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Veteran's Day Concert
About 5 years ago, the Community Chorus of Dunn, that met at Hood Memorial Christian Church, hosted a Veteran's Day Concert. This year we again are hosting the Veteran's Day Concert for our community but it will be a little different. This year, Hood Memorial Christian Church is offering this concert to our community as our gift to the veterans and their families and our way of saying thank you.
We will have many special guests present at this concert. We have gathered a community chorus especially for this event and they will sing two patriotic medleys. Also, we are so excited to welcome back to Hood Memorial Christian Church the Master's Men. The Master's Men is an a capella men's chorus from the Raleigh area. They will be singing a set of familiar southern gospel tunes.
Also, we will welcome several local veterans and friends of our congregation to perform beautiful musical numbers. These friends include SGM Lynn Widener & Eddie Atkins, vocals, and Willie Dupree, saxophone.
Prior to the concert, starting at 3:30, the North Carolina Patriot Riders will be posted in front of the sanctuary to welcome our guests. Also, as you come up the front steps into the sanctuary, you will also be serenaded by bagpipe player, Lloyd Johnson.
During the concert we will hear from several local officials including the Mayor of Dunn, the Harnett County Sheriff, a Judge, and one of our North Carolina senators as well as other guests you may recognize from our church family.
We invite all veterans to process into the sanctuary together during the beginning of the concert. The veterans will gather in the chapel at 3:30 pm and begin to line up.
As you can tell, we are very excited about presenting this special program to our community and saying thank you. This is a great way to share the wonderful things going on in our church with our community. Please join us, invite veterans that you know, invite your friends and neighbors. We do have tickets so that we can keep up with how many may be attending. Tickets are FREE! If you need tickets you can contact Pastor Joanie, Rick Lashmit, Robie Hardison, or call the church office at 910-892-2711.
If you missed Sunday's Sermon
Read or listen to Standing In The Gap – Joshua 3: 7-17
God's Words for This Week
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 – Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. (NRSV, v.14)
Psalm 78:1-7 – He planted a witness in Jacob,
set his Word firmly in Israel,
Then commanded our parents
to teach it to their children
So the next generation would know,
and all the generations to come (The Message, v.5)
Amos 5:18-24– But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.(NRSV, v.24)
Matthew 25:1-13 –But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. (NRSV, v.6-7)
This Week at Hood
Wednesday, November 8, 3:30 pm – Prayer & Inspiration
Wednesday, November 8, 6:00 pm – Choir Practice / Veteran's Day Community Choir Practice
Wednesday, November 8, 7:00 pm–Board Meeting
Thursday, November 9, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Pastor Jason at The Cellar for Drop-In Coffee & Conversation (108 N Wilson St)
Friday, November 10, 6:00 pm – Veteran's Day Community Choir Practice
Sunday, November 12, 11:00 am – Worship
Sunday, November 12, 4:00 pm–Veteran's Day Concert
Coming Soon…
Sunday, November 19, 9:30 am – Church-Wide Thanksgiving Breakfast
Sunday, November 19, 6:30 pm – Community Thanksgiving (hosted at Hood MCC)
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"The fine-arts extracurricular activities, such as choir, band, and drama programs, help students understand the process and elements involved in artistic and creative expressions; enrich the students' aesthetic and spiritual sensitivity, and foster an appreciation of the fine arts as a part of a balanced formation. Since these activities are regarded as valuable to the educational program, Everest International Program encourages participation as a complement to academic life." – Student Handbook
Students in grades 5-8 have the option of choosing band or choir to fulfill their music class requirement at Everest Academy. Everest students can choose between the following instruments: flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, or percussion. Students who sign up for band must either already know how to play the instrument or at least know how to read music. Students may either bring their instrument with them or rent the instrument here. Instrument rental has an additional cost.
Students who choose choir will have class once a week with their classmates. They will learn various songs throughout the year which they will presentation together with the band at the Christmas program and Fine Arts Night.
In addition, there are choir club options available for both middle school and high school students.
Private music lessons are available upon request and dependent upon the availability of a suitable teacher. These lessons have an additional fee.
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Ever thought of ending it all? Consider the enigmatic alumni: Judas, Hemingway, George Reeves. Sure, we all have bad days, but have you ever truly been tempted to bid a fond farewell to this cruel world? Writer Neal Bailey did. Now it's a comic, Cura Te Ipsum…
For three years now, the indie webcomic Cura Te Ipsum has given the world the ongoing adventures of Charlie Everett, a failed guidance counsellor whose attempt to blow his own brains out are foiled by another version of himself from a parallel world. The story explores the many dimensions of Charlie's identity (literally), drawing strong reviews from 109, Comics Alliance and the mighty Greg Rucka, successful author of a bunch of cool superhero stuff, but also the stupendous steampunk webcomic Lady Sabre, which is well worth your weekend.
Penned by Neal Bailey with art by Dexter Wee, Cura Te Ipsum has been consistently updated for free every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday since 2010, evidencing a love of the medium and a professional standard. Now, Bailey and Wee have launched the Cura Te Ipsum Year Two Kickstarter, a drive to fund the printing of the second full year trade. They wanna make an old-timey paperbook from this webcomic and they need your help. Watch this now.
So as the project enters its third year, I sat down with the webcomic's author, and new father, Neal Bailey to chat comics, suicidal tendencies and whether there's a link between the two…
First thing's first, congrats on the little one. The big question? Which is more tiring, making your own comics or making your own people?
Thanks! Babies take up time, but so has every other job I've had over the years. Like comics, taking care of my baby is something that is so rewarding I never tend to think of how tired it makes me, so that's hard to quantify. You know you'll find the solution to whatever problem is plaguing you about both eventually. Who has to die, who has to have their diaper changed, etc. The important thing is not to confuse the two.
So what's the story behind the story? How did this epic of trans-dimensional doppelgangers and suicidal tendencies arise and why did you choose to develop it?
I've been working to get published for about fifteen years now, with varying degrees of success. I've worked for reputable places, some places of ill repute, but I always found myself in a position of wanting to have more freedom to tell stories, and the biggest obstacle to that was money, or a lack thereof.
I tried about thirty comics with varying artists who wanted to work back end. One thing I learned very quickly is that most of those projects were situations where the artist would do five pages, get bored at the lack of money, and quit. I never really worried about the money, but I also never made the connection between time spent by an artist and time spent by a writer. It's a lot harder to give a month to a thing for free than a week. I had assumed, since I have been writing novel after novel for fifteen years, that they'd want to spend time working for free with the end goal in mind. Not as much, and I don't condemn them for that. At all.
I realized that if I wanted to do a comic, I'd have to pay the artist, to give him/her motivation. And I'd have to have a concept I REALLY believed in. I thought I couldn't do that. For years. I mean, I was already basically living paycheck to paycheck, not being able to get groceries, gas. Turns out you can live with a lot less than you think you can, as I have proven repeatedly moving my own goalposts further and further back so I can keep doing what I do with Dex. It's entirely worth it.
Lo and behold, the minute I started offering to pay for work, here comes Dex, a fantastic, bold professional who works on a deadline incredibly well. That's the inspiration in terms of career. Personally, as a story, I told Cura to get over the demons that have been chasing me for years, twin demons of feeling worthless and like a failure. I feel worthless because I have been told, repeatedly, that I am not worth a god damn unless I make money by ill meaning people formerly in my life, note the formerly. I felt like a failure because really, who keeps going after fifteen years and doesn't give up? I saw that guy in the mirror, and I didn't like it. I couldn't even feed myself, to say nothing of profit, and the places I'd worked for in the last few years had cheated me out of tens of thousands of dollars I really, really needed. I went bankrupt trying to get my work to people and lost everything.
I thought about shooting myself.
And then I thought about what I'd say to myself after. Bam. Cura. Since then I've come to terms with the fact that whether I make a red cent doesn't matter so much as the fact that I can't get up without wanting to write, or go to sleep without thinking about what I'll write next, and that's going to happen if I'm rich or a pauper, so the money is really secondary, a social validation.
Day by day I'm making my way back to a sense of worth, and this recent Kickstarter success (he said, not wanting to jinx it, it's still got 25% to go) has really helped me find peace. Cura is the other half of that. If Charlie can find a reason to live, so must I, to save him. That and baby Milo, of course, will save ME.
In terms of the writing process, how do you personally translate an idea to the script? In the most mundane sense, what pragmatic steps do you take to get your ideas down?
For scripting, my pragmatic steps are making sure that the artist has freedom AND specificity. With Dex, I want him to be able to make his choices without feeling me breathing down his neck, and I want to make sure he has what I'm intending to convey, the simple beats. That's Dex, of course, and it's easier working with him because he's simpatico with me on many stylistic things.
For example, I have a character coming up in the comic, the Multifarious Charlie, and the design for him was something very vague, something that needed work, to be honest, but as I described what he would be doing to Dex over chat he worked up a sketch, and it was so damned spot-on perfect, there were no changes.
As for an idea, I try to pick the most visual vessel I can. Charlie has to confront his disappointment with his younger years, so I have his younger self join the team, and show a flashback of what made him (or the Dark Everett) so lost in love. If I want to explore Charlie's uncomfortable approach to his own body, I send him to a planet where he has to strip down naked, a stark, scary visual idea.
Those things, I hope, reflect upon his already developed character and serve the demands of theme, character, or conflict on any given page, as I was taught.
In the 21st century, making comics is hard and expensive, and in the mainstream it can be a rarely respected and purchased product. At some point, every comic writer must own the conviction that this medium is worth the sweat and tears. What compels you to write comics?
Love of the medium and stories that fit it. I wouldn't write a comic just because I hadn't written one in a while and wanted to, I need an idea that fits it. Otherwise my inclination is to write a novel or a short story. I also LOVE collaborating when collaborating is good. I've had good and I've had bad, and working with Dex has been the most amazing experience. When what's good about me and what's good about Dex counterbalances my failures in creation, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
So will Charlie Everett ever succeed in taking his own life? Will Neal finally get sick of my endless questions? Stay tuned to find out. Continued in Part 2 next week…


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Returns some or all (up to 1000) of the objects in a bucket. You can use the request parameters as selection criteria to return a subset of the objects in a bucket.
See also: AWS API Documentation
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
list-objects is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output text and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: Contents, CommonPrefixes
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Requests Amazon S3 to encode the object keys in the response and specifies the encoding method to use. An object key may contain any Unicode character; however, XML 1.0 parser cannot parse some characters, such as characters with an ASCII value from 0 to 10. For characters that are not supported in XML 1.0, you can add this parameter to request that Amazon S3 encode the keys in the response.
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Limits the response to keys that begin with the specified prefix.
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Confirms that the requester knows that she or he will be charged for the list objects request. Bucket owners need not specify this parameter in their requests.
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--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
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A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.
For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
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The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command's output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.
For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
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The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.
For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
The following example uses the list-objects command to display the names of all the objects in the specified bucket:
aws s3api list-objects --bucket text-content --query 'Contents[].{Key: Key, Size: Size}'
The example uses the --query argument to filter the output of list-objects down to the key value and size for each object
For more information about objects, see Working with Amazon S3 Objects in the Amazon S3 Developer Guide.
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A flag that indicates whether or not Amazon S3 returned all of the results that satisfied the search criteria.
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Contents -> (list)
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LastModified -> (timestamp)
ETag -> (string)
Size -> (integer)
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Owner -> (structure)
DisplayName -> (string)
ID -> (string)
Name -> (string)
Prefix -> (string)
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Irvine Valley will try to follow up its success last fall in indoor volleyball with more accomplishments on the sand when the Lasers take part in the 2018 California Community College Athletic Association Beach Volleyball Championships beginning on Thursday at West Valley College in Saratoga in Northern California.
Six programs – four from the south and two from the north – will vie for the team title on Thursday, starting at 9 a.m., before 32 teams from 20 different colleges take to the sand on Friday and Saturday to determine the pairs championship.
IVC also has two pairs teams in the individual portion of the event.
Irvine Valley claimed the second women's volleyball state title in program history last December after beating San Joaquin Delta in four sets in the CCCAA State Championship at Solano College in Fairfield. The win finished off an undefeated 27-0 season for the Lasers.
Now Irvine Valley will compete in the team beach volleyball state championship on Thursday.
The Lasers, who won a state title in 2015, earned the third seed out of Southern California and will be in a pool with the top team from Northern California, Sierra, and MiraCosta, the No. 2 from So. Cal. IVC starts with a match against Sierra at 10 a.m. on Thursday. MiraCosta won the state title a year ago, defeating Grossmont, 3-2.
Irvine Valley has a record of 11-8 overall and went 6-0 in OEC action to earn a share of the conference title with Golden West.
Teams will play each team in their respective pool once with the top pool winners squaring off for the CCCAA Championship at 4 p.m.
The team competition yields to the individual tournament that begins on Friday morning. Eight pools consisting of four pairs each will begin in waves at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., with the top two teams in each pool advancing to single-elimination bracket play on Saturday.
The championship, claimed by Long Beach's Sarah Miller and Paige Panter last year, is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Irvine Valley has two pairs in the field. They include the fourth-seeded pair of sophomore Taira Ka'awaloa and freshman Megan Ramseyer and the 12-seeded duo of sophomore Olivia Aguilar and freshman Renata Bath.
The Orange Empire Conference has five pairs total in the field.
Brittney Diffine and Natalie Escher from Riverside City are seeded seventh, Viridiana Serrano and Mikelle Taylor from Santa Ana are seeded 16th and and Ashleigh Atsaros and Andrea Gonzalez from Golden West are the 18th seed.
Beach volleyball is the fastest-growing sport among California community colleges. A total of 34 schools sponsor the sport, up from eight from 2017 and 16 in its inaugural 2016 season.
The West Valley beach volleyball facility is one of the top sand courts in the country. It features six, wind-screen-protected courts, bleachers with 150 fold-down seats, and a state-of-the-art scoreboard.
CCCAA Beach Volleyball State Championship Seeds
SoCal - 1. Long Beach, 2. MiraCosta, 3. Irvine Valley, 4. Moorpark
NorCal - 1. Sierra, 2. Cabrillo
SoCal Regional (May 1)
Irvine Valley (11-8), Orange Coast (7-9) at El Camino (13-6) (Irvine Valley advances) MiraCosta (14-4), Riverside City (10-8) at Golden West (13-5) (MiraCosta advances) Moorpark (11-3), Cypress (9-7) at Grossmont (21-3) (Moorpark advances) San Diego Mesa (12-10), Bakersfield (11-5) at Long Beach City (17-4) (Long Beach City advances)
NorCal Regional (May 2)
Feather River (8-3), Gavilan (9-6) at Sierra (12-3) (Sierra advances) West Valley (8-3), Foothill (3-10) at Cabrillo (11-1) (Cabrillo advances)


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How many hours do you spend online in a day?
What if just one minute of those hours could save a child's life?
Lucky for you, throughout the month of August, you can do just that.
If you're like me, then it's easy to be skeptical about how much good a small gesture or donation can make to save a life. I want to be on the front lines not in front of a computer screen. But when I pause to think about what it really means to give a child the gift of many days on this earth – I knock that front lines nonsense right out of my head.
The folks behind the Shot@Life Campaign also believe in the power of small actions to create tremendous good. It's the catalyst behind their latest life saving campaign, Blogust.
The Shot@Life campaign travels across the country to rally the American public, Members of Congress, and civil society partners around the fact that together we can help save a child's life every 20 seconds by expanding access to vaccines.
Blogust is their month long blog post relay where $20 is donated for every comment. Why $20? Because
$20 is what it costs for one child to receive 4 life-saving vaccines: measles, pneumonia, diarrhea and polio; preventable diseases like these take the life of a child every 20 seconds.
So if you're anything like me, you spend a good chunk of time online – checking email, reading celebrity gossip, getting your daily dose of national and world news, working, writing, watching TED talks – easily a few hours. Imagine if you carved out a few minutes from those hours to leave comment on a Blogust post?
A sentence or two, under a handful of minutes and a child gets to celebrate another birthday. I would say that's tremendously more valuable than reading yet another article about the presidential race, right?
What has me really excited, though, beyond SAVING A LIFE (hello, do you need more motivation?), is being able to share this massive act of kindness with my daughters. I want my daughters to grow up realizing small gestures can make a huge impact. So something like this, where we sit together and type out a few words on my computer and then I explain to them a child just like them gets to ward off death, is a wonderful way for them to feel empowered to affect someone's life.
If you're looking for an easy way to do some good in the world, then get yourself and your kids over to the Shot@Life blog where you can find all the Blogust posts. While August is coming to a close, you'll be relieved to know you have until August 31st to leave a comment on any and all of the Blogust posts, no worries if you missed a day! With younger kids, you can get their input for what to type or write something out for them to type out. With older kids, you can double, triple, quadruple the impact by having each family member leave a comment.
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While mailing a few holiday packages earlier in the week, I spotted these small recycling bags at my local US Post Office:
If you have small consumer electronics cluttering up a drawer or cupboard in your home, you can send them off to be recycled at no charge through the USPS in these postage-paid mailers. From the USPS website:
Mail it back with USPS! In select Post Offices, customers can get free mail-back envelopes for recycling inkjet cartridges, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras and other small electronics.
If you're heading to the Post Office to mail holiday presents, you might as well get some small electronics clutter out of your home and safely recycled for free. If your local Post Office doesn't currently carry the bags, be sure to request them at the counter.


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This fabric was purchased on a trip to Sydney, Australia -- I kept the center rectangle in one piece cuz it was too beautiful to cut -- I hand-quilted around the circles & along the squiggly lines, then added borders. Teddy couldn't resist jumping up on the quilt -- he's always looking for a comfy place to sit. The quilt was finished in October 2002 -- it's hand & machine quilted. It's ~42"x 56" -- lap size.
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Barbershop Stories is a storytelling series, which includes a live show and podcast, created by storyteller, producer and communications coach Dawn J. Fraser. The live show is co hosted by comedian Mike Brown, and features performers telling true stories to a live audience. Set in the culturally and artistically diverse neighborhoods around New York City, and taking place in an actual hair salons and barbershops, the show showcases some of the region's best performers including storytellers, comedians, and memoirists... then we chop off their hair.
Dawn J. Fraser - Creator, Host and Producer
Dawn J. Fraser is a storyteller, speaker and communications coach who claims both San Jose, California and Brooklyn, NYC as her bi coastal homes. She is a Lead Instructor with the storytelling organization The Moth, and independently teaches workshops to students, entrepreneurs, and business owners to develop stories that serve as a roadmap for personal and professional achievement. She was featured among some of the nation's top innovators as a speaker at TED@NYC, and her stories about growing up as a twin and a first generation Trinidadian have been featured on storytelling shows including The Moth, Story Collider, TOLD and RISK!
Dawn is one of the Co-Founders of the Oakland based nonprofit 'Art in Action' (currently a division of United Roots Oakland) and has worked on performance and advocacy programs in countries including Brazil, Jamaica and Ghana. She is currently a national speaker on the application of storytelling in developing vision, identity and leadership potential. For more information please visit Dawn's Speaker Profile or her Facebook Fan Page.


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The Beetle Chair
The Beetle Chair
The Animal Chair Collection by Maximo Riera
The European rhinoceros beetle is one of the largest and most singular insects of its kind. Its most representative feature, the distinctive cranial curved horn, it is used to fight other males during mating season and as a tool for digging. These species are the strongest land animal in relation to their size; it is capable to lift items over a hundred times its own weight. Based on this concept, we have increased its proportions in the same order of magnitude, creating an oversize piece with the intention of making its potential and condition more obvious. This element permits to submerging it into our subjective perspective of the world. The Beetle Chair states a new twist inside the Collection, welcoming the vast insects species, which are the most diverse groups of animals on the planet. Concerning the design, the seat section is located within the outer shell covering the wings that form the skeleton and protecting the animal. The fact of adapting the beetle's morphology to a more functional esthetic, allows the composition of the skeleton and the extrinsic figures to be seen without any interruptions.
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A Chance Press Miscellany
So, what have your fine friends at Chance Press been up to the past couple months? Well, with the restoration of Carol Es's books completed, we've been focusing on our next two projects, which we're excited to announce:
Coming (hopefully) in June of this year is Ink Poems by Michael Phillips (MJP to you and me). MJP has been cranking these out for the better part of a decade using 100+ year-old paper (sometimes as old as 400 year-old paper) and hand-ground inks to create genre-bending works of cartoon/poetic art. Examples litter the eponymous website: www.inkpoems.com. MJP was warm to the idea of collecting some of our (meaning Justine and my) favorites into a book, so that's just what we're doing – 30 ink poems (digitally printed in full color), plus a new introduction for the book, inked by hand by the man himself. 50 or so copies will have Gocco-printed covers – the "trade" edition, if you will. Another 20 will have handmade covers with scraps of 100 year old paper applied in a decorative configuration, plus hand-lettered titles by the author. Finally, we're doing 8 hardcover copies covered in 300 year-old paper, each of which will have an original ink poem on the cover. These will be ridiculously deluxe, as you've come to expect. (Check back for a post with process photos…)
The second book we're releasing – hopefully sometime in July – is the first published work of an author we both feel eminently confident is going to move on to a fabulous career as a cartoonist and illustrator (not to mention that elusive, nebulous title of "fine artist"). Brett Harder is his name, and his skill is, not to put too fine a point on it, jaw-dropping. Here's the thing about Brett – I didn't expect him to be any good. He got in touch with me over my blog after reading my Serafini article, saying that he began researching Serafini because some people had seen his work and asked him if Serafini was an influence. Now, I've become pretty jaded to this line, since I've been contacted by more than one person who claims to 'channel' Serafini, but instead only channels something that looks like the bottom of the sink after I do the dishes. I was bored, though, and so I clicked over to his website to see what he had. And. I. Was. Blown. Away. The Serafini influence is definitely there, although calling it an 'influence' is unfair to Brett, since he was unaware of Serafini at the time he was working on the book we are going to publish, titled Furlqump. Even more remarkable is that Brett is a young fellow – an exciting prospect considering where his talent will be with 10, 20, 30 more years of experience. I don't really think of the books we publish as investment pieces (although I would be very happy for our collectors if our books did appreciate in value), but this one is an exception, since I can all but guarantee that Brett is going to move onto larger publishers and wider audiences, leaving this as the "lost" first edition of his first book that people are buzzing about on message boards years in the future.
So what about it? We're printing it digitally, in full color in an edition of 100 copies, although we will do another printing of 100 if the initial run sells out. We'll do a run of 26 hardcovers printed entirely using archival inks for the best possible image quality (take THAT, commercial publishers!) that will be signed (hopefully with a little sketch), and for the die-hards, an amazing, heretofore unseen (except in my own head) binding concept I'm calling a "triple hardcover" that includes an archival print on museum-quality paper. This edition will be printed as close to actual-size as possible, meaning that it will measure around 11″ tall by 9″ wide, printed entirely using archival inks. Obviously it will be limited, so like I always say, let us know if you're interested so I can mark you down for one. Without diminishing any of our other books, this is really one that you shouldn't pass up.
What else is going on? Well, we're doing a little fundraising drive to raise some money to fund the above books, but it isn't really taking off. If you're on our email list, you'll get an email about it shortly – and if the idea of buying stuff from us that isn't advertised on this site, not available in our store, and only going to be made to fill orders we get through our fundraising promotion (a la Kickstarter), is interesting to you, shoot us an email and we'll fill you in on the details.


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Snowflakes of Time review: Kanwal Sibal tries his hand at poetry and succeeds
When one hears the name Kanwal Sibal, poet is hardly the first thing that springs to mind unless it is in reference to his brother, former Union Minister Kapil Sibal's attempts at the medium. However, with his debut offering Snowflakes of Time (Bloomsbury), Kanwal Sibal establishes that he is more than adept at poetry.
Kanwal is capable of a variety of poetic styles - from rhyme to experiments with concrete poetry, without seeming forced or clumsy. The title of the book is also an indication of exactly what the book purports to do - place musings about memories and nostalgia in written word.
Also read -Indian poetry loses a leading light as Bekal Utsahi passes away
As much as his style varies from poem to poem, so do his themes. The book itself is divided into 8 parts, ranging from 'Memories' to 'Catharsis' and 'Humour'. While sections like 'Reflections', 'Moscow Musings' and 'Memories' have overlapping themes, the others are markedly different from each other.
While in one section he waxes eloquent about nature, in another he takes potshots at Indian mannerisms, gives glimpses into negotiating the world of diplomats and also indulges in some political ribbing at the expense of his erstwhile political masters, the Gandhis. This last theme is categorised under the 'Humour' section, but Sibal would be forgiven had he placed them under the 'Catharsis' section.
As Sibal makes clear in his preface, he is a big fan of rhyme in poetry. To Sibal, rhyme imposes a discipline on the writer, curbing self-indulgence. That he would gravitate towards a medium of discipline is hardly surprising, considering his long and illustrious career in the foreign service. While affinities and aptitude aren't necessarily one and the same, in Sibal's case, it is. He is certainly at his best when he uses rhymes.
A sizable chunk of the poetry in Snowflakes is rhyme and while an emphasis on the form usually leads to repetitiveness, Sibal slips out of it and into free verse constantly to keep the book from being monotonous. The spectrum of themes and topics also helps this.
Also read - The lost art of Urdu poetry: Shahr Ashob was a lament for a city
Another aspect of the book that greatly enhances its readability is that Sibal hasn't fallen into the trap that most people who occupy or occupied high positions fall into - using heavy language to prove intellect. Sibal steers well clear of this for the most part, instead relying often on imagery to create moods and communicate thoughts.
For a hobby cultivated in the midst of a demanding career, Snowflakes of Time is a solid collection of poems that could stand on its own even without the notable name on the book's spine.


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We are proud to have had the opportunity to have participated in Cops and Kids Day in Westerville this year. The F.O.P. Foundation dedicated it's booth to thanking the people of Westerville for their support during the tragic deaths of Officers Morelli and Joering. It is through community support and comfort that we as a Lodge were able to make it through this turbulent time.
We were so pleased to see so many smiling faces lining up for facepainting and free hotdogs! We hope we can participate again in the future!
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Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa is bringing back Cher's white dress from Clueless, thanks to a request from Ilaria Urbinati, co-owner of the LA-based label Confederacy, Vogue UK reports.
"I went into a spazzy explanation of how my formative-years love of Calvin was partly based on the little white Calvin mini dress Alicia Silverstone wears in Clueless," Urbinati told Daily Front Row. "I re-enacted the entire scene for him (you know, 'Cher, what are you wearing?' 'A dress!' 'Says who?' 'Calvin Klein!' 'Well, go put something over it!' 'Duh, I was just going to!' and then she comes out with the clear trench). So of course I said, Francisco, you need to remake that dress."
And he agreed. The dress is now available in two colors--white and red--on Confederacy's website for the "as if!" price of $916.


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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Fall Gradation
I just got home (11:30pm) from the office, and although I know that's not late for some people...I like to get off of work on time everyday so it feels REALLY late to me. It feels like my jaw is going to fall off from so many yawns. So I'm going to bed now and will go visit all of you tomorrow!
But before I go, I just wanted to show you our fall colors that we're seeing a bit more of around Shinjuku. The bright colors mixed with the dark greens are lovely...and I keep on finding really great leaves to collect.
Can you guess what kind of tree these pretty leaves are from? (Hint: Japan is famous for its flowers!)
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Are they leaves from cherry trees? - I love that first photo with the green and the gold. It reminds me of a poem by Robert Frost....nature's first gold is green.ReplyDelete
haha, i give up! i'm really not good at this one. ^0^ReplyDelete
sweet dreams dear Kaori.
ps: like you glitzy manicure.
Great shots. That was a long day at work!ReplyDelete
I love the autumn leaves and their colors! I'm guessing leaves from a cherry tree, too!ReplyDelete
Genki de ne!
Cherry leaves is what immediately came to my mind with that clue, too. And the fall colors are warm and appealing.ReplyDelete
Cherry tree , easy with the hint ;) i like very much the last pic !ReplyDelete
Cherry tree is also what came to mind from your hint. They're beautiful, and it's nice to see some fall color as ours is finished.ReplyDelete
The top photo would make another one of those great Kaori note cards. The mixed reds and greens are super attractive.ReplyDelete
So, those particular trees offer a color-fest both in spring and autumn (leaves).
A lovely photo and post- i imagine they are the cherry tree too- your blog is riveting reading, than you so much!ReplyDelete
I like everything about that top photo, including the shapes.ReplyDelete
Fantastic fall images!ReplyDelete
Your work hours match what Mme la Vache has told «Louis» about the hours people keep in Tokyo. (You may recall that she lived in Japan for 15 years.)
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2011 8:42 AM
What time do u normally go 2 D office?ReplyDelete
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Wind-freed autumn leavesReplyDelete
Snuggle into ivy's edge,
Held by jade fingers.
Gray skies and chill winds, and yet—
These Kaori colors thrill.
Cherry blossom for sure Kaori, how funny if we're ALL wrong!! Loved you picture of Cafe la Boheme, looks like a great place to hang out, and your 'Under my Umbrella' is fabulous! Sleep tight!!ReplyDelete
Lovely fall colors!ReplyDelete
I absolutely LOVE your blog! Beautiful photos depicting the culture and season of Japan. You're quite an artist in my opinion :)ReplyDelete
Very nice photos! Love those colors...ReplyDelete
We haven't seen much of you lately! We miss you!ReplyDelete
Hi & Greetings from India. Chanced upon your blog.Your post on fall colors is lovely and colorful.Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Where are you? HOW are you? :-)ReplyDelete
Best case scenario:ReplyDelete
That romantic dinner near the park led to something even more delicious, and time (and thought, and obsession) consuming.
There is no worst case scenario (well, overwork? Need of a breather? Heaven forbid illness).
We are all wishing you health, happiness, and well being.
hi dear, hope you're doing okay.ReplyDelete
missing you and Shinjuku blog already. hehe.
Miss your updates. Hope all is well.ReplyDelete
Helloooo! :-)ReplyDelete


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Welcome to our fifth #AMAFRIDAY!!!
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- Apologies for the delay in posting!! There were some tech issues (Mercury is Retrograde...) but I fixed them!
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- To answer the second question, I tried to take what I know about integrating shadow and manifestation with what I know about Human Design to come up with a course of action. There are definitely coaches who understand the unblocking process and how to go about calling in something better than I do. I hope the spirit and message around taking an active role in calling in recognition so the invitation is more likely to result comes through. I got a little ramble-y at the end (#openthroatcenterproblems) so it cuts off a little abruptly on purpose because I wanted to spare you the awkwardness of me trying to summarize the video and failing heehee
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Taylor Swift Named Most Charitable Celebrity
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Music, Television, Charity, Kind Acts,
Taylor Swift has been named the most charitable celebrity for the second year in a row.
The "I Knew You Were Trouble" hitmaker topped DoSomething.org's annual list thanks to good deeds including a $100,000 donation to the Nashville Symphony and headlining the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's fundraising event for homeless charity Centrepoint.
In second place were One Direction, whose Comic Relief single 'One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)' raised over $1.6 million to help those living in poverty, and bringing in $784,345 in donations for cancer research.
Headlining the Chime for Change concert in London saw Beyonce awarded third place on the list, while fourth place went to late actor Paul Walker, thanks to his Reach Out WorldWide (ROWW) charity, a network of professionals with first responder skills - doctors, nurses, firefighters, paramedics, and other disaster-survival specialists - who help out when natural disasters strike, and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took fifth place thanks to award-winning track "Same Love," which "challenged the hip-hop community to adopt a culture of acceptance."
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Sandra Bullock Isn't Missing a Man
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Dating, Features,
Sandra Bullock isn't "missing anything" by being single.
The Gravity star hasn't been seen publicly with a new paramour since her split from ex-husband Jesse James in 2010 but insists she is content being a doting mother to her three-year-old son, Louis.
"If [a relationship] should come along, great. But I feel like I'm not missing anything yet. Maybe one day I will. But my son is three years old, which is an amazing age. Four is an even better age. So if something happens, great, but if not, I've got plenty to do," she said.
The 49-year-old actress' life has been full of joy since she adopted Louis in 2010, but she admits she has a rather bittersweet view of the world based on her past life experiences. "Life is a series of disastrous moments. In between those moments, that's when you savour, savour, savour," she told the new issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.
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Sandra Bullock Sues Watch Company
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Legal Issues,
Sandra Bullock is suing a watch company.
The 47-year-old actress has filed a lawsuit in Santa Monica, California, against ToyWatch USA for using her name to promote a diamond-encrusted white-band watch - and she alleges it is being advertised as the same gadget she wore in her Oscar-winning role in 2009 movie The Blind Side.
Sandra also claims her publicity rights have been infringed as a result, and she's asking a California judge for financial compensation, as well as an injunction, according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to the lawsuit, which has been obtained by the website, Sandra "will not voluntarily appear in print or other media for a company or product unless she carefully selects and believes in the company and product, and unless the compensation she receives is commensurate with the value of the exploitation of her name, image, identity, and persona."
The brunette beauty also says her name has a substantial commercial value, and details her credits in the documents. But she is not said to be asserting any claims on false advertising under the Lanham Act or trademark infringement, as some stars have done in similar cases in the past.
Red Carpet Review: Academy Awards 2011
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Television, Clothing, Fashion Police, Hair Styles, Red Carpet, Style, Photos, Paparazzi Photos, Features,
The 83rd Academy Awards were held next to Grauman's famous Chinese theater, in the heart of Hollywood. Where better to honor the elite Oscar crowd? Everyone donned the most expensive of frocks and jewelry for the event, strutting their stuff in the world's most well-known labels. But, not everyone managed to put together an award-winning look. Who failed so utterly, they managed to snag the Worst Dressed title? And which star shined so superbly, they stood out as Best Dressed? We've done the long red carpet walk to bring you the answers...
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Gwyneth Paltrow Stunned By Sex Offer
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies,
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed she was propositioned for sex in return for a part when she started her acting career.
The Oscar-winning star was left stunned when an unnamed guy suggested they should conclude their meeting in "the bedroom"—an offer she refused.
"When I was just starting out, someone suggested that we finish a meeting in the bedroom, I left. I was pretty shocked. I could see how someone who didn't know better might worry, 'My career will be ruined if I don't give this guy a b**w j*b!'"
Just as it is hard for actresses starting out in Hollywood, Gwyneth insists it is also tough for female stars approaching their 40s. The 38-year-old blonde is stunned by the lack of variety in the roles she is offered, and often feels "dejected." Speaking in the annual Women in Hollywood issue of Elle magazine, Gwyneth said, "There are a lot of roles that are OK, but there's little that's really good, especially for someone my age. Sometimes you find out that something you really liked is going to someone 10 years younger. I find it heartening that Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock have been able to find and create amazing projects."
Sandra Bullock Wants Out of Allegedly Crooked PSA
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Videos, Rumors,
According to rumors, Sandra Bullock is demanding to be pulled from the public service announcement in the video above. Bullock and several other celebs, including Blake Lively, shot the announcement for the Be the One campaign. As the story goes, Bullock discovered that the company behind the campaign is linked to big oil, including BP itself.
Bullock's rep released this statement: "Ms. Bullock was originally contacted through her attorney to be a part of the PSA in order to promote awareness of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At no time was she made aware that any organization, oil company or otherwise had influence over Women of the Storm or its message. We have immediately asked for [Sandra's] participation in the PSA be removed until the facts be determined."
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Sandra Bullock Finalizes Divorce
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Divorce, Legal Issues,
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James have finalized their divorce.
A spokesperson for Bullock - who split from husband Jesse in April following allegations he had cheated on her with a string of women - confirmed the couple signed papers last week to formally put an end to their five-year marriage. Citing "discord or conflict of personalities" as the reason behind the split, the official divorce allows the Oscar-winning actress to complete her adoption of son Louis as a single parent.
The pair adopted the baby boy from New Orleans shortly before they split amid the avalanche of affair claims, which included tattoo model Michelle "Bombshell" McGee revealing she'd had an 11-month affair with Jesse. Jesse - who went to rehab following the separation to be treated for sex addiction - is also believed to have slept with at least five other women during his relationship with Sandra.
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Sandra Bullock Surprises Charity Concert Audience
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Sandra Bullock gave a surprise serenade at the Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery show on Tuesday.
The Oscar winning-actress - who has only recently begun a return to public life following revelations of her husband Jesse James' affair with tattoo model Michelle "Bombshell" McGee - joked with crowds at the charity event at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee after learning the show had raised over $2 million.
Walking onto the stage holding an acoustic guitar, Sandra - who was there to introduce singer Faith Hill - told the crowd, "When they told me how much you all contributed, I realized I had to do more than be funny. I'm going to bring the house down. And I'm going to do it Nashville style!"
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Red Carpet: 2010 MTV Movie Awards
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Television, Clothing, Fashion Police, Red Carpet, Style, Videos,
From Lindsay Lohan's SCRAM bracelet to Katy Perry's blue wig, this year's red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards was filled with sequins, colors…and totally bizarre fashion choices. View the photo gallery as we break down the best- and worst-dressed celebs of the night.
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VIDEO: Sandra Bullock's Kiss with Scarlett Johansson
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Movies, Television, Videos,
Yes - she braved the live cameras to appear at the MTV Movie Awards. Yes - she looked fabulous in her short dress with the low-cut back. And yes - she definitively declared that she has no plans to leave the film industry anytime soon.
But those aren't the reasons why Sandra Bullock got people talking tonight.
During Sandra's acceptance speech for the Generation Award, Scarlett Johansson got a chance to see why hubby Ryan Reynolds was co-nominated with Bullock for Best Kiss. (Cue the video to the 3:30 mark.)
Somewhere Meryl Streep isn't feeling so special anymore.
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Hey, remember that trip I took to Colorado, as part of the 2012 Drink Local Wine Conference?
That was in May, a mere couple of months though it feels more like fifteen years and several hundred grey hairs later for me, given how much time I've been spending prematurely aging myself through the rigors of our modern day version of a true rite of passage – air travel – lately.
Anyway, I profiled three CO Western Slope wine producers from the West Elks and Grand Valley AVAs (Stone Cottage Cellars, Garfield Estates, and Canyon Wind), titled World-Class Wine In Harsh Conditions, Colorado's Greatest Challenge May Be Man-Made, which you can now check out over at PalatePress.com (the photos in that article are mine, and yeah it really is that beautiful out there, and yeah I'm not regretting finally forking over the dough for a real camera).
In addition to that, the next installment of my Playboy.com column Wined Down is live (The Girls of Summer, And the Wines to Woo Them), and has generated a small amount of controversy on-line over whether or not I went over the line (MARK IT ZERO, SMOKEY!) in how I portrayed my version of the "white wine recommendations for Summer."…


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Have you ever tried to implement metrics to measure work or impact and realized it is much harder than anticipated? Recently, a number of Wellspring clients have been interested in implementing new metrics, and I've noticed that there are a few key elements that are easily overlooked. There is more to successfully implementing and utilizing metrics than simply declaring you want to understand something; there are three key steps:
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3. Reporting
Defining metrics:
Five metrics that are well chosen and defined work better than 25 that nobody pays attention to. Useful metrics are often both broad and precise Broad metrics allow for just a few to be used across an entire organization or division. Yet, these must also be precise enough to get at the key indicators of the work being measured. Precision must go one step further to draw boundaries around the details of the metric. For example, measuring instances that your organization is mentioned in the media might is one indicator of visibility, but the strength of that metric is determined by how "media" is defined. Does it include social media? Does it account for whether the organization is mentioned by a credible news source versus a friend of the organization? Further still, what is considered a credible news source? These details must be defined before the metric can be implemented.
Tracking metrics:
An organizational leader may define a set of great metrics, but can they be tracked using the organization's current systems? This is just one of many tracking logistics that must be determined. Others include how often each metric will be tracked, what unit of measure will be used, and who will be responsible for tracking. Successful implementation often means having one person accountable for tracking, even if they get the data from various parts of the organization.
Reporting metrics:
An organization can expend vast amounts of energy defining and tracking metrics, but if nobody looks at them to inform the leadership of the organization, it will have been a waste of energy. Reporting should be considered when defining metrics: understanding who will be using this information and for what ends can help identify what metrics need to be defined. Additionally, organizations will need to consider how often reports will be distributed, via what medium, and in what display. Reporting displays should make the metrics easy to interact with and to glean the information needed.
The road to metrics is often paved with good intentions, but without giving thought to each of these steps, metric implementation will likely be challenging and tough to utilize. At the same time, strong metrics can truly help an organization reflect on its work and improve into the future.


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The Barbarian
|Hiring Cost
|Upkeep Cost
|Melee Attack
|5 *
|Hit Points
Thrown 3Might
|Random Abilities
Gunther is a non-Champion Hero. He may randomly appear for hire, in which case his Hiring Cost is 100 by default. Alternatively, Gunther can be summoned using the Summon Hero spell (or through partial failure of the Summon Champion spell), and can occasionally be found as a Prisoner reward after a successful Encounter.
Gunther is a respectable early-game Melee Attacker, possessing an additional Thrown Attack for extra damage, and plenty of extra Hit Points to help him survive combat. Unfortunately his Defense ratings are quite low.
Gunther's Might ability will quickly improve his Melee Attack strength to formidable levels as he gains Experience. He has no Random Abilities, and thus will be the same every time you play the game.
Gunther may be equipped with the basic fare of Magical Items. He will not be able to cast spells, and thus can focus on gaining defense bonuses (to offset his initial deficiency in this field), speed bonuses (to utilize his Thrown Attack better) or an even greater increase to his brute attack strength.
Gunther's Upkeep Cost is 2 per turn.
General Description Edit
Gunther the Barbarian is a warrior from the northern lands. He is fair of skin and sports an impressive red beard. Gunther's head is capped by a golden helmet with pearly-white wings on each side. He wears no shirt or armor, only a golden necklace and a pair of blue pants. Gunther rides a blond horse.
As a northern warrior, Gunther is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, which he starts by chucking a balanced axe at his opponent. He follows this up with a brave charge, almost entirely abandoning any attempt to defend himself. His blood-lust and sheer ferocity are his key weapons. Brute force also comes into play, with Gunther's powerful physique only getting better and better as his experience in combat grows.
Initial Properties Edit
Note: All data below assumes Gunther is at his lowest Experience Level, and without any Magical Items or Random Abilities - After all, any Hero can become devastatingly powerful after gaining several levels and powerful items. Please refer to the tables and chapters below for more information.
Attack Properties Edit
Gunther the Barbarian's primary attack is a Melee Attack of respectable strength. When initiating a voluntary attack against an enemy, he also executes a Thrown Attack of lesser strength. This emphasizes proper maneuvering and a very aggressive approach.
Gunther's Melee Attack has a default strength of 5. On top of this, the Might ability adds +1 for a total of 6. With a basic To Hit chance of 30%, he can be expected to deliver about 1.8 points of Damage per attack. This is not bad for a low-level Hero, but means he will need to make many attacks to destroy any enemy unit - putting himself at risk in the process.
Fortunately, whenever Gunther attacks his enemies voluntarily (i.e. not Counter Attacking), he first executes a Thrown Attack. This attack has a strength of 3, and can be expected to deliver 0.9. This is not likely to actually damage any but the weakest opponents, but will improve with Experience to eventually become a more serious threat.
Note that Thrown Attacks are executed prior to any enemy retaliation. Therefore, any figures killed by this attack do not get any chance to retaliate. This gives Gunther an advantage over enemy Multi-Figure units, particularly low-tier Normal Units who are more likely to be damaged by it.
Finally, Gunther's Thrown Attack allows him to freely attack enemy Flying units, despite the fact that he himself is not a Flying unit.
Defensive Properties Edit
Gunther the Barbarian pays little attention to his own well-being, and does not wear any armor or protective items by default. As a result he has a very low Defense score compared to all other Melee-oriented Heroes, at only 3. This enables him to block, on average, only about 0.9 points of Damage from any damage source. This means that all but the weakest of opponents will be able to get some damage through! Expect Gunther to take damage often, at least until he can gain plenty of Experience and/or acquire strong armor.
On the other hand, Gunther possesses 9 Hit Points by default - much more than the average Hero. This offsets to some degree Gunther's deficiencies in Defense, allowing him to survive for a long period of time despite his injuries.
As with most Heroes, Gunther possesses a default Resistance score of 6. This makes him somewhat vulnerable to Curses and other combat maledictions. It will take at least 4 Experience Levels before he can become immune to some of these effects, assuming no Magical Items or Random Abilities augment it.
Other Properties Edit
Gunther the Barbarian has a basic Hero's Movement Allowance of 2. This is good for speeding up his movement on the overland map, through plain land tiles like Grassland and Deserts.
During battle, Gunther's speed is essential for proper use of his Thrown Attack. He must maneuver properly in order to execute the attack on his own terms, and withdraw to prevent the enemy from attacking him.
Experience Edit
The following table illustrates how Gunther's various skills and attributes increase as he gains Experience. Attributes not appearing on this list do not improve with Experience. The effects of Gunther's default Might ability have already been taken into account when compiling these values.
|Level Icon
|Level Name
|To Hit
|0 - 19
|20 - 59
|60 - 119
|120 - 199
|200 - 299
|300 - 449
|Grand Lord
|450 - 599
|Super Hero
|600 - 999
Average Damage Output Edit
The following table shows Gunther's average Damage output with each of his attacks, based on his current Experience Level. Note that this table completely ignores bonuses from Magical Items, if any. However, the effects of the Might ability have already been calculated into this table.
Improvement Overview Edit
As with any other Hero, Gunther can eventually become very powerful as he gains Experience. Nonetheless, he is quite weak at the lower levels.
Gunther's Defense is his weakest attribute, and improves very badly with Experience. This is one of the reasons why heavy armor (see below) is almost indispensable.
Note that Gunther's Melee Attack improves at a much greater rate than his Thrown Attack. This is a result of the Might ability, which only augments Melee Attacks.
If Gunther obtains good Melee-oriented Random Abilities, he will likely gain a very powerful Melee Attack early on. Still, unless one of the picked abilities also increases his durability in some way, he will still be in danger of dying if attempting to confront strong enemy units in Melee combat.
Ability Overview Edit
Thrown 3 Edit
- Whenever this unit makes a Melee Attack against an enemy target, it also delivers a Thrown Attack with a strength of 3 per figure.
- All damage from a Thrown Attack is processed and delivered before the enemy gets the chance to retaliate. Any figures in the target unit that are killed by the attack do not get to deliver any Melee Damage in return.
- This Thrown Attack does not occur when the unit is Counter Attacking against an enemy assailant.
Might Edit
- This Hero gains +1 Attack Strength to his Melee Attack with each Experience Level, including the first level.
Random Abilities Edit
Gunther the Barbarian has no Random Abilities. Therefore, his various attributes will be exactly the same each time you play the game. This makes Gunther more predictable. He will never be any less or more useful than this article describes.
Equipment Edit
Gunther the Barbarian has the following item slots:
|Items that fit here
|Sword Slot
|Sword, Mace or Axe
|Shield Slot
|Shield, Chainmail or Platemail
|Jewelry Slot
|Any Jewelry
This set-up contributes primarily to Melee combat. This is excellent for Gunther, who is essentially a Melee-oriented unit.
Recommended Items Edit
Gunther needs to concentrate on increasing his Melee-combat properties. As a non-Caster, Gunther has no use for items that increase spell-casting skills.
Weapon Edit
- Since Gunther has both a Melee Attack and a Thrown Attack, he will benefit most from an Axe rather than a Mace or Sword as his main weapon. Any bonuses on the Axe will go to both types of attacks. Note that the item's To Hit bonus won't apply to his Thrown Attack though. Nevertheless, To Hit bonuses are often the best choice for Gunther. Also consider investing in Attack Strength to boost his Thrown Attack to a decent level.
- Note that Gunther's Defense score is so low for a Melee unit, that it is often a good idea to equip him with a weapon that gives Defense bonuses - even if the weapon is otherwise weak. Don't forget that Gunther's Attack strength increases very quickly on its own anyway - but his Defense will be the death of him!
Armor Edit
- Gunther's Defense rating is much lower than normal, so it is almost essential that he be equipped with as strong as armor as you can acquire. Shields are often less desirable, though they may protect this Hero from powerful enemy Ranged Attackers.
- Overall, any bonus on the armor will be great for Gunther, but do remember that without a proper Defense score, he will suffer plenty of damage during any Melee attack. Try to boost this property up with the armor piece if he doesn't get sufficient bonuses from other sources - or at least try to increase Gunther's Hit Points to compensate.
Jewelry Edit
- As with the Axe described above, offensive bonuses on Jewelry will apply to both of Gunther's attacks. If you wish to make a heavy-hitting Hero, put such bonuses on this item.
- Alternatively, it may be a good idea to put Defense bonuses on the Jewelry piece. This will keep Gunther alive longer during heavy combat. All bonuses except those pertaining specifically to spell-casting (such as Spell Save penalties) should be fine.
Acquisition Edit
Gunther the Barbarian can be acquired in one of four different methods:
- By hiring him as he comes to visit your Fortress town,
- By casting the Summon Hero or Summon Champion spells,
- By rescuing him from an Encounter zone,
- By Resurrecting him after he has been killed in battle.
Hiring Gunther Edit
Every once in a while, a Hero will arrive at your Fortress town to ask for employment. The frequency of this event depends on your current Fame score, the number of Heroes already under your employ, and whether or not you have particular Retorts that affect this chance.
In order for Gunther to appear for hire in this way, you must meet several requirements:
- You must have sufficient Gold in your treasury to hire Gunther (more on this below).
- Gunther must not have already been killed in battle.
Note that Gunther does not care about your wizard's Fame score - he is not picky about whom he serves.
Since the game randomly chooses which Hero appears during this event, there's no guarantee that Gunther will ever appear. The chance, however, increases if the number of other valid Heroes dwindles (such as when most other Heroes have died in battle).
The default Hiring Cost for Gunther is 100. This is reduced to 50 if your wizard has the Charismatic Retort. If you do not have this much Gold at the start of a turn (after paying all Upkeep Costs), Gunther will not appear for hire. In fact, if he is picked as the Hero who approaches you, and you lack the money to hire him, you are effectively forfeiting your chance to hire any Hero this turn.
After agreeing to hire Gunther (you can always refuse), you may give him any name you choose - he will be known as "<name> the Barbarian". His overland unit will appear at your Fortress town or, if that town's garrison is full, next to your Fortress town.
Summoning Gunther Edit
As a non-Champion hero, Gunther the Barbarian can be summoned using either the Summon Hero or Summon Champion spells. However, Summon Champion only has a chance to bring Gunther to you if all Champions are unavailable at the time.
Once the spell is completed, the game chooses a random Hero to bring to your Fortress from a list of all available and valid Heroes. Therefore, there is no guarantee that Gunther will appear when these spells are cast, unless all other Heroes are unavailable.
Again, you get a chance to agree or refuse to hire Gunther. If you agree, he will appear in your Fortress town and/or next to it.
If Gunther is hired through the use of Summon Hero or Summon Champion, there is no need to pay any Hiring Cost. However, you may still need to pay an Upkeep Cost (see below).
Rescuing Gunther Edit
On defeating an Encounter of at least moderate difficulty, there is a small chance that your reward will include a Prisoner previously held captive in this Encounter zone.
The game can randomly pick any non-Champion Hero to be rescued in this way - except Heroes that have already died while in your service. Your Fame and Gold are disregarded, and there is no need to pay any Hiring Costs.
Note that if the army that beats that particular Encounter already contains 9 units, you will never be rewarded with a Prisoner.
Resurrecting Gunther Edit
For most wizards, losing Gunther in battle removes him from the game permanently. He will never appear again.
For Life-wielding wizards, however, who have access to the Resurrection spell, it is possible to bring Gunther back to life after he has died. In this case, Gunther returns to your Fortress town, with no Magical Items, but keeping all Experience he had prior to his death.
You may repeatedly resurrect Gunther each time he dies.
Upkeep Costs Edit
Once Gunther is in your employ, you must pay him an Upkeep Cost of 2 at the start of each and every turn. Failure to pay this price due to lack of Gold results in Gunther leaving your employ. This is not permanent however: Gunther may still be acquired in any of the above methods with no penalty.
Alternate Names Edit
Other wizards can also have a Barbarian, but they are different characters (what happens to one has no effect on the others), and go by different names, as follows:
|Alternate Name
|Human (0)
|Wizard 1
|Wizard 2
|Wizard 3
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While most people know what a solar panel looks like, many are not aware of how these devices work – and how they can save consumers a great deal of money on their yearly energy costs.
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