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Posted: February 12th, 2019
DescriptionPosition Summary: Penske Technician II will generally assist in the repair and diagnosis of major components or remove/replace major components of various truck and trailer equipment at the direction of Lead Technician or Maintenance Supervisor. 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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.-The associate will be required to remember and understand certain instructions, guidelines or other information. The associate must be able to see and verbally communicate. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.-While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be required to move frequently, stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs/45kg.Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.About Penske Truck LeasingPenske Truck Leasing Co., L.P., headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, is a partnership of Penske Corporation, Penske Automotive Group, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. A leading global transportation services provider, Penske operates more than 260,000 vehicles, employs more than 29,000 people, and serves customers from more than 1,000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Product lines include full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance, commercial and consumer truck rentals, used truck sales, transportation and warehousing management and supply chain management solutions. Visit http://www.GoPenske.com to learn more.


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Election Date: Nov. 3, 2020 | Updated 1:40 PM EST Jan. 26, 2021
Election experts have warned it may take days or weeks after Election Day for an outcome in the presidential election due to the deluge of mail-in ballots amid the pandemic. Some battleground states are expected to count results faster, including Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, Georgia and Iowa. However, three critical Rust Belt states – Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan – must wait until closer to Election Day before opening mail-in ballots.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – American envoys say they are working with other nations on a proposal to drop all discussions on possible Internet regulations from a U.N. telecommunications conference in Dubai.
The U.S. is leading calls to reject possible new codes on the Net by the International Telecommunications Union, a 193-nation body making its first major oversight revisions in nearly 25 years. U.S. representatives held meetings Tuesday on the proposal to take all Internet-related discussions off the table.
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The Open Group SOA Governance Framework just became an International Standard available to government and enterprises worldwide. At the same time, I read an insightful post by ZDNet Blogger, Joe McKendrick who states that Cloud and automation drive new growth in SOA governance market. I have always maintained that the fundamentals of Cloud Computing are based upon SOA principles. This brings up the next natural question: Where are we with Cloud Governance?
I co-chair the Open Group project for defining the Cloud Governance framework. Fundamentally, the Cloud Governance framework builds upon The Open Group SOA Governance Framework and provides additional context for Cloud Governance in relation to other governance standards in the industry. We are with Cloud Governance today where we were with SOA Governance a few years back when The Open Group started on the SOA Governance framework project.
McKendrick goes on to say that the tools and methodologies built and stabilized over the past few years for SOA projects are seeing renewed life as enterprises move to the Cloud model. In McKendrick's words, "it is just a matter of getting the word out." That may be the case for the SOA governance market. But, is that so for Cloud Governance?
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- IT optimization. Cloud adoption must happen with CIOs integrating the business of IT to combat its consumerization. CIOs must be objective integrators while viewing IT as one of the candidate service providers. This CIO mind-set is a defining requirement for effective Cloud Governance.
- Service standardization. Cloud standards continue to emerge. Cloud Services Providers must have standards to conform to as I detail in this post on 5 criteria that crystallize an industry-wide standard for service providers.
- Seamless management. Converged solutions in the cloud have a healthy combination of physical and virtual resources. These resources must be monitored seamlessly agnostic to their enabling physical or virtual environments. Such monitoring will trigger the appropriate steps to be executed the context of Cloud Governance.
- Framework Definition. Finally, Cloud Governance needs a standard framework to facilitate its adoption. Just like the SOA Governance Framework, the definition of a standard for the Cloud Governance Framework as well as the supporting reference models will pave the way for the consistent adoption of Cloud Governance.
Once these progressions are made, Cloud Governance will be positioned like SOA Governance—and it will then be just a "matter of getting the word out."
A version of this blog post originally appeared on the Journey through Enterprise IT Services Blog.
HP Distinguished Technologist and Cloud Advisor, E.G.Nadhan has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry across the complete spectrum of selling, delivering and managing enterprise level solutions for HP customers. He is the founding co-chair for The Open Group SOCCI project and is also the founding co-chair for the Open Group Cloud Computing Governance project. Connect with Nadhan on: Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Journey Blog.


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Emily Yellin, who wrote a bestselling book on customer service titled "Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us," is the new chief communications officer for Shelby County Schools.
Yellin's appointment by interim schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson was announced Thursday, Aug.15, and is effective immediately.
Yellin takes the job as the school system has struggled with the opening of the first year of the unified school district, with parents complaining they can't reach school officials to handle complaints about transportation problems and other issues.
Because of the success of her book about customer service, Yellin has worked as a consultant to companies across the nation on such issues.
The Central High School graduate, who lives in Memphis, has also worked as a reporter covering the Southeastern United States for The New York Times. She has also written for Time magazine, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Smithsonian magazine, Memphis magazine and The Memphis Flyer.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has rebranded the Memphis Marriott Downtown hotel as a Sheraton, and the property is undergoing renovations to bring that brand's amenities and services.
"Sheraton is delighted to be part of the Memphis community with the opening of this terrific Downtown property, as we continue to aggressively expand the brand in dynamic destinations worldwide," said Hoyt Harper, global brand leader for Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. "Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel will welcome travelers with a stylish, comfortable and social atmosphere where they can enjoy all the brand's recently enhanced signature services and amenities in a convenient location near leading Memphis attractions."
Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel, at 250 N. Main St., is connected to the Memphis Cook Convention Center and is within walking distance to Downtown restaurants, art galleries, boutiques and nightclubs. The hotel was originally a Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza before being converted to a Marriott.
Owned by Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel features 14,000 square feet of meeting space, 600 guest rooms, a full-service restaurant and lounge and an indoor pool. The hotel is managed by Atlanta-based Davidson Hotels & Resorts.
The Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel will feature the brand's Link@Sheraton experienced with Microsoft social hub and a Link Café." The guest rooms will be upgraded to include Sheraton Sweet Sleeper beds, oversized work desks, ergonomic chairs, high-speed Internet and LCD flat-screen televisions.
Memphis-based MRI Interventions posted record disposable product revenue, added to its installed base, advanced its activities in drug delivery trials and continued to expand its sales and marketing platform in the quarter ended June 30, the company announced.
MRI is a commercial-stage medical device company focused on creating innovative platforms for performing the next generation of minimally invasive surgical procedures in the brain and heart.
The company reported $497,000 in total product revenue in the second quarter, up 71 percent from $291,000 in the second quarter of 2012. MRI Interventions CEO Kimble Jenkins said the company's ClearPoint installed base also continues to expand, as it added three new installations in the second quarter.
BankTennessee has bought the bank's Downtown Memphis office building at 30 N. Second St.
The property, once known as the Welcome Wagon building, also has been renamed the BankTennessee Building.
In related news, the Memphis Bar Association is relocating its offices during the fourth quarter from Brinkley Plaza, 80 Monroe Ave., to the building.
Tennessee Exports Increase $300 Million in First Half
Tennessee's exports increased 1 percent in the first half of the year, setting a new record for the state.
The International Trade Administration says exports were $16 billion, up $300 million from the same period last year.
The biggest export gains were increases of 60 percent to Singapore, 26 percent to the United Arab Emirates, 26 percent to South Korea and 17 percent to the Netherlands.
The Intentional Trade Association's Commercial Service has 100 offices in the United States – including in Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis – and in American embassies and consulates in more than 70 countries.
Overton Square restaurant staple Golden India has renewed its 1,690-square-foot lease at 2097 Madison Ave.
"Golden India has been a part of Overton Square for more than 15 years," said Carey D. White, senior vice president of asset management for Loeb Properties, who represented the landlord. "We're happy that the Singh family's cuisine will continue to contribute to the unique Overton Square experience."
Bob Loeb, president of Loeb Properties, is one of the restaurant's customers.
"I'm a regular at their lunch buffet," Loeb said. "They grow many of their own herbs and vegetables, and they are a delightful host family."
Loeb is pumping more than $20 million into Overton Square to transform the area into a vibrant theater, arts and entertainment district.
Collage dance Collective's 4th Annual Summer Social and Jazz Brunch is scheduled for Aug. 25 and will include performances by Kirk Whalum and Otis Faithful, as well as dishes prepared by Erling Jensen.
The event, happening from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden, showcases Collage's professional dance company and the Collage Ballet Conservatory, comprised of local students.
Collage recently moved to the Broad Avenue Arts District, and donations from a Kickstarter campaign helped to update the dance studio for the company and students.
Collage dance Collective was founded in New York City in 2006 and relocated to Memphis in 2007.
Memphis schools in the state-run Achievement School District will use teachers from the University of Memphis College of Education, Health and Human Sciences in a residency program agreement.
The residencies in the Ready2Teach program are for a year. The program itself is a four-year undergraduate teacher-preparation program that includes Common Core standards.
Memphis Teacher Residency and Teach for America are already operating teacher residency programs across the consolidated Shelby County Schools, charter schools and the Achievement School District.
The U.S. is on track to end the year with the fewest homes repossessed by lenders in six years, a trend that should help limit the negative impact foreclosures have on home values.
Lenders repossessed 36,964 U.S. homes last month, down 31 percent from July last year, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.
At the monthly average pace through July, completed foreclosures are projected to total nearly 490,000 this year, down roughly 27 percent from last year, the firm said. That's also the lowest since 2007, when 404,849 homes were taken back by banks.
Foreclosures peaked in 2010 at 1.05 million and have been declining ever since. The trend has been accelerating as U.S. home prices have increased amid a resurgent housing market, steady job gains and still-low mortgage interest rates.
Memphis-based regional wealth management firm Radian Partners LLC has acquired Gazelle Wealth Management of Union City.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Radian, which was started in 2004, operates offices in East Memphis and Franklin, Tenn. The firm has been growing by about 100 clients each year and has about $150 million in assets under management.
The Gazelle acquisition brings more than 100 clients totaling assets of between $14 million and $15 million under the Radian banner and extends the company's service area into northwest Tennessee.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 320,000, the fewest since October 2007 – a sign of dwindling layoffs and steady if modest job growth.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week average fell 4,000 to 332,000, the fewest since November 2007 and the fifth straight decline.
Companies are laying off fewer workers, a trend that has lowered applications for unemployment benefits 14 percent this year. But hiring is still sluggish, resulting in only modest net job growth.
At the depth of the recession in March 2009, weekly applications for unemployment benefits numbered 670,000. They have fallen steadily ever since.
Nearly 4.6 million Americans received unemployment benefits in the week that ended July 27, the latest period for which data are available. That's about 66,000 more than in the previous week but nearly 20 percent less than a year ago.
When it comes to funding their retirements, most workers say they will need to come up with the money themselves rather than rely on government assistance, according to a survey released Thursday by Charles Schwab Corp.
Of those surveyed, 89 percent said they are relying on themselves for retirement funds once they stop working full time. Five percent said that they are relying on the government and 4 percent said that they are relying on a spouse. Sixty-one percent of respondents said that their 401(k) savings will be their only or largest source of retirement savings.
The figures are based on an online survey of 1,004 workers, between the ages of 25 and 75, who contribute to their employer's 401(k) plans.
The results show that people aren't banking on social security or other government assistance to help them make it through their golden years.
As a result, workers are boosting their retirement funds. Fifty-five percent of respondents have increased their savings in the last two years. Seventy percent say that their 401(k) is in better shape than ever before.
Although most retirement savings took a hit during the financial crisis, 74 percent say that their 401(k)s have recovered about as fast or even faster than expected.
The Tennessee Department of Education is giving local school districts $8 million in federal education funds.
The money will be awarded to 83 districts that have chosen to participate in the First to the Top Scope of Work Supplemental Fund. The funds are part of the more than $500 million the state won three years ago in the national Race to the Top education grant competition.
Officials say the districts chose to implement at least one innovative program or strategy in three categories: teacher evaluation, implementation of the common core state standards and student assignment.
These areas reflect priorities of the state's Race to the Top grant.
The districts have chosen strategies such as conducting the February writing assessments online in grades 3-11 and using two observers for at least one of a teacher's mandatory observations.
In a five-minute special meeting Wednesday, Aug. 14, Shelby County Commissioners approved a timeline for filling the vacant District 6 seat on the countywide school board.
The commission will interview applicants for the appointment during its Aug. 28 committee sessions and make the appointment at its Sept. 9 meeting.
The vacancy was created when school board member Reginald Porter resigned this month to become chief of staff to interim schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson.
As of Wednesday afternoon, no one had applied for the vacancy.
Eight years after it was closed to the public by the city of Memphis, the Magevney House will reopen Sept. 7.
The limited opening of the historic home at 198 Adams Ave., part of the city's museum system, will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month. Tours of the house and garden will take about 40 minutes.
The house was built in 1852 and was the home of Eugene Magevney, who was a school teacher during his first years in Memphis and later became wealthy from real estate holdings in the city.
Tours of the historic Magevney House were one of the first casualties of city budget cuts in 2005 during the administration of then-Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton.
The District 91 State House seat, formerly held by the late Memphis Democrat Lois DeBerry, will be filled with a special primary election Oct. 8 and a special general election Nov. 21.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam issued the election writ Tuesday, Aug. 13, in Nashville for the seat, following DeBerry's death last month from pancreatic cancer.
DeBerry was the longest-serving member of the House and of the Shelby County delegation to Nashville. She was first elected in 1972.
Candidates for the seat have until noon Aug. 29 to file their qualifying petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission.
The winner of the special general election in November will serve to the end of 2014, which is the remainder of DeBerry's term of office. All state house seats are on the 2014 ballot for regularly scheduled elections to two-year terms of office.
Following the zany "Sharknado" movie on the Syfy Channel and Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, the Urban Land Institute Memphis and the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council will be pitting real estate projects against investment predators in the area's first Shark Tank event.
The event, tailored after the popular television shows, allows real estate professionals to present project plans to a panel of "sharks," investors who will provide feedback on the proposals.
The Shark Tank event is scheduled for Sept. 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Theatre Memphis. Only two projects will be selected to take part. Go to memphis.uli.org/events to register, or call 264-0579 for more information. Proposals should be submitted by Monday, Aug. 19.
Gallery Ten Ninety One at the WKNO Digital Media Center is featuring the Memphis/Germantown Art League's biennial National Exhibition through Aug. 29.
The exhibit features 66 pieces from artists across 14 states. Works include two-dimensional art displayed in a variety of mediums, including oil, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media.
They'll be juried and judged by Leslie Frontz, an artist and instructor from North Carolina.
The Memphis/Germantown Art League is a nonprofit organization that supports artists and others interested in visual fine arts with contributions to individuals and to the community.
A Mississippi official says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has failed to distribute $100 million to 39,000 investors in several states who lost money because of fraud by a financial firm.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says the federal agency has ignored inquiries about the money. He filed a brief last week supporting a federal suit that seeks to force the SEC to distribute the funds.
Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. agreed in June 2011 to pay $200 million to settle civil fraud charges that it overstated the value of mortgage investments as the housing market collapsed.
Hosemann says Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina distributed $100 million to victims in 2012, but the other $100 million remains in a fund at the SEC.
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping priority mail as part of its efforts to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business.
The agency is offering free online tracking for priority mail shipments, free insurance and date-specific delivery so customers know if a package will arrive in one, two or three days.
Postal officials say they expect the changes to generate more than a half-billion dollars in new revenue annually. The changes – including redesigned boxes and envelopes – are effective immediately.
The inaugural "Neighborfood" event is happening Aug. 24 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
That's when foodies will explore Downtown Memphis by eating at eight different restaurants all within walking distance. The participating restaurants will each offer one special dish, and specialty cocktails will be offered at various locations.
The Daily News is a co-sponsor of the event, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit House of Mews, a nonprofit cat sanctuary in Cooper-Young.
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For the entire holiday sales season of November and December, ShopperTrak has predicted sales should rise 3.3 percent over last year. Those two months are crucial for retailers and can account for up to 40 percent of stores' annual revenue.
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Open Friday: Dungeon Masters Adventure Log
Anyway, the Adventure Log is noteworthy in a single respect in my opinion and that's the page I've reproduced below. It's an example of how to use the forms and there's some really great stuff in there, including the first appearances of characters like Black Dougal, Morgan Ironwolf, and Sister Rebecca.
If you haven't looked at this sample page in a while, do yourself a favor and click on the image to do so. I think there's a lot to be gleaned by examining what's written here, even if, as is likely, it's entirely fictitious and bears no relationship whatsoever to an adventure played by the TSR notables whose names appear on it.
So, my question for today: what single detail on this page do you find most interesting and why? I'm not necessarily expecting profundity here -- though I certainly don't object to it -- but I am curious to hear what others notice about the sample entry and what it might tell them about D&D as played in 1980 or thereabouts.
(What most immediately strikes me is that the highest level character in the party, Morgan Ironwolf, who's an 8th-level fighter, has only 43 hit points, which is almost exactly average for a member of her class and level, assuming no Constitution bonuses. I have a hard time imagining a sample character of comparable power nowadays being so "weak.")
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- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Elron Hubbard is a Magic-User/Thief... a political statement?ReplyDelete
To me, it's what appears to be the relatively unbounded and free-wheeling nature of the game: the character who has "9802" in their name (what's that, a last name? can you *imagine* a character like that existing in 2nd Edition?); the apparent interaction with Odin; the inherent hilarity of the kaleidoscope of monster encounters: 42 orcs! a large black dragon! GIANT SPIDERS! gah!). Perhaps it's the entirely unselfconscious way in which the game was played which is coming through in those little details...ReplyDelete
Well the guy whose largely responsible for me playing D&D (Kevin Hendryx) is on there. That's pretty cool.ReplyDelete
What strikes me is the gross factual error...everyone knows Black Dougal died of poison!ReplyDelete
The section for "marching order," which I remember obsessing about in the early '80s (back in the days of linear, 10' wide hallways), but which has since been completely supplanted by the more tactical approach of the later versions.ReplyDelete
For what it's worth, I used a similar, homebrew page in my campaigns up through 2006, but the most important aspect was always the ability to track changes (to hp, spells, items, etc.) , rather than record the initial stats. This product provided the idea, but like most things produced by TSR, we simply took the premise and created something better for ourselves.
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:36 AM
The Elf is holding a torch for the rest of the party. I have never known a player with infravision to be so considerate to other players! :-)ReplyDelete
The size of the party seems preposterous nowadays, but I remember those days, and it wasn't actually that strange.ReplyDelete
At this moment, what puzzles me most is that with a party of 10, with multiple M-Us, multiple fighters, and enough thieves to give the DM paper cuts from note-passing, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE CLERIC (and she dies in the course of the adventure).
Also, how the hell are they carting around the tens of thousands of coins of loot?
I always saw Black Dougal as a rather inept Thief, now I realize he really had no chance against that poison needle. Poor guy.ReplyDelete
Most interesting to me is the silly names, Elron Hubbard and Fred 9802. My groups always had plenty of those, but I always felt that was "wrong" and would never be condoned by luminaries such as Cook and Moldvay. I was raised on AD&D which gave me the impression that verisimilitude was serious business.ReplyDelete
Some things that especially struck me:ReplyDelete
1. A 20% casualty rate in this adventure (2 PCs died).
2. "Fred 9802 talked back to Odin -- and Lived!" Wonder what impetuous 9802 said?
3. "Elron Hubbard" is a thief/m-u. Heh.
4. All of the multi-class characters seem to be exactly the same level in both classes. Hmm...
The hps for the Gnolls and Orcs are listed as 'total'. I wonder how a DM might use that during a fight?ReplyDelete
Several characters have magic swords, yet none of those supposedly glowing weapons is listed as a light source in the "Light" column.ReplyDelete
While reading this entry, I was trying to figure out whether I had ever owned this product. Then I saw "Fred 9802 talked back to Odin -- and Lived!" and knew I had. That's what jumped out at me: the fact that that line has stuck with me for 30 years.ReplyDelete
I was also happy to see an Illusionist in the group. :)
All the space!ReplyDelete
No need for a lot of cramped writing or short-hand.
I think it's cool that there appear to be some husband and wife co-gamers on there (the Cooks and the Moldvays). I could be mistaken - they could be brother/sister or even just coincidentally have the same last name.ReplyDelete
But, assuming that they are husband-and-wife, then I think it's interesting how the game was promoted as more of a family game versus the "popular" image of a bunch of sweaty guys in black concert t-shirts eating Doritos and playing in their friend's mom's basement.
The 'name' 9802 was the thing that caught my eye too. My head started to spin tales about Fred actually being a robot ('cause that'd be cool y'know).ReplyDelete
As a DM, what I've found important to keep for myself are notes on things I might want to check without the players' knowledge - saving throws in particular, retainers' morale and loyalty, and passive detection abilities.ReplyDelete
The info on the TSR log seems almost oriented toward creating a memento, rather than a useful in-play aid. Certainly a lot of the info is redundant with what is kept on character sheets and adventure keys.
If I'm not mistaken, that's Jeff Dee's penmanship on the entries. He has a rather distinctive lettering style.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 8:24 AM
For some DMs, I can see where that would be useful. Our current gamemaster, for instance, who believes in hitting us with really nasty opponents, rolls really well, and then is surprised when the character with the highest HP nearly dies in a couple rounds of being beaten on. "I thought you had a lot more HP than that" is not what a player wants to hear!ReplyDelete
At any rate, having a quick reference like that, of all the session's relevant stats for the party and their opponents, on one single sheet of paper in front of the DM, should save time by cutting down on all the shuffling through paper and/or electronic files. OTOH, I think it would conflict badly with the work styles of most of the DMs I've had. Being able to keep it afterward as a memory aid would also be useful.
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 8:53 AM
I have to admit that while at first glance I scoffed at the accountant-like nature of this chart, after closer inspection I found myself thinking about how useful this could be. While I have been playing D&D for nearly 30 years (yikes!) I have only recently started DMing in any kind of serious way. There are several good iPad apps that I use during games to keep track of things like initiative and NPC stat sheets (PDFs instead of printed paper) and having this kind of basic PC info at my finger tips seems really helpful. Thanks for sharing :DReplyDelete
Fred 9802 reminds me of when we used to just number our characters (Fred 1, Fred 2...) because they died so often. No wonder Fred is up to 9802 since he seems to have a habit of mouthing off to powerful deities.ReplyDelete
Unless the Gnome Illusionist has an 18 in both Int and Dex, he's exceeded his level limits. While it's very possible he had those ability scores, I note that no mention of his high dex is mentioned in the "combat adjustments" column.ReplyDelete
Maybe he used a Wish.
Well one thing noticeable is that these are some of the example characters and real-world crew that put together B/X--playing AD&D. Which version do you think they actually played in Lake Geneva at that time?ReplyDelete
I loved this product, and I used it all the time back in the day.ReplyDelete
Remember, this was long before personal computers were actually useful and could generate similar documents. These pre-printed forms were pretty well lain-out and summarized a lot of essential information, especially the left page (I didn't use the right nearly as much). Plus, since they're all in one book, you have an ongoing campaign record.
I dunno, this was one of my favorite accessories. And I loved looking at the sample page above!
It should also be mentioned that this book had a middle section with pictures and descriptions of all the obscure weapons (hello, polearms!) and armor mentioned in the PHB, as well as some other good reference material. I though that stuff was pure gold.
Now, if you want an example of a useless AD&D1e accessory, how about the NPC sheets? Eye-bleeding orange sheets perforated in the middle so that they were each 4.25" X 11"? Complete waste of paper.
A 7th level Cleric single-handedly faces off against a large adult black dragon? And lived? Whoa!ReplyDelete
The small size designated for possessions strikes me. Of course, it's probably best used to just list notable, magical possessions. It's already bursting at the seams as-is, and doesn't list a single "personal ability"! I've seen a few character sheets in the day that don't provide a large enough possessions section (once in a monty haul-style game, naturally), but it does make more sense here. ...Still.ReplyDelete
The death of Black Dougal.ReplyDelete
Don't worry folks... Black Dougal has an alternate dimensional version of himself that lives on in Revolt on Antares!ReplyDelete
Akrasia already said it. Elrond Hubbard's classes.ReplyDelete
I have a hard time imagining a sample character of comparable power nowadays being so "weak."ReplyDelete
That reminds me of the adventures of Sick Sword, from back when this was Usenet, not the Internet (much less the Web). "No, that's no good. Keep rolling until you get an 18."
Also, how the hell are they carting around the tens of thousands of coins of loot?
One large, flawless diamond. Remember, this was back when every town had a shop where all coins and treasure could be freely interchanged. Except the cursed ones, which was sometimes how you found out about the curse.
I think it's cool that there appear to be some husband and wife co-gamers on there (the Cooks and the Moldvays). I could be mistaken - they could be brother/sister or even just coincidentally have the same last name.ReplyDelete
I'm pretty sure Sister Rebecca was Tom Moldvay's sister Rebecca.
I used to use a GM cheat sheet of a similar (but simpler) style. Something similar also appears in the earlier Ready Ref Sheets from Judge's Guild, as the "Character Checklist". In my own campaign, my simple form ones had space for HP annotations, a class and level reminder, armor class, and total plusses to hit and damage. (This is AD&D1e, though I might have used this system back into the OD&D/AD&D transition period in '78-'79, when the PHB was available but the DMG was not.) I think that I was inspired by the Judges Guild product, but it's been a long time. I know I didn't have this ...ReplyDelete
I used the DMs log for every AD&D campaign I ran and found it extremely useful. Nevertheless, I almost never used the right hand page.ReplyDelete
Coincidentally, I busted out my DM's Log just last month to use in a new AD&D campaign my cousin and I are playing. What I found to be much more useful and interesting than the sample forms was the page listing combat modifiers. There is no other compilation like this in any of the hardbound books or even the DM's screen. It included mods derived from spells, environmental, and situational factors (e.g. attacking stunned opponents, fighting while intoxicated or enraged) There are also separate mod charts for HPs, damage, AC, and even missile fire. Great stuff!
I love the DM Log, and still use it today. In some cases, it's the only record I have of the players and PCs from long-gone campaigns, and it always stirs fond memories of the friends, and the games too. In my recent games introducing my sons Ethan (almost 7) and Henry (almost 3) to D&D, I haven't gotten around to entering them in my DM Log, but it's been on my mind: Ethan the Ranger and Lollipop the Magic-User need their place in the rolls of Castle Greyhawk explorers! :DReplyDelete
I also think that the DM Log offered several useful additional tools and handouts, besides the log pages and the inspriational example on the inside back cover: there were a number of useful charts and tables in it, and a set of illustrations clarifying the nature of various obscure polearms, and illustrating the various armors types.
James said: I think there's a lot to be gleaned by examining what's written here, even if, as is likely, it's entirely fictitious and bears no relationship whatsoever to an adventure played by the TSR notables whose names appear on it.
While I can't speak for the other PCs listed, offhand (although IIRC Kevin Hendryx commented to me in a PM several years ago that Black Dougal was also a real PC), I can vouch that Illysio Morningstar was a real PC run by Steve Marsh, since I own a binder of Steve's PC sheets, and Illysio is in there. I always assumed that the PCs were real, and just another example of allusions and homages to players and their characters from the Lake Geneva campaigns (much like Robilar and Mordenkainen are mentioned in the World of Greyhawk entry for the Wild Coast, Mordy and the other MUs in the PHB, etc.).
Some other tidbits: Tom and Rebecca Moldvay were siblings, not husband and wife (Rebecca is Tom's only surviving sibling; Jolan was another sister, interested in photography---I believe that Rebecca is Tom's only suriving sibling). Similarly, I think that Dave and Helen Cook were siblings too, but I'm not sure about that.
And the handwriting is definitely Jeff Dee's!
'everyone knows Black Dougal died of poison!':
It's a scurrilous lie to say otherwise! :-D
'A 7th level Cleric single-handedly faces off against a large adult black dragon? And lived? Whoa!':
Sadly, no. :-((I loved her bit with Morgan Ironwolf where she refuses to heal her injured compatriot if the warrior slays their bound captives. Awesome roleplaying moment! It stuck with me over the years. Great example of realistic[or 'fantastic', ha! ha!]intra-party conflict)
The entry under unusual events says:
'Sister Rebecca Falls In Valiant Combat With A Black Dragon.' Perhaps you read it as her FELLING a Black Dragon?
And, of course, moar Morgan Ironwolf!:(My fav example PC evar!)
CG? Everyone knows Morgan is Chaotic Awesome! ;-)
Hmm.. Spear+2, you don't often see Magic Spears on Pre-gens/Example Chars. Ring of Warmth. Useful, but also not shown much on (N)PC sheets. These aren't flashy, and therefore not that interesting, I guess.
'Morgan Ironwolf's Constitution +1 from Magic Chair':
I love in game moments like this, the exhilaration of discovering beneficial magic, solving brain-bending puzzles, and defeating powerful threats.(Or dying in the gutter, penniless, and without shoes 'cuz of kobold attack!)
I'm gonna pick this up. I never had much interest in it until this review(Cuz I didn't know Morgan Ironwolf graced its pages! ;-)). Thanx James!
Trying to remember whether this supplement graces one of my storage boxes (I took a look at the cover on Wikipedia and it looks "familiar").ReplyDelete
I'm almost flabbergasted by how little magic these PCs own - at 5-7th level most of the characters have a couple of very basic magic items and a couple of disposable ones. I only see two suits of magical armour and 7 magic weapons for a party of 10 PCs (which is a darn big party in my experience too).
It's been a few years, but I seem to remember c. 1980-82, by 3rd/4th level the PCs in my campaign all had at least basic magic armour; most had 2-3 magic weapons (1 or 2 basic, plus something with special pluses or abilities); a couple of miscellaneous items, and at least a large pouch worth of potions & scrolls. Sheesh, and some players claimed I was a little on the stingy side, LOL.
Notice how the *ranger* is Lawful *Neutral*? Not too many of those runnin' around. That's like having a Chaotic Good paladin.ReplyDelete
A. 'Sister Rebecca fell in valiant combat with a Black Dragon'ReplyDelete
1) Character death is noted as an 'unusual event'!
2) Her HPs have not been updated
3) or maybe the unusual part was 'valiant'?
B. HOW many player characters???
C. Nowhere to record marching order!
@Bwian Marching order is at the top left of the second page.ReplyDelete


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So first couple of days in Pandaria and I have over 40 screenies with dragons in them. Just dragons – everywhere!! I can't help myself, I would say I am spending almost as much time taking pictures of dragons as I am actually questing! (possible exaggeration)!
I am just amazed at how wonderful the artwork is!
I was tempted NOT to hand in the quest in which you have to collect the 4 little dragons, just so I could have them wth me all the time, but I figured they wouldn't last out of the area or even if I logged out…I didn't want to tempt fate…but I loved having four of them trailing around!!
Here are some more that I got to ride on or past or around!
Seriously, I will stop here, I know it is only 4, but I would bore you all to death with just more dragons! LOL
I am in heaven!! DRAGON HEAVEN TELL YOU!!


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Ohio executes man who killed, raped 6-month-old
May 1, 2013
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — One family wept loudly and another family cheered Wednesday as a man was executed for killing a 6-month-old as he raped her.Steve Smith, 46, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Lucasville in southern Ohio for the 1998 killing of his live-in girlfriend's daughter, Autumn Carter, in Mansfield.Smith had recently tried to get his sentence reduced to life in prison, arguing that he was too drunk to realize that his assault was killing Autumn and that he didn't mean to hurt her. The Ohio Parole Board and Gov. John Kasich turned him down unanimously.In the 25 minutes between when Smith walked into the death chamber flanked by prison guards and when the lethal injection killed him, his only child, 21-year-old Brittney, and his niece sobbed and shook with grief.Smith declined to say any last words, then looked at Brittney sitting behind a pane of glass."I love you," Brittney said as she wept.Smith turned his head away and appeared to be struggling not to cry, his chin shaking.As the lethal injection began, Smith took several heavy breaths before he closed his eyes. He was pronounced dead at 10:29 a.m.Less than 3 feet away from Brittney and separated by a wall, Autumn's mother — Kesha Frye — watched Smith quietly. After he was dead, Frye's sister pumped her fists in the air."I'm glad he's dead, and I hope he burns in hell," Frye said surrounded by her family after the execution.Frye's father and Autumn's grandfather, Patrick Hicks, said Smith's execution was too good for him."Because of him, Autumn never had a chance to take her first step, she never had her first birthday or a first day of school," he said. "It's just unfortunate that this man gets to die a peaceful death after the torture he put Autumn through."Days before the execution, Brittney Smith said that she has never believed her father killed Autumn and that he had only admitted to it because he had given up hope."I know my dad's innocent," she said. "I do not believe he did this, and you know, he raised all my cousins, my sister before I was even born, and he never did anything (sexually)."After the execution, Smith's attorney, Joseph Wilhelm, said that his client "felt great remorse for the tragic and shocking crime he committed.""He was well-behaved and sober while in prison, causing no problems in the institution and living each day with the guilt and grief caused by his alcohol-fueled crime," said Wilhelm, who also witnessed the execution. "While some may trumpet his execution as appropriate revenge for his crime, Ohio is no safer having executed Steven Smith than had he lived the remainder of his natural life in prison."Back on the night of Sept. 29, 1998, Frye was awoken by Smith, her live-in boyfriend of four months.Smith, who was drunk and naked, laid a naked and lifeless Autumn on Frye's bed, according to court records.Frye rushed the baby and her other 2-year-old daughter to a neighbor's house and called 911. Autumn was pronounced dead after doctors tried to revive her for more than an hour, and Smith was arrested.The baby was covered in bruises and welts and had severe injuries showing she had been brutally raped, though no semen was present.At the home, there was no sign of forced entry, and police found a large amount of white cloth that came from Autumn's diaper strewn about; police found the rest of the diaper in a garbage bin outside, along with 10 empty cans of beer.At the time, Smith told police that he "didn't do anything."
"I'm not sick like that," he said.
At trial, Smith didn't testify in his own defense on the advice of his attorneys, even as prosecutors repeatedly referred to him as a "baby raper," showed pictures of Autumn's battered body and told jurors that her assault lasted up to a half-hour.Expert witnesses for Smith testified that he might have accidentally suffocated the girl within three to five minutes of the assault.The jury found Smith guilty of aggravated murder and sentenced him to die.At an April 2 hearing in which Smith sought to have his death sentence reduced to life in prison, Smith told the Ohio Parole Board that he was sorry and wished he could ask Autumn for forgiveness.Smith spent his last night eating pizza, fried fish, chocolate ice cream and soda, listening to the Cincinnati Reds play the St. Louis Cardinals, mailing letters and visiting with his daughter and niece, prison officials said.Smith became the 51st inmate put to death in Ohio since it resumed executions in 1999. The state has enough of its lethal injection drug, the powerful sedative pentobarbital, to execute two other inmates before the supply expires. Eight more inmates are scheduled to die from November through mid-2015.Follow Amanda Lee Myers on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AmandaLeeAP


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- Q : Who are you and what is this blog ?
- Q : The translation are sometime awkward, how do you work ?
- Q : Can we help you to make it sound better ?
- Q : I am french, but I fluently speak english, can I help anyway ?
- Q : I can't translate, but is there anything else I can do to help ?
- Q : How did you make this layout ?
- Q : Can I use the same layout for my blog ?
- Q : Where can we buy your work ? Do you have a shop with posters, mugs or T-shirts ?
- Q : Can I use one of your comics to print a shirt / a poster / to put it on my blog / to illustrate my book / magazine ?
- Q : Can I buy you an original artwork ?
- Q : I'm very rich and I want to hire you / I want to publish your work
Q : Who are you and what is this blog ?
I'm Boulet, a french cartoonist living in Paris. I've had about 20 books published, most of them for young readers. I also worked on two books of the "Dungeon" series with Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar (available in English, ask at your local comic shop).
This blog is an attempt to translate my french blog " bouletcorp.com ". I started in 2004 and have drawn more than 1600 entries. I'm trying to catch up but it's a huge undertaking!
Q : The translation are sometime awkward, how do you work ?
The translation is a very delicate subject !
Most of the translations were performed by followers of my french blog, but very few of them are native anglophones, so the accuracy varies a lot.
I tried to find a professional translator but it turned out it was far too much expensive for me alone. So I offered to give an original artwork in exchange of amateur translations (like, for a month or so of comics to translate) but even then it was complicated because just the re-handwriting the texts and posting them alone took a lot of time, and having to do original artworks for it and posting them was a lot of work too. Anyway I can't manage it like this either.
So for this new version, I'm going to give it a try and translate all by myself.
Q : Can we help you to make it sound better ?
That would be the idea !
As you can see in this FAQ, I'm not so good in english ! So here's what I have in mind: if you think you can make the translation sound better, just write your propositions in the comments, and I will gradually update the comics.
The more comments and remarks I'll get, the more I'll be happy !
Just be indulgent, I try my best, and translation is not my main job !
Q : I am french, but I fluently speak english, can I help anyway ?
Yes you can, of course, but must tell I will pay more attention to native anglophone comments !
I had a lot of people trying to translate, and each time, english or american people told me it was still awkward. French people tend to be overconfident with their level in english or at least, with their ability to translate a comic. It's not just about being accurate, it's also about making it soud good, you have to feel it, and that's almost impossible if you are not english or american.
The best help I could help would be from english or US cartoonists !
Q : I can't translate, but is there anything else I can do to help ?
Even if it's written in english, it's not easy to share this webcomic: in France I can rely on cartoonist friends or specialized reeferers to share, but it's very difficult to make people discover my work in other countries !
So if you want to help, it's very easy: you can share with your friends ! If you have friends who don't speak french, tell them about this page, and use social networks to share the comics you liked !
Q : How did you make this layout ?
First, this blog was programmed with flash.
But flash is a very heavy format, and very difficult to share. A few months ago, I decided to rebuild it whith a different platform. I discussed about this with Arnold on Twitter. He's very good with WordPress, so I designed and he made this happen !
Q : Can I use the same layout for my blog ?
WordPress is supposed to be a free-sharing platform, but we worked a lot on this, and we don't specially want that anyone could use it without consulting us.
The layout programming is Arnold's, so you can ask him and he will be the only judge ! If he likes your work, I think he will be happy to authorize you to use this !
His contact is at the bottom of the site, on the main page.
Q : Where can we buy your work ? Do you have a shop with posters, mugs or T-shirts ?
For now, there's not such a thing. I try to keep this the less « commercial » I can. But maybe I will change my mind some day !
The only available work I have in english are the two books I drew for the serie « Dungeon » with Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. Ask for it in any comic book shop ! The more you ask them to order it, the easiest will it get to obtain !
If you want to have a better translation of this webcomic, you just have to harass US and UK publishers, till one of them agrees to publish it in english 🙂
For my french work, I drew a lot of books, here' the entire list:
Glénat Editions:
Tome 1 : Dragon Junior
Tome 2 : Fées et Gestes
Tome 3 : Terreurs de la nature
Tome 4 : Légendes urbaines
Tome 5 : Tempus Fugit
Tome 6 : Casus Belli
-La Rubrique Scientifique
Tome 1
Tome 2
Tome 3
-Le Miya (with Reno, Julien Néel and Libon)
-Womoks (only scenario, drawing by Reno)
Tome 1 : Mutant, suspends ton vol…
Tome 2 : Le croiseur s'amuse
Tome 3 : Albon, les brutes et les truands
La boîte à bulles Edition:
-Le vœu de…
Tome 1 : Le vœu de Marc (coscenarist with Nicolas Wild, drawing by Lucie Albon)
Tome 2 : Le vœu de Simon (coscenarist with Lucie Albon, drawing by Lucie Albon)
-Amour et Désir (Collectif, seven pages under the alias Ella Forbin)
-Delcourt Edition:
-Donjon (avec Lewis Trondheim et Joann Sfar au scénario, et Lucie Albon à la couleur)
Tome 5 : Un mariage à part
Tome 6 : Retour en fanfare
-Notes (these are the compilations of all the entries of the french blog)
Tome 1 : Born to be a larve
Tome 2 : Le petit théâtre de la rue
Tome 3 : La viande, c'est la force
Tome 4 : Songe est Mensonge
Tome 5 : Quelques Minutes avant la Fin du Monde
Tome 6 : Debout mes globules ! (à paraître, 23 novembre 2011)
-Chicou-Chicou (under the alias Ella Forbin, with Aude Picault, Domitille Collardey, Lisa Mandel and Erwann Surcouf)
-Boule de neige (collective compilation of works for the 24-hours comics of Angoulême )
-La Maison Close (collective book by Ruppert et Mulot)
-La Page Blanche (scenarist, drawing by Pénélope Bagieu. Release in january 2012)
-Bragelonne Edition:
-Tous malades ! (original title: Now we're Sick) (illustrations for a collection of adult poems by Neil Gaiman and other authors, with Reno and Mélaka)
-Erik le Viking (illustrations of the french version of Terry Jones's book)
-L'almanach illustré 2008. (texts by Laurent Genefort and Gudule)
Nekomix :
-Soupir (collectif)
Tome 1, 2008
Tome 2, 2009
-Nekomix 7 spécial cinéma (collectif)
-Barclay-Universal :
-Repenti (Illustrations for Renan Luce's album, christmas edition)
Q : Can I use one of your comics to print a shirt / a poster / to put it on my blog / to illustrate my book / magazine ?
No, you can't ! 🙂
All this comics ask a lot of time to draw, and I don't want them to be taken out of this blog, especially if it's for commercial use.
And most of this blog material is already printed by the french publisher Delcourt, so it would be highly illegal !
They are some exceptions, though:
-You can use one panel or two if you are making a citation (for example: if you write an article about my work or about webcomics in general, you can show a couple of pictures, without asking me. You just have to put the source under it: my name and the blog's URL, clikable if your article is on internet. You don't specially have to tell me, but it would be nice)
-If you want to share a story on internet, the way I like better is one panel, clikable, redirecting to my original blog.
-You can use a comic or more for pedagogic use if it's a non-commercial use: if you're a teacher and you need a printing from the blog for your class, if you're a student and need an illustration for an essay or your thesis, I'm totally ok if you respect these two conditions: you have to ask me FIRST (because I wouldn't like to illustrate something I totally disagree with), and the use must be completely NON-COMMERCIAL (you CAN'T sell it, no matter the format), NON-POLITIC (especially if you are a kind of nationalist NRA douchebag) and NON-RELIGIOUS (I'm an atheist, and I work for no church or cult)
Q : Can I buy you an original artwork ?
I don't really need mone for now, so I don't sell my original works… So no !
And I have a lot of work waiting to be done, so I don't have time to make special drawings for birthdays, christmas presents or stuff like that !
Q : I'm very rich and I want to hire you / I want to publish your work
Ok, send me an email and we'll see ! 🙂
I'm not specially looking for work now, but if you have something nice to propose, maybe we can find an arrangement !
If you want to publish material from this blog, my publisher shares the copyrights with me, so you have to contact him ! look for « editions Delcourt » on the web !


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