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Improv Town Podcast
Welcome to Improv Town, the podcast where I interview my favorite improvisers about an improv topic I think they're great at! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/improv-town-podcast/id1251040692?mt=2
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Welcome to Improv Town, the podcast where I interview my favorite improvisers about an improv topic I think they're great at! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/improv-town-podcast/id1251040692?mt=2
19: Brian James O'Connell Talks Position Play
In this episode I talk with Brian James O'Connell of the Pack Theater and Camp Improv Utopia all about Position Play. If you've never heard of position play, then you're in for a real treat.
18: Frederic Barbusci Talks About the French-Canadian Improv Scene
In this episode I talk with Frederic Barbusci all about the French-Canadian improv scene
Bruce Springsteen Listens to Improv Town
Bruce Springsteen loves Improv Town. And America. Thanks to Stuart Moses of the Improv London podcast for getting us in touch with the boss. Check out his podcast for more great conversations about improv.
17: Ben Remeaka and Doug Moe Talk Improv in 2018 Plus Improv Tips!
In this episode of Improv Town I talk to longtime UCB teachers and performers Ben Remeaka and Doug Moe. Ben is a longtime member of UCB weekend time Airwolf and Doug is the co-author or the NYT bestseller "How to not get shot and other advice from white people" with D.L. Hughley. Don't forget to rate and review us wherever you're listening.
16: Crisis: An Improvised Comic Book!
When justice calls, 3 mild-mannered men become improv team CRISIS and create the origin story of a made-up superhero in the form of reading a comic book. CRISIS: AN IMPROVISED COMIC BOOK is a unique fusion of variety show and pulp superhero story, with all of the strengths of both mediums but none of their weaknesses. And remember, all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do not see this show. Ever since that fateful night when Matt Kerstetter, Kevin Tully, and Mark...
15: Will Luera Teaches Me New Edits! Plus Free-form/Boston/Big Bang Style Improv
In this episode I interview Will Luera. Will Luera is the former artistic director of Improv Boston, where he created the "Free Form" improv style, also known as Boston or Big Bang style improv, which is known for its fast yet seamless transitions between scenes. Will is now the Director of Improvisation at Florida Studio Theatre, which is a 5-stage theater in Sarasota that also does scripted work. Among other things, Will is also the Director of Big Bang Improv, Artistic Director of the...
14: Jim Foley Talks about Genre Work (Short and Long Form) Plus a Sci-Fi Scene
Jim Foley is a veteran member of the Bit Players, Rhode Island's most award-winning comedy troupe. The plan was to talk about genre and compare genre work across short-form and long-form but as that "sound check" suggests, we spend a lot of time just geeking out about what we love about improv. Don't worry though, eventually we do get around to talking about both short and long-form genre work and after a few afternoon drinks we even do a ridiculous sci-fi scene for y'all at the end. As...
13: Joe Bill Talks About The Different Improv Schools of Thought
This episode's interview is with the legendary Joe Bill. Joe is one of the co-founders of the Annoyance Theater, and is one half of the award-winning improv duo Bassprov, along with Mark Sutton. Joe talks about studying with Del Close and how Annoyance Theater got started. We also talk about the various schools of improv thought and his feelings on Chicago vs. Johnstonian Improv (Impro), plus lots of other great improv tips.
12: Chris Simpson Talks About Doing Johnstonian Improv at a Scripted Theater
It's season 2 of Improv Town and we are back at the Ocean State Improv Festival! In this episode I interview Christopher Simpson. In addition to running the fest, Chris is the artistic director of the Contemporary Theater Company in Wakefield RI, a theater that does both scripted and non-scripted work. We talk about how his theater started doing improv, why he thinks Johnstonian improv (impro) is the best fit for them and their community, and tons of other fun stuff. As always, if you enjoy...
11: Justin Wilder Talks About Revisiting the Basics
In this episode I talk with Justin Wilder about the importance of being a lifetime learner of improv and why he thinks that even veteran improvisers can improve their game by revisiting the improv basics. You might know Justin from his starring role in the trailer of everybody's favorite Andy Samberg movie Celeste and Jesse Forever, or from his titular role in the yet unannounced but totally (absolutely, definitely) happening Wes Anderson movie, The Omniscient Owl. Or maybe you know him as...
10: Opening Your Own Improv Theater with Kate Teichman and Casey Calderiso
Kate Teichman and Casey Calderiso are the co-founders of Wagehouse, an improv comedy theater in Pawtucket, RI. In this episode we talk all about opening your own improv theater!
Minisode 1: Kate and Casey Talk About Doing 2 Person Improv
During my interview with Kate Teichman and Casey Calderiso about about starting their own improv theater, we went off on a bit of a tangent about doing 2 person improv. Here it is!
9: Mike Amaral Talks About Scene Types and Position Play
In this episode I talk with Mike Amaral of the Providence Improv Guild. We talk a lot about position play, which is the idea that there are four basic scene types (straight/absurd, character, realistic, alternate reality) each with its own broad game construct, and that if you know what type of scene you're in, then it makes it easier to play. Here are my notes on position play! https://www.dropbox.com/s/kvdvw4b6cygzhmh/Position%20Play%20and%20the%20Deconstruction.pdf?dl=0
8: Tim Thibodeau Talks Improv Forms (Tim part 2)
In part 2 of my conversation with Tim Thibodeau we go inside baseball, talking at length about Improv Forms. We talk Harold, openings, getting suggestions, creating your own forms, engaging the audience, and lots more! You might know Tim as a member of Improv Jones, Providence's longest running improv troupe or as the director of the Providence Improv Fest.
7: I Talk About Improvising a Full-Length Murder Mystery
Have you ever wanted to put on a full-length improvised murder mystery but don't know where to start? In this episode, I share everything you need to know to create a high-quality full-length improvised murder mystery show from scratch. FYI, unlike previous episode, this one is just me talking.
6: David Razowsky On Breaking The Rules
Come be a fly on the wall for my awesome conversation with David Razowsky. Before going on to become Artistic Director of Second City Hollywood, Dave studied with Del Close and has collaborated with so many improv and comedy legends that I don't have the space to list them. He is also the host of the fantastic ADD Comedy podcast, which I highly recommend. Dave likes to refer to his improv theories as "subversive" and in this interview we talk all about his unique outlook on concepts like...
5: Tim Mahoney Talks About Teaching Improv 101
In this episode, veteran teacher Tim Mahoney talks about teaching improv to non-improvisers, i.e. teaching Improv 101. In this episode, it's not about teaching people how to make better choices, it's about teaching newbies how to get comfortable simply making choices.
4: Tim Thibodeau Talks About Running an Improv Fest (Tim part 1)
In this episode, Tim Thibodeau talks everything you need to know about running an Improv Fest! You might know Tim as a member of Improv Jones, Providence's longest running improv troupe or as the director of the Providence Improv Fest. I interviewed Tim on Fests and Forms and the conversation ended up going on for 2 hours, so I've broken this interview into 2 parts. This is part 1, and part 2 will be all about improv forms!
3: Mark Meritt Talks Musical Improv
In today's episode I interview Mark Meritt, Musical Director at The Mopco Improv Theatre in Schenectady, New York. We talk about all things musical improv, from short form musical improv to long form narrative musical improv and transitioning from short to long form musical improv. We talk about different musical forms, what to do if you don't have an accompanist, and for musicians, how you can train to become an improv accompanist. As always, if you like this episode, rate and review us...
2: Kaisa Kokko-Palmer Talks About Why Silence is Golden
Welcome to Improv Town, the podcast where I interview my favorite improvisers from Rhode Island and a far about an improv topic I think they're great at. Today's episode is an interview I got to do with Finish improviser Kaisa Kokko while she was in Rhode Island teaching and performing at the Ocean State Improv Festival. Kaisa Kokko is an improviser, director and communication skills instructor from Finland. She's studied music, special education, and has masters in Education. Kaisa has...


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My Twisters are now…in high school textbooks. Yes. Canadian students from grades 10 to 12 are being subjected to my Twisters among other far superior works. I sold two sets of Twisters (to the same publisher – but for different books) but this is the first textbook I've seen. Other than my contribution, I have […]
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Toowoomba Conference Centre
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One of the many benefits of Platinum International is that it is located at the western end of James Street opposite Clifford Gardens Shopping Centre and is a two minute drive to the city centre and all civic facilities.
Catering to the corporate market is our specialty, but more importantly, Platinum International's philosophy is that people matter most. Platinum International is family owned and operated and we ensure not only that Platinum International maintains a high standard but also that guests' needs remain our top priority. The emphasis on visitor comfort is reflected in the warm and friendly service provided by our staff to ensure your stay at Platinum International is a memorable one.
Platinum International presents fully air conditioned conference facilities able to seat 70 delegates in theatre style in the Combined Conference Room. The Combined Room can be divided into two smaller conference rooms. There is also a separate interview room available. The rooms are fully equipped with data projectors, whiteboards, electronic whiteboards, screens, televisions and videos. All equipment is included in the cost to hire the conference rooms. Flip Charts incur a cost of $25.00 per day. (Please note that no Blue Tack or sticky tape can be used on the walls.)
Our luxury Hotel comprises 52 well appointed units. Units consist of executive, spa and studio suites, as well as one and two bedroom fully self contained units. All units have free wireless internet access for the business executive and Foxtel television. The property includes a contemporary style pool with spa. There is also a fully equipped gymnasium and guest laundry located in the complex for use by our guests.
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Featured Use Your Life Award
DC Central Kitchen, Inc.Every year we waste about 96 billion pounds of food in the United States. What is even more disturbing is that 36 million Americans suffer from hunger every day. Frustrated by the wasted food and lives he saw in his community, Robert Egger found a solution to break the cycle of poverty. Robert has built one the country's most innovative programs — he not only feeds the homeless, he also teaches them to cook so they can get jobs in the restaurant industry.
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How it Began — More Than Just Leftovers
Robert Egger was a nightclub manager leading what he thought was a full life until he reluctantly volunteered to help the homeless. "I went out one night with a church group that serves men and women who sleep outside. I literally had to be dragged kicking and screaming out on this truck. And it was really an eye opener for me."
To Robert, it seemed the system of passing out food every night to the same people wasn't solving the problem. "It just seemed so endless and frankly pointless — that was almost a slavery that I just couldn't tolerate. I thought, 'I work in a business that throws away so much food and I work in an industry that has jobs. There's got to be some way to put these two things together.' The idea was so incredibly simple: the restaurants could donate food and we could use that food to teach homeless people how to cook."
Robert tried to get other social agencies to consider his idea and was asked over and over again, if he thought it was such a good idea, why didn't he do it himself—so he did. Robert started the DC Central Kitchen in 1988, he says, "to make a difference. I don't want to just give away free food. I what to see how food can make a real difference in our community... That's what we're after."
The Solution — Break the Cycle
The DC Central Kitchen serves homeless and low-income individuals, families, and children. Robert says, "We're always trying to think about how can we use food so it's not just a band-aid but a way that's really helping someone up in a permanent way. I always tell people, 'if you want to help a kid, get their parent a decent job.'"
The Food Service Job Training Program teaches people living in shelters and/or on welfare certified food handling techniques and life skills. Since 1990, 275 people have graduated.
Robert says, "Ultimately, what we really hope people leave here with is a sense of motivation, self-esteem, perseverance."
Successful Programming
Seven days a week, 365 days a year, DC Central Kitchen picks up two tons of donated food and prepares 3,000 meals. On a given week they supply food to about 140 different non-profits including homeless shelters, senior programs, after-school programs, and drug clinics. They train and place about 100 men and women in food service jobs annually.
Recognized by President and Hillary Clinton as "turning the traditional approach to poverty and homelessness on its head," DC Central Kitchen, Inc. is used a national model for food recovery programs. Visit www.dccentralkitchen.org to find out how to start a similar program in your community.
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Well it's a big challenge to guess what italian eat for Christmas! In northern Italy a good boullion made with a beef bone, chicken wings, celery, carrot and onion and then add a peeled potato, boil for 3 hours,then filter and add salt. This goes with tortellini, filled pasta with meat, parmisan, prosciutto, eggs…
After the "tortellini or cappelletti in brodo" we can have boiled meat with mostarda fruit and green sauce (parsley, vinegar, anchoives and garlic all crushed together)
Panettone or Pandoro with mascarpone cream is the typical dessert in Milan and torrone (nougat) from Cremona
In southern Italy fish it's a must : capitone (marinated eel), different kind of pasta with fish and vegies. The most importants are the dessert : the honey is the Christmas king with struffoli and cartellate
In Italy we have 20 regions and I can say that we have 20 different kind of Christmas dinner


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The EBRD undertakes surveys in a number of areas that are related to its operational activities and where the findings are critical for its understanding of transition.
Most of these projects are funded in part by external donors and implemented in partnerships with other institutions.
The EBRD is committed to make survey data available publicly, subject to confidentiality concerns and agreement with our partners.
The EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS)
BEEPS has been supported by various donors over time, including Vneshekonombank, the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean cooperation funds account (BEEPS V), the Taiwan Business - EBRD TC Fund, EBRD - Canadian Technical Cooperation Fund 2006-2009 (BEEPS IV) and the Japan Europe Cooperation Fund and the Multi-donor Fund for the Early Transition Countries (BEEPS III).
Life in Transition Survey
The purpose of this survey, conducted jointly with the World Bank, is to assess the impact of transition on people, through their personal and professional trajectories since the start of transition and to understand how these personal experiences of transition relate to contemporaneous attitudes towards market reforms and political evolution. The EBRD has carried out three such surveys: one in 2006, one in 2010 and one in 2016. The most recent polled 51,000 households in 34 countries, mainly "transition countries", as well as Turkey and some of western neighbours like Germany and Italy.Donors include Canada, Sweden, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.
Banking Environment and Performance Survey
Last round of EBRD Banking Environment and Performance Survey (BEPS) was conducted on a random sample of banks in 32 countries (all transition countries except Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in 2007 and 2010. A common questionnaire, translated into each local language, was presented to a senior bank officer in an interview. 611 banks responded to the questionnaire.
The survey responses obtain detailed data on the credit and deposit activities of the banks in greater detail than available from the balance sheet and the other business activities of the bank. In addition, senior management was asked about their use of risk management techniques and their perceptions of the security rights of lenders, bankruptcy law and its application and effectiveness of government regulatory policy. Results from this survey can not be made available because the confidentially agreement with the banks. However, some of the analysis using BEPS can be found in the Transition Report 2016-17.
Management, Organisation and Innovation (MOI) Survey
The EBRD implemented the Management, Organisation and Innovation (MOI) Survey in partnership with the World Bank in 2008 and 2009, in conjunction with BEEPS IV. The MOI survey is based on the work of Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen. The purpose of this survey is to measure and compare management practices across countries, to assess the constraints to private sector growth and enterprise performance resulting from management practices and to stimulate policy dialogue on the management practices and innovation. Almost 1,800 manufacturing establishments were interviewed in 10 transition countries (Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan), Germany and India.


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I will get some posts going soon. So much to write.
|1st meeting between Mom and Lukai
|Looks happy, but apparently dosn't like swimming
|That is the foster mom in the middle
|uhhhh, I gotta climb that?
|See, I didn't let SeniorK sit on the ledge...
cuz it's a 880 meter drop STRAIGHT DOWN!
Call me silly, but this seems like a bad idea.
|Hmmm, not as bad English as the "Steep Slope, please loose headway" sign.
|Who is kissing BigD? Seriously, I don't know. But that's my boy!
|A gift to us from the orphanage
|She still doesn't look happy...
|Our friends T, and his daddy 'Allan'. I don't mind using
Allan as his name, because I'm pretty sure that is not
his real name anyway. :-)
|Mouth is smiling, eyes are sleeping.
|BigD looks to tired!
|One of the 4 IMAXes in the museum!
|I guess its an OmIMAX, the screen wraps right around
|AWESOME! An Angry Bird Car!
|And a Plant VS Zombie CAR!?!
|Re-enacting the battle between the Snow Pea Shooter and the Zombie.
Everyone sing with me now... 'we don't want zombies on our lawwwwwn,
we don't want zombies on our lawn'. YouTube it. Plants VS Zombie song.
See what happens when I'm up all night waiting for news?!?!
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Plastic pollution in Bali: Plan to reduce ocean rubbish by 70 per cent
Less than half of the garbage produced on Indonesia's resort island of Bali is recycled, with thousands of tonnes burned or dumped in rivers and the ocean, researchers warned on Thursday.
Only 48 per cent of Bali's trash is managed responsibly through recycling or landfill, according to a five-month study by The Bali Partnership - the first step for the group's ambitious goal to end plastic pollution on the island and spur action beyond.
"What happens in Bali will always be noticed by the world," Ida Bagus Mandhara Brasika of the Bali Governor's waste management task force said in a statement.
"In Bali we are now at the right moment to stop our ocean leakage... We'll start from Bali and the impact will be global."
The Bali Partnership, backed by Norway, is a new organisation uniting Indonesia's central and local governments, academics, waste experts and businesses, to support a national commitment to reduce ocean plastics by 70 per cent by 2025.
Like many parts of Asia, the Indonesian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands has a fast-growing economy and population, and a huge coastline with many densely populated cities.
These factors have created a "perfect storm" for trash finding its way into the surrounding seas, green groups said.
Garbage collection, recycling and other waste infrastructure have largely failed to keep pace with rapid development.
In Bali, which attracts about 6.5 million international tourists annually, trash regularly washes up its once-pristine beaches.
"We can see with our own eyes - without a microscope - the small pieces of plastic on the beaches," said Gede Hendrawan, a professor at Bali's Udayana University who led the research.
In response, tourists, volunteer groups, hotels and local authorities all conduct regular clean-ups.
The survey, which monitored the island's rivers and landfill sites and included 950 local households, as well as interviews with waste officials and volunteers, found Bali generates about 1.6 million tonnes of waste each year.
About 303,000 tonnes of that waste are plastic, of which 33,000 tonnes leak into Bali's waterways.
Indonesian and international tourists generate more than three times more waste per day than Bali residents, the study showed.
It is hoped Jakarta will use the findings to improve waste management and tackle the problem of plastic waste in oceans.
Two years ago, the government launched a national action plan pledging up to $US1 billion to cut ocean waste 70 per cent by 2025.
"Now we have comprehensive data to support the government's commitment to reduce ocean plastics by 2025," Hendrawan told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Bali needed more recycling and compost processing facilities, better management of waste collection, and systems to separate garbage from residents and businesses, he added.
At a leaders' summit starting on Thursday in Thailand, the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations is expected to adopt a Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris.
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Stephen Colbert In Russia
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Last night Stephen Colbert showed that he could be in Russia as an American and highlight the fact that Russian people are fantastic. No matter what is going on with our governments. Russia and the United States have outstanding people.
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During the late 2nd millennium B.C. in the Bronze Age, a special type of defensive structure known as nuraghi (for which no parallel exists anywhere else in the world) developed on the island of Sardinia. The complex consists of circular defensive towers in the form of truncated cones built of dressed stone, with corbel-vaulted internal chambers. The complex at Barumini, which was extended and reinforced in the first half of the 1st millennium under Carthaginian pressure, is the finest and most complete example of this remarkable form of prehistoric architecture.
I love learning about such unique places, perhaps it would take me much longer to even hear about them if it wasn't for (unesco)postcrossing...grazie Selina :)


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Living in a Blameless World...
We live in a world where everyone has something or someone to blame for the bad things in their lives. But God's word conveys a different way. In this message Pastor Doug expounds on how playing the "Blame Game" leads to even more problems and that God has a better way.
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In an interview with OXM, game design director David Vondehaar explained that modifications had been made to ensure the game ran robustly, and admitted he was baffled that anyone would criticise the title's technical performance.
To me, it's like I never really understood. It runs at 60 and it's gorgeous. What exactly is there to be upset about with the engine?"Anybody who comes at the engine needs to remember it's the 60 frames they love in the first place," he asserted. "And we can make it beautiful - that's through years and years of working with the engine, improving upon it and improving the pipeline and improving our approach, our lighting rendering.
"People like to talk about the engine, but the truth of the matter is that this isn't like something that was invented six years ago. At this point that engine doesn't resemble anything like any engine - we've ripped out the UI system, the rendering and the lighting are all new, the core gameplay systems are all new.
"To me, it's like I never really understood," Vondehaar concluded. "It runs at 60 and it's gorgeous. What exactly is there to be upset about with the engine?"
The IW Engine has been used by both Infinity Ward and Treyarch for the companies' work on the Call of Duty games. It was first used for Call of Duty 2 back in 2005, and the exact engine being used for Black Ops II is a modified version of the IW 3.0 engine that was used for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, as well as the original Black Ops. The PC version of the game is also confirmed to take advantage of DirectX 11 video cards.
The first image of the Nuketown 2025 pre-order bonus map for Call of Duty: Black Ops II was unveiled yesterday, and the game itself is due to release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 13, and on the Wii U on its respective launch dates. Luke Karmali is IGN's UK Editorial Assistant and a meleeing ninja when it comes to COD. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on IGN and on Twitter.


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E3D V6 threaded sink pitch
Does anyone know for certain the pitch on the E3D threaded V6 sink? I don't see it called out on the drawing. It was mentioned here that it "might" be 1.0mm, though that's finer than common for an M12 (at least per the references I have here in the Colonies).
Mine is currently assembled on my Smart Effector, and I'm hoping to not have to take it apart for the measurement.
JohnOCFII last edited by
Hopefully you will find the correct answer here: https://e3d-online.dozuki.com/c/V6_Drawings
dc42 administrators last edited by
AFAIR it's 1.25mm on the heatsinks that E3D made for us, however I think they changed to 1.75mm for the heatsinks they made later for general release.
Dougal1957 last edited by
Pretty sure it is a M12 fine 1.5mm pitch on the release ones the first betas were 1.75 pitch
Thanks, everyone. Sorry for the delay in replying - apparently I don't have my profile set to let me know when I've received a response to a posting.
Thanks for the link, John, but that's my point - the pitch isn't stated on the drawing (unless I'm blind).
Zesty_Lykle last edited by
As far as I know it is M12x1.5.
That is what I use in all my designs.
Thanks, Dougal1957 & Lykle. That's exactly what I just received from E3D themselves:
"Our threaded heatsinks have a M12x1.5 thread. Duet initially ordered some M12x1 for their smart effector, but when they run out of this first batch they will then use our standard M12x1.5."
Lykle - I like your SideWinder design. I have a foggy, long-term idea of vertically stacked printers (cartesian or coreXY), and the SideWinder would greatly reduce the otherwise wasted overhead clearance the filament would require.


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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Book Review: (George) by E.L. Konigsburg (1970)
Though E.L. Konigsburg has been a favorite author of mine for years, I kept putting off reading this book because of its strange premise. When I finally decided to dive in, however, I quickly became enamored of the writing style and fell happily into the world of the story. The best way I can describe this book is to say that it's like A Beautiful Mind for middle schoolers. Is George real? Is he a manifestation of some mental illness? Would it be better or worse for Ben to lose George's voice inside of him? These are the questions this book asks readers to contemplate, and though Ben resolves his conflicts for himself, the overarching questions of the story are left open to the reader's interpretation.
This is the kind of book that will probably never have mass appeal, but which might be just the right thing for a highly intelligent kid who is struggling to choose an engaging book to read. Kids who like Konigsburg's more mainstream books (i.e. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler or The View from Saturday) might be surprised by the strangeness of (George), but boys, especially, who are struggling socially in early adolescence will relate to Ben and his desire to obscure the truth hidden deep inside of him in order to fit in. Konigsburg had one of the most unique writing styles of any children's author, and this unusual book just proves that she can make a compelling story out of even the most unlikely of premises.
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Gaining Maisy by Summer Graystone
Looking forward to this one! I've been following Summer and her amazing anecdotes for ages on social media and let me say she is a little tease! Never failing to make me laugh, all the waiting had paid off and we now have Gaining Maisy! All I can say I wish this was MY personal trainer.
Ready to start over and escape the demons of her past relationship, Maisy Dennis is hell-bent on getting in shape, building some confidence, and enjoying life. After joining a gym and hiring a personal trainer, Maisy receives more hands-on treatment than she ever dreamed possible.
Personal trainer, Carter Lewis knows his way around the gym--and around a woman's body. No stranger to the wild world of domination, Carter can spot a woman with a deep need for total submission from a mile a way. And the beautiful, but broken Maisy is just begging for it. Now, it's Carter's turn to teach Maisy just how gorgeous and sexy she really is--if she'll just accept her curves and size for what they truly are: Sexy as hell.
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Every thought left Maisy's mind as Carter wrapped his hands around her waist to slip them into her gym shorts, cupping her ass around her panties. It seemed like he was massaging where he had just spanked and Maisy felt her bones turn to goo as his hands swept up and down her ass. Then his thumb brushed the bottom end of her pussy from the back, and Maisy moaned loudly as she clutched his chest and plastered her body against his. A move that allowed her to feel every inch of the erection resting between Carter's legs. Maisy rubbed her thighs against it, hoping to punish him a little like he was doing to her. But apart from a slight increase in breath and a jerk of his engorged cock, Carter barely acknowledged the contact.Then with his hand still in her ass crack, his thumb just barely edging her pussy from the back, he leaned in close to her. "If you can complete fifty sit-ups without stopping, I'll put my tongue where my thumb is."Adrenaline spiked through Maisy, and at that moment she would have done a hundred sit-ups just so she could feel his tongue soothe the ache between her legs. Forgotten was the fact that, up to that point, the best she had ever been able to get to was about thirty. She quickly got on the floor, raising her knees up till she was in the position to start. Then just before she started, Carter dropped down to his knees and slid in between her legs. Normally, he would hold her by her ankles to keep her steady while her back went up and down. But today, his hands slid up her legs, caressed her thighs, then she felt the pad of his thumb circle around her aching pussy, the friction causing another wave of arousal to course through her whole body. "Remember, my tongue here if you get to fifty."
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Hi! So my name is Summer, and I'm a part time erotica author, who attends classes during the day, and writes dirty romantic erotica by night. When I'm not in school studying photography, I also work as a portrait photographer at a small local studio near the beaches of Florida. Some fun facts about me are that I love apple martinis (I just turned 21, so I can't get enough of them) and I love Star Wars, The Vampire Diaries, the Originals, The Walking Dead and Smallville. I'm a gamer girl too. Animals are close to my heart, and I have a 3-month-old bearded dragon named Yoda (he's green and white) and a spaz of a dog named Nala who is a Terrier/Pomeranian mix, but I digress. My favorite thing to do is to write sexy stories that will melt your panties off, and emotional stories that will make you cry, and rejoice when the hero gets the girl in the end.
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From Gregory Urwin at Journal of the American Revolution (hat tip: Dan Franke), notice of an event that is not what most Americans would like to remember about the Revolutionary War:
On October 19, 1781, Gen. George Washington attained his apex as a soldier. Straddling a spirited charger at the head of a formidable Franco-American army, Washington watched impassively as 6,000 humiliated British, German, and Loyalist soldiers under the command of Lt. Gen. Charles, Second Earl Cornwallis, emerged from their fortifications to lay down their arms in surrender outside Yorktown, Virginia. The following day, Washington voiced the elation filling his heart in a general order congratulating his subordinates "upon the Glorious events of yesterday." Ordinarily a stickler for discipline, Washington authorized the release of every American soldier under arrest "In order to Diffuse the general Joy through every breast.
Five days later, October 25, the Continental Army's commander-in-chief issued quite a different order. Thousands of Virginia slaves—"Negroes or Molattoes" as Washington called them—had fled to the British in hopes of escaping a lifetime of bondage. Washington directed that these runaways be rounded up and entrusted to guards at two fortified positions on either side of the York River. There they would be held until arrangements could be made to return them to their enslavers. Thus, with the stroke of a pen, Washington converted his faithful Continentals—the men credited with winning American independence—into an army of slave catchers.
This is not the way that Americans choose to remember Yorktown. When President Ronald Reagan attended the festivities marking the battle's bicentennial in October 1981, a crowd of 60,000 nodded in approval as he described Washington's crowning triumph as "a victory for the right of self-determination. It was and is the affirmation that freedom will eventually triumph over tyranny." For the African Americans who constituted one fifth of the young United States' population in 1781, however, Yorktown did not mark the culmination of a long and grueling struggle for freedom. Rather, it guaranteed the perpetuation of slavery for eight additional decades.
Read the whole thing. I think that the New York Times's 1619 Project goes too far when it claims that the American Revolution was fought to "preserve slavery," but that certainly was one of its practical effects. That the British offered freedom to slaves for taking their side is a fact that UELAC members glory in;* that Mel Gibson's movie The Patriot (2000) claimed the precise opposite (as well as attributing to the British war crimes committed by the Nazis in occupied France) was rather offensive.
* Of course, it does not mean that white Loyalists believed in racial equality, as Nova Scotia's Black Loyalists would attest.


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In honor of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck is holding its 26th annual Perinatal Loss Service of Remembrance on Saturday, October 12 at 10 am.
Due to inclement weather this years' service will be held in the CHI St. Alexius Solarium.
The Solarium is located inside the south entrance of the hospital right off the main lobby.
This memorial service is open to all families who have suffered the loss of a baby during pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death. The service includes a blessing and committal. Burial is courtesy of Eastgate Funeral Services. National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death which includes but is not limited to miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS or the death of a newborn. It is observed annually in the United States on October 15.
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Almost forgotten as the world struggles to keep up with Donald Trump's tweets, natural disasters, Brexit and more, Syria's civil war reached two sombre milestones today.
It is six years since the fighting began – the conflict has now lasted longer than World War II. And the number of refugees who have fled for neighbouring countries has topped five million people for the first time, according to the UN's refugee agency.
Half of Syria's 22 million population has been uprooted, the UNHCR figures show, with 6.3 million people who are still inside the country's borders forced from their homes.
And that figure of five million refugees "fails to account for another 1.2 million people seeking safety in Europe", the International Rescue Committee aid organisation noted. Nearly 270,000 of these applied for asylum in Germany last year.
The EU is to hold a summit on the Syria crisis in Brussels next week. A group of 28 aid agencies including Oxfam, Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee have urged the US, European and other governments to reverse recent measures that limit refugees' right to asylum.
The five million figure includes refugees who have been resettled in Europe, but the UN high commissioner for refugees urged Europeans to do more to help share a burden that is still largely falling on countries bordering Syria, such as Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
Turkey alone has nearly three million Syrians. In Jordan, 657,000 Syrian refugees are registered with the UN, but the government says the true figure is 1.3 million.
Tens of thousands live in two large camps, but the majority live in homes and flats, able to access the job market but competing for scarce employment.
The situation is more complicated in Lebanon, where the government refused to allow the establishment of formal camps. It has 12 Palestinian refugee camps, mostly dating back more than 50 years.
The UN says about one million Syrians are in the country, though the government says the figure is higher, with many living in dismal conditions in informal camps.
Thousands of people, many of them Syrians, are stuck on Greece's Aegean islands as a result of an EU-Turkish agreement that curbed the influx of migrants and refugees to the EU.
Elsewhere in Europe, France and Germany are both gearing up for crucial elections, with far-right candidates seeking to exploit public fears about immigration.
Babar Baloch of the UNHCR said: "This is not the time to shun Syrian refugees. Our hope is that humanity will not be put on a ballot.
"Europe went through this during the second world war and there were many countries which supported Europe. Syria is currently going through this trauma and it now needs the world's support. We should not be turning our backs on people in need.
"The solution to the crisis in Syria is political but, in terms of support, it is humanity that is needed.
"We are asking other countries to come forward and help those countries neighbouring Syria that are hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees to share responsibility for resettlement and humanitarian admissions. Those desperate refugees are in need of resettlement."
The US had pledged to resettle 64,000 Syrian but the Trump administration is seeking to reduce the number. Baloch said the agency's efforts to help resettle Syrians in the US were continuing amid court battles over the issue.
Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, urged nations to honour existing promises of help and to do more to help. "To meet this challenge, we not only need additional places but also need to accelerate the implementation of existing pledges," he said.
Last year, a pledge conference in Geneva agreed to resettle 10%, or 500,000, of all Syrian refugees by 2018. So far, only 250,000 places have been made available.


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The Delicate Edifice of Peace A man drove from a St. Louis suburb in Illinois to Alexandria, Virginia. He stayed a while until going to a baseball field where Congressmen rose early to practice for their upcoming Congressional Baseball Game. It is a fundraiser for various charities including the Boys and Girls Clubs of America….
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So what Tuck & Patti album isn't?
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Tuck & Patti's
latest album
Gift Of Love
, is all about ... love.
That's your cue to say, "So ... what Tuck & Patti album isn't?"
Good point, but consider: The process of choosing this assortment of familiar and somewhat surprising songs actually began with their fans, as their expression of affection for the celebrated duo.
And while these performances
do cross all cultural borders
, the fact that they took shape in the hearts of their many fans in Japan explains why
A Gift Of Love
has a kind of purity,
if not innocence
, that stands out even in the Tuck & Patti catalog.
The breezy bossa treatment of "Close to You," the starry wonder of "Up
On The Roof
," the galloping swing of "Hold Me Tight and Don't Let Go," the extraordinary interpretation of Queen's "I Was Born To Love You," the aching introspection of Tuck's solo guitar on "Just The Way You Are," the elegant delicacy of keyboards and cello on several tracks — all reflect something beyond the material itself.
that smile
, that touch of hands, that affection that swims in a lover's eyes, that magic that can't be captured in words, that inhabits each moment of
A Gift Of Love
— and the story behind its presence on this CD says a lot about the feeling that flows between Tuck & Patti and their listeners.
Rewind to December 2002. Singer Patti Cathcart and her husband, guitarist Tuck Andress, are on tour in Japan. They've been frequent visitors since they began recording together in the late eighties. During that time they've developed friendships with many of their fans as well as a strong working relationship with Pony Canyon, their Japanese distributor from their years on Windham Hill up to the most recent releases on their own T&P label.
"We were
talking with Masa Fukumoto
, the head of A&R at Pony Canyon," Tuck remembers. "We wanted to do something special for our friends in Japan, so we were brainstorming ideas. He suggested doing something they could release on Valentine's Day. We thought that would be sweet, and we knew that his sense of reaching people's hearts in Japan was right on."
To make this project
as personal as possible
, Tuck and Patti reached a decision: In addition to canvassing Pony Canyon for favorites, at their concerts they invited their audiences to email their requests for songs they'd like to hear on an album intended as
A Gift Of Love
The response
, Patti admits, caught them by surprise.
"There were rock songs, Rolling Stones songs — they went all over the map," she laughs. "Some of them were songs I've
always wanted to do
, like 'Close To You.' But others, like 'I Was Born To Love You,' came completely out of left field."
She and Tuck pared the most frequent requests down to a selection of songs that spoke strongly to them. Then, adding their own personal element to the project, they chose several more that hadn't turned up among the requests. "People there didn't really know about 'Up On The Roof' or 'Hold Me Tight,'" Patti says. "So
by adding those titles
A Gift Of Love
became more of a group effort."
"Up On The Roof" also illustrates one major departure for Tuck & Patti in that, like several other tracks on
A Gift Of Love
, the arrangement expands beyond their usual duo format. Once they had returned to their home near San Francisco they called keyboardist
and arranger Frank Martin
, whose credits include work with Stevie Wonder, Sting and Angela Bofill, and Joseph Hebert, who has played
cello on albums by Santana
, Suzanne Ciani and other artists. Their contributions would slip into the T&P sound, enhancing it so gracefully that they invited Martin to join them on a later concert swing through Japan.
"Frank listens so sensitively," Patti says. "Sometimes when he's playing with Tuck they weave together so well that you can't tell who is playing which part. And Joseph is a master at blending in with a sampled string part and making it sound authentic and even more beautiful."
As always, Tuck and Patti recorded the duo tracks live in their home studio. Each of the group tracks began at their home studio, talking and jamming with Frank until the arrangement took shape. They were then recorded at San Francisco's Different Fur, with Martin joining in on "Up On The Roof," "Sukiyaki," "Lovin' You" and "Close To You"; all were first takes. Martin recorded most of the string parts live, as well. Hebert provided the finishing touches after that. "Frank wrote the cello parts based on what we'd already recorded," Tuck says, "so
it has the loose
, improvisatory quality of the three of us playing together."
In February 2003
A Gift Of Love
received its Japanese release. Its strong reception prompted Universal to offer it to the European market, too. With its American debut on July 20, 2004 the story comes full circle, and what was conceived as an exchange of affection between these artists and their public in Japan becomes an offering to the world — but with it there comes a lesson.
"Patti sometimes talks about how here in America a lot of people seem apologetic
when they talk about love
," Tuck says. "Whether it's romantic love or love as a solution to world problems, they need to qualify and excuse themselves. In Japan there's a greater innocence about it. And since love is so important to our music, and since,
as the years have gone by
, we've become increasingly less jaded and more innocent by virtue of the fact that we spend so much time meditating on love through our music, we've come to see it as an essential quality, not just something trivial that you can spread on top of something that's more essential."
"That's not just a theory," Patti adds. "Our friends in Japan gave
us the spark to do this record
, and now it is spreading all over the world. It's a sweet reminder of how much we all long for love."
That's more than enlightenment, more even than music you'll not soon forget. That's
A Gift Of Love
, simple and pure, to us all.
# # #
by Bob Doerschuk
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Title: Now You See Him
Author: Eli Gottlieb
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher website: www.harpercollins.com
William Morrow, 2008
Format: Novel/Hardback
Guest Reviewer: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Now Your See Him: A Lesson in Craft
Now You See Him is one heck of a book. In fact, it very well may be the best show-me text around examining a couple of writing techniques. That's because the author, Eli Gottlieb, has taken on monumental writing tasks and done them so well a writer can learn from him but not so well that it's not easy to hang in there without getting too caught up
in the story.
Let's start with a look at a protagonist who isn't particularly likeable. It isn't necessary to love every story's main guy, certainly. But I think we should be fascinated by him or repulsed or . . . . Nick Framingham's day to day activities are boring. We don't sympathize much with his petty day to day problems, his excuses for being self-absorbed. Perhaps he is too much like people in general. That's part of the author's design, so there's really no help for it. But you won't see that until the end. In the meantime you will see that it's hard to frame a story around a narrator when the real story is about his best friend and even harder to hang a story on a character who isn't in charge of his own destiny. Next up on the list of things to look at is point of view: The story is told in first person by Nick, the guy who idolizes his best friend but never seems to do much on his own. Nick is a sort-of protagonist but the real main guy is his best friend, Rob Caster. Rob is dead. So is Kate, his girlfriend. Now, that's hard to pull off!
The friend, Rob Caster, is the real personality kid and a protagonist in absentia. Because Gottlieb chose to tell the story this way (and there are good reasons why) this mystery must somehow be not only related by Framingham, it must be made credible by Framingham.
That's a good trick if you can do it. And only a writer with Gottlieb's dexterity could pull it off. But, in the doing of it, the story loses something. Framingham didn't witness the murder or much else, really. He must say things like "that much we can surmise" and Kate doubtless greeted him." Needless to say, we lose not only immediacy but momentum. Again, there seems no other way around this because at its root the story— the character arc—is Framingham's. You'll see why at the end. In the meantime, the difficulty will be so apparent you'll learn tons from it. If you figure out a way around Gottlieb's choices, though, I'd love to know about them.
I also think that readers who are also writers can learn much from Gottlieb's language. I think he is very nearly a genius when it comes to turning a phrase. Try on "the retaining wall of a woman's heart" for starters. Or, "salting a sponge with Ajax." Writers who keep a list of these gems as they read will find enough inspiration for their own images, maybe enough to keep them for a year.
Everyone — writers and readers alike — will find the long wait to the end of Now You See Him wholly worthwhile. Those words and the darn near perfect dialogue will hold you through until that ending I spoke about, nicely foreshadowed (we are talking Gottlieb here!). It is well worth the wait. And the study time is invaluable. Oh, I should mention that a review of this book that I wrote for readers rather than writers may be found at www.myshelf.com.
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When using Windows Server Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) to terminate Always On VPN client connections, administrators can leverage the Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) VPN protocol for client-based VPN connections. SSTP is a Microsoft proprietary VPN protocol that uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) to secure connections between the client and the VPN gateway. SSTP provides some crucial advantages over IKEv2 in terms of operational reliability. It uses the TCP port 443, the standard HTTPS port, which is universally available and ensures Always On VPN connectivity even behind highly restrictive firewalls.
TLS Certificate
When configuring SSTP, the first thing to consider is the certificate installed on the server. A certificate with an RSA key is most common, but for SSTP, provisioning a certificate with an ECDSA key is recommended for optimal security and performance. See the following two articles regarding SSTP certificate requirements and ECDSA Certificate Signing Request (CSR) creation.
Always On VPN SSL Certificate Requirements for SSTP
Always On VPN ECDSA SSL Certificate Request for SSTP
TLS Configuration
Much like IKEv2, the default TLS security settings for SSTP are less than optimal. However, SSTP can provide excellent security with some additional configuration.
TLS Protocols
There are several deprecated TLS protocols enabled by default in Windows Server. These include SSLv3.0, TLS 1.0, and TLS 1.1. They should be disabled to improve security for TLS. To do this, open an elevated PowerShell window on the VPN server and run the following commands.
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\SSL 3.0\Server\' -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\SSL 3.0\Server\' -Name Enabled -PropertyType DWORD -Value '0'
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.0\Server\' -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.0\Server\' -Name Enabled -PropertyType DWORD -Value '0'
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1\Server\' -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\TLS 1.1\Server\' -Name Enabled -PropertyType DWORD -Value '0'
Cipher Suites
Many weak TLS cipher suites and enabled by default in Windows Server. To further enhance security and performance, they can be optimized using a tool such as IIS Crypto. For example, consider prioritizing cipher suites that use ECDHE and GCM with ECDSA to improve security. Also, remove ciphers that use AES-256 to enhance scalability and performance.
Note: AES-256 does not provide any additional practical security over AES-128. Details here.
PowerShell Script
I have published a PowerShell script on GitHub that performs security hardening and TLS cipher suite optimization to streamline the configuration TLS on Windows Server RRAS servers. You can download the script here.
Validation Testing
After running the script and restarting the server, visit the SSL Labs Server Test site to validate the configuration. You should receive an "A" rating, as shown here.
Note: An "A" rating is not achievable on Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 when using an RSA TLS certificate. A TLS certificate using ECDSA is required to receive an "A" rating on these platforms.
Additional Information
Always On VPN SSL/TLS Certificate Requirements for SSTP
Always On VPN ECDSA SSL Certificate Request for SSTP
Qualys SSL Labs Server Test Site
Always On VPN Protocol Recommendations for Windows Server RRAS


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Stormworld is a Fallen Enchantress content expansion mod. It introduces additional high fantasy elements into the game. It is being developed by Heavenfall, and EviliroN is assisting with ideas and proof-reading, and jshores is assisting with tiles and ideas.
This mod is no longer in development, but work continues on the Children of Storm mod for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes over at http://childrenofstorm.wikidot.com/
For any discussion or comments, players are re-directed to this topic in the Fallen Enchantress forum: http://forums.elementalgame.com/421802
Download is available here: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallenenchantress/mods/4/
Older versions are available for established modders only upon request. This is to prevent pirates using the mod on pirated copies of the game. If you like the game enough to be messing around with mods, you should pay for it.
13 new factions (Stormworld_ExpandedFactions)
35 new champions (Stormworld_ExpandedFactions_Champions)
118 new magical artifacts (Stormworld_Reliquary)
20 new events (Stormworld_Reliquary)
4 new types of rivers (Stormworld_Rivermod)
6 new quests (Stormworld_Quests built with Murteas' Quest Wizard)
18 new monsters and their lairs (Stormworld_Quest)
5 new types of Recruitable monsters (Stormworld_Quest)
Custom Sovereigns and Races
There are no known issues with using Custom Sovereigns for the factions in this mod. When designing Drota or Centaur sovereigns, remember to select the base found under Appearance->Equipment->Mount.
Players are advised that creating custom factions based on these factions is not recommended. Many faction abilities are "hardcoded", that is to say, they are built into the underlying structure of the faction and cannot be easily toggled on or off by just adding or removing faction abilities. This was done because it enables the mod to do more interesting stuff that isn't possible to do from faction abilities. If you really want to build custom factions based on these factions, get ready to dig into the XML.
To install this mod, a 64-bit capable computer with at least 4GB memory is recommended.
If you are running into problems with missing graphics (missing models, missing forests, missing swamps) run the game as administrator once after installing the mod.
Stormworld can be installed using the Mod Manager
Stormworld consists of several modules to allow the player to choose which ones he wishes to play. Different folders contain different modules. If you wish to pick particular parts of the pack, the following Hierarchy chart should let you know which parts depend on other parts. If a module has an arrow pointing to another module, it is required to use the second module. Ex - /Stormworld_Rivermod/ REQUIRES /GFX/.
A_LIB_UnitStat_BG_* - This mod contains only background changes to the game, those have no impact on the gameplay on their own but merely have "hooks" for other modules.
Stormworld_ExpandedFactions - this module contains the new factions detailed on this page.
Stormworld_ExpandedFactions_Champions - this module contains new champions for the new factions. They are randomly seeded in the world like other champions.
Stormworld_ExpandedFactions_NoVanillaSov - this module removes the default sovereigns from the game. That means that the vanilla factions in the game are unavailable, unless you have your own sovereigns designed for them. The purpose of this is to allow Stormworld_ExpandedFactions users to set up games with randomized enemies from only that mod.
GFX - This module is always required for all other mods. This module contains the various textures, 3d models, skeletons and so on used by other modules.
Stormworld_Reliquary - this module contains new magical items added to the general random pool in the game.
Stormworld_Rivermod - this module contains new Rivers added to the game.
Stormworld_Shared - some xml that won't fit anywhere else. This module is always required.
Stormworld_Quests some quests you can find randomly in the world.
Stormworld_TacticalMaps always required. Folder for special tactical maps used in various scenarios.
Un-installing and official patches
It is recommended that you always delete all the folders in your /Mods/ folder when updating the main game. No part of Stormworld is automagically updated, it requires a new download whenever a new patch of the main game is released.
Frequently asked questions
Question:I installed the mods and now my game crashes every time I create a random map. What's going on?
Answer: /Stormworld_Rivermod/ uses special terrains that will crash the game unless you follow the installation instructions.
Various people have helped with different bits. I have tried to include everyone who have made more than a "comment" in the past. If you feel your name is missing, contact me.
seanw3 - spitballing and feedback
EviliroN - proof-reading and ideas
Aeron Astari - art for Reliquary items
RavenX - skin for elves and zombies
Murteas - Quest Wizard, Logos for Elves, Living Stone, Gnomes, Frost Giants, Lizardmen
fsemprini - Icons for Reliquary
jshores - tiles and ideas
Copyright and licenses
You are free to re-use everything in this mod to for any Elemental mod except where it is noted otherwise below. Since most models and graphics assets are derivative of copyrighted material owned by Stardock, you may not use any content for any other purpose than to make Elemental mods, unless noted below.
The following models and skins may not be used for any purpose including Elemental mods:
|Undead skeleton
|files "undeadmainbody.hkb" and "Undead_skin.png"
|files "Summon_Behemoth_Body2.hkb" and "Summon_Behemoth_Skin.png"
|Crown of the Skeleton king
|file "undeadcrown.hkb"
|Rage of Dragon
|files "reliquary_dragondagger.hkb", "reliquary_dragondagger2.hkb" and "Reliquary_Dragondagger.png"
|"Reliquary_KrullAxe.hkb" and "Reliquary_kultAxe.png"
The following models may be re-used for any purpose but requires attribution to the creator and a mention that it is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creative commons attribution share-alike 3.0):
|mesh_venusian.hkb, venusian_skin2.dds, venusian_skinwings.dds by thecubber: http://opengameart.org/content/open-tempest-3d-venusian-model-textured
|all files in /Kamiguard/ folder, all files with kamiguard_* filenames. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /Kamiforet/ folder, all files with kamiforet_* filenames. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /kitinvolant/ folder, all files with kitinvolant_* filenames. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /Ryzom_Gasque/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /Ryzomshield/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /Ryzombracers/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /Vampignon/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /electroalg/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /RyzomCrustacean/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /RyzomGibbai/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
|all files in /ryzomshark/ folder. Made for Ryzom MMO http://www.ryzom.com/en/
The following models and skins may be re-used for any purpose but requires attribution to the creator:
|Bow of the forest
|"reliquary_bowofforest.hkb" and "reliquary_bowoftheforest.png" by Gabriellanzer: http://www.blendswap.com/?author=3036
|"reliquary_hache.hkb" and "reliquary_hache_skin.dds" by Clarabox: http://www.blendswap.com/?author=2895
|Ancient sword
|"reliquary_ancientsword.hkb" and "reliquary_ancientsword_skin.dds" by Aquila: http://www.blendswap.com/?author=23194
|crossbow.hkb and crossbowskin.png. Released under Creative Commons by Lamoot: http://opengameart.org/content/low-poly-crossbow


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Georgie is a 5½ year old crossbreed that was referred to us for hydrotherapy treatment following an ongoing problem with his knees. The knee cap or patella was intermittently luxating or slipping out of position causing short term discomfort and stiffness. Surgery was an option to correct the problem, but as it was only happening every so often his vet Bex Smith decided to see if a combination of anti-inflammatory drugs and hydrotherapy would help.
We are pleased to report that after an initial course of 10 intense sessions followed by regular maintenance sessions, Georgie is now much more comfortable, does not require the medication, and the luxation rarely occurs. He is a much happier dog, and really enjoys his visits to hydro.


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Biden Campaign Spox Does Not Deny Joe Biden Met with Hunter Associate and Whistleblower Tony Bobulinski (VIDEO)
Joe Biden's campaign spokesman Jamal Brown on Thursday did not deny that Joe Biden met with Hunter's associate-turned-whistleblower Tony Bobulinski.
Tony Bobulinski is the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings which was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family.
Bobulinski recently came forward and stated he met with Joe Biden at the Beverly Hilton in 2017 to discuss Hunter Biden's deals with the Chinese Communist Party.
Tony Bobulinski confirmed Joe Biden, AKA "The Big Guy" received an equity split of Hunter's earnings.
Biden's campaign press secretary obfuscated when asked if Joe Biden met with Tony Bobulinski.
"We're not going to waste any time on this smear campaign," Jamal Brown said.
A Justice Department official confirmed with Sinclair reporter James Rosen that in late 2019, the FBI opened up a criminal investigation into "Hunter Biden and his associates," focused on allegations of money-laundering, and that it remains open and active today.
Tony Bobulinski told James Rosen in an interview that the FBI interviewed him with counsel present for 5 hours on October 23rd as a "material witness" in an ongoing investigation focused on Hunter Biden and his associates.
Tony Bobulinski came forward and provided documents and his electronics to senate investigators and FBI officials to be examined.


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Are You Hunting for Best Plumbers Bakersfield? Here Is What You Must Know
Be sure when building a residential or commercial houses you will need the assistance of a plumber. If the need of using the services of a plumber comes knocking, it is a plus if you hire one who is competent. For residents of Bakersfield, they can have an advantage if they use the services of Bakersfield Commercial Plumbing. When they use the services of these guys they can rest assured all will be well.
To make sure you have smooth relationship with Bakersfield plumber it is good to know the following. Let have a look at these factors.
It wise to find more about the experience of a professional. The best thing about skilled plumbers is the assurance of having the work done on time. These professional know what need to be done and do it with professionalism. Remember if the entire project is done haphazardly you will always cry foul of leakages now and then.
Does the expert has the permit to work?
It is good to use the services of an expert certified by the relevant authorities. If you find a plumber with a certificate to practice be sure that professional has proven that he or has the best skills required. It is through competence, that as a professional your are always honored and given the right to serve the citizens.
As much you are willing to pay for the entire project, it Is also good to be keen on the amount of money to inject. By hiring the services of a reputable plumber you can be sure the amount to spend will be worth the task. Also take note the kind of material to use, quality and the size of the house can determine the amount of money to spend. A feasibility study will help in injecting money in the right manner.
What tools does this plumber have?
With the right tools it is will be possible to carry the project as per the plan. Currently, finding the right plumbing tools is not a problem. The presence of quality tools is an indicator the plumber will do an excellent job. If you need more information about best plumbing tools, go here.
Customer support
When you hire any expert to help in a task you will need to be updated, involved in the project and importantly have the right information and at the right time. In a nutshell, clear communication is all you need. When there is free flow of communication it will be possible to iron any pending issues in the project.
If you ever need fast plumbing services, the above factors will be of great help.
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UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times, according to the BBC.
It came after the name of bomber Salman Abedi was leaked to US media 24 hours after the attack, which killed 22 – including children – and injured 64.
Theresa May is to raise concerns with Donald Trump at a Nato meeting later.
Greater Manchester Police hopes to resume normal intelligence relationships soon – a two-way flow of information – but is currently "furious", the BBC understands.
In total eight men are now in custody following the attack, carried out by Manchester-born Abedi, a 22-year-old from a family of Libyan origin.
It has also emerged two people who had known Abedi at college made separate calls to a hotline to warn the police about his extremist views.
Pictures of debris
Home Secretary Amber Rudd had said she was "irritated" by the disclosure of Abedi's identity against the UK's wishes and had warned Washington "it should not happen again".
However, the pictures of debris – which appear to show bloodstained fragments from the bomb and the backpack used to conceal it – were subsequently leaked to the New York Times, prompting an angry response from within Whitehall and from UK police chiefs.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says UK officials believe that US law enforcement rather than the White House is the likely culprit for the leaks.
A Whitehall source described the second US leak as "on another level", and told the BBC it had caused "disbelief and astonishment" across the British government.
Seven people were arrested as part of the inquiry into the atrocity – including Salman Abedi's two brothers and father. Greater Manchester police have said it is 'very clear' they are investigating 'a network' linked to the bomber.


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Cash flow management is something many small business struggle with on a constant basis. Budgeting is a key way to learn more about your cash flow. I know, I know…"budgeting" is right up there with working out. We all know we should do it, but none of us make the time to actually do it. But as with fitness for optimum health, good cash flow management can mean the difference between a successful company and going out of business. If you are struggling with cash flow, now is the time to get a good handle on it.
There are many factors that come into play when managing cash flow, but the process can really be broken down to three fundamental questions. First, does your revenue cover your expenses? Second, are you collecting the receivables that are rightfully due to you on a timely basis? And third, are you managing your expenses so that you are only paying for what you need?
Step 1. Analyze the last 3 months of actual cash in vs. cash out
Step 2. Begin to create a budget for the next month, based on the past 3 months of actuals.
Step 3. Review budget vs. actual results on a monthly basis.
Analyze the past
The first and most important step to getting a handle on your cash flow situation is to review how much you have spent the last 3 months. Create an excel cash flow statement (essentially an Income Statement on a cash basis) for each of the last 3 months and take a look at what is really going on. Again, we know, "create an excel cash flow statement" sounds just about as fun as meal prepping over the weekend. SCORE provides this free tool and if you walk through step by step, it's not as difficult as you may think.
Are you spending more than you make? If you find that you are in the red after completing your cash flow statement, you can start by cutting any expenses that are not essential. And when considering additional expenses, ask yourself "will spending this money bring in more sales?" If yes, then spend it, but be sure to confirm whether or not you are generating revenue. If not, you may need to take a step back and really consider if the expense is warranted at this time.
Create a budget
Once you have a good picture of what the last 3 months look like, you can create a budget for the upcoming month. You will have to make educated estimates for things such as revenue and some of your expenses, but you will also have fixed expenses, like rent and internet access fees, that you know for sure. (Don't get too stuck in the details, budgeting is a process, not an exact science, it will get refined over time as you go.) This will help you to see where you will be with your cash for the end of the next month and can help you plan and manage expenses better during the month. Continue this monthly and you will be amazed by how much this knowledge can help you feel like you're in control again.
Review budget vs. actual
Once you have created your budget and laid out your anticipated expenses and revenue, it's now crucial that you use this tool. It will not do you any good sitting there like that unused treadmill. Simply having the tool does not mean your job is done. Now you must plug in your actual numbers for the month and see how your estimates compare.
Managing expenses is key to keeping your cash flow positive. If you notice cell phone bills or internet access fees increasing, call the provider and be sure you have the best plan for your needs. Cut back on any and all non-revenue producing expenses until your cash in exceeds your cash out. It is a simple concept that we all understand in theory, but unless you are managing it regularly, it can easily get out of hand.
Another key in cash flow is collections. Some businesses show positive net income every month but do not understand why they still struggle with cash flow. This can be because although you have many clients and revenue, you are not collecting on a timely basis. It is important to have a collections process and reach out to customers who have not paid in a timely manner. Policies for collecting should be created to enforce collections for accounts over 30, 60 or 90+ days. Keep in mind that you provided services and are rightfully due this money.
Too often, much like tackling that new workout, the administrative burden of accounting tasks creates a habit of procrastination. If you or someone on your team has the time to complete this task, great! Put a task on your calendar now to get started. If not, consider hiring a professional to ensure this is managed correctly. Healthy cash flow management takes hard work, monitoring and persistence to show results but it's well worth the effort. Champions are made, not born! Give your business what it needs to succeed.


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It's no secret that Google+ didn't quite work out the way Google envisioned and now, after already moving Google Photos out of the service, it's starting to decouple Google+ profiles from its regular Google accounts.
The idea behind Google+ profiles was to give users a single identity across all the company's platforms. Users didn't like this and as Google VP of Streams, Photos and Sharing Bradley Horowitz acknowledge today, the company is starting to wean itself off from Google+.
"People have told us that accessing all of their Google stuff with one account makes life a whole lot easier," he wrote in a blog post this morning. "But we've also heard that it doesn't make sense for your Google+ profile to be your identity in all the other Google products you use."
The first service that will be decoupled from Google+ is YouTube, which introduced Google+ comments back in 2013 in an effort to reduce trolling in its comments section. YouTube users were not amused. In a few months from now, you won't need a Google+ account to share YouTube videos, comment or do anything else on the site, really. Users who have linked their Google+ accounts to YouTube will also be able to remove their Google+ profiles from the service in the near future.
Horowitz also today announced that the company will continue to move some features out of Google+. The focus of Google+ — which still isn't quite dead — will be on "becoming a place where people engage around their shared interests, with the content and people who inspire them." That means Google will focus on features like Google+ Collections and move location-sharing to tools like Hangouts, where they, according to Horowitz, really belong.
Ever since Vic Gundotra left the company, Google+ was essentially "walking dead," as Alexia Tsotsis and Matthew Panzarino wrote last year. Over the course of the last few months, Google didn't only move its photo service out of Google+, but it also quietly started to remove features like Google+ sharing and links to the service from its system-wide toolbar.
With today's update, it's clear that Google+ will continue to live, but while Horowitz argues that Google wants to give the service more focus, it's hard not to look at today's news and think that the company is indeed slowly giving up on it. With Photos, Google already ripped out the best part of Google+ and all that's left now is a tepid social network around the idea of "shared interests."


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Home gyms allow you to create an ideal workout environment and stay consistent. Home gyms are great for stay at home parents, who find it difficult to find time to work out. A home gym eliminates the time spent commuting to the gym and it is easier to work into your daily schedule.
The most common mistake I see people making is placing their gym equipment in an uncomfortable area of their home, typically the garage. I live in Houston, where we only have two seasons, hot and hotter. You don't want to be running on a treadmill in a 90 °F box. Our home gym is in our game room. We have a TV mounted on the wall, wireless headsets, central air conditioning, and fans to make workouts as enjoyable as possible. My wife and I often leave notes of encouragement for each other around the house or in the gym area because we often workout at different times.
Studies have shown that the most consistent exercisers workout in the morning or during their lunch breaks. Home gyms allow you to workout first thing in the morning so you can remain consistent. When I need to work out in the morning, I charge my phone in the bathroom, next to my workout clothing, so I am forced to leave my comfortable bed and drudge across the room. Once I get there and I see my outfit is ready to go, it is much easier to muster enough willpower to workout. It is also comforting to know that my automatic coffee maker is brewing-up a liquid hug of encouragement.
"EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY. I believe in you and I am here for you. YOU GOT THIS! – Coffee.
You can save 50 to 75% off retail on lightly used fitness equipment, at garage sales, on Craig's List, or using apps like Letgo, but be careful. I recommend you exercise extreme caution when meeting a complete stranger to exchange money for merchandise. Let people know where you are going, try to meet in a neutral location with security cameras when possible, and bring a large friend or two with you to help pick-up the item. For more tips read Craigslist 101: How to buy, and sell safely by John Ewoldt.
At a minimum you will need an adjustable bench, and adjustable dumbbells with enough weight to challenge your muscles. If you don't have quick adjusting dumbbells, like PowerBlocks, I recommend you have one heavy pair and one light pair of dumbbells to minimize the time spent adjusting your weights from set to set. If you have the space, a power rack and an Olympic barbell set would be a great addition.
A power rack allows you to perform heavy compound lifts in complete safety. They usually have an integrated pull-up bar and some have a dip station attachment. If you don't purchase a power rack, a dip pull-up station allows you to perform two of the best exercises for building upper body strength. If I could only perform four exercises, they would be the squat, deadlift, pull-up, and dip. A trap bar is another great piece of equipment for a home gym. Using a trap bar allows you to place more emphasis on your legs than a conventional deadlift. You don't need machines to do cardio. If you have a limited budget, I would prioritize strength training equipment. A pair of running shoes is all you really need to perform cardio. You can find lot of ideas here on No Equipment Cardio Workouts.
Minimum Home Gym Requirement:
Optional Equipment
- Power Rack
- Olympic Barbell Set
- Dip – Pullup Power Tower
- Dip/Pullup Belt/Weighted Vest/Backpack (to add resistance to dips and pull-ups)
- Trap Bar
- Fractional Plates (8) ½ lbs. plates
- Leg Extension Leg/Curl Attachment for the Adjustable Bench
- Spin Bike/Elliptical/Treadmill/Rowing Machine/Recumbent Bike
- Heavy Bag or Wave Master XXL bag with Gloves
- Kettlebell for cardio training (I recommend 15 lbs. for women, 30 lbs. for men)
- Jump Rope
Other items to consider are:
- A Sport Watch with a Countdown Timer – The best sport watches in my opinion are the Timex Ironman watches. They allow you to customize your rest intervals to the second.
- Interval Timer app or Boxing Timer app – These apps are great for interval training workouts, kettlebell workouts, and heavy bag workouts.
- Body Fat Analyzer or Skin Caliper (Optional) – Many scales provide an estimated body fat percentage, but I find them very inaccurate. The scales help show body fat trends, but I recommend the handheld Omron Fat Loss Monitor for a more accurate measurement. It is quick and easy. Skin calipers are a little more accurate, but they are less convenient and they require some training to use correctly.
- Wireless headphones or wired headphones with a phone holder – Listening to music that pumps you up during your workouts will help increase your workout intensity, focus, and performance. You can get a good pair of wireless headphones for less than $40.
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