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Your best bet is probably fantasy, as that or anime are the over-arcing themes in Exalted.
I'm sure other people have probably asked questions like this, but I have a specific one that has paralyzed my posting on the topic.
It's not WoD ( and there aren't any Exalted threads in that forum.... or any forum ) and it's not exactly Dark Future, or SciFi, or Fantasy, or, or, or.....
I don't want to post about Exalted in a forum where it isn't wanted.
( For that matter, is there some "catch-all" category for stuff like Nobilis, or Life With Master that don't fit in the regular genre categories? )
Your best bet is probably fantasy, as that or anime are the over-arcing themes in Exalted.
Games: Exalted 2e pre-errata (hiatus), Recruiting for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy game (System TBD) in SF south bay area
The Dolling Blogs (1, 2, 3 & 4)
It might depend on what the actual question is. There are a couple of categories under Fantasy. If it has to do with a GM/DM quandry, you could submit it to the "Ask the GM" section. Then there is always the General category under the Players Portal section. If you post it in a particular section and it would be better somewhere else, there have been the occaisional times that someone's post has been moved by either Farcaster or one of his Moderators. If this happens, don't take it as being in trouble. Of course, this question could also lead to another section being added to the site.
Now, what is the question that you would like to ask of us here on the site?
I'm looking for help/samples/etc. on Exalted rules. That is, things like the use of Virtues, combat in general ( although I found a fantastic pdf on that ), charm/combo questions, etc. Very specific Exalted things.
I'm starting a campaign this weekend, and 2nd edition seems so completely different from 1st edition. I tried to run a sample combat with a couple of friends to see how it works, and it was just confusing and frustrating. Of course, I've since found a great step-by-step for combat that they really should have put in the main rulebook it's so good....
Anyway, as things come up in game, I'd like to be able to pose questions in the right forum. I ask preemptively because I want to be sensitive to others.
As a person who's been running exalted for a long while, I can certainly sympathize. If you'd like to, you can PM me any questions you have and I'll try to answer them to the best of my abilities. Good luck on your new campaign and I hope you all have a blast
Games: Exalted 2e pre-errata (hiatus), Recruiting for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy game (System TBD) in SF south bay area
The Dolling Blogs (1, 2, 3 & 4)
If enough of you guys play Exalted want to talk and show a bunch of posts about it (I'd go for Fantasy too!) you can always throw yourselves at the mercy of Farcaster and ask him to create a sub-forum for it.
I'll chime in on fantasy.
Garry AKA --Phoenix-- Rising above the Flames.
My favorite game console is a table and chairs.
The Olde Phoenix Inn
I was recruiting for an Exalted PbP game for a while there. If it'd garnered any interest here, that might've been a basis for a subforum request For now tho, I'm running the module over at the Tangled Web.
On a somewhat related note, my group and I are working on a conversion of Exalted to the modern setting. I've already got some good material, but where would I put that to get the response/advice of the P&PG community? Fantasy or Modern campaign resources? I'm focusing on using resources from the old and new World of Darkness (such as the nWoD armory book and the like) and converting them to existing Exalted mechanics so that an Exalted player could easily use the new setting.
Games: Exalted 2e pre-errata (hiatus), Recruiting for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy game (System TBD) in SF south bay area
The Dolling Blogs (1, 2, 3 & 4)
You could post articles in the article/blogs section of PnPG
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It's basically a walk through of a very complex combat that starts between mortals and scales up. I found it extremely useful.
Oh, and the game went great! We did spend the majority of time on the character creation, but our first combat went pretty smoothly. Some issues came up, such as how exactly minimum damage works (I think it only applies at the point where you are soaking the damage dice?).
The most amazing thing was during character creation, people used Social as the dump stats, and I ignored reading anything about social combat, and then during the first encounter with possible enemies the PCs went completely social trying to convince, intimidate, etc. So, we just RPed it, but I want to be prepared for next time so I will read up on the social combat stuff and we will give that a try. It's bound to come up, and the players I think have realized they will actually use it, unlike most other RPGs we have played....
If you make a successful attack, meaning you get more successes on your attack roll than the target's DV, then the rule is you get to roll at least 1d10 damage regardless if the target would soak it.
If your weapon has the O (overwhelming) tag on it, then the number after the slash is the minimum damage: the minimum amount of dice you roll after you apply the target's soak to your raw damage pool (Str + Dmg + xtra successes). If what's left after soak is less than your minimum damage, you roll your minimum damage instead.
If your Essence is higher than the minimum damage (number after the slash) or if your weapon has no minimum damage, you roll your Essence in dice rather than the minimum damage (because you are just that powerful, I guess ).
The exception to all of these rules is Hardness, a rare trait of heavy armors and artifact armors as well as some Charms. If the target has a Hardness rating greater than your raw damage, you do not get to roll damage at all. His armor defends him perfectly. If you get more raw damage than his Hardness rating, continue as normal with subtracting his soak and rolling damage against him.
On a side note, if a character has multiple Hardnesses affecting him (such as he is wearing artifact armor with a Hardness and has also activated a Charm that gives him Hardness) they do not stack. You take the highest level of Hardness for that damage type (Bashing, lethal or aggravated) and use that as the applicable Hardness trait.
If you are looking into social combat, be aware that there are only 7 traits which really matter in the social combat arena. They are:
Your Appearance is compared with your opponent's. If you have a higher Appearance, they have a mental DV penalty equal to the difference (up to -3) and your mental defenses are at a bonus to their attacks equal to the difference (again, up to +3). You make social "attacks" using either Charisma (for honest, directness) or Manipulation (for deception or slyness) plus Presence, Performance or Investigation. Performance is almost always used when addressing groups rather than individual opponents. Investigation is used to seek out points of weakness in their arguments or in their "mental armor" that you can penetrate with a particularly well phrased attack. It is also used to sense their motives and relationships with other people in the social combat. Integrity is used in calculating your mental dodge DV rather than as an attack Ability.
The other social Abilities are considered to operate on too long a timescale to be used in social combat. These are Socialize and Bureaucracy, iirc.
Last edited by GoddessGood; 11-17-2008 at 10:32 AM.
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|2013-02-15, 17:12
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+1 to an element increases the resistance of that element by a level. ie: A->A+. I actually did not acquire all the resist slots so resistances stay at S, as taking very little damage is better than the enemy attacking you with another attack type (often their melee).
Serawi imo will always suck "somewhjat" due to the lack of primary stats. Even Emelita has more staying power than Serawi since Emelita gets bloodsuck III from her lily costume (prevail and bloodsuck together makes her almost invincible).
Because of how bows are itemized and that Serawi's primary attacks should be the 3 range barrage skill from her fire armor, focus on strength.
|2013-02-15, 21:14
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|2013-02-16, 08:32
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Join Date: Dec 2003
How do you guys build your Serawi? Carpet bomb has very a very low str bonus (compared to the 20ish of the 3 range attack), very high mana cost and also a hit chance penalty. Her spd is also not all that high to have a 3rd attack often.
Although elemental bows are very accessible, their str bonus is still on the low side beside the Earth bows.
Emelita Endgame on the other hand, can go:
- Bloodsuck III
- Prevail III
- Elemental damage spell (can use succubus embrace for melee).
Last slot can be:
- Double action before her accessory and while she is acting as caster (you can even swap double action for something else after the 1st spell)
- A second attack spell.
Prevail and bloodsuck synergize with each other very well:
The lower your health goes, the more damage you do = the more health you regain from bloodsuck. In fact there are dangerous rooms where the first person to enter will be bombarded with so many attacks that its hard to not lose the unit if it does not have bloodsuck to regenerate health between the chain of 6 attacks. Emelita is guaranteed to survive if someone provides a Guardian effect (as the first attack will always be mitigated, allowing a spell to go off thus healing her up).
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Some skills you should think of once you get their NG+ armor. Prevail III, Undress III, Ferocity III or Vorpal Counter III (Pretty sure you don't need NG+ stuff for this).
|2013-02-17, 18:49
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Emelita: Prevail III + Bloodsuck III + Soul Shield III is my two standard set-up. The last slot for striking elemental weaknesses or if there's no risk of an enemy in sight an element-terrain-movment-skill.
Serawi I ususally have with Prevail III, Ferocity III, Enhanced Barrage, filler (sometimes Projectile Defense).
Double Action would be nice, but they lack of ~ 25 levels behind Wil, Mylen, Yuela so I want to play safe instead of rezzing more than maybe needed (which of course happens nontheless).
And I had bad luck with the annoying random stat gain when I had trained my weaker units. Sometimes I have so bad luck that even Marwen ring + necklace didn't help (if I remember to switch them around every time).
Oh yeah, poor Sharty has been allocatd as shopkeeper again. With level 30 my lowest level except of Hanna *lol*.
|2013-02-18, 03:45
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To think I actually like using sharty early game because of bloodsuck, wide variety of elemental gloves (and rocket punch gives 3 range + high str later on), as well as Flighty Guardian which is a guaranteed proc.
The NG+ characters just do the same job much better.
Arterial of origins has a simpler gameplay but is quite fun to collect all the cards!
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|2013-02-24, 20:52
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Random thoughts of playing this game
-It seem V8 is a catch up H scene galore---I mean, seriously? Random 3 some all over the place.
-To make it more lol worthy, some of them include tac team power ups.
-Will want to work Urdine and Earth mana together as part of the plot---yet I still have to go farm them for blue liquid to unlock lower tier armor. I find that just totally lol.
-Did the main heroine ever figure out the fact will was sleeping with everyone of his female followers?
-That put an interesting question, can angels, devils, earth elemental etc get pregnant? Swari want to have a baby with Will, but it look like so will everyone else.
|2013-02-25, 00:23
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|2013-02-25, 09:31
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Or the two other heroine girl that would miss out the route.
Are there any furniture you build that trigger a lot of scenes? I know out door bath trigger a ton of stuff, a lot of them H. But anything besides that?
Also, Ramen stall is terrible. 35 days for a bag of gems, really?
Finally, I think timed quest are the suck. Unless you been stockpiling materials and knew they come up, I failed each and last one of them....
|2013-02-25, 09:48
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The timed quests are more meant for NG+. To do them you will have to just spam gathers: kohakuren displace makes it "easy".
Beside the hotspring, all the "event triggers" are usually just one liners, stuff like the kamidori poster, adult video corner, love bed comes into mind.
|2013-02-25, 10:19
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The bridge quest needed 20 wood and 20 Good wood. During that period I was making all kind of furniture for money, so farming all of them in 10 days was impossible.
So only way to do the quest is you know is coming up and stockpile accordingly. Or re-load. I just went with the flow and screw everyone of them >.>
|2013-02-25, 11:12
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Join Date: Dec 2003
You need higher Tools: high tools reduces materials needed. A high Tools count is usually only achievable in NG+, esp given the two gundams and asmodeus furniture.
The wood gather quest imo is meant for NG+: the reward is very broken for a first run as you will end up 1 shotting a lot of stuff (with either its high str count, high crit proc, or +death effect).
Koha makes the gather part easier: porting a character straight to the gather spot instead of having to fight trash that gives barely any xp: giant waste of time.
The most annoying NG+ quest is prob the gem quest: good thing that has no time limit.
|2013-02-27, 21:48
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Master of Coin
Join Date: Mar 2008
Content wise, is this game worth playing second time? Will there be nothing just some events, or it is completely new like a Fate/Night play through? Also, if I keep my stats from the first game, wouldn't I be be able to fix Yuela's sword in like 2 seconds?
|2013-02-28, 04:34
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|2013-02-28, 05:59
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Speaking of: I finished my Emilita playthrough a few weeks ago + obtained the last alchemy rank and its much needed deployment-capacity increase. Obviously with levels carried over the final boss was a complete joke after it had the bad luck and got critted to the junk yard by Fairy Queen's wind magic in ~ 2 turns or so .
|2013-03-01, 11:59
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Master of Coin
Join Date: Mar 2008
But how different is it? Without too many spoiler,
Spoiler for Spoiler ending:
Also, what should I do for the second game?
I don't plan to add Golem, Leguna or Lily because they are just clone units with no story, not sure if I should bother with the Eullshully girls. Also, do u think I should go restart with low level characters/monster level capped, or should I uncap them all and fight with, say, level 45 puttero on the first map?
|2013-03-01, 12:51
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The route for each heroine and what you do is different pretty much after chapter 4 for each girl. The side routes for the side heroines like Suina and Aht and stuff is the same though. There's also new side stuff to do too though.
There is literally no reason to uncap ever. It doesn't change the amount of experience the monster gives you and it only really effects how strong monsters are on the hard mode and on the very hardest maps. It will still make leveling any new characters a pain in the ass though. Also you should get Lily at least, she's a fun unit to have around.
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Game of Thrones Season 3 As Infographics
Including the official Game of Thrones color wheel!
Game of Thrones season three ended just five days ago and we've spent the entire time since missing, thinking about, and analyzing it. And is there a better way of looking back than in graph and chart form? Nope! So that's exactly what we did. We broke down the Unsullied's signs of loyalty, the meaning of Westeros wedding colors, what Davos and Melisandre symbolize in relation to Stannis, and more. So take a walk down GoT memory lane, stop at a bar (graph), and eat some pie (charts).


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Diseñadores de todas las partes del mundo están proponiendo diseños creativos a Carlos Garcia en la categoría de diseño logotipo - custom.
We are an award-winning interactive agency that is rebranding itself to become "Intus". We provide internet strategies for leading companies with global brands. Our unique selling proposition is that we deliver great results and engaging creative.
In Latin, the word Intus means "within", "on the inside", and "at home".
As a full service digital agency we work from "within" our clients strategy sessions. We are considered by them as the experts when it comes to online customer acquisition, social network marketing and online media. Our strategies are always executed with top-notch creative concepts that engage users visually and emotionally. We put a lot of effort into planning each user experience to maximize results.
We came to the word "intus" because it is short and it's meaning is quickly perceived in association with the word "into" in English.
Intus invokes "intuitive", "intelligence", "interactive" and "internet". The second syllable, "us", is subconsciously associated with first-person plural. This leads to "collective intelligence" within our team and in collaboration with our clients. In a broader sense, "us" can also imply community and social.
Marketing managers, account directors, media buyers and top executives of Fortune 500 companies, global brands, large advertising and media agencies.
While we like the word "Intus" for its shortness, its meaning and the fact that it is easy to say and spell, we are concerned that the name sounds serious and does not convey the creative edge that we bring to our clients. We would like the creative treatment of the logo to convey that we are sophisticated, modern and that the same time somewhat crazy and fun to work with. Our work competes with companies like AKQA, Digitas, Sapient, RGA, and CriticalMass.
We are thinking that the logo should be simple, elegant, yet fresh and modern. You have creative leeway to explore with all lowercase, uppercase, or title.
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Where to Shop, Eat, and Stay during Art Basel Miami Beach
Just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach, AD presents the design lover's essential guide to the Magic CityPosted December 31, 2011
This Philippe Starck–designed spot—a satellite of the Beverly Hills original—has reinvented a landmark Art Deco building in the heart of South Beach.
The 140-room pleasure palace sits perfectly poised to give the W and Soho Beach House a run for their arty-partying money, boasting such luxe amenities as a restaurant by James Beard Award–winning chef José Andrés, an outdoor poolside lounge and dayclub, and even a "Champagne Now" app on every in-room iPad.
Doubles from $445; 1701 Collins Ave.; 305-674-1701; sbe.com
This glam, 1960s-style fantasia of antique mirrors, raw-crystal chandeliers, and sleek black marble—telltale design flourishes of the architect duo George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg—rises some 27 stories above the beach in the ultrahaute neighborhood of Bal Harbour.
Its 240-plus residential-feeling rooms and suites, all featuring big ocean-view balconies, cool things down a bit, with a muted palette of cream, platinum, and aubergine. But the Remède Spa, J&G Grill by chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and drinks at the St. Regis Bar heat things right back up.
Doubles from $850; 9703 Collins Ave.; 305-993-3300; stregisbalharbour.com
Having taken on Chicago and New York, the James expanded to South Beach with this hotel in a restored 1939 Deco delight. Designed by Houston-based Lauren Rottet (whose redos of Manhattan's Surrey and Aspen's St. Regis won raves) the 393 rooms, studios, and suites—plus the spa, waterfront seafood spot, and signature lobby—seek to reimagine the hotel's storied past for a fun-filled future.
Rottet has placed an emphasis on local art along with a clear-toned palette of bright whites, warm woods, and sea-foamy accents in blues and greens. Completing the package are two outdoor pools, a poolside bar, and rolling lawns dotted with the hotel's namesake palms.
Doubles from $350; 1545 Collins Ave.; 305-604-5700; jameshotels.com/Miami
This high-design, low-cost boutique stay—in a 1930s Deco building just a block or so from the ocean—was built by the AD100 design firm Roman and Williams, also responsible for the see-and-be-seen spaces at Manhattan's Ace and Standard hotels.
Arranging a mix of private and communal accommodations around a central swimming pool and courtyard, the Freehand takes a hipster summer-camp concept as its jumping-off point, offering inexpensive shared boccie courts, Ping-Pong tables, vintage-inspired bicycles, and a kitchen garden to every guest. Plus, there's food and drink from the Broken Shaker, an award-winning Miami pop-up cocktail lounge.
Private rooms from $150, beds in shared rooms from $35; 2727 Indian Creek Rd.; 305-531-2727; thefreehand.com
Perched on the penthouse level of Herzog & de Meuron's gravity-defying parking structure at 1111 Lincoln Road, this book-well-ahead restaurant affords sweeping vistas of Miami Beach's Art Deco skyline and the sea beyond. Venezuela-based Alejandro Barrios Carrero designed the indoor-outdoor, white-and-wood space, incorporating an Amazonian green wall by vertical-garden guru Patrick Blanc.
In the open kitchen, acolytes of Nobu Matsuhisa, Alain Ducasse, and Daniel Boulud whip up dishes that mix Asian cuisine and French technique with Floridian and Latin ingredients and tastes.
1111 Lincoln Rd.; 305-763-8272; juviamiami.com
Brought to delicious life by the trio of talented young Turks (and toques) behind the three-year-old Asian-flavored gastropub Pubbelly and the two-year-old Pubbelly Sushi and Catalan-inspired Barceloneta, this crowded Italian joint opened in June, with a kitchen overseen by Michael Pirolo, previously the chef de cuisine at the Miami outpost of Scarpetta.
The menu travels the Italian peninsula, with rustic dishes and a casual feel to both the decor—brick walls, blackboard menus, red vinyl seats—and the food, which features small snacks called stuzzichini, pizzas, and crudo, plus homemade pastas.
820 Alton Rd.; 305-534-2124; macchialina.com
This pair of popular spots come from the same well-established Miami restaurateur—Amir Ben-Zion—but their similarities, both aesthetic and culinary, largely end there. On the first floor of the three-year-old Frank Gehry–designed New World Center, the sleek, industrial-style Cooper comprises not only a gently priced American-focused restaurant, but also a gourmet goodies–and-other-essentials market.
South Street, meanwhile, put down its retro–supper club–feeling roots in a Design District bank building, offering neo–soul food from Philadelphia's Amaris Jones, whose menu promises kindler, gentler, and healthier versions of comforting (albeit bikini-unfriendly) classics like fried chicken and shrimp and grits.
Cooper Avenue: 1661 Pennsylvania Ave.; 305-455-4741; cooperavenue.com
South Street: 4000 NE Second Ave.; 305-573-5474; southstreetmiami.com
A high-fashion concept shop with a rocker-chick-chic sensibility, Alchemist opened on the fifth floor of Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road garage, and husband-and-wife owners Erika and Roma Cohen are already expanding to the car park's street level, in a futuristic all-white, neon-lit space designed by Rene Gonzalez.
The space features an installation by none other than starchitect Zaha Hadid, including a cooler where one can grab a drink from JugoFresh—a recently arrived minichain of Miami juice bars with a cultlike following. Fans include Lenny Kravitz, and lines at JugoFresh's other South Beach location often extend out the door.
1111 Lincoln Road; 305-531-4815; shopalchemist.com
The city has been abuzz with the news that the luxury fashion and accessories brands of LVMH—Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Bulgari, etc.—would be decamping from the Bal Harbour Shops to stake out new stomping grounds on the thoroughly gentrified blocks of the once-gritty Design District. Céline (191 NE 40th St.; 305-866-1888) was the inaugural LVMH boutique to land, back in August, with Dior Homme (161 NE 40th St.; 305.571.3576) set to debut before Basel.
As for Louis Vuitton (170 NE 40th St.), it inaugurated a long-term pop-up shop here in October 2012, with a neon-graffitied façade by Los Angeles artist Marquis Lewis (a.k.a. Retna), which will serve as the brand's Design District flagship until the permanent store opens in 2014. Beyond LVMH, August also saw the arrival of Cartier (151 NE 40th St.; 305-864-8793) and Prada (180 NE 40th St.; 305-573-9400). Ornare Home (4040 NE Second Ave., suite 103), a top-end Brazilian home-design brand, also recently opened a new and larger showroom amid all this high-fashion action.
The celebrated Bal Harbour Shops has plans to build an entire new wing, but in the meantime, it's expanding in smaller ways, adding new boutiques from an ever-growing waiting list of retailers.
Arrivals in the past two years include Alexander McQueen (305-866-2839), Moncler (786-477-5343), and watch wonders F.P. Journe (305-993-4747), and IWC (305-909-6935), with Saint Laurent Paris (formerly YSL) opened its first U.S. boutique under new creative director Hedi Slimane at the Shops last December.
9700 Collins Ave.; 305-866-0311; balharbourshops.com


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Why January?
January is a good time to being synthesizing the Fall Semester documentation and begin the report writing for faculty Professional Development Reports! According to the calendar on the Provost's site, PDRs are due on the last duty day of spring for first year faculty. All other faculty turn in theirs at the start of the Fall Semester.
Two important elements of PDRs
The two most important elements of the faculty PDR are the narrative and the documentation.
The narrative gives us the opportunity to "tell our story." If you are on a tenure-track, think of this year's PDP and PDR as one chapter in the novel you are building that will be your case for why your department colleagues, dean, the Provost and the President should consider you an invaluable and indispensable member of the SCSU faculty community.
For each of the goals listed on your PDP, begin writing a short narrative discussing the progress you have made toward meeting or exceeding that goal. Provide examples of significant actions you may have taken and reference or link your documentation that demonstrate the impact of those actions on your progress. If you did not meet your goal, state why and what other opportunities you took advantage of, instead.
Documentation is very important and intended to support your case. Select your documents carefully, ensure that each set of documents you provide have been referenced in your narrative; do not submit a laundry list of documents with no connections. Some deans would like you to turn in your documentation with your PDR, others ask that you keep it available to be provided if requested.
PDR Café and Workshops
CETL will be organizing two workshops on PDRs in late January and early February. We will also schedule a time for deans to talk about their perspective on PDRs. Watch for announcements and mark your calendars.


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Who would have thought that Captain Birds Eye would ever be a style role model. Well not quite but fisherman coats and jackets, which started appearing in the ranges of high end brands last year have landed on the (virtual) high street and are here to stay for 2013. I guess many of these coats are being bought by outdoor …
Jack Wills 'Classic British Tailoring' Collection
Jack Wills is a label synonymous with public school brats and pink polo-shirts with faux-Rugby Club logos. However, beneath what appears to be a rather empty and shallow brand image, every now and then Jack Wills releases a couple of items that can be put together to form fashion-friendly looks. I, myself, have a skinny scarf that is a perfect blend of stripey knit and dove grey silk- it never fails to improve an otherwise boring look.
In time for the Christmas period, the high-street chain has released their 'Classic British Tailoring' collection featuring gems such as the Lewington Tails and Oakington jacket.
Continue reading for full product details, links and more information about the collection!


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The perfect upscale boat for cruising without effort, designed specially for Leboat. Our Vision 3 Master is a variation of our popular Vision3. The difference being the size of its cabins. The Vision 3 Master has a bigger cabin at the front.
Options & Travel info for Vision 3 Master
Whenever you are cruising with Le Boat, you are renting peace of mind.
All our boats are fully equipped and you will get all the support you need to cruise in confidence (demonstration, assistance & documentation).
The price of our boats is for the whole boat, no matter how many passengers are on board. Thanks to our large range of models, you are sure to find the boat suitable for your party size and budget.
Standard start/end cruise: Your boat will be available between 3pm & 5.30pm on your departure day and must be returned at 9am on your final day. Notes: Early check-in and late check-out can be booked as extra (depends on availability)
What's included in the price?
- Renting the boat and its equipment
- A galley (kitchen) with all the utensils and appliances you would expect
- Towels and linen for all passengers
- A boat handling demo
- Technical support
- On-board cruising information
- Locks free (except in Ireland & Holland)
- Moorings & navigation fee included in Canada, Scotland & Italy (Casale-return trip)
What's NOT included in the price?
- Any additional extras & services
- Boat damage waiver, Fuel cost & deposits
- Travel from/to the base(s)
- Mooring fees
- Cancellation plan & any travel/personal insurance
Navigation Restrictions
Please note that the Vision Series cannot navigate on few areas of Ireland (Lough Allen canal and Shannon-Erne canal), Aquitaine (River Bäise) & Nivernais (Tunnel of La Collancelle, between Etang de Baye & Corbigny).
Options and Extras
To enhance your epxerience, you can add extras & services to your holiday. The availabilities and prices of the extras will be confirmed at start of your booking.
Notes: Please notes that extras booked in advance are in cheaper price than if booked at the base on departure date.
Comfortable and fully equipped
All of our boats come with the necessities you'd expect from a comfortable boating holiday.
With a fully equipped kitchen to cook and dine onboard and prepared cabins with pillows and towels, just think of your boat as a floating villa!
If you have any specific questions about your boat, please call us on:
Similar to a hire car, your boat is supplied with a full tank of diesel and you pay for the fuel you use (normally you won't need to refuel en-route).
Before your departure, you must leave a fuel deposit at your departure base (payable in local currency), and at the end of your cruise you will have to pay for any additional fuel used or will be refunded the difference. The fuel deposit amount depends on your cruise duration:
- Short-breaks: €150
- 1 week: €250
- 2 week: €350
CDW : 37 to 43€ / day (depending on destination)
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Joshua Jackson & Diane Kruger: Germany vs. France Game!
Diane Kruger bursts with joy while attending the soccer game between Germany and France with her longtime love Joshua Jackson on Wednesday (February 6) at the Stade de France in Paris.
The 36-year-old actress was born and raised in Germany, but spent much of her adult life living in France, so we wonder who she was rooting for?!
Last week, Diane attended a photo call for her new film Der Naechste, Bitte! in Berlin.
In case you missed it, check out Diane on the cover of Glamour UK's latest issue!
20+ pictures inside of Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger at the soccer game…


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In the Summer 2011 issue of Deer and Deer Hunting magazine, I wrote a story about the potential world-record Johnny King Buck from Wisconsin. The purpose of the article was to make the public aware of the controversy surrounding the significant difference in opinion on the scoring of the King Buck. This article (and additional photos and video interviews) also appeared on this website.
As I pointed out in the story, many people, including experienced antler measurers, provided their opinion after the right G-3 tine on the King rack was declared abnormal by B&C. The article was not intended to be an attack on the Boone and Crockett Club or anyone in it. The integrity of the Club as a century old institution has never been in question. Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding the Johnny King Buck is far from any kind of reasonable resolution. Rather, the story pointed out that a buck of this magnitude should not be subject to a final ruling based on one man's opinion, particularly when there are so many opposing views — especially those of individuals who have been official B&C scorers for decades.
During my nearly 30-year career as an outdoor writer, I have always been a huge fan and avid supporter of B&C. I can't say enough about the great things this unique conservation organization has done over the past century, not to mention the last few decades. Jack Reneau and I have worked together in numerous ways over the years, and I have the highest respect for him and his vast experience.
However, as citizens of our free country, I do believe that we have a right to question decisions made by others. In this case, dozens of experienced measurers around the country who have seen and examined the Johnny King Buck in person believe that the decision to label the right G-3 as an abnormal point was a bad judgment call. These measurers believe that the rack should be scored as a 6×6 typical with no abnormal points.
PA Meeting was Not a 'Mini-Panel'
When Johnny King drove to Pennsylvania to have Jack Reneau look at his deer in the spring of 2007, his primary reason for driving 1,200 miles was to see if the break in the main beam was clean enough to allow entry in the all-time record book. It was that important to him to travel such a great distance. The rack had already been green-scored as a world-class typical, possibly even a world record. As such, Johnny was told that if the damaged rack could be accepted by B&C, then it would at some point probably be invited to be scored by a panel of judges since potential world records or new state records usually are panel scored.
When Reneau looked at the rack (he did not score it) and made his ruling that the right G-3 was an abnormal point, several other Pope and Young measurers and at least one other B&C measurer were present in the room. B&C suggests that all four measurers weighed in on the ruling. The ruling has even been characterized by some as a "mini-panel." This is not true.
In truth, it was an impromtu meeting that was nowhere close to being a mini-panel. Official B&C panels are assembled every three years at the end of every three-year awards period. The panels usually consist of 10 top measurers from around the country who re-measure the top big game trophies taken during that awards period. Sometimes the panel of judges arrive at a final score that is different than the original entry score. More on that in a minute.
While in Pennsylvania, Johnny King's rack was never panel-scored by any official body. In fact, it was never scored at all because this was not an official gathering of B&C scorers. It was a spontaneous "look-see" with Reneau to determine if the King rack could be entered in the record book due to the break in the beam. The meeting happened to occur during a Pope and Young function that Reneau was attending. The Pope and Young officials who were in the room, Glen and Kevin Hisey, are both distinguished authorities in their own right. However, they were there as Pope and Young authorities overseeing the measuring of Pope and Young trophies. The King deer was a rifle kill. At best, if the other scorers present voiced an opinion, that's all it was – a simple opinion.
So, in truth, the only opinion that mattered was that of Jack Reneau. The other scorers present might have agreed with him and they might not have agreed with him. However, Reneau stated the G-3 was an abnormal point and this ruling was the bottom line. Like many B&C rulings, it was a judgement call and this has been the basis for the entire controversy.
Nothing can be found in the B&C measurer's manual that would indicate the right G-3 is an abnormal point. In fact, if you score the point according to the guidelines in the manual, you can't help but score the tine as a typical tine. The right G-3 tine rises upward from the top of the main beam and it has a match on the other side; all the more reason why the King buck should be given an opportunity to be re-examined.
As mentioned, dozens of experienced scorers who have examined the rack in person disagree with B&C's ruling. And this is the primary reason the controversy has reached such epic proportions. In reality, when both G-3s were declared to be abnormal, the other three scorers present had no reason to argue. After all, it was not any sort of official gathering. It was not a "mini-panel" in any sense of the word. Basically it was no more than several measurers giving an opinion. However, as executive secretary of the Boone and Crockett Club, Jack Reneau's ruling was cast and appears to be set in stone.
Sadly, once the ruling was made, the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club felt compelled to accept it without further discussion. So … the rack was never even officially scored for the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club record book. Even if it wasn't a world's record, the King buck might easily have been a new Wisconsin state record, beating the score of the James Jordan buck (206 1/8) taken nearly 100 years ago. And that would have been big news! It would have been big for Johnny King, for the state of Wisconsin and for the whitetail fraternity as a whole.
Unfortunately, it appears to be an open and shut case that cannot be reconsidered. However, there are precedents for reconsidering or changing entry scores. And as mentioned, those changes are usually initiated by a select panel of measurers.
A Similar Scenario
In 1983, the well-known Hole-in-the-Horn buck from Ohio was discovered and purchased by antler collector Dick Idol. Phil Wright, a highly respected professor at the University of Montana in Missoula, scored the huge 45-point non-typical rack as a 5×5 main frame. His entry score was 343-3/8 non-typical points. At that time, Phil was chairman of the records committee for the Boone and Crockett Club. You can't get much better than that. With years of experience behind him, he was considered to be the dean of antler measurers across North America.
A year earlier a buck known as the Missouri Monarch had been found dead along a road just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. The Missouri Monarch was scored by Dean Murphy, who also happened to be a high ranking official with the Missouri Department of Conservation. Murphy's entry score was 325-3/8 non-typical points. Certainly Murphy had every motivation for wanting the deer to be a new world record since it had been found in his state.
As soon as the deer was officially scored, it was treated as a new world record by the press. However, in order for that title to stick, the buck would have to be panel-scored by a team of judges at B&C's 18th Awards Program to be held in the summer of 1983. Dean Murphy just happened to be a member of the panel of judges that scored the rack during that awards program. The final score was upped to 333-7/8 non-typical points and the Missouri Monarch officially became a new world's record non-typical whitetail.
When the Hole-in-the-Horn buck was discovered, the same kind of treatment by the press followed. With an entry score of 343 3/8, the Hole-in-the-Horn buck was widely publicized as a new world's record surpassing even the Missouri Monarch, subject to a panel score at the end of the next three-year awards program to be held in the summer of 1986. The extensive publicity received by the Hole-in the-Horn buck did not sit well with Dean Murphy or the Boone and Crockett Club. Both Murphy and the Club publicly denounced magazines like North American Whitetail because they had characterized the Hole-in-the-Horn Buck as a "new world's record."
When the next panel session was held in 1986, Phil Wright's entry score was lowered to 328-2/8 points, a stunning 15 1/8 points less than the entry score. This ensured that the Missouri Monarch would remain a world's record. So, entry scores can be changed – even those submitted by the records chairman of the Club. And they often are changed for one reason or another by B&C panels.
In the case of the King buck, the 6-by-6 rack was green-scored in excess of 215 typical points, making it a potential world's record. But as soon as Reneau ruled both G-3 tines to be abnormal, that typical score dropped to 180-1/8 inches. The rack was never officially scored or recognized in any way by the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club and no one from the club ever contacted Johnny King about having his great buck scored for the state of Wisconsin.
It's a shame that one of the nation's oldest and most respected state scoring organizations has chosen to remain totally silent on this issue. At the very least, the club could have petitioned B&C to reopen the case so that the deer might get a fair hearing. Apparently, there is no middle ground with B&C in this particular case. A ruling has been made and if you happen to disagree with that decision, you run the risk of being chastised.
Piling on the 'Promoter'
My good friend Jay Fish, one of the most ethical hunters I know, as well as a passionate antler collector who bought the Johnny King rack in 2009, has been characterized by B&C as a "purchaser/promoter" interested only in making money on the deer – especially if it were to be recognized as a new world's record by B&C. Jay bought the rack because it was a unique, one-of-a-kind whitetail rack. He was deeply infatuated with it the first time he ever saw it. He paid a lot of money for it, and after he bought it, he promised Johnny King that he would do everything he could to see that it might some day get a fair hearing. Sadly, in the midst of all the controversy, there has been little consideration for the great deer itself.
Over the past few years, Jay the "promoter" has personally taken the Johnny King rack (as well as many other racks in his collection) to numerous deer shows across the country at his own expense to let people see it and even hold it in their own hands. He has been generous to a fault because he believes in the deer. He also believes with every fiber of his being that the rack is a typical 6×6 and should be recognized as such.
If he's a promoter of anything, it's in the area of ethical hunting, taking kids hunting and getting more youngsters involved in all sort of outdoor endeavors. To him, antler collecting is a labor of love – a passion! All he has ever asked is that someone – either B&C or the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club – give the deer a fair shake.
The current controversy has also thrown criticism at Jay, questioned his motives and his ability to make a profit, should he decide to sell the rack. If he were to sell the rack and make a profit on it, would that be a crime? Jay is a businessman. Isn't making a profit the American way? Isn't that what we all try to do with any business venture?
To criticize him for trying to make a profit is absolutely absurd.
—Duncan Dobie is a D&DH contributor from Georgia.


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It�s part of a public art project where it will be painted in collaboration with the second- and third-grade students. It was given to the school by an anonymous donor.
This is the third such sculpture to appear in town. Professional artists painted the two others � one with scenes from along the Boston Marathon route and the other in honor of the 2,500th anniversary of the first marathon in Greece.
The students oohed and awed as the sculpture was unveiled last week during an assembly where 14 elite Kenyan runners in the Boston Marathon came to the school during an annual visit.
The oversized winged foot was created by sculptor Michael Alfano, whose bronze monument "The Starter," to legendary sports enthusiast George V. Brown, has become a local icon on the Hopkinton Common. He has a studio on School Street and has been sculpting professionally for over 20 years.
The sculptures are made out of a clay mold and resin, he said.
"It will be a lasting work of public art and serve as a daily celebration of the Boston Marathon and the Kenyan visit here," he told the students during the assembly.
He said the project is sponsored by the 26.2 Foundation and the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. The original goal was to have 26 planted along the Marathon route, but the goal has since been downsized.
Principal David Ljungberg said the school is working to develop a theme for the artwork saying it might be based on the schoolwide curriculum on Kenya or another marathon-related topic.
"I think they were all surprised by it, because it wasn�t announced before the assembly," he said. "It is really nice for the students to realize the value of public art at an early age."
Each student will have an opportunity to draw conceptual ideas on paper for the project.
"The idea is to get the students to think as if they are public artists," Alfano said.
Many students posed for pictures after the presentation.
"I think it�s spectacular they feel that way about the public art project," Alfano said. "As an artist it is very gratifying to see children and people in general interact and respond to art."
Ljungberg said he hopes the artwork will be unveiled at next year�s Kenyan Day assembly.
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Question Can a home based intervention reduce the frequency of unplanned readmissions and out of hospital deaths in patients with a chronic condition who are discharged from hospital and prescribed medication?
Randomised controlled trial with 6 months follow up.
A tertiary referral hospital in Adelaide, South Australia.
4100 patients, of whom 22% met eligibility criteria, were screened over 12 months. 762 medical and surgical inpatients (mean age 66 y, 50% women) who had been prescribed medication for a chronic condition and were about to be discharged home agreed to participate. Exclusion criteria were terminal malignancy or residence outside the hospital catchment area. Patients were designated at high risk for readmission if they had several of the following risk factors: ≥60 years of age; ≥2 prescription medications; an unplanned hospital admission within the previous 6 months; lived alone; and limited English language skills.
Patients were allocated to a home based intervention (n=381) or usual care (n=381). The home based intervention consisted of counselling for all patients and their caregivers before discharge regarding medications and early detection and reporting of deterioration. After discharge, 314 patients who were identified to be at high risk were visited at home by the study nurse and pharmacist. Patients who showed poor medication compliance or knowledge received more intensive follow up, which included remedial counselling, monitoring, and referral to community pharmacists for follow up at the time of prescription refills. Patients in the usual care group received discharge planning and visited their primary care physician within 2 weeks of discharge.
Main outcome measure
Combined endpoint of unplanned hospital readmissions and out of hospital deaths.
Main results
The total number of unplanned hospital readmissions plus out of hospital deaths (events) were fewer in the home based intervention group than in the usual care group (155 v 217 readmissions and deaths, p<0.001). However, when comparing the number of patients who had the combined endpoint, there was no difference between groups in the number of patients who had the combined endpoint of unplanned hospital readmission and out of hospital death (p=0.299). Of the patients who were readmitted to hospital, fewer patients who received the home based intervention had ≥3 readmissions than did those who received usual care (12% v 23%, p=0.035).
Compared with usual care, a home based intervention after hospital discharge reduced the total number of deaths and unplanned hospital readmissions but not the number of patients experiencing these outcome events
The study by Stewart et al provides important support for home focused interventions by nurses and clinical pharmacists. The authors used a mix of medical and surgical patients so the results potentially apply to most elderly adults in hospital. A combined end point of unplanned hospital readmissions plus out of hospital deaths was used as the main outcome, but the study also measured the duration of unplanned readmissions, emergency visits, provider visits, and costs. This was a relatively simple, inexpensive intervention. From a clinical perspective, this programme is easy to do. Indeed, the comprehensive assessment of the patient, patient teaching, and nurse-primary provider contact are already part of home health nursing. The difference was the medication management assessment and teaching by a pharmacist and the close coordination between inpatient teaching and the home visit. The costs for this programme were not prohibitive. How costs are calculated may be the deciding factor in implementing similar programmes because savings shown are at an organisational level. In this study, the programme paid for itself out of the readmission expense savings. The study followed up patients for 6 months, but most elderly patients have chronic conditions that last a lifetime. The key to a successful programme is identifying and focusing on high risk patients.1 The effectiveness of this programme is supported by other clinical research.2, 3
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For correspondence: Dr J D Horowitz, Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 28 Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia 5011, Australia. Fax +61 8 8222 6030.
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Milbank Hearts Lugar
Intrepid scribbler Dana Milbank is worried for the future of America.
Why? Because Indiana Republicans are set to leave Richard Lugar in Washington.
Wait a minute, you say. Why does a politician from flyover land getting re-elected warrant a column from the man known to the community of Washington Post-It readers as Dana Milkbag? And hasn't Lugar already enjoyed six Senate terms, enough that he didn't qualify to vote in Indiana? Why he's practically the Lawn Gnome of the Senate.
No, that isn't it at all. Lugar will stay in Washington, but not as a U.S. Senator, He'll stay as a lobbyist.
Besides being the Lawn Gnome of the Senate, what is Richard Lugar's claim to fame? He's an arms control guru.
Arms control, as they say, is useful when both sides want to do something that's going to be done anyway. Don't believe me? Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea have nuclear arms. Soon, Iran will. Did the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty (or NPT) impact their decision making? It would seem the answer is simple: no.
But Milbank is an arms control/Lugar/Republican in Name Only fanboy. And he's worried because Indiana Republicans are set to pick Richard Mourdock to run for the Lugar-held seat in the November general election. It's enough to get the normally flappable, disparaging, and often wrong Milbank up in arms. It would appear arms control—for Milbank, anyway—is needed:
Enter Richard Mourdock, a tea party hothead attempting to defeat Lugar in the GOP primary. A cornerstone of his effort to oust Lugar is the six-term senator's bad habit of bipartisanship — never mind that Lugar's bipartisanship was in the service of protecting millions of Americans from nuclear, chemical and biological terrorism.
I had the non-pleasure of hearing Lugar speak at an arms control event in early 2008 and he was a bitter, nasty, cynical small man disguised in a great-grandfather's body who gave the least statesman-like performance I've observed. I was shocked to hear him consistently belittle the Bush Administration, Obama-like, for almost everything under the sun. It's no wonder Lugar has been one of the Senate's most reliable RINOs.
And it was clear at that event that Richard Lugar was far more worried about his arms control legacy than anything else. His transparency was painful.
So it's no wonder that Milbank finds much to wring his hands about. The loss of a senate RINO is a scary thing.
Indeed, Mourdock, Indiana's state treasurer, boasts about his refusal to work with Democrats. "The time for being collegial is past," he told the New York Times recently. "It's time for confrontation."
There is a great deal to dislike in Mourdock's message, but the most egregious part is his underlying contention that Lugar should be punished for cooperating with the other party — even though such cooperation protects the country against unimaginable destruction. That's not just wrong; it's unpatriotic.
Milbank's thinking often falls apart, a la Tom Friedman. No Mr. Milbank, to fail to represent one's constituents, as Richard Lugar has done, is wrong. And unpatriotic. And hypocritical. Confronting poor performance—does anyone really think the debt = GDP economy Obama has wrought is what America needs?—is necessary and beneficial. Indiana Republicans know the score.
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Author Notes: In the summertime, I like a bowl of spaghetti with clams for dinner. And I like the clams to bathe in a sauce of olive oil, parsley, enough garlic and red pepper flakes to get your attention, and a dousing of lemon juice so the flavors feel crisp. I also added slivers of preserved lemon, which grant the sauce the powerful fragrance of lemons, but barely a drop of juice -- think of it as lemon squared. —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 4
cup olive oil, plus more for serving
medium garlic cloves, smashed and chopped
small shallots, thinly sliced
teaspoon red pepper flakes
littleneck clams
pound spaghetti
cup chopped flatleaf parsley
cup chopped basil
teaspoons finely chopped preserved lemon rind
lemon, halved
- Fill a large pot with water, salt it like mad, and place it over high heat to bring to a boil while you prepare the clams.
- Pour the oil into a deep, large saucepan. Place over medium heat. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the garlic and shallots and cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes (if you're sensitive to heat, start with 1/8 teaspoon). Add the clams, cover the pot and raise the heat to medium high. If the pan is too dry, add a splash of wine. Cook until the clams open, and remove them as they do; transfer to a plate. (At this point, you can decide whether or not to serve the pasta with the clams in their shells or removed from them). Set the saucepan off the heat until just before serving.
- Add the spaghetti to the boiling water and cook until al dente, about 6 minutes.
- Drain the spaghetti and add it to the clam sauce. Set over medium heat. Toss together, adding the parsley, basil and preserved lemon. Squeeze in lemon juice to taste. (Adjust the salt if needed.) Spread the spaghetti on a large serving platter, scatter the clams on top and pour over any juices that have collected on the plate holding the clams. Serve it forth.
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U.S. stocks fell, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting its first three-day losing streak this year, as investors weighed prospects for economic growth and the pace of Federal Reserve stimulus measures.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.8% to 1,612.54 at 4 p.m. in New York, erasing a 0.7% rally earlier. The benchmark gauge posted its biggest three-day decline since April. The Dow declined 127.33 points, or 0.8%, to 14,994.69, the first time the index has retreated at least three straight days since Dec. 28.
"Markets are having a difficult time holding onto gains of any kind," Peter Kenny, chief market strategist at Knight Capital Group Inc. in Jersey City, New Jersey, said in an interview. "Buying is suddenly becoming less automatic given the backdrop of the Fed narrative. It appears as though whenever the market pops its head up and trades in the green, institutions lighten up, hedge risk and provide supply. It appears as though the easy lifting is behind us."
Stimulus from the Federal Reserve and better-than-forecast earnings have propelled the bull market in U.S. stocks into a fifth year and driven the S&P 500 up 138% from a 12-year low in 2009. The gauge has fallen 3.4% from its record high on May 21, the day before Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke suggested the central bank could curtail its bond purchases, known as quantitative easing, if the economy improved in a "real and sustainable way."
Investors get their next look at the health of the U.S. economy tomorrow, when reports may show initial jobless claims were unchanged last week and sales at retailers rose in May. The S&P 500 rallied June 7 after jobs growth in May beat forecasts. At the same time, bigger job and wage gains are needed to move the central bank closer to scaling back stimulus. Fed policy makers next meet June 18-19.
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Concerns over economic growth and the pace of central-bank bond buying have led to widening swings in U.S. shares. That has prompted options traders to make unprecedented bets on equity volatility, pushing bullish and bearish contracts to records. Options outstanding on the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN, tracking a gauge of VIX futures, climbed to an all-time high of 3.46 million on June 6, based on data compiled by Bloomberg.
"Markets are wrestling with high volatility and changes, which in my opinion, are disconcerting to a lot of investors," David Kotok, Sarasota, Florida-based chief investment officer at Cumberland Advisors Inc., said in a phone interview. His firm oversees $2.2 billion. "We went from QE, relied upon and predictable, to mixed messages in most of the capital markets of the world," he said. There will be "more volatility, lots of more, both directions in nearly all markets. Great opportunity if you're on the right side of it."
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By Lisa Baertlein and Gus Ruelas
OXNARD, California (Reuters) - California farm worker Antonia Espinoza would likely be throwing in the towel and heading back to her native Mexico to see her children, if not for the work of eight U.S. senators in Washington.
The bipartisan group of senators unveiled on Tuesday their proposal for immigration reform that would remove the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented workers and open a door for them to one day become U.S. citizens.
Espinoza, 32, lives with her U.S.-born daughter but is missing the other four children she left behind in Mexico so she could work in the strawberry fields in Oxnard, California, where pickers can take home $80 to $100 a shift on good days.
If not for the promise of legislation, she said on Tuesday, "I would be there right now."
"It's been too long. I want to see them now. I can't because, if this legislation passes, I'll have papers and I won't have to worry," said Espinoza, who is from Oaxaca, Mexico, and has not seen her children there during her latest four-year stay in the United States.
"I hope this time they're going to do it and not just talk about it," she said.
The proposed bill, which President Barack Obama endorsed on Tuesday, gives farm laborers like Espinoza a faster path toward U.S. citizenship than other undocumented workers.
It would give legal status to undocumented workers who were employed in agriculture in the past two years. After five to seven years, they could apply for permanent residency. Other workers would have to wait 10 years.
United Farm Workers union President Arturo Rodriguez estimates that a million farm workers and their families could gain legal status under the Senate bill.
"This is a huge step forward," Rodriguez said, adding that the workers would be able to buy cars and homes, engage openly in society and travel without fear. They also would have more protections on the job.
While the bill is touted by its Republican and Democratic supporters as the best chance to overhaul immigration since the 1980s, it will likely face a months-long battle, with the biggest challenge expected in the Republican-led House of Representatives.
Pro-reform advocates like Rodriguez have also said it is time for the United States to have a legal workforce to produce its food. A large part of the agricultural workforce, 60 percent by one estimate, is undocumented but is vital for growing fruit, vegetables and other crops and tending livestock.
In California, laborers from Mexico and Central America help make it the No. 1 farm state, with over $43 billion in cash receipts in 2011.
The state also supplies some 85 percent of the country's strawberries, and no place is more abundant in that crop than Oxnard, 60 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. Crews stoop in the green rows that stretch over the flat plain, plucking the red fruit with swift flicks of the wrist.
While the passage of legislation will allow them to stay and work, some workers appear to be just as interested in the ability to leave.
Adolfo Rodriguez Lopez, 41, has never returned to Mexico to visit his wife and four sons in Ensenada, Mexico, during the 12 years he has lived in the United States.
"When they get sick and you need (to) see them, you're not able to," said Rodriguez Lopez.
"Not only is it important (to) see my family, there is a certain tranquility of knowing that you're legally here and don't have to worry about the police," he said.
(Additional reporting by Charles Abbott in Washington; Editing by Mary Milliken and Philip Barbara)