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|The Player's book for
Dungeon Fantasy
In short, this book is definitely a pillar of a Dungeon Fantasy game, and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to play a game of "Get strong, get treasure, get powers, get money." And not merely because it's compulsory either. The majority of the templates as experienced in actual play are solid, fun, and really speed up starting a game that should be able to start fast.
|Table Of Contents
This book is a little short, well, medium really for a Dungeon Fantasy installment. It's got almost 30 pages of content split over 5 chapters. The first chapter has 11 templates over 10 pages. The second chapter is something of a guideline for dos and don'ts on developing characters. The third very short chapter is a list of spells for the three main spell caster templates and a few rules on them. The fourth chapter, also very short, covers 4 types of powers. And the last chapter, the other big piece of the pie at 8 pages covers special weapons, armor, items and customization options especially appropriate for a pastiche fantasy setting.
The book mostly requires Basic Set- Characters to make sense of the advantages, disadvantages, and skills of each character, and optionally the Magic book to understand the spell lists.
In hindsight, a lot of expansions have been made that make small improvements here and there, and some don'ts have been overridden with optional dos, but altogether the book is solid, and the organization is good with no confusing back and forth.
Dungeon Fantasy Templates
This chapter is all about describing different templates for characters. Exactly what it says on the tin. Very little new rules, a surprising amount of advice, but mostly pure data.
What I like about these templates, and a tradition that I am glad they continued is that each template has a set of customization notes at the end. Templates are tools to deal with analysis paralysis and are good for kind of creating a ubiquitous idea of what it means when Player x and GM y describe a Thief character. Inside of each template though is still some wiggle room for decision making, and the customization notes help pull together some coherent concepts from what may seem noise. I especially appreciate the listing given for spells for the wizard in three different archetypes that can help newbies deal with the overwhelming magic tome.
Indeed, the format of the templates themselves are very pragmatic and save space, but can be a little difficult to read because of that, but that is standard fare for templates in GURPS as of now. I believe I've said it elsewhere, but since Steve Jackson Games has transitioned away from printing so much material, you might think that they could be a literal more liberal with the page real estate, but, meh, even if they did go that way, they wouldn't update an item this old. In this regard, the only big problem I have with this chapter is that the spell listings are a bit too terse and can make writing out a character sheet a pain without an automatic tool like the GURPS Character Assistant or GURPS Character Sheet software. I mean, no one would steal the secret sauce if spells were listed with Page references, mana costs, and all the other fields the character sheet asked for. Oh well.
Dungeon Delvers' Cheat Sheet
|Was it written simply to prove
this chapter wrong? Nah,
it's pretty good though.
It is often suggested that a good GM might write out a list of all the advantages, disadvantages, and skills that are setting appropriate. This chapter is the manifestation of that advice for the Dungeon Fantasy line. It is a list, 5 pages long, of every one of those things. This is why I don't do this personally, and though a useful reference, is a monument to the hubris of the naive advice to "just list the things your players can do." A few new advantages and wildcard skills are also given throughout the chapter.
I have really nothing to say about this chapter, but it is kind of an interesting artifact. A lot of the rules that are established in this chapter are broken, but a lot have also held steadfast. I mean, for example, it discusses how things like status or rank might not be appropriate for a game of hack and slash, but now we have the Dungeon Fantasy 17: Guilds supplement that doesn't care about that. Still, the chapter is a pretty good foundation for building new custom templates, but it's also just guidelines as there are several developments, of course, that have come that ignore many of the shalls and shall nots, But hey, at least the "250 points, 50 points of disadvantages" holds... no, Henchmens happened too.
This is again, a pretty cut and dry catalog chapter consisting mostly of lists and data, capped with some "shalls" and "shall nots" for the wizard template which is a little more free-form.
Really, I don't have anything interesting to say here but I would like to reiterate that leaving off all the information except for the spell names makes filling out a character sheet manually a real drag. Again, only because this is retrospective, a lot of things have changed since this was written. Wizards originally had a "Just choose whatever you like, except for these few things, and the things that are for clerics and druids" kind of thing written up for them, but Pyramid #3/66 gives a discrete list of spells for Wizards. Dungeon Fantasy 11: Power-Ups has a few expensive unusual backgrounds for big game changer spells that are normally listed as off limits as well. Pyramid #3/36 introduces the Saint version of the Cleric which uses the better distinguishing Divine Favor power system to give a bigger gulf of mechanical flavor as well so Clerics don't have to be "Wizards that dress like priests."
This section is a catalog of advantages using the power modifier mechanic as described in GURPS Powers. Most of the power modifiers are pretty bog standard, with the unusual exception of the more constrained Bard-Song. Many of the spellcaster talents have two different versions of the talent advantage. One that simply acts as a power talent, and one that includes spell casting abilities.
Many of the power advantages here feel a bit lukewarm (Except the Chi ones, those ones are cool.... but Martial Artists don't have enough points to devote to the super awesome ones!) and are more like empty vessels waiting for the player or GM to add some flavor. Some of that does happen in later installments, like The Next Level, Allies, and Power-Ups though. Besides the descriptions of the Power Modifiers, this is really the weakest chapter of the book in my opinion. At the same time, because of the description of the power modifiers, it remains one of the most consistently important chapters of the book.
The second longest chapter of the book, and the one with the most lasting importance. Again, this one is catalog of equipment, but it goes above and beyond with some stuff that is a little more imaginative than the standard "camping gear from Basic Set"... though that is also there.
This chapter is pretty interesting because by including this stuff, it kind of sets the stage in a way. It's kinda saying, "Hey, Grapnels are a thing you might need players, and oh, GMs, set pieces that can take advantage of grapnels are a good idea."
The most lastingly useful section of the whole book (besides the really good templates in the first chapter) Are the modifiers for customizing weapons and armor. It lends a certain amount of flavor to the setting that a lot of GURPS franchises didn't really dare to yet (Though, Dungeon Fantasy is, I believe among the earliest to start the tradition in 4th edition, and After The End seems to be a bit more flavorful maybe as a response to that reception.) didn't really dare. We have modifiers like Elven, Dwarven, and Orichalcum that speak to the kind of world, environment, and setting to expect from Dungeon Fantasy as a whole, without saying a thing about Dwarves, Elves, or nigh otherworldly metals. I also like that notes are left for players that want to reverse engineer the equipment and create more following the same rules- something of a predecessor to the later "Under The Cover" asides. The list of cool and more fanciful modifiers is expanded in Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables.
It's kinda neat how much of the book has been consistently useful over a period of nearly 8 years, and how much of it has been over-ridden by later supplements patching or improving it. Overall, it's great with one major gripe that the spell lists could have been done better. If you aren't a magic user, coincidentally, that means the book is perfect! If you are, that means a lot of annoying page turning! In play, I've seen the Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Martial Artist, Swashbuckler, Thief, and Wizard. Wish I'd have an opportunity to see the Knight, Holy Warrior, and Scout in action too. I think the people I play with can't see at a glance how powerful the Scout can be, and don't get the subtle nuanced utility of the knight who isn't just a hulking tank... maybe I should play a knight the next time I'm a player? A knight with really good social skills, and applying the content from Guilds could probably be pretty fun.


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We hear constantly... Oh, it is dinned into our ears... what our two major political parties are going to do for the middle class. The middle class, the middle class, the middle class.
Now, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, in September 2011, the number of people defined as poor was 46.2 million, the highest level since 1993. That's a hell of a lot of people to ignore. Why? Here are some possibilities:
- Poor people don't vote. Well, yes. Looking at change.org, "those with a family income below $25,000 [...] are 1.5 times less likely to vote than those with family incomes between $25,000 and $75,000, and two times less likely to vote than those with family income of more than $75,000." And, of course, those 46 million poor include toddlers of two up to age 98.
- Many of those who by definition are poor don think of themselves as poor. They think of themselves as middle class.
- Many of the poor expect to rise to the middle class. It is probable that in actuality more people sink from middle class to poor -- but who wants to think about that?
- To concern yourself with the poor implies government handouts -- food stamps (Newt G. called Obama the "food stamp president") and subsides. That means entitlements piling on our national debt.
- It is widely thought that the poor have nobody to blame but themselves.
It wasn't always thus. In March 1964, President Johnson declared War on Poverty. Congress passed Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and more. There is no appetite for that now.
Jesus said, "The poor ye will always have with you."
He was right.


text: A 22-year-old security guard was found shot to death early Sunday in the basement hallway of a medical building at 5050 S. State St. The victim, Dwayne Roberts, of South Indiana Avenue, had been shot four times, according to Wentworth Area Detective Charles Lind. His body was discovered by a replacement security guard about 7 a.m. Sunday. Roberts was employed by SOS Security Officer Service, 1 N. LaSalle St., Lind said.


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Welcome to this week's Tuesday Garden Party! Is it feeling a lot more like fall where you live? I know the weather has really changed here and I'm loving it. I'm more of a fall and spring weather girl. Summer just gets too stinking hot for my liking. I love the rain and maybe that's why I love living here in Oregon so much.
Our garden is starting to wind down for the year and so is the Tuesday Garden Party. Next week will be the final party of this year. If you missed last week's Tuesday Garden Party you can see all the links that were shared here. I'm hosting this week so scroll on down and see which links were featured.
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This week I made a goal to clean up my garden. It had started looking pretty bad. Which can happen this time of year. The beans were looking really stringy. The leaves had begun to fall off. I haven't harvested many beans this last week so I could save some seeds for next year. But then I remembered I had four huge bags of bean seeds from last year and just put them all into the compost.
A few of the tomato plants had almost died off so I removed the tomatoes from them and composted the plants also. The green tomatoes I'll wrap up and wait for them to ripen. We still have a few tomatoes plants that are growing well so I left those alone.
While I was cleaning up the tomatoes, cucumbers, and beans, I found a few carrots that were ready to be harvested. They are our first carrots of the for this year. I just love the taste of home grown carrots so much more flavorful than the ones from the store.
I did an experiment a few weeks ago with our spearmint plant. The stems had gotten so spindly and they had bloomed. I decided to cut them back a little early and guess what? They started to bush out again. The leaves aren't as big, but the plant looks good.
After a little time and clean up the garden is looking better. I had a bunch of clover in the garden. It is just terrible. Once the garden is done I'm going to try covering the garden beds like Jami does and see if it will kill those weed seeds. The past two years have been terrible for clover in our garden.
That's enough about my garden clean up. Here're the great features from this past week's party,
1.Homemade grape juice from Homemade Food Junkie.
2. A garden update and the benefits to using wood chips in the garden from Restored Roots.
3. Some options for extending the growing season from Our Stoney Acres.
4. A cute upcycled pumpkin patch from My Thrift Store Addiction.
5. Great photos of her neighbors sunflowers from Sidewalk Shoes
We would love to have your share what's going on in your garden this week! Please leave your link below!


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Biodiversity And Conservation In Canada
Canada has been making significant changes over the years to remain on top of its eco-friendly laws and regulations. They want to ensure they are one of the world's leaders when it comes to this aspect and indeed they have made positive strides in the right direction. Let's take a look at how biodiversity and conservation works out in Canada and what these positive changes have been made.
Comprehensive Biodiversity Emphasis. In the past, the Canadian government was lazy when it came to approaching such matters. It was not able to garner enough collective support to progress as a nation in this regard.
What this meant is different levels of the government had their own opinions and legalities without working with one another. This is why it is imperative to sit down and understand how recent changes have turned things around entirely.
At this point, all levels of the government are now working together to ensure biodiversity goals are not only being set, but are being met as well. This is the way of the future in the nation and all that it entails.
Polar Bears. This is one of the biggest topics in the region because of how many polar bears are on Canadian lands. It is imperative to keep tabs on how they are living and what can be done to improve their livelihoods as a whole.
Numerous rules and regulations have been put in place to help polar bears out during a time where the ice is melting and is hampering the chances of these polar bears surviving as well as they should be.
Spreading The Word. One of the most important strides made by the government in the short and long term has been spreading the word. It is as simple as this in the end. There are many Canadians who are now more aware of these issues than ever before and it has to do with the government and its emphasis on the topic.
With such issues becoming rampant problems and having an effect on the eco-system as a whole, it has become imperative for the public to know about these concerns immediately.
This is where the government has done a wonderful job of getting the word out and letting people know what they can do to assist.
This is how Canada has progressed as a nation and has established positive goals.
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DECATUR — David Kraft, director of a group called Nuclear Energy Information Service, recently wrote to express disapproval of a new federal law that would promote disposal of spent nuclear fuel ("Nuclear milestone," Aug. 12). He described the law as a "politically motivated sham" that would shift the cost of such disposal from the "nuclear industry" (where he says it belongs) to the "taxpayers."
In fact, this cost is already being borne by "taxpayers." Since the 1980s, all electricity customers of Commonwealth Edison and Illinois Power Co. have been paying in advance for such disposal. Thousands of Illinois citizens have paid an aggregate $731 million to date. These ongoing payments are mandated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1986. In return, this 1986 law obligated the Department of Energy to begin disposing of all such spent fuels starting in 1998.


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School is winding down. Nine weeks are left. I can't believe how quickly this year has gone, and I can't believe how much I have enjoyed teaching third graders.
Today my kids asked me if I'd loop with them (stay with them next year). I explained that I was going to stick with "torturing a new batch of third graders."
"But Ms," one said, "you get our sense of humor! Nobody else will!"
Actually, kids, I'm pretty sure it was you who had to get used to my sense of humor.
I think I may have taught them a little too well, though. Now when I rib them, they do it right back at me. Hmm.


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Chattanooga City Parks
The City of Chattanooga has a variety of public spaces, parks, and greenways.
These parks and greenspaces can be found scattered throughout the city.
There are over 67 different parks citywide. Some parks offer playgrounds, pools, athletic fields, and/or skateparks. Others parks offer access to open spaces, green fields, dog friendly areas and waterways. Open spaces such as these encourage outdoor recreation such as walking, hiking, running, swimming, canoeing, and mountain biking.
Right now all city parks are opened to leashed pets with the exception of The Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, Coolidge Park, and The Tennessee River Park from the Bluff View Art District to Chickamauga Dam.
Map of Chattanooga parks, playgounds, greenways, and trail systems
For more information on Chattanooga City Parks, click here
Many of our public spaces now have free wifi, with more coming soon.


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Recently, Hands On Originals was called upon by the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington to make shirts for the upcoming Lexington Pride Festival scheduled to take place this June. After thinking about the request, I decided to pass on the opportunity because, as a Christian owner, I cannot in good conscience endorse groups or events that run counter to my convictions.
Of course, there is nothing unique about my decision not to be involved in the Lexington Pride Festival on the basis of conscience. Such decisions have always been left to the discretion of business owners. As we recently stated publicly, "Due to the promotional nature of our products, it is the prerogative of the company to refuse any order that would endorse positions that conflict with the convictions of the ownership."
Nevertheless, GLSO has filed a human rights complaint against us over our decision to pass on the opportunity to make the shirts, and many incredibly wrong judgments are being made publicly about our decision and the reasons behind it.
Outside of the statement I issued, Hands On Originals has not engaged in public debate with regard to the allegations against our company because we hoped to allow the complaint to move along according to the usual process for such matters.
We hoped that our customers, the community, the city, and especially the mayor, would allow the investigation to take place before rushing to judgment and making decisions about contracting our services. Unfortunately this has not been the case, and so we hope this column will help to set things right.
To be very clear, Hands On Originals does not and never has discriminated against any individuals or groups. As my earlier statement clarifies, we both employ and do business with people from all walks of life.
My decision not to print the shirts requested of us has nothing to do with who was ordering the shirts; it had only to do with the message of the shirts no matter who was ordering them.
In this situation, the message is in disagreement with my values. My faith calls me to love all people regardless of whether they share my values or not.
Our more than 20 years of business in the community illustrates this principle. I understand that not everyone shares my view on this issue. I do not expect, or even ask, people to agree with my view.
All I ask is for people to respect my right as an owner to not produce a product that is contrary to my principles.
In our case, I hope many in this community will stand with us for the rights of small business owners not to be forced into producing a product with a message that conflicts with their beliefs and consciences. One can envision many scenarios where a small business owner should have this right — and they do.
Over the past 20 years, we have declined to produce several other products with different messages than the one at issue here because we disapproved of whatever message it was, and it never had anything to do with discrimination. People reading this may disagree with my view on the current issue, but I hope they will join us in supporting our right to decline an order that promotes a view so contrary to our personal beliefs.
I ask that you join us in support of the rights of everyone to stand in defense of their beliefs. I hope everyone will have the same respect and tolerance for views and beliefs that may differ from their own.


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With apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan, who are dead and can't sue me, I'm the very model of the modern middle-age man. Except, unfortunately, when it comes to technology.
Until recently, I didn't have an iPhone, an iPad, an iPod or iTunes, although I did have iTeeth.
At the urging of my wife, Sue, who got into the 21st century when it actually started, I exchanged my dumbphone for a smartphone.
And it cost me only 99 cents.
"What would you like your phone to do?" asked Syed, a nice and knowledgeable retail sales consultant at the AT&T store.
"I'd like it to pick the winning Powerball numbers," I responded.
"If I could find a phone like that," Syed said, "I wouldn't be working here."
"My old phone is no help," I said, showing Syed the ancient Samsung I had been using -- or trying to use -- for the past several years.
"He doesn't even know how to retrieve messages," Sue told Syed.
"It doesn't matter," I said in my own defense. "Nobody wants to talk with me anyway."
Then I explained that my original cellphone, which the Samsung replaced, came with a 134-page user guide.
"My daughters had to program it for me," I said. "It used to be that all you had to know about the telephone was that you said 'hello' when you picked it up and 'goodbye' when you put it down."
"Things have changed," Syed said.
"Do you know when telephone technology was at its peak?" I asked him.
"When?" Syed wondered.
"The day Alexander Graham Bell invented it," I said. "It's been all downhill from there. Now the industry is defined by this phrase: 'Can you hear me now?' Even the phone makers don't expect the stupid thing to work."
Sue helpfully pointed out that I was, as usual, wrong.
"The phone works fine if you're standing in the right place," she said.
I used my phone to call hers. It didn't ring.
"See what I mean?" I said. "I'm standing right next to you!"
It was the mission of Syed, a 22-year-old college student who grew up with technology, to modernize me, a 58-year-old geezer who not only hasn't grown up but remembers when high-tech was an electric typewriter.
"Are you looking for an iPhone?" Syed asked.
"iGuess," I replied.
"I would recommend the iPhone 4," he said.
"What happened to the first three?" I inquired. "Didn't they work, either?"
"They got upgraded," said Syed. "That's what I am going to do with you."
"So I'll be the iJerry 4?" I said. "It sounds like a rock group."
Sue looked at me like I had rocks in my head.
Syed was too kind to agree, so he said, "I think I can help you. I have nothing better to do."
When I told Syed that he has an excellent sense of humor, he replied, "I'm a hoot. The saddest thing about me is that I'm not around myself when I tell jokes."
It's a good thing he was around the store when Sue and I came in because he explained in layman's terms (so even an idiot like me could understand) what the iPhone offered, including a feature that lets me write drivel like this without having to get on a computer. Or an electric typewriter.
"It's perfect for your lifestyle," Syed said.
"I really don't have a life," I explained.
"That means you'll have more time to enjoy it," he said.
"Now you can retrieve messages," Sue said.
"Even though nobody wants to talk with you," Syed chimed in.
The phone, which ordinarily costs $549, was only 99 cents with my contract.
"I appreciate the savings," I said, "but I'd still like to win Powerball."
"Sorry," Syed told me. "That's the one thing your new phone can't do."
Stamford Advocate columnist Jerry Zezima is the author of "Leave It to Boomer." Visit his blog: www.jerryzezima.blogspot.com. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Before T-Mobile's latest Uncarrier event, there were a lot of rumors swirling around about what the next event could be focused on. Some thought it might be about T-Mobile's future support of unlocked devices, among some finer details. Other rumors weighed the options, and thought T-Mobile was going to start being more "up-front" with their pricing when it came to phones and plans.
None of those panned out. What we got instead is probably more interesting anyway.
While we all thought we were just seeing the announcement of the Uncarrier 5.0 initiative, T-Mobile's CEO John Legere actually decided to give us *two* initiatives in one night! That's right, Uncarrier 6.0 was what took most of the media by storm, and for good reason. Though, that isn't to say that Uncarrier 5.0, which was all about the "Test Drive" of the Magenta network for 7 days with an iPhone 5s, wasn't exciting. That's an interesting way to do things, for sure. But, for many, Uncarrier 6.0 raised the most eyebrows.
Uncarrier 6.0 basically had two announcements in one, but they were both focused on music. The second, because it's the first we're really going to bury our teeth into here, was all about T-Mobile's partnership with Rhapsody, and the launch of Unradio (un- all the things!). It's basically a Super Pandora, and lets you do things like unlimited skips, listen to your favorites whenever you want, among other things. It's free for T-Mobile customers that are on the right monthly plans, and $4.99 for everyone else. Including non-T-Mobile subscribers.
The first part of the announcement was about music streaming itself, and the fact that a lot of people do it. Apparently it's a craze, and pretty much everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. Which is interesting in and of itself, considering the loss of unlimited data pretty much across the board. Despite that, people have been streaming more music than ever before, and T-Mobile wants to give their subscribers some peace of mind when they do their streaming.
The way they're doing that is by offering unlimited music streaming, which doesn't impact your data bucket in the slightest. So, basically, you can stream as much music as you want, and it will never cost anything against your data allowance every month. And even if you *do* reach your maximum data allowance before you start to get throttled, your streaming music should never take a hit from that. It's essentially in its own bucket now. One that's forever overflowing.
While T-Mobile was busy with the event, I just kept thinking that I stream music just fine. When I need to. More often than not I've downloaded a lot of my songs to my phone, usually in the thousands, so I don't have to worry about streaming at all. (I hate when a song pauses, or flat-out stops, because a hiccup in the network happens.) I've never had a problem with streaming music and my data cap, though. Not once. While Uncarrier 6.0 may speak to a lot of people out there, it doesn't do anything for me.
It does make perfect sense alongside the launch of Unradio, though, doesn't it? "Hey, here's a new streaming service -- oh, and you can stream all you want now!" There's nothing wrong with this, but it was a lot of build-up for a music streaming service. But, let me reiterate: I know that unlimited music streaming is going to be great for a lot of people, and hopefully those folks are able to get under T-Mobile's umbrella to take advantage of it.
I have issues with T-Mobile choosing some companies over others to have "privileged" access to T-Mobile's network, but this is obviously where we're going, and I'm sure the other carriers are going to follow suit in some way or another. So, with that in mind, I thought about what I'd like to see be given special attention, or, more accurately, what type of streaming I'd like to have unlimited access to.
And that's video. Without a doubt. If T-Mobile really wanted to win me over with an Uncarrier initiative, they would have announced that their network now offers unlimited video streaming from services like Netflix and Hulu. For me, that would have won me over immediately. I find myself traveling, and when I do, the Wi-Fi that I generally find is so weighed down by others that using my network connection oftentimes just makes so much more sense. If I could stream unlimited TV shows or movies, that would make me an extremely happy camper.


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Three-quarters of those questioned in a survey also said they or an elderly relative had been treated in an unsatisfactory way by the NHS.
The findings, in a poll carried out by the Townwomen's Guilds ahead of a new campaign to give vulnerable patients more of a voice, come amid widespread concerns that basic standards of care on hospital wards are being missed by university-educated nurses and unregulated healthcare assistants.
The health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission, has found that doctors are having to prescribe water to some pensioners to ensure they do not go thirsty, while the head of the Royal College of Nursing has called for relatives to help feed loved ones in hospital and take them to the lavatory.
One Townswomen's Guild member told how she twice found her elderly husband left naked in a hospital bed, while a nurse was unable to say if he had taken his medication. Another woman saw a nurse giving out food after taking a patient to the lavatory, while in a separate case a woman claimed her friend would have starved in a geriatric ward if she hadn't gone in to help her eat and drink.
Pauline Myers, chairman of the Townswomen's Guilds, said: "As one of Britain's leading women's groups, and with a membership of over 30,000 ladies, we are concerned that older and other more vulnerable patients are suffering due to insufficient care and staffing levels when they are required to stay in hospital.
"The stories we have heard from our own members have been extremely distressing and unfortunately they will not be alone as thousands of older people continue to suffer unnecessarily. The importance of this issue can't be overstated as the current state of affairs amounts to nothing short of abuse."
The survey of 222 members found that 74 per cent said the care they or an elderly relative had received in hospital was "less than satisfactory", while 69 per cent said they would be reluctant to be admitted because of the expected standard of care.
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Rather than trying to finish things long before the clouds intervened, he must have been doing something else. Like trying to hit himself back into form.
This has been an odd series for Cook. The satisfaction of retaining the urn in his first Ashes encounter as England captain will have been tempered by concerns about his own contribution. Sure, his bucket-like hands have been in full working order in the slip cordon. True, he is ahead of his counterpart Michael Clarke in the use of the Decision Review System (and how he needed to be on Sunday when the unerring eye of technology helpfully negated the doddery incompetence of the onfield umpires). But Cook is a man who defines himself by his batting. And so far in this series, his batting has been well short of the dazzling peak it attained in his early days as captain.
On Sunday what we saw was a fine batsman struggling to make sense of his dip in form. In the first innings here in Durham, he had been scratching and scrabbling around without point or purpose. When Geoffrey Boycott criticises you for being unnecessarily pedestrian, then you know you have a problem.
So when he walked out with Joe Root after Australia had been efficiently dispatched in the morning session, he appeared determined to put such negativity behind him. Like a golfer who had remodelled his swing overnight, he came out with a new modus operandi. In his first over he clipped a ball from Ryan Harris off his pads to the boundary; in the next he squirted one from Jackson Bird through the slip cordon. It was an aggressive signal of intent. His aggression sent a message back to the dressing room: there can be no hanging around if this Test is to be won.
The trouble was, his form has dipped sufficiently to undermine such a radical departure from his standard approach. He was trying to accelerate but velocity is limited when the ball refuses to find the middle of the bat. Try as he might, no one could accuse him of bullying the opposition.
And his fidgety impatience appeared to be catching. After Root was dispatched by a beautiful Harris seamer, Jonathan Trott joined Cook in a nervy quickstep. Where once his entire working method was to bore an opponent into submission, Trott too set out as if involved in the Twenty20 finals day. As the pair played so palpably against type, flashing and nicking, it was like watching a couple of operatic tenors trying to rap. You knew it could not last. And the captain was the first to go, thrashing inelegantly at a wide ball from the admirable Harris and spooning a catch to Brad Haddin.
Cook started in the job as if determined to buck the trend evident in the experience of Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss which insisted that the England captaincy inevitably erodes an incumbent's batting. He was imperious in those early days, as close to a banker as it is possible to be in a game as fickle as this. But this series, the weight of the job appears to be taking its traditional toll.
The relentless public duties of The Ashes have dimmed the brightness in his eyes. When the microphone is thrust under his nose, you can almost see his shoulders sagging. Way too well brought up to be rude, it is nonetheless evident in his body language he would rather be concentrating on his net practice than addressing the same questions for the 40th time.
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- The Nutrition Assistant will primarily be responsible for delivery and follow-up of training of key stakeholder on nutrition in link with the response in the respective states.
- Presently and ongoing, the Program is working to provide over 2000 IDP and vulnerable host households with support to implement micro gardening in their settlements and camps, and 4750 IDP and vulnerable host households with food assistance, and nutrition behavior change communication training in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria.
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Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber: How They Really Felt About Twins Sonogram
The Internet is still buzzing about Selena Gomez's fake sonogram picture and an accompanying report that claimed the 'Come & Get It' singer was carrying Justin Bieber's twins. So how did Jelena respond to the public pregnancy scare? HollywoodLife.com can EXCLUSIVELY reveal their shocking reactions, which couldn't have been more different!
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have fallen victim to tons of ridiculous rumors, but this one takes the cake! Fortunately the two stars handled the pregnant with twins rumor in the best way possible — by simply waiting for it to go away, a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez On Pregnancy Scare: How They Felt About Sonogram
Justin has too much on his plate to worry about every silly rumor about his rekindled relationship with Selena.
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"Justin thought it was stupid and he knew it was fake that he didn't worry about it. He heard about it and it was in one ear and out the other," a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
Easy for you to say, Justin — it's not your uterus! Selena on the other hand, was a little more upset about the rumor.
"She wanted her people to squash it immediately but they made her realize quickly that if they don't answer things like this that it would go away," the source reveals. "Her people didn't want to set up a common theme or precedent of having Selena answering all the false stories that come around about her. So she was embarrassed by it but now she is glad that most people know it isn't real."
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On Wednesday, March 19, a sonogram picture of twins allegedly belonging to a patient named "Gomez, S." hit the Internet and set it a blaze with rumors that Selena was pregnant.
After getting a "no comment" from Selena's rep, and having Justin's reps decline to comment at all, HollywoodLife.com did some hardcore investigating and found out that the sonogram actually belonged to another woman named Elle, who had posted the pic to her personal blog in March, 2009. Some of the information had been altered to make it look it was really Selena's — but it didn't fool us!
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President Barack Obama, during an interview with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart, spoke about his response to the Benghazi attack:
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They have the technology... they can rebuild her... and now they are! USA Network's script doctors are busy in the operating room stitching together an update of the The Bionic Woman, ABC's campy 1976-78 Six Million Dollar Man spinoff about a tennis player-turned-secret agent who's part human, part machine and all babe. But what modern-day actress could possibly overload our circuits like Lindsay Wagner, who was the original series' artificially-girl-powered heroine, Jaime Sommers? If you ask us and USA certainly should any of these contenders compute.
Anna Kournikova: While she's known as much for her curves as her serves, the courts pin-up would still give a whiff of believability to Jaime's pre-op "love" life. Plus, she could break into a whole new, ahem, racket by tackling the lead in a project that's a wee bit more challenging than an Enrique Iglesias video.
Bianca Lawson: As tough as this second-generation starlet was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as exotic butt-kicker Kendra, it was her smackdown with guy-stealing Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance that proved she's a force to be reckoned with. Batteries not included? Honey, batteries not needed!
Farrah Fawcett: At age 55, the golden girl may be a little long in the tooth to be chewing up bad guys. But so what? As a government-created superheroine, she could requisition replacement parts anytime she wants. Besides, she's sure to get her ex, Lee Majors, to cameo, and for a lot less than the figure he earned in his heyday $6 million.
Angela Bassett: Boasting the best biceps this side of Ahnold, the tough gal is beyond ready to muscle her way into the action arena. And get real outside of sci-fi, she's never going to find a rumble that lives up to Ike and Tina's backseat brawl in What's Love Got to Do With It.
Carmen Electra: Turns out, the failure of the former Mrs. Dennis Rodman's pilot about a crime-fighting fembot was a blessing in disguise for boob-tube fans it left the onetime Prince protégée free to consider signing on as a lab- and audience-tested mechavixen: Jaime!
Tamika: Accuse us of typecasting if you must, but after the American Idol reject went off on Simon Cowell and Co. following her godawful audition, we began to suspect that she already had at least one bionic body part that sassy mouth of hers. If only Jaime's makers could come up with a gadget to cure tone-deafness...
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Anna Nicole Smith: For years, the bodacious blonde has had to put up with gossip that she's not 100 percent au naturel. So here's her big chance to poke fun at the media's larger-than-life image of her by strapping on Jaime's R2-D-cups to portray a man-made minx. Oh, wait drat! Isn't there already a show just like this on E!?


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The National Crime Prevention Council, home of McGruff the Crime Dog, and AlertID have tips to help you enjoy shopping safely while getting those great holiday bargains:
Shopping in Stores
•Do not buy more than you can carry. Plan ahead by taking a friend with you or asking a store employee to help you carry your packages to the car.
•Save all receipts. Print and save all confirmations from your online purchases. Start a file folder to keep all receipts together and to help you verify credit card or bank statements as they come in.
•Don't flash the cash. Consider alternate options to pay for your merchandise, such as onetime or multiuse disposable credit cards or money orders, including at online stores. Wait until asked by a cashier before taking out your credit card or checkbook. An enterprising thief would love to shoulder surf to get your account information.
Walking to and From Your Car
•Be informed about your surroundings. Use the free mobile app available from AlertID to receive alerts about crimes and registered sex offenders living and working in the vicinity of your shopping venue.
•Deter pickpockets. Carry your purse close to your body or your wallet inside a coat or front trouser pocket.
•Have your keys in hand when approaching your vehicle. Check the back seat and around the car before getting in.
•Tell a security guard or store employee if you see an unattended bag or package. The same applies if you are using mass transit.
•Do not leave packages visible in your car. Lock them in the trunk or, if possible, take them directly home.
Shopping With Small Children
If you are shopping with children, make a plan in case you are separated from each other.
•Select a central meeting place.
•Teach them to know they can ask mall personnel or store security employees if they need help.
•Have them memorize or keep your cell phone number handy.
Keep up-to-date photos and accurate descriptions of each child electronically with AlertID's "My Family Wallet." Should they go missing, this information can be sent quickly to law enforcement when every moment counts.
To find more useful shopping tips and personal safety information, visit the National Crime Prevention Council's website and the Live Safely Resource Center on AlertID.
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Business leaders in South Korea are calling for President Park Geun-hye to ease trade restrictions with North Korea that were put in place in 2010 after the sinking of a South Korean warship.
Expanding trade and investment, they say, is good not only for business but also for long-term regional peace and security.
Seoul cut many economic ties after a North Korean submarine allegedly sank the South Korean vessel, killing 46 sailors. But Yoo Dong-ho, president of the Emergency Response Committee of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation — which claims to represent more than 140 South Korean companies that used to trade with or operate in North Korea — says the trade curbs aren't punishing Pyongyang.
"In North Korea, management rights and monopoly status of the businesses that South Koreans have invested in over years were given to China, Russia and Europe," he said. "Only South Korean businesses have been destroyed."
South Korea still permits businesses to operate in North Korea's Kaesong industrial zone. The 55,000 workers in these factories make between $70 and $100 a month, much less than the minimum wage in the South. The wages, however, are paid to the North Korean government and are not distributed directly to the workers.
South Korea also suspended tours in 2008 to the Kumgang Mountain area after North Korean soldiers shot a visitor.
President Park and her conservative allies hold that Pyongyang must make amends for past aggression and for violating nuclear agreements before the trade ban is lifted. But this year, she has said, it is time for the two sides to start talking again about peaceful reunification.
"My position is that to ease the pain of division and to accomplish peaceful unification, I am willing to meet with anyone," Park said.
South Korea National Assembly Representative Hong Ik-pyo, with the opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, says expanding trade and business ties are essential parts of any unification process.
"For countries under conflict such as China and Taiwan, the most important things are the processes of peace, exchange and cooperation," he said. "I think it is not appropriate to move toward reunification without those things."
But given Pyongyang's past broken promises to end its nuclear program in exchange for aid, many in the South remain skeptical that restoring trade ties would this time succeed in bringing peace to the Korean peninsula.
VOA News producer Youmi Kim contributed to this report from Seoul.