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"John Key was forced today to effectively rule out any further threats of legislating against the final Commission decision expected at the end of the year due to lack of support from coalition partners, a concerted push from the tech industry and a consumer backlash.
"This is good news for an industry which has been riddled with uncertainty created by a stream of threats, intimidation of a regulatory body, the likelihood of households paying too much for broadband and a Prime Minister intent on propping up the profits of its corporate mate Chorus.
"John Key, Amy Adams and Steven Joyce have all contributed to one of the major botch-ups of the National Government.
"It will be up to an incoming Labour Government to get the critical broadband infrastructure programme back on track and deliver an economic upgrade in ICT.
"ICT today plays a role similar to the railway in the 19th century. It is the infrastructure that opens up new markets and new supply chains. We will be left behind if this Government keeps stuffing it up," says Clare Curran.


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In the Sewage Pipeline
Illustration by Bob AulA bill by don't-call-me-an-environmentalist Assemblyman Ken Maddox (R-Garden Grove) is shaping up as Orange County's best chance to clean up the 240 million gallons of sewage it flushes into the local ocean every day. But to become law, Assembly Bill 1969 still must clear what may be its biggest hurdle: getting the signature of doesn't-stand-for-much-of-anything Democrat Governor Gray Davis.
"The governor has not taken a position on the bill," Davis spokesman Russ Lopez told the Weekly after Maddox's bill—which has already sailed through the Assembly—passed the Senate's Environmental Quality Committee by a 5-1 vote.
That's probably not as neutral as it sounds.
In April, two officials of Davis' administration blasted the California Coastal Commission for opposing San Diego's application for a waiver to the federal Clean Water Act of 1972—the same waiver that OC uses to avoid full treatment of its sewage.
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In a strongly worded letter, California Resources Secretary Mary Nichols and Environmental Protection Secretary Winston Hickox told Coastal Commission members that their action was "clearly beyond the scope of the commission's authority and without any legal basis."
Beyond relaying Davis' "no position" position on Maddox's bill, Lopez went on to send an ominous signal, pointing the Weeklytoward a recent vote by the State Water Resources Control Board that opposed AB 1969. Said Lopez, "The water board is against it."
The water board couched its opposition to Maddox's bill on a matter of procedure. AB 1969 would prohibit the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) from re-applying for its waiver to the Clean Water Act. That waiver permits OCSD to dump substandard sewage into the ocean through a pipe that extends 4.2 miles off the coast between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. The OCSD will take a preliminary vote on the matter July 17, but Maddox's bill could make the decision for them.
The water board doesn't like cutting through the bureaucracy like that, which is the gist of the blah-blah-blah in this June 10 letter to Maddox: "Our opposition to your bill is based on our view that the determination of the appropriate level of treatment for OCSD, or for any of the hundreds of other wastewater-treatment facilities in California, is best left to the regulatory review of regional boards and/or the United States Environmental Protection Agency, rather than established by a specific treatment standard in state statute."
"See, that's just a turf battle," says Maddox. "They didn't have anything new to add—they're just in that food chain, and they're sensitive to the fact that I'm superceding the ability of that loop to make their calls."
Despite the opposition, Maddox remains exuberant about the progress of AB 1969, which next heads to the Appropriations Committee. He intends to approach Senate Republican leader Ross Johnson (R-Newport Beach) about introducing the bill on the floor, but Johnson's cooperation is not essential. "I want to show Senator Johnson the respect he deserves," says Maddox, "but if he declines, I may turn to my own state senator." That would be Joe Dunn (D- Santa Ana).
If approved by the Senate, Maddox's legislation could be on the governor's desk by mid-summer. The assemblyman remains optimistic about its fate there, too.
"I haven't had a conversation with the governor's staff, but I fully expect him to sign it," Maddox says blithely. "For him, it would be good policy—and good politics."
Maddox realizes the bill will get to Davis about the time the race for governor heats up. Davis' constituency has traditionally included environmentalists.
"He's going to be very concerned about making sure his base turns out to vote," said Maddox confidently. "I don't expect him to poke his finger in the eye of the environmental community."
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Rihanna has said that she would like to collaborate with Britain's Got Talent winner Susan Boyle after hearing that Susan said that she would like to work with the Bajan singer.
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Drawn by the independent business model, Douglas King is leaving a 25-year career at Merrill Lynch in Minnesota to become the Los Angeles-based president of Financial Network Investment Corporation, a Cetera Financial Group company.
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Most recently, King served in a dual role as director of Merrill's Minneapolis & Associates Complex and as Minnesota state president for Bank of America. In the former, he led financial advisors serving clients across Minnesota and North Dakota. In the latter, following Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill, he was responsible for coordinating with Bank of America business leaders in the market to grow revenue, and align local market initiatives to business and corporate social responsibility strategies.
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Assuming no previous knowledge of the game, Grandmaster Paul van der Sterren teaches you how to play and draws you into the fascinating world of modern chess. This carefully crafted chess course is divided into true lessons, each building on what has been learned in the previous ones. Before moving on from a topic, you have the chance to test that you have fully understood it with the help of thoughtfully graded exercises.
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Publisher: Gambit Author: John NunnYear of Publication: 2008 Pages: 240Notation Type: Figurine (FN) Book Description John Nunn is one of the most highly regarded chess writers in the world. He has carefully selected thirty modern games to help the reader understand the most important aspects of chess and to illustrate modern chess principles in action. Virtually every move is explained using words that everyone can understand. Jargon is avoided as far as possible. Almost all the examples are taken from the 1990s and show how key ideas are handled by the grandmasters of today. The emphasis is on general principles that readers will be able to use in their own games, and detailed analysis is only given where it is necessary. Each game contains many lessons, but to guide the reader through the most important ideas in each phase of the game, the thirty games are grouped thematically into those highlighting opening, middlegame and endgame themes. About the Author(s) John Nunn is a grandmaster from England. He has won four individual gold medals and three team silver medals at Chess Olympiads. In the Chess World Cup of 1988/9, he finished sixth overall, ahead of several former World Champions. He is arguably the most highly acclaimed chess writer in the world, with two of his books receiving the prestigious British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award.
Understanding Chess Move by Move
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In this thought-provoking, wide-ranging and often inspiring book, the authors examine how chess style and abilities vary with age. The conventional wisdom is that greater experience should compensate for a loss of youthful energy, but with so many of the world elite currently in their twenties, chess is increasingly looking like a young man's game.
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My System
This volume completes Artur Yusupov's course of chess improvement. The Fundamentals series showed players the basic ideas they should know. The Beyond the Basics series set off on the road to mastery, and now in the Mastery series we have arrived at our final destination. Yusupov guides the reader using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles.
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Starting with the basic mates and the simplest pawn endings, this book provides all the endgame knowledge that players need to take them through to club level and beyond. Müller carefully guides us step-by-step through a fascinating range of endgame tactics and manoeuvres, helping us understand the underlying logic.
Chess Endgames for Kids
The Bad Bishop is a notorious villain in chess, but often a perfectly respectable bishop is falsely accused. The Secret Life of Bad Bishops takes an in-depth look at the bishop – not just dealing with good and bad bishops but also more nuanced cases where a "double-edged bishop" could turn out to be a game-winning hero or a fatal liability. All phases of chess are covered, from opening to middlegame to endgame. The final two chapters test the reader's newly enhanced understanding with carefully chosen exercises and instructive solutions.
The Secret Life of Bad Bishops
Becoming a Grandmaster is the dream of every young chess talent. Thomas Luther achieved this goal despite the added challenge of being born with a disability. Using the experiences and insights gained from his remarkable career, Luther offers an insider's view into the world of grandmaster chess. Readers will enjoy his chatty style, while also benefiting from invaluable advice about what it takes to achieve one's chess goals.
Luther's Chess Reformation
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Chess Champions at their Best
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The Fundamentals
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Steve Giddins is an author acclaimed for his ability to write in down-to-earth style on fundamental chess topics. In this book he answers the questions that really matter to chess-players. His topics include many basic ideas, including some that have rarely been addressed so directly in chess literature, and thus are often misunderstood by club players. Where appropriate, the answers also address highly sophisticated concepts, providing insights gleaned from many years of experience and discussions with players and trainers of the highest level.
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A Leading Grandmaster Applies the "Move by Move" Approach to his Best Games
A collection of John Nunn's best games from 1994 to the present day, annotated in detail in the same style as the best-selling Understanding Chess Move by Move. Throughout, the emphasis is on what the reader can learn from each game, so the book is ideal study material for those seeking to progress to a higher level of chess understanding. There is also entertainment in abundance: Nunn has a direct aggressive style, and many of his opponents in these games are ambitious young grandmasters from the generation inspired by Kasparov's dynamic chess.
Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
Chess Evolution 1 concludes Artur Yusupov's award-winning instructional series. Chess Evolution 1 is at the Fundamentals level, which shows chess players the basic ideas they should know as they set off on the road to mastery. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles.
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Chess analysis is nearly as old as the game itself, with many of the pioneering works by the giants of chess history being devoted to the analysis of positions, openings and endings. Personal computers and powerful chess software are having a profound effect on chess analysis and theory - most grandmasters use them extensively. However, this book does far more than explain methods for computer-assisted analysis. Readers will develop a deeper understanding of the strengths and limitations of the human mind, and a greater understanding of many areas of chess while working through the examples that Robin Smith presents.
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This is not just a book for kids - for 'Dad' read any opponent who beats you regularly! This book teaches the 50 Deadly Checkmates - basic attacking patterns that occur repeatedly in games between players of all standards. Each mating motif is carefully and simply explained, and several illustrative examples are given. A final test enables the reader to grade his pattern recognition abilities, and the last chapter explains what to do if your Dad is Garry Kasparov. Fun, instructive - and guaranteed to improve your game.
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First Published in 1994 by SNK, the game was originally designed to be a dream match of characters from the company's various arcade titles, particularly Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier. The success of the game lead to SNK releasing yearly installments of the series and numbered the games for the year they were released.
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Oh...Pekoms wears a pink suit as well. XD
Color confirmation of A and B (i will use a cleaner version on my fanarts, the colors the anime choose are too dull u_u)
found this on pixiv-made by anecan
I love it but the blades of the swords look strange, idk why
The Undeniable dream is the least expected dream
its probably because it looks jagged. A straighter edge would have been better imo but the color choices are good. Plausable.
That artist makes very cool poster like illustrations of several characters ^u^, i really like the one she made of Buggy, and the poses of VDD´s and Caribou´s
Got bored and decided to try and colour these three..poorly..
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Epic Frapper face is epic
sorry if this sounds rude, i don´t mean it at all, but
what are you guys predicting on these last colorings? chopper´s jacket? the color of the chemical?
if anything, it´d be cooler to see more predictions of CC, Monet, Kinemon, and maybe the satyrs and the kids C:
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What I understand from the cover.. all of Big Mom's crew members wear pink cloths.
In this case, the three eyed girl and the clown with the two faces.
My version of peckomz.
Pekoms is blonde, we saw him on the cover D:
Thats why king haki said that was 'his/her verison' of Pekoms.
I know, but it could be that has yet to see the cover =3 i didn´t mean anything negative, and i´m glad there are new predictions =3
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When it comes time for He Said to make a party mix, you would think he would go for some classic metal or punk rock. But you would be totally wrong. When it's time for single boys and single girls to drink, mingle and start making questionable choices, we can leave the Motorhead and AC/DC for the bedroom. Admittedly, we are suckers for glam-rock at heart. Blame all those Time-Life infomercials and our 2004 obsession with VH-1 Classic. For the final 2009 edition of He Said She Said, we gathered some of our favorite dance-party tracks for your listening and loving pleasure. There really is nothing sexier than a woman who can get down to a song by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music. [Ed. Note: Sheesh... find me a woman who can't.] If she can do us one better and name their seminal keyboardist, then we may very well have a girlfriend on Valentine's Day after all. Gary Glitter, "Do You Want To Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" For a convicted pedophile, Gary Glitter made some pretty righteous jams. We have been trying to preach of the power of this dudes pre-pedo musical output for almost a decade now. You can't fight those drums and that chorus will have you fist-pumping like a champ.
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The Normal, "Warm Leatherette"Any time this is on, we can't help but think of the crowded dance floor at Numbers on a Friday night. Why not replicate that feeling in your garage for your New Year's shindig? Just install a strobe light, hire a guy to dress up like a Goth George Washington and get your friends to piss on the bathroom floor instead of in your toilet. Cocaine sold separately.
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Methods and apparatus are provided for removing emboli during an angioplasty, stenting or surgical procedure comprising a catheter having an occlusion element, an aspiration lumen, and a blood outlet port in communication with the lumen, a guide wire having a balloon, a venous return sheath with a blood inlet port, and tubing that couples the blood outlet port to the blood inlet port. Apparatus is also provided for occluding the external carotid artery to prevent reversal of flow into the internal carotid artery. The pressure differential between the artery and the vein provides reverse flow through the artery, thereby flushing emboli. A blood filter may optionally be included in-line with the tubing to filter emboli from blood reperfused into the patient.
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Good news for fans of portable fighting, because (deep breath) Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R has been confirmed for a western release on PlayStation Vita. The news comes via the official Blazblue Facebook page, which notes that that the game is coming to the west, though there is "still no word" on exactly when that will happen.
We spent a few minutes trying out Accent Core Plus R during TGS 2012, and what we saw compared favorably to the console version, which was released last year.


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Late last month, my first feature for the New Zealand Herald in a while was published: an interview with bestselling suspense author Lisa Gardner.
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Ack, Yrisz is so tanking this battle. She's going to Zephyr this encounter (no hp, no healing surges) if I'm not careful.
So I'll revise her action with the dragonborn's actions in mind.
Move: Stand
Standard: Use her Second Wind
I'll get my story post in tonight as I'm very much running to work right now...
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Acqua Alta - Player of the human priestess Yrisz Vulysenyat.
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
~Mother Teresa
This post complements the forty-ninth main post in the Acqua Alta Finale thread. Players' posts in either thread are due by 11 pm, Tuesday, August 28th. The next OOC main post will appear by 11 pm, Thursday, August 30th.
The party is still in combat. Please continue to take actions with that in mind.
Map: NewField1-11.JPG
Round Eleven Combat Summary
Noxias (Initiative Count 21)
Expended: Action Point (encounter), 3 healing surges, Chill Strike (encounter), Fireburst, Flaming Sphere, Shield (encounter)
Hands Free: none
Held: staff, longsword
Status: bloodied
22 points of damage
Minor Action: invoke his Fireburst Armor. (All creatures that hit Noxias with melee attacks will take fire damage.)
Move Action: head to the southeast corner of the room. (Cost 5; normal - S, 4xE.)
#6's Opportunity Interrupt (trigger - Noxias leaves a threatened square) swing its chain towards Noxias. (Melee Basic Flail vs AC +4 - hits. Noxias is bloodied by 11 points of damage.)
Fireburst Armor (trigger - Noxias is hit by a melee attack) #6 is damaged by a blast of flame from Noxias's robes. (Noxias rolls 3, modified to 4. #6 loses 4 temporary hit points to fire damage.)
Standard Action: cast Scorching Burst. (Area Burst Fire vs. Reflex centered at distance 2 - misses.)
End of Turn: Noxias is no longer protected by the Shield spell.
Please specifically target area-type attacks, lest unintended creatures and objects be caught within the effect.
Konstansz (Initiative Count 18+)
Expended: Starfire, 2 healing surges
Hands Free: one
Held: rod
Status: prone
11 points of damage
4 temporary hit points
Standard Action: cast Eldritch Blast at #6. (Ranged Rod -3 vs. Reflex at distance 6 - rolls 18 modified to 22. Hits - rolls 4 modified to 10. #6 loses the remainder of its temporary hit points and takes 3 points of damage.)
Warlock's Curse (trigger - attack hits cursed enemy) #6 is more vulnerable to Konstansz's spells due to the curse. (Konstansz rolls 6. #6 takes 6 points of additional damage.)
Repeated actions from last round.
Yrisz (Initiative Count 18)
Expended: sun rod, 2 healing potions, Action Point (encounter), Channel Divinity (encounter), Cure Light Wounds, Exacting Utterance (encounter), Healing Word (encounter - none left), Second Wind (encounter), 5 healing surges
Hands Free: one
Held: holy symbol (worn), mace
Status: Second Wind, #4's quarry
13 points of damage
Move Action: stand up. (Yrisz is no longer prone.)
Standard Action: use her Second Wind. (Yrisz spends a healing surge and recovers 9 points of damage. Yrisz is no longer bloodied and gains +2 to all her defenses.)
#5 (Initiative Count 10)
Expended: 6 quarrels
Held: crossbow
Status: cover
Standard Action: shoot at Konstansz. (Ranged Crossbow -2 vs. AC at distance 15 - misses by 3.)
Minor Action: reload.
Rogur (Initiative Count 7)
Expended: 1 potion of healing, 7 crossbow bolts, 26 sling bullets, Action Point (encounter), 1 healing surge, Trickster's Blade (encounter)
Hands Free: none
Held: sling, short sword
Status: non-lethal attacks
4 temporary hit points
Free Action: reload sling.
Minor Action: pick up sword.
Move Action: head to the other side of the door. (Cost 2; Fleeting Ghost - 2xS. Rogur makes a Stealth Check - successful. Rogur is hidden from #6.)
Standard Action: sling with a Sly Flourish at #6. (Ranged Sling vs. AC - hits with a modified roll of 22. Sneak Attack - Rogur concusses #6 with 21 points of damage. Rogur is no longer hidden.)
Fate of the Void (trigger - a cursed enemy is dropped) Konstansz gains the boon of her pact. (Konstansz gains +1 to one roll.)
#6 (Initiative Count 3)
Expended: Dragon Breath, Ignore Pain, Sweeping Cut
Held: spiked chain
Status: unconscious, prone
49 points of damage
No actions.
PC Results Summary
Konstansz has cast Starfire (daily).
Konstansz sees the Fate of the Void.
Konstansz is prone.
Konstansz has spent 2 healing surges.
Konstanz has taken 11 points of damage.
Konstansz has 4 temporary hit points.
Noxias has spent 1 Action Point (none remaining).
Noxias has cast Chill Strike, Fireburst (daily), Flaming Sphere (daily), and Shield.
Noxias has invoked the power of his Fireburst Armor.
Noxias is bloodied.
Noxias has spent 3 healing surges.
Noxias has taken 22 points of damage.
Rogur has expended 1 potion of healing, rope, 7 crossbow bolts and 26 sling bullets.
Rogur has employed Trickster's Blade.
Rogur is using non-lethal attacks.
Rogur has spent 1 healing surge.
Rogur has 4 temporary hit points.
Yrisz has used a sun rod and 2 healing potions.
Yrisz has spent 1 Action Point (none remaining).
Yrisz has cast Channel Divinity, Cure Light Wounds (daily), and Exacting Utterance.
Yrisz has used two Healing Words and her Second Wind.
Yrisz gains +2 to all her defenses.
Yrisz is using non-lethal attacks.
Yrisz is #4's quarry.
Yrisz has spent 5 healing surges.
Yrisz has taken 13 points of damage.
Enemy Negative Effects Summary
#4 is cursed.
#6 is unconscious and prone.
Enemy Damage Summary
#3 - 6 points of damage
#6 - unconscious with 49 points of damage
I'd suggest that Noxias get some healing on. Does Yrisz have any at-will powers that will buff up the effect of his Second Wind? I am reluctant to spend one of her encounter or daily healing powers (if she has any left) since we're still in combat. Unconscious characters typically don't regain consciousness in short order, so I don't think we need to spend time trussing up the dragonborn, although looting him wouldn't be a bad idea, so Rogur will do that. Weapons that he cannot use go out the door into the water.
Cutopia, will Konstanz be joining us in the room? She's probably not going to be able to do much more laying in the boat.
After we take a quick breath, let's proceed upstairs and see what we can see. Umiushi, is my interpretation of the map--that the doorway circled below is on the second floor, not the first--correct?
If so, I'd suggest Rogur stealthily scouts at least 10 spaces ahead, with Yrisz, Noxias and Konstanz bringing up the rear. Thoughts? Assuming something similar to this is acceptable, Rogur will use Fleeting Ghost to move ahead to the stairs. His general plan will be: Move stealthily, stopping at corners to reconnoiter. End each turn in which he does not attack with Total Defense.
Rogur, Round Twelve
Free: None.
Minor: None.
Move: Move to #6
Standard: Quick loot--any non-magical weapons to be thrown into the water, or at least out the door.
Rogur, Round Thirteen
Free: Reload sling
Minor: None
Move: (Fleeting Ghost) Move out the door toward the stairs, pausing at the corner of the hallway and stairs.
Standard: Total Defense
Move to 1S of Rogur's current position. So 2N followed by 1E and then 2S.
Second Wind.
Put sword away.
Ariellana, Noxias, and Yrisz that one time...
Quote:Translation: "Damn girl, you fugly.""It seems to Noxias that the mere act of perceiving her in her decrepitude is enough to draw forth the mortality in his body."
Sorry Palpatim, Yrisz has nothing more to offer in the way of healing really (that I'm aware of).
Which leads me to another point, when are we going to fortify somewhere and take a short rest? I agree that we should probably clear out the building and fortify entrances before we take that rest, but we are pretty low on resources as I see things...Yrisz will of course stay back if Rogur suggests it, as stealth is not one of her virtues really.
I'll think on what Yrisz will do next. Once Konstansz gets in, Yrisz might close the door, and then help Rogur with his search. Do you think we might want to truss the dragon born, I know you thought it might not be need Palpatim, but I would be happier if he was in the case we take a short rest here...just a thought.
Acqua Alta - Player of the human priestess Yrisz Vulysenyat.
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
~Mother Teresa
I got the impression from Umiushi that we were not ready to take a short rest yet, but I could be reading more into his statement than he intended. If I'm mistaken, we should of course take a short rest to let the party heal up and regain powers. If not, then hang back in a group and let Rogur go on ahead. If we're taking a rest, we can truss #6, otherwise, I'd not spend the time.
Yes! Konstansz will get the heck out of the boat and join everyone. She is happy with a middle or rear position in the marching order.
Oh yay, we found Polon
We have...oh...I've very purposefully have not been reading what's going on with Zephyr as that makes it much easier to keep out of character knowledge from become in character knowledge. That said, yahoo! We've been looking for poor Polon for no small time now...
Yrisz will close the door and bar it if possible once Konstansz runs in. Yrisz will be quite fine and hopefully safely towards the rear of the group as she a great deal bruised from this trip already, thank you.
I also gathered that resting at this exact moment might not be the thing to do, still, we should turn our thoughts that direction when we can.
Acqua Alta - Player of the human priestess Yrisz Vulysenyat.
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
~Mother Teresa
This post complements the fiftieth Acqua Alta Finale main post. Players' posts in either thread are due by 11 pm, Saturday, September 1st. The next OOC main post will appear by 11 am, Monday, September 3rd.
In this area, the indigo tiles represent a region blocked from your line of sight, not a difference in elevation. Therefore, both open doors are on your level.
The dragonborn isn't carrying much. Besides its weapon, it's wearing a thick, damask belt attached to which are two small sacks. One of the sacks contains a few staters. The other contains three clay vials with cork stoppers.
It appears that Rogur and Noxias have switched rooms. While Rogur is tossing the spiked chain into the water and examining the dragonborn's body, Noxias is in the corridor. No new assailants arrive in the next several seconds, so you have a couple rounds to accomplish this.
Konstansz enters the room and Yrisz shuts the door behind her, effectively preventing further attacks from the crossbow-wielding woman outside. The door itself cannot be barred. Like the rest of the construction here it is crudely-made and flimsy, providing the only barest minimum of function.
The current sense I have of the marching order is that Rogur will take the lead by a good margin, Yrisz will bring up the rear, Konstansz the middle-rear, and Noxias will either be in the back or up front with Rogur. Once I have a final confirmation, I will proceed with what happens next.
As far as a short rest goes, I'm sure you're used to the drill by now: you know you can take a short rest once you've finished taking it. If you get interrupted, then it wasn't the right time. Based on your situation, you should assess the odds that you will be able to obtain an uninterrupted fifty combat rounds in your current location. Keep in mind that there are at least five hostile people, three of whom the bulk of the party is aware of, in this complex who have little need of a short rest themselves. If they are kind enough to let you rest, I'll leave it to your imagination as to how they might be occupying themselves during that interval.
PC Results Summary
Konstansz has cast Starfire (daily).
Konstansz has spent 2 healing surges.
Konstanz has taken 11 points of damage.
Konstansz has 4 temporary hit points.
Noxias has spent 1 Action Point (none remaining).
Noxias has cast Chill Strike, Fireburst (daily), Flaming Sphere (daily), and Shield.
Noxias has used his Second Wind.
Noxias is bloodied.
Noxias has spent 4 healing surges.
Noxias has taken 15 points of damage.
Rogur has expended 1 potion of healing, rope, 7 crossbow bolts and 26 sling bullets.
Rogur has employed Trickster's Blade.
Rogur is using non-lethal attacks.
Rogur has spent 1 healing surge.
Rogur has 4 temporary hit points.
Yrisz has used a sun rod and 2 healing potions.
Yrisz has spent 1 Action Point (none remaining).
Yrisz has cast Channel Divinity, Cure Light Wounds (daily), and Exacting Utterance.
Yrisz has used two Healing Words and her Second Wind.
Yrisz is using non-lethal attacks.
Yrisz is #4's quarry.
Yrisz has spent 5 healing surges.
Yrisz has taken 13 points of damage.
I'll march behind Rogur.
If I have another free round to do stuff let me move up a few squares and peek into the other room.
There is no mechanic for "slicing-the-pie" outside a room, is there? Could I move to an adjacent square, then look, then move into the square that has the door then move on to the next square?
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Ariellana, Noxias, and Yrisz that one time...
Quote:Translation: "Damn girl, you fugly.""It seems to Noxias that the mere act of perceiving her in her decrepitude is enough to draw forth the mortality in his body."
I'm not one hundred percent sure what you mean by slicing the pie, but if you mean what I think you mean, that is, getting a look at the entire room by moving past the entrance, then it can be done. The main drawback isn't so much what the character sees or doesn't see, but how to represent that in static form on the map without getting too complicated. Some characters might be shown as not in line of sight, when in fact a PC was able to see into those squares a second or two earlier.
Anyway, there are a few ways to do this:
- A character could simply move across the doorway. The character gets a look at the whole room with a single move action, but must rely on Passive Perception to detect anything hidden, concealed, or hard to spot in the room. An additional drawback is that if there's something that's going to affect the character, like a crossbow trap or a hidden assassin with an opportunity attack, the character won't have time to react to it before crossing any dangerous squares.
- A character could also move up to the doorway, or to whatever square gives him or her a look at the whole room, using one move action. Then the character spends a minor action and makes a Perception Check. As stated before, a Perception Check has a 50% of giving a better result than a character's Passive Perception. The character finishes the turn by taking a second move action to move on to the desired square, or taking some other action to respond to whatever the character notices in the room.
- You can literally do what you just described, but it would take more than a turn's worth of actions. A) Take a move action to get to the adjacent square. B) Take a minor action to (carefully) look. C) Shift into the square that has the door. D) Shift into the next square on your character's next turn, and then perform whatever other actions are called for.
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Rogur's intent was to stop at each corner, including doorways, specifically to carefully look inside or around corners, so his intent is closest to #3. Malk0lm, Noxias is of course welcome to keep up with Rogur, but if he makes noise (i.e., fails stealth rolls), Rogur will strongly suggest that the wizard remain behind with the main group. The intent is to scout ahead, rather than be an advance guard. Rogur will hand both sacks from the dragonborn to Yrisz, if she's amenable, otherwise, he'll hang them from his own belt so he can examine them later. Perhaps Yrisz will be able to spend some minor actions to examine the newly acquired inventory as we move through the complex.


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You can schedule a Lync conference call from your desktop computer and then join the conference from Lync for iPad. Or, if you're in a call with someone who's using Lync on their computer, they can add participants to the call.
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When you join a Lync Meeting using Lync for iPad, you can view uploaded PowerPoint slides and screen sharing in the meeting.
- To join Lync Meeting, from the left, tap the fourth icon to get to the Meetings screen.
- From the Meetings screen, from the Online tab (which shows only your Lync meetings), select the meeting that you want to join, and then tap Join Meeting.
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Once upon a time, there lived a young wide-mouthed Frog who dwelt in a swamp. He was a very inquisitive young Frog, and drove his parents to distraction with endless questions. Then one day, having reached the age of majority, he set out into the world to seek his fortune.
Off down the road he hopped: Hopitty hopitty hop, just like that.
The very first day, he met a Wildebeest. He'd never seen a Wildebeest before. He hopped up to Mr. Wildebeest and said, "Hello there, Mr. Wildebeest! What do you eat?"
The Wildebeest looked at him with sad, ancient eyes, and replied "I eat fungus, Master Frog. Day after day, fungus."
The young wide-mouthed Frog replied "Oh! Thank you very much." He bade the Wildebeest a good day and hopped on down the road.
The following morning, our intrepid Frog met a Shoat. His hopped up to the Shoat, hopitty hopitty hop, just like that, and he asked the Shoat: "Hello, Mr. Shoat! What do you eat?"
The Shoat stared at him for a long time, in a very cold way. Finally the Shoat cleared his throat, and spoke sharply:
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"Well," said the wide-mouthed Frog to himself, and called after the Shoat: "Thank you very much, Mr. Shoat!" The Shoat gave no sign of having heard.
So the young Frog hopped on, and hopped and hopped. Toward evening, as the shadows grew long, he noticed an Ocelot sitting very still and silent in the shade of an old tree, watching the road with wild unblinking eyes. The Ocelot saw the Frog, and he smiled a broad and toothy smile.
The Frog hopped no closer, but stood his ground and spoke to the Ocelot.
"Hello, Mr. Ocelot! What do you eat?"
The Ocelot's smile grew broader, and he said very gently, "Why Mr. Frog, it's funny you should ask. I eat wide-mouthed frogs."
And the Frog pursed his lips as if eating a lemon and replied, in a very tiny voice, "oh."
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Description: Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883-1955) colored lithograph on Japon paper titled "Montmartre". Signed Maurice, Utrillo V. in plate, lower right. Housed in a gilt frame with linen matte. Knaffl Gallery, Knoxville, TN, label on back of frame. Sight - 12" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed - 19 3/4" H x 23 3/8" W. 2nd item: Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883-1955) lithograph titled "Rue St. Vincent". Sight - 9 5/8" H x 8 1/8" W. Framed - 16 3/4" H x 15 1/4" W. Both 20th century. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
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In spring baseball, there are the two teams, then there's that other competitor: the weather.
The rains fell hard on Madison County Wednesday, but the hope is that the diamond Red Raiders can host Prince Avenue at 5:30 p.m. (today) Thursday. A scheduled game this past weekend against Prince was rained out.
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This proposal describes a five year mentored research program in laboratory and clinical based research essential to the development of the principal investigator as an independent investigator. The principal investigator has completed her medical studies, specializing in Rheumatology, and Ph.D. studies in Immunology in Barcelona, Spain. She then moved to San Diego to join Dr. Michael Karin's lab for her postdoctoral training in signal transduction. She is now realizing Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of California at San Diego and will expand upon her research skills through a focused individualized career development plan. The program will provide training in molecular and cell biology of synovial fibroblasts and arthritis models applied to chronic inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). By the end of her award period, she will also have developed the skill sets required to conduct independent investigation in pre-clinical translational research, and patient-oriented research in the field of Rheumatology. Her studies will also require additional training in proteomics, NMR, and metabolomics that will provide her with important new tools that can be applied to her research as an independent investigator. Dr. Gary S. Firestein is a professor of medicine and dean of translational research institute at UC San Diego and will mentor the principal investigator's scientific development. Dr. Firestein is a recognized leader in signal transduction and pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and has a strong record of mentoring physician scientists. Dr. Michael Karin is also a recognized leader in signal transduction and inflammation will provide additional guidance as a co-mentor in this filed. Dr. Kavanaugh, as a clinical mentor, will assist with developing novel biomarkers using patient samples. Of note, the principal investigator has no experience in biomarker analysis synovial fibroblast biology, patient-oriented research, and clinical trials and those skills would be essential for transition to an independent investigator. In addition, our collaborators will help wth the use of the technology and informatics for metabolomics studies, with the interpretation of results and how it can be applied to developing new biomarkers. Didactic courses, seminars, journal clubs and 80% protected time for specific training in laboratory techniques in a supportive academic environment in the Department of Medicine at UCSD will complement the training program. The research proposal will focus on the role of choline kinase in chronic inflammation and joint destruction associated with RA. In addition, these studies will determine whether this enzyme is a potential therapeutic target to treat inflammatory disorders. We will also explore the role of this kinase and its downstream products as diagnostic or prognostic biomarker. The proposal builds upon preliminary studies demonstrating a novel function of choline kinase in proliferation and survival of fibroblast-like synoviocytes derived from RA patients. The proposed studies will explore function and regulation of choline kinase in key signaling events, inflammation and joint destruction in RA. In addition, expression, function and regulation of choline kinase will be determined in cells and tissue samples derived from patients with RA. The relationship between the choline kinase metabolites pattern and disease activity as determined by clinical disease measures will be determined
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Dubai – Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova's hope of challenging for the world No 1 spot took another blow when she was forced to retire for a second tournament in a row.
The fierce-hitting left-hander from the Czech republic has decided she had not recovered sufficiently from a virus to compete at the Dubai Open, starting on Monday.
Kvitova also withdrew from last week's Qatar Open in Doha, and is likely remain in Prague until shortly before she competes again, probably at Indian Wells in the first week in March.
"I love playing in Dubai and am so disappointed to not be able to get on the plane and go and play for the fans and those amazing crowds," said Kvitova, who added that she would "definitely be back for many years to come."
Kvitova reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne last month, and it was after competing again, only a few days later, in a Fed Cup match against Germany, that she started to feel unwell.
It means that there will be a delay in the next episode of her burgeoning rivalry with world number one Victoria Azarenka, whom she has beaten in their last four meetings, and whom she had been seeded to meet in Saturday's final.
It also brings a pause to a tremendous rise which saw Kvitova move from world number 34 at the start of 2011 to within striking distance of the pinnacle, winning six tournaments during the year.
However Kvitova will not fall from the world number three position, because she has fewer ranking points to defend than Caroline Wozniacki, the runner-up in Doha last year and the defending champion in Dubai this week.
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is about the wonders of childbirth.
Example One - All the illusions to "liquid". ("The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack"; "White liquid turns sour within"; etc.) Squick. Example Two - Thinly veiled references otherwise pointing towards conception. ("He guesses he must be in some sort of cave... or eggshell waiting to drop from the bone of the womb.")
Example Three - Counting Out Time. Enough Said.
The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man from "Supper's Ready" and the televangelist from "Jesus He Knows Me" are one and the same.
He wanted to trick people into unknowingly supporting decadence, so he disguised himself as a televangelist, managing to get lots of people to fall for his trickery. It's only during the events of "Supper's Ready" that he's found out.
The titular home from "Home by the Sea" is Alcatraz.
There are many lyrics in the song that imply that people are being held in the home against their will (help us someone, let us out of here). Also, Alcatraz is on an island (a home by the sea).
The viewpoint character from "Misunderstanding" is also the viewpoint character from Led Zeppelin's "Fool in the Rain".
Since both songs are about someone waiting in the rain for their loved one and wondering where they are, it's not implausible that they're about the same person. If we put the two songs together, the story could happen this way: the man in the song waits in the rain for hours, and when his girlfriend doesn't come, he walks home. But as he's walking home, he realizes that he was waiting on the wrong block all that time, and so he tries to find his girlfriend...but by the time he does, she's found someone else, since she thought he deliberately stood her up, and the man she found was just finishing a date with her (or whatever "He was just leaving" was supposed to refer to) as the narrator found them. So yeah, there very much was a misunderstanding...


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Thank you to every one for coming out Monday Nights for the TV Dinner specials. I'm glad yall are diggin it. I love feedback so if you have suggestions for future TV Dinners, lemme find out. Someone requested chicken nuggets, salisbury steak, whatever, let me know. Chinese, American, microwave food, it's all good. You shout it out, I'll nail it. Alphabetical slaughter, what up papoose! I'm going to axe the potstickers, so if you want em, this is the last week. We're gonna move the griddle and get another steam table so we can basically rock two different restaurants in the same subterranean spot i.e. 137 Rivington.
I hate my landlord. If you have a bigger spot for me in the neighborhood, let me find out. Dude is a dick. But for now, we're gonna do TV Dinners Monday through Thursdays along with the same reliable Baohaus menu yall love. It's like those Kentucky-Taco-Huts, except its Baohaus meets a chef driven Panda Express on Rivington St. So that would be a LES-Panda-Haus. Is that aite wit you? Keep bangin.
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