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Subject: Ever... Character Sheets
Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:52 pm
NAME: Sionn McGhee
RACE: Fara
APPEARANCE: Height: 5'11" Weight: 185 pounds Hair: Red Eye Color: Green Age: 26
CLASS: Stormborn
SKILLS: Sionn's main weapon is two hammers etched with the symbols of his family and energized with elemental magic. The magical hammers can be reduced in size to better fit under his clothing so they can be concealed. Like any Stormborn Sionn is an elemental caster and concentrates on water magic. He is trained in mixed martial art hand to hand combat and tends to be the up close and personal fighter while his sister fights from a distance with her bow.
MAGICAL ABILITIES: Sionn changes the enchantments on his hammers to suit the situation. His most common offensive spells are Ice Storm, Water Wall, Ice Trap, Frostbite and Ice Dagger. Defensively his most common spells are Water Shield, Snow, Ice Vision (allowing him to see through ice or into water), Walk on Water and Destroy Water.
PERSONALITY: Sionn is fairly upbeat and honest. He loves his sister more than anyone and will get defensive quickly if someone even hints negativity towards her. More than anything he enjoys being out on an adventure and has already seen much of the world due to assignments from the "Conclave of Nine". Though he will work with groups of other people when necessary he prefers to work exclusively with his sister.
HISTORY: Sionn is a fierce hand to hand fighter and a master with his hammers. He is known through most of the houses as a talented and formidable warrior.
WEAKNESS: Sionn likes to give others the benefit of the doubt and this can often lead him to respond too slowly to dangerous or otherwise potentially negative situations. He is also known for his weakness for Human and Fara females, more than once he and his sister have had to flee an area because of a "mishap" with some powerful persons daughter.
"I want to change the world but they won't give me the source code"
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Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:26 am
Torri McGhee
House of Helleborine
Expert marksman with the compound bow. Trained in mixed martial art hand to hand combat. Accurate up to 25 feet with the daggers she carries on her left hip. Because of the power of the compound bow, her right arm can become tired if she uses it a lot in a short period of time.
Her bow is enchanted to give her bolts stronger impact. She uses the natural environment to cast elemental spells involving plant life. Her most common spells are: Snare, Tangle Weeds, and Grasping Roots. She can also use Skin Like Wood, Camouflage, Shield of Thistles and Strength of Earth but they are more powerful than the others and brings her very close to her limitations. She only uses the last four spells in dire emergencies due to the fact the earth could reclaim her if she wields too powerful of magic.
Torri is Sionn's younger sister. She used to be an outgoing, cheerful girl but as she grew older and learned the way of the real world, she saw just how devious and desperate things really were. As a result of her exposure to the world, Torri has become rather cynical and slightly withdrawn. She's very difficult to get to know. The only person she allows close to her is her brother. Everyone else she keeps at arm's length or further to prevent herself from being used and getting hurt.
The bow being one of the earliest weapons used by her race, Torri chooses to use the modern version of the ancient weapon. It keeps her rooted in her heritage and the ancient ways yet allows her to adapt to the modern world she lives in. Her proficiency in the bow comes from long hours of practice and the love of the weapon. Torri's able to shoot an aspirin out of the air at 100 feet with her bow. It allows her to pick off her target without getting close enough to see their face very clearly. To her, it helps her keep them from being "someone" and let's them remain "something".
Like her brother, she's well trained in mixed martial art hand to hand combat and she lands a blow as well as she takes one. She's not afraid to use her daggers when she's close enough but usually when she gets that close, she will use her body as her weapon as it allows her to release much of her anger and frustration at the way the world has become.
Torri's famous saying is, "The earth's become nothing but a cesspool. It's my job to help make sure the crap doesn't overflow."
Torri is of the mindset the world is nothing but a place of crooks, degenerates and pathetic beings. She feels most people are being led to slaughter in one way or another and they are all too stupid to see it for themselves preferring to live with the philosophy the "glass is half full". Because of this, she tends to keep more to herself instead of getting into the mainstream of life. This causes a lack in her social skills which in turn causes her to isolate herself even further from others. The only one she interacts with on a constant basis is her brother.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
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Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:18 pm
NAME: Jericho Lake
RACE: Elar'uma
APPEARANCE: Height: 6'3" - Weight: 210lbs - Hair: Ash Brown - Eyes: Grey - AGE: 27
CLASS: Sentinel
HOUSE: House of Avalon
SKILLS: Quite possibly one of the best melee combatants in the World, armed or otherwise, thanks to his upbringing and lineage. Jericho is nearly unparalleled with a sword of any kind, however, he is still very above average with any other form of melee weapon. More often than not he uses a long sword in his right hand and a moderately long dagger in his left.
MAGICAL ABILITIES: Jericho won't be launching any fireballs or calling forth any lightning strikes on you. Any magical abilities he has are purely passive, if there at all. The legend goes that the males in his bloodline, while all excellent martial warriors, also had some kind of enchantment placed upon them back in the days of Arthur. It was said that Lancelot du Lac could not be bested on the field of battle, and that those fighting under his watch were likewise unable to fall. Obviously, this is pure speculation, but, it was certainly a nice thought for those fighting alongside Lancelot and that thought rings true to this day, all the way down to Jericho. Jericho, like all of his ancestors, can also shift into a sort of "trance" when in battle, allowing his instincts to guide his movements. It has been said that Jericho also possesses the ability to move freely about the battlefield with the grace and speed of the wind itself. Whether those abilities listed above are truly magically granted from the days of yore or if his physical abilities are really just that impressive is hard to say. Regardless, Jericho manages to carry his ancestor Lancelot into these modern times.
PERSONALITY: Jericho is wise beyond his years. That could be a result of his extensive historical learning during his upbringing, but, he also has what most refer to as an "old soul." Soft-spoken and cordial in peaceful settings, Jericho has a laid back and wide ranging sense of humor, and is rarely seen without a smile on his face. Socially, Jericho is smooth and intelligent, with an effortless charm that hearkens back to the days where real men could make a woman swoon with a simple kiss to the back of her hand. While he certainly doesn't follow the antiquated code of Chivalry that Knights in the Arthurian era touted (though, neither did Lancelot), he is bound by his own code of what he feels is right and can typically always be expected to defend the defenseless and fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. In battle, however, that calm shroud drops away and the truth of his lineage comes to light. The smile falls away, leaving a man who is as fierce on the battlefield as he is calm outside of it. Jericho will charge headlong at overwhelming odds and not hesitate for a moment. That's not to say he's not a tactical fighter, because he has that in spades, however, Jericho has the heart of a lion and will not willingly back down from any challenge.
HISTORY: A descendant of the legendary Lancelot du Lac, First Knight of the Round Table, Jericho Lake was brought up to embrace and carry on the history of his storied bloodline. In addition to standard education, he was well versed in the tales of his forefather and his Knightly kin as he grew up. Now, he carried that legacy along with him, both in his heart and in the form of Lancelot's blade, Arondight, given to him by the Lady of the Lake herself and passed down generation to generation until reaching Jericho's hands.
WEAKNESS: While bold and brave, Jericho shuns most forms of armor, which leaves him vulnerable to standard attacks. He's a headstrong man, outside battle as well as in, and will often refuse to yield, even when doing so poses a real threat to his own life. Also, being a proud bearer of the du Lac name, Jericho can often be baited by challenges to his and his families honor (that whole thing with Guenivere tends to be a sore subject) and his ability.
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:11 am
Eiji Isuke Temujin (pronounced EE-yi-jee)
Dark Brown, almost black/
House Taizu
Eiji has been trained in the ancient Mongolian fighting style of Bajutsu. Devoting a considerable amount of curriculum to balance and coordination, Bajutsu practitioners utilize a variety of weapons styles and techniques from horseback--from swords to pole arms to bows and arrows. Traditional Bajutsu schools teach a comprehensive martial art using weaponry on unsaddled horses. Physical training of the riders includes acrobatics and horseback stunts, as well as close combat techniques such as the "sutemi," wherein a rider will sacrifice themselves in order to drag an opponent to the ground. Over the centuries, The House of Taizu has adapted this fighting style to fit the times. In today's world, Eiji uses motorcycles, subway trains, cars or any moving object as her horse.
Eiji practices no magic. Her skills are strictly fighting.
Eiji very rarely jokes around. She is very serious about everything she does. Knowing it takes concentration at all times, she tends to lead a very private life. Her duties as a Shade take her to all different parts of the world but when she can, she will return to her Mongolian roots to find her center once more.
Not saying much to others, she lets her actions speak for her. Always keeping a watchful eye out for the enemy, she is always ready to spring into action at any moment yet she always seems relaxed. Using the skills passed down from generation to generation, Eiji tends to work exclusively for the Eclipse and Druids s they are always in need of her skills, not to mention they always seem to pay the highest price for her time.
Eiji is a direct descendent of Genghis Khan. Her lineage can be traced back to the early 12th century. While many records of Genghis Khan's children were lost, House of Taizu kept meticulous records of his family. Because of this, Eiji knows where her roots are planted and she has studied her family extensively.
The House of Taizu first started working for the Eclipse and Druid many centuries ago and has kept the tradition going today. And with the world's economy tanking the way it is, she's glad she has kept the alliance with the two classes.
With her skills as a trained Batjusu fighter, Eiji tends to take risks during her fighting that many other fighters would think too risky.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:15 pm
Priya Rupindra
Dark Brown/
House of Jyoti
Priya is an Arbiter who uses the power of the sun for her spells. Her magic is most powerful during the daylight hours but she has several crystals that harness the sun's rays to use at night if need arises. The crystals are worn as part of her traditional Eastern Indian attire.
Priya's defensive spells are Sphere of Light, Halo of Light, and Sun Shield. Her offensive spells include Bolt of Light, Fingers of Fire, and Shock of Fire.
Priya is very outgoing. She believes all creatures serve a purpose. Always smiling, her smile competes with the sun on its radiance. Her dark eyes seem to dance when she looks at things. Her love for the native dancing from her Eastern Indian culture keeps her physically fit and the meditation she performs daily keeps her mind sharp.
Priya is a very learned young woman who studies not only the world of today but she studies the world from years gone by. A historian of sorts, she spends a great deal of her time outdoors in the sunlight reading from many of the historically accurate books the Arbiters have maintained as well as other resources.
Priya was the twelfth child of twelve. The only daughter and youngest of the children, her male siblings took it upon themselves to be her personal protectors when she was younger. As she grew older, she discovered her ability to use the magic of the sun. When her parents discovered her ability, they rejoiced with the rest of the family. Seeing the gift passed down to each of the children they bore as a gift from the Gods, she was quickly trained in the art of magic.
Her pure heart and outgoing personality have made her a target of The Eclipse and The Shade. Because of this, her parents keep her on a short leash, so to speak, and don't let her travel very far without proper escort from the Sentinels. Even then her brother, Rajish, is sent with her.
Priya's dream is to travel the world and see some of the magnificent places she's read about and studied in the books she reads. Her love for knowledge has led her to be proficient in English, French, German and a touch of Chinese as well as her native language.
Priya has lived a sheltered life. While she is an Arbiter, she still has much to learn and because of her lack of 'worldly' experience, she has no idea just how bad things can really get. That coupled with the fact she is very outgoing could lead her to trusting the wrong people under the pretense of aiding them when in fact they are using her.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:49 pm
NAME: Algernon Poe
RACE: Elar'uma
APPEARANCE: Height: 6'7" - Weight: 198lbs. - Hair: Grey, peppered with black - Eyes: Indigo - Age: 49
CLASS: Druid
HOUSE: Head of the House of Raven and the Conclave of Druids
SKILLS: Algernon is insane. One might not think this is a skill, but, in the hands of one Algernon Poe, it's a deadly one. It's impossible to know what the next move in his game is. Insanity defies any attempt at understanding and, let's be honest here, dealing with an insane, highly powerful druid offers Algernon a substantial psychological edge in dealing with enemies. He tends not to get involved in hand to hand combat whenever possible, but, if necessary, he is a very dirty fighter, using any possible edge he can to get the upper hand.
MAGICAL ABILITIES: Algernon's full magical capabilities are unknown. However, it is thought that he is able to bring forth immense forms of natural destruction. Being insane, he tends to scatter his abilities around the spectrum, however, when one looks into his dark eyes, there is a fire there, and not just a fire of insanity. Like Nero, Algernon has a taste for watching the world burn.
PERSONALITY: At one minute hyperactive and scatterbrained, at the next focused and murderous, it's understandably difficult to get a read on Algernon. Some say his mood swings are an act to keep up his insane appearance, but, if it is, he's doing a damn good job at keeping it up. Even members of his own House are unsure what his reactions will be on any given day, and he shows no qualms about harming others if they don't offer whatever it is that he wants. That said, Algernon is a captivating speaker when he needs to be, and can inspire fanatic devotion in those who follow him.
HISTORY: Algernon is the great-great grandson of Edgar Allan Poe, who many suspected was one of the more powerful Druids of his time. Edgar set in motion the events that would eventually lead to Algernon taking over in the present day. Algernon's childhood is a mystery, as he'd been kept sheltered by the Druids, the only thing known for certain is that he was born somewhere near New Orleans. All in all, Algernon is a mysterious figure who manages to strike dread in the hearts of those who oppose him and those who follow him.
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:00 pm
NAME: Erebus Poe
RACE: Elar'uma
APPEARANCE: Height: 6' 1" - Weight: 178lbs. - Hair: Black - Eyes: Indigo - Age: 46
CLASS: Druid
HOUSE: House of Raven, brother of Algernon
SKILLS: Like his brother, Erebus walks a line between sanity and insanity. Unlike his brother however he has a slightly higher level of calculated control. Erebus is Algernon's most trusted right hand and he does his brothers bidding almost without question. Unlike the royalty of old, Erebus has no aspirations of ascending to his brothers station, if anything he is much happier not dealing with the politics of the Council of Nine and would much prefer to remain in the world as the figure in the shadows creating havoc and mayhem.
MAGICAL ABILITIES: Erebus is a tremendously powerful Druid. The Poe lineage is known for being the most powerful of the order and like his brother Erebus wields deadly magic for his own purpose and gain, typically those ends are little more than simply watching the chaos of his actions unfold as countless people die.
PERSONALITY: Erebus is extremely cool and calculating. He is a student of his missions, learning all he can about where he is going and what he will be doing before acting. He is very cold in his dealings with people and has the look of a man that could go from shaking your hand to hanging you with your own intestines in a matter of seconds.
HISTORY: Erebus is also the great-great grandson of Edgar Allan Poe. When their Great Grandfather set the wheel in motion for their father to become the leader of the conclave of Druids he didn't realize that the two brothers hated their father, and he was only in power long enough to give them time to maneuver and operate. It is rumored that Erebus himself killed their father, but no one has ever found enough evidence to make the suspicion anything more.
"I want to change the world but they won't give me the source code"
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Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:12 pm
NAME: Aurora (Rori) Jameson
RACE: Native American
APPEARANCE: HGT: 5'2"/WGT:120#/HAIR: Black/EYE COLOR: Dark Brown, almost black/AGE: 24
CLASS: Sentinel
HOUSE: House of Haiwatha
SKILLS: Aurora was born in the mountains of Virginia and knows little about the outside world. She was taught to use her surroundings to her advantage and Native American style of fighting.....hit swift, hit hard and move fast. Her motions, when fighting, are fluid and sure and she is lethal with a hunting knife and recurve bow and arrows. Her mother is a direct descendant of Hiawatha and has carried on the tradition of fighting injustice and working at bringing factions together that are fighting towards the same goal, teaching these attributes to her daughter.
MAGICAL ABILITIES: Aurora practices no magick persay, her main area of expertise being fighting. She does have an affinity for animals and an uncanny ability to 'speak' to them, especially canines and birds of prey.
PERSONALITY: Aurora is rather complicated when it comes to her personality. She can be serious when the need arises and at the same time have a sharp tongue about her. She enjoys a good laugh and tries to see the good in many things believing that every cloud has a silver lining and no matter how bad things are they can always be worse.
She enjoys others' company and at the same time respects others' needs for privacy as she too enjoys to be on her own from time to time. Her true friends though are a large timber wolf name Beau and a golden eagle called Eryn. Beau has been with her since he was a cub. She rescued him from a trapper's trap after his mother had been killed by poisoning. He's been with her for 4 years now and never leaves her side. Eryn was rescued from a trapper's snare and for reasons unknown, she too has never left Aurora.
HISTORY: Aurora is from the house of Hiawatha and is also a direct descendant of the famous Mohican warrior. Her mother gave birth to her with the help of a midwife in the Appalatian mountains of Virginia after having married Henry Jameson who died soon after in a mining accident. Her mother, knowing about their heritage brought Aurora up home-schooling her and teaching her fighting skills as well. Aurora is book smart of the world outside the mountains, but not experienced. That comes as she travels.
WEAKNESS: Her affinity with the animals has gotten her into many a scrape and narrow escapes as well as her weakness for children in need. She is also slow to judge, sometimes too slow and trusts too easily.
Judge not nor fear that or those which you do not understand, for it or they may be someone or something that will aid you in the trials of your life.
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:14 am
Erich McGhee - Lore Keeper for House of Helleborine, father to Sionn and Torri McGhee
Annette McGhee - Head of House Helleborine, mother to Sionn and Torri McGhee
Rajish Rupindra - Arbiter with House of Jyoti, brother to Priya Rupindra
Sam - Owner of "Saint Peter's Guest House", friend to the McGhee family
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
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Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:19 pm
NAME: Taeryn Lake
RACE: Elar'uma
APPEARANCE: Height: 6'1" - Weight: 200lbs - Hair: Blonde - Eyes: Green - Age: 26
CLASS: The Gray
HOUSE: House of Avalon
SKILLS: Taeryn is brilliant. Flat out, if there's anything that needs to be known, Tae either knows it already, or knows how to find it. A complete whiz with computers, Taeryn is fluent in various programming languages, as well as some more... underground skills that allow him to infiltrate and bypass security systems, if need be. Not to mention his rapier wit and dry sense of humor. Those are skills too, no?
MAGICAL ABILITIES: Taeryn is a Spiritual magician. He can sense and speak to the spirits who wander this Earth, and he can also use their essences to fuel his magic. More often than not, Taeryn acts as a guide to lost souls, showing them the way to pass over and get on with their afterlife.
PERSONALITY: Taeryn has a wonderfully dry wit and tends to always seem controlled. Truthfully, he's almost unflappable, as his cousin Jericho can attest to. Taeryn is softspoken and polite, but, when he needs to get his point across, he can no doubt gain the attention of an entire room.
HISTORY: Cousin to Jericho Lake, Taeryn's bloodline is also that of Lancelot and Avalon, though, he took a decidedly different path than his other male ancestors. Rather than training in the martial arts, Taeryn chose to learn directly from his grandmother, Lilliana, the ways of magic and the lore of the Isle of Avalon. This isn't a plan to take over the House, if need be, since Avalon is a Matriarchal culture, it simply speaks to Taeryn's thirst for knowledge.
WEAKNESS: Though controlled, there is a dark side to Taeryn. If pushed far enough, he can completely lose that facade of serenity and spiral into a rage that even causes Jericho to pause.
NAME: Lilliana Lake
RACE: Elar'uma
APPEARANCE: Height: 5'2" - Weight: 113lbs. - Hair: Platinum Blonde - Eyes: Blue - Age: 67
CLASS: Arbiter
HOUSE: Head (High Priestess) of the House of Avalon
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Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:36 pm
Name: Rhain Morghan (will not offer last name as he is not considered actually a part of the family)
Race: Elar'uma-Human half-breed
Age: 27
Appearance: Height: 5'11", Weight: 170lb, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Dark brown
Class: Arbiter
House: None
Skills: Rhain is very street smart and has excellent survival skills due to his upbringing in the forest. His training is clearly unorthodox, but he has plenty of prowess in magic. His fighting style is noticeably Elar'uma, but has clear differences and much rougher around the edges, looking more like a street-fighting or purely survival style than formal learning. He is very resourceful and will use whatever is in his power to get himself out unscathed. Additionally, Rhain can mimic many of the sounds made by the creatures in the forest and he practices them freely to startle and confuse any travelers who wander into his territory. From his childhood, he also bonded with the wolves and foxes and seems to be able to communicate with them. When he encounters one or a pack in his forest, they will never attack him but they will come to his aid. In unfamiliar areas, however, they will treat him like a wary stranger although still seem reluctant to attack.
Magical Abilities: Rhain works mostly with light and can create small orbs to light the way or blinding flashes, he can also start fires easily with burning beams created by focusing the sun
Personality: Rhain is a natural trickers. He usually comes off as very laid back as he has learned getting too upset may get you killed. He understands the value of keeping one's wits about him. He also functions on the idea that if everyone would learn to get along and work together, the world would be a better place. However, his Arbiter parents have also taught him that there are people who work against this view and that they need to be destroyed if peace will ever be seen. He also strongly disagrees with the more neutral classes' views on balance, feeling like the status quo is not something that needs to be preserved. Rhain cares deeply about protecting the forest as it is his home and relies on the wildlife as cues to what is going on in his beloved forest. For these reasons, he is a strict vegetarian.
Weakness: He has a natural aversion to darkness and will always store sunlight in crystals to keep at least some around to work with. His most powerful weakness though is water. If thrown into it, the light becomes fractured and he can do little if anything with it. When he is wet, he finds his light manipulation unpredictable and has had fire spells backfire onto himself.
History: Rhain was the unfortunate byproduct of forbidden love. When his Elar'uma father met his human mother, they couldn't stand to be without each other. They kept their relationship a secret as long as possible. That ended quickly when the human woman found herself pregnant. Unwilling to let her bare the consequences alone, the heir of the Morghan household confessed everything to his parents in hopes that they would understand. Unfortunately, the Morghan house was one of the longest and proudest of pure Elar'uma lines. They sentenced him to death, but before the guards could catch him, he ran off, quickly finding his love and running off with her in to the dense forests surrounding their town.
The Morghans were powerful though, with clout in some of the highest political offices. A bounty was placed on their son's head and they were hunted through all of Scotland's dense forests. They continued to run, periodically finding sympathetic humans with whom they could stay for a few days. At one such place, Rhain was born in the barn of a kind family of farmers near the northern coast. They hid the couple and nursed both mother and baby back to health before the sounds of police footsteps began to echo in the village and the new family had to leave.
In the forests, Rhain's father trained him to hone his magic and fighting while his mother taught him the vital skills he'd need to survive in the forest. He learned cooking, sewing, first aid, and the subtle intricacies of animal behavior. Eventually, though the hunting became fierce. The Morghans put out a reward for any who would find their son and the harlot who seduced him. People were from nearby towns and cities were beginning to spread of the country from all over the UK and trickle into the forests. His parents knew that Rhain was of little concern to the Morghan family. As far as they were concerned, he didn't exist. The child wasn't safe with his parents. When Rhain was still young, his parents made the most difficult decision they could and sent him out alone in one direction, while they took off in the other.
To this day, Rhain has no idea where his parents are. While he will occasionally wander into small towns, but has never been to a city and has no plans to visit one. He cares little for the noise, darkness, crowds, and everything else that makes up one.
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Name:Lilly MacDougall
Weight:125 lbs
Body type:toned and curved
Hair:Long, thick, dark
Eyes:Hazel (change colors depending on her mood. Green to brown to blue.)
Her name is Lilly.....Lilly MacDougall. She grew up in an orphanage in Dublin, Ireland with the good nuns of St. Peter's Catholic Church. She was different. She knew it. The nuns knew it. And the other children knew it. She wasn't Druid.....but she wasn't Sentinel either, she was Stormborn, and she alone knew that. So did her parents before they were killed when she was only 7 years old in a car accident. Her ears were slightly more pointed at the tips.....her eyes changing from green to brown to blue, depending on her mood. Her hair was long, thick and silky and the color of the night sky. Her skin was pale, soft and all but glowing. She was excellent with a dagger, always had been for as long as she could remember. Able to do tricks, twirling the blade without so much as a scratch to herself. She could throw it with deadly accuracy and wield it like an expert. Without any training. Her parents had begun her teachings as soon as she was able to walk, so she already had an idea on what being Stormborn meant. Now she wanted to find others like her.
Growing up had been anything but pleasant, always tormented by the other kids and constantly watched and judged by the nuns. At sixteen she left the orphanage, traveling on her own, working odd jobs to make ends meet. She then met up with a traveling carnival at eighteen and within the year she became their star with the knives. They called her 'Lilly....The Deadliest Flower on Earth'. It didn't matter what obstacle they threw at her....whether it was a swiftly spinning wheel with a person attached to it or a moving target, she always hit the mark and never the living being. By the time she was twenty her reputation was becoming well known around the world and the small carnival became a name within itself. 'The O'Neil Brothers Carnival' became 'The Great O'Neil's and Lilly Blades' as she was becoming known as.
At twenty-two whispers began to form around her from some of the other carnies and began to travel beyond the carnival. They traveled to Scotland, England, Wales and France. People were beginning to wonder if she was human with the way she threw her blades. It didn't help that she kept to herself, not wanting to sign autographs or be a part of the public. She also could sense that something was happening in the world. Balance was being undone and being a Stormborn she felt the need to right it, only she wasn't sure how go about it.
At the end of her twenty second year she was ready to leave the carnival, feeling the pull of needing something more, the pull of unbalance needing to become balanced once more. They were in Japan when she left.........
Judge not nor fear that or those which you do not understand, for it or they may be someone or something that will aid you in the trials of your life.
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Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:35 pm
Weight:245 lbs
Body type:brick poop house big
Hair:brunette, long
Eyes:deep brown
Ean was the second son of the MacGregors of Loch Lomond, his older brother was the Steward of the house until he was killed in battle. At the age of 27 Ean became the elder and was thrust into the role with little training and less certainty. He is a gentle soul, loving and kind to everyone, but he is also a dangerous adversary when faced in combat, and has felled a great number of foes. Ean is protective and will respond to threats of evil without hesitation or concern for his own safety, and he will stand up for someone in need of a defender whether he knows them or not.
Ean grew up in Sionn McGhee's shadow, always being compared to him even though they are of different orientations and classes. He has always desperately sought love with women, but has always been on the sideline playing the roll of wallflower. His desire to marry is so strong that he will at times become despondent, longing for the life of husband and father.
Weight:135 lbs
Body type:average build
Hair:brunette, typically braided in one long braid that ends at the small of her back
Eyes:Deep brown
Elizabeth showed a talent for magic from a very young age. She was sent to her first mentor at six and had a master at the age of seven. Though she still has a lot to learn, she is advanced beyond her years and is expected to reach into the higher levels of wizardry as she matures and ages into the art. Quiet and reserved, she is much more likely to be found curled on a chair with a book instead of chatting with people, though when she does warm to someone she is fiercely loyal to them.
Elizabeth is too cautious and will not act until she has every bit of information. She is not impulsive like her younger sister and will hesitate to act if faced with situations where she has too much time to plan.
Weight:125 lbs
Body type:muscular and agile
Hair: sandy brown/blonde
Eyes:Light brown
Class: Sentinel, August class (very rare), typically those of the August level become healers.
Lexy is a firecracker of a personality, fast to make snippy and teasing comments, constantly looking for a way to make wise cracks, especially at her brother. She is extremely fast and agile with a sword, but her real power comes from the unusually high level to which she can wield spirit. Only a few "August" level Sentinel's are born every hundred years, and Lexy is one of them. The most common path is to become a healer, which Lexy is reluctantly doing. Lexy has a fond love for the blade, and loves to train with swords, creating an uncertainty as to what path she wants to follow.
Lexy can sometimes be too brash, and she has offended people by being inappropriate at the wrong time. She is not a tactition and will often react without thinking through the consequences. However she has a great love for people, and also has a spirit guide in the form of a falcon.
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NAME: Dietrich 'Panzer' Jürgen
RACE: Elar'uma
APPEARANCE: HGT: 6'4"/WGT:250#/HAIR: Dirty Blonde/SKIN TONE: White/EYE COLOR: Blue/AGE: 39
CLASS: The Hand
HOUSE: Haus Von Zeitlos
SKILLS: A brutal soldier he has a tendency to fall back to the heirloom of his Ancestors a great two handed battle axe the first Jugers weapon when chieftain. He uses a very simplistic method of 'martial arts' use everything and anything till it squelches and a good right arm for throwing hatchets though short supply as such weapons cant be carried to subtle so the one throw is usually the hazardous route. (Due to history has substantial human understanding as well on modern weaponry and tactics)
MAGICAL ABILITIES: None to his knowledge (Magic was an unpracticed art among the Viking era so it dwindled much in the House of Zeitlos only the archives of their haus spoke of such tales of bending the elements but rumours spoke of ancient rituals of blood and skulls but these were unpracticed as it was one of the things that probably led to there rather large eradiction... down sized)
PERSONALITY: Offer him a pint and he'll smile and give you the blessings of the eight gods who carry the ships across outlandish edges of the globe but easily displeased to insult and he is reckless with his own life after having angered his family and had brought about the trials on himself at an early age it had caused him confusion of their mission many rumoured him as the coming of the second Vaegir the first Viking to lead great pillaging across countries and borders it broke the Iron laws set in thier Haus of neutrality.
HISTORY: His history was a highlight of teenage mutinies and idiotic choices that gave him a very different view on his mission having walked away from his house at his first year of adulthood he joined the military participated in war... his neutral viewing was compromised by these pure feelings of hate when he came back to the Haus he was almost put to execution but being the only male heir, lets just say it helped.
WEAKNESS:A shameless lack of pride for his own family but an outlandish love for a fight he will pull himself into some awful situations and the pure belief of Norse offensive tactics make him believe anything heavier than his trusty heavy duster coat for armour is a brutal lack of respect to his Ancestors leaving him vulnerable to anything dangerously directive and a distaste for magic that put a bad taste in his mouth... maybe jealousy?
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Age: 38
Race: Punkie
Class: Binder
House: Ephember
History: Kain's birth came during a turbulent period for his house, so turbulent in fact that he is the only known survivor, saved and raised up by a Gray. Though taught how to use his abilities and how to fend for himself, his lessons were never put to the test, Kain remained hidden and safe.
Magical Abilities: Kain has mastered the ability to generate electrical currents. Though the benefits of being a tiny man-dynamo are limited, he's taken to using a whip threaded with copper wire to improve his reach as well as a lightweight extendable metal rod. The rod is also a way for Kain to focus his powers and create bolts of lightning once sufficiently charged.
Skills: Martial arts for self-defense were a daily routine while Kain grew up, though his heart was never in it and his routine has slipped since then. Young Kain was far more intrigued by his elemental abilities and the many devices that run on electricity. He spent a lot of time tinkering with electrical appliances giving him a good understanding of their inner workings.
Personality: Without other family members to help Kain make sense of his hereditary memory he grew up quite troubled. It wasn't until he began to write about the centuries upon centuries of events stuck in his head that he became less burdened. At the urging of his foster father he did not write the full truth, such records could be dangerous, but instead Kain produced a very enjoyable mix of fiction and historical fact that saw several stories published under an umbrella of pseudonyms. Now, contrary to his difficult childhood he enjoys a much more leisurely lifestyle.
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NAME: Arawela Poe
RACE: Elar'uma
APPEARANCE: Height: 5' 6" - Weight: 112lbs. - Hair: Jet Black - Eyes: Blue - Age: 21
CLASS: Druid
HOUSE: House of Raven, daughter of Algernon, niece of Erebus
SKILLS: There is no question that Arawela is the most powerful Druid to walk Earth for hundreds of years. Her talent and hunger for magic developed at a very young age, and she will stop at nothing to see her plans through to the end. A seductress, manipulator, and cold calculator, Arawela is known for taking on whatever persona she must to engage the present audience and get what she needs.
MAGICAL ABILITIES: Arawela is recognized by the entire Druid Conclave as the most powerful of their order, and she has even tapped the ancients living in the darkness of Raven Manor, absorbed their magic and abilities, making them her own.
PERSONALITY: Cold, calculating, and manipulative.
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For the last three days, a murder of crows has been flocking to the tallest tree in the neighborhood. In brittle voices they call to each other, and to me. Lately, their "caw-caw-caw" sounds more like a "haw-haw-haw." I want to ask them how they can dare laugh at me now—like cowards, right to my face but from yards away—when we are already on the brink of winter. When even the most glorious morning can quickly turn gloomy and dark, like a manic-depressive off her meds, or an angry drunk with a bottle in his hand, or a desperate junkie gone too long without a good high or even a good meal. Sometimes at night after they go to roost, I lie awake wondering whether it's asking too much just to feel normal.
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Wedding Invitations. Monday , February 26th , 2018 - 17:51:39 PM
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Many tiny papers differently shaped or differently colored may be used ecstatically to introduce the news to many. Having a cute little triangle reading out the date of the wedding and a pentagon shaped leaflet announcing the date of the reception could be a cute way of inviting the guests. For destination weddings, map may be used as the print to picturize the journey the guests will have to make. This may be done colourfully for an impressive background. Imbibing bold prints on such a background can lend a mesmerizing effect to the entire invitation car.
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An archive of art writings from across the prairies. Circa 2007 - 2012. Est. by Amy Fung.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
NextFest Visual Arts, June 1 - 14, 2007
Image: Kataryzna Vedah, 2007
Featuring over a dozen emerging artists, all from the Edmonton/Calgary region except for Saskatoon's Todd Grondsahl, this year's range puts forward a promising litany of said "emerging" artists. From Josee Aubin Ouellette's "Object Paintings: Paintings as Props," every day objects such as a stretched mattress are turned into art while every day objects such as a cluster of chairs are turned into art. A clever nod, perhaps to her professor Allen Ball, but nonetheless one of the strongest flat art showings in the group.
Other mentionables are Kataryzne Vedah's "hybrid drawings" that at least attempt to push digital media to its aesthetic boundaries with some success; and Janice Wu's installation of over one thousand origami horses sweeps over you with its simplicity, dedication, and bleeding repetition.
Image: Adam Waldon-Blain, 2007
Rounding out the show, Andrea Pinheiro extends beyond artist into curator for a stencil/printmaking-based show; and some duly impressive ceramic and glass works by Katherine Lys and Amy Wowk are in full force representing the next generation of craftspersons in a tradition that remains so strong in the region.
Some of the works and artists have shown similiar works elsewhere, and though not to deny their talent, but for the time being, their pieces so far have communcated most clearly within this "emerging" context than anywhere else. The strongest NextFest showing in years, the only annoyance is not to be able to see all of these works gathered in one space as a group effort rather than as a dispersal of individual shows.
Artists: Josee Aubin Ouellette, Zachary Ayotte, Danielle Booroff, Lindsay Farr, Todd Gronsdahl, Stephanie Jonsson, Katherine Lys, Travis McEwen, Bronwyne Sloley, Jodi Tychkowsky, Katarzyna Vedah, Adam Waldon-Blain, Amy Wowk, and Janice Wu.
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Remember the gigantic spider Aragog from "Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets" who could walk, talk and scare you to death? Here is another adorable spider, who can walk, talk but overwhelm with his cuteness. Just the medicine to cure your Arachnophobia.
Meet Lucas, the tiny animated spider, who is the exclusive brainchild of Joshua Slice. After designing, modeling, rigging, lighting, animating and rendering for his animated character test, Slice turned to his nephew Lucas to make the little spider come to life with his innocent child's voice. The result turned out to be a brilliant short animation which became an instant hit among viewers.
The eight-legged charming Lucas might be featured soon in a full-length feature film by Pixar. Scroll down to check out the bundle of joy moving around the table with his cute, miniature paws.
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Hey I'm Geno. I am one of those dreaded transplants from the north but Florida is definitely home for good. I'm a hockey and football nut, love to travel (Europe especially), and a big music nerd. If you play SongPop, challenge me. I'm undefeated. You won't beat me. Go ahead. Try.
I'm probably best known on QYK as the food guy. Find me a good place for wings, burgers, Mexican or chicken parmesan and we'll pretty much be friends. You can see a lot of my favorites if you look up #GenoAteTampa on social media.
I began working in radio in high school on my hometown Top 40 station "Thunder 107" in Portland, Maine. The first song I ever played on the radio? "Ice Ice Baby." Since then I've worked a bunch of stations around the country including Hot 104.9 in Tallahassee, KHOP @ 95-1 near San Francisco, and most recently before moving to Tampa I worked with WXLO, WBCN, WZLX, Mix 104.1 and 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston.
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Retired Ninth Circuit Judge Norris Dies at 89
By a MetNews Staff Writer
Retired Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William Norris has died, the court said Friday in a press release.
Norris died Jan. 21 at the age of 89. The court said it would hold a celebration of the judge's life next month.
"Although he retired from the court almost 20 years ago, I and many of my colleagues had the pleasure and privilege of serving with Bill, and kept in touch with him over the years," Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas said. "He had a truly remarkable career, both as a lawyer and as a judge and we are deeply saddened by his passing."
Norris was named to the Ninth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter, taking his seat in 1980. He assumed senior status on July 7, 1994, and retired from the bench three months later. He then returned to practice, initially as a partner at Folger Levin & Kahn LLP from 1997 to 2000, then as senior counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP from 2000 to 2014, when he retired.
Norris authored some 400 opinions for the appeals court, notably in Watkins v. United States Army (9th Circ. 1988) 847 F.2d 1329, which held that Army regulations prohibiting gays from serving were unconstitutional. On en banc rehearing, the court ruled for the plaintiff, but on the ground that the Army, which had long allowed Perry Watkins to serve and granted him security clearances despite knowing he was gay, was estopped from ousting him.
He eventually agreed to accept retroactive pay and an honorable discharge instead of reenlisting.
Norris also authored the opinions in San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee v. Eu (9th Cir. 1987) 826 F.2d 814, holding that a California law barring political parties from endorsing candidates for offices designated as nonpartisan violated the First Amendment, and Newton v. NBC (9th Cir. 1990) 930 F.2d 662, in which the court overturned a $5.2 million libel award stemming from a network TV news report of entertainer Wayne Newton's alleged ties to Mafia figures.
"The media should not fear that its journalists' professional judgments will be second-guessed by juries without benefit of careful independent review," Norris wrote.
Norris was born and raised in Turtle Creek, Pa., a small town near Pittsburgh. While in high school, he worked as reporter for the Turtle Creek Independent, a weekly newspaper managed by his father.
He served in the Navy from 1945 to 1947, then used his GI Bill benefits to enroll in Princeton University, graduating in 1951. He went on to attend Stanford Law School on scholarship and served as executive editor of the Stanford Law Review before earning his degree in 1954.
He clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas from 1955 to 1956, then joined Tuttle and Taylor in Los Angeles, remaining there for nearly a quarter-century before joining the bench.
He was politically active during that time. Then-Gov. Pat Brown named him to the State Board of Education, where he served from 1961 to 1966, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of what are now the California State University and Colleges, serving from 1966 to 1972.
Appointed by then-Mayor Tom Bradley, he served as president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, from 1973 to 1974, and chaired Bradley's Advisory Committee on the Format of a Museum of Modern Art. He had been on the Executive Committee of Bradley's mayoral campaigns in 1969, 1973, and 1977.
In 1974, he ran for California attorney general. He won the Democratic Party primary but was defeated in the general election by the Republican incumbent, Evelle J. Younger.
Norris was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976, serving as a member on the Rules Committee in 1968. He was also California general counsel for Carter's presidential campaign in 1976.
His autobiography, "Liberal Opinions: My Life in the Stream of History" was published last year by Quid Pro Books.
Norris is survived by his wife of 27 years, Jane Jelenko; a son, Don Norris, three daughters, Barbara, Kim and Alison Norris; a stepson, David Jelenko and two grandchildren.
His family suggested that memorial donations be made to the "William Norris Public Service Fellowship Fund" at Stanford Law School.
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Hi Tanja. My wife and I would be interested. We purchased Taste of Yountville Grand Tasting for Sunday, but just learned you need VIP or Bubbles Brunch tickets (Sold Out) to see the group Need to Breathe play. Do you know if the VIP tickets you have gain access to this event? Thank you.. Marcelo (email@example.com)
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NEW YORK – Many a Knicks fans are scratching their heads right about now wondering, 'what is going on' with their team. With centers Nazr Mohammed and Vin Baker dealt to San Antonio and Houston, some are probably even thinking that President and GM, Isiah Thomas is playing the role of Stevie Wonder as interior decorator. This team's make up has the same scary look of Scott Layden's power midget squad. You remember the gluttony of power forwards that made up the roster: Clarence Weatherspoon, Kurt Thomas (masquerading as a center) and Othella Harrington just to name a few.
This team is suddenly taking on that very same look: Kurt Thomas (again taking on center duties) Jerome Williams, Michael Sweetney, new comers, Maurice Taylor and Malik Rose. All of those players are more or less undersized power forwards let alone centers. The only "official" Knicks center on the team is, Bruno Sundov, and he couldn't dominate in the Rucker League.
For all of Isiah's aspirations to trim roster salary, he seems to be taking on 'more' salary; 31 million dollars worth. The Knicks did pick up a few more first round draft picks, albeit low first round picks courtesy of the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs. Maybe Isiah on his recent European scouting trip saw a few players that he fell in love with that he knows he can grab in the first round that no one is thinking about. Or maybe Isiah is making change simply just to make change. Either way short of bizarre, the make up of the team is pretty confusing.
Next year's roster for sure will not resemble what we see now. Kurt Thomas is likely (as he has been for the last seven seasons) to be dealt. Kurt will probably land in Minnesota for Wally Szczerbiak. That's if the Knicks aren't able to find a comparable starting small forward in the June draft. Tim Thomas is most certainly out of Gotham. Isiah will probably take 'anything' short of a bag a nachos for him. With his salary coming off the books in 2006 both he and Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway will be very attractive to teams trying to clear cap space.
One this is for sure, once Isiah gets his roster together he must stick with it instead of playing check and checkmate games. At some point the team has to develop some sort of consistency and continuity. That comes from building trust in one another and also familiarity of playing together for a while and knowing one's tendencies.
Isiah for all it's worth has been known to be a shrewd drafter. While with the Toronto Raptor's he plucked both Marcus Camby and Damon Stoudamire. He took chances while coaching the Indiana Pacer's and grabbed New Jersey's Al Harrington straight out of high school. And with the NBA Draft being more of a crap-shoot whereas as Lottery picks often do not pan out to be all that they were cracked out to be and lower level and even second round picks turning out to be steals; see the talented, Trevor Ariza.
So if Knicks fans are patient and willing to sacrifice a win or two this year, then maybe, just maybe Isiah is doing it the right way. But, with the team at present made up of at least seven guys that play power forward there is a lot of head scratching going on.


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Our finale gathering for our road riding groups was at Bright on Nov 25-27th weekend. How glorious was the weather for us at Bright, a beautiful weekend of mid 30's.
30 ladies in 3 groups cycled various routes. This varied from the challenging Bright to Mt Beauty via Tawinga Gap to a stroll of Happy Valley for another group.
The lunch spot at the rockpool near Mt Buffalo was a fabulous spot for lunch and a dip and a Happy Birthday Jenny!


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Nepal and the Bahamas have established diplomatic relations today.
Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, Ambassador Durga Prasad Bhattarai, and Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations Ambassador Sheila Carey signed an instrument to this effect at a brief ceremony in New York.
According to the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations, New York. , the two Ambassadors explored possible areas of cooperation at bilateral and multilateral levels, including climate change and natural disasters as well as tourism cooperation.
They also resolved to continue working together at the United Nations in pursuit of peace, development and common prosperity ahead.
Ambassador Bhattarai also expressed heartfelt sympathy and solidarity of the Government and people of Nepal to the Government and people of the Bahamas for the devastation that the Bahamas has had to endure last month and wished a resilient rebuilding of the nation.


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For ages now, human beings believe that nature cannot be reversed. One thing is that for a new life to be brought into this world, a newborn must grow inside a womb. Scientists are making interesting discoveries. In the modern, the mortality rate is quite worrying but believe it or not, scientists are doing their best to see that this is minimized.
You could be wondering how they are doing this. Recently, scientists made it possible for a premature fetal lamb to continue developing in a synthetic womb. The synthetic womb called a bio bag resembles a woman's uterus.
The Lamb Survived
Using 105-day old lambs, this new discovery was tested on how effective it is and it proved to be quite effective. During the 4 weeks that the lambs were in the bio bags, they continued to develop normally as they would inside a uterus. The purpose of the artificial womb creation proved to be met as the lambs developed lung and hair without issues.
At What Age Were The Lambs Placed In The Artificial Womb?
According to the scientists, they should be placed in the artificial womb after they start developing. This comes in handy when they are born prematurely and cannot survive on their own. These bags will sustain them until they can survive on their own.
Can This Work on Human?
Premature births lead to numerous deaths of newborns every year. The age at which the lambs were placed in the fluid-filled synthetic womb is equivalent to 22weeks of a human fetus. It is not yet clear whether it can currently work on human development but there is hope that something similar is possible.
This Is a Life-Saving Device
At the age that the lambs were put in the womb which is about 22 weeks in a persons' development, none can survive on their own and this is one reason infants born at below 30 weeks don't survive. This "womb" that has been improvised is life-saving as it creates that natural condition to sustain fetuses.
A benefit of the Synthetic Womb to Human
If these artificial wombs become a reality in the development of human being, the benefits will be immeasurable. The mortality rate will be significantly reduced and chronic diseases in premature newborns will be a thing of the past.
This is a very important discovery and although it has not been tested on human beings, it clears the doubt that it is possible to save lives of the newborn. Newborn deaths are a huge menace that with such discoveries, it can be positively dealt with.


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Ground is expected to be broken in the fall for a community space on Front Street between Christian Street and Washington Avenue called the Front Street Gateway. This green community space is meant to serve as a connection between two of Queen Village's historic landmarks, the Sparks Shot Tower and the Old Swedes Church.
In the meantime, Friends of Front Street Gateway is seeking a logo for this soon-to-be-renovated park space in Queen Village.


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This type of spider is known to be the most common in the world. They live in temperate regions in the US, Southern Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and much of South America. They can be found in dark, dry shelters, a bit dark area such as barns, garages, basements, closets, hollow stumps, burrows of rodents and on the dense vegetation of vineyards but they seek shelter in warm homes during winter.
Adult widow spider is mostly black in color; they have red spots on their body coupled with long dots of red color. Female widow spiders are typically dark brown or black, usually displaying a red or orange hourglass pattern on the ventral abdomen; some may have a pair of red spots or have no pattern whatsoever. They often exhibit various red or red and white markings on the dorsal abdomen. Females of a few varieties are pale brown and some have no intense markings.
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Color:Black, with characteristic red "hourglass" on back.
Bites:Very poisonous
Movement:Do not fly
Size:Body length is approximately 12 mm spider , legs-12 mm.
Life span:1-3 years
Region:Found throughout U.S. and other countries
Black Widow: common in North America, Australia and Oceania. Its density in settlement depends on regional weather conditions over the years and the winter conditions.
Spiders Habitats: they live in different places like mouse burrows, cracked wall, sagebrush steppe, salt marshes wasteland, virgin land and on arable land. They even settle in the habitable unused buildings. But they cannot survive in deserts, very humid area and in thick grass or bushes.
Black Widow's body is smooth with no hair on their skin, so the insect seems to be quite harmless. The adult female has a spherical shape of about 1.5-2 cm. The amazing part of this type of spider is that the male and the female does not look alike in any means: the female spiders molt 9 times while the male spiders molt only 7 times. The female back widow is known to be less tolerant to man's obstruction.
Poison of a Black widow's bite.The poisonous gland of black widow is located in the cephalothorax which is connected by thin channels with moving sharp claws of the upper jaw. The glands are enveloped by a muscle sheath. Due to the drastic reduction of these muscles, a bitten victim receives a portion of the poison instantly. According to biochemical structure, the poison spreads through the lymphatic pathways which contain six of bio active fractions. Bite of the Black Widow is very dangerous for horses and camels, they die directly on the pastures when bitten by this spider but Sheep, goats and pigs are resilient to the poison of black widow and they can eat adult black widow without any consequences.] The venom of a black widow is more deadly than rattlesnake venom in more than 15 times. Most people (especially those living in the grasslands) are familiar with the danger of the Black widow. [sociallocker]To reduce the chance of contact with this spider in the home, they practiced a seasonal burning [/sociallocker]of the steppe to the ground in order to burn adult and young individual spider in cocoons.
Black Widows way of life
Most often, Black Widow get themselves stocked at the base of grass stems, or directly on the ground, where they make spherical cocoons for their eggs, also they make webs for trapping prey. The pervasiveness of sexual cannibalism, a behavior in which the female spider consumer feeds on the male after copulating, has inspired the name widow spider. Study brings about the fact that this act may stir up the survival odds of the young ones, however, females of some species only hardly show this conduct, and much of the known evidence for sexual cannibalism has been observed in laboratory cage in which the males could not run off.
The widow spiders create a web of irregularity, twisted, sticky smooth fibers. The spider very frequently hangs upside down near the middle of its web and waits for insects to mistakenly get in and get stuck. Then, before the insect can extract itself, the spider hurries over to bite it and cloak it in silk. To feed, it introduces its fangs to bring in digestive enzymes, to soften the prey's internal parts of body. If the spider perceives any form of threat, it will hurriedly let itself down to the ground on a shelter line through the silk web. As with the other web-weavers, these spiders have a very poor sight and depend on vibrations. When a widow spider is stuck, it is unlikely to bite; its bites are the result of frequent disturbance from people around its abode. While some species are more hostile, most are not: many hurts to humans are due to defensive bites when the spider gets accidentally pressed or pinched.
Black widow spider eat. Like many spiders, the black widow eats other spiders and insects that fall within its web. Female spiders hang themselves upside down, waiting for their prey. This position reveals the bright markings on the female spider which serves as a warning to potential predators but it is never afraid of its prey for any means. Widow Spider eats flies, mosquitoes, gnats, beetles and caterpillars which fell in the web; the black widow uses his legs, combs, to wrap prey into the silk. Then pierce their prey fangs and injects digestive enzymes that liquefy them and the sucks them up.
Reproduction of black widows
The mode of Living of black widow spider is very dramatic. Many have heard that the spider eats her husband immediately after the wedding. It happens sometimes. And sometimes the female begins to eat the male during mating.
Usually, the male spider is of the size 4-7 mm, and the female 10-20 mm closer. However, it should be noted that the female shows aggression toward male only in the case if it is not ready to mate. Sexually mature females usually do not attack potential partners and are happy to accept courtship.
Thus, the female black widow falls into a state of catalepsy and remains motionless, not only during mating, but for quite a long courtship proceedings. In such a condition it's not dangerous for the female because it makes the male do everything that she wants: turns on his back, drags to another, more suitable place for mating. Often before mating, the male spider wraps a web around which play a support role at the time of mating. Rivalry now sets in between the male spiders – a common phenomenon in the mating season. At this period of time, the female spider gets up to 12 potential partners who fight among themselves for the one to mate but there is usually one among them, the most active male who, drives off other contenders, starts the process of pairing.
Black widow egg sac.Grayish Silk sac of egg with a funnel is attached to the web. Each female spider lays from 5 to 15 of such sacs of 12 to 15 mm in diameter, each containing 200 – 900 eggs. These clutches of eggs are fiercely protected the female spider.
Black widow baby.Young spiders slip out of the ball after 10-30 days. Only a handful of them will survive, because the black widows are cannibals in the early stages of their lives. They feed on other spiders from their blood for survival.
Older spiders die in the summer. The young spiders survive through the winter; they also undergo molting during winter. First, they are white, then – orange, and only a couple of months they take after the adult male black widow. Surviving spiders leaves the web and take like 2-3 months, so that they grew up, they began to weave their webs to produce food. Black spiders are not known to be hostile to human with no reason but the can be aggressive towards man when their web or house is being disturbed by man. This mostly occurs when people stays overnight in the wild or near the house of the spiders. The toxicity of the venom of the Black widow depends on many factors: season, age and sex of the spider. The adult female spiders are more risky and the undeveloped spider-lings in terms of bite.
Black widow bite
In recent years there have been changes in the place of habitation of the Black widow into the relatively dense human habitation. It abandoned outbuildings, wood woodpile, rural latrines (known cases of bite in the buttocks). Perhaps the spider penetrates into the house during prolonged heavy rains, flooding the space spider habitat.
Male spiders create the toxins to help with their own pursuing of food, but they make such a weakened version that they're less hostile to human. Female black widows, on the other hand, have super concentrated venom that can kill a person.
Symptoms after being bitten by a black widow. Diagnosing black widow bite is extremely complex. A bitten victim feels rigorous pain on the point of bite. The point of bite can be determined by two small red spots on the area resulting into a slight erythematic, swelling and numbness. Common symptoms include trauma which develops later – in time from 15 minutes to 6 hours after the bite. The shorter the time interval between the bite and the development of common symptoms, the more rigorous is the manifestations of toxicity when the pain of the bit is burning through the body. The victim proves to be very restless. Then pain moves to the body muscles (abdomen and thorax). Breathing becomes more difficult. In severe poisoning, breathing disorder may be turn to pulmonary edema and cardiac arrest. The intoxication process involves muscles of the face with a grimace of pain and fear. Symptoms of the poison of Black widow last on average 24 to 48 hours, and sometimes – much longer. Poisoning in severe cases within 1 to 2 days may result in death.
Recovery occurs gradually – after two or three weeks. It depends on the quantity of poison that has entered the body. Neurological effects (asthenia, fatigue) can take one to two months.
How to prevent the bite of the Black Widow
The most reliable protection against the deadly poison of Black widow is to avoid running into the spider web which might makes it go angry and aggressive. To prevent contact with the Black Widow, it is necessary to fulfill certain rules:
- The parking lot should be arranged orderly in order to make to make it uninhabitable Black widow
- Do not walk barefoot in areas that has tendency of black widow invasion.
- You must not sleep on bare floor, it is necessary to use a tarp or inflatable mattresses, which are a reliable protection against spider bites at night.
- When collecting wood for the fire, it is recommended to use gloves and protective clothing, pants tucked into socks and boots.
- Tents should not be left open for the whole day. Ensure to shake the tents properly before sleeping in the tents.
- Most bites provoked by humans.
Treatment if bitten by a black widow. When Black widow bites; it should be immediately treated, not later than 2-3 minutes to cauterize the bite point with mild fire or matches. The poison penetrates the skin to a depth of 0.5mm and disintegrates when heated.
Signs of the presence of a spider in the house. If suddenly at home or at the cottage and you find a web of black widow spider or most, be careful. Their web can be removed from its place with a vacuum cleaner. In the fields, orchards and vegetable gardens, where these spiders have become more active, you should wear gloves as a precaution against them. Spiders can be killed by a pesticide spray.
Black widow spiders produce a dense web. Her paintings are usually found close to the ground level and protected by the projections, for example, under furniture or wooden porch on stilts. The red marking in the form of an hourglass will also indicate the presence of this species.


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On average, five to eight out of every ten moms experience baby blues, while one in four experiences full-blown postpartum depression. These statistics are staggering, and indicate that there is a very good chance of any new mom facing this challenge after giving birth.
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While diet and nutrition are major players in depression, other lifestyle factors can have a big impact as well.
Exercise is well-known to prevent depression and help those suffering recover. Be sure to incorporate some form of exercise during pregnancy and after. Especially good forms of exercise for pregnancy include yoga, pilates and walking. Don't neglect yourself after giving birth – take your baby out for a walk or try a baby-and-me yoga class.
Stress levels can have a huge impact on moods and mental health – in part because stress depletes the body of nutrients and disrupts hormone balance. And while stress may be an unavoidable part of your life, especially with the arrival of a newborn, the important thing is how you deal with it. Don't let stress take over your mind. Find ways to lower your stress levels such as having a relaxing bath or getting a massage. Acupuncture has been known to help many people suffering with depression.
Here is a quick recap of some of the most important tools to help you deal with postpartum depression:
Blood sugar control
-avoid sugar, caffeine, alcohol, refined carbohydrates and starches
-eat lots of healthy fats and protein
-try adding cinnamon to anything you can (herbal teas, stews, roasts etc)
Hormone balancing
-avoid sugar, caffeine, alcohol, refined carbohydrates and starches
-avoid conventional dairy and meats from animals that have been factory-raised with added antibiotics
-lower stress levels
-eat a real-food diet full of nutrient-dense foods
Nutrient deficiencies
-omega-3's from wild seafood
-vitamins A and D from organ meats and animal fats (from animals that are pasture raised and grass-fed)
-magnesium (leafy greens and epsom salts)
-vitamin B6 (seafood, poultry and organ meats)
-tryptophan (turkey, seafood and eggs)
-lower stress levels
Have you struggled with postpartum depression or baby blues? What has your experience been? What has helped? Share in the comments below!


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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – July 12, 2017 – Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (https://oprf.ru/en/), hosted a round table "Cooperation between the Russian Federation and Grenada in the Humanitarian, Cultural, Scientific and Tourism Fields," organized by the Commission of the Russian Federation on the Development of Public Diplomacy, Humanitarian Cooperation and the Preservation of Traditional Values.
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During the round table discussion, Elena Sutormina, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Grenada to the Russian Federation Oleg Firer, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Sofinsky and project manager of Russian Worldwide Artur Mogutov discussed prospects for cooperation between the Russian Federation and Grenada in the sphere of culture, education and science, discussed opportunities of promoting Russian language and culture in Grenada (in particular with the help of the project "Russian Corner"), the exchange of students and teachers, the holding of cross-cultural days and thematic cultural exhibitions.
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Nikolai Sofinsky said that the relationship between Russia and Grenada was not built easily, breaking off impetuously and resuming, but at the moment we can state the "new breath of bilateral relations."
Source: Press Service of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation