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Last night we played Pat's 4E game again. This time, Bill joined us. Alex had made an Elf Ranger for Bill to play, and a Dragonborn Warlord for his own second character.
We introduced the new characters to the party, then went to the 'burial ground' where we'd heard there could be cultists and Josh's character's mentor was last seen. We of course were attacked by the folks digging stuff up there, and rescued the mentor. We did a bit of town stuff, then went to the kobold lair.
That ended up being one big giant encounter where we managed to clean out the place without stopping to rest. Through a mistaken idea--Alex thought he could stop the one guy trying to run away and warn the others in the cave--we ended up fighting the guys inside right after fighting the guys outside.
After the initial onslaught inside the cave, the leaders appeared, and some of us went one way (Alex's and my characters) and some went the other (Josh and Bill's). Alex's Warlord was dropped, and while trying to get close enough to heal him, Josh's dwarf and Bill's elf were getting tossed around by the leader, who was really tough (around 100 hit points or so, I assume, and this is for level 1 guys to take on? Then again, my previous observation is that it's similar to playing normal D&D with weapons that only do 1 point at a time, so I guess that would be like 10 hit points in Classic or AD&D if that were the case...)
By the time I got the warlord healed, Josh had been making comments about how the healer should be over healing him, but just as I'm getting there, he decides to roll to see what his PC will do--fight or run. The result was run, so he had is fighter book it out of the cave.
We finally finished off the goblin leader and the kobold shaman in then end, and got some loot. But the session ended with Alex swearing that his two characters will kill Josh's when they see him again.
Anyway, I didn't really have much fun. The module (probably the system itself) seems to assume combat must happen. Alex assumes that once combat begins, it must be finished successfully by us. I was kinda bored spending most of the night just staring at the battlemat, and arguing rules minutia (which we're all still learning) or 'plausibility' issues.
Case in point, Alex cast Flaming Sphere right in the middle of a waterfall. Josh thought that would instantly snuff out the fire, Alex and I thought otherwise. We spent a long time arguing it. Pat didn't make a ruling on it, and eventually Bill looked it up in the book and found out that it's magic so it will work. Later we had a big go around about whether that flaming sphere counted as a 'ally' that the warlord could shift or not.
Alex, getting to try out new mechanics and then having lots of tactical board game challenge, loved the evening (except the last bit about Josh running away). Josh and Bill said they had fun as well. I'm the only one who didn't.
Well, only one more session of 4E before Pat goes back to the States for a few months. While he's gone I'm gonna run my Maritime Campaign idea, unless someone else steps up with another game they want to run. Alex isn't sure he wants to play in my game, and he may well not have fun. There will be times in it when the group had better run away or come up with some clever strategy to win, and Alex seems to just want to rush in Diablo style and kill everything.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
A not so good gaming session
Posted by Dennis Laffey at 10:00 PM
Labels: actual play, Board Game Group, RPGs
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I'm always interested in doing a 'post mortem' on why I think a gaming session fails to please and comparing notes with others --- unfortunately, when you do that with your own gaming friends, it can be similar to telling your S.O. that those pants make her butt look big --- people can't help but take the discussion personally (and I include myself in that). So talking with others whom we don't game with but who face the same issues might be a good way to figure out what goes wrong.ReplyDelete
Sounds like your game has a personality / play style / expectations conflict --- which I understand.
How to avoid it?
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04 Jan Gluten Free Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
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Here at Lazysister HQ we believe breakfast is THE most important meal of the day, BUT, like most of you guys we have very little time to get the pan out any given weekday and cook up a luxurious omelet or eggs florentine and then sit around every day, pondering life while we sip on an espresso.Although leisurely breakfasts are lovely, we reserve that for weekends. So, what do we do to get the morning calories in while maintaining that #lazylifestyle? We think up on-the-go meals.
One of our biggest staple breakfasts is Lazy Gluten Free Oatmeal Breakfast Bars!
Gluten Free Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Recipe
- Rectangular Sheet pan (approx. 12″x18″)
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Disposable Gloves (optional)
- 4 cups Gluten Free Quick Cooking Rolled Oats
- 2 cups Gluten Free Oat Flour
- 2 cups dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 2 cups orange juice
- 1 cup quality EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Place Oats, Oat Flour, Nuts, Cranberries, Salt, and Cinnamon Powder into a large bowl, mix well using a silicone spatula, or your hands (that's what the gloves are for!)
- Pour Orange Juice and EVOO on top, and mix all the ingredients really well. Using your hands here works best, as you can get the better tomix really well. If you have a fancy food mixer at home, obviously that would work as well.
- Spread batter on a sheet pan. Make sure the pan is either well oiled, or covered with baking paper.
- Once the oven is at 375°, bake the bars for 30 minutes or until just golden.
- Remove from oven, and cut into roughly 2″x3″ slices to enjoy all week. We cut a whole pan into 12 breakfast bars.
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If you were (or are) an executive for a chain hotel, you couldn't (or can't) help but wonder how your property might tap into the river of profit that is flowing into the shared economy.
As AirBnb continues to grow a new slice of the global market, it's clear that more guests are seeking local flavor in their accommodation choices. Why stay at a sterile, globally branded hotel when you can embed yourself in a local neighbourhood, with local art on the walls and artisan coffee in the cupboard? This may sound harsh, but many people are framing the question this way. Especially those who've already had positive experiences with the share model, and consistently look to it first when traveling. Many good local apartments are available with no branding at all. Except of course for the property owners themselves.Read More
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The History Of Vaporizing – They Are Older Than You Think!
The history of vaporizing herbs for inhalation is a practice that can be traced far back and across many different civilizations.
The history of vaporizing herbs for inhalation is a practice that can be traced far back and across many different civilizations.
What exactly is Vaporizing or "VAPING"?
If you have been living under a rock and aren't sure what vaping is, here's an explanation – The basic technique since the inception of Vaping either old or the new age battery supported vaporizers is the same. Vaporizers heat the ingredients to an optimum heat. The optimal temperature range for cannabis is between 180 – 210 °C for the perfect vape, Compared to joints, bongs or a pipe that burns the ingredients.
The blends (Oils, Wax, or Dry Herb) are heated to a level allowing the release of the materials but below the temperature that would burn them. As there is no combustion during the process of heating, a vapor is released that is quite cool and non-irritating to the user's throat, eyes and skin.
5th Century B.C.
Vaporizing to humans has been known dated back in Egypt. From the book "The History of Herodotus" (1928, Dial Press, Inc., p.226, Book IV) during 5th century B.C., Herodotus, who is often called the "Father of History", recorded his account of the ancient practice enjoyed by Scythians.
"The Scythians take some of this hemp-seed and throw it upon the red-hot stones; immediately it vaporizes and gives out such a vapor as no Grecian vapor-bath can exceed; the Scythians, delighted, shout for joy."
The steady heat from the baking stones would produce a pleasant smelling vapor.
1500 years ago – Afghanistan (Current Day India-Pak border)
Technically speaking the first real vaporizer was invented by Irfan Shiekh of the Mogul's (Present-day Afghanistan) Safavid Dynasty know to us as "Hookah, or as a waterpipe, narghile, arghila, qalyān, shisha". About 1400 years ago Moguls then rulers of India introduce Hookah to India which was then more used to a Chillum.
The Controversy over the invention
There is quite a big controversy over the invention of the first vaporizer.
The first one who came up with the idea of the electronic cigarette is Joseph Robinson. He did it in 1927, in which he filed a patent to the USPTO for the first Mechanical Butane ignition Vaporizer. Robinson's patent was approved and published by the USPTO. Little to his Credit that he deserves; He still owns the patents of the first Nicotine Vaporizer.
1960 was the dawn of the modern day inventor of e-cigarette. Korean Veteran Herbert A. Gilbert. The Modern day vaporizers, until this day, are claimed to be built on the blueprint of Mr. Gilberts' Original design. Mr. Gilbert to this date works for Emperor E-Cigarettes who bought his technology.
1990 to 1994, Amsterdam
Father of Cannabis Vaporizer Eagle Bill has a cannabis community cult following known to discover the popularizing of the Cannabis vaporizer. He termed his device "safe and effective alternative to smoking." For over a decade, he was a favored exhibit at the Sensi Seed Bank's 'Hash Museum' in Amsterdam.
The museum attracts visitors from around the world and Bill enjoyed sharing his new technologies to any willing inhalers. A resident of Amsterdam for 12 years, this was soon before the 1994 Cannabis Cup. Sensi Seeds gave Bill space and he blew away the crowd with his new technology.
It remained the most popular exhibit at the Cannabis Cup for 10 years, earning Bill and Sensi Seeds numerous first place cups. Soon he set up shop on a daily basis in the Hash Museum and used that platform to turn the world on to vaporization. Eagle Bill was introduced to vaporizing in 1993 by a Californian grower who used a heat gun to vaporize aromatic blends.
In an effort to design a more affordable means of vaporizing while simultaneously raising public awareness, Eagle Bill invented the "Shake and Vape" based on the very same Ancient Egyptian methods. Eagle Bill's Glass pipe vaporizer that heated the bottom of a glass bowl with instead lighting the Cannabis itself.
Pioneered by a Native American, the Shake and Vape was nicknamed the "peace pipe of the future". Eagle Bill's invention would be the catalyst for rapid technological and product developments in the vaporizer industry and a big inspiration. Bill passed away on 22 may 2005, Georgia, USA.
In 1994 BC Vaporizer, Canada claims to have invented the first electrically charged vaporizer inspired on Bill Amato's design. BC Vaporizer still is running in business today and are inventors of solar power charged vaporizers. It was Storz & Bickel Company in 2000 that invented the new era of Desktop vaporizers and named it "VOLCANO" just like its work around.
The history of vaporizers as controversial as it sounds still holds the timeline benchmark and technically makes Hookah the Oldest vaporizer.
Modern Day vaporizers credit no doubt goes to everyone involved in the process but will be still credited to late Bill Amato for his pioneering endeavor to the Cannabis world.


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In-Depth Look At the Xperia Play
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Eurogamer has done an extensive evaluation of Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play device, a smartphone that's also a dedicated gaming platform complete with controller-style buttons. Here's some of what they had to say: "On the subject of internal parts, gadget fiends are certain to feel aggrieved by the lack of a dual-core processor. Although the Xperia Play's 1GHz CPU performs admirably in general tasks, it lacks the future-proofing of a more advanced chip. … The negativity quickly dissipates once you slide open those glorious PlayStation-style controls, however. Although we've seen gaming interfaces on mobiles before (on the N-Gage and the under-appreciated Sagem MyG-5), they pale into insignificance next to what's presented here. … One aspect of the Xperia Play's gaming portfolio that so far hasn't been bellowed from the rooftops by Sony Ericsson's PR is emulation. Such reluctance is perfectly understandable, given the shady nature of ROM-sharing and the like. … However, the fact remains that retro gaming emulators are freely available on the Android Market, and they open up an entire world of gaming brilliance."
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Apparently this has been around since 2010 and is still in an "open beta" stage and yet I just stumbled across it this morning. How could I have missed it?
Lost Empires is a Sword & Wizardry variant, with lots of gorgeous artwork and fancy schmancy page design. I like the look and feel of it, but I don't have time to dig into the content of it and see how much it varies from the Swords & Wizardry rules. It seems to have been closely meshed with a specific setting, too.
You should definitely check it out, though.


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Tuesday May 06,
Tags #invented first web browser, #garbage man, #flashback, #computer, #waiting fro nothing, #out of hand, #blame on college kid, #technology
Dilbert and Dogbert walk in the park. Dilbert is wearing a sweatshirt. Dilbert asks, "Are you telling me that YOU invented the first Web browser?" Dogbert replies, "Not alone. I worked with our garbage man." The caption says, "Flashback." Dogbert sits on a garbage can and tells the garbage man, "I wonder how long people would sit in front of a computer waiting for nothing." The garbage man replies, "Let's find out!" They sit at a computer. The garbage man asks, "What if this thing gets out of hand?" Dogbert replies, "We'll blame it on some drunken college kid."
Saturday January 03,
Tags #nobel prize, #garbage industry, #miss the smells, #paper plate
Ratbert sits on a trash can and says to the garbage man, "Now that you've won the Nobel prize, I guess you'll leave the garbage industry." The garbage man says, "No." He says, "I'd miss the action. I'd miss the smells... the sights... the people..." Ratbert adds, "The rats." A woman in a bathrobe comes outside and says, "I accidentally threw out a paper plate last week. Would you look for it?" The garbage man whispers, "I'm kidding about the people part."
Saturday August 01,
Tags #best things in life, #rat, #silly, #garbageman, #garbage, #rat jumps
Ratbert stands on a garbage can. Garbage Man collects the garbage. Ratbert says, "Do you mind if I jump on the garbage?" Ratbert says, "I don't know why, but when I see a fresh pile of garbage, I just want to jump up and down on it." Ratbert jumps on the garbage and screams, "Yee-ha!!" Garbage Man thinks, "The best things in life are silly." Garbage Man smiles.
Friday August 24,
Tags #dating beautiful woman, #Advice, #garbageman, #exciting, #mysterious, #delightful, #like fresh garbage, #compost
Dilbert is handing his trash to The Garbageman. Dilbert says, "I'm dating a beautiful woman. Do you have any advice?" The Garbageman stuffs the trash into the can and responds, "A beautiful woman is like a heap of fresh garbag: exciting, mysterious, and delightful." Dilbert asks, "Do you have any advice that doesn't compare my girlfriend to garbage?" The Garbageman replies, "How about compost?"
Saturday April 10,
Tags #powerpoint proboscis, #medical condition, #nose grows, #long nose, #lie, #pinocchio, #garbage man, #Advice, #corporate whistle-blower, #nose through garbage bag
Asok says, "My nose grows when my co-workers tell lies." Garbage man says, "Does it whistle?" Asok says, "Sometimes, a little bit." Garbage man says, "You're evolving into a corporate whistle-blower." Asok says, "Are you lying?" Garbage man says, "Yeah, I just wanted to see it."
Monday January 16,
Rather Eat Garbage
Tags #choosing, #choices, #boredom, #listening, #trash, #garbage, #suffering
Wally: Would you rather eat garbage or listen to our boss talk about his weekend? Dilbert: I'd have to know more about the garbage to make that decision. Wally: Let's say it's mostly kitchen stuff. Dilbert: Am I eating it from the can or fighting birds for it?
Wednesday September 28,
Tags #computers & peripherals, #office equipment, #questioning, #wise garbageman, #powerpoint slides, #only delicious, #small does, #analogy, #works for flies
Dilbert: Wise garbage man, tell me why Powerpoint slides are so boring. Garbageman: Powerpoint is a lot like garbage. It's only delicious in small doses. Too much can kill you. Dilbert: That analogy only works for flies. Garbageman: Oooh. Look who thinks she's better than flies.
Tuesday December 05,
Tags #garbage man, #Dilbert, #garbage, #equations, #engineer, #calculations
Dilbert opens his door and the garbage man stands on the doorstep. The garbage man holds up a crumpled piece of paper and says, "Pardon me, sir, but I couldn't help noticing these equations in your garbage." The garbage man continues, "I took the liberty of correcting a few quantum calculations." Dilbert asks, "Gosh, why are you a garbage man?" The garbage man replies, "I think the question is 'why are YOU an engineer?'"
Wednesday December 06,
Tags #garbage man, #Dogbert, #glamour, #jobs, #choose, #smartest
Dogbert says to the garbage man, "I understand you're the world's smartest garbage man." Dogbert continues, "I'm Dogbert, the world's smartest dog; according to me, anyway." Dogbert continues, "I just wondered why you choose to be a garbage man." The garbage man says, "I think it was the glamour which first intrigued me."
Tuesday March 06,
Tags #Dogbert, #garbage, #cataloupe, #rinds, #newspaper, #sprinkled, #coffee, #grounds, #blue collar, #work, #romantic
Dogbert asks the garbage man, "Mister Garbage Man, what is life?" The garbage man replies, "Well, Dogbert . . ." The garbage man continues, "Life is like old cantaloupe rinds wrapped in a faded newspaper and sprinkled with wet coffee grounds." Dogbert asks, "Life is garbage?" The garbage man replies, "Call me a romantic."


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Social media is always changing and there's a huge demand for it right now. You can still use older marketing methods, but social media has become necessary to see your profits increase. If you don't know what to do with social media, this article can help you.
Conversation is an important idea to remember. What many companies forget is that once a customer gives feedback, they are opening the door for conversation. Take your customers' feedback to another level by starting a conversation. Figure out what they want, and let those needs guide development of future products and services.
Make it nearly impossible for readers to not click through to your site by using creativity in your titles. If your headlines lure readers in, chances are they will go wherever they are directed.
Social media marketing is all about social networking, so you need to tie your different sites together within the same network. For example, if you have a popular Twitter feed, you'll want to link back to your blog. From that blog, you can link to Facebook. And all of these different sites can link back and forth to one another. Add in your blog, Facebook and URL to your Twitter profile. Links to each of your networks gives you more exposure.
If you are using a blog to promote your site, there is a Retweet button up top which you should use. By placing the button at the top of posts, it will be easier for people to share the content with others on Twitter. This allows your followers to advertise for you without any extra monetary cost to you.
Using YouTube as part of your business's social media marketing strategy can assist you in getting the type of visitors that you want. YouTube users are generally better leads because they have generally already seen a video you have posted, and won't click on your links unless they like what they see. If your visitors already know something about your product line before browsing your website, they're more likely to buy something.
One way to expand the visibility of your business is to include a share link for Facebook on your site. Visitors can then easily share it with their own Facebook friends. When this happens, your blogs visibility expands in terms of the number of individuals who are aware of it. Extra traffic means extra sales.
Create a strategy prior to starting with social media marketing. Find out how many pages you can manage, the layouts that you desire, and how much time can be devoted to them. You need deadlines when planning social media marketing, just like you do for other marketing campaigns, if you hope to accomplish anything. If you adhere as closely as possible to your plan, your social media marketing efforts will be successful.
If you're using social media marketing as a strategy, make sure you answer questions and comment when other users comment. Look for comments every time you log on.
Until you develop you own unique style in the social media world, mimic the style of those that you admire. Learn how your competition uses social media marketing, and use their tactics for inspiration until you learn the ropes and find your own ways to interact with customers. Look for clues about which promotions seem to be most effective and how different customers react to different approaches.
Write about your progress in social media in your posts. Articles about reaching certain milestones when it comes to Facebook subscribers are always interesting to read. Be sure to thank your followers for having a vested interest in you and your work. This sort of article must quickly be shared.
Keeping finding new ways to get in touch with your customers. Post comments on their blog posts and Facebook status if you feel this is appropriate. Keep your comments limited to your company, products or niche. Do not interfere with their personal discussions.
To pass along information from popular Twitter users, you can re-tweet their updates or use the @ symbol followed by their username. Twitter will notify them that they were posted about, and then they will want to retweet that, so that all their friends and followers can see it.
Twitter has a lot of cool tools you can use for social media marketing purposes. Check out Twellow and Tweepi. When you use these tools, you can hone in on a target audience. Twitter, like Facebook, takes care of its advertisers, so you can find a lot of help by simply using the tools the site provides. Follow others in the hopes that they might subscribe back to you.
If you are familiar with the various ads on social media pages, they are often intriguing and photoshopped images. These images often attract attention to the ad. When someone is drawn to one of your ads they tend to check out your business and from there they may be interested with what you have to offer.
If you really want to bond with your Twitter followers and pick up a larger base, placate them by mentioning them often in your tweets and posts. Users that are tagged in this manner will know that you mentioned them, and they are more likely to respond to you or "retweet" your original post.
Social Media Marketing
You should think about promoting free goodies through your social marketing efforts. Few people can resist the appeal of a freebie, which makes this approach very effective. Choose a product or service you want to highlight, then post your free offering to the most popular freebie pages and forums.
A great tip to remember when using social media marketing is that you cannot expect to see instant results from your marketing. Developing an excellent social media presence and strategy takes time and patience. Keep working at it every day. You will need to put forth effort to build up your followers on Facebook and Twitter before launching a major campaign. Talk about social media when doing other non-social media marketing campaigns.
Offer exclusive coupons and discounts to those who follow you on social media sites. This will help your followers to feel like they belong to a special club, and it will give them incentive to purchase more of your products as well.
Negativity is just part of the game when dealing with social media marketing. Not all customers are happy all of the time, you must deal with the unpleasantness just as professionally. Do not ignore unhappy customers, but make an attempt to help them.
Read up on social media marketing. You may already have a profile on Facebook; however, keep in mind that social media marketing is not the same thing as chatting with your friends. You can locate many helpful tools all over the Internet, as well as many people that are happy to help out.
Keep checking on what your competition is doing. Pay your rivals' social media profiles a visit to see what brings them success and what is not well-received. You might want to make your page similar or go a totally different route to get more of an audience.
Link your social media profile with your company website. You can do this quickly with share buttons placed on your website to let your visitors share your content with their friends via their social media pages. These buttons should be on all main pages, RSS feeds and blog posts so that users can easily share your content.
Don't only rely on one channel if you're going to use social media marketing. Bu using many different social media platforms, you spread your business around to many areas and help to generate a bigger customer base. You will be able to learn how to market in a variety of places.
Do not rely on only one channel when promoting your business through social media marketing. The use of multiple sites will increase your exposure to potential customers. It can help in other ways also by using a variety of available tools.
Use coupons and deals that are time sensitive to really ramp up discussion about your profiles. This will create a sense of urgency and fans will be more inclined to pay attention to your social media profiles because they do not want to miss out on a deal. They will also be more likely to share the links to these types of deals with their friends.
Hosting a photography contest relevant to your branding is an opportunity to engage your subscribers of social media. Let people know that you will give a nice reward to the most creative picture that includes your brand. Users can submit their photos and share them with others; in doing so, they would be spreading the word about your company to people who might otherwise not find you.
Twitter requires effort to maintain, so try one of the many add-on services that can help manage the information in your twitter account more easily. Their offerings vary, but by and large they will follow your followers, and un-follow those who do not show interest over a certain time frame. These services can help you manage your lists and find appropriate people for you to interact with.
Use your Facebook page as a platform for announcing a promotional offer or giveaway that people can interact with, either on the net or offline. The winning items may be products from your business, what a great marketing tool. Not only is this a good way to reach out to and interact with your customers and fans, but it's a fantastic marketing move.
With social media marketing, provide incentives without being too pushy. People do not want to feel like you are trying to force them to make a purchase. Have a weekly sale or discount on a regular schedule so that customers can know when to take advantage of them. This way your customers receive some discounts, but don't feel spammed or forced into a sale.
Make sure your firm's postings are of visual interest. Visitors do not want to just look at text with no graphics. Images, art work, graphs or even videos are a great text breaker. On the other hand, don't make it that the only thing seen on your page is graphics.
Social Media
When using a blog on your social media page, be sure to regularly update it. It is easier to post frequently if you do so on a set schedule. People will be coming back to check out the new content you have. Make sure that you set a reminder for yourself for when it is time to create a new update.
Boast about all your followers if you have social media blog. You may have heard many times that it's wrong to brag, but when it comes to social media marketing, many customers feel comforted by knowing they are dealing with a successful business. Also, incorporate different outlets such as Twitter and Facebook to increase notoriety. Put in links to other content, as well.
Post new content and update your page often. Give the consumers a reason to want to visit your site, and you do this by putting out something that will get them looking forward to seeing information from you. Either post or signup with a service that will post content regularly. That way, you will stay on your readers' radars.
Buttons are a godsend when it comes to keeping up with social media. Attach a subscription button to your RSS feed on your site. The idea here is that you want your blog readers to be able to subscribe to your latest content. By creating this network, you can facilitate a following from other readers.
Make your headlines irresistible. Social media sites can be fickle, and you cannot guarantee that other users will see anything of your post except its headline. Therefore, your headline should grab the readers' attention and entice them to read more. A good headline can be the difference between getting noticed and being ignored.
Make a catchy headline for each post. The first piece of content your readers will see is your headline, so try your best to make an impression. You must grab their attention quickly and draw them into your content completely. That's why you need to take time to come up with an effective one.
While you are probably aware of the well-known social network sites, there are many smaller social networks that are targeting specific audiences. Get to know your target audience so you can find out which network they use, especially when targeting certain age groups.
Marketing, especially the social media type, can be easy to do and possibly even fun. It is actually a great way to give customers a great interactive advertising experience. Implement all of the knowledge you gained today so that you can enjoy success in the near future.
Experiment and play with your profile content before you actually have it go live. Keep testing new techniques outside of your official profile to find the most effective social media marketing techniques. This will help you avoid publishing content that tarnishes your image on social media sites.


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CPR restored
CPR (the local danish SSN registry) has migrated to another IT platform over the weekend. IBSuite services was impacted early this morning but should now be restored for all customers accessing CPR through the IBA datacenter. We apologize for any inconveniences arisen by this incident that was partly outside of our control.


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Sean Carlstrom, Building Official at the City of Shelton was selected as Employee of the Month by the City's Wellness Committee for the month of September 2017.
Sean is a lifelong resident of the Shelton area. He has worked for nearly twenty years as a private contractor, which gives him a vast range of knowledge and expertise as the City's Building Official.
Sean excels at providing proactive, friendly, customer service. He consistently makes himself available to meet with applicants to answers questions, and provide guidance on current building code. In his short two months with the city, permit turnaround times have decreased significantly.
A recent permit applicant stated, "I used to have nothing good to say about building inspectors, but after working with Sean my opinion has changed."


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They came from across the world to Ethiopia in search of their "promised land", but for many Rastafarians, struggling to win even basic rights, the dream never materialised. Kush left his home in Birmingham in Britain a decade ago to join a Rastafarian community based in the southern Ethiopian town of Shashamane, 250 kilometres (155 miles) south of Addis Ababa.
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Every 4th Thursday of the month, you can catch host Zoe Yellen with three of her most daring friends completing outlandish tasks and answering trivia questions. In between rounds, you'll find some of New York City's best stand ups and sketch comedy groups showing their stuff. Audience involvement and alcohol consumption are both highly encouraged
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X-Men #3 (UNLETTERED) (Preview)
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- Brian Wood
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- Mark Morales and Olivier Coipel
- Cover by
- Olivier Coipel
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- Marvel Comics
The X-Men find out what Arkea is capable of, and the phrase "rampaging horde" comes to mind.
Can Arkea be defeated? Can the X-Men take down one of their own, if that's what it takes?
Meanwhile, what's up with Sublime and Rachel? What's up with Bling and Cipher? What's up with Jubilee and Bling?


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Why Does My Site "Jump" to the Top of the Page When I Trigger a Popup?
When triggering a popup, typically via the Click Trigger, your website or page will "jump" to the top a split second before the popup is displayed.
In most situations, this is caused by using the code from Solution #5 in our Why Is My Popup Not Scrolling Properly/Background Scrolling Doc.
To fix this issue, use the following code instead - it's been slightly modified compared to the code from Solution #5 above:


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Prototype the Structure
Several custom built hardwares and advanced computing techniques had been used to build the interface of this project. The physical structure consists of two basic modules which are, FTIR interface and Cymascope. Each module has almost the same body and when combined together, they create the entire installment. Additionally an Arduino microcontroller located inside of the FTIR module that controls most of the events happening inside the prototype.
The top surface of the FTIR module consists of 35 by 25 centimeter piece of 10mm thick acrylic glass. Also, the frame that holds the glass in place is covered with a custom made array of Infrared LED's. These special LED's emits only infrared light which is not visible to the human eye. A similar system could be built with normal LED's however, it would cause serious problems such as, being affected by natural or ambient light, as I experienced in my previous prototypes.
To be able to put different materials on the glass, and provide a tactile input to the spectator, a complement surface had been made by using Tinkerman method. Complement surface consists of a waterproof silicon, which was applied to a plastic film by using a soft foam roller. Yet, this process creates a texture very similar to human skin and responsive to the FTIR surface.
The materials that create a texture on the FTIR surface are, mat (represents the distortion effect), bubble wrap (noise effect), soft towel (ambient echo), and table cloth made of synthetic cotton (delay effect). Pressure that spectators finger will apply on these materials, going to measured by a touch sensor located below the frame and going to set the effect level. As the spectator touches on the materials, relative effects will be triggered and applied on the ambient sound.
FTIR surface video can be found on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26N-rHWL_s
An Arduino microcontroller used to operate components of the prototype such as, LED's and pressure sensor. Basically, it has three tasks to do. First of all, controlling the IR LED's condition, whether they are switched on or off, to decrease power consumption. Since IR LED's are 1.5 volts, an octocoupler used to separate two circuits that are working with different voltages. Secondly, controls the color of RGB LED's to create unique color mixture on the liquid holder. Finally, gets data from pressure sensor which is placed under the acrylic frame.
Cymascope module of the installment consists of a black acrylic liquid holder, a speaker, sound transmitter tube, membrane and RGB LED's. The final solution to transfer sound waves from the speaker to liquid is created by the influence of tonoscope. One end of the tube glued to the speaker and the other end enclosed by a flexible membrane. Thus, any interaction between the air inside and outside of the tube had been blocked. As a result, the motion created by up and down movement of the speaker can directly be transferred to the liquid holder. Ultimately, according to the vibration frequency different patterns can emerge on the liquid surface. Liquid holder has chosen to be black, in order to reduce reflections coming from other sources rather than LED's. The reason why the RGB light sources located on the sides of the liquid holder is to make colorful patterns visible from all sides.
Cymascope video can be found on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs0oehisD8U


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Note! This is a live blog, the formatting is not pretty.
EA has chosen to go against the norm and host it's own event outside of E3, open to the general public. A bold move to say the least. Even though they are leaving the showfloor they still held their annual E3 press conference for a theater of adoring fans and journalists.
EA Kicked off its 2016 E3 press conference at 1pm on a sunny California Monday. Here are This is Geeks top moments from the conference.
Peter Moore in London!
EA held two simultanious conferences and livestreamed them together. Peter Moore headlined the London event. Though it was slightly confusing, the dual conferences were a great way for EA to spread its content worldwide and allow less travel time for overseas developers.
Play to give
After our own heart, EA is introducing a new campaign called Play to Give, by various in game events players will earn acheivements that go towards a charity pool. At the end of the campaign EA will be donating no less than $1,000,000 to various organizations such as Women in Information Technology and HeForShe. Given the general publics view on the company, this is a great way for them to show their good side.
Star Wars
With three new titles already released, and an endless supply of Star Wars universe stories and characters, there can be no shortage of upcoming games.
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 in the works
- (Untitled) New single player action game, new characters and story-line.
- Respawn entertainment is creating 3rd person action adventure game, releasing in 2018
Mass Effect Andromeda
- Completely new story
- New cast
- More freedom
EA Originals
Created to bring new Indie games to life EA Originals will Provide funding, marketing and publishing for small independent development studios. Much like it did for last years Unravel. All profit from the program will go back to the developer.
The first game coming from the new initiative is Fe, an adorable adventure game with a heavy musical influence.
Zoint games – Gothemburg Sweden
- Titanfall 2 on coming to PS4.
- 6 New titans
- More customization
- Deep progression system
- Single player story – Full offline campaign
Beta test prior to launch – sign up at titanfall.com
Thats all for now, overall EA had a fairly quiet and uneventful conference! Next up Bethesda!!


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Pregnancy Power Workbook launches as new tool to empower pregnant women
Interactive format helps pregnant woman meet the unique needs of their own, individual pregnancies
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 6, 2012) – For the nearly 5 million women that will become pregnant this year in America, a new tool promises to convert the overwhelming amount of information available into practical knowledge that empowers each woman to meet her own, individual pregnancy needs.
The Pregnancy Power Workbook ,authored by prenatal and gynecology experts Dr. Jim Betoni, DO and Camilla Bicknell, RNC, WHNP, helps women better understand and prepare for their own unique pregnancies.
"What we've done is compile the most important pregnancy questions and answers and assemble them into a workbook that's readable, interactive, and practical," explained Bicknell.
Complemented by The Pregnancy Power Blog and the Pregnancy Power Community on Facebook, the Pregnancy Power Workbook is the first and only workbook-format pregnancy guide.
This distinctive format enables a woman to:
- Translate information into useable knowledge. Instead of inundating a woman with facts, figures, and statistics, this workbook provides basic questions and easy to digest answers.
- Speak the same language as her medical team. The step-by-step guide to prenatal care prepares the pregnant woman to ask the right questions during her doctor's office visits.
- Avoid unnecessary details that aren't applicable to her pregnancy. The book's question section allows the woman to choose relevant questions and then gives her space to record her and her doctor's answers.
- Stay on top of her prenatal care. In addition to questions and answers, the workbook helps a woman stay informed and up-to-date with features like a personal pregnancy timeline, pregnancy and lab flow sheets, and ultrasound awareness sheets .
"Many women are unaware of what they need to know or what questions they need to ask their busy doctors during the 'typical' 4-minute office visit," Dr. Betoni added. "With our current medical system not allowing enough time to ensure that each woman has an adequate understanding of her unique needs, this workbook empowers the woman to take charge at her doctor's office visits."
The Pregnancy Power Workbook is available now through The Pregnancy Power Blog website or through www.amazon.com.
About the Authors
Dr. James Betoni and Nurse Practitioner Camilla Bicknell have called upon their combined 30-years of experience caring for women who are pregnant to construct The Pregnancy Power Workbook. In his 17 years as an OB/GYN physician and 2010 fellowship graduate in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dr. Betoni's experience includes providing high-risk obstetrical care in private practice, community health clinics, and university settings. Ms. Bicknell focused her practice and became a women's health nurse practitioner in 1995. Dedicated to the most underserved, she continues to provide prenatal and gynecology care at a large community health center in Colorado Springs.


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Watch all the clips from FOX's reimagining of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in this handy playlist right here:
Before I dive into this review, I have to say that I come into it with a wee bit of bias. See, I was a Rocky Horror kid from the age of 16 'til about 20. During those four years, I spent many Saturday nights shouting obscenities at a movie theater screen, throwing toast, rice, and other items into the air, and generally having a great time.
In the long ago era before the internet, going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show was a way of finding your tribe. Whether that was the gay tribe, or the musical theater tribe, or the nerd tribe, this is where we all came together. So despite the fact that it's been over two decades since I was a Rocky regular, the movie and its culture will always be a piece of my heart. And I will always remember the callback lines, no matter how many years it's been since I've gone. Those lines are hardwired into my brain for all time now.
So with that bias in mind, I was sort of appalled when I first heard there were plans to redo Rocky for television. I still had terrible memories of the Glee tribute episode to Rocky, which sanitized the whole thing to the point of ridiculousness. That said, the producers of the new Rocky gradually won me over to believing that this might not be a totally terrible idea. First with the casting of actress and trans rights activist Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank N. Furter, the mad scientist/alien from the planet Transsexual. And then with the casting of original Frank, Tim Curry, in the role of the narrator. After this, I was at least ready to give it a fair shot.
Ultimately, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again is neither great nor is it terrible. There's plenty to enjoy about the show, and at no moment does this tarnish the legacy of the original movie or stage musical in any way. Most surprisingly, they definitely didn't sanitize the content for broadcast, which shows how far we've come culturally that this can even be on at the 8 PM hour on network TV, and feature a transgender woman seducing a wholesome hetero couple.
But for every smart decision director Kenny Ortega and the producers made, there was always another one that was a head-scratcher. Having the Transylvanians wear unique individual costumes instead of all just wearing matching tuxes? Super smart. Having Rocky, the epitome of manly hotness, wear big loose golden boxer shorts instead of tight undies that show off the goods? Seems to miss the point, doesn't it?
One thing that is absolutely not a head-scratcher is the casting of Cox as Frank N. Furter, which turned out to be the genius move as we all suspected it would be. Sure, her voice might not be as strong as Tim Curry's was back in the day, but she finds a way to take the part and make it hers. From the moments she first appears singing "Sweet Transvestite," she chews the scenery and never stops chewing, which is exactly what the part demands. Most interestingly, she channels several different musical icons for different songs. There's a bit of old school Tina Turner here, a bit of Beyonce there. It's a smart choice, and helps differentiate her version of Frank from Tim Curry's completely.
The rest of the cast, however, is a mixed bag, it saddens me to say. They all have amazing voices; our new Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, Ryan McCartan and Victoria Justice, arguably have better vocal range than originals Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon did back in the day. But both of these new actors don't bring the same campy energy that their predecessors did to their parts. This may be airing on Fox, but both our Brad and our Janet are a bit too CW for my taste. That said, they both have their moments, especially in the finale.
Maybe the biggest offenders among the cast were as Christina Milian as Magenta and Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia. Again, both have great singing voices, but their acting leaves a lot to be desired (some of Columbia's line readings were truly dreadful). On the flip side, Reeve Carney's take on Frank's servant Riff Riff is a perfect imitation of Richard O' Brien, the original actor, but his singing style always seemed overdone.
As for the rest of the cast, Adam Lambert does a pretty great job with what is essentially an extended cameo as doomed rock 'n' roll bad boy Eddie, singing "Hot Patootie." However, Broadway legend Ben Vereen is really miscast as Eddie's uncle Dr. Scott, who decided to play the part as a wacky grandpa type instead of a possible former Nazi spy… despite keeping lines of dialogue from the original which suggest he is an ex-Nazi, which now make zero sense.
And as for the titular Rocky himself, well… much like the original, Staz Nair looks good without a lot of clothes on, which is pretty much the extent of what's demanded of the part in every version of this show. He's stuck with the most boring song in the movie, "The Sword of Damocles," and doesn't have much in the way of dialogue or much singing after that. But he does more than fine with what he's got to work with.
In the end, the mileage you get out of this new Rocky Horror Picture Show depends on just how much you are into Laverne Cox as Frank N. Furter, because this new version kind of lives and dies on her performance. Without her, it probably wouldn't be worth your time, but she brings enough new energy to the part as to make this new version worth checking out.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again will air Thursday, Oct. 20 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on Fox.
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This chapter has served only as an introduction to add-ins and code behind documents. Chapter 24, "Creating Outlook Add-Ins with VSTO," covers VSTO add-ins for Outlook. Chapter 23, "Developing COM Add-Ins for Word and Excel," covers COM add-ins for Word and Excel. Chapter 3, "Programming Excel," covers automation add-ins for Excel. Chapters 13 through Figure"The VSTO Programming Model," "Using Windows Forms in VSTO," "Working with the Actions Pane," "Working with Smart Tags in VSTO," and "VSTO Data Programming," respectivelycover the code-behind-document model of VSTO in detail.


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'Heritage diplomacy': Obama's new tactic in Science Diplomacy?June 8th, 2009
Posted by: Roger Pielke, Jr.
Yasmin Khan from the Science Museum, London, follows up her previous guest post in light of Obama's speech in Cairo on 4th July 2009.
In my last blog entry I alluded to the prospect of utilizing science diplomacy to help promote world peace. Following President Barack Obama's ground-breaking speech in Cairo, it now seems that dormant rhetoric will soon be put into imminent action. Intentions to support scientific initiatives in the Islamic world as part of Obama's vision for promoting peaceful relations between the United States and countries with a Muslim majority were revealed, as highlighted in David Bruggeman's recent blog entry on Science Diplomacy and the Cairo Address.
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the use of international science cooperation with the goal of building or establishing relationships between and among societies.
Just prior to that, The Times reported that Dr Harold Varmus, Noble Laureate and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology has asserted that American diplomacy had previously undervalued the role of medicine and science in fostering friendly relations with developing nations. Varmus argued that US investment in fighting tropical infections and chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes in poor countries would transform international perceptions of the US. Varmus also advocated the introduction of a "Global Science Corps" of scientists willing to spend at least a year working in a poor country, and a network of science attachés for every US embassy.
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Productive initiatives have already begun to materialise. A U.S. delegation was recently sent to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, where the implementation of science diplomacy has successfully proved to yield agreements to Seek Collaboration in Water, Energy, Agriculture and other Fields.
This refreshing approach demonstrated by Obama to "use diplomacy and build international consensus to resolve our problems whenever possible" sounds encouraging and brings with it a fresh wave of world-wide hope. But what is most unique is Obama's shrewd tactic to reference historical contributions made by other civilizations in order to give the present full context. This approach is both courageous and eye opening:
it was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.
Obama has now given a new edge to science diplomacy – combining it with a sort of 'heritage diplomacy', he knows he can take things much further. Since then, John Esposito amongst others has also observed that by focusing on our interdependence, shared values and common interests, Obama has generated a new mindset and paradigm for U.S.-Muslim World relations. In the mean time, administration officials are working to elucidate the fuzzy spots in Obama's science diplomacy as summarised in a recent State Department factsheet 'A NEW BEGINNING: THE U.S. AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD'.
So what next? Obama's speech was a watershed moment in history that raised expectations and has left us all in anticipation. We have yet to see his all pledges for action fully materialise but as Obama's incisive words continue to reverberate, the future looks brighter.
Yasmin Khan is the Curator Team Manager at the Science Museum, London.


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