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I am unashamedly a Radio Times fan, especially when the DOUBLE CHRISTMAS ISSUES hits the shelf, I line up at 3am t get the first copy, joke.[ :)] but I will sit and read through this magazine page by page.
I still cannot get use to the added button that brings up the information on screen nor does it usually update quick enough. I also am not yet a fan of the online magazine, I need the print copy still.
Now this magazine hasn't had the greatest times in the last year, but that's not entirely its fault, it relies on TV/ RADIO/ FILM/ to do their job its a vicious cycle out there.
However, that have recently formatted the magazine with wonderful new extras. I have found they have been reacting more quickly to the times [ boom, boom , radio times getit?] and changing with it, but maybe not their views which can be a trifle stifling and you shake the magazine when they air their opinions but that's all the fun of a magazine!
The also have guests editors, comedians, actors or sports stars and the great Barry Norman is still in the thick of it airing his wonderful views.
The content now included is
Competitions and offers galore
Puzzles, they include the gorgeous pointless guys!! Yay!!
They give listings to a majority of the extra channels now.
Radio is my favourite section! I bet you're glad I'm virtual!
The listing is brilliant and I couldn't live without it, the interviews are great, they run a column because the daily listing to highlight programmes with awesome reviews by contributors and it surprises you how many TV personalities are involved in the Radio section as well.
I know they have a standard, but I do wish they would give more space to Soaps [!] I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but the section is so small compared to sports.
Occasionally they have collector issues, posters especially for the Doctor Who fans and exclusives interviews with the BBC stars of shows.
One other aspect I love, I know this a tad old fashioned, but I love how they go through the archives and bring out little nuggets of TV gold, they have Christmas cards with old covers from way back, they bring out pictures of behind the scenes of previous interviews of stars long ago and I love that, especially when you see the then and now photos of people still in TV.
This magazine is quite simply an old friend, that I can trust, catch up with and it doesn't need a plug or any device to go with it however, if you choose to enter the Radio Times world you can get interactive, social media crazy with it but I prefer the paper version which I can recycle.
Right now, and for a while now they are running an offer of 6 issues for £1 and its up to you if you want to cancel after 6 issues or subscribe with, obviously bonuses.
I have always been a What's on TV girl ever since I picked up a copy at my nanas to read. It has got all you need to know about the weeks TV and a big section on the soaps and another plus point the price. It isn't the cheapest but by far not the most expensive. So what made me have a change to the radio times, Christmas! Last Christmas I decided to try something different I no longer watch all the soaps I had become fed up of them all and prefer to watch something a bit different like documentaries and different dramas. I felt What's on TV had too bigger section on soaps and I wanted something that gave me a broader section of programmes coming up so I chose the Radio times.
The Radio Times is quite a thick TV magazine and covers a broad range. The current magazine I am looking at has a total of 146 pages. The actual TV guide runs from the Saturday to the following Friday. It is a weekly magazine and costs £1.20 so is at the top end of the TV guide price range but you certainly get plenty for your money. This magazine is more than just a guide.
The first double page spread is the pick of the week section which has a selection of programmes, films and radio they think you shouldn't miss. Each day is in a column and has a couple of programmes they believe are worth watches followed by a film or two to watch. I find this extremely handy when I am planning my Sky Plus for the week; I never like to miss out on some of the up and coming dramas and one off documentaries.
Following this are some great articles on some of the programmes coming up that week. These articles seem to give you a bit more of a read than you find in the other TV guides. Radio Times seems to concentrate more on quality then quantity. The articles are long and informative and are extremely interesting to read. Reading some of the articles in this magazine has certainly made me decide to watch programmes I may have over looked before.
There is a small section for the coming sport and the soaps. If you are a big soap fan and you are looking for big articles on the latest news then this magazine may not be for you. Soapland is covered by one page and the majority of this is often given up to an actually article about soaps in generally and topics that are hitting the headlines. The current one I am reading is about soaps needing to be careful to not go too dark when broadcasted after the water shed. For the actual up and coming storylines for the week there is only a small section down the right hand side of the page and they only cover the three main soaps generally, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Eastenders.
The next section is films that are broadcasted for that week. This section is more detailed and some interesting write ups. Each day has a number of film reviews and a film of the day review which contains a little more in its review and stands out on the page. I am not a great film fan but I have found it helps with picking a film out if you decide you want to watch one.
After the films we move onto the fantastic guide Radio Times provides. You will never be short of things to watch with this brilliant guide. This is the part I love to look through. I have found it more extensive than any other TV guides I have had in the past. Each day is covered over five double spreads so there is certainly a lot to look over. I would guess this would put a fair few people off but for me it adds to the enjoyment.
The first double spread of each day covers the Radio Times choices. There are several choices for that day ranging from dramas, art, documentary, History, sports, children and radio. This is great for reminding you about some of the big programmes on that day. Each choice has a small bit about the programme and what they think. It is extremely handy and I have chosen many programmes to watch from this section.
The next four double page spreads cover the actual guide. The first is the main five channels. Down the left hand side is the five channels listings from 6am to late afternoon then the main section has the channels in columns and ranges from tea time till into the night. The programme information is more extensive in this part. Down the right hand side is a small column with regional variations. The next double page spread is the freeview channels listings like BBC3, ITV4, More 4 Dave etc. The programme descriptions are quite good for these channels and I was impressed with them. Following this is the Satellite and cable channels like Sky 1, Sky Living, Discovery, Watch etc. There are 27 different channels on the double spread so as you can imagine there is little room for programme descriptions. Included in the 27 channels there are CBeebies, CBBC and CITV. The last double page spread is Film and sport channels. The films do take up more room then the sports but there is still room for the major sport channels.
As you would expect from the title it is also a radio magazine, so following the TV listings is the radio section. There are a couple of articles relating to the radio and then you are straight into the radio listings. There is a double page spread of listings for each day and the radio stations they cover are BBC radio 1, BBC radio 2, BBC radio 3, BBC radio 4, Classic FM and a few more. I will admit I don't look at this section really.
The magazine finishes with a puzzle page, a couple of advertising pages, a feedback page with letters from readers, a missed it section with programmes you can catch up with online and an interview with a celeb on the last page.
So as you can see this magazine is a little bit more and is worth the full price. Will I stick with Radio Times? Well I do really enjoy the magazine and I do get my money's worth but at £1.20 a week I may have to stop myself from buying it every week. If your after a quick guide to TV I would stick with the likes of What's on TV but if you're after something to actually read and get more from then I certainly recommend giving this magazine a go from time to time.
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Call me old fashioned if you will, but I like my Radio Times and I don't envisage swapping to any other TV guide magazine. (I've tried a few and they don't come close.) I remember my Mum buying Radio Times when I was just a child and it's the only TV guide I contemplated buying as an adult. It seems to me that it was the original TV listings magazine and all the other are just pretenders to the throne.
The Radio Times is more that just that though. If offers informed opinions on TV programmes, and there are at least three or four full length articles each week related to all things telly as well as behind the scenes looks at up and coming TV programmes. It lists all films seperately with a breif synopsis of their storyline. There's a page each week devoted to the topic of Sport, Music, Soaps. On each day of the week there are four double page spreads that list all the major TV channels and numerous satellite ones. Then in the second half of the magazine is all the Radio stuff (which I admit is the only stuff I don't look at.)
The Radio Times comes out on a Tuesday for telly that starts the forthcoming Saturday, so you get plenty of warning of when your favourite programmes start. At the beginning of each day is a page on RT Choice, which picks out the best of the days telly for you and also throws in extra background info on how the programmes were made, or a particular actor.
I read it almost cover to cover every week. And all this for only £1.10 an issue.
We don't usually bother buying a TV guide, it's not that i don't watch TV but i tend to know when the programs i like are on, and my partner has a built in soap guide, but it's Christmas! so we have spent £2.20 on a 2 week Christmas issue of the radio times.
The magazine
This is one big bumper Christmas issue containing 274 pages, unfortunately there are 56 full pages worth of adverts in amongst the TV listings so only 218 pages of fantastic Christmas TV entertainment.
Dr who and Santa Claus himself adorn the front cover, you also get a red flash across the front of the magazine inforning you of a "Free book - The snowman" but i can't see any information about this inside, open the magazine and your given a list of features for this issue, these include Strictly come dancing, Doctor who, Top gear, The Royle Family, Poirot, Wallace & Gromit and a few more programs that are going be on our small screens this Christmas.
Then you get 4 pages running a day by day mini feature list of the very best of TV & film over the 2 weeks covered, and after a few more adverts 26 pages reviewing all the BBC/ITV/CHAN 4/5 movies and highlights from the other channels.
Then comes the daily TV listings, approx 9 pages per days listing, starting off with the main channels and digital TV then breaking off into more specific sections like entertainment, sport, Factual/documentary and children's channels, most of the main TV channels have information about each program but by the time you get to the less popular channels it's more a list of program names and times with very little if any information.
It is not called Radio times for nothing, when you get past the TV listings to page 238! then you get the radio listings, 2 pages per day featuring all the major BBC radio stations including a few small features on most pages, radio 1 is just a list of DJ names and times but most of the other channels have some information on each program.
To much information! To much information! i don't think i will pick this magazine up again until i am throwing in in the bin next year (Next year!!) there are just to many pages of listing and it goes on and on forever! when i sit down to watch TV i will have a flick through the channels or a quick look at the daily planner and find something i want to see, if i miss a program i really wanted to see then big deal! i got Iplayer/4OD and it's not like they wont repeat everything anyway.
Save our trees and your money get your listings onscreen/on line or get a cheaper TV mag.
I will give it 2 stars as it does what it says on the front.
Are TV listings guides viable today when the net gives you free access to the same information and also the digital television service give you a comprehensive EPG?
Well yeah. It kind of depends on what you want and expect from this sort of magazine. You can argue that price wise this is one of the aspiring leaders of the listings race. It currently weighs in at a hefty £1.10 which on average is double the usual tatty alternatives. Tatty alternatives? No, I am not being biased. I simply believe that the Radio Times offers better quality content in terms of writing and presentation than its rivals.
Generally the content includes the usual freeview and some satellite channels, a number of special features and contributions from guest writers. In terms of layout the front of the listings has a quick reference guide to the weeks programs and films followed by the full daily listings. There is a regular review of the weeks best film and a section by Barry Norman on a classic due to be shown.
Letters from readers and a celebrity interview bring up the rear with the usual puzzles and competitions.
Channels covered:
BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, C4, Five, BBC3, BBC4, ITV2, ITV3, E4, More4, ITV4, Film4, Dave, Five USA, Fiver, Gold, BBC HD, Virgin 1, Sky 1, Sky 2, Sky 3, Quest, Watch, Bravo, Hallmark, Alibi, Sci-fi, Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, Living, Living 2, Discovery Real Time, Comedy Central, Home, FX, Really, Good Food, Yesterday, BBC Parliament, History, Discovery, Bio, Blighty, National Geographic, Eden, Animal Planet, CBeebies, CBBC, CITV, Modern Greats, Drama, Sky Premiere, Sky Sci-fi/Horror, Sky Comedy, Sky Classics, Sky Indie, Sky Action/Thriller, Sky Family, Sky Screen 1, Sky Screen 2, TCM, Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, British Eurosport, Sky Sports Xtra, ESPN, British Eurosport 2.
Thats a pretty good selection!
BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC 6 Music, Planet Rock, Classic FM, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 7, BBC World Service, BBC Radio 5 Live, Talksport, Asian Network, Absolute Radio.
But why this over something cheaper?
Well for me it is well written. Thats means I can look at the schedule, choose a program, say Casualty and read all about it. So what? Most of the cheap ones give you the full lowdown so its not actually worth watching the episode as you know the full story! Please, that is just common sense.
There are several informative articles in each issue with comprehensive detail and quality photography. These are especially good for wildlife programs and period dramas.
The variety of contributors means I am not reading the same thing over and over and the style of the writing is different too. This makes it much more engaging. I often just read through the short film reviews even though I have no intention of watching them. They tell me the stars, director, rating and the year.
Yeah but it's still obsolete. Isn't it?
Hell no. I pick up the book and flick to the page I want. Why do I want to wait for my PC or laptop to boot, open the browser and navigate to the relevant site? Not mentioning the delay as wi-fi connects. The digital EPG's are comprehensive but cumbersome and slow. The good old printed word still has value. Don't get me wrong, I like the alternatives and I do sometimes use them but the magazine is simply quickest and most convenient.
Comprehensive guide to most Freeview and digital channels including Sky and HD. Quality looking and well designed. Yes it's £1.10 but you get that little bit more than the usual TV magazine. I subscribe as it's cheaper too. It's a winner.
I seem to watch the television 5 out of 7 nights roughly. It is a great way to relax an unwind after a hard week at work. The radio times (as the name might suggest is a TV and Radio magazine around the weeks listings. The radio times was started before TV was around, hence the name, but has now expanded to cover both mediums.
The radio times costs just over a pound and has approx 135-145 pages in it. It consists of the TV and radio listings (in the most thorough sense), critic reviews, interviews with cast members, articles about big upcoming events in the world of soaps etc. It covers a wide variety to suit all tastes from political to trashy tv. If you are only after a specific medium then this is not for you.
The great plus points of the radio times is how well covered it is, if its not in the radio times you wont be able to find it anywhere on TV or radio. I would only recommend buying it for avid fans of the TV or the viewers looking for something more detailed, as for me the free versions you get in the papers are more than enough.
I normally get my tv guide free with the Saturday Guardian - it is small and compact and is full of info on the arts- I really like it.
If I have been away for the weekend and have missed The Guardian, I just buy the cheapest guide on the shelf, they are usually packed with stories on the soaps and their casts- all of which I just ignore and use the mag just to see what is on the tv on any given evening.
This weekend, knowing that I still hadn't finished last week's Guardian, I decided not to bother to buy one and opted to return for the first time in years to my childhood tv guide, the Radio Times. The Radio Times was the tv mag of choice for my parents for as long as I can remember, but suffice to denote the timespan , we are talking back to black and white.
Now the tv guide mag I would normally have opted to buy, would be about 40p-45p and so spending £1.10 is a significant difference. But it really was a price worth paying. I would normally get nothing but a very brief programme guide and quite frankly nothing else I cared to read about. With the Radio Times I got a very detailed TV and radio guide and a great many articles I was interested to read - all adding up to 156 pages.
There are the regular features on:-
Readers' letters
Industry News
Nigel Slater's knowledge
Celebrity interview
A Celebrity's viewing week
TV Film Guide
TV Guide
Radio Guide
TV - discussion
Radio- discussion
In addition the edition I bought had 10 in depth programme related articles/interviews.
The journalism was excellent and in the issue I am looking at the contributors included Rory Bremner, Nigel Slater and Stephen Fry. The magazine photography was at a high standard with the exception of the ridiculous habit of airbrushing- why do they do it?
As an added bonus the side of the mag is colour coded for each day of the tv/radio guide, the first page giving you the colour guide as well as the page number- clever idea.
Each day in addition to the brief descriptions in the programme guide, and the Film Guides you get a further write up on Today's Choices- tv, film, sport and radio. I really felt able to make an informed choice.
They also have a quick glance section near the front of the magazine, telling you what in their opinion are the not to be missed tv shows, radio broadcasts and films of the week. As these are day by day listings I personally found this really useful. To be honest because of the format of the Radio times I have found programmes that I am so glad to have listened to/watched, that I would have been oblivious to before.
There is also a couple of magazine readers offers, for example , a mattress topper, ballerina slippers, amplifier and a watch.
I like to have a Saturday paper and so I will continue to buy the paper and get my TV guide with that. I cannot afford to pay a separate £1.10 on top of the £1.60 for my paper- but on the occasions I miss the weekend press- I will definitely not be buying the cheap guides again - the Radio Times will be on top of my shopping list.
Once my brother has finished reading this I pinch it off of him every Tuesday when it arrives through the post. My reasoning for this-
1) I get it for free
2)It means I get to spend a good hour or so doing puzzles, reading interviews and looking at what is going to be on the telly and radio in the next week.
You can subscribe by going to the website - http://www.radiotimes.com/ for the cost of £28.60, this will give you 26 issues. When you first sign up to this way of buying it you will get 8 issues for £1.
I believe at the moment to get it from a shop you will be paying £1.10 so you may save some money if you subscribe. However you can only do this by direct debit.
The actual magazine contains
*A brief behind the scenes of what TV programme is being filmed. In the past this has featured Doctor Who, Robin Hood and Larkrise to Candleford.
*Interviews with actors/ actresses/directors etc.
*Television reviews from Alison Graham-usually she is very decisive over what she likes and dislikes. This is only her opinion and sometimes she is overly harsh.
*TV and Radio listings
*A puzzles page
The average amount of pages are usually between 145-159 I find. But lately it has been the lesser amount.
The covers are also something to talk about. When it's come to Doctor Who and also Ashes to Ashes they made more than one style so it was like a pick your favourite type situation.
Personally I favour this magazine above all others because it's got a good mixture of qualities. They always have interviews with relevant people rather than anyone who was available.
Radio Times have a way of doing a good ratio between text and photos. I believe that if there was too much writing it wouldn't make it as an enjoyable read.
Sadly the bits I spend the most time over are the telly listings, especially on Thursdays and the puzzle pages. At the moment they have a quiz, featuring 12 questions put to you by the the Eggheads (clever side on the TV programme) This is my favourite and I am always very pleased with myself if I get 6 or more correct. Doesn't happen all that often!
Radio Times is a great magazine to read if you don't want to know about all the gossip and 'celebrity melt downs' etc. It's something anybody can get into as it has a bit for everybody.
Despite the price increase it is still worth buying, even if it's just for the more interesting programmes which are coming up.
You can tell by the name of this magazine that it has been around for a long, long time, it is essentially a TV mag but it has been produced since before TV`s were around and thus it keeps the name of the radio times.
These days it covers both TV and radio equally well and if you need to know when something is on either you are sure to find out in here. The magazine is so very well put together it makes a great read.
As well as just the simple TV and radio guides there is also lots of very interesting TV, radio and celebrity articles to browse through and the writing of the magazine is very grown up rather than the usual juvenile attempts by most TV magazines.
I have been buying this magazine for longer than I care to remember and I will certainly continue to so and would recommend others do too. It now costs £1.05 and is published on Tuesdays.
It is about ten times more expensive now than when I remember first buying it but it is still great value for money in this day and age when most decent magazines would cost you twice that much.
As well as all the articles and TV guides and such you also get some fun puzzles pages and even the chance to win the odd prize or two so there really is something for everyone in here and you might find yourselves fighting over it!
I recently was passed a copy of the Radio Times and spent a good while completely engaged buy it.
Formerly I had only glanced through this publication at Christmas when my parents assured me that it was an essential festive purchase for planning.
I dismissed them as only a child can.
I was wrong. This magazine currently has over 400 listing for television, radio and satelite. WOW. That is quite and under taking.
Having recently moved and become the new owner of Sky Plus - I have found it really difficult to see whats on as there is just so much information and the television planner just can't show it all at the same time.
The Radio Times is my problem solved. For just 1.10 per week I can see it all, note out the things I want to see or record and I am not missing anything.
Not only that the articles and interviews are really good too. Current, engaging and asking the sort of questions I want the answers to - (having recently just read the Sir Alan Sugar Interview)
Go on have a look - it may surprise you
The Radio Times is a weekly magazine designed to bring the week's television, film and radio news to your door. These pages, moreover, cover a wide spectrum of channels - I believe that it advertises itself as covering over 400 channels, which is no small feat!
So, the Radio Times contains the week's TV guide, together with recommended shows and the occasional feature article on said shows; radio listings; and films, including some reviews. In addition, further articles are embedded, covering various subject areas (usually TV-related) and are often written by a celebrity, e.g. Sandi Toksvig. These features can equally be focused upon actor/actress interviews. These articles can be interesting and I think help make the magazine more than the run-of-the-mill TV guide. Moreover, many of these areas are split into categories, such as sport, film, soaps and television, so if you wanted to ignore/look at certain types you can easily pinpoint your topic.
As well as these guides for the week, this magazine also contains plenty of adverts, from places to visit to products, a puzzle section designed to cater to a wide variety of taste (Suduko, cross words etc.) and an area for customers' letters.
The advantages:
* Packed full of information on the week's shows, so you don't need to miss out on anything.
* They tend to have excellent covers that immediately identify it as Radio Times.
* Costs £1.10, which, considering the size of the magazine, could be argued as reasonable.
* Considering the competition (TV guides provided through Sky and Freeview, for instance, on the television) I think Radio Times has done a pretty good job to diversify within the constraints of what is essentially a TV mag.
The disadvantages:
* Packed full of information. This makes some pages appear chaotic and difficult to read; the size of font is ridiculously small in places as a result. The magazine is also thick and relatively heavy because of it being jammed packed.
* Adverts are annoying. I don't mind one or two, but too much of the magazine has been padded out to fill in the gaps.
* Paper is quite fragile; I find it easy to get paper cuts and it's easily ripped.
Would I recommend it?
Despite these disadvantages, I would happily pick up a copy of the Radio Times to look at - although it is cheaper just to access the TV guide online or via the television. On the whole, the company has done a good job to try and compete against the cheaper (more accessible?) versions through Sky and Freeview.
I think the decision essentially comes down to one thing: do you simply want to find out what's on TV or do you want something a bit extra, like an interview with an actor? If it's the former, I'd stick with the guides on TV, but for the latter, the Radio Times is worth picking up.
The Radio Times is the only magazine I read every week. Despite its name, the mag focuses more on TV than radio which I'm sure is the bigger market.
Radio Times includes many features about programmes that are to be shown in the coming weeks, including behind the scenes information and exclusive previews. It also details the week's sporting events and recommends the best movies for you to watch.
The main part of the magazine is the daily TV listings, which highlights the day's best programmes on both terrestrial TV as well as the channels available on satellite, cable, Freeview and Freesat.
Some people may think that a TV listings mag is not required nowadays what with the Electronic Promgramme Guides (EPG) that are available on digital TV - however I'd beg to differ. Your EPG won't tell you when a new series of your favourite programme is starting, or recommend films to watch. It is these recommendations that sets Radio Times apart in my mind - they generally know about and recommend the best shows on TV, including US imports such as The Shield and Dexter.
This one is the business in broadcasting reviews. It's also the most expensive, and the price goes up regularly - it's now £1.10, but there are various subscription deals available that can save you a fair amount and get it delivered free.
There are comprehensive listings for all the terrestrial channels, as well as several pages per day on digital and satellite. Listings are normally complemented by descdriptions of the programmes, and with cast lists. Every day, a few programes are expecially highlighted in the "Choice" section, with more detailed reviews and previews. These are well written and informative. They are expecially interesting when the writer has not seen the programme but raises inventive speculations about what might happen in it.
Interviews are well researched and of high quality. It's not a sensationalist magazine, like so many of the 30p TV guides, and although there is a fair and gently humourous recognition of soaps, Radio Times just gives one page for all of them, amusingly referring to Soapland, and pointing out the many quirks of the programmes. If there is a particularly strong episode, then that appears in Choice.
There's a good letters page, and a quick-fire interview at the back, also a puzzles page, including some tricky crosswords, word games, and Sudoku-type problems.
All of this is good, but the real jewel in the crown is the radio listings for the BBC channels. This, of course, is what the magazine set out to do when it started, in the first half of the 20th century. Here you have concert programmes, fine drama, searching documentary, great light and popular music and jazz, top sport and professional journalism, all listed on a double page for every day, leaving enough room agian for programme descriptions.
This is a national treasure of a magazine - and we look forward to every Tuesday when it comes out.
The Radio Times has been my television guide of choice for as long as I can remember and I feel lost without it. Occasionally I have been forced to try other TV guides due to the unavailability of RT, and each time I have found them severely lacking in comparison. Other guides tend to have articles solely on the soap operas, combined with cramped and difficult to read listings pages. RT, thankfully, is a different kettle of fish.
RT costs £1.10 and is available every week, with a special two-week edition available at Christmas. There are slightly different editions for each ITV region so you need to check at the top right hand corner of the front cover that you are buying the correct magazine for your region.
It is produced on decent quality paper and has around 145 pages, so you are getting quite a lot for your money. There is a lot to read in the magazine. The first half of the magazine usually contains interviews with famous actors or presenters, behind-the-scenes looks at new programmes, and articles on sport and music. Then there is a set of reviews of all the films on terrestrial TV during the week, plus a selection of those on Sky. This is followed by all the TV listings for the 5 terrestrial channels, plus the Freeview channels and most of the Sky channels. After this come the radio listings, and then the magazine finishes with letters, puzzles and a final interview.
I find the magazine really well laid out, particularly the listings. Each day's TV programming is spread over 5 double pages: one for the terrestrial channels during the day, one for the terrestrial channels during the evening, and then three for the Sky and Freeview channels. This is so much better than other guides which crush all the listings onto one double spread and so are unable to contain much information about each programme.
Even though RT is more than twice the price of many TV guides, I shall keep buying it because it is easy to look at and is good to read. You can buy it at most supermarkets, newsagents or general stores.
There are millions of people who buy Britian's best known Tv guide, Radio Times every week to plan their viewing and there's also a handful of people like me who but it just once a year, for the bumper two week christmas edition.
The rest of the year I make do with flicking through teletext of looking in the paper as I don't have much time for watching TV, or even reading a TV guide. At christmas though I like to indulge in a good bit of lazy tele watching. (though the choice of what to watch is more often than not the cause of the christmas family bust up!) for this reason I like to know what's going to be on and when so I don't miss all those christmas specials and film premieres. So buying the Christmas Radio Times has become as much of a tradition as putting up the tree or turkey and stuffing.
There are many many TV magazines out there, and they all pull out the stops with bumper christmas editions. The Radio Times is the most expensive (over £2 for the festive 2 week guide), but also the most thorough and informative. Also as the name suggests contains all the radio listings which most don't nowadays.
It's clearly laid out, with articles about the big programmes on, a full film guides, including star ratings and certificate, aswell as the television and radio listings. The Radio times is a chunky magazine, no trying to save space in here, the font is a good size and in dark type, I think this is why a lot of the older generation choose the Radio Times above other publications.
I alos like the little attention to details you get, that you don't in other guides. The day time listing are more compact, though still thorough and the prime time evening viewing is given more room, with little additions such as cast lists for films and television programmes included in the summary.
Overall, an informative publication, user friendly but I would not buy it all year round, if I bought a television guide as I think it is a little expensive at over £1 for a weekly guide when you can get other guides for 30p.


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Therefore whats the point of the jail break (Accept in like 2 years time when you contract runs out?)
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You goto a phone shop or apple store and if you want one you get put onto the network there and then like any other phone.
Therefore whats the point of the jail break (Accept in like 2 years time when you contract runs out?)
What if you're already in contract?
What if you don't want to pay for a £35 a month contract?
What if you don't want to be with O2?
What if you don't want a part of your call charges paid to Apple?
The point is to make the phone work in a place (Brazil) where there is no iPhone being sold yet (officially), and where the telco from the original country does not even exist. Now, in places where it is on sale, then... see Phil's answer above, I guess.
"it's been rumoured online that the phone will cost between $250 and $375 (£250-375/€250-375)"
There, fixed it for you!
As soon as the phone is available with on pay as you go, anywhere in the world, people will buy them to unlock, throwing away the included SIM. Then the grey imports to other countries begin.
If you're that concerned, simply don't buy an iPhone then. Problem solved.
Went on sale in NZ last week. Not carrier locked.
In the uk at least if you walk into O2 you cannot leave the store until you have signed a monthly contract which you WILL pay every month.
There fore what is the point of the jail break? Surely people will not pay 30 quid to o2 a month then money to another phone provider as well?
As much as I love my iPhone I can't for the life of me understand why someone would be so sad and desperate as to go to the bother of buying one at great cost, unlocking it, thereby removing any warranty and any chance of updates working and then sign it up on a different network where you wouldn't get free data which is kind of a large part of the point of the iPhone.
I didn't understand it the first time, don't understand it now.
Paris, as shes as brainless as anyone who'd go to that bother to end up with a half working iPhone.
Just to point out this is not a Hack. Jailbreaking or Hacking the iPhone would allows 3rd party applications and so on to be added for free, without spending on iTunes. This is "unlocking" to any network. Personally in the UK, I don't see the point in unlocking the iPhone. Half of the attraction is being able to use unlimited data and wifi hotspots. If you stick a voda or orange or whoevers sim in, you pay through the nose for the data charges.
Anyway - still awaiting the jailbreak... not sure i'll do it though, i dont want an expensive 18 month brick.
...an iPhone anyway? I'm over-the-moon happy with my Nokia 1112. Plus I don't have to fear for my life when talking on it wandering around the dodgier suburbs Nottingham at night (well, not any more than I should have to).
I'm not entirely sure - but I think Garath might mean that, as you have to sign up for a contract to actually get an iPhone 3G in the first place, what's the point of then being able to unlock it?
You're still paying the monthly tariff you had to agree to (complete with handing over card/bank/proof of identity details) anyway.
It's a fair point - and I suspect one that might see "old style" iPhones commanding quite a price on ebay for a while yet.
Nip over to Belgium, buy several. It's a steal for a 16GB phone, even if you go onto the lowest O2 contract.
£159 + (18 * £30) = £729
£0 + (18 * £75) = £1,350
Mobistar: €615 incl VAT = £488
Saving: £241 over the life of the O2 contract. And you keep your own number. And you don't have to deal with O2.
And whatever you do, DO NOT be browbeaten into paying for a Mobistar contract. They are legally obliged to provide the phone unlocked, without a contract.
Here in Brazil there´s a law that all carriers have to sell unlocked phones if you don´t want to pay for a 1 or 2 years contract. You pay the price, but the phone is unlocked. About the official sales, Claro (www.claro.com.br) is announcing the iPhone 3G soon. Why do apple deny it will sell iPhone 3G in Brazil?
1. Carriers no longer share revenue with Apple. Instead they buy the iPhone from Apple at a generous price.
2. Jailbreak = hack CPU OS security so you can install applications not supplied via Apple; unlock = hack baseband processor firmware so you aren't tied to official carrier. Story is about a claimed unlock.
I think they have just made a clever video for Youtube and are trawling for sales leads in the hope of there being an unlock. They've set the price high so they can buy unlocked iPhones if they have to. Or just run off with punters money if that works better.

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She covered the Afghan war following 9/11, was in Indonesia for the relief efforts following the tsunami, traveled through India interviewing the Dalai Lama, wrote about genocide in Cambodia and the quest to bring the Khmer Rouge to justice, and interviewed forced-sterilization victims in Tibet.
But College of Arts and Sciences writing professor Rachel Louise Snyder's latest journalistic project, one that she researched for 3.5 years (longer than she did for her first book) examines a violent crime here in the United States that is underreported to law enforcement and in most cases, equates to punishment, rather than protection, for victims: domestic violence.
Snyder's article, "A Raised Hand" was recently published in the New Yorker and has sparked a nationwide conversation about how to best prevent cases of domestic violence from escalating into domestic homicide.
Imprisoned Victims
While Snyder was researching the piece one true "Aha" moment came to her while looking at the role of women's shelters, which traditionally have been viewed as the best protection for victims.
The drawback of women's shelters, Snyder said is that they can be "profoundly disruptive." Victims are often cut off from friends and family and are forced to leave their lives behind. Sometimes this means taking children out of school, quitting a job, and leaving behind pets and family heirlooms.
"Tell me any other crime where the victim has to be imprisoned," Snyder said.
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Once the victim's safety is secured, this isolation of victims is one issue that the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, the facility where Snyder researched this piece, sought to mitigate. The center, located in Essex County, Massachusetts (about an hour north of Boston) is headed by Suzanne Dubus, chief executive officer, and by Kelly Dunne, chief operating officer.
Dunne, who began volunteering as an advocate at the courthouse on behalf of the crisis center in 1997, said she was stunned at the seriousness of the cases showing up in the courtroom. The national statistics on domestic violence are astounding. One in every four women is a victim of domestic violence at some point in her life, and every day, three women and one man are killed by their partners. Between 2001 and 2006, we lost 3,500 American soldiers in foreign wars; during that same time period, domestic violence homicide claimed more than 10,000 lives. Perhaps most stunning, it is estimated that about half of the women who are killed by their partners had sought help from law enforcement or the criminal justice system at least once.
It was this last statistic, reported by Jacquelyn Campbell, Johns Hopkins University professor and leading expert on domestic homicide, that prompted Campbell to create "The Danger Assessment Tool"— a list of 20 risk factors associated with domestic homicides. Risk factors include gun ownership, strangulation, beatings while pregnant, and substance abuse.
After hearing about Campbell's work, Dunne began to put the Danger Assessment Tool into action. In 2005, Dunne and Dubus created the Domestic Violence High Risk Team to identify high-risk cases and outline a plan of action for each case. The idea, Snyder said, was to anticipate situations in which domestic abuse could escalate into murder and intervene before that happened by "putting a framework around the abuser." This meant pushing for the abuser to serve time in prison, attend mandatory batterer's intervention or wear a GPS bracelet. It also meant pushing for more services to keep the victims safe: police check ins, legal counseling, and temporary transitional housing in some cases.
Before the formation of Dunne's Domestic Violence High Risk Team, there was a domestic-violence-related death nearly every year in Amesbury alone, one of nine communities served by the program. Since the team began eight years ago in 2005, there has not been one single case of domestic violence ending in homicide in their caseload.
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Snyder said that there is now a push to replicate this model across the country. Since she wrote the piece, which ran in advance of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, Snyder has received requests from several governor's offices asking how they can implement similar measures, and more than 40 media articles across the country have mentioned the piece. The crisis center is fielding dozens of calls asking for training on their model. Still, there is much work to be done.
"Every moment I was shocked and surprised," Snyder said of researching this piece. "Even the statistics we have are so unrepresentative." For example, domestic violence regularly goes unreported; homicide reporting is voluntary by jurisdictions across the country and often cases of homicide are unclear, such as poisonings, for example, or car accidents. Additionally, Snyder noted, the statistics don't count domestic violence with same-sex couples, when the relationship is unknown, or in immigrant communities with undocumented victims.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Sabato is probably the most quoted college professor in the land, while he is dubbed by Fox News Channel as Americas favorite political scientist. Sabato has over thirty years of experience both in the classroom and in the anchor booth. As founder and director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, Dr. Sabato bridges the gap between the ivory tower and the real world on issues of critical importance to American democracy and the challenges facing our political process. The Center represents Dr. Sabato's mission: to improve civic education and the political process, and in doing so make government more relevant, more accessible and more meaningful for the average American.
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LOS ANGELES -- There really is no good explanation for Paul Goldschmidt's dominance of Dodgers left-hander Chris Capuano.
Whatever the reason, the D-backs just hope it continues as Goldschmidt's bat and Trevor Cahill's arm led the D-backs to a 9-2 win over the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
Arizona has now won 13 of its last 16 against Los Angeles.
The D-backs have not fared as well against other teams of late, having dropped five of six heading into Monday's game.
"We just kind of came out and played with a little more enthusiasm and just tried to take our minds back a couple of weeks ago," manager Kirk Gibson said.
Goldschmidt was 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs on the night, including going 3-for-3 with a two-run homer off Capuano. In 15 career at-bats against Capuano, Goldschmidt has 12 hits with three homers and nine RBIs.
"I think after Goldy got the second hit, Capuano just kind of looked at him and said, 'Oh my gosh.'" Gibson said. "It's incredible. It's pretty incredible. It's not very common."
And it's not something that Goldschmidt likes to talk about partly out of respect for Capuano, but also because he knows things like that can turn quickly.
"I've had some good ABs," was about all Goldschmidt would say about the subject. "Tonight, I was seeing the ball well and was able to get some good pitches to hit and make good enough contact to get a couple of knocks."
Goldschmidt started out with singles in his first two at-bats before hitting the two-run homer in the fifth. Capuano threw everything he had at Goldschmidt. In the first at-bat, he hit a slider, the second a changeup and the third a fastball.
"The ball Goldschmidt hit out, I got that one in there and he still hit it out," Capuano said. "It seems like even when I make good pitches Goldschmidt finds a way to get it to the outfield or find a hole. He's got a good approach against me."
Cahill also got in on the offensive action in the second after the Dodgers had taken a 1-0 first-inning lead.
With two outs and runners at first and second, Cahill hit a sinking liner to left. Carl Crawford made a sliding attempt to catch the ball, but it dropped in front of him and bounced all the way to the wall, allowing a pair of runs to score and Cahill to get to third.
"I saw it and I was wanting it to get down," Cahill said of his hit. "I saw him dive. I thought he blocked it or something, and then I saw him running towards the wall and I figured it was time to run a little bit harder."
It was Cahill's first hit of the year, snapping an 0-for-11 streak, and it was also the first extra-base hit of his career.
A.J. Pollock then followed with a double to score Cahill and give the D-backs a 3-1 lead.
After umpires ruled that Crawford had dropped a fly ball off the bat of Didi Gregorius, the D-backs broke things open in the fifth when Goldschmidt followed with a two-run homer to center.
Cody Ross followed Goldschmidt with a homer of his own to put Arizona up 6-2.
The D-backs also tacked on three runs in the ninth.
"Obviously we've been up and down," Goldschmidt said of the D-backs' inconsistent offense this year, "and it was nice to have a consistent nine innings. I think the last inning was pretty big to add on, because I feel like we've had some games where we've scored a few runs and then there's been six innings in a row where we don't score and that gives the other team a chance to come back."
Cahill (2-3) allowed just two runs over seven innings and is 5-0 in his career against the Dodgers. In his last three starts, Cahill has allowed just three earned runs over 20 innings.
"Not as good as last start," Cahill said of how he felt, "but I think the biggest thing was, I was able to make pitches when I had to."
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The Ferndale Wildcats overcame great odds last Saturday afternoon and emerged victorious over the St. Bernards Crusaders in a dramatic finish to the North Coast Section's Division 5 semifinal game at Coach Carlson Field in Ferndale. In a miraculous finish, the Cats scored 14 points in the 4th quarter, including the game winner with just :12 seconds on the clock and celebrated their 20-13 win over the feisty Crusaders. The win springboards the No. 1 seeded Wildcats to the NCS championship game, to be played this Saturday, kickoff time slated for 1 p.m., at Humboldt State University's Redwood Bowl. The opponent will be No. 3 seed, the St Vincent de Paul Mustangs who needed their own dramatics to advance to the divisions title game. The Mustangs scored a 4th quarter touchdown against No. 2 seed California School for the Deaf and a successful PAT kick decided the game with a final score of 13-12.
Last Saturday, after a rather calm morning, the weather turned ugly just a half hour before kickoff for the semifinal battle between the Ferndale Wildcats and the St. Bernards Crusaders. The first half became a futile pursuit of offensive movement on a slick field, the defenses owned the muddy real estate and both teams struggled to hold on to the football. Despite the field being in great shape prior to the game, neither team could get untracked and both Ferndale and St. Bernards had just two first downs apiece to show for their efforts after two quarters of play. Ferndale had five punts and St. Bernards had four in the first half, all kicks were successfully executed and it became a game of field position as both teams looked for that big break.
Neither team had advanced into the other teams end of the field until St Bernard punter Rolo Olivares uncorked a 54 yard kick, pinning Ferndale back on their own one yard line. Ferndale failed to gain a first down and with their backs to the wall, Wildcat punter Dakota Ward got off a excellent boot out from the back of his own end zone. The Crusaders started out with the ball at the Wildcat 47 yard line, with less than two minutes to play in the half, it was the first time either offense found itself across midfield. The Crusaders earned just their 2nd first down of the game and advanced to the Wildcat 35 yard line looking for a score. Quarterback Christian Mello dropped back to pass but was hit by blitzing Ferndale linebacker Briceland Franklin as he threw and Ike Townsend hauled in the errant pass for a Wildcat interception.
It was the first turnover and the first significant play of the game, the Cats took note and advanced the ball into Crusader territory after a pass interference penalty. However, the Wildcats ran out of clock and the teams went to the half-time locker room in a scoreless tie. Both teams came out for the 2nd half determined to make something happen and with the rain subsiding, the opportunity was there for a big play. St. Bernards drew first blood as the opening kickoff was returned by speedster Sierra Domingo 54 yards to the Ferndale 28 yard line. Crusader fullback Logan Bongio rush got the team closer, then quarterback Christian Mello hit receiver Shed Bean in the corner of the endzone for a 15 yard touchdown. Bean kicked the PAT through and St. Bernards led 7-0.
Ferndale in turn was determined to answer with a solid possession, but instead found themselves punting once again on 4th down. A low snap and a slick football landed at punter Dakota Ward's feet and the elusive football instead was scooped up by Crusader Sierra Domingo and it was a short 10 yard run to the Wildcat endzone. Just like that, St. Bernards struck again and despite the missed PAT kick, the Crusaders led 13-0 at the 6:53 mark of the 3rd period. With positive yardage and first downs at a premium, it was safe to say, Ferndale was in trouble at that point.
With just 25 yards of offense to show for the Ferndale efforts so far and St. Bernards stacking against the run, the Cats turned to the passing game. Ferndale quarterback Kyle Chambers hooked up with wide receiver Wyatt Standley for a 28 yard gain into St. Bernard's territory. Then two plays later came a critical, game changing play. Chambers lofted a pass intended for wideout Jacoby Hughes, but with two Crusader defenders in great position, it looked as though at best it would be an incomplete pass. Instead, the ball skipped off the Crusaders outstretched hands and landed in Hughes grasp. Positioned behind the defenders, Hughes hauled in the ball and raced the remaining 20 yards to a Wildcat touchdown.
Jacoby Hughes would make another big play just three downs later when a Crusader fumble was pounced on by the Ferndale senior, giving the ball right back to the Cats. Ferndale followed with their longest possession of the game to that point. Wyatt Standley gained 19 yards on a reverse and the Cats were poised to strike again. Strike again they did, or so they thought as Kyle Chambers hit Justin Lang with a pass right along the home sideline at the Crusader 5 yard line. Lang hauled in the pass but was hit just at that as he did so and it was ruled that he was out of bounds on the play. A big turn of events, as the Crusaders made a 4th down stop that thwarted the drive. One play later was the end of the 3rd quarter and it was do or die for the Wildcats.
Forcing St. Bernards into a quick three and out with a punt, the Cats were back in business with control of the football. Marching 77 yards in 10 plays, the Cats were assisted by two 15 yard penalties committed by the Crusaders. Ferndale in turn had to overcome a penalty, a fumble and a near interception themselves, but overcome they did. Justin Lang ripped off runs of 8, 16 and 12 yards in the drive, the last dozen reaching the Crusader end zone for a touchdown. Ferndale was all the way back into the game however, a failed two point conversion run left them with a one point deficit instead of a one point lead. With just 4:23 to play in the game, it was going to take more heroics.
Once again the Wildcat defense did their part and the Crusaders were forced to punt on 4th down. Dealing with a low snap, St. Bernard's punter Olivares bent down to field the ball and his knee touched the ground as he gathered the football. Instead of booming the ball down the field, the Crusaders turned the ball over to the Wildcats just 15 yards from pay dirt. On two successive running plays the Cats moved closer to the end zone, but also the slippery ball twice came loose. Twice Wildcat center Kelly O'Day recovered for Ferndale saving his teams chances for the win. A first and goal at the one yard line made a Ferndale score certain but time was running out and fullback Ike Townsend's dive was met by the St. Bernard's defense.
No call from the officials came and the Cats lined up to try again with no time outs available. Ferndale quarterback Kyle Chambers dove left alongside center O'Day and both sides of the field awaited what seemed an eternity for the call. Touchdown Wildcats with just 0:12.1 left in the game. A Justin Lang run for two points was the punctuation and Ferndale led for the first time in the game, 20-13. St. Bernards had no time to work with and fumbled away their slim chances, Wildcat lineman Trevor Earley recovering, game over! It was a remarkable turn of events that had stolen away certain victory for St. Bernards and handed the win to Ferndale.
"St. Bernards played well, there were a lot of elements for us to overcome today," said a rain-soaked and shivering Ferndale head coach Kim Jorgensen after the game. Ferndale quarterback Kyle Chambers was sure he got in the end zone on that final one yard dive, but had to wait out confirmation from the officials. "It was scary, I didn't know what they were going to call, but of course I thought I was in," Chambers said on the win or lose decision. Senior running back Justin Lang best described the epic battle between the two rivals, "we were both fighting for every single yard out there, the field was a great equalizer today." It was the 26th straight win by the Wildcats over the Crusaders and certainly one of their most dramatic victories.
Ferndale's opponent for the championship game will be no pushover. The No. 3 St Vincent de Paul Mustangs beat St. Bernards 34-21 in the season opener back in August and are riding a 7 game win streak. The Mustangs avenged one of their two losses during the regular season when they nipped the California School for the Deaf last weekend in their semifinal game by a score of 13-12. The Mustangs put the ball in the capable hands of senior quarterback Mitch Sheppard, who has thrown for over two thousand yards this season. In fact, St Vincent has gained more yards through the air than on the ground and have 26 passing touchdowns to go with their 28 rushing scores. The field surface at HSU will certainly speed up the game and the Wildcats are hoping it will work to their advantage.
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Photos by Mark Lourenzo/Beacon
1. Ferndale quarterback Kyle Chambers (No. 2, bottom) and more importantly the football lie across the goal line and into the endzone, as several of his Wildcat teammates signal touchdown and the St Bernards defenders look for the signal from the referee. The call was Ferndale touchdown with 12.1 seconds left in the game and it proved to be the game winner for the Wildcats in Saturday's NCS semifinal game at Coach Carlson Field in Ferndale.
2. The Ferndale Wildcat defense closes in on St Bernards quarterback Christian Mello (No. 2) in the North Coast Section Division 5 semifinal game played at times in a driving rain last Saturday in Ferndale.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies outfielder-first baseman Michael Cuddyer doesn't feel the weight of the 2013 National League batting crown.
He'll go into this season known around the baseball world as the defending batting champion, after hitting .331 last season. But he doesn't believe trying to hold onto the title should be any more stressful than capturing it.
"Going into the latter part of the season, it was, 'He's competing for the batting championship,'" said Cuddyer, who entered Tuesday's game against the White Sox hitting .184 in Spring Training but 6-for-21 (.286) with two doubles in his previous seven games. "That was another added pressure that you had to deal with. I felt like I was fine. I didn't change my approach. I didn't change my thought process at the plate.
"It's the same with this. Going into the year with the so-called title or whatever you want to call it, it doesn't change my approach at the plate."
Cuddyer hit cleanup and fifth much of last season, as the middle of the order was affected at times by injury-related absences of left fielder Carlos Gonzalez and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. He'll bat second this season to set up Gonzalez and Tulowitzki.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Thursday, 30th August, 2012, 02:27 AM #1
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[adventure]:The Search for Vlastoes (DM: Dimsdale, Judge ??)
Welcome to The Search for Vlastoes
Vermitrax (Voda Vosa)
Sharpe (Luinnar)
Dox (Stonegod)
Drew (MetaVoid)
Prime (Someone)
Kamotz (CaBaNa)
1. Borrowed from H.M.Gimlord and Mal Malenkirk...and Johnmeier1
2. I've also borrowed Voda Vosa's map tool idea. In combat, you are allow to move your own token when you perform a move action. If you damage an enemy, you can deduct the amount of hp you cause to the creature.
Player Info: Include mini stat blocks in your posts. Mini-stat blocks allow you to keep track of your own healing surges, power usages, acquired items, etc... without having to ask the DM all the time. It's not the end of the world if you forget, but please be sure to include it when you are posting an action block. It also make it easier for me to check basic stats.
Example mini-stats:
Triggers: Fox's Cunning Trigger - Immediate Reaction to the First Enemy that attacks me in melee
Status: Bloodied
Init: +5 Speed: 5 Perception:22 Insight: 20
HP: 30/61 Surges: 4/8 Surge Value: 15 AP: 1
Languages: Allarian, Imperia, Draconic
Str:8 Dex:14 Wis:14 Con:14 Int:10 Cha:22
At Will - Jinx Shot, Cutting Words
Encounter - Second Wind,
Fox's Cunning, Twin Strike, Grappling Spirits, Hunter's Quarry, Majestic Word (0/2), Words of Friendship, Chord of Dissonance, Rhyme of the Blood-Seeking Blade, Virtue of Prescience
Daily -
Arrow of Ill Omen, Arrow of Warning, Bracers of Archery, Inevitable Shot, Songbow of Vanishment, Warding Arrow
Full Character Sheet
Passive checks: I will use Perception and Insight and put information in private sblocks for certain players. If you are not one of the intended characters, please do not read these spoilers. The character, however, is welcome to, in character, reveal the contents of the spoiler to the others in game, remember that talking is a free action (but keep in short)
Players roll initiative individually, bad guys roll one initiative roll
Players with higher init than bad guys go first then all the bad guys go
Then all the players go. From this point, we alternate players vs bad guys
Good guy turns happen in first post - first acted order.
Illegal post-overs will be resolved in that round
Legal post-overs stand even if each didn't know the other was posting (Please use Go Advanced or Preview Post to avoid this)
DM Posts during combat will include:
Status of all players, monsters, NPCs etc... indicating Name, Location, HP/MaxHP, State, Healing Surges Left, Action Points left (i.e.:: Arkavas I6 -1/41 Dying HS 0 AP 1)
Map in the form of a grid, hopefully with coordinates
Enemy Mini Stat Blocks including HP, AC, Fort, Refl, Will, Immunities, Resistance, and Basic Attack. If there are more specialized powers, I will post them at the time of their use. Trigger powers for bad guys. If you provoke an AoO or a listed power during your turn you can roll the result (it will make less work for the DM and give you a rapid response)
Time: II will give players 48 hours to post, at the end of which time I reserve the right to RP the player's character on his behalf. I will use the most appropriate actions and At-Will powers only.
Exceptions: If you will be out for a long time and unable to post, please let the party know and assign responsibility to either myself or another, willing player for RPing your character, or I can write in a scenario that takes you out of the picture until your return (The former is preferred).
Treasure: Keep a wish list on your character sheet up to date with what you would like, and Ill try to accommodate within reason. Items will be given relative to player level. Parcel Gold/Items will be evenly divided at the end.
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Thursday, 30th August, 2012, 05:52 PM #2
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Vermitrax walks to the gates again. Following him is a clumsy and uncoordinated man, dressed in dark mail. All its features covered by stained black cloth. He brandishes a great sword in his right hand, and its dragging it. Vermitrax sits on a rocky outcrop, waiting for the others to join him. The odd man stands right in front of him.
Fort: 20
Ref: 22
Will: 22
Saving Throws:
Resistances: 5 Cold, 10 Force
Surges value: 13
Surges/day: 9
Initiative: 4
Special features
Necromancy apprentice gain 2 thp when you hit with necromancy powers
Illusion apprentice target of illusion spells get -2 to hit you TEOYNT
Full Sheet'!A61= Does not provoke using ranged and close attacks in melee, +1 to attacks, and +1 to reach on melee attacks
Power list
Magic Missile, Stone blood , Beguiling Strands, Hypnotism, Disrupt undead
Grasping Shadows, Darkening Flame, Ebony Razors , Shield (U), Cordon of Bones, Alchemist escape (U), Dispel Magic (U), Spook, Suggestion, Ghoul Touch, Repelling Sphere
"Spirit Rend, Phantom Chasm,
Bigby Icy Grasp, Summon Shadow Serpent ,
Summon Shadow Servant"
Thursday, 30th August, 2012, 09:21 PM #3
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Unnoticed until he stopped and coughed quietly, an indistinct man sits innocuously by the gate. Its hard to describe him as his features fade from memory when not looked upon. He nods to the gathering group, and quietly introduces himself as Dox.
OOC: FYI DM: Once Dox moves, he is essentially considered hidden (by a combination of Shadow Walk, One with Shadow, and Darting Shadow). His Passive Stealth is 33.DoxDoxMale Shade Son of Peresefa Executioner 8
Initiative: +10, Passive Perception: 19, Passive Insight: 14
AC: 25 (26 w/ TWF), Fort: 23, Reflex: 22 (23 w/ TWF) Will: 18 Speed: 6
HP: 64/64, Bloodied: 32, Surge: 16, Surges left: 9/9
Resist 3 ongoing, 4 all vs target last hit
Action Points: 1/1, Second Wind: Not Used, Milestones: 0
Powers -
Garrote Strangle
Poisoned Dagger
Quick Lunge
Hidden Stab
Assassin's Strike
Low Blow
One with Shadow
Darting Shadow
Warlock's Curse
Fleeting Shade
2 Assassin Poisons (daily)
Elven Battle Leather Armor (encounter)
Rope of Climbing (free)
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Friday, 31st August, 2012, 01:50 AM #4
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The sound of metal on metal can be heard for some distance, as Kamotz and his packmate tromp up the path. As they get closer the sound becomes easier to comprehend, it is the steady bashing of the shifter's flail against his shield and Whiggins armor. When the pair reach the gate, Kamotz stops the cacophonous din and grins. I smell death. the grin never leaves Kamotz face as he sniffs the air and scratches Whiggins.
Kamotz (Cleric|Paladin)
Initiative +3 Passive Insight 24 Passive Perception 22 Senses Low-Light
HP 50/50; TempHP 0; Bloodied 25; Surge Value 12; Surges Per-Day 9/9
AC 24 Fortitude 18 Reflex 17 Will 19
Second wind; Not Used
Action point; 1
Speed 5
At-will: Holy Strike, Lance of Faith, Divine Challenge
Encounter: Longtooth Shifting, Healing Word, Heedless Fury, Call of Challenge, Death Surge, Shining Symbol
Daily:Blood of the Mighty, Avenging Flame, Gravesite
Consumable; Fey Step Potion, Unguent of Darkvision, Vial of Darkness
Passive Insight 14 Passive Perception 19; Senses Low-Light
HP 67 Bloodied 33 Surge Value 16; Surges Per-Day 1
AC 19 Fortitude 18 Reflex 17 Will 16
Resist 0 (5 all damage while ridden, Impenetrable Barding)
Speed 8 (9 While ridden, Riding Boots)
At-Will: Bite
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As the mage waits for the rest of recently assembled group, he can clearly see the mausoleum behind the gate as the light flickers from the touches illuminating the cemetery.
You spot movement throughout the surrounding area of the location of the mausoleum.
perception 25
Behind the mausoleum moving from one side to the other is something incredibly large.
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Hi everyone! Sharpe shouts, the dragon he is riding on landing on the ground with a thump.
My name is Sharpe and this is Dragon! I'm a half-elf but I'm half-human too! I wear an evil eyepatch but I have a cool new saddle for the dragon and cool new armor for me! He says, pointing to his glistening white chainmail with a picture of angel wings on it.
Those are dragon wings...I think. Cool huh?
And I claim the first magic item I see!
Hi skeletor! Sharpe says patting the dark figure on the back. Now lets get this party started so the Necromancer here can get to his Lich becoming!
Moment of Escape
Moment of Escape. (Encounter Move Ranged 10; Arcane)
Target: One ally
Effect: Sharpe slides the target 4 squares.
Sharpe Wellington- Male Half-Elf Bard 6
Init: +3, Passive Perception: 18, Passive Insight: 16
AC 21 Fortitude 17 Reflex 15 Will 19, Spd: 5
Bloodied 25 Surge Value 12; Surges Per-Day 11/11
AP: 1, Milestones:0
Basic Attacks:
Basic Attack +5 vs AC, Longsword, 1d8 damage
Ranged Basic Attack N/A
Staggering Note, Guiding Strike
Majestic Word X2, Shout of Triumph, Knack for Success, Words of Friendship, Thunder's Calling, Second Wind, Shield of Devotion, [s]Moment of Escape, Noxious Breath (Dragon), Revitalizing Incantation
Stirring Shout, Inspiring Fortitude (AKA Invigorating Presence), Song of Discord, Come and Become Sharpe's Pet! (Ring of Dragon's power 1 ), Dragon I Choose You! (Ring of Dragon's power 2 ), Armor of the Exalted +1
Misc: Once per round, when an ally within 5 squares bloodies or reduces to 0 hp an enemy, you can grant the ally 5 THP as a free action.
Virtue of Valor: Once per round, when an ally within 5 squares bloodies or reduces to 0 hp an enemy, you can grant the ally 5 THP as a free action.
Malifixindalaunt The White Dragon
Malifixindalaunt (Veserab) Level 6 Lurker
Large shadow beast (mount)
HP 60/60; Bloodied 30 Surge 1/1
AC 20; Fortitude 20; Reflex 17; Will 17
Speed 4, fly 8 (clumsy)
Immune noxious breath
Initiative +11
Perception +11
Blindsight 20
Combat Advantage
Malifixindalaunt deals an extra 1d6 damage on melee attacks against any target it has combat advantage against.
Standard Actions
Bite • At-Will
Attack: +11 vs. AC
Hit: 2d6 + 5 damage.
Wing Claw • At-Will
Attack: +11 vs. AC
Hit: 1d6 + 5 damage.
Noxious Breath (poison, zone) • Encounter
Attack: Close blast 4; +9 vs. Fortitude
Hit: 2d6 + 3 poison damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to all defenses until the end of the Malifixindalaunt's next turn. This power creates a zone of black, noxious fumes that remains in place until the end of the encounter. This zone blocks line of sight, and a creature that enters or ends its turn in the zone takes 5 poison damage. Malifixindalaunt is immune to this power's effects.
Diving Wing Rake • Standard, At-Will
Effect: Malifixindalaunt makes a charge attack, making two wing claw attacks. After attacking, Malifixindalaunt moves up to 1 square and moves in an unoccupied square.
Skills Stealth +12
Str 20 (+8) Dex 18 (+7) Wis 17 (+6)
Con 17 (+6) Int 2 (–1) Cha 4 (+0)
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Friday, 31st August, 2012, 06:46 AM #7
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Dox warns softly, Others walk the grounds. Be wary.
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A construct arrives, just in time to join the group. It isn't like the kind of what you may be used to met in the Hanged Man; this one look slike a clockwork automata. His face is a finely crafter metallic faceplate without moving parts, so you wonder how he does spek. The answer is simple; he doesn't. Instead, spinning tiles form words on his chest:
+++What's happening in the city? I've heard something about a dragon+++
mini-statsPrime Warforged Fighter|Battlemind 9
Initiative: +5, Passive perception: 23, Passive Insight: 18
Defenses: AC: 27/27, Fort: 22/22, Ref: 19/19, Will: 20/20
Damage resistance 1
HP:83/83 THP: 0 Bloodied: 41, Surge value: 20, Surges/day: 14/14 Speed: 5 squares
Languages: Common
AP: 1 Power points 4/4
Bull's Strength, Crushing Surge, Lightning Rush, Battlemind's Demand, Blurred Step, Combat Challenge
Shield Edge Block, Warforged Resolve, Unbreakable, Guardian's Counter, Boots of the fencing master, Second Wind
Living Fortress, Rain of Steel, Shattered Time, Endure Pain, Moradin's Blessing of Iron, Knockback Warhammer
A guide to Prime's out of turn actions
With all the immediate action Prime is gathering, he's becoming a complex character to have in pbp. In order to reduce the amount of retconning, do not hesitate to use one of these actions at the first chance it could be reasonably useful, in the following order of priority. Notice that many though not all are immediate actions and are mutually exclusive (you can take only one immediate action per round):
- Blurred Step (Battlemind feature, at will). Prime can, once per turn as a free action, shift 1 when an adjacent marked enemy shifts. Use this along with Combat Challenge for maximum benefit.
- Combat Challenge (fighter feature, at will, immediate interrupt), a MBA he can make against a Marked enemy who shifts or makes an attack that doesn't include Prime. Notice that he can push enemies up to 3 squares with this attack: since combat challenge is an interrupt, this has the potential to completely negate an attack if it pushes the enemy beyond melee range. Otherwise use the push to disrupt the enemy strategy as much as possible.
- Guardian's counter (Encounter power, immediate interrupt), If an ally within 2 is being hit but the attack wouldn't hit Prime or the damage to the ally would be severe. Prime exchanges positions with an ally within 2 squares, becomes the target of the attack and can retaliate with a MBA.
- Fully augmented Lightning Rush (using 2 power points, immediate interrupt): Same case as guardian's counter, when guardian's Counter can't be used. Prime can move 5 squares, becomes the target of the attack, and deals a +13 VS AC, 2d10+8 damage attack.
- Shield Edge Block (Encounter power, immediate interrupt), when he's hit by a melee or close attack and a -4 penalty to hit would make the attack fail.
- Unbreakable (Encounter power, immediate interrupt), if hit by an attack that can't be negated by Shield Edge Block that deals 11 or more damage (he'd negate 10 with the power -which isn't described as damage reduction-, then 1 from armor property)
If you roll any attack granted by any of these actions, don't forget Prime's Warforged Tactics feat: +1 to hit enemies adjacent to at least one ally.
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"Dox? I don't remember seeing you in the tavern." the wizard says, standing up. "And I have good sight. What besides hiding do you bring to the table?" his conversation is interrupted by the cleric of Lauto however. "Yes, a shame, but I had to resort to the dark arts to grow in numbers. Rest asure, it is only a temporal borrowing. I'll break the spell as soon as we destroy the lich, in the case it manages to survive until we do. I call it..."
Originally Posted by Sharpe
The wizard nods to the construct "I don't care Prime, neither should you. Suffice to say the fools we met a few days ago in the goblin caves are after it."
At Dox warning his expert eyes spot the moving of a hulk behind the mausoleum. "Quite a large creature moving clumsily..."
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OOC: 21 perception, generally sniffing about, roll lookup. If Vermitrax and Kamotz worked together, they could maybe... just maybe... find Dox. Malifixindalaunt is a fantastic pot luck of references.
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Houston is horribly undisciplined.
Manusky is the worst coach on the staff.
not exactly a demanding role. if it was anyone else no one would praise the character whatsoever. that was basically Most Improved Player hype. dude's got a good agent and publicist, I'll give him that, good job picking a good team.
We still are incapable of getting any pressure at all on the QB
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Same deal with Purdue's staff. the offense sucked sure, but it was crazy young, defense had a number of vets that had performed somewhat admirably before. but offense scores points so John Shoop's the one everyone wants fired. chicks dig touchdowns and all.
Maybe he should be.
Butler better hands than DHB....
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
boooooooo. maybe Darius can hit FTs.
Is Pep ever going to learn that call doesn't work?
so's it "Duh-Rick" or just "Derrick?" Cuz if it's just Derrick, man, I gotta have a talk with his mom.
Maybe he can inbound a damn basketball too. Or at least coach the players too. Hopefully Darius knows games don't end 2 minutes early like the Bulldogs.
A T-Rex has better hands than DHB.
I think it's Deh-Rick.
Ok so I know DB has a stinger, but why the hell have we stopped running like we were? Run the same calls with Trent.
TRich is solid off the screen.
It's amazing that we don't double team Watt on every snap.


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Topic: Chicken Vegetable Soup
Hi everyone,
Here is the soup that I made for my dad once I arrived here in Athens, Greece. My husband who trained as a chef came up with it. It is high in protein, easy to digest and low in fat.
1 large onion chopped or diced finely
3-4 cloves of garlic chopped finely
1 butternut squash or other yellow/orange squash diced small
4-6 carrots diced
4-6 zucchini sliced or chopped thick (at least 1/4 inch)
1 head broccoli cut into florets
2 bunches of chopped kale
2 cans garbanzo beans (low sodium)
2 liters chicken broth (low sodium)
1 pound of chicken ( thighs would be best), cut up into bite sized pieces
Put onion and garlic into a large pot with about 1/4 cup olive oil and about a teaspoon of salt. Sauté over medium heat until they turn translucent. Add carrots and butternut squash, sauté until slightly softened. Add zucchini and sauté for about 5 minutes. Add kale and broccoli, sauté for about 3 minutes or until slightly wilted. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the temperature to a simmer, then add the chopped chicken. Cook for about 15 minutes, add a little salt if necessary (use sparingly). To serve add some garbanzo beans and a squeeze of lemon.