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Berserker (2-PT Merit)
The Beast is in you, but you know how to direct and make use of it. You have the capacity to frenzy at will, and are thus able to ignore your wound penalties. However, you must pay the consequences of your actions while in frenzy just as you normally would. Your chance of entering an unwilling frenzy is also unaffected.
Common Sense (1-PT. Merit)
You have a significant amount of practical, everyday wisdom. Whenever the character is about to act in a way contrary to common sense, the Storyteller can make suggestion or warnings about the implications of said action. This is a very useful Merit to give to beginning players unfamiliar with the game.
Concentration (1-PT. Merit)
You have the ability to focus your mind and shut out any distractions or annoyances. Characters with this Merit are unaffected by any penalties stemming from distracting circumstances (e.g., loud noises, strobe lights, hanging upside down).
Calm Heart (3-PT. Merit)
You are naturally calm and do not easily fly off the handle. You receive two extra dice when attempting to resist a frenzy. Brujah may not take this Trait.
Code of Honor (2-PT. Merit)
You have a personal code of ethics to which you adhere. The specifics of this code must be worked out with the Storyteller prior to play, and the character must follow it strictly. Characters with this Merit gain two additional dice to all Willpower or Virtue rolls when acting in accordance with their code (e.g., defending the helpless) or when attempting to avoid situations that might force them to violate their code.
Coldly Logical (1-PT. Merit)
While some might refer to you as a cold fish, you have a knack for separating factual reporting from emotional or hysterical coloration. You may or may not be emotional yourself, but you can see clearly when others are clouding the facts with their feelings (-1 difficulty on all Sense Deception and related rolls).
Derangement's (Points depends on the type of derangement speak to an ST)
Dual Nature (2-PT Merit)
You have two distinct Natures, both of which have an influence on your personality and behavior. When you pick these Natures, be careful to choose Archetypes that are somewhat compatible. Dual Nature does not mean schizophrenia (that is a Derangement). This Merit allows you to regain Willpower using both Natures. You may still choose a Demeanor, and it can be as different from the character Natures as the player desires.
Eidetic Memory (2-PT. Merit)
You remember, with perfect detail, things seen and heard. Documents, photographs, conversations, etc., can be committed to memory with only minor concentration. Under stressful conditions involving numerous distractions, you must make a Perception + Alertness roll (difficulty 6) to summon enough concentration to absorb what your senses detect.
Fast Reader (1 pt Merits)
You can read and understand a piece of writing far faster than most people. Although it can make long journeys by train or carriage expensive propositions due to the number of books you go through, it allows you to quickly extract useful information from anything written in your native language.
Good Map Reader (1 pt Merits)
You're the Holy Grail of travelers everywhere: someone who can read a map well. Whether you're using an old map carved into animal leather or a few brushes on a vellium scroll, you can find your way to where you need to be.
Good Recognition (1 pt Merits)
You are great at remembering the names of people you've encountered, and places youve been. You can call to mind the name of somebody you met briefly at a party three years ago, while you were a bit drunk, as clearly as if you'd met them only yesterday. You can also remember the streets you staggered along on your way home. You're even good at remembering the names of people mentioned in newspaper stories and broadcast reports, and locations glimpsed in still photographs.
Higher Purpose (1 pt Merit)
You have a goal that drives and directs you in every thing. You do not concern yourself with petty matters and casual concerns, because your higher purpose is everything Though you may sometimes be driven by this purpose and find yourself forced to behave in ways contrary to the need of personal survival, it can also grant you great persona strength. You gain two extra dice on all rolls that have anything to do with this higher purpose. You need to decide what your higher purpose is. Make sure you talk it over with the Storyteller first. (If you have the Flaw Driving Goal below you cannot take this Merit)
Healthy Skepticism (1 pt Merits)
You're good at separating truth from fiction, and someone has to be up pretty damn early to catch you off guard. You rarely take what people say at face value until youre able to check the details yourself. This merit allows you to reduce the difficulty of any roll to perceive a lie by two. It should be role played as much as possible.
Iron Will (3-PT. Merit)
When you are determined and your mind is set, nothing can thwart you from your goals. When you are affected by a Dominate power, you may spend a point of Willpower to shake off the effects. In addition, you receive three extra dice to resist the effects of any mind-altering magic, spell or Thaumaturgy path. This Merit does not affect Presence or other powers dealing with the emotions
Light Sleeper (2-PT. Merit)
You can awaken instantly at any sign of trouble or danger, and do so without any sleepiness or hesitation. You may ignore rules regarding how Humanity/Path restricts the number of dice available during the day.
Natural Linguist (2-PT. Merit)
You have a flair for languages. You may add three dice to any dice pool involving written or spoken languages.
Optimistic (4 pt Merits)
Despite the horrors you've experienced, you have retained a basically positive outlook on life. Even when things go wrong, you face each day with the hope that things will get better. Regain two willpower when you wake each morning instead of one.
Time Sense (1-PT. Merit)
You have an innate sense of time and are able to estimate the passage of time accurately without using a watch or other mechanical device.
Self-Confident (5-PT Merit)
When you spend a point of Willpower to gain an automatic success, your self-confidence may allow you to gain the benefit of that expenditure without actually losing the Willpower point. You do not lose the point when you spend it, unless you end the roll with only one success, i.e. you do not gain any additional successes from the dice you roll. This Merit may only be used when you need confidence in your abilities in order to succeed. This means you can use it only when the difficulty of your roll is six or higher. You may spend Willpower at other times; however, if the difficulty is five or less, the Willpower will be spent no matter what you roll.
Unflappable (3 pt Merits)
You are a naturally placid person and take most things in stride. You were almost hit by a car? That was close. Your wife has left you? Ah, well. Although you have emotions as others do, you dont let them affect you to the same degree. You gain two extra dice on any Willpower roll that involves staying calm and not overreacting to mundane experiences. It simply helps you to cope with the plausible and unfortunate aspects of everyday life. You might have witnessed dead bodies before, and can deal with seeing them now, but seeing a dead body thats partially devoured is probably beyond your previous experience.
Useful Knowledge (1-PT Merit)
Your knowledge in a specific field makes your conversation intriguing to an older Kindred. He has an interest in keeping you around.
Attention-Deficit Disorder (2 pt flaw)
You have a hard time sitting still and paying attention for more than a few minutes. If you must sit still and quiet for more than 10 minutes, such as when keeping watch, you must make a Willpower roll at difficulty 6. On a failure, you lose interest in your task and are distracted from it.
Amnesia (2-PT. Flaw)
You are unable to remember anything about your past, yourself or your family, though your past might well come back to haunt you. Your origins and the circumstances behind your amnesia are for the Storyteller to determine, and she is encouraged to make it as interesting as possible.
Absent-Minded (3-PT Flaw)
This Flaw may not be taken with the Merit Concentration. Though you do not forget such things as Knowledge's or Skills, you do forget names, addresses, and when you last ate. In order to remember anything more than your own name and the location of your haven, you need to make a Wits roll or, as a last resort, spend a Willpower point.
Anachronism (2 pt Flaw)
You have been a vampire for some time, and are unable (or unwilling) to keep up with the changing times. An Intelligence roll is needed whenever you have to deal with something from a later period than your own breathing days. If the roll is failed, total the net failures and use this total as a negative modifier to your attempts. Example: Osric, a fifth-century Goth by birth, has this Flaw and is attempting to deal with a computer. His Intelligence roll results in two net failures. Osric now has a two-dice penalty when determining the outcome of his attempt to make the infernal machine cooperate. Note that characters with this Flaw will generally have been vampires for longer than the 50 years suggested in Vampire, so Storytellers should decide whether or not to allow this Flaw in their chronicles.
Bad Liar (1 pt Flaw)
You have tremendous trouble lying. The spontaneous excuses that you come up with are usually unbelievably elaborate or easily refuted with the bare modicum of research. While telling a prefabricated lie, you stutter, stammer, blush and generally look guilty. Increase the difficulty of any roll that involves verbal deception by two.
Bully (1 pt Flaw)
You tend to push people around when you can get away with it. This aggression doesnt necessarily require a physical display; it is often purely social. You chafe under the leadership of more forceful personalities and can be a malcontent when you arent in charge.
Eating Disorder (2 pt Flaw)
You have an unhealthy obsession with your appearance and have chosen to starve yourself in order to lose weight. Increase the difficulty of any Stamina-related rolls by two.
Flashbacks (6 pt Flaw)
The most insignificant thing can throw you into a different mood or state of mind. Your behavior is extremely unpredictable. Because of your precarious emotional state, your Willpower fluctuates. At the beginning of each story, make a Willpower roll (you may not spend Willpower for an automatic success, obviously). If you succeed, you may participate in the story as normal. If you fail, however, your Willpower is considered to be 1 for the duration of that session. You may roll again at the beginning of the next session to see if you regain your wits.
Revised (3rd) Edition Physical Merits and Flaws From
The Guide To The Sabbat
Faint of Heart (3 pt Flaw)
The sight of gore and blood shocks you to the core. If you witness a gruesome scene, you must make a Willpower roll, difficulty 6, to avoid debilitating nausea for five to ten minutes. The difficulty of all actions increases by one when you're in this state.
Chronic Pessimist (1 pt Flaw)
You think the glass is half-empty, the water in the glass is contaminated, and that the glass will probably tip over at any second. Others practice pessimism out of habit. For you, its an art form. Nothing can ever go right, especially plans that others propose. You are the implacable voice of gloom and doom, always ready to point out a potential problem no matter how remote a chance it has of coming to pass. Add two to the difficulty of your leadership rolls.
Crude (1 Pt Flaw)
You never learned any manners while growing up. You talk with your mouth full, burp loudly and slurp your soup. When interacting with others in any refined or formal environment, increase the difficulty of all Social rolls by two.
Confused (2-PT Flaw)
You are often confused, and the world seems to be a very distorted and twisted place. Sometimes you are simply unable to make sense of things. You need to role-play this behavior all the time to a small degree, but your confusion becomes especially strong whenever stimuli surround you (such as when a number of different people talk all at once, or you enter a nightclub with loud pounding music). You may spend Willpower to override the effects of your confusion, but only temporarily.
Compulsion (1 pt Flaw)
You have a psychological compulsion of some sort which can cause you a number of different problems. You compulsion may be for cleanliness, perfection, bragging stealing, gaming, exaggeration or just talking. A compulsion can be temporarily avoided at the cost of a Willpower point,. but is in effect at all other times.
Compulsive Liar (2 pt Flaw)
You feel the need to put your personal spin on the truth. You don't necessarily do so out of spite or malice, and you may come to genuinely believe the tall tales that you tell (especially when you spin them often enough.) You might have to spend a Willpower point to force yourself to be honest, especially if it means publicly revealing a previous lie.
Callous (4-PT Flaw)
You are unusually cold and heartless toward others (human, Vampire, Kinfolk or otherwise), even when they are in the worst of trouble. You will help, but only when you actually feel like it and if there is some payment to you. You would even turn your back on your mother, unless there was some good reason not to. You must spend one Willpower point to come to someone's aid. You may not take Caretaker as either your Nature or Demeanor, nor may you possess the Empathy Ability.
Depression (4 pts Flaw)
You're mired in a pit of bleak, mind-numbing sorrow. Convinced that your eternally dark mood is completely natural – or deserved – you refuse to seek professional help. You do not regain a point of Willpower per day as most characters do. Instead, you may gain Willpower only through actions, and even those must ardently reaffirm your goals. If you ever acquire the Manic-Depression derangement, the points spent on this flaw are freed up and must be spent on new Flaws.
Deep Sleeper (1-PT. Flaw)
When you sleep, it is very difficult for you to awaken. The difficulty of any die roll to awaken during the day is increased by two.
Driving Goal (3 pt Flaw)
You have a personal goal, which sometimes compel and directs you in startling ways. The goal is always limitless in depth, and you can never truly achieve it. It could be to eradicate the Sabbat or achieve Golconda.. Because you must work toward your goal throughout the chronicle (though you can avoid it for short periods by spending Willpower), it will get you into trouble and may jeopardize other actions. Choose your driving goal carefully, as it will direct and focus everything your character does.
Defensive (1 pt Flaw)
You have problems taking responsibility for your actions. Perhaps you view yourself as perfectionist, or maybe you're simply too immature to accept the blame for failure. When things go wrong, you look for ways to blame others and rarely accept blame or criticism for your actions without contention.
Gullible (1 pt Flaw)
You have a lot of trouble separating truth from fiction. You're not stupid, you just tend to believe what people tell you rather than to take things with a grain of salt. Increase by two the difficulty of any roll to detect lies.
Gambling Addict (1 pt Flaw)
You are addicted to wagering money on games of chance. A sizable chunk of your income goes to sustaining your habit, and even when you win you inevitably gamble your winnings away. You're too much of an addict to walk away with a profit over any extended period of time. Increase the difficulty of any Resource rolls you attempt by two.
Honest to a Fault (2 pt Flaw)
You always try to tell the truth, no matter what the situation. You wont stretch it, bend it, or manipulate it to take advantage of others unless human lives are in jeopardy. If you do attempt to lie to someone, the difficulty of any roll involved is increased by two.
Hatred (3 pt Flaw)
You have an unreasoning hatred of a certain thing. This hate is total and largely uncontrollable. You may hate species of animal, a class of person, a color, a situation- anything. You must make a frenzy roll whenever faced with the object of your hatred. You constantly pursue opportunities to harm the hated object or to gain power over it.
Insensitive (1 pt flaw)
You have problems understanding how to gauge the emotional reactions of others. You can be rather blunt in handling delicate matters, and you often find yourself apologizing without really understanding what you've done to offend someone. Add two to the difficulty of any Empathy rolls you attempt.
Impatient (1-PT. Flaw)
You have no patience for standing around and waiting. You want to do things NOW and the Devil take the hindmost. Every time you are forced to wait around instead of acting, a Self-Control roll is required to see if you go haring off on your own instead.
Intolerance (1 pt Flaw)
You have an unreasoning dislike of a certain thing. This may be an animal, a class of person, a color, a situation, or just about anything at all. The difficulties of all dice roll involving the subject are increased by two. Note that some dislikes may be too trivial to be reflected here-a dislike of White Wolf Magazine or tissue paper, for instance, will have little effect on play in most chronicles. The Storyteller is the final arbiter on what you can pick to dislike.
Illiterate (1 pt Flaw)
Through lack of education or as the result of a condition like dyslexia, you are unable to read or write.
Inept (5 pt Flaw)
You are not attuned to your natural aptitudes, and therefore have five fewer points to spend on your Talents (so the greatest number of points you can spend on your Talents at the beginning of play would be eight, and the fewest would be zero). Of course, you can still spend freebie points to buy Talents. However, at the beginning of the game, you cannot have more than three dots in any Talent.
Jack-Of-All-Trades (5 pt Merit)
You have a large pool of miscellaneous skills and knowledge obtained through your extensive travels, the jobs you've held, or just all-around know-how. You automatically have one dot in all Skill and Knowledge Dice Pools. This is an illusory level, used only to simulate a wide range of abilities. If the character trains or spends experience in the Skill or Knowledge, he must first buy one dot, then two, etc. as if he had no dot in it
Low Self-image (2-PT Flaw)
You lack self-confidence and dont believe in yourself You have two fewer dice in situations where you don't expect to succeed (at the Storytellers discretion, though the penalty might be limited to one die if you help the Storyteller by pointing out times when this Flaw might affect you ). At the Storytellers option, you may be required to make Willpower rolls to do things that require self confidence, or even to use a Willpower point when others would not be obliged to do so.
Lunacy (2-PT. Flaw)
You are affected by the phases of the moon, increasing your chances to frenzy. Under the crescent moon, difficulties to avoid frenzy increase by one. Under the half or gibbous moon, difficulties rise by two. When the moon is full, difficulties increase by three.
Lustful (2 pt Flaw)
You cant resist the erotic advances of the appropriate gender(s). You are easily seduced and often exhibit very poor judgment when dealing with sexually attractive people. The difficulty of any attempts to seduce you is reduced by two.
Masochist (1-PT Flaw)
You like to suffer pain, torture and ridicule are your meat and drink, so you gladly volunteer for any venture that guarantees physical and mental agony;. Masochism goes beyond a desire to prove worth and loyalty; your mind finds pleasure in it.
Non-confrontational (1 pt flaw)
You have a hard time bringing up difficult subjects with others. You're willing to make a lot of sacrifices to avoid interpersonal confrontations. You let people have their way simply to avoid fights, and often you step into arguments and attempt to end them without any thought about the outcome of the discussion so long as it ends. You have a hard time coping with pushy people and find yourself making a lot of compromises that you later wish you hadn't. Add two to the difficulty of any roll that involves debating or arguing with someone who is normally friendly with you.
Nightmares (1-PT. Flaw)
You experience horrendous nightmares every time you sleep, and memories of them haunt you during your waking hours. Upon awakening, you must make a Willpower roll (difficulty 7) or lose a die on all actions for that night. A botched Willpower roll indicates that, even when awake, you still believe that you are locked in a nightmare.
Overconfident (1 pt Flaw)
You have an exaggerated and unshakable opinion of your own worth and capabilities-you never hesitate to trust your abilities, even in situations where you risk defeat. Because your abilities may not be enough, such overconfidence can be very dangerous. When you do fail, you quickly find someone or something else to blame. If you are convincing enough, you can infect others with your overconfidence.
Phobia (2-PT. Flaw)
You have an overpowering fear of something. Spiders, snakes, crowds and heights are examples of common phobias. You must make a Courage roll every time you encounter the object of your fear. The difficulty of the roll is determined by the Storyteller, and if you fail the roll you must retreat from the object.
Phobia (Severe) (3 pt Flaw)
You have an overpowering fear of something. Common objects of fear include certain animals, insects, crowds, open spaces, confined spaces, heights, and so on. You must make a Courage roll not to enter Rotschreck when faced with the object of your fear. The difficulty depends on the circumstances. If you fail the roll, you must retreat in terror from the object of fear. If you score fewer than three successes, you will not approach it. The Storyteller has final say over which phobias are allowed in a chronicle.
Prey Exclusion (1-PT. Flaw)
You refuse to hunt a certain class of prey. You might refuse to feed upon drug dealers, or policemen, or accountants, or rich people - if you accidentally feed upon such an individual, you automatically frenzy and must make a roll to prevent Humanity loss (difficulty 7). Witnessing other Kindred feeding on the object of your exclusion might also provoke a frenzy, at the Storytellers discretion. Ventrue, owing to the limitations imposed on their feeding by their clan weakness, may not take this Flaw.
Sadism/Masochism (2-PT Flaw)
You are excited either by causing pain or receiving it. In many situations, you will seek either to be hurt or hurt someone for your pleasure. For a masochist (someone who enjoys pain), your soak roll for actual physical damage is increased by one because you really want to feel the pain. A sadist(someone who likes to hurt others) must make a Willpower roll verses a 5 to stop combat (modified depending on how much you are into the attack and how much you are enjoying hurting the other person). If you fail, you are so caught up in the event that you are unaware of anything else happening around you
Short Temper (1 pt flaw)
You are easily driven to distraction by what would otherwise be minor failures and other frustrations. If you fail to gain any successes on any single roll during an extended action, increase the difficulty of all subsequent rolls by one, cumulatively.
Slow Learner (3 pt Flaw)
You always lagged behind in school, and even the most patient people find it frustrating to teach you the simplest concepts. You aren't dumb. It just takes you longer than most to wrap your brain around things. For the purpose of figuring out how many experience points it costs to raise an Ability, add one to your current rating. Acquiring a new Ability costs four experience points, not the usual three.
Shy (1-PT. Flaw)
You are distinctly ill at ease when dealing with people and try to avoid social situations whenever possible. Difficulties for all rolls involving social interaction with strangers are increased by two. If the character becomes the center of attention in a large group, difficulties are increased by three.
Soft-hearted (1-PT. Flaw)
You cannot stand to watch others suffer. You avoid any situation that involves causing someone physical or emotional pain, unless you make a Willpower roll (difficulty
. You must have a Humanity rating of 7 or above to take this Flaw.
Short Fuse (2-PT. Flaw)
You are easily angered. Difficulties to avoid frenzy are two greater. Brujah vampires cannot take this Flaw, as they already suffer from a similar malady.
Stereotype (2-PT Flaw)
You buy heavily into all the vampire legendary you've read and heard. You wear a cape, speak with an accent and otherwise act in a cartoonish fashion. Such behavior is embarrassing in the extreme to other Kindred, who are likely to ostracize or mock you (+2 difficulty to Social rolls with other vampires who don't share your habits). Also, you stand out to hunters, and run the risk of violating the Masquerade every time you take to the streets.
Superstition (1 to 3 PT Flaw)
The character holds an erroneous belief that may inconvenience or cause them danger. More dangerous beliefs are worth more points
Trusting (1 pt Flaw)
You tend to follow your instincts when dealing with strangers. Sadly, your instincts often tell you that you can trust people. You want to believe the best about everyone you meet and tend to put yourself in situations that could become dangerous, such as accepting a ride home from a recent acquaintance, going home with a person you just met at a bar, or taking a stroll in a poorly patrolled city park after nightfall.
Thirst for Innocence (2-PT Flaw)
The sight of innocence - of any sort - arouses in you a terrible bloodlust. Roll Self-Control, or else frenzy and attack the source of your hunger.
Territorial (2-PT. Flaw)
You are extremely territorial, staking out a particular area as your hunting ground and reacting aggressively to trespassers. If another vampire enters your territory uninvited, you must make a frenzy roll. If you fail, you immediately attack the interloper and continue attacking until the intruder is dead or has left your hunting grounds. You are reluctant to leave your territory except in desperate circumstances.
Unconvinced (1-PT. Flaw)
You fail to see the need for the Masquerade and have gone on record as saying so. Taking your stand has made you suspect in the eyes of your elders, and may have attracted the Sabbats attention as well.
Uneducated (5 pt Flaw)
As Inept, above, but dealing with Knowledge Abilities.
Unskilled (5 pt Flaw)
As Inept, above, but dealing with Skill Abilities.
Weak-willed (3-PT. Flaw)
You are highly susceptible to Dominate and intimidation by others; Dominate attempts automatically affect you unless the Discipline wielder is of higher generation, and your difficulties to resist Social abilities such as Intimidation or Leadership, as well as mind-altering spells or magic, are increased by two. Your Willpower Trait may never rise above 4.
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. Technology Critical to the development of the Atlantic World is the conquering of the Atlantic Ocean and Trading Routes. Central to development is technology. The know how to conquer the seas, shipbuilding, navigational instruments, military technology (important to be dominant).
4. Exploration and Migration The movement of people first as explorers. Large numbers of people from the Old World to the New. In addition to Europeans looking for fame and fortune, which came from the Atlantic World, were forced people, slaves, who by 1600 were the majority of those traveling. Crops found their way into the Americas, animals, example the Portuguese and Spanish brought their hogs. Animals brought over transformed the colony, became systematic…a new world System, THE ATLANTIC SYSTEM.
The Trans-Sahara Trade Trade taking place between North Africa and SouthAfrica. Commodities brought from the Forest region, the Sahara, the Savannah, and Coastal areas.
Most of the African Trade was internal. This trade was long overland travel by camel caravans across the Sahara. The Sahara is a desert, very hot, very dry. It was a great challenge to engage in trade across the Sahara.
As early as the 5th century "camel caravans" trade started and intensified by the 100s and 1400s.
Commodities of Trade across the Sahara were
- Gold
- Salt
- Slaves
- Kola Nuts
- Ivory
- Malaguetta Pepper
Many historians consider these goods valuable and non-perishable. Gold was high value and low bulk. The trips across the Sahara would take up to 70-0 days ( months). Taxes had to be paid, as well as securities. The middlemen were the Muslims. Muslims dominated trade. Gold was the most important commodity. Gold traded across the Sahara as early as the 4th century to India and the Far East.
Major sources of Gold in the Forest Region was
- Bambuk
- Goldfield
- Bure
- Akan Goldfield, all areas prone to attacks.
The Camel Caravans never went so far South. Muslim traders did not see where the gold came from. Ecological difference determined how trade was controlled.
11th century 14th century 15th century
These large West African states owed their wealth to the fact that they were able to control the areas where gold was traded, and salt. By the 1th century Ghana had collapsed, and Mali took over. All trade went through Timbuktu, the heart of Mali, a large city of learning and wealth. The ruler of Mali in the 14th century was Mansa Musu 11-17, c 14 � a Muslim who firmly established a trade between Mali and the Muslims of North Africa and Egypt. Mali became famous abroad when in 14 in his pilgrimage to Mecca he took 16, 000 people and 80 camels.
By the late 14th century Songhai took over the wealth by trade in gold. Gold was a standard currency for Europeans except in the Dark Ages when no gold was used. By 15 gold had re-emerged a European's main currency and Italian merchants of Genoa Florence and Venice � gold importers from West African Ports. Gold entered Europe via West Africa via Muslim Traders trading from North African Ports.
By 150 it is estimate that / of the gold within the international economy originated in West Africa. Even after the Atlantic coast opened and commercial links established, gold continued to be the main exporter. It was not until the late 1700's that slaves overtook gold.
Gold however was not the only valuable commodity. Salt brought from the south came down form the oasis to such places as Tashaza Salt mine and Titchitt, were the suppliers of salt. Salt was a very valuable commodity that was scarce and expensive in the Savannah Forest regions. Rock Salt was cut in tokens and used as currency. So valuable was salt, that it was traded for gold. Kola nut was also traded. It was an adjunct to the gold trade. They were a stimulant and helped to suppress the appetite. They contain caffeine. Kola nuts came from the Forest region where gold was.
Trans-Saharan slave trade was taking place in both directions. To enhance prestige the rulers had to have slaves and also the Muslim traders bough black slaves from West Africa. Muslims purchased slaves as concubines. Male slaves were eunuchs and soldiers. Women were also kept as domestics. The Trans-Saharan became important. By the time the Trans-Atlantic trade developed, it was competition for the trans-Saharan. The majority of women slaves were traded inland. Majority of men went outland.
Going in both directions across the Sahara was
- Ivory African Ivory was prized compared to ivory from India;
- Pepper From the coast;
- Spices Also imported commodity of trade. Europeans sampled African Pepper.
- Weapons, metal goods from Europe via Muslim traders. West Africa produce metal, but not an adequate supply for demand of weapons needed. Guns were important bought from Muslim traders.
The trans-Saharan trade was important because
1. The influence of Islam;
. State-building- trade served to etch states because of taxation, built states/consolidation of states;
. International Trade- The gold it supplied linked it to European and International Economy;
4. Stimulated European Interest These economies stimulated European Interest. Atlantic World, African Gold. European needed access to it.
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The National Women's Hockey League announced their Top 20 selling jerseys and T-shirts or shirseys on Thursday.
The players in the league receive 15 percent of the proceeds from the sales of the apparel that has their name emblazoned across the back of. Fans can purchase the players T-shirts and jerseys as well as other league and team merchandise at www.nwhl.zone/shop, the official shop of the NWHL, which is powered by The Loyalist.
Among Top 22: 9 Riveters, 6 Whale, 4 Beauts and 3 Pride Players
With a five-way tie for 18th place on the list of top jersey sales, the league listed the Top 22 selling jerseys for the 2017-2018 NWHL season. Nine Metropolitan Riveters, six Connecticut Whale, four Buffalo Beauts and three Boston Pride players represented the Top 22. Of the six Whale players, five were in the Top 10.
Harrison Browne of the Riveters led the way with the top selling jerseys and shirseys for the past season. Coming in second was Whale rookie netminder, Keira Goin. NWHL Players Association Director, Anya Battaglino's Whale jersey, was the third highest selling ones in the league.
Rebecca Russo (4) and Katie Fitzgerald (9) of the Riveters, Kelly Babstock (5), Emily Fluke (7) and Rachel Ade (10) of the Whale, and Colleen Murphy (6) and Kristin Lewicki (8) of the Beauts rounded out the Top 10 selling apparel for 2017-2018 season.
The rest of the Top 20 consisted of; Jillian Dempsey (11), Brittany Ott (12) and Madison Litchfield (17) of the Pride, Erika Lawler (13) of the Riveters, Jordan Ott (14) and Maddie Elia (15) of the Beauts and Sophia Agostinelli (16) of the Whale.
Riveters teammates, Miye D'Oench, Alexa Gruschow, Ashley Johnston, Bray Ketchum and Jenny Ryan tied for 18th highest selling jerseys this past season.
Top NWHL Players in Apparel Sales: 2017-18 Season
- Harrison Browne, Metropolitan Riveters
2.Keira Goin, Connecticut Whale
3. Anya Battaglino, Whale
4. Rebecca Russo, Riveters
5. Kelly Babstock, Whale
6. Colleen Murphy, Buffalo Beauts
7. Emily Fluke, Whale
8. Kristin Lewicki, Beauts
9. Katie Fitzgerald, Riveters
10. Rachael Ade, Whale
11. Jillian Dempsey, Boston Pride
12. Brittany Ott, Pride
13. Erika Lawler, Riveters
14. Jordan Ott, Beauts
15. Maddie Elia, Beauts
16. Sophia Agostinelli, Whale
17. Madison Litchfield, Pride
18. (tie) Miye D'Oench, Alexa Gruschow, Ashley Johnston, Bray Ketchum, Jenny Ryan, Riveters


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The Waste Arisings in the UK
During 2012, UK Households produced 26.5 million tonnes of waste, which can be broadly broken down into:
This waste is broadly broken down into wastes sent to Landfill, Recycling, Composting and Incineration with EfW (Energy from waste). Of the 26.5 million tonnes produced, approximately 12 million tonnes was recycled and a further 9 million used for the production of energy through incineration. Year on year, the volumes of waste being sent to landfill is dropping, representing a gradual change in the industry into one of recycling, reclamation and recovery.
Recycling Rates for Waste
Recycling for the UK has, to an extent stalled at approximately 44% of overall waste generated by UK households. It's not clear why this has happened but many ideas are being considered as potential ways to improve these rates. Gone are the days of putting chips on bins, sending letters to households and fining people who don't use the right bin. However, the concept of multiple bins and fortnightly collections are here to stay.
The recycling rates for each local authority differs and is categorised in bands, each 10% higher than the previous. The aim is that by 2020, the UK as a whole will achieve a recycling rate of 50% for all domestic waste. However, as the map on the right shows, the UK is some way off this target, with many Authorities failing to reach 40% recycling rates (show in yellow).
More interesting, is the fact that recycling volumes (by weight) in England itself have not changed in the last 4 years, even though the percentage rates have increased. Dry recycling (the separately collected recycling bin waste) has stuck at 5.6 million tonnes, while the residual waste (the general waste) has decreased.
The makeup of Household Dry Mixed Recycling:
Evidence produced by WRAP (UK) documents the composition of dry recycling waste as consisting of the following:
The case for a Different Approach
One solution to increasing recycling rates is to recover other wastes that are usually put in the residual waste bin (i.e. sent to landfill). Of these wastes, a large proportion is food waste, which constitutes 15 million tonnes each year. Of this, 7 million tonnes alone is generated by households and ends up in the general waste bin, being sent to landfill. Separate recovery of this waste stream could potentially boost UK energy production and increase recycling rates by as much as 26 percent, putting the UK well above the 2020 target of 50% and making the nation one of the Greenest in Europe. However, as late as 2012, some 4 million tonnes of household food waste was collected as residual waste, rather than being recycled.
Notably, in 2012, it was reported by WRAP that of the food purchased in the UK, one third of it was wasted. This equates to a cost per household of £480.00 per annum.
This is most starkly represented when comparing the various nations that make up the United Kingdom. Wales, which has the highest recycling rate of all the nations at 54%, provides a separate collection service for food waste in approximately 90% of it's local Authorities. By comparison, England operates separate food waste collections in only 30% of it's local authorities. England's overall recycling rates are considerably lower than those in Wales.
Value Supply Chain
The UK's recycling sector adds value to the economy, through jobs and employment and through the Global export of scrap. Net exports from the UK in 2013 alone generated the UK £4000 million in net revenue. However, the export of residual wastes in the form of refuse derived fuel cost the economy considerably, with the waste volumes climbing steeply from 8500 tonnes in 2010 to 1.8 million tonnes in 2013. A key issue with the export of RDF is the lack of infrastructure in the UK to recover energy from the waste. Once in place, energy production from RDF would assist the UK in becoming self sufficient in it's energy production.
Of the EfW solutions currently employed in the UK, the most widely used is Anaerobic Digestion. However, a 2012 study shows that the infrastructure is aimed primarily at the recovery of rules from Farm wastes, with many consuming crops grown primarily for the purpose of producing fuels. Of the capacity available in the UK, AD treats 1.3 million tonnes of farm wastes, whereas .25 million tonnes capacity is available for industrial waste.
The Argument for Recycling More:
The argument for recycling more falls into three categories:
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NGRef: ST8987
OSMap: LR173
Type: Minor Settlement
|Fosse Way: NE (13) to Corinivm (Cirencester, Gloucestershire)
Fosse Way: SW (8) to Nettleton (West Kington, Wiltshire)
The Roman settlement at White Walls extends into agricultural land on either side of the Fosse Way c.200 metres north-east and c.150 metres south-west of the roads crossing over the River Avon. Pottery ranging from the first to the fourth centuries, bronze ornaments and enamelled jewellery, a belt strap-end of military nature, flanged imbrex roof-tiles, rounded tegula roof-tiles, and cut stones have been recovered from the site.
"Civilis has made [this]."
(RIB 99; gabled panel)
Unsubstantiated reports from the eighteenth century claim that a tessalated pavement and stone foundations were uncovered on the site. Roman coinage has also been recovered from the site by various methods:


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Mother 200, Paulina Olowska
Much of Olowska's recent painting has paid homage to women artists, often overlooked, whose works have influenced or inspired her. Pauline Boty, the pioneering British pop artist, until recently more known as muse than painter, Zofia Styrenska, whose motifs were appropriated by the Polish state without acknowledgement or permission, and Alina Szapocznikow the avant-garde sculptor, who represented Poland in the Venice Biennale of 1962 have all appeared as subjects of Olowska's recent exhibitions and return as echoes here. But their influence in this group of paintings softens into a reflection on the archetype of the female image, the idea of the muse in its most rudimentary form, and the portrait of a mother, remembered or imagined. In their photographic quality, as well as in their fashion-plate composition, these new works refer back to Olowska's own paintings based on appropriated images of knitwear or dress models, to the work of American photographers of the 1960s and 1970s such as Helen Levitt, William Eggleston and Leo Rubinfien, or to photographs taken from the magazine Ameryka, published in the 1970s by the American Embassies in Poland and the USSR, which has also been a recurring source. But in stark contrast to the static commercial and propagandistic images which those works embody, this new series of paintings has a striking transience and fragility, a sense of an observed or remembered moment, captured in time.


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Congress Legislation – 2017
Legislation to be used for the 2017 Congress Season. Bills may be submitted to Ross Eichele at any time. Ross will work with Tournament Managers each week to ensure a set of legislation is available for them and all bills will be posted on the MDTA Website.


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Metallica's Reload Lyrics
ReLoad is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released in 1997. It is the direct companion / counterpart to Metallica's 1996 album, Load. Over 3 million copies have been sold in the US as certified by the RIAA.
In addition to heavy grooves like "Fuel" and "Devil's Dance," ReLoad continues the experimentation seen on Load, with the use of violin and hurdy gurdy on "Low Man's Lyric" and Marianne Faithfull's haunting lyric on "The Memory Remains." It also bears a sequel of sorts in "The Unforgiven II," referencing a single from 1991's Metallica playing on the original's lyrical theme.
The cover of the album is original artwork depicting urine and blood. It is one of three photographic studies by Andres Serrano created in 1990 by mingling the artist's own urine and bovine blood between two sheets of Plexiglas. As with Load, ReLoad included a booklet containing band photos and select lyrics for each song.
The following links will take you to the lyrics of each song from Reload.
The Memory Remains
Devil's Dance
The Unforgiven II
Better Than You
Carpe Diem Baby
Bad Seed
Where The Wild Things Are
Prince Charming
Low Man's Lyric
Here's the video for The Unforgiven II from Reload


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I think I need to do some bull riding myself now, you've got me interested. Also, I admit I squeeeeed when I saw that you had participated! Thank you! <3
OK. I'll Play
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment, iheartslFeed on Monday, March 18, 2013
It's not quite time for bed, so I will join in the fun.
What is the rez date for your current SL Avatar that you use most often? - Well DUH! 12/31/2007 and no the typist was NOT bored on New Year's Eve. I was a morning child.
Where was the first place you made friends as a newb and got to know people in Second Life?
Calla as I sat for hair and played Trivia for lindens.
Where do you spend most of your SL time now?
Machinima Open Studio Project, now housed on LEA7 (yes a plug) and open for photographers, but not quite finished.
Who is your closest friend in Second Life? (only pick one)
While I have some RL friends in SL, my closest "virtual" friend is undoubtedly Chandra AKA the burlesque queen from deviousMind.
What is the most favorite thing in your inventory? (only pick one)
Absolutely impossible to choose. I have so many wonderful things; some I have just rediscovered as the inventory fairy busily taking away also returned some oldies.
The last thing you purchased in Second Life?
That's easy. Tonight's purchase were some snowy bushes from KIDD. Working on the SNOW area of MOSP (new).
What color clothing does your avatar wear most often?
Neutral. I am a grayscale gal.
Do you prefer to walk, run or fly?
I meander mostly; so walk is my answer. If you move too fast, you miss the details.
What is the craziest thing you've ever done in SL?
I did a little bull riding in my early youth. I am an explorer, but not much of an adventurer.
Who would you like to play YOU, in the movie of your SLife?
I'd let the director choose.
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Sunday, 13 May 2012
The great ticket scramble continues...
I now have a chance to take a pick of what's left of the tickets over the next 5 days. I can only apply for one event and up to four tickets. Not all events are for sale every day, so again, a game of tactics. Do you apply for a sport you're not as keen on that may have more availability, or do you hold off until the last day if you like rowing the best? It's a minefield of disappointment waiting to happen, as there is only a one in four chance for people like me to buy tickets.
I'm remaining optimistic, but I can't help feeling that the tickets should have been available in the beginning. And with more and more being advertised in marketing promotions (yes, I admit, I am a hypocrite and am desperately entering these competitions!), I feel even harder done by. Ok, will stop moaning now.
I just have to feel blessed I was able to have my chance on the other side of the world. So far, London 2012 cannot match up to Sydney 2000 in this respect, but then, the internet is king now and with these being hailed as the 'social media' games, how can we expect life to go back to being as simple as turning up at a kiosk and buying tickets in person?
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Further to this post, here's what happened today when I tried to apply for tickets:ReplyDelete
1. Click search events at 11am, the time when tickets went on sale
2. Select to view athletics tickets and click button that says 'show available sessions only'
3. Put two athletics tickets into basket (Think to self, see, am not greedy even!)
3. View message: We will search for the tickets you have requested once you click request tickets. If they are still available, then they will be reserved for for you. (Think to self that someone needs a copywriter, could you be more confusing?!)
4. Screen refreshes to message: 'Requesting tickets. Please wait while we see if tickets are available for you'
5. Sit there for 20 mins looking at message: Your estimated wait time is 15 mins. This changes to 11 mins. Then back to 15 mins. Then 6 mins. Then 15 mins. (Think to self: Frustrating)
6. Screen refreshes to message: Sorry, no exact matches were found. (Think: this should say, no tickets left) Message includes link call to action 'View shopping list'.
7. Then find I have to actively remove these non-existent tickets from my shopping list before I can try to see if other tickets are available. Only realise this once I have added new tickets and get another error message.
All in all, a time consuming, disappointing experience with terrible messaging to boot. I knew I'd have little chance of winning athletics tickets, but I did not expect this experience to be so frustrating and time consuming. I know I could have easily bought football tickets today, but I chose to go for Olympic Park tickets. I gambled and lost. As someone who devises website information architecture (the customer journey) I still feel this journey could have been so much better.


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And with this… came a firm belief that the whole fabric of life in which he moved was sunken, past all thinking, in the grossest absurdity; that he and his friends and acquaintances and fellow-workers were interested in matters in which men were never meant to be interested, were pursuing aims which they were never meant to pursue, were, indeed much like fair stones on an altar serving as a pigsty wall. Arthur Machen, A Fragment of Life
The effect of the weird tale is subtle and insidious, it is designed to get under your skin. Arthur Machen manages to turn a humdrum existence of buying Australian mutton with his wife from The Worldwide stores in Shepherds Bush and chewing resolutely on his mince in the cramped summer evenings (note the heaviness of meat and digestion as the anti-enlightening agent– the opposite of self-raising dough)with a narrative of self discovery catalyzed by a dream of fountains and silvery vapour, a silvery mist he sees occasionally in his wife's eyes.
Machen shows us that the reality we preoccupy ourselves with only scratches the surface of things, human life is necessarily a process of reduction. We look but we cannot afford to actually see because that would require a level of absorption which is anti-temporal. Machen wants us all to be stone-breakers, to attack with pick axes and sledge hammers that self-limiting pigsty wall which we erect in our self-defence. Do we really dare to throw in the towel and engage in a lively mystic dance, turn the water of reality into intoxicating wine when instead we can eavesdrop conversations on the bus about whether 'rhubarb is a fruit or vegetable?'
This is one of my preoccupations as I load the self-service kiosks with money in the morning, steel myself for the same abuse from the Tourette's Smurf clutching his Harold Robbins, why is the purposeless part of my life the one that I mistake for the reality? returning home to sleep feeling rather ' done up by the weather and the day's work..' Reality to me is reduced to a journey on a 49 bus and a fear of losing my council identity badge, a fear more prevalent in the library than I expected when a man came up to me and said ' I am losing my nationality…' He claimed to be Sharon Stone's son by actor Steven Seagal. mhhmm.
To enter the fantastic realm there are a few helpful agents. Machen's characters prefer Orient carpets, tobacco or even a pipe: 'Once a meerschaum pipe had haunted him for six weeks; the tobacconist had drawn it out of a drawer with some air of secrecy… The bowl was carved in the likeness of a female figure, showing the head and torso, and the mouthpiece was of the very best amber…' It is up to you whether you buy a pouch of Honeydew, or Lone Star, Old Hank or the sweetly tangy, Sultry Clime. All these agents promote reflection and self-hypnosis, drab London streets can be transformed into starlit labyrinths from 1,001 Nights. Perhaps the most interesting occult object which vouchsafed visions is the extraordinary detail that the soldier in The Bowmen who sees the Agincourt archers coming to the rescue during a German barrage in the First World War had been dining on a nut cutlet! My goodness. The link between vegetarians and the occult has never been so clear.


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Source: Rich Schultz/Getty Images North America
When you engross yourself in your passion for a day, it changes you. Now, share this day with your son, who shares the same passion, and time stands still, at least for a while. As luck would have it, I was able to obtain two tickets to the Red Sox-Yankees game at the Stadium for Saturday, but on top of that, I learned late Friday night that #WFAN was having its FanFest and hosting a number of players from days past including David Wells, Mickey Rivers, Bucky Dent and Cecil Fielder across the street from Stan's, in the place where the old Yankee Stadium once stood. Yankee announcers Suzyn Waldman and John Sterling along with GM Brian Cashman also joined in to sign autographs for fans across the Tri-State before the evening's twilight game against the Sox.
For me, and I think my 19-year-old, time stood still or I lost track of it as I introduced my son to some of my favorite players from days long gone but with memories as thick as a foggy day in April or a black and white milk shake from Shake Shack. I thanked David Wells for his Perfect Game, I appreciated Mickey Rivers for his incredible speed, I expressed to Cecil my delight in introducing him to my son as the Fielder before Prince and then, I needed to make no introduction to Bucky Dent.
My son said to him confidently, "You're my mom's favorite."
It's like the day stayed on pause, for four hours and everyone at the FanFest, knew each other. As one fan said to us as we moved through the different lines together throughout the day, "We are like family; get in line with us!" But, then at the stroke of four, reality set in and the game began and we quickly realized that the winning teams I reminisced about with my son just moments before first pitch, were not reflective of the team spirit on the field on Saturday evening as the Yankees blew their lead early, only to fall to the Sox, 10-5.
Source: Mike Stobe/Getty Images North America
Source: Rich Schultz/Getty Images North America
According to ESPN, "Benintendi's big day came with his grandfather Robert, a Brooklyn native and recovering Yankees fan living in the Cincinnati area, in the stands, a gift for his 85th birthday. It also continued a torrid two-week stretch that followed a team-imposed two-day breather intended to clear Benintendi's head and and help the 23-year-old remember everything that has made him one of the game's most promising young players." As the article goes on to say, "Judge would likely find a similar break to be useful, and if the Yankees weren't scratching for every victory to keep pace in a pennant race, they might consider giving it to him."
Source: Brian Blanco/Getty Images North America
We only have six or seven weeks left of the baseball season right now. Judge, a clear contender for Rookie of the Year in June, is falling fast while Boston's Benintendi seems to be on the right road again and could take the would-be crown away from Judge, despite not having a special section dedicated to him at Fenway. "Odds are, though, the award will still belong to Judge, who nevertheless could learn a lesson from Benintendi. "He's having an unreal year, and he's kind of struggling right now," Benintendi said. "I went through that for two months. I'm sure he'll figure it out," reported ESPN.
When we engross ourselves in the passion of the sport we love, time does stand still and we can relive the memories of our childhood, the fond memories of come from behind home runs, perfect games and World Series championships. We need times like I had today to reminisce on the way things were so that we can believe that these days could come around again for the Yankees. It's the calm before the storm perhaps...and who knows, the Yankees' 28th World Championship, whenever it happens, will be worth the wait. Slumps happen and then they go away. Let's hope that Judge's luck changes with the Yankees' luck and time can move ahead to better days and World Series wishes.
--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
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Finest Tools for Web Designers to Use in 2018
Adobe XD
The newest design program from Adobe's HQ is Adobe XD. This was built as a strong alternative to Photoshop since it's made specifically for prototyping and mockup design.
XD started as a Mac-only program but eventually got released for Windows in beta. Over the past year it has grown into a powerhouse for digital designers who wanted a mix between Photoshop and Illustrator.
Right now XD still hasn't caught up to Sketch, but it's certainly growing and it has a dedicated team behind the program. It's something you'll at least want to try out sometime in 2018.
Sketch App
Sketch is Adobe's biggest competitor in the design space. For years everyone used Photoshop for mock ups because it was just the easiest solution.
Now that Sketch has gained mainstream support it's by far the most popular program you can use. It's much cheaper than all of the Adobe products and you can get it for a one-time fee, unlike the monthly subscription requirements to Adobe CC.
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Coders have used version control for years and Git has been a lifesaver in the dev community. But designers may feel shafted with little-to-no alternatives for version control.
Thankfully Plant is a modern solution. This is version control the way designers want it to be. You can manage your files easily with a solid backend + full GUI control over everything.
One of the biggest deterrents to version control is the command line. But with Plant you have a GUI which works much better for non-coders.
Plant even offers a free plan you can test out just to see if you like it. Anyone doing professional design work can save a lot of time running on this platform.
UI/UX animations have become the norm for modern design work. If you build a mockup for a client they might also expect some animation in your designs.
There are quite a few programs you can choose from but my top pick is Principle. This is Mac-only just like Sketch but it's probably the best UX animation software out there.
You can easily import Sketch files or PSDs into Principle and use those elements for animating. A great way to add some life into your mobile app mockups or website designs.
When it comes to digital prototyping you have a lot to choose from. Many designers prefer to start with paper for wireframing, then move those ideas into software for digital prototypes.
But if you like to do the whole process digitally have a look at Figma. This is a powerful prototyping tool that supports every stage of the design process with collaboration between team members.
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As fans of bold interiors and artistic spaces, it's only natural that we would delight in the dramatic, yet comfortable environments designed by Cuffhome. With an expert's ability to combine sculptural items, textural contrasts, and saturated color, Cuffhome lead designer Wendy Schwartz and her team create statement rooms that are surprisingly inviting and accessible. The firm also designs an artisanal furniture and lighting line, and offers a curated selection of art and wallcoverings that reflects their artistic vision. Keep scrolling to learn more about the firm and their unique outlook.
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i ate it all
On a regular week I am at work Monday to Friday from 9-5.
I pack my breakfast, lunch and sensible snacks and eat like a lady. (Okay, my legs may be flailed open but it's not like I'm wearing a skirt and being all Belushi-like.)
When I have this strictly selected array of food to choose from, I eat it on auto-pilot and don't complain. Canned tuna, salad mix, Vega bars, celery and hummus, apples and almond butter, coffee, lemon water and an assortment of colourful vitamins. I am the picture of health and assholery – hey, at least I take the tuna can and its leftover juice to the bathroom garbage. It blends right in.
Last week Stella was sick with a cool combo of wet lungs, fiery temperature and no appetite. She wasn't sleeping well – I'd huddle next to her bed while she exhaled whimper moans that punched me square in the heart or mumbled a language that was half Latin and half Hobbit.
Since only the truly wretched parents of the world can conscience-free drop their sick kids off at daycare to chem trail their germs, I stayed home with her for two days.
Two Days.
Netflix took care of the parenting, so I was pretty much free to fuck around. I only needed to fetch juice, negotiate then force medicine down her throat, and adjust the breastfeeding pillow I dragged out for her because it has 17 different cozy ways to be used and it is pretty much King of All Pillows in our home now.
After scrolling Twitter and Facebook for hours, I got bored.
I could have read. I have Amy Poehler's new book shrieking at me from the shelf.
I could have started my Christmas Cards (the list always starts with just 10 people but suddenly I'm sending out 470 because I was left out of something once in Grade 4 and I'll be hot FUCKED if I ever leave someone out.)
I could have gone into the bedroom and put on a home workout.
Instead, I ate.
Oh, sweet mother of deep pantry, I ate.
I tapped into the head and stomach of the girl I was last year, 80 pounds heavier, and after poking around the kitchen, I remembered things. Things I had forced out of my head. Scary delicious things.
Things like how good and soul satisfying a tbsp of butter dredged through a pile of brown sugar tastes. Just straight fat and sugar, creamy and crunchy, bouncing around your mouth.
As an avid Food Channel devotee, it's known that you can't just have sweet without salty.
So, the epic and wicked circle of food fuckery commenced.
Two slices of Kraft singles, because there were just two left, and I forgot how good mayo is, so I squished both onto these new Breton gluten free crackers and ate them while wedged into the corner of the kitchen counter in the dark.
Half a plastic carton of Callebaut chopped chocolate that I had bought for baking, so I ate a fistful of sweet slivers for fun, and then got serious and melted a chunk to swipe a handful of strawberries through because I can't watch The Mindy Project snack-less.
¾ of a bag of yogurt covered pretzels because I needed lunch dessert.
The last part of a bag of Zesty Cheese Doritos. I cut off the top of the bag so as to not waste a bowl and then casually dug cheese schmutz and crumbs out of my bra and fingernails for 20 minutes.
A To-Go carton of Annie's gluten free macaroni and cheese sprinkled with bacon and old cheddar. Okay, fine. I ate TWO of them.
Four of the 12 blackberry lemon muffins I made because I had blackberries and lemons and sometimes a goddamn muffin is just what you need at 10:57 pm.
Two cookies that I baked using a two cookie recipe. Gluten free cookie dough always spreads like a motherfucker so those baked cookies end up covering 7/8ths of a cookie sheet. I ate one when it was too hot and saved the other one for later. Six minutes later to be precise.
A can of grapefruit Perrier to wash down all the sin.
An endless array of smoothies and half-warm ghetto instant espresso that I like to make startling hot then wait exactly too long until it's too lukewarm to pretend I wanted it that way.
Four handfuls each of marshmallows and Jelly Belly's. I ate the Jelly Belly's one at a time. Come on. I'm not a total idiot. For each of these choices, by the third handful I was totally sated, but if you think I am going to get up and throw away the last morsels in a bowl, you don't know a goddamn thing about me.
I ate like a high school linebacker with a tapeworm trying to make weight.
The wreckage left behind was a sinkful of hastily gathered dishes and holes in the fridge. A veritable "Did I do that?" art installation of weakness and guilt.
When I went back to work on Wednesday, I was a slug. My guts were extended and my pantry empty. I felt tremendously gross about my goldfish control and bored gnawing.
At noon I logged off and sat and at my desk, forking dry tuna out of a small can while staring listlessly at the wall. Man, being a responsible adult lady tastes like shit sometimes.


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I know this is of little interest to anyone outside of Swansea, but given how little publicity it seems to have generated, you've a pretty good chance of winning if you enter, that's if they've told the bin men though…
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SOURCE: Arizona Technology Council
December 06, 2011 12:00 ET
Unexpected Findings, Framework for Improvement Revealed
Unexpected Findings, Framework for Improvement Revealed
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwire - Dec 6, 2011) - Is there a technology talent gap in Arizona's science and engineering fields? The answer may be surprising. According to a recent in-depth study examining the state's science and engineering labor market, while the perceived deep chasm between workforce supply and demand may not truly exist, Arizona's employers still find it challenging to attract and retain qualified talent.
Arizona's Technology Workforce: Issues, Opportunities and Competitive Pressures study developed by the Arizona Technology Council, in partnership with Arizona State University, revealed that although science and engineering has been an economic driver for Arizona, out-of-state talent does not necessarily view the state as a technology hotbed. Additionally, trends indicate the U.S. technology talent pool is slowly deteriorating due to a rapid increase in the number of science and engineering graduates from foreign countries.
"The state's prosperity depends on cultivating a technology network that produces quality homegrown talent and keeps that talent in state," said Steven Zylstra, president/CEO, Arizona Technology Council. "With the goal of solidifying Arizona's position as a tech leader, putting a focus on producing and retaining science and engineering talent will attract increasing numbers of businesses to our state that will employ innovative workers and ultimately breed new technological advances."
The 15-month-long study analyzed the labor market for the science and engineering fields in Arizona, particularly assessing the supply of and demand for these workers in Arizona and identifying whether a gap exists. Considered by many researchers the most comprehensive study on the issue to date, it also provides recommendations on opportunities for improvement to ensure the state maintains its competitive advantage in these fields.
"The results of this study indicate an immense opportunity for collaboration between the education and science and engineering communities," said Michael Crow, president, Arizona State University. "Working together will help us create new solutions that produce a more sophisticated workforce and drive economic growth to ensure Arizona is recognized as a tech leader on a national stage."
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About Arizona's Technology Workforce: Issues, Opportunities and Competitive Pressures
The primary objective of this study was to survey local technology firms to document the hiring practices and recruiting experiences of departmental managers who have hired scientists and engineers to work in Arizona.
Primary and secondary research was conducted over the course of 15 months by a team from the L. William Seidman Research Institute at the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU. While the study relied on a range of inputs, including comprehensive secondary research, a centerpiece was the initial survey of technology employers in Arizona. Follow-up interviews were also conducted to clarify and provide more detail on the survey responses of large companies and a sample of smaller ones.
Two hundred eighty-one companies were sent the survey request. In all, 172 individuals from a total of 141 Arizona employers responded completely to the survey, representing 21,259 workers in the science and engineering fields. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with 47 individuals at 33 of the firms.
The study was made possible with primary funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and through the support of organizations, including U.S. Department of Labor, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Governor's Council on Workforce Policy, Arizona Commerce Authority, Maricopa Community Colleges, SRP, ASU and the Arizona Technology Council.
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The Arizona Technology Council is a private, not-for-profit trade association founded to connect, represent and support the state's expanding technology industry. To promote economic growth and professional development in Arizona's technology sector, the Council provides members networking opportunities, business support and access to educational forums. The Council strives to distinguish Arizona as a leader in the technology community and offer resources that are exclusive to its members. To become a member or to learn more about the Arizona Technology Council, please visit http://www.aztechcouncil.org.
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Read this article to learn more about video marketing. It's a way to reach a huge audience with little investment. You may thing it is easy, but before you begin, there are some thing you have to be aware of. After you read this article, you will know everything that you need to know to get started with video marketing.
Don't put all of your eggs in one basket by completely depending on your marketing team. You might be surprised at what people in the mail room can come up with. Employees who have been with the company for a long time often have the greatest insight into the organizational culture and its values and history. Get everyone involved for the best results.
Don't share videos only on YouTube. You should definitely include the most popular sites, but you should also post videos on other sites where potential clients are likely to populate. Give customers surveys to learn where they go to watch videos.
Never overlook your video content analytics. This will tell you the number of videos you've produced, when they are being viewed and more. These findings will give you more information on your niche and help you improve your campaign.
Be sure your videos do not appear to be ads. Your customers will not want to watch the videos if you are just trying to sell something. You want to give people something that they can use.
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At 9 we headed down to the church (it's actually one of the dorms since the church is full of patients) and filmed the church service for 2 and a half hours. It was actually quite beautiful as there were several choirs and a lot of singing in general. That said, some of the speeches went on a bit long and since they were all in Creole they seemed even longer.
Dr. Farmer made a speech which even with the language barrier seemed to me to be quite impassioned and funny as well. He has an interesting manner about him and reeks of sincerity. Joia also spoke and invoked the We Shall Overcome saying and then in a really beautiful voice sang an acappella version of the song in French. It was quite stirring and the entire congregation filled in for the second verse. Pretty cool.
We had heard that there was supposed to be a memorial service but for some reason it didn't happen. The most stirring point of the morning though was communion. As people were lining up a bunch of the nurses got up together. I recognized a few of them and some were new but one in particular caught my attention. A young Haitian nurse all dressed in white missing her arm just below the elbow. It was fairly obvious from the dressing that this was a recent wound. So here is this woman who has just lost her forearm within the last few weeks and who knows what else and she is back to work. It's amazing and truthfully from what I've seen not out of the ordinary.
We then shot an hour long interview with Dr farmer. He's a pretty incredible guy and extremely humble. Pih has hospitals in Peru Malawi Siberia Rwanda and a dew other places I've forgotten. All are in the middle of slums and all are free. It's quite impressive. The whole model revokes around the community health worker idea. Employee and train people to do community outreach and follow up so that patients continue to improve. At the same time work with them to improve nutrition housing and education. And no one is denied. I'm sure the reality is not always as cut and dry but it's extremely impressive and even he admits it's not really all that novel of an approach just no one seems to be doing it. He was asked about the aid coming into Haiti and pointed out that aid doesn't do anything unless it actually shows up. He pointed out that since the hurricane hit in 08 less than 10% of the pledged money has come in.
We drove to la colons to visit la hospital de los cohobes, the hospital we had seen the night before. It's even more impressive during the day. I took a walk through the village to shoot some b roll and as usual found a gaggle of kids who tagged along to watch the video screen. They are always really. Ute and inevitably one or two of them will Come up and take your hand to walk with you. They also all say good morning regardless of why time it is.
I shot a few street scenes and some pics of the kids and then saw a square area with a roaster in it and benches around it. I asked Andre our driver if it was what I thought it was and you guessed it a cock fighting arena. Lovely. I try not to judge but that did bug me a bit.
Were back in port au prince tonight for one last night on the concrete before we head home. I won't miss that much. I also won't miss the 14 hour shooting days, eating power bars, cold showers, washing my clothes in a bucket, the same one we use to add water to the toilets when we want to flush, mosquitos, Exhaustion, heat rashes, chloroquine, death, amputees, destruction, low flying cargo planes, children asking for dlo (creole for water) and so many other things. What I will miss though are the Haitian people and the docs and nurses I've met here.
One in particular is andre our driver. For starters he's a mad man behind the wheel. Safe but he doesn't like to get stuck in traffic so driving on sidewalks going the wrong way and pushing through where a car shouldn't fit are all fair game. He seems to enjoy cutting off UN trucks as well which I find quite funny.
Andre is probably in his 40s but it's hard to tell. He's a hustler, not in a bad way but in a works every angle to provide for his family way. He was telling me about a couple of jobs he has including Amway and how they have all stopped and now he is driving for a tour company. He is struggling as he has three kids who are 18 to 20 and he doesn't want to send them to the states bit may have no choice. His family and house are ok but he has been sleeping outside with them anyway as everyone else is doing. He's taken in several friends as well who have lost family and houses. Scott told me that one of Andre's friends had lost everything and that he was going to ask pih for a tent for his friend. I went up to Andre and said " I hear one of your friends lost his house" intending to then ask what else we could do for him but Andre cut me short and said " most of my friends have lost their houses". It's quite sobering.
He's a great guy though and had a great sense of humour. We've had a lot of talks about Haiti and religion as he is very religious. I asked him bow he could except the earthquake and still believe in god and he said that he doesn't understand it but he knows that everyone has a mission in life and if you were spared there is still work to be done.
He told me about a friend who had lost her husband only to find that two days later he w alive under a building. A huge pylon had crushed him from the waste down and it took another day to get a machine to lift it up. They gave him medicine of sown sort and food and Andre said he was lucid and smiling and everyone thought he'd be ok. They lifted the pylon and he died a few minutes later.
You hear these crazy stories everywhere.
One other thing we heard today is that the us geological society or something like that is predicting a 6.0 here within the next month. I can't even imagine. Andre told me that outside of town people have been flocking to this area where two hills moves so much that they are actually touching now. He said he'll send a pic.
We leave on either a pih charter or a military cargo plane to tomorrow at 1. Depending on where we land (the military takes you where ever they go). I'll be back on Tuesday.


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A new blog called "I (Heart) OC Transpo"
Ben Wood sent me a note to tell me about the launch of his new blog, I (Heart) OC Transpo . Ben has been taking the bus in Ottawa since he was born. (As a newborn he rode the bus home from the hospital with his parents, back in December 1984.)
He says: "You hear so much negativity about using OC Transpo, when the experience, 98% of the time, is actually pretty decent. I would really like to get people to see the human side of using the bus system in Ottawa. The commuters can positively or negatively impact everyone's ridership experience more so than any driver, scheduler, planner, or city budget."
The blog, and its companion Twitter feed , should be a good counterpoint to @ihateoctranspo .
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