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Celebrity fashion stylists all over New York City have one thing on their minds: floral prints! They are totally unavoidable this season, in the best possible way. Jeans, shorts and capris have all been seen on celebrities and fashionable New Yorkers. We like the warm weather feminine feel of floral-printed denim and totally recommend this summer fashion trend.
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If you've got a small frame and want to add some curves, pick a floral that is big and bright. If you're born with some dangerous curves, then try a smaller flower print.
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Since floral denim will be cropping up all over, you'll see it in a variety of styles. Pick a denim style that you normally go for. If you're not a shorts girl, don't buy floral denim cut-offs, they'll most certainly just sit in your closet until whenever this style comes back around. Do you wear skinny leg jeans? Great, go for a skinny leg floral.
What About the Top?
Easy, pick a solid colored simple t-shirt or blouse. Try to find one that brings out the color of the print. The pants are eye-catching, the shirt should be a compliment.
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As for accessories, long strand necklaces and sunnies are a great accent for this summery ensemble. We like cropped jeans with flats for a day look and a neutral-toned heel for night.


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clippedwolf wrote:The biggest killer in a thermo-nuclear war would be nuclear winter.
Drool wrote:clippedwolf wrote:The biggest killer in a thermo-nuclear war would be nuclear winter.
No, it would be devastating weapons going off in population centers with millions of people in them. Nuclear Winter is a largely discredited theory; the effects promoted by Carl Sagan et al are believed to have been grossly overstated.
clippedwolf wrote:Overstated but not irrelevant. Volcanic eruptions have spewed ash into the sky and created short term global climate changes. Estimates on global cooling after a nuke war go from a few days to the likely exaggerated few years, but the shortening of a single growing season could have big effects.
clippedwolf wrote: and the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station also in California. High levels of iodizing radiation there could cause health damage or death from short term exposure.
clippedwolf wrote:Going back to radiation, most of it would have been gone by the time the game comes around. To get dangerous amounts of radiation a person would need to stay in an irradiated place close to a ground zero for weeks in order to possibly get sick.
The exemptions would be the nuclear power plants which would no doubt be targets of nuclear strikes themselves. The three most dangerous places in the Wasteland map, in terms of radiation, would be the Palo Verde power plant in Arizona, Diablo Canyon power plant in California, and the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station also in California. High levels of iodizing radiation there could cause health damage or death from short term exposure.
Woolfe wrote:But I can't recall how extensive the radiation was? PaulT or anyone recall offhand?
Drool wrote:Woolfe wrote:But I can't recall how extensive the radiation was? PaulT or anyone recall offhand?
Not very. There was a ring of radiation around the southern entrance to Darwin, loose radiation in and around the nuclear dump and Temple of Blood in Needles, radiation could leak from the reactor in the Mushroom Cloud Temple if you turned off the coolant, and there was a radioactive sludge pit in Base Cochise. I think that was it.
Oh, if you killed Rad Angels in the Mushroom Cloud Temple, they'd turn into piles of radioactive dust. Also, on of the techies in the temple would drop a "nuke grenade" if you stepped on his tile after killing him.
The edges of the overland map didn't specifically mention radiation when you tried to go past the boundaries, just that you saw "miles and miles of endless wasteland," which could mean anything from a radioactive wasteland to just impassable desert. Judging by the lack of Geiger counter clicking, I always assumed they more meant desert than radiation.
Drool wrote:The radiation around the Temple of Blood never made much sense to me, I'm not sure why it was there.
The belt around Darwin feels meta.
Climate of California wrote:In the Los Angeles area, however, the Basin is almost completely enclosed by mountains on the north and east. Coupled with this is a characteristic of the air along most of the coastal area of California. The vertical temperature structure (inversion) tends to prevent vertical mixing of the air through more than a shallow layer (1,000 to 2,000 feet deep). The geographical configuration and the southerly location of the Basin permit a fairly regular daily reversal of wind direction—offshore at night and onshore during the day. With the concentrated population and industry, pollution products tend to accumulate and remain within this circulation pattern.
clippedwolf wrote:Those mushroom clouds go miles into the sky, and a lot of radioactive material is in there. And of course half-life of the radioactive materials
Pop trivia time: What is the biggest danger of depleted uranium? Is it:
a: Alpha particle radiation poisoning
b: Beta particle radiation poisoning
c: Gamma particle radiation poisoning
d: Neutron radiation
e: Heavy metal poisoning
f: If it's moving at you at a high rate of speed, it is also very hard
Hint: it's not radiation
My point is a destroyed city might have other poisons in the air besides radiation. Trampling around in the ruins might kick up toxic ash and dust. Just postulating here.
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Emcie Media, the publishing wing of Emcie System, recently announced the launch of a self-help program for aspiring authors, called "Write-My-Book: The Ten-Step Journey from Inspiration to Author."
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Emcie Media, the publishing wing of Emcie System, recently announced the launch of a self-help program for aspiring authors, called Write-My-Book: Your Ten-Step Journey from Inspiration to Author. Marianne Carlson, the president of Emcie Media, and the publisher of the Write-My-Book program, describes the program this way. "It consists of a DVD, a Workbook, and a website," she explains. "The DVD gives the writer a general overview of the program, and the workbook gives him a series of assignments to take him from Step One to the final product. Then, the website provides exclusive content, advice and additional resources to help him accomplish each assignment."
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HORSHAM Though the Hatters were unable to find any offense between the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the fourth, a great start and an even better finish turned out to be more than enough for Hatboro-Horsham to continue with its strong season.
After opening the game on a 4-0 run and then scoring six consecutive goals in the fourth quarter, after allowing Spring-Ford to tie the game with four straight goals of its own, the Hatters came out victorious, defeating the Rams 10-5 in a non-league boys lacrosse meeting at Hatboro-Horsham High School on Thursday afternoon.
Hatboro-Horsham junior midfielder Jimmy Murphy tallied four goals to help lead the Hatters (7-2, 5-1) to the big win a victory which came against a Spring-Ford team which had only lost one game all year in its previous 10 outings.
We usually go down a couple goals, but we never let teams come out on top of us and we always go hard, said Murphy, who also tallied a game-high seven ground balls. Were a well-conditioned team and we just go hard.
Hatboro-Horsham saw Murphy score twice and juniors Jimmy Durkin and Connor Kreston each score once to put the Hatters up 4-0 late in the second quarter, while the Hatters defense completely shut down the Rams.
That is when Spring-Ford junior attacker Paul Major stepped in and turned things around for the Rams.
Spring-Ford (9-2, 7-0) showed little signs of life for the first 21-plus minutes of the game, but then the Delaware-bound Major found his groove, scoring four goals in a span of 10 minutes and 41 seconds between the second and the third quarters, bringing the Rams all the way back and tying the game at 4-4 entering the final quarter.
We obviously started very slow and going down 4-0 is not where we wanted to go and that was the issue, Spring-Ford coach Kevin Donnelly said. We started way too slow and battled back, but I think we lost a lot of energy trying to struggle back from that four-goal deficit. But Paul (Major) is a special player and when he starts feeling it, he can really bring the heat and he got us out of a hole.
Majors four goals brought the Rams back, but it was Murphy again who put Hatboro-Horsham back on top, scoring one minute into the fourth quarter to give the Hatters the 5-4 lead.
Less than a minute later, Jake Durkin scored and later in the period, the Hatters got four more goals in a span of 3 ½ minutes to run away with the win. Trevor Downing and Patrick Downing, along with Jimmy Durkin and Murphy scored Hatboro-Horshams final goals.
It was a big win, absolutely, Hatboro-Horsham first-year coach John Kurek said. Everyone likes to look at standings, everybody wants to get to the playoffs and everybody wants to get a home game for the playoffs and thats what were fighting for. Were trying to make wins that are going to make us a known program.
While Murphy led the way, the Durkin brothers both had big games for the Hatters. Jimmy finished with two goals, while Jake added one goal, two assists and three ground balls. Patrick Downing added five ground balls to his lone tally, while Kreston finished with a goal and an assist. Steve Palo, who helped the Hatters to win 10 of 17 face-offs, added a helper.
Steve Palo did a great job for us on face-offs and this win is big, Murphy said. It gives us a little more respect and puts us in good playoff position. Its a real good win.
Hatboro-Horsham got four saves in net from sophomore goalkeeper Marc Poust. Spring-Ford goalkeeper Matt Messerle stopped 10 shots in the losing effort.
Zach Monzo scored the Rams other goal, while also adding one assist. Jack Haney and Casey Pettine also tallied assists for Spring-Ford.
The Hatters out-shot the Rams 25-21, while also nearly doubling Spring-Ford in the groundball category.
That zone was tough to beat, Kurek said of his teams inability to score goals during the middle of Thursdays game. We threw a bunch of different looks at them in the second half and we finally locked something down. A couple of our seniors talked up in a timeout and said that we needed to shift to a set and they made something happen.


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This image is presented as a "thumbnail" because it is protected by copyright. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts respects the rights of artists who retain the copyright to their work. Title:Chris Nkulo and Patience Umeh, Enugu, NigeriaArtist:Pieter Hugo Date:2008 Creation Place:Africa, South Africa Credit Line:The Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Granum Fund Accession Number:2011.54.1 Growing up at the end of apartheid, Pieter Hugo came of age during a period in which photographers sought to depict the political and social reality of South Africa. In the context of South Africa's recent history of colonial, apartheid, and post-apartheid conflict, which has inspired outstanding documentary photography over the years, Hugo's focus is intentionally provocative. His work moves towards a charged form of cultural realism that challenges many assumptions about South Africa today.
Although the title of this work provides the name of its subjects, Chris Nkulo and Patience Umeh, it doesn't explain that they are Nollywood actors in full make-up and costume. According to a 2009 UNESCO report, Nollywood Nigerian cinema is the third largest film industry in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood. Nollywood movies are released quickly and cheaply, employing local actors and low budgets. Plots are dramatically macabre and often blend everyday events with supernatural elements. Many of the narratives are drawn from local symbolic imagery and traditional storytelling.
For this photograph, as for the others in the Nollywood series, Hugo asked actors to recreate scenes and characters inspired by typical films. The resulting images are utterly surreal and, like the movies, toy with the distinction between fantasy and reality. Hugo's subjects confront us on their own terms, staring the viewer down. At the same time, their portrayal feels uncomfortably exploitative in its play on the Western media's often naïve or negative portrayals of Africa. |


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GORNAL Athletic's trip to Tividale has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.
The Peacocks and the Dale had been set to square off in a much-anticipated derby clash this evening at Packwood Road.
Tivi general manager Leon Murray said: "The pitch is frozen solid.
"We've had rain and snow over the last couple of day and it was waterlogged even before that.
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Let me preface this with... YES many of these recipes SOUND and LOOK gross. And I may never get over the green color~but these smoothies are rockstar. I'd also like to mention that I'm not a vegan.... I'm just an athlete who wants to eat a cleaner diet and eliminate processed foods. With that said here are my top 3 new favorites:
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Going Green
Let me preface this with... YES many of these recipes SOUND and LOOK gross. And I may never get over the green color~but these smoothies are rockstar. I'd also like to mention that I'm not a vegan.... I'm just an athlete who wants to eat a cleaner diet and eliminate processed foods. With that said here are my top 3 new favorites:
18 comments:
- SSB said...
Awesome! I love mine. I have a HUGE green smoothie at least 1x a day. And you're right... You never get over the green (or brownish) color. But if you add beets then it's not green!
- December 20, 2011 at 9:51 PM
- Lauren said...
I love green smoothies! I just put them in a pink tumbler so I cant see the color. Also- Flex is damn cute.
- December 20, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- That Pink Girl said...
I discovered "green monster" smoothies this year too. Mmm, healthy and delicious!
And that puppy? Too precious! - December 20, 2011 at 11:14 PM
- Kurt @ Becoming An Ironman said...
First off, Flex is ridiculously cute!
Second, I plan on adding green smoothies to my diet as a breakfsst meal once Santa makes a stop by my place this weekend. I also decided to let Santa put up the funds. haha
I will certainly be making note of those recipes. I'll get back to you on my own preferences and any others I come up with. - December 20, 2011 at 11:27 PM
- Steve said...
I REFUSE to eat any of that crap. :) j/k. Love the pic of the pup. funny. :)
Have a good Christmas. Sorry about your Steelers. :) - December 21, 2011 at 2:31 AM
- Chloe said...
All of those sound FAB! Can't wait to try them out! Maggs is totally spot on with the beets - it turns the odd green/brown color to a wonderful 'raspberry' color :)
- December 21, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- Maggie said...
Mmm those look good! Love the Abita glass... way to represent!
Also, I know I posted something similar on the Rev3 facebook page but Flex has to be the cutest thing ever. New Rev3 mascot? - December 21, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Christi said...
I will have to consider getting a vitamix. I think I would really like it.
Flex is so adorable! - December 21, 2011 at 8:47 AM
- Kim said...
i dont have a vitamix but i do have a juicer; made one last night with beet, spinach, parsley, celery and an apple!
- December 21, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Heather-O said...
Oh! I'll have to try those. Thanks for sharing!
- December 21, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Jamie said...
I've never really gotten the whole vitamix thing. I like a smoothie now and then, but like food with texture so I can't see myself using it enough to justify the cost.
Have you seen anyone doing cool sauces or soups in the vitamix? Seems like everyone just uses it for smoothies, but maybe that is just me. - December 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- Alisa said...
I actually love green smoothies too. I always found mine weren't so much green but a nasty grayish color =). Even my husband would drink them!
Your dog is SOOOOOOOOO cute! - December 22, 2011 at 1:45 PM
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- Tara Martine said...
Woo hoo! So excited for you that you got the Vitamix! That thing is amazing and I probably use it at least 2-3 times per day! My favorite recipe that I try to drink daily is "Eat Your Greens Smoothie" 5 oz baby spinach, 2 cups frozen blueberries, 1/2 cup soy milk, 1/2 cup pomegranate juice, 1 Tbsp flax seed, 1 banana - it is soooo good and sooo healthy!
- December 22, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- GoBigGreen said...
Oh i want a Vitmix so badly but considering that about 8 mos out of the year anything icey cold sounds TOO COLD I cant justify it! But in the summer month(s) I would love it!
Flex is too funny:) - December 24, 2011 at 2:35 PM
- Colleen said...
I'm so jealous of the Vitamix crowd! :) That first smoothie sounds AMAZING!
Flex is too cute! - December 26, 2011 at 3:57 PM
- Anne-Marie said...
Thanks so much for sharing the recipes! I've gotten into the green smoothie thing recently and agree they are awesome, even though they look a little weird.
This has been my go-to recipe:
1 cup vanilla almond milk
1 cup fat-free vanilla or french vanilla yogurt
1 cup frozen berries (I buy a blend of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries & cherries from Trader Joe's)
2 cups spinach - December 27, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- Carole Sharpless said...
That first concoction looks disgusting!!!!!! Just kidding.
Cheers to your awesome New Year too, sistah!
xo. - January 3, 2012 at 9:38 PM


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The Literary Debutante Ball: April 29, 2011
A Celebration of Emerging Writers
When: | Friday, April 29, 2011, 7pm – 11pm |
Where: | The Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen St. (between Smith St. & Court St.) Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
The Literary Debutante Ball is a benefit that celebrates One Story magazine, the publication of our debutantes, and honors one writer who has been an exceptional mentor to others. The ball will feature specialty cocktails, music, dancing, and a silent art auction.
The highlight of the benefit will be the formal "presentation" of One Story authors who have published their debut books in the past year:
Robin Black, If I Loved You I Would Tell You This (Random House)
Susanna Daniel, Stiltsville (HarperCollins)
Seth Fried, The Great Frustration (Soft Skull Press)
Jerry Gabriel, Drowned Boy (Sarabande Books)
Jim Hanas, Why They Cried (ECW Press)
Each writer will be escorted by an established author and/or editor who has been a mentor to them. This year, One Story will also honor the novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro, for her years of extraordinary support of emerging writers.
All proceeds will benefit One Story, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and aid it in its mission to support the art form of the short story and the authors who write them. Tickets for the ball start at $50 each. Higher level individual, corporate, and in-kind sponsorships are available and most welcome. For complete details and benefits of donating to One Story, contact Maribeth Batcha at email@example.com. No one under 21 years old will be admitted.
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Settlement / hearing - sparkey - 05-20-2008 09:27 PM I got a call today from the NH labor board telling me that after reading the IME report and the PIR report they are automatically sending me the 10% now for the rating their IME doctor gave me. She then told me that because of the big difference of ratings ( PIR had 32 % and IME had 10% ) that I had to have a hearing. I do not have a lawyer and she stated that I need to get documents together to bring to the hearing and have a treating doctor say why I was more at the 32 % than the 10%. Document to prove why. Here is my question as I do not have a lawyer and do not know what to do now. Do I go back to the doctor that did the PIR rating and tell him what happened with the IME doctor and if he could explain more of why he put me at 32% or do I go to another doctor to have them put it in writing. I was told that I need to gather all this info before my hearing date to be ready to present it to the judge. I remember reading on here that 95% of injuries that go to hearings win. How so? Does the judge believe the injured person more than WC? The labor dept. said they were sending me the 10% check and did not offer anything else. Said because of the big difference that it is the law that I have to bring this to a hearing to show the difference and if i win I would get the rest of the percentage, or come to an agreement. I have no idea what to do now. Any insight would help as far as what doctor would be good to get a report from, what sort of documents do I bring? Do i see the judge, or do they make a decision before the hearing by the paperwork I have to submit to the IC before the hearing and possibly not have to go to the hearing and have it settled between the IC/ WC and myself? I am lost and do not want a lawyer seeing I have gone this far alone. RE: Settlement / hearing - Still in Limbo - 05-21-2008 02:17 PM Sparkey, at this point in Your Case, I would strongly Suggest that You retain Legal Counsel to Assist You. My First round of Hearings before the w/c Judge took 2 Years, and there were 12 Petitions to be resolved. The Judges final Decision was given on April 15, and it was 51 Pages Long!! I won 11 1/2 of the 12 Petitions, and I did so because the Judge found Me Personally, as Well as My Dr. More Credible than the i/c's Dr. You are at a Very Crucial Point in Your Case, and if You feel that You should be More at the 32% Level, there is a lot of Work to be done to try and get You there, up to and including possible Depositions of the Dr,'s. I think You should be Commended for taking Your Case this Far without Counsel, but I Personally think the Time has come to turn Your Case over into the Competent Hands of an Attorney. You May think it will Cost You too Much to Retain One, but they only get Paid on the Monies they Win for You, You have already been Approved for the 10%, so that is Yours, and any Monies Won from this Point on is a Bonus!! I Hope this has helped, and I Wish You the Best in whatever You decide!! RE: Settlement / hearing - sparkey - 05-21-2008 06:36 PM Thank you very much. I have been going through my records and doing my homework. I also have just had a MRI that i am waiting on the results. One that I have been begging every doctor ( about 8 ) to have done for me to find out my problem. My records mention cervical spine many times and neck pains and even one of my dr's notes said " not needed at this time". That was a year ago. So goes to show you that I probably would not be in chronic pain had they of treated me early on for possible disc problems. I go to my primary care doctor tomorrow and I have a few doctors I know that would be able to help me out with documents of my ADL's being effected in my life and I really feel that is why it was only 10%. If they would of figured in that, i think it would be more i would of received in his rating. RE: Settlement / hearing - lfoster21 - 05-23-2008 12:29 AM I personally could not go through the rest, on my own, but I understand you not wanting to get one now, after all the work you have already put into it all. If you do decide to get a lawyer, jsut remember what Limbo said, all the work you already did, has gotten you the 10% check. So, feel proud about that part of it. Nonetheless, if you do not get a lawyer, I have a couple of suggestions. Obviously, the more Drs. reports you have, that state a higher %, the better off you are. You want to make sure that the wording of the notes mention that the specific symptoms, conditions, treatments etc. are all due to the original injury. I am going into a hearing tomorrow, to get some benefits approved. My lawyer was telling me that out of the 5 notes that we have, stating my conditions, only 2 of the Drs specifically stated that the issues were due, directly to my injury. She said that although we will present all of the notes, the 2 will be the most affective and if I could get my other Drs. to fax me, even a note on a perscription pad, that states that my conditions are "due to initial injury", we would be even better off. As far as a judge making a assumption, such as "the notes that say, you did not need an MRI, and now you are worse off, so if you had had the MRI and found out the problems earlier, you might not be where you are today"...This happened to me. The Drs. requested me to have P/T and now a year later, and w/o p/t, I am worse off. My lawyer said that even though we both know that I needed that P/T, I really needed notes from the Dr. stating that if I had gotten the P/T earlier, they are convinced that I could have gotten help and not been where I am today. It sounded like, even though it's logical, the i/c would debate it and the judge won't neccesarily make assumptions. I hope that helps a little, as to what you should get from your Drs. And the more the merrier. RE: Settlement / hearing - sparkey - 05-23-2008 05:16 AM Thank you Foster. Well, I got the results from the MRI and another doctor screwed up. Does not surprise me. The MRI was mostly taken on the LEFT side and report was of the left side. It is the RIGHT side that is the side giving me pain. I know the MRI does the whole neck, but the report focused on the left. I did not have bulging disc like I thought or herniated disc, but in fact the report said that 3 of the disc had a arthritic crystal covering my disc and one was very severe near the C5 nerve, pressing on it. Which would explain the pain on the left..LOL I barely have pain on the left. So so much for that. I just needed to rule that out in my own mind. I had my insurance pay for it. Maybe this should not even be brought up at the hearing or anywhere else. It has nothing to do with my injury of my right hand. I got the letter yesterday from the labor board saying i won the 10% award but they are withholding it pending the hearing. Now i am forced to go to this hearing and who knows when it will be? Could be another year from now. In the meantime i am checking through all my notes and thank you for the info reguarding making sure it states that it is because of this injury etc. at work. I have seen alot of papers that said work related that I will definitly use. Anything else I should know that would help me for this hearing? Anything is appreciated as I will not get a lawyer at this time seeing I have come this far on my own. I cannot sit down and go over this whole injury thing and have the lawyer pro-long stuff and take over my case. I like being able to have contact if needed with the Adjuster. Not that I call, but seems to be moving faster without a lawyer taking his sweet time with things. RE: Settlement / hearing - Still in Limbo - 05-23-2008 10:09 AM Without Counsel, all I can do is Wish You the Very Best! Your whole Case at this Point has been dealing with an Adjuster, NCM, and Dr's., when You walk into that Hearing Room You are going to be Dealing with a Lawyer and a Judge. Your Case is probably not as Confusing as Mine was, but I had to Attend 12 Hearings, and Testify at 9 of them, and I would have Not Won without Counsel. I Applaud You on Your wanting to do this on Your Own, Best of Luck!! RE: Settlement / hearing - stiffnecked - 05-23-2008 12:20 PM An MRI for the neck does not focus on the right or left side. If the radiologists remarks are directed towards one side it's because they are seeing something on the film that they need to address. Pain on the left side may in fact be caused by something on the right side. RE: Settlement / hearing - sparkey - 05-23-2008 06:29 PM Good thinking. I was wondering why I only saw pictures of the left and back of my neck. Never the right side that i am having the most problems with. Anyways it was just crystals from arthritis and when i see the chiro he will help me suggest to do some things that may help relieve the pain. This could have NOTHING to do with my injury, but had to rule it out. My EMG says " mild carpal tunnel" and they doctors are all saying Neuropathy. So, i am at my wits end now as my husband said i would be foolish to let the doctor do a gangloin block on me. I know that is what she is going to suggest when i see her this week. They tried to set it up last month, but i wanted more info and to think about it first. My husband says I am asking for more trouble. RE: Settlement / hearing - stiffnecked - 05-23-2008 08:50 PM Do you have copies of your MRI? You should be able to get either the film copies or a copy on a CD. I always request them. That way you can go through them yourself. There are many views on them and some surgeons just don't want to take the time to show you all of them. RE: Settlement / hearing - sparkey - 05-24-2008 06:45 AM I have the CD and when i looked at it and compared it to bulging disc online and herniated disc, mine looked just like it. That is why i was so surprised that it was not mentioned. Said only that i had arthritic crystals over the 3 discs in the back of my neck and severe pinching of C5. At least I have the disc , but I am still in shock that what i saw and what the doctor saw is so different. I do not think i can use that MRI for my case , as it is totally the opposite side i have been having trouble with. |


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I definitely agree with you about the animation, the coloring in particular looks really nice. I forgot about the eat my short stories line and the reference to the lottery. I really liked that bit and was gonna use an image of it in my review, but couldn't really find one.
I know the NHC did a worst episode ever thing in 2009 run by Green Man I think and this episode was put as the 2nd worst episode ever. Can you agree with that? Link: http://www.nohomers.net/showthread.p...st!&highlight=
I also just watched the episode so I will have my review up sometime today or tomorrow. But I do really struggle with doing reviews of post classic era episode unless it's just ragging on an episode's faults. This one really isn't an exception because it is lackluster in terms of plot,gags and any sort of emotion. I really disliked the ending as well. But I'll go into more depth later.
I definitely think this episode, while certainly nothing great, is not even in the bottom 10 in regards to worst episodes.(For me at least)
In no particular order:
Saddlesore Galactica
Kill the Alligator and Run
Tennis the Menace
Simpson Safari
The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed
When You Dish Upon A Star
All Clip Shows except maybe the first
Beyond Blunderdome
How I Spent My Strummer Vacation
Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass
Donnie Fatso
Were definitely all worse than this. I really didn't find anything insultingly bad here, just mediocre, which saves it from the bottom 10 for sure. I kinda liked alot of this episode in my recent viewing. It's bad reputation seems overblown to me, hell Homer the Moe is a far more boring/stupid episode from the same season....imo, of course.
EDIT: Forgot That 90's Show, that turd is worse for sure, I'm actually gonna rewatch Bart-Mangled Banner soon as its next up in my Season 15 reviews and I havn't seen it in forever so can't judge it right now....
Looking over that list though, I disagree with several things about it...
EDIT AGAIN: Okay how the hell is There's Something About Marrying even on that list!!!??? Season 16 is so very underrated
EDIT AGAIN, AGAIN: In that same thread Cash Kerouac sums up my feelings on "The Lastest Gun in the West:"
"So I just rewatched Lastest Gun in the West, and I don't know how you guys can rank that so low. It's nothing to write home about, but it's in no way offensive and has some cute gags. Worse than Jockeyville? Really? "
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lastest gun isn't even close to worst of the series for me. it's hard for me to pick my least favorites (almost as hard to pick my favorites), but Donnie Fatso, Greatest Story Ever D'ohed, Bob Next Door, Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass, Bart Mangled Banner, Judge Me Tender, {just to name a few eps} are all way worse than Lastest, for me.
Nah, I honestly wouldn't put it among the top worst episodes of the series; it's nothing to really shout about but I don't think it belongs among the worst of the worst. As for picking least favorite episodes, I suck badly at that; it's not something I can just type and post within a couple of minutes since I barely even think of what episodes I dislike the most.
i'm comfortable with saying 'john swartzwelder's worst episode' though. i don't know if it is his worst (haven't seen regina monologues for a while), but it is definitely close to his worst
Kill the Alligator and Run and Simpson Safari are both worse Swartzwelder episodes for sure, in my opinion...
i actually don't hate ktaar nearly as much as most people.
simpson safari is OK, but that's also one of his weakest, for sure
Simpsons Safari's first act is fucking hilarious it just might have the worst third act though. KTAAR is terrible all around though. But this episode is bad and in his bottom three with Maximum Homerdrive/Bart Carny or KTAAR. It's really hard to ake a bottom for him and it is really sad to have to because he wrote some amazing scripts in the classic era when he was used properly.
Also Rasberry There's Something About Marrying is very mediocre. It's basically a stupider Homer's Phobia. It's attempts at social satire are extremely weak and it's gags are flat.
something about marrying was in the paper because of the social commentary on gay people/couples, which i thought was interesting back at the time. now i think it's kinda stupid
Your opinion, but I vastly prefer Something About Marrying to Homer's Phobia. Homer's Phobia is great, but I just laugh way too often at Marrying, a personal favorite episode. It's satire may be weak but I love the gags/story, honestly I'm dissapointed it isn't appreciated more. Ah well...
EDIT: Simpson Safari has a decent first act, and good callbacks to it, but everything else is so terrible...
Yeah I never really understood the hate of this episode, at least not to the extent that it's considered anywhere near the worst of the series. It's better than half of the past few seasons as well as Scully's big offenders at the very least IMO. It's rather slight but certainly not obnoxious or stupid. I wouldn't really miss all that much, but it's not really objectionable unless you compare it to the classics.
The first act with the dog is a peculiar one to me. It's such a strong consistent focus for the entire beginning of the episode only to fizzle out almost as definitively. I can buy it though given that it at least directly leads to the plot point and - I don't know why but - there's some intriguing fsense of efficiency that they were able to construct a third of the episode on such a simple idea at this point in the series without feeling like they were struggling for material. Particular moments I really liked were Bart's day starting off so well before falling back to reality and Marge's line "you're going to be late to be killed by the dog".
After this of course you have Buck in the picture. I think the episode loses some steam here a bit as I personally didn't find him to be all that memorable of a character. He just seems like a generic, somewhat embittered older man. A less interesting version of Chester Lampwick I guess you could say, and it probably should come as no surprise that both of these characters come from Swartzwelder episodes. Dennis Weaver has an interesting voice although I'm not sure how well it's suited for animation, so perhaps that plays a bit of a role. I'll always remember him from Duel at any rate.
Some of the disinterest might be the adequate but not overly inspired parody of the western genre. Buck's old videos are somewhat entertaining but pale in comparison to the comedy the show has earned out of crime and sitcom television. Of course, that could in part be related to the show being less dynamic in general in the post-classics as well as my general indifference to the western theme. That last point interestingly relates strongly to the episode's expression about the death of the classic Western films. This angle is a little interesting and I found the bit with the Springfield Elementary kids on this rejuvenated fad to be one of the more entertaining parts of the episode. It's reminiscent of past storylines like the yoyos and the earrings and I think it worked pretty well here.
In terms of characterizations, I think they're mostly on here. One of the early Jean era's strength was restoring the likeability in the characters and keeping their actions a little more consistent with what they used to be. The comedy has its moments and it's never really cringeworthy here, but it's never hilarious either. The story has some interesting but separate ideas, some of which are well-explored like the dog and others later like Homer wanting Bart to admire him are underdeveloped. All in all it's fair episode. Far from the best and far from the worst.
Last edited by Nauru-1; 05-30-2011 at 12:16 PM.
To view various lists about my Simpsons opinions, click the link below.
Just recently I had a wierd thought about the episode's ending:
Could the reason that the dog suddenly starts to angrily chase Bart again right at the end be because the status quo is somehow being restored to what it was before Bart met Buck McCoy? (especially since knowing that it was Buck who helped Bart to calm the dog down and all.)
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The Lastest Gun in the West
This episode never really did anything for me, it just seemed rather dull and uneventful. Although it being a Swartzwelder script there were some great gags that kept this episode from being a complete waste of time. The opening of the episode using the dog was quite humorous and had some of the best moments in the episode (The dog was funny in himself) and I do love some of the facial expressions it made. Then we get into the second act which introduces Buck, a well designed character who's voice fitted the character well. Although being a good character the episode becomes dull rather quickly once he was introduced. I did however like Homer in this episode and Krusty was quite funny but it seemed as though all the other characters had the humor sucked out of them (Wait...What?!) Another thing I did not like was that the ending felt a waste of time as he spend like thirty seconds staring out the damn window (Then of course the dog returned) I do not hate this episode, I just don't enjoy it as much as other episodes from season 13 (I only like it more than "The Old Man and the Key" which was even more dull)
Score: 6.5/10.0
Me too please.
EDIT : Thanks.
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Overall, I must say that it felt very refreshing to review and talk about a post-classic episode so I'm hoping that someone else might pick another one down the line.
Anyway, which episode is up for the upcoming weekend, D'ohmer?
The episode is...
The Computer Wore Menace Shoes!!!
Some people love it, some people hate it. Can't wait to discuss it!
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Great choice D'ohmer
one of my favorites from s12, if not my number one favorite. nice
Very interesting choice of episode, D'ohmer; it's such a wierd and wacky episode and it will be fun to see it again and post my thoughts on it.


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Weather Vault: April 2012
Updated: April 16, 2013
Updated: 5:30 pm 5/15/12
April of 2012 started the way that March of 2012 ended with breaking records. High temperatures the first three days set new record highs. The warm weather came to an end with a few rain showers on the 4th. The rain would be much needed as central Illinos was considered "abnormally dry."
We stayed dry through Easter weekend (the 7th and 8th) with fairly nice weather. The second week started with high fire danger and a bunch of sunshine. Those clear skies would lead to frosty starts on the 11th and 12th before a warmup on the afternoon of the 12th.
The 12th also came with the news that Illinois had slipped into a dought. The drought monitor showed a moderate drought from Bloomington to Decatur and areas to the west. The weekend of the 14th and 15th brought areas of rain, but most of it was near I-70 where 2 to 3 inches fell. The driest areas of Illinois only saw about an inch.
A few dry and warm days shaped up for the 16, 17, and 18 with cool mornings. Finally, on the 20th, some much needed rain arrived, but most of it missed the areas highlighted by the newest drought monitor. Rain would dodge the area for the following weekend (April 21st and April 22nd).
The last full week of April started off frosty with cold temperatures dripping to around the freezing point. However, a warm-up would start making Tuesday and Wednesday much warmer. Wednesday brought us a chance of severe weather but other than a few t-storm warnings and light wind damage, rain dodged the area.
Thursday was a nice, breezy spring day, but was likely the last completely dry day for some time. Friday brought chances of rain just in time for the Illinois Marathon 5K. Other than a few sprinkles, the race really wasn't affected too much. More rain fell Friday night (the 27th) and into Saturday Morning, but it ended before the race.
Areas along I-70 saw one more bout with severe weather on Saturday afternoon and evening, but no damage was reported. Sunday morning also saw some rain, bringing flash flood warnings to Macoupin and Montgomery Counties.
Here's a look at the averages for the month.
Maximum Temperatures | |
Normal |
April 2012 |
Champaign-Urbana |
62.8 |
65.9 |
Danville |
64.8 |
67.6 |
Decatur |
66.0 |
66.3 |
Effingham |
Not Listed |
68.2 |
Springfield |
64.6 |
69.2 |
Minimum Temperatures | |
Normal |
April 2012 |
Champaign-Urbana |
41.1 |
42.3 |
Danville |
42.1 |
42.8 |
Decatur |
42.9 |
43.6 |
Effingham |
Not Listed |
42.1 |
Springfield |
42.4 |
44.4 |
Average Temperatures | |
Normal |
April 2012 |
Champaign-Urbana |
52.0 |
54.1 |
Danville |
53.5 |
55.2 |
Decatur |
54.5 |
54.9 |
Effingham |
Not Listed |
55.2 |
Springfield |
53.5 |
56.8 |
Precipitation | |
Normal |
April 2012 |
Champaign-Urbana |
3.68 |
2.66 |
Danville |
3.98 |
1.94 |
Decatur |
3.67 |
2.92 |
Effingham |
Not Listed |
2.72 |
Springfield |
3.51 |
4.48 |
Around The Nation
The United States had the 3rd warmest April on record, with the center of the Nation having the near record warm Aprils. The average temperature was 55 degrees F, 3.6 degrees above the average. This came on the heels of the warmest March on record and helped 2012 get off to the warmest January-April period. Also, the 12 month period ending with April 2012 was the warmest 12 month period on record.
Nationwide, we were a bit below normal on rainfall with with national average being 2.23, which is 0.20 inches below the normal amount.
Around The World
April 2012 ended up being the 5th warmest on record for the globe. Temperatuers had an average of 57.87 degrees F, which is 1.17 degrees F warmer than the 20th central normal for April. For the land areas, the average temperature was 46.5 degrees F, which is 2.5 degrees above the normal, the 2nd warmest April on record. For the oceans, the average temperature was 60.9 degrees F.
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ANCHORAGE—On May 10, 2008, at about 3:30 p.m., Anchorage police were called to a Holiday gas station at Old Seward and Tudor.
"In that case, a passerby had called to report a older white male leaning over and assaulting a young white male with a gun in his hand," said APD special victims unit Detective John Vandervalk.
The younger man told police it all began earlier that day in a Chevrolet conversion van, where he and Kent Rodman Thomas, who's now 65, had been drinking Everclear.
He passed out and said he awoke to find Thomas, half-naked, performing oral sex on him.The teen told police: he then slashed Thomas with a pocket knife, but Thomas then began pistol-whipping him, and the two tumbled out of the van.
"The DNA from that case stayed in processing for quite a while and we finally got the results from that back in 2010," said Vandervalk, who says Thomas' DNA was found on the teen. Two years later, on May 17, 2010, at about 2:30 a.m., Anchorage police were called to the Inlet Inn, where a man in his 20's said someone had just threatened to kill him if he didn't perform oral sex. He identified that man as Thomas.
"Similar mode of operations from Mr. Thomas in the second case also, wherein he seems to favor the older teenage group of males to be his victims and then he provides them with alcohol to the point where they pass out or are incapable of taking care of themselves," Thomas said. "Then does what he wants to, sexually, to them." Police say the victim in this case had a 0.158 blood alcohol level, but he refused a sexual assault exam.
He later told investigators: he was too embarrassed.
"Right now we have two victims," Vandervalk said. "I do know of anecdotal reports from possibly other victims with Kent Thomas. If there are any other victims out there, I would encourage them to come forward and either contact the police department or Standing Together Against Rape."
But chances are slim other victims will step forward.
"Male-on-male sexual assault happens in our community a lot more than people realize," said Erin Patterson, the lead advocate with Standing Together Against Rape, where one in 15 clients are male.
"If we were to look at all male victims STAR has worked with, and we focused in on a particular group of men who were, let's say, very, very strongly heterosexual, they may be very likely to not report for the fear that others would question their sexual preference," Patterson said. Anchorage police investigate multiple sexual assault cases in any given week, but those are only the ones that are reported.
"Somewhere in the neighborhood of only 10 to 15 percent of the sex crimes with a traditional male-on-female victim ever get reported to police," Vandervalk said. "When you move into the male-on-male category such as this, it probably doubles or triples that non-reporting rate."
The men who do report the crime or seek help afterward are tormented with questions of self-doubt.
"They ask: 'How did I not protect myself?'" said Patterson. "(They say) 'I always thought I was strong enough and tough enough to protect myself.' 'Does this mean I'm gay?' 'Will this change the appearance I have in the community?' 'What does it mean now that I am a victim?' 'I'm supposed to be this strong, tough man and I'm having these new emotions that I'm dealing with.'" Police and advocates stress, however, that the blame lies with the offender.
In Thomas' case, investigators say he booked a hotel room at Inlet Inn, close to the downtown bus depot, where homeless and semi-homeless youth are known to hang out.
Vandervalk said Thomas then lured the victims back to his hotel room with alcohol and cigarettes he bought with unemployment checks.
"In this case, you have victims who are young, intoxicated at the time of events and possibly on the fringes of the law themselves because of their homeless state and other things they're doing to simply survive," Vandervalk said. "Because of their vulnerable state, that is what makes them likely targets and victim of these predators." But police say Thomas has a history of preying on young homeless boys. He's actually a convicted sex offender. "He has a previous sexual-based conviction in Washington state for also having a male victim in that same age group also down there," said Vandervalk.
But try searching for Thomas on the state's sex offender registry, and you'll find he's not listed. That's because of a 2008 Alaska Supreme Court decision, in which the justices ruled that sex offenders who committed their crimes before August of 1994 do not have to register.
"The sex offender registry helps the public," Vandervalk said. But because of the court ruling, half of the more than 4,000 sex offenders originally listed in the state registry were removed from the list three years ago. Also missing from the registry: Kelvin Norris, 53.
On Aug. 7, Anchorage police responded to a local emergency room, where a man asked for treatment after a brutal beating. He told police: It had began a few days before that, on Aug. 4, at Bean's Café, when he met Kelvin Earl Norris, a 53-year-old who's also known on Anchorage streets as "Kevin" or "Ice Man." He said Norris had invited him to drink with him in his room at Mush Inn. They drank heavily. Then, he said, Norris asked for sex. The younger man refused. That's when he said Norris beat, kicked, strangled and raped him for 12 hours.
This is not the first time Norris has been accused of assault or sexual assault, however.
"Mr. Norris is a convicted sex offender," said Vandervalk, who says Norris is one of the worst criminals he's investigated. "Kelvin Norris, in addition to the sex crimes, physically assaults the victims—usually rather severely," Vandervalk said. "The latest victim ended up with a broken nose and one of the victims from the 2009 cases also had a broken nose."
In 2009, Norris was charged with sexually assaulting three other young men. Police said Norris selected his victims at Brother Francis or Bean's Café, and picked them up as they hung around Carr's grocery story on Northern Lights, which is near Norris' apartment. Norris then lured the teens back to his home on the1400 block of West 27th Avenue in Spenard or to his downtown hotel room at the Econo Lodge with promises of alcohol or girls.
Once the young men were drunk, police said, Norris sexually assaulted them after beating them up. "Unfortunately, a lot of the violence that men endure in a sexual manner is very, very physically violent," Patterson said. Vandervalk said, in many cases, if it weren't for the physical assaults that require medical attention, police probably wouldn't even know about the sexual attacks. Still, Vandervalk says, he had a strong case against Norris, but "the cases fell apart at grand jury" because the victims failed to show up to testify. Patterson said victims often balk at reporting sexual assaults out of "shame, sense of guilt, humiliation, fear that what they're saying won't be believed as not a consensual act, and also the fear that their sexual history will be called into question and they'll have to provide a bunch of information they don't feel comfortable doing." The three cases against Norris were then dismissed. But Norris' lengthy rap sheet includes other cases, like drunken driving, assaulting a police officer and multiple other sexual assaults, including rape of a minor in 1985.
"Mr. Norris went to prison for that, and while in prison, was convicted of another sex offense while he was in prison," sad Vandervalk. When Norris was released, police said he immediately began re-offending, targeting young, homeless teens and men, getting them drunk, beating them up and sexually assaulting them. "Mr. Norris felt confident enough that nobody would come and look at him for what he was doing," Vandervalk said. Until victims step up and break their silence, police and advocates say, convicted sex offenders like Norris and Thomas will only create more victims. "It really is not about sex," Patterson said. "It really is about hurting people."


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I am possibly interested, what is the scope of the roleplay? I get that the Heralds are there, but are we fighting them? Are we being strung along to fight each other?
So this is a grand scale medieval fantasy war RP I've worked on time from time over the past year. I worked on background to a world that would be full of political tension. You can choose to be a whoever you wish. I was thrilled to find this active site (After my old RP site, RPGC is on rapid the decline). I hope some of you have interest in joining. The world is set in somewhat realistic medieval fantasy world. Be as creative or as colorful as you want with your characters. Here is a very basic background:
On the planet of Azae, a quiet peace has reigned over the beautiful, colossal continent of Zeldwa for just a few short years. Zeldwa, which covers over half of the planet's surface and is home to the entirety of the planet's population, is split into four nations:
Kildra, the oldest and largest of the nations, spans over the entire North West corner of Zeldwa. Once, all of Northern Zeldwa was under Kildran rule, until the infamous First Kildran Civil War, where two noble families took a stand against the slave-trade and the current monarchy, splitting the nation in half and creating the Queendom of Roadalia.
Kildra didn't have to wait long for their Second Kildra Civil war in which the people who were born into slavery finally revolted against their oppressors after a hundred of years of extreme labor and abuse. The war, which remained even in it's entirety, lasted a little over a decade and resulted in the then Kildran King, Amollus III, to split Kildra in half again and relinquish the Southern half over to the newly freed slaves. The slaves set up a new nation under a semi-democratic government called, Libertia. Slavery was finally abolished throughout Zeldwa.
Libertia didn't last longer then a few years until the nation was split between two political parties, the Lindors and the Soovs. The Lindors were still hateful and bitter over their slavery, and demanded to rekindle the sparks of war with Kildra to acquire more land then they were originally given. The Soovs had more of a 'forgive and forget' mentality and wanted to start their live anew. When the soon to be famous Soov, Zels Wintso, was elected as the new leader of the council many Lindor leaders were enraged. It wasn't long until Libertia was in a state of civil war itself. Kildra, still bitter over Libertia's secession, resolved to remain neutral throughout the conflict as did Roadalia. After just a few years of bloodshed in the streets of Libertia, Zels and the council decided to make the same decision Amollus III had made years before them. They agreed to split Libertia between East and West. The Lindors and their followers took the Western half, South of Roadalia and created the militaristic nation of Indorian.
Indorians still craved war between Kildra and now had a new hatred toward their old companions, Libertia. Unfortunately, the Libertian Civil War had left them with low numbers and supplies. They were forced to take charity from the very nation that once had them imprisoned. This was only fuel for the fire. War was out of the question for now, but many Indorians knew it was only a matter of time until they got their true revenge.
Not much is currently known about Roadalia since their construction of large walls around their border, other than it must still be run by the mad Queen Bernadette.
A fragile peace remained between these four nations for just a few years...
Destroyer of Planets, Consumer of Souls, Bringer of Destruction. Engriact has been known by many names to the people of many planets before he terminated them. An advanced being, consciousness, or entity that travels the cosmos feeding on the force or energy that breaths life into a planet and it's inhabitants. Some advanced civilizations knew of it's coming beforehand, but were powerless to stop it. Most didn't have a clue until the very end.
The Heralds of Death are three beings who serve Engriact, and two of which travel to the planets beforehand to prepare them for it's arrival. When the majority of creatures on a planet die within a close proximity, the planet fills with their life force (some view this as their souls). This is the only time when Engriact can feed on the planet. It is the Heralds' job to enure that in some way, shape, or form this happens.
Shala is drawn to the remnants of war on Azae. Her love of manipulating lesser beings draws her to the idea of sparking a full scale war all over Zeldwa. She decides to visit the leaders of each nation...
Garnerge has always had an insatiable blood-lust. There are legends of a mythical beast that once called Azae it's home, thousands of years ago. In the legend, an ancient civilization that came before man imprisoned the murderous beast deep within the planet. This children's tale intrigues him. Maybe it's true...?
Ezra, or The Voice of Engriact, never leaves his master's side. Being the oldest and most enigmatic of the Heralds, he is rarely seen by the other two. The only time they hear from him is when he bestows Engriact's commands, through telepathy, onto them.
So that's it, I don't claim it to be too original, but I've always been interested in a realistic fantasy war being strung along by unknown supernatural beings. Let me know what you guys think and feel free to me ask any questions or if you have any ideas.
"I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said Are you going to help? I said, No, Six should be enough.'"
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I am possibly interested, what is the scope of the roleplay? I get that the Heralds are there, but are we fighting them? Are we being strung along to fight each other?
The Heralds goal is to cause as much death as possible, the majority of the world's population. They must take the form of life on the planet so they will look human-like. Shala will visit the leaders of the four nations and try to convince them to go to war. She can shape-shift, which is how she will string them along and trick them.
Garnerge takes the form of an immense beast of a man. He seems inhuman in his size and strength. He can regenerate over time. With his strength he likes to take a more hands on approach with his killing. They both can teleport.
Our characters will be citizens of the nations. Depending on who we are, some of us will eventually figure out a supernatural force is controlling everything from the background and encouraging war, but by then there will already be full scale world war. Maybe you're a traveling warrior that figures everything out and tries to convince the nations of what's going on, but then again, you may look insane.
"I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said Are you going to help? I said, No, Six should be enough.'"
Les Dawson
Actually I changed my mind and I'll be withdrawing my interst.
Excellent, let me know if you have character ideas or any other questions. Feel free to skim over the historical time line in the OOC.
"I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said Are you going to help? I said, No, Six should be enough.'"
Les Dawson
I'm definitely still in. Working on a character sheet for Sieth now.
So this is what Engriact would look like approaching a planet, about to take it's life force:
Yes, that's the infamous Galactus cloud from the Fantastic Four movie, made a terrible Galactus, but it's exactly how I picture Engriact.
"I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said Are you going to help? I said, No, Six should be enough.'"
Les Dawson
Bump: Link to other medieval thread fantasy idea. Possibly thinking about combining the two ideas.
"I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said Are you going to help? I said, No, Six should be enough.'"
Les Dawson


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