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Jason Mesnick is No Longer a 'Bachelor' After Marrying Molly Malaney
"The Bachelor" has been busy playing matchmaker. On last week's season finale, Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi got engaged. On a special episode this week, Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney exchanged vows after falling in love on last year's controversial edition. The guest list included many familiar faces, including happy couples from "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" history.
Jason and Molly cordially invited viewers to their wedding at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA on February 27. Molly said the "wedding is a really big thank you to the people who have stood by us the last year; a celebration of the fact that Jason and I love each other and we're going strong."
Once the cameras stopped documenting their daily life, Molly and Jason continued dating long distance for 10 months. Jason was in Seattle to be with his son Ty, while Molly stayed in Wisconsin. The geographical distance was hard to cope with, so Molly packed up her things and moved west. She said that "the transition was smooth" for welcoming Ty into her life and her into his.
Before the beautiful bride walked down the aisle, cameras followed their every move as they pieced the big day together. Determined to pack a lot in to one weekend in Los Angeles, Molly and Jason met with Neil Lane to find wedding bands that best represented their relationship. Molly said, "For me, the wedding band symbolizes forever. It's my future with Jason."
They indulged their sweet tooth, enjoying a sample of red velvet wedding cake. While registering at Macy's, Jason even zapped Molly, saying he wanted to register for one of her. The two parted ways when it came time for dress and suit shopping. Molly bonded with her mom and sister at the Monique Lhuillier boutique. It was an intimate father-son moment for Jason and his pop at Kenneth Cole.
Friends gathered in Sin City to live it up Vegas style for a joint bachelor and bachelorette blow out weekend. While the gals enjoyed a spa day at the Bellagio, the guys hit up the casino. The ladies learned some erotic dance moves in their hotel suite and partied VIP at a one of the top clubs on the Strip. In front of the famous fountains at the resort, Molly and Jason reunited for a romantic moment.
Following a wine filled rehearsal dinner and embarrassing roasts from family members, it was time for the bride and groom to go their separate ways for the night. In the bridal suite, Molly and her bridal party got pampered with A-list treatment. Celebrity hairstylist Ken Paves (Eva Longoria) worked on her locks, while Mally Roncal (Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, and Rihanna) made her face glisten.
Molly's "something blue" was a special note from Jason attached to her bouquet that read: "Babe, our forever starts now. I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you. You truly are stargazing and amazing." She returned the sentiment, writing to him: "From the moment I met you through to today and for the rest of my life, you will always give me butterflies."
There were two slight hitches encountered in getting hitched. The weather did not cooperate, leading to a downpour as they exchanged vows. However, it did set the stage for a beautiful backdrop with a rainbow arched over the Pacific Ocean. Additionally, paparazzi were trying to peep on the affair, causing security to step in and forcefully escort them off the premises. Molly did not turn into a bridezilla, keeping her cool amidst the stressors.
To the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," played by "American Idol"'s Jason Castro, Molly was walked down the aisle by her doting father. The couple recited heartfelt poems to one another before white doves were released into the sky. They each put their heart and soul out there by exchanging personalized vows they wrote themselves. Molly's uncle, the officiate, then pronounced them husband and wife. The Mrs. And Mrs. danced down the aisle in the rain to the reception, where "Bachelor" host Chris Harrison surprised them with a performance by Gavin DeGraw for their first dance as husband and wife. Jason was also glad to have Ty there to witness the wedding, but he and his ex-wife agreed to keep cameras away from him.
The newly minted Mesnick's are not the only couple to have found love on the show. The first "Bachelorette," Trista, married Ryan Sutter six years ago and are now parents to two young children. "All of my dreams have come true. I have lived a fairy tale," she said. Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski, from "Bachelorette"'s fifth season, remain engaged and are planning their wedding, yet they have yet to commit to a venue and date. She said, "It's so crazy to think how stable out relationship is now that it came from something so out of control."
Season 7 of "The Bachelor" brought together Charlie O'Connell and Sarah Brice. They broke up for one year after dating for two and a half, but have since reunited and are going strong. Deanna Pappas has been dating Stephen Stagliano for the past six months. Ironically, his twin brother Michael competed for Jillian's heart on the hit ABC reality show.
All of these "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" couples, plus Richard Mathy and Jesse Csincsak from "Bachelorette"'s fourth season and "Bachelor" season 13's Nikki Kaapke and Stephanie Hogan were on the guest list for the nuptials. Melissa Rycroft and hubby Tye Strickland did not attend.
With the exchange of vows, this marks the first time a "Bachelor" couple has become husband and wife. Trista and Ryan are the first and only "Bachelorette" couple to make it down the aisle so far. Some other weddings are on the horizon though, including the union of Jake and Vienna. Cameras caught up with the newly engaged couple to check in. Jake said, "There is no doubt in my mind that Vianna and I will be married."
Related stories: Former 'Bachelor' Jason Mesnick & Molly Malaney Tie the Knot! A 'Bachelor' Wedding in the Works


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'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for February 13th, 2013
by Paul W. Thompson
Overheard last weekend under the showtune
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And so the Grammys happened! In case you were under a rock on Sunday night, you may be aware that the National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences presented their annual bash in Los Angeles, and that hours before Mumford And Sons and Kelly Clarkson et al. took to the stage, the winner of the Best Musical Theater Album was announced. Yes, it was "Once," the 2012 Tony Award winner for the Best Musical on Broadway, based on the successful indie film of the same name. The reigning Tony winner wins the Grammy about half the time (as did "The Book Of Mormon" last year). But the two prior years did not see "Memphis" or "Billy Elliot" take home the Grammy. They weren't even nominated, and "American Idiot" and the Broadway revival of "West Side Story" took the recording trophy. This year, the recordings of the Broadway revivals of "Porgy And Bess" and "Follies" were thought by many to have a shot, but the funky Irish vibe and quirky non-love story with the onstage instrumentalists won instead. What say ye, oh Mosh Pit peeps?
Complete List of GRAMMY Winners
Which brings us to the Oscars, those film awards given by that other Los Angeles-based Academy, which will be handed out on February 24, 2013. Is Anne Hathaway a lock for Best Supporting Actress (is that what it's officially called?) for her performance as Fantine in "Les Miserables" (the role that none other than Patti LuPone created in London, winning an Olivier Award for it)? Will the film account for any other Oscar wins? Will we really be able to buy it on DVD next month? Has it really passed "Grease" and "Mamma Mia!" and become the highest grossing screen musical of all time? Does that count for the change in ticket prices since "The Sound Of Music?" Don't you wish I'd stop saying everything in the form of a question? May I have Musical Theater for $100, Alex? Ok, next topic!
Neatly tying all this together (video viewing habits, television broadcasts, cast recordings, DVD releases, award winners and the like) is a discussion herein of "Smash," the NBC drama set in the backstage world of the creation of a new Broadway musical or two. At the Grammys this Sunday, the show's breakout song, "Let Me Be Your Star" was nominated for Best Song Written For Visual Media, but did not win. Last Tuesday night was the big second season premiere of the show, and a lot of you folks watched it! Unfortunately, not a lot of the rest of the country did, apparently. Let's hope that the ratings improve, or at least stabilize, or a lot of work by a lot of Broadway industry folks won't see the light of day. Well, let's stay positive!
And in between Tuesday night viewings of new episodes, I believe that last season is out on DVD, and that the recording of "Bombshell," the Marilyn Monroe musical that the show's characters have been working on, was released this week on CD! Now, this presents a quandary. Exactly what it is again? It's the songs from a musical that has never been staged, but was conceived and written so that the script writers of "Smash" would have songs and dialogue and dances to give to the show's characters. And now that show has a recording, made by the cast of "Smash," singing as their characters' characters. The materials I've seen are calling it a "soundtrack." But isn't it more accurately a "studio cast recording?" (Or at least a "concept recording.") I mean, it's culled (in whole or in part) from recordings made for a TV show, even though I don't think all of every song has been or will be broadcast. So, it is one of the soundtrack recordings of music from "Smash," but I prefer to think that it's a recording of "Bombshell" made in a recording studio, by performers who are not actually staging "Bombshell" in a theater someplace. I mean, it IS a show, right? That's what we've always been told. And there is a very detailed plot synopsis. To me, that makes this a studio cast recording of a new Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman musical. Will it be eligible for next year's Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album? Or am I reaching? What say ye, Mosh Pit peeps?
And speaking of television, last Tuesday night was not only the season premiere of "Smash," but it was the second night of "Elvis Week" on "The David Letterman Show" on CBS (which is filmed in New York's Ed Sullivan Theatre, as most of you know). And on Tuesday, two cast members of Chicago's very own musical "Million Dollar Quartet" appeared on Dave's show! Brandon Bennett appeared in his role as Elvis Presley, performing "Hound Dog," and Lance Lipinsky, Jerry Lee Lewis in the production, appeared to accompany Bennett with his band, "Lance Lipinsky And The Lovers." What a great coup for the show, now in its fifth year at the Apollo Theater and selling tickets through April 28, 2013! Congratulations to producer Gigi Pritzker and the whole hardworking company.
Last Thursday, we got an inkling of how well tickets may be selling for the Lyric Opera Of Chicago production of "Oklahoma!," the non-season add-on to the season of traditional operas at the venerable and enormous Civic Opera House on Wacker Drive. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, which will run for two and a half weeks in May of this year (starring John Cudia and Ashley Brown as Curly and Laurey, featuring the original Broadway choreography and directed by Gary Griffin), will be only the beginning of the collaboration between Lyric and the Rodgers And Hammerstein Organization. For you see, it was announced by both organizations that each spring, from 2013 through 2017, one of the team's "Big Five" musicals will be presented at Lyric. Which is fantastic, depending on how you look at it. I mean, it's better than if they weren't presenting them in this way at all, right? The only thing that strikes me as odd is that they aren't being presented in the order in which they were written. In 2013 we have "Oklahoma!" Fair enough, as it was the first show they wrote together, 70 years ago. But in 2014 we will have their last collaboration, "The Sound Of Music." Hmm. Of course, that will be the 55th anniversary. In 2015 will come "Carousel," in its 70th anniversary year, in 2016, "The King And I," in its 65th year, and then in 2017, "South Pacific," in its 68th year. Well, that's not the pattern, then, is it? Ah, well. It's their "American Musical Theater Initiative." Fine. Though I think a strict historical presenation (O, C, SP, TKAI and TSOM, respectively) would have seemed all scholarly and neat. I can dream, can't I? But seriously, this is cool. Don't get this wrong, Lyric!
To some observers, the only songwriting team of the Golden Age which rivals R and H is the team of L and L, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, though as time goes by the comparisons seem less obvious, at least to me. But we learned two weeks ago that their second collaboration and first hit, "Brigadoon," will receive a major and highly visible production in Chicago during the summer of 2014, courtesy of the Goodman Theatre and its first production directed by Rachel Rockwell. The Lerner and Loewe estates are (depending on which quote you read) either allowing or encouraging some sort of tweaking, rewriting or updating of the material, which has some operetta and film aspects in addition to its "mid-century musical play" characteristics. Rockwell has been a busy director hereabouts of late, and apparently is scheduling pretty far in advance, as well she should. Her "The Music Man" just closed at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, and she's got "Oliver!" coming up in April at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace. This "Brigadoon" should prove highly visible and quite interesting.
But that's all about Rockwell in recent press releases! Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier announced last week that Rockwell will stage a 75-minute version of the musical "Shrek" this summer, to run July 13-September 1 in the CST Courtyard Theater. You'll remember that Rockwell helmed a similar "Beauty And The Beast" there last summer, the production which won the 2012 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award for Best Theater Production For Young Audiences. I'm not sure who's trimming the full-length show to fit this running time, or whether it has been done in this way before, but it sounds like a box office winner to me.
Two of our more prominent college theater programs are presenting mid-winter musicals right now. The Theatre And Interpretation Center of the Northwestern University School Of Communication is presenting Adler and Ross' "The Pajama Game" from February 15-March 3 at the Ethel M. Barber Theater on the Evanston campus. A couple of guys with a lot of professional credits (Peter Marston Sullivan and Ryan T. Nelson) are directing and musical directing, respectively. I wonder if tickets are seven and a half cents...?
Northwestern's THE PAJAMA GAME
And at the Getz Theatre on 11th Street in the South Loop, Columbia College Chicago's School Of Fine And Performing Arts is presenting "Victor/Victoria" from today, February 13th, through the 23rd, directed by Ashton Byrum (coordinator of the school's musical theatre program, part of the Theatre Department) and musical directed by Joe Cerqua. The performance on Saturday the 16th at 7:00 pm is a benefit for Columbia's Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship, named for the co-writer of "Grease."
But before you make your weekend plans, I have to tell you about another one-night event, this one in Lincolnshire, just up Milwaukee Avenue in Lake County. In the newish nightspot, Viper Alley, the dynamic duo of Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway will be appearing in concert on Saturday the 16th, at 6:30 pm. Born in Chicago (their father was the late broadcaster John Callaway) both Ann and Liz were nominated for Tony Awards for their work on Broadway (in "Swing!" and "Baby," respectively), have recorded extensively, and perform together and separately all over the world. They are best known, respectively, for singing the theme song from "The Nanny" and "The Story Goes On" from "Baby." If you can be up that way, I bet this will be pretty special. Tell them you read about it in the Mosh Pit!
So that's what's on the horizon, you guys, both far and near. Snuggle up with some showtune videos if you like, or head out to a live performance venue and catch some flesh and blood people doing what you love. Either one's ok by me, and probably a good balance is the way to go, right? Everything in moderation. Aw, who am I kidding? We all love theaters. Get thee to one! And I know I'll see you soon, under the video screens.....-PWT
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Collection and Storage of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells for Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
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This study will determine the best ways to collect, process and store umbilical cord blood from babies with sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait and unaffected babies. Sickle cell disease is an abnormality of the hemoglobin in red blood cells that causes the cells to change shape and clump together, preventing their normal flow in the bloodstream. This impairs blood flow to various organs, and the resulting oxygen deprivation causes organ damage.
Cord blood is rich in stem cells (cells produced in the bone marrow that mature to different types of blood cells), which may prove useful in new sickle cell therapies. However, cord blood from babies with sickle cell trait, sickle cell disease and normal babies may act differently under laboratory conditions, so it is important to learn how best to work with blood from all three groups of babies for future use in possible treatments.
Pregnant women between 18 and 45 years of age who are at risk of having an infant with sickle cell disease and normal volunteers who are pregnant and not at risk for this disease may be eligible for this study. Potential participants will be counseled about donating her infant s blood in order to make an informed choice.
All women who participate in the study will provide a medical history and have blood collected from the umbilical cord and placenta (afterbirth) after the baby s delivery. The blood will be tested for various infectious diseases, processed, frozen and stored for research purposes. In addition, blood from women with babies at risk for sickle cell disease will be tested for the presence of the sickle cell gene, tissue typed, and used for research as follows:
- Sickle cell disease If cord blood tests show the baby has sickle cell disease, the blood will be frozen for an indefinite period of time for possible use in future treatment of the child. This treatment could include stem cell transplantation or gene therapy, treatments are not currently considered routine for sickle cell disease.
- Sickle cell trait or normal hemoglobin If cord blood tests show the baby has sickle cell trait or is unaffected, the blood will be processed and stored for up to 3 years, during which time it may possibly be used to treat a currently living or future sibling with sickle cell disease. After 3 years, the participant may agree to either have the blood discarded, given to research or moved to another facility for continued storage at the participant s expense, if there is a storage fee. Alternatively, if there is no anticipated future need for the collected blood, or if it does not meet standards needed for future treatment, it will be used in NIH-approved research studies.
Participants and their family doctor or the baby s pediatrician will be contacted twice a year for information about changes in the baby s health. Participants may also be asked permission to perform new tests developed by researchers.
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|Observational Model: Cohort
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|Collection and Storage of Umbilical Cord Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy
- To procure umbilical cord blood (UCB) from newborns at risk for sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait, and related disorders as well as normal newborns, as controls [ Time Frame: End of study ]
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Pregnant women who are at risk of having an infant with sickle cell anemia (HbSS), as well as woman who are not at risk and wish to serve as control subjects, will be identified and referred by their health care providers or will be self-referred.
Maternal subjects must be between 18 and 45 years old, may be in their first or subsequent pregnancy, and must be able to provide informed consent.
The maternal subject will not be eligible for study if she is known to be positive for one or more of the following diseases transmissible by blood: HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HTLV; is unable to give informed consent; or is known to have a fetus with a significant congenital anomaly.
Subjects may be excluded at the time of delivery if the attending physician or collection staff, due to unanticipated obstetrical complications, deems cord blood collection inadvisable.
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Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) ):
Stem Cells
Sickle Cell Disease
Umbilical Cord Blood
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Anemia, Sickle Cell
Sickle Cell Trait
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital
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Hematologic Diseases
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Updated Monday, Feb. 18 at 3 pm: Adds information about Amazon's premium support services.NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Later today I plan to be part of a cloudchat with IBM ( IBM) on the topic of "cloud customer service." This is an oxymoron. IBM thinks the lack of customer service is restricting the growth of cloud applications. It is mistaken. What's happening in the market is simpler. Price sells cloud. Amazon.com ( AMZN) has been dominating the public cloud market by pushing prices as close to its costs as possible. Other vendors have been forced to follow, and buyers of cloud services have come to see cloud technology as dirt cheap. But in making its service as cheap as possible, Amazon has been forced to make its cloud "self-service." You buy it online, you figure out how to use it for yourself. Amazon does offer premium support , which includes telephone support and direct contact with its engineers. Prices are based on monthly minimums or a percentage of your monthly bill, whichever is greater. This starts at $100/month, on services that cost just pennies an hour. Some of Amazon's biggest customers, such as Netflix ( NFLX), are now offering open-source tools to make using Amazon easier, Gigaom writes. Netflix is doing this because it's happy with Amazon's self-service, but would like the help of other programmers in making it better. Judging by the crowd at its Feb. 6 meet-up on cloud tools, which Gigaom covered, it has a receptive audience. There's no altruism here. In addition to using the open-source process to make its use of Amazon better, Netflix is using the same process to seek alternatives to Amazon. But it's not finding many -- not near Amazon's price. Amazon's aggressiveness is creating casualties. Rackspace ( RAX), the high-flying cloud host that was the original sponsor of OpenStack, the open source cloud system, fell hard this week as its growth slowed. Amazon's competitors in the public cloud aren't gaining traction because Amazon's prices are just so good. How good? Start with using Amazon services for 750 hours free. You can't beat free. The aim of Amazon's pricing, of course, is to push customers toward reserving the service, paying for it in advance. The highest price I could find on its reserved price list, eight extra-large high-storage systems, cost under $17,000 to reserve for up to three years, and just 76 cents/hour to use. Seventy-six cents an hour.
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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
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Arrow of Ill Omen, Arrow of Warning, Bracers of Archery, Inevitable Shot, Songbow of Vanishment, Warding Arrow
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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 (everyone is already familiar with map)
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)
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The cleric leaves the tavern motioning the others to follow. He leads the heros down the street to a small cafe. The owner obviously knows the cleric as he greets him a firm handshake. The usual place master Navio? The cleric responses. No my friend. May we have access to the back room as we have important business to discuss. Certainly old friend. With that, the party is ushered to the back room, which contains a large table with enough chairs for everyone. The cleric waits for everyone to have a seat before he speaks. A servant brings flasks of ale, wine and water, leaving them on the table for all to drink. Glasses are placed in front every everyone. The servant then leaves.
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I can judge this again.
Also dimsdale is this adventure part of the notes you sent in with the last adventure?(I was not a judge back then so I wold have to do some digging to find them) If not can you please send the judges your adventure notes when you have the chance?
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OOC: Halleck checking in
Halleck sits at the table, the orb shield laid out on the table in front of him.
Note to other Players: Bravura
Halleck has the Bravura Presence:
When an ally who can see you spends an action point to take an extra action and uses the action to make an attack, the ally can choose to take advantage of this feature before the attack roll. If the ally chooses to do so and the attack hits, the ally can either make a basic attack or take a move action after the attack as a free action. If the attack misses, the ally grants combat advantage to all enemies until the end of his or her next turn.
Melee characters might also want to save their AP until I hit with Withering Courage, so they can double dip on the +5 damage bonus.
Note to other Players: If you miss on something REALLY important
Halleck has daily power Unintended Feint:
If you miss an attack, and you are within five squares of Halleck, you can use my daily power to reroll the attack with CA.
But, since it's a daily, please use wisely. Also, please throw up a big OOC message so I don't miss the fact that you used it.
Action Block, Mini-Stats
Action Block
Minor: N/A
Move: Shift to U12 (+1 to AC / Ref)
Standard: Vicious Mockery
- Target1: Abomination
- Attack1: 1d20+13=26 vs Will
- Damage: 1d6+7=11 psychic damage
- Effect: target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn
ignoreBrash Assault
- Target: Dwarf
- Attack: 1d20+15=16 +2(CA)=18 Miss
- Damage: 1d8+8=0
- Effect: Against the target of this exploit, you gain a bonus to defenses equal to your Charisma modifier (+5) until the start of your next turn (due to Feat). The target can make a melee basic attack against you as a free action and has combat advantage for the attack. If the target makes this attack, an ally of your choice within 5 squares of the target can make a basic attack against the target as a free action and has combat advantage for the attack.
- Dwarf MBA on Halleck: 1d20+16=35 hit for 1d12+8=16
- Skalisss MBA: 1d20+16=24 +2CA=26 hits for 1d8+12=13+5 from Heric Effort = 18
Halleck Stat blockViscount Ambrose Halleck - Male Half-Elf Hybrid Warlord/Bard 10
Initiative: +5, Passive Perception: 17, Passive Insight: 19
AC: 27, Fort: 22, Reflex: 19, Will: 24 -- Speed: 5 (-1 Pen from armor)
HP: 70/70, THP: 0/14 Bloodied: 35, Surge Value: 17, Surges left: 9/9
Action Points: 0/1, Second Wind: not used
Common, Elven, Goblin
Basic Attacks:
Basic Melee Attack: +15 vs AC - Harmonic Spellblade Longsword 1d8+8 (+2 shield)
Ranged Basic Attack: N/A
On Shift: +1 to AC/REF
On Second Wind: If bloodied, you can spend 2 healing surges
Superior Fortitude Feat: resist 3 to ongoing damage
Superior Will Feat: If dazed or stunned, you make a saving throw at the start of your turn to end the effect, even if it does not normally end with a saving through (IE, TENT)
Orb Shield Powers:
+2 to damage
+2 resist all
+2 to all saving throws
+1 to AC
At-Will: Brash Assault, Vicious Mockery, Cloak of the Walking Wounded Second Wind, Boot of the Fencing Master shift,
Encounter: Righteous Brand, Inspiring Word, Majestic Word, Shout of Triumph, Diabolic Stratagem, Withering Courage, Divine Challenge, Battlefront Shift, Boots of the Fencing Master Enc, Benefactor Armor Enc, Recoil Shield Knockdown Immediate Reaction
Daily: Stirring Shout, Stand the Fallen, Heroic Effort, Song of Discord, Canon of Avoidance, Unintended Feint, Harmonic Spellblade Boon, Benefactor Armor Daily,
Harmonic Spellblade Longsword +1
Acrobatics +4, Arcana +5, Athletics +12, Bluff +11, Diplomacy +19, Dungeoneering +7, Endurance +11, Heal +11, History +5, Insight +9, Intimidate +15, Nature +7, Perception +7, Religion +5, Stealth +4, Streetwise +11, Thievery +4
Halleck's LogMark of Trogdor
1. Thorkelson, a bald, tattooed man, entered the hangman's tavern and recruits Halleck and Vimak for a job. Thorkelson, needed some protection at the docks, but apparently had some sinister other motive, since he used drinks from the bar to drug Halleck and Vimak.
2. Wake up in the middle of a fight, being helped by strangers. Give the bandits a beating,
3. Get approached by the bandit leaders, who have two girls that look exactly like that one we want. The real girl is revealed, and natural, a fight breaks out. After we smash the goons, their leader, Hank the Tank comes out. And, eventually, Hank gets killed.
4. Get the real mission: deliver Lerrick to brother Buchta, so he can remove the mark of Trogdor from her forehead. The mark is in indicator to all that Lerrick has been chosen to be sacrificed to the dragon Bosch. Your quest as of now is to provide safe passage for Lerrick to brother Buchta so that he can perform the ritual. This includes taking her to the portal, traveling thought it, and then taking her from the portal to brother Buchta's place of residence.
5. Delivered Lerrick, performed the ritual, saved the day. However, discovered an evil dragon named Bosch who wears a necklace which makes him a juggernaut. Halleck carries a shield which should counter this effect. Adventurers now must stop the dragon.
Trogdor 1.51. Wait at Tavern.
2. Fight in tavern vs statues.
3. Kick Statue butt.
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Vimak Stonecarver, Goliath Runepriest 9
Vimak leaves the tavern with his companions and the cleric. At the cafe, he takes a seat next to Halleck.
sheet is ready, but not approved
Mini stat block
Vimak Stonecarver
Perception: 16 Insight: 21 Normal Vision
AC 25 Fortitude 21 Reflex 19 Will 21
Initiative: +6
Hit Points: 70 / 70 Bloodied: 35
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Resist: -
Saving Throw:
Action Points: 1 Second Wind: 1
Milestones: 0.5
Healing Surge:17 Surges per day: 10 / 11
At-Will Powers: Word of Diminishment, Word of Binding
Encounter Powers: Rune of Mending 2/2, Stone's Endurance, Walk it Off, Flames of Purity, Symbol of Wrath Reversed, Word of Befuddlement
Daily Powers: Rune of Endless Fire, Shield of Sacrifice, Cage of Light, Rune of Shielding
Non active
WoD (Destruction)
W3 gains vulnerability all 2 (but 5 vs OAs) until next round
- adjacent allies gain +1 to attacks vs enemies adjacent to Vimak (none)
Battle Wrath
Vimak deals 4 extra damage to enemies who hit him in the previous round.
Runestate (Protection)
adjacent allies have resist all 2
Dread Weapon
Critical: +1d6 damage per plus, and the target takes the weapon's enhancement bonus as a penalty to defenses and checks until the end of your next turn.
Power (Daily ✦ Fear): Free Action. Use this power when you hit with this weapon. The target takes the weapon's enhancement bonus as a penalty to defenses and checks until the end of your next turn.
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Nementah follows, looking interestedly at new surroundings. She sits quietly
Initiative +4; Senses Passive Insight 16, Passive Perception 22
HP 61/61, Bloodied 30, Surge Value 15, Surges 11/11
AC 19; Fortitude 19, Reflex 18, Will 19
Speed 6
+1 to hit vs bloodied enemies
Spirits Shield
Protecting Strike
Call Spirit Companion
Spirit of the Tempest
Voyage of the Ancients
Wrath of the Destroyer
Pursuit of the Hunter
Healing spirit
Healing spirit
Speak with spirits
Certain threat
Cleansing Wind of the North
Protective Roots
Winds of Pain and Succor
Spirit of the Keeper
Spirit of the Earth Rerisen
Repulsion Armor daily
Primera - please read
Primera grants to those adjacent:
+1 NADs
+4 to surge value on second wind
+8 to surge value on healing spirit
4thp on healing spirit
Primera can make OA:
Trigger: Enemy leaves a square adjacent to SC without shifting
Attack: +10 vs. Reflex
Hit: 4 damage
Effect: One ally within 5 squares of SC regains 4hp
Primera CANNOT flank, grant CA, cover
Primera cannot be targeted or damaged by area attacks
If she takes 14hp in single melee or ranged attack she dissapears and Nementah takes 8damage (can be reduced by DR)
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Rocco joins the priest at the table, sitting directly across.
Rocco Stats
STATUS: +1 AC & Ref TENT
Initiative +6; Senses Passive Insight 19, Passive Perception 24
HP 80/80, Bloodied 40, Surge Value 20+1, Surges 12/12
AC 24; Fortitude 22, Reflex 20, Will 21
Speed 5
MBA: +14/1d8.minroll(2)+10
CC: +17/1d8.minroll(2)+13
OA: +17/1d8.minroll(2)+10
Dual Strike
Brash Strike
Combat Challenge
Combat Superiority
Pass Forward
Funneling Fury
Sweeping Blow
Kirre's Roar
Second Wind
Echoing Assault
Guardian's Counter
Shadow Step
Villain's Menace
Dancing Defense
Bone Crusher
Foe Maker Hand Axe - daily, standard, everyone within 5 squares are marked by Rocco
Mithral Chainmail - daily, immediate reaction, halve the damage of melee or ranged attack
Foe chaser boots - Daily immediate reaction: Trigger: Marked enemy makes an attack that doesn't include Rocco. Effect: Rocco teleports adjacent to the marked enemy.
Flesh Grinder Gauntlet Axe +2 - Daily free: Trigger: make an attack that attacks AC; Effect: Attack targets Fort and deals extra 1d6 damage
Counterstrike Guards - Daily immediate reaction: Trigger: enemy misses Rocco with melee attack; Effect: Rocco makes MBA vs the enemy
Dual-Threat Gauntlets - Daily minor: flanking with Rocco grants +3 bonus instead of +2 for the encounter
Ghost Mask Ki Focus - Encounter free: attack that targets AC targets Will instead.
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Quan slides into the room late, "Sorry, I... uh, double tracked a couple times to make sure I wasn't followed."
mini-stats"Quan" Thatcher- Male Human Hunter 9
AspectAspect details will go here.
Initiative: +9, Passive perception: 22, Passive Insight: 17
AC: 22, For: 19, Ref: 23, Will: 22
HP: 65/65, Bloodied: 32, Surge value: 16, Surges/day: 7/7
Speed: 6 squares, Languages: Allarian, Goblin
AP: 1, Second Wind: unused
Powers: Aimed Shot, Clever Shot, Rapid Shot
Disruptive Shot, Disruptive Shot, Reactive Shift, Takedown Strike, Assassin's Shroud 1 2
Healing LoreEntangling Roots
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@JRYoung Skalisss? Are you ready?
@johnmeier1 Raijin? Are you ready?
OOC: I'd like to get this going. I'll wait a day or two. I understand when RL sets in. Soooooo, I have set up a couple options. Let me know what you want to do everyone. Regardless, we will start by Tuesday, one way or another.
Option 1: The five who have answered the roll call can go forth with the adventure.
Option 2: You can recruit one or two from the vast pool of adventurers at the tavern
Option 3: You can go forth and if Skalisss and/or Raijin show up they can be inserted into the adventure whenever they can come.
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OOC: I vote for Option 3. Five is enough to get an adventure started an I would like to give the others a chance to return.
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I concur. We continue without them...and hope their ring-powers won't be deciding factor...
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KRISPY KREME + HAMBURGER. Calories don't count when you are on vacation ;-)
Have you ever had a Krispy Kreme Doughnut Burger? Would you ever try it? Is your mouth watering just THINKING about it? Mine is.
nope, never tried it...and nope, my mouth isn't watering! :) to me...that's just as bad as pineapple on pizza! haha!! but glad YOU liked it!!
i've never seen that at the fair...been a few years though...maybe it's a kind of new thing...like fried twinkies...fried ice cream (how do they do that, anyway!)
OH, the corn and 'taters look good!!!ReplyDelete
We have a Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop right up the road from my home office. When I drive by in the summer with my windows down you can smell those babies cooking and it fills the air with sweet smells! I think you take in a few calories just sniffing them. I never thought to use them as a burger bun however, I think I'm going to give it a try and I'll let you know how it goes.
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I love KK's! But with a hamburger? No, not so much....ReplyDelete
Not a chance.
I've seen them at some places up here and fairs. For the past couple of years or so, I think they've really grown.
There was a place in my area that did it even bigger. Glazed doughnut. Bacon cheeseburger. Mayo. And all the works.
I have no interest in combining the two. And I don't even want to think about the calories/fat etc., whether I'm on vacation or not!
Noo...I love donuts but cannot imagine eating that. Was it actually good?!ReplyDelete


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The first thing to do is launch Family Tree Explorer, then select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and give your family tree a name. Then you either upload your GEDCOM or create person and family pages one at a time. To upload your GEDCOM, select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and then click on Import and choose the GEDCOM file to import. The system will create a editable web page for each person and family in your GEDCOM. To create a page manually, select Add in the Family Tree Explorer menu and click on Add new person; enter the given and surname, and select Add. Then fill in the blanks and save.
The Family Tree Explorer is a Flash application and will need to use some space in your computer to cache the files. That's computer talk for "If you store some ancestor page information on your computer, you will be able to view more pages faster. Otherwise, the system has to fetch each page every time you edit or look at it. This caching is not permanent and only lasts as long as you are at WeRelate each time.
Connect with other genealogists
You should always sign in when you are editing or adding pages. Use the signature button to sign your work (the swiggle, second from the right, above the edit box). That way others with similar interests can find you. If you click on the blue user name on any page, you will go to that person's home page. You can leave a message on his/her discussion page. The discussion page button is in the second level menu bar above.
Great things you can do at WeRelate
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I was playing a casual round today and shanked one into the shule. When I took my stance there was a dead branch hanging. It was behind my lie and not attached to anything it had just fallen from higher and got hung up in some branches on the way down. Without thinking I yanked it down and tossed it to the side because it was in the way of my backswing, throwing forhand. No one said anything but after I made the shot I dawned on me that I probably should have left it there. I have heard a lot of people claim that if it's dead and/or not attached and behind your lie that it's ok to move. So I thought I'd ask people smarter than me.
And since that didn't work I thought I'd ask you guys.


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Fruit, not fries: Lunchroom makeovers nudge kids toward better choices
April 15, 2013
By Kevin Charles Redmond
Gone are the days of serving up tater tots and French toast sticks to students. Here are the days of carrot sticks and quinoa.
New nutritional guidelines announced in 2012 require public school lunchrooms to offer more whole grains, low-fat milk, and fewer starchy sides like french fries. But short of stationing grandmothers in every cafeteria, how do you ensure that students actually eat the fruits and veggies they're being offered?
A minor lunchroom makeover could make a big difference, says Andrew Hanks, a behavioral economist at Cornell University.
In a study published online by The Journal of Pediatrics, Hanks and his colleagues David Just and Brian Wansink, at the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs, demonstrate that small, simple changes in presentation and layout can have a large impact on how — and what — students eat.
Wheel the salad bar into a high-traffic area, for example, and place an attractive fruit basket next to the register. Stock juice popsicles alongside ice cream in the freezer, and have the cafeteria staff gently "up-sell" fruits and vegetables – for example, by asking, "Would you like to try an apple?"
"The whole premise behind this is that, as consumers, we have behavioral biases that lead us to make certain decisions," Hanks tells The Salt. "If a food is more convenient to reach in a lunch line or store, "we'll probably take that over a close substitute. If the cookies are easier to reach than the apple, you're probably going to take the cookie."
Similar product-placement tactics have proved effective at getting grocery store shoppers to buy more produce. And amid rising childhood obesity rates, there's been a surge of interest in recent years in applying lessons from behavioral economics to getting kids to make better choices in the lunchroom.
Hanks spent two weeks in New York junior high schools, observing students' dietary choices before and after what he calls a "smart lunchroom" makeover. The makeover required three hours and cost less than $50.
Standing at the register and near the garbage cans, Hanks counted some 3,700 trays, noting both what students piled on their plates and what they actually consumed. "You've got to get your hands dirty, literally," he says. "Our mantra is, 'It's not nutrition until it's eaten.' "
In a "smart" lunchroom, the authors found, students were 13 percent to 23 percent more likely to take a fruit or vegetable, and 10 percent to 15 percent more likely to eat the whole thing.
"What's important is that kids are taking things of their own volition," Hanks says. "It's going to increase the amount they're actually eating."
This is a tactic behavioral economists call "libertarian paternalism," a term coined in the early aughts by the University of Chicago's Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. Impel students to take boiled spinach by slopping it on their plates, and it'll be scraped straight into the garbage. Encourage them to take the veggie with a subtle nudge — no ultimatum, no "Because I say so" — and chances are they'll actually eat it.
"The idea of libertarian paternalism is that we're not forcing behavior," says Hanks. "We're not restricting choices or making kids have carrots on their trays. We're preserving choice but guiding better behavior."
Nicola Edwards, a dietitian with California Food Policy Advocates, agrees that the real challenge is motivating students to actually eat the healthful food once it's on their plates. Edwards is working on an initiative known as Real Eats for Academics and Life, dedicated to making lunches more appealing in Los Angeles school districts. L.A. students, you might recall, made headlines in 2011 for roundly rejecting revamped lunch menus featuring healthful options like quinoa salads.
"Surveys and interviews with students have told us that when something looks like it's been freshly prepared and not overly packaged, they find it more appealing and are more likely to consume it," she says.
Edwards also discovered that students are more likely to eat a vegetable if it's served as an ingredient in an entrée — rather than as a side — and that young children prefer bite-sized apple slices to whole fruit. Such ideas are now getting trial runs in some L.A. schools.
But, Edwards adds, "We also know that change doesn't happen overnight. Kids aren't going to go from pizza one day to quinoa the next."
To that end, Cornell's Smarter Lunchrooms Movement has pioneered other ways to improve student diet, such as emailing nutrition report cards to mom and dad ("Here's what your child picked today"), or having students "pre-order" lunch.
"When you go into a lunch line, you're hungry," Hanks says. "You have all these smells, these sensory cues — that can lead you to a less healthy choice. But when you're full from breakfast, it's like, 'Hey, I'll pick the grilled chicken instead of five-cheese pizza.' "


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Harvey racks up strong strikeout numbers in spring
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Matt Harvey's spring ended on a high note and, fittingly, with a handful of strikeouts.
In his final Grapefruit League tuneup Friday before his first regular-season start, the Mets right-hander tossed four scoreless innings against the Cardinals, striking out four. He ended the spring with 27 1/3 innings pitched (spanning seven outings) and 33 strikeouts, ranking amongst baseball's best for punchouts during Spring Training.
"I look at it as throwing strikes," Harvey said. "If I can get to two strikes, a strikeout is gonna be good here and there. But I induced two double plays today, and that's definitely a big part and something that's going to help last longer into the game. I'm not all about strikeouts, but obviously they're nice to have, and once you get to an 0-2 count, it's nice to put a guy away."
While strikeouts are a big part of Harvey's game -- he averaged 9.2 per nine innings in the Minors in 2012 and 10.3 in '11 -- he said he's focused on finding more efficient ways to get batters out this spring to preserve his pitch count and go deeper into games.
"It's just being more aggressive," Harvey said. "Not throwing away from bats, it's throwing to the target and throwing to the glove. Looking back on last season, the numbers were there. It's just a matter of getting deeper into the game. If I can continue to put up zeros and go seven, eight innings, then the job's getting done."
And with the recent news that the Mets are likely to be without Johan Santana this season, Harvey realizes that efficiency from all the New York starters could help fill the hole.
"We need all our starting guys to go 200-plus innings," Harvey said. "In order to do that, [you need] 30 starts of at least seven innings. Working on that during the spring is hopefully going to carry over into the season. Seven innings every time -- going out there and getting ground balls and double plays is something that's gonna help that."
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Multi-layer piezo speakers save 40-60% of power consumption compared to a typical micro-speaker
BeStar's new generation multi-layer piezo speakers offer designers of hand held devices an ultra-thin, ultra-light audio component option that will save 40-60% of power consumption as compared to a typical micro-speaker. Main product design targets are mobile phones, flat terminal devices, MID (mobile Internet devices), handheld music players, digital cameras, IC recorders, and other handheld devices.
Design appearance is a simple sound film on piezo film with flat frame construction. However, proprietary materials technology combined with ingenious production techniques result in an eco-friendly product with high mechanical efficiency.
The magnet free design eliminates inhaled free metal particles and EMI issues. The speakers are waterproof, salt mist, and mildew resistant.
Good SPL and flat frequency response is provided while offering a cost advantage to typical micro-speakers available for the same applications. Depending on the model, resonance is as low as 800Hz. Height range is between 1.3-1.7mm and weight ca. 1.6grams. Five sizes are currently available. BeStar is a global manufacturer of audio components including the largest portfolio of micro-speakers and surface mount buzzers/speakers; BeStar is certified ISO13485, ISO/TS16949 and ISO14001. http://www.bestartech.com


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Auto Train customers can check in ticket-free if not already issued paper value tickets. However, if you already received a paper value ticket for your trip, you still need it for check-in. Keep it safe.
From reservation and purchase, to check-in, and planning your return trip, Amtrak has made riding the Auto Train as easy as 1, 2, 3.
You have four ways to make a reservation for the Auto Train.
Depending on what you have at hand from your reservation, your check-in process varies.
With or without a paper value ticket, you can easily make travel changes at the ticket counter.
If you come without a paper value ticket, you leave without it as well. Just arrive at the Auto Train station and check in with your reservation confirmation document and government-issued ID.
For the first part of your round-trip, if you use a paper value ticket to check in, you are also required to check in with your paper value ticket for your return trip.
Remember: Paper value tickets have value so make sure you keep them safe.
If you reserve and pay for your trip in advance (online at Amtrak.com or by calling 1-877-SKIP-I-95) you will not need a traditional paper ticket for your trip. You can check in at an Auto Train station ticket counter by presenting your reservation confirmation (printed from the Amtrak web site or your confirmation e-mail) and government-issued ID.
If you have already been issued paper tickets, then you need to present them at check-in. Remember to keep your paper tickets safe. They have value. A paper ticket will also be required under certain circumstances. For example, if…
In such instances, our current technology will produce paper tickets, including those for your return trip if there is one. Please safeguard return tickets as they have value.
No. The Auto Train staff will know if you've paid in advance for your trip. After checking in your car, go to the ticket counter. An Auto Train station agent will give you your seat or room assignment and will set up your dinner reservation.
We prefer that you have a reservation confirmation document printed from the Amtrak web site or your confirmation e-mail because it enables the Auto Train staff to serve you better. However, you can still check in without one. Give your reservation number or your name and a government-issued ID to a ticket agent.
If you have not yet paid, present your vehicle at the greeter's booth, where you will be told to do the following:
Paying at the ticket office will produce paper tickets, including those for your return trip if there is one. Be certain not to lose or forget them, because they have value and you will need them to check in when you return.
No. You will check in for your departure without paper tickets, and the record of your return trip will be stored electronically until you check in on your return trip date - also without paper tickets. Nothing to lose or forget.
Yes. You will need your tickets in order to check in. Do not lose or forget these paper tickets, because they have value. Please keep them safe.
Paper tickets have value. You will need to repurchase those tickets at the ticket counter. If you recover the original paper tickets, you can submit them and the receipts from the repurchased tickets for a refund of the original tickets. If they have been lost entirely, Amtrak's lost ticket policy applies, and you need to call 1-877-SKIP-I-95 as soon as possible.
Your printed reservation confirmation (from the Amtrak web site or your confirmation e-mail) is assurance that you have a reservation. If you have paid for your trip, that will be shown on that page also. Because paper tickets have value, we strongly recommend that you do not obtain them in advance. If you lose or forget them, you will have to repurchase tickets. With ticketless check-in, you have nothing to lose or forget.
You will not need to bring paper tickets with you, but they will be issued to you when you check in. If you have a return trip, the paper tickets will be issued for that future trip also. Be certain not to lose or forget them, because they have value and you will need them to check in when you return. Your paper tickets will reflect your Amtrak Guest Rewards redemption.
If you booked and paid at a travel agency or corporate travel office, and