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Serena, Federer headline Day 2 storylines at Australian Open
Storylines and matches to watch on Day 2 of the Australian Open:
• Serena Williams starts her campaign: Williams begins her quest for a third straight Slam against No. 108 Edina Gallovits-Hall. The oddest thing is she's scheduled second on Hisense Arena, the No. 2 show court, after another women's match that has the potential of going a full three sets. Not the ideal schedule for Williams, who should be off the court in less than an hour. Conventional wisdom says Williams is at her most vulnerable in the first three rounds when she's still playing her way into form. But with her title run in Brisbane just two weeks ago, there's no reason to doubt she will come out sharp Tuesday.
[Wozniacki speaks out about Serena impression]
• Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro take on France: Both men come into the Australian Open with no competitive 2013 match play, and they don't have easy matches to start. Federer will face Benoit Paire (third match, Rod Laver Arena), a flashy Frenchman (aren't they all?) on the rise. Expect Federer to come through, but Paire can be tricky because of his unpredictability. Del Potro has drawn another Frenchman, Adrian Mannarino (fourth match, Hisense Arena), probably the toughest qualifier to get into the main draw. Mannarino beat Del Potro in straight sets at Queen's in 2011. Mannarino will be used to the conditions with three qualifying matches under his belt.
• Bernard Tomic riding eight-match winning streak: Time to put your money where your mouth is, Bernie. Tomic is talking a big game, touting his win over Novak Djokovic at the Hopman Cup despite the fact it was an exhibition (the 20-year-old Aussie also won the Sydney title last week). He's gone so far as to question Federer's ability to make their potential third-round date. I wouldn't expect a letdown for Tomic, who will take on Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in the first night match on Rod Laver Arena. With an opportunity to show his home crowd that he really is worth the hype, expect Tomic to step up. The key is to get off the court quickly. Long matches early in the tournament won't bode well for him later, such as the third round.
• Eyes on the young American women: Varvara Lepchenko (second match, Court 8), Sloane Stephens (third match, Margaret Court Arena), Christina McHale (second match, Court 7), Jamie Hampton (fourth match, Court 2), Lauren Davis (third match, Court 11), Melanie Oudin (third match, Court 3) and Vania King (first match, Court 2). I don't think Oudin has enough weapons to bother Brit Laura Robson, who beat her easily here in qualifying last year. But keep an eye on McHale's match against feisty 18-year-old Yulia Putintseva and Davis against another 18-year-old, Russian qualifier Daria Gavrilova. Not easy matchups for either player, especially given McHale's subpar form of late.
[WERTHEIM: Keys lives up to buzz; Mailbag]
Matches to watch
• No. 2 Roger Federer vs. Benoit Paire (third match, Rod Laver Arena): This should be fun. Especially if Paire goes for shots like this.
• No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki vs. Sabine Lisicki (first match, Hisense Arena): Wozniacki couldn't have asked for a tougher first-round match. Lisicki leads the head-to-head 2-1, beating Wozniacki at Charleston and Wimbledon in 2009 (that Wimbledon match was the scene of their infamous bump, scored to some slightly inappropriate music here). The two haven't played since then. I'm not sure I'd consider a Lisicki victory an upset because her talent betrays her No. 36 ranking.
• No. 8 Petra Kvitova vs. Francesca Schiavone (second match, Margaret Court Arena): Two Slam champions go head-to-head. Despite her struggles, expect Kvitova to come through. She lost early in Brisbane and Sydney to eventual finalists Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Dominika Cibulkova. Compare that to Schiavone, who's now No. 48 and lost in the first round of Hobart to Kristen Flipkens, a player ranked outside the top 50.
• No. 18 Alexandr Dolgopolov Gael Monfils (first night match, Margaret Court Arena): These two have never played. This match would be worthy of an ATP final, but one now made possible by Monfils' low ranking, a result of his knee injury last year. There will be shotmaking. That I can virtually guarantee. Oh, and Monfils will hit the deck at some point. That's just Gael being Gael.
• No. 31 Urszula Radwanska vs. Jamie Hampton (fourth match, Court 2): They've never met. Radwanska is a solid player who had a remarkably consistent 2012. If Hampton can serve well and stay aggressive, I like her chances of pulling off the upset.Upset specials:


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Mermaid names have made it big in recent years. There's Madison, Darryl Hannah's character from Splash. Disney christened The Little Mermaid Ariel in 1989, and she and her princess friends are now found on little girls' gear everywhere you look.
Beyond Madison and Ariel: Other Famous Mermaids
Coralia – An underwater realm in Flash Gordon, but also a name for a mermaid in a nineteeth-century ballet
Deema – From the new Nickelodeon series Bubble Guppies, about a group of preschoolers and their adventures with teacher Mr. Grouper
Diana – From 2003 movie Mermaids, about a trio of fish-tailed sisters who set off to avenge the death of their merman father
June – From 2003 movie Mermaids
Lorelei – From German folktales, now better known as the given name of both Gilmore Girls – though mother and daughter spelled it Lorelai
Melody – Ariel's daughter in the extended Little Mermaid universe
Miranda – In a 1948 British comedy, a lonely fisherman catches the mermaid Miranda and the duo set off on a madcap tour of London
Molly – Another of the Bubble Guppies
Muirgen – An Irish story says that she was brought from the sea and baptized, and in some tellings, became a saint
Nixie – Yet another name for a water-dwelling spirit
Ondine – A German water sprite who marries a mortal, but never gets her happily ever after. In 2009, Colin Farrell played a fisherman who makes a surprising catch in the movie Ondine; Audrey Hepburn rose to fame playing Ondine on Broadway in 1954.
Oona – Another of the Bubble Guppies
Sabrina – The name of a water nymph in John Milton's Comus, and an ancient Celtic river goddess, too
Thessalonike – Sister of Alexander the Great, said to have turned into a mermaid
Undine – A variant of Ondine, but perhaps not as wearable
Venus – From 2003 movie Mermaids, and known for posing on a shell in the Botticelli painting
Names That Would Fit a Mermaid
Avalon – A medieval tale tells of three sisters growing up on the lost Isle of Avalon. The eldest, Melusine, was cursed to spend one day a week as a mermaid.

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"The Women Jefferson Loved" Author to Speak at UW
Virginia Scharff, historian and author of "The Women Jefferson Loved," will give the Women's History Month keynote talk at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in Room 310 of the University of Wyoming Classroom Building.
The memorial lecture honors longtime UW faculty member Katherine Jensen, who died in 2010. She was a distinguished professor emerita in gender and women's studies, as well as one of the program's co-founders and former directors.
Scharff is a distinguished professor of history and director of the Center for the Southwest at the University of New Mexico. Her most recent book, "The Women Jefferson Loved," was named a "New York Times Editors Choice." She puts Jefferson's free and slave families into the same story and reveals how Jefferson's love for women shaped his ideas, achievements and legacies.
Other scholarly publications Scharff has written are "Taking the Wheel: Women and the Coming of the Motor Age" (1991); "Twenty Thousand Roads: Women, Movement, and the West" (2003); two textbooks, "Present Tense: The United States Since 1945" (1996); and "Coming of Age: America in the Twentieth Century" (1998); and the edited volume, "Seeing Through Gender" (2003).
The event is sponsored by Gender and Women's Studies, Wyoming Humanities Council, UW Alumni Association, the Department of History and MFA Creative Writing Program.
Women's History Month will feature author and keynote speaker Virginia Scharff, who wrote "The Women Jefferson Loved," at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in Room 310 of the Classroom Building.


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Paintball Camp San Diego
February 9th, 2013 marked the first official Marcello Margott Clinic at one of Southern California's finest paintball parks, Total Combat Paintball (TCP) in Chula Vista, California. Here's what Marcello of the Los Angeles Ironmen had to say after the event:
"Well, its safe to say my first clinic of the year was a success. Had the chance to meet some amazing field owners that in my opinion, are exactly what this sport needs if we want to grow. Diana J Ocampo and her business partner Julio at Total Combat Paintball are true ambassadors of our sport. Their mission is to generate as much new interest in paintball as possible and I fully support them and their field. It was a pleasure working with people who truly care about the growth of paintball as a community as much as I do. I can't wait to play there again.
The morning started with greetings and small talk while we all geared up. All the kids seemed very excited, and very happy to be there playing paintball, I always love that. It's amazing to see all of this talent around the globe, visualizing what could one day emerge from the raw talent of some of my students.
One of the kids was 12 years old, his name was Andrew and I can't say enough about him. He reminded me of myself when I was 12, totally submerged into the sport of paintball and its fascinating journeys during those moments on the battle field. He was fearless and always wanted to be the first to go in any of my drill exercises. Another kid was recovering from a knee surgery to have a unexpected tumor removed. His enthusiasm and dedication kept a smile on my face all day as he put in the maximum amount of effort in each and every lesson. I don't want to leave anyone out, because all of the kids were more than awesome, but these two really stood out.
After going through a series of drills, exercises, and situational lessons I had a chance to play some points with everyone for fun to finish out the day. We all just mixed in and played games street ball style. I had a blast, it was definitely one of my more memorable clinics just due to the fact that I was surrounded by such good people. I look forward to working with TCP and playing at their field in the future." – Marcello Margott #33
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In the iconography of art, skulls have always been contemplative objects. This silkscreen was produced using a photograph of a human skull that Damien Hirst had been using as a subject to paint; the blue paint marks being the result of the artist handling the work, positioning it, whilst working.
Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He first came to public attention in 1988 when he conceived and curated 'Freeze', an exhibition of his own work and that of his contemporaries at Goldsmiths college, staged in a disused London warehouse. Since this time Hirst has become widely recognised as one of the most influential artists of his generation.
Through a varied practise of installation, sculpture, painting and drawing Hirst has sought to explore the complex relationship between art, life and death. Alongside over 80 solo exhibitions he has worked on numerous curatorial projects. In 2008, Hirst took the unprecedented step of bypassing gallery involvement in selling 244 new works at a Sotheby's, London auction entitled 'Beautiful Inside My Head Forever'.
Hirst was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 and his contribution to British art over the last two and a half decades has been acknowledged in a major solo retrospective exhibited at Tate Modern, London. He lives in Devon and has studios in Gloucester and London.
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Jonathan Finn received his B.A. (McMaster) and M.A. (York) in Art History. While at McMaster he pursued a year of study at the University of Leeds, England. He entered the Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester in 1997, earning his doctorate in 2003.
His interests include visual culture, visual communication and surveillance studies, with particular emphasis on the use of photographic technologies in scientific and social scientific practices.
His book, Capturing the Criminal Image: From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society (Minnesota, 2009), is a critical examination of the use of visual representation in modern and contemporary Canadian and American law enforcement practices. He is also producing an edited collection of essays in visual communication and visual culture for Oxford University Press Canada.
Dr. Finn is currently developing a new research project on photographic representation and sport. More specifically, he is interested in the history of the photo-finish, instant-replay and related uses of the photograph as a juridical tool in sport.


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Newmont Mining: Future Depends on Indonesia
Newmont Mining (NEM) hasn't been the gold standard among gold miners this year.
Shares of Newmont have gained 2.9% this year, even as Goldcorp (GG) has risen 28%, Gold Fields (GFI) has advanced 27% and Barrick Gold (ABX) has advanced 20%. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has risen 27%.
Last week's earning didn't help to close the gap, as Newmont shed 1.9% last week, while Mackie Research downgraded its shares to Sell from Hold today.
Is it really that bad? JPMorgan's John Bridges calls Newmont's earnings "a strong Q4 result," but reiterates his view that the future depends on Indonesia. He explains:
Newmont reported a strong Q4 result and has outlined plans for firm production and controlled costs through till 2016. Yet a key foundation of this plan is the Batu Hijau mine in Indonesia which should switch later this year from being a consumer of cash into one of Newmont's most prolific assets. Indonesia's demand for domestic conversion of Batu's concentrates into metal within Indonesia now by 2017 and most recently for export taxes creates doubts. Newmont successfully navigated its way through an earlier dispute but this took time. We see Batu as a key unknown which supports our Neutral rating on the stock.
Because of the Indonesia uncertainty, Bridges rates Newmont Mining Neutral with a $26 price target.
Shares of Newmont Mining have gained 1% to $23.62, while Goldcorp has risen 0.8% to $27.82, Gold Fields unchanged changed at $4.02 and Barrick Gold has advanced 0.9% to $21.14. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF has risen 1.3% to $26.87.


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The Vagrancy Presents THE CONDUCT OF LIFE, Now thru 6/28
The Conduct Of Life traverses the volatile relationships and status woes of Orlando, an ambitious climbing lieutenant commander, his vigorous and trusting wife, Leticia, and their collection of servants, friends and/or prisoners. In this dark, gritty exploration of how people live complicit with an improvident government, we witness five characters use sex, violence, power, class struggle, and their own humanity to feed The Beast.
Director Sabina Ptasznik shares, "The play is about a world in which tenderness and hope are the greatest threats to the status quo. A world very much like our own, where we live in numb acceptance because we've got fancy cars, big houses and pleasant enough dogs. It begs us to wake up and take action."
The Conduct Of Life features Gaven VanOver, Karina Wolfe, Jeremy Mascia, Belinda Gosbee, and Aniela Gonzales.
Production staff for The Conduct Of Life includes Sabina Ptasznik, director; Nick Santiago, scenic design; Ric Zimmerman, lighting design; Martin Carrillo, sound design; John Houston, costume design;, TaShaunna Peterman, stage manager; Daniel Gonzales, assistant stage manager/props; Caitlin Hart, producer.
"It seems impossible not to connect the truthfulness in Fornes' plays, their alertness of depicting, their unfacile compassionateness, with a certain character, a certain virtue," says Susan Sontag, speaking on Maria Irene Fornes, author of The Conduct of Life.
Maria Irene Fornes is a celebrated Cuban-American avant garde playwright and director and was a leading figure of the Off-Off-Broadway movement in the 1960s. Fornes' themes often focus on poverty and feminism, and she has won a total of nine Obie Awards throughout her writing career. Other notable works include Fefu and Her Friends, Mud, Letters From Cuba, Sarita, Promenade, and The Successful Life of 3.
The Vagrancy is a daring and award-winning Los Angeles-based theatre company. The Vagrancy creates socially relevant and visceral work that seeks to touch the human spirit and boldly rock the boat. Caitlin Hart and Sabina Ptasznik, Co-Artistic Directors; Jordan Scovel, Company Manager; Cort Brinkerhoff, Literary Manager; Becky Pierce, Managing Director; Jeremy Mascia, Graphic Designer; Karina Wolfe, Public Relations; Steve Madar, Literary Manager Assistant; Anne Butler, Education Partner; Nina Harada, Chamberpot Editor; Stephanie O'Neil, Tactical Reads Associate Producer; Rosemary Stevens, Donor Love; Arthur Keng, Master of the Website.
The Vagrancy's 2013 production of White Hot by Tommy Smith played to sold-out houses and brought sizzling dialogue to the theatre community during the Hollywood Fringe Festival. White Hot was winner of Best of Ensemble Theatre 2013, winner of Most Orgasmic Performer (Michal Sinnot), winner of Best Lighting Design (Ric Zimmerman), and nominate for Top of Fringe '13.
The Conduct Of Lifr plays for 5 performances only: Tonight, June 6th at 8:30PM, Saturday, June 14th at 10:00PM, Wednesday, June 18th at 10:00PM, Wednesday, June 25th at 7:00PM, and Saturday, June 28th at 9:00PM at Theatre Asylum Lab, 1078 Lillian Way (@ Santa Monica Blvd.). Hollywood, CA 90038. The show has a 60 minute running time.
Tickets are $15.00 general admission, $10.00 for Fringe participants, and $7.50 for LA Stage Alliance members. For more information visit www.thevagrancy.com/conductoflife.


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Karaoke machine manufacturers and the distributors of karaoke CDs have had an uphill battle fighting copyright infringement cases brought by music publishers. One player in the karaoke business is fighting a joint venture of Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson over a $1.28-billion bill. Host Scott Simon has more.
Karaoke Copyrights: Taking Back The Music
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Flying Humvees and Flight Simulators From the Air Force Expo
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The city of Benghazi was a stronghold for rebel soldiers in Libya, to whom U.S. Libya Ambassador Christopher Stevens served as a liason. With help from American and European warplanes, those rebeles toppled the regime of Mommar Gaddafy in August. Yesterday, Stevens, other diplomats, and several U.S. Marines were murdered here.
July 2012
Real estate developer Sam Bacile makes an Internet-only movie that mocks the Muslim prophet Mohammad. Although funded with $5 million in donations, the two-hour movie looks amatuerish and there's is no outcry when parts of it appear online. However, when a version with Arabic subtitles shows up, Egyptian television stations play the clip repeatedly.
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Florida education news: School grades, summer school, ESOL and more
SCHOOL GRADES: The credibility of Florida's accountability system could hang in the balance as leaders explore modifications to the school grading formula.
SUMMER LEARNING: Struggling Pinellas students get an extra dose of reading, math and science in the district's new Summer Bridge program.
OPEN UP: The Pinellas school district needs to become more transparent in its operations, the Times editorializes.
FRUSTRATION: Hundreds of Orange County students still learning English get trapped in ESOL programs, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
WARNED: Florida Keys Community College has its accreditation placed on "warning" status over financial controls, the Keynoter reports. More details here.
LABOR NEWS: PERC rules that the Marion school district can deal directly with substitute teachers outside collective bargaining, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.
OPEN DOORS: Technology helps Miami-Dade students with disabilities learn more skills for life, the Miami Herald reports.
NEVER FORGET: Brand new Booker High in Sarasota has a room set aside for the school's long history, the Herald-Tribune reports.


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In case you missed it on New Year's Day, activist investor Robert Chapman of Chapman Capital took a major shot across the bow of investor Bill Ackman: He announced that 35% of his fund's assets had been committed to a long position in Herbalife (HLF).
It's activist against activist.
On the surface, Ackman is the much better-known activist investor, so he would appear to have the upper hand. Yet no one should discount Chapman.
In Chapman's explanation for the position, he screams that the "perpetually sanctimonious" Ackman is the emperor without any clothes regarding his short position in the company.
Here's a summary of Chapman's views and the circumstances surrounding his newly established:
● Ackman has produced no smoking gun, despite 300-plus slides.
● The Federal Trade Commission has already looked into Herbalife for many years and has chosen not to do anything. Why would they now?
● Ackman has put 10% of his fund's assets at risk in this short -- more than $1 billion. This could lead to the mother of all short squeezes if the position starts to work against him. (Take the Volkswagen example of a few years ago, when a few hedge funds found themselves on the short end of the stick as the stock suddenly moved against them.)
● Herbalife has been around for a long time with few customer complaints.
● The company is producing a lot of cash and the shares are cheap. If management starts to buy back stock with that cash, this would hurt Ackman.
● Ackman chose the end of December to launch his attack, knowing that liquidity would be low and that management would be limited in how it could respond.
● Herbalife management will start to respond to Ackman's criticisms next week.
● Another famous activist investor, David Einhorn, looked into this stock earlier last year. If he is short the stock, he has yet to make a big deal of it. If not, why not?
The most interesting aspect of Chapman's position here is that he was a long in the stock 12 years ago, when he was decrying the company's executive compensation. He's no Johnny-come-lately here. He has spent years looking at the company in some detail. He concluded then that this wasn't a fraud, and he doesn't believe it now either.
The market woke up to Chapman's views Thursday, as Herbalife rocketed 12% on the day. Will the move continue? It certainly looks as though management will have its day in the sun next week. That means the stock is probably headed higher.
The shares are already back to levels where they'd been when Ackman gave his lengthy presentation against the company earlier in December.
The next few months should be fun to watch as Chapman and Ackman square off.


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To solve this puzzle, take the last two letters of the first word described to make the first two letters of the second word, the last two letters of the second word to make the first two letters of the third word, and so on. The last two letters of the tenth word will make the first two letters of the first word and bring you back to where you started. Ready?
1. To prevent by fear
2. One of the muses
3. Often on the breakfast table
4. Steps for passing over a fence
5. Lawful
6. Solitary
7. A musical Roman emperor
8. A bird
9. To bury
10. To eat into
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2 Erato
3. Toast
4. Stile
5. Legal
6. Alone
7. Nero
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LAKEPORT -- The Lake County Planning Commission will meet 9 a.m. Thursday at the Lake County Courthouse.
The commissioners will debate a mitigated negative declaration at 9:05 a.m. for a proposal to divide a 19.5-acre parcel into two parcels on Elk Mountain Road in Upper Lake.
At 9:20 a.m., the commission will discuss a mitigated negative declaration for a project on Hartmann Road near Hidden Valley Lake. Valley Oaks Land & Development Inc. wants a general plan amendment to turn a 10-acre portion of a parcel into community commercial and a rezone to change it to community commercial-floodway fringe.
The commission will consider whether a Public Works Department proposal to rehabilitate an existing bridge over Harbin Creek is in conformity with the Lake County General Plan at 9:45 a.m.


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Good thing they cut off the alcohol early!
Oh wait......
I'll give it a 2 for lack of fire and overturned cars.
And then they show fire. Make it a 4.
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"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Just like all the Miami fans who rioted the other night when Dallas won the title in their arena? Oh wait....
Oh no, the story says at least two cars are flipped? Let's give 'em a point each and round it off to a 6.
omg look what they did to that bank ****
Man they passionate about hockey up in Canada. Every team North of the Border sells out every game.
People can give a **** about the team that's by me.
Anyway, this riot sounds like what happened in LA, but the Lakers at least won.
These fans are being sore losers.
Hangover 3 Vancouver?
"win or lose you knew this was gonna happen"
the police said they were prepared for it.
Yeah the police are always prepared after championships.
They're usually able to contain the celebrations well, but sometimes it's way too much and turns into a riot.
This is crazy.
Wow, and I thought I took sports too serious.
Follow me at @Bluejbgold
Last time they played for lord stanley's cup was the day of the O.J. Simpson bronco chase. Watch the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary called "June 17th, 1994". It's a great one.
They lost game 7 then too to Messier's Rangers.
Stay classy Vancouver...Stay classy...
"But, first, let us now praise famous moments, because something happened Tuesday night in Indianapolis that you can watch a lifetimes worth of professional basketball and never see again. There was a brief, and very decisive, and altogether unprecedented, outburst of genuine officiating, and it was directed at the best player in the world, and that, my dear young person, simply is not done."
True story. We were up in Toronto several years ago and preparation for the opening of pre-season hockey for the Leafs was the lead story for the first 5-10 minutes of the news. The second story was about the overnight death (murder?) of a woman and her young child.
"But, first, let us now praise famous moments, because something happened Tuesday night in Indianapolis that you can watch a lifetimes worth of professional basketball and never see again. There was a brief, and very decisive, and altogether unprecedented, outburst of genuine officiating, and it was directed at the best player in the world, and that, my dear young person, simply is not done."
Or as Canadians refer to the Bronco chase "the second biggest news story".
I'm surprised; I thought is was an American phenomenon and that those folk were more appropriately mellow.
There's a pic of a rioter being hit with a grenade in the crotch
True, but do they usually go out and wreck their cities, or is it all happening at the arena/stadium?
Vancouver you're doing it wrong, you only riot after wins. Jeez...
They rioted in 1994 and I think other Canadian cities have in the past.
if this ever happened in indy I would be more upset than I ever have been
I heard it was gonna happen if JOB was given a 10 year contract extension by LB
Canadians and hockey. I don't get it.
As for soccer riots in other countries, they make this look like nothing. Americans are tame about sports compared to the rest of the world. It's no competition.
On an unrelated note, when the Blackhawks won the cup last year, the streets were un-friggin-real. Streets were blocked off, I saw public fornication on Clark and Diversey in the middle of the street, people running around naked high fiving cops on horses, etc. It was awesome. Happy rioting is always more fun than sad rioting.
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Capitol Report: Common Sense Prevails With Blueways Designation Reversal
By now I am sure you have heard the news that the Department of the Interior has rescinded the National Blueways designation in Missouri and Arkansas. This is a tremendous victory for common sense and it proves that Washington bureaucrats will listen to Missourians if we protest loudly enough. In a time where common sense is not so common, I could not be more thrilled to have the common sense concerns of families who live in the White River Watershed prevail over environmental extremists.
While the Blueways System is gone from Missouri, I remain vigilant to ensure it does not return. Fighting the National Blueways designation was a top priority of mine once I was sworn into Congress on June 5th. Moving forward I will continue efforts to protect the rights of private property owners and be a check on the Obama Interior Department that does not understand or appreciate rural Missouri.
It's disturbing to know that a federal agency will impose an initiative like the Blueways System, with open-ended guidelines, no Congressional oversight, no local input, and no vote of the people. I reject the Department of the Interior's attempts to call this a "local initiative" while local groups and governments in Southern Missouri were excluded from the process. The absence of transparency by the Department of the Interior on this issue has only fueled our concerns that this is nothing more than an attempt by a federal agency to gain more control over regulating our land.
In mid-June I sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to voice strong concern over the lack of local input for the Blueways Designation and asked for Secretarial Order 3321, which named the White River watershed as a National Blueways, to be rescinded. On July 3, the Blueways Designation was rescinded by the Interior Department. In the House of Representatives, I will be holding the Obama Interior Department's feet to the fire. This Interior Department seems intent on dismissing local concerns and pushing a radical environmental agenda. In the coming days and weeks I will continue asking why the Blueways designation was imposed on my constituents and I will be working to prevent future such designations.
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Interfacing with an LCD display from a Canon multifunction printer?
If, as I suspect, the module is an OEM part, and datasheets are not available, do you have any recommendations as to how I could try to experimentally determine what the contacts do? (I got it for free, so It's not too critical if I destroy it...)
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If there isn't I'll guess its a COG display (chip on glass) and you need to look very carefully at the display itself: its going to be like the Nokia displays that everyone uses for tiny displays.
It's a bit different from the Nokia displays, as it has a 30-pin ribbon connector for input at the top of the board. Two separate ribbon cables go to the display: a two-wire cable I'm guessing is for power, and a larger 40-pin ribbon cable.


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[Adventure] A Call for Lovers (DM: jbear Judge:Lord Sessadore)
A Call for Lovers
A medium Living 4th Edition adventure, designed for 5-6 1st level characters. A Call for Lovers is set in a group of trade islands called the Crystal Isles somewhere on the trade route between the Jade kingdoms and Daunton over the course of a few weeks.
GM: jbear
Judge: Lord Sessadore
- PC: Rain (Tiefling Shielding Swordmage lvl 1):Neil1889
- PC: Zuri (Eladrin Rogue lvl 1):Daeja (NPC)
- PC: Sabynha (Half Elf Skald lvl 1):Nemesis Destiny
- PC: Wat (Half Elf Invoker lvl 1):Son of Meepo
- PC: Gray (Hengeyokai Monk lvl 1):CrimsonFlameWielder
- PC: Kartuus the Grail Seeker (Human Deathknight lvl 1):LordGraz'zt: Withdrawn
- PC: Themes Swiftriver (Genasi Scout lvl 1):treex: Withdrawn
NPCsCount Varis: Ruler of the wealthy port of Sybaran on the island of Bloodstone. Renown as a fair and just ruler who loves his city and the region of the Crystal Isles. Many of the other rulers turn to his council to settle disputes that arise within the Isles.
Meister Timothy Tome: Head Librarian of Count Varis' renowned library. It is said that it is impossible to enter the Library grounds without his blessing.
Guntar Mherl: Genasi Captain of the Luh'nan; Theme's Uncle. Works sometimes in league with the Crystal Mason's when they can afford him.
Lady Mary?: Crystal Mason agent; talented sailor, skilled lover.
Merchant Tuan: Tiefling merchant with a increasingly profitable business established within the Crystal Isles. Independent from but fully co-operating with the interests of the Crystal Mason's. Rain's uncle.
Chuckles: a gnome rogue who claims his organisation in Sybar is interested in Zuri.
Little Bird (or Nani to the Vistani): A gypsy fortune teller who is eyes and ears to all the goings on within the city of Sybar.
Peg: Captain of the Singing Dolphin, lover of rum and admirer of the Lah'nun.
The Sergeant: Badly wounded Stone Mason saved from the Yakuza junk; Unconscious when you last saw him
Ratchet: One of Varis' Marines rescued from the Yakuza junk; Claims that the Yakuza plan a secret attack on Bloodstone Gate
Plank: One of Varis' Marines rescued from the Yakuza junk; Thick as two planks.
Olga: Owner of the Smoky Bean Inn in Port Bean, Elestial. Close acquaintance of Peg and now very much a fan of the group
Meg: Works for Olga in the Smoky Bean; Idolises Sabynha
Tom: Olga's stable boy, charged with accompanying the group to Crystalbrook
Wendig: Local Drunk in Crystalbrook; saved from the xivorts' nets by the group; Rain, Zuri and Wat are now his heroes
Sherif Brandis: Sheriff of Crystalbrook
Lady Tamora: Ruler of Crystalbrook; mother of the missing boy Orlando.
Remus: Orlando's best friend; works in the kennels in Crystalbrook. Witness to Orlando falling in love with Juliana.
Margery: Lady Tamora's Lady in Waiting; displeased by Gray's attack on her lady's pillow.
Helfaine: Lord Carric's head warden; impressed by the group's presentation of an ancient peace symbol, the olive branch
Lord Carric: Lord of the Sildaine; father of the missing girl, Juliana. Is now convinced of his mistakes and journeys to Crystalbrook in person to set things straight with Lady Tamora with a hope to end the conflict.
Master Rhymer: Leprechaun, Self chosen leader
Fiddlesticks: Leprechaun and Comedian; was possessed by Soryth
Knickknack: Leprechaun and wild dancer
Soryth: Evil hag who kidnapped Juliana and Orlando; commands the xivorts
Introduction, Rules, NotesWelcome to A Call for Lovers, my first play-by-post adventure. If you ever have any suggestions as to how I can improve things, I would be happy to have them.
I'll be keeping this page updated throughout the adventure so you can track things from here.
I'm just going to copy paste a bunch of stuff from my own PbP DM @Mewness because I think he does a great job
Posting frequency:Please aim to post 1/day if you can (don't worry too much about weekends, as they are generally slow). If you can post even more frequently, feel free. If a response from you is required, I will wait for two days (with more flexibility if the two days are over a weekend) before NPCing you and moving on (and I will get annoyed if this happens more than a couple of times). Try to keep up a good posting rate even out of combat: remember that no-one can tell the difference between an inactive player and one who is paying close attention but not posting anything. Everyone appreciates responsiveness--a responsive group makes all the difference between a really great adventure and a mediocre one, so I encourage you to find things to say even if your character doesn't have much to do in the current situation. Posting something like "Bertie quickly gets bored by the conversation, so he goes off a little way and amuses himself by stomping on ants" is perfectly fine. In fact it's great, because it gives others something to respond to. Anything is an improvement on silence.
If you will be away for longer than a couple of days, or if your life is getting hectic and you need to slow down, please PM me or warn us in this thread. An unexplained absence of a week or more may lead to my searching for a replacement.
Dice rolling
Initiative, saving throws, and perception rolls will be made for the players by the GM if it moves the adventure along quickly. Otherwise, players will roll their own dice. I may do this with my dice at home to save time
Die Rollers: Please use Invisible Castle (link rolls) or the die roller built into this board (even though I hate it myself, it is comfortable). Be as specific as you can in the notes you add to your die formula before you roll it--specify what you are doing and to whom, i.e. "twin strike on Nincompoop 5." "Blazing starfall on B6-D8, catching Cloddenbeadles 1, 3, and 4."
Spoiler Blocks:Spoiler blocks with skill requirements will be labeled "active," "passive," or sometimes "active or passive." "Active" means that you must make the check in order to have access to the information within that block; "passive" means that you must have a sufficient passive score (10+skill bonus) in the skill. "Active or passive" means that you can either use your passive score or make a check if your passive score isn't high enough.
Incidentally, I have no problem with your reading spoiler blocks that you're not strictly entitled to, so long as you don't have your character use the information therein.
PC Stat Blocks:Please make a summary of your character's stats and include it in your first post. You should also include it whenever you take a turn in combat, and whenever something happens out of combat that alters your hit points, surges, action points, etc. Here's a sample stat block.
Kane Arcane
PC:Kane Arcane (jbear1979) - L4W Wiki
Human Hybrid Swordmage | Wizard 4
Passive Perception/Insight 14
AC:22, Fort:16, Reflex:17, Will:17, Speed:6
HP:44/44, Bloodied:22, Surge Value:11, Surges left:10/10
Initiative +2
Action Points: 1 (encounter):
MBA: Dislocation Longsword +1, +7 vs AC, 1d8+2 damage
Freezing Burst, Phantasmal Assault, Sword Burst
Grasping Shadows: USED
Aegis of Shielding:
Channelling Shield:
Dimensional Vortex:
Second Wind
Flaming Sphere:
Dislocation Longsword:
Combat notes: Theme: Feybeast Tamer: Kane is unaware of this. Not active until this changes.
Pictures: If you have a picture you'd like me to use to represent your PC in combat, post it somewhere.
I will be using Mal's Rules for speedier PbP combat. You can read about Mal's Rules in the spoiler block below.
The Malenkirk ConventionsMal Malenkirk came up with some house rules for speeding up PbP combat that are now so ubiquitous in L4W that almost nobody actually bothers posting them anymore, which can lead to confusion. Here they are:
1. The DM rolls initiative for everyone to save time. Only one initiative value is rolled for all of the bad guys.
2. Any PCs whose initiative beats the bad guys get to act first. They can act in any order they like and their actions are resolved in the order they are posted.
3. The DM then runs all of the bad guys' turns together.
4. All of the PCs (including any who won the initiative before) now get a turn. Play then proceeds with all the bad guys having another turn, then all the PCs, etc. Again, the PCs can act in any order, and their actions are resolved in the order of posting.
5. Effects that last until the end of someone's next turn need a special rule, because the changing order of actions could otherwise lead to abuse. Such an effect gives its benefit (or its penalty) to each recipient for one turn only, no matter when that turn occurs in relation to the other recipients or the originator of the effect.
Example: Suppose that PCs Algie, Bertie, Cecily, Dickie, and Edna act in alphabetical order on round 1. Cecily uses a power that grants herself and all her allies a +1 to attack rolls until the end of her next turn. Dickie and Edna each benefit on round 1, as normal, because they act after Cecily.
On round 2, the PCs happen to act in reverse alphabetical order. Even though Edna and Dickie act before Cecily, they no longer benefit from Cecily's effect, because they have already had it for one turn. Cecily benefits from it on her turn, just as she normally would, and Bertie and Algie benefit on their turns, even though their turns take place after Cecily's is over.
This rule can be tricky to apply correctly at the beginning, so let me know if you have any questions about it.
6. To save time, the DM makes enough of the bad guys' stats available to the players that they can resolve their own attacks and any opportunity attacks that they provoke.
This rule is frequently ignored; many DMs are simply not comfortable disclosing enemy stats on the first round of a fight, and prefer to reveal them gradually. Unfortunately, that can cause delays (players will wait to see whether the previous attack hit or whether a bad guy is bloodied before deciding what to do). What I'm going to do is to put the stats in individual spoiler blocks, and ask you to look at them only when it is necessary for figuring out what happened on your turn, after you have decided what you're doing and made the rolls. Don't look at them at other times. You're on the honor system.
7. If any other issues come up, I will play them by ear (with the help of our good Judge Lord Sessadore).
Time and Experience RecordsStart Date: 10th May 2012
Gray Start Date: 4th July 2012
Current Total XP: Lvl 3: 3468 xp
Gray Total XP level 3: 2396 xp
Final XP and Treasure Totals:
Themes:XP: 457 +45= 502 XP
Treasure: 50gp (spent on Rope) + 1 elixir (50 gp) + 126gp +33gp and 6sp = 159 gp and 6 sp + 1 elixir (50gp) and 50 gp worth of Hempen Rope
KartuusXP:457 +33= 502 XP
Treasure: 50 gp spent here +1 elixir (50 gp) +126 +25gp +2sp (time gold)
Time XP
Month 1: 10th May - 10th June Level 1: 167 Time XP:
Month 2: 10th June - 10th July Level 1: 167 Time xp
Month 3: 10th July - 10th August level 1: 167 Time xp
Month 4: 10th August - 10th September level 2: 209 Time xp
Month 5: 10th September - 10th October level 2: 209 Time xp
Month 6: 10th October - 10th November level 2: 209 Time xp
Month 7: 10th November - 10th December level 3: 250 Time xp
Month 8: 10th December - 10th January level 3: 250 Time xp
Total: 1628 xp
Gray Month 1: 4th July - 4th August level 1: 167 Time XP
Month 2: 4th August - 4th September level 1: 167 Time XP
Month 3: 4th September - 4th October level 1: 167 Time xp
Month 4: 4th October - 4th November level 1: 167 Time xp
Month 5: 4th November - 4th December level 2: 209 Time xp
Month 6: 4th December - 4th January level 2: 209 Time xp
Total: 1086 xp
Encounter XP
Sabynha, Wat, Rain, Zuri +Themes & Kartuus
Encounter 1: Skill Challenge: Yakuza Attack! 290 XP each: Approved
Sabynha, Wat, Rain, Zuri:
Encounter 2: Gate Crashers 240 XP: Approved
Sabynha, Wat, Rain, Zuri +Gray
Encounter 3: Cavern Dwellers 220 XP: Approved
Encounter 4: Cave of Mud 220 XP: Here
Encounter 5: Soryth Appears 460 XP
Encounter 6: Unicorn Wrangling + 2 Skill Challenges 410 XP: Here
Sabynha, Wat, Rain, Zuri: Total: 1840 xp
Gray Total: 1310 xp
*Note:I'm going to level you up at certain parts of the adventure as opposed to when your XP hits the right number. However your time rewards will be calculated by the level you should be at from the date you should have hit that level. Basically, you will have full XP owing to your PC at the end of the adventure, even though the levelling rate is a bit slower in adventure.
Total Treasure Awarded so far: 50 gp; 1 elixir (50gp); 1 Healing Potion (50 gp); 1 Moonstone (50 gp) each = 200gp
Group Treasure: 25 gp, Ring (25 gp), Gem (100 gp)
Magic items Awarded so far: Level 2 Items: Rain, Sabynha (x2), Wat, Zuri
Level 5 Quest Item. Tuathan Road Whistle
Total Time Gold Awarded so far: 1440 gp (Gray: 860 gp)
Quest AwardsCount Varis' Payment Upfront: 50 gp each Approved
Encounter Rewards
Encounter 1: Skill Challenge: Yakuza Attack! Treasure Award: 1 of Peg's Potions each: 50gp Approved
Encounter 2: Gate Crashers: 2 Healing Potions from Lady Tamora; 3 Healing Potions from Lord Carric: so 1 Healing Potion each.
Encounter 3: Cave Dwellers: Leather Armour of Aegis Expansion (lvl 2 item Rain); Bracers of Mighty Striking (lvl 2 item Sabynha)
The Oracle: Lesser Tuathan Road Whistle (lvl 5 wondrous item)
Encounter 4: Cave of Mud: Amulet of Elegy +1 (lvl 2 item Wat); Rebounding Crossbow +1 (level 2 item Zuri); 100 gp gem; 25 gp; Gold Ring 25 gp
Encounter 5: Soryth Arrives: Mighty Ki Focus +1 (level 1 item Gray)
Soryth's Bloodstone: creates +1 implement (level 4 item Wat),
Encounter 6: Unicorn Wrangling: 1 Moonstone each (50 gp); Hero's Hide Armour (Level 2 item Sabynha), Oak leaf (Quest item)
Time XP Rewards
Month 1: May 10th - June 10th Level 1: 126 gp Approved
Month 2: June 10th - July 10th Level 1: 126 gp
Month 3: July 10th -August 10th level 1: 126 gp
Month 4: August 10th - September 10th level 2: 178 gp
Month 5: September 10th - October 10th level 2: 178 gp
Month 6: October 10th - November 10th level 2: 178 gp
Month 7: November 10th - December 10th level 3: 254 gp
Month 8: December 10th - January 10th level 3: 254 gp
Total Time gold: 1440 gp
Gray Month 1: July 4th -August 4th level 1: 126 gp
Month 2: August 4th - September 4th level 1: 126 gp
Month 3: September 4th - October 4th level 1: 126 gp
Month 4: October 4th - November 4th level 1: 126 gp
Month 5: November 4th - December 4th level 2: 178 gp
Month 6: December 4th - January 4th level 2: 178 gp
Total Time Gold: 860 gp
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The archipelago of the Crystal Isles is located between the Near lands and the Proximate Isles along the main marine trade route from the Jade Kingdom to Daunton. There are 18 different islands of varying sizes with port cities and towns of varying size. Each island has the name of a different type of crystal prevalent on that island.
Bloodstone is the biggest island, home to the small but bustling, cosmopolitan port city of Sybar. Sybar is governed by the well loved Count Varis, a figure looked up to by the majority of the other island rulers. Bloodstone is also the location of a Portal Gateway that has fairly recently attuned with the Isle of Opposition. It is controlled by an organisation that has influence throughout the Crystal Isles known as the Crystal Masons, a no nonsense organisation that ensure the satisfaction of their clients and the safe arrival of their goods. Despite being a longer journey than porting directly from the Jade kingdom, this route has over the last few years become increasingly popular as merchants are able to exploit the rich and varied resources available throughout the Crystal Isles and also enjoy a fair priced, safe and trouble free port to the Isle of Opposition.
Nearby is another large island, Elestial. It is fairly well knowing that upon the island there is ongoing tension and escalating disputes between the residents of the town of Crystal Brook and the fey of the nearby Sildaine Forest. Crystal Brook is an agricultural community with a booming coffee bean and tobacco trade. The town's ruler is Lady Anya Tamora, a fair but stern woman who has sanctioned retaliation against fey incursions and is doing her best to protect her people. Orlando, her son, is brave and honest, but he has shown no interest in rulership since his father died a decade ago.
The ancient Sildaine Forest is home to an elven village that runs alongside the Crystal brook as it runs through the woods. Usually a tranquil and abundant woodland realm has been disturbed by strange weather and creatures, not to mention incursion from the nearby town of Crystalbrook. Carric, Lord of the Sildaine, has established edicts to keep nonfey out of the forest and tax those passing through on the roads. But even his youngest daughter, Juliana, a curious, determined and daring young woman, is among those reluctant to follow the decrees.
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Invitations to meet with Count Varis regarding a job that requires your particular skill set.
KartuusThe bald pated librarian looks at the hefty sack of gold the pale faced man offers him with a sniff. Pushing his spectacles back onto his nose which from which he manages to somehow look down at him despite being almost a foot shorter he tisks loudly. "You have been most ... convincing. But rules are rules ..."
He takes the heavy purse but raises his hand as the young knight begins to push his way past into the library. "You have bought yourself a word in the Count's ear, nothing more. I suggest you don't glower or you will have bought yourself nothing. If you know anything of the library you will know you can not enter without my blessing ... Now. I will talk to the Count on your behalf. Someone will be in contact with you shortly. Good day."
The door closes and a week passes before word finally arrives at the young knights lodgings. A simple messenger with the look of a half wit delivers it to him and leaves without a word. The message reads:
"Kartuus, Seeker of the Grail. Count Varis requests your presence in Bloodstone Hall, shortly after the sun rises on the morrow. If you see fit to use your talent for diplomacy to remove a particular thorn the Count finds in his side, then upon completion of the mission access to the Library will be granted to you for a period of no longer than 5 days. Men have given family members in order to enjoy such a lengthy stay within the library. I suggest you do not be late.
Meister Timothy Tome"
ThemesThe genasi captain bent down to come face to face in front of the young woman, his nose only an inch from hers. The woman did not flinch. "Count Varis sent me. Are you scared of losing Lah'nun?"
More laughter. The captain however did not join in this time, his cheeks flushed purple with anger.
"Rotting pox, lass! Guntar M'herl fears no wee girl with a big mouth! But Guntar does not fall into pits of pride laid out by cunnning Crystal Masons. Do not take me for a fool!"
The captain spat on the deck. The crew fell silent. Things were getting serious.
"A race you want? Fine, child. Then a race against the Luh'nun you will have. But on my terms! Boy!"
One of the younger genasi are pushed to the front amongst laughter and jeers. Despite wearing a large eyepatch it is clear he neither likes being called boy or being put on the spot by his captain. But he swallows back harsh words as he knows the captain honours him with a chance to prove himself.
"If you win, young Themes will serve your Count in this matter. He is worthy. But if you lose ... which you will do, then we take your 5 chests of gold, a month of Open Gate ... and your ship!" His face is all teeth as he grins, aware how unfair the bet is. "So, little girl, do you still want to race?"
Hours later as the sun set the Luh'nan were deadly silent as the victor climbed back onto their ship. She threw the captain a purse heavy with gold. "Count Varis thanks you. Tomorrow, at sunrise at Bloodstone Hall. Make sure your boy arrives on time." She winks at Themes before departing with the same unexpected skill and grace she had shown guiding her ship to victory.
Rain"Yes, I understood the question, young lady! I do not fear you or your brutish manners, and as this is my library I will look down my bony nose as you put it at whoever I want!"
The tiefling turned away from the bald man standing glowering at the library door, teeth gritted in frustration. As she strode away he called out to her quietly.
"So you are niece of the merchant Tuan." She stopped in her tracks but did not turn back. "He warned you might come here asking about that. He instructed me to turn you away without a word. He paid quite well." Her shoulders tense in anger and she turns back to the frail librarian eyes on fire. " Your Uncle is a valued benefactor, but I do not like to be instructed. Your Uncle Tuan also spoke of your talent with a blade... If that is true then there is a meeting taking place tomorrow at the Bloodstone Hall shortly after the sun has risen. Count Varis has a job for someone like you. If you see it through to completion then at the risk of my own neck I will tell you of your Master Phreys. Good day!"
As the massive door slams shut the tiefling woman is left alone engulfed in the echoes.
ZuriAs the rogue pulled herself lithely up onto the roof of the water tower she stopped dead in her tracks. There sat a young boy bathed in moonlight biting into an apple. When he finished chewing he broke the tense silence with the voice of a man.
"You're not bad at this, kiddo. It took me two whole weeks to find out your name." The boy faced gnome chuckled as if amused by some private joke. "Your parents must be so proud" He raises his hands defensively. "A poor joke, I'll admit. Chuckles is famous for his poor jokes, you'll have to forgive him. Err, I mean me. Where was I? Oh yes, your're quite good at this. Only you're taking things from the wrong folk. But that's okay. That can change. You see I work for folks who work for folks who have friends that have a friend in need, if you follow. And a young girl like you with your talent ..."
He bites into the apple and finishes chewing before continuing. "If you help out or friends' friend's friend ... well, Chuckles might be able to find you a more permanent type of job. A job where you are taking from the right folks, if you follow."
The gnome finishes his apple quietly watching the eladrin take in what he is saying. "Well your still here, Zuri. So I figure you're interested in interesting us. Two days from now, just after sunrise, meet at the Bloodstone Hall. Ask for our friend's friend, Count Varis. Say you're there for the job." He grins at her surprise. "We'll be watching!" With a swirl of his cape the gnome vanishes.
Sabynha"Come in Granddaughter and let Nani see you in her Crystal." The young half elf stopped and looked at the opening in the colourful tent wondering how she had heard such a quiet voice amidst the buzz of the the busy market that surrounded her. Inside old eyes peered at her through the thick smoke of the incense that hung in the air. "Have no fear Granddaughter, come and look into the Crystal and set your feet on a new path to wander." Wrinkled hands moved rhythmically over the smooth surface of a crystal ball sat upon a velvet laden table in front of the old gypsy woman.
Quite suddenly she stopped the movement with a soft chuckle and pushed aside the ball. "All right, I can see from your face you are unimpressed Granddaughter. I'll cut to the chase. Our people ... your people ... we owe a favour to a friend. He has a problem he wants a peaceful resolution to. Your Sisters speak highly of your talents with tongue, touch and blade. Valuable qualities for such a task... So, Granddaughter, will you serve the Family as once the Family suckled you on its teat?"
Before she can even reply. "Good girl. Two days from now, when the sun rises. Go to Bloodstone Hall and say you are there to help out Count Varis with his little problem. Tell him his Little Bird sent you. Quick, now girl! Go! A customer is coming!"
Wat"Stay a while longer, young Wat. Your father and his temple can wait." The elven woman smiled at him invitingly from the still warm sheets, her youthful face tangled in golden curls. "A storm is brewing far from the walls that attempt to hold you in, Wat. I can't tell you everything, but you can play a part. Have you heard of Count Varis?"
The invoker stopped at the word storm. The small elven woman knew she had him, and smiled. "A representative of Jove could be a valuable asset to the Count. But not a man of the cloth, soft and frail. A man of thunder and lightning on the other hand ..."
As the two fell back amongst the sheets and day break turned to sun set, she whispered to him of a meeting 3 days hence that would take place shortly after sunrise in Bloodstone Hall.
GreyA rare quiet had settled upon the usual buzz of the market place, though there remained a low rumble of amusement as onlookers exchanged comments. Their amusement was punctuated by the fall of hammer upon wood as the offending drunkards now obediently repaired everything their early morning brawl had damaged under the stern gaze of the pointy eared monk who had single handedly pacified them.
"That was quite a show" said the young boy sat atop a nearby barrel before biting into his apple. "I liked the part where you made them line up and apologise! Hahaha! Line up! That was brilliant! Did you see how red their faces blushed! Although that might have been a side effect from their heads getting in the way of your fists again and again."
Hopping to the floor, the boyish gnome approached the monk licking the juice from his fingers "Now, don't think me rude, Grey, but I couldn't help overhearing you when you bought your Gate Tickets..." The gnome's grin widens as the monk at last gives him his full attention. "I know of a better place for you to ... test your talents. I have a friend you see, cautious fellow ... once you've finished here, I think he'd like to meet you. He's looking for a man for a special mission. Peace keeping ... not unlike what you did a moment ago. Don't worry about your ticket, Chuckles will get you a refund! How are you with small boats?" As the gnome led the monk up to meet Count Varis the market place resumed to normality.
GM: If anyone is unhappy with the slant I've given their invite please just let me know and we can work on something together.
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ø Friend+Streetwise DC 8; Requires Active RollThe neighbouring island of Elestial is in a state of open conflict which is affecting trade around the Crystal Isles, in particular coffee, tobacco, spices and foodstuffs.Streetwise DC 10The conflict stems from tensions between the natives of the town of Crystalbrook and the elves of the nearby Sildaine Forest.Streetwise DC 12The conflict has escalated over the course of a year. Each side claims innocence and faults the other. But the conflict has spilled over to reduce trade from the island to a trickle, many of the crops falling prey to malicious sabotage.Streetwise DC 16For a year, unnatural winds and mists have battered the area around Crystal brook. Worse, bizarre blue-skinned fey creatures have emerged from the fog to pillage and murder. Townsfolk blame these misfortunes on the fey of the nearby Sildaine Forest. The fey claim innocence, faulting Crystalbrook's people for hidden black magic that has attracted the wrath of primal spirits.
Crystalbrook's warriors trespass into the forest to hunt game and the mist monsters, but such intrusions lead inevitably to clashes with elf forest wardens. Townspeople have bullied and cheated fey visitors. Brash fey have stolen livestock from outlying farms, played harmful pranks and destroyed crops. Sildaine elves tax caravans heavily on the main routes which all pass through the forest. Travelers have been harassed along nearby roads, resulting in several deaths, countless injuries, and more accusations.Streetwise DC 20Nearly two weeks ago, Orlando-son of Lady Anya Tamora, ruler of Crystalbrook-went missing. On the same day, an elf maiden named Juliana vanished. She happens to be the daughter of Lord Carric, chief among the Sildaine elves. The loss of and search for the missing youths has
taken the fire out of Lady Tamora and Lord Carrico. Both recently appealed to the ruler of Sybar, Count Varis, for mediation and aid. Hoping to maintain stability in the region, Count Varis has sent out a call for adventurers.
The sun has risen over an hour ago, and still you sit waiting within Bloodstone Hall within the confines of Count Varis's palace, with little else to do but stare impatiently at the gouts of red and white that mark the dark green walls. A nervous castellan let you in, nodding vigorously as you spoke your purpose as if to say, 'Yes, yes I know.' He then left you wordlessly with these other folk before a table full of fruit, cheese, fresh bread, smoked meat and steaming hot coffee, most of which is now gone but for the crumbs. Apart from the others ushered inside with you, you have seen no one since.
GM: Adventure thread open. Go ahead and meet each other, introduce yourselves etc. The game has begun!
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"...like Poseidon himself pried me sails of tha' mast and next thing yer know, tha' bilge-sucking gypsy woman's ship sped ahead like she had a hun'red hands on deck!"
And so, Themes relates his tale of how the great pirate tribe lost a race to a young woman to the ragtag group that gathered.
"And me uncle Guntar! Blabbering blubber-mouth! He couldn't see a trap if it dressed itself in a purty, frilled white-gown and pranced in front o' his fat face!" Themes spat.
"And she was! Little lass had a mug so smug, I'd have cut her face off meself if I weren't so upset aboot' tha' sails..."
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Zuri sat at one end of the table, listening politely to the Genasi weave his nautical tale. She smiled at all the right spots, and chuckled quietly at the man's conclusion. It seemed the sociable thing to do.
She held her fingers cupped loosely around a mug to keep from moving them around in anxious motion as she considered the others who were waiting for Varis.
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Eladrin Rogue 1
Initiative +4
Passive Perception 15 / Insight 10
AC: 16, F/R/W:12/16/13, Speed 6
HP: 24/24, Bloodied:12, Surge Value: 6, Surges left: 6/6
Action Points: 1
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The conclusion of the tale, however, merely provokes a raised eyebrow from the very pale skinned Tiefling woman and that itself is hidden under a low fringe of shockingly blue hair. The only time she's spoken since entering the room was to gently thank Zuri when she passed the coffee pot over.
She'd already sipped her coffee whilst it was still steaming hot.
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The castellan opens the door once more, this time for a young unnnaturally pale human clad in dark black scale mail.
For a brief moment the light casts a strange shadow over the heavily armoured male's features and you instinctively prepare for combat as you normally would when faced with something from beyond the grave.
The unease passes as soon as it arrives, the spark of life in his dark grey eyes and easy smile upon his lips quickly putting you at ease.
"It appears I am not the only one Count Varis has summoned. Well met all, I am Kartuus."
Briefly nodding his head at the strange group assembled, the warrior takes his place leaning against a wall, joining in the conversation while recalling what he has learned from his brief time in Sybar.
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Upon entering the room, Sabynha was a little surprised. Whomever Nani owed the favour to must have done a lot of other folks favours too.
A little unsure of herself, she took an apple (the last one) from a basket, and began to eat it as she sized up the others in the room. Upon hearing the "bilge-sucking gypsy" remark, she bit her tongue and consciously kept her hands at her sides - albeit with clenched fists - and away from the daggers that were sheathed to the backside of her colourful buckler that she wore like an oversized belt-buckle. It wouldn't do any good to mess things up and have her poor Nani looking the fool; the old woman's wrath was not something her or any of her sisters wished upon themselves, or even some of their enemies.
As much as the creepy knight gave her chills, she was glad his entrance cut off any further tales from the blue-skinned one. Restraint was not one of Sabynha's strong suits, and she didn't know if she could hold back if another insult were issued.
Like the other women, she stayed quiet.
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"Ahoy-hoy, there." said Themes as he turns around to greet the newcomer. "Oy! What's be the matter with you people. Ya'll look so pale, ye be whiter than me mommie's pearls!"
"These landlubbers! Like ol' Davy Jones has their grip on them already, so pale, so silent." he winks at Zuri.
"Now put 'er thar!" Themes said and he extends his arm toward the pale man.
If he doesKartuus' hand goes right through Themes' hand, like it's made out of water.
"ARR! BUTTAH-FINGAHS!" Themes roars.
OOC: EDIT: I forgot we had a genuine gypsy amongst our group. Will post in more in the OOC thread...
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Buddha speak pali, or sanksrit?
Because sometimes is said that Buddha speak pali, sometimes it's said that Buddha speak sanskrit. Logicaly he speaks both. He was near those who speaks sanskrit and pali, near different social groups.
So mahayana arose from sanskrit group (kings? brahmins?)
And Theravada arose from Pali group (intouchebles? middle?)
If it's an intresting question, or it's historicaly clear?


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