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EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. - The West Liberty men's basketball team showed a steely resolve Sunday at East Stroudsburg University's Koehler Center. Because of that they have earned the right to play for a fourth consecutive NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional championship.
Shawn Dyer scored 24 points and regional player of the year Cedric Harris notched 21 points, six assists, four rebounds and a pair of steals, but it wasn't until Indiana, Pa., freshman Cornell Yarde missed the back-end of a two-shot foul with 0.8 seconds remaining, that the Hilltoppers (28-3) were able to emerge with an 86-85, triple-overtime victory. West Liberty will take on No. 1 seed and host East Stroudsburg, which beat Gannon, 66-58, in the nightcap, at 7 on Tuesday for the right to go to the Elite 8 next week in Evansville, Ind.
"A lot of intensity and fortitude, as well as miles and miles and miles of heart," said Hilltoppers coach Jim Crutchfield, whose team won it's 11th in a row in regional play. "That goes a long way in these type of basketball games.
"I think that is the mark of a couple really good basketball programs."
The game featured 10 ties and 11 lead changes, with each team looking on several occasions as though it would put the other way. It never happened, though.
The Crimson Hawks led the entire first half before Harris knocked down a pair of free throws with 29.6 go to put the Toppers on top, 30-29. And for the second consecutive day Bubby Goodwin sent his team to the locker room on an upswing, this time with a steal and layup just ahead of the first-half buzzer.
West Liberty opened what proved to be the game's largest lead (nine) by scoring five points - a Harris jumper and Seger Bonifant's only basket, a 3 from the left wing - in a span of seven seconds early in the second half, forcing the Hawks to talk things over.
"I can't repeat what I said in the timeout," IUP coach Joe Lombardi joked. "I was just trying to grab them and refocus them, and they did.
"Usually what West Liberty does to most teams, is they don't let you control the tempo and they wear you down and eventually they have a little spurt and teams let go of the rope. Then they take over.
"Our guys never let go of the rope."
IUP responded with an 11-0 run to retake the lead at 45-43 before Goodwin stopped the bleeding with a drive and score. Keene Cockburn wiped out a sure dunk on the other end with one of his nine blocked shots, and C.J. Hester (game-high 13 rebounds) had WLU in front again as he got loose inside.
"That's my role on this team," said Cockburn, who had 10 blocks in the regular-season finale and set the school single-season record in last week's Mountain East Tournament. "I'm the shot blocker and I was able to do that."
Not long after, the teams began playing a game of 'can you top this?'
A pair of free throws by Brandon Norfleet, who finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists before fouling out, provided the Hawks with a 56-51 advantage with 5:33 remaining.
Harris scored off a Hester steal and Dyer followed a Devante Chance deuce with two of his own, before Harris went to the line and knocked down two more free throws to cut it to a one-point deficit.
However, Marcel Souberielle hit what looked like a dagger of a 3-pointer for a four-point cushion with 2:13 left, but then also had the front end of a 1-and-1 roll out on the next trip.
That opened the door for the Hilltoppers and they responded as Harris drilled one of just five West Liberty 3-pointers (in 29 tries) to cut it to 1.
"That's the mark of a good team, is when you don't shoot the ball well and win against a really good team, which IUP is,'' Crutchfield said. "We didn't make a lot of 3s, but we talked about it being gut-check time.''
After Jeremy Jeffers cashed 1 of 2 at the line, Dyer dropped in a 3 from the left corner to put West Liberty back in front.
But, for the second time, Souberbielle, who finished with a game-high 27 points and also pulled down 10 rebounds despite not practicing the last two weeks because of injury, came through again with another 3-pointer, this one off-balance to tie it with 3.4 seconds left and send the game into overtime.
With West Liberty ahead by three (71-68) with a little more than a minute remaining in the first overtime, the Hawks took - and missed - four consecutive 3-pointers, rather than trying to get something at the rim. The Toppers couldn't make them pay however, and the ball eventually found its way to Souberbielle for a 3-pointer to tie with 24.9 seconds left.
"It's easy when you think you have the game won and to have a shot like that put in your face, to drop your head," Crutchfield said. "We never did. I have to give our team a lot of credit."
With the shot clock off, the Hilltoppers wound time down and played for the last shot. Cockburn's jumper from about 8 feet away was short, but bounced into the air and through the net at the horn. The officials immediately waved it off for being too late, and replay upheld the decision.
Norfleet gave his club a 75-71 lead in the second overtime before the Toppers could find the basket, but Dyer broke the silence with a pair of free throws with 2:26 to go, then after a series of missed shots on each side, tied it with a pullup. Harris' contested jumper at the horn came up short.
Dyer opened the third OT with a 3, Cockburn scored and the Toppers eventually gained some breathing room at 86-79 when Harris scooped up a steal at halfcourt and raced in for a basket.
Souberbielle immediately countered with a three-point play and a pair of free throws following a Dyer miss and suddenly it was 86-84. Harris and Dyer each missed 3s, as did Souberbielle, but a loose-ball foul on West Liberty's senior point guard sent Yarde to the line.
After Yarde calmly sank the first, Crutchfield called a timeout. The second attempt clanged off the back iron and the Hilltoppers were able to exhale.


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CEDAR PARK, Texas (December 28, 2013) – The San Antonio Rampage (12-18-0-3) fell 5-2 tonight in Cedar Park to the Texas Stars (19-9-2-3) after allowing four unanswered goals in the waning minutes of the second period. The Stars saw three different players record three-point nights in the win.
Steve Pinizzotto scored first for the Rampage to tie the game at one, and Bobby Butler converted on a penalty shot to give the Rampage a 2-1 lead heading into the second period. Jacob Markstrom made 23-of-27 saves, and Michael Houser made 2-of-3 saves in a brief relief appearance. Texas outshot the Rampage, 30-24.
Texas drew first blood for the second night in a row, quickly putting the league's best power play to work. Just five seconds into the man advantage, Travis Morin beat Markstrom from the right circle to put his team up, 1-0.
Morin's 16th goal came at 6:26 of the first, and was assisted by Colton Sceviour and Curtis McKenzie.
The lead did not last, as just 26 seconds later, Pinizzotto netted his sixth of the season to knot the game up at one. Jed Ortmeyer and Joey Crabb provided the assists on the goal.
The two teams would trade penalties, but neither could cash in. It was Butler who found the net at 18:41 of the first, beating Nilstorp after being awarded a penalty shot.
Butler's go-ahead goal was his 10th this season, and is just the fourth of its kind in Rampage history.
The Butler tally would stand, and the two teams headed to the room with the Rampage on top 2-1.
Texas' best chance in the second came just past the midway point of the period. With both Quinton Howden and Butler in the box, the Stars were given 1:51 of a 5-on-3. But the Rampage's PK turned in a glorious effort, denying every chance Texas tried to create.
Barely a shift after the kill, Brett Ritchie tied it up at two with 5:12 remaining in the second. Markstrom stopped the initial shot with his pad, but Ritchie stepped up to bang it home for his sixth of the year.
Texas didn't let up, and scored three times within 2:10 to take a commanding 5-2 lead into the second intermission. Ranford netted the first, and then Sceviour scored two in less than a minute to finish out the period.
The third saw no scoring, but was a chippy affair all around as tensions and emotions ran high between the instate rivals.
San Antonio went 0-for-5 on the power play, while Texas cashed in three times, going 3-for-9.
The Rampage will be off until Jan. 3, when they head into another home-and-home, this time with the Oklahoma City Barons. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. on a KZEP / Bud Light Dollar Drink Night at the AT&T Center. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554, or online at sarampage.com.

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Running for a Reason in Manchester
On Sunday, September 9, at 10:00 a.m., the 5th Annual Alliance against Cancer 5K race in Manchester, NH, will kick-off with a start-gun BANG!
Since 2010 the Alliance 5K race has been hosted by the Friends of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, and is part of The Prouty Challenge event series, which raises funds to help support the Cancer Center's world-class research, state-of-the-art equipment, critical education programs, and innovative clinical trials that improve the lives of cancer patients. They also fund quality-of-life patient services such as massage, writing-for-healing workshops, support groups, and patient libraries.
Courage and inspiration from those who know
The Honorary Chair for this year's race is Cindy Fox Blixt, a teacher in the Manchester school system for 36 years; Cindy was diagnosed a year ago with an extremely rare form of leukemia.
"She has handled the chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, and many unwanted nights in the hospital with amazing determination and strength. Cindy is taking her diagnosis and treatment one day at a time. When asked during the long weeks of chemotherapy if she ever had one of those 'Why me' days, Cindy's response, said with a smile, was 'Why not me?'" said Cindy's sister, Casey Fox Pepin.
"Our honorary chairs over the years have been fathers, daughters, sisters and friends that have inspired us to do more. This year is no exception," said Christine Telge, southern coordinator for the Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
How this Manchester 5K started
In 2008 the New Hampshire Athletic Alliance Running Club started the 5K run/walk to honor their coach and teammate, Dave LeBlanc, who was being treated for lymphoma at Manchester's Norris Cotton Cancer Center. LeBlanc and Iraq veteran Scott Miller, cancer survivor and brother to a club teammate, were the Honorary co-chaired the first race. "It was through running that our club met these courageous people," said Telge, also a member of the NH Athletic Alliance Running Club, "and with running we hope to raise money in their honor for the Cancer Center."
In the last four years the Alliance 5K races have raised a combined total of over $33,000. This year the goal is to top last year's $11,495 and reach $15,000. An ambitious goal, but with the devotion and commitment of participants such as members of Team Cindy and the Fox family it is likely to be achieved.
Learn about the Alliance 5K Run/Walk
The Alliance 5K run/walk starts and finishes at Milly's Tavern on Commercial Street, with the route paralleling the Merrimack River, then looping around the Northeast Dental Stadium, returning on the River Walking path to finish the last of the 3.1 miles through the historic Amoskeag Millyard. Runners can watch the 11:00am start of the Kids' 400m race in the park right next to Milly's Tavern, then after the award ceremony, join in the celebration with live music, BBQ, and beer.
The entry fee for the Alliance Against Cancer 5K is $30, $20 person for teams with more 4 or more teammates, and $10 for children 12 and younger.
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HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale Academy golf team started their season with a bang Friday, winning the Hillsdale Invitational.
The final result was never in much doubt, despite the fact a Colt golfer needed sudden death. The Academy posted a 374 team score, besting Coldwater's 387 and Hanover-Horton's 395.
Extra holes were needed for Elyse Lisznyai, who battled all day with H-H's Megan Klintworth. Both golfers posted 77s on the day.
But Liszynai came away victorious on the third hole of sudden death, sinking a 20-foot birdie to best Klintworth and earn the medal.
Courtney Wollet finished right behind Liszynai and Klintworth, shooting an 85 for a third-place Colt finish. Hillsdale Academy's Madisyn Reed also grabbed a top 10 finish with a 95.
Rounding out the Academy's day were Maddy Collins' 117 and Cece Brady's 124.
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Covering the year 1900 this edition of The Australasian Medical Directory and Hand Book contains a large amount of statistics and current medical information for all of the Australian states, New Zealand and several of the Pacific Islands including Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia.
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This is an invaluable resource for social historians, those interested in medical history, as well as those with ancestors within the medical profession.
Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2005, this title has now been remastered and re-released, and includes better searching capability. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.
Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.


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Sometimes, in certain combinations of tones or words, the tones change. Where can I find a complete list of all tone changes that occur in Mandarin?
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Complete rule of tones change is not a simple subject which can be understood just b a list. But there is a simple one I think might be suitable for you. http://www.trinity.edu/sfield/chin1501/ToneChange.html
Plus, if you are a foreigner who want learn Chinese without academic purpose, I think it's enough since many Chinese cannot use tones change complete correctly.
Here is a nice short overview on Mandarin tone sandhis: http://web.mit.edu/jinzhang/www/pinyin/tones/index.html If you want to read into the details I have found the following a very good source (from the father of another romanization): "Yuen Ren Chao: A Grammar of Spoken Chinese. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1968, ISBN 0-520-00219-9."
As xiecheng mentioned, tones changes are very complicated, and there is unfortunately little material on subject. Not that you care to this extent, but one can actually "map" tones using audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net). If you do that, you'll see that tones change a lot when they are in sentences and that how and the extent to which a tone can change, depends on where it appears in a sentence. For example, third tones tend to drop, but they rarely come back up when they are at the end of sentences. Also fourth tones change when they are next to each other, etc. These changes are not the same as the ones that occur when you have "不" or "一" right before a fourth tone, but I think they are interesting to study and knowing about them will certainly make you sound more "native-like."


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Let $R_t$ be a family of compact, simply connected regions in the plane defined by
$R_t = \{x\in\mathbb{R}^2 : h(x) \leq t\}$
for all $t$, where $h(x)$ is some nicely behaved smooth function. Suppose $f(x)$ is a probability density on $\mathbb{R}^2$ and define
$M(t) = \iint_{R_t} f(x) dA$
for all $t$. Is it true that
$\frac{dM}{dt}|_{t=t_0} = \int_{\partial R_{t_0}} f(x) /\|\nabla h\| ds$
where $ds$ denotes integration with respect to arc length? If not, what is the right expression for $\frac{dM}{dt}$? I assume this is some well-known first-year calculus-type problem but I can't find it stated in any context (it may very well be a common homework problem though I've not seen it).


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Jennifer Preston is a reporter for The New York Times, covering the intersection of social media, politics, government, business and real life. She took on the new beat in January 2011 after working as the newsroom's first Social Media Editor, helping her fellow journalists use social media for reporting, real-time publishing and building community.
Jennifer has worked for The New York Times since 1995 as a political reporter, a section editor and newsroom manager. As a reporter, she has written about the role of social media in the unrest that has spread across the Middle East and North Africa.
Before joining the Times, Jennifer worked for New York Newsday as City Hall bureau chief, covering three mayors and was the first woman to work as a bureau chief at One Police Plaza. She was also a deputy city editor and circulation marketing director.
Jennifer has won several awards for investigative reporting, including the New York Press Club's Gold Typewriter Award for outstanding public service for a series about the use of deadly force by off-duty police officers.
She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and author of the book, "Queen Bess".
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Aug. 16: Scenes on Twitter From Ferguson, Mo., Overnight
Protesters looted stores and clashed with the police overnight amid renewed tension over the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.
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The New York Times is providing regular updates in the aftermath of a police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., that has sparked unrest.
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I was wondering if it could be added to the right click menu an option to "print" the file without the need to open it and then print it.
Once potential solution is to use nautilus-actions to create a right-click menu option in nautilus.
Unfortunately, the version in oneiric causes a segmentation fault. One good third-party PPA you could use is described in this answer.
An alternative is to download the 32bit or 64bit .deb package from the precise repository and install this (
to install
Copy and paste line by line the following in a terminal:
Now launch the config tool:
Create a new action called Libreoffice Print
Then enter the the command
Hint: If you want't you can enter
Another Hint: You might want to ristrict the entry to LibreOffice files. So enter *.odt as filename condition.
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Although I'm not not sure why - if you install the package
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As ArtCorps Artist Allison Havens entered her first workshop with Honduran middle schoolers, she wasn't quite sure what to expect from such a young age group.
I wondered, "Would the activities be too hard, boring, too long for middle school students?" But after the first icebreaker flopped (lining up in order of birth dates), we persevered to end up having a great workshop together!
We discussed what art is, who is an artist and who can be one, and determined that we are each artists in our own unique ways. We proceeded with group map drawings of their community–listing the things they liked about their communities (such as the soccer fields, the school, church, the friendly people) and what they'd like to change or improve in their community (such as the violence and alcohol abuse). We took turns sharing, listening and applauding.
The children began learning how to work in groups and how to be inclusive of everyone's participation. And they began developing the confidence to create and share with one another. These are some of the foundational lessons as the students begin to view themselves as active members of their communities and participants of change in Tripoli, Atlantida!


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Brunton's compasses are always top-notch. I've used this one in orienteering, it does allow for declination changes (unlike many similarly small compasses).
@messier104: And Gerber makes fairly nice knives - although this one is obviously bare essentials/bare bones
don't know about the striker and compass but i already have the knife - VERY good steel, holds an edge through alot of abuse and still sharp enough to slice into my thumb when i was checking edge...
so yeah fairly good deal.
In typical REI fashion, they charge WAY too much at their normal prices. I usually leave their stores in disbelief at the attitude and high prices there.
The knife is decent, I have one and like it. You can also get it at Target.
The compass is ok at best. If you plan to use a compass, get a better one.
This is a mediocre deal at best- this is about what you'd pay for this stuff anywhere else. Not a great deal.
Second the emotion on a Brunton compass; they're good stuff, and if I were to buy one it would be a Brunton.
I have this paraframe knife, it works very well as a simple, everyday utility knife.
Second the opinions on the Brunton and the Gerber. Top quality items, definitely a must-have if you like trying to get yourself lost.
I have this knife, except mine is half serrated and in black. It's been my daily carry knife for about two years. It's a good, sturdy, lightweight, basic knife. Also the skeleton design allows it to be easily lashed to a stick to be used as a spear in a survival situation.
I'd be careful with the Paraframes... I have one, and ran into a little issue with the blade lock not securing itself. Two stitches and a scar later I'm not recommending that model of knife anymore.
But it does hold a great edge! Barely felt it slice in.


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A colorectal polyp is a growth on the lining of the colon or rectum.
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The 7th Sea Role Playing Game is focused on swashbuckling adventures. The setting is designed to be similar to Europe in the 17th century, with the addition of a few magical elements.
The game comes in two flavors: A "roll and keep" system (similar to L5R) under the 7th Sea brand, and a D20 variant under the heading of Swashbuckling Adventures.
Personally, I've played the original "roll and keep" version a few times. The writing in the books focuses on over the top action, and weaving players' backgrounds and suggestions into the ongoing campaign. It's a lot of fun once everyone gets it, but can take a little getting used to.
The setting itself has a lot of political intrigue detailed, along with several ongoing storylines. Between the various nations, there is support for most of the tropes found in the swashbuckling genre.
Savage Worlds has a couple of pirate settings, including Pirates of the Spanish Main and the (out of print?) Fifty Fathoms magic+pirates setting.
Also, I just used it to run a Firefly campaign which involved some piracy...but in space, obviously.
And I can't believe I neglected Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies in my initial post! S7S uses an improved version of the Prose Descriptive Qualities (PDQ) system from Chad Underkoffler. It's decidedly not PotC - but it decidedly is swashbucklery goodness in a detailed setting bundled with a system that sits on my personal scale somewhere between "really good" and "excellent".
For a pirate game full of blood, smoke, and steel (as opposed to buckles and swashes), I would use The Riddle of Steel because of its fast-yet-detailed duel-based combat system and its mechanical support of revenge-soaked plots.
The combat system has that rare quality of being fast yet detailed, and is built to play duels in that fast and detailed way. It's a tactical die-pool system: you try to judge how much you can afford to put into offense and defense, with the manœuver you choose determining what you might accomplish (disarm, parry, strike, etc.) and any modifiers to your roll or dice pool. The manœuver you choose and the type of weapon you're using determines what target number you need on your dice, so that parries, feints, and thrusts are going to be easier with a rapier, but a sweep at the legs or a bash that powers through the opponent's defenses will be easier with a club.
Further, your dice pool is only replenished every second round. So not only do you have to split your dice pool across attack and defense, but you also have to decide how many dice to hold back for the second round. You can decide to play it safe and hold back a decent number of dice for the next round, at the risk of not committing enough dice to the current round to score a decisive wound on your opponent. At the other extreme you can try to "alpha-strike" your opponent in the hopes that their wounds will either debilitate them enough next round to be a minimal threat, or incapacitate them completely. Then the risk is that you'll have too few or no dice for the second round if you've judge (or rolled) poorly and they're still a threat, at which point you'll likely take an incapacitating or mortal wound.
Finally, unlike many duel-centric combat systems, it handles fights between multiple combatants without having to contort the system at all. It uses a natural feature of the combat system—splitting dice pools—to handle multiple threats and targets. Such fights are still as detailed as one-on-one duels, and are even more tactical since being outnumbered takes both character skill and player tactics to make the most of divided resources.
The speed of the system is accomplished by pre-calculating most of the numbers you need (target numbers, die pool totals), and because the core activities of a round—splitting your dice pools and comparing successes—is not time-consuming. A nice side effect is that, once you've done a few combats and it becomes intuitive enough, you can afford the time to more deeply strategise about your manœuvers and how to split your pools for more clever effect.
The mechanical support for revenge (and other goals and ideals) is in the "Spiritual Attribute" part of characters. It sounds foofy, but it's actually just a way to give your character a plot pacing mechanic (for things like "Take back the Amity" or "Kill that devil pirate Edward Teach") that functions somewhat like a character ability. They start as low as zero dice (no plot advancement), and when you're doing something toward your goal (like chasing down the sail of the Amity who was taken by Teach), all the relevant attributes increase by a die and you get to add the attribute's new dice total to all your plot-related rolls. Characters who are fulfilling their plots therefore get better at doing the plot-centric things they need to. They can also be "spent down" at any time to advance your character's other attributes (strength, etc.), so following your character plots also turns into character advancement.
The deadly combat system is tamed by Spiritual Attributes: they make the "probably die if you make a mistake" part of duels almost disappear for characters who are on-plot. A character has five Spiritual Attributes which range from zero to 5 dice (always changing during play as they're earned and spent on advancement), and if the game-play converges in such a way that they're all relevant, they are all added to the roll. So, you can go from having to split (e.g.) a 10-die pool among attack and defense during combat, across two actions, to having 30 or more dice to divide among attack and defense across two actions. Characters thus become avenging terrors exactly when the plot says they should: when all of their pains, desires, goals, and revenges come to a head in a single epic duel with their hated enemy.
Again, I would only use The Riddle of Steel for a Blood-Soaked Waves kind of pirate game. It could be used for a swashbuckling game, but it would be on the GM to make it light-hearted enough to fit the genre despite the gritty combat system. The Spiritual Attributes system could be bent toward that end just by making sure goals and drives chosen were up-beat. The GM would have to keep the game away from combats except at the climax, to keep players from encountering the "deadly" version of the combat system that happens when they don't have Spiritual Attributes to tame it.
I wouldn't necessarily use the setting that's included in The Riddle of Steel, and would develop or borrow a suitably-piratical setting from elsewhere instead. The system isn't tied to the default setting at all, fortunately. However, if you wanted to use the setting there are two regions that would be good for a piratical campaign: the Sea of Sail is a vague analogue to the South and East China Seas which would be good for Eastern-flavoured piracy; and the Sea of Fallen Gods, which borders the centre of the old Empire on one side and a number of free cities and nations on the other, with many isles scattered across the waters, which would give a more Mediterranean pirate game.
Finally, the game is out of print. Copies can be had from various second-hand dealers, but the publisher disappeared after the company changed hands a few times and then the latest owner (who is not same as the game author) had personal and financial difficulties.
GURPS Swashbucklers - covers the whole period rather than just the pirates. All normal GURPS strengths and weaknesses. Not specifically pirates.
7th sea - as noted by AceCalhoon. It is, however, an alternate earth setting, where christianity went the Gnostic route rather than the Pauline route most of us are familiar with. I believe it is out of print.
Arrowflight with it's supplement, Island Nations. The setting is a fantasy world in the early musketeer period, with fantasy races and swashbuckling. Excellent but simple martial arts, including a couple aimed at swashbuckling. Ship combat rules semi-abstracted, but easily adapted to minis. Drawbacks include system being dicepool based system in 1E and 2d6 roll low in 2nd, with no rescaling in CharGen (In other words, radically different odds.)
Savage Worlds has it's pirate settings. It also has a variation on Space 1889. This should allow several ways in to the issues of piracy. Said to be simple, point build.
My Points of Lights II has a system neutral (with some slight D&Disms) setting called the Misty Isles that I designed for pirate adventures.
It geography is mirrored off of the islands of Indonesia which were one of the historical areas for piracy. The political situation mirrors that of the opening of the Caribbean. In the Misty Isles there are two rival colonial powers (The Grand Kingdom and the Scarlet Empire) with colonies harvesting valuable crops (Indigo & Sugar). There was a recent war with an inconclusive end setting up a rivalry (like England and Spain). There are lost civilizations that can be found as well as unusual islands. (Like one where the flowers are so large that jaguars sleep in them).
Finally it is in a form that makes it easy for a referee to pick it up and start running it. It uses the hex crawl sandbox format of the Wilderlands and Traveller. I can see it easily be used with something like GURPS Swashbuckler with it's emphasis on character detail and technology notes. Or even 7th Sea.
The main difference is that I focus on local detail while most other pirate products focus on the high level detail.
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Why not try Fiasco? Fiasco is a GM-less system for games about folks who are in over their heads. People who get involved in bungled capers that end up badly for everyone, rather like Cohen Brothers films like Fiasco, Burn After Reading etc...
To me, this seems like a great fit for capturing the feel of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, where the protagonists are always going from the cooking pot into the fire (sometimes literally), have their own goals and motives, and don't always play nice together in a traditional RPG party.
Yarr! it's got to be worth a shot, you savvy?
I've had a lot of fun with Green Ronin's Skull and Bones game. It' uses familiar d20 rules, with a couple of added classes, equipment, and other fun toys.
Also, as the original poster referenced the Pirates of the Caribbean, Skull and Bones is set up as horror piracy already, with the addition of bokor, houngans, and other New World magic.
Green Ronin publishing has a campaign setting known as Freeport: The City of Adventure. It's a pirate city that has all sorts of Lovecraftian stuff going on in it. Most of their books are for D&D3E, but they are coming out with books for Pathfinder, and they have guides to help you use it with D&D4E as well.
Mike Mearls' Iron Heroes is surprisingly useful for a pirate setting. It's based on the familiar D20 system, with the following changes:
There are no rules for guns, but you can re-purpose crossbows or borrow gun rules from any other d20 system.


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"Stan is a proven winner in our league," said Pistons owner Tom Gores. "He instills his teams with passion, purpose and toughness. He is a great teacher who will help our players grow and develop. Stan is more than just a great coach, he's a great leader. What I'm most excited about is how Stan can help us shape the franchise and instill what it means to be the best. He's also a great communicator. My time with Stan has me convinced that he will bring our players, team and community to a very proud place."
Detroit's recent lack of success led to longtime president Joe Dumars' resignation in April.
Van Gundy, whose .641 winning percentage is the sixth-best among NBA coaches with 500 or more games of experience, becomes the Pistons' sixth head coach since the team reached the 2008 Eastern Conference finals under Flip Saunders.
Michael Curry, John Kuester, Lawrence Frank, Maurice Cheeks and John Loyer have all led the team since that run, with none of the group winning more than 39 games in a season.
"Tom's vision of building for the future, while seeking immediate improvement is a challenge that I embrace," said Van Gundy in a statement. "We will work to put a team on the floor that reflects the franchise's rich tradition and embodies the toughness and work ethic of fans in the Detroit area."


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When I use InDesign the text box automaticly selects Times New roman as the typeface.
can I change this so it automaticly selects my brands typeface.
When I use InDesign the text box automaticly selects Times New roman as the typeface.
can I change this so it automaticly selects my brands typeface.
Something like this?
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Not to detract from lawndartcatcher's answer, which is correct, there are a couple of important caveats with regard to changing the default font. The big one is, don't ever change the [Basic Paragraph] style to your other font. If someone else opens your document in their copy of InDesign, all your "[Basic Paragraph]" text will be converted to their [Basic Paragraph] font.
It's also far too easy to slip into the very bad habit of not using paragraph and character styles for everything in your documents.
A less fragile and more flexible solution is to maintain a complete style sheet for your brand, with paragraph and character styles for body copy, headlines, subheads, emphasis, etc., and always work from that. You absolutely should be using Paragraph, Character and Object Styles anyway, and Table Styles if you use tables, so this should be no big chore. If you're not using styles, you're giving yourself a lot of extra work for no gain.
You can do this in any document, or work from an old one. Just be sure that everything that has a standard appearance has its own style. If you like, you can then strip out all the text and save the "blank" document as a template, which can be very useful, but isn't essential.
Load your style sheet into any new document by going to the Paragraph Styles flyout menu and selecting "Load All Text Styles." Navigate to your "master" document (or any document that uses those styles) and click Okay/Choose.
The advantages of this approach are huge. You will have named all your standard styles, you guarantee consistency across all documents, and you can create a new document at lightning speed. For in-house designers who work with more than one brand, or even if there is a different house style for internal documents than the one used for marketing, each set of styles is always at hand. A designer with multiple clients must work this way, or go crazy.
To establish "Body Copy" (let's say) as your default text style in any given document, just click on it in the Paragraph Styles panel while you have no text frame selected. You could still use the same trick lawndartcatcher mentions, but it will leave your document with a lot of unstyled paragraphs, and, well, it just pains me to think of anybody working that way.


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We can't stand that sticky feeling after a spray tan. Thankfully, Mata's light-handed application of a SunFX bronzing formula left barely any tacky residue.�We appreciated her handiwork even more the next day, when a medium-deep glow developed.
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We dragged our feet all the way to our appointment, but Garcia wasted no time getting us up on the table with our knees butterflied. She painted on narrow strips of wax that adhered only to the hair, she claimed, not to the skin, and promised it would minimize pain. Sounds crazy, but the initial rips were so mild that we managed to answer her friendly questions without even biting our lip. We emerged 15 minutes later, so pleased with the results, we practically skipped home.
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There are some things that are truly priceless, like the look on our face when our therapist told us to relax (relax?) on a thin layer of foil wrap. Our eyebrows stayed raised as he slathered us with a pungent mix of freshly grated ginger and detoxifying oils, and they practically hit our hairline when we realized we were supposed to marinate in the stew for 20 minutes. Just as we were about to reach our boiling point, a blissful scalp rub served to adjust our attitude, and the 105-minute massage that followed officially raised our spirits. By the time the nearly two-hour treatment came to an end, our skin was soft, our body limber, and our smile wide. But from now on, we'll stick to enjoying ginger with our sushi, thank you very much.
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Every public pool displays a list of rules (no running, no diving, no horseplay). At the Face Place, prepping for the pool with a self-tanning treatment has just as many mandates: Exfoliate before arriving, wear something you don't mind getting stained, bring a bathing suit, no shower for 12 hours afterward. Aesthetician Cori Weber took her time sponging our bikini-clad body with an odorless but chilly mixture of refrigerated vegetable dye, aloe vera, and water. The next day, we saw a few streaks on our thighs and feet, but our glow was otherwise so realistic (and, at a full seven days, long-lasting) that any misgivings we had were overruled.
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We were in dire need of some serious skin rehab, and a froufrou rose-petal soak wasn't going to cut it. Instead, we booked the M.D. Formulations glycolic body peel. Our massage therapist worked a gritty glycolic-acid scrub onto our body. She whisked the residue away with a damp towel and slathered on a generous coat of an unscented, exfoliating glycolic peel. We didn't leave smelling like rose petals, but our skin felt as smooth as them for days.
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8 Restaurant-Worthy Pizza Recipesby Lindsay Hutton
Did somebody say pizza? Take a break from your typical sauce and cheese and try one of these adventurous creations! They taste gourmet, making them perfect for your next dinner party, but are also simple enough to throw together on those nights you have no time to cook.
Basic Pizza Dough
The secret to any good pizza is the dough, of course. Make your own with this deliciously simple recipe.
This recipe also freezes like a charm, so you can make a few extra batches to have in your freezer for hectic nights. All you'll need to do is add some toppings and toss it in the oven for a snappy dinner that will make everyone happy.
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