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Lone just killed a group of pirates after leaving the elven/goblin island. Lone has left Soph in The Summoning Room and forgot about her. Sophie does not exist yet and won't be added again until the end of book 3. Soph and Lone are not in love yet. Some other smaller details are different in the original. A big one is that Lone is a huge jackass. Sorry about that, but yeah, the original sucks for quite a while, so read at your own discretion.
In a bed of sorts, a loose collection of fine furs, there lay a woman. She looked no older than 20 with her fair looking face. She had a nice slim figure as well, but nothing was of particular note in regards to her youthful looks.
The only thing unique about her was her fiery red, fox-like ears that sat atop her similar coloured head of long straight hair. There was also five, beautifully bushy tails gently swaying about matching with her breathing.
Her sleep was abruptly disturbed by the frantic yellings of a small, one-tailed fox kin girl who couldn't have been older than 11 years of age if you judging her just by her appearance.
"MATRIARCH, THERE'S A PROBLEM! A BIG PROBLEM!" the little fox kin girl yelled in panic. It would seem something important had happened.
"Urg, who..? Tiera? Shut up and let me sleep..." the Matriarch replied lazily. It would seem that she still wished to sleep.
"B-BUT THE ELDER IS DYING AND WANTS TO SEE YOU BEFORE SHE MOVES ON!" the one-tailed girl frantically tried to convince the Matriarch with an obviously made-up excuse.
"What? Fine. Hurry, bring me to mother." the Matriarch answered seriously. It would appear that she was rather gullible.
"Y-yes." Tiera stuttered. Then, after letting the Matriarch get dressed, she immediately led her to the scrying room where the elder waited. There, the Matriarch saw her mother looking fine, peachy even, save for the frown glued to her similarily youthful face and the angry swishing of her seven red tails.
"Tiera... you said she was dy-" the Matriarch was cut off by her mother.
"She's gone, escaped apparently, she's too good at illusion magic for a one tailed fox kin. But we have a bigger problem than Tiera lying to you." the elder, her mother, said in an almost heartbroken tone.
"Why do I always believe her?" the Matriarch sighed. "Well, what's so important that I had to be woken up for it?" She continued by asking. She was quite curious at the reason for her summons.
"A nine tailed golden variation has experienced his first awakening after he got his class," the elder immediately told her daughter.
"That's wonderful news! Where is he? How have I hever heard of this news before? A nine tails! Thats fantastic, and a golden variation too," the Matriarch exitedly said in response. Such news was indeed good.
"Yes, it is, except he awakened on a ship carrying slaves in the human kingdom of Milindo. That's all I could get before the scrying connection was cut and I can't restore the feed for some reason," the elder said. She appeared to be almost in tears at the situation.
"W-WHAT?! How? No, it doesn't matter, we need to save him if he has been, or is living as a slave, in a human kingdom no less! We need to find him and bring him home," the Matriarch demanded to her mother. If there was one trait fox kin were known for, it was how emotional they could get. This effect was only stronger when regarding family.
"I agree completely, send Tiera and her brother Trella, they are the best at hiding their racial traits with illusion magic, we need them to get the nine tails, then get out. We can't afford another war with the humans, not when the beastman alliance is so shaky right now," her mother ordered her firmly. She was obviously just as upset as her daughter was.
"Yes mother, saving our kin has to be our first priority, I'll go prepare the siblings and make some plans," the Matriarch informed her mother of her immediate plans, then departed to do as she had said.
"Nine tails golden variation huh... I wonder if he's your grandchild that went missing all those years ago, old friend..." the elder mumbled before she too, departed.
A few days after Lone had landed on the coast, on a dirt road in the middle of a forest, there was a nice-looking carriage which was being pulled by two horses and being guarded by five horsemen who looked like knights.
"How much longer until we reach the capital, Fredrick? I'm ever so bored." a young, well dressed man asked the knight while sticking his head out of the carriage.
"Sir, as I said 4 hours ago, we are still 2 days away from the capital." the guard Captain tried to answer the young man, without sounding as annoyed as he was actually feeling.
"But I'm oh so bored, can't you jus- what's that? Ahead of us on the road." The young man asked. All five of the knights looked ahead at the indicated object of interest. There ahead of them, was a poorly dressed man holding a map of sorts with his only hand and using the stump of the other as a support for it. He also had a wooden glaive-like spear strapped to his back.
"You there! Who are you?" Fredrick shouted in an attempt to see if the one handed man was a threat or not. The man stopped walking upon hearing his shout. Then he started walking slowly up to them after putting his map in his trouser pocket, with his arms pointing to the sky, probably in an attempt to seem like he wasn't a threat. He soon stopped.
"... travel... capital... help." He said. The guards and the young man all noticed one thing in particular about the man. The blonde haired, handsome villager was suspiciously clean looking. Very suspiciously clean looking.
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| Sun Jan 12 03:57:00
In General foriegn policy is going his way. Some credit is due to him/ his team. Some things he has taken advantage of a situation ( as he should) but to be honest some shit is just pure luck.
Now I do think overall Iran strategy has been working to its end, which is to economically weaken them and sew dissent in the country towards the regime.
But lets take a look at this recent event. Soleimani , while they may be at a minor disadvantage politically it didn't sit well.
Now one could argue he was baiting them to attack the US and garner support perhaps bit they fucked this up better than anyone could have planned it.
As for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have showing strong attitudes against Beijing and pro western ideals that will have long lastime effects. I would like to see him do more to bolster this but so far he had beem satisfactory.
We don't really want a weak poor China, we just want a more open and less commie/authoritarian China.
Europe? Well they hate us sort of, but what of it. Germany is building thwir pipelime but also tripling its pirchases of US LNG.
| Sun Jan 12 04:01:57
Gone well?
His trade wars have been a failure, he got lucky with Iran, his "tactics" with NK have been an embarrassing disaster.
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| Sun Jan 12 04:03:08
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| Sun Jan 12 04:06:31
Trump is very popular in the Phillipiness, India, and Israel.
50%+ Support! Thank you world!
I should get me a twitter account and twitter like Trump. It seems like fun.
| Sun Jan 12 04:15:28
How is the Iran strategy working? I thought he wanted a new nuclear deal, is he one step closer to it now?
As for Germany: FUCK OFF! We will get our pipeline and the cheap Russian gas and Trump can kiss our ass.
| Sun Jan 12 04:43:26
Daemon, Actually the Iran strategy is goimg well. He doesn't want a new nuclear deal unless Iran abandomms nuclearization entirely.Its much easier to habe the Iranian people pressure their government over mear economic collapse.
As for Germany, they will get the pipeline. But they will still buy more and more US gas.
| Sun Jan 12 10:17:17
Iran is renuclearizing because he fucked up the deal. Ignoring headlines, that is the true long-term consequence of Trump and will fuck up the middle east for many years to come.
| Sun Jan 12 10:18:21
"Going well ..." If you're a short-sighted reactionary looking confirmation of how a 73-year-old con man is somehow a good president.
It's a huge stategic failure.
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" (CNN)More than a dozen Saudi servicemen training at US military installations will be expelled from the United States after a review that followed the deadly shooting last month at a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, multiple sources told CNN.
The Saudis are not accused of aiding the 21-year-old Saudi Air Force second lieutenant who killed three American sailors in the December shooting, two sources said, but some are said to have connections to extremist movements, according to a person familiar with the situation.
A number are also accused of possessing child pornography, according to a defense official and the person familiar with the situation. The FBI and Justice Department declined to comment.
"In the wake of the Pensacola tragedy, the Department of Defense restricted to classroom training programs foreign military students from Saudi Arabia while we conducted a review and enhancement of our foreign student vetting procedures," said Lt. Col. Robert Carver, a spokesman for the Department of Defense. "That training pause is still in place while we implement new screening and security measures."
About a dozen Saudi trainees at the Pensacola base had been confined to their quarters as the FBI investigated the shooting as a potential terror attack, and the Pentagon initiated a review of all Saudi military trainees in the country, numbering around 850 students.
The Justice Department is expected to conclude that the Pensacola shooting was in fact an act of terrorism, according to a US official.
No co-conspirators have been charged as part of the investigation, and the Saudi government has pledged its full support.
CNN's Alex Marquardt and Barbara Starr contributed to this report."
| Sun Jan 12 10:56:31
Inviting ISIS to your country. What could possibly happen. Lol
Who invited them and why isn't he in jail?
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If there were ever a place to let a certain regular commenter, the one who shares a name with this place, speak his mind freely, this comment thread would be that place.ReplyDelete
Huh. I would have figured you'd have had SOME experience with Japanese gamers when living there. My understanding is that it's kind of a Big Deal.Replies
Not really - much less so than here. I know people do play TRPGs in Japan but I never personally saw hide nor hair.Delete
I never encountered any either, although I saw plenty of RPG books for sale. I spent all of my time at the gym because I was fighting competitively at the time, so that didn't help. But it would be nice to sit and play with a Japanese gaming group when I'm back in country . . . but I don't know even a single TRPG gamer there.Delete
I have one Japanese gamer friend from college, but didn't live near her while I was in Japan. I also never got involved with, or even heard about, a Japanese TTRPG group.Delete
The Magic: The Gathering kids in Japan were impressive in their obsessive interest in the game, but they were too focused on tournament style games for me to have fun with them.
Coming originally from continental Europe (now in the U.S.) I'm not sure what to make of the comparison on Americans are more touchy-feely than Brits. In my experience, Americans are quite closed off physically, though this all may just be perspective.ReplyDelete
My only experience with Spanish-speaking gamers was introducing a few to RPGs for the first time, and while the plural of anecdote in not data, I can say that once they understood the game, they got into it pretty enthusiastically, but didn't give themselves over to voices very much. Instead, they got a good sense of what their characters wanted and played that out, but in the third person.Replies
With all due caveats when speaking about people, I've lately drawn a certain possibly paternal similarity in the manners of English people and American southerners. Namely, it's when you're treated with a certain arch sunniness that you know you've really earned their contempt.ReplyDelete
Likewise I have little to go on beyond my own circle in a small corner of a big country but I would suspect gaming groups in the UK are often a bit more self-organizing. When it comes to "what's your stance on called shots," or "that scenario objective is really bad for my army list," the American process is probably a little more agonized, the solution chiseled out only after a certain number of remonstrations and appeals to fairness. I suspect on the other side there's more of a social cost to special pleading and an impetus to keep things moving. There is something in the contractual and clinical language that has become ubiquitous in gaming materials of the last 10 years ("session zero," "discussing expectations,") that has probably metastasized out of the American situation.
I'm also quite sure you're right in that, when acting out a world which at least takes some cues from the imagery of our history books, Americans are quicker to put on and perform cultures that are to them little more than costumes and postcard impressions of distant places.Replies
"There is something in the contractual and clinical language that has become ubiquitous in gaming materials of the last 10 years ("session zero," "discussing expectations,") that has probably metastasized out of the American situation."Delete
Well put.
It does seem to me like social interactions within the American bourgeousie are somehow fraught with tension, like everybody is worried that everybody else is going to take what they say in bad faith. That may be a totally unfair impression but that's how it seems to an outsider. It might be related to this desire for "contractual and clinical" approaches.Delete
Yep, very sound observations here.Delete
From my perspective this particular phenomenon is mostly about American nerds often being groups of people with poor social skills. In nerdish fashion they/we have attempted to address difficult group dynamics (which are enhanced because the group is a self selected collection of people who aren't good at being in groups) by putting together a goofily clinical set of "rules".Delete
I don't think this phenomenon extends to the overwhelming majority of US social interactions. Maybe also academics?
I think that's largely right--without an intuitive sense of how to navigate novel social sitiations, some folks resort to more explicit engagement with "social contracts" and the like.Delete
In my experience, academics don't do this, though, perhaps because the social expectations between academics are fairly transparent and well-internalized.
I also wonder if it's just a result of lots of people now having desk jobs which are very managerialised, so we end up parroting manager-speak uncontrollably.Delete
Hmmmmm, been gaming a long time with expats in Korea. Not sure I notice any big trends by nationality.ReplyDelete
Right now in my group the guy who always does voices is a Brit for example.
Maybe Canadians tend to be more chill and take things a bit less seriously?
Americans (including me at times) tend to be a bit more gimmicky with their characters?
Hard to think of more...
My long-term online gaming group (we've been playing for ten years) is about 50:50 Brits and Americans.ReplyDelete
Our gaming styles are very compatible, which is probably why we're still playing after a decade. I usually run games like WFRP and Call of Cthulhu while the American who sometimes GMs tends to go for Shadowrun, which seems to be according to type. Purely anecdotally, the Brits are much more happy talking in-character than the Americans.
There is also perennial confusion about where the 'first floor' is.
Well, what did you think of the Doom & Tea Parties games, lo these many years ago?ReplyDelete
My experience has been:ReplyDelete
French - very easy going and outspoken, lots of voices and in-character banter. Improv theater as an essential basis.
US - more gamey, straight to the point, voices a distinct possibility but acting is not "the point". Wargaming as the basis.
I understand British people sometimes play in pubs. I don't think I've ever heard of that being done in the US.ReplyDelete


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I wasn't expecting Zagreb to be a particularly exciting city. I had heard that there wasn't a whole lot going on there, and that's why I only booked three nights in the city. (I rarely book fewer than three nights anywhere.) To be honest, I'm sure there are a lot of things to do in Zagreb that could have kept me occupied for a couple more days, but the weather prevented me from doing much. It was unrelentingly hot the whole time I was there, and I was soaked with sweat all day, every day. You just don't feel like doing anything when you're practically baking alive, you know? So unfortunately, I didn't make the best use of my time in Zagreb. It's not as boring a city as you would think, but I couldn't have the time of my life with that hot Croatian sun bearing down on me constantly.
I did manage to walk around the city a little bit at least, and there are definitely some sights worth seeing.
There's a narrow alleyway just off the main square that leads to some steps you can climb. The view from the top of the steps isn't the most amazing I've seen, but it still makes for some nice photos.
It's also quite pleasant to stroll through the Upper Town and admire all the old architecture. How cute is St. Mark's Church? (I love churches with colourful tiled roofs.)
My main reason for going to Zagreb was to take a day trip to the stunning Plitvice Lakes National Park. I had seen so many pictures of this place that made it look like pretty much the most beautiful place on Earth. I had really high hopes for Plitvice Lakes.
As it turns out, the park is just as beautiful as it looks in pictures. It's also very, very, very crowded on any given afternoon in the middle of July. There were so many people in the park that it was almost impossible to stop and take a picture without holding up traffic. It felt like we were all being herded along like cattle. As you can imagine, this seriously lessened my enjoyment of the park. It was extremely disappointing because I had been looking forward to seeing Plitvice Lakes for so long. Don't get me wrong — I still enjoyed my time in the park very much. I saw some truly incredible scenery and got some great photos out of my visit. It's just that I would have enjoyed it more if I had actually had space to walk around freely.
As you can see, the park is gorgeous. Just don't expect to have it all to yourself!
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by Eung Won Park,Yuan Lee,Linda Sue Park
Language: English
Pages: 144 pages
Category: Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher: Yearling (February 12, 2002)
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By Eung Won Park, Linda Sue Park. Kee-sup can craft a kite unequaled in strength and beauty, but his younger brother, Young-sup, can fly a kite as if he controlled the wind itself. Other Books You Might Like.
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Hello, Is It Me You're Looking For?
Posted on Nov 08, 2019 @ 2:36am by Captain Kassandra Thytos
Edited on on Nov 08, 2019 @ 2:37am
Mission: Last Days of Empire
"Hello, is it me you're looking for?"
(cont. from Shawn's post "Noise")
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Location: in orbit around ALCYONUS I
Stardate: 2.19.1106.2143
Scene: Cargo Shuttle 1-1
As the Phoenix dropped out of warp in the Alcyonus system, a tiny dot of light was flung away from the mighty vessel at high speeds. This tiny dot of light was Cargo Shuttle 1-1, now unofficially dubbed the Cheng Shih, and inside it was one Corporal Honda Midori, and Captain Kassandra Thytos.
The shuttle was currently off, their suits were set to the lowest survivable temperature, and both of the women were chattering. At least, Midori assumed the Captain was chattering. Midori's breath had condensed, then frozen into lacy frost flowers over her faceplate, and she couldn't see much besides light and dark in the shuttle. They could have fallen into the sun, for all Midori would have known. So here she was, cold, functionally robbed of vision, but the worst of it was the silence.
With no air but that in her suit to conduct sound, Midori was acutely aware of all the small noises her body made, the churning of the acids in her stomach, the creaking of tendons as she moved, the chattering of her teeth. It was enough to drive you mad. The only thing that saved her from going over the edge was the soothing hiss of the oxygen and pressure components of her suit. She turned her head to look at her commanding officer but she could barely make out Captain Thytos' form through the ice crystals. The blur that was her commanding officer loomed closer, and then there was a slight thump as the older woman touched her helmet to Midori's.
"You hangin' in there, Corporal?" Thytos' was understandable, but muffled as the vibrations of her voice transferred between the transparisteel of their helmets before becoming audible noise again in Midori's helmet.
"Yes Sir. Freezing my ass off is all, and I'll be very glad to get this thing powered back up," Midori responded, trying to not let her relief of hearing something besides her own breath into her voice. Captain Thytos chuckled.
"Careful what you wish for, Honda. Once this baby's up an' runnin' it's time to ride th' vomit comet, an' hope the last thing that goes through our minds ain't our asses." There was a pause. "That's a joke."
"I got that, Sir."
"Well good. An' if the silence is drivin' you nuts, I always find that singin' songs in your head is a good way t' ward off the screamin' mimis. As fer th' cold… Well, we're just about comin' up on sunrise now, an' you're gonna be getting swamp ass, so enjoy the cold while you can. We've got about another hour to planetfall." Thytos pulled back and sat back down, and they resumed their silent hurtling through the blackness of space.
For all the time it took them to float to the edge of the atmosphere and start reentry, the actual free-fall and landing was surprisingly quick, and as stomach churning as the MCO had implied, even with her experienced hands at the controls. In less than 15 minutes, they had touched down in a canyon a few miles away from the prison.
Midori's first impression as the shuttle doors opened was that it was hot outside. Hot enough that it felt as though she was standing in the backwash of a shuttle's engine, hot enough for her to immediately begin sweating despite her suit's environmental controls, hot enough to feel like home.
Midori flipped open the faceplate of her helmet and took a deep breath of the hot, dry air, her practiced nose noting the slight musty smell that promised water. She didn't expect that they'd need it, but it was deeply comforting to her. As a colonist from a desert world, Midori had a fixation on water. Even though the colonists on her world seldom strayed from the enormous cenotes where they built their towns and vertical farms for long, everyone had a healthy respect for how precious water was.
Captain Thytos seemed less than enthused by their surroundings, muttering about the heat and her sensor nets, but at least she seemed to have a healthy respect for the desert. Most people, in Midori's experience, wrote the desert off as a dead, barren wasteland, and acted accordingly, as though the only dangers were the heat. As they emerged from the canyon onto the rocky plain around the prison the two women set about attaching bits of vegetation and detritus to their armor, muffling their shape and helping them to blend into the background. Normally, this would have all been done with holographs, but with no clues as to how much scanner technology the Klingons had at their disposal to guard their prison, they didn't want to draw any more attention to themselves than necessary.
"I really hope the crew of the SATET have shoes," Thytos grimaced gesturing towards the sharp slivers of black, glasslike rock that covered the ground in a desert pavement. "This ground would cut ya to ribbons if you touched it without armor on."
"I'm hoping we don't have any sand storms," Midori agreed, eyeing the drifts of black and green sand that accumulated around the leeward side of every hill and rock. "It looks like the sand is almost as sharp as the rocks, a sand storm could be deadly. I will say for now, it's awfully pretty."
"I don't know about that," Thytos said dubiously, "It reminds me of that glitter shit my kids used t' use in all their arts and craft when they were kids. And I don't like the look of the critters livin' in it. Too many legs, too many eyes, and some wicked claws on them."
Midori glanced up at her CO, half certain she was joking, but Thytos' face was deadly serious. Midori shuddered, and glanced again that the glittering dunes, hoping that they wouldn't have to spend too many nights out here, and resolving to stay well away from the sand when choosing a place to sleep.
Their progress was slow, almost painful, alternating between quick sprints between large, jagged hunks of obsidian, and slow crawls over large stretches of open ground. Finally, they found themselves at a good vantage point on a slight hill which had just enough height for them to see into the prison complex. They settled in, digging themselves a shallow foxhole, and in hushed tones began to create a layout of what they could see of the prison, with Midori taking visual measurements, and Thytos drafting diagrams on a piece of broadsheet in a surprisingly neat hand. It was tedious work, with Midori tracking the movements of the pack of four Klingon sentries that patrolled the perimeter, who Midori dubbed Hottie, Muttonchop, Plumber's crack, and Rapunzel. She was panning across the complex when something in the back of her mind needled her for attention, and she swung her binoculars back.
"Non-Orion in the exercise yard. Human, no, maybe Vulcan? They carry themselves like a Vulcan, anyway, you know, like they have a pole up their spine?" Midori hissed at Thytos.
"Lemme see," Thytos took the binoculars from her and held her hand over one of the eyepieces so her sensor nets could assemble a more refined image for her. After a moment she handed the binoculars back to Midori. "Accurate description. Hottie and PC still around the side of that building?"
"Yep, and Rapunzel and Muttonchop are around the back of the compound," Midori said, scanning the scene.
"Thank god for bored guards with predictable patterns. Okay, watch the Vulcan, and let me know if it seems like he sees me. Keep a watch out for any other Klingons," Thytos ordered. She put one hand in her utility belt and fumbled around in it until she found a small mirror that was included as a firestarter, which she aligned with the sun, directing the reflection towards the Vulcan.
.- ...- .- .-.. .-. -.-- .----. ... .... . .-. .
Thytos repeated the message a few more times.
"He's looking this way. I think he's noticed."
"Good. Keep a close watch on him," Thytos ordered, wielding her mirror once more.
... . ...- . .-. -.-- --- -. . .- -.-. -.-. --- ..- -. - . -.. ..-. --- .-.
"He's shrugging. I think he doesn't know. You have about one more minute before the guards are back in line of sight," Midori said tersely.
"Right," Thytos sped up the delivery of her message to the fastest pace she could manage.
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"Shoot, guards coming. I think he saw, but he's acting nonchalant now so the guards don't get suspicious," Midori said with a sigh. "Do you think anyone else might have seen it?"
"Nah, everythin' here is flashin' and reflectin' light. I don't think our message woulda gotten through if it wasn't a Vulcan we was talkin' to. The have a second eyelid, helps them filter out the light, so he could actually see our message in the sea of reflectin' light. Try openin' your faceplate, I'm bettin' it's dazzlin' out there," Thytos replaced the mirror in her belt. Midori pressed the button by her visor experimentally. The Captain was correct. Without the polarized visor and light reduction, looking at the landscape was like looking at a disco ball, with light glittering off rocks and sand in a thousand tiny stars. Midori quickly shut her visor. Thytos looked amused, then thoughtful. "I bet it's an' amazin' sight."
"It really is," Midori looked at the shadows on the ground. "It's just past noon, hottest part of the day."
"Coulda told ya that," Thytos said wryly. "We'll have a busy night ahead of us, we better get some sleep now. I'll take first watch an' keep making notes, you get a few hours of shut eye, and then I'll wake you up and do the same."
* * *=(/\)=* * *
NRPG: Okay, starting the ground game rolling. This should give people something to play with!
Ran, if you're wanting to write for the ground team, just let me know and I can let everyone else know you're working on something so you don't get scooped.
Shauna, let me or Shawn or Jerome know if there's a way we can get you in the swing of things!
More writing this weekend for what Kass and Midori are doing on the planet whilst waiting for the jailbreak.
Alix Fowler
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Captain Kassandra Thytos


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Toyo University hosted a short program for Sias International University (China) and received 8 students from 12nd to 17th January.
In the program, the students from Sias took a course of Japanese language and culture and visited various cultural places that enable them to experience Japanese culture,including the Skytree, Asakusa, and the Edo-Tokyo Museum. Participants could also enjoy active interactions with Toyo students since a Toyo students' group, TGS(Toyo Gem Stone), supported implemention of the program.
On the final day, a farewell party for the Sias students was held with Japanese language teachers, IAO staff and TGS members. A certification of completion was given to each students by Professor Steve Green, deputy director of the Center for Global Education and Exchange.
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Thru-hikers themselves can now help even out the flow of hikers to better seek the "fellowship with the wilderness" for which the A.T. is famous. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) views voluntary registration as a way to enhance your A.T. experience and better manage this natural resource – without additional regulations.
Those considering an A.T. thru-hike know the A.T. is one of the world's most popular long-distance hiking destinations. It is known for its beauty, its intimate passage through nature, the personal challenge it provides, and for the friendliness of the people found along the way.
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What are your benefits when you register your A.T. thru-hike?
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- Personal satisfaction of knowing that you are helping preserve the A.T.'s natural environment and to protect the A.T. hiking experience
- Provide the ATC with data on the number of hikers starting in Georgia each day to help improve support for the trail.
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Does this mean I'll have a space reserved on the A.T.?
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What if the date I want to register is already filled?
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What if I have to change the date that I start after I register?
Again, please pick a new date that is not yet full. Use the link at the top of the page at www.atcamp.org to cancel your registration. Then, please create a new registration for your new date.
Who should complete the voluntary registration?
Anyone starting an A.T. thru-hike. (That's anyone attempting to hike the entire 2,189-mile trail in 12 months or less).
How much does it cost to register?
It doesn't cost anything. It's free.
What will you do with the personal information you collect?
ATC will not share any of your personal information. It will be used to help improve A.T. thru-hikes and A.T. management. Your e-mail address is needed to provide the Registration Confirmation.
Does this mean I'll have a space reserved at Amicalola Falls State Park?
NO. Visit the park's website for availability and reservations at: www.gastateparks.org/AmicalolaFalls
Will this mean I won't need any other permits or fees?
NO, sorry. You'll still need to pay for permits and fees for:
- A backcountry permit in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (the fee is $20 for an A.T. thru-hiker and you'll need to get it online before you arrive there). REGISTER for a Great Smoky Mountains National Park Thru-Hike Permit.
- You'll also need a free backcountry permit for Shenandoah National Park, but you can get that at a self-registration kiosk when you enter the park.
- In New England there are some campsites with fees. Many can be avoided with careful planning.
- You will need to pay a campsite fee at the very end of the Trail in Baxter State Park. For more information about Baxter State Park regulations click here.
Is there any other way to avoid the crowds?
YES! You can start in the middle of the Trail, or some other location, and do an alternative or "flip-flop" thru-hike.
This time-tested, innovative approach can have a number of advantages both for the hiker and the A.T. Variations are explained on ATC's website at appalachiantrail.org/hiking/thru-section-hiking/when-where-to-start
What about a southbound thru-hike?
A much smaller percentage of thru-hikers walk southbound from Katahdin. There's a reason for this. A southbound hike starts with the hardest mountain on the entire Trail, which requires hand-over-hand climbing. The next feature is the "100-mile wilderness"—the longest distance between resupply points on the entire Trail. After that, the next 300 miles are the toughest of the whole Trail other than Katahdin. And you can't start until the end of May or beginning of June because that's when the snow melts. Conditions then are poor, but that's when most southbounders begin their thru-hikes because otherwise they'll be dealing with weeks of sub-freezing weather and deep snow in the high mountains of the South in late fall.
What is the ATC?
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is the private non-profit organization that was formed in 1925 to oversee the construction of the Appalachian Trail. Ever since then we have been the lead organization that manages and protects the footpath and the land surrounding it that has been protected as a congressionally designated National Scenic Trail.
We partner with the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest service, dozens of other agencies and more than 6,000 volunteers in 31 Trail clubs to ensure the A.T. remains a continuously protected greenway from Georgia to Maine. We'd love to have you as a member even if you don't register! You can join online www.appalachiantrail.org/join.


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The first stop of Fusion's Apollo Launch was in the beautiful Mallorca, Spain. An island just off the coast of Spain, and the home of luxury yachting in the Balearic Sea, Mallorca made the perfect place to launch the Apollo Series in Europe.
With 13 journalists representing 18 publications from 10 countries, all descending on Port Portales to be the first in the world to see the new Apollo products, it was understandable that the Fusion team was running around checking everything twice.
The event started with a working breakfast and the first of the Apollo presentations by the "Kiwis on tour", Managing Director Chris Baird, Engineering Manager Graham Brain, and Marketing Manager Marcus Hamilton. Needless to say, the press were very impressed with the products, presentation and the Apollo branding - not to mention Fusion's history and all the work our EU team have done to establish Fusion as the dominant Marine Audio Entertainment provider in Europe. By the end of the presentation they could not wait to get out on the water and see the new products in action!
Supporting the event was Mattias Daldborg from Garmin, who showcased the latest and greatest on the Garmin MFDs, including Fusion-Link integration and stereo control from the Quatix 5, which was a real hit. We don't know about you, but controlling your Apollo stereo from your Garmin watch on the back deck of your 51 Princess with a cocktail in hand sounds pretty good to us!
Glenn Zelen from Sea Ray was on site with an SDX 270 kitted out with the RA770 and Signature Series to show off the true power and quality of the new Fusion Apollo entertainment system, not to mention the Sea Ray lifestyle.
The girls from ADPR made sure everything ran smoothly on site and that the drinks were flowing – a critical role for any marine press event! Having four boats kitted out with new Fusion equipment, we were able to effectively show the versatility, features and benefits of our products in power and sail boats ranging from 27" to 51".
We were privileged to showcase the following boats fully equipped with Fusion products:
Sea Ray 270 SDX - The fun out on the water where sound quality was King!
Bavaria 51 - Showcased the power of PartyBus and all-in-one cabin solution, the Panel-Stereo
Princess 51 - Demonstrated the industry standard Fusion-Link and the simple Fusion DSP setup via the Fusion-Link phone app
- Apollo RA770
- 6 x 7.7" Signature Series speakers
- 10" Signature Series subwoofer
- 2 x F Series amplifiers
Fairline – Highlighted the commitment to OEM partnerships and the tools and support Fusion supplies
No press event would be complete without a few post-event drinks to get one-on-one time and delve deeper into the aspects of the products each attendee really valued and enjoyed.
What were the common themes? The sound quality produced by our Apollo Series really stood out, along with the elegant, sleek form factor, Fusion's strength as industry leaders, and how passionate our people are about our products, company and the industry we are lucky to be in.
The European launch for the Apollo Series was a massive success overall, which could not have happened without the exceptionally strong team behind Fusion that we are lucky to have. Thank you to everyone who has contributed along the way, big or small! We can't wait to see where the next chapter will take us with our world-class Apollo Series.
Explore our image gallery for the event here.


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A Book about Less
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When Simpler is Better
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Gobbling toward Obesity
In a recent health story, "Half of Us Face Obesity, Dire Projections Show," a team of scientists predict that nearly 1 in 2 American adults will be obese by the year 2030. That's just 10 years away. The graphic below shows our current state; I have seen these stats shown in numerous other sources. I … Continue reading Gobbling toward Obesity
The Pathway to New Habits
How I used a consistent diet of positive messaging to help me "easily" lose 35 pounds in 6 months...
Obvious Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
Among other changes I've made over the past six months, moving to a primarily plant-based diet has resulted in a number of positive changes that I am absolutely thrilled about. To help me lose, as of this writing, 35 pounds (20% of my total weight), I have cut almost entirely from my diet anything dairy, … Continue reading Obvious Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
7 1/2 Billion Universes
Feeling a need to revisit "the basics," I decided to open up one of my most valued books, Walden, by Henry David Thoreau. I can't even guess how many times I've read this treasure; it's one of those books that can define your life. Right there on the first page I discovered, for the first … Continue reading 7 1/2 Billion Universes
"Part of This Nutritious Breakfast"
I've been on a bit of a health kick lately, losing 30 pounds in recent months. And being more in tune with issues of health and nutrition, news' stories on the matter jump out at me more than usual. So when I saw this recent TMZ article about comments made by the famous Dr. Mehmet … Continue reading "Part of This Nutritious Breakfast"
Dharma Diet
Paperback Now Available Great news! Both versions of Dharma Diet are now available—in paperback and Kindle. I wrote this little book as a means to share the remarkable success I had last year in finally, finally losing the 25 pounds that I had been trying to shed for over 20 years. When I ultimately stumbled … Continue reading Dharma Diet
More Trouble in Paradise
I'm just wrapping up my latest book, Dharma Diet, which will be on sale in about a week. One of the major themes of that book is how we continue to think that the answers to our problems lie "out there" somewhere, when in fact many of our answers lie within ourselves. In the case … Continue reading More Trouble in Paradise
Dharma Diet – Available Now!
"I lost 30 pounds in 4 months, and it was one of the easiest things I've ever done!" ~ Me Silly name but a serious concept, this little book—Dharma Diet—is what every fad diet lacks. They say that 95% of dieting attempts ultimately fail, because people either quit before reaching their goal, or they regain … Continue reading Dharma Diet – Available Now!
30 Pounds in 4 Months
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Life Tip #60
He is who He says He is. This Life Tip comes from an interesting case made by C.S. Lewis, when he put forth the idea that Jesus must either be who he says he is, or he must be a lunatic that needs to be locked up. Lewis points out in his book Mere Christianity … Continue reading Life Tip #60
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Life Tip #18
You can't buy your kid love and happiness. On a morning news program several years ago, on December 26th, there was a news segment entitled "Getting through the Holidays" that had been running for several weeks. On this particular day, the newscaster and a guest were discussing the problem of entertaining your kids during the … Continue reading Life Tip #18
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Life Tip #172
Experience gratitude…in your head, in your heart, and with others. For a final note on gratitude, the next time your brain is about to complain about what you don't have, keep the following story in mind. Right after my son graduated from Navy boot camp a few years ago, he told me a story about … Continue reading Life Tip #172
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I've got some public gigs coming up this weekend, if you're in the areas. Tomorrow night, Friday September 11, 2015, I will be performing with the Low-Down Sires at the White Horse Black Mountain, in Black Mountain, NC. The White Horse is a great music venue with good acoustics and sound system and a comfortable environment for both listening and dancing. With this show we will probably be focusing more on the listening end of the spectrum to fit the typical audience there, but everything we play is also suitable for swing dancing, if you're into that. The show starts at 8 pm.
Speaking of dancing, the Sires will be off to Durham, NC the next day, Saturday September 12, 2015, to perform for the Triangle Swing Dance Society's dance at Murphey School. There's a dance lesson at 7 PM and the dance starts at 8.
If you're able to make one (or both!) of these shows please come say hello on one of our breaks.


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It is shocking but it is occurring.
Well here's an appealing change of activities within the ongoing saga of CBD in the us: individuals are now evidently attempting to turn the legal, non-intoxicating substance (this is certainly, CBD) to the unlawful, intoxicating substance of THC, which will be the inherent psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
Exactly why are they achieving this, you might be wondering? And even more importantly (at the very least for some of you), HOW will they be carrying it out?
In this essay, we explore the newfound phenomenon of how exactly to turn CBD into THC, and discuss some of the dangers that are potentially massivewhen it comes to both health insurance and legalities) of accomplishing therefore.
First Things First:
What's the distinction between THC and CBD?
We won't get into too detail that is much in this specific article, but essentially, the primary distinction between CBD and THC is the fact that CBD does not allow you to get high . Whilst it comes straight through the cannabis plant the same as THC, it does not have any one of the mind-altering psychedelic properties.


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He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths. ... Share Your Faith Products Gifts
Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, "These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day." Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "This is the thing that the Lord has commanded. Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; ... Scripture Images
and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. "He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. "He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men. But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation. Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens." Christian Art and Gifts
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and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. "And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, the woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood; the anointing oil also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you." The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Scripture Image
"Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded." And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning, so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, and said to Moses, "The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do." ... Scripture Image
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. ... Scripture Images
He measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner nave and the porches of the court. The thresholds, the latticed windows and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement.read more. Christian Art and Gifts
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Share Your Faith Products Gifts
He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits. He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz. Scripture Image
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. ... Share Your Faith Products Gifts
Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them, supporting them. At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: "Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?" They also asked them this: "What are the names of the men who are building this building?" But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it. ... Scripture Image
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Share Your Faith Products Gifts
"You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. "Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. "The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.read more.
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"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. "This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. "You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Scripture Image
"If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. Christian Art and Gifts
The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." ... Scripture Images
A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. ... Christian Art and Gifts
Practice hospitality to one another (those of the household of faith). [Be hospitable, be a lover of strangers, with brotherly affection for the unknown guests, the foreigners, the poor, and all others who come your way who are of Christ's body.] And [in each instance] do it ungrudgingly (cordially and graciously, without complaining but as representing Him). - 1 Peter 4:9 (AMPC) Share Your Faith Products Gifts
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