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Ada duSang - FP: 1
"Goddammit." Ada hissed, as the ghoul emerged from the hedge and launched itself towards them. "Looks like that Black Court idiot's pet is on the loose." She glared at the ghoul, as her right hand began to glow a dark crimson. "Even a Black Court freak like your master should know better than letting a monster like you run wild."
She raised her hand. "Time to teach you a lesson. Cosmigonón!"
Above the ghoul, the air stirred and acquired a crimson tint. Moments later, it came crashing down on the monster's head like a sledgehammer.
Tagging Creeped The gently caress Out for a base roll of +5. Dicebot's result was //-/, so +4...then invoking Killer Queen, on the basis of attacking with murderous intent, to boost the roll by 2. Final result: 6!
Defenses: Athletics (Dodge) +2, no armor. Applicable Aspects: Sixth Generation Blood Magus, Killer Queen. Physical: ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Mental: (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) Social: ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Any Mild (-2) Consequence: ( ) Any Moderate (-4) Consequence: ( ) Any Major (-6) Consequence: ( ) Any Extreme (-8) Consequence: ( )
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 00:54
|# ? Aug 25, 2019 18:17
Transient People posted:
Tagging Creeped The gently caress Out for a base roll of +5. Dicebot's result was //-/, so +4...then invoking Killer Queen, on the basis of attacking with murderous intent, to boost the roll by 2. Final result: 6!
Ghoul rolls //+/ +5 = 6. Takes 5 shifts of damage so marking 3rd box and taking Mild Consequence "Splitting Headache"
The Ghoul pauses and glares at Jenny, shaken for a moment though it doesn't seem to know why. Then Ada's spell hits it over the head like a ton of bricks. It covers it's head with both hands and glares.
"Who ssssaid that was my massster, bitch?"
Defense: Athletics (Dodge)+5 Aspects: --- Physical: () () (X) (X) Mild -2: Splitting Headache Moderate -4:
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 01:33
Ada duSang - FP: 1
"Is that so? Hmm." Ada said, glaring at the wounded ghoul with supreme contempt. "So that means we have to stop at beating the crap out of you instead of leaving a bloodstain on the ground, to get something out of you."
She looked at the other four people in the parking lot. "Well. That's the plan, at least. I don't think you'll be so lucky."
Defenses: Athletics (Dodge) +2, no armor. Applicable Aspects: Sixth Generation Blood Magus, Killer Queen. Physical: ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Mental: (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) Social: ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Any Mild (-2) Consequence: ( ) Any Moderate (-4) Consequence: ( ) Any Major (-6) Consequence: ( ) Any Extreme (-8) Consequence: ( )
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 03:20
Mitsuo - FP: 1
There's far too much banter going on here for Mitsuo's taste. Taking advantage of the distractions, he slips a long knife out from inside of his jacket and flanks out to the left of the group. He glides past his friends and attempts to plant the blade in a sensitive spot.
Weapons +3 -+++ = +5 stabbings. E: tag Headache to make it +7.
Breathing softly, he pulls the knife out and settles into a practiced half-crouch. "You should probably stop playing around, ugly man."
Defenses: Weapons +3 Applicable Aspects: Dashing Forward Physical: ( ) ( ) ( ) Mental: ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Social: ( ) ( ) ( ) Any Mild (-2) Consequence: ( ) Any Moderate (-4) Consequence: ( ) Any Major (-6) Consequence: ( ) Any Extreme (-8) Consequence: ( )
Chrome Gnome fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 04:22
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 04:13
Chrome Gnome posted:
Weapons +3 -+++ = +5 stabbings. E: tag Headache to make it +7.
Ghoul rolls -//+ +5 = 5. Hit connects, ghoul takes Moderate Consequence "Down a Kidney."
The knife slides into the flesh of the monster's back and it shrieks. This was not what it wanted at all. It just wanted a quick meal and to get back to Master. The ghoul is faced with the very real possibility that these people can kill it, maybe for good.
"No more playing! Stop, stop!"
Fat Ghoul is using his turn to attempt to flee. He rolls ++-- +5 = 5 to clear the Border:2 Fence and start running down the street. To stop him you must beat a difficulty of +3.
Defense: Athletics (Dodge)+5 Aspects: --- Physical: () () (X) (X) Mild -2: Splitting Headache Moderate -4: Down a Kidney
"Master! Help!" it screams as it runs.
mistaya fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 10:19
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 04:43
Warden Cole
Cole steps out of the club and looks over just in time to see a very fat and bloody ghoul hop the chain link fence and trip over itself as it attempts to flee. "Laura?" he calls over his shoulder. "I think you should see this."
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 04:48
J.R. moves faster than any human the others have ever seen. He is over the fence in a flash, and tackles the ghoul to the ground before it gets more than a dozen yards away. The dazed ghoul is quickly restrained with J.R.'s knee in its back, and its arms pulled behind it. "Not such a curly wolf now, eh?" He hauls the ghoul to it's feet and marches it over to the others. "So, you had a few questions for him?" If J.R. had his druthers he'd just put a bullet in the ghoul's head, but the others probably wanted to know a few things first.
Athletics +++/ +5 = 8, J.R. has goddamn rockets for legs. Trying for a maneuver of Intimidate +/++ +2 = 5 to try to add the aspect Too Scared to Lie
Piell fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 05:33
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 04:52
Piell posted:
Trying for a maneuver of Intimidate +/++ +2 = 5 to try to add the aspect Too Scared to Lie
Ghoul rolls a 1, aspect sticks.
The ghoul has given itself up for lost and begs for its miserable life. "Pleasssse, pleasse, no kill! Hungry, only hungry, ssssorry!"
Warden Cole
"Laura?" Cole is more than a little impressed with J.R.'s quick capture. But what the hell is keeping his boss? He turns around and peers back into the club.
mistaya fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 05:38
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 05:14
Jenny Hirsch FP: 4
Ugh. Ghouls were always just so... disgusting. She knew she hadn't been that useful in the fight, and by the look in his eye Hughes was going to have something to say about something like 'reckless endangerment of a situation he had well under control' later, but... well, she still thought of him as a little kid. Even though he was a little kid who could have, and had, taken on monsters that would have chomped down on her without a second thought.
Sometimes this whole magic thing sucks.
J.R. and that Cole seemed to have the ghoul pretty well under control. The cowboy had made a tremendous flying tackle to bring him down, moving faster than any athlete she'd ever seen. Definitely someone to watch. Still, the ghoul had definitely been doing something in the bushes when Hughes had spotted him. Something like... gnawing on a half-eaten body.
This probably wasn't something that the cops were going to know how to deal with, and if she'd been nearby she might have been a fellow practicioner on her way to the meeting. Either way, trying to figure out who she was and what'd been done to her outside of the obvious.
Again, ew. Still, trying to contact her last of kin was the least Jenny could do...
Scholarship /+/+ +4 = 6 to do a quick medical examination of the body and maybe dig through any personal belongings left.
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 05:29
Mitsuo - FP: 1
Looks like things are settled down here, but no sense getting comfortable. Too much going on for this to be just a coincidence. Mitsuo kneels and cleans the blade in the grass. He glances over the body - or what's left of it. Really, it looks like the ghoul's done a good number on whoever this used to be. Still... there's always something to see.
Mitsuo puts the knife away and steps up behind Jenny. While she focuses on the specifics of the corpse, he runs through a quick mental exercise, clearing his mind of pre-conceptions, and looks at the scene with a new pair of eyes. He scans back and forth, taking in as much information as possible. Watching quietly. Letting the important things jump out at him.
Using Alertness to see if we've overlooked anything in the fuss - clues to how the body got here, where the ghoul came from, other bodies, whatever. Alertness +3 -+++ = +5 eyes.
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 05:38
RPZip posted:
Scholarship /+/+ +4 = 6 to do a quick medical examination of the body and maybe dig through any personal belongings left.
The body is mostly missing from the neck to the waist, it seems the ghoul prefers internal organs for dinner. The head is missing altogether. It smells awful. The woman is (or was) wearing what's left of a grey pantsuit and Jenny remembers it from one of the women sitting at the prayer circle. Her purse is still clutched in one hand and contains the usual things: a few containers of makeup, credit cards, a driver's license with the name Pamela Nazarene on it. She was 55 years old.
Chrome Gnome posted:
Using Alertness to see if we've overlooked anything in the fuss - clues to how the body got here, where the ghoul came from, other bodies, whatever. Alertness +3 -+++ = +5 eyes.
There are no other bodies but Mitsuo does find what's left of the woman's head further under the bush. The... well the brain is missing and most of the skull. Ick. The ghoul must have snatched her from the hedge, there is a beige Camry still in the lot nearby, it seems likely that it belonged to her. On inspection is seems like one of the woman's eyes is missing, scooped out. Would the ghoul have done that?
mistaya fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 11:02
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 05:58
Mitsuo - FP: 1
"Ah... Mister Cole?" Mitsuo snaps back to reality, raising his voice to carry across the lot. "You may want to look at this."
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 06:04
Warden Cole (FP:2)
Cole gives up on Laura for the moment. She must still be busy talking politics with the White Court pair.
He takes a second to look at the ghoul. It's hurt and J.R. has it well under control. "Nice job on that. Try not to kill it yet." he says, and heads over to the bush where Mitsuo is pointing. He's pretty sure he knows what he's going to find there.
"Wonderful. My first goddamn night." He pulls a small quartz crystal on a chain out of his pocket and puts it in the woman's palm then closes her hand over it for a second. When he removes it, it glows a soft white. "Tell me who killed you ma'am." He whispers softly at the stone. "Umoya." He turns in the direction of the ghoul and the light intensifies... then flickers. Cole frowns.
"He's not the only one."
Time to ask the ghoul some questions.
Cole's using a variation of Harry's Tracking Spell (Thaumaturgy.) It is seeking anything that used to belong to the body, (pieces, blood, etc.) which is why it lights up when it points at the ghoul. With the body still warm this spell has a low enough difficulty not to bother with a roll.
Made a slight edit to Mitsuo's findings a few posts up.
mistaya fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 11:14
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 06:36
Ada duSang - FP: 1
Hopping over the fence, Ada strode over to where J. R. had pinned the ghoul down. She gave him an icy glare and kneeled down. "Not so brave now, huh?" Her tone was dangerously sweet, like sugar of lead. "Now let's set the record straight. You're going to tell us what went down in here and why your Master let you roam free like this and we're going to hand you over to the new warden over there. Maybe, if he's feeling kind, he'll let you walk away."
Adat's tone lowered as she stared at the terrified ghoul's face - close enough to his eyes, at least. "Or," she continued, her voice cold and hard, "You can refuse. And then, we take matters into our own hands. It's your choice...and your life."
Rolling Intimidate to convince the ghoul to spill the beans. Foxxbot's result is ///-, and I'm tagging J. R.'s Aspect and the Consequence, for a grand total of +5.
Transient People fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 19:11
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 06:39
Transient People posted:
Rolling Intimidate to convince the ghoul to spill the beans. Foxxbot's result is ///-, and I'm tagging J. R.'s Aspect and the Consequence, for a grand total of +5.
I don't think you can call "talk or die!" rapport, sir. Ghoul rolls /+/+ = 2, and is properly terrified. He was already scared witless! You guys are so mean!
"I talk! I talk! I wasss only waiting, just waiting for Massster! Warm blood smell comesss from bushesss, I find dead woman. Wassssteful! I take care of woman, already dead! I ssswear on mother'ss bonesss!" He licks his hands nervously, smearing blood around in a fairly disgusting display. "Then this one attacks me!" He waves a claw at Hugues.
"Masster left me, left me with-" he growls low "Reginald. Hatesss him. Ssstupid, showing off to Lady Warden. Masster will be furiouss. I do not ssserve Reginald."
mistaya fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 11:34
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 11:29
Mitsuo - FP: 1
Mitsuo leans over to whisper in Warden Cole's ear.
"Mister Cole, I am not sure if you saw the head in the bushes over there. The cortex and one eye have been removed, the eye, at least, more cleanly than this fellow would likely have done. My comrades are looking into Madam Nazarene's possessions, namely her car in the next lot. Do you need any other assistance?"
He stands up. Cole's eyes flick down the hedge, then back up to Mitsuo, who stands ramrod-straight with hands clasped behind his back.
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 18:58
Hugues Turner Fate Points: 2 --> 1
Hugues kept his on Jenny as she dug through the woman's purse, also noting what was in there. Typical stuff, ID, credit cards---wait, credit cards? A (fully grown) wizard couldn't use those!
"Jenny, I'm going to need to borrow this. I can't have you hexing the evidence." Hugues took the purse from his apprentice's hand. He looked through it one more time and found a set of car keys, likely belonging to the car still sitting in the parking lot. The others could probably search the car without destroying it, but if it had a cell-phone or a laptop or anything made in the 21st century, he'd need to get it isolated before the others accidentally hexed it.
(Investigations +2 to search the car (and the purse again) for stuff belonging to the victim, particularly techy stuff that I can safely get out of the way.
Investigations: +--/ +2 = 1... Not this time sucker. Fate Point on Clone of a WWII Warden (Hugues is in Warden mode right now) to bring it to a 3 total!)
Krysmphoenix fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 19:06
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 19:00
Warden Cole (FP=2)
Cole takes a closer look at the skull. "Good catch." He sighs and looks the body over one more time. It's impossible to tell through the trauma if she'd been strangled or even stabbed beforehand. They'll have to ask the ghoul.
"No one is going to want to hear this, but it's probably not lying about finding her dead. Body disposal by ghoul isn't unusual." He dangles the crystal on its chain and it moves in a lazy circle. The light flashes when its on the left side of its arc- pointing towards the ghoul, but also straight ahead. A much dimmer flash.
"Well, whatever took the eye went thataway. I've got limited time on this, let's see what it has to say for itself."
Hugues digs through the car. It's very clean, the glove box contains only normal things like registration and the manual. There are a number of items hanging from the rear view mirror, an air freshener, a pair of fuzzy dice (which seem oddly out of place but probably don't mean anything) a breast cancer awareness ribbon, and a medallion with Saint Jude on it.
Most people keep Saint Christopher in their cars, and indeed there is his medallion, pinned to the driver's sun visor. But what is the patron Saint of the impossible doing in here? Besides that the medallion is shaped oddly, it isn't a circle or an oval, but some kind of oblong with grooves cut into the sides.
There's also a cell phone in the console. Hugues turns it off so the ambient magic doesn't fry it.
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 19:24
"This Master of yours got a name?" J.R. asks the ghoul, keeping a firm grip on its arms.
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 20:04
The ghoul says nothing until J.R. gives it a swift kick. "Clovisss." it says, quietly, as if afraid to speak the name out loud.
Warden Cole (FP 2)
"You said the woman was dead when you found her, what killed her?"
"Broken neck, Warden. Head like thisss... no pulsssse." It tilts it's head nearly sideways. "Ssmell sssulfur."
Warden Cole (FP 2)
"Can I borrow that knife?" Cole calls back to Mitsuo. He hands it over and Cole cuts a fistful of greasy disgusting hair off the ghoul's head and pockets it. The ghoul's eyes go wide but it remains still. "Thanks." he hands the knife back. He would have used his sword but it's still peacebound and will be until morning. Laura is the one who bound it and he doesn't have the power to undo one of her spells.
There is a commotion from inside the club. "By the Mothers, this is NEUTRAL GROUND, Bellworth!" Ben Grace's voice is furious. "Take it outside, or I will report this breach of the Accords!"
Laura stomps out of the club, dragging a screeching young woman by her hair. the ribbon that used to be binding her sword is binding the woman's wrists instead and the five foot long silver blade is naked in her hand. The two White Court Vampires and an older man with a blank smile on his face follow as far as the doorway.
"Laura, what's this about?" Cole has only seen his boss like this once before, when they'd run into a nest of warlocks working for the Reds, during the war.
"This girl has broken the Fourth Law of magic. She has destroyed the mind of her father and many others." Laura points her sword at the man with the empty smile, staring blankly at his sobbing daughter. He doesn't even see her.
"I didn't mean to hurt no one! I just made them happy, that's all, just took their pain away! I didn't know, I'm sorry!" Polly pleads.
"There has to be a better way, Laura." Cole says.
"Look in her eyes and tell me if she can be saved." Laura says.
Cole meets Polly's eyes and the soulgaze begins.
A little girl sits on the beach in the sunlight. She has a shovel and water pail. Before her are a number of sandcastles, all perfectly shaped like human heads. As he watches she digs into the back of each head, pouring water into the hole. Sand rushes out, replaced by water. The water evaporates and the faces change, gaining twisted unnatural smiles. He can see memories in the sand she discards. Flickers of what made these people whole. Disgusted he looks back at the girl. Her father stands before her with open, loving arms. The child rushes into them and he scoops her up and tosses her into the air. When he turns around and carries her away, Cole sees the back of his head. There is a hole, round and smooth, and he can see out of the man's eyes from the back, as if he was made of hollowed out plastic.
Cole looks at the row of heads, counting. There are dozens.
The soulgaze ends and Cole covers his face with his hands.
"Do you see?" Laura Bellworth demands. "That is the soul of a Lawbreaker, Richter. She will do it again, and again. She cannot help herself."
"How could she? So many people…" He sits down on a parking block, stunned. "I've fought monsters but this…"
"I won't ma'am honest! I'm real sorry! Please, please let me go home. Let me take papa home. He doesn't have no one but me." Polly begs. Laura forces the young woman to her knees. She screams. Then her head comes up high enough to look straight at Cole.
"I saw you, Warden. I saw into you just like you saw into me. You're a scarecrow, a stuffed straw man dressed in a fancy cloak with a fancy sword. No one believes in you."
Laura speaks softly. "We have failed you, child. As we failed so many, thanks to that thrice damned war. You should have been taught, guided. Now all we can do to atone is stop you from causing further damage. I am sorry." Laura raises her silver sword.
"Fail. Fail to save someone, like you failed to save me." Polly rasps. There is depth to the words, permanence. A death curse.
Cole cries out and clutches his chest as the sword comes down, cleanly severing Polly's head from her shoulders.
The parking lot is completely silent for a moment. Laura wipes her blade off with the edge of her cloak and sheathes it. She touches Cole on the shoulder. "You all right?"
Laura turns to the White Court pair. "And what does it take to buy your silence in this matter?"
The blonde one smiles. "Give this one to us, and we won't say a word about your man's new... limitation." He runs his hand across Polly's father's shoulder. "He's dead inside anyway, all the girl left him is the ability to feel pleasure. He'll be better cared for at House Raith than some mortal nursing home."
Laura considers this for a moment. "Take him and go."
Once the vampires are gone Laura turns to the ghoul. Cole tells her everything they found in a few short sentences. "I have heard of a Black Court vampires named Clovis. I'll get you the file. Ghoul!" she calls to it. "Swear on Grakka's bones you will tell nothing of this night, and I will let you live."
"I ssswear! On Grakka'sss broken bonesss!"
"Release it." She says to J.R. "Ghoul, I want you to dispose of that corpse. Leave the other alone. We'll have what's left returned to her church."
The ghoul breaks into a wide toothy smile. Cole looks like he disagrees with absolutely all of this but does not argue. "I have to find that eye before dawn, captain."
"And I must return to Edinburgh. Our White Court friends had some disturbing news. Are you sure you are well?"
"I'm fine."
Laura nods and leaves the parking lot on foot. Cole pauses in front of the group. He looks haggard. "Thank you for your help. I'm sorry anyone had to see all that."
Warden Cole takes the Extreme Consequence "Polly's Death Curse." This is the end of the planned scene, so do any talking or investigating you want to and then let me know when you're done.
We have reached a Minor Milestone! When you are done with this scene do a Refresh and you may choose to do one of the following:
*Switch the rank values of any two skills or replace one Average skill with one that isn't on your sheet.
*Change any single stunt for another stunt.
*Purchase stunts or powers, provided you have the refresh to do so.
*Rename one aspect.
Congrats, you've impressed the Warden! -1 to everyone's Morgan Meter.
Since this is the end of our first scene you may skillswap for free (don't rebuild your whole pyramid, but fix anything you want.)
mistaya fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 21:57
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 20:34
J.R. releases the ghoul, kicking it away from him. "Best stay away, ghoul. If I see you again you won't be this lucky." J.R. reholsters his pistol, confident that the ghoul won't attempt to attack him again - at least, not now.
J.R. had seen executions before, and this one seemed like it was necessary. Poking around and changing things inside someone's mind wasn't anything he'd've stood for, either.
Dropped Fists, upgraded Intimidate to +3, and added Contacts +2 (even though he's only been in town for a couple years, he gets around a lot). Added the stunt Power over Finesse: Use Might instead of Fists to make unarmed attacks (but not maneuvers).
Piell fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 22:18
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 22:06
Hugues Turner Fate Points: 1
The cell phone would have to wait until he returned to his lab, so it went in her purse for now. The screaming and shouting from the House of the Rising Sun forced Hugues to get out of the car and figure out what the commotion was about.
And all he could do was stand in stunned silence at the execution. As a Warden before, he had executed a few warlocks himself, but this one felt different. Probably because he knew Polly and had tried to keep an eye on her to make sure she didn't destroy more minds.
For now though, he steeled his heart. Work had to be done.
"Warden." Hugues announced as he stepped closer to Cole. "I found the victim's cell phone and she," gesturing to Jenny, "found her purse. There's some items in there that are technologically delicate and would be ruined with prolonged exposure to practitioners, like yourselves. If you'd like, I'll safely record all information in them for your use in your investigation as to who killed this woman. I get along well with technology."
(Edit: Skill changes. +1 to Althletics (now +4), -1 to Scholarship (now +1, he's only Elementary), and switching Empathy to Contacts.)
Krysmphoenix fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 22:23
|# ? Feb 24, 2012 22:11
Jenny Hirsch FP: 4->5
Jenny waited until Hughes had spoken to the warden and departed, fidgeting slightly and shivering. How could someone - anyone - do stuff like that? She hadn't looked like a monster, but the way she'd spoken at the end...
"Uhm. Hi. Mister Cole? We met earlier. I'm not... I mean, I don't know a whole lot about some of this stuff, but the way she shouted at you at the end wasn't right. It wasn't your fault what happened to her, what she'd done to those people, and it wasn't right that she blamed you for it. Um. I know she tried to do something to you, at the end, right before... before she died."
Jenny looks away for a moment, glancing up at the sky before turning back to Cole. "I'm not even entirely sure what that was, but I'm going to spend some time researching to try and fix it. You don't deserve... stuff like that. It wasn't even like you were the one who killed her!"
Taking the compel on "Don't Panic, I Can Fix It" to go over and ask Cole if I can fix the curse.
Trying Empathy to read Cole in the conversation - tagging Lookin' Good, Feelin' Good from the earlier good impression, a roll of //+/ and a base Empathy of 3 for a total of 6.
|# ? Feb 25, 2012 02:39
Warden Cole (FP: 2)
Cole wonders if this is the worst first night on a job anyone's ever had. And it isn't even over yet.
"I found the victim's cell phone... I get along with technology." That strange little kid, who doesn't sound remotely like a little kid and is offering to compile evidence of all things, says.
Cole stops himself from demanding to know what the hell the kid is. He just doesn't have time for that conversation right now. Besides it would be rude when the kid's offering to help. "If you could get the printouts to my office, it's just down the road from here, I'd appreciate it." he says instead. Maybe they can have that conversation then.
Jenny's heartfelt little speech is enough to make him shake his head and give a small, sad smile. He sets his hand on her shoulder and looks at the tip of her nose, which is about as close as a wizard can come to looking someone in the eyes. "She didn't blame me for it, Jenny. She was just lashing out at anyone in her line of sight at the end. I let my guard down. It was my mistake. The important thing is she can't hurt anyone else ever again. I don't think there's anything we can do about it, but I'd appreciate it if word of what happened doesn't leave this parking lot."
He steps back and looks over at the ghoul, who has already made short work of most of Polly's body. Yuck.
|# ? Feb 25, 2012 05:13
"Sulfur, huh. Don't rightly like the sound of that," J.R. says, thinking aloud. "Reckon I'll ask around, see if Miss Nazarene had some issues with devils. I don't cotton to such as them being in my city."
Lore-//- +4 = 2 to know about sulfur possible being linked to demons.
|# ? Feb 25, 2012 22:39
Warden Cole (FP: 2)
"Neither do I." Cole agrees. "If you find it, let me know. And be careful. I don't want any more deaths." He holds up his crystal again. The light is already dimmer than before. "Now if you'll excuse me I have an eye to find."
He hops the fence, leaving the group behind. It's going to be a long night.
Scene ends. Warden is gone if you want to say anything to each other before leaving the parking lot. A few people wanted to be able to do stuff at home between scenes so now is a good time for that. New scene starts Sunday night. There are a couple options available at this point. You can hunt down Mrs. Nazarene's killer, you can go looking for the Black Court vamps, or you can snoop on the White Court.
|# ? Feb 25, 2012 23:07
Hugues Turner Fate Points: 1 -> 0
Hugues didn't say much on the ride back with Jenny. After a quick thank you and good bye, he found himself standing alone outside his apartment complex. With a smile he walked to one of the trees on the edge of the property, and whistled.
(Invoking Protector of the Small to summon a friendly Pixie.)
A soft red light descended from the tree, and right on top of Hugues' head. "Oy! Wot chu be wantin at this 'our? Some of us Folk are tryin' to sleep!" Hugues reached up and plucked the red light with his hand, dangling the pixie in front of his face.
"Enough. Nidawi, I have a job for you."
"Ooooh," Nidawi laughed mischievously, "someone's a grumpypants this evenin'. Well then, wot is it?"
"There's a new Warden in town. Follow him and track his movements around the city. Don't let him see you or know you're following him. Then, when he goes to sleep for the night, wait for me outside my window and knock. I'll let you in the Threshold and you'll tell me everything you've seen."
"So I just follow this bloke for ya then? Wot's in it for me, eh?"
"After that, I'll order a pizza for you as payment. If I like the information, I'll even let you pick the toppings."
Nidawi paused, considering this. Following some mortal around would be a lot of work. On the other hand, Pizza. On the other hand, she could get caught and the Warden would be angry. On the other hand, Pizza. "Alright, I'll do et!"
"So you promise to fulfill out our contract?"
"I promise!"
Hugues cleared his throat.
"Oh fine. I promise I promise I promise! There! That's four times! Three plus one for you being a grumpypants."
Hugues let out a sigh. Sometimes these small folk were more trouble than they were worth. "Warden Cole is out in pursuit of something that killed a woman earlier this evening. If you go now, you can still catch him. Remember, don't get caught."
"Aye aye, cap'n!" With that, Hugues let go of the pixie, and she flew off in a faint red streak across the night sky.
With that over with, Hugues went into his apartment, and took out Pamela Nazarene cell phone, and placed it next to his computer, turning both on. As the computer gradually worked it's way through the startup functions, he drew a magic circle around the two, and began work on the ritual.
Sure, he could go through and manually type up everything he saw on her cell, but that took time that he really didn't want to deal with. Besides, this was more fun. The ritual was simple. The spell would read in all of the recent calls, texts and contacts on the phone and output them into a few simple .txt files on his own computer. He'd have to do the Voicemail by hand and ear, since that data wasn't actually stored on the phone.
(Technomancy Ritual. Desired Effect is to replicate a 3-shift (one to connect the computer and phone, two to transcribe the data as plain text) Computer Use roll and decrease the time for it by 2 shifts.
Complexity is 5, equal to Hugues' Lore so no extra preparation is needed.
Non-combat circumstances, so rolling probably isn't necessary.)
A command console appeared on Hugues' computer, as countless streaks of lightning zipped across from the output port on the cell phone to the USB port on the computer. The arcs of electricity were either red or blue, representing the 0's and 1's respectively as the data transferred between the devices.. The sound was mildly annoying, like grating two pieces of sandpaper together, but after a few minutes the snapping sounds finally stopped with a Ding! from the computer, and a file named "Phone.txt" sat on the desktop. With a smile, Hugues opened it up, to see if he recognized any of the names listed.
(Contacts: //-/ +1 = 0...)
Probably shouldn't have bothered. She put everyone in with only their first names or their nicknames. Still, hopefully this information was useful to someone. With a sigh, he opened up a new .txt file and began listening to the voicemail, to transcribe those by hand.
Krysmphoenix fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2012 around 06:22
|# ? Feb 26, 2012 22:50
J.R. walks over to Mitsuo. "Reckon we might get a few answers about demons if we go knocking together some heads tonight, afore the news spreads. You up for asking some questions with me?" J.R. hadn't been in town long, but he liked to keep busy, and knew more than a few names to ask for information. Course, not all of 'em would be happy to see J.R., but between him and Mitsuo they should be able to get some information out of them.
Contacts +3 +/-+ +2 = 3 to get any rumors or information about demons in town. Chromegnome, an intimidation or deceit or something maneuvery to give me a bonus would be appreciated.
|# ? Feb 26, 2012 23:58
Jenny Hirsch FP: 5->4
After dropping Hughes off at his place, Jenny drove back home and spent some time thinking. The whole situation with the Warden worried her, and that poor woman the ghoul had been eating... she hadn't deserved any of this. It was time to do something.
Well, first a phone call.
"Hey, Ada? I'm going to go talk to that prayer circle and see if I can find anything out about Pamela. Er. The women that the ghoul was eating? I'm pretty sure it'll be fine, but I could use a buddy to come along with - would you like to accompany me?"
Quick post from work, but either Rapport or Empathy to try and discover pertinent information about the group during the meeting. I think it's empathy to get a read on the group rather than rapport but I can't check the book at the moment. I'm trying to gain their trust while looking for signs of deception or things they're not telling me.
Either way the skill is +3, and a fudge roll of -//+. I'm blowing a Fate Point and tagging Ingenue's Intercession, for a total of +5.
E: Looking at the book, the skill I wanted was indeed Empathy.
RPZip fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2012 around 04:43
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 02:00
Delaying J.R's result until Mitsuo acts.
Hugues wakes up to the sound of Nidawi pounding on his windowpane.
"Oy! Grumpypants! Got news for trade!"
Nidawi's investigation roll ends up +/-- +2 = 1
Nidawi found Cole near the docks. He was staring out over the water at the boats. There was a crystal in his hand but it was dark. He stood there for a while then went back to an office building a few blocks away and went to sleep.
"Now where's my pizza!"
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 06:18
Hugues Turner Fate Points: 0 -> 2
Refresh! Fate Points go to 2!
Hugues threw a pillow at the window. He had no school this morning, and wanted to sleep in. Damned pixie. "It's morning...I told you to report at night!" With a sigh he opened the window. "Well you're here anyway. Get in."
---insert investigation flashback/plot dump here---
mistaya posted:
Nidawi found Cole near the docks. He was staring out over the water at the boats. There was a crystal in his hand but it was dark. He stood there for a while then went back to an office building a few blocks away and went to sleep.
"It doesn't look like he found what he was looking for then." But the docks? He wasn't sure of any supernatural factions that owned that place. Either way, Hugues got up to his fridge, and toss a frozen pizza into the oven. "You'll just have to wait a bit. It's morning and the stores aren't open yet." Once the pizza was done, Hugues shooed Nidawi out, showered and changed for the morning, and printed off the data on the cell phone. A copy for himself, a copy for everyone else, and he still had the copy in case the paper copies got lost.
The cell phone had to go back to Nazarene's prayer group with the rest of her belongings, and he recalled Jenny was planning on going there with Ada. Looks like someone needed a babysitter for the day. He called Jenny up to let her know he was tagging along, and set out on his bike.
Krysmphoenix fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2012 around 08:07
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 06:55
Ada duSang - FP: 0
"Dammit, Zack." Ada sighed, as she bent forward to rest her head on her oak desk, keeping it as far away from the phone and the curses coming through it as possible. She'd spent the last few hours calling people, looking for any potential leads on the mysterious Reginald the ghoul had mentioned, to no avail. Undaunted by the difficulties in finding anything about the mystery man, Ada had turned to slightly less reputable sources. Zachary Wayne was an old 'friend' of the duSang family, emphasis on the quotation marks. An old drunkard, Zack was rude, hard to deal with, and occasionally unreliable with his information, but he seemed to know everyone in New Orleans. The things that he could turn up by digging in the dirt were amazing, when he wasn't too buzzed to bother with the legwork. This was one such time, or at least it looked like it.
Ada lifted the phone again and put it back against her ear. "Zack. No, wait a second, listen to me, stop swearing like a sailor, old fart. Look, dig something up and I'll pay triple the usual fee if you can find anything on this guy." Ada smiled as the old drunk instantly perked up and started paying attention. Sometimes, all people needed was the right incentive. "No, I'm not kidding. Find something on this Reginald guy and the cash is yours. Yeah, got it. I'll be waiting."
As Ada was putting down the phone, it began to ring again. "Well, that was quick." Picking the phone back up, she spoke into the tube. "Hello? Oh, Jen, it's you. Yeah, I remember about it. Sure, no problem - happy to lend a hand." She said, her face bearing a light smile. "Meet you there then, or am I hitching a ride with you?"
Rolling Contacts to see if Ada can dig anything up about the Reginald the ghoul mentioned and what he was doing talking to Warden Bellworth. The first roll was a terrible //--, of -1, so I'm invoking Walker on the Wild Side to call up one of Ada's less reputable acquaintances for info and rerolling. The end result is a much more acceptable //-+, or +1, the skill's default value. Not bad, but far from ideal.
Additionally, to get some extra FP, self-compelling Weight of a Word to have something *interesting* happen to someone Ada is indebted to. The FP will be received at a later time when the compel actually goes off, of course.
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 10:17
The prayer circle meets in a small convention hall that belongs to the VFW. There are two rooms. The first is the hall itself, which is tiled and taken up by a large rectangular table. Seven women sit around the table, one of whom is Mother Sula, the leader of the group.
The second room has been converted into a kid's playroom and has the slightly used toys and books you'd expect. You can easily see into the playroom from the table through the glass door. There are four kids in the room, two girls who are clearly preschoolers, and two boys who are 3rd or 4th graders.
A woman meets you when you knock on the door. "Hi there, my name is Vanessa. Are you looking for the prayer circle? We're just starting, and always looking for new members!"
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 10:37
Jenny Hirsch FP: 4
"Oh, hi! Uhm. And yes, I was looking for the prayer group. Sort of."
Jenny walks into the hall, with Ada and Hughes tagging along behind. Seeing the kid's playroom, her face breaks out into a smile. "Great! Hey, Hughes, why don't you go check out the playroom while Ada and I talk to the group?"
Moving to the table and taking an offered seat, Jenny waits until the adults are nearby before beginning. "I wish I was here under different circumstances, but I'm afraid that we," Jenny says, nodding towards Ada, "are here investigating a death. More precisely, a murder."
Jenny pauses a moment, pulling Pamela's license out of her purse. "This woman, Pamela Nazarene, was murdered last night outside the House of the Rising Sun. We're trying to find out who, or what, killed her. We know she was a member of your prayer group, Mother Sula, and any kind of leads or information you could give us that would help us find the killer would helpful."
Using the roll from before to get a read on the the group members, esp. in reaction to the revelation.
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 22:06
Compel on Hugues's "10 years old" to be sentenced the playroom. Take a FP! Compel on Ada's "Killer Queen" to have a woman in the circle recognize her as a gang member. Take a FP!
Shocked gasps erupt from almost everyone in the group except for Mother Sula and Vanessa, who share a worried look.
rpzip posted:
Either way the skill is +3, and a fudge roll of -//+. I'm blowing a Fate Point and tagging Ingenue's Intercession, for a total of +5.
Most of the women just look terrified and sad by the news. It is obvious that no one has told them. Vanessa seems more sad than the others but not surprised and a quick glance at Pamela's picture makes you wonder if they're related. Mother Sula seems concerned and tired.
Mother Sula speaks. "Please, come aside with me. This is not something to discuss so openly." She leads Jenny, Ada, and Vanessa aside. "I am aware of what happened to Pamela. Her body was recovered by the church this morning. Most of which I spent chatting with a friendly police officer. Now, what are you doing with my friend's belongings and why are you trying to find her killer?"
Vanessa gasps quietly. "You!" she says to Ada. "Mother Sula I recognize this woman. She is a gang leader, I don't think we should trust anything these people say."
Mother Sula looks concerned. "Is this true? Do not lie to me, girls."
This is a social conflict! Mother Sula will not tell you anything until you placate Vanessa. She will only go up to a minor consequence.
Defense: Rapport +3 Aspects: Sula's Confidant (has 1 FP) Social () () () Minor Consequence:
Piell posted:
Contacts +3 +/-+ +2 = 3 to get any rumors or information about demons in town.
J.R.'s contacts want nothing to do with demons and tell him so but there's one name that comes up over and over. "Go talk to Mary Laveau." Mary owns the Voodoo Shop that primarily exists to fleece tourists but has a good stock of actual magical items as well. If anyone knows who's been trying to summon demons, it is probably her.
mistaya fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2012 around 22:55
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 22:34
J.R. looks at Mitsuo with a slight grin. "Looks like we got a name. Ain't a trail yet, but it's shaping up. Let's go talk to this Mary, then."
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 22:57
Hugues Turner Fate Points: 2 -> 3
RPZip posted:
Jennny walks into the hall, with Ada and Hughes tagging along behind. Seeing the kid's playroom, her face breaks out into a smile. "Great! Hey, Hughes, why don't you go check out the playroom while Ada and I talk to the group?"
The look on Hugues face was that of utter betrayal. She might as tripped him while running for their lives from some hideous monster, damming him to be tortured in the fires of Hell for all eternity. Or at least thats what the next hour was likely going to feel like.
mistaya posted:
Compel on Hugues's "10 years old" to be sentenced the playroom. Take a FP!
Might as well make the best of it.
Hugues put on his best fake smile for the women running the daycare, reaching out with a quick childish hug for a greeting, and did the same with the other children. If they believed he was just like them, they would act like normal and treat him like a child. The actual hug was to check for magic. It was very doubtful that any of these people were something other than mortal, but it was worth checking out just in case.
(Lore +5 to use The Sight (Wizard's Touch) to detect a "spark" of magical-ness on the daycare people. Deceit +2 to pretend to be an innocent child and pick up on rumors.
Lore: +--/ +5 = 4... Deceit: -/-+ +2 = 1...)
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 23:17
Ada duSang - FP: 0
Ada tensed up a little at Vanessa's accusation. For a second, it looked as if she was on the verge of starting a fight - she looked cross, defensive, and ready to shoot a barb of her own right back.
And then, she took a deep breath and sighed, letting the tension drain from her body before nodding.
"Yes. I was, and still am connected to a gang." Ada stood up a little straighter. "We've turned a new leaf, though. We don't hurt anybody anymore. I just look out for the younger boys and girls and make sure they don't get into trouble. That the kids don't start playing with fire and getting hurt. If that's what I'm being accused of, then consider me guilty as charged." Ada's expression was half-resigned, half-proud. The Shadows still had a very bad reputation from the times Rook had been at the helm, but for the last few years, Ada had been hard at work trying to turn things around. Sometimes, the only way to deal with suspicion was to come clean and hope for acceptance. She crossed her fingers and waited.
Rolling Rapport to Open Up, revealing Ada's Killer Queen aspect, but with a positive spin. Foxxbot's result is a dreadful ---+, or +0, so I am invoking Weight of a Word to reaffirm Ada's sincerity and add 2 to the roll, taking it to its default of +2. Easy come, easy go.
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 23:25
Mary's Voodoo Shop is empty at this time of night, but still open and Mary herself is sitting behind the counter reading. The shop is small and crowded with so many trinkets and odds and ends that it's hard to see any of the shelves or heck even most of the floor. Mary herself is quite fat and dressed in some kind of ceremonial costume that makes her hard to take seriously.
"J.R.!" She says in a fake-creole accent. "Come in me brudda! And close dat door behind you." As soon as the door is shut the accent vanishes. "Now what's this I hear about you looking for demons? That's a nasty business to be getting into, my friend. I don't know if I should be telling you a drat thing."
Krysmphoenix posted:
(Lore +5 to use The Sight (Wizard's Touch) to detect a "spark" of magical-ness on the daycare people. Deceit +2 to pretend to be an innocent child and pick up on rumors.
The only person in the room with any spark of magic is one of the little girls. It is very weak due to her age, but the potential is there. She giggles and hugs Hugues back. "My name is Claire. Want to play ponies?" she hands him the purple unicorn and a small plastic hairbrush. One of the boys giggles. "Shutup Tyler!" the little girl yells.
Transient People posted:
Rolling Rapport to Open Up, revealing Ada's Killer Queen aspect, but with a positive spin. Foxxbot's result is a dreadful ---+, or +0, so I am invoking Weight of a Word to reaffirm Ada's sincerity and add 2 to the roll, taking it to its default of +2.
Vanessa rolls Rapport to defend. /+/- +3 = 3. A swing and a miss!
"That's an easy thing to say, ma'am. Excuse me if I want something more solid than your word on it."
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 23:43
|# ? Aug 25, 2019 18:17
"It killed a woman tonight, Mary. One who ain't done nothing wrong far as I know, and a good Christian woman too. Can't let that kind of thing go on where I hang my hat, and besides - anyone dumb enough to beef somebody outside the announcement of the law comin' into town is on the shoot, and just gonna make more trouble unless they're put down. 'Sides - I'm doing a favor the this new Warden fella."
Presence //-+ +1 = 1, tagging That's One You Owe Me (since I am doing Cole a favor) to make it +3
Piell fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2012 around 23:54
|# ? Feb 27, 2012 23:51


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A proposal to more than double the limits on Edmonton's borrowing could burden taxpayers with a $2.5-billion debt that won't solve the city's infrastructure problems, Coun. Karen Leibovici says.
Edmonton virtually wiped out debts rung up during the 1970s oil boom before council started a five-year, $250-million borrowing program in 2003 to pay for fire halls, interchanges, parks, roads, libraries and a seniors centre.
A report to council's executive committee Wednesday suggests councillors change the rules so they can borrow even more.
It would let them spend up to 15 per cent of tax revenues repaying non-utility debts instead of the current 6.5-per-cent cap, making it possible to borrow up to $250 million annually for nine years.
While the report indicates this cash is needed to help provide $5.2 billion needed to overhaul and expand Edmonton roads, bridges, sidewalks, buildings and other facilities, Leibovici is concerned the money could be frittered away.
"I just worry that it becomes this pot of gold … that everything gets thrown into and there's no way of separating what we really need."
Borrowing the maximum amount would mean annual payments of about $21 million, which translates into a three-per-cent tax increase if no other source of funding can be found, says the report, which will be discussed next Wednesday by city council.
Maintenance of the projects would cost another $5 million to $10 million a year.
However, Mayor Stephen Mandel wants to rein in this potential borrowing bonanza. "I would like to be more restrictive. I don't have a problem with borrowing money, but I want it for our major needs," he told reporters.
"I'm concerned in the last round of borrowing, we tended to drift away from it and borrowed money for other things … like all people, we can't have everything we want."
Those "other things" included planting trees and improving signs, he said. He wants to dedicate future loans to big projects with long-term benefits, such as expanding the LRT system, repairing older neighbourhoods and building new recreation centres. "I would have a tough time supporting $250 million a year because they (now) have a problem spending $1.1 billion in capital."
A recent report by a Winnipeg-based think tank, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, found that Edmonton had long-term debt 46 per cent lower than the average of Canada's eight largest cities. Using 2005 figures, the report said Edmonton's long-term debt was $1,496 per household compared to $3,843 per household in Calgary.


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Sole Meunière
Sole Meunière is a classical French dish. Its name makes allusion to the "miller's wife" in reference to the thin layer of flour that coats the fish. It consists of golden Sole fillets with a buttery lemon sauce finished with a sprinkle of chopped parsley and a lemon wedge on the side for more sunny notes.
It is a simple dish but two steps are very important:
The mise en place (or prepping) is crucial because everything has to be ready and set up properly before cooking the sole fillets.
Having a silky sauce without burning the butter.
It is crucial to flour the fish fillets at the last minute in order to have a nice thin crust when searing. If you coat the fish in advance, the flour will get "wet" and you'll end up with a mushy layer (and no one wants that!!).
This recipe requires two different types of "butter". The clarified butter for searing the sole fillets and regular butter for the sauce. The main advantage of the clarified butter is its high smoke point; it won't burn while you are searing the fish. The regular one is needed for the sauce because of its rich flavor and silky texture.
*Clarified butter: is unsalted butter that has been slowly melted to separate the milk solids from the fat and to evaporate most of the water. It is like breaking down the main components of the butter. Discard the milk solids: the white residue on the bottom of the pan (that burn when exposed to high heat) and keep the remaining gold liquid: Clarified Butter. This golden fat has now a higher "smoke point". It is used in different cuisines around the world but also in this Sole Meunière recipe, when baking Baklava etc… It is less rich and flavorful than regular butter. You can make your own clarified butter or buy it in jars from the supermarket.
The Sole Meunière sauce is based on "beurre noisette" referring to the color (brown) and nutty flavors (noisette = hazelnut) of melted butter. After trying multiple versions and burning the sauce (an undisclosed) number of times, I discovered a nice trick in one of Joel Robuchon's books. Divide the amount of butter in two, add the melted and lightly browned amount on the room temperature one, whisk gently, and "voila!" you have a silky buttery nutty lightly browned sauce. It's foolproof. Merci Joel!
If you're not lucky enough to find fresh Sole, Julia Child said it was ok to use flounder :) Choose any fresh fish that is flat and won't fall apart when searing and flipping it in the pan.
Bon appétit!
Sole Meunière
recipe credits: Rafaella Sargi
Serves 4
½ cup all purpose flour
4 Sole fillets (or Dover Sole, or Flounder)
Black Pepper
3 tablespoons clarified butter*
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided in two
1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 tablespoons toasted almonds finely ground (optional)
extra lemon slices or wedges for serving
Prep all the ingredients.
You will need two shallow plates, paper towel, one large frying pan, a small whisk and 2 small pots.
In a shallow plate mix the flour with 1 teaspoon of salt and a few cracks of black pepper. Set aside.
Pat dry the fish fillets with paper towel. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
Making the sauce: equally divide 8 tablespoons of butter in two small pots. Keep one on the side and heat the second one until the butter is completely melted and starts to brown. You are looking for a nice "hazelnut-brown-color" (be careful not to burn the butter!). Pour the melted butter over the room temperature one and mix until combined. Add lemon juice and season lightly. Set aside.
In a large frying pan, heat 3 tablespoons of clarified butter with olive oil until butter has melted and pan very hot. Quickly coat the fish fillets with the flour mixture, remove flour excess and sear them for 2 minutes on each side. Work in batches and do not overcrowd the pan.
Transfer the seared sole fillet to a serving plate. Drizzle a little bit of the butter-lemon sauce on top and sprinkle with parsley and ground toasted almonds if using.
Serve with lemon wedges.


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TERC Senior Scientist Tamara Ledley Receives ESIP Federation's Presidents Award
January 18, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, MA– The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) has honored TERC Senior Scientist Tamara Ledley with the Presidents Award in recognition of her significant contributions to the organization over its 13-year history. Dr. Ledley collaborated on one of a group of 1998 NASA grants that resulted in the formation of the ESIP Federation, and has served as Vice President for the ESIP Federation, chair of the Standing Committee for Education, and member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of Earth Science. Additionally, collaborations initiated in the ESIP Federation Education Committee informed and refined Dr. Ledley's work on the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET), which was recently awarded the SPORE Award from Science Magazine.
"Much of my work has been to bridge the scientific and educational communities to make Earth science data and knowledge more accessible and integrated into educational contexts," says Dr. Ledley. "Through my work as a small partner on one of the original ESIP Federation projects funded by NASA in 1998, I found a scientific and technical community whose mission was to facilitate the use of Earth science data and knowledge to address societal needs. With an organization having a mission so aligned with my own interests, I worked to build the science and technology education presence and activities at the ESIP Federation. This included having TERC become one of the first partners after the originally funded 24 projects (there are now over 130 partners) and establishing the Standing Committee on Education," adds Dr. Ledley. She notes, "This community has provided me with amazing partnerships and support. I am honored to be recognized with this award."
Dr. Ledley is a senior scientist and chair of the Center for Science Teaching and Learning (CSTL) at TERC. Her most recent work in Climate Literacy and Earth system science education includes founding and chairing the Climate Literacy Network ; development of the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Pathway; collaboration on "Essential Principles of Climate Science"; and the development of EarthLabs modules on climate change and Earth system science that will serve as the laboratory component of a high-school capstone course in Earth and space science for the NSF-funded Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy and NASA-funded Earth System Science: A Key to Climate Literacy projects.
Dr. Ledley has also been involved in a spectrum of projects that focus on the use of Earth science data in educational contexts and leverage the National Science Digital Library efforts. These grants have entailed the development of the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET), an online resource that provides step-by-step instructions for the use of an Earth science data set and data analysis tool by teachers in the classroom, as well as the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) Data Services and AccessData—projects that focused on bridging the communication gap between scientific and educational communities to make Earth science data sets accessible and available to teachers and students.
Dr. Ledley received her PhD from MIT in 1983 and conducted a research program on understanding the mechanism of climate change. Her early work in Earth system science education included museum and planetarium exhibit development work; activity, curriculum, and content development; and teacher training programming.
About the ESIP Federation
Founded in 1998 by NASA in response to a National Research Council (NRC) review of the Earth Observation System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), ESIP was developed as an Earth science community for the preservation, location, and access of Earth science observation and research data by a broad community encompassing research, education, and commercial interests. In 2001, ESIP created a nonprofit corporation called the Foundation for Earth Science.
Today, ESIP has over 130 partners and functions as a broad-based, distributed community of data and information technology practitioners who come together to collaborate on coordinated interoperability efforts across Earth science communities. Recently, new ESIP Federation subcommunities have formed around data preservation and stewardship, information quality, and data visualization. Additional education and societal benefit actives arose in the climate change and energy domains.


text: Life (as we know it on earth today) only comes from preexisting life; we humans always start as fertilised eggs, which come from our parents, who came to be in just the same way; and so on back to the dawn of time. Yet, we all are mortal, and the continuous thread running through this succession is DNA, a self-replicating molecule that stores all the instructions, or perhaps contains all the ingredients, for making a new organism. The DNA molecules, in the form of chromosomes, are stored in cells, and animals and plants are built by cell division followed by cell specialisation. This means that the mechanism and control of cell division is one of the most fundamental aspects of biology. It also, of course, can go wrong with disastrous results, mostly in old age. Neither degeneration nor cancer are welcome. Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Sir Tim Hunt discusses what we know and what we would like to know.


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Helsinki – Growing inside the Bedrock
Helsinki – Growing inside the Bedrock
As the city's structure becomes more dense, more and more facilities suited for different purposes are being built underground, if possible. There is also a growing need to connect the premises to each other to form coherent and interrelated complexes. Since the 1960s more than 400 of those already have been built underground in Helsinki. More than 200 reservations exist for long-term underground projects. Demand for underground facilities has grown considerably and, at the same time, the need to control construction has increased substantially.
The Underground Master Plan of Helsinki, having a legal status, reserves designated spaces for public utilities and important private utilities in various underground areas of bedrock over the long term. The Master Plan also provides the framework for managing and controlling the city's underground construction work, and allows suitable locations to be allocated for underground facilities.
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St. Naul's on goal rampage to take U-16 title
Played in perfect conditions in MacCumhaill Park, St Naul's under 16s won the first of the 3 finals that the club were involved in over the weekend
St Naul's 4-6
Fanad Gaels 0-5
This was an emphatic victory over a Fanad team who will have rued a number of missed frees and shots in the opening half along with a few excellent saves from Naul's keeper Gavan Mulreaney to deny them dead cert goals.
It was the parish of Inver men who got the first point of the day with a well-executed point of the boot of Sean Tully Meehan on the turn from 30 meters. Fanad replied almost immediately with a great score from way out the left wing of the boot of the lively John Heraghty. Naul's hit their first goal of the game on the 11th minute when a pass from Daniel Brennan over the top put Sean Meehan through on goal and he made no mistake as he drilled the ball low and hard to the bottom of Paul O Conner's net.
Meehan was on target again with a point after good work from the hard working Peadar Mogan. Fanad were unlucky not to hit the back of the net after a strong run up the middle from James Gallagher and a fierce shot was tapped out to the left by the on form Mulreaney in the Naul's goals. Half time score read 1-2 to 0-1 in favour of the men in green.
In the new half, big Naul's midfielder Brendan McCole hit the back of the net in the opening minute after a lay-off by Sean Meehan put him through on goal and McCole made no mistake as he fired low and hard to O Connars right. Naul's also hit without reply a Peadar Mogan free, a goal from Daniel Brennan after good work by Brendan McCole, a point by McCole and a well hit point from Frosses man Martin Breslin from an almost impossible angle out the right wing put the Parish of Inver men up by 4-4 to 0-1 with 20 minutes remaining.
Fanad hit back with three points without reply with John Heraghty, Niall Carr and Patrick Carr getting on the score sheet. Naul's hit goal number four with another goal from the in form Sean Tully Meehan. Fanad hit their final score on the 28th min with Niall Carr hitting his second point of the day. However, it was substitute Tirone O'Shea who had the final say on the scoring front with a looping point in injury time. As the final whistle blew, the large crowd from South of the gap raced on to the field to celebrate with Donnie McCole and co on a fine victory over the Fanad head men.
Best for Fanad were Conar McDevitt, James Gallagher, Niall and Patrick Carr and the lively John Heraghty. A team performance by the Naul's with Meehan and Mulreaney the on top form.
St Naul's: G Mulreaney, J Relihan, M Boyle, J Burke, M Breslin 0-1, G Quigley, D Kelly, b McCole 1-1, L Boyle, D McBrearty, P Mogan 0-1f, T Gallagher, S Meehan 2-2, D Brennan 1-0, C Gavigan. Subs T O'Shea 0-1, F Cullen, M Carr, J Kelly, C Charlton, I Campbell, J Sheerin.
Fanad Gaels: P O Connar, B Martin, C McDevitt, J Friel, O Shiels, J Gallagher, T Cushnam, A Heraghty, C McFadden, O McFadden, N Carr 0-2, A McAteer, E Carr, J Heraghty 0-2, P Carr 0-1.


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What is Group of 5+ ?
Group of 5+ is a collective of six professional independent English-language theatre companies seeking to share a creative and administrative space to establish a sustainable arts ecosystem. The Group of 5+ aims provide its members with a permanent and viable infrastructure-a physical space-where members can share resources, create and build community.
Who is in the Group of 5+ ?
The six dynamic theatre companies in the Group of 5+ are:
Imago Theatre
Dulcinée Langfelder & Cie
Playwrights' Workshop Montreal
Porte Parole
Geordie Productions
Talisman Theatre
What guides the Group of 5+?
We believe a shared space and the resulting collective ecosystem will expand the boundaries of theatrical creation.
The vision for Group of 5+ is to sustain the development and presence of professional English-language theatre in the Québec and Montreal arts landscape. The collective would galvanize exchange and the sharing of resources for its members- both past and present-with an aim to strengthen the English-language minority community and expand upon the scope, inclusivity and vibrancy of Québecois theatre.
The Group of 5+ is guided by the following five principles:
1. BEING LEADERS in the community
2. BUILDING a collective infrastructure
3. SECURING a foundation for English-language
theatre in Montréal
4. PROMOTING exchange and cooperation
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We're creating a "Village" for the weekend to help you determine your shed style. Located behind the Antiques Market, you can tour tiny houses and sheds, which are ready for you to purchase and turn into that special space. We will also host landscape and entertainment experts to answer your questions and help you select the right products.
Antique and vintage vendors will be set-up so you can fill that space or give you ideas to re-create your existing shed into the space you are dreaming of.
Mark your calendar and join us May 20 & 21 from 8AM - 4PM. FOOD, MUSIC, PET FRIENDLY...FREE ADMISSION AND PARKING!!
We have gathered up some great She Sheds to share as inspiration. Start your shopping list and bring it out to the event. Our vendors are excited to help you find those treasures to make your vision happen.
Take a peek into how Ella Claire transformed a standard shed into an amazing retreat space.
A potting shed doesn't need to be an eye sore in your backyard. Make it a place you want to hang out and enjoy.
This magical, Victorian inspired retreat shed is nothing less than incredible. Great place for a guest room, office, or escape destination.
Bright colors make this bunk house shed transformation a place this kids will never want to leave.
This elegant, shabby chic garden was a wedding gift from Heather's husband. He rebuilt a tattered potting shed into a dreamy green-house with a tempered-glass roof.
Creating an outdoor dining space from a shed takes alfresco outdoor entertaining to another level. Consider this lake or pool side.
See you at the He Shed/She Shed show May 20th & 21st.
For more inspiration, check out our He Shed/She Shed board on Pinterest.
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Part 4: Changes Made in the Environment/Workplace to Prevent or Minimize Symptoms?
Being aware of the problematic situation, the environment or our own selves can be altered to prevent neck strain. Here are a few suggestions.
– If sitting for long hours for work or leisure, ensure that a comfortable adjustable chair is used.
– Avoid having a dirty computer screen or anything that would make viewing the monitor difficult.
– Change the level of the monitor, to ensure that the top of the screen meets the level of the eyes.
This ergo-tip is a part of an ergo-tip series about musculoskeletal injuries. Please visit the table of contents at http://www.ergo-motion.com/category/ergo-tips/ for other available posts. There will be one post released every Tuesday.


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Plant, Soil and Weather Monitoring - Thermoline Scientific is proud to introduce the Spectrum Technologies range of measuring equipment and instrumentation to assist with your day-to-day agriculture and horticulture measurements.
Pests and diseases can reduce plant quality and yield, and pesticides add significant input costs. Protect your plants by submitting environmental conditions to disease and insect models. These models forecast disease and insect pressure using field-tested and validated algorithms. SpecWare™ disease alerts can assist pesticide application timing, facilitate an IPM approach, and improve plant health.
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All crops require proper nutrient levels to maintain top quality and achieve maximum economic yield. Measure NO3 -, Na+, K+, Ca2+, chlorophyll, pH and EC to monitor nutrients in the soil and plant. Measurements can be made quickly, accurately and easily with in-field handheld meters. Immediately analyse soil or plant tissue and increase profits with well timed fertiliser applications that produce a higher quality crop.
Soil and Water Testing
Plant growth is supported by a strong root system. Along with proper nutrition levels, plants need access to adequate air and water in the soil to develop a strong root system. Determine soil strength by measuring compaction levels at multiple depths. Monitor soil moisture over time with in-ground sensors and in multiple locations with portable soil moisture meters. Utilise compaction and soil moisture data to make informed management decisions.
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Weather plays a key role in plant health. Spectrum offers a variety of WatchDog® Weather Stations, Mini Stations, Micro Stations, and Sprayer Stations for monitoring site-specific areas to determine and manage microclimates. WatchDog stations are customisable, allowing growers to monitor the inputs that are essential to their operations.
Numerous sensors are available to measure key parameters such as soil moisture, light, air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction, and to calculate evapotranspiration rates, degree days, and other important metrics used to grow and manage healthy crops.
All environmental data is logged at user-defined intervals for tracking trends over time, reporting capabilities, and at-a-glance monitoring to help growers make informed decisions.
Take monitoring one step further by adding an IPM disease and insect package. Use additional parameters such as leaf wetness to determine when the conditions are right for a particular disease.
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Microsoft Names Mobile Apps Store Partners
Microsoft on Monday announced more than two dozen partners for its upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile, including EA Mobile, Pandora, and Netflix.
Mobile apps from the companies will be available in the Windows app store when it debuts later this year. Other partners include AccuWeather.com, Associated Press, CNBC, Facebook, MySpace, Gameloft, Sling Media, and Zagat Survey.
Users with Windows-based phones will be able to buy the apps with their credit cards or have the purchases posted to their mobile phone bills. Don't like what you bought? The Marketplace will offer the opportunity to return the app for a refund within 24 hours.
Developers will also be able to add updates to their apps for free.
"We know it's the experiences that mobile phones can offer to people that really matter," Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, said in a statement. "The continued support from the world's top mobile operators, manufacturers and developers means you can choose the Windows phone, applications and experiences that are right for you."
"EA Mobile develops some of the world's most fun and advanced mobile gaming applications, and we understand the importance of product quality and consumer discovery as keys to success," said Adam Sussman, vice president of Worldwide Publishing for EA Mobile.
The app store will also focus on social networking. MySpace has announced support for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Microsoft Silverlight, and LG will pre-load the MySpace application on phones that are expected to be available in the second half of 2009.
In addition, Microsoft has created a new Facebook application, which will be available for free in April, that makes it easier for people to take video on their phone and upload it to Facebook.
Windows Live for Mobile will also be available in 25 languages as a free download starting April 2. It includes mobile versions of Hotmail, Messenger, Contacts, Live Spaces, Search, and a photo uploader. Users with Windows Mobile version 6 phones can download it Thursday at wl.windowsmobile.com.
The mobile version of Hotmail will also get a revamp, with an updated interface, navigation enhancements for touch-screen phones, the ability to view HTML within e-mail, and improved e-mail search functionality. The beta version will be available at m.mail.live.com.
But how does it look? Microsoft also announced that it will partner with the Design Museum London and the Council of Fashion Designers of America to develop custom themes for Windows-based phones. The first in a series of designers to create themes will be Isaac Mizrahi.
"Phones are just as much a fashion statement as the clothes you wear," Mizrahi said in a statement. "Cast aside your old black phone, and make this year about color and fun."
Later this year, Microsoft will also offer the Theme Generator, which lets Windows phone users set pictures from their PCs as background images that they can color and personalize via their navigation bar.


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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Bloomington vegan Sunday brunches
Anyone feeling especially gung-ho about this? Want to share your leadership skills? The latest missive: Hello to all, Thanks to all of you for showing interest and taking making an effort to let it be known. Apologies also for the delay in any type of communication about the brunch. As it is, new things have come to light, circumstances have changed... and sadly I rarely have time on Sundays anymore. However, there is still a willing group of individuals in our community that would love to get together and feast, talk, hear music and have a good time. So, here is my proposal: if there are any individuals who would like to take the reigns and manage the event on sunday: i.e. setup a couple tables, cook/serve food, take people's money, I and anyone else who is willing will help in the planning and promotion during the week. Any Sunday that I am free, I will be helping out as well. The plan is sketchy at best, but it must start somewhere no? Any and all suggestions are welcome, please reply to all so we can have a discussion amongst everyone here. Thanks. I can put you in contact with this group if you'd like.
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Sports-Loving Success Seekers Get Their Wish This Holiday
Dec 04, 2013, 10:30 ET
CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gift givers looking to make an impact this year will find new inspiration and proven methods for self-improvement in The Wisdom of Walk-Ons: 7 Winning Strategies for College, Business and Life (www.wisdomofwalk-ons.com).
This innovative book tells the true stories of three unrecruited college football players who – against overwhelming odds – played for some of the greatest programs and Hall of Fame coaches in history: the Alabama Crimson Tide with Paul "Bear" Bryant, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with Dan Devine, and the Southern California Trojans with John Robinson. Former walk-ons Gordon Adams, Bob Bleyer, and Alan Pizzitola graduated from these storied universities in the 1970s and '80s with academic honors, national championship rings, practical skills, and a collection of winning strategies that helped them persevere and succeed in business and life in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.
These success stories are not the standard fare found in many books about Fortune 500 CEOs, professional athletes, or other elite figures that readers may find interesting but out of reach. Millions of Americans can relate to these underdog walk-ons who succeeded in college and then corporate, entrepreneurial, and community businesses across the country.
"I haven't seen another book like it. You can't help but be inspired and motivated after reading it," said Bobby Bowden, the second-winningest coach in major college football history.
Mark Reinecke, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Chief Psychologist at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine added: "Every worthwhile pursuit requires adaptability and resilience. Using life histories of walk-on college athletes as a foundation, Paul Corona derives simple strategies for success. Pithy, practical and truly engaging, The Wisdom of Walk-Ons presents methods we all can use in school and throughout life. We're all walk-ons at one point or another."
The author:
Paul L. Corona – Founder of Optimus Coaching and Director of Learning & Organization Development at Northwestern University – is an individual and organization development specialist with 28 years of management experience in Fortune 300 corporations, a Big 4 professional services firm, and major research universities. He holds a doctorate in higher education from Indiana University, an MBA in marketing from the University of Notre Dame, and a BA in advertising from Michigan State University. Paul has taught executives at the Kellogg School of Management and undergraduates at Northwestern.
More information:
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Y7 Football Team Celebrate A 4-2 Victory Against Rawmarsh
Last night was the Y7's quarter final cup match against Rawmarsh. Thankfully we saved our best performance of the season for tonight coming out a 4-2 victory in a dominant performance what flattered Rawmarsh.
The game started with us on top creating a few early chances with balls from Jensen and David finding Finley upfront was unlucky not to get on the score sheet early hitting both the post and making the Rawmarsh keeper pull off a number great saves. It was only a matter of time before our dominance paid off, 5 minutes in a ball through by Omar was raced onto be Finley and dispatched into the bottom corner. Our early dominance continued when a long ball from Luke again found Finley and again he found the bottom corner. Rawmarsh were finding it hard to cope with our intensity and a third followed. A free kick 25 yards out into the top corner from Finley again. 3-0. Towards the end of the first half, Rawmarsh had a corner which was headed due to poor defending. 3-1 at HT.
The second half started as it did in the first with Clifton on top. Creating plenty of chances but failing to find that fourth goal. Eventually, it came from a long range effort from Jensen and we got a feeling the job was done. Towards the end of the second half, Rawmarsh got a consolation to make it 4-2 but it was our day.
All of the lads were exceptional today and their hard work and commitment were something that is becoming a feature with this team. It was also great to see so much support from both staff and students coming down to watch.
The night was summed up when a few of the Rawmarsh lads complained that Clifton Team are 'too good!'
Please congratulate the lads on their performance and on reaching the semi-final.
Luke Steane
Omar sharia
Dylan Whatley
Kurtis Rich
Bilaal Farooq
Josh Humphries
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Fanny - posted on 07/14/2013 ( 23 moms have responded )
Hello, I am writing today to try to have some insight on my issue, I am a little confused and don't know if Iam asking to much or if I should keep my position. I am a stay at home mom to 3 children 2,6 and 9 years old. I also help our business from home about 1-2 hours a day computer, phone ect...I also take care of my grand mother who recently moved in with us. I have a big house a yard ect... I am very happy to be a stay at home mom, even thought once in a while I would like to do something for me . I get to go surfing 1x a week but Have to fight with my husaband to get those 2 hours of me time every week....its making me depressed and I always anticipate asking him. His excuse is usually that he is tired ( he does work long hours for our buisness), he usaually dose not do anything in the house or take care of the kids.. we then argue and he tels me Iam a spoiled b.. priviledged ....I want it all....I feel so depressed and misunderstood that most of the time i just give in or I leave and then he sulks for days.I dont spend money, i dont go out , Iam home at the service of everyone and I just dont know how to carve that time for myself without all the drama. My mother leaves also near but he dosent like when i bring the kids so i can go do something. Thank you for reading me adn any insight is welcome.
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The Gamers Lounge Podcast Episode 130: "Sexy Firmware Update"
What are you playing?
Erik - Link Between Worlds (3DS), GTA Online (PS4), Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
Nathanael - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PC), Prey (PC)
John - Nothing...yet
Robert - Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)
PS4 Firmware Update 5.0 Info
Changes Coming to Xbox Achievements
No Man's Sky 1.3 Update...Does Anyone Care?
Nintendo is Being Sued
Anything Else
Great things coming to soon to the site:
We have 4 interviews coming soon. Drinkbox with Severed on the Switch, Tom Zito, the former head of Digital Pictures about Night Trap, Tyler Hogle, head of Screaming Villains about the Night Trap remastered and with Prideful Sloth about Yonder.
Twitch Affiliates!
Chatroom Question
Erik will be at PAX West this year
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Follow us on Twitter @GL_Podcast, Erik @kube00, John @jcmeadows94, Nathanael @Polygon_Wizard and Robert @BobbyB_87
Check out the site at www.the-gamers-lounge.com


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Yes, meetings. The bane of every professional's life! They say the secret to a good meeting is to have a clear agenda, shared in advance, and with outcomes in mind. In reality though it's hard to do: People arrive late, and even if you sent out an email beforehand, there's no guarantee anyone's read it.
That's where Do comes in. It's a new SaaS tool to manage your meetings, set agendas, create notes in real-time, distribute minutes at the end, and track outcomes and action items. I've been struggling along without this for years, and I was lucky enough to test it pre-launch. It's awesome.
Before now the best I came up with was putting notes in the calendar invite, and then using a
Do offers an integration with the calendar inside Google Apps. So every one of my appointments now has a link to Do. I click that, and it takes me into the scratchpad for that meeting. Here anyone attending the meeting can add to the agenda, update notes during the meeting, or record action items. Those action items can be assigned to other people, and they can update it in real time as well. At the end of the meeting Do automatically emails all attendees the output of the meeting, along with your action items highlighted. At the start of the day it sends you a summary of your upcoming meetings too. It's dealing with the pain you experience before, during and after meetings! It also integrates with Evernote, which I think is a smart move as I think a lot of people have been using that to solve meeting pain until this came along.
One of the impressive things about Do is its pedigree. It's got a fantastic name, thank to Salesforce being a minority investor in the startup. Do.com was used for years by the Salesforce-owned product of the same name. That was a (rather good) project management application which unfortunately Salesforce decided to shut down. With a killer domain name something had to be done, so Salesforce partnered with SherpaFoundry, a strategic advisory firm led by Tina Sharkey, connected to SherpaVentures, which was founded by well-known investors Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford in 2013. With a great domain name they needed a great team to do something with it, and so it was a natural pairing for former Yammer product manager Jason Shah. Jason is pretty well known for his udemy course, "How To Get a Job As a Product Manager".
Do has a great name, beautiful design and a product that's definitely helping to solve a big problem. One of the clever things they know is that the biggest barrier to the adoption of productivity tools is that difficulty of changing user behaviour. I really think they have a good chance of success, as it's easy to use, and the deep calendar integration means there's little the user has to do. They're focusing on mid to large sized companies using Google Apps for the moment, and accepting sign ups for their beta as of today.
One last thing that caught my eye, and gave me a chuckle: the company name behind Do is "ReDo, Inc." A nice little nod to this domain name being re-born!


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Get To Know My Toddler
This photo was taken when Roey was just 11 months. When all she can do to communicate was smile and cry. The lovely dress was a gift from my friend Gizelle (Thursday Brownies host).
Now, Roey is at 21mos- she can already talk and shout too! LoL! There are times that her words though different in meaning, sounds almost the same. She calls her sister Keanna, "Tate" (minus the T, it's Ate). She calls her father "Dadee" and that's always clear, while she calls me "Mhey" which obviously is shortcut for Mommy. Sweet, right?
This little miss surprises us with her wit and talkativeness. There are several TVCs she would imitate and certain kiddie product jingles she can sing along with. She moves like crazy when she feels like dancing. She know the songs "Price Tag", "Just The Way You Are", and "Fireworks" - can hum and say the words "uhh and yeah". But, her lyrics are most of the time in her dinosaur language. LOL!
Here are other things she can:
- She keeps her pillow and folds the blanket imperfectly as soon as she wake up in the morning.
- Always eager to personally hand the helmet to her Daddy.
- Eats on her own (using a spoon or just her hand - that's how "cowboy" she is).
- Eats freshly sliced tomatoes, garlic and onions.
- Can count from 1 to 10.
- Sings "Blues Clues"song, "Mr. Sun", "I Have 2 Hands" and "Our Father"
- Already started doing the "sign of the Cross" and "Amen".
- Can draw a smile and sun rays on an unfinished sun drawing.
- Volunteers to remove Ate Keanna's socks as soon as the latter arrives from school (eww!)
- Can already say names: "Papa Jesus" (may sound Jeswu sometimes), Sponge Bob ( Spangsbav), Popo and Jollibee (Jaaamibee)
- Recognizes fruits like Apple, Banana (with matching Uh-uh-Ahh-a sound effect), and Grapes
- Recognizes shapes: Circle, Stars, Moon
drawings: shoes, flower, Hello Kitty, heart, umbrella, dog, pig, cat, bag and more
- Knows how to use the cellphone and can say "Hello, musta?" (Hello, how are you?)
- She already know when to say "No" and "Oh no!"
- Can already appreciate things by saying "Wow!"
- Says "Hi!" and "Bye!" and do the "bless" act (Mano)
- Can manage to strike a pose in front of the camera (as long as Mommy's behind it)
These are just few of the many things our Roey can already say and do. Of course, along with the list is her unique tantrums. Unique because if it strikes, it is a combination of cry, shout, whips, kicks and body bending techniques. Something we would like to avoid of course.


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In December of 1999, within 24 hours after I first saw Salem, I decided to move here. Taking an apartment where the windows face the Willamette River, I had arrived "without baggage" as a friend says ~ knowing nothing of the city except it had a nostalgically appealing historic downtown and an adjoining public library. I thought a good start toward meeting people would be to become a volunteer at that library. By coincidence, that was exactly the time a website, Salem History, was being created by the staff. As a former American Studies teacher and historian, I was eager to learn about Salem by becoming a researcher and writer for this enterprise. After the city stopped producing the website, I began compiling "SHINE on Salem 150," a blog celebrating that anniversary of the city's charter. Fortunately, my son Tom moved to Salem to become my next-door neighbor and official photographer. This partnership led to the creation of the several additional Salem history web blogs and self-guided walking tours, incorporated in this website.
Bill Church at the Statesman Journal brought an even wider readership by publishing "SHINE on Salem 150" in the Statesman Journal. KMUZ, the non-profit Mid-Willamette Valley radio station, expanded that subject, broadcasting a series of Salem history conversations between Jim Scheppke, the former State Librarian, and myself. By 2013, Tom and I were wandering around Marion County, snapping pictures and talking with the folks in our neighboring cities. The result was "Marion County 20."
With us, from the first days of composition, has been Stephanie Matlock Allen. As a former journalist, she understood what the viewer needed to see and learn in our heritage profiles. But most of all, because she is computer-experienced, she was always ready, when I panicked, to solve technical problems. Thank you, Stephanie!
However, no matter how fascinating it is to research personalities and events of our past, it is the present local cultural and economic climate that should be our concern. Our aim is two-fold: to bring attention to Salem's important role in Oregon's past and to recognize the valuable assets of the Salem neighborhoods and parks we enjoy today.
Now retired from local research activities, Tom and I look forward to being observers of the city that has become our home. None of us can influence our community's history, but we are all responsible for its future.


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