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Aeon (updated 10/9/14)
In this thread I complain in a self-indulgent manner about my lot, and seek words of sympathy and advice from fellow ENWorlders.
Many thanks for kind words.
So I've decided to take some of your collective advice (the parts I like best, obviously) and pick up the keyboard again. I'm shooting for smaller, more frequent updates; I'm starting at a place in the campaign where I want to write, and the rest will follow - either as backstory, or as an update to The Mesalliance at some vague, unspecified future date.
Bear with me on this one.
Mostin the Metagnostic walked slowly through the hallway, the sound of his passage muted by a thick, crimson carpet which possessed a texture akin to fine velvet. He was not alone: his arcane sight revealed several unseen servants as they went about their chores, and a spined devil one of a dozen compacted by the mansion's former mistress years before flapped silently past. Its contract with Mostin had been renewed for a further three decades, and it was cautious to avoid irritating the Alienist.
He entered a study, the curious furnishings of which upon his explicit instruction had remained unaltered since the Alienist had taken possession of the place. Closing the door behind him, he walked to a ornate cabinet, opened its door, and removed a crystal decanter. Carefully, he poured himself a large goblet of kschiff. Taking a single sip and briefly savouring its potency Mostin sank into a large leather chair and introspected for an hour.
Thoughts of Shomei, the simulacra and Vhorzhe preoccupied him.
Finally, he stirred himself, removed a small stone from his robe, and issued a sending to his apprentice, Orolde: No change, I assume?.
Mostin sighed. After so long, he would have expected at least some kind of revelation to be forthcoming. Some kind of reaction. A threat. An assault. Anything.
Set a fire. I am coming.
Mostin stood, exited the study by another door, and passed through several reception chambers into an echoing corridor carved in intricate relief. Traversing its length, he reached a small wooden portal bound with polished brass. The door opened smoothly, and Mostin entered a huge library by way of an opening concealed behind heavy purple drapes. Purposefully, he retrieved an ancient tome from a pile of books stacked neatly upon a small desk, muttered, and teleported into the parlour of a rustic manse several hundred miles to the south.
In the hills of Scir Cellod on the borders of Wyre, twenty yards outside of the limit circumscribed by the Claviger an entity of deific power which curbed the excesses of Wyrish arcanists through an Enforcer of terrible power Mostin had erected his comfortable retreat. His choice of locale a wooded dell, through which an icy stream chattered noisily had been inspired primarily by its proximity to the intangible border, although it also offered a certain secluded charm which was not entirely lost on the Wizard.
Mostin wordlessly handed his cloak to Orolde a maimed sprite who served the Alienist with eccentric devotion sighed, and descended into his cellar. The area was replete with potent wards, the continual renewal of which occupied a not inconsiderable portion of Mostin's time and resources. A dim green light testament to a dimensional lock suffused the place.
"Greetings gentlemen. I trust you are all well?"
From thaumatugic diagrams etched in precious metals upon the floor of the summoning room, three devils gazed impassively upon the Wizard: Titivilus, Murmuur and Furcas Infernal magnates of high bearing, wielding wide dominion. None answered him. Malice flowed from them all.
"Are any of you feeling talkative?" The Alienist asked.
None replied. A great irony, Mostin thought to himself: both Furcus and Titivilus were renowned for their loquacity.
"Let me know when you are," Mostin said smoothly.
Silence penetrated the summoning room.
Mostin repaired to his study, and issued a number of sendings.
The Sidhe leaned upon a balcony of Irknaan's Fortress in self-reflection. She considered her fortune with emotional detachment and cold, sharp precision. She could not rationalize her change: in previous transmigrations she had been bawdy; licentious almost without limit. Now, she was frigid, and possessed of an eerie clarity which was so inherently magickal that reality itself had shifted, and become a dream in which she was the calm protagonist. Everything had become fey.
Ahead, to the horizon, there stretched a bubble of Otherworld: pure, uncontaminated, as fresh as when the first flower had bloomed, and the first sprite had sprung into being. Beyond, for uncounted miles, lay a Shadow which was slowly receding. But behind, hidden by the towering mass of the castle, in the space once occupied by Jetheeg's range, potent magic had attached the bubble of Afqithan to Faerie proper. Many of the realm's inhabitants were either stirring again, or in the case of those whom the taint had overwhelmed fleeing to safer, darker places. Others, entirely new to the former demiplane, had migrated in small numbers to what was for them an undiscovered corner of the world. It was a phenomenon that had occurred before: such intrusions were not uncommon in the scheme of things, and Faerie continually spawned bastard demiplanes, or silently absorbed them. Troops of fauns, sprites and pucks of various persuasions but with shared curiosity found places beneath the great banyans. Afqithan was a mezzanine between two worlds, and the Sidhe's stronghold although it had proven not unassailable was a powerful bastion which straddled realities.
She had styled herself Queen of Afqithan like many before her had, and, no doubt, many after her would. She entertained great heroes, and ancient spirits, and minor gods of various kinds. She brooded on the deaths of past lovers, but wondered how she could have actually felt what she had once felt. At other times, musical invention obsessed her, and she would spend an hour composing a symphony, or a day contemplating a single cadence. Time froze, and raced past at breakneck speed.
Her subjects were, for the most part, accepting of her rule. To many, she had appeared in person, simply announcing "I am the Queen, now." Those who had found this a difficult prospect and there had been a few she had roundly bested, either in combat, or magic, or in some artistic contest. Some had become enamoured of her, others had been duped by her promises and intimations. But most had simply acquiesced to her claim: it was obvious that no other could rival her, and what would Afqithan be without a tyrant? In the event, she transpired to be less than despotic, and made no particular demand from her subjects at all, other than to be called your majesty.
She stood, and adjusted her harness: a soft leather coat with heavy studs, and a belt which bore a delicately curved blade. She wore a travel-stained cloak and boots vestiges of her former self and bore a light diadem cut from a gemstone. Her sudden self-awareness erupted as a cascade of chords seeking to escape from her mind and into her harp. She grimaced, and began to play. It was bitter, brutal, and poignant; full of anger and loathing, tinged with a wry self-mockery which embraced the absurd. The irresistable fate of the fey: a timeless childhood, or a perpetual decline; the knowledge that what was is always better than what is to come.
Her music became dark and ominous. Below the throne room, in a deep chamber etched with powerful runes, a gate to Azzagrat slumbered. It had been sealed at both ends: by Graz'zt himself, as he sabotaged a hundred portals into the Argent Palace from planes where he perceived a possible threat; and by Mostin the Metagnostic in the aftermath of the Great Confrontation. Its very presence troubled her: she seldom enjoyed a peace of mind. Most of the Castle's inhabitants sprites of low stature were oblivious to its existence, although a few were not: gnomes and goblins who had eavesdropped on their former masters' conversations; or quickling spies, lulled into obedience by the new Queen's glamoury.
The tune ceased. She turned, and entered the cavernous throne-room from the balcony. Great crystal lamps illuminated the hall, and hundreds of feys danced, sang and capered about. Gifts and curses were freely exchanged. Her mood lightened somewhat: association with her own kind, she observed, was reassuring and gave her a sense of identity. And, as always, she was the focus of all attention. She ascended a dais of carved onyx, and relaxed into a small siege cast from precious metal and adorned with opals.
As she sat upon her throne, a feeling of deep satiation and langour overcame her.
It's good to be Queen, she thought.
She greeted the sending from the wizard with an expression of mild annoyance.
Not now, she thought. You are interrupting a pavanne.
I need you to pull the wool over my Dukes' eyes. Are you up to it?
Her interest was piqued, much to her annoyance, but her manner remained insouciant.
Let me think on it, she thought.
I think I may eliminate Murmuur in front of the other two. They might be more apt to talk.
Don't be a fool. I'll come in the morning.
Pay close heed to time. A year might pass before you realize it.
Enough! I will come. Now go.
The Queen sat briefly, but found further enjoyment of the revel impossible. She stood in irritation, cursed, and exited abruptly.
The Sela was clad in the armour once worn by Lord Rede of Dramore, a martial paragon from a previous era, when war had been the business of the Temple. At his waist, he bore a six-flanged mace, forged by the same celestial smiths who had hammered Enitharmon's sword from a shard of thought. He was, at once, a perfect, unified consciousness, an awareness of everything that was, or is, or could be; but frail, mortal, imperfect. There was no 'he;' no observer, and nothing observed. There was a moving stillness. The potentiality of infinite bifurcation. An Adversary taunting him with a Green Void.
He sighed.
He knew little of the arts of war. Even when he had served the Temple, rather than been it, his role had been mainly oracular. The peculiar blending of the conventional and the Absolute which Tramst embodied did not seem to preclude gaps in his knowledge of mundane things. Strategy in war amongst other things, such as royal tax protocols and the latest fashion in headwear was one of those gaps.
For his captains he had picked Brey and Sercion toward whom, since his ascension, he had payed particular notice. Neither were ready for the task that he had appointed them: their training was far from complete, and each still expected and presumed more than either would admit, even to themselves. Expectation and presumption were qualities which the Sela had striven to eliminate from those who had accepted him as their teacher. Nonetheless, Tramst was satisfied that their role was what it must be: he observed all action with calm understanding. Fatalism and free will were, to him, an empty duality, the refutation of which was amply testified by his very existence at least for those who saw the truth.
The Sela observed ideas and emotions move through his mind: an unending torrent of desire, fear, concern, humour, regret and hope. He placed the tortuous ramblings of conventional thought to one side whilst still honouring them and embraced his ground of being; and saw once again, that they were no different. Insight and compassion welled up within him. But, even there, his Adversary was with him: tempting him in that moment to mould reality, to shuck off his mortality, and with a passing thought reorder things as he knew they should be. Any limitation which the Sela possessed was self-imposed.
Consciously, he hung his mace upon a weapon stand and began to cast off his armour. Tramst struck a light, the dull glow of an oil-lamp suffused his tent, and he turned to observe a slender young man with olive skin sitting on his pallet. He had a tangled mass of hair, a face which rested with an impudent expression, and held a tray of candied chestnuts in his hand. He offered one to the Sela with a boyish grin.
"Want one?" He asked. "They're from Bedesh. They're good."
The Sela sat next to the youth, took one of the sweets, and chewed thoughtfully.
"No, thank-you," the Sela smiled. "One is enough. I'm glad you came: I miss you."
The youth shrugged. "One has to make one's own way. I don't regret anything, you know."
"I know," the Sela laughed, "and I know that you aren't here for the reason that I wish you were. You are merely curious. You wanted to see, rather than See."
The youth nodded, and popped another chestnut into his mouth.
"You are feeling insecure?" Tramst asked.
"Somewhat," the youth smiled.
"Your place in the scheme of things is assured. Do not be concerned. Although why I flatter your ego so is beyond me: it hardly needs inflating."
"I seem to have caught you in a happy mood," the youth grinned. "Which is all to the good. I was wondering if you might tell me..?"
"Ahh," the Sela said drily. "Your name. Unfortunately, that information is still confidential. It can be bought, but I fear that the price might be too high for you."
"I guessed as much, although I had to ask."
"Of course you did, dear boy."
The youth stood, and bowed rakishly. "I will take my leave, then. I look forward to events with great anticipation."
"As do I," Tramst smiled. "Remember that I love you."
"I will try my hardest to forget," the youth sighed. He vanished.
When the Ahma entered the tent an hour later, the taint was still so profound that it threatened to overwhelm him. His head reeled. Fear and concern possessed him.
"What happened here?" Eadric asked.
"I wavered for a moment," Tramst smiled. "There can be no truth without doubt."
Eadric scowled.
"You have my permission to go. Return within a fortnight."
The Ahma cocked his head. "I don't "
Then he received the sending from Mostin.
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Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 02:02 PM #2
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Great update as always, Sep! Welcome back, yo!
Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 02:13 PM #3
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Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 02:40 PM #4
Mmhh ... questions abound, answers are desired. But for now I think I'll start to read from the very beginning again ...
Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 03:04 PM #5
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I'm very glad that you're back, Sepulchrave. And I look forward to learning how those three devils ended up trapped by Mostin.
Btw, if it's not asking for too much, what are the main characters' levels by the time this new chapter starts?
Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 03:08 PM #6
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Sweet mother-of-pearl, he's BACK!
Hip-hip-huzzah! Hip-hip-huzzah! etc., etc.
I was beginning to fear the stories of Wyre weren't coming back, but then, as was noted, "there can be no truth without doubt."
Sepulchrave II, nice to hear from you again!
I like the leap forward. It leaves a wonderful mystery about what happened. Mostin's still alive, evidently, and so is the Ahma (assuming it's still Eadric). The idea of Titivulus, Muumur, and Furcas somehow bound, or at least, less directly potent, is fascinating. So many questions: the Great Confrontation? Grazz't? Soneillon? The Horror? Spell Resistance 90? Shomei? Nwm? Wyre's Greatest Liar? Iua? Oronthon? Everyone's favorite reformed succubus druidic priestess?
Let the storytelling begin!
Edited just to say, pursuant to your other thread, and my post therein: nice to have you back, no pressure, thanks for writing, take it easy, enjoy, it's all good.
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I feel like I am a dog who failed to fetch the newspaper, but got a treat anyway. Awesome.
Out of curiosity: I know you're updating in the Mesalliance thread for background, but do you think a quick timeline would be possible? The happenings in your campaign are interesting for more reasons than the package they come in, so any quick summary would be delightful.
Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 04:45 PM #8
The Master of Wyre is back! (Choir of Devas in background)
Just tell it - don't worry about the outcome. We're listening, and I'd rather let the story unfold, than you give it to us. But I'll be around reading, either way.
Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 06:17 PM #9
Great to have you back at it, Sep!
Wednesday, 4th May, 2005, 07:17 PM #10
Delightful! What a great set-up!
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The Battles on Ice is set, the rink is going up and we all know the temperature is cold enough to keep the ice from melting. Ten thousand tickets have already been sold, but day of the event sales could pack TD Ameritrade Park.
The Mutual of Omaha: Battles on Ice is shaping up to be a big day not only for outdoor ice hockey, but for the downtown area as well.
The Lincoln Stars are traveling up I-80 to take on the Lancers at 12:30 p.m. and the University of North Dakota will skate against UNO at 4 p.m.
We took a look at the temporary rink going up on the infield of TD Ameritrade Park. Early Friday afternoon, the boards were being placed around what will be the ice for the Battles on Ice. The contests will be a first for the area, outdoor hockey on a recycled sheet of ice.
After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at CenturyLink Center Omaha, the same rink was dismantled and will now host two outdoor hockey games.
"That's part of the fun of having an experience like this," said Harold Cliff with the Omaha Sports Commission. "The coaches have been very cooperative knowing that it is a league game and realizing that it is a unique experience for their players and their coaching skills are going to come into play as well as how to deal with it."
The Lancers and Mavs play to packed houses and loud fans. Officials expect Stars and Sioux fans to follow their teams and bump attendance over 15,000. But the crowd may not translate into decibels.
"It's going to be a different crowd noise and you'll also have the elements to contend with," said Cliff. "If it's a sunny day you might have to end up having that as a factor, if it's a windy day or if it snows or rains and the audience is a little farther away."
There will be a number of events in the area on February 9th. In addition to the two hockey games, Dancing with the Stars, a home and garden show and the Bluejays tip-off that evening.
Metro will be running a special bus service in the downtown area that day, charging 25 cents per ride and buses will be running every 10 minutes.


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15th of Descending Fire, Realm Year 768 - Midday
Silver Wind, Flicker, and Indigo emerge from yet another clearing of trees into an open field. It's been a recurring theme in their travels, but this particular one is different. The greenery is brilliant. The wind carries a sweet scent in the air. Silver Wind knows instantly that she is home.
Further down the road, the center of town comes into view. One of the field hands is kneeled over, working the crops along with several others. Sakura turns and stands, lifting her brimmed hat. "Lady Villirith, welcome home. We've missed you."
Sylvia takes a deep breath, satisfied to be back in the familiar surroundings of her home. She smiled down at the other woman as she welcomed her back. She knew that it was probably one of the more enthusiastic reactions she would get today. As a rule Marukans weren't terribly emotional, preferring to work instead of partake in displays of revelry. Sylvia had been considered an odd foal because of her own emotional outburst when she had been younger, a trait that age hadn't diminished.
"Thank ya Sakura, it sure does feel good to be back." She brought Kheervis to a stop and looked out on her town and the workers out in the fields. A smile blossoms on her face to see it all again. "Seems y'all have been able to keep things going pretty well here. Fields ain't fallow at least."
Finishing looking over her town from a distance she turns back to Sakura. "So, anything I should know about?"
"Well, we got three new hands soon after you left. Two young men from a region near Thorns, and a seamstress a from nearby town. And yesterday actually, we got a fourth it seems " She motions toward the young girl who squats further into the field some feet away, a sack over her shoulder and two dirty hands.
Sakura leans in and lowers her voice so Ellana cannot hear. "A runaway I would guess. She's not talking about where she's from, but she's a hard worker so far, and I can use every hand I can get out here."
Sylvia's smile turned into a frown at that and glanced over at the girl. She didn't really have a problem with runaways but sometimes the people they were running from had a nasty tendency to show up. She'd get the story on that later though. New people meant she had to make some new oaths, and that was something best done sooner rather than later.
"Hmm, well I'll see if I can ask her to reveal some more. But later. For now I really only have one question." Her face became serious as she leaned forward towards Sakura. "Can you tell me where my husband is," she whispered conspiratorially as a smirk appeared.
Sakura returned the smirk. "You should find him somewhere in town, near the stables."
Pella's voice suddenly rings out again in Ellana's head. "That woman with the white hair She seems familiar." There's a pause as the three of them continue on toward town, then she continues. "Be sure to say hello to her soon. I think she might be able to help us."
The three continue onward, passing through the outer gates and into the center of town where the stables and grazing field can be found. More than a dozen people can be seen about, grooming, feeding, and otherwise tending to the horses and the stables themselves.
Silver Wind looks around for a moment. Suddenly, a firm grip on her right boot pulls her straight out of the saddle, and she lands with a surprised yell in the arms of a very large, bearded man. "You've been gone a long time, snowflake." he says, beaming down at her. He looks up, also noticing the strange companions she has brought back with her.
Ellana pauses from her work as the trio rides up to Sakura. Even without Pella's advice it's obvious that there's something special about the three of them, especially the silver haired woman. She can't hear what the woman and Sakura are talking about, but she notices Sakura quickly glance her direction. Unsure of what to do Ellana opts to return to her work until the trio has moved on.
After the woman is a good distance away Ellana tenatively approaches Sakura. Massaging her aching hands trying to look casual, motions for the field head's attention, "Um, Sakura? Who were those people? The silver haired woman seems really important. I'm not in trouble am I?"
That was the best plan we could come up with?
Seduce the wookie?!
Sakura smiles. "No honey, you're fine. That woman is lady Villirith. She runs the place."
With these words, a wave of... something, washes over Ellana. It almost feels like anger, or maybe anticipation, but as fast as it comes, it disappears.
The woman turns back to her work. "She's been gone for a long time. It's important for her to keep up with who comes in and out of this place."
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"Oh, I see..." Ellana rubbed the back of her neck, trying to place the emotion she just felt. Something very odd was going on here, that was for sure, "Um...could I meet her? When she's not busy, I mean. I should meet her...shouldn't I?" Ellana looked to Sakura for reassurance.
That was the best plan we could come up with?
Seduce the wookie?!
Lady Villirith makes it a point to meet with everyone new. I'm sure you'll get the chance now that she's back."
Sakura turns to face the young girl. "Tell you what. Since you seem so eager, I'll introduce you tonight if she's not busy."
Ellana looks toward Sakura and nods, "That would be wonderful, thank you. I um...guess I better get back to work," with that Ellana returns to the fields. When she's sure no one is within earshot she looks down at the pendant on her chest, "Pella? Are you there? What should I be asking Lady Villirith when I meet her?"
That was the best plan we could come up with?
Seduce the wookie?!
"No need to ask her anything too specific." Pella muses. "Just befriend her for now. In order to undo the binding spell, it requires some very powerful magic. She is an exalted. You can tell."
Ellana fills her basket with vegetables and begins to walk the short distance to the cart. "Just promise me you won't tell her about me just yet. I'd rather keep it a secret. We need to be sure she's not in kahoots with the old hag first."
Being pulled off of Kheervis was probably one of the most terrifying things Sylvia had ever experienced. For that brief instant fears of hidden soldiers and Dynasts in Jade armor springing forth to kill her filled her mind. Feeling herself slam into someone's body with arms wrapping around her was proof that her worst fears had come true and a cry of terror briefly escaped her.
And then he spoke and the fear was washed away by relief. She wrapped her arms around Irenicus and held on tight, burying her face in his chest. "Gods I've missed you so much Irenicus." She didn't even need to look up at him to know the smile on face, a smile mirrored on her own. She held him like that for a few moments and then looked up to see him looking at her companions.
"Oh," she said, reluctantly pulling herself away from her husband and turning to face the two exalts. "Right, sorry. Irenicus, this is Indigo and Flicker. Indigo, Flicker, this is my husband, Irenicus."
Ellana nods at Pella's words. The silver haired woman was an exalt? What element was she chosen by? Silver hair wasn't one of the common signs. Still, if she could help Pella, maybe the woman could help her find her way home, or at least send a message to Selen...The thought of her friend felt heavy in her chest and she squeezed her eyes shut for a moment before continuing her duties.
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Flicker rode in behind Silver Wind and huffed as he looked around at the ranch... See she TOTALLY wasn't some spoiled rich person, this was a rough and tumble farm place with like hard work and horses and other smelly animals on it. The Marukani had really wierd ideas of what made a Lady, as far as Flicker was concerned a lady was some useless twat who didn't get anything done on a daily basis. Ah well.
Then Silver Wind, Sylvia, was pulled from her horse and into the arms of some guy. HUSBAND? Awww, she was married? He crossed his arms and rolled his eyes, nodding at the guy his hello.
"Hi. Nice ta meet cha. So this place isn't horrible, Sylvia."
High praise.
"It's perfect." Says Indigo plainly. She beams down at Silver Wind, playfully cradled in her husband's arms. "I can see now why you brought me here. This place has so much potential… I can't wait to get started." She bows respectfully to Irenicus. "My name is Indigo. It's a pleasure to meet you."
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In the distance, the sun drops slowly, shooting long reeds of purple and orange through the sky. Riders and field hands are funneling back in through the main gate, a last commotion as their days work is done. Silver Wind gathers all four newcomers, plus Flicker, and Indigo, to sit with her in the very center of town where the horses graze. Sitting in an even circle on soft, trodden grass, the seven are enjoying a respite from the midday heat.
Silver Wind sits cross legged among the grass, her weapons back at home and dressed in the more comfortable garb of her work clothes. She had spent the past few hours settling back in to her home, letting her people know she had returned, and catching up on some of what had transpired during her absence. It felt good to get back to something resembling her normal routine and she was eager for the morrow so she could get back to it.
But that was tomorrow, and today there were still some things that needed to attended to. Starting with these four new hires. First were the two men from Thorns, who looked enough alike that Silver Wind assumed them to be brothers. Black hair, strong physiques, and tanned skin spoke of how they were used to hard labor and they were still young, probably no older than 25 Calibrations. But both of their eyes had a haunted look, and their skin was a little too gaunt. If even half of the rumors she had heard from Thorns in the past few years were true then she marveled that these two men had made it all the way to her ranch, and she hoped they would stay so they could help them to recover from whatever ordeals they had suffered.
Next was the seamstress. Blonde hair and ice blue eyes spoke of a Northern heritage, but the rest of her was absolute Marukan. Silver Wind guessed her to be around her age, if not a little older, and her calloused hands showed she was no stranger to her craft. A valuable worker indeed, though the way she fidgeted in the grass and glanced back to the buildings told her that she didn't like working out in the fields.
And last was the runaway. Really not much more than a girl, the way she struggled with her legs told Silver Wind that she had just gotten to that awkward stage in life where her body was lengthening and filling out from a girl to a woman. Definitely pretty with her Lookshyan features and beautiful brown eyes, but her skin was pale and she didn't seem to have the body structure of someone used to hard labor. She hoped she wasn't the pampered daughter of some Legion general, though the fact that she had actually been out working in the field spoke volumes.
Four new hires, each valuable in their own way. Four people she would hopefully be able to bring into the fold of her community. People who could add even more life into her town, help it grow as it helped them grow in turn. People who could add their own roots.
People who she would have to make swear a terrible secret to her. A secret she couldn't keep forever, but could cause all of their deaths if it got out. But first things first. Silver Wind closed her eyes and took a deep breath, holding it for a second before blowing it through her lips.
"Alright," she said, tipping her hat up a bit so the others could see her face a little better. "Y'all are here 'cause there's something important that has to be done fore the day is out. However that can wait fer a bit so I'd like to answer any questions y'all have."
"First," she said placing a hand on her chest, "my name is Sylvia Vilirith, and I am the owner and proprietor of Golden Plains. All the horses and livestock here belong to me, as does the land. Now that doesn't mean I'm gonna be busting down your doors if y'all fail to pay rent or nothin', and you'll be paid a fair wage as I'm sure you've already noticed. What it does mean is that if there's a problem I'm gonna get involved and if you keep making major problems I'll drag you behind my horse and kick yer trouble making butt out myself."
After that little tirade is done, Sylvia lets her expression soften a little. "Now, what questions do ya'll have?"
As twilight fell Ellana began to relax. This was always her favorite time of day. Memories of her and Selen relaxing after a days work (or study), watching the stars creep out, brought a smile to her face. Now if she could only get comfortable on the Marukan ground. Ahead of her the Lady Vilirith addressed the group, her presence just as imposing in person as it was from afar. Could this woman really help her? The rest of the field hands seemed taken in by her, and the two travelers she rode in with, the young boy, perhaps no older than Ellana, and the older woman simply sat back, almost impatiently...almost.
"First," the woman said placing a hand on her chest, "my name is Sylvia Vilirith, and I am the owner and proprietor of Golden Plains. All the horses and livestock here belong to me, as does the land. Now that doesn't mean I'm gonna be busting down your doors if y'all fail to pay rent or nothin', and you'll be paid a fair wage as I'm sure you've already noticed. What it does mean is that if there's a problem I'm gonna get involved and if you keep making major problems I'll drag you behind my horse and kick yer trouble making butt out myself."
After that little tirade is done, Sylvia let her expression soften a little. "Now, what questions do ya'll have?"
As Sylvia spoke, Ellana began to have her doubts. Did she really belong here? Lady Virilth seemed kind enough, and she did promise to help Pella, but she couldn't stay here. The other workers, the men from Thorns and the seamstress could settle at The Golden Plains, but she needed to get home, back to Selen. Ellana stood up, trying to ask if she should be part of the "important task" that needed doing, especially if she would only be here for a short while...while she got her bearings.
As she stood up, an orange, black and white shape darted between the figures around the circle they'd formed. With inhuman grace it leaped and landed on Ellana, hitting her squarely in the chest and knocked her back a few steps. "Meow."
"Mira!" Ellana gasped, "What are you doing here? You were supposed to stay with Hwen until I got back." The cat looked up at her owner and made a prrpt sounds before tilting her head to side. "Yes well, I know I'm late, but we're in the middle of something important." The girl shifted the cat into a cradled position on her arm, scratching her friend's head with her free arm. "I'll make it up to you tomorrow, I promise." Mira shook her head from side to side, and flicked her ears. "Fine you can stay here, but any trouble from you and you're going back to Hwen's house." Ellana said. The cat nodded and purred before leaping from the girl's arms to settle on her shoulder.
Ellana suddenly looked up, acutely aware that the rest of the circle was staring at her. Her cheeks flushed red, and she sat back down. Um...I'm sorry. She gets lonely if I'm away too long." she squeaked. "It is...it is okay if she stays right?"
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Sylvia frowned as a cat perched itself on Ellana's shoulder. Never mind that she had never really liked cats, what concerned her was that Ellana had been standing up just before it arrived.
"It is fine for her to stay here during this meeting," she said, directing a questioning gaze at the girl. "But please, tell me why you were standing as if to leave just now? You are free to do so of course but I really must know the reason why."
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Mira stares pointedly at Lady Vilirith before meowing nuzzling her owner. Ellana scratches her pets head, finding comfort in the warm, fuzziness. "Oh, it's um...It's just you sounded like you were about to welcome us into the community. But I'm not sure I belong here." She looks up at the older woman and shakes her head, "Not that I couldn't. The Golden Plains is lovely, I could stay here forever. But..." memories of Selen and Lookshy flooded in, she'd sworn an oath when she joined the military, "I can't stay here...I have to..." Ellana trails off, unable to find the proper words.
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Sylvia waits patiently for the girl to finish her statement but when she trails off and several moments pass by her eyes harden slightly. "You have to what," she asks gently though there is no masking the concern in her voice. "Run from some angry relative? Get back to your home? Meet up with someone?"
Ellana looks into up at Lady Vilirith, for the first time in weeks she begins to think to think about the events that lead her here, and what happened the night she left the Redoubt. Tears begin to well in her eyes. Stumbling back she pulls Mira from her shoulder and hugs the cat close. "I'm sorry, I...I can't. I shouldn't be here. I have to go...I'm sorry." Even before the words finish tumbling from her mouth Ellana has begin running...again.
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The cool night air strikes Ellana's face cold as she makes a break for the still open town gate. Mira mews concernedly from within her embrace.
"What are you doing! We need her help! Why are you running away?" Pella exclaims frantically.
Sylvia sighed as Ellana ran away but decided against following her. She'd meant what she said, and if the girl wanted to leave she wasn't going to stop her. She'd see if the girl was still here and try to talk to her later, but for now the light of her patron was fading and she really did want to get this out of the way.
"Alright," she said as she looked at the others. "Do you three have any questions?"
Just outside the city gates Ellana stumbles and falls to the ground. Even in her distressed state the earth around The Golden Plains is soft and comforting. As she holds back her tears Mira mews softly and nuzzles her check, trying to comfort her owner. "I'm sorry Pella, I just. I don't know. I need some time to think. That's all..."
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One of the men from Thorns shakes his head. "We have no questions. We'd just like to say that finding this place has been a blessing." The other man nods and speaks. "We're ready to do what we must to stay here. Your people have been very kind to us." The seamstress smiles and nods in agreement.
Ellana is finally too exhausted to keep running and slows to a walk. What few lights were lit in the town are now turning to distant shimmers. The rolling expanse of the plains stretch out into the distance. This place has had a strange feeling to it ever since she arrived. Something very powerful. Now that she's surrounded in darkness, it seems easier for her to put her finger on it. It draws her in a direction, towards a long stretch of flat ground in the near distance.
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Are you going home for the holidays? If so, you're one of millions. But at this time of year, with so much emphasis on being home for Christmas, what about those who aren't quite sure where "home" is?
The third culture kids, military brats and wanderlust-ridden travelers of the world -- what defines home for them? We asked several of them to meditate on the idea of home this holiday season. They searched their hearts, and here's what they decided is home.
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You've probably flown over Hannah Palmer's childhood homes -- or, at least, the sites where they used to be. She grew up in Atlanta, near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Hartsfield-Jackson is the busiest airport in the world, and has been for the past 15 years. As it expanded, the airport and related development projects ate up all three of the houses Palmer lived in as a child. They became "warehouses, runways, and in one case, a CVS Pharmacy," she said. "I literally can't go home again."
Now in her 30s with a child of her own, Palmer still lives near the airport, in the Metro Atlanta city of East Point. She's troubled by the fact that she'll never be able to show her children the places she grew up, and is trying to preserve their history as well as she can. Her MFA thesis, which she's now turning into a book, focused on communities that disappeared as the airport expanded.
"To find the truth about what happened to my houses, to my family, and to their communities, I have picked through the ruins of kudzu-covered, airport-owned ghost towns, visited carefully preserved cemeteries between the runways, and tracked down an entire subdivision built out of relocated airport-area houses," she said. "I've had awkward interviews with former residents, business owners, community leaders, firemen, homeless men, and my own mom and dad. The quest is like trying to locate a body, 30 years later."
And what has she learned about the idea of home in the process? That it's as much about the stories and memories as it is about the physical place.
"Cities are ephemeral," she said, "but stories remain a powerful force for shaping the places we call home."
'A serious case of wanderlust'
Neha Shastry hated moving as a child. Before she went to college, her family had moved seven times and she'd lived in India, Singapore, Indonesia, and Washington, D.C. She was jealous of the kids she met who had lived in the same house their whole lives -- "I craved this kind of stability."
But when it was time for her to go off to college, Shastry had an epiphany.
"I was itching to go somewhere else and begin anew," she said. So she decided to attend the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Even then, "four years in one place seemed like an eternity." By that point, she knew she was meant to travel.
Now that she's graduated, Shastry is living in London and pursuing a journalism career, "a path that ensures travel and instability," she said. "I can't wait to see where I go next."
As for home, Shastry has decided that "it's wherever I want it to be, and I wouldn't have it any other way."
'I really can't say where I am from'
Nicole Eisenschenk tells people she's from Florida, "because it's easy" and it's where she lived the longest as a kid. But the details are a little more complicated.
Eisenschenk was born in Hawaii, the daughter of a British woman and an American man who was stationed in Pearl Harbor with the Marines. Her dad's family is in Minnesota; her mom's in Malta. She was raised in North Carolina, Texas and Florida. And she currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand, where she works as an English teacher.
"I remember all the homes I have lived in and each had its great memories," she said. "Each place, there was some significant event that happened there."
Still, Eisenschenk believes it's not really the towns or houses that matter.
"I feel at home when I am with my family, be that my immediate family or my extended family," she said. "The homes don't matter too much, but the love and the memories are what make a family. Wherever they are is where my home is."
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Teresa Lister says that being a military brat, constantly on the move, has its challenges.
It means "a lifetime of moving here and there, of giving up all your friends, of not having holidays with grandparents or even knowing your cousins," she said. "There are no high school reunions or invitations to school chums' weddings or watching our children grow up together."
"There are many things I have missed in life because of these journeys," said Lister. But still, as she's gotten older, she's begun to appreciate the things she experienced in her military family.
"Because of my father's career, I have traveled the world and seen things the majority of Americans will never see," she said. She's visited the pyramids of Egypt and enjoyed cups of chai in Pakistan.
Now living in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Lister has decided she knows what makes a home: love.
"Home is shopping with my daughter and sharing our morning together. Home is curling up on the couch with my husband of over 40 years or waking up at dawn to the sound of my granddaughter wanting me to come see the morning glories with her. Home is ... the quiet place where you listen to the sounds of nature or sit alone with the presence of God," she said.
"Home is where you are loved."
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Winsted's Whiting Mills event organizers to hold rescheduled Bubbles and Truffles fundraiser on Friday night
WINSTED >> If you are looking for a place to celebrate Valentines Day with your friends and family come to Bubbles and Truffles at the Whiting Mills on Friday, Feb. 15. Along with the wine and beer tasting, there will be food, truffles and entertainment for everyone to enjoy. Join The Friends of Main Street and Whiting Mills in Winsted's premier winter event... it's perfect for celebrating Valentine's Day.
The seventh annual wine tasting and chocolate extravaganza fundraiser will be on Friday, Feb. 8, at the Whiting Mills on Holabird Avenue in Winsted from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased for $25.00 in advance or $35 at the door. Reservations can be made by calling the Friends of Main Street at 738-3351 or inquire by email at email@example.com. Proceeds from the event will benefit Friends of Main Street and Winsted's downtown revitalization.
Ledgebrook Spirit Shoppe in the Ledgebrook Plaza has partnered with Friends of Main Street and attendees will be able to sample forty wines from 8 different vendors. A selection of beers will again be featured for those who prefer something besides wine. Event sponsors of the seventh annual Bubbles and Truffles are AT&T, Northwest Community Bank, and the Whiting Mills, LLC.
Helen Ruwet Bunnell, Executive Director of the Friends of Main Street said that "Bubbles and Truffles is a major fundraiser for the Friends of Main Street but it is also an opportunity for business owners; members and friends to network and socialize. The event has been a tremendous success over the last 6 years and everyone is looking forward to this year's event."


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The window on my new-to-me little Honda Prelude was still frosty but I could see good enough for the early morning drive to school, I thought. Just the day before I spent $54 on tags, and just the day before that I added the little economy car on our insurance policy.
When I "kissed" the bumper of the 4-wheel drive Dakota on our driveway with the front quarter panel of the Prelude Friday morning the fact that I was tagged and insured did nothing to soften my dismay at the resulting "crunch."
It is no secret in our family that I have not had good luck with cars. I much prefer to drive a truck with a good bumper — it is just better that way.
My first car as a college student was a little bright orange pumpkin called a Pinto Pony. It was fun to buzz around in and it got good gas mileage on my trips back and forth from Goessel America to the University of Kansas.
When it bombed out somewhere near Burlington one day, I did remember vaguely that my father had told me to check the oil every now and then. But I thought he meant then, not now!
Another memorable little car in my life was the white Ford Taurus. It lasted a year or two before I had a little mishap at the corner a mile north of our farm. I slid through an icy intersection and hit a truck with a topper and a bed full of fish.
Now that was one very weird almost out-of-body experience. I was traveling north; the little truck was coming up a hill the bad intersection from the east. It was almost invisible because of the high ditch sides and overgrowth. I saw a flash of sun reflecting off his windshield just moments before hitting my brakes, and sliding into the other vehicle, right behind the passenger door.
The moment from when I knew I was going to hit him to when I actually did seemed to last a lifetime, though it was probably milliseconds. I guess I should be glad the only casualty was the 20 or 30 fish that went flying out of the back of his truck along with the topper. Well, my car was a casualty as well, it never ran right again after that accident.
I am glad to say my little Prelude still runs fine after our driveway incident. It was a good lesson for my 14-year-old daughter however. She got out to survey the damage and noted the truck bumper had only a small smudge of white paint.
Her only comment as she looked at the crunched entire front quarter panel of the car was, "I think I want to drive the truck when I get my learner's permit this summer."
Smart girl. I have to agree, clunkers and trucks have a very important place in our society. They are much safer for young drivers as well as for moms who do not have the best of luck in cars. Little cars might take less gas in the long run, but they just do not do well without oil and certainly do not stand up against fish trucks. They simply are not built to protect our most precious cargo — human life — either.


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World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, by BROWN,LESTER R.
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 1/17/2011
We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skillfully distills in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into play, he provides the responses needed to reclaim our future.
This book is one of the best summaries of the current global environment crisis. Many of the problems outlined in the book are solid problems that are occurring in the world at this very moment: global climate change, over grazing and over use of water from aquifers, poverty, illiteracy, and unsustainable population growth. Lester Brown, the guru of greening our way out of our environmental mess, points to water scarcity, higher energy prices, and looming food shortages as the coming "perfect storm" to undo much of the progress we have made--and perhaps civilization itself.The writing is well done, with the issues and solutions presented in a way that a non-scientist can understand.
''Lester Brown is one of the pioneers and heroes of global environmentalism. If the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize had been extended to a third recipient, the logical candidate would have been Lester Brown.'' -E. O. Wilson


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imap_uid() retourne l'UID pour le message
msgno. Un UID est un identifiant unique
que ne change jamais, alors que le numéro du message dans
la liste des messages peut changer à toute modification
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Un flux IMAP retourné par la fonction imap_open().
Le numéro du message.
L'UID d'un message donné.
Cette fonctionnalité n'est pas supportée par les boîtes aux lettres POP3.
Be aware that the uid is unique in a single mailbox. That means a message can have as much uids as mailboxes
I would like to point out that, at least in the case of Gmail, the UIDs of emails are changed if they are moved from one folder to another. Even if moved back to the same folder the UIDs get incremented and thus changed.
I found this the hard way after relaying on the notion that UIDs do not change as I found almost everywhere in the docs.
Please note that message_id in the header is NOT the UID - and its dangerous to use as many mail progs don't put a message id in
The uid will change in case of unsing imap_expunge. Be shure that
all work ist done before using imap_expunge.
If you want emulated POP3 UIDL support, then you can either use my imap function wrapper class, or just copy/modify it's header to UIDL hashing method:
clarification for Andreas' note about imap_expunge()...
imap_expunge() does indeed change the UID, but only *after* the IMAP stream has closed and then reconnects.
You can use imap_expunge() as many times as you want within one IMAP stream (no reconnects) and the UID stays the same while the Msgno will change with imap_delete() followed by imap_expunge().
A little quirk of UIDs in a PUBLIC folder in MDaemon (and perhaps other servers?). The UIDs may be unsynchronised between users if the server's option to store flags on a per-user basis is turned on. That is, a message may have a UID of 5 for one user (meaning it was the 5th message to enter the box) but 3 for another user (who perhaps subscribed to the box later). If this is a problem, turn off the per-user option for the mailbox.


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1. tyrannize - verb
· rule a country as a tyrant
Synonym(s): tyrannise, grind_down
Hypernym(s): dictate
2. tyrannize - verb
· rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
Synonym(s): tyrannise, domineer
Hypernym(s): strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss_around, hector, push_around
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Yes guys you can use this too. What i have found is if you use the facial smoother before you have a shave then a quick wash off, apply shaving gel or foam and have a shave.
easy shave and tremendously smooth skin afterwards. No need for aftershave gel.
A great product, use it and find out for yourselves.
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A great product that is so soft, but tough on the dead skin cells that leaves skin feeling super-smooth.
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The Face smoother is gently, but firm with the dead skin cells, leaving a clean fresh face.
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I love the whole range of Eternity, and the smoother is now part of my 'spa at home' regime, it's very quick and easy and that's important to me. After I've used the smoother my skin feels amazing. My skin is really sensitive but the Xenca Smoother leaves my skin feeling clean and smooth – and more importantly for me, not irritated.
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WOW. Like the other skin care pumps, this also delivers a generous amount of product so you could probably get away with half a pump. After using this product my skin felt so soft. Salon Soft!. I would think that this would also make a great pre-shave scrub for the gents.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fresh from South Korea, IUS Technologies enters the US market with its sights set on leading distribution technology for utilities and working with companies like Siemens, SAIC, and AEP. IUS is a subsidiary of $1B Vitzro Group - one of South Korea's leading Smart Grid technology manufacturers.
"People in South Korea can't comprehend why the US continues to suffer from such widespread power outages," says Scott Zajkowski, IUS Marketing Manager. "There is only one utility in Korea which is government owned, and they only budget for the best technology. Vitzro created the world's most stable technology for utilities, and it is the foundation of Korea's electric power industry. Vitzro is now making that available for the United States at just the right time for more intelligent Smart Grid deployments."
Vitzro Group has funded the creation of an entire, self-standing US subsidiary with its own local workforce, local leadership and local manufacturing in Alpharetta, Georgia, considered one of the fastest growing cities in the state and a hotbed for high tech companies according to the Technology Association of Georgia.
IUS purchased a 20,000 sq.ft. multimillion-dollar plant located in Alpharetta, Ga., where they anticipate hiring local engineers, technicians and staff. IUS "Born Smart™" devices work to optimize the grid by reducing consumption and waste, decreasing CO2 and greenhouse emissions, and increasing grid capacity - all while reducing customer outages.
The company will debut its Born Smart™ suite of proven power distribution products at the 2013 DistribuTECH conference, January 29-31 at the San Diego Convention Center, in booth 1550.
About IUS Technologies
IUS Technologies develops products that ease the progress of US Utilities toward a true and reliable Smart Grid through distribution automation. IUS's technologies and Born Smart ™ devices include Smart Grid Sensors, Distribution Automation, Oil Degradation & Load Monitoring Systems, Power Transformers and Bushing Current Transformers. For more information about IUS Technologies, visit http://www.ius-tech.com.


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"Kids will be able to take to land or sea with different play sets, including an Ultimate Black Pearl ship measuring nearly three feet long!"
I'm with HoloE for the most part...I thought they lacked articulation dramatically, highly limited articulation,
The figs aren't great and are overpriced.
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the price, and The price, if lower, would have maybe changed my mind I think.
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Home Fire
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There was a fire that burned a house down. The local police are trying to find out how it started. There was a man and three children who are missing.
No one knows what happened to them. When the police first looked at the burned home, they did not see any bodies. They were not sure if the people were killed by the fire.
A home fire can be very dangerous. Many things can start a fire in the home. It is important that a home is clean and safe so fires will not be started.
The mother of the missing children could not find them. She did not know if they were in the home before it burned. She has not seen the father or her children since the fire.
The police are not sure how the fire started. Some people start fires on purpose. There is nothing that shows that the fire was started on purpose but the police want to make sure.
(This was adapted from an original story provided by News10 KXTV Sacramento.)


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NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Is NFC dead…again?
Some industry observers are looking at the growing interest globally in use of QR codes for mobile payments following the rapid take-up of Alipay and WeChat Pay in China and are speculating that it's only a matter of time for the technology to overtake and perhaps replace NFC, even in developed markets. But experts on a recent industry panel in Asia see continued demand for NFC.
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NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Japan's popular 7-Eleven convenience store chain reported Thursday a major hack of its QR code-based mobile-payments app, but the breach appears to be due to poorly designed security protections in the app.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Two more large Nordic banks, Nordea and Swedbank, have launched contactless payments on analog watches, using technology from Swedish provisioning company Fidesmo that enables consumers to buy the watches and provision them with tokenized Mastercard-branded cards after the sale by tapping the watches on Android NFC phones.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple's expansion this week into 13 new European countries may not look so good on paper, but it follows a divide-and-conquer strategy that Apple has used effectively before.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Visa plans to buy the payments and ticketing unit of U.S.-based chip company Rambus for $75 million, as the payments network seeks to expand tokenization beyond Visa cards, including to bank accounts used for real-time payments, as well as to transactions processed by domestic networks.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – While contactless payments in the U.S. is "expected to accelerate in the near future," merchants and issuers must improve the "POS experience" for consumers, the U.S. Payments Forum, a payments industry trade group, said today.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Following a successful launch of its closed-loop Mifare-based transit payments service, myki, with Google Pay, Melbourne, Australia, transit authority Public Transport Victoria has allocated AU$1 million to expand the service onto other smartphone platforms, including iOS and the iPhone, an agency spokeswoman confirmed to NFC Times.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The recent announcement by large Spain-based banking group BBVA of plans to enable more banks across its footprint in Latin America to roll out the NFC-enabled BBVA Wallet as part of their banking apps could run into problems, given trends for low take-up of bank-issued NFC wallets.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – While open-loop transit payments services, such as one being launched this week by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, get most of the attention, most public transit agencies and operators do not plan to accept credit and debit cards directly for payment of fares anytime soon.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Unlike in most developed countries in Europe and Asia, in the U.S., only a small percentage of the population regularly uses mass transit. But New York City is an exception, with more than 4 billion transit trips per year in the metropolitan area–seven times greater than in the next largest U.S. city in terms of transit use, Chicago.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Another one of Australia's big four banks, National Australia Bank, has given in to pressure from customers and has agreed to support Apple Pay.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based sports and entertainment ticketing vendor Ticketmaster sees its new digital-ticketing technology–supporting bar codes and NFC–as a way to reduce fraud and stay in touch with both ticket purchasers and event attendees.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Japan's mobile payments market is expanding, but the talk is not about NFC payments services, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay or the pioneering FeliCa wallet services originally pushed by NTT DoCoMo and rail operator JR East.


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Not releasing this quite yet, still polishing and adding content.
The map was originally created by sweetnutz, unfortunately the map doesn't work well with current urt, textures are missing and the external lightmaps didn't work on the bumpy versions of the renderer.
For the update I fixed the broken brushes, seams showing. Re made the terrain textures/shaders. Removed all the old models and replaced them with new ones with larger, better quality textures. eg:
The map requires some minor work to complete.
No .map file was available so I began work with a decompile which removed all the models. I created new tree models (4 types) and added them back. The roads are now models with the tyre tracks re-oriented. A lot of work so far.


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Volvo Airbag Module Crash Data Reset
Has your vehicle been involved in an accident? Need an Airbag Module Reset? Youve just reached the right place; simply hire our professional repair service and we will help you with your airbag problem at a very competitive price.
Has your airbag been deployed? Does your airbag light stay on? Do you need your airbag module to be reset?
If so your dealer will tell you that you will require a new airbag module at a crazy price. In contrast, we at Autotronics can help you not only with your airbag problem but also to save money too.
Our high-end equipment includes sophisticated diagnostic computers to assist us, providing a quick and efficient solution to every possible airbag issue.
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- What do we do? We can reset your airbag module and remove the crash data from it. Once we finish resetting the airbag module, it will be like new and your airbag light will go out. The work we carry out on your airbag module is completely safe.
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Wanaka Family Recharge
Co-ordinating family holidays is difficult but when you make it to Wanaka...wow!
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My husband and our three children have been long overdue for a family holiday for some time now but have always found it hard to get away and trying to co-ordinate jobs, school holidays and pre-schoolers! HOWEVER, we finally made it down to Wanaka this winter as we both really wanted to get the kids to learn to ski.
We flew direct from Auckland to Queenstown and decided to hire a car for simplicity's sake – and it was only an hour's drive over the most stunning landscape. A friend of ours suggested staying at Edgewater, having stayed there herself with kids and it was just perfect. We got a self contained 2 bedroom apartment which allowed us to do our own breakfast, make our lunches to take up the mountain and then feed the little ones at night before we could enjoy a little adult time with other 'grown-ups' in the restaurant. I have to say the food and wine was just superb – a really neat menu of a lot of local fare and special things that you just wouldn't be able to order in Auckland. The staff were really great too. Local knowledge is just so helpful when you're a parent and time is never on your side!!
We ended up doing three days straight at Cardrona where, like everything else we came across, the facilities and staff were just brilliant. The people in the Wanaka region are just so genuinely friendly and hospitable! We put the children straight into ski school and took ourselves off to Captain's Basin for some really lovely skiing – such nice snow and so great to be able to sit down for a coffee in the restaurant every time the old legs started to burn a bit!
The weather came in a bit for our last few days but it really didn't matter. From Edgewater, there are a number of lovely lakeside trails that we took the kids walking down – and we could even hire bikes from the hotel which let us explore further afield as well. We've also made great friends with a number of ducks who looked rather sad when we ran out of bread scraps on our last day!
Having had such a good time (young and old!) I'm really determined to get us back to Edgewater for another holiday – and would love to see the place in the summer as well! Many thanks to the team there for a truely wonderful holiday!
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Nov. 4 that it has denied a petition filed Aug. 3, by the American Bird Conservancy and other groups calling for a ban on the manufacture, use and processing of lead in shot, bullets, and fishing sinkers.
EPA Assistant Administrator Stephen A. Owens sent a letter to Michael Fry, the conservancy's director of conservation advocacy, saying the petitioners "have not demonstrated [such a rule] is necessary to protect against an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment" as required by section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Owens cited increasing limits on lead fishing gear on some federal and state lands, along with increasing federal outreach, which he said "calls into question whether the broad rulemaking requested in your petition would be the least burdensome, adequately protective approach. EPA also notes that the prevalence of non-lead alternatives in the marketplace continues to increase," he added.
EPA had denied the part of the petition relating to ammunition on Aug. 27, saying it does not have legal authority to regulate ammunition under TSCA.