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City of London Corporation's Aldgate Highway Changes and Public Realm Improvements Project
Special Award
Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Design
Application Type
Universal Design
Level of Award
Greater London
Local Authority Area
City of London
Information about this scheme
Aldgate has been transformed through the City of London Corporation's Aldgate Highway Changes and Public Realm Improvements Project. The Project removed the unappealing Aldgate gyratory system, created two new public spaces and improved both cycling and pedestrian routes. Aldgate Square is the centrepiece of this transformational scheme and sits on the western side of the former gyratory between the Grade-II listed Primary School and Grade-I listed Church. Aldgate Square is now one of the largest public spaces in the City of London and is home to the new Portsoken Pavilion. One of the overall aims of the Aldgate Highway Changes and Public Realm Improvements Project were to improve pedestrian routes and connections. The finished project provided new pedestrian crossing points, allowing easier navigation to bus services and the two new public spaces. The City of London Corporation's access team advised on step and ramp design, seating and toucan crossings. The project provides formal seating for over 45 people along with numerous locations of informal seating along the planters and on the grassed areas. Ultimately delivering several places to dwell, relax and rest. Many of these areas also provide full and partial shade. The unappealing pedestrian subways, which attracted antisocial behaviour and dank conditions, were removed as part of the scheme and replaced with safer street level and step free crossings. Ramps were also included in several areas of the design, most significantly provided step free access to St Botolph without Aldgate Church which was previously step-only access. Within the Portsoken Pavilion there is an accessible ground floor toilet which is available to the public seven days a week through the City's Community Toilet Scheme. The Pavilion also provides a lift so any employees or patrons needing to access the basement can do so with ease.
City of London Corporation
Main Contractor
JB Riney
Landscape Architect
Project Manager
City of London Corporation
Make Architect (Pavilion architect)
Transport for London (co-funded project)
Rupert Harris Conservation (Historic restoration)
Primary Use Class
Class E1 - Public Realm


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Endurance Bootcamp
Thanks to Tracy, Richard & the Endurance Bootcamp team who attended a pelvic floor info session at Be Your Best today. It's fantastic to see trainers who really care about their clients overall health and wanting the best for their clients.
AFL Rookie Draft
Another congratulations to Dandenong Stingrays player Tom Murphy who was added to North Melbournes list as Pick 4 in the Rookie draft.
Dandenong Stingrays players get drafted!
A huge congratulations to the 5 Dandenong Stingrays players drafted to an AFL club Friday night.
Pick 4 (North Melbourne): Luke Davies-Uniake
Pick 7 (St Kilda): Hunter Clark
Pick 11 (GWS): Aiden Bonar
Pick 30 (Carlton): Tom DeKoning
Pick 35 (St Kilda) Oscar Clavarino
Grand Opening
Thank you to everyone who helped to celebrate the grand opening of our new clinic today. We were very lucky to have Adam Treloar, AFL star from Collingwood Football Club & Jude Perera MP, attend. Thanks so much for everyone's support & best wishes – much appreciated!
The Treatable Headache!
Headaches are common and most of us will suffer with one at some stage in life. Headaches can be debilitating, affecting your quality of life and disrupt the performance of our daily activities.
Not all headaches are the same and an accurate diagnosis is required to ensure the optimum management and treatment of each individual presentation. One type of headache, the "Cervicogenic headache" can be treated by our qualified Physiotherapists at Be Your Best Physiotherapist.
- Pain in the neck, base of the skull, behind the eyes, the temple or the top of the head.
- Pain following a sustained or repeated posture (eg. slumping forwards)
- Pain may also be associated with pain in shoulders or arms
Be Your Best Physiotherapists can assess your neck and confirm if it is the source of your headache. The goal of headache management is to confirm your diagnosis, provide hands-on treatment and develop an exercise program to keep you headache free.
Hands on Physiotherapy treatment may include:
- Massage
- Joint mobilisation and stretching
- Taping
- Dry needling
If you are suffering with a headache and are unsure of its cause, make an appointment with one of our experienced Physiotherapists at Be Your Best Physiotherapy.
New Reformer and Mat Pilates timetable released!
We move to our brand new clinic on Thursday 19th October. We have a new timetable that includes our popular Reformer Classes but also our new classes, including:
- Mat Pilates
- Mat Pilates Plus
- Fitball
- Strength Training class
Our classes can be easily adapted to suit participant's injuries and concerns. For example, the strength training class can be performed sitting in a chair and you don't have to be able to lie down on the floor.
For our latest timetable and to find out more information about our classes, go to BYB Class timetable (oct 17)
Do you have pain on the outside of your hip?
Often pain on the outside of the hip (lateral hip pain) can start gradually, with no incident. Because of this, people often get diagnosed with having hip arthritis although this may not always be the cause of symptoms. Lateral hip pain can make activities such as prolonged standing, lying on your side, work or exercise unbearable.
There are three common areas that could be causing hip pain:
Lower back: Structures such as intervertebral discs, facet joints, or nerve impingement can all cause lateral hip pain.
Sacroiliac Joint: This is the joint where your back connects to the pelvis (the sacrum to the ilium). There are many conditions that can effect this joint such as instability (ligament laxity), osteoarthritis or the inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis..
Tendons: Many of the gluteal muscles have attachments to the lateral hip. With poor gluteal control and strength these tendons are compromised and can suffer from an overloading condition known as a tendinopathy. Tendinopathies in the hip are often misdiagnosed as bursitis, although bursitis is often something that is a result of the poor tendon condition. Many people will have a cortisone into the bursa to settle any inflammation but be dismayed when their pain doesn't go away!
So what can be done?
All of the Physios here at Be Your Best have had a lot of experience with each of these common causes of pain on the side of the hip. In your appointment, you will be thoroughly assessed to determine the cause of your symptoms. If the cause of your symptoms can be conservatively managed, your physio will provide hands-on massage treatment, strengthening, gait re-education and footwear & lifestyle advice. You will take an active role in your recovery as our experience tells us this will make your recovery quicker and more likely to work in the long run!
If your condition can't be managed by Physio alone, we will be refer you for scans or to a specialist for an opinion, if necessary.
What is a Pilates Trapeze table?
When we move to our new premises, we will be adding Pilates Trapeze tables to our Reformer Pilates classes.
The "traps" table, is said to initially have been created by Joseph Pilates so that bed-bound patients had the ability to exercise using springs and straps.
The most challenging aspect of the traps table is its orientation. Due to the way it is constructed, most of the exercises performed on the table are done with very light spring resistance, instead utilising gravity and body weight. Because of this, good core activation and balance is a must!
Although similar to the benefits of reformer pilates, the traps table allows greater range of movement through strengthening exercises and its benefits include:
• core stability
• spine mobility
• increased upper body strength
• shoulder and scapular stability
• posture correction
• improved coordination
• increased balance
We look forward to adding the challenge of the Traps tables to our classes!
New Exercise Rehab class timetable released
In preparation for our move to our brand new clinic in October 2017, we have released our new exercise class timetable. In addition to our Reformer Pilates classes, we will soon be adding:
- Mat Pilates
- Pilates Plus (Mat Pilates class with Pilates Toys, including Fitball, BOSUs, Pilates circles & bands)
- Fitball
- Strength Training classes
For more information about our new timetable, go to BYB Class timetable (oct 17)
Fitball classes are returning!
We are pleased to announce our Fitball classes will be returning in October. Combination of cardio, strength and core exercises – great for improving fitness, enhancing body shape and improving core strength. Fitball classes will be 9:10am Tuesdays – bookings essential.

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Restaurants have always been considered to need a personal touch, where the staff must attend each visitor personally. But times are changing, and automated systems are gradually taking over the ordering system in the F&B industry and helping deliver a more personalized experience. Some might think that's counter-intuitive, but let's dive a little deeper to see what's going on.
- When Technology Teaches Manners
How often do you see a guest snapping his fingers or whistling while calling a waiter, while yelling "hero", "boss" or even "oye"? If one of your waiters makes a mistake, many people don't hesitate to reprimand them publicly, often loudly, while using demeaning language. Online ordering systems can minimize the chances of mistakes or delays when it comes to placing an order while increasing efficiency and reducing costs by reducing the number of staff needed on the floor. Furthermore, you may even gain the resources and time to train the remaining staff more thoroughly so they can handle such situations more appropriately.
- Avoiding confusion with newly appointed waiters
It often happens that new hired staff take time to pick up speed and are unable to serve your customers the way they expect. For instance, remembering your guest's name, their favourites from the menu and maybe even their preferred table has a profound impact on how your restaurant is perceived and recalled. Now, with in-restaurant technology, like inResto DineIn, you will be able to keep each diner on record and keep a tab on their preferences so that you serve them better next time.
- Online Ordering and its many benefits
So many relishing and difficult-to-pronounce names on the menu, but how many waiters do you have who can can explain them all? It takes a while for the staff to memorize the menu and gain expertise in explaining it to a diner without having to go back to the manager or the chef. Imagine how convenient it would be if customers could get all the details of the dish through a picture and description, all on a tab or even their own phone? Along with this, the menu could be in multiple languages, thereby appealing to tourists and residents who speak other languages more fluently. There can even be pop-ups on the digital menu about food-pairing recommendations, deals and promotions on certain menu items or even specials for the day. No confusion, no waiting for the waiter, no more delayed orders, and no more dirty menu cards.
- Preventing bad reviews on Social Media
A diner's visit to a restaurant is incomplete without diners putting a check-in status or posting food pictures on social media. But gradually, these have become platforms for people to vent about their bad experiences. With the emergence of food bloggers and food critics, and just discerning diners, a restaurant's reputation is always at risk. Having a system that alerts you of bad feedback immediately can save your online reputation and maybe even gain a loyal customer. And now, this has already become a reality with feedback apps giving restaurant managers real-time alerts of bad customer experiences.
- Efficient Resource Management
Good staff makes for loyal customers, but what makes a good waiter? It takes a lot of time and money to train your staff to go beyond taking orders and serving, but also to be friendly with the diners and know how to make them happy. Now, you can replace personnel with ordering apps. Now, your 60 to 100 seater restaurant can actually be managed by one cashier and a couple of waiters. So why spend a fortune on training a large team, which is vulnerable to numerous variables, including human error?
Obviously, completely replacing waiters in restaurants is not feasible, but having a smaller team has many benefits. This is where technology can play an important role. Today, customers are much more accepting of technology, and you can take advantage of it by reducing manpower and human error for more efficient and effective operations. Furthermore, with the customer data you have, you can make the experience a lot more personal by offering them their favourite dishes, drinks and tables, and maybe even offer them a bit of a discount.
Let's face it. The future of dining is here. Let's make the most of it for the sake of our customers. inResto DineIn is one of the online menu systems that are making a huge splash in the industry. If you want to find out more about it, click here.


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Inspired by the Development Map that Jersey City puts out occasionally, I created a map of every known development project in Newark, all 123 of them! 14 more are on the accompanying chart but do not fit on the map. A few recent (since 2009) developments of note are shown to assist with way-finding.
The map shows the properties of the developments, not the actual buildings, so don't be fooled by the huge amount of work on Springfield Avenue, as it is mostly parking lots on site 83. The data is only from developments I can find data on, so there might be more! Unfortunately, there is the possibility that several "approved" or "proposed" developments won't occur at all for varying reasons (usually financing). Also, some developments might have advanced to the next stage, but I am not aware.
The data comes from a huge variety of sources including, but not limited to, Newark Planning Board minutes and decisions, news articles, press releases, developers' websites, City Councilman Amador's Ironbound Development slideshow, and real estate and apartment rental sites like Trulia, ForRent.com, loopnet.com, cityfeet.com, hotpads.com, and zillow.com, while some data was from memory.
The map covers an area of 2.5 miles East to West and 2.9 Miles North to South, approximately centered on Downtown.
Complete-Building is done and open
Construction-Work is underway to build or renovate the building
Approved-Building has passed the Newark Planning and/or Zoning Boards
Proposed-Known future projects that have not yet sought approval
It is also available as a PDF. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9K...ew?usp=sharing
As you can see, most developments occur in defined clusters, especially NJIT, Lincoln Park, near Railroad Avenue. and Halsey Street. They vary widely in scale, and most are majority residential or educational developments. Many developments thankfully contain Ground Floor Retail spaces to better meet the street.
The following is a compilation list of all of the developments. The left-most column numbers correspond to the development map above. Those numbered as "N/A" do not fit on the map.
As seen in the chart, there is just over $1 Billion in new development either under construction now or soon to be under construction in the near future. About $1.2 Billion in developments were completed recently. This does not include the many smaller projects that move along without a promoted price tag.
1302 Residential units, 312,200 Square Feet of Retail space, and 1,234,000 Square Feet of Office Space (mostly Prudential and Panasonic) were completed recently. Not included in that figure is the gradual renovation and conversion of 165 Halsey Street into a Corporate Data Center, which will eventually provide 1,200,000 Square Feet of computer servers!
3293 Residential Units, 319 Hotel Rooms, 364,000 Square feet of Retail spaces, 648,000 Square feet of Classroom spaces, 544,000 Square feet of Offices, and 922,000 Square Feet of Industrial Warehouse space are underway or will be soon.


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Dmitri Pikman
Supervising Attorney, Pearl Law Group
Dmitri represents clients in multiple industries on the full range of business immigration matters. He is also passionate about pro bono services and he receives referrals from the AIDS Legal Referral Panel and the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights. Dmitri's clients note the extraordinary personal touch he brings to all casework: one foreign national thanked Dmitri for his "devotion to clients" and for allowing his family to successfully navigate complex immigration processes.
Previously, Dmitri served as a Staff Attorney for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel providing direct civil legal assistance and representation and conducting outreach and trainings. He was also a Reference Librarian for the San Francisco Law Library and served on the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom. Dmitri currently serves as the LGBT Co-Coordinator for the AILA Advisory Council.
Connection to Immigration
I am an immigrant myself, having come to the United States at the age of fifteen with my parents. I have also traveled extensively as a child, living in the Ukraine, Israel, Montreal and finally settling in Los Angeles, before moving to San Francisco.
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles (Political Science)
What is a fun fact about you?
Moving around a lot as a child, meant that my high school experience was in three different countries, each with each own language (English, Hebrew and French).
English, Russian
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Tchesmeni Leonard, Stylist
"I beloved rising up in Bed-Stuy. I imply, Brooklyn was so totally different again then. I went to highschool within the metropolis, and I very hardly ever had associates sleep over and stuff as a result of their mother and father could be like, 'You can't go to Brooklyn.' It was harmful, however then it was additionally like—I imply, my mother and father created a very nice atmosphere for my siblings and me. My mother was a hippie—my mom was Goop earlier than Goop was Goop. Like, I grew up vegan, and she or he used to make my garments for college. Weirdly, there was this channel on cable that will play style reveals, and my mother would have it on all day. Every single season, she'd be like, 'Fashion week is coming on.' Oh my god, I'm wondering if she remembers that. I even have this distinct reminiscence of studying magazines on the ground of my sister's bed room. It was Cosmo, and Vogue, and Essence—I nonetheless love magazines, however now I learn Dazed, i-D, Mastermind, 032c, Self Service, and Gentlewoman. My mother and father had been all the time encouraging me to learn and open my thoughts, however once I noticed these photos I used to be utterly taken to a spot I had by no means gone earlier than. I feel that actually cemented that I wished to be part of style.
I used to be so excited to go freelance, however now I type of want I may help once more, as a reset. For me, it was like being a fly on the wall. I feel with all of the folks I labored with, I acquired a 360-overview of what it's wish to be a stylist. Under Jessica Diehl [at Vanity Fair], I discovered the significance of getting a transparent imaginative and prescient, but additionally methods to work throughout the construction of . With Nico [Formichetti], it opened my eyes to a world of creativity that I had by no means seen. I felt like I belonged extra with these scene-y youngsters than at Condé as a black lady. Working with Alastair [McKimm], I formally developed my style. I simply love the way in which he edits, and his strategy to creating a picture. He had assisted Edward [Enninful] for a couple of years, so he knew what it was like and handled his assistants rather well. It's a relationship. And then I went to Giovanna Battaglia. I beloved, beloved, beloved working with Gio as a result of we'd all the time construct these loopy units—it was storytelling. That's what I wish to create, the identical factor. Gio actually participates in style—typically I'll put on a full look to set, however my superb could be like, a full The Row piece. I like Jacquemus, Céline when Phoebe [Philo] was there, Prada. Dries is so good. That's my look.
I feel make-up was actually what drew me to style magazines. I might have a look at the faces first, after which have a look at the garments. In highschool I had hormonal pimples, and I used to be all the time carrying like, poorly-matched Revlon to cowl it up. Now I hold it very minimal. I'll do a primer, both the Smashbox matte one within the summertime, or Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow. I don't actually like to make use of a heavy basis, so I'll use Skin Tint. Depending on the protection I need I'll combine it with one pump of Stellar in S21—earlier than Fenty got here out, it was the one model I noticed at Sephora that had a variety of shades. Then I'll do Touche Éclat, however I've to make use of two shades, 5 and 6.5, as a result of it's not excellent. That's a model the place like… Touche Éclat's been round for many years now, proper? And you continue to have like seven shades? You're doing dangerous. But the formulation is so good for beneath my eyes. For concealing a breakout or a darkish mark I'll use Kevyn Aucoin's Sensual Skin Enhancer in SX13. It's actually heavy, and since the remainder of my make-up is so gentle, I can't actually use a lot. Benetint provides me probably the most pure glow, and it's tremendous old-school, which I like. Then I'll do highlighter. I'll both use Fenty highlighter in Trippin, or Giorgio Armani in 10, or MAC Strobe Cream, or I'll put the Charlotte Tilbury again on. I'll use my fingers so it warms up—that's one of many tips I discovered being on set—after which dab it on. For my eyebrows, I'll use Tom Ford's Brow Sculptor, which I actually like as a result of it has this little sharpener on it, after which Eyeko Brow Gel, and Boy Brow in Black. The Eyeko one helps them keep in place—as a result of my twists type of hit my face, they will get tousled. Boy Brow simply provides extra shade, and blends issues. I exploit Lash Slick with a primer from Lancôme simply to make it last more. If I'm going to work, I'll do a minimal Gen G lip. Like is my absolute favourite—it provides me a brilliant pure shade.
The ladies I've all the time admired, beauty-wise, are heavy into liner. Plus, my robust go well with is my eyes, so I like enhancing them. My eyeliner that I put on daily is Givenchy Magical Kohl in 15, which is brown, however I've it in black as effectively. I do it alongside my lash line, and on my waterline—I nonetheless love that look, just a bit bit. And then I've a Smith and Cult liquid liner which is very nice. If I'm going out, I'll use the Shu Uemura eyelash roller after which do some wing tip. It works for me, however I really feel prefer it's so '90s. If I'm going for a glance, I'll use Kevyn Aucoin black eye gloss. Or I'll do a lip—it's both a crimson, or a gloss. Lipstick Queen lipsticks final so lengthy—I'll use Brat Pack or Black Tie, which is deeper. For gloss, I like this Givenchy one in 07, or this random model Beauty Is Life one, or Gloss Bomb. I would do some contour with Nars Sculpting Multiple in Playa Flamenco and Oahu, however it's very gentle. I like the way in which it blends, and it's very pure.
My skincare has modified drastically from once I was youthful—I used to make use of Neutrogena scrub, or St. Ive's. When I used to be rising up I spent all my cash on make-up, and as I acquired older, I used to be like, 'Oh, why don't I simply put all that cash into a great skincare routine.' I really feel like possibly within the final two years I've gotten a great deal with on it, and my pores and skin has been actually good. I get up and I cleanse with Tammy Fender Cleansing Milk. It's actually light, however I nonetheless really feel prefer it's cleansing off what I did the night time earlier than. If I'm feeling lazy I'll simply do a fast wash with a cleaning water from Huxley. Bioderma hurts my eyes, and it makes my pores and skin actually tight after. I exploit P50, however I exploit the delicate one. After that, I'll both use Tammy Fender Bulgarian Rose Water—it's type of dear, however it's so good. Next I'll placed on a vitamin C serum, as a result of it's imagined to be good for hyperpigmentation. I exploit this model Kypris—once I used to work at Net-a-Porter the director gave it to me, and I simply caught with it. It makes my pores and skin glow, and it smells wonderful. Then I'll use Tidal by Sunday Riley, the hyaluronic moisturizer, after which on prime of that I'll use an oil—normally Herbivore Lapis Oil. The Tidal is typically too moisturizing—I can't use it within the summertime. I'll use a prickly pear oil I get at Credo Beauty for my eyes that's in a rollerball, and that's it for the morning.
After the day, I'll come residence, wipe my face off with cleaning water, after which use an exfoliant. I made my very own scrub just lately—I'm a Girl Scout Troop Leader, and I had the women make their very own magnificence manufacturers. We made scrubs with espresso, brown sugar, coconut oil and important oils, and I had a label maker, and I had them create their very own names and put labels on them. It was really actually good! I cleanse with Kat Burki Ocean Cleanser, after which possibly do a masks. People suppose Glamglow is basically tacky, however I prefer it—once I do Glamglow I don't do an exfoliator or something, as a result of it already has what I want. Aztec Secret Clay I've all the time used since I used to be a baby. I'll combine a bit Manuka honey with it, too. My favourite masks is Masque Vivant, however it smells like yeast, it's disgusting. If I do a masks, then I'll tone once more, and I'll placed on oil. But if I exploit retinol, I received't put the rest on. Tazorac wasn't my first introduction to retinol, however I assumed if I'm going to make use of it, I would as effectively get it from a dermatologist. I'm going to Derma Di Colore, which is a apply that makes a speciality of skincare for folks of shade. I grew up not utilizing sunscreen, as a result of my mother and father didn't imagine in in, however I've to make use of it with the retinol. I like Supergoop.
My hair routine is an fascinating course of. For so lengthy I permed my hair, so once I lastly went pure it was like me attending to know my hair once more. My mother and father had been so towards me getting a perm—I fought with my mother tooth and nail. What I didn't wish to have to elucidate to her was that my pure hair made me an outcast. I used to be insecure, and that's what I wanted to outlive. When I acquired to highschool, she was like, 'Alright,' and did it for me. It was tremendous, however the upkeep of it was poor, and my hair began breaking off like loopy. I want [the natural hair movement] had occurred earlier, as a result of possibly I wouldn't have harm my hair. It went via a lot harm, and I went via psychological harm, too. During summertime, I couldn't go into the pool like I wished to, and I dreaded humid days as a result of I used to be scared my hair would pop up and I wouldn't look a sure means. I feel again to my youthful self, and I'm similar to, 'OK, I want to apologize to you.'
Now that I'm older, I'm proud to put on my hair pure, however I'm not a kind of ladies who is aware of their hair sort actually. I used to be actually simply attempting something I noticed on YouTube, or that a good friend would inform me. I used to be placing all this oil in my hair—castor oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil. My hair was shedding, after which [the oil] would get throughout my pillows and stuff—if it's on my pillows, it's not on my hair. I used to be breaking out, too—that's once I began seeing a dermatologist. It was a large number. Then a hairstylist was like, 'Your hair isn't really getting moisturized, the oil is simply sitting on prime of your hair.' It's humorous, as a result of I simply had not put two and two collectively. Since I ended utilizing it, my hair has been a lot better, and I really feel like I lastly acquired a deal with on methods to nourish my curls and deal with my hair correctly. I all the time dreamed of getting a really edited magnificence routine—typically I'll get flip-floppy and wish to strive new issues and get sidetracked, however I wish to have my core merchandise. My hair responds effectively to DevaCurl. I'll co-wash as soon as every week or as soon as each two weeks, after which I'll shampoo possibly as soon as a month. They even have this detangler that's very nice. Detangling takes possibly half an hour—that's loads to be within the bathe. I additionally began utilizing Virtue merchandise, that are actually good—I'll both use their deep conditioner or Briogeo's deep conditioner. When my hair is out, I'll sleep both in two braids or two twists. If I'm actually lazy, I'll simply put it up in a pineapple. And I sleep on a satin pillowcase. I've a bonnet, however I don't actually like utilizing it—it's not cute.
For many of the winter I've been carrying my hair in twists, as a result of final winter my hair acquired so dry, and my scalp acquired so itchy. This yr I discovered my lesson. And now I simply stand up and go—it used to take me like three hours to do my hair, between drying and every little thing. I'm going to this lady Ashley Letang in Brooklyn, and she or he's the one particular person I let do my hair. She's unbelievable—she's so light, and respects your edges, and is simply so candy. I really like her power, and I feel that's actually necessary. I used to have this curly fro weave put in, and I acquired so many compliments on it, and with the twists, so many individuals cease me, too. Actually, I didn't notice this till I had twists, however I really feel like I'm on guard typically when folks praise me an excessive amount of. Like, what does that imply in comparison with my actual hair? When I took out my weave, I felt like folks didn't know methods to react or one thing. And identical with the twists, persons are like, 'Is that your real hair?' This is extensions! You couldn't probably have thought it was my hair. I really would favor folks not praise me, which has made me extra acutely aware about how I praise folks as effectively. If somebody does one thing totally different, I don't need it to sound like I don't suppose they give the impression of being good usually. They look lovely both means!
Honestly, my nails are simply genetics—my mother's nails are so lengthy. A manicurist on set mentioned to not do water remedies, as a result of the water makes your nails develop and that's why polish chips. And I ensure they solely file in a single course—that's one other factor somebody informed me on set. I'm going to Jinsoon to get manicures and pedicures. I really like an almond form, however they're going to break. It's unhappy. The solely means I can do it's if I do gels, and I'll go to Vanity Projects for that. I exploit vitamin E oil at night time, and ensure my palms are tremendous hydrated. I just like the Kat Burki hand cream—it smells so good. I really like her merchandise.
I wash my physique with Kiehl's Original Musk, however I like unscented lotion. I'll use Kat Burki, or I'll use Rodin oil. I can't stand dry brushing, however I'm attempting to do it. I get this very nice therapeutics brush from Whole Foods, and the bristles are so harsh. It's nice for that, however typically I've to moist it as a result of it's an excessive amount of. Stress additionally brings out these little crimson bumps, which is rosacea. I'll use shea butter for that, or if I'm actually harassed I'll get acupuncture. My uncle does acupuncture, so I'm going to him, however the final time I went was once I was in faculty. I used to be tremendous stressed, smoking cigarettes and stuff, simply so harassed. But I went, and my temper and my power simply modified immediately, and I may really feel every little thing inside me altering. Like, the style in my mouth was totally different after.
You know the place I acquired [Frederic Malle] Portrait of a Lady from? Jessica Diehl. She wears it on a regular basis—we knew she was coming as a result of we may scent it. I used to be like, 'That is the woman I want to be.' Ever since, I've by no means been in a position to cease shopping for it. So I exploit Portrait of a Lady, and I'll combine it with Carnal Flower relying on how robust I need it to be. Or I'll combine it with Tom Ford Tobacco Oud. I feel patchouli's one of many notes in Portrait of a Lady, so it type of enhances that. If I'm going someplace the place I wish to put on perfume that isn't an enormous deal, I'll put on Byredo Velvet Haze. Or, life hack, for those who use their hair fragrance, it's like the identical factor as carrying fragrance. Sometimes I'll combine that with Armani Amber. I'm large on important oils, and jasmine is my favourite scent. I've been carrying that currently—it's actually intoxicating and floral and candy. I'll combine that with Carnal Flower. But that is simply once I wish to have enjoyable with fragrances—principally it's Portrait of a Lady. I like it, and I get so many compliments on it."
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Aleith|DM: Cosette's tale mostly just reinforces what Pemberton and Brakken have already told you: She's one of the Ob's agents that were on the island, but not directly participating in the ritual. There was a huge explosion from where the ritual was, then shortly after that an army of gnolls invaded. Her and the remaining Ob agents fled to the mines.
Aleith|DM: When reinforcements didn't come, the other Ob agents began to act strangely, often speaking at the same time with the same sentences, or eerily completing each other's thoughts. (You reason that, due to Cosette's Ob officer ring, she was protected from the effects of what sounds like a gestalt forming.) After a while, all of her fellow agents were catatonic, and she was left by herself until you showed up.
Gerald: "Nothing we didn't already know…"
Phyllis: "Other than a means of protection against gestalts. That … is news."
Phyllis: "And may yet yield further insight on that phenomenon."
Zane: "I still find it incredibly convenient that Gradiax just happened to be in the neighborhood with an army of fanatics to capitalize on the ritual going haywire."
Chandrasekhar: "Valuable information from the Ob. That's a first."
Pemberton shrugs. "Yerasol is easy to hide in."
Zane grunts.
Phyllis: "He's spied on the Ob before. As we're well aware."
Phyllis: "He was the other party successful in infiltrating their conclave, remember?"
Pemberton: "A damn shame they've caught onto my duplicants since then."
Pemberton: "What shall we do with Ms. Arianne here?"
Gerald' opens his mouth, closes it with a shrug and glances over at Phyllis and Chandra.
Zane: "I think we lack the extraterritorial authority to arrest her."
Phyllis: "She's in no position to harm us, really. She may be able to assist us further. Personally, I'd like her to see how the Ob -really- operates."
Pemberton: "Should I send her back to the fortress with the injured gnolls, then?"
Chandrasekhar: "I think… we have the authority we claim, at this juncture… That said, what Lenz said."
Zane smiles at Chandrasekhar and shrugs. "Right but I don't arrest people unless I'm working within the laws of Risur, and I dont really benefit by cutting her throat and leaving her in a ditsh."
Pemberton: "If you're worried about territory, I could 'cede' it to King Woodson's care by right of conquest."
Phyllis: "I think they were more concerned about international affairs, before it was just us against them."
Phyllis: "But that's somewhat absurd to care about at this juncture, in my opinion."
Pemberton: "Let's head back to the cars and check out the ritual site, then."
Gerald: "H'kay."
Aleith|DM: Once you get back to the cars, he sends the gnolls who were with Brakken back to the fortress with the Ob agent, then brings all of you and the minotaur to the former lake to the west.
Aleith|DM: Where a decent-sized lake once was on western Axis Island is now a dry lakebed, which has been drained and its tributaries dammed and diverted.
Aleith|DM: Pemberton stops his car at the former shore. Off to the right of the road are stone bunkers, once covered in protective wards, which have been exploded from within.
Aleith|DM: Tendrils and arcs of planar energy trail hundreds of feet upward from the centre of the lakebed.
Aleith|DM: Up ahead the flashing energy rising from the ground makes it hard to see quite what happened in the dry lakebed, but a quarter mile away the colossus has clearly collapsed in several pieces, and some huge metal disk lies atop it.
Zane: "Wow. This place got wrecked but good."
Gerald: "Serve's 'em right."
Chandrasekhar whistles.
Zane: "Well yeah. I'm just impressed at the aftermath."
Ernst: "I would advise checking out what happened here in more detail. We may be able to ascertain what went wrong with the ritual."
Gerald: "What, were you worried we were going to just drive on by and call a brief glance good enough?"
Phyllis: "Agreed. I figure your expertise in planar affairs would come in handy here."
Aleith|DM: Looking at the bunkers, it's pretty obvious that the explosions were arcane in nature.
Ernst: "At a glance though, I can say that the burn marks hold an arcane pattern of fey origin. The power of the explosion was provided by the Voice of Rot, who transmuted the flames to not only burn flesh, but to consume life force and dispel magical defenses."
Ernst: "Essentially, Nico got fucked."
Chandrasekhar: "…wow."
Zane: "And that just breaks my heart."
Ernst: "And that explosion was not intended."
Gerald: "Wonder what his deal is."
Zane: "Also sweet tiny gods if that's what you can get at a glance I cant wait to see what you get if you take a few minutes to really look at things."
Ernst chuckles. "I imagine we'll be seeing the Voice of Rot again at some point down the road."
Phyllis: "I thought as much. That would explain Nicodemus' accusations that we tampered with his ritual. Both us and the Voice hail from Risur."
Gerald: "He kind of owes us a tongue, yeah."
Chandrasekhar: "I'll be sure to high-five him before tearing his tongue out, then."
Ernst: "I admit I am curious what their endgame is at this point. I would not be hard pressed to believe whatever it is, we're going to have to deal with it eventually."
Pemberton: "One of the titans at work, huh?"
Phyllis: "Whose endgame, the Voice's?"
Ernst nods.
Phyllis: "And yes, so it seems."
Phyllis: "Nihilism. Think Grandis Kormanov, but at a grander scale."
Zane: "She'd probably argue that there shouldnt be a grander scale."
Phyllis: "Precisely."
Zane: "Unless Grandis was the one that tried to blow up the city, not the one with the ice simulacrum. Gods now I feel like Gerald."
Pemberton: "Well, we've had a a bit over a month to study this ritual, even if from afar-you don't want to get too close, that energy isn't just for show-and we think we've got the basics. Brakken and I have a proposal for you, Your Majesty, constables."
Ernst glances at Pemberton with a 'this is gonna be good' look on his face.
Pardo speaks up. "First, how much do you know about what's going on elsewhere in the world?"
Phyllis: "Part of the same death cult organization, really. You don't think she was the mastermind behind the bomb?"
Gerald: "Nico mentioned ceasing control of a lot of places…?"
Ernst: "I was under the impression that most of the world lost their free will and the Ob has installed figureheads."
Ernst: "But I do not understand the specifics."
Pardo: "We may have been trapped here by a titan, but daily divinations add up eventually."
Phyllis: "Sparse details here or there. The Obscurati's united most everyone except Risur and Yerasol."
Pardo: "Yes. Unlike Risur, other nations had strong cells of Obscurati agents who made sure their local brands of ancient monsters didn't wake up and start causing trouble. Magic now functions normally in Danor and the Malice Lands."
Gerald: "Haha."
Zane: "… Wow."
Pardo: "Danor is firmly in league with Nicodemus the Gnostic, who revealed himself and penned letters to several newspapers to explain what has happened (in layman's terms) and encourage cooperation. He didn't assume an official government position, but supported by Sovereign Han Jierre, Nicodemus let the people of
Aleith|DM: the world know that he has answers to their many questions, and invited the leaders and most prominent thinkers of these nations—this Forward Symposium of his he menitoned. "
Phyllis: "I would wager that's due to the loss of the sun, but magic still works in this arrangement. I was under the impression that the Malice Lands suppressed Vona's influence."
Gerald: "Oh right! We're not out of Jierra to kill quite yet."
Zane: "Yeah I'm sure he did. 'Answers to their questions'. Shit. I only have one question, and I know he wont answer that."
Pardo: "Drakr has been pretty stable due to the Eschatologist movement, as many simply accepted what they've seen as another step toward the End Times. Your 'friend' Grandis Komanov has been getting an influx of followers, however, in the far north."
Pardo: "Crisillyir was almost the opposite. Many of their leaders 'seem' to have committed suicide, leaving behind notes confessing that their faith was a lie, and that they used myths of gods only so they could hold onto power over the common people."
Zane: "Huh."
Phyllis: "If Nicodemus was sincere about that aim, he seems to have accomplished it."
Gerald: "Well, no great loss there at least."
Pardo: "Ber sufferred some small upheavels as Obscurati agents attempted to seize control, but they were brutally quashed by Bruse Shantus. Sensing he precariousness of his position, he proclaimed that the darkening of the sky heralds that this is Ber's time to prosper. Since many of the Beran races possess darkvision, the nation of recently-savage people actually remains mostly orderly. Bruse Shantus is wary of Nicodemus, but it looks like he plans to attend the conference in hopes of maintaining his rule without unnecessary war."
Zane scowls.
Zane: "I shouldn't be mad at him for trying to seek peace, but I am. Nicodemus is going to screw him in every possible way."
Pardo: "Even the eladrin living in the colonies that have overtaken Elfaivar responded positively to Nicodemus and the Obscurati. However, those eladrin who hid for centuries in the fey enclaves—which existed between this world and the Dreaming—began to stream into colonial cities, telling of their enclaves splitting apart and disintegrating. Thousands died. One enclave, Sentosa, seems to have survived, managing to pull thier enclave into the real world in time. Their matriarch is urging her people not to be tricked, but her voice is mostly drowned out by optimism for reconciliation."
Gerald: "Saying he'll go to the meeting buys them a few weeks to start getting their military in order, Zane."
Zane: "Yeah, but I'd be willing to bet Nicodeums sees that too."
Brakken: "The Obscurati's support is very global, aside from Risur. Most people are just naturally loyal to them, and only a few people who had dealt with the group before were able to resist being so swayed. Risur is, simply put, outnumbered. A direct fight won't succeed."
Chandrasekhar almost, almost, looks happy about Crisillyir, but then he gets the news about Elfaivar.
Pemberton: "We have to work like a conspiracy. Our mission is to figure out how the Ob pulled it off, and then put it back on. That might not be the right metaphor, but nevermind. Like I said before, they're sucking the life and fun out of the chaotic mess I liked living in. I don't want to turn into a cog in their machine, but they basically rule the world now."
Pemberton: "Fortunately for us, I have experience with fighting authority and concealing my intentions. We have to be discreet, be brilliant, and then be gone before they catch us."
Phyllis: "The power dynamic of the masses in relation to those in power stays the same - the reins of canon have merely switched hands."
Pardo: "Given the name of the Obscurati, if we're opposed to them, I think we should call ourselves the Illuminati."
Pemberton scoffs. "Pardo, explain about the colossus and the ritual."
Gerald' scrunches up his face.
Phyllis: "Hold - before you do, what reason do we have to trust that you won't fight us at some point or another? You rebel against authority, yet here you are, seeking an alliance with us?"
Pardo: "As you can see, the ritual was performed in this valley. Someone set off an explosion, apparently a Voice of Rot cultist, that killed numerous mages involved in the ritual, and the colossus was damaged before it could close the Axis Seal."
Pardo: "We were able to interrogate a mage who survived, and learned that the original plans for the ritual were stored in a vault somewhere in Alais Primos, the capital of Crisillyir. A necrotic curse took the man in the end, though."
Pemberton: "This is mostly where we need your help. If we want to redo the ritual ourselves and fix the world, someone needs to break into that vault."
Pardo: "The specific incantation to perform the ritual would need to be recovered, but the larger hurdle is that it seems each of the eight shafts in those pits has a golden icon that is infused with energy from a specific world."
Pardo: "In the various mines around the island, the gnolls have discovered similar petrified trees and golden icons, which appear to have directed the magic of the ritual outward into the rest of the world."
Pemberton: "The best I can reckon, to undo the ritual we just need to get icons linked to the same planes the world used to have. Or, if we're being clever, we could make icons linked to new planes, and do what the Ob did: make the world the way we want it to be."
Gerald: "Yeah, because that worked out so well for them…"
Pemberton: "Of course, I'm not going to hold his breath and expect that you'll agree with me on how the world should be. Especially since, yes, you'll be doing a lot of the legwork…"
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Pardo: "In order to create the icons, it seems necessary to travel to the worlds they'll be linked to. The Obscurati used an eldritch telescope on this island to aim at planes. But now the night sky is starless."
Pemberton: "Even if Pemberton Industries could create a colossus of its own—a machine strong enough to withstand the energy coming out of the open seal—it would be useless without the appropriate icons. And we're not sure how to get those."
Pemberton: "Especially if you're still as concerned about keeping the rest of the multiverse locked away like you were at that convocation."
Phyllis: "To be honest, that was my aim from the outset, when I realized their plan. It seems the Rot and I had similar designs."
Gerald: "Do YOU want to have to deal with giant ass brains killing your gnolls all day long for the rest of your life?"
Pemberton: "Admittedly, no."
Brakken: "Since w'ere stuck on the 'golden icons' point, I've been busy trying to plan the other key part of the conspiracy: not getting caught and killed."
Brakken: "The Obscurati is no longer hidden. In Crisillyir, Danor, Drakr, and even the states of the Malice Lands, the Obscurati openly work side-by-side with the local governments to establish new laws set forth by the Ob's leadership. Most governments seem open to cooperating with the Obscurati, and Nicodemus has called that Forward Symposium in a few weeks in the Danoran capital of Cherage to decide the future of the world."
Brakken: "I want to infiltrate the conference, learn the Ob's plans, and possibly delay hostile actions against Risur, Pemberton, and anyone else you get involved in our little rebellion."
Pemberton: "As I said, the Ob's onto me, so duplicants are off the table."
Phyllis shrugs. "Not our fault you're a one-trick pony."
Zane: "I'm just gonna drop this little idea and watch where it goes. Who says the icons have to be gold? Look at the relics of the ancients we found. They're not any sort of metal by default, they become gold when channeling energy."
Phyllis gestures with a hand, almost threatening anther [Spatial Lock].
Pardo: "They'd still have to be linked to the worlds intrinsicly."
Zane: "Well yeah. I'm just saying 'dont get hung up on the gold part'."
Pardo shrugs.
Phyllis: "Certainly not, they also mentioned petrified wood. I think we're clear on the energy mattering more than the material."
Zane: "Anyway I can get into the front door of that conference easily. The rest of you will take some work."
Brakken: "I have a plan for that."
Gerald: "Why even both sneaking in and listening to them make shitty plans? Lets just go and kill them all."
Zane: "its easier to kill them all if we sneak in first."
Brakken: "I'd warn against that. Trying to stop an 'open discourse' will make it easy for the Ob to paint Risur as enemies."
Gerald: "Man…"
Gerald: "You clearly have NO idea the relationship we have with Nico."
Gerald: "That is happening regardless of what we do from now."
Zane: "Yeah. We prettymuch *are* enemies, plain and simple."
Zane: "He just wants a chance to push our shit in with the entire rest of the world at once, because he knows he can't do it any other way."
Brakken: "Yes, but doing it in front of dozens of witnesses who are on their side, or at least leaning towards it?"
Phyllis: "I'm more tempted to crash the party but fight them on the debate floor. If they're simply not willing to have a friendly discussion, then surely they can't be in favor of free speech and free thinking."
Zane shrugs. "I'm still working on how to kill Nicodemus at this point."
Pemberton: "Yeah, that's another problem."
Gerald' sighs loudly at Brakken.
Phyllis: "Get that ritual. Tie his idea down to a corporeal form. Kill him just like Srasama."
Phyllis: "I don't see what's so hard about that."
Chandrasekhar: "…it would be justice."
Phyllis seems oddly nonchalant and casual about the idea. Like it's just blindingly obvious.
Braken: "Since the Great Eclipse, I've expanded my psionic abilities. I can form a minor gestalt conciousness now with other willing people now. While others inhabit my mind, I can use their abilities and skills as an extension of myself. I'm confident I could house several minds in my body; effectively allowing a group like you access to the conference as Ber's ambassador, with me as your eyes and ears."
Gerald: "Hm."
Zane: "I was just gonna go as Damata Griento."
Gerald: "We DO know someone that knows the ritual, don't we? … Why haven't we asked her for it before?"
Zane: "Because I can't use it, so me asking for it would be stupid."
Zane shrugs.
Gerald' gestures towards Phyllis.
Zane shrugs again.
Pemberton: "Wasn't that what I nearly interrupted in that island vault in Crisillyr…? Anyway, I'll insist on my own 'ticket' to the Cherage conference, alongside the rest of you."
Brakken: "I assure you, there's no sharing of actual thoughts in the gestalt; people have to intentionally communicate within the gestalt, so it's not like anyone's going to be controlling anyone else's mind."
Gerald: "Oh yeah, YOU'RE why we don't have it right now."
Gerald' punches Pemberton in the gut.
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Gerald' shakes his hand with a wince.
Pemberton dusts himself off. "Ms. Lenz shut me down quite quickly."
Chandrasekhar laughs.
Pemberton: "I may not have heard the full details, but you likely did."
Zane tuts at Gerald. "You'll break your wrist you punch someone like that for real."
Phyllis shrugs. "There was another interloper."
Phyllis: "Ms. Kormanov made it difficult."
Pemberton: "Anyway, our overall plan, then, is first to infiltrate the Forward Symposium and get information to help this new conspiracy avoid being tracked down by the Obscurati."
Phyllis: "Right around the same time as you were about to, mind. You missed the din of our scuffle with her, not key information."
Pardo: "Second, we need to retrieve the details of the ritual from Alais Primos."
Pemberton: "Third is finding a way to relink the lost planes, or to find new planes to link to. Fourth will be redoing the ritual. Somewhere in there, we need to figure out how to destroy the Obscurati and Nicodemus himself once and for all."
Phyllis: "I have many, many thoughts on the third."
Phyllis: Her eyes flicker with ambitious intent. "This should surprise no one."
Zane: "Just remember, Ursinho. I love you like a sister, but I am watching you."
Zane pats Phyllis on the shoulder.
Gerald: "Uugh."
Gerald: "Okay I'll make you a deal."
Gerald: "You get to upstage Nicodemus with the talking bits on the first part,"
Phyllis: "I am keenly aware."
Gerald: "But we DEFINITELY get to shoot everyone on the second part."
Gerald: "Okay? Okay."
Ernst: "Nico is going to be very tricky to catch given his… adaptability."
Phyllis: "I have been thinking about that for a very, very long time, Ernst."
Gerald: "Naw I don't think so. I feel like we're personally pissed him off enough that he's going to want to finish us… and if that fails we can steal some of their Nico-summoning syrum."
Ernst: "Ghosts can certainly be brought to peace and will pass on if they accomplish their regrets in life, but we obviously are not going to let Nicodemus win to get rid of him." He shakes his head.
Pemberton: "That definitely sounds like a bad idea, yes."
Phyllis: "As I said. His aim is to defeat hypocrisy, especially that of the Clergy's, but all free thought and individuality seems to be in the line of collateral damage. Hence, as I said, the reins of canon merely switched hands."
Pemberton: "Otherwise, it sounds like we've got a good foundation here. Obviously some details need to be worked on. Like how I can get get Mr. Bieito here to not kill me once we're done."
Ernst glances at Phyllis. "With all we know so far, I've been running under the assumption that Nico originally died at the exact moment of the Great Malice, which impacted the entire world. Normally ghosts are bound to the location that they died, but Nicodemus can obviously roam. He's also more cognent than the average ghost which draws to parallels between his rejuvination and the reincarnation of devas. His power is likely tied to
Ernst: power is likely tied to the death of Srasama. "
Gerald: "You're on your own on that one, pal."
Phyllis: "Sure, I surmised as much, too. But why him, and how does he differ from the other devas? Like the late Stanfied."
Ernst: "I certainly didn't expect you to add in on the conversation at least, Gerald." He shakes his head.
Chandrasekhar: "He used Her death for his own purposes, somehow. Orchestrated it, exploited it."
Gerald: "I… was quipping at Pemberton, Ernst. C'mon."
Zane bares his teeth at Pemberton. "You like living in interesting times. Think how interesting it'll be once you know for certain that I am coming for you."
Pemberton: "I'd rather not, to be honest."
Zane: "And that, too, breaks my heart."
Zane: "The Hex Eater built up centuries of reasons for me not to kill him with his time in exile. You… have not."
Zane: "Choices and consequences, Gradiax."
Phyllis: "You have to make a case for that, Pemberton. Even I'm pressed to find reasons for our cooperation. You have not … yet."
Pemberton: "I may not have worked directly for the king, but you can't say that Pemberton Industries hasn't helped Flint in the last few decades. And my land dealings before that still build homes and businesses across the country."
Zane: "Money that you stuck into your coffers and used to fund your attempt to re-take Ber."
Phyllis: "You have to convince us with action. Action that doesn't involve betraying us. Then you might be able to crawl out of the pit of your sins from your time in Ber."
Pemberton: "I'm an innovator at heart. I've got something to help you back at the fortress."
Gerald: "I think he's more getting at how, when we talked about this last time I and told you thta if you bid your tie and continue to amass influence through your company you would have eventually would have been a defqacto ruler of the world and then you… what was it again…"
Zane sneers. "You are a greedy power-hungry predator at heart. You happen to also enjoy innovation."
Gerald: "Right, you flipped us off, went off to try and conqour a contry anyway, then got your ass kicked. That was it."
Pemberton: "Well, yes, very true, Mr. Bieito. Thank you."
Brakken: "Constables, Your Majesty, I believe we can all get along, both during and after this. Your Minister Lee could surely keep a closer eye on Mr. Pemberton afterwards if you need to. I have another concern."
Gerald: "Yeah?"
Chandrasekhar: "I'm listening."
Brakken: "My psychic link does have a problem: I can only maintain it within a few miles; I'm not quite sure how far. You will all need to be somewhere close to Cherage in order to properly maintain your link with me. Aside from Mr. Bieito, who may be able to infiltrate along with me."
Brakken: "Given the increased military and Obscurati presence in Danor, this could be exceptionally difficult."
Pemberton shrugs. "My invention will help with that."
Aleith|DM: There's a sudden loud honking noise from nearby.
Aleith|DM: One of the car engines has started back up.
Gerald' tilts his head back towards it.
Phyllis: "I may be able to arrange some kind of illusory disguise."
Phyllis: "… what is this."
Aleith|DM: You see a familiar-looking kobold sitting in the car at the wheel.
Gerald` then pulls out his rifle and takes a closer look with his scope.
Aleith|DM: It's El Extraño
Gerald: "Oh hey it's the guy that definitely never told us any state secrets."
Gerald' shoulders his rifle and heads on over with a wave.
Zane rises , bows politely, and goes to see El Extraño. "It is an honor."
Phyllis: "Who is this again?"
Gerald: "No one important!"
El Extraño: "I am here to save you, despite this dragon's attempt to conquer my homeland. We, of course, defeated our overlords long before you even considered defeating this Obscurati. The noble line of El Extraño can keep a secret, and just like the enlightened people of Ber, we shall cooperate with those who are unlike us, no matter their flaws."
The kobold points at Pemberton and snarls, "Do not interrupt! My operatives traversed the ocean by hiding inside of undead whales, which your kraken could not detect. I am amazed you did not consider this option. They then spread across northern Lanjyr and have reported to me critical intelligence. They have already located a location near this Forward Symposium where you will be able to hide. It is large enough."
Again he points at Pemberton, his face severe, and cuts the man off just as he's about to interrupt. "Failed usurpers will wait their turn to speak!"
El Extraño: "The Obscurati have placed a divination beacon that disrupts information in a factory complex in Cherage, where they are slowly constructing a second colossus. My people discovered it by granting hivemind consciousness to the rats of the city and establishing two competing spy guilds, which we reward with pepper cheese. These rats have excellent taste. We regrettably have not refined their fashion sense."
El Extraño: "Without being detected they have inscribed the names of Pemberton, Brakken, and the Risuri constables into the beacon's stone obelisk. Now you shall be protected by the same anti-divination wards the Obscruati ringbearers had. Their preparations for the symposium will likely keep them from detecting our sabotage, but do not rely on it in the long term. My eyes will handle the mundanities of your mission to this symposium, and will report any information they discover in the city."
El Extraño glares at Pemberton and twitches the scaled tendrils of his moustache. "You will want to remove the pyrotechnics I hid inside your bedchamber. That was not an assassination attempt. I had a better surprise appearance planned, but I had to abandon it because a fleet of Danorans is about to attack the island, and it is in our mutual interest for you to evacuate. You should get to the fortress now, but not to defend. The facility was never designed to resist an attack with the current nature of magic."
He throws a large bag out of the car in front of you, then shifts the vehicle into gear.
El Extraño: "Use these scrolls to reach the fortress. Once you are there, Pemberton will show you what he thinks is a great surprise." He scoffs at the idea. "Do not be impressed."
Aleith|DM: With that, he drives away into the jungle.
Aleith|DM: The bag continas scrolls to teleport you back to the teleportation circle in the fortress.
Zane smiles from ear to ear.
Zane: "I love that guy. SO MUCH."
Pemberton: "Hmmph."
Chandrasekhar opens mouth, closes it. Thank goodness for invisibility.
Phyllis: "I do, too, but - who?"
Zane: "It would take too long to explain."
Gerald: "Not a bad little dude at all, no."
Brakken: "…I still have not gotten used to him."
Phyllis: "But Danor's on their way, yes?"
Pemberton: "Sooner than I expected."
Gerald: "Seems like. I wonder if any of them are on deck so I can shoot a couple before we leave…"
Gerald' hands the scroll over to Phyllis.
Phyllis: "If they caught wind that She Who Writhes left, it's actually not too surprising."
Zane: "Well I guess we should figure out how to make our escape. Lets go."
Zane picks up a scroll.
Phyllis: "We will have to return here for phase 3 and 4, I assume."
Gerald: "I reckon that's the surprise back at the fortress."
Pemberton: "I was hoping for a few more days to get things ready before leaving" He sighs.
Gerald: "
Gerald: "- Dangit we should have asked that guy to find out what happened to Kasva after we dissapeared."
Aleith|DM: Once you teleport back to Axis Fortress, Pemberton sends Pardo to make his loyal cultists ready for a fighting retreat, then shows you to a factory near the docks.
Phyllis: "That is why I know Sending."
Pemberton: "I've been working on some new steam engines here: light-wieght ones enchanted with flight magic. I thought I might as well take advantage of the wrold's new arcane physics. Hopefully we can get it setup on your ship in time to leave."
Pemberton: "It should make running around the world easier."
Zane: "I have faith in Ernst."
Gerald' glances over at Ernst.
Gerald: "I guess that's why the little guy said not to be impressed, using flight magic is kind of cheating."
Gerald: "Still KIND OF COOL though."
Aleith|DM: Inside the factory, you see various gnolls putting the finishing touches on a collection of retrofits to be installed on the Coaltongue.
Ernst: "Shouldn't be that hard to deal with. I already have myself and Stocke flying, this is just on a larger scale."
Pemberton: "Feel free to help with the retrofits if you like. I'm sure you'd feel a bit better overseeing them."
Phyllis shrugs. "I prefer teleporting. It's a better kind of cheating than flight."
Gerald: "I'm in."
Ernst nods. "I agree, but that's what my rifle trick is for."
Phyllis: "Sure."
Pemberton: "Meanwhile, I've got some smaller working models to show you." He leads you up to the roof.
Zane holds a hand out to Gerald. "Rifle. If you're going to be helping them, I'll be on the wall."
Gerald' nods, handing it over to Zane before folling after Pemberton.
Aleith|DM: On the roof, he has a few prototype flying machines parked. Unlike his roadcars, he has gotten around to decorating these: each flier's nose has a draconic face with twin autocannons at the sides of its mouth, its two-level wings are framed with mithral resembling dragon scales, and the stabilizing tail boasts a proud Pemberton Industries logo. The wings are covered with glowing white glyphs, and the engine crackles with lightning when it revs. The two seats—for a pilot and a spotter—are even comfortably upholstered.
[OOC] Aleith|DM: they're basically enchanted biplanes
[OOC] Zane: OK as much as I hate Pemberton, these things are cool lol
Pemberton: "As part of the retrofit, we can install docking arms on the Coaltongue as well. These would allow the dragon fliers to both launch and dock at the side of your ship."
Gerald: "Oh maaaaaan."
Phyllis: "We're changing the aesthetic and we're not calling them dragon fliers."
Phyllis: "… as soon as it is not frivolous to do so."
Pemberton: "When you have the time, I suppose. It'll take a couple of hours before the ship will be ready to fly and then we'll be out of here."
Pemberton: "I'm going to go look at the defences a bit. Can I leave my 'body' on your ship in the meantime? And bring my daughter onboard along with Brakken and a few gnolls here?"
Gerald: "Sure."
Aleith|DM: Pemberton disappears for a bit to plan the fortress's defences before returning to help oversee the retrofit. Brakken and Terakalir (now in a human form, with a mechanical prosthetic arm and eye) board the Coaltongue, waiting in one of the rooms belowdecks out of the way.
[OOC] Aleith|DM: yes, he's in his 'human' body now
Aleith|DM: He keeps Pardo nearby coordinating the fortress defenders.
Aleith|DM: A couple hours after work begins, you hear look-outs shouting warnings, and sporadic cannon fire.
Phyllis: "Status report on completion."
Phyllis: "Because it had better be 'now.'"
Pemberton: "…half an hour left."
Pemberton: "If we leave now, she'll list badly and may not even clear the wall."
Gerald: "Shoot a few for me, Zane!" Gerald shouts from further down the ship, wrench in hand.
Pemberton: "We've got it from here. You can take a look if you want."
Gerald: "F'you say so."
Phyllis: "Any way we can speed it up, or do you need us to buy time? Or are we getting out of here before an altercation?"
Zane responds by blasting someone off a deck.
Pemberton: "Buy us some time!"
Gerald: "That was almost definitely him saying to buy time, so we don't crash."
Gerald' hustles up to the wall.
Phyllis: "The retrofit may not be done, but he smaller ones?"
Aleith|DM: When you get out to the sea wall, you can see dozens of ships coming for the fortress, dimly visible by the lights on their decks.
Pemberton: "Those ones are good to go!"
Aleith|DM: Shortly after you get to the wall, a small explosion disturbs the water near the sea gate.
Gerald: "Oh. OH MAN."
Aleith|DM: The gate hangs loosely in place, and a minute later two submersibles surface.
Gerald: "ERNST CAN WE TAKE ONE OF THE TINY AIR MURDER BOATS OUT FOR A RIDE???"
Aleith|DM: A bunch of marines exit the port on the top, and then they teleport in amongst you.
Ernst scratches his head. "… right now? Really?"
Phyllis unsheathes Dukain's blade. "After we deal with this immediate incursion."
Gerald: "It's got two chain guns inside of it! You fly I'll shoot! It'll be great!"
Aleith|DM: 5 of them are right in front of you, three tieflings with longswords and pistols, one carrying a mortar and a variety of vials, and one with a musket much like Gerald's.
Gerald: "Well okay AFTER we kill these guys."
Aleith|DM: There's three more squads further down the wall, and they start assaulting the various bunkers along the wall.
Aleith|DM: Cosette's tale mostly just reinforces what Pemberton and Brakken have already told you: She's one of the Ob's agents that were on the island, but not directly participating in the ritual. There was a huge explosion from where the ritual was, then shortly after that an army of gnolls invaded. Her and the remaining Ob agents fled to the mines.


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Tomorrow we kick off our annual summer conference. This conference has been in flux for a number of years it seems, however, it always seems to meet the needs of its participants. We are striving to do that again over the next few days. The structure is two days of sessions and one day of collaborative work for the educators in one district. I think the extra work day is an important feature of the conference as it gives the one gift that teachers don't get often, time. There will be instructional technology specialists on hand helping educators work with the skills or concepts they learned on the previous days. From what I can tell this is a reverse of most conferences. Conferences often offer hands-on sessions on the days prior to the concurrent sessions. I will be attempting to blog more about this conference and how it all turns out.
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WASHINGTON, July 1, 2014 - The best way to prevent the internet from "fundamentally changing" is to not "fundamentally change internet regulation," according to Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai.
In a speech that attempted to rally the faithful to his "light touch regulation" approach, the commissioner was also joined by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., at the Free State Foundation last week. Both slammed approaches to net neutrality through public utility regulation under Title II of the Communications Act, or under the less draconian Section 706. While "the former is outdated and politically corrosive," Thune said, "the latter is legally untested and potentially far too broad."
Neither of these provisions of law were ever intended by Congress to apply to the currently dynamic and competitive broadband marketplace, Thune added. Both forms of regulation would yield uncertainty for businesses and end users, not less.
Despite regulatory proponents' best efforts to paint the communications industry as "dominated by monopolies and duopolies," Thune and Pai said that all evidence pointed to the contrary. Since 1996, the private sector has invested about $1.2 trillion into building and upgrading U.S. communications networks, including over $68 billion worth of capital investments in 2012 alone, Pai said.
Equally unfounded are claims that broadband providers "extract undue profits form users." Thune pointed to research by former Clinton administration official Everett Ehrlich finding that the average profit margin for Fortune 500 broadband providers was only 3.7 percent versus "a whopping 24" percent for companies that offer services on top of the broadband infrastructure.
The 1996 Telecom Act may not have been perfect, but Thune said it successfully encouraged competition in the communications sector.
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Thune also urged people not to treat mobile and wired broadband as distinct. With 188 million Americans now relying on smartphones, both are part of the "same seamless internet experience."
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Moreover, Pai said the internet's fate should at the very least be the responsibility of the people's elected representatives, "not five unelected members of the FCC standing on uncertain legal terrain."
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Robert Scardino is Stanford's lead defense counsel.
"It was a long, hard case that was fought by each side, I think, professionally, it was hard fought. And when you don't win it's difficult. And of course the consequences for Stanford are going to be dire."
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The verdict attracted a packed courtroom. The crowd included investors such as Cassie Wilkinson.
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