-carrying that goes with being the publicity chair for the show. Let me be clear: This is not a complaint, but rather an explanation about why you're not going to get a comprehensive report about the event.
Others are doing that for me, and it was as great as they say it is; possibly moreso.
The reason SCALE achieves an annual uptick in greatness — and SCALE 11X is no exception — lies squarely with the volunteers who make this work. I have it easy chairing publicity and I'm not referring to what I do so much as the stellar work the Publicity Team does — Hannah Anderson, Dennis Rex, Michelle Klein-Hass, Sam Lee, and Scott Ruecker (remotely — we'll see you next year, Scott!) all put in a herculean effort to get the word, and photos, out before and during the show. Words can't describe the effort of those who set up the rooms, those who set up and make sure the AV works, those who make sure the tsunami of humanity coming to register and attend have their badges and swag bags ready, and those who keep the digital infrastructure running to the best of its ability under trying conditions and uncooperative attendees or exhibitors — all these folks get my undying gratitude and they deserve everyone's deepest thanks. All you guys make it work.
Also, the show doesn't work without the speakers who provide deeply informative talks on a wide range of topics. One of the telling factors in the success of SCALE 11X is that standing room only was the course of the day for many of the presentations, including the last group of sessions at 4:30 on Sunday afternoon. It's a testament to the quality of the speakers and their topics, and
And . . . it doesn't work without the folks who attend — so a big thanks go out to each of the 2,304 attendees at this year's SCALE 11X. It would have been 2,305 if the pass for Elvis Presley, who had been comped for the show (the King of Rock and Roll should go to the event that goes to 11!), had been picked up, thankyouverymuch.
But a few things bear mentioning:
Tap, tap . . . is this thing on? I got to speak twice at SCALE, once to the Linux Beginners class at SCALE 11X, where I talked mostly about how not to be intimidated about joining a distro community ("just tell them if they're not nice to you, I'll come and make their lives miserable" . . . OK, just kidding). I also held a Birds of a Feather event for CrunchBang, which was attended by about 20 people and my short presentation was followed by a pretty lively discussion.
Pleased to meet you, hope you've guessed my name: I have carried on online conversations for years with people and have never met them in person, but occasionally shows like SCALE 11X allows us to meet face to face. I finally got to meet Patrick Stewart's BFF and Red Hat guy Thomas Cameron, which didn't go as smoothly as it could have. "Hi, Thomas," I said, shaking his hand. "How's it going?" he said. Cue awkward silence. "OK, so let me draw my beard on my face so I look like my Facebook photo . . . " Hilarity ensued. Apparently I don't look enough like my former Facebook photo, and thanks to Ruth Suehle for taking my photo with Raspberry Pi on my face — yes, the little motherboard — I now look more like, well, me on Facebook. Whether that's a good thing or not . . .
Conversely . . . : Because I have to keep the SCALE media humming, I don't get to spend nearly enough time with the people I do see somewhat frequently at shows like SCALE. Apologies to Clint Savage, Scott Williams, Scott Dowdle, Christer Edwards, Jeremy Sands, Trevor Sharpe, Deb Nicholson and many others for just saying "hi" and "bye" in the hallways during the course of the show. Of course, a -1 to Mother Nature for keeping Rikki Endsley home in Lawrence, Kan., thanks to a heaping helping of snow.
Thank you, Fedora: For years, I've always wanted a Fedora cap. Let me rephrase that: I've always wanted a Fedora Project cap, and finally this year the Fedora Project had them in the booth. They also had the Spherical Cow, a.k.a. Fedora 18, in the booth, and one of the perks about making a quick run to the show floor was picking it up. I gave it a quick run, live DVD style, and I think it was worth the wait. I'll install it and put it through its paces later.
In fact, maybe I'll just sign off and do that now. See you in Bellingham, Wash., for Linux Fest Northwest at the end of April.
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(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Herding cats
It's February and I'm swamped. It can only mean one thing — this year's version of the Southern California Linux Expo, more commonly known to the rest of the world this year as SCALE 11X, is finally in the starting blocks and ready to run.
It's cat herding time: Yes, getting all the tech and non-tech media to pay attention and come to the event is best described as herding cats, but it's something I love doing. As the publicity chair for SCALE, I never have a dull moment from, say, Boxing Day in the previous December until the end of the show. With the help of Scott Ruecker, Hannah Anderson, Dennis Rex and the rest of the SCALE Publicity Team, we also get the word out to the wider Linux/FOSS audience to come to the show, or else miss the best Linux/FOSS show in North America.
I mention the glorius burden of my own personal SCALE workload because I'm always there but I can never see any of the presenations I'd like to see. Given the opportunity to see a presentation or several, I'd pick . . . all of them. But most immediately, there are several part of SCALE 11X that are not to be missed:
The Keynotes: Both Matthew Garrett and Kyle Rankin bring excellent topics — UEFI and 3-D printing, respectively — to the keynote talks on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This is the first time in awhile that I've thought, "Dang, I have to make both of these." There's a good chance I can make one, or maybe (knock on wood) both of them this year, and you should, too.
Most of Friday's sessions: OK, so cloning technology isn't up to splitting me into several people and all of them going to different sessions on Friday. But between the Chef Training, the Cloud sessions, the PostgreSQL track, the Mentoring track and the Puppet track, I'd be bouncing like a pinball between them for a better part of the day. To say nothing of the Linux Essentials Prep, which I have to take someday. After all this on Friday, there's . . .
UpSCALE: I did this once, and I'd do it again if my most excellent partner in digital crime (also known as my daughter Mimi) would join me in taking the stage again. The Friday night to-do is in the form of the Ignite Talks, where a speaker is at the mercy of a timer which is advancing his/her slides at a 20-second-per clip and they're always fun, mostly interesting and continually a topic of discussion throughout the course of the show.
And then there's a line up of speakers throughout the rest of the weekend for whom I'd walk a mile on my knees through broken glass to attend their presentations: Joe Brockmeier, Ruth Suehle, Deb Nicholson, Owen DeLong, Dru Lavigne, Christer Edwards, Jason Brooks, and Thomas Cameron top this list that goes on for quite some time. In addition, we have some first-timers to SCALE who deserve special mention, like retro gamer Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas and Oregon State University Open Source Lab manager Lance Albertson. Heck, even a few current and former SCALE folks come out from behind the curtain and are giving presentations: Stuart Sheldon, Tom King and Jenn Greenaway take the stage as well.
You'll have to check the schedule here to find out when these folks are speaking. Meanwhile, when I'm able, I'll be at sessions I can make, but for the most part you can find me in the press room.
I'll be the one with the string and the catnip.
One more time: We turn it up to 11 this year — a reference many of the folks my age laugh uproariously to, but one which some of the younger speakers may not know. Watch this.
More to follow. Watch this space.
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(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Going to 11
The beginning of the year is always a time when I am absolutely swamped. I kiss my loved ones goodbye and then I immerse myself in the tsunami known as preparation for the Southern California Linux Expo.
This year, SCALE is turning it up to 11 with SCALE 11X. In its 11th year, SCALE is the first-of-the-year Linux/FOSS expo in North America that usually (except for last year) is held in February during President's Day weekend. This year, it's Feb. 22-24 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel.
An aside: Every year I say that the San Francisco Giants are going to win the World Series. They've made me correct two of the last three years, and no one is more surprised about that than I am. Conversely, I also say every year that the upcoming SCALE event will be the best ever, and my record here is always better than two out of three.
The difference here, though, is that I'm never surprised when it comes to SCALE that each year beats the previous one.
This year, we have good reason to expect great things at SCALE 11X. If nothing else that makes the show great, Matthew Garrett will be giving us his insights on breaking free of the UEFI chains in the Saturday keynote.
But we're getting ahead of the story. There are events, talks, sessions and activities for everyone at every level of experience. And then some. You'll just have to visit the schedule board here to take a look.
As the chair of the Publicity Team — that's chief cat-herder for the tech and mainstream press, to most of you — I get to write the publicity blurbs and announcements that go out on a regular basis; even more regular now that we're on the proverbial doorstep of SCALE 11X. In counting up the number of speakers — not including those all-day sessions which may have more than one — we have 91 speakers over the three-day weekend.
So we have nearly as many speakers as we have exhibitors. Permit me to pause to reflect on that for a moment.
Also since my duties at the expo tend to keep me in the press room for 95 percent of the show, you can be sure that I won't miss the Saturday keynote. The topic of Secure Boot and how to get around it is of vital importance and Matthew Garrett's keynote is one that is not to be missed. But other than that, and a lap or two around the floor to see if the exhibitor's publicity needs are taken care of, I'll be sequestered in the press room for a better part of the show.
We turn it up to 11 this year — a reference many of the folks my age laugh uproariously to, but one which some of the younger speakers may not know. Watch this.
More on SCALE 11X to come in the next several days.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy, Larry the CrunchBang Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Never too early for SCALE
Now that Ohio Linux Fest is in the books and now that the only thing really left on the Linux horizon is LISA in San Diego just after Thanksgiving — but then, LISA is not for us mere mortals, but for the hallowed and revered system administrators. So we get to set our sights on Linux/FOSS events for next year.
Starting in February, we get to turn it up to 11.
The Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 11X takes place in February again — thank goodness — and is scheduled for Feb. 22-24, 2013, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. As you might recall, SCALE 10X was moved to January, the weekend after linux.conf.au in Australia. While this caused a moderate amount of hue and cry, it proved that two major Linux events could be held on consecutive weekends on two separate continents.
Fortunately, we don't have to deal with that exercise again this time, with SCALE 11X returning to its usual Presidents Day weekend schedule in February.
Here's the lowdown: The call for papers opened about a month ago, and the deadline for submissions is Dec. 10. You'll be notified by Christmas if your talk has been accepted. A complete run-down of what to do and how to do it can be found here.
Registration? If you're ready to register, go ahead. You can go here and sign up now.
Matthew Garrett is giving one of the two keynotes at SCALE 11X, and his talk is entitled "The Secure Boot Journey." He plans to detail his work over the past year – technical, political and diplomatic – in getting Linux to run on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface — more commonly known as UEFI — Secure Boot systems. He will outline the scenario where Linux users could not only be assured that they can run Linux out of the box in UEFI-based systems, but also how Secure Boot can be used to enhance security.
The second keynote has yet to be decided.
The usual tracks will be present as well as the celebrated UpSCALE talks and the legendary Games Event on Saturday night. More information on the keynote and other SCALE 11X developments will be released, of course, as they are confirmed.
Watch this space, or visit the SCALE 11X page at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org
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(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
High on the Alto 3880
Those of you who know me know that I'm an old ThinkPad guy, in more ways than one. I myself am older than many of you reading this — well on my way to AARP membership status as I reach 55 this November — and the ThinkPads I use on a daily basis are themselves old, namely a T30 and an R40.
ThinkPads are painfully utilitarian, amazingly solid, and like the Model T Fords come in a wide variety of colors as long as you choose black. For these reasons, ThinkPads lend themselves to being the laptop of choice for many laptop users, mostly developers. To make them more attractive — for loss of a better word — many a ThinkPad is embellished with stickers on the cover, rivaling the best of the NASCAR field. Mine is no exception: My ThinkPad does its laps with EFF, SCALE 10X, Oregon State University Open Source Lab, Open Source for America, two Google Summer of Code, and No Starch Press stickers gracing the laptop cover.
So when ZaReason sent me an Alto 3880 to put through its paces, my first reaction was, "Wow. This is too nice to put stickers on."
The Alto 3880's cover is a very stylish silver and should be kept in its pristine form. A look around the laptop before opening it shows that ports are readily available on the sides — with monitor, ethernet and USB ports conveniently located on the left side instead of on the back. While many might find this a simple design, ThinkPad users would be thrilled to know that the oft-inconvenient ThinkPad reacharound to plug in USB cables or thumb drives is not necessary here. In giving it the once over before opening it, the Alto is light in one's hands, but it still feels sturdy.
Opening the cover and pushing the on button reveals a screen with remarkable clarity contrasted on a black background and base. If you're a regular ThinkPad user, the keyboard is different — flat keys at the same level — and takes getting used to. With heavy fingers like mine, the pounding I would normally offer the ThinkPad feels like I'm mercilessly pounding this keyboard and suggests some behavior modification. But ultimately the keyboard is tough enough to withstand it and after adjusting to the new keyboard — wider than the ThinkPad's — it is easy to adapt to and to get accustomed to the additional real estate for your hands.
Performance wise, the Alto 3880 flies on the trio of distros I used on it, and without boring you with the minutiae, with one exception that turned out to be a software clash, the laptop performed without a hitch. With the 1366-by-768 resolution on a an remarkably clear 14-inch screen, the laptop would make a fine — no, make that an outstanding — replacement for my old ThinkPads.
I used three different distros on the Alto 3880, and each performed well, and each would make a fine choice for the person owning this laptop. The three contestants, for the sake of argument, are Linux Mint and Fedora — both which you can have preinstalled by ZaReason — and CrunchBang, which you can install on your own (until I convince ZaReason to make it a choice). However, as I understand it, if you request a different distro, ZaReason will install it. Or if you want no operating system, they'll send it like that, too. Unlike other Linux hardware vendors, ZaReason offers a wide choice in this department.
But I digress. Here's how the distros did:
Alto 3880 with Linux Mint: Originally, the laptop came to me with Linux Mint 12, which is the latest version of the distro with the GNOME 2.x-type desktop. The Alto 3880 did remarkably well with Linux Mint, which is growing on a lot of people (including me). Switching from MATE to GNOME to Cinnamon was a snap, and the performance was outstanding. In one instance on a busy morning where I forgot to plug in the laptop, I got just over four hours from the battery using multiple programs on Linux Mint.
Alto 3880 with Fedora 16: I'm waiting for the myth that Fedora is too "cutting edge" for the average user to go the way of the Studebaker and the hula hoop. It's just that — a myth — and Fedora 16 runs circles around just about everything else on this machine. After installing Flash so one can — oh, I don't know — participate in the wider Internet world, the distro and hardware handled everything I threw at it from a video and audio standpoint with aplomb.
Alto 3880 with CrunchBang Statler: The laptop has the horses, so to speak, to run the previous two desktop environments without breaking a sweat. So when faced with handling the Openbox window manager on CrunchBang, the distro soared. Also, the built-in camera worked flawlessly during a Google+ Hangout with the CrunchBang crew.
Alto 3880 strengths
Regardless of what distro is running on it, the Alto 3880 is remarkably versatile and handles a wide range of work without complaint. In fact, the only problem I had was helping my daughter solve what turned out to be a common GIMP and Banshee problem where the programs, both running simultaneously, weren't playing nice with each other — clearly not a reflection on the hardware. The screen is very clear and handles high resolutions flawlessly, which is a benefit for those who want to do things like watch videos or do intricate graphics work (Note: My daughter Mimi will be writing her own review of this laptop as well). Across the distro board, the audio and video performance was outstanding, with the onboard speakers sounding good enough to forgo plugging in speakers in some cases (though the speakers sounded good, too, when used to watch DVDs). the laptop itself is lightweight but solid, and the design is top-notch — this is a beautiful laptop.
Needs improvement?
There is a lot to like on this laptop, but the one thing that took getting used to is the keyboard. Again, this might be just something for the personal preference folder, but the keyboard at first tends to feel a little light to the touch. Also, the mouse button, which is a single bar at the same level as the touchpad operating on a centered fulcrum (click the left side for the left mouse button, right side for the right) is hard to adjust to when coming from hardware where the buttons are raised. To be fair, it would be difficult to imagine that a ThinkPad-like keyboard would work, design wise, on a laptop like this.
A final look
I don't have a rating system — stars, penguins, horseshoes, whatever — in place, but if I did I would rank the Alto 3880 very high; for the sake of argument, let's say 4.5 penguins out of a perfect 5 penguins. Its combination of sleek design and high performance make this laptop one that would easily draw me away from the ranks of the ThinkPad users. The retail price for this machine is $599, which many of you might think is a little high compared to what you could get at Best Buy. But when you consider that when buying from a Linux hardware vendor, you're not only getting a quality machine with a great OS, your purchase supports FOSS, for starters, by not putting another "sale" in Redmond's tally. With its wide range of capabilities and performance, the Alto 3880 is a laptop I would be proud to own and, if Uncle Sam is generous with a tax return, would be glad to purchase.
Screen: 14-inch HD, 1366-by-768 Glossy LED Backlit Display
Processor: Pentium B940, 2 GHz, 2 core, 2 thread
Memory: 4GB DDR-3
Graphics card: Intel Integrated HD Graphics
Hard Drive: 250GB 5,400 RPM (NOTE: Tested with 400GB HD)
Optical Drive: Combo CD/DVD burner
Audio: Speakers above the keyboard for quality sound output
Wireless: 802.11 B/G/N WiFi included and Bluetooth
Reader: 3-in-1 card reader — SD/MMC/MS supported
Camera: 1.3 Megapixel webcam included
Ports: HDMI and VGA monitor ports; Gigabit Ethernet port; ensington lock port; Headphone and microphone jacks; three USB 2.0 ports
Operating System: Your choice from a variety of Linux distros, or no operating system
Battery: Six-cell battery, up to 5 hours
Weight: 4.5 pounds
Price: $599
Coming tomorrow: This . . . is . . . STRATA! A look at the ZaReason Strata 6880.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
A perfect 10
I'm going to try to say this in my best movie-preview-guy voice.
More than 100 exhibitors.
More than 130 presentations.
Nearly 2,000 people in attendance.
These factors together are what makes the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 10X a perfect 10.
With 101 exhibitors, 132 presentations and 1,962 people in attendance over the three-day event (roughly a 9 percent uptick in attendance), SCALE 10X nailed it. I'm going to let Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier take the helm here on this one, since his blog item on the event is outstanding and is something I can't improve on.
But do you think, for a moment, that would stop me from giving some impressions of the show?
Yeah, I'm that guy: OK, so if I thought so many people were that interested, I would have made a bigger deal about it; maybe even holding a press conference or something. But yes, I am now primarily a CrunchBang GNU/Linux user and advocate after ramping down my activities with the Fedora Project (though I did use my pull as a former Fedora Ambassador to help out a Fedoran stuck at the hotel). As I mentioned to just about everyone I saw at the show who asked me about it — that's about 90 percent of the folks I regularly see at shows — there were really two factors involved: a.) I really like CrunchBang a lot since I started using it six months ago, and I think the distro, their lead developer Philip Newborough, and their community have a lot going for them, and b.) under the skillful guidance of Mark Terranova and Scott Williams and other Fedoristas in California, I don't think I'll be missed by the Fedora Project all that much.
There. I'm glad we had this little talk. Now go and try CrunchBang — it's great.
Hey, don't I know you? After years of talking with some people through e-mails and online, I finally got to meet a few in person. Both keynoters — Greg DeKoenigsberg and Selena Deckelmann (both of whom did great jobs on their Saturday and Sunday keynotes respectively) — have seen my e-mails but only saw my face for the first time (and me theirs) over the weekend. And also I made a trivia question of Rick Moen, who made it down to L.A. from our neck of the woods in the Silicon Valley, and whom I met for the first time. In a fashion statement worthy of note, Rick only wore T-shirts of software no longer with us — the Caldera shirt on Friday was a nice touch, Rick!
Filling some big shoes: Yours truly took control of the media side of things for SCALE 10X, since Orv Beach was teaching the Linux Beginners Class this year. I know that Orv consistently puts in yeoman's work on the show every year, but I didn't realize the volume of releases and announcements sent out during the show. I didn't get to the expo floor until late Saturday afternoon at the earliest, and I hope I did the show proud in running all things media. Drafting Jason Riker and LXer's Scott Ruecker (no relation, though names are pronounced the same) to help out was a plus. I've also gained a new appreciation for Twitter and, yes, yours truly now can condense a message down to 140 characters.
Best. Compliment. Ever. So during one lap around on the show floor, seeing if anyone needed anything in the way of publicity and the like, I had one exhibtor, a woman, tell me this: "This is a great show. In fact, I worked AVS and this show is much better than that one." I thought I was more worldly than I am, apparently, becuase I had to ask: "AVS?" "Adult Video Show," she replied. Ah. So noted. On that note, there's nothing that can beat that.
Except maybe SCALE 11X next year.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Taking a moment to gloat
OK, so it's Thursday morning and I still haven't packed for SCALE, the Enterprise guy is going to be here in about a half-hour to pick me up so I can drive the rental car back here to load up, I have one more SCALE 10X press release to send out before hitting the road, and there's a Q-and-A interview also I have to post on the SCALE Web site.
But I'll drop all that for a moment. This is a little more important.
Recently, tech writers risked grave injury jumping on the "Linux Desktop is dead" bandwagon. Armies of writers marched lockstep to the theme that the desktop needs to have a fork stuck in it — it's over, kaput, get it a nice casket. What do we have for our departing contestant?
I told them they were all full of crap.
Meanwhile, this morning Steven J. Vaughan Nichols reports that the Linux desktop might just be growing. It seems a Web research firm called Net Applications produced data showing that Linux's desktop market share has been growing — from 0.97 percent in July 2011 to a record-breaking 1.41 percent as of this month.
OK, guys, now watch your step getting down off that bandwagon.
See you all at SCALE — arriving around 6ish in the white rental car.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)


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Secretary/Treasurer Guidelines
All Months
Forward any monies you have received and bills to the AAAx bookkeeper. (Ask bookkeeper to send a spreadsheet showing income and expenses.)
Keep minutes of all meetings of the Executive Board and Executive Committee, as well as general meetings and notes from all conference calls. Send copies of all minutes and treasurer reports to Historian. Mail correspondence as necessary. Be familiar with the CDs and other investments we have. Plan ahead when CDs are coming up for renewal. Consult Executive Committee and Finance Committee.
Work with the AAA Communications staff to be included in the packet mailed to state associations as they request updated info from states – be sure to request the following:
- Names of state queens and princesses along with their mailing addresses
- Current State Auxiliary Officers
Request American Angus Association funds of $12,000 (currently) the Activities Director. These funds are for expenses in Beef Education, Annual Meeting and MAA travel. They are deposited in the General Fund and credited to individual ledger accounts.
Forward dues from our national affiliates and any other bills that have come in to the bookkeeper.
Do any follow up work with the accountant that is necessary for the taxes.
Forward list of state auxiliary officers to the executive committee and to the Public Relations Chair to send to the web site.
Attend the National Junior Show and assist in any way (cook-off, awards ceremony).
Send copies of Mid-Year Meeting minutes, financial report and committee reports to Historian and committee chairs.
Make sure the bookkeeper receives the bills for award expenses-Silver Pitchers, Silver Bowls, MAA Silver Tray, Crystal Awards, the Spader Award, Grote Awards and the Black Kettle Award. These are paid by the Auxiliary general fund and then billed to the Auxiliary Educational Awards Endowment Fund at the Angus Foundation for once per year reimbursement, prior to September 30th.
Ask all Chairpersons to send their bills to the bookkeepeer so they can be paid by September 30th.
Order the gavel and year guard pins for the new President.
Check with the bookkeeper to make sure everything that has to be done by year end will be done. Our fiscal year ends September 30.
Prepare any reports left over from September work.
Order new name tags for the members of the Executive Committee (President, President Elect, Secretary Treasurer, Past President and 6 Regional Directors).
Ask the bookkeeper to write checks for the new officers (annual expense amounts) so that checks may be distributed while in Louisville.
Ask the bookkeeper to send you a check for $300 so that it can be cashed and used for change for breakfast ticket sales in Louisville.
Work with the Auxiliary bookkeeper and Finance Committee chair to prepare financial reports for the year, including all income and expenses for all accounts.
Show the actual amounts compared to the budgeted amounts.
Make 50 copies of the following for the Louisville meeting:
- copies of the previous year's annual meeting minutes
- copies of the State and Committee reports (consult with President)
- copies of your annual Treasurer's report showing all bank accounts
- copies of budget for upcoming year (consult with Finance Chairman)
- membership applications
- copies of state officer contacts
- meeting agendas (consult with President)
Take or ship if necessary, all copies of meeting materials to Louisville.
Make a sign in sheet for annual meeting with name, address, phone, and email.
Secure updated membership list from Membership Chairman for Louisville.
Take minutes at all meetings.
Collect all available bills and forward to the bookkeeper.
Meet with new Secretary and explain her duties.
Remind the MAA Chairperson to send all the bills from outgoing MAA to the bookkeeper immediately for payment.
Remind the Hospitality & Program Chairperson to send all the bills from the Annual Meeting immediately to the bookkeeper for payment.
Type minutes from all meetings and circulate draft copy to officers for comment.
Send budget, financial reports and minutes of ALL meetings to Historian
Consult with the President to make sure the following items are sent ASAP to the Angus Journal for the Annual Report printed in the February issue:
- minutes of Annual Meeting
- minutes of Executive Board Meeting
- financial report for the previous year on all accounts
- proposed budget for new year
Send to Activities Director (and copy to the Auxiliary President) a list of all expenses and income plus copies of paid receipts in each group:
- Beef Education (Cook-Off)
- Auxiliary Annual Meeting (the one that was just held)
- Miss American Angus travel expenses with full documentation
If we have spent less than they provided us ($6,000), work with the Auxiliary bookkeeper to see that a refund check is written to AAA for the difference. Include a thank you for their generous support of the Auxiliary.


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About Aubrey the Demented/Malformed
Minimum hit points
If you roll less than half the maximum on a die while rolling hp, you instead get half the maximum. So, if rolling hp on a d8 and you get 3 or less, you actual roll is considered to be 4.
Action point basics
You can use an action point to improve a d20 roll by an additional 1d6. The 1d6 is rolled when the d20 is rolled. At level 8 (I think), this increases to 2d6 and, at level 15, to 3d6.
In addition, a /day character ability (e.g. barbarian rage, bardic music and so on) can get an extra use per day by the sacrifice of 2 action points.
You can also use an action point to stabilise while at negative hp. As a house rule, I also allow the use of half that level's allocation of action points (rounding down) to deflect certain death (e.g. huge damage, disintegration) and convert it to being stable at -9hp.
You get action points equal to 5 plus half your character level, rounded down (i.e. 5 at level 1, 6 at level 2 and 3, and so on). Any unused action points are lost at levelling up - i.e. you cannot have more than that level's allocation (normally - there are feats which can impact on this). Use 'em or lose 'em.
The details are in the ECS. These rules differ from the ones in the SRD (they are much more limted in scope in the ECS).
You can use action points only once per round.
Energy drain
You may save to negate the level drain at the moment of the attack. You also get a save at the end of the day if you have suffered a lost level to negate it.
Conversion to PFRPG
Add to the Beguiler spell list the following:
4th level: Shadow Conjuration
Also, for Advanced Learning, take the additional spells from the Illusion, Enchantment, Transmutation and Divination Sorcerer/Wizard spell lists.
Exorcism domain powers:
Turn Possessing Spirit (Su): At 1st level, you may expel a possessing fiend from the creature it controls. This works like the Turn Undead feat from the PFRPG book, except is affects a spirit or other entity possessing a subject. The spirit is forced out of the subject and becomes ethereal if it fails a Will save DC of 10 +1/2 cleric level + CHA bonus. If the possession is the result of a Magic Jar spell, the spirit is instead forced back into the receptacle. The spirit may not possess the same subject for 24 hours. Using this power uses up a Channel Energy attempt.
Spirit-slayer (Su): At 8th level, you can see creatures in the Ethereal plane and your attacks (melee, ranged or spells) can affect them. You can use this ability for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your cleric level. You can use this ability once per day at 8th level, and an additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th.
NB:Cleric levels stack with levels from the Exorcist of the Silver Flame PrC in respect of these domain powers.
Exorcist of the Silver Flame
Flame of Censure: Replace with the Alignment Channel (Evil subtype) feat from PFRPG.
Smite Evil: This works in exactly the same way as the paladin ability. Levels in cleric, levels in paladin and levels in this PrC all stack for the purposes of determining the extra damage done.
Spells per day:
Statistics for the Alphabet Brothers
Arek, Half-Orc Warrior 3/Ranger 1
Feats: Improved Initiative, Toughness, Track (B)
Languages: Orcish, Common
Greataxe / +7 to hit / 1d12+3 / x3
Special: Darkvision 60', Favoured Enemy (Aberrations +2)
Equipment: MW Greataxe, MW Chain Shirt, Composite Longbow Bow +1 (+2 STR), Quiver with 20 Arrows, Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds, Backpack, Bedroll, Waterskin
Arek is thoughtful and quiet, often insightful, calm and kind. He is nevertheless a brutal warrior in the best tradition of the orcs of the Shadow Marches. He is a follower of the Gatekeeper traditions, and carries a few charms and fetishes in his backpack which he uses in his nightly prayers.
Bool, Half-Orc Warrior 3/Barbarian 1
Feats: Toughness, Weapon Focus (Greataxe)
Languages: Orcish, Common
Greataxe / +10 to hit / 1d12+5 / x3
Special: Darkvision 60', Fast Movement, Rage 1/day
Stats while raging
Greataxe / +12 to hit / 1d12+8 / x3
Equipment: Greataxe +1, MW Chain Shirt, 8 Javelins, Potion of Haste, Backpack, Bedroll, Waterskin
Bool is dark and brooding and inclined to surliness, especially since the death of his cousin Drim as he feels responsibility for allowing her to go to her death. Perversely, he sees it as his duty to protect Rodergo in memory of his cousin despite partly blaming the priest for not protecting Drim properly. He is a reckless warrior and has got more so since Drim's demise.
Statistics for Gnarly, Dwarf Ranger 2/Rogue 3
Feats: Improved Initiative, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Repeating Crossbow), Rapid Shot (B)
Languages: Dwarvish, Common, Goblin, Orcish
Dwarven Waraxe / +6 to hit / 1d10+2 / x3
Special: Darkvision 60', Stonecunning, Steady (+4 vs bull rush and trip), +2 save vs poison, spells and spell-like abilities, +1 to hit vs goblinoids and orcs, +4 AC vs giants, Sneak Attack +2d6, Trap-Finding, Evasion, Trap Sense +1, Favoured Enemy +2 vs giants
Equipment: +1 Heavy Repeating Crossbow, 30 Bolts, Dwarven Waraxe, Mithril Shirt, Masterwork Buckler, Explorer's Outfit, 50' Silk Rope, Climber's Kit, 3 Potions of CLW, Antitoxin, Flint & Steel, Flask
Gnarly is a former scout in the Last War, serving as a mercenary for most sides at some point. No longer young, but still clinging to a rootless life of adventure, he currently works for Breland on the border with Droaam. He has a grey beard matted with old food and a permanent lascivious leer, but his equipment is well-kept, especially his crossbow, Bess.
Jalana, Female Valenar Elf Ranger 2/Bard 5
King Choom of the Redscales, Kobold Rogue 3
Feats: Dodge, Negotiator
Languages: Common, Draconic
Rapier / +1 to hit / 1d4-2 / 18-20/x2
Special: Darkvision 60', Sneak Attack +2d6, Trap-Finding, Trap Sense +1, Evasion
Equipment: Chain Shirt +1, Rapier, Light Crossbow, 10 Bolts, Ring of Protection +1
Formerly one of the town drunks in the garrison town of Orcbone, Choom is the last in the line of kings exterminated by the Triune in their coup to take over the Redscale kobold tribe. Something of a little sniveller, he nevertheless accompanied the band of adventurers in their bid to overthrow the Triune and rescue the Cannith artificer so he can reclaim his throne. And begin some serious pay-back..... He is scrawny even for a kobold, with patches on his skin where his scales have flaked off. He also has a somewhat withered leg, but it doesn't seem to hinder him in times of crisis. He is generally terrified of combat, but as he braved the risks of the venture, he grew in kingly stature day-by-day, and the talkings-to by Lightbringer also seem to be changing his attitude. He has now adapted to the intial trials of kingship quite well.
Statistics for the crew of the Crimson Eagle (streamlined version)
Gusto Marrius, Human Swashbuckler 7
Action Points 3
Feats: Dodge, Combat Expertise
Alignment: CG
Rapier / +14/+9 to hit / 1d6+3 / 18-20/x2
Special: Acrobatic Charge (doesn't have to be a straight line), extra +1 Dodge bonus (can be applied to same or different enemy)
Valentis, Human Fighter 4/Barbarian 2 (raging)
Fort +10, Ref +5, Will +5
Alignment: CN
Greatsword / +14/+9 to hit / 2d6+12 / 19-20/x2
Special: -
Barkhad, Dwarf Fighter 4/Knight 2
Feats: -
Alignment: LG
Dwarven Waraxe / +9/+4 to hit / 1d10+4 / x3
Special: Fighting Challenge (+1 to Will saves, to hit and to damage v a single foe, 3 rounds), Shield Block (+1 Shield bonus v a single foe), Knight's Code (cannot get flanking bonus, cannot strike flat-footed opponent, cannot use lethal damage on helpless foe)
Ferez, Shifter Rogue 6
Feats: Quick Draw, Two-Weapon Fighting
Alignment: N
Dagger / +12 or +10/+10 to hit / 1d4+2 / 19-20/x2
Special: Sneak Attack +3d6, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
Salvorazo, Gnome Sorcerer 7
Feats: -
Alignment: CN
Dagger / +2 to hit / 1d3-2 / 19-20/x2
Spells: DC 13 + spell level (DC 14 + spell level for Illusion and Enchantment spells)
Special: +2 save v Illusions
Trinkis, Half-elf Rogue 6
Feats: Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot
Alignment: N
Rapier / +5 to hit / 1d6+1 / 18-20/x2
Special: Sneak Attack +3d6, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge, Immune to Sleep, Gust of Wind (caster level 1, DC 12)
Standard "Red Shirt" crewman
Feats: -
Alignment: N
Club / +2 to hit / 1d6+1 / x2
Basher, Male Personality Charger Warforged Barbarian 1
LN Large Construct (Living Construct)
When raging, Basher has the following changed statistics
Statistics for Bor, Minotaur Fighter 1
Feats: Cleave, Iron Will, Keen Scent, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (Greataxe)
Greataxe / +14/+9 to hit / 3d6+10 / x3
Special: Darkvision 60', Scent, Natural Cunning (immune to Maze spells, cannot become lost, cannot be flat-footed), Powerful Charge (Gore / +14 to hit / 2d6+9 / x2)
Equipment: Half-plate Armour +1, Greataxe +1, 2 Throwing Axes, 18gp
A traveller from far-off Xendrik, Bor fell into bad company when he accepted mercenary work from Daask. Now seeking to make amends. Despite his bestial appearance, Bor is calm, scrupulously polite and civilised, and claims to be a prince from an unknown minotaur kingdom to the south of the drow-infested jungles of the Dark Continent.
Exploration rules
The process for exploring is as follows:
It requires no skill checks to explore a square. However, you will need Nature checks for foraging. I'm going to assume it requires a standard party to do the surveying - i.e. five people, full-time. However, since you have more than five people in the party, the excess can forage full-time. Also, even those who are surveying can provide assistance rolls to the Nature checks. If fewer than five people are surveying, it will increase the amount of time proportionately (so four people would take 25% longer, for example).
The amount of food in man-days found, based on the Nature roll, is as follows:
15-16 = 1
Kingdom Rules
Kingdom Basics
Stability, Economy, and Loyalty:
These three values are key to running your kingdom. You make Stability checks during a kingdom's Upkeep phase to determine whether it remains secure. You make Economy checks during a kingdom's Income phase to determine how much its treasury increases. You make Loyalty checks to keep the public peace.
A kingdom's initial scores in all three of these categories is 0 + the kingdom's alignment modifiers (see below). The three values are like skill modifiers which modify a d20 roll against the relevant Control DC. A kingdom's Control DC is 20 + its size; this value is the DC you'll be rolling against most often with your kingdom's Stability, Economy, and Loyalty checks. A natural 1 is always a failure for these checks, and a natural 20 is always a success.
A kingdom's alignment affects its starting statistics, so choose your kingdom's alignment carefully. These are as follows:
Lawful Good: +2 Economy, +2 Loyalty
Count the number of squarees your kingdom comprises and record that number here. This number affects a kingdom's Consumption and its Control DC.
A kingdom's prosperity is measured by the Build Points (abbreviated BP) in its treasury, and its Consumption indicates how many BP it costs to keep the kingdom functioning. If a kingdom is unable to pay its Consumption, its Unrest (see below) increases by 2. A kingdom's Consumption is equal to its size plus the number of city districts it contains plus adjustments for Edicts (see below) minus 2 per farmland.
As your kingdom earns money, favours, resources, and power, its Build Point total increases. In the Kingmaker Adventure Path, you begin with 50 BP in your kingdom's treasury (this amount is bestowed upon you by the Swordlords of Restov).
Special Resources:
A kingdom may have special resources which occur as part of the local environment. These are described in more detail below.
There are eleven offices of state which need to be filled for the smooth running of the kingdom. An occupied post provides bonuses to rolls to manage the kingdom, and an unoccupied post will usually result in penalties. These offices will be filled by PCs and key NPCs. More details are set out below.
A kingdom's Unrest value indicates how rebellious its people are. A kingdom's Unrest score is applied as a penalty on all Stability, Economy, and Loyalty checks. If a kingdom's Unrest is above 10, it begins to lose control of squarees it has claimed. If a kingdom's Unrest score ever reaches 20, it falls into anarchy. While in anarchy, a kingdom can take no action and treats all Stability, Economy, and Loyalty check results as 0. Restoring order once a kingdom falls into anarchy typically requires a number of quests and lengthy adventures by the kingdom's would-be leaders—if your PCs' kingdom falls into anarchy, you can either assume the Kingmaker Adventure Path is over (as you might if all of the PCs were slain in an encounter), or you can simply let the PCs "restart" a new kingdom elsewhere in the Stolen Lands. Unrest can never go below 0—adjustments that would normally reduce Unrest lower than 0 are wasted.
Actual population numbers do not factor into your kingdom's statistics, but it can be fun to track the number anyway. A kingdom's population is equal to its size × 250 + the total population of each of its cities.
Ruling a Kingdom
Like a player character's stat block, a kingdom's stat block continues to evolve and grow as the kingdom expands, gathers more resources, purchases upgrades, and suffers defeats and setbacks. As the kingdom grows, the PCs will need to deal with a host of situations, all of which can further influence the kingdom's stat block.
A kingdom's growth occurs during four phases, which represent a month in total. When the PCs establish a kingdom, you should pick a day of each month to resolve that kingdom's growth and fortunes—it's best to set this as the last day of each month, so that any accomplishments the PCs have made during that month can impact that month's growth.
Phase 1 - Upkeep
During a kingdom's Upkeep phase, take the following actions. If your kingdom currently controls 0 squarees, skip this phase and proceed to the Improvement phase.
Step 1—Determine Kingdom Stability:
Make a Stability check against your Command DC to determine your kingdom's level of security for the month. If you make the check, reduce your kingdom's Unrest by 1 (if your Unrest is at 0, gain 1 BP as a result of surplus goods and services). If you fail this check by 5 or more, increase Unrest by 2.
Step 2—Pay Consumption:
Deduct your kingdom's Consumption from the kingdom's Treasury BP. If you aren't able to pay for the month's Consumption, your kingdom's BP drops into the negative. Every time you end an Upkeep phase with negative BP in your Treasury, your kingdom's Unrest increases by 2.
Step 3—Fill Vacant Magic Item Slots:
If there are any vacant magic item slots in any cities, the DM will add new items to fill these slots.
Step 4—Unrest:
If the kingdom's Unrest is 11 or higher, it loses one square chosen by the kingdom's leaders. Any improvements in that square (farmlands and roads) are lost and must be rebuilt after the square is reclaimed. Any settlements in that square become towns that must be annexed if they are to be reclaimed into the kingdom (see page 56). Finally, if the kingdom employs a Royal Assassin, reduce your total Unrest by 1 at the end of this phase.
Phase 2 - Improvement
During a kingdom's Improvement phase, take the following actions. The number of improvements you can make during
Kingdom size......New Cities.......New Buildings........Square Claims.........Roads...........Farmlands
1-10 ...................... 1 ....................... 1 ............................ 1 ........................... 1 ................. 1 ..........
Step 1—Select Leadership:
Assign leaders to any vacant leadership roles. Leaders must be PCs or closely allied NPCs. You can change leaders as often as you want with no impact on your nation's statistics (apart from changing what bonuses apply, as the ability scores of leaders differ); reallocating roles allows you to give every player a chance to play the role of ruler if you wish.
Step 2—Claim Squares:
Each square on the maps of the Stolen Lands measures 12 miles across, and the PCs' kingdom must be built square by square. To claim a square, you must explore it and clear it of monsters or dangerous hazards; the square must also be adjacent to a square that is already part of the kingdom (with the exception of the first square, which can be anywhere). At this point, you can claim the square as part of the kingdom by spending 1 BP. Increase your kingdom's size (and thus its Consumption) by 1 for each square you claim. You can abandon a square to reduce your kingdom's Size. Doing so increases Unrest by 1 (or by 4, if the abandoned square contained a city).
Step 3—Establish and Improve Cities:
Prepare land for city districts and then purchase new buildings for your kingdom's cities. The building's adjustments to your nation apply immediately. You can also destroy buildings at this time in order to clear a space to build something new; if you destroy a building, don't forget to remove its benefits from your kingdom's statistics.
Step 4—Build Roads:
Roads have an immediate initial cost but over the long term can pay for the investment handsomely. It costs 1 BP to build a road though a square. This cost increases to 2 BP in forests and to 4 BP in swamps and mountains. If the road crosses a river, a bridge must be built—this doubles the road's cost.
Step 5: Establish Farmlands:
You can develop any grassland or hill square that contains roads into farmlands to help sustain your kingdom's Consumption. It costs 2
Step 6: Edicts:
Edicts (promotions, taxes, and festivals) increase your kingdom's Stability, Economy, and Loyalty scores. Promotions can include recruitments, advertisements, and even propaganda campaigns. Taxes are payments gathered from a kingdom's citizens to help pay for Consumption. Festivals, which can also include parades and other public events, can increase the kingdom's happiness and loyalty. Pick or adjust your edict levels as you wish in this phase, as follows:
Promotion type ........ Stability Bonus ........ Consumption Increase
Taxation level ........ Economy Bonus ........ Loyalty Bonus
Festivals per year ........ Loyalty Bonus ........ Consumption Increase
Phase 3 - Income
During a kingdom's Income phase, take the following actions.
Step 1—Deposits:
You can add funds to a kingdom's treasury by donating coins, gems, jewellery, weapons, armour, magic items, and other valuables you find while adventuring. For every full 40,000 gp in value of the deposit, increase your kingdom's BP by 1. Items that individually cost more than 40,000 gp must be sold as detailed under Step 3 below.
Step 2—Withdrawals:
You can also withdraw funds from the kingdom's treasury, but doing so runs the risk of annoying the citizens. Each time you withdraw funds, the kingdom's Unrest increases by 1. In addition, you must make a Loyalty check (DC = Command DC + number of BP being withdrawn); a failure causes your kingdom to gain Unrest equal to the total BP withdrawn. Each BP withdrawn in this manner converts into 8,000 gp.
Step 3—Sell Valuable Items:
You can attempt to sell items that cost more than 40,000 gp through your city's markets to bolster your kingdom's Treasury; these can be items you recover during an adventure or they can be magic items currently held by any of your cities. To sell these items, make an Economy check (DC 35 for Paragon tier items, and DC 50 for Epic tier items). A failed check indicates the item doesn't sell. Success indicates that the item sells and you can increase your kingdom's treasury by 8 BP (for Paragon tier items), or 15 BP (for Epic tier items). You can make one Economy check per city district during each Income phase.
Step 4—Generate Income:
Make an Economy check against your Command DC at the end of your Income phase. If you're successful, divide your result by 5
Phase 4 - Events
During a kingdom's Event phase, the kingdom may be buffeted by various events that impact upon its smooth management. The DM will control the Event Phase.
Special Resources
Some squares do more than just add size to a kingdom - they also add resources and impact a kingdom's Stability, Economy, Loyalty, and other elements. The DM will inform you when you have discovered some special resources.
Bridge: A bridge square negates the cost increase of building a road that crosses a river.
Building: If you establish a city in a square at a building location, you can incorporate the building into the city as a free building - the encounter indicates what type of building it counts as. See below for building types.
Cave: Caves can be used as defensive fallback points, storage, or even guard posts or prisons. A cave square increases a kingdom's Stability by 1.
Landmarks: Landmarks are sites of great pride, mystery, and wonder. They serve well to bolster a kingdom's morale. A landmark square increases a kingdom's Loyalty by 1.
Road: A square with a road in it allows for much easier travel. For every four road squares your kingdom controls, the kingdom's Economy increases by 1. For every eight road squares your kingdom controls, its Stability increases by 1.
Ruins: A ruin can be incorporated into a city as a building—doing so halves the cost of the building, as the ruin only needs to be repaired rather than having to be built from the ground up. The encounter indicates what type of building a repaired ruin counts as.
Towns: A town consists of an established settlement—claiming a town square is an excellent way to add a fully functional city to a kingdom. In order to claim a town square peacefully, the annexing kingdom must make a Stability check (DC = Command DC). Failure indicates that radicals and upstarts in the town increase your kingdom's Unrest score by 2d4.
Resources: Resources include particularly valuable sources of lumber, metal, gems, food, or the like. A resource square increases a kingdom's Economy by 1.
Leadership Roles
A healthy kingdom has leaders filling a number of different roles. Each leader grants the kingdom different benefits; leaving a role unfilled can penalize the kingdom. In order for a Leadership role to grant its bonus, the character in that particular role must spend at least 1 week per month engaged in various leadership duties (during which time the PCs must be located within a hex that is part of their kingdom). For this campaign, it's best to have the party pick the same week to dedicate to their administrative duties so that all of the PCs are all available for "adventuring duty" at the same time. A single character can only occupy one leadership role at a time.
The ruler is the primary leader of the kingdom. Unlike the other leadership roles, a ruler uses one of three distinct titles, depending on the current size of the kingdom. For a kingdom of size 1–20, its ruler is known as a baron or baroness. For a kingdom of size 21–80, its ruler is known as a duke or duchess. A kingdom of size 81 or higher is ruled by a king or queen. (N.B. These titles do not necessarily need to correspond with the actual title(s) of the ruler - these are simply a shorthand for the rules below.)
Benefit: A baron or baroness chooses one of a nation's statistics (Economy, Loyalty, or Stability) and modifies that score by a value equal to the character's Charisma modifier. A duke or duchess chooses two of these values to modify. A king or queen modifies all three values.
Special: Two characters can fill this role if they become married, in which case the two rulers can jointly command the kingdom. Both rulers apply their Charisma modifiers to the kingdom's Stability, Economy, and Loyalty checks as appropriate for their rank, and as long as one of the two rulers is present for 1 week per month, they avoid the vacancy penalty.
The councillor ensures that the will of the citizenry is represented.
Benefit: Increase Loyalty by a value equal to the Councillor's Wisdom or Charisma modifier.
The General commands the kingdom's armies and is a public hero.
Benefit: Increase Stability by a value equal to the General's Strength or Charisma modifier.
Grand Diplomat
The Grand Diplomat oversees international relations.
Benefit: Increase Stability by a value equal to the Grand Diplomat's Intelligence or Charisma modifier.
High Priest
The high priest guides the kingdom's religious needs and growth.
Benefit: Increase Stability by a value equal to the High Priest's Wisdom or Charisma modifier.
The Magister guides a kingdom's higher learning and magic.
Benefit: Increase Economy by a value equal to the Magister's Intelligence or Charisma modifier.
The Marshal helps organize patrols and enforces justice in rural and wilderness regions.
Benefit: Increase Economy by a value equal to the Marshal's Dexterity or Wisdom modifier.
Royal Assassin
The Royal Assassin can serve as a public executioner, a headsman, or a shadowy assassin.
Benefit: Increase Loyalty by a value equal to the Royal Assassin's Strength or Dexterity modifier. Fear inspired by the Royal Assassin reduces Unrest by 1 during each Upkeep phase.
The Spymaster observes the kingdom's underworld and criminal elements and spies on other kingdoms.
Benefit: Increase Loyalty, Economy, or Stability (Spymaster's choice) by a value equal to the Spymaster's Dexterity or Intelligence modifier. The Spymaster can change which value he modifies during the kingdom's Improvement phase (but only once per phase).
The Treasurer organizes tax collection, and manages the treasury.
Benefit: Increase Economy by a value equal to the Treasurer's Intelligence or Wisdom modifier.
The Warden leads the kingdom's defence and city guards.
Benefit: Increase Loyalty by a value equal to the Warden's Strength or Constitution modifier.
Building Cities
The greatest asset of any kingdom are its cities, for it is here that the bulk of a kingdom's citizens live, its armies train, its culture develops, and its future is forged. The rules presented here are designed to support the rules for kingdom building and to give players a visual representation of a city (the city grid) they helped to build up from scratch.
Reading the Grid
The city grid consists of 36 city blocks in a 6x6 square. The grid is in turn bordered by four sides—each side represents a border to the entire city district. A district border can represent a city wall, a river, a lake or ocean shore, a cliff, or merely the transition from one city district into another. For larger cities, you can prepare multiple districts sharing common borders. As the PCs build structures and locations, they can place representations of their buildings into these city blocks, eventually creating a visual representation of their completed city.
Preparing the Site
Once you select a location for your city (which must be in a hex you have explored and cleared), you must pay to have the site cleared and prepared to support the city's roads and buildings. The cost and time required to clear space in various terrains is detailed below:
Terrain.....................Cost to Prepare (BP).......................Time to Prepare
*Construction of buildings can be started the same month for grassland cities.
Once you finish preparing the site, decide which of the district's borders are water (in the form of riverbanks, lakeshores, or seashores) or land. Record these choices at each border on your city grid. In addition, adding a city district to a kingdom increases its Consumption by 1.
Base Value
When using these rules to build a settlement, the city's base value (see Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook, pages 460–461) starts at 1,000gp. It increases as you construct certain buildings, like shops and marketplaces.
Building A City
Once you've prepared your city district, you can start to build. The placement of buildings in your district is left to you, but two-block and four-block structures cannot be split up. When you decide to place a building, you can use the cut-out icon for the appropriate type of structure and affix the building where you wish in your city grid. It takes 1 month to construct a building, no matter what size the building is—its benefits apply immediately.
If an event destroys one or more blocks, the devastation causes +1 Unrest per destroyed block. The cost to build the replacement structure is halved if the replacement is the same type of structure as the one that preceded the destruction.
Population: A city's population is equal to the number of completed blocks within its districts × 250. A city grid that has all 36 blocks filled with buildings has a population of 9,000.
Defensive Modifier: A city's Defensive Modifier can be increased by building certain structures (such as city walls) and has an impact on mass combat.
Base Value: The base value associated with a city built in this manner is tied not to its size but rather to the number of Economy-based buildings it has. Each such building, whether it's a shop, tavern, or brothel, increases a city's base value. Any magic item equal to or lower than this base value in cost is available for purchase 75% of the time—this check may be made again every month (as new stock comes and goes). Any non-magical item from the equipment chapter in the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook is always available if its cost is lower than the city's base value. Cities with multiple districts add the individual base values of each district together to determine the entire city's base value, with an upper limit of 160,000 gp per city.
Magic Item Availability: A certain number of more powerful and valuable magic items are available for purchase in any city, although these items tend to be of a somewhat random nature as new items are found or created and enter the economy. As with base value, a community's size does not influence the number of magic items above base value that are available for purchase. Instead, these items become available as certain buildings (like academies or magic shops) are added to a city. After it is generated, a magic item remains on the market until it is purchased. Alternatively, once per Income phase, a kingdom can make Economy checks to try to sell items; once the item is sold, its slot remains empty until the next Upkeep phase.
Building Types
Adding buildings to a city is one of the most efficient ways to enhance your kingdom's statistics, as each block of buildings added to a city in your kingdom grants a specific bonus. Descriptions of each of these buildings, as well as the bonuses it provides once it's added to a city, are listed below. The building's BP cost and any prerequisite buildings that must be built first are listed in parentheses after its name. The building's benefit to the city and kingdom once it is constructed is listed last in italics. If a building affects Unrest, it does so only once, when it is first constructed. A fair amount of additional residential structures are common amid most one- and two-block structures.
Academy (52 BP; requires two blocks): An institution of higher learning that can focus on any area of knowledge or education, including magic. Halves cost of Caster's Tower, Library, and Magic Shop in same city; 3 Heroic tier items, 2 Paragon tier items; Economy +2, Loyalty +2.
Alchemist (18 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): The laboratory and home of a creator of potions, poisons, and alchemical items. City base value +5,000 gp; 1 Heroic tier item; Economy +1.
Arena (40 BP, requires four blocks): A large public structure for competitions, demonstrations, team sports, or blood sports. Halves cost of Garrison or Theatre in same city; halves Consumption increase penalty for festival edicts; Stability +4; limit one per city.
Barracks (12 BP): A building to house city guards, militia, and military forces. Defense Modifier +2; Unrest –1.
Black Market (50 BP; must be adjacent to 2 houses): A number of shops with secret and usually illegal or dangerous wares. City base value +10,000gp; 2 minor items, 1medium item, 1 major item; Economy +2, Stability +1; Unrest +1.
Brewery (6 BP): A building for beer-making, winemaking, or similar use. Loyalty +1, Stability +1.
Brothel (4 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): A place to pay for companionship of any sort. Economy +1, Loyalty +2;
Caster's Tower (30 BP): The home and laboratory for a spellcaster. 3 Heroic tier items, 2 paragon tier items; Economy +1, Loyalty +1.
Castle (54 BP; requires four blocks): The home of the city's leader or the heart of its defences. Halves cost of Noble Villa or Town Hall in same
Cathedral (58 BP; requires four blocks): The focal point of the city's religion and spiritual leadership. Halves cost of Temple or Academy
City Wall (8 BP): City walls do not occupy a city block—rather, purchasing a city wall fortifies one of a district's four outer borders. A city wall cannot be built on a water border. Defence Modifier +4; Unrest –2.
Dump (4 BP): A centralized place to dispose of refuse. Loyalty +1, Stability +1.
Exotic Craftsman (10 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): The workshop and home of an exotic craftsman, such as a creator of magic items, a tinker, a fireworks maker, or a glassblower. 1Heroic tier item; Loyalty +1, Stability +1.
Garrison (28 BP; requires two blocks): A large building to house armies, train guards, and recruit militia. Halves cost of City Wall, Granary, and Jail in same city; Loyalty +2, Stability +2; Unrest –2.
Granary (12 BP): A place to store grain and food. Loyalty +1, Stability +1.
Graveyard (4 BP): A plot of land to honour and bury the dead. Economy +1, Loyalty +1.
Guildhall (34 BP; requires two blocks, must be adjacent to 1 house): A large building that serves as headquarters for a guild or similar organization. City base value +5,000 gp; halves cost of Pier, Stable, and Tradesman in same city; Economy +2, Loyalty +2.
Herbalist (10 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): The workshop and home of a gardener, healer, poisoner, or creator of potions. 1 Heroic tier item; Loyalty +1, Stability +1.
House (3 BP): A number of mid-sized houses for citizens. Houses serve as prerequisites for many other buildings. The first house you build during any Improvement Phase does not count against the total number of buildings you can build during the phase. Unrest –1.
Inn (10 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): A place for visitors to spend the night. City base value +2,000 gp; Economy +1, Loyalty +1.
Jail (14 BP): A fortified structure for housing criminals. Loyalty +2, Stability +2; Unrest –2.
Library (6 BP): A large building containing books, often presided over by a sage or other scholar. Economy +1, Loyalty +1.
Luxury Store (28 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): A shop that specializes in expensive wares and luxuries. City base value +10,000 gp; 2 Heroic tier items; Economy +1.
Magic Shop (68 BP; must be adjacent to 2 houses): A shop that specializes in magic items and spells. City base value +10,000gp; 4 Heroic tier items, 2 Paragon tier items, 1Epic tier item; Economy +1.[/i]
Mansion (10 BP): A single huge manor housing a rich family and its servants. Stability +1.
Market (48 BP; requires two blocks, must be adjacent to 2 houses): An open area for mercantile pursuits, travelling merchants, and bargain hunters. City base value +10,000 gp; halves cost of Black Market, Inn, and Shop in same city; 2 Heroic tier items items; Economy +2, Stability +2.
Mill (6 BP; must be next to a water border): A building used to cut lumber or grind grain. Economy +1, Stability +1.
Monument (6 BP): A monument can be a statue of a city founder, a bell tower, a large tomb, or a public display of art. Loyalty +3; Unrest –1.[i]
Noble Villa (24 BP; requires two blocks): A sprawling manor with luxurious grounds that houses a noble. [i]Halves cost of Exotic Craftsman, Luxury Store, and Mansion in same city; Economy +1, Loyalty +1, Stability +1.
Park (4 BP): A plot of land set aside for its natural beauty. Loyalty +1; Unrest –1.
Piers (16 BP; must be adjacent to a water border): Warehouses and workshops for docking ships and handling cargo and passengers. City base value 5,000 gp; +1Economy, +1 Stability.
Shop (8 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): A general store. City base value +2,000 gp; Economy +1.
Shrine (8 BP): A small shrine or similar holy site. 1 Heroic tier item; Loyalty +1; Unrest –1.
Smith (6 BP): An armour smith, blacksmith, or weapon smith. Economy +1, Stability +1.
Stable (10 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): A structure for housing or selling horses and other mounts. City base value +2,000 gp; Economy +1, Loyalty +1.
Tannery (6 BP; cannot be adjacent to a house): A structure that prepares hides and leather. Economy +1, Stability +1.
Tavern (12 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): An eatery or drinking establishment. City base value +2,000 gp; Economy +1, Loyalty +1.
Temple (32 BP; requires two blocks): A large place of worship dedicated to a deity. Halves cost of Graveyard, Monument, and Shrine in same
Tenement (1 BP):[b] A staggering number of low-rent, cheap housing units. Tenements count as houses for the purpose of fulfilling building requirements, but building too many tenements can increase a kingdom's Unrest quickly. You can build a house over an existing tenement for 2 BP. Unrest +2.
[b]Theatre (24 BP; requires two blocks): A venue for providing entertainment such as plays, operas, concerts, and the like. Halves cost of Brothel, Park, and Tavern in same city; Economy +2, Stability +2.
Town Hall (22 BP; requires two blocks): A public venue for town meetings and repository for town records. Halves cost of Barracks,
Tradesman (10 BP; must be adjacent to 1 house): A shop front for a tradesman, such as a baker, butcher, candle maker, cooper, or rope maker. City base value +2,000 gp; +1 Economy, +1 Stability.
Watchtower (6 BP): A tall structure that serves as a guard post and landmark. +1 Stability; +2 Defence Modifier; Unrest –1.
Waterfront (90 BP; requires four blocks, must be adjacent to a water border): A port for arrival and departure when travelling by water, facilities for building ships, and a centre of commerce. City base value +20,000 gp; 3 Heroic tier items, 2 Paragon tier items, 1 Epic tier item; halves cost of Guildhall and Market in same city, halves Loyalty penalty for tax edicts; Economy +4; limit one per city.
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You have already done a Check to see if your steps are s= yncing to Fitbit. You do have a Fitbit One linked to your Fitbit accoun= t and it has not synced for a while or perhaps days.
If you have done a Check to see if your steps are = syncing to Fitbit and see your steps are indeed showing at Fitbit, but = you do not see your steps at Retrofit on your Timeline or your My Data tab,= proceed with the following steps. Remember that your Fitbit must first syn= c your steps to Fitbit before they can be updated at Retrofit.
If the Fitbit One is new, it is likely that it did not properly get link= ed to your Fitbit account.
If you have been using your Fitbit One and it is displaying your steps o= n the device, but you see that the time on the Fitbit One is not corr= ect, and the steps on the device are not syncing to fitbit.com. The = solution is to reset your Fitbit One, then conduct a firmware update.
There are several updates in the newer firmware that fix time zone and s= yncing issues.
Unfortunately, driving on bumpy roads may cause your tracker to move in = a way similar to walking, causing it to track steps and floors.
You can do the following to negate steps and floors tracked while drivin= g:
Repeat this process to decrease your steps, floors and calories burned f= or any other dates you have in question.
We apologize for the inconvenience involved in this process. Hopefully t= his method effectively clears your unwanted data, and allows you to maintai= n more accurate readings of your activity. Your Fitbit One is more sensitiv= e than the Fitbit Ultra.
While driving, you can try placing the Fitbit somewhere less likely to b= ounce, such as the center console of your car.=20
I get a message that the background sync service is not functioning.