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'Tis the Season to Start a New Family Tradition – Holiday Gatherings in Texas State Parks
AUSTIN – Why not reserve a group facility at one of 70 state parks and spend several days establishing a new holiday tradition in the great outdoors? Serve turkey and all the trimmings in a recreation hall that comes with a full kitchen or gather before a roaring fireplace in an open-air pavilion to sing carols and rejoice in the season.
To book a cabin, lodge or other group facility, call (512) 389-8900. For same-day reservations, contact the park directly.
Park guests may wish to schedule their visits to coincide with a host of special holiday events being held at more than 30 state parks and historic sites — from the Big Bend to the Rio Grande Valley. Enjoy caroling through an early Texas farmstead at Cedar Hill State Park; join in a Mexican posada at Fort Leaton Historic Site in Presidio; learn how to make Christmas ornaments and birdhouses at Lockhart State Park; or eat breakfast with Santa and the birds at Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco.
Get in the Texas Hill Country holiday spirit by attending the 43rd annual LBJ Tree Lighting at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, which takes on added significance this year with the celebration of Lady Bird's 100th birthday. The event, which includes music, a live nativity, a visit by Santa and the tree-lighting, will be held at 6 p.m., Dec. 16.
The Lone Star State's multicultural roots will be honored at several Texas state parks this holiday season. Learn how to make buñuelos, a tasty cinnamon Mexican pastry, at Estero Llano Grande State Park or immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the holiday season inside an old Spanish mission chapel at Goliad State Park. For a taste of a traditional German-Texas celebration, visit Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Site in La Grange, where a trail illuminated with thousands of lights leads to the historic H. L. Kreische Home, and holiday refreshments are served.
Incorporate an outdoor experience into your holiday plans by checking out decorated campsites at Atlanta, Fairfield Lake, Lake Bob Sandlin, Lake Tawakoni, Purtis Creek and Tyler state parks in East Texas or by making a bird house at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose or fruit wreath for our feathered friends at Sheldon Lake State Park near Houston.
Out west in El Paso, you can soar above all the holiday frenzy by taking a ride in a Swiss-made gondola to the top of Ranger Peak in the Franklin Mountains to meet Santa Claus who will pose for photos with the kiddies at Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park.
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Sunshine and smiles greeted about 500 people who turned out March 30 for the annual Easter Egg Hunt and Horse Parade at the Village Equestrian Center. Kids – young and old – were delighted by performers from Laguna Woods Senior Clown Alley, pony rides, and a special appearance by the Easter Bunny.
Carol Price, president of the Saddle Club, said teens from the riding club hand-filled over 1,000 plastic Easter eggs prior to the event. "All the little kids were so thrilled, and they all got to be on the horses. I think everybody had a good time."
Prizes for best Easter bonnet went to Mariann McNaughton and Monica Gray. Prizes for best horse costumes went to Ranger, Alyssa Rowlands; Cammi, Kaylin Hooper; Danny Boy, Chloe Wong; Carrie, Jenny Caudry; Sassy, Paula Rice.
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SolidSnake wrote:no name wrote:With Dan B. coaching both i don't like our chances of getting either.
I'm more interested to see if the same excuses made for Bylsma coaching the Pens will be made for him coaching team USA. Though I wouldn't be surprised if team USA sucked and Byslma got signed to coach team USA for life.
John Shannon @JSportsnet 2m Hockey Canada will also put out invitations to orientation camp tomorrow...camp is in Calgary, last week in August.
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Re: Pheonix023's Art
Well, you;d have to ask the guy who invented him...here's a link to his chatzy IM....goes by the name of Sev....he's an aussie though, so he's only on late at night. I could PM you his email if you'd like.
If he says not, I'd be happy to draw a different one for you...he wasn't entirely happy with this one.
That would be sooo cool....I might do that (Marvel and DC, here I come!), if I can't get a job acting (I love doing that too).
Well I was thinking of a way different design, (different color armor and the like, just using the basic visualization, I'm kind of plotting something like him, if you realy want to draw him I'll tell you but if you dont feel like it, its fine)
Wow, surprised you didn't mention Dark Horse , I think it would be awesome to see your work in a comic
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Ask any native New Orleanian about their heritage, and you might be surprised by how often you'll hear "Irish" as an answer. The large population of Irish folk has spurred long-standing traditions in the city to celebrate St. Patrick's Day each year (ever heard of the Irish Channel neighborhood?). Donning their green, New Orleanians partake in various feats of revelry, from Irish food and parades to random kisses and the infamous green beer and catching all the ingredients for an Irish stew.
Many different Irish bars host their own version of a St. Patty's Day party. Parasol's just a few blocks off of Magazine St hosts their famous annual block party with lots of music, beer and food, which starts on Thursday, March 14th and continues on Saturday, March 16th and Sunday, March 17th. Tracey's on Magazine St hosts their own annual celebration with lots of green beer and plenty of entertainment on the same days as Parasol's. During the parades farther down on Magazine St, bars like the Bulldog and Balcony Bar host huge parties as well with plenty of green beer, jello shots and the like.
Parades are another annual celebration for St. Patrick's Day. The Irish Channel parade takes place Uptown in and around the Irish Channel neighborhood, this year on Saturday, March 16th at 1pm. On Sunday, March 17th, the St. Patrick's Day parade rides down Metairie Rd in Old Metairie on St. Patrick's Day at noon. Downtown has their own Irish Club parade that parades through the Bywater, Marigny and French Quarter. And finally, the next weekend on Sunday, March 24th, the Louisiana Irish-Italian parade in Metairie further celebrates longstanding New Orleans heritages.
If you'll be spending your St. Patrick's Day weekend in NOLA, there are plenty of parties and events celebrating this all-important day of the Irish. Whether you're downtown or in the Irish Channel, you'll find plenty of food, drink and entertainment to last you the whole weekend through. Just don't forget to wear your green!


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This method is based on elementary functional neuroanatomy, and has nothing to do with traditional Chinese medicine. If part of the brain is damaged, for instance by a stroke, then the scalp is stimulated over the damaged area of the brain. All the scalp points are representations of the underlying functional areas of the brain. It therefore follows that the most common use of scalp acupuncture will be in diseases in which there is brain damage, such as strokes or severe head injuries, although this method can be used for a variety of other conditions. Scalp acupuncture is particularly useful for reducing chronic muscle spasm.
I. Localization of Scalp Points
When using scalp therapy it is vital to localize the scalp area accurately. There are very few good reference texts for such scalp points so accurate scalp maps have been included in this text.
Motor area
0.5cms posterior to the midpoint of the anterior-posterior line defines the upper limit of the motor area. The lower limit intersects the eyebrow-occiput line at the anterior border of the natural hairline on the temple. The upper 1/5 represents the lower limbs and trunk, the middle 2/5 represents the upper limbs and the lower 2/5 the face.
Contralateral motor disturbance of the appropriate area.
Sensory area
This is a line parallel to the motor area and 1.5cms behind it. The sensory input to the lower limbs and trunk is represented on the upper 1/5, the middle 2/5 represents the upper limbs, and the lower 2/5 represents the face.
Contralateral sensory disturbances of the appropriate area, pain and vertigo.
Foot motor-sensory area
Parallel to and 1cm lateral to the anterior-posterior line. The line is 3cms long and starts 1 cm posterior to the line representing the sensory area.
Motor and sensory disturbances of the lower limbs and genito-urinary system
Chorea-tremor area
Parallel to and 1.5cms in front of the motor area.
Parkinson's disease and tremor and chorea from any cause.
Vasomotor area
Parallel to and 1.5cms in front of the chorea-tremor area.
Cerebral oedema and hypertension.
Vertigo-auditory area
A 4cm horizontal line with its centre located 1.5cms above the apex of the pinna.
Tinnitus, vertigo and deafness.
1st Speech or usage area
Taking the parietal tubercule as a reference point insert three needles separately at 40° to each other. Each line is 3cms long.
Parietal lobe lesions.
2nd Speech area
This line is 3cms long and starts on a point 2cms posterior-inferior to the parietal tubercule and parallel to the anterior-posterior line.
Nominal aphasia.
3rd Speech area
A 4cms line originating at the midpoint of the vertigo-auditory area and running posteriorly.
Sensory aphasia.


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Compagnie La Baraka
The lush choreography in Abou Lagraa's A World in Itself proposes to explore the relationship between humans and the primordial world, but it feels more like a dance unfolding in the purest of heavens.
Lagraa founded his seven-member ensemble Compagnie La Baraka in France in 1997, and since then he's made approximately one original dance each year. His latest had its U.S. premiere in Houston, where it was bravely presented by Society for the Performing Arts along with live music from Lyon's Debussy String Quartet. The sophisticated dancers hail from Peru, Cameroon, France, Morocco, and Senegal.
It's an unusual, intermission-free work for a city accustomed to sharp divisions between ballet, hip hop, and modern dance. Lagraa's vocabulary draws readily from a wide variety of traditions, even folk dancing; if there is one constant in A World in Itself, it is a perpetual kind of elegant squirming. Think of how a caterpillar moves, and then imagine a human doing it standing, the chest leading the impulse to travel. Jorma Elo has used this body wave extensively with a variety of dancers. Lagraa uses it here as part of a greater system of extreme release-technique. In his World, energy is constantly flung from a wriggling, brawny body.
The string-quartet music is either austere (early John Cage, late Webern) or sumptuous (briefly Bach and then an earlier, Viennese-sounding Webern). Lagraa's dances appear abstract, but the program informs us that they are rooted in a somewhat complicated dramaturgy by Gérald Garutti that starts with the Big Bang and then moves on to male-female metaphors, mainly expressed through partnering. The string players, integrated onstage with the dancers, move into various configurations throughout the evening. (It is not unlike the arrangement Bill T. Jones used for his 2002 dances set to string music by Gyorgy Kurtag, namely WORLDWITHOUT/IN and WORLD II.) There is no set, and the costumes are close-fitting black outfits with just a touch of glitter on a sleeve or pant-leg. Gérard Garchey's lighting design, however, is quite rich and often used to define diagonal trajectories, circles, and other pathways inhabited by both the dancers and musicians.
With the completely versatile dancers of Compagnie La Baraka, infinite variation is possible. Perhaps Lagraa's greatest talent is the way in which he restricts himself to few parameters and then vigorously develops his ideas.


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Miami Heat eliminate Charlotte from NBA playoffs, end Bobcats era
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra offered this revelation Monday about star forward LeBron James: "He's not superhuman."
Really? Didn't look that way for long stretches of the second half. That's when James scored 20 of his 31 points, constantly hitting just the sort of fadeaway jump shots the Bobcats would want him taking. Those shots, combined with six third-quarter turnovers by the Bobcats, added up to a 109-98 victory that clinched this first-round playoff series for Miami.
The Bobcats played without star center Al Jefferson, who sat out the game with ongoing soreness in his left arch. Remarkably they gave the Heat a game without Jefferson's low-post scoring. Point guard Kemba Walker was spectacular with 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting, but not as spectacular as James.
James injured his right thigh early in the third quarter when he hit the knee of Bobcats center Bismack Biyombo. He hit the floor for several seconds and was booed by a Charlotte crowd apparently thinking James was milking the situation.
Don't get this guy mad. He scored nine points the rest of the third quarter on 4-of-5 shooting. He carried the Heat on a night when the Bobcats outshot the defending NBA champions from the field, 51 percent to 50 percent.
James seemed intent on ending this one in a 4-0 sweep. The Bobcats are 0-8 all-time in playoff games, also having been swept by the Orlando Magic in 2010.
Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said he was proud of how Walker "wasn't afraid of the moment." Walker brushed off that praise, saying Monday was more about letting the Heat know they weren't quitting just because Jefferson was out.
"We just wanted to compete. Everybody felt like we'd fall and not fight," said Walker, who scored eight of the Bobcats' first 10 points. "We wanted to give these guys a challenge and we did."
Unfortunately, mistakes, ones so often magnified by the playoffs, did them in during the third quarter. The Bobcats' six third-quarter turnovers (three by Gerald Henderson, two by Walker and one by Josh McRoberts) led to 15 of the Heat's 32 points that period.
That's not typical of how the Bobcats played in the regular season, when they were last in the NBA in turnovers. But Miami's takeaway defense has that effect.
"That was a winnable game," said Clifford. "But you can't beat yourself with turnovers at one end and blown (defensive) coverages at the other end."
Losing Jefferson robbed the Bobcats of 21 points per game. It also gave the Heat options late in the game that Clifford thinks they wouldn't have otherwise had.
"With Al (playing), they can't put (Chris) Bosh at (center). So that allowed them to put their five best offensive players out there together at the end," Clifford described.
Still the Heat was in a real game, minus Jefferson, and that was mostly about Walker.
"You've got to make him burn as many calories as possible every possession," Spoelstra said of Walker.
"He's shifty. We tried to corral him, but that's hard to do."


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This Parisian townhouse offers several beautifully-decorated studio apartments with private bathroom and kitchenette. We can cater to groups as well you can book several rooms at the same time.
Ideally located near the Seine, between Gare de Lyon and the Bastille, our apart-hotel offers guests the opportunity to live like real Parisians, with full independence.
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Conservation Group Sparks Lake Buchanan Renaissance
ATHENS—Lake Buchanan has suffered multiple setbacks from drought in recent years—boat ramps out of water, declining striped bass fishery and decreased tourism—but a local conservation group has engineered ways to combat all those problems.
Working in partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and Burnet and Llano counties, the Lake Buchanan Conservation Corporation (LBCC) has built boat ramps, improved fish habitat in the lake, stocked fish and improved recreational facilities at public parks.
"Our overall goal is to increase tourism to Lake Buchanan," said Todd Boyd, president of LBCC, which has about 140 members. "We want to bring people to the lake to enjoy what it has to offer."
One of the things Boyd enjoys is fishing, and Lake Buchanan has long been known as one of the premiere striped bass fisheries in Texas. "Lake Buchanan is the uppermost lake in the Lower Colorado chain of lakes above Austin, making it relatively more productive than the lakes downstream," said Marcos De Jesus, the TPWD fisheries biologist who manages the lake's fishery. "The productivity translates to good production of shad, which is the main forage species for fish like stripers. Striped bass have been stocked into the lake since 1977. Hybrid striped bass, a cross between white bass and striped bass, require the same habitat and forage, and they have been stocked into the lake since 2006."
This year the LBCC will stock 75,000 two- to three-inch hybrid striped bass fingerlings into Lake Buchanan. The stocking will take place Thursday, July 26, at 9:00 a.m. at the boat ramp off CR 225 in Llano County. The public is invited to attend. From Burnet, take Texas 29 west about 13 miles to Texas 261 on the west side of Lake Buchanan. Turn right onto Texas 261 and follow it to Llano CR 225. Turn right onto CR 225 and follow it 3.2 miles to the ramp entrance on the left.
Stocked reservoir populations of striped bass are most often incapable of reproducing due to environmental constraints, while hybrid stripers are naturally infertile. Maintaining the fishery depends on consequent annual stockings. TPWD has stocked more than 10 million striped bass into the lake since 1977, but recently, drought and outbreaks of golden alga have limited the ability of TPWD fish hatcheries to meet the statewide requests for both stripers and hybrids.
The LBCC stepped in, holding fundraisers to earn the money to buy hybrid striped bass from an Arkansas fish farm and, with TPWD's blessing, stock them into the lake. Since beginning the stockings in 2006, the LBCC has stocked more than 5 million hybrids. "TPWD's fish surveys and gillnet studies determined how many fish needed to be put into the lake," Boyd said. "Hybrids are an open water species, and you don't need an expensive boat or gear to catch them. They are very family friendly. Stocking them has increased tourism to the lake."
Having both stripers and hybrids in the lake has helped the fishery, said Ken Milam, a fishing guide on the lake. "The hybrids seem to be doing better than the stripers," he said. "Sometimes you will catch both together, but often you will catch just one or the other. One day you'll catch all stripers, the next day all hybrids. It seems like something is always biting."
The LBCC also put fish-attracting structure into the lake to help anglers home in on the fish. "One of our members owns property with cedar trees on it, and we go out every year and cut hundreds of trees, and TPWD helps put them into the lake." Commonly called brush piles, the submerged trees began attracting fish almost immediately. "They really draw the fish and the people," Abshier said. "Nobody thought Buchanan was a crappie lake, but within weeks after we put the first brush piles in, reports started coming in of people catching all kinds of fish off them."
A map and GPS coordinates of the brush pile locations are available on both LBCC and TPWD's web sites. Brush piles ring the entire lower lake from the dam to the mouth of Silver Creek.
The drought of 2011 also dropped the water level in Buchanan to the point that all the boat ramps on the lake were out of water, putting a damper on both fishing and tourism. But that wasn't what inspired the LBCC to take action. "We needed a way to get emergency equipment on the lake in low water conditions," said Ron Abshier, LBCC vice president.
LBCC funded the extension of an existing boat ramp and the construction of another that will be exposed only when the lake is low.
"LBCC supplied the materials. Llano and Burnet counties provided the equipment and the labor, and LCRA provided the locations," Ashier said. "The ramps are available for public use as well as for emergencies. They got people on the water immediately."
"I can't say enough about the value that LBCC has gotten from its partnership with TPWD," Abshier said. "In one way or another the partnership makes it more affordable for both the state and the LBCC to do things. We [the LBCC] are right there with our finger on the pulse, and TPWD has such good intentions as far as the welfare of the lake and the people are concerned. It makes for a great relationship."
"Lake Buchanan and its fishery have a significant economic impact in the local area," De Jesus noted. "Through the past few years, when TPWD has not been able to meet stocking requests, the LBCC has worked by our side to ensure this fishery continues to provide the angling opportunities that drive the local economy. It's a great example of how community groups can partner with state and local governments to accomplish tasks that might not otherwise be possible."
Both Boyd and Abshier's motivation for volunteering their time to improve the lake is rooted in legacy. "My dad was a charter member and director of LBCC," Boyd said. "After he became ill and no longer able to serve, I took his place on the board. We've had a place on the lake my whole life. I grew up here, and I want my children and grandchildren to be able to enjoy what I've enjoyed."
Abshier lives on the lake and was recruited to LBCC by Boyd's father. "My degrees are in biology and ichthyology, so it was of interest to me," Abshier said. "Beyond that, it's a matter of contributing time for a good cause. What we do betters the area. That's what has developed the cohesiveness within our group."
People who enjoy Lake Buchanan's fishing and boating are the beneficiaries of LBCC's projects even though they are probably completely unaware of them. Abshier says that is especially true of the low water ramp that makes access to the lake possible at current water levels but that will be submerged when the lake rises. "It's kind of odd that you get something like this done knowing that it will be of no value when the lake comes up," he said. "But I hope it disappears fast."
LBCC's contributions may be largely invisible, but they remain very real. And much remains to be done, Boyd and Abshier say. "We have members all over Texas, and we need more to help us do what we do," Boyd said. "Anyone who wants to help can reach us through our web site."
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adnapemit wrote:I was hoping for someone to have an investigation result or more specifically I hoped another player might have investigation abilities and found a scum player. I had a one shot alignment cop ability which I used last night. I used it on Diemo and got a result of town. I want to trust this result but then that means freezeblade was lynched by 3 of town.
I agree with Diemo's remark here:
Diemo wrote:snap's post is pretty suspicious as well. one-shot cop is an easy claim for scum (after all, they know who scum is, unless they happen to hit the SK or an independent), and she seems really sure that Alpha is not in the mafia. I don't think it is out of the question for him to be in the mafia at all.
My first thought was that I didn't believe adnapemit because I don't believe her power is a one-shot cop, but as I was writing this I realized that's not what she claimed. I would be quite surprised if we only have a single one-shot cop, because it is pretty typical to have a cop in a mafia game, so perhaps someone else has one too or will receive one (maybe from the chair?). But this is just speculation and Diemo already warned somewhere that trying to game the system doesn't always work.
Some posts about Alpha serial killer:
adnapemit wrote:This strongly suggests it's Alpha or possibly a controlled doll that did the killing. Alpha indeed used a knife to kill lots of people with surgical precision in the show. If it was Alpha then I also think that mafia's kill has been blocked and we have a SK.
dimochka wrote:One quick note that I thought of as I was reading through flavor. It does sound like the cuts come from Alpha so it is likely that we have an SK. I would potentially expect Alpha to be a godfather and have Paul Ballard as a safeclaim (because he took over Paul's personality at a certain point). I could very well be diving too deep into the flavor, but as I said I'd rather this be out in the open.
dimochka wrote:2. Again based on flavor, Alpha would have no reason to work with anyone else. He works with no one. I actually considered the possibility of him being in the mafia and promptly discarded it. Because if he's mafia then he's a lone wolf, which is basically an SK.
No. This:
Sabrar wrote:A lot of the characters had shifting loyalties during the run of the show. Additionally - due to the nature of the series - anyone could be a sleeper agent in theory. Because of this and the fact that I don't want to give an unfair advantage to the players who know the flavor, the characters won't necessarily have the same alignment as in the show (role abilities however follow the show pretty closely).
emlightened wrote:@dimochka: I kind-of doubt that there's a Godfather, but only for one reason: flavour-wise, how come only one of the scum is a Godfather, and not both of them?
Not sure what you mean. Why would two godfathers make more sense than one?
emlightened wrote:Also, if there is a SK, then its a much better idea to kill them off first, then the mafia. Killing one mafia is basically the same as reducing us to two SKs and that, even with perfect town play (assuming no vigs), leads to a definite town loss, if all of the kills hit (4/2/1 -> 2/1/1 -> 1/0/1). I'm NOT saying that we shouldn't look for mafia - this is worst-case, if we do have a SK and no kills get blocked.
How is this definite town loss? You assume that the SK and the mafia will both hit town. And that they both want to hit town. OK, so we determine with magical certainty who is the serial killer and who is mafia, and we lynch the serial killer. Then mafia definitely kills town N2 (assuming we are currently at 4/2/1). D3 we are at 3/2 and mafia can vote as a block on D3. My impression is that you're trying to distract us from mafia hunting.
emlightened wrote:On that vein, my second guess for a SK would be bessie, after Carlington. Her posts got at Carlington being a SK a lot, and were also rather dismissive in places. A lot of people have waved this away as her being frustrared, but I'm not sure. Besides, it's a lot easier to look townie as a SK than as mafia, due to not knowing as much, and not having anyone to protect.
I think crucialityfactor is the only one that said I was acting frustrated and digging in to Carlington. And I'm not sure what the "this" is in "waived this away" refers to. Is it my suspicions of Carlington? Who besides Carlington has waived this off as not being serious?
emlightened wrote:Considering the potential [4/2/1 with a SK] we're at, is it worth trying to lynch the SK tonight, instead of the mafia?
Hmm. Attempt #2.
emlightened wrote:bessie: Its worth remembering that about two thirds of most of her posts are quotes and newlines, but she's still one of the more active players. She's the first one to bring mention of Alpha to the table. Her next post is a bit wishy-washy, but does give a useful list of potential reasons that there would be only one nightkill, assuming there is a serial killer. I'm sort of getting that she's trying to dissuade from the idea of there being a SK, but only slightly. Not really much content overall, but she repeatedly cites being busy irl, so that's not a knock of anything. Probably town, but that's mainly based off D1.
Yes, I'm mostly quotes and responses today, but I think there is a lot of content in what you are dismissing as "newlines." And emlightened makes another post trying to associate me in people's minds with the serial killer. Sure, why not? I've been doing it to Carlington this entire game. But how would you even conclude I am trying to dissuade everyone from thinking there is a serial killer in the game? If anything I would think I appear to be tunneling in on there being a serial killer in the game. And seriously, "not really much content overall"? What's the standard against which you are measuring?
On role name claims – We have Topher and maybe Ivy? No judgement on this because I already spent way too much time researching the flavor for a game where I asked specifically if I could play flavor blind, and was told flavor knowledge wasn't necessary to play (see Gojoe p. 691). If someone wants to give me a summary on these two characters, fine, but I'm not hopeful because no on responded to my chair question.
Here's a few ideas about the purpose of the chair in the game (not all mine, some are other's suggestions). Unfortunately no one responded to my question as to the purpose of the chair on the show.
1. Nothing, the chair reference is flavor only.
2. Used by mafia or serial killer/other indie to kill.
3. Used by mafia for roleblock or investigation.
4. Used by mafia or indie to control/steal/wipe out victim's power.
5. Used by town for jail/roleblock/investigation.
6. Used by town vig for kill.
7. Used to give a power to another player.
Higher quality and better organized posts coming tomorrow. Now back to work.


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1998 Karl Lawrence Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa
This bottle did not show particularly well. There was a bit of cassis and black fruit along with a good dose of oak and cedar. Not a bad wine, just simple, and it just seemed to lack the verve that previous bottles had displayed. Perhaps some bottle variation, but also a distinct possibility this wine is showing its' age...it is a 1998 afterall. I plan on consuming my remaining 2 bottles over the next year or two.
1998 Sanctus, St. Emilion
What else can I say other than this is just a plain boring bottle of wine. Quite austere/uninteresting, little fruit and a whack of oak. Revisited this bottle over the course of 6 or 7 hours and it just didn't improve. Not recommended.


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Campus Notebook: Pitcairn Island continues to hold an appeal
As it turns out, the sun still never sets on the British Empire.
In the days of colonialism and up until the World War II era, Britain notoriously had tendrils so far around the world that it was literally daylight somewhere in the Empire at all times. Of course, the American Revolution and other skirmishes around the world across the centuries helped break up that dominance.
However, thanks to about 14 islands and rocks scattered across the globe that are part of Britain, the sun still never sets on the Empire, according to Tillman Nechtman, an associate professor of British and British imperial history at Skidmore College. One of the pieces of the remaining British Overseas Territory is the Pitcairn Islands Group in the South Pacific.
The only populated island in the group is Pitcairn itself, which is just two miles long and one mile wide. It is one of the most isolated spots in the world, 4,100 miles from Panama and 3,300 miles from New Zealand. The nearest inhabited island is a 30-hour boat ride away. About 50 to 70 people live on the tropical paradise and some are descendants of the infamous mutineers on the British ship "Bounty," who kidnapped Tahitian women and colonized the isolated spot.
"It's every novelist's fantasy of adventure, mixed with a little bit of crazy," Nechtman said, by way of explaining how this tiny speck of land has captivated the outside world for more than 200 years.
Nechtman is working on two books projects, one on a 19th-century self-appointed "king" of Pitcairn and another on the British Empire. Later this month, he is speaking at the Second International Bounty-Pitcairn Conference, on the campus of Pacific Union College in California.
Nechtman admits that his own interest in Pitcairn is fueled by a bit of a little boy's romantic ideal of swashbuckling and the Swiss Family Robinson. He said the island has become more than just an intriguing historical footnote because of the story of its founding and the persistence of its residents, and their occasional bloody skirmishes, over the centuries.
The public has been fascinated with this seemingly insignificant rock since it was first settled. The crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, overthrew the tyrannical commanding officer Lt. William Bligh and set him adrift with those loyal to him. The mutineers eventually fled to Pitcairn to hide out from the world.
Though the community was borne out of murder and kidnapping, the mutineers and the Tahitians eventually became a successful community that drew the attention of Victorian England. The narrative became something different in the church pulpits of the time, a morality tale in which criminals and "savages" come together and found a religious community. For a time, the group was a far outpost of The Church of England, until the island converted to the Seventh Day Adventists. After a series of fits and starts, Pitcairn organized a system of government, a newspaper, farms and a school.
American interest has been fanned over the years by at least five movies about the mutiny on the Bounty and the story has become a myth of romance and rebellion. Over the films, the first of which was 1916's "The Mutiny of the Bounty," Christian has been played by Errol Flynn (1933), Clark Gable (1935), Marlon Brando (1962) and Mel Gibson (1984). Some of the island's current inhabitants are direct descendents of Christian.
It is still possible for tourists to visit Pitcairn, though there are no airports. Private yachts stop by the island all year long and boats can be chartered. Most visitors use a government-sponsored cargo and passenger vessel to reach the isolated spot and stay for three or 10 days. For more information, visit www.visitpitcairn.pn/
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Wow. Let's pause a moment to let all priests, nuns and anarchists take a bow and say, "I told you so!"Who presumably makes a salary more than ten times that $12,000.
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"If you want to know why I think poor people are not that miserable, it is because they are able to enjoy things that Bill Gates has not been able to enjoy, given his schedule at Microsoft," Krueger surmised....A professor has an interesting perspective on this sort of thing. You have a good salary, so you don't know the pains of really struggling to get by. You have nice working conditions, and you're inclined to take note of that when you compare yourself to people in jobs that pay even more than yours. Oh, those people are so busy and harried that they can't really enjoy life. Of course, this kind of thinking demonstrates exactly that human capacity to rationalize and come to terms with your situation that enables us to find a way to enjoy life under all sorts of conditions. Like only making $12,000.
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