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Bards can be pretty good for that.
Granted, Cecil is now dead. But, we still have a druid and a cleric.
I'm not familiar with Pathfinder's feats, but 5E has one called 'Tough' that boosts max HP by twice your level and lets you add an additional 2 HP to your roll when leveling. It's good for any player that has a tendency to get up close and personal with enemies. I took it for my rogue and nearly doubled his hitpoints when leveling. (27 -> 51). If Pathfinder has that and she goes bard or sorcerer, I'd recommend it.Bards can be pretty good for that.
Granted, Cecil is now dead. But, we still have a druid and a cleric.
RIP Cecil (great last words, BTW). I'm not sure what she's inclined to, In terms of meta-game, Bard, Arcanist or Sorcerer would be best, assuming our cleric rejoins us soon.
The original 3 books, plus Greyhawk and the various Strategic Reviews ( for Ropers etc)I used to have those. But where are Blackmoor and Eldritch Wizardry?
PDFs at https://rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons/Original%20D%26D/Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%20-%20White%20Box.pdf
The original 3 books, plus Greyhawk and the various Strategic Reviews ( for Ropers etc)I used to have those. But where are Blackmoor and Eldritch Wizardry?
PDFs at https://rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons/Original%20D%26D/Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%20-%20White%20Box.pdf
Multiclassing for 5e? Well the first is, do you need to do it for your concept? Or is it something you can do with a single class and some feats? Are you willing to pass up the capstone powers for the classes you picked? Multiclassing in 5e tends to front load a bit more power or options in the earlier levels, but you really tend to lose out as you reach the high levels. Especially if you are a multiclassing magic caster.
If you do decide to multiclass consider the typically 4 level break points where you get feats. Since they happen when a class hits certain levels, not when your total of all classes hits a certain level. So if you went 3 levels in ranger and three in wizard for instance, no feats until you take that 4th level in one of the classes.
I assume by "feats" you mean the class specific feats like the rogue's Uncanny Dodge and the bard's Song of Rests, right? I couldn't find anything restricting the standard feats list. And e erything I've seen agrees that taking standard feats at those level benchmarks is level cumulative. I'm not sure how early you can start multiclassing, though. But going by the examples given and the prerequisite scores for each class, I think the earliest you can multiclass is level 4.
It already does say that. The text I quoted earlier is at Character Advancment > Beyond 1st Level (https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Character%20Advancement#content) for Roll20, Step-by-step Characters > Beyond 1st Level (https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/step-by-step-characters#Beyond1stLevel) for D&D Beyond. I don't know which wikia site you mean, but I don't think there's any official one.I meant that they need to state it specifically in the multiclassing section to avoid potential confusion and arguing.
You can multiclass as early as you want, provided you meet the ability minimums and your DM allows it. There's a build that allows you to multiclass as early as level 2 (you have the stats at level one, but only a single class).
Do you mean this Slayer (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/hybrid-classes/slayer/)?Yep.
It sounds a bit like you might want some Rogue in there as well, given that Slayer seems to be a Ranger/Rogue hybrid in Pathfinder, although it looks like a lot of the talents could be roughly replaced by a Battlemaster Fighter's maneuvers.
As much as I hate to be the stop-having-fun guy (rule of cool, &c), but on thinking about it, I think that remote robbing would only work if everything you wanted to steal was within 30' of you as well. Familiars can only deliver touch spells, and Mage Hand is not a touch spell. Rattata would still be useful to see where the hand is, but not to extend the range of the spell.
Our session Saturday night was mostly finishing up after the last adventure, and doing things such as identifying items, taking rescued prisoners to safety, and then preparing for the next part of the plot. Unfortunately, that means dealing with some high-level orcs, and of the two characters who speak that language, one used Charisma as a dump stat, and my character who is a) an elf, and b) shares in her people's racism. I don't expect that our interactions with them will go well.
Oh, also, we successfully introduced our new character, a priestess of Shelyn who will apparently be splitting between tanking and healing. I think that the new player works well with our group (that's a bit of an understatement), and I'll be glad that there will be someone else in full plate between me and the scary things. I'm still kicking myself for burning the components for a Limited Wish when there were clerics right there who could cure the suicidal ex-assassin.
Best of luck to you! Maybe your new party member just so happens to speak orcish? Either that or perhaps the charisma dump stat character will speak orcish like an orc and e respected for it. Break leg.
In the morning I was in a very fun party using The Fantasy Trip (TFT) system. My character was basically Hawkeye. When his bow string snapped in the first combat it became very clear just how useless he was for anything else. In the second combat - where we had time to plan - I took out as many enemies as the rest of the party combined. I would totally play that ancient system again
What ancient systems have you folk enjoyed?
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I'm going to have to record one of our sessions because it gets pretty absurd sometimes.
I'm going to have to record one of our sessions because it gets pretty absurd sometimes.
Please do!
I'm going to have to record one of our sessions because it gets pretty absurd sometimes.
Please do!
I'm attacking the darkness!
There is already a Ravenloft adventure in 5e, but I don't plan on using it. Nor send people to Ravenloft. It's my own setting, so I stay away from published adventures and just pick and choose what I like from published material.
I actually have a bone gazebo model from an after Halloween sale that's perfect size for 28mm miniatures. And since the land my party is in is full of all kinds of grim fairy tale style enemies, I just have to have them deal with a Vampire Count or something to have an excuse to use it.
Or maybe it'll be a Mimic-zebo... You never know.
Wow!Once I came up with the idea of making a tidally-locked world, a bit of research and a map generator allowed me to get a better handle of what I was working with. I'm stealing enough ideas for the light and dark side (Dark Sun and Frostburn respectively) from other sources that I largely get to focus on the middle. And for that, it helps that I was able to dig up a bunch of notes from ages ago including a 5000 year timeline, from the last time I was working on a setting. Much of the material is stuff that I can adapt fairly easily.
Way further than what I've got.
Right now I just have two loose setting ideas:<snip>
- One is a world dominated by the reptilian races with the only mammals being small rat-like creatures.
- G'do, a massive desert that's a sea of sand. Plenty of Underdark monsters have adapted to living in the sand sea along with some new monsters.
For a possible explanation as to why the G'do desert is like this, I was thinking that the Underdark could slowly be collapsing or filling in somehow. The air would be escaping from tons of tiny cracks throughout the desert floor. Thus causing the sand to act as a liquid. It's more interesting than the nebulous explanation of "it's magic" or "a wizard did it".
Hmm. The Dark Sun setting had a giant sea of silt, and the desertification literally *was* that a wizard did it, or rather that all the wizards did it since arcane magic is the fossil fuels of the setting. Some of the old 2nd-ed books on that setting may have some useful info in terms of helping with the world-building. Then again, since I don't plan on publishing any settings, I figure I'll take anything that's not nailed down from anywhere.
That seems like a pretty cool idea, and I presume that either the lizardfolk or Yuan-ti would be considered the human analogue.I was thinking the lizardfolk would be the human analogue, while the Yuan-ti would be akin to elves. Kobolds would loosely equate to a mix of gnomes and dwarves, and dragonborn a loose mix of dwarves and goliaths in terms of equivalence.
I think it's good that you're giving a nod to science and real world phenomena. It's like the lake of boiling water I mentioned from last game, when one of the clerics casts water walking on everyone, I had to pointedly ask about the whole convection issue. I think that you have a good instinct for where you want to take this, and both Neko_Ali and I were thinking of something that you might be able to poach extra ideas from.
Edit: I like using lizardfolk for humans and the yuan-ti as elves. I hadn't even thought about the latter.
I'd like to try the playtest out... But my group is already doing three nights a week for five different campaigns. And my room mate is absolute dead set against anything Pathfinder because there are 'too many options'. She doesn't like all the splat books and optional rules...I've never played the system, so I'm no expert, but isn't the point of optional rules that they are optional? If you don't like them you don't have to use them, right?
I'd like to try the playtest out... But my group is already doing three nights a week for five different campaigns. And my room mate is absolute dead set against anything Pathfinder because there are 'too many options'. She doesn't like all the splat books and optional rules...I've never played the system, so I'm no expert, but isn't the point of optional rules that they are optional? If you don't like them you don't have to use them, right?
In the play test rules there's only like 10 classes. It's no more complex than d&d. I'm not saying she has to play anything she's not interested in playing, but if her complaints are about rule, option, and book bloat, now would be a good time to give the game a shot since they are starting over with a new edition.
Interesting. Shadowrun is wicked clunky and rules heavy. I was a fan of the world building and aesthetics of SR, but when it came to mechanics and game design, it was woefully disappointing. But that's just mho.
I mean, that's what I said and it makes sense to me but she's apparently had bad experiences and just isn't interested in trying again. Her big complaint was all the additional classes and such that came out... but like you said, if you're running the game you always have final say in what's allowed. She's not even interested in giving Starfinder a try and I really want a go at magic space adventures. I tried to pitch it as an option for our Sunday game but people mostly wanted to play Shadowrun. Which I don't mind since I love the setting and system.
Edit again: Neko, for the most part, he isn't truly evil, but does give us enough rope to hang ourselves and is good at exploiting a character's (or player's) personality.
You didn't push them in front of the bus, but you didn't say anything as they walked in front of the proverbial bus.Edit again: Neko, for the most part, he isn't truly evil, but does give us enough rope to hang ourselves and is good at exploiting a character's (or player's) personality.
That's what all good evil GMs do and why my players hate me sometimes. Because they know in the end... They really did it to themselves. I was just helping things along.
I posted some ideas about a game world upthread somewhere, and now I'm actually trying to make it. I forgot how much work was involved in the whole process. Right now, I'm working on the main pantheon, and even with only 15 gods, it's a lot of work. I'm on page six right now, and only putting in a paragraph or two for each one. I expect by the time I have everything fully fleshed-out, each one might take up a page to itself. I guess when I get bored, I can always switch to cities or countries (I already have that mapped out), but part of me wants to at least get to a point where I can finish for now.Pantheons are a lot of work.
Pantheons are a lot of work.
I looked into it for the lizard world one I mentioned above, and I'm honestly tempted to just reskin one of the existing pantheons with a bit of mixing and matching.
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2018, So it only recently folded?
Well, it happened this way....Hippolyta (Phil's experienced character) was leading or attempting to lead a gaggle of Turkeys down the first level of High Dudgeon's Dungeon. After KOing a group of Orcs, some by Sleep, some by Clerical sleep (a mace just behind the left ear), the party came to...a Door! Out stepped an old Gent who ummed a bit, aahred a bit and Proclaimed himself *the* 10th ' level monk. (HINT! HINT!) On the first level.
Did the party ask for ID? No. For some reason--probably because my Dungeons have an (unwarranted?) reputation for deadliness, Hippolyta was not suspicious. The old man told the thief if he would just step inside, he would be told something to his advantage. (HINT! Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly..)
AT THIS POINT Hippolyta became suspicious due to Phil's knowing my motto is TANSTAAFL. Hippolyta was dissauded from taking action at sword point by Democratic Vote. The thief went in, the Doppleganger . neatly swiped off his head and spent several minutes getting his features good enough to stand a close inspection.' (HINT! HINT!)
Finally the Doppleganger came out and the party proceeded. Hippolyta frantically pleaded that in the streets of Denmark there was an odor of Decay. The Doppelganger, being an intelligent, hardworking, SURVIVING monster insisted on taking a position in the rear. Hippolyta was Of Course the Target For Tonight. The Thief stabbed her in the back, pleaded a pre-emptive strike since Hippolyta wanted him tied up, and because of popularity was forgiven.
After staging a few diversions (stab Run, run,a monster!" "Whewl Where's Fred?" "The Minataur lizard/ Balrog/ Orcs / Hydra got him.") (Massive hints all the time) Finally the Doppelganger hoisted the Jolly Roger and massacred the pitiful remnants of the depleted party.
Not quite word processors, but hasn't TeX been around for about 40 years?
Edit: Of course, access to computers at the time, especially networked ones was quite limited. I suspect that a lot of folks didn't have access to BBSes or newsgroups in the early 80s.
I don't *think* there's a rule saying I can't cast with a weapon in my hand, but I'm still pretty ineffectual with it due to being a squishy caster and having a strength penalty. The GM did say that I could take a feat to use weapons with my prehensile hair, and I may do that somewhere down the line, since my hair has a strength bonus equal to my int bonus. Given what we're dealing with, this place is fairly low on both the quantity and quality of the lewtz, so even a +1 holy sword is a big thing. I just hope we can turn the gunslinger good, since he's pretty good at melee as well.Prehensile hair???
Thing is that the campaign is based off of one of the Pathfinder adventure paths (Curse of the Crimson Throne), so there's quite a bit of Paizo's IP in there. Granted, we've faced quite a bit of custom content (due to our penchant for running things off the rails and to help level/gear us for what we're facing (and we're still under-geared for lvl 14, IMO), but there's still a *lot* of copyrighted stuff. I'm content just sharing the stories here and IRL with other tabletop gamers for their enjoyment.
It was very relaxing. He was taking a dirt nap after all.
At least it wasn't a result of the Deck of Many More Things That thing raised the terror level of one gaming group I was in more than anything else.Very true.
He was taking a regular nap and got sniped. And now he doesn't have a tail again. Stupid critical injury table.
Sadly, not blue. Greenish brown with orange striping (like an ornate box turtle).He was taking a regular nap and got sniped. And now he doesn't have a tail again. Stupid critical injury table.
Is he blue and think that the tail is "delightful"?
Oh fuck. I had typed about six paragraphs and the page crashed. I really wish that there was a "save" feature here.Ditto.
goldfish poop gang
EDIT [1] Oka, Ta'pi, Pu'u, and Ding. 100% intentional pun.
Oh fuck. I had typed about six paragraphs and the page crashed. I really wish that there was a "save" feature here.Yeah... Ever since losing a minor essay in the Discuss sub-forum when I clicked Preview, I draft anything more than a one or two line posting in a text-editor with a BBCode plug-in and copy-paste it in. Even for short posts I hit Cmd-A Cmd-C to copy it to my Clipboard before hitting Preview.
Did I mention that they're called the Al Cassava Gang?goldfish poop gang
Rather useless recurring adversaries (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoldfishPoopGang)?QuoteEDIT [1] Oka, Ta'pi, Pu'u, and Ding. 100% intentional pun.
You're a terrible person.
But was it a Dread Gazebo?Sadly, it wasn't a mimic (that we know of). Though, it did seem to have some setience to it. The gazebo was built by a crazy architect named Ferrick(sp?) the Mad. We also suspect it might link to the Abyss, but nobody in the party speaks Abyssal. Oddly enough, it's our Drow cleric of Lathandar[1] who speaks Ignian.
The only witnesses to the arson are horses and barn cats, so the party gets it into their heads to grab one of the feral moggies and use it to sniff out the elf, or elves responsible. They knew that the mute half-ogre was good with animals, but were able to get it out of him that he could actually talk to them (he's a druid). First, they go to Ms. Fanservice who is performing a magically-enhanced musical act at the inn in which they are staying. She was clean, and I gave enough of her backstory that she'll probably show up again in the future. So they trekked over to the inn/tavern where they knew the owner was involved, and had the cat sniff the elves that worked there. The cat hissed and struggled, and the half-ogre said that these were the elves. It wasn't enough for court, but they did feel justified in executing the warrant that they had to search any business in town, found the secret room, and incriminating map. So the next step, of course, is going to the watch, who'll lend them a couple of men to search the tunnels. Of course, if they go in the tavern way, they'll soon discover that it's heavily booby-trapped, and they have no rogue."Triggering the trap still counts as finding it."
That last bit sounds familiar. BTW, what text editor do you use?.....I don't know what those things are. I've just either been punching these into an open browser on my phone (why I lost the first 2 of these 3 sessions' summaries) or I type it up in Wordpad or Libre Office Text.
For writing game stuff, I've found that doing everything in LaTeX with either TexMaker on Mac, or Kile in vi-mode on Linux is the easiest way to keep the document properly broken down, and easy to read when printing. It was just a little of a learning curve to pick the language back up.
Oh, I'm an idiot! I thought that you were talking about what you used to write stuff that you used for game.No you're not. Don't worry about it. It's been a miserable couple of days weatherwise and my brain was half melted with these damned bump caps. Nearly had a heat stroke Tuesday.


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System B
Published Oct 05, 2010Skirting techno, dub and pure soundscape creationism are System, a Danish electronic super-group (according to the bio). In case you think the post-Basic Channel delta of techno dub isn't diffuse enough, here's another entry. At first, through "All" and "DRK," any rhythmic content is only tenuously tied to momentum. But lo and behold, the songs thicken up and get serious about head-nodding a third of the way through ― "Stars" and "Stanley" being particularly energetic, 8-bit-style digi-dubs. Process-wise, the album's entirely synthetic palate isn't groundbreaking, but is absorbing and richly detailed, if you're partial to dub-soaked electronics. Not to damn this album with faint praise, but B is fresh in the sense that the sounds could only have come out of the here and now, but would still mix well with European-made dub, from the Orb onwards. What System could do, hopefully, is find an audience amongst those looking for more L.A.-style, Low End Theory-type bass. Though any hip-hop sensibilities are absent, it pushes and pulls your insides in a similar fashion. This is a classy release. (Rump)

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My mum sent me this photo of us last night. I became really emotional. My chubby body not facing the camera and leaning against my mum as she holds me. My mum's smile.
My perceptions and memories of my childhood are quite focused on the negative: arguments, screaming, violence, me lying in bed bawling and making deals with God.
The negative always seems to create more of an impact than anything positive and this misdirects our perceptions.
If I could, I would teach everyone in the world, from birth, that the universe is always in perfect balance. When something negative happens, we need to look for the positive in that moment too, to keep balance. If we could do that, our perceptions would be more balanced, and we would be more balanced.
Sounds too simple, right?
It's not. It's hard to step outside of yourself and your situation to look for the benefits. Even as an adult, an intelligent adult, it is sometimes difficult to reflect. The negative, the drawbacks, are always so easy to pinpoint. We are geared to look for the negatives in a negative situation. We somehow thrive from this.
Looking for the benefit, well, that's more difficult. However, doing it really changes your perception of events. My work with Mai Mai has really enabled and empowered me to do this, and I can do it quite quickly for most things now. Especially for the small ego hurts that occur. And doing it at the time, really empowers you to keep more balance.
Try it next time you feel miserable about something. Be in the moment, list the drawbacks, list the benefits. See where it takes you.


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Roger Stern reboots The Beetle.
Last issue, we saw Beetle's new armor. In this story, we see some its features, like the Electro Bite and micro-motors that enable him to crash through brick walls. For his revenge plan he is paired with one of the worst Spider-Man villains ever, The Gibbon.
Also during this story, Roger Stern continues to develop the slow-burn story about Greg Salinger, the Empire State University student who we will eventually learn, during Roger Stern's Amazing Spider-Man run, is the Foolkiller. We see him on campus getting harassed by FBI agents—but we don't know why.
The art by Jim Shooter in #59, and Ed Hannigan in #60, is pretty average. (Funny side note, Jim Shooter (editor in chief at the time) was given layout credits for #60 under the name J. Strzltski, which was his family's name before they came to America and changed it.) Issue #60 is giant sized, though, and we get a very nice Frank Miller cover and a back-up feature that re-tells Spidey's origin. It's drawn by future Power Man and Iron Fist artist Greg LaRocque in the style of Steve Ditko, and he does a pretty good job.
In many ways, it's a note-for-note remake of the best comic of all time, Amazing Fantasy #15, with entire sequences (like the one below) redrawn.
When you're cribbing from a masterpiece, it's hard to make something bad, but it also makes it very hard for the reader not to think of the original. This reminded me of when Gus Van Zandt redid Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. The results were fine, but what was the point?
Creators: Roger Stern, Jim Shooter (#59), Ed Hannigan (#60), Greg LaRocque (#60, back up story)
Grade: C+
For the complete history of the MU, year by year, go here.
And see my Ratings of Runs on comics here.


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Is this the right area for discussion of ClassKit and related issues? Not a lot of traffic here. I've watched the WWDC video a couple of times. It seems rather rudamentary. The example might make sense for developer illustration, but coding actvities, ike exams, in a Swift app makes no sense whatsoever for an Instructor.
We created a system of multichoice exams for Apple TV, and our Ed4U app includes a sample exam screen and info on how to hand-create exam files. We considered doing a Mac App for doing this with a graphical interface. I suppose we could do that, then have a single exam app using ClassKit for iOS to display it and collect results. It would read the same file format we use for Apple TV.
We are doing a lot with our own software for creation of sophisticated educational videos. Who would be a good contact person in this area?
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This is a 25 day expedition voyage to East Antarctica starting and ending in Invercargill, New Zealand. The journey will explore the rugged landscape and wildlife-rich Subantarctic Islands and cross the Antarctic circle into Mawson's Antarctica. Conditions depending, it will hope to visit Cape Denison, the location of Mawson's Hut.
East Antarctica is one of the most remote and least frequented stretches of coast in the world and was the fascination of Australian Antarctic explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson. A true Australian hero, Douglas Mawson's initial interest in Antarctica was scientific. Whilst others were racing for polar records, Mawson was studying Antarctica and leading the charge on claiming a large chunk of the continent for Australia. On his quest Mawson, along with Xavier Mertz and Belgrave Ninnis, set out to explore and study east of the Mawson's Hut. On what began as a journey of discovery and science ended in Mertz and Ninnis perishing and Mawson surviving extreme conditions against all odds, with next to no food or supplies in the bitter cold of Antarctica.
This expedition allows you to embrace your inner explorer to the backdrop of incredible scenery such as glaciers, icebergs and rare fauna while looking out for myriad whale, seal and penguin species. A truly unique journey not to be missed.
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Trip Code: ACHEIWM
Location: East Antarctica
Ship: Akademik Shokalskiy
Arrive at Invercargill, New Zealand's southernmost city. Established by Scottish settlers, the area's wealth of rich farmland is well suited to the sheep and dairy farms that dot the landscape. Passengers should make their way to the Ascot Park Hotel where our group will spend the first night of the expedition. This evening there will be an informal get-together at the hotel for dinner; an excellent opportunity to meet fellow adventurers on your voyage and some of our expedition team.
Enjoy breakfast in the hotel restaurant and explore some of the local Southland scenery and attractions before heading to the Port of Bluff to embark the Akademik Shokalskiy. Settle into your cabin and join your expedition team and the captain for a welcome on board.
It has been claimed that the closest of the Subantarctic Islands to New Zealand, The Snares, are home to more nesting seabirds than all of the British Isles put together. Uninhabited and protected, the only mammals are marine; New Zealand fur seals and sea lions found at the base of the imposing cliffs. Zodiac cruising the jagged coast we learn how the islands got their name, and in the sheltered bays we should see endemic Snares Crested Penguin, Snares Island Tomtit and Snares Island Fernbird plus Sooty Shearwater and returning-to-nest Buller's Albatross. From the water we can view the unique large tree daisies Olearia lyallii and Brachyglottis stewartiae which dominate much of the island, draping the hills and creating a forest canopy.
As we make our way through the tumultuous Southern Ocean's 'Furious Fifties', we will learn more about Subantarctic flora and fauna as we prepare for our arrival at Macquarie Island. En route there are great birding opportunities which may include the Wandering Albatross, Royal Albatross, Black-browed Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty Albatross, Salvin's Albatross, Grey-headed Albatross, Northern and Southern Giant Petrel, Sooty Shearwater and Little Shearwater. We will also endeavour to spot the Fairy Prion, Fulmar Prion and Antarctic Prion.
We continue our passage through the 'Furious Fifties' this morning and prepare for our arrival at Macquarie Island, or 'Macca' as it is also affectionately known, later today. This UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Australia's jewel in the Southern Ocean, has a history firmly linked to Mawson's endeavours. In 1911, he established the island's first scientific station. As well as mapping the island and conducting geomagnetic observations, he studied the island's botany, zoology, meteorology and geology. This expedition also established a radio relay station on Wireless Hill that could communicate with both Australia and the expedition group at Commonwealth Bay. This enduring windy, rocky outpost supports one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in the Southern Hemisphere. Millions of penguins breed here with four different species: King, Rockhopper, Gentoo and the endemic Royal calling this island home. We plan to spend our time divided between two approved landing sites, Sandy Bay and Buckles Bay, as well as taking a Zodiac cruise at Lusitania Bay if, weather conditions permit. You will never forget your first experience of Sandy Bay's perpetually active penguin metropolis, where the dapper inhabitants show no fear of visitors. The King Penguin rookery at Lusitania Bay is noisy and spectacular. A welcoming committee will likely porpoise around our Zodiacs as a quarter of a million King Penguins stand to attention on shore. Large groups of Southern Elephant Seals slumber on the beaches and in the tussock. Unlike the penguins, these giant creatures will barely acknowledge our presence, lying in groups of intertwined bodies, undergoing their annual moult. In addition to the penguins and elephant seals, there are three species of fur seals to be found here and four species of albatross, Wandering, Black-browed, Greyheaded and Light-mantled Sooty. An amazing island, and our last Subantarctic Island visit on this leg of our journey as we head to open seas.
Soaring albatross and petrels circle the vessel as we steam southward through the Southern Ocean. Lectures concentrate on the Antarctic region, and beyond the bow of the ship, drifting icebergs of extraordinary shapes and colour begin to appear. Manoeuvring in close for your first ice photographs, we pass the Antarctic Circle and into the continent's realm of 24-hour daylight. Relax in the ship's bar and catch up with some reading in the library. If you have brought your laptop with you, there will be time to download and edit your just-taken photos.
An authentic expedition into the vast icy desert of East Antarctic, our 'In the Wake of Mawson' voyage channels the spirit and tenacity of its heroic namesake exploring the historic and isolated coastline of Commonwealth Bay where very few have ventured before. Located almost entirely within the Eastern Hemisphere, East Antarctica (or Greater Antarctica) is renowned for the thickness of its ice, up to almost 5 kilometres in some areas, and some of the coldest and driest conditions on the planet, yet is still home to Emperor and Adelie Penguins, seals, seabirds and cetaceans. A celebration of Australia's contribution to Antarctic exploration, our own expedition carries the same thrill of the unknown as we traverse the frozen coastline following in the wake of these great adventurers. Due to the unpredictable nature of ice and weather conditions, a day-by-day itinerary is not possible. The captain and Expedition Leader will assess daily conditions and take advantage of every opportunity to make landings and enjoy Zodiac cruises during the long daylight hours. Our program emphasizes wildlife viewing, key scientific bases and historic sites, as well as the spectacular scenery of the coastal terrain, the glaciers and icebergs of East Antarctica. Whilst specific landings cannot be guaranteed, we hope to visit the following as well as seek out new, perhaps previously unvisited areas:
Commonwealth Bay
Our first explorations on the remote East Antarctic coastline will be at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, it is notoriously known as the 'home of the blizzard' due to the strong Katabatic winds that frequently blow here. If a lull in the weather allows we hope to see, and experience, Mawson's Hut – established for the 1911-1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition – and its environs, which includes the Memorial Cross to expeditioners Ninnis and Mertz who perished during the infamous three man 'Far Eastern Party' sledging trip (which Mawson himself barely survived). Nesting near the hut are substantial numbers of Adelie Penguin and Wilson's Storm-Petrel.
Dumont d'Urville, Port-Martin
West from Cape Denison is the French Research Base, Dumont d'Urville, which we will visit if permission is granted and ice conditions permit. The base's main area of study is wildlife, notably the Emperor Penguin. In summer, the rocks near the base are also home to an Adelie Penguin rookery, as well as skua, Snow Petrel, Giant Petrel and Cape Petrel. This French base was rebuilt on the current site after a fire destroyed the original research station located at Port Martin, over 60 kilometres east of Dumont d'Urville. We will also attempt to visit this abandoned site.
McKellar Islands
This group of approximately 30 small islands and rocks lie 3 kilometres north of Cape Denison and were discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson. We will not land at these islets but there may be good opportunities for wildlife sightings close by. East from Cape Denison we follow the East Antarctic ice edge towards the Mertz Glacier. The Mertz Glacier emerges from the mountains of East Antarctica in King George V land. Extending into the ocean with a floating tongue, this tongue advanced from 1956 to 2010 a distance of 43 kilometres without calving. In 2010 the tongue was impacted by the B9B iceberg causing the Mertz Glacier tongue to calve off an iceberg that was 78 kilometres long.
When we depart from the spectacular icebound majesty of Antarctica we will have some quieter time at sea to recover from the extensive daylight hours. Travelling along the Antarctic convergence for part of this, we will remain vigilant for all the sea and birdlife we will no doubt encounter along the way. There will be plenty of time to reflect on your amazing experience, download and edit freshly taken photos, pose questions to our knowledgeable expedition team and recap highlights with fellow passengers and staff. Just remember 'God does not deduct from one's allotted life span time spent sailing,' so relax and enjoy. Take part in a series of lectures designed to prepare you for our visit to the Auckland Islands. Pelagic species abound here as they did en route to Macquarie Island earlier in our voyage. Above all, take the time to rest and enjoy shipboard life after the excitement of the Antarctic.
We arrive in Carnley Harbour, once the caldera of the Carnley volcano. The walls of the caldera have been breached on both the eastern and western sides, separating Adams Island to the south. The eastern entrance is navigable for smaller vessels such as ours. The extensive harbour is rich in history and in opportunities. Our activities are totally weather dependent as the wind often funnels down the harbor making anchoring and some landings impossible. We have a number of options including a reasonably difficult scramble to a Shy Albatross colony on South West Cape. For those not able to manage this there will be the option to Zodiac cruise the pristine shores of Adams Island and Western Harbour. If wind and weather prevent us from doing this, other options include a relatively easy walk to an abandoned Coastwatcher's hut and lookout used during the Second World War. If landing on the shores on the north arm of Carnley Harbour where the Grafton was wrecked in 1865, the remains of the vessel and their castaway hut can still be seen. There are two other sites of interest that if we can't land at the above sites we might consider. They are Camp Cove, site of the official Government Castaway depots constructed in the late 1800s and the 'Erlangen' clearing where the German merchant ship of the same name cut firewood on the eve of the Second World War which allowed it to leave New Zealand undetected.
Enderby Island is a wildlife rich island with no equal in the Southern Ocean, considered one of the most beautiful of the Subantarctic Islands.
Enderby Island's landscape is a mix of regenerating rata forest – playing host to native songbirds, the Tui and Bellbird, and chatterbox Red-fronted Parakeets – and megaherbs with
languorous names; Bulbinella rossii and Anisotome latifolia, and vivid pink and white gentians. The island is home to the rarest sea lion in the world, the New Zealand Sea Lion, which breeds on Sandy Bay beach where we
plan to land. As we walk around the island, we will enjoy close encounters with the Yellow-eyed Penguin, the rarest penguin in the world, and the Royal Albatross nesting amongst a
hummocked sward of Oreobolus pectinatus and tussock. There is a good chance that we will see the endemic snipe, shag and Auckland
Island Flightless Teal.
We are at sea en route to the Port of Bluff. We will take the opportunity to recap the many experiences we have had on this expedition. This is also a good opportunity to download and edit any remaining photos while they are fresh in your mind and you have the experience of our expedition team on board for questions. There will also be some good pelagic birding opportunities. Tonight we enjoy a farewell and celebratory dinner with new found friends with time to reflect on a wealth of new experiences.
Early this morning we will arrive in the Port of Bluff. After a final breakfast and completing Custom formalities we bid farewell to our fellow voyagers and take a complimentary coach transfer to either a central city point or to the airport.
In case of unexpected delays due to weather and/or port operations we ask you not to book any onward travel until after midday today.
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In 1991, the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties adopted the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, which designates the Antarctic as a natural reserve. The Protocol sets out environmental principles, procedures and obligations for the comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment, and its dependent and associated ecosystems. The Consultative Parties have agreed that as far as possible and in accordance with their legal system, the provisions of the Protocol should be applied as appropriate. The Environmental Protocol was ratified in January 1998.
The Environmental Protocol applies to tourism and non-governmental activities, as well as governmental activities in the Antarctic Treaty Area. It is intended to ensure that these activities, do not have adverse impacts on the Antarctic environment, or on its scientific and aesthetic values.
This Guidance for Visitors to the Antarctic is intended to ensure that all visitors are aware of, and are therefore able to comply with, the Treaty and the Protocol. Visitors are, of course, bound by national laws and regulations applicable to activities in the Antarctic.
Taking or harmful interference with Antarctic wildlife is prohibited except in accordance with a permit issued by a national authority.
Do not use aircraft, vessels, small boats, or other means of transport in ways that disturb wildlife, either at sea or on land.
Do not feed, touch, or handle birds or seals, or approach or photograph them in ways that cause them to alter their behavior. Special care is needed when animals are breeding or molting.
Do not damage plants, for example by walking, driving, or landing on extensive moss beds or lichen-covered scree slopes.
Do not use guns or explosives. Keep noise to the minimum to avoid frightening wildlife.
Do not bring non-native plants or animals into the Antarctic, such as live poultry, pet dogs and cats, or house plants.
A variety of areas in the Antarctic have been afforded special protection because of their particular ecological, scientific, historic, or other values. Entry into certain areas may be prohibited except in accordance with a permit issued by an appropriate national authority.
Activities in and near designated Historic Sites and Monuments and certain other areas may be subject to special restrictions.
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Do not damage, remove, or destroy Historic Sites or Monuments or any artifacts associated with them.
Do not interfere with scientific research, facilities or equipment.
Obtain permission before visiting Antarctic science and support facilities; reconfirm arrangements 24-72 hours before arrival; and comply with the rules regarding such visits.
Do not interfere with, or remove, scientific equipment or marker posts, and do not disturb experimental study sites, field camps, or supplies.
Be prepared for severe and changeable weather and ensure that your equipment and clothing meet Antarctic standards. Remember that the Antarctic environment is inhospitable, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous.
Know your capabilities and the dangers posed by the Antarctic environment, and act accordingly. Plan activities with safety in mind at all times.
Keep a safe distance from all wildlife, both on land and at sea.
Take note of, and act on, the advice and instructions from your leaders; do not stray from your group.
Do not walk onto glaciers or large snow fields without the proper equipment and experience; there is a real danger of falling into hidden crevasses.
Do not expect a rescue service. Self-sufficiency is increased and risks reduced by sound planning, quality equipment, and trained personnel.
Do not enter emergency refuges (except in emergencies). If you use equipment or food from a refuge, inform the nearest research station or national authority once the emergency is over.
Respect any smoking restrictions, particularly around buildings, and take great care to safeguard against the danger of fire. This is a real hazard in the dry environment of Antarctica.
Antarctica remains relatively pristine, the largest wilderness area on Earth. It has not yet been subjected to large-scale human perturbations. Please keep it that way.
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Do not disturb or pollute lakes or streams. Any materials discarded at sea must be disposed of properly.
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NIVEA® 3-in-1 Gentle Cleansing Wipes enriched with Natural Almond Oil for Face, Lips and Eyes cleanse thoroughly and remove make-up, even waterproof mascara. Enriched with Almond Oil, they are suitable for dry to sensitive skin types and leave skin feeling cleansed, moisturised and refreshed. SKIN COMPATIBILITY DERMATOLOGICALLY AND OPHTHALMOLOGICALLY APPROVED.
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Almost all pregnant women at some point of their pregnancy decide on how they are going to feed their babies. Usually, this decision is made based on a list of different factors. These are:future mother's health, family situation, employment conditions, available social support, previous feeding experience, etc. We want to become sure that this list includes your child's best interest too. This is why we want to discuss with you the three fundamental reasons to breastfeed your baby. All of them are related to your baby's health and well-being.
Breast milk is the gold standard for infant nutrition
Though some formula producing companies may claim that their formula is almost as good as breast milk, the unbeatable truth is that even the best baby formula does not come remotely close to mothers' milk. The ingredients in breast milk are unique. They are specifically tailored for your baby. No food can replicate the ecosystem of breast milk. That contains over 500 ingredients; fats, proteins, antibodies, hormones, enzymes, and micro-nutrients for growth, health and of your baby.
Breast milk is a living substance. Each milliliter of breast milk contains thousands of living cells. Each of those cells has a specific job to do to keep your baby healthy. Unlike formula, this living substance constantly evolves and adjusts its ingredients to address various issues in your baby's environment. Mother's body automatically starts producing antibodies to fight germs that are in her and her baby's environment, and those antibodies are immediately added to her breast milk. This means that her breastfed baby's immune system is constantly protected against surrounding germs.
Health benefits of breastfeeding are long-term
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by almost 50 percent. It reduces the risk of allergies and asthma. Breastfed infants are more likely to maintain their body temperature, and have more stable heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure due to skin-to-skin contact.
One of the fundamental reasons to breastfeed is the capacity of human breast milk to stimulate the baby's immune system with long-term health effects. Adults that were breastfed in childhood have lower risk of diabetes, leukemia, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, heart disease, asthma, eczema, and obesity. Suckling during breastfeeding promotes proper jaw alignment and, therefore, the risk of orthodontic problems later in life.
Breast milk contains complex sugars needed to feed beneficial gut bacteria known to influence how body burns and stores fat. Compared to exclusive formula fed and mixed fed babies, exclusively breastfed babies have almost twice lower risk of becoming overweight later in life.
Emotional, psychological and cognitive benefits of breastfeeding are a fact
In 2018, the U.S. National Institute of Health published an article written by Kathleen M. Kroll and Tobias Grossman on psychological benefits of breastfeeding. The body of research presented in the article provided evidence for a link between breastfeeding and improved cognitive abilities, memory retention, facilitated brain development, problem solving abilities, greater language skills, intelligence, and a reduced risk for antisocial behaviors and atypical social development.
As compared to babies receiving mixed feeding, exclusively breastfed babies have shown consistent increase in their intelligence scores from age 1 to age 7. The intelligence benefits are still detectable among breastfed children, when the factor of intelligence of their mothers is controlled.
Longer duration of breastfeeding during infancy is positively associated with cognitive performance as adults. Exclusive breastfeeding is positively associated with increased intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age, and with reading ability at 53 years of age.
Some of these effects of breastfeeding may be "diluted" over time. Other factors such as influence of parenting methods, peers, and educational systems may become better predictors of cognitive abilities. Nevertheless, the links between breastfeeding experience and its extended psychological and cognitive benefits are significant enough for you to decide how to feed your newborn. Giving a favorable starting point for psychological and cognitive development is in the best interest of your newborn child.
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How End-User Development Will Save Composition Technologies from Their Continuing Failures
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In this paper I discuss the motivation behind the continuing failure of composition technologies (workflows, service composition, mashups)over the past two decades, as well as the repeated mistakes we (the IT community, including companies) keep making. I then argue that, despite this, we do need these technologies, now more than ever, and that EUD is the driver behind this need, so the non-programmer has to be the target user for these platforms. Next, I share ideas as well as research results on how to design and develop composition tools that can be "programmed" by end user to define fairly complex logic both in the case of process-oriented applications and of mashups. These ideas are instantiated in a set of principles as well as in composition languages and tools developed in cooperation with our research and industrial partners.
KeywordsService Composition Model Business Process Complex Logic XPath Expression Composition Logic
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Personalised Giant Bauble Christmas Sack
This personalised Christmas sack printed with a giant multi-coloured bauble makes a great santa sack for any age.
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Re-wild The World
Trees are for life not just Christmas*
That's why every purchase with us this Christmas will help protect and re-wild over 10 million square metres of forest in England and Armenia as part of our World Bio-Bridges Mission.**
Why we're building bridges with Nature
Nature grounds us and makes us feel alive. We've been building bio-bridges all over the world to help protect animals and their natural habitats. 'Bio-bridges' are restored wildlife corridors in damaged landscapes that help endangered species to reconnect, breed and thrive again.
Our World Bio-Bridges Mission aims to enrich biodiversity around the world by protecting and regenerating 75 million square metres of habitat and building 10 bio-bridges by 2020.
1.8p from every transaction with us during November and December will be donated to our partners The Woodland Trust UK and World Land Trust to be shared to fund the protection and re-wilding of at least 10mil sq m of land in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean, UK and the Caucasus Wildlife refuge in the Ararat province, Armenia. To ensure that this is achieved, The Body Shop has committed to donate a minimum total of £100,000 to World Land Trust and £150,000 to The Woodland Trust respectively, regardless of total donations collected from customer transactions.
With new partners the Woodland Trust, we're giving a minimum of £150,000 to build multiple mini bio-bridges in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley, an ancient woodland on the English-Welsh border. Without action, the wildlife here will become increasingly isolated and restricted to small pockets of disconnected woodland.
This project may also benefit one of the UK's rarest mammals, the pine marten. A reintroduction of this iconic species is planned in the near future.
OUR MISSION IN Armenia?
With our partners at World Land Trust, we're giving a minimum of £100,000 to support the protection of the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge, a reserve located in a biodiversity hotspot in the Ararat province, Armenia.
Created by leasing lands from surrounding rural communities, the reserve protects crucial habitat for some of Armenia's most threatened species, including the Caucasian lynx and leopard. This project will benefit community development as well as biodiversity conservation.
For every purchase of our Limited Edition Hemp and British Rose Hand Cream, we'll donate £1 to help re-wild the world through our World Bio-Bridges Mission. We want to support organisations like new partners Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and the Queensland Koala Crusaders.
With Fauna & Flora International (FFI), we aim to plant around 10,000 trees in the wild fruit and nut forests of Kyrgyzstan. These forests help provide sanctuary for key bird species, including the endangered Egyptian vulture. This project will also engage hundreds of locals living in the region in forest health and improving the sustainability of forest harvests.
With the Queensland Koala Crusaders, we aim to plant 12,000 trees and restore over 30 hectares of cleared land in Queensland, Australia. This project will help turn the tide against the loss of habitat in the area, which is recognised as a biosphere reserve. Reconnecting and restoring this former timber plantation will help the threatened koala population to eventually thrive again.
In Tanzania, we are working with a local partner, Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative (MCDI), to create connections between forests, wildlife and rural communities. We will support rural communities to benefit from sustainable FSC-certified timber sales, with the revenues generated providing incentives for forest and wildlife habitat conservation.
With World Land Trust and Wildlife Trust of India, we're building a bio-bridge to help protect endangered elephants at risk from the destruction of their habitat. The World Land Trust (WLT) protects the world's most biologically important and threatened habitats. Our relationship dates back many years.
Here we are helping fund the protection of the Khe Nuoc Trong forest. Funds are also allocated to species surveys and community engagement projects to raise local awareness of the endangered species in particular the Red-shanked Douc like our pal Reggie.
In the Batang Toru forest on Sumatra, we're supporting the establishment of a Forest Management Unit to help protect the southernmost population of critically endangered orangutans and endangered species like the Sumatran Tiger. Here, we work with the Orangutan Land Trust, which help ensure there are safe forest areas set aside for orangutans and the species that accompany them.
*Slogan 'Trees are for life, not just for Christmas' used with kind permission of Dogs Trust.
**8th November 2018 – 7th January 2019: Greece, Russia, Malta, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Cyprus 1st November 2018 – 31st December 2018: all other participating countries.
***The Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales (No. 294344) and in Scotland (No. SC038885). World Land Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales (No. 1001291).


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