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NCAA football
(Sat.) Duke vs. Georgia Tech (-13.5)
The Ramblin' Wreck are wreckin' balls, and Duke's been getting destroyed by high-octane foes. PICK: GEORGIA TECH
(-3) 18 USC vs. 17 UCLA (Sat.)
Could be another Pac-10 shootout. But Bruins can't keep pace with Barkley-Lee (1,447 yards) air attack. PICK: USC
(Sat.) North Carolina State vs. 11 Clemson (-16 1/2)
I'll keep going back to the well if oddsmakers keep disrespecting them. At home, Tigers roar. PICK: CLEMSON
Game to Watch
(Sat.) 13 Stanford vs. 2 Oregon (-20 1/2)
(6 p.m., ABC) In Eugene, Ore.
Cardinal lucky to be at No. 13. Ducks have outscored them 105-61 the last two years — and that was with QB Andrew Luck at Stanford's controls. PICK: OREGON
1 Kansas State (-13) vs. Baylor (Sat.)
Tricky one here. Both teams can score, and Wildcats in uncharted territory as nation's top team. Pressure's on. PICK: BAYLOR
(Sat.) 23 Texas Tech vs. 24 Oklahoma State (-10)
Shootout at the OK corral? You bet since Red Raiders are top-rated passing team and OK State is fourth. PICK: TEXAS TECH
Northwestern (+7 1/2) at Michigan St (Sat.)
Sparty wins if they stuff Wildcats' ground game, but they haven't beat a good team by 7+ points. PICK: NORTHWESTERN
(Sat.) Washington State at Arizona State (-22 1/2)
Chaos rocks coach Leach and Wazzu these days, while ASU rock on offence at home. PICK: ARIZONA STATE
(Sat.) Utah State at 20 Louisiana Tech (+3)
Ya, this one's offence vs. defence, and watch QB Colby Cameron find just enough offence for hosts.PICK: LOUISIANA TECH
(Sat.) Syracuse at Missouri (-4.5)
All the SEC experience should finally pay off for Mizzou. That and the Orange had their Super Bowl last week. PICK: Missouri
Last week vs. spread: 5-5
Overall vs. spread: 66-44
Last week best bets: 2-2
Overall best bets: 26-18
Best Bets
(Sat.) Minnesota at 14 Nebraska (-19.5)
Huskers are still playing for Big 10's Legends Division and it's Senior Day in Lincoln. More than enough motivation to cover big number. PICK: NEBRASKA
(-20) 25 Washington at Colorado (Sat.)
After a 1-3 start and a brutal schedule, the Huskies and QB Keith Price have been rolling. Calling the Buffs inept is an understatement. PICK: WASHINGTON
(-3) BYU at San Jose State (SAT.)
Sure, the Spartans have been a nice surprise this year, but BYU has the No. 7 defence in the nation. Cougars win by double digits. PICK: BYU
Game to Watch
(Sat.) 13 Stanford vs. 2 Oregon (-20 1/2)
(6 p.m., ABC) In Eugene, Ore.
The Ducks will win this one in Eugene, but the Cardinal front seven and RB Stepfan Taylor can — and will — slow the pace. PICK: STANFORD
(Sat.) 23 Texas Tech at 24 Oklahoma State (-9.5)
Boone Pickens Stadium will be raucous and it doesn't really matter if Wes Lunt or Clint Chelf is under centre — Pokes will roll. PICK: OKLAHOMA STATE
(Sat.) 1 Kansas State at Baylor (+12.5)
Baylor's defence is woefully soft, but they can score with almost anyone and K-State is ripe for the picking. PICK: BAYLOR
(Sat.) Washington State at Arizona State (-21.5)
Cougars and head coach Mike Leach are reeling, but this is too much chalk for a team on a four-game skid. PICK: WASHINGTON STATE
(Sat.) Northwestern at Michigan State (-7.5)
If you've seen the Spartans play this season, you'll know they should never be laying more than a TD with that offence. PICK: NORTHWESTERN
(Sat.) Utah State at 20 Louisiana Tech (+3)
Aggies are 9-0-1 vs. the spread this year and have had an extra week to prepare for Tech's lethal offence ... and porous 'D'. PICK: UTAH STATE
(Sat.) Syracuse at Missouri (-4.5)
The Tigers are one win away from bowl eligibility and with Texas A&M on deck, they know they need this one big time. PICK: MISSOURI
Last week vs. spread: 5-5
Overall vs. spread: 58-52
Last week best bets: 3-1
Overall best bets: 22-22
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HDMI dummy plug
Not sure where this goes, but this seemed the best fit.
I need a device that fools my HDMI 4x2 matrix switch into think there is something plugged into another input. I use the switch to feed a TV and PJ that support different features. I only run 1 input in to the switch. What I need to do is to set the switch so that when one display is on and using input 1 on the switch, input 2 gets sent something on input 2. This way the two displays don't "see each other." I do this now by plugging a ROKU into inout 2, but I'm rewiring and want to eliminate that.
I found this and was wondering if anyone has tried something like this?
That won't work - it's a display emulator (sink), not a source emulator...
But what problem are you trying to solve? What do you mean by "see each other" - that they select the same source and cause AV changes due to common denominator?
Yes. My Tv does not do 24p. So even if the TV is off and the PJ is on, if the HDMI switch is set to send input 1 to both displays the PJ will get the lowest common denominator. So If I plug a ps3 into input 2 on the switch, even if the ps3 is off, I can select input to for the tv when it's off and the two displays don't "see" each other. This is how I have always worked around this issue and it works but I am looking for a better way so I don't have to run a device into the switch and run that's devices audio separately over optical/coax to the AVR.
I'm not sure that it matters it the HDMI plug I linked is a display emulator. As long as the switch sees something is plugged into it and allows me to move to that input it might work.
Is there something else that might work better?
I think the best solution would be either a new switch that supports EDID spoofing / presets, or an HDMI Detective (or similar) to put inline with your display so that it reports support for /24p. Neither are cheap solutions. A display upgrade might be a better investment! :D
Yeah that's not in the cards! I just spend way too much upgrading to a JVC RS4910 and oppo 103D:D.
It is far cheaper for me to keep the PS3 or the spare ROKU I have plugged in to input 2.
What about just a redmere cable with nothing on other other end? Since it's active, would the switch see something connected to it? I have tried a passive cable and if I plug a laptop into it and switch to that input, the switch will allow it to stay on that input even when I remove the laptop....until I go to switch and switch back.
An HDMI detective is about $100 I think. Might be worth it at some point. Though my ROKU is just sitting collecting dust and can do the same thing. Or since I no longer need the PS3 for blu ray and only the occasional game, it's not the end of the world to pass optical to the AVR and use it's HDMI output to input 2. I see what you are saying about the HDMI display emulator. You're probably right, but as with all things HDMI you never know what might happen!
Just trying to wrap my head around the wiring scheme
Ok that makes more sense. And it also reports that it supports 60p as well, since that is what it actually needs? Is there one you recommend?
The Gefen HDMI Detective is the gold-standard one (I haven't used it personally, but it's well known).
FYI, the Gefen HDMI Detective is less than $80 at Amazon.
I have one that I originally bought and ran into the EDID issue with 24p so I ended up with the matrix switch.
Well maybe not so fast with the splitter i have. My Pj can accept a 4K input and uses E-shift to process it. The results are pretty good. Even though mono price does not specify that matrix switch for 4K, I actually can pass a 4k signal directly from my macbook pro to the switcher and to the projector successfully. I'd need to get a 4k splitter as well.
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There are two frequently searched terms that I see monthly coming to this website: "why are women unfriendly at the gym?" and "how to attract guys in the gym". Isn't it amazing that these questions—obviously from members of the opposite sex—are asking about one of the most controversial aspects of gym membership? For every ten women that are convinced that guys only go to the gym to ogle them for being fat or sexy, there is one that wants to use her gym membership to make a love connection.
On the opposite side is the serious lifter who could care less about how many women are in his gym, what they look like, and whether or not they are looking at him. The irony of it all is that the person asking "how to attract guys in gym?" is probably attracted to this "serious lifter" as opposed to the guys that are in their staring holes into any woman that they assume isn't looking.
I am of the opinion that the gym is for lifting, getting physically fit, and for the more social of butterflies, a place to meet people of similar interests. A gym is not a meat market and if you are going there for the same reason you attend a night club, or social gathering, then you will find yourself sorely disappointed.
Serious lifters use the gym as a tool to get bigger, stronger, and faster. The people who get in the way of that become more of a nuisance than an asset to their gym time and this is why you see so many articles on:
- I can't workout because all of the men look at my ass.
- January gym newbs taking up the equipment.
- Weird guy that stares at other guys while they lift.
- Woman that wears makeup to the gym and walks slowly on the treadmill while on her phone.
- Skinny expert that tries to correct my form because he read it on bodybuilding.com.
- I hate male gyms because they stare at my fat rolls.
Annoying people at the gym is what makes a series like BroScience as popular as it is. Everyone that likes to actually work out will not have an answer for "how to attract guys in the gym".
If you want answers to the question of attraction and unfriendly women in the gym, I can tell you the best solution to both. Shut up and work out. Rude, I know, but it is honestly the best thing to do. The sexiest women in the gym no matter their size are the ones who are sweaty, smelly, and getting it done for the 45 minutes that they are in there. The sexy occurs after they leave.
Just because you find the tights and short shorts sexy does not mean that you should sacrifice your reps in order to stare at a woman's ass in the mirror. Work out! On the flipside, contrary to popular belief, a guy that is serious about his workout will not notice your popping lipstick and slow motion toe-touches in front of him if he's under 4 plates on the bench press. You will have to catch him on his painful escape out of there after he's sweaty, damaged, and breaking for his car.
Love connections can happen anywhere but I cannot tell you a lonelier place than the gym for someone that is interested in improving their body. It is not the place to "hook up" no matter how much you love hard bodies; it is the place to get in shape while tolerating other lifters.See some words or phrases that you don't understand? Check out The Dragon's Lexicon.


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A 44-year-old Bronx man was arrested by federal agents in Buffalo Friday and charged with fraud and misuse of immigration documents.
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. said Abdus Samad attempted to enter the U.S. Thursday at the Lewiston Port of Entry using an allegedly fraudulently obtained U.S. passport as proof of citizenship. Immigration officers determined that he had previously entered the country under an alias and had obtained the passport by making false statements on his passport application.
If convicted as charged, Samad faces a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine of up to $250,000 or both.
Following an initial session Friday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, the defendant was ordered held pending a detention hearing next week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott.


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MINNEAPOLIS — Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning to rally the Yankees over the Twins 6-4 Wednesday night in Game 1 of their American League division series.
Yankees ace CC Sabathia labored, but reliever David Robertson struck out Jim Thome in a key spot, and Mariano Rivera got the final four outs to close another win for the defending World Series champs.
Rivera came on in the eighth with two outs and runners on second and third. He got Denard Span, a former Tampa Catholic standout, to ground out to shortstop. Rivera gave up a two-out single to Delmon Young then got Thome to pop to third.
Even a blown call by the umpires — shades of the past two postseasons — that went against the Yankees this time with two outs in the bottom of the ninth didn't hurt them.
"It's just bad luck for Minnesota. We just keep fighting. That's a great team over there. We've played a lot of tough games against them," Teixeira said.
Michael Cuddyer homered, doubled and drove in two runs for the Twins, who played their first outdoor postseason game in Minnesota since 1970. They were hoping a move from the shabby Metrodome outdoors to gorgeous Target Field would turn their fortunes around, but it was more of the same against the Yankees.
Game 2 is tonight with Carl Pavano pitching for the Twins against Andy Pettitte.
Jorge Posada had two hits and an RBI, and Curtis Granderson added a two-run triple for New York, which has never won a postseason series as a wild card.
Rivera recorded his 40th career postseason saves in 45 chances, but he had to work a little harder than he planned. Replays showed Yankees rightfielder Greg Golson — inserted that inning for defensive purposes — caught Young's sinking liner for what should've been the last out.
But umpire Chris Guccione ruled that Golson trapped it and the call stood after the umpires huddled. Manager Joe Girardi came out to argue, but to no avail. With the tying run at the plate, Thome flied out to Alex Rodriguez to end the game.
"Mo did a great job there," Teixeira said. "Should have been four outs in a row."
Francisco Liriano gave up four runs on six hits with seven strikeouts and three walks in 52/3 innings for the Twins.
The Dominican lefty breezed through the first five innings as the Twins jumped out to an early lead. Cuddyer crushed a two-run homer in the second inning and Orlando Hudson scored on a passed ball in the third to make it 3-0.


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In the past five years, the healthcare industry has grown more than manufacturing, hospitality and leisure and educational services combined. Over the next 10 years, Medical and Health Services Management jobs will grow by 23%.
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CLINTON Young may have changed his stripes, but the Collingwood recruit said Hawthorns defeat in last years Grand Final will be a personal spur this season.
Young said he has not watched last year's Grand Final in its entirety and doesn't want to.
The hurt, he said, lingers.
"You experience the high of winning a Grand Final (in 2008), but losing a Grand Final is pretty hard and that will certainly motivate me more this year and I will be doing everything I can to make Collingwood a better team,'' Young said.
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"We went through the review process a few days after the Grand Final at Hawthorn, but since then I've completely tried to forget about it really and use that as motivation for this season.''
Young said his new Magpies teammates can relate to what he's going through given they tasted Grand Final defeat in 2011.
And they know just as well as anyone that there is no point dwelling on Grand Final moments that could have been changed for the better.
Just like Young's unfortunate slip running back to goal that allowed Swan Daniel Hannebery to swoop for a crucial six-pointer in the fourth quarter of last year's premiership decider.
"I think on the day Sydney were the better team,'' Young said.
"There were a lot of mistakes made from both teams all day, it was a high pressure game, so certainly no incident has affected me at all.''
Young had foot surgery soon after the Grand Final but is now back in to full training and is set to play in Friday night's NAB Cup opener against the Western Bulldogs and Essendon after starring in the Pies' intraclub match the weekend before last.
"In Utah I was still in rehab, but since January started I've stepped up training and in the past few weeks I've been participating in full training so it's progressed well,'' he said.
"I'll be playing this Friday and be building up throughout the next few weeks to be ready for Round 1.''
He may not be a Hawk anymore, but Young couldn't avoid a question about former teammate Lance Franklin and whether he thinks the forward will remain at Hawthorn after putting contract talks on hold until the end of the season.
Young said the spectre of free agency didn't distract him last season and doesn't expect it to impact on Buddy's game this year.
"Obviously he's made the decision to leave it until the end of the year.
"He's a loyal man I think so I think he'll be focusing on football. There'll be a lot of media on him, just like there was on Travis Cloke last year, but I'm sure he'll deal with it fine.''
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For entrepreneurs, boomer market is plentiful
Wake up and good morning. Baby boomers, that affluent bulge in the population from the latter 40s to early 60s in age, were front and center at an all-day Florida Boomer Lifestyle conference held Tuesday at Tampa's convention center. It was eclectic, to say the least, and certainly walking that fine line between offering concrete ideas for new businesses aimed at boomers and touching on new age marketing for a huge percentage of the adult population that refuses to go quietly into the traditional world of seniors. Part of the message of the day, I guess, is that trying to categorize and reach 76 million boomers is tricky but it can be done. It's a message reinforced in this piece from Entrepreneur magazine and written by Matt Thornhill, president of the Boomer Project and a speaker here on Tuesday.
One of the many trends noted at Tuesday's conference is the renewed effort by educational providers to cater more specifically to boomers. Dr. Larry Thompson, president of the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota and a big fan of the "creative economy," said his school had taken over the Longboat Key Center for the Arts as well as one in Englewood (both were struggling). Ringling will use those properties to offer more art classes to the 50-plus markets and generate more revenue for the school.
At Hillsborough Community College, a Boomer Institute is evolving as part of the college's continuing education services.
Dr. Kathleen Moore, who helps run USF's "E-Campus," said schools must become more creative in serving boomers. These are not people willing to go spend four years getting a BA degree, she said. Classrooms, she added, often have four generations of students in them.
Frankly, one of my favorite moments of the day was later in the afternoon when about a dozen diverse boomers took the stage for a live focus group on boomer attitudes and preferences. A common theme? Boomers have largely been smacked hard on the side of the head by big losses in the stock market, by sharp upticks in unemployment and the inability to find new work as "older" job candidates, and shunned by a health insurance market that makes it too expensive for coverage or is too quick to deny access to older consumers. So, a trio of needs being poorly served... equals business opportunities.
One strong sentiment expressed by the focus group was a distaste for advertising that insulted consumer intelligence or "told' people what they should be buying. In one exercise, moderator Keith Winn of the Nielsen Co. asked the group to pick a consumer brand that they are loyal to, that speaks to them. One person said "price" was her brand, meaning she look first at price and value and ignores brand. But most people offered one name. Here's what they volunteered:
* Southwest Airlines.
* Publix Super Markets (at least those heart-tugging holiday ads hit home).
* St. Petersburg Times (hey, they said it, not me).
* Apple.
* Coach leather goods (this prompted some laughter and applause).
* Progressive Insurance ("They're the only one that will insure me," said one participant).
* Starbucks (The participant does not buy the coffee but he's impressed with the brand).
* Pepsi (at least compared to Coke).
* NPR and PBS.
This conference was spawned by a market differentiation study conducted in 2007 by CreativeTampaBay. The research, known as the "Things Look Different Here" study, revealed that Tampa Bay will be the country's top destination for retiring Baby Boomers over the next 15 years. Thus, it is the likely incubator for new ideas on the concept of "retirement." Can't argue with plenty of boomers headed this way, but it's less clear that Tampa Bay will be one of the mega-meccas. A Brookings study suggests other areas of the country, including Raleigh, N.C., Austin and Atlanta will get plenty, too.
One thing is for sure. Over the next 10 years, the 18 to 49 age segment is projected to grow by only 1 percent to about 137 million. Meanwhile, the 50-plus age segment will swell 21 percent to 116 million. So there will be plenty of us to go around.
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The 'Harm' in Healthcare Spending
by Chris Woodward
April 14, 2011
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A new study from a non-partisan public policy research organization puts a price tag on the social cost of medical errors and other adverse events caused by the healthcare system -- and one researcher has a suggestion that would alleviate the expense.
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) estimates that the economic cost of medical errors caused by the healthcare system is between $393 and $958 billion, which is the equivalent of roughly 18 to 45 percent of healthcare spending in 2006.
"Basically, what that means is that for every dollar spent on healthcare, 18 to 45 cents worth of harm is being done," explains Pamela Villarreal, a NCPA senior fellow who co-authored the study.
She points out that a patient's chances of dying from a cause other than the one he or she is hospitalized for are now as high as one-in-200, which is extremely high, considering the fact that several agencies "regard a one-in-a million chance of death as a minimally acceptable risk."
But Villarreal explains that these agencies are not combating the problem because the "current malpractice tort system is very ineffective. Very few people who are harmed ever file suit, and then those who do file a claim and receive compensation receive less than 50 cents for every dollar."
So she recommends that a new compensation system be enforced, as it would set the amount a person could receive in the event of a death or injury. Doing so would also provide disclosure. Moreover, because most doctors and healthcare providers are self-insured, it would give them incentive to reduce errors.


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News is appearing today about a German boy supposedly grazingly hit by a small meteorite:
Secondary, English translated News item
The story doesn't add up however and it is likely a hoax.
The events the boy describes fit well with the "Hollywood" image of a meteorite fall. However, they do not fith with the true reality of a meteorite fall:
1a) meteorites do not arrive at earth surface "red hot";
1b) meteorites do not cause burn marks;
2) a meteorite of this small size will not create a seizable crater of the size described in some of the news reports (
I have not been able to locate the original German news report: only translated secondary sources like the one linked above) pictured in the Original Source in German;
3) after the illuminated phase of a meteor, the meteorite enters a dark flight/free fall which takes several minutes to complete;


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It's a New World
Emerging business trends for 2013 and beyond
The special events industry has been a rollercoaster ride over the past few years. Some companies have survived--and thrived. Others have not. In this fast-changing world of ups and downs and twists and turns, it's important to sometimes take a deep breath and consider new growth strategies, ways of doing business and innovative thinking that can help your company stay at the head of the pack. Here are some of the more intriguing business trends we're seeing emerge in the events industry.
Emerging Business Trend: Going Global
Ah, the glamour of international travel and exotic venues. A reception for 1,000 in Barcelona, a destination wedding in Thailand or a night of feasting and festivity in an ancient Irish castle.
Have you ever daydreamed of stepping outside your geographic boundaries and doing business around the world? Many designers, planners and event professionals are doing just this, fueled by the increase in multinational clients and the globalization of the world economy.
But before you leap, it's important to consider the risks and rewards in going global.
So cautions Andrea Michaels of Extraordinary Events and Colja Dams, of VOK DAMS, two of the most respected and successful international events companies in the world.
"I started doing international work because I was too stupid to know better," says Michaels. "I learned many painful, expensive lessons along the way."
Back in the 1970s, when Michaels started going global, there was no internet or online resources to help her navigate the myriad of rules and regulations and quirky nuances of doing business in another country. It was a cross-your-fingers, hold-your-breath and jump sort of world. "There was no one to go to for advice and help," she recalls.
The world of events has changed dramatically since then. Today, there are networks of people in every country that are instantly available with the touch of a key. Event professionals are also able to tap into local contacts who know local rules and regulations and who have the resources to make things happen.
Dams, who describes his company as a boutique agency with independent offices in Germany, France, New York, China, the Middle East, London, South America and Eastern Europe agrees. "It's critical to have local people."
Although the internet has made it easier to jump the hurdles, there are still many factors to consider before you make the decision to go global.
"You must be very careful," Michaels says. "You have to thoroughly understand national and local work permits, union regulations, currency exchange rates, taxes and even colors, which mean different things in different countries."
Work with your local sources to make sure that you keep money in the local economy. And hire your own translator, advises Michaels, one who works only for you to avoid miscommunications. Understand local culture, from attitudes towards women, appropriate greetings, handshakes, dress, gift giving and even bribes.
In Spain, for example, the most important meal is lunch. You will need to plan on serving your crew a hot, three-course meal--with wine. It doesn't matter if sound checks are behind schedule or staging is only partly complete.
And be prepared with lots of cash. "It always costs more than you think it will," Dams says. "Always."
So why bother even thinking about expanding your business internationally, when the prospect is full of pitfalls and risk?
"It can be so much fun and adventure," Michaels responds with a smile. That says it all.
Andrea Michaels and Dior Yarwood of Staging Connections will be speaking on Go Global: How To, When To and If on Monday March 11 at the Event Solutions Idea Factory. Click here to learn more
Emerging Business Trend: Gay Weddings
Signs point to growing acceptance, new business opportunities
Ground-breaking legislation in last year's elections and growing public acceptance of gay marriage is giving a boost to the fledgling LGBT wedding market, according to Kathryn Hamm, president of gayweddings.com, an online boutique and resource dedicated to serving same-sex couples since 1999.
"We are currently watching same-sex couples in MD, WA and ME enjoy their new access to legal marriage, she says. "We also foresee possible new marriage legislation proposed in IL and NJ."
But perhaps the biggest story of 2013 will be focused on the Supreme Court. The Court has decided to consider challenges to CA's Prop 8 (which bans gay marriage) and DOMA (in which states can refuse to recognize same-sex marriage from other states.)
What does this mean for planners and other professionals who are entering this niche market?
Wedding Pros Embracing Niche
Of course, much depends on results of the upcoming legislation, but more and more wedding professionals are expanding their product offerings to include same-sex couples.
In a recent poll of more than 650 wedding pros conducted by weddingwire.com and gayweddings.com, vendors who are actively engaged with weddingwire are overwhelmingly embracing and serving same-sex couples.
o 74 percent of respondents reported that they serve same-sex couples.
o 90 percent reported that they provided services for one to five same-sex couples in the past year.
o 45 percent say they expect same-sex client revenue to increase.
o Across all service categories, a strong majority of pros expected the number of same-sex couples they serve to stay the same or increase. For example, 60 percent of respondents who represent a wedding venue said they expect the number of same-sex couples they serve to stay the same in 2013 and 25 percent expected an increase. Only 15 percent expected that number to decrease.
And what about wedding budgets? Hamm suggests that same-sex wedding budgets don't differ much from straight weddings. "A wedding is a wedding is a wedding," she says. "The cost of a Saturday night reception will be the same for any couple, regardless of sexual orientation, and the budget will reflect the economic status of the couple, the market they are in and the type of wedding they want to have."
Kathryn Hamm will be presenting Setting Your Table to Better Serve Same-Sex Couples at the Event Solutions Idea Factory on Monday, March 11. Click here to learn more
6 Tips for Entering the Market
o Never presume that any stereotypes about a type of couple are true. Meet the couple where they are and ask them open-ended questions about the kind of wedding they want to have.
o Make sure to tread gently around family issues; not all primary family members may be attending, invited or supportive of the couple.
o Following a couple's lead, strike the balance between planning for established wedding rituals, starting from scratch for a fully original event, or somewhere in between.
o Make sure that your team of assistants, staff or wedding pro referral list is also prepared and ready to serve same-sex couples.
o Educate yourself. Take advantage of online and other resources, attend seminars and help a same-sex couple with an event and have them review your services.
o Evaluate your current professional image and adjust your marketing and social media plans with the eyes of a same-sex couple.
Resources for Gay Weddings
Capturing Love: The Art of Lesbian and Gay Wedding Photography by Thea Dodds and Kathryn Hamm. An excellent resource for photographers and wedding planners who are looking for a deeper understanding about what can be different about working with same-sex couples. The book, available nationwide in March 2013, is also a great gift for newly engaged couples.
FreedomToMarry.org. An excellent online resource for those wanting to learn more about marriage equality legislation around the country.
The Essential Guide to Lesbian and Gay Weddings (Third Edition) by Tess Ayers and Paul Brown. The first comprehensive wedding planning guide written for same-sex couples. Available through multiple retailers.
When Gay People Get Married by M.V. Lee Badgett. A primer on the current state of the same-sex marriage debate, and a new way of framing the issue that provides valuable new insights into the political, social and personal stakes involved. Available through multiple retailers.
NY Times Topics: Same-sex marriage. Information and articles on same-sex marriage, civil unions and other topics regarding same-sex partnership recognition.
Real Wedding & Engagement Inspirations: Enjoy same-sex wedding stories, albums and DIY inspirations by two brides and two grooms.
Emerging Business Trend: Fair Trade
How One Events Company is Putting Theory into Practice
Designers, planners, photographers, caterers, venues: Have you ever paged through a magazine, online newsletter or social media site and discovered images of your creative work--with no mention of who you are or what you contributed to the project?
It's a common occurrence, unfortunately, in the events industry. And according to Rrivre Davies owner of Rrivreworks, based in Los Angeles, CA, one that can be damaging to business partnerships and the industry as a whole.
"It takes the power out of the hands of the creators of the elements in the pictures. This hurts business and devastates motivation," he says.
Davies is championing a new concept in business ethics that borrows from the coffee industry: Fair Trade. Based on the principles of giving credit where credit is due, being transparent with pricing and promoting the teamwork that goes into every event, this trend is beginning to bubble to the surface in the special events industry.
As Liese Gardner recapped in her column in the winter issue of Event Solutions, these principles are:
Fair Publicity:
o Sharing photos with all vendors involved in the project
o Including all vendor names with photos submitted to magazines
o Sharing with vendors where work is submitted in case they want to follow up
Fair Pricing
o Doing business transparently; disclosing fees, commissions and markups
Fair Credit
o Giving credit where credit is due
o Bringing vendors to the table early and being clear about who does what
o Letting vendors display logos on site, on T-shirts and trucks
How does Davies implement these principles in his own business?
"I treat every member of the team with respect and the principles of cross promotion," he says. "I do not hide members of my creative team and I fight for them to get credit for their work. I am very clear with my clients what it is I do and do not do. In return, I find I get more creative partner loyalty, because they realize it is their name and reputation being showcased, so it is in their best interest to go above and beyond. We all end up looking amazing."
In addition, Davies states that he never takes a commission that is hidden from a client. "If I do mark up a creative partner's work, I line itemize it on my invoice. I never ask them to inflate their prices on their profile. I have never had an issue with a client being upset with this pricing."
And just as important, Davies makes it a point to share all the photos of each event with all those involved. "I tell my clients from the start that if they are willing to allow their vendors to use pictures of their events, they are more likely to get more than they pay for--it's a win-win for everyone. Creative partners can use their work to get future work and the client becomes part of creating a more spectacular event that more people will see."
Rrivre Davies will speak on Fair Trade: Ethical Practices at the Event Solutions Idea Factory on Tuesday, March 12. Click here to learn more
Emerging Business Trend: Adding Lite to Your Menu
Expand Your Product Line for Strategic Growth
During these recession and early recovery times, event businesses have been trying every trick in the book to stay alive and position themselves for growth. Catering companies have become full-service events companies; production companies have added planning to their service offerings and wedding planners are offering day-of services to snag at least part of the market.
There's another emerging trend that takes a different approach, according to Sean Low, consultant and owner of The Business of Being Creative. have become full-service events companies; production companies have added planning to their service offerings and wedding planners are offering day-of services to snag at least part of the market.
Creating a "lite" version of your business involves offering a subset of what you already provide to clients. Not quite the same as day-of services, the lite version supports your core offering, rather than competes with it. And, your core business must support your lite version as well.
For example, a florist can offer spot lighting or specialized linens for floral arrangements. These can be introduced as product line extensions, but better yet as stand-alone offerings, adding their own value by highlighting the floral.
And by differentiating your business from the competition, you can charge a premium price, says Lowe.
"If a string group is trained by an entertainment designer who has a sense of an event, they can simultaneously entertain and set the stage for what is to come rather than just provide background music," Lowe explains. "For example, if the event has a country-western feel, a string group that can break into Taylor Swift as well as classical is far better than a quartet seated on lawn chairs. The value of the entertainment designer and what the reputation and expertise they bring to the table, making his string group far more valuable than the competition."
The proliferation of same-day event coordination has confused the market, Lowe says.
"Day-of coordination can work if it's a stand-alone business," he says. "But you're putting your reputation on the line. Does the client really understand the difference? And are you willing to simply implement the creative vision rather than be a part of it?"
Time will tell if the lite trend will take hold in the event industry, but by knowing what questions to ask and what to watch for, it can indeed be a promising business strategy for growth and profitability.
Sean Low will speak on The Perfect Egg: Pros and Cons of Starting a "Lite" Version of Your Creative Business on Monday, March 11 at the Event Solutions Idea Factory. Click here to learn more
Originally published in Event Solutions magazine
Spring 2013


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Wavermoth is an odd place. It itself is a plane of existence and not technically a part of the material plane, though it is similar. Wavermoth is in fact a Greater plane. It is a greater plane by the fact that it itself has several smaller planes tucked inside it which are only traverse-able from Wavermoth and back. However there is one set back to this. You can get TO Wavermoth from ANY other plane [Treat it as a plane connecting with every verse where planar travel is possible] but you cannot leave it save to travel to the planes tucked inside.
It is a place that holds many dangers as well as many places of sheer comfort and bliss. The adventurer never finds himself bored or thinking " This is to easy" He is constantly finding new ways to get himself into deeper trouble. And lone adventurers soon change their tune and find friends, especially while on Kirrandas.
Wavermoth is also a land of few Magic users since the culling. The magic users that have been born since die at an early age due to power influx during a failed casting. If however the source of the Magic impediment could be destroyed the world might see more of their kind once more.
If you Like what you see Continue on Brave reader. You never know what you will find down in these pages.
{OOC note} On the top of the page are all the links to the relevant "Mechanical" junk. Yes I consider Gods and pantheons Mechanical. Tread lightly there the rules that go in accordance with those things are not for the faint of heart or those that like to find ways to break a game. Powergamers would have a nerd-gasm at a single glace of the arcane boosting rules. These variant rules are for flavor and RP. Not to break the game even further than they already have. I realize what can be done with those rules and yet i leave them. Why? It lets me Weed out powergamers from my midst that want the most powerful thing since an upper cube level god. They are there if you wish to Try them out. Feel free to tweak them as you wish and if you do and find that a certain tweak works wonders in a game let me know.
- Valeiru on Mythweavers. Thank you for reading my OOC jibber jabber. Now lets get on with more fluffyness! ( Warning some of it is not fluffy.. it is spiky and mean and cruel and might make Ravenloft cry ...or not. I have heard Ravenloft stories that curl even my hide )
Wavermothian Timeline of Playable Eras
Here is the basic time line, ending in present day.
The True Beginning (2000 PC)-->War of the Titans (500 PC)--> The Culling--->The Birth of the Living Spell (100 AC)-->Awakening of the Ancient God (3000 AC)-->Present day (5689 AC)
Wavermoth continents and landscapes
( Any maps to come will be made with Wesnoth )
Time line for Kirrandas
The True Beginning (2000 PC)------>The birth of the Shades (1500 PC)--> The birth of the Savage Weres (1200 PC)--->Birth of the Elves (1050 PC)---->Birth of the humans (900 PC)--->The Savage Shades attacked the humans (850 PC)-->The peace between Shades and humans(835 PC)-->The Elves join the treaty (785 PC)-->The Werewolf War (685 PC)-->The birth of the first vampires (670 PC)------> The Culling---> The birth of the living spell (100 AC)---> The creation of the Drawing Mists (5189 AC)--> Present Day (5689 AC)
Kirrandas is what the rest of Wavermoth calls the Dread Continent, for it is here that the scariest, vilest, most horrific beings dwell. Only the most powerful adventurers travel these lands, for this is where the Culling happened, where the Gods and Goddesses waged their war against each other and broke the world.
Kirrandian history and way of life
The Beginning
Kirrandas, when it was made, was a lush forested place with sweeping plains and grass fields, but that quickly changed due to the denizens this beautiful continent bore. Kirrandas was first home to humans who knew how to treat the land and tend it. They lived in small farms and were happy enough. Then, from the northern swamps, came what are now called "Shades". The Shades at that time were not the docile creatures Kirriandians used as laborers. No, they were something different. These shades were bloodthirsty beasts and could take what they wished from the humans. They were strong and fast as they are today and they came from what are still called today "The shadow mire swamp".
The humans eventually learned how to defend against these shades and slew several of them, which scared the shades. They were old and powerful things supposedly born from the droplets of an old god's blood; they, in their primitive minds, were immortal. When they found a race that could best them, they submitted themselves to slaughter. The humans would have none of it. They proposed that the shades help them with their work in exchange. The Shades took to this idea all too happily. They were treated well, fed fine meats and wine when they wished. For supposed slave laborers, they were and still are treated very kindly.
50 years after this agreement between the two races, a new race appeared on Kirrandas. The Elves there were forest folk. There were no grand cities, no grand towers; they lived in trees and had walkways throughout the forest. The Elves had been watching the humans and Shades, wondering what they were doing on their continent, though their Elders knew that the Shades were here long before the humans or even the Elves. The Elders sent emissaries to the humans and Shades, wanting a meeting and perhaps an alliance. The elves had recently felt a disturbance from the small mountain range inside their forests. The humans and Shades agreed with open arms; to have a new ally on this continent were they thought themselves alone was a grand thing.
This alliance continued for a hundred years until the appearance of the rest of the Darklings. (Darklings are Shades ,Werewolves, Vampires, and any manner or corporeal or incorporeal undead)
The Age of the Darkling
For one hundred years there was no war, no suffering save for a small bit of disease. And then it happened. The mountain in the forest which the Humans had started to call "Hell's Breath", because there had been smoke coming from that mountain almost constantly for years, erupted with a loud pounding. This pounding was not like an explosion; it was the sound of one hundred thousand war drums being beaten at the same time from atop the mountain range. These drums were being beaten by the werewolf clan "Sibalhallau (Renders of Deep Stone)", the clan had watched the goings on above their world and were sickened by the humans and their weakness. The werewolves launched their assault on the humans, their hides clad in steel armor, something the humans had not seen before.
The humans barely had time to assemble even a tiny resistance and were overthrown quickly. More than half of them were killed without question and the other half were thrown into shackles and corralled into a makeshift prison camp. The shades, however, would have none of this slaughter and fought the werewolves on even ground, killing 1 for every two humans that were killed at first. Then the werewolves sent their archers. The shades could not stand against an army and surrendered.
The werewolves were then attacked from the rear by what seemed to be an elite force of elves. Their arrows rained down upon them like a torrent and decimated most of them, however the werewolves' true force was not released yet. The alpha wolves, a pack of dire werewolves 1000 strong, came bursting through the forest and tore through the elven archers like tissue paper. The elves were forced to retreat deep into their forests where the wolves dare not tread. The elves would remain in those forests for centuries. Never truly heard from again.
After they had beaten back the elves the werewolves returned to the prison camps in force and proceeded to bring each human before the task master forcing them to swear allegiance or die. What the humans weren't aware of was that they were also being made slaves to these werewolves. The terrible realization did not occur to them until a month later when they were forced to build a new city on the northern border of the forest.
The Werewolves called this city "Koraderras": The Darkling capitol. After this city was built, however, something occurred.
15 years after the completion of the city the werewolves had begun "Farming" the humans and shades. Both races, they found, were delectable sources of food and labor. However these "Farms" brought on a special kind of attention. The undead kind.
A few months went by and humans began dieing mysteriously. The werewolves shrugged it off as cubs getting hungry and going a tad feral. It wasnt until one of them came up from the dead state and attacked the gravedigger, who was a full werewolf. When the werewolves saw this they began guarding the humans more closely.
It was several weeks into this "Epidemic" That the true nature of this transformation in the humans was seen. A group of werewolves toying with their slaves had made them eat shade meat. The humans did not know what it was at the time and thought it to be horse meat so they ate it quite readily when offered. However the shade blood within the meat over powered their own and killed them, or so it seemed. They had in fact been changed into a new creature. Their own blood was corrupted and slowly killed their bodies but the shade strength powered their souls forward. This created a thirst for life sustaining blood, and as they drank they grew less savage and more sane. When the first of them reached a level of sanity to the point he could speak once more he made his way to the royal chambers of the castle. The guards detained him but only in numbers. The Alpha wolf, Gergrin, had more kindness in him than the other wolves, though he did not let them see it. He snarled at the guards to let this man go and bring him to his chambers. The werewolves knew there was nothing 'alive' on this continent able to fight Gergrin one on one and live, so they did as told.
While in his chambers, Gergrin talked to the new creature, curious to what he was. The new creature didn't even know himself, they talked for what seemed like a day. During this time, Gergrin began calling this new creature "Lord". When asked why, he told him that he was the first of his race to speak, as well as the strongest, so he was to be crowned lord of his race. As they continued to talk, Gergrin called up his scholars to devise a name for this new race. it took them several hours to label them "Vampires".
The new Lord liked this name and said it fit well, and that he had decided upon a new name for himself: Theradas. Gergrin smiled and greeted him with his new name and title, telling him to gather up his race so that they may be counted and added to the land as people instead of monsters. After they were all made sane again by being allowed to feed on the human slaves, they were given a place on the counsel and an addition to the city was made for them to live and expand their race.
And so it was. The vampires and werewolves held a steady alliance that would last so long as Theradas, Lord of all vampires, and Gergrin, the King of the Werewolves, would exist.
This happened more than four thousand years ago. And yet they still live on together in a peace that exists only because of Theradas and Gergrin. There are those today that in both factions believe they they should rule the land alone and lord over the other, but Gergrin and Therdas keep most of them quiet. However, there have been a few rebellions in the past, which were stopped only by the combined might of the vampire and werewolf armies.
Kirrandian Customs and lifestyle
Kirrandians mainly live in the city of Koraderras since the plague of The Drawing Mists hit 500 years ago (Detailed Below). The outlying "Shade farms" are far from the talons of the Drawing however, so they may run throughout the year unhindered. There are, however, settlements and small havens across the continent in various places.
In Koraderras, the customs haven't changed since it was built. Humans are slaves. Raised and sold in buildings called kennels. They have varying purposes, and you can find a slave to serve ANY purpose. The purpose they were trained for determines price. (Pricing table up to GM if GM allows it). Once every three months, there is a grand auction for some of the most "special" slaves to be sold. Some have not been trained for anything and are blank slates for those that prefer to train the slave themselves.
Humans may become free by one of two ways: winning a Freedom Match set by their master in the arena and weeded through for at least a portion of fairness by a counsel. To gain this kind of match, the slave simply walks up to the master and slaps him once vary hard in public and demands a freedom match. This cannot be refused. A slave that wins this match becomes feared. These matches are often unfair and favor the master heavily. A human that wins this wins a bounty equal to his former owner's wealth, and a home for himself. The right to kill any Darkling who wrongs him is also his for as long as he is able to follow through on it.
The second is if the master frees the slave of his own accord. This is the least likely way, though the most respected. A free slave of this sort becomes a noble in their own right. A home and money are gifted as well as freedom to show respect for the new human noble. This has happened only once in the history of Kirrandas.
In Korraderas there are several noble families among the werewolves and vampires still respected by the city and monarchy, though finding the true members can be hard as there are a great many pretenders. These family names are as follows:
- Vampire Noble Family names (Age of oldest living member)
- Motierre (245)
- Gevestalli (657)
- Jerasanti (876)
- Terehasanda (6359) {Theradas's clan}
- Werewolf Noble Family names (Age and Rank of Oldest member)
- Hungralla (153 Alpha Wolf)
- Sevaras (341 Pack Warden)
- Thistlemane (6789 Grand Alpha) {House of Gergrin himself though he will not admit it}
The noble families are some feared, some respected, and others still are not even regarded.
The Continent of Brevis
Time-line for Brevis. The True beginning (2000 PC)-->The Birth of the Titans (1500 PC)-->The Birth of the Brevisian races (900 PC) -->The War of the Titans (500 PC)-->The Culling-->The Birth of the Living Spell (100 AC)-->The Creation of the Drawing mists (5189 AC)-->Present day (5689 AC)
The Continent of Brevis. The Isle of the Tragic comedy. The reason it is called as such is because 6189 years ago The Continent shook with the mighty steps of war caused by the Titans. And yet all these years after it has happened the Halflings and Dvati Still put on plays of mockery about the entire thing. For you see it was a simple band of 4 (Technically 5) Adventurers who ended the war quite easily, but you shall read more on this later.
Brevisian History
Brevis. Ahh sweet Brevis Home to the many grassy plains all surrounded by mountains on all sides of the continent save for one. The East side of the continent is clear with sandy beaches and warm ocean waters. Nor originally This entire Continent was home to a single small village of Giants known as Titans. Now These titans were tribal and Revered a god not a soul that ever met a titan has heard of (The Ancient god).
The Titans were the first race to see the land of Brevis, an in all of its beauty they saw in the world a magic. This magic was the very essence of life that they were created with, when in truth they knew of the Ancient god and his work on the plane they also knew their creation was a byproduct of his creating another race somewhere they could not see.
The Titans Were oddly Fully aware from the very first. A Highly intelligent race Born of the earth and its might
Brevisian way of life
Liberums Timeline is indecipherable as any and all history of the continent has been destroyed.
Liberum: the name may trick you into believing it is a free continent, however the human slaves of Kirrandas have more freedom. The people that inhabit this continent must force themselves to show little to no emotion. What would normally be a happy day anywhere else, such as a birthday or celebration, is a gray, somber, and dreary day in Liberum, just as any other. The Inventor keeps this continent on lock-down with his lust for mana. His army of brainwashed Ferreum Inhumanus numbers in the tens of thousands. The fact that they are also far spread from the other two continents in Wavermoth only adds to the helpless feeling that the citizens have.
There is one shining hope of a city, however, built by Titans and called Cloudreaver Keep, though the citizens who inhabit it simply refer to is as Titan's Keep. Its walls are enchanted with ancient stone, repelling any hostile attack. Getting to Titan's Keep can be difficult, but many brave the journey in hopes of finding freedom. Inside the city, bustling bazaars and rowdy taverns abound in the Common Quarter. Most people never leave this quarter, for it is so vast that they believe it to be the entire city.
After a day or so of walking, you would find the Guardian Quarter. This is where the main, now abandoned, barracks resides. Once inside, you would find it monolithic, as it was built for a Titan armada. The building itself would rival most kings' castles, and any equipment you would find inside is too large to carry. This is now home to a gang of thieves that call themselves the Sky-runners.
The Sky-runners are not your typical band of pilferers and thugs. They are more akin to your Trader's Guild. They ensure that the goods the city needs get in and out, and that trade within the bazaars stays fair. They also act as the city's militia, ensuring that the taverns don't get too rowdy, and settling any trade disputes, albeit in a roguish manner.
There are also rumors of an abandoned Titan forge in the mountain range to the north. This mountain range is called The Spines of Salraka.
Special Things, Beings, and Creatures in Wavermoth
The Culling
The Culling Was a Grand and Terrible Occurrence long ago.
The Gods Had a Grand War between them. Not a single one on the others side. It was as a War between countless nations in the sky. The world was set asunder and was forever changed.
The Culling left the Pantheon of Gods Nearly Destroyed with none but a small few left to reign.
Only 4 gods did not join. The god of death a nameless Reaper behind his cowl. The Ancient god And only because he was sleeping. And the other two have been Dormant since the Culling not wishing to reappear since.
The Culling Opened the doorway for the Living spell to be created from the essences of the gods of magic and lore. (More below)
The culling also created the Darkling veil over most of Kirrandas which makes more than 75% of Kirrandas even during the day shadowy illumination at best. There is only one place in Kirrandas free from the Veil and no one that doesn't live there knows about it.
The Drawing mists
These mists were created 500 years ago. By whom? Not a living soul today knows. They only know that these mists are Deadly. Only 3 people who have entered them have come out. And two are thought to be dead by those that knew them before their journey.
The mists Travel Wavermoth in a slow fashion. Effecting A continent for three months at a time. Though not the entirety of said continent. Kirrandas Has a small mountain Range and Plot of forest unaffected by the mists. The forest seems to be Protected in a way by these mists and even from the Unnatural Veil of darkness that effects nearly the whole continent.
The drawing mists are a funny thing The Rules for them Should be used lightly and as a Roleplaying mechanic only. Do not attempt to Create a fight inside the mists and do not attempt to conduct much of anything but moving through them inside the mists. It is ultimately your choice But be warned The mists are tricky and difficult to manage. And your Characters might end up killing each other.
Entering the mists
Upon Entering and breathing in the mists The players will Automatically be trapped under the Strong illusion of the mists. This illusion is brought in through absorption of the skin or breathed in through the lungs. If a character has neither then they are unaffected.
Players are allowed NO saving throw for the initial Illusions. These Illusions affect them on a personal level. First their Comrades slowly dissipate then one or two will reappear. These will be the Illusory Shadows the mists use. They are Nearly 100% real and use things from the characters mind. If a character has feelings for another one The Illusions will try to use that. If they are easily frightened by certain things that will happen. These Illusions will also speak to enhance the experience.
After the First Illusion session is concluded. This includes one or many actions and a few words or sentences from the Illusion. Characters are allowed a Saving throw to disbelieve the Illusion. The DC formula is as follows. 10+Character level(Max 10)+5. This is a will save. If the subject fails they loose double their Con mod in HP, if the mod is negative They loose their Con Score in HP. The saves are recurring each round. This lasts until they fall unconscious or pass their save. Once you pass your save you no longer need to make a save while inside the mists.
If a character passes their Save They will Hear a loud Screeching in their ears "WHY?!?! WHY MUST THE LITTLE FLESHLING RESIST!!!" a DC 16 fort save or be deafened for 2 rounds. After this whether Deaf or not they See Flashes of Black Cloaked creatures Moving around them. Their companions are not revealed to them until all of them pass their saves or fall unconscious. Unless They are touching one another this cannot be avoided by any means Even True seeing will not penetrate this mist, And even touching only allows from them to know they are touching something they still cannot see their companions.
Even after a Succeeded save Character lose HP at 1HP/per hour they are within the mists.
Reentering the mists
When someone survives entering the mists and leaves it and then by some Stroke of horridly Evil luck manages to get back into them They will Receive a Free Saving throw to Remember the Illusions of before and be unaffected. However if he fails he must go through the process over again.
The Living spell
The living spell was created After the Culling When the Essences of gods were running rampant through the cosmos. As it was the 4 gods of magic were destroyed almost simultaneously by each other. And so it was that their essences fused together to create the living spell after a century of forging itself it became sentient.
The living Spell is a Source of pure Wild magic and its presence here in the world Creates a magical disturbance. And while alive All magic Shall be impeded.
The Remaining and Now current Gods Do not Bother the Living spell out of fear or in the Ancient gods case Not caring. The living Spell however guards its only way of truly being defeated. The Gemmite mines. That Gemmite is a rare thing is only made worse by the Spell. He guards and wards the only large Gemmite mine known to the Denizens of Wavermoth. Which is immensely large. Able to connect all three continents of Wavermoth.
{OOC Note} The Living Spell is the Reason why before almost EVERY spell cast you must make a concentration check to see if it worked. IF! somehow your Players manage to kill it. The concentration Check will be gone.
Living spell sheet
This ia a Slight representation of The living spell. Im not great at making these so Bear with the possibly messed up math.
Living Spell (lvl 11) CR 15
Living Spell (Gallanamash - Galla-NOM-osh)
N Huge Ooze
Init +2, Senses Listen +2; Spot +2; Blindsight 60'
AC 18, touch 18, flat-footed 16 (+2 Dex, +8 deflection, -2 size)
hp 142 (15 HD); DR 15/Gemmite
Immune poison, sleep, paralysis, polymorph, stunning, critical hits, flanking; SR 25
Fort +17*, Ref +15*, Will +15*
- includes +8 resistance bonus
Spd per spell
Melee Slam +13 (1d8+6) plus Flenzing as the spell
Base Atk +11; Grp +23
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Actions Spell Effect, Engulf DC 22
Abilities Str 18 (+4), Dex 15 (+2), Con 18 (+4) Wis 15 (+2), Cha 18 (+4)
SQ Ooze traits (Mindless, blind)
- - Though it is capable of speech
Feats –
Skills –
Environment-The Gemmite Caves.
Organization-Solitary and Hostile.
Treasure None on body. Countless riches in it's lair
- Spell Effect (Su) – A creature hit by The living spell or engulfed by it is affected by the Flensing spell as well as the Lightning bolt spell; Pain and trauma Deal 2d6 damage 1d6 con and cha damage Fort Halves/negates for up 4 rounds and 15d6 Electric Damage Reflex halves
- Engulf (Ex) – The living spell can flow around a huge or smaller creature as a standard action, moving into opponent's space; Opponent gets attack of opportunity or a reflex save of DC 22. If save is made, opponent is pushed back or aside, otherwise opponent is considered grappled and suffers an Flensing strike each round as well as a Lightning bolt strike.
- When hit with Gemmite its must make a Will save equal to half the Damage inflicted + the Character level of the one that hit it(Max 12) or have part of its essence split from it. Taking off 1/4 of its lightning bolt damage. This can only happen twice effectivly halving the lightning based damage it does. If it makes the save nothing happens but damage.
Sanguinated Vampyre
The Vampire's in Wavermoth can sometimes be a tad different. These Vampires are called saguinated. These Vampires are much more powerful than their normal counterparts, so long as they stay within the Darkling veil.
A Sanguinated Vampyre retains all stat canges of a normal vampire, save it has a LA of only +6. This is due to several issues. A sanguinated Vampyre cannot swim under any circumstance, due to the fact that complete immersion in water completely destroys them, no saving throw. Sunlight i the same, though it must be natural sunlight not a spell or other magic effect. They loose their turning resistance and instead become unturnable, here is why. A sanguinated Vampyre can only be sired by a vampire and a preist or even palain of a Good aligned God. Now either through birth or through ceremony it does not matter but once Sanguiated the Vampire becomes immune to good aligned reulsion or destruction effect. The Sanguinated vampire also gains a new ability to replace the Blood drain and energy drain attacks it had before. This new ability is to be decided at creation by the DM within reason. The epitome of this ability is Theradas's Sanguine purge. He can drain blood from up to 5 targets in a 15 foot range.. Provided they fail a fort saving throw equal to 10+10 (Half his HD)+ CHA mod (5)= 25.
These Vampires are rare due to the way they are created. So use them sparingly.. unless your sending your party on a sort of suicide mission.


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Charles is unusually tired. Hes eating half-tolerably by his standards. That means hes buying McRibs from McDonalds instead of trying to subsist on sugar and caffeine.
Yknow, sometimes living with Charles is so challenging, demanding, exhausting I wonder if I can manage to get us through another week.
Too many days when he awakens in a irritable mood. A hellish way to start the day even if you are sitting in another chair. Succeeding hours spent listening to carping, griping, ingratitude.
Some of his daily problems stem from his own bad habits. His diarrhea would be greatly abated if hed eat slightly less crazily. Some of his other complaints could be cured by thirty minutes of application a day. He is the Bad Habit poster child.
My own efforts are redirecting his behavior meet with equal parts resentment and resignation. And his weaknesses have exacerbated mine.
Should I leave him I sometimes wonder. Are the last two years a terrible, terrifying mistake. If I did what would happen to him.
But dont I deserve better. Im neither superhuman nor a saint. Theres nothing nobler than caring for another. But not at the loss of my own peace, my own ability to act as a sane man.
No, Im not planning on leaving Charles. Or even significantly altering any part of my life. Id like to do the latter. But without it seeming as devastating as a blast of dynamite. Instead Ill keep my mind limp and continue to flow with The Way. Because that is what my mommy taught me.
But I do appreciate this chance to whine in public. I dont know if confession is good for the soul but it serves if nothing else as an emotional laxative.
My greatest esteem to Teri Lee. And to that group of you that daily handle your lifes contradictions and limitations with grace.
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The man sat stoic and engaged, chin in hand, as the woman at his side spoke. At times, the two seemed to mirror each other, echoing the other's head tilt and body language like two halves of a single person.
For nonverbal behavior expert Joe Navarro, that brief scene was a road map to their relationship. "This is a couple who have been together a long time, and they're happy," he said.
We'd been watching the pair on a balcony at BayWalk for less than 30 seconds, when Navarro delivered his verdict. So I approached the couple with a simple question: Was he right?
"We've only been together a little while . . . about 41 years," cracked Mike Kovac, 66, a retired University of South Florida professor who was enjoying the balmy weather with his wife, Midge.
"Seems like he got us pretty well."
Now, it's not necessarily a stretch to assume an older couple enjoying the day together might have a long, solid relationship.
But it was also the kind of rapid-fire analysis Navarro has specialized in, from 25 years spent as an FBI counterintelligence officer right up to his current work tutoring business executives and poker players on the myriad ways our bodies betray our thoughts.
After years of prodding, the Davis Islands retiree finally put his knowledge about body language into a book published last month, What Every BODY Is Saying, aimed at teaching the average schmo to decode the subtleties of our physical response to mental reactions.
So I put Navarro's concepts on trial, roaming the streets of lunchtime St. Petersburg recently to see if the cues highlighted in the book actually signify what he says they do.
We spent time at BayWalk, the Pier and a few sidewalks in-between, watching people and trying to dissect their behavior without looking too conspicuous.
At times, I felt like Keanu Reeves fighting Laurence Fishburne in the dojo scene from The Matrix, struggling to keep up with my more experienced guide's near-instant assessment of each person's public posture.
As a group of three women passed, angling across the courtyard like a flock of birds in perfect triangular formation, Navarro noted how their efforts to walk together indicated they're probably all good friends.
At the Pier's outdoor watering hole, Navarro looked at Diane Markell for about 10 seconds before pronouncing that she was having a good time talking to the guy wearing sunglasses about 5 feet to her left. The clue: The inside of Markell's right wrist was turned toward the man, a way of exposing your front to friends that he calls "ventral fronting."
"Yeah, we're getting along pretty well," Markell said with a wary smile, once I asked about Navarro's analysis. "It's freaky, what you're talking about. But it's reality."
What was also obvious: The signs betraying each source's anxiety as I approached with my initial questions.
Kovac leaned away as I approached, rubbing the back of his neck as I explained my intentions, folding his arms in front of his chest until I cracked a joke that broke the ice. Markell leaned away from me initially, turning the back of her wrist to me until she realized what I was doing and warmed to the conversation.
Navarro's book preaches that these actions are pacifying and protective behaviors; near-unconscious moves rooted in our limbic brain and connected to the primitive impulse to shield ourselves or soothe anxiety.
In man's earliest days, these impulses connected to our "fight or flight" response, helping our bodies gear up quickly to meet an anticipated threat. In modern life, they signal reactions to much more mundane sources of stress.
"I run into people all the time who say, 'That's not what I was doing,' " Navarro said, laughing. "Either they're not aware of the behavior, or they don't want to be that exposed. But if someone's talking to his girlfriend and his toe is up, he's having a good conversation. Talk to him long enough and you find out she's agreed to come over, which is the good thing he was anticipating."
In person and in print, Navarro said the biggest pitfall for amateurs is assuming too much from a single cue.
For example, I saw a man sitting with his kids bouncing his legs — a possible sign of agitation. But if he's the type of restless guy who always bounces his legs, Navarro said, it might not mean much.
"The key, sometimes, is getting to know your subject a bit, so you can better read their behavior," said Navarro, a master interrogator who once met with the producers of Fox's hit show 24 to offer feedback on how they portray interrogations. "It's the changes in what they do that can tell you something."
Navarro's book is filled with anecdotes on how such observations have helped him and his students — from deducing that a mother was hiding her fugitive son after watching her cover her lower throat during some questions, to an employer who concluded an applicant was hiding an unflattering Facebook page by the way he rubbed his legs during the job interview.
Some of his observations seem elemental: People squint when seeing something they don't like, a behavior Navarro's calls "eye blocking." Other cues — the way people's feet point toward a possible exit when they are thinking about leaving — are less obvious.
"It works everywhere humans interact," wrote Navarro, 54, who traced his expertise in nonverbal communication to his childhood as an 8-year-old immigrant from Cuba, forced by language barriers to guess how Americans felt about him from their behavior. "Because people are not always aware they are communicating nonverbally, body language is often more honest than an individual's (words)."
We didn't find many negative interactions during our brief experiment last week. So we tried to create one.
We asked a hostess at a restaurant if they could handle 30 people that afternoon, planning to let her in on the experiment when she nervously shielded her neck.
But after furrowing her brow a bit, the woman asked a co-worker if they could handle such a crowd. The answer: No problem.
"I guess that pretty much failed," said Navarro, laughing as we walked away. "No way to interpret anything, if you can't stress the person out in first place."
Eric Deggans can be reached at [email protected] or (727) 893-8521. See his blog at blogs.tampabay.com/media.


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Stanley Andrew "Stan" Andersen, of Little Falls, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis.
Son of the late Andrew and Bernice Andersen, he was born in Fargo, N.D. The family moved to Randall in 1945, where he attended local schools and worked for Northern Pacific Railroad. Stanley proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy. Then he worked primarily as an over-the-road truck driver and later in hotel maintenance where he met his wife, Mary Susana (Molano) Andersen. Stan was a member of Trinity Chapel. He was an avid "grandpa" to 12 grandchildren and a train enthusiast.
He is survived by his wife Susana and two sons, Kenneth of Coon Rapids and Joshua (Melissa) of Bloomington; two daughters, Heather of Siren, Wis., and Denise of Hayward, Wis.; two brothers, Jack C. of Little Falls and Mark of Ohama, Neb.; two sisters, Martha Stiller of Elk River and Maren Heim of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two previous wives and a brother, Roger.
A memorial service is planned for Oct. 27, with visitation at 10 a.m. and the service at 10:30 a.m. at Living Hope Church in Little Falls. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Randall.
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ATLANTA (AP) - Dodgers infielder Aaron Miles hopes his throwing error on Sunday doesn't cost Clayton Kershaw the NL Cy Young Award.
``We'd like Matty (Kemp) to win the MVP and Kersh to win the Cy Young,' Miles said. ``Those are personal achievements, but they're also team awards because you can't do it without the team playing well behind you.'
Miles' poor throw from third base helped the Atlanta Braves tie it in the seventh inning and Martin Prado's game-ending RBI single sent the Dodgers to a 4-3 loss that snapped their season-high six-game winning streak.
Jose Constanza set up Atlanta's victory with a one-out single off Blake Hawksworth (2-5). He moved to second on a wild pitch and scored easily when Prado's liner landed inside the left-field line.
Craig Kimbrel (4-2) retired the side in order in the top half to get the victory.
The Braves, who began the day with a 7 1/2-game lead in the NL wild-card standings, had just one runner in scoring position through the first six innings against Kershaw.
But Miles' one-out miscue pulled second baseman Justin Sellers off the bag and proved costly for Los Angeles.
The Dodgers had a 3-0 lead when Alex Gonzalez singled and moved to third on Jack Wilson's single. Miles fielded Constanza's hard grounder cleanly, but his wide throw allowed Gonzalez to score and ruined a potential double play.
Wilson and Constanza moved up on a wild pitch and scored on pinch-hitter Brooks Conrad's broken-bat single, tying it at 3.
Kershaw, who was attempting to tie Arizona's Ian Kennedy for the NL lead with his 18th victory, allowed three runs, two earned, and 10 hits in seven innings. He struck out 10 and walked none.
Kershaw threw 84 of 115 pitches for strikes in his first career start at Turner Field. The left-hander was 4-0 with a sparkling 0.58 ERA in his previous four outings.
``I definitely felt like I had good stuff, some of the better stuff I've had all year,' Kershaw said. ``I had command of all three pitches. In the seventh, I left some (pitches) up. Wilson was a hanger and with Gonzalez I got behind in the count.'
Kemp went deep for the Dodgers, hitting a three-run drive with two out in the third for his 32nd homer.
Randall Delgado, the third rookie starting pitcher used by Atlanta in the series, gave up three runs and four hits in five innings.
The Dodgers put runners on first and second with no outs in the seventh, but Cristhian Martinez struck out James Loney and Kemp and got Juan Rivera to fly out to end the threat.
The Braves, who avoided getting swept in a three-game series for the first time this season, wondered early if Kershaw would give them a chance to win.
``He's stingy,' Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said. ``He ain't giving up that many runs. We pulled one off.'
Miles blamed himself for the loss.
With the Dodgers 14 games behind Atlanta in the wild-card race, Miles believes the team would gain some satisfaction if Kershaw receives the Cy Young Award and Kemp the MVP.
``If they win, we feel like we did our part in helping them win,' Miles said. ``It's just one reason that it's hitting a little bit hard right now.'
NOTES: Sellers stayed in the game after Delgado hit him on the right wrist in the third inning. ... Loney went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. He was hitting .463 over his previous 54 at_bats. ... A victory would've given Los Angeles its first three-game sweep in Atlanta since 1984. ... Los Angeles RHP Hiroki Kuroda will try to extend his career-high winning streak to five starts Monday at Washington.


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On 18/08/11 17:35, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 18/08/2011 11:48 AM, Ogden wrote: >> Isn't this very dangerous? I have the Dell PERC H700 card - I see >> that it has 512Mb Cache. Is this the same thing and good enough to >> switch to nobarrier? Just worried if a sudden power shut down, then >> data can be lost on this option. >> >> > Yeah, I'm confused by that too. Shouldn't a write barrier flush data > to persistent storage - in this case, the RAID card's battery backed > cache? Why would it force a RAID controller cache flush to disk, too? > > If the card's cache has a battery, then the cache is preserved in the advent of crash/power loss etc - provided it has enough charge, so setting 'writeback' property on arrays is safe. The PERC/SERVERRAID cards I'm familiar (LSI Megaraid rebranded models) all switch to write-though mode if they detect the battery is dangerously discharged so this is not normally a problem (but commit/fsync performance will fall off a cliff when this happens)! Cheers Mark
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