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I was on the exclusive Manila Bay sunset cruise of Rogue Magazine yesterday. I most definitely needed this break! Unlike our Asian neighbors, cruises are not that popular here in the Philippines, maybe because the water pollution leaves a bad impression.
But after tonight's cruise, I felt we have a lot to be proud about. It's the first time I saw the Manila skyline. And it does not look like Manila at all! It was just a two-hour cruise but I most definitely enjoyed it.
And it's one of the best ways to enjoy the Manila Bay sunset. I hope we start cruises from Manila Bay to Laguna de Bay via the Pasig River, or Manila Bay to the Pampanga River. During the olden days, people traveled from Manila to Laguna and Pampanga via the waterways and it would be great to revive these historical routes as part of a lunch or dinner cruise package. In fact, I think that commuter ferries from Manila to Pampanga's river towns would be a great idea!
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Although it looks like it was a private yacht which they hired, you could check out Sun Cruises or Prestige Cruises for regular dinner cruises.
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With the completion of A123 Systems' sale to a Chinese auto parts conglomerate, Massachusetts has received a $3 million payment meant to cover part of a loan it made to the Waltham battery firm, a state official said.
The state gave $5 million to A123 in 2010 to help the company expand its operations for making large, grid-scale batteries, and to create 250 jobs.
The loan only needed to be repaid if those objectives weren't reached.
When A123 filed for bankruptcy in October, it had hit the employment targets necessary for forgiveness of the first half of the loan, but about $2.5 million remained outstanding.
With the $3 million payment received by the state, that money has now been repaid with interest, said Krista Selmi, a spokeswoman for the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Wanxiang America Corp., the North American subsidiary of the Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group, finalized its purchase of nearly all of A123's assets Tuesday, after receiving word that it had gotten the necessary federal approval to move forward with the deal.
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England's other lengthy bans
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|Paolo Di Canio
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Eight games, racial abuse
Suarez had accepted a charge of violent conduct and expected the maximum three-match ban, but an independent regulatory commission agreed with the FA that such a suspension was insufficient.
The ban, which begins with immediate effect, will include the first six games of next season.
Houghton said: "Handing out a longer ban for biting than racial abuse doesn't add up. How did the FA reach that decision?
"Of course, biting is unacceptable, but racial abuse is far more serious.
"The FA hide behind their disciplinary panels and independent commissions, but it's about time they faced up to the fact that the punishments don't always make sense.
"In this case, 10 games is excessive and I'm sure Liverpool will feel they've got a good chance of overturning the length of the ban.
"I sometimes wonder if the FA just like to flex their muscles to show who is boss. If so, why didn't they also take retrospective action against Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge and Manchester City's Samir Nasri for dangerous tackles on Sunday?
"The key about disciplinary action is that it must be seen to be applied fairly and in this case I don't think it is."
Houghton is worried that the latest controversy might mean that Suarez could decide to move on in the summer.
He added: "If the ban is upheld that will mean that two bans has cost him 18 games – almost half a season.
"I wouldn't be surprised if his advisers are telling him that it is time to cut his losses and move on.
"Despite it all, Liverpool coach Brendan Rodgers won't want him to go. There are not talented players like Suarez around, certainly not at Liverpool.
"The problem with Liverpool is that there might not be very much they can do about it. We saw with [Cristiano] Ronaldo at Manchester United, if your top player has his heart set on leaving then they usually get their wish."


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Ugh dudes, this is so so so so good.
we share the same brain. i had the same exact 4 picks from thakoon- then edited it down to just the first two dresses! they are pretty freaking amazing though!
oooh donna karan and prada are terrif.
i love vena cava!
that thakoon dress is to die for
We Were Damsels
The last blue dress reminds me of the White Witch's costume from Chronicles of Narnia.
Which means Thakoon's pulled off translating a winter-loving fictional villian's look into a wearable resort garment. Which is awesome.
That first print dress has sold me Thakoon. And the two tone Donna Karan is a beaut. Nice selection.
check that prada line. very 60's with the bright colours.. and the absence of clothes still, i like very much.


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ppatster needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 56 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Guaranteed - Web-based enterprise app to replace excel spreadsheets in the process of planning events. The specialized project management software manages event participants/delegates and matches them with resources (travel, hotels, passes, rides). First application case are exhibitions/trade fairs. The web-based service is offered through a SaaS model. We need 3 specific pages, which we describe in detail and provide you with wireframes. Your output needs to be psd only.
[Still waiting for a response from 99Designs how to officially switch our contest to "guaranteed" - be assured that we do guarantee the prize]
We are a group of serial entrepreneurs from Germany that is building a web-based enterprise app to replace excel spreadsheets in the process of planning events, specifically participants of events. The service addresses the integral questions of every event planning process: who is coming, how will they get there, where are they staying etc. and matches participants with the necessary resources, e.g. flights, car-sharing rides, hotel rooms, exhibition passes etc..
It is important to realize that the person using the service is experienced in planning events and has been using excel spreadsheets for the same task before. The planning process is an asynchronous process that often times starts twelve to six months before the respective event. The person planning the event usually also has additional responsibilities within the company he is working for. So he will use the application only every few days or weeks to work on specific tasks.
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Each of the content blocks dealing with resources should be foldable as we are only going to show a maximum of two entries while there are usually more, e.g. more than two participants. In order to work on one specific block (e.g. "hotels"), the planner would unfold this block.
On the right-hand side you find a two-parts task list with context sensitive tasks (i.e. relating to the specific page the planner is on) at the top and general planning tasks in the context of the respective event at the bottom.
Screen2: hotel occupancy plan (wireframe: http://kompilatkombinat.de/99/hotel.png)
For every resource (hotels, rides, passes, travel) there is a page that allows the planner to allocate participants either automatically or manually to specific quotas that he has purchased or made reservations for. Screen2 contains all hotel quotas with the current participant allocation. There are two sets of representations of the quota information on Screen2: at the top there are two timetable like views for each quota (i.e. Hilton and Four Seasons) with rooms on the y-axis and the participants as content fields. These two representations are "viewing only". At the bottom is a matrix with the different quotas at different hotels on the x-axis and all the participants on the y-axis. This representation is for editing, i.e. allocating participants.
Screen3: participant profile (wireframe: http://kompilatkombinat.de/99/profile.png)
While Screen1 and Screen2 are used by the planners only, Screen3 enables each participant to manage his profile data and all information relevant for the current event. Think about getting an invitation to an event and this is the first site you will see to submit all your data.
We haven't done any corporate design work for our company yet. There is no logo, no history. So you are invited to invent our future appearance. We like clean layouts that are easy to code in xhtml+css and please also keep some possible ajax inplace overlays in mind. We expect layered psd files as your output. Please take a look at this list of sites of which we like the designs. The design must be unique, but use these references as ideas of the type of site we are looking for http://kompilatkombinat.de/99/whatwelike.html
Common design tasks: We need some function trigger symbols that are used overall and are not inserted in wireframes e.g. preferences, delete, add, mark, edit. In matrix table views an mouseover highlight for current column+row.
The winner will also be asked to do more work for us. We have some design work ahead of us that we could use help with, e.g. the corresponding website and logo which should derive from this work.
If we have to pay via Western Union, we will split the fees with the winner.
- A simple, clean look that helps an event planner to focus on the event and the tasks at hand that he needs to manage
- We want our service to be almost as easy as using excel spreadsheets. The (interaction) design needs to reflect that. Ease-of-use is an overriding topic in our communication policy
- Pay attention to the list of sites we like
- We expect light colors to best reflect our needs (even though you might prove us wrong)
- Our wireframes are meant to only describe the content and not to limit your imagination. Take them and give them your own design style
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Jupiter in Cancer transit
Jul 08, 2013, 09:49 PM »
Greetings all,
Here is an article I wrote on Jupiter in Cancer (it was written mainly for general audience), Blessings, Rose
Jupiter in Cancer, June 25, 2013 to July 16, 2014
Trends and Tides:
Jupiter, the growth planet, visits the sign of Cancer from June 25, 2013 to July 16, 2014. Camping out for one year in each of the zodiac's sign, Jupiter takes us through a twelve year mentorship program. The big planet last visited Cancer through the second half of 2001 and first half of 2002. If you can remember what the feel was at that time or what sprouted for you back in 2004/2005 when the outline became better defined, you'll gain a general sense of the feel of things to come. Jupiter's current transit will again stimulate a growth spurt in that subject arena. Depending on where you are at in terms of your life's journey, Jupiter's influence will boost the potential, the reward, or the need.
Jupiter expands, enlarges, and increases where-ever it goes. When there is a space or a void to fill, Jupiter will fill it. When growth gains too much traction, the result is inundation, inflation, and exaggeration. While Jupiter, known as the Greater Benefic, is viewed as a luck and opportunity planet, most of us would agree that more is not always blessing.
Jupiter is the planet of envisioning, intuition, and faith. It correlates to teachers and teachings, to higher education, belief systems, religions, spirituality, cosmology and metaphysics. Jupiter is also the planet of the explorer, hunter, sportsman, risk taker, and adventurer, of travels of the body, mind, heart, and soul. Jupiter is forward looking, far reaching, and future bound. In its search for more knowledge and higher truths, this envisioning forms the base of its creations and its crusades. Jupiter seeks to fulfill the growing need and to realize that which offers the most promise. That which rings as a true pathway for the individual lies in one of two directions – that which is actual and real, or that which is perceived, and therefore experienced as one's reality. This does not necessarily match another's take on the same reality. The lens of one's perception filters how one interprets one's experience. We see what we want to see - at least initially.
When on a mission, Jupiter will go to great lengths. It can become evangelical and exclusionary in its single minded pursuit. The target becomes Jupiter's only thing and it's everything. In this case, Jupiter can group it all into one, block out alternative viewpoints, or miss seeing the trees because of the singular focus on the forest.
Jupiter in Cancer opens a wider aperture to the emotional realm. On the positive, Jupiter in Cancer can provide us with the opportunity to open up to a more truthful dialogue with ourselves and others regarding our essential needs, our vulnerabilities, and our sensitivities. Jupiter in Cancer can increase the potential to find greater emotional fulfillment, to feel better nourished and supported. Despite our distances and our differences, the truth of the matter is that we are all in the bath-tub together.
Whether we have insight into the bigger picture or not, Jupiter points us in the direction of that which offers the greatest opportunity for our growth. On the outer-world level, it mobilizes that which is already infused and teaming with life.
Jupiter's visit to Cancer increases the attention regarding all matters pertaining to this sign's archetype. Here's a list: home, family, roots, ancestry, legacies of the past, origin issues; infants, the inner child; real estate, land holdings; nurturance, nourishment, food and shelter; comfort zones, vulnerabilities, self preservation; all things pertaining to personal, domestic, and national safety and security.
The Cancer archetype also correlates to the search for self consistency. In order to find our even keel, we will naturally fall back on the familiar. We will recall from the memories of past experience, along with the subconscious personalities and behaviour patterns that are attached to them, but they may or may not provide us with true nourishment. Often these fall backs and re-visitations provide a false sense of security. Still, we must move through them in order to uncover what is truly supportive to our growth. In order to make ourselves more wholly present in the here and now, it is often necessary to take a step or two backward in order to move forward. The review can help us to spot and reclaim the parts of ourselves that we have lost along the way.
Jupiter's one year stint in Cancer will takes us through a major exploration of our own emotional makeup. Jupiter in Cancer will increase our sensitivity, our vulnerability, and our responsiveness. The one year tour serves to expand our self knowledge and our worldly knowledge too; this in order to recalibrate the social, moral, and personal compass to our "true north".
Jupiter's influence can also be experienced as migratory, transitional, and traveling. When Jupiter reaches an extreme, it has the potential for wandering too far off base, to create growing alienation, uprooting, and physical or emotional displacement. How the refugee camps, temporary shelters, and humanitarian relief efforts will cope with Jupiter in Cancer's increasing ground swell is anybody's guess. Jupiter in Cancer increases the percentage of the population in need, and widens the chasm between have and have not.
When it operates at an extreme, Jupiter has no middle road or moderation. Serfdom is quickly overtaking the middle class life. Already there a growing number of people who were once middle class and who now live in their cars. Our children (Cancer) are our most vulnerable citizens. They are greatest losers of corporate and political greed, and of the grossly unnatural social, patriarchal, and religious dogmas that have dictated everyday realities for far too long. They are our future, and the ones in the greatest of need. My heart bleeds for the traumatized children of Syria and for needy ones everywhere.
Whether it goes the full distance or not, while Jupiter transits Cancer, that which is in its infancy or inception phase carries greater than average potency, influence, and necessity. Something quite small but timely can quickly mushroom into an abundance track, plus or minus. There's great wisdom in paying close attention before it gets beyond navigational control. By 2016/2017, today's outline will be more distinguishable. We'll gift ourselves with a greater advantage/bettered odds if we keep tabs on it throughout.
Case in point - now and in the coming years, the burdens placed on both natural and manufactured resources through over population, over crowding, and large scale natural disasters are likely to entrench us further. If we ignore the critical issues of over-growth, over-use, and over-capacity, we will write our epitaph. We have already witnessed the harsh reality of deadly building, road, rail, and bridge collapses, and the great losses caused by the short-sightedness of opportunistic speculation. These occurrences are just the tip of a very large iceberg. Jupiter in the water sign of Cancer raises the tides of the oceans and rivers, of emotions and public sentiment. It floods our hearts, our homes, and our fields. Extreme flooding is already wreaking cruel havoc on farmers and city dwellers. Dying oceans and marine life, and dwindling clean water resources are already hurling us toward an altered reality - that of our fast approaching future.
Jupiter in Cancer broadcasts its message as more hazardous railway cargos are derailed and explode, as more pipelines burst, as more fracking and toxic chemistry poisons our soil, our water, our food supplies, and our bodies. We must make it our top mission to seek a safer, more life gifting, and globally honouring future.
Opportunity is found in the grooming and growth of the small. Urban gardens beautify, feed, and bring communities together. Such businesses as craft breweries are gaining in popularity. Specialty food trucks are becoming trendy in busy urban centers. This trend gives rise to other small business adventurers - the fashion industry is now urban-trucking it too. The small broadcaster has found new opportunity through social media, you tube and the like. We can expect these creative trends to continue. At the other end of the spectrum, we are likely to see more pooling of resources, major corporate take-overs, and mega conglomerates on the rise. A media monopoly threatens as Canada's communications regulator cleared the way for the country's newest telecom colossus, approving Bell Canada to bid for Astral Media and its coveted TV specialty channels, and radio stations. It's likely we'll see more examples of one triumph all.
Planetary Aspects:
Water Grand Trine: Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio, Neptune & Chiron in Pisces:
As Jupiter advances into Cancer, it will form a grand trine in the water signs with Saturn in Scorpio, and Neptune and Chiron in Pisces. With some ebb and flow among the key players, this grand trine configuration will continue through to the end of 2013 and resume again for a couple of months in spring of 2014. Powering up again, Saturn end its five month retrograde cycle on July 7. As of July 13, Mars advances into Cancer and joins the group. Mercury in Cancer is close enough to the configuration at the end of its retrograde cycle to have some influence at mid month.
Water has many states of being. It is healing, nourishing and cleansing, but can also be also formidable, relentless, and violent. Large scale catastrophes, such as the ones that have just occurred in Alberta and India, remind us of the preciousness, the randomness, and the precariousness of life. The forces of nature are not about to subside, in fact, large scale disasters will continue with increasing frequency. It is our new reality. At any moment, anything can happen. The people of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec know this as their absolute truth. When it comes to our personal safety and our global future, we can no longer afford to gamble with oil, global warming, gun laws, or economic, political, social and moral corruption.
When planets are engaged by trine aspects, their energies, attributes, and potentials are especially well synthesized. They resource, facilitate, support, and optimize each other. No matter what we face, this water trine can make for an easier, smoother flow. We can access more readily and cope better. We surrender more easily to the process, and we come to accept more. We also absorb and acclimatize more. Jupiter is considered exalted in the sign of Cancer. This means that Jupiter can make the fullest use of the Cancer's attributes and propensities.
In its home sign, Neptune also optimizes on its resources and potentials. Neptune in Pisces raises the tides of collective consciousness. It describes the signature social tides and icons of the times. It correlates to the transcendent impulse, our ultimate ideals, the search for ultimate purpose and ultimate redemption. It unlocks the latent or dormant potentials. The fish swim in two directions - Neptune in Pisces also correlates to loss, dissolution, disillusionment, and to loss of innocence. Neptune in Pisces highest purpose is to bring mass consciousness to a focal point. Along with Chiron in Pisces, a destiny raising, key-in-the-ignition influence, Neptune sources from creative potential that is now ready to be accessed. Saturn's transit through Scorpio works to transform the stirring potential into a tangible reality. Saturn in Scorpio can reformulate, restructure, or resurrect that which has previously existed. Setting the parameters into place, Saturn in Scorpio can be empowering and reinforcing, or it can be destructive and dismantling. When Saturn transits Scorpio, we meet with the consequences or rewards of the past.
In the first 24 hours that Jupiter entered Cancer, Texas senator and single mom Wendy Davis staged a 13 hour filibuster to block an abortion bill that would have closed 37 out of 42 abortion clinics in the USA. Two US Supreme Court milestone decisions pave the way for same sex marriages/families to have equal rights under US law. A child pornography sting in Atlanta Canada led to the arrest of 22 men and the rescue of two children. Canada's Environmental Defence announces the discovery of high levels of toxic chemistry in the umbilical cord, (137 toxic chemicals in total), highlighting how exceptionally vulnerable we are, and how long toxic chemicals can persist in our environment and bodies. Read more:
As with all planetary influences, there exists a myriad of possibilities for how things can play out. The water grand trine of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune/Chiron holds the potential to create great healing and a completely transformed reality base, but it is also one that can entrench us deeper into our self-destructive patterns.
Saturn has maintained a trine aspect with Neptune and/or Chiron since it first entered Scorpio in October 2012, just before Obama's re-election. It will continue to engage with this pair through the end of the year and will again meet with Chiron by trine in the spring and summer of 2014. Saturn - the planet of form and function, of reality and its parameters, of authority and its rule – is currently penetrating the deeper realms of the collective consciousness and crystallizing our rapidly transforming reality. As stated previously, Saturn's alignment with Neptune and Chiron allows an ease of access to the potentials that are already brewing in the deep recesses and the hidden reservoirs. Saturn in Scorpio will use these brewing potentials and reservoirs to actualize and/or revise its framework.
Saturn's transit through Scorpio narrows the focus on the essential economic, social, and political purging and restructuring cycle begun by Pluto's transit through Capricorn. In order to flush out the outworn, corrupt, or obsolete, it must first be exposed. We see the working examples of this each and every day. While the grand trine between Saturn, Neptune,/Chiron, and Jupiter continues, all matters to do with oil - its mining, exploration, production, transport, export, land and profits exploitation, it's destructiveness to the environment and to our lives - will continue to be a mobilizing and dictating force.
Our needs and our beliefs around our needs dictate how we structure our reality base. Jupiter in Cancer in facilitating alignment to Saturn in Scorpio increases the desire and/or need for control, protection, and preservation. While it empowers the populace to stand in greater numbers and to demand greater accountability from those it has entrusted with authority, Jupiter in Cancer facilitating Saturn in Scorpio can also increase fear, mistrust, suspicion, manipulation, undermining agendas and power-grabs. It also allows for crime, corruption, exploitation, opportunistic ends justifies the means, and voracious consumerism to sink us further.
Jupiter in Cancer in facilitating trine to Neptune in Pisces allows us to respond in a larger, broader, deeper, more compassionate way. It also calls into question our beliefs surrounding our ultimate aims, ideals, our ultimate relationship, and the sacrifices we make in our search for our ultimate redemption. Jupiter facilitating Neptune mobilizes larger movements and trends. It increases the flow of the existing currents; it raises the volume, numbers, and sea level. This planetary combination can allow for our creativity or our fears to overtake us, for our loving hearts and faith in the divine to open larger floodgates, or for our vulnerability to eat us alive. The trine aspect can make it easier to get swallowed up or swept up as a part of something larger, to drown in fantasy, false hope, illusions, fears, or addictions. The grand trine between Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Chiron is exponentially increasing our disillusionment with authority and its rule.
Jupiter and the faster transit of Mars are the activating force for the grand trine. While Jupiter, Neptune, and Chiron expand, expose, and reveal, Mars energizes, ignites and incites. Both Jupiter and Mars in Cancer are geared toward protecting, preserving, and fighting for what is most precious, for what is most rightfully ours. It's an emotional journey to be sure.
Transiting Jupiter brings the grand trine configuration to a peak on July 17 when it will perfect its aspect with both Saturn and Neptune. On this same day, Uranus in Aries stations retrograde. That's a lot of highly focused energy. Our response mechanisms are especially peaked. It could produce a pivotal few days, especially so through July 20 when Mercury ends retrograde and Mars in Cancer also perfects aspect with both Saturn and Neptune. Mars and Jupiter conjoin just after midnight on July 22. On this day, Venus enters Virgo, the sun enters Leo and a super full moon occurs just barely into Aquarius.
The last half of July and the month of August is likely to be especially triggering as first transiting Jupiter and then Mars in Cancer activate the dynamic Uranus/Pluto transit. These transits set the stage for a major mobilizing and/or breakthrough time; for radical change, sudden and swift progress, or for something opportune, new, and perhaps out of the blue to overtake us. Case in point: the transiting sun activated Uranus/Pluto July 1 to 3 and Egyptian President Morsi was ousted from power by the military and the populace. Violence and bloodshed followed. Watch for more big news, a major announcement or event, a major movement, campaign, or initiative on launch. (Exact alignments: Mars opposes Pluto on July 27 and squares Uranus on July 31; Jupiter opposes Pluto on Aug 7 and squares Uranus on Aug 21.) Mercury, newly out of retrograde, will continue to do its corrective clean-up through the first few days of August.
On July 29, there is a grand sextile configuration involving six planets: Pluto, Neptune, Jupiter, Mars, the moon and Venus. All are in yin (earth and water) signs. The grand sextile presents a fleeting window when creative potency reaches a harmonic vibration peak. A symphony sets the tone. Don't miss out. Set your intention and go.
Regarding all of the above, Pluto in Capricorn is situated in the power play position. How can any leader allow people to be massacred or to starve? Jupiter is the wisdom planet. Let us pray that those in positions of authority and power will seize the exceptional opportunity they are given now to take hold of the steering wheel and to turn the ship around. Not to make a small turn, but a radical one. For each of us in our private life journey, we must hold ourselves equally accountable - to do what is possible for us no matter how small a step or contribution. In our individual lives, it is an opportune time to consciously aim to make the inner shifts and outer changes that will set a more secure and wholesome foundation for our future. It is our divine right to be safe, to be nourished, respected, and cared for, to love and to be loved. We must first believe it whole heartedly, and then take it upon ourselves to create it so.
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Thank you Rose. That was great.
I wanted to add that I read on another website that this will be the first time since 928 BCE that the Water Grand Trine between Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune has occurred in the exact same signs that they will be in during this one. Neptune has formed grand trines with Jupiter and Saturn before but not in the same signs since 928BCE.
The only thing I could find historically about 928 BCE was that King Solomon died and that the tribes of Isreal split into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah.
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Toshiba's Folio 100 is the only educational device students use for the Master in Architectural Management and Design, a blended program with students from ten countries
According to initial surveys students use the tablets for an average of 2.5 hours a day, mainly for online searches, reading books and notes, and accessing e-mails and social networks.
The innovative master in management and design for architects is the world's first postgraduate program to combine creativity and management
[1]IE University is using Toshiba's Folio 100 to develop Spain's first tablet-based academic program. The tablets play an integral role in the University's Master in Architectural Management and Design (MAMD) program run by IE School of Architecture, with a student body comprised of ten nationalities. All students on the program have a Toshiba Folio100 which they use to communicate with their professors and among themselves, as well as to access practical cases and notes, and to work with different multimedia applications.
Toshiba's Folio 100 is the only educational platform the student needs for this postgraduate master program, which means there is no need for traditional note-taking. All materials pertaining to the courses that make up the program can be kept on just one learning device.
At the start of the program each student received a Folio 100, using it from the outset to read practical case studies and recommended books, as well as to access the University's online campus. They will also be using the device to follow video conferences and maintain constant lines of communication with professors and classmates during the online periods of the program.
The Master in Architectural Management and Design delivers 70% of classes in online format, coupled with presential modules run in Madrid and London. It provides the ideal environment for this kind of initiative, given that mobility, flexibility, interconnectivity and online technologies are essential resources for the student.
Juan Lago, director of the program, feels that this joint project is the result of the program's aim for student to receive 100% of course literature in digital format. "We believe that we have a particular responsibility to respect the environment, both as individuals and as architects, and this initiative enables us to help reduce the consumption of natural resources as compared to traditional uses and methods."
Alberto Ruano, General Director of Toshiba in Spain believes the project serves to underline the quality, reliability and user-friendly design of Toshiba devices and solutions. "Toshiba products are highly valued in the workplace and by users who need tools they can always depend on. With this project Toshiba, already a pioneer in the introduction of information technologies in the classroom, is taking its first step in postgraduate learning environments.
[2]Daily use averages 2.5 hours
IE School of Architecture has undertaken an initial survey of levels of use of the tablets among its MAMD students. According to their findings, daily use averages 2.5 hours, and comprises mainly online searches, reading books and notes, and accessing e-mails and social networks.
According to students, the most useful features of the Folio 100 include ease of use and the fact that it weighs so little. They also thought that it has reduced use of paper by some 75%, in a field where paper is still widely used for drawing or to include comments on design. The students recommended that applications that enable CAD, DXF and 3DS files be included in future versions of the device, and a function whereby they could underline or add notes to texts they are working on.
Only 14mm thick and weighing just 760g, the Toshiba FOLIO 100 has a screen measuring 10.1" and boots up in 30 seconds. It features a powerful NVIDIA® TegraTM 2 processor, providing 2.7 hours of battery life and 16GB of on-board storage. It accommodates standard internet browsing technologies, including Adobe Flash 10.1. It has an SD card reader, HDMI connector, USB 2.0 port, miniUSB, and WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. A 3G version is due out in the near future. Toshiba has placed a special focus on applications, and standard features include Opera, electronic book reader FBReader, Document To Go, Evernote and Fring, a software that enables video-calls. Users can also download over a thousand further applications, many free of charge, at the Toshiba Market Places website.


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Title: 오작교 형제들 / Ojakgyo Hyungjedeul
Also known as: The Brothers of the Ojakgyo / The Brothers of the Bridge of Crows and Magpies
Previously known as: 황금연못 / Golden Pond
Genre: Family, romance
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Aug-06 to TBA
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 19:55
The story of a family with four sons who live together with their relatives on a farm near Seoul.
Hwang Tae Hee is the third son and a policeman who falls in love with a girl named Baek Ja Eun. Baek Ja Eun is a haughty young woman who only believes in her pretty looks and is quick to flare up in anger.
Joo Won
as Hwang Tae Hee, a policeman who falls in love with a girl named Baek Ja Eun.
as Baek Ja Eun, a haughty young woman who only believes in her pretty looks and is quick to flare up with anger.
Hwang family
Kim Yong Rim as Madam Shim
Baek Il Sub as Hwang Chang Shik
Kim Ja Ok as Park Bok Ja
Jung Woong In as Hwang Tae Shik
Ryu Soo Young as Hwang Tae Bum
Yun Woo Jin as Hwang Tae Pil
Baek family
Lee Young Ha as Baek In Ho
Jo Mi Ryung as Jung Yoon Sook
Cha family
Choi Jung Yoon as Cha Soo Young
Kim Yong Gun as Cha Hyun Jae
Park Joon Geum as Nam Yeo Kyung
Other people
Jun Mi Sun as Kim Mi Sook
Song Sun Mi as Nam Yeo Wul
Jung Suk Won as Kim Je Ha
Yoon Joo Hee as Ye Jin
Ye Seo Jin as Seo Jin
Heo Tae Hee as Choi Hyun Wook
Lee Chan Joo as Oh Ha Na
Jung Joo Ri as blind date woman (cameo)
Kim Kyung Jin (김경진) as returning student (cameo)
After School's UEE cast for KBS's upcoming drama, "Golden Pond"
After School's UEE has been cast for KBS's new weekend drama, "Golden Pond".
According to info revealed by representatives, UEE will be playing the female lead role of 'Baek Ja Eun', a haughty young woman who only believes in her pretty looks and is quick to flare up with anger.The drama revolves around the lives of the Hwang family, which consists of two parents and their four sons. UEE will be romancing their third son, who has yet to be cast.
Because she already has experience playing the role of a stuck-up woman from SBS's "You're Handsome" and filmed for "Birdie Buddy" (although that has not been aired), viewers are anticipating how she'll fare with her first small screen comeback in a year and nine months.
Production company 'Green Snake' stated, "We are currently discussing her schedule, since she's busy with After School's Japanese promotions."
The drama is scheduled to begin airing on August 6th.
Source + Photos: Star News via Nate, SPN via Naver
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I'm definitely checking this drama out when it airs. It's being written by one of my favorite screenwriters, Lee Jung-sun who wrote Be Strong Geum Soon and Surgeon Bong Dal Hee (two of my favorite dramas). It's been three years since she last wrote a drama, I've been waiting for her to come out with a new one.
I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that someone subs this.
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Joo Won cast as male lead for KBS's "Golden Pond"
Joo Won has been cast as the male lead for KBS's new weekend drama, "Golden Pond".
On June 15th, according to a representative for the drama, the actor will play the male lead for the new drama which will air after "Believe in Love" comes to an end.
"Golden Pond" is about a family with 4 sons who live together with their relatives in a farm near Seoul. Joo Won will play the third son, Hwang Tae Hee.
Hwang Tae Hee is a policeman who falls in love with a girl named Baek Ja Eun. The latter character will be played by After School's UEE.
Joo Won has captivated many viewers last year by playing the role of Goo Ma Joon on "Baker King". He is currently filming for the movie "Special Investigation Headquarters".
Teaser #2 for KBS's upcoming drama, 'Ojakgyo Brothers', released!
The upcoming weekend drama starring After School's UEE and actor Joo Won recently revealed another teaser.
Since the pilot episode of KBS's 'Ojakgyo Brothers' will air in a week, the station revealed a longer teaser, showing the light and comedic flavor of the drama.
After School's UEE is seen as the rich and arrogant 'Ja Eun', who bites a woman's arm, only to be interrupted by Joo Won, who plays the cold macho detective, 'Hwang Tae Hee'.
The drama picked up Ryu Soo Young (who recently acted in MBC's 'My Princess'), Yeon Woo Jin, (currently starring in MBC's sitcom, 'All My Love'), and Jung Woo In to play the three older brothers.
The pilot episode will air next week on August 6th. Check out the teaser below!
To The World You Are Someone, But To Someone You Are The World!!!
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I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that someone rips this drama and uploads it to am-addiction when it airs on KBSWorld with hard subs. It doesn't look like the viki team has enough manpower to sub it. : (
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An ordinance approving the disposition of a parcel of surplus property located at 1822 Pearl Street, by the Director of Public Property Administration held by The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Proposal No. 2005M-182U-08).
Whereas, The Metropolitan
Government owns a certain parcel of property (Exhibit A); and
Whereas, The Board of Education has determined that a certain parcel of property is no longer needed for school purposes (Exhibit B); and
Whereas, the Metropolitan Government has authorized the Director of Public Property to sell said property subject to the approval of the Metropolitan Council and the Mayor.
Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Council of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:
Section 1. The Metropolitan County Council declares the following parcel of property defined below and shown in attached Exhibit "A", owned in fee by the Metropolitan Government to be surplus:
Map - Parcel Number Address - Location Council District
092-07-0 384.00 1822 Pearl Street 19
Section 2. The Director of Public Property is hereby authorized and directed to sell said property listed above in accordance with the Standard Rules and Regulations for the disposition of surplus real property.
Section 3. The
proceeds from the sale of said parcel(s) of property shall be credited to the
unappropriated school fund of the metropolitan government.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Sponsored by: Ludye Wallace
Exhibit A
|November 1, 2005
|Passed First Reading:
|November 1, 2005
|Referred to:
Commission - Approved
Budget & Finance Committee
Education Committee
Planning & Zoning Committee
|November 15, 2005
|Passed Second Reading:
|December 6, 2005
|December 20, 2005
|Passed Third Reading:
|January 17, 2006
|January 18, 2006


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If you are among those that expect summer blockbusters to be action packed and somewhat mindless movies where attractive people blow things up real pretty, then Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will perfectly fulfill your expectations.
I have to admit, I was totally on the fence about this movie based on what I had seen. I was honestly split between thinking that it would be either a really fun movie, or a painfully bad one. I just couldn't get a read on it.
I wasn't a fan of director Timur Bekmambetov's work with Wanted. Besides my intense dislike for the changes from the source material that I tried to not hold against the movie, the film was the old cliché of style over substance and proved to be little more than a series of actions scenes held together by a forgettable and predictable plot. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter follows that same philosophy of filmmaking, but does it better.
It is a slick looking movie, filled with impressive visuals and an almost excessive amount of action that just happens to feature the character of Abraham Lincoln. By all logical reasoning, that should have stupid written all over it. It's a movie starring Abraham Lincoln as a guy that can take the head off of a bloodsucker with a single swing of his mighty axe. It sounds like it should be a SyFy original paired with movies like Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, and yet somehow it manages to present itself as an enjoyable movie. Not a great one by any means, but an enjoyable one.
The story starts when a young Abe Lincoln watches his mother be killed by a vampire named Jack Barts (Martin Csokas). Several years pass until Lincoln's father passes away, and Abe (Benjamin Walker) feels the time is right for revenge. With no real idea of what he was facing, only the timely intervention of Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper) saves Lincoln from a messy death.
Henry begins to train Lincoln for years before sending him to Springfield, Illinois as his agent. Lincoln passes his days working in the shop of his soon-to-be lifelong friend, Joshua Speed (Jimmi Simpson), spends his evenings studying the law, and fills his late nights killing vampires, waiting for the moment when he can seek vengeance against Barts.
As Lincoln increases his skills, he gains the attention of Adam (Rufus Sewell), the head of the vampire contingent in America, and the true nature of America becomes apparent to Lincoln–the vamps have an empire in the South, based around the concept of slavery.
The story takes place over the course of decades, beginning with a brief look at Lincoln's childhood, the spending a considerable amount of time with Abe as a young man as he studied and eventually met his wife, Marry Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). It then concludes with the Civil War. The story touches on deep and complex themes, but the plot is anything but.
Despite a lot of potential to work the mashup history angles, the events of the time are an afterthought. The focus is on the growth of Lincoln as a vampire slayer, and then it jumps several years to the confrontation between Lincoln and Adam. Everything else is just filler.
That gives the movie a vapid feel. There was potential here to make a wild action movie that had a bit of depth, and to use the powerful idea of slavery as more than just a plot point, but it doesn't. It doesn't even try. Slavery is just there, and it is a theme that is mentioned more than seen or built upon.
That is a complaint about what isn't there rather than what is though. So while it may be a lost opportunity, it isn't something that is necessarily missed. What is absent, however, is any real development beyond that of the character of Lincoln. And it isn't just character development that is absent. The story development—specifically anything to build the tension with the vampires—is just gone.
The cast tries its hardest with extremely limited material, but for such an action-heavy film, the cast has some extremely talented actors. Leading the way is Benjamin Walker (Kinsey, Flags of Our Fathers) who plays the titular character, and plays him with warmth and charm. Walker makes the difference between a film with a character you care about, and a film where you just don't care at all. He doesn't have all that much to work with, but he takes what he is given and does well with it. This could easily be a breakout role for him, and you may soon be seeing a lot more of him.
The most obvious issue with the script comes from Rufus Sewell (Dark City, The Tourist), a normally great actor that is left with almost nothing to do and no real development as the film's primary antagonist. Sewell seems to sleepwalk through the film, but that almost seems intentional. The character of Adam is meant to be almost beyond attachment to the world. His aloof nonchalance would have been greatly bolstered by even a bit of humor, which is mostly absent in the writing. The character should be electrifying, but instead he is dull, which robs some of the film's momentum. Martin Csokas' (The Debt, XXX) Barts is a far more entertaining villain, but his role is limited.
Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker, The Adjustment Bureau) turns in another solid performance, but again is stymied but weak development. The only one beyond Lincoln that sees any real development is the increasingly popular Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The Thing). She is a rising star of this generation, and proves her worth once again here.
With the story and character development being of secondary concern to Bekmambetov, that leaves the bulk of the film to rest solely on the action scenes. It is always over the top. Always. You should expect nothing less of a movie where someone throws a horse at Abraham Lincoln. Let that sink in for a second.
The action is a ballet of blood and gore. It regularly teeters deep into utterly ridiculous territory, but that isn't always a bad thing. How much you enjoy this movie will entirely be dependent on how much you like seeing things like a horse drawn carriage drifting around a corner.
It is well shot and interesting to see. The colors of the film are a bit drab at times, which is odd for a movie so visually aware of itself, but otherwise it is entertaining to watch.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a fast moving, wild, action-filled movie that doesn't bother with pesky little things like character and plot development. The setting is really never used to any great effect, and the story is totally shallow, but things blow up real pretty.
If you go in expecting a mindlessly entertaining movie that you will likely forget shortly after seeing it, then Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter won't disappoint you. Just done't expect much more.


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Jenny EriksonSecretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano reassured us almost a year ago that "the system worked." Her words were in response to the panty bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to detonate a bomb in his drawers on an international flight headed into Detroit, Michigan.
If the system was working so well, why have some intense new screening procedures been introduced by the FTA recently?
Naked body scanners have been popping up in airports all over the country. These machines can literally see through your clothes to your naked body to determine whether or not you're wearing a diaper full of C4. By the way, scientists aren't sure of the medical side effects that may occur to those lucky enough to be singled out for a scan on their way to Toledo.
In addition to the scanners, TSA agents have implemented an enhanced pat-down procedure, which has left many people feeling sexually violated when their "special places" were given some extra attention. Some people have chosen to leave the airport, rather than have their junk groped by a complete stranger.
Even 3-year-olds have been subjected to physical pat-downs.
Is this really necessary? Do a mom's labia and breasts need to be fondled to be sure that she's not a terrorist? Does my toddler really need to take off her Robeez to go through airport security?
When was the last time a mom traveling with an infant attempted to blow up a plane in a terrorist attack? I couldn't find any incidences in the United States.
Meanwhile, while average American citizens are being forced to choose between being seen naked or be groped by the TSA, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) has recommended that Muslim women traveling in a hijab forgo the scanners, and only be searched around their neck and head. This is in accordance with their religion, and Janet Napolitano is considering the request.
National security is important. I get that. But no one has the right to ogle or touch my body without due cause. Until a bunch of green-eyed, blonde, twenty-something females start using commercial airliners for terrorist attacks, or I personally act in a suspicious manner, please leave my private parts alone.
Otherwise I might have to sue the TSA for "reverse discrimination."


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What Can I Make with Pearl Barley?
Q: A former housemate left behind a big bag of pearl barley. I've never cooked with it before, and I'd love some ideas from the Kitchn crowdsource!
Sent by Becky
Editor: Becky, here's a favorite barley salad plus a few more ideas.
Readers, what's your favorite thing to do with pearl barley?
Related: Pantry Staples: Pearl Barley
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Installation of software not tested with Sugar may inhibit performance of your XO and will take up memory from Journal Activity space.
How do I install Adobe Flash? How do I set up my XO for WebKinz, Knowledge Adventure, Starfall, or other Adobe Flash sites?
Give One, Get One XO laptops come with an open-source flash player, Gnash. Adobe Flash is not pre-installed but can be.
Can I install Sun's Java? Other commercial software?
Installing Sun's Java might work but is NOT supported by OLPC; see this summary of Restricted Formats. The OpenJDK open source version of Java may be installable in release 8.2.0.
Can I install Skype?
There is a community effort to enable Skype on the XO. Make sure to set the sound device in the options menu, as described on that page. In order to get video with the sound, you need to follow the 'gstfakevideo' instructions at the bottom of that page.
Can I load Microsoft Windows or my own software onto the XO laptop?
Currently, Microsoft Windows cannot be loaded on the XO laptop. The XO laptop has a GNU/Linux based Operating System and features its own programs that are specifically designed for children. There are thousands of software developers around the world currently developing content for the XO. Activities lists software for the XO.
There are efforts to adapt the WINE Windows emulator to run well on the XO, see http://wiki.winehq.org/SugaredWine. Wine is a GNU LGPL licensed implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. It does not use any Microsoft code. Many popular free or proprietary Windows applications run well under it; see the Applications Database at http://appdb.winehq.org/.
Can I read Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents on my XO laptop?
You may open the Browse activity and use a web-based office suite such google doxs will not work unless you have a newer web broser like firefox. peple say you can use Zoho to display and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.
The Write activity can open Word .doc and .rtf documents (need to verify), it can Keep a file as RTF.
p.s. I dont know if you cangit firefox on a xo ples tell me if you can and how
Can I install AOL dialup software, AIM, or MSN Messenger?
Neither AOL Dialup nor AIM Messenger are supported on the XO by OLPC. The Chat Activity is a Sugar Activity for communications. The best way to use the AIM network or other chat networks is to use the free online service Meebo within Browse.
What antivirus & firewall security software is available?
Out of the box, your XO laptop is "safer than" your PC -- threats to Linux are rare.
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Wilton's Pearsall one of 12 finalists for High School Heisman
Casey Pearsall's magic carpet ride is parked in New York City this weekend for the 2012 Wendy's High School Heisman Award presentation.
The Wilton High senior is one of 12 finalists for the prestigious honor given to the student-athlete who excels in the classroom, athletics and in the community.
"It's been an amazing experience," Pearsall said as she took time out from the Heisman festivities on Friday in New York City. "I'm truly humbled by the honor. I'm not thinking about winning right now. I'm just excited to be around so many great people while enjoying this experience."
Pearsall, who is a member of the National Honor Society, was selected from a field of 48,000 high school seniors from across the country. Forever modest, she was quick to credit the ones who helped her make it to the Big Apple.
"I have so many great teachers, coaches, and teammates at Wilton High School," she said. "I owe so much to so many people and I really would not be here without them."
A four-year starter in soccer, basketball, and lacrosse, Pearsall has a very demanding schedule in trying to balance sports and school. She has somehow managed to squeeze in time to help others in the community as a volunteer. Pearsall coaches young athletes and teaches religious studies, as well.
"I want to give back to the community that has given so much to me," Pearsall said. "I love working with kids and it great seeing the expression on their faces when they do something well."
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Scott Oden
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[ATTIKA] A Principia Hack
July 06, 2011, 10:25:38 AM »
(Originally posted at Story Games)
After reading Tony Dowler's PRINCIPIA, I've thought of creating a hack called ATTIKA, centered around ancient Athenian politics. Spanning the Classical Age (508-322 BC), the game would be a close historical simulation of life and death in the Athenian social and political arena. Players would create a citizen of Athens, a member of a circle of friends of the same age group who would aid one another in their triumphs and their tragedies -- or perhaps grow resentful and seek to do political harm to their one-time friends. War, commerce, politics, back-stabbing, prosecution, ostracism, exile, redemption . . . it would cover the spectrum of ancient Athenian aristocratic life. Would you risk exile to avenge yourself against an enemy? Would you seek wealth and court disfavor by dealing with foreign powers? Would you go to war against the Thebans, the Aegintans, the fearsome Spartans? Would you attend the great religious festivals and broker for power in the shadows, or expound your convictions from the couches of the wealthy at exclusive symposia?
Currently, the game idea presupposes two things: 1) that the characters are all male, and 2) that the characters are all sons of citizens in good standing with the Athenian polis. This seems narrow when judged by the standards of the hobby, where ancient gender bias is often overlooked, but if ATTIKA seeks to recreate accurate history then it must also recreate all its warts and flaws. But, there were some quite influential women in the Classical Age, such as Pericles' mistress, Aspasia. How might a game of political dealings take advantage of women's roles, when women were forbidden from taking part in the process (and, indeed, most were forbidden from leaving the house without a male family member as escort)?
And what should come first? Should a game like this launch directly into character creation, or should it begin with an overview of the city and the times? Is there a way to combine the two by weaving the history in with the mechanics? I love the system used in PRINCIPIA, but I'd also add a way to determine a character's name, father's name, deme and tribe. What gifts might the gods have graced characters with? A silver-tongue, a sculptor's eye, a lion's courage? And, how will these gifts be used? How can delivering a rousing speech before the Assembly or staging Aeschylus' new drama for the City Dionysia become an exciting facet of the game?
Would IAWA-style oracles be a good way to set the scene for players who may not have a deep grounding in ancient history? Or the scene-setting tables from FIASCO? Or is there another way to impart very location-specific information to players so they might help bring the scenes alive?
After some thought:
The more I read over the PRINCIPIA rules, the more I believe using it for ATTIKA is less a matter of "hacking" and more a matter of "re-skinning": change the setting, replace
, and write a new set of Positions. The mechanics evoke the period of Classical Athens as wonderfully as they evoke alt-Florence.
Some Positions I've come up with so far are these:
The Actor
The Artist
The Eupatrid (ancient Aristocracy)
The Landowner
The Merchant (covers all sorts of tradesmen, factory owners, etc)
The Olympian
The Orator
The Philosopher (the sciences were also grouped under philosophy)
The Poet
The Seer
I plan to add a "track" to the character sheet that charts public opinion (probably something like -3/-2/-1/0/+1/+2/+3). Called
when it's positive and
when it's negative, it's voted to a player by other players or the GM, in response to good/bad roleplaying, in-character deeds, acting contrary to one's position, etc.; it can be used during Controversy as advantages or disadvantages.
Another mechanic I've given some thought to is something that mimics Greek reliance on omens and oracles: a roll performed at the beginning of each game session that checks if the character is operating under divine favor or disfavor for that session, along with guidelines for expiating any disfavor in-game as part of the narration. I worry, though, that too many additional dice or penalties might upset the game's balance.
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Re: [ATTIKA] A Principia Hack
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July 11, 2011, 04:01:46 PM »
It seems like an interesting premise, but I'd really would need more material before I commented... Sounds very strong on the role-playing aspect, but without seeing more, I can't say how it would work out mechanically. Could you provide more details?
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Scott Oden
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July 12, 2011, 05:39:18 AM »
Hi John. Thanks for the comment.
Mechanically, the game is identical to Tony Dowler's
(located here:
. It's a Fudge/TSOY hybrid set in an alternate-history version of Renaissance Florence.
strips out the alternate history aspects and ports it to ancient Athens. I'm backing off the all-male citizen-character angle and plan to include options for playing freed slaves, women, and metics (resident foreigners like Aristotle). Hopefully, this will encourage players to explore the "small stories" of history: family dynamics, social injustices, and the like.
Coming from a traditional background, it's been a challenge for me to work with an idea wherein violence is not the default answer to character dilemmas.
The setting has been difficult, specifically how to relate the basic info that would give each player, regardless of their interest in ancient Athens, equal footing. And how to make the concept of daily life interesting as a game has also been vexing. I'm considering a series of tables for the latter -- sort of
En Garde!
. For the former, I've found a slim book from 1914 (solidly in the public domain) that presents a very engaging look at life in Athens; I've thought of using it as the backbone of the "world" section of the rules: maybe using excerpts and pull-quotes in the rules then including the book in total as an appendix for further reading. Or merge the rules with the book via sidebars and all. Still unsure, and I'd appreciate any opinion on the matter!
Scott Oden
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July 14, 2011, 07:53:07 PM »
It's still extremely rough, but this is what I have in mind:
. The core of the game would be William Stearns Davis' (as co-author) public domain
A Day in Old Athens
(published 1914 originally); the rules would be in the sidebars, with possibly timeline info or a flip-a-page-at-random Situation generator (kind of like IaWA oracles) in the headers -- or both if I can figure out a way to do it without it looking cluttered (because it's already looking a little busy, and I've not even considered illustrations yet).
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July 19, 2011, 06:59:35 AM »
Hi Scott,
I want to encourage you in this, especially because I'm impressed and intrigued by the depth of your inspiration. I've never read
A Day in Old Athens
but I think now I will.
What sort of personal agendas and conflicts of interests do you have in mind for play? Without having read the book yet, and running off my own knowledge of the time, I find myself thinking about philosophical debate, political debate, and elections, perhaps even as a way of illuminating (celebrating, critiquing, parodying) those things as we see them today.
Best, Ron
Scott Oden
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July 19, 2011, 08:51:22 AM »
Hi Ron,
Thanks for the encouragement, and I do hope you enjoy
A Day in Old Athens
. I consider myself fairly well-read on matters of ancient Greek history, but the way William Stearns Davis brought the city crackling to life was an eye-opener for me. Coupled with Mary Renault for inspiration (especially
The Praise Singer
The Mask of Apollo
), it makes for a powerful look into the heart of ancient Athens.
That's my primary design parameter, as well: bring a Mary Renault novel to life; allow players to take part in symposia where great philosophical questions are answered, where character-assassination is high art (and comes with very real social ramifications), and where bloody rivalries can be formed from a misspoken word to a young lover. Let them orate and try to sway public opinion in the law courts or in the Agora, to save themselves or their friends from ostracism or worse. They can take part in the great festivals and contests, such as the spectacle of the Olympics or the Greater Dionysia, where characters might be sponsors, actors, or athletes, and where more secretive deeds can be done by night, such as bribery or blackmail (or even worse). Resident foreigners and women take their parts in all this, too.
But more than witnessing history, I need to make sure there are enough active hooks to hang some interesting plots on. Maybe a friend of the PCs is in trouble and needs their help -- hints of murder, threats of being sold into slavery, etc. Maybe one of the PCs is entrusted with an embassy to a foreign city and his friends come along to see to their own interests. Maybe one PC gets saddled with an expensive task, such as sponsoring a tragedy in the Dionysia, and the other PCs band together to share the Glory or the ruin (and hopefully take down a few rivals along the way). And maybe even some "smaller" stories (smaller in scope but not importance) dealing with love, fidelity, and the like. Davis' text has quite a few hooks embedded in it, and the great historians, poets and tragedians (and even the comic authors) can supply many, many more.
I'm keeping character creation very simple -- as per
. Player chooses gender and position (citizen, metic, wife/widow, or hetairai), choose three advantages that inform the character's role or skill-set and three conditions they play off of (with corresponding twists and fallouts), write down two facts and three drives, choose a name and off they go. Players need to describe how such a diverse group interacts: perhaps one player is a citizen, another is his wife, sister or hetairai, a third plays a friend from a foreign city . . . that sort of thing. And coming from a staunch traditionalist play-group, this sometimes seems very odd to me ;)
Thanks, again, Ron!
Scott Oden
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Re: [ATTIKA] A Principia Hack
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July 22, 2011, 06:50:53 PM »
I've created a rough draft of the character creation section of ATTIKA on Google Docs, if anyone would care to take a look. It still needs some work, and the setting info is not included, but the basics are there. At this stage, a good ancient Greek encyclopedia would be a good idea . . .
Here's the link:
. Any feedback, comments, or whatnot would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Scott Oden
Posts: 6
Re: [ATTIKA] A Principia Hack
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September 18, 2011, 06:02:49 AM »
Hi all,
Giving this a bit of a bump in hopes someone will try out the character creation portion and post their results and their opinion. I'm going to try and have this ready for its publication to coincide with the release of a novel I'm writing (due out in 2013) with similar subject matter -- part of the novel is set in Athens after 480 BC. It might be an interesting exercise to see how the publication of one impacts the other and vice versa.
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