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Here is an interview with Juan Antonio, 80. He is in the Hope for a Family sponsorship program in El Salvador. Watch a video of Juan Antonio dancing!
Whatís your secret for a long life?
One must think about tomorrow. You'll realize that you must avoid vices, you must try to feed yourself well and in order to do that, you need to save. Saving, when possible, gives you enough to be well and healthy.
At the same time I eat all kinds of food. You need to eat a little bit of everything. I drink milk and eat rice, beans, tortillas, etc.
A secret for a long life is also to be happy by living a modest life because nowadays life is too fast. People don't eat well and worry too much about everything.
What advice do you have for todayís youth?
I would tell the young people to live life as I have because now they live too fast. They want everything; they don't want to save.
Don't waste your money; use it wisely. When I was young, money in general was limited, nowadays, there is more money out there because people make more money but they spend more too.
The person who saves will have for moments of need.
What is the most important thing your mother taught you?
My mother always taught me to stay away from vices. In spite of that I had a drinking problem for a long time.
I used to work distributing sodas to the stores in the city. We had no vehicles. It was a wood truck pulled by horses.
We did not make much money, but the little money I made I used to spend on alcohol. Praise God I realized that this was not taking me anywhere, so I stopped.
My mother always taught me to be positive, to be encouraged amidst problems. She always said, "Son, you must always lift up your spirit."
If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go?
I would like to visit the United States because that is the country where all these CFCA blessings come from. Our sponsors live there and I would love to see the place where these generous hearts live.
Tell us something special or unique about yourself.
I enjoy doing house chores, cooking and dancing. I live with my daughter and my granddaughter because my wife passed away.
I like making beans soup and rice. Taking care of my daughter and grandchild is something I like very much.
I also enjoy dancing in gym and dance classes offered by CFCA because we exercise and dance. It is nice.
What has changed since you were young?
Things have changed very much. When I was young you started work at a very young age.
I was a little boy when I was sent to work at the coffee plantations. I used to get paid 50 cents ($0.05 US) per 35 pounds of coffee beans I picked.
Nowadays, children have more opportunities. Many study, but many don't want to; they just want to hang around.
However, life, in one sense, is better because there are many more things available that we did not have before.
What do you most like about CFCA?
The opportunity to be in a community, to be well dressed all the time with the clothing I receive, to go out with friends and enjoy life in the outings we have, as well as the benefits we receive in food because I have milk and other products.


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Va. governor signs first state bill to limit biosimilars
WASHINGTON — Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia has signed into law the first bill that could limit the reach of follow-on biologics, though the bill includes a two-year sunset clause, meaning it will expire in 2015.
McDonnell signed House bill 1422 and the identical Senate bill 1285, which would prevent a pharmacist from dispensing a biosimilar to substitute for the original, branded biologic if the prescriber indicated that substitution was not allowed or if the patient insisted on receiving the branded product.
It would also require the pharmacist to inform the patient before dispensing and record the name of the product and its manufacturer on the dispensing record and prescription label. In addition, pharmacists would be required to provide cost information for the reference product and the biosimilar to the patient.
While praising the bill's sunset clause, saying it meant the bill would likely expire before any Food and Drug Administration-approved biosimilar became available, the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, a trade group that represents generic drug companies, criticized the bill.
"The law signed today in Virginia to allow for the substitution of biosimilars in that state, while well intentioned, is pre-emptive, and carries burdensome administrative 'red tape' that threatens the positive impact biosimilars will have in Virginia," GPhA president and CEO Ralph Neas said.
Similar laws have been working their way through the legislatures of other states, such as Colorado and Florida, and could stand in the way of full implementation of the biosimilar approval pathway that passed as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. While the healthcare-reform law created the conditions for an abbreviated pathway for biosimilars, similar to the one created for generic drugs with the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, it is up to the FDA to create the specific regulations, which the agency is still in the process of doing.
Biotech companies have supported the state laws, saying they are necessary to promote patient safety. They say that unlike generic drugs, which are required to be identical to their branded counterparts, slight changes to a biologic drug — such as generic differences between the cell lines used by the creator of an original biologic and those used by the creator of a biosimilar — can dramatically change its properties and therefore its safety and efficacy profile.
But generic drug companies, which strongly backed the abbreviated pathway for biosimilars, dispute the biotech industry's view.
"The push for these new measures has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with Amgen and Genentech, two biotech Goliaths, trying to thwart competition," Neas said.
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Meek Mill - The Making Of Dream Chasers 2 (Part 1)
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Camp wages own battle against ACA
Dave Camp is waging a different sort of battle against Obamacare.
His Republican colleagues are finally getting traction in undercutting the president's signature health-care law, and that's proving to be unexpectedly bad news for the Ways and Means Chairman.
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That's because some of his fellow Republicans now don't want him to release his long-awaited tax reform bill for fear it will allow Democrats to change the subject. They want the public's focus on people who have lost their health insurance and those having trouble signing up at healthcare.gov, and not on what will surely be a controversial tax-reform bill.
It's a cruel bit of timing for Camp, who's spent three years, almost since the day Republicans took control of the House, trying to build support for the first tax overhaul in a generation. He's repeatedly promised his panel would take up legislation this year, and if it doesn't soon, Camp – who faces term-limit restrictions on his chairmanship – may never get the chance.
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Asked about the Obamacare concerns, Camp argues Republicans can juggle more than one issue.
"You have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time," he said. "You've got to do more than one issue – I mean, it is the Congress of the United States."
Republicans will need to soon decide because lawmakers are only scheduled to be in session three more weeks this year, after this week, and committee action would likely last several weeks.
( Understanding Obamacare: POLITICO's guide to the ACA)
Camp is scheduled to meet Thursday with Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy to discuss the issue.
Lobbyists predict the leadership will pressure Camp to pull the plug. Spokesmen for Boehner and Cantor denied they want him to drop tax reform. Camp said he wouldn't "prejudge" the meeting, saying "I feel very confident about where we are right now."
Congress is unlikely to rewrite the entire tax code anytime soon, but Camp's still-unreleased bill could nevertheless transform the debate – if it's released.
( PHOTOS: 10 Sebelius quotes about Obamacare website)
That's because, for all their loose talk of talk reform, lawmakers rarely offer comprehensive tax-reform bills, especially ones years in the making, with all the resources of the Ways and Means committee behind it. His plan could force colleagues on both sides of the aisle to move beyond the usual platitudes of tax reform and debate specifics – his specifics. That would make his plan the new starting point in any negotiations, perhaps like "Treasury I," the Treasury Department's initial tax-reform draft that set the stage for the landmark Tax Reform Act of 1986.


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The new center completes a $23 million expansion. It adjoins the church's existing building, creating a commons area between the two spaces, an increasingly popular trend in mega-church design.
Houston-based Ziegler Cooper describes the new facility:
Working with Acoustic Dimensions out of Dallas, the design team developed a circular seating arrangement with floor level and terrace seating that is gathered around a platform placing the preacher in the midst of the congregation. The multi-level platform accommodates an orchestra of 50 and a choir of 200.
The visual focus for the design is a significant baptistery located front and center. Following the desire to have a traditional element in the design, the baptistery form and detailing features a cross in a surround of wood set in a deep blue. The 24' foot wide projection screens flank the central composition and provide optimum viewing for all levels of the auditorium.


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The WYRK Fall Acoustic shows have provided fans with a great way to see up-and-coming and midlevel country artists, often just prior to those musicians taking off for the land of much bigger venues. This year's bill is no exception, with Randy Houser joined by Josh Thompson and Andy Gibson at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in UB's Center for the Arts.
Houser, known for his hits "Anything Goes" and "Boots On," co-wrote Trace Adkins' "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and Justin Moore's "Back That Thing Up." He most recently charted in the Country Top 40 with his own "How Country Feels."
Thompson has been successful as a songwriter as well, but his own "Beer On the Table" and "Way Out Here" have made him a country hitmaker. Gibson hit paydirt when "Don't You Wanna Stay," a song he co-wrote, hit the top of the charts as a duet between Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson.
Tickets for the WYRK Fall Acoustic Show are $27 (box office, Ticketmaster).
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FHRP – Egress Path Optimization from the Server to the Client
I previously discussed using LISP to optimize your client-server traffic so today I'll discuss the reverse direction: Egress Path Optimization from the Server to the Client. Let's go over the need for Path Optimization in the direction from Server-to-Client with some pictures and explanations.
The Virtual Machine (VM) server is configured with a default gateway IP address, 192.168.1.1, which is the next hop IP address that the VM will forward packets towards as the traffic returns to the client outside the data center. In this data center environment, we've deployed the default gateway using the First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP). In reality, FHRP is an umbrella technology term that includes Hot Standby Routing Protcol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), two main technologies that provide transparent failover and redundancy at the first hop IP router. Please see info on FHRP here.
Also notice that the VM default gateway is the same as the HSRP Virtual IP Address (VIP). The HSRP VIP binds itself to one of the physical HSRP Routers via an HSRP election process using Layer 2 control packets between the two physical HSRP Routers and this means that the VM default gateway, since it points to a VIP, may move between physical HSRP Routers, and of course which is then intent and design when using any type of FHRP.
In the above picture, the Path is Optimized from Server to Client, so now let's take a look at what happens when we migrate the VM to the new data center.
You can see from the above picture that we've migrated the VM to the second data center, Data Center Beta (notice the neat arrows going from left to right). The configuration settings of the VM have not changed, the default gateway is still 192.168.1.1 and it still points to an HSRP VIP on Nexus 7000 Routers, but now all these components are in data center 2. All Server to Client traffic returns via the path in data center 2 and HSRP will elect a physical HSRP Router to bind the HSRP VIP and the path from Server to Client in data center 2 is optimized because it takes the direct path…
The live migration of the VM implies that we have a Layer 2 extension between the data centers (OTV, VPLS, VPC, FabricPath, TRILL, etc.) . This Layer 2 extension means that there are Layer 2 adjacencies between the HSRP Routers in Data Center Alpha and Data Center Beta and since the HSRP Routers talk Layer 2 to each other to elect the HSRP primary and standby routers and associated HSRP functionality, there is a great potential (IE near certainty) that the HSRP Routers in Data Center Alpha will send and receive HSRP control plane packets with the HSRP Routers in Data Center Beta.
Ultimately, what could happen is that the VM in Data Center Beta may use the HSRP VIP in Data Center Alpha as the default gateway IP next hop. Clearly, the picture below shows a suboptimal, non-optimized path from server to client since it starts in Data Center Beta but has to go through Data Center Alpha to get back to the client. We want it to go directly and only through Data Center Beta.
You have a choice here, you can create a manual or automated process to change the default gateway setting on the VM after it has migrated. However, changing the VM IP configuration will of course drop existing sessions and then require system wide updates to propagate (DNS, Management, Security Policies, etc.) associated with the new IP scheme to ensure re-acquiring desired system policies. Argh !
Another option, which may alleviate that headache, is to use FHRP to our advantage. We continue using FHRP in data center 1 and FHRP in data center 2 (specifically and in our case: HSRP in Data Center Alpha and HSRP in Data Center Beta). We continue as is and then we "filter" the FHRP messages from being processed by the remote FHRP Routers. For example, when using HSRP, you would create HSRP message filters at your DCI edge to prevent HSRP messages in data center 1 from being processed by HSRP routers in data center 2. You might see this referred to as FHRP filtering and since we're using HSRP, also referred to as HSRP localization.
Luckily, our team developed a Cisco Validated Design (CVD) that provides details in how to do FHRP filtering (ie HSRP Localization) on two different DCI Layer 2 extension technologies. We provide configuration examples for FHRP filtering over OTV and another set of configuration examples for FHRP filtering over VPC because there is a slight difference between how to filter them. To complete our example, once we filter the HSRP messages, we now have the optimized path in Data Center Beta. Final picture below.
Here's the CVD with FHRP Filtering examples in the "Egress Path Optimization" section.
Check them out feel free to reach out to me here or via linkedin with any question, comments. etc..
I think in another post I'll tie both LISP and FHRP together in one discussion to complete the picture…stay tuned..
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It's quite amazing for me to see many people blogging or writing some comments during the game. I have been tried few times, but I finally give that up.
First of all, I am so nervous all the time during game. How come you guys are able to concentrate on collecting the thought together? Obviously, I can't do that.
Secondly, I feel so weird to comment something when the game is not over yet. Is it hard to come up with a conclusion during the game, isn't it?
I don't know. How do you guys feel?
Monday, June 2, 2008
about blogging
Posted by: Jessica Lee at 5:53 AM
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- Mike said...
I never understood the "live in game blogging" either. I'm too busy watching the game. I don't need yet more people telling me what I'm watching. Michael Kay is more than enough.
- June 2, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- Jessica Lee said...
Dear Mike,
That Michael Kay line is too funny.
Because I usually watch Yankees games through mlb.tv, I get a lot of chances to watch other teams' network. If you compare Yes' broadcast crew with other teams' networks, I actually feel they are much more objective than others.
On top of that, I like to keep improving my English. Watching or listening Yankees games and news is a good way to maintain that.
- June 3, 2008 at 4:29 PM
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Alex Da Kid
Producer/songwriter and 54th GRAMMY Awards nominee Alex Da Kid was a recent guest for an installment of The Recording Academy's 5 Questions With … series. Held at The Academy's headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., Alex Da Kid discussed projects on which he's currently working, the importance of recording technology and advice for aspiring artists, among other topics.
"For me, technology is everything," said Alex Da Kid. "I'm a very average guitar player at best, and a very average keyboard player at best, but I'm really good on the laptop. That's kind of my instrument."
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Since signing a publishing deal with Universal Music Group in 2009, Alex Da Kid has collaborated with artists such as B.o.B, Skylar Grey, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, and Paramore's Hayley Williams. He produced Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie," featuring Rihanna, which garnered four GRAMMY nominations in 2010, including Song and Record Of The Year. In June Alex Da Kid finalized a deal bringing his label imprint, KIDinaKORNER, under the umbrella of Interscope Records. Grey is the first act signed to the label. Alex Da Kid is currently nominated for Album Of The Year for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards for co-producing Rihanna's Loud.


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Royal Ballet First Soloist Bennet Gartside has directed a short film for Channel 4's Random Acts series.
The film, entitled Sarah, gives an insight into Principal Sarah Lamb's warm up and rehearsal process.
'I was approached by the BalletBoyz to shoot a film on Sarah', says Bennet. 'My inspiration really was how she works - she's so meticulous. Even though it seems perfect to most, in her head she's always fine tuning. It's such a private process until the dancer takes it to the stage.
'I'd very much love to do more short films, it's just finding the time.'
Bennet is not the first Royal Ballet dancer to be involved in the Random Acts series: Former First Artist Jonathan Watkins choreographed two films for the series - Bunker and Sofa - while BalletBoyz (AKA former Principals Michael Nunn and William Trevitt) have contributed a number of films to the series.


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State of Oklahoma Launches Interactive Mapping System with State, County and Local Resources at http://www.OK.gov
OKLAHOMA CITY – July 14, 2009 – Oklahoma Maps is an interactive mapping system designed to help users find relevant state, county, and local information. The new mapping service is available at http://www.okmaps.ok.gov. Visitors can search up to three local resources at a time by zip code or county. Currently, Oklahoma Maps enables visitors to search for:
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Effects of Idoxifene
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
Recently my sister who has breast cancer at an advanced stage, was invited to participate in a clinical trial:
Title : A multicenter, ramdomized, double blind study of idoxifene 40mg/day versus tamoxifen 20mg/day as first line hormonal therapy in postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer.
I have tried to search for more information regarding idoxifene from the internet but not much information is available. I will be most obliged if you can provide me with more information about idoxifene and results of research that have been carried out based on this drug. I understand that idoxifene is a new drug for cancer treatment. What about side effects ? Recently studies have shown that tamoxifen increases the probability of uterine cancer. How about idoxifene?
Thank you very much.
John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Kenneth Blank, MD OncoLink's Editorial Assistants, respond:
Thank you for your interest and question.
Idoxifene is a very novel anti-breast cancer agent. Most of the published data come from cellular in vitro and animal studies. There was one published pilot study from the London, England on the significant yet limited success of the drug on patients with metastatic breast cancer who have been treated with tamoxifen.
Idoxifene is given at a dosage of 20 mg/day (range 10 - 60mg). The initial half-life is 15hrs and terminal half-life is 23.3 days. The side effects of idoxifene appear to be similar to tamoxifen. The potential benefit of idoxifene over tamoxifen is in the rate of secondary endometial cancer and liver tumors. In cellular and animal studies, idoxifene appear to be less carcinogenic and tumoregenic with the same anti-luteninizing hormone and anti-follicle-stimulating hormone effect.
As with any new therapy, it must be tested in a randomized fashion in order to fully answer the question of whether it is a legitimate treatment. Another source of information on idoxifene would be available through your chemotherapy doctor. He or she should have a patient information sheet that details the study and the side effects and the possible benefits.
Please refer to OncoLink's section on tamoxifen and its relation to endometrial cancer.


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Designed to keep all feet on deck, this functional, two-eye handsewn features premium Nubuck and full grain leather uppers with breathable Drilex Hydrofil mesh panels. Corrosive-resistant Sebago eyelets. Removable, cushioned EVA footbed. Full length EVA cushion midsole. Sidewall stitched Sebago marine tack sole with slip-resistant, non-marking siped rubber.


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Celebrity Near-Death Experiences
Everyone has been freaking out for the last few days after Lil Wayne was rushed to the ER following an alleged run in with the purp. But it isn't the first time Weezy had had a close call. In fact, plenty of celebrities have almost lost their lives.
Take a look at some of the closest calls ever. Count your lucky stars.
Serena Williams – She had a freaky kidney disease that almost ended her life. But she's bounced back and is a stud on the court.
Nick Cannon – He also had a serious issue that almost killed him. Thus he had to sit his butt down for a bit.
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Paul Pierce – He got stabbed six ways to Sunday a few years back but somehow made it and is a better NBA player.
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Welcome to Cricforum.com, a well-established, good-natured, fun-loving and mature cricket discussion forum.
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JetBrains has released ReSharper 4.0, a Microsoft Visual Studio add-in that provides across-the-board support for C# 3.0 language, including LINQ, and Visual Studio 2008. In addition, the upgraded add-in features, new tools have been added, such as standard class library annotations, solution-wide analysis (for C#), versatile code cleanup, new automated refactorings, improved code-editing capabilities, and more.
"In this release, we have adopted the latest C# specifications to provide the most up-to-date support for .NET developers," said Valentin Kipiatkov, JetBrains CTO. "We not only put great effort into supporting all of the features of C# 3.0, but, in keeping with our tradition, added a number of intelligent tools to make those language features much easier to work with."
Specific improvements and new features in ReSharper 4.0 include:
- Comprehensive support for C# 3.0. ReSharper not only analyzes new language constructs, but displays suggestions to help migrate to C# 3.0, as well as new warnings to comply with best programming practices. It implements C#3.0-ready refactorings and completes your code with extension methods, lambda expressions, and other new language constructs where appropriate.
- Annotations for .NET Framework Class Library. Annotations come with a special set of custom attributes that greatly enhance the quality of ReSharper's code analysis, such as the location of possible NullReferenceEx.
- Solution-Wide Analysis. ReSharper looks for erroneous C# code on-the-fly, without first compiling code.
- Code Cleanup. A flexible code compliance and formatting tool that brings together a dozen of ReSharper features. In addition to fine-tuning formatting style, you can opt to remove code redundancies, migrate to anonymous types and auto-properties, make fields read-only if possible, optimize using directives, and revamp your C# code with many more settings. Code Cleanup works in batch mode, so that you can clean the whole project or even solution with a single shortcut.
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Eleven-year-old Lilla Crawford is definitely fully dressed with that smile. Crawford wants to be Kristin Chenoweth and/or Sutton Foster when she grows up. But for now, she's the new Annie in Annie on Broadway. Sunny, the dog playing Sandy, was rescued from a shelter where she was within two days of being put down. Now she's on Broadway! Too much cute. Official caption:
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Please put all OOC discussion and questions in here.
To continue our discussion from the CA thread, do you want me to start work on those 20 questions?
Some of them I know I already answered based on the background I sent you, and the others shouldn't be too difficult to answer.
Ewan: Tell me, when you drove up, did you see a sign outside that said "dead ninja storage?"
Kat: No, I didn't...
Ewan: Do you wanna know why I don't have a sign like that? Because storing dead ninjas, isn't my business!
No need to yet Darius. The questions can go up with your character sheet after my Template has been constructed.
Once all the PCs (all 3-5 of them) have been approved, I'll begin the game. Reasons for you all to adventure together will be provided within the first scenario.
I'd like to ask all the people who I have spoken to about this game, and about their making characters for it, to post here about their desired samurai caste (bushi, shugenja, or courtier), and their clan. This will minimalise the chances that someone will spend time working on an idea and sheet that is pretty similar to someone else's.
Bayushi bushi here.
Ewan: Tell me, when you drove up, did you see a sign outside that said "dead ninja storage?"
Kat: No, I didn't...
Ewan: Do you wanna know why I don't have a sign like that? Because storing dead ninjas, isn't my business!
I'm building a Kitsuki Investigator (Courtier).
***If you are wanting to build a Courtier, and the game has not started yet, please let me know. I'm only building a Courtier to fill the slot, and would rather play a Monk or dedicated duelist.
AbidingDude, if you're dead set on playing a monk, I recommend you hold back on making the courtier. I've had at least two other people mention applying to me, and so if one of them would rather play a courtier, then you could stick with your initial concept.
Given the heavy social aspect of Rokugan, I'd much rather get a courtier player who enjoys, and is dedicated, to the role, than someone looking to merely "fill up a slot."
Alternatively, the whole player group is free to discuss whether or not they want to wait for a courtier character before taking on other castes. Some characters might already be strong enough socially, despite being bushi or shugenja, that a courtier isn't 100% necessary, for example. I'd rather let you all decide rather than make a decree.
Whilst I have my campaign penned, a lot of it's finer details are favoured by the characters and their abilities. With a little modification, I can accommodate for any kind of group; a social character will be a huge boon, given the setting, however.
My initial idea was for a Scorpion / Soshi [ Fistshake! ], however in light of that already being selected by another player...
I am considering a rather militant Dragon / Tamori, if the party dynamics work out.
"Adventure is something bad, happening to someone else, far far away."
A social Monk is now under consideration, to cover the party's social needs, and still get to be a Monk.
Either today, or on the weekend, I should be able to seize access to the internet for a decent degree of time. Due to this, the sheets that have been sent my way should be appraised soon, and a Template Sheet should be up soon after.
Note due to a private message and wanting to be clear to the party about my character concept. My monk is not Dragon Clan initially (perhaps not ever if things go poorly :-\ ). Pending Copper's approval, my character, Ario, is a Four Temples Monk (they're the social monks) that has been lately petitioning the Dragon Clan for entrance into the Togashi Order.
Well I can play a Courtier if one is needed, but like Cooper says I think it would be better if the courtier player was more invested in the role. I'll do it, but I'd rather play a Lion Bushi.
I'm happy with the Four Temples Monk going to Togashi Ise Zumi. He'll have all the good monk-ish-ness, and will be plenty good in the courts. (He won't get any Courtier-sih Techniques, other than the Four Temples extra 1k1 on void points for high and social skills, but skills and mastery abilities make most battle. Also, Four Temples Monks are regularly invited to courts and often entertain high status guests.)
If someone wants to make a dedicated Courtier, they are welcome to, but I'm happy with playing a social character, I just didn't want it to be the vast majority of the character. Also, I'm pretty sure my monk will be very solid at social interaction, even without any more school techniques coming. He'll also have lots of fun "roleplay opportunities" as he deals with the odd position that monks have in Rokugan.
(And if anyone's worred about being mechanically invested, from a mechanical stand point, if sheet is approved as is, he'll be throwing 7k3 for social rolls and 8k4 if the court is in the plains [9k5 and 10k6 with a void point]). Still, if someone does want to play a courtier, I'd be happy to make my monk a more mililtant type, but I'm quite happy with doing the social thing for the group if everyone's okay with their social guy being a monk.
The social guy being a monk would be strange in some ways, simply because of their uniquen status and positioning in society. They'd have some advantages and some disadvantages which would work out in unusual ways.
Not that that is a bad thing. It could certainly result in some interesting occurances.
Please don't forget that while the Bayushi don't quite throw around the same number of dice in social situations, the Scorpion are not complete slouches in social situations.
Ewan: Tell me, when you drove up, did you see a sign outside that said "dead ninja storage?"
Kat: No, I didn't...
Ewan: Do you wanna know why I don't have a sign like that? Because storing dead ninjas, isn't my business!
I'll be looking over sheets tomorrow. In the meantime, I recommend posting the strengths and weaknesses of your character. Not his tribe or school, but HIS forte and drawback that others can take into account whilst creating their PCs.
Either way, things might need to be modified slightly on the morrow. Abidingdude, the monk group you mentioned... is that in the core?
It is in the core. Page 231 "Four Temples Monk" is the Order I wanted to start in. (Togashi Ise Zumi is Tattooed Monk/Tattooed Man/Tattooed Order, whatever they're calling it this edition, also in the Core)
Ario's Strengths:
-Connected to the Brotherhood of Shinsei
-Good in social situations
-Good in a fight
-Status 0 and can be ordered around by any samurai, though most (especially decent high honor) won't.
-Refuses to lie
-Can't Duel (can't even use a katana)
-Has no wealth and no family connections.
Josuke's Strengths
- Good for a duel
- Decent in a fight so long as its melee
- Willing to take those actions that the rest of the group can't or won't
- Some social skills
- Stigma for being a Scorpion
- Only good with a sword
- Has some complicated relationship issues he is working through
Ewan: Tell me, when you drove up, did you see a sign outside that said "dead ninja storage?"
Kat: No, I didn't...
Ewan: Do you wanna know why I don't have a sign like that? Because storing dead ninjas, isn't my business!
As I've never played L5R before, I would appreciatte some critique/suggestion on my build. I'm aiming for a militant shugenja yamabushi. Any thoughts/suggestions are welcome.
The primary reason I selected wealth was to be able to afford some Ashigaru armor. I am considering dropping that and/or making room somewhere else to be able to afford the 'monk training' advantage which makes Kiho cheaper... as I think that would make sense for a martial Dragon Shugenja like Asano.
Tamori Asano
Clan: Dragon
Family: Tamori
School: Tamori Shugenja
Technique: Flesh Of The Elements ( Alchemy )
Affinity/Deficiency: Earth/Air
Honor: 4.5
Glory: 1.0
Status: 1.0
Insight: 138
Insight Rank: 1
Void Points: ( 2 )
Armor TN: 15 ( 18 )
Advantages: Sage ( 3 ), Wealth ( 2 )
Rings: ( +1 Willpower / +1 Stamina )
Air: 2
Reflexes: 2
Awareness: 2
Earth: 3
Stamina: 3
Willpower: 3
Fire: 3
Agility: 3
Intelligence: 3
Water: 2
Strength: 2
Perception: 2
Void: 2
Athletics: 2
Calligraphy ( Cipher ): 1
Defense: 2
Divination: 1
Etiquette: 1
Games ( Go ): 1
Horsemanship: 1
Iajutsu: 1
Kenjutsu: 3 ( +1k0 to sword damage )
Lore ( Theology ): 1
Medecine: 1
Meditation: 1
Spellcraft: 2
Spells: Sense, Commune, Summon, Armor Of Earth ( Earth 1, Self Armor ), Earth's Stagnation ( Earth 1, Target Agility Debuff ), Jurojin's Balm ( Earth 1, Toxin/Poison Cure ), Biting Steel ( Fire 1, Gives Weapon Bonus To Damage Rolls ), Fires Of Purity ( Fire 1, Aura Of Damage ), Path To Inner Peace ( Water 1, Heals Wounds )
Exp: 40/40
Advantage: Sage ( 3 )
Advantage: Wealth ( 2 )
Increase Agility 2 -> 3 ( 12 )
Increase Intelligence 2 -> 3 ( 12 )
Increase Kenjutsu 0 -> 3 ( 6 )
Increase Spellcraft 1 -> 2 ( 2 )
Increase Iajutsu 0 -> 1 ( 1 )
Increase Defense 1 -> 2 ( 2 )
Increase Etiquette 0 -> 1 ( 1 )
Increase Meditation 0 -> 1 ( 1 )
Increase Horsemanship 0 -> 1 ( 1 )
Increase Athletics 1 -> 2 ( 2 )
Increase Games: Go 0 -> 1 ( 1 )
"Adventure is something bad, happening to someone else, far far away."
I read your sheet, and was going to comment that you don't have any Earth 2 spells, but then I read through the Earth 2 spells, and figured that was probably intentional as this edition has not been kind to them.
For advantages/disadvantages, I also noticed that you have not disadvantages. While that's fine if it's what you want, it is rather unusual. In addition to giving you the bonus xp, they're great for creating roleplay opportunities. Some of the most memorable characters from past games have been the ones with terrible disadvantages. (A haunted Crab Bushi whose great grandfather wanted him to be a poet, and a Phoenix Shugenja who was heartless come to mind). If you just didn't want to advertise what disadvantages you're taking, that's fine, but I'd recommend taking at least one or two. Wealth is generally weak sauce. A samurai can generally requisition whatever it is that he needs if he asks nicely or orders someone else to get it for him. The armor (or even Light Armor) would not be difficult to obtain in character.
For skills, most of it looked pretty good for a militant shugenja. However, your spellcraft is low, which rules out importuning, which is very useful to be able to do... you may want to up it when you can. (Also horsemanship is odd for a Dragon [who live in the mountains and have relatively few horses and very few fields at all], but hey, it's your character, if you have a flavor reason, keep it. Otherwise, it'd be the first thing I pitched for points to spend elsewhere.)
An issue you should be aware of, regarding wielding a katana. All samurai have Katanas. Even shugenja. They just leave them at home. If you leave it at home, you can ask a duelist friend [looks to be our Scorpion buddy here] to be your champion if you find yourself in a place where you would challenge or be challenged. If you wear it, you are expected to be able to defend yourself in Iaijutsu, which is deadly. If you're not prepared to put a good bit of XP into your air ring (note that you're deficient in air, so the spell slots will be less useful and less flavor-wise favored for you) and Iaijutsu ranks, it will quite possibly get you dead. If you choose to wield a different weapon with kenjutsu, or change your fire spell to 'katana of fire', or even change kenjutsu for another weapon skill and use that weapon, you may be much better off.
Lastly, rings. I would strongly recommend that you get your Void to 3 instead of your fire to start. I'd trade off the Intelligence, wealthy and some of the points that you get from disadvantages for it. Void spell slots can be used to cast any spell (which can make them great for getting enough healing after a battle). Void points can be used to boost skill rolls, and to *avoid taking damage* which is just outstanding, and often necessary. If you were going with a more scholarly shugenja, I'd recommend the Void over Agility. Especially as Dragons are generally enlightened and Void rating is enlightenment.
Anyways, for your first L5R character, you did a great job. There is nothing that keeps the character from being playable as is (except maybe Iaijutsu), and over all it adheres to your intent quite well.
Well my intent is to make him a Yamabushi, a warrior shugenja who uses his magic and/or kiho to augment his physical fighting and/or buff allies & debuff enemies etc.
What level of Kenjutsu / Iajutsu would you say he needs to have to be a competent swordsman for a starting character?
I fully intend to pick up more spellcraft, and yes largely so that he can importune non-combat spells. But I figured his more militant education so far might have skimped on that... and ... just not enough points for everything I want!
I do want a higher void. Mmm. For my concept your suggestion is to ditch the intelligence for it?
I feel like the Agility is rather necessary if I want to have decent swordsmanship/fighting ability. Am I wrong?
"Adventure is something bad, happening to someone else, far far away."
Normally, I'd say that I disdain players showing each other their sheets prior to the game start, as discovery of one's skills, abilities, and other quirks is part of the appeal of character on character RP. Given the quality of feedback from AbidingDude, however, I'm content to leave the sheet where it is. Can everyone else keep their sheets private? Thanks.
I'd recommend that the other shugenja PC take this opportunity to ensure that the two characters aren't too similar to one another.
A small note regarding Wounds: we will be using the standard allotment per Level, as default.
I'll be looking over sheets in the next few hours. If anyone hasn't yet gotten their sheets to me, please do so quickly - I'll be looking to get the game moving as soon as all sheets I currently have are accepted and posted using my Template.
Last edited by Copper; 30th of July, 2011 at 18:46.
Akodo Kenjiro
-Can be trusted to act in an honourable manner
-Balanced and Analytical way of thinking
-Reasonably skilled fighter, studies the art of large scale battle as well
-Can be trusted to act in an honourable manner
-Not partcularly over endowed with social skills
-Has a few Daddy issues
Because my Inbox is (again) filling up, and I'm having trouble getting into the e-mail account set up for this game, I'm going to ask you all to go ahead and get your sheets up, using the Template provided. I'll Private each sheet in turn, and then look them over then.
When each PC is looked over and approved, I'll get the game started.
So post them in the character sheet thread then? OK.
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Mike Tonsing (MBA '04) is the president of the Anderson Student Association. A baseball player from Oakland, he spent his undergraduate years at Georgetown, where he quickly realized he was the "worst pitcher in the Big East Conference." He hung up his spikes and concentrated on school and politics. After an internship in the Clinton White House — no, he never met her — Tonsing graduated and instead of becoming the high school teacher/coach he planned to be, he went to work with Merrill Lynch doing muni bond investment. "We helped cities, counties, states and various agencies to finance everything from highways and airports to some non-traditional projects like hotels and derivative securities," he says.
Q: You were already successful — or becoming successful as a businessman. Why did you decide to put a halt to your career temporarily and get your MBA at UCLA Anderson?
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Q: Before you started at Anderson … you took a trip around the world?
A: To get a little perspective on my next steps, I needed to get away. So I raided my savings, took off, and ended up going to 26 countries on five continents before coming home. I sent in my application to Anderson about three days before leaving. The trip gave me the context for really considering whether Anderson was the right move. I had visited here twice before, and what really stood out were the students. They didn't just seem smart — they seemed genuine, they cared about each other, and they really seemed to enjoy being here.
Q: What is the make up of the student government at Anderson?
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My motivation for running stemmed from a few things. But first and foremost, I had a mentor and friend who held the office before I did. Marc Campbell ('03) really defined to me what a student leader should be. I looked up to him and how he ran the office. He and I both believe that the student culture here at Anderson is what truly differentiates it from other top business schools. Both of us see the ASA presidency as a way to preserve and protect that culture.
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Field Events Begin at 10:00 am
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boghog wrote:EarthRise wrote:Nah. Adherents of a religion are created through the following of the deity (regardless of if the belief of divinity is maintained or not), and the appreciation of the truth in what the deity speaks. Methinks Pastafarians have the explicit responsibility of being two-faced believers in the FSM.
Traditionally, when a group of believers have one set of teachings that they share with the world at large and another set of teachings, beliefs or rites that they only share within an inner circle, it was called a "mystery religion".
The term sounds much nicer than "two-faced".
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MikeLallemont necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 145 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
Automate Life or AutomateLife.TV
We are starting a web TV show with a blog and podcast. http://automatelife.tv
Our show is about using technology to make life easier, smarter and more fun. We will talk a lot about home automation, but also about technology that relates to making life easier.
We want to portray ourselves as a high-tech DIY type show.
Ideally we want to target men and women 30-55 who are interested in technology, but might not be geeky enough to know everything there is to know about it. We are targeting beginners in home automation. A lot of our audience will be iPhone, iPad and Mac users. Most will be home owners as well. We want people who love the wow factor of controlling their lights and a/c by using their iPhone. Or people who might love the lights to come on automatically when they walk into a room, along with their favorite music playing in the background.
We want something simple. A logo that can look good as an avatar on Twitter as well as a album art on a podcast. The logo by itself might need to fit into the space needed for the above requirement, but we also want something that fits into the header of our blog. So, a vertically oriented version with or with the title and a horizontal one with the title. I thought of using a gear with the hole having a DNA double helix inside of it, but that might not look good. It needs to be able to look good in 3D as well as 2D. We will need someone to animate a 3D flyover for our show at some point. Be creative and come up with anything you think will look good. I search for "logo inspiration" and find a ton of awesome logos, but I don't have time to design one myself. Find colors that work with our intended audience and topic. We like purple and/or green or blue but are not tied to anything. Be the expert, show us what we need!!
Watch the podcasts "iPad Today" and "geekbeat.tv" to see kind of what we're targeting as far as animation and or logo design.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
this might be good to know
the other day i picked up a flawless elemental battle-stone, and chose to use it on my teldrassil sproutling, an uncommon pet i had already leveled to 25. doing this knocked her back down to level 23 - the same penalty you take when you capture a wildling. however, this did not negatively affect my progress towards pro pet mob. today i leveled her back up to 25, and this did count toward the achievement. just fyi.
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SACRAMENTO, CA – More than 13,000 wine and grape professionals from around the globe gathered here at the 19th annual Unified Wine & Grape Symposium (Unified) to learn about new trends, sample the latest products and, in the process, set another attendance record for the largest show of its kind in the Americas.
This year's official total of 13,400 Unified attendees surpassed last year's record audience by 1,000. In addition to a massive trade show featuring close to 650 exhibitors from every corner of the world, the three-day event provides a full program of sessions exploring wine and grape production issues, maximizing marketing opportunities and the industry's latest production, supply and sales figures.
"Industry professionals clearly value the Unified as an ideal opportunity not only to tap into market and sales trend figures that shape their business but also to meet with suppliers, experts and colleagues," remarked Lyndie Boulton, executive director of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV), which co-organizes the Unified with the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG). "The Unified's signature "State of the Industry" session Wednesday morning set a positive tone for the show when analysts forecast a strong year for the American wine industry. That encouraging economic news seems to have translated into great energy on the exhibit floor, in the sessions and throughout the conference," she said.
While the Unified focuses on American wine making and winegrape production, more than 30 nations are represented among the guests, highlighting the global nature of the business. Each day of the three-day event includes sessions featuring panels of experts addressing four topic areas: grape growing, winemaking, marketing/public relations and business/operations. On Wednesday and Thursday, the event hosts an industry trade show.
"People are here because a resurgent economy, growing wine consumption and strong grape prices are fueling industry investment," said John Aguirre, CAWG president. "Those looking to expand production or become more efficient are finding what they need at the Unified."
Jointly organized by the ASEV and CAWG, the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium represents the collective experience, knowledge and background of the entire industry. For additional information and complete program listing with speakers and topics, visit the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium's website at www.unifiedsymposium.org.


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On the market: Luxurious privacy
A woodsy retreat, the regal Colonial at 627 Laurel Road in New Canaan offers private luxury living.
Situated on 4.34 acres in the northeast part of town, the property features extensive professional landscaping with mature trees, beautiful gardens and expansive bluestone terraces and stone retaining walls.
A Waters Edge heated pool features a spa, tumbling waterfall and charming gazebo.
Built in 1974, several additions and renovations have transformed a traditional Colonial into a 15-room, 6,200-square-foot compound complete with six bedrooms, five full bathrooms and a half-bath.
The home opens into a grand marble tiled foyer. An elegant formal living room features a coffered ceiling, columns and detailed paneling. The room has cherry wood flooring throughout and a wood-burning fireplace with an antique hand-carved mantel.
A wood-burning fireplace, coffered ceiling and built-ins warm a custom cherry wood library.
The four-season sun-drenched English Amdega conservatory boasts antique French limestone flooring as well as protective interior roof shades.
An expansive gourmet kitchen by Deane features custom-crafted cabinetry by DBS of Pennsylvania, marble countertops and a tumbled limestone floor. There is a large center island with a Wolf range and custom exhaust hood. Appliances include a Sub-Zero refrigerator, two dishwashers and a farmhouse sink.
There is a built-in desk area and a sunny breakfast room with windows overlooking a rear stone terrace.
An inviting family room with a cathedral ceiling, built-ins and a floor-to-ceiling stone hearth is off the kitchen, and a playroom features a stone fireplace, built-ins and a full bath with marble and a heated floor.
A spacious mudroom has custom built-ins, cubbies, raised paneling and a tumbled limestone floor.
Downstairs there is a guest suite with a sitting room featuring built-ins and a stone fireplace and a Carrera marble guest bath with a step-in shower.
On the second floor there is a luxurious master suite featuring a sitting area with a fireplace, separate solarium with bead board tray ceiling, up lighting, built-ins and French doors accessing a wraparound balcony that overlooks the pool area.
The master bath includes a steam shower, Jacuzzi and separate water closet.
There are three additional en suite bedrooms on this level and a fourth bedroom, which has a full hall bath with hand-glazed ceramic tile.
A fully carpeted third level could lend itself as a playroom or family room and includes a walk-in cedar closet.
The 2,500-square-foot guest house built by Hobbs Construction in 1993 opens its French doors into a dramatic two-story greatroom with a French limestone floor and a wood-burning fireplace with a floor-to-ceiling river stone hearth.
The first floor includes a sitting room with an antique pine floor, a full bath, dining room, media theater with full surround system, an office with Heritage cherry built-ins and a changing room.
The kitchenette includes a Sub-Zero half refrigerator and freezer, Asko dishwasher drawers, copper sink, custom cabinetry and marble countertops.
On the second floor there are sitting and billiard rooms and a guest suite with a full bath and separate rear staircase.
A lower level features a home gym and a climate-controlled wine cellar with storage for more than 2,000 bottles.
A heated garage can accommodate six cars.
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ADDRESS: 627 Laurel Road, New Canaan
STYLE: Colonial
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