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Williams Sonoma Ice Cream Starter Sampler: Mint Chip, Cake Batter, Caramel
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- Summary
Freshly churned ice cream makes a refreshing treat for any occasion, and our premium sampler lets you whip up three decadent flavors – mint chip, cake batter and caramel. Simply mix with heavy cream and half-and-half, pour into your ice cream maker and freeze. Customize with favorite mix-ins and toppings like chocolate chips, chopped nuts or candy sprinkles.
Mint Chip: Rich, creamy peppermint and semi-sweet chocolate flakes (8.1 oz.)
Cake Batter: Sweet, classic vanilla cake batter flavor with a swirl of colorful sprinkles (7.2 oz.).
Caramel: irresistible creamy caramel with browned-sugar sweetness and a hint of salt (6.3 oz.).
- Set of three ice-cream starters includes Mint Chip, Cake Batter and Caramel flavors, one of each.
- 1 lb. 5.7 oz. total.
- Made in USA.
- Ingredients
- Mint Chip: Sugar, semi-sweet chocolate flakes (chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanilla), calcium silicate, sea salt, natural vanilla flavor, natural peppermint flavor.
- Cake Batter: Ice cream mix (sugar, natural flavor, natural vanilla flavor, sea salt, annatto); rainbow sprinkles (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, corn starch, soy lecithin, FD&C colors (Yellow #5 and #6 Lake, Blue #1 Lake, Red #40 Lake, Red #3), maltodextrin, carnauba wax, cellulose gum).
- Caramel: Sugar, natural caramel flavor, caramel color, sea salt, annatto.
- This product is prepared and packaged in a facility that handles wheat/gluten, tree nuts (pecans, coconut, almonds), eggs, milk, soy.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by JillianC from We Scream for Ice Cream! I bought these ice cream starters to make with my young nephew when he stayed with us this summer. We had so much fun making the 3 flavors and customizing them - adding ribbons of caramel and chocolate syrup to the Salted Caramel and a bit of green food coloring to the Mint Chip so it looked minty to him. If they're made early in the day, they're perfect to serve for dessert. The sampler size makes a quart which was perfect for us. All 3 flavors were delicious but our fave was the Caramel.Date published: 2018-10-31Rated 5 out of 5 by Love to cook from So easy So far I only made the Birthday Cake ice cream. But it was so easy to make. And delicious. My family loved it. I also make ice cream my own recipes, but those are often time consuming and need an hour to cool down before you put in the compressor. With these you just mix and use. Great for when you are in a hurry.Date published: 2018-06-17


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Bloomberg provides an interesting video interview with IFEELGOODS, Inc CEO, Scott Silverman discussing Facebook Credits virtual currency.
Tag Archives: Credits
VIDEO: Facebook Credits Discussion
Filed under Facebook, Facebook Credits, social games
Tagged as Credits, currency, Facebook, ifeelgoods, interview, Scott Silverman, video, virtual
Bringing the Hammer Down
As widely anticipated, Facebook makes their virtual currency, Facebook Credits a mandatory option for all social game developers that use a payment system. Articles and analysis from:
The Wall Street Journal " Facebook began testing Credits as a form of currency with some developers in 2009. It says they are now used in more than 350 applications from 150 developers, representing more than 70% of virtual goods transactions volume on Facebook."
WebProNews " Users and developers shouldn't react with too much dismay. Other in-game currencies will be still be permitted, and Facebook intends to let developers keep 70 percent of the revenue from transactions that involve Facebook Credits."
The Street " While some game developers have their own currency payment methods, most large app companies already use Facebook Credits."
GigaOM " Facebook developers will have the option of using their own payment system in addition to Facebook Credits but Facebook will be offering incentives like early access to product features and on-site promotion to help get them on board fully."
Forbes " Forex traders and global conspiracy theorists take note: with close to 600 million people using the system, we could be watching a Dollar rival spring to life. To the bunkers! "
TechCrunch " This is about more than purple cows and gold coins, too — in the long run, Facebook has a strong incentive to maximize the number of users who are signed up for Credits. Right now the vast majority of Credits are spent on gaming, but it's very likely that Facebook will eventually begin allowing third-party websites to offer a 'Pay With Facebook' option, and that may include everything from digital content to physical goods."
Video: interviews with social game developers concerning the initial Facebook Credits announcement at the f8 Conference (about 10 months ago)
Filed under Facebook Credits, social games, virtual currency, virtual goods
Tagged as apps, Credits, currency, developers, Facebook, games, online, social, virtual
Virtual Showdown
Social gaming giant Zynga goes for the jugular and files for a patent for non-redeemable virtual currency. Is this move intended as a bargaining chip with Facebook or something much larger? Articles and analysis from:
TechCrunch " While at first glance it seems like the patent's strictures only pertain to poker chips, it explicitly references Zynga games Zynga Poker and Farmville in its "Examples of Embodiments" section, which delinates both "Non-Redeemable Virtual Currency" and "Non-Redeemable Virtual Poker Chips" as inventions that Zynga is claiming the rights to."
AllFacebook " For Facebook the stakes are higher. The social networking site earns a 30% cut every time Credits are used to buy virtual goods in a game. With the burgeoning popularity of social games on Facebook, it would be a serious blow if it lost this growing source of revenue."
VentureBeat " The patent filing, on which Zynga CEO Mark Pincus's name is listed as one of the inventors, is arguably defensive, potentially orestalling intellectual-property claims against Zynga. But it could also give Zynga leverage in its negotiations with Facebook, the social network which connects most of Zynga's players with each other."
Online-Casinos.com " Zynga's patent application points out however that its virtual-currency uniqueness is that the currency exchange is only one-way. Players can put money in but they can't take it out thus circumventing the online gambling dilemma."
Tom's Guide " Essentially the company may be trying to patent the process of purchasing virtual money that cannot be re-sold. The patent also seems to indicate that Zynga may implement a fraud prevention system to inhibit players from using cash to purchase virtual funds from other players within Zynga products."
Filed under Facebook, Facebook Credits, social games, virtual currency, Zynga
Tagged as Credits, Facebook, filing, online, patent, poker, social games, virtual. currency, Zynga
Facebook ramping up Credits
Inside Facebook provides a recap of Facebook's recent activity regarding rolling out its Credits virtual currency. From the article:
" Key to Facebook's plans for Credits is getting more payment providers in place, a process that has been accelerating for months."
In related news, VentureBeat reports that Rixty partnered with Coinstar to provide an easy method of converting loose change into Facebook Credits at grocery stores. From the article:
" In addition to the free Facebook Credits, users can buy Credits by taking their coins to a Coinstar machine and getting a Rixty voucher."
The Wall Street Journal provides this Opinion piece. 8/13/2010
" The biggest shift in the social-gaming world — which includes titles like Mafia Wars and Restaurant City — is likely to be a battle over payment."
Filed under Facebook, Facebook Credits, social games, virtual currency, virtual goods
Tagged as cirtual currency, Credits, Crowdstar, Facebook, online, partnerships, plans
Half of Facebook users play Social Games
TechCrunch discusses an astounding figure mentioned by Playdom CEO John Pleasants who said that half the people on Facebook play Social Games and their time spent "in-game" is a mind-boggling 40% of their time on the network. This presents a massive opportunity to monetize via Facebook Credits virtual currency.
" But the most interesting thing Pleasants noted was that he recently heard (from his own source, apparently) that half of all users on Facebook now play social games. More impressively, 40% of total usage time on the service is spent on these games."
Additional coverage from Inventorspot
" The beauty of bundling micropayments via Facebook Credits is that a single virtual currency could increase the size of the market exponentially by making it easier for users to purchase items where they don't have to continually use credit cards."
Filed under Disney, Facebook, Facebook Credits, Playdom, social games, social networks, virtual currency, virtual goods
Tagged as Credits, Facebook, half, online, Playdom, social games, virtual goods, virtual. currency
Facebook Credits….the new money?
Advertising Age has an excellent article about the underlying implications of a successful Facebook Credits virtual currency by Ian Schafer.
" If Facebook continues its growth on mobile platforms, then Facebook Credits will have the opportunity to become the default mobile payment currency accepted worldwide."
UPDATE : TechCrunch reports that Facebook expects up to 1/3 of their revenue to be generated from their virtual currency called Credits within the next 12 months.
Filed under Facebook Credits, Uncategorized
Tagged as Credits, Facebook, media, online, social games, virtual. currency
Burying the Hatchet
Clash of the Titans was averted when social gaming giant Zynga and Facebook decided to end their dispute over Credits and notifications and sign a five year agreement to continue their takeover of the Internet. Articles and analysis from:
Gamasutra " Widely-reported tensions between Facebook and Zynga, the largest developer of games for its platform, seem to have dissolved with a new five-year agreement on virtual currency."
TechCrunch " Facebook's director of communications Larry Yu tells us that the 30 percent fee has remained the same for this deal. But according to a source, Zynga was able to win some concessions and the company walked away pleased with the deal."
CNET " One of the biggest companies to emerge on Facebook's platform was Zynga, which now has around 230 million monthly active users (Facebook has about 400 million)."
San Francisco Chronicle " Neither firm would comment on recent published reports that their relationship was strained and that Zynga was preparing to break away with its own service called Zynga Live."
Filed under Facebook Credits, Partnerships, Uncategorized, Zynga
Tagged as 5 years, Credits, deal, Facebook, gaming, online, partnership, social games, virtual. currency, Zynga

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OBS Blog Marks 1 Year Anniversary!!
Tomorrow (1/23/13) marks one year since my first blog post went "live" (Occupiers are Morons Pt. 1).
You may note from my blog name that Occupy may have had something to do with my entering the blogosphere (my first post may also be a clue?). To say early Occupy aggravated me is an understatement. Sadly, I found yelling at the television news reports of the Occu-idiots just didn't help much… Throwing things at the television also didn't help, and replacing the broken televisions began to lighten my wallet… Thusly was born my very own virtual soapbox with the help of more than a few "Dummies" books. (Still wish there were CliffNotes for Dummies books, but what can ya do?) Yes, my blog name is highly sarcastic and meant to poke fun at the Occupy "give-me, give-me" movement.
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One year later I'm having a ball with this blog, a most intellectually rewarding endeavor. I'm having more fun doing this now then I even imagined I would; trying to write a single "essay" Monday through Friday (when there are no sick kids or school vacations or power outages or a new movie release I simply have to see!!) is a great way to clear the cobwebs from one's head. Learning "stuff" and sharing what I've learned via this blog is an honor and a privilege. Scouring the 'net for interesting news to comment on and share with my Tweeps has broadened my knowledge of what the heck is going on in this crazy world.
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Through the use of bonding and veneers, we can restore your broken, chipped, or stained teeth to their original brightness and luminosity. The process of bonding involves applying, sculpting, and polishing an enamel-like dental composite to the tooth's surface, thus restoring shape and shine to an individual tooth. Porcelain veneers are custom facings bonded to these tooth surfaces, correcting breaks and chips, and reshaping teeth as required.
Our composite fillings will match your tooth colour. We remove damaged parts of your teeth and replace with the composite, which then hardens into a camouflaged new part of your tooth. No more unsightly, dark and toxic fillings! Our fillings last for years, especially when taken good care of. These will enhance your smile and stop decay in its tracks.
Kids Dental Ed Program
At My Family Dental educating and helping our young patients grow early positive oral habits is a priority. So much so that we have developed a dental education program that goes into the class room. There are no in service programs offered through Alberta Health Services for dental care, therefore we set out to create a fun and educational program to take into the primary grades in the schools. We have accommodated many preschool and grade one classes with this unique and complimentary program.
My Family Dental created a program that grabs the attention of the children and informs them at their level. A big part of the program is a puppet show (along with a professional looking puppet theatre) that features 'Harvey the Horse' and 'Rymin Simon`. The children love the puppet show!
Our dental education assistant has a great rapport with children. She talks about "sugar bugs" and how to brush them away (especially right before bed) and reviews the basics of proper brushing, flossing and healthy diet towards good oral health.
At the conclusion of the visit, the children are given goodie bags that include a toothbrush, floss and a coloring sheet.
The children go away with a good feeling about visiting the dentist and we know that we've done our part to give back to the great community that supports us and also to the children we care for so much!
For more information on our program please email dentaled@okotoksfamilydental.
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My Family Dental is proud to have Dr. Mallette as a member of ICOI.
The ICOI membership signifies commitment to continuous study and training in the field of implantology. Members develop professionally by participation in a "true family" of international colleagues who are deeply committed to dental implant education. The result is a strong foundation of quality treatment for their patients.


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Technology for the Benefit of Humanity
GHTC 2019, October 17-20, Seattle, WA
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IEEE GHTC focuses on advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. This cross-disciplinary annual conference provides the perfect venue for those interested in humanitarian projects to join their peers in Seattle (USA) in October 2019.
GHTC is an international flagship conference, focused on bringing together people working on the application of technology to addressing critical issues for the benefit of the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations in the world. It is a forum where IEEE works with developers and NGOs to identify the most pressing needs. We encourage participants from academia, for-profit and non-profit businesses, governmental and non-governmental organizations to attend and present research, ideas, and other considerations for the creation of effective humanitarian technology. We also invite participants to share case studies and lessons learned from deployment and application of humanitarian technologies.
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04th July 2017
How to use your talent pool to supercharge succession planning
Succession planning involves ensuring that your current success is maintained and grown in the future. It relies on a practical talent management strategy and skills gap analysis to identify and develop team members to replace key roles within an organisation.
People leave organisations for one of the four general reasons:
- Retirement
- Resignation
- Dismissal
- Ill health, death or accident
You may receive some level of warning for the first three events. However, ill health and accidents can happen overnight and require an immediate response. In these situations a succession planning process which prepares a host of potential leaders to step up as a replacement is crucial.
When a key leader does move on they don't just leave a spare seat behind – they take all of their personal knowledge of what works in your organisation with them. This knowledge includes, but is not limited to:
- The history of your organisation, including key decisions and important moments of change
- An awareness of how things are done, including the invisible things like cultural practices and values
- Relationships within and outside the organisation – in particular critical client connections
As a result preparing a talent pool of strong future leaders is essential for your organisation's future success.
Why talent pools are important for effective succession planning
There are two obvious strategies for succession planning success.
- The first involves bringing people in from the outside. Whilst this can be effective, bringing new ideas and momentum, it can run the risk of not delivering the very thing that your succession planning process is designed to provide: continuity.
- The alternative is to develop talent capable of leading change in the near and medium term future within your current team of employees.
Both approaches involve the careful management of your talent pool. They are a great way to spread the risk and responsibility of succession planning across a group of high-performing, high-potential candidates rather than a single individual.
The golden rule for creating a talent pool for your succession planning is choice. When the time comes to choose a successor you want to have a good selection of candidates to select from.
5 key insights for building your succession planning talent pool
1. Continually forecast succession planning needs
Succession planning is not about what you need today. It's about talent development for the near future. You therefore need to continually forecast the future needs of your company and work out what characteristics will be particularly important for a leader to have.
To develop a solid plan you need to be thinking about the the business strategy, the evolving capability needs your organisation may have, and the competitive landscape you operate in – will the market or customer needs change, and will there be a requirement for new skills?
You may also need to stay on top of the trends and be seen as a progressive, desirable workplace. For instance, consider how working from home, paid time off and proper onboarding may influence your succession planning model. This should be included in your planning and in the training to prepare your team members for leading change in the future.
2. Work your skills gap analysis
Your succession planning strategies should be based on the gap between what your candidates currently have and what they will need tomorrow when your current leaders step aside. Consider details around:
- What roles do you need for leading change now and in the future?
- Who is in your current talent pool?
- What qualities, skills and experiences will they need to be effective leaders?
- What training and development programs do you need to develop this pool of leaders?
- How will you consistently engage these potential leaders so they don't leave to pursue opportunities in other organisations?
3. Promote diversity in your talent pools
The stronger and more diverse your talent pool is, the greater your chance of finding the right candidate at the time they need to be appointed. Our experience suggests that you don't get diversity unless you plan and take deliberate actions to make things happen.
Cultural and ethnic diversity is known to alter the behaviour of a group in a way that leads to improved and more accurate group thinking. In addition, diversity in terms of the range of experience, both within your organisation and outside it in related industries, can lead to innovation within your processes.
4. Remember to use digital tools
By using the right digital tools to manage your talent pool you can keep track of all potential successors by creating profiles of their records, interview notes, talents, weaknesses and completed training.
This can help you efficiently manage data as well as streamline the hiring process. Cloud-based subscription systems are effective, can prevent becoming a slave to documentation, and allow real time review and updating of records.
5. Create a talent development community
Your aim should not be to prepare a single future leader; it should be to build a community of future leaders to draw from. Think of your talent pool and succession planning process as building a group of people to lead your organisation forward.
In the case of external talent pools, it can be helpful to create a communal online platform or social media hub to bring all potential candidates together. This will give your candidates a window into the company and allow you to promote its culture.
Plus, it will encourage members to learn from each other, keeping them engaged in what your organisation is building. For positions where you often have multiple roles to fill (sales reps, developers, etc.) your talent acquisition team or external partner should be creating and nurturing a 'ready to move' external talent pool to draw from.
Developing a strong, diverse talent pool takes long-term commitment. But it's a vital component of your succession planning model, and essential for ensuring the longevity of your organisation.
To position your internal talent pool as a useful tool for succession planning it's a good idea to use the below template. It uses a simple "one question" framework to help you identify potential successors across your organisation, and outline the development required to ready them for a new role.
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Welcome to a brand new challenge hosted by the folks at My Favorite Things. The challenge is all about reconnecting with the Die-namics Blueprints, and this month's focus is on Blueprints 1 and Blueprints 2.
Complete challenge details can be found at the MFT Blog.
My first card uses a narrow strip die from Blueprints 2 and a wider strip die from Blueprints 1 in a rainbow of colors: Blueberry, Wild Wisteria, Blu Raspberry, Sno Cone, Persimmon, Peach Bellini and Banana Split. After arranging the wide and narrow strips on Primitive White card stock in a wonky fashion, I die cut the entire layered panel with the large stitched edge panel from Blueprints 2 for a finished look.
I was going to stop there but decided to die cut the entire layered panel with Love Centerpieces and then stacked 3 more layers of the Love Centerpieces beneath the rainbow layer I'd cut first. Make sense?
I used the same technic on the top right corner, mixing in a fishtail tab from Blueprints 1.
My second card is by the book, completely following one of the sketches provided with Blueprints 1. When you're just not in the mood to mix and match, the sketches give you all the love and guidance you need! And since my sketch called for lots of layers, I kept things clean and simple by using just two colors: Kraft and Paver Red.
I added a little extra to the pair of hearts from I Love You More by coloring them with Copics and topping them off with Glossy Accents. You can also see the Paver Red base layer is stamped with the gorgeous new Damask Background stamp in Paver Red dye ink.
Ok, now it's your turn to mix and match with Blueprints 1 and 2, or simply follow along with sketches provided with each of the Blueprints Die-namics.
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About the only thing that all sides in this fractured society might agree on these days is that these are not normal times.
Those who put Donald Trump in power seem to want him to destroy the established order, democracy be damned.
Those of us horrified at his election believe Trump presents the greatest threat to American democracy in our lifetimes.
We are going to knock heads as long as Trump remains in office, so let's get a few ground rules straight.
First, let's agree that being open-minded does not mean you have to be open to sexism, racism, misogyny, xenophobia and fascism. Intolerance of intolerance is not a form of bigotry, it is a form of enlightenment.
Obscenity, fighting words, defamation, perjury, blackmail, incitement to lawlessness, threats, solicitations to commit a crime, treason and plagiarism are not forms of speech protected under the First Amendment, but hate speech is. So bigots have a constitutional right to say hateful things about people (as long as they do not incite violence against those people) and the rest of us have a constitutional right to call them bigots.
In the wake of the election, bigots have been emboldened to take their messages mainstream.
The University of California at Berkeley erupted in violence over the planned appearance of Brietbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos, a man banned from Twitter for life because of his racist and sexist attacks. The university was prepared to allow Yiannopoulos to speak, but non-student rioters put an end to that.
A mini-controversy of the same order occurred at the University of Southern Maine when it was announced that a conservative student group had invited state Rep. Lawrence Lockman to speak. Lockman is about as extreme as elected Republicans get in Maine, and has said some terribly hateful things about women, immigrants and gay people.
A student group asked the university to prevent Lockman from speaking, but to its credit the university allowed Lockman's appearance. Saying someone is wrong is not the same as saying they should not be allowed to speak.
Some 200 people showed up to demonstrate against Lockman and his anti-immigrant message, but there was no violence. Picket, protest, resist, but don't try to silence the opposition.
The statement of principle, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," has become a bedrock of American free speech. This principle has led to some uncomfortable situations, such as the ACLU defending the right of the KKK to march, but these are words we must all agree to live by. If people I disagree with can be silenced, so can I.
And that is one of the great fears running through our society as the Trump administration seems determined to discredit the media, silence dissent and make up its own facts when the truth is embarrassing. That way lies tyranny, and you can hear the authoritarianism in the voices of Trump's closest advisers.
"The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while," said Stephen Bannon, another Brietbart editor who is the president's closest adviser. "I want you to quote this: the media here is the opposition party."
The only thing the mainstream media got wrong during the election campaign was how gullible so many Americans could be.
And senior Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller issued his infamous dictatorial dictum when Trump's travel ban met with massive resistance nationwide, proclaiming haughtily "the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned."
Yes, son, they will be questioned. They must be. To question authority is the American way. Dissent is patriotic.
The most simplistic rhetorical device of the right is to accuse the media of everything they themselves are guilty of. "Fake news" is the invention of alt-right media. Now we have a president plastering that label all over the professional mainstream media because he doesn't like the facts, he prefers the narcissistic universe of his own fantasies.
Charles Sykes, a disillusioned conservative talk show host, wrote a piece in The New York Times recently lamenting how successful the right has been in selling the public crazy conspiracy theories and "delegitimizing the media altogether."
"We destroyed our own immunity to fake news," Sykes wrote, "while empowering the worst and most reckless voices on the right."
We now hear those voices not only in online comment sections, but also in guest editorials, university lecture halls, on the nightly news and, most alarmingly, coming from the White House.
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Mostly harmless, the strip was pretty standard far for its time - Dredd gets sent off to another Megacity to kick arse and show the locals how it's done, and being a Millar/Morrison strip inevitably someeone ends up fighting someone else on a conveyor belt (it happens). Dermot Power, who went on to provide some stunning concept visuals for the Star Wars prequels, did the art duties. Luxor's an interesting place - a tiered class system, high-tech society (the Judges buzz about on hovering scooters and wield some sort of energy-weapon baton), and an affectation towards the ancient Egyptian pantheon. Senior Judges (i.e. those who can afford it) are embalmed after death, and there is a genuine belief in an afterlife - and even some form of the gods, as Book of the Dead goes on to illustrate via the then-regulation Big Bad Dredd went up against in the last chapter.
So far, so good. But the god aspect interests me because, as the Dredd strip has loosely established over its near-forty-year run, the concept of 'God' in Dredd's world becomes interchangeable (albeit on a colloqial level) with the epithet 'Grud'; a tradition going back to the late 70s by my reckoning, and built upon in subsequent years by other alternative entities: namely, Jovus and his mother Mavis (no joke!) Of course, other religions exist, and there seems to be an acknowledgement that higher powers may intervene in the affairs of mortals (thus Mega City One's Exorcist Judges, one assumes.)
But what of the Luxor Judges and their gods? Well, Millar and Morrison returned to the strip a few years later with the generally-derided 'epic' Crusade, in which Judges from all over the world converge on a mining outpost in the Antarctic to chase down and claim a 'god'.
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A bargain of an apartment, almost fully furnished, in a quiet neighborhood by the Nagai park. The apartments have been fully renovated.
It's a foreigner friendly property which does not require a personal Japanese guarantor!
Property name: 西田辺ハイツ
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Bldg maintenance: ¥6,000
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Generally, you should expect the total initial costs to be be around 3~4 times the rent (plus key money and deposit, if any)
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Hands down. No contest. Mic drop.
Now if you'll pardon me, I have to go search these out online. I still haven't been able to find them in stores, and I need these in my life.
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This blog is mostly just my own musings, and food reviews, and other random ramblings, but every once in a while, I do try to share information of value--IF it's something I truly believe in.
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Wow. This John Lewis Christmas ad is absolutely beautiful, and it made me think of my Dad. He was an electrical communications engineer, and he worked on the Gemini and Apollo space projects for NASA. He helped design the circuit boards that were used in the lunar module, and because of that, his name is written on a scroll that was left on the Moon.
He's been gone for almost exactly 9 years now, but I still think of him every single day, especially when I look up at the Moon.
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Last night, a commercial for Campbell's soup depicted a young boy at mealtime, along with his Star Wars-obsessed dad...and, his other Star Wars-obsessed dad.
I thought the commercial was cute, but I knew immediately that there would be people who found it offensive, and point to it as an example of the "gay agenda."
Honestly, THIS COMMERCIAL by Campbell's, which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, is the REAL culprit when it comes to being offensive. Double dipping--the horror!
But really. It's just soup, people.
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Yes, Hallmark's "Countdown to Christmas" has been in full swing for two weeks already, with a daily lineup of holiday-themed movies to choose from. I'll admit it--they're my guilty pleasure this time of year.
Unfortunately, not all of these sappy romance movies are worth tuning in for--some are painfully trite and obvious--but every once in a while, there's a gem hidden in there that is absolutely worth watching.
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Last year when my daughter started high school, we had to adjust to a new bus stop: instead of being located right outside my next door neighbor's driveway, the high school stop is 1/4 mile away, at the top of our long, steep hill. No more waiting inside until the last second on a cold, blustery day--now, if she wants to make it in time for the bus, she has to leave the house at least 6 minutes ahead of the scheduled pickup window, lugging a huge backpack, laptop, and lunchbox for a power-climb to the top.
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I only post links to videos on this blog that are absolutely "click worthy," and this one is no exception. It's from an article on Shutterbug about a fascinating experiment, where 6 different photographers were each given the same subject to capture on film. The twist? The subject's backstory was changed for each photographer: one was told he was shooting a self-made millionaire, while another was advised her subject was a just-released ex-convict.
The results are astounding, and proof-positive that professional photographers possess a talent and an artistry that deserves to be appreciated.
VIEW THE ARTICLE AND VIDEO HERE: http://www.shutterbug.com/content/lab-pushes-boundaries-photography-decoy
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Today, Pope Francis advised families to turn off their cell phones, televisions and other electronic devices during meal times, and focus on conversing with one another. This seems like common sense to me, so the fact that it's making headlines and is considered a bold and revolutionary idea is surprising.
I agree with the Pope's advice 100%. In my home, meal time has always been a daily opportunity for my husband, my children and me to sit down together and converse about what's going on in each other's lives. It's when we hear about the latest drama at school, a new dream or goal for the future that is starting to take shape, upcoming weekend plans, or just a silly joke that someone overheard in the cafeteria. We share our ups and downs, offering a daily dose of love and support, and reinforcing the concept that we are all connected as a family unit.
As a parent, having a sit-down dinner as a family is a valuable time for sharing and staying plugged in to what my children are feeling and thinking, and it saddens me to think this daily ritual for us is more the exception than the rule for others.
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Remembering all who have served and sacrificed to protect our country's freedom and ideals, including this brave young Navy man:.
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Seen today at the Phoenix Zoo:
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This is a quickie -- just wanted to share my twist on the old "apple for teacher" tradition that I brought to school for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Last night I whipped up and portioned a double-batch of my Reduced Fat Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Apple Dip. This morning, I bundled a single serving cup of dip with a bag of sliced organic apples. I tied it all together with a sweet little red polkadot washi tape.
It was a perfect grab-and-go treat for our hard-working teachers. I hadn't planned on writing a post, but the treat was such a hit that I figured I'd share!


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So, that's the good news this week. Now for the bad news: unfortunately we didn't get out of the ghetto quite quickly enough, as my wallet was stolen last week. From my house! Some creep just walked into our house and took it. I suspect it was one of the neighborhood kids, since they're always coming to the door to ask if they can borrow something of my son's. My guess? While my son's back was turned, some kid helped himself to my wallet. Is it wrong to call a minor an a-hole?
Even worse was the fact that my entire life was in my wallet. Of course some cash, though thankfully not a lot! My driver's license, insurance info, credit cards, gift cards, receipts, coupons, loyalty cards… it was a very big wallet and it was packed. After spending 6 hours in line at the DMV and a week on the phone explaining the situation to a million people to get replacement cards, I'm finally almost back to the land of the living now.
But my saddest loss of all that stuff was my Starbucks cards. I had two of them that I had just loaded up with over $70. I was whining about this to my favorite barista yesterday, and she asked, "Did you register the cards online?" Actually, I had just done that the day before they were stolen. Good timing, huh? "In that case," she told me, "you can call Starbucks and they can send you new gift cards for the balance." Awesome! I knew there was a reason I'm a loyal Starbucks drinker.
The first thing I do when I get home is call Starbucks and tell them the cards were stolen. Sadly, the woman on the phone looks them up and then tells me that the cards have already been drained of all funds. Whoever took my wallet has been seriously chugging the lattes. The little caffeinated a-hole. So I ask her if there is any way she can tell where they were used – thinking that might give me a clue as to who took them. "I can do better than that," she tells me. "All of our stores have video surveillance. If you file a police report, we can release the footage and exact times the card was used." Oh em gee – double awesome!
So, I call the police department and they send out Officer Hottie (seriously, he was so adorable) who takes my statement and opens a case. He's really excited about the Starbucks lead, and says he'll let me know as soon as they get the footage. I can't wait! I hope I get to go down to the station to view it! I'm so psyched to have an actual clue to an actual crime. Seriously, don't steal from a mystery writer. ;)
I'll definitely let you guys know how it plays out. In the meantime… back to packing…
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In the last couple of weeks some of the chat denizens and I were kicking around ideas of ways of continuing the Council of Thieves Adventure Path past the final module.
This discussion got me thinking about a nice community driven project. Elevator pitch: the community assembles the collective wisdom found in the GM Reference AP threads into a "missing manual"/ "AP #7" pdf.
Taking the Council of Thieves AP as an example, this AP #7 might contain:
- Ideas on how to continue the adventure past #6; for example: mechanics for managing the party-PC-wants-to-run-for-mayor-of-Westcrown; plot line for "the Queen sails down from Egorian with her army and the PCs enlist the help of the disenfranchised nobles, Order of the Scourge, and Andoran revolutionaries to wage an actual revolution against the Thrunists!
- Collected (usually James Jacob provided) errata
- Community created handouts - for example, my Liebdaga's Infernal Contract, or my build your own Chelish Crux
- Tools drawing together the AP metaplot together. When running an AP I frequently have to go through the entire thing and draw together how everything fits together; for example, Treppa's heirarchy of noble houses, or, more extreme, a visual timeline of the AP a la XKCD's movie narrative charts
- Hooks for folding one-shot modules into the AP; for example, I ran my party through Masks of the Living God, swapping out the Razmirian cultists for Mammonites
- Analysis of how to improve specific combat scenarios; for example, removing the staggered condition from Liebdaga to make the Big Boss Fight more fun for the players.
#1: Any interest in this? I'd probably start with CoT.
#2: What would Paizo's position on a AP Missing Manual community published content be? "That's awesome?", or "That's copyrighted material, piss off!"
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1) dunno if I'd use it, as I don't know when/if I'm running CoT. However, I'd definitely lurk it. I like the politics that come with high levels and would be interested to see what you come up with.
2) I presume this would be free content? If so, I think the history has been "That's awesome". Any attempt at remuneration is almost guaranteed to generate the secondary response.
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#2: What would Paizo's position on a AP Missing Manual community published content be? "That's awesome?", or "That's copyrighted material, piss off!"
As long as you follow Paizo's Community Use Policy, you'll find that there is an established tradition of community publishing in Wayfinder.
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I've published the skeleton of the document on google docs here
If you are interesting in signing up as a collaborator, please email me at sozinsky at gmail dot com and I'll permission you as a doc editor.
Sozin: Updated doc with my suggestions and contribution offerings in maroon. Some of my docs are in spreadsheets which are handy to have in the original spreadsheet format rather than text, so they can be sorted and filtered. Any idea on how to handle that?
Where do you want contributions placed - inline in the text?
I used things contributed by others who may not sign up as contributors. If they published a link to their material here, can we include it? For example, I used Turin the Mad's generic Wiscrani for reference a few times.
I'd like to chime in here. I have just started to run the CoT AP and have been stymied by several issues or concerns (though I have continued to push forward, several of my players found a few of my replies kind of hollow...). This "Missing Manual (MisM)" you all are putting together is a welcome sight and greatly appreciated.
I have been searching for advice on running this AP from those that have completed it so I could (hopefully) utilize their additional works and learn from their experiences - and hopefully be able to give my players a much better gaming setting than I see in the modules as presented. The items the MisM will contain are, to me, essential to running the AP well and with continuity. My searches to date have not been as fruitful as hoped for. (It is very aggravating that once the AP is completed (written/published) there is no official errata put out to fix or adjust the much in need issues. No one is perfect but please step up and help your patrons get the best experience possible... THIS should be part of the product.)
So, the short of it: *I* will use the compilation you all are creating. It is wanted. It is needed. It will be utilized. All of your efforts are appreciated.
From myself and my players, Thank You.
P.S. - Don't forget to add Sean McD's new Westcrown map - it's fantastic. He did an exceptional piece.
If they published a link to their material here, can we include it? For example, I used Turin the Mad's generic Wiscrani for reference a few times.
I think its fair game and in the spirit of community contributions. Let's just make sure we give credit where credit is due in all cases.
looks like there is a call for your rumor table
Added to the doc
Some of my docs are in spreadsheets which are handy to have in the original spreadsheet format rather than text, so they can be sorted and filtered. Any idea on how to handle that?
I believe google docs lets you do that in-line as tables, including a nifty Excel->docs converter. I haven't played around with it. One for the backlog.
So, the short of it: *I* will use the compilation you all are creating. It is wanted. It is needed. It will be utilized. All of your efforts are appreciated.
Good feedback, thank you. Treppa and I were discussing online and we think about a 1 year time frame is right for this project (we both have a lot going on right now), so, it probably won't be extremely helpful to you in the short term. I'm shooting for Dec 31 2012 as the "real" publication of the doc, although I'm sure we'll have multiple updates between now and then.
In the meantime, I created a set of organization cards for the GM to cut out and handout as appropriate. Here it is.
I have just started to run the CoT AP and have been stymied by several issues or concerns (though I have continued to push forward, several of my players found a few of my replies kind of hollow...).
Since it looks like the manual may take a while, is there anything you need quickly that could go up early?
Thank you both, Treppa and Sozin, for putting this together (and all who contribute).
Treppa,to answer your question, yes. I would like a foreshadowing and NPC appearance ("seen" not clothing) timeline. I have read the first three books of the AP but I already see several personalities I should have had the PCs see or hear of by now. I have been pushing names and Wiscrani noun-age but noteworthy or upcoming NPCs have not been highlighted enough. Perhaps, also add quick suggestions on how to get hidden background info into the players' hands (from whom, when, etc.).
Second, a "How to fix continuity" and/or how to make things realistic (like the NPC "waiting" for the PCs in that special section of the Mayor's house - without any real idea the PCs are going to show up there, in that special place...) type of document would be great too. Maybe part of this would be to remark upon a couple of NPCs, who if the PCs play well, are not even ever heard of or seen - they die ignobly in the background - and how to bring them forward into the viewable story so having them included in the AP is not a waste of space. :-|
Even if both/either of these docs are just in an outline format, but state what needs to be changed (whether or now exactly how or even if just an arrow: go from this X >> to this Y) would be extremely helpful. (I have two puzzle solvers in my group and continuity issues are their bane.)
I hope my reply answers your question well enough. If not, let me know and I will explain or speak to the topic again.
My reply above is meant as an either/or and as "Thanks for asking - and maybe even offering. If you were able to put something together, any of the pieces above - even in just a bullet or outline format - would be appreciated. Any of it." type of response. I had to post quick and go, so I hope it read well enough on your side. I was not asking for the world but attempting to get you as much info for possibilities as I could.
Again, I appreciate your offering of help and for starting this project. I've asked several local DMs who have completed this AP for assistance or even just their own notes, digital or photocopied [I offered to pay and do the copying...)], but none have followed through.
To paraphrase Leia, "Help me, Treppa-wan (and sozin) Kenobi; you're my only hope" hahaha
VooDoo - Where is your party right now? Have you started the AP?
My notes are at home and I'm at work for the next *mumble* hours. I'll have to dig 'em up there and probably scan/post to google docs fer ya, so it will probably be sometime tomorrow for the NPC index. Treppa
Sozin, you look... different.
My group is following up on a lead about a potential lair of the group called the Bastards (and entering said lair, good or bad). We had a couple of minor side-treks to help gain XP and to better fill in the story line (went to the island to find out about a "Night Pass" and went in hunt of shadow beasts). I've been holding them back a bit and we just ended a month and a half hiatus from this campaign. Starting up again Sunday.
(maybe a new feather in his headdress... ?) :-)
Note: The party has been in Westcrown for some time now, and have accomplished the as-listed scenarios up to their current position - investigating a bastardized lead. I have also given them numerous, minor side-treks to look into - we've had many session, so don't let their current position mislead.
I just looked at the page, and I really think making a DM's guide to an AP is one of the best ideas I've heard on these boards in a long time. I really like how you've formatted it and am interested in seeing how it turns out. For my part, I've completed the AP and have pretty hefty notes on Council Captain conversions, expanding encounters, rewrites of some NPCs and so forth. Some of this is detailed in my "Council of Thieves" review, though for time's sake I didn't copy their stats into the review. If anything in this review interests you (besides the re-drawing of Walcourt, which would take me more time than I have to reproduce digitally), let me know. I have no problem recopying side notes or stats for anyone's use.
I can present and *ask* my players if relationships can be adjusted but most have back-stories that they may not want to tie to others. They are great role-players and have so far loved how their stories are slowly unfolding and playing out at the table. It's been fun. I've added some extra twists (not screwing them but plot additions) and Wows! for them to experience in upcoming sessions that fully tie-in to their backgrounds. I may be able to add new/unknown relationships within this context, depending upon exactly what the new connections are.
Cleric/Priestess of Lamashtu, who has been able to infiltrate the first layer of the Church of Asmodeus (via only personally usable magic item {forwent Traits in exchange} and forgery - story mode mostly) send to cause/ferment anarchy within the city.
A tiefling magus who is just figuring out that tieflings are not really dung and deserve equal rights (he will find out soon that he is actually an outcast member of a minor Wiscrani noble house). Wants to raise the rights of tieflings.
A very overweight, gluttonous, greedy but tasteful, with a flair for the extravagant and better things in life druid (w/chihuahua companion - yes, carried in a bag... hahaha), who wants to gain (minor) noble status and then party (read: eat and drink) for the rest of his life. He is highly skilled in assessing valuables.
A drug addicted "human" (aasimar) "fighter" (paladin) who is a great asset to the party but makes them a bit uneasy. Used the tiefling alt ability chart and modified it for "good". He rolled 100 so got two rolls: Change/hide alignment radiated and healed by both positive/negative energy. He was once an evil cleric of Asmodeus but was turned on by his fellow clergy (or the Church as he sees it) and murdered to hide their deeds. He was reincarnated by some good priests/the gods into this new body. Doesn't actually use the drug; he dyes his eyes each day and affects a manner to make it look like he uses the drug (to hide his nonhuman eyes) - he has bluff and Profession: Actor to assist. He is bent on exposing the corruption of (HAH!) and bringing down the Church of Asmodeus. Party is getting close to figuring out something is more than not right with him... haha
A mercenary ranger. (Player is on/off with making it to sessions, so an NPC mostly.)
Magus, druid and "fighter" grew up in Westcrown. Priestess and merc live here on/off for the last six years.
All have a buy-in to making Westcrown a better place (again), for one personal reason of another.
We've put this campaign on hold - indefinitely. Actually, on hold until I decide if I can get into it and improve it enough so that *I* am also enthusiastic about DMing it.
I will check back here periodically and see what you all have had time to put up. Sharlata was nice enough to share his work on this AP with me (Thanks!). So when I look over resources and complete my notes of the AP, I will see where we sit with this campaign.
Thanks again (not fully leaving but probably going quiet. you are welcome to PM me if I haven't been here in a while. not abandoning, just reading and making notes...).
Perhaps it's not all the AP's issues: perhaps my group is too experienced or too sharp and this just isn't for an experienced set of people. Maybe it's written with more of a new group in mind. Maybe it's my DMing as I am so unimpressed by this intro module because it is rather blah and riddled with emptiness, that it shows at the table (and that further detracts from the players' already ho-hum enjoyment). For whatever reasons, I need to think on this before we go any further.
(This is not meant as a dig on the AP. The above is a real expression of what we have experienced.)
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Sozin: Updated doc with my suggestions and contribution offerings in maroon. Some of my docs are in spreadsheets which are handy to have in the original spreadsheet format rather than text, so they can be sorted and filtered. Any idea on how to handle that?
Where do you want contributions placed - inline in the text?
I used things contributed by others who may not sign up as contributors. If they published a link to their material here, can we include it? For example, I used Turin the Mad's generic Wiscrani for reference a few times.
I had totally forgotten about that. Thank you very much for both including and crediting!
Where is the "generic Wiscrani" document? I would love to peruse that.
I heard that someone did Six Trials for six players by working the two suggested extra characters into that. Any of you know where I can find that script? I need a five-person version, so I could work from the four-person and six-person versions to get something like that (unless it's already been done).
A timeline would be brilliant. We're still in chapter one, but my players declined to attack Hellknights and aren't interested in allying with the Children of Westcrown, so I'm reworking plot hooks as best I can, and I'd love to work ahead wherever possible.
Thank-you for organizing this!
Hey there!
I'm definitely very interested in taking part in this. May I suggest my own contribution to this compendium? I've worked on two projects so far, and another one is about to come to light.
A recurring villain - the Hound
My third (and current) project deals with how to continue the campaign after part VI. Long story short, my players want to play Skull & Shackles, and after both APs are done, they'll be able to bring either of their characters from those two APs for the final part, dubbed "Cheliax in Flames" (working title, and a bow to Warhammer RPG's most excellent campaign).
If you're interested in including one or all the docs mentioned earlier to your compendium and need them in not-pdf format, please send me an email at: cyril dot corbaz at citycable dot ch
If it were me I'd leave the Andoran people out - there are plenty of Chelish subversive-and-would-be-revolutionaries around for characters to make contact with.
Remember also all the "hooks" that were layed for eventual revenge of Mammon - and also the potential friendship with surviving Drovenges ("friendship" might be too strong a word - at first. But that's one of the dangling hooks).
I'd also leave out the "they attack with their army!" part - at least until late, late.
IMO it should be more in the sphere of political intrigue, manuevering, subtly building up a support base, convincing the convincable (such as, potentially, Goneville Chard and those like him) that the Thrunes do not stand for or provide the rule of law (hint: they don't; a law code arbitrarily applied and where you can be found guilty of something no matter what you do is chaos), and the like.
"Battles" would be the occasional small-squad level combats appropriate to PC interaction, "covert action" both by the PCs and against them.
Meta-theme would be to proceed further along the path the PCs started in Westcrown: bring light to the darkness, rather than wreck up the place (prevent others from wrecking up the place, and restore what has been wrecked).
IMO it's not really possible, or for truly Good and/or Lawful-leaning-towards Good PCs, desirable for just Westcrown to become independent surrounded by a sea of Thrune (especially given that Westcrown is on the river that leads to Egorian); so the PCs will have to navigate Chelish politics to continue what they've been doing - make things as bright as possible, rebuild Westcrown (Kingmaker helps here), and, in the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny, overthrow the House of Thrune and marginalize Asomodeus.
The goal, IMO, should not be "create a carbon-copy of Andoran" - and, given the attitide of the Chelish people, PCs should not find much support for "lets ally with Andoran and emulate them."
No, rather the theme and atmosphere would be: what would Cheliax become if it were to follow the ethos of Iomedae (and other lawful-goodish dieties), rather than under the domination of the faith of Asmodeus? (No, the goal would not be to recreate places like Lastwall or Mendev; it would be no more to "make Cheliax a Crusader State" than it would be "make Cheliax or Westcrown a pale imitation of Andoran") - rather than the Iomedic portfolio of crusading, the emphasis would, IMO, be on her portfolio as patron of Justice and Rulership.
Done right it would probably be at least as long as the original AP, and intrigue would probably be the heart of it, especially early on, building alliances while not provoking an armed conflict, especially civil war (which the Chelish have an aversion to after the last one. After all, the last civil war produced what they have now. . .and they consider what they have now an improvement over that. IMO, PCs would not find much support if they started rabble-rousing with foreign/Andorian revolutionaries to blow up Cheliax; not at all. Quite the contrary. That'd probably turn off their good-aligned Chelish allies, not to mention the lawful-neutral-but-potentially-sympathetic-and-eventually-supportive ones).
This could include, especially if Chammady survived, working with and converting the remaining Council of Thieves (who, after all, are also networked into the other Aristocratic families the PCs will be attempting to gain and/or keep support of) - a sub-theme being converting evil/formerly evil to good (or at least neutral).
None of which would be easy, mind. But it's also not as if Andoran can beat Cheliax in a straight-up fight and would risk provoking one. But a truly epic and worthy goal, something the majority of Chelish people - like the majority of Wiscrani - deserve far more than "being wiped off the planet."
Edit: it would include plenty of stuff along these lines:
Further our Inquisitor of Iomedae has gone so far as to set up shadow courts where the common people can come for fair arbitration and they are working with a couple of the Dotari Leaders to help keep the streets quiet.
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- Elections will be held per the constitution
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- Completed nomination forms must be submitted to the respective offices not later than 5pm on Wednesday, 8th February, 2017.
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