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On Saturday September 17th SF CalHeat started the indoor season on a very promising note by hosting a Team Handball clinic for High Schools in the Bay Area.
In what will be the inaugural season of the first Bay Area Youth Team Handball League, the clinic had the participation of Lycée Français de San Francisco, Sterne School, Stanbridge Academy, and Bayhill High School, and the possibility of more schools joining the league before the final tournament to be held in November 5th.
The volunteers from SF CalHeat did a tremendous job teaching the fundamentals of the sport to dozens of very promising young athletes from the Bay Area, the ages of the kids ranged from Jr. High to Seniors at High School, and even some chatting of National Team material was heard through the grapevine.
The coaches from the school got acquainted with the rules of the game, and just how easy it is to get a two minutes suspension for stepping onto the court, but head home with a bag full of knowledge to apply during their practices and the forthcoming games.
A tremendous experience for the kids, the coaches, and everyone involved; and hopefully just the first one of many more to come. This season looks to be the best one ever!!
Head over to our Facebook Photo Album for more pictures from the event.


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Women are from Venus, men are from Mars and migraines come from the darkest reaches of human neurochemistry. Medical research studies that date back to the previous century indicate that women are far more likely to suffer from migraines than men, and women who give birth to baby girls are more likely to pass on their chronic cephalalgia condition to their daughters.
A 2003 broad-reaching study conducted by the University of Michigan suggests that chronic pain in general seems to happen more frequently among women. Another comprehensive study that took place over three years was conducted in emergency rooms across Baltimore in 2006; this study confirmed what pain specialists notice in many of their patients: Women tend to experience pain with greater intensity than men.
Flaws in Previous Research StudiesIt wasn't until the late 20th century when scientists dedicated to biological, medical and pharmaceutical research took a hard look at their laboratory practices and noticed that something was not quite right: An overwhelming amount of experiments were conducted solely on male mice. This incredible oversight can be blamed on the men and women who conduct laboratory research, who often feel that the male of the mice species is more docile and easier to handle than the female.
Thankfully, things have changed in laboratories around the world, and now there is more equality for research mice. Females are being experimented on instead of being raised solely for the purpose of bearing more offspring, preferably males, for future research.
Disproportion in DiseaseNot only are women more likely than men to suffer from chronic migraines but also from:
- Fibromyalgia
- Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Osteoarthritis
The pain threshold reported by women who have volunteered for research studies whereby they have endured small amounts of pain indicates that they are not as tolerant or resistant to pain as their male counterparts. Physicians and biologists who have examined data from these studies have concluded that women who suffer from chronic migraines have a harder time dealing with their conditions than men.
In essence, the pain caused by migraine episodes tends to be more problematic for women than for men. There are many causal factors in this regard, and they range from genetics to physiology and from hormonal systems to psychosocial history.
Before women around the world get together to exclaim in unison: "great, one more factor to add to the gender gap," it is worth noting that the female of the human species tends to be more resilient than the male in terms of health, particularly during early development. For this reason, child mortality is much greater in baby boys than baby girls. Women tend to enjoy greater longevity and have been outliving men for many centuries.
Some philosophers who observe biology and the human condition believe that nature may select women to be more sensitive and aware to pain than men as a means to protect and prolong the human species. Men, for example, tend to die in greater numbers in their late adolescence and early adulthood due to armed conflict, violence, carelessness, work-related accidents, homicides, etc. Women, on the other hand, tend to protect themselves and steer away from situations that they think could be painful and dangerous. This behavior has led many thinkers to ponder the idea of a survival instinct that calls upon women to raise and nurture young humans well into their golden years.
Continuing research into the way women experience pain will likely improve treatment strategies that take greater consideration of gender, which means that in the future we may see migraine medication colored blue for men and pink for women according to their special formulation.

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Over the past few weeks, I've been telling you all about our adventures on the Accessory Dwellings Fall 2015 ADU Tour. As a couple interested in converting our garage into an ADU, it was eye-opening. We definitely had a lot of assumptions going in – some were debunked, others we found to be very true. We also learned that there were a lot of things that we hadn't yet even begun to consider.
Overall, these were our main takeaways:
- Cost. Honestly, there are so many reports out there these days of people building their tiny dream homes with little more than the change in their pockets that it's been tempting to think that we can do this on a super slim budget. Of course, we also know that we value quality. And, if we might house a friend or family member in our ADU, we expect a certain level of comfort, which means space and modern amenities like actual plumbing, not compost toilets. These things don't come cheap. Yet, we can certainly be disciplined about keeping our budget in check with various steps along the way.
- Overestimate. Regardless of what our budget ends up being, I think the most important budgeting lesson of the tour was to overestimate at pretty much very step. I believe this is true of any remodeling project, but particularly so when building a distinct structure that shares land with an existing home. Building a cushion into your budget will likely come in handy at some point, if not every point, during the process. As one homeowner said, "If you don't use it during the build, you can use it to celebrate completing the project." Very good point!
- Research. As much as I'm ready to dive head-first into this process, there are so many elements that go into design, permitting, and construction that it's important to put in work up front that will save time and money later on. As great as it was to tour ADUs in Portland, I'm now even more motivated to seek out ADU homeowners in Seattle before embarking on building our own. There is no better way to learn than from experience…and if it can't be from your own, from others will do just fine!
- Plan. This goes hand-in-hand with research, of course, but we definitely saw that it's an area with a tremendous impact on timeline and budget. My hope is that we can find a great designer and contractor during the research phase to help us map out the most efficient plan of attack. This is the point where I would also want to factor in our sweat equity and determine what skills or equipment we would need to make that a reality. Almost all of the ADUs we toured benefitted from owner sweat equity – some light, others heavy, all valuable.
- Have Fun! As with so many things in life, at some point, you just have to dive in and trust that it's all going to work out. All of the homeowners we talked to on the tour were clearly proud of their ADUs. And, despite a few blown budgets and timelines, we didn't meet a single person who appeared to regret their decision to build. Some had even given up their homes in favor of their ADUs. My single most important takeaway was to just have fun the process knowing that it will all be worth it in the end.
Additional Reading/Snooping:
Fall 2015 ADU Tour Preview – more pics of ADUs on the tour
Spring 2015 ADU Tour Profiles – detailed ADU info/pics
And, in case you missed the original posts…
Portland ADU Tour: Part 1
Portland ADU Tour: Part 2
Portland ADU Tour: Part 3
Now Available…Portland ADU Tour 2016
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3


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Dr J.V. Christensen Graduate Scholarship
Terms of Reference
- The purpose of this award is to provide financial support for a graduate student at Simon Fraser University who is pursuing, or intends to pursue, a graduate degree in the Department of History or Department of Archaeology.
- The criteria for this award are:
- demonstrated excellence at the undergraduate and, if applicable, at the graduate level
- registration at Simon Fraser University in a graduate program in the Department of History or Department of Archaeology
- cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50
- This award may be held in conjunction with other awards made by Simon Fraser University or other agencies where permitted by those agencies.
- Application is made on the online gradudate award system (GA3) and must be accompanied by:
- copies of all post-secondary transcripts
- a concise outline of the proposed or actual program of studies
- a curriculum vitae
- a letter of reference from a faculty member familiar with the applicant's work
- The completed application and all supporting documents must be received by the department of enrolment.
- The award will be made by the Dean of Graduate Studies on behalf of the Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee.
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Happy Diwali 2019 Images, Greetings, Wishes, Quotes, Messages
Happy Diwali HD images Download: You can either download Happy Diwali Images 2019 for your Friends and Teachers from the internet, or you can download some images regarding Happy Diwali from Happy Diwali Images, GIF, Wallpapers, Photos & Pics for Whatsapp DP 2019. Also, the idea of making a collage with many pictures on Diwali HD images Download and making it wallpaper is also a good idea.
Diwali, the festival of lights and love is upon us again. The festival is celebrated each year by lighting diyas, worshiping Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi, exchanging gifts and sweets, making rangolis and making delicacies.
Diwali is the festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. The festival occurs every year on the 13th lunar day of Krishna Paksha of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin. In 2019, Diwali will be celebrated on November 7. The festival is celebrated with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm all around the globe. Diwali is the perfect time to wish to send warm wishes to your near and dear ones. Happy Diwali HD images Download
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Separated by distance,
Joined by hearts.
Sending you Diwali wishes,
From miles apart.
Have a happy and safe Diwali!
May this Diwali bring you happiness and prosperity.
May Goddess Lakshmi bless you
And give you the strength to achieve success in whatever you do!
Happy Diwali! Happy Diwali HD images Download
May thousands of lamps light up your life,
With endless happiness, richness, health, and wealth forever.
Wishing you and your family a Happy Diwali.
A festival full of sweet childhood memories,
A sky full of lights,
Mouth full of sweets,
And a heart full of joy.
Wishing you a very Happy Diwali!
This Diwali, may you be blessed with:
Good Fortune – As long as Ganeshji's trunk,
Wealth and Prosperity – As big as his stomach,
Happiness – As sweet as his ladoos and
Troubles – As Small As His Mouse.
Happy Diwali!
May the joyous celebration of the divine festival
Fill your heart with
Never-ending joy and happiness!
Happy Diwali!
Ye Diwali aapke jeevan me khushiyan laaye,
Aap sadaa yun hi deeye ki tarah jhilmilaayen!
Diwali ki Hardik shubhkamnayen!
After Dhanteras and Choti Diwali, comes the grand big day of Diwali. The festival of light is celebrated on the fifteenth day of Kartik month as per Hindu calendar.
Diwali marks the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after fourteen years of exile. It is also believed that Goddess Lakshmi and God Kuber emerged from the churning of the milky sea carrying pots of wealth and elixir respectively. Happy Diwali HD images Download
Hindus across the world celebrate the festival with great fervour. They light diyas, worship Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh, prepare traditional delights and decorate their houses on an auspicious day. It is also an occasion to reunite with friends and families and have fun at Diwali parties. This year, the festival is on November 7. Happy Diwali HD images Download
So, in case your loved ones are away from you, send them these messages and images to make them know that they are being missed. Happy Diwali HD images Download
We have compiled Diwali Sms, wishes, messages and images; check them out below:
Another year will be over, another year will come. I hope and pray that the lights of Diwali illuminate the new chapter of your life. Happy Diwali 2019!Happy Diwali hd images Download
With the gleam of lights and echoes of prayers, With the sweetness of sweets and fireworks glare. Wishing you a jubilant Diwali.
Let the light of the lamps brighten your life, And give you success and guidance to walk towards your dreams. Wishing you a prosperous Diwali 2019. Happy Diwali HD images Download
Gulab jamuns, rasgullas, laddus; sparklers, crackers, and diyas.. all are back here to announce, the arrival of Diwali! so adorn your most colorful attires and get ready to celebrate! I wish you a Happy Diwali 2019!
Open your doors for Goddess Lakshmi, Pray to Ganesha for wisdom and prosperity and open your minds to good thoughts. Sending you loads of hugs and goodwill. I wish you a very happy and memorable Diwali 2019 to you all! Happy Diwali HD images Download
A festival full of sweet childhood memories, A sky full of lights, Mouth full of sweets, And heart full of joy. Wishing You All A Very Happy Diwali!
This Diwali, may you be blessed with, Good Fortune – As long as Ganeshji's trunk. Wealth and Prosperity – As big as his stomach. Happiness – As sweet as his laddoos. Troubles – As Small As His Mouse. Happy Diwali!
Deepavali ka yeh pyara tyohaar, Jeevan me laye aapke khushiya apaar, Lakshmiji viraaje aapke dwar, Shubhkamna hamari karein sweekar! Diwali Ki Bahut Bahut Badhai! Happy Diwali hd images Download
Diwali festivities begin from Dhanteras and end on Diwali day. From kids to elders, everyone eagerly waits for Diwali.
For kids, it is a fun-filled day, whereas for elders it has huge religious and spiritual significance. Happy Diwali HD images Download
On Diwali, they pray to Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh for the peace and prosperity of their family members.
Devotees make rangolis and decorate doors with artificial and fresh flowers in order to please the Goddess of wealth.
We Wish You A Very Happy Diwali!


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Fight the dark
I am a
With a spark inside
brought to life
by a woman whose joy breached pain.
More than a learned skill,
A choice.
A choice she made to sacrifice
her physical comfort for me
in life and death.
She gave joy to me.
Now this spark stays &
I am a
An unwavering human mess.
Happy to share
my Mother's Joy.
Bouncy Room
My Parents owned an impossibly high and wide bed. To my nine year old eyes, the wide bed was like King Arthur's bouncy castle, it was magnificently sprawled across the small Master bedroom, filling the entire room and leaving little room on either side. The room was the bed. My parents' bed was my place of refuge. It bore the perfect ratio between comfort and substance that my bunk-bed would never accomplish. Who needs a floor with space when you can bounce, roll, and flip to where you need to go? I would scramble onto the foot of the bed, my sisters squeezing on either side of me, and prop my head in my hands. We'd stretch as far as our limbs could go in our limited bubbles. We would watch movies on my Parent's tiny TV in our t-shirts and eat Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn with extra butter. We'd spend hours watching Aladdin, Belle, and Hercules in a world we conceived in our minds existed somewhere. My Parent's room was where my family and I would sing together because the walls of the room emphasized our harmony. My Parents' room was also where my sisters and I would listen, on edge, to Daddy talk about his adventures as a Corrections Officer. My sister Alleyah was always the first to slickly swipe Daddy's glowing handcuffs and leisurely cuff and un-cuff her hands while he told us his story of the day.
Daddy would come home exhausted, looking as if he had never had an ounce of sleep in his life. When he kicked off his shoes and flopped down at the head of the bed, a sudden animated spirit would revive him from his restlessly dormant state and give us our news for the day. We would hear about men who taunted guards, men who fought other men, and men who were just plain insane. We would hear about the crimes they committed and the crazy things that some inmates did to pass the time. The rise and fall of his voice matched the motions of his hands as he gestured the story into life, ushering the story from his mind before our eyes. He would censor the stories, shielding our eyes from the severity of life outside and behind brick walls. Although I was attentive to the stories, I mostly looked forward to Daddy's animated face and his booming laugh that erupted from his belly and seemed to interrupt him mid-word.
Even Saturdays, when I often tested the strength of the soles of my bare feet on the earth of our back yard, I could hear Daddy's laughter fill the universe. In me, it confirmed and ingrained a feeling of place. Here, wrapped in the arms of apple and pear trees, away from the rowdy, intrusive Brinkley Road, I was safe to do anything. I knew where I was in my family. I was the eldest of four kids in a family of six. I was my sister's adventure doctor and my baby brother's diaper changer. I was my Father's little girl and I was my Mother's diary of secrets. All that mattered was where I stood among the most important people in my life.
The grass in our yard was green and full of rabbit holes. My sisters and I would carefully run around, being careful to land our feet like astronauts on the moon. The holes led to the unexpected, and in our minds, either led to a twisted ankle or a trip to China. The trees that surrounded us bore a story themselves. The previous owners were an old married couple who planted their own food and were married for a lifetime. They had been the original owners of the brick rambler and raised a family in my home. I often wondered if their kids ever climbed the trees their parents grew or peeled the bark off the base of the apple trees as I would often do.
The yard was electrified with lively fireflies at night in the summer. I felt as if these bugs had invaded the solitude of our open yard, disturbing an unspoken balance. Although I was logical and knew that the living light bulbs could not harm me, I never approached them without a pair of gloves and a jar. When I encased them in the glass, I was not filled with some awe-inspired feeling of wonderment. I was glad I trapped the "bugs that won't stop following me." I fell asleep in comfort knowing that the Lightning bug inmates couldn't harm me or my family with no way of escape. I was the unspoken family guard.
10 things that saved my life
1. Growing up
I appreciated getting taller…that's it.
2. Puberty
Not to be confused with "Growing up". Puberty was what I called a "miracle". There was not a single thing (EXCEPT one thing *coughperiodscough*) that I hated about puberty. My boobs became pillows and my hips became the perfect place to rest my hands when I was tired. My new-found hips also worked as the perfect door opening device. I loved the changes. Sports Bra's became my best friend.
I didn't really care about acne and I was never really self-conscious about my body. I loved it (probably more than most). The thing I loved most about my new body was that it felt like my new body. It felt like I was turning over to a new chapter in my life with my new super-awesome body.
When I first stopped looking like my old sixth grade self, my first thought was," I can't wait to stick a wad of cash in my bra!"..
Why? Because it is the best pocket ever. Think about it. If I ever get robbed, would the robber think that my money is in my bra? not likely.
Thank you, Puberty.
3. Music
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain"
-Bob Marley
Nuff Said.
4. Poetry
Poetry. I'm no the best, I'm not worst. I discovered that this was the easiest way to express anything. Whether it be the smallest appreciations or the biggest turmoils, I always had away to release my emotions.
5. Dancing
I'm what is referred to on Awkward Black Girl as a Rhythm-less Black (Watch ABG Here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVa9lxkbus)
I gave up on having rhythm years ago. I dance like Elaine from Seinfeld and I don't care. Not-caring was the best thing that ever happened to me.
THIS IS ME: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xi4O1yi6b0
6. Laughter
I laugh like a cackling witch. I throw myself anywhere and everywhere when I laugh.
I laught at everything. LIFE is funny.
It's so Fun 😀
7. NOT wearing Shoes
They're way over-rated. I try to go shoe-less as often as possible…
not a fan of socks either.
8. Balloons
Bored in the house? Try playing an intense game of balloon volley ball in your living-room, and the floor is made of Lava! And YES, I'm technically an adult…
9. Crying
Great release. Especially when you haven't had a good cry in quite a while. You can cry out of sadness or joy.
10. Aluminum Foil
It's like clay, but it never dries out. It covers my food and makes a great sword. I've fought many-a dragon in Pillow-ville with a foil-sword.
11. Screaming
Ok. On the count of 3, you and I are both going to scream to the top of our lungs.
You feel that? Then you know exactly what I'm sayn'
BTW, you should probably go hide somewhere if someone called the cops (:


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Security Systems of America has been privately owned since 1972 and provides custom security solutions for residential and commercial properties. While they are experienced in the industry, they are a small company that charges higher prices for limited equipment.
Security Systems of America serves a regional area and focuses on cellular monitoring. Cellular monitoring is the most expensive option, which is not what every family needs. While cellular monitoring is by far the safest and most reliable type of monitoring, it also doesn't always work with every home. For example, if you live out in the country with little to no cell phone service – the chances that your home security system will monitor your home well with cellular monitoring is very slim. For this reason, Protect America offers 3 types of monitoring for every home.
Security Systems of America focuses on cellular-based systems and provides a basic package that uses GE Concord equipment. The initial costs are $199 for installation and activation and anywhere from $29.95 to $49.95/month for 36 months which includes 24/hr monitoring. With this package customers receive the following equipment:
- 1 main panel
- 1 key fob
- 1 motion sensor
- 8 door/window sensors
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At Protect America, you can get monitoring for as low as $19.99 a month. Additionally, Protect America promotes self-installation. Self-installation = $0 installation fees. You don't have to worry about taking time off work to meet a technician at your home for a lengthy installation. Instead, a technician will guide you through a DIY install of your home security equipment – for free! Upon choosing Protect America, your customized package and easy-to-install equipment will be shipped to you… again, free of cost!
Customers should be aware that if you look online Security Systems of America has an online special that requires $99 upfront instead of $ 199. This deal can only be achieved if you order a system through the website. However, note that at Protect America, we provide free start-up equipment with zero installation fees! We're so confident that our current Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum Package promotions are the best price available online for wireless home security systems, we're willing to put money on it to back our claim. We promise that if you find a better deal for less, we'll match the price with our Low Price Guarantee tool!
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demanding sweet: I want an entryway. Is that too much to ask? They are THE first impression of your abode. It's like the first date...with your house. (Ok, so not my best analogy, but stay with me.) Oh, and I also want a beautiful front door with lots of windows...and a beautiful light...and maybe a settee...to go with the entry with the the beautiful front door with lots of windows.
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Hello everyone. I've just completed the Portfolio project and since it's my first 'bigger' site, I'd like to hear what you all think.
Some notes: page should animate when loading, buttons are clickable and they fade in descriptions, and contact form is not working because I don't know any PHP yet.
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jastey, March 24, 2017 in Miscellaneous Released Mods
Thank you so much for the help!
berelinde's Keldorn Romance has a shiny mod homepage now! Thank you CamDawg for setting it up!
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Hi, i have a question.
My lt is 53 in ch 3 (i usually play fast paced but this time i was all over the place) but i feel like Keldorn still doesnt 'like' me and i have been friendzoned. He never said/made anything that could indicate that he may start to have feelings for me (Edwin tho commented about the fact that it looks like Keldorn tries to court me). Is this normal or i fked up?
If you want to make sure, check for the variable GetGlobal("B!KeldornRA","GLOBAL") - it shouldn't be at "3".Other than that, it all seems to progress as planned. The romance is a slow one with a lot of lovetalks. If the variable "B!KelLT" is at "53" for you, that means the next LT will be if resting at an inn.
There will be 7 more LT until the first kiss, if I see it correctly. Beware: this is the LT were things get decided. If you have a committed romance with one of the following NPCs, the Keldorn romance will stop:
Aran Whitehand (this is a teaser, really)
Weimer's Solaufein
Ok, thank you.
Could you please tell me the number of lt for SoA and ToB each? I am a little paranoid that i may fk up. (out of 6 romances i played just 2 i managed to make work so now i like to know stuff beforehand)
Here's a list of the talks. Kep in mind that the variable has to be increased by 2 for every talk, so LT 35 will be at "Global("B!KelLT","GLOBAL",70)":
And - the end of SoA might sound like your PC messed up the romance. That's intentional behavior, as long as she gets the ring.
/* Talk 1 - Unreal */ /* Talk 2 - Regrets */ /* Talk 3 - The truth comes out */ /* Talk 4 - Guilt, relief, and more guilt */ /* Talk 5 - Is this a test? */ /* Talk 6 (at an inn) - Wild man */ /* Talk 7 (morning after) - Hangover */ /* Talk 8 (before rest) - Letter to Maria */ /* Talk 9 - Leona hates me */ /* Talk 10 - Won't recognize Vesper if he sees her again */ /* Talk 11 - Aborted holiday */ /* Talk 12 - No reply to letter (and there never will be) */ /* Talk 13 - PC looks different */ /* Talk 14 - PC's childhood */ /* Talk 15 - What will you do when your quest is complete? *//* Talk 16 - The future */ /* Talk 17 - Second chances */ /* Talk 18 - Keldorn's apology */ /* Talk 19 - A favorable light (beginnings of attraction) */ /* Talk 20 - relationship with Gorion */ /* Talk 21 - Thank you */ /* Talk 22 - Views on duty */ /* Talk 23 - Needs of others */ /* Talk 24 - A just society */ /* Talk 25 - Esmeltaran */ /* Talk 26 - Do you like music? */ /* Talk 27 (at an inn) - Dance with Keldorn */ /* Talk 28 (morning after) - Feel alive */ /* Talk 29 - Favorite books */ /* Talk 30 - Adventurous PC */ /* Talk 31 - Friends for a season, friends for a reason */ /* Talk 32 - Things happen for a reason */ /* Talk 33 - Favorite color */ /* Talk 34 (rest at night) - Walk with me */ /* Talk 35 (morning after) - Keldorn's gift */
/* Talk 1 - First Night *//* Talk 3 - PC's feelings *//* Talk 4 - The age difference *//* Talk 5 - Partnership *//* Talk 6 - Family - the new Lady Firecam *//* Talk 7 - Family - Charname, the step-mom *//* Talk 8 - Don't Grieve */
First of all, I would thank you for this wonderful mod! I enjoyed it a lot as the dialogues are nice written and well thought out!
By the way, there is a problem that I could not solve. After some LT with Keldorn (something about favourite color etc.) a banter between Keldorn and Viconia happens and gets stuck — it repeats one time after another, so there is no way to continue playing as Viconia initiates this dialogue constantly ("So, the so-called paragon of virtues...").
What would you suggest to do in this situation? I can't figure out what variable I have to adjust to unstuck the script.
Hello NikitaA, sorry for your trouble and thank you for reporting!
First a short explanation: the dialogue that tries to fire is the second Keldorn-Viconia dialogue, but because of a typo it resets the dialogue of the first one. Good catch! This will be fixed in the next version.
To stop the stutter, please set Global("B!KelRomVic2","GLOBAL",1) - this will for one stop the repetition of the first dialogue and will also fire the second one.
As a remainder: in the classic games, the cheat console line would be
For BGII:EE, it is
Thank you for playing the Keldorn Romance mod!
Thank you very much for your help!
Berelinde's Keldorn Romance updates to v4!
There is a nasty looping bug in v4 where Keldorn and Imoen repeat their Tree of Life interjections. I'm working on an update to fix this.
The mod updates to v5!
Version 5 comes with several bug fixes, one of them severe (looping Keldorn-Imoen interjection at the Tree of Life). Version 5 also comes with a new optional component to adjust the romance timers. The needed user input during installation of the main component was removed.
-Keldorn and Imoen's interjections should not loop at tree of life
-Keldorn should have correct kickout dialogue after family events finished
-new optional component: chose romance timer. User input upon installing the main component removed (removed ACTION_READLN)
-renamed setup-keldorn_rom.tp2 to keldorn_rom.tp2
-added keldorn_rom.ini with mod info metadata
-update to WeiDU v246
Hi, Is there a way to disable the alignment restriction? There is no option to allow all alignments.
I'm playing neutral evil charname with simultaneous romances with Anomen and Dorn, and I have Keldorn in the party. I'm not into roleplaying obviously (You can't have Anomen, Keldorn and Dorn in the same party normally). One Baldur's Gate run from SoA to TOB is long enough, so I want to do all 3 romances in one go.
Well I hope your PC has a high CON then haha!
For Keldorn, first set the following via cheats:
this will disable any checkings for other active romances.
To circumvent his romance restrictions, it is a bit more complicated as they are checked directly. After Keldorn tells about him and Maria making peace, check for the variable Global("B!KeldornRomReturn","GLOBAL",1) ( GetGlobal("B!KeldornRomReturn","GLOBAL") ). If it is at "1", set the following variables:
SetGlobalTimer("B!KelTime","GLOBAL",FIVE_DAYS) // If this doesn't work, set SetGlobal("B!KelTime","GLOBAL",1)
Also, please refer to the readme: For the Keldorn romance, you need him and his wife to reconcile (something an neutral evil PC might not care about).
No guarantees how far you'll get, but good luck!
Thanks! I will try it out and see how it goes.
My PC is male, by the way, and he has 18 CON. It should be enough for a third romance. Hahaha.
I installed the Tweaks Anthology, Romance Cheats, and removed the gender restriction and allowed multiple romances. Does this gender tweak also allow Keldorn romance to work?
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3.75 / 5 stars
I don't remember many details from Julia Glass's first novel, Three Junes,
other than stumbling upon it that summer between high school and
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first stepfather, the man who formally adopted Kit as a boy and with
whom a teenage Kit lived well after his mother left, who puts him in
contact with the paternal family he never knew existed.
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way it embraces tragedy as one of the greatest unifiers among those
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roads not travelled, the limbo that comes from a lack of closure is
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find peace in knowing that any chance is taken with the best intentions.
And the Dark Sacred Night's
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obvious. There is some heavy-handed drawing of parallels (a blizzard
forces Kit to prolong the visit to his stepfather; later, when a
hurricane similarly traps a house full of newly acquainted connections
that share Kit's father as their common bond, it's a bit obvious that
storms signal momentous occasions, diminishing the shock of the tragedy
the latter sets up) and somewhat laboriously emphasized meanings, as if
Glass doesn't always trust her audience to follow her implications. But
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As a whole, Glass's newest novel is a largely successful
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hehe are you kidding me?? yeah completely destined to meet my sister -- for I just moved around the furniture in my house to have the "actual" living room in the front room (was formerly a non-used "formal living room"..) and repurposed the back family room as a playroom for my son.ReplyDelete
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"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of One Tree Hill and the 41st produced episode of the series. It was broadcasted on May 3, 2005. Nathan's Uncle Cooper comes into town to take Nathan and Lucas on a racing trip. On the track, Nathan and Lucas are challenged to a race by the beautiful Daytona and her smart aleck brother Garrett, but things go horribly wrong when Nathan loses control of his car and crashes into a wall. Meanwhile, Deb's addiction to pain pills intensifies and Dan exposes Andy's relationship with Karen to his class.
SynopsisNathan wakes up imagining Haley by his side. As he gets up he finds his Uncle Cooper in the apartment. He jokes around with him, offering $500 for a wall. His mom had to call him to cheer him up and blames Haley's departure on his 'gear.' When Nathan manages to ask him seriously why he's here, Cooper tells him he is here to change his perspective. Brooke wakes up to find Lucas asking to come in. Lucas puts his father's paper shreds in the cupboard. As they talk about how worried they are about Peyton, Brooke says that it's hard to be apart from the one they care about. Lucas then tells Brooke he is going on a road trip with Nathan and his Uncle Cooper. Andy is doing a lecture with Karen in his class when Dan puts his hand up to ask a question and reveals that he is sleeping with one of his students as well as hiring a private investigator to dig up dirt. Andy kicks him out as the class stare at him and Karen in disgrace.
Lucas and Nathan arrive at the race track with Cooper, and they are amazed at the different types of cars and the idea to see Jeff Burton, which they do. As they go out to meet Ray who is testing the car, Cooper soon learns differently and finds out that his daughter Daytona is and the boys are amazed at the speed and talent she has with driving, Daytona greets Nathan as they are obviously old friends. Back at Tree Hill, Deb takes some more pills. At the race course, they meet Jarret, Dayota's brother. Lucas goes to try out a car as Nathan joins Jarret and tells him about the marriage going down hill. As Nathan joins Lucas, Cooper offers them to go driving in them and the boys are thrilled at the idea. Cooper tells them that if they take a crash course today they can drive the following day. Karen is on the phone with Andy fuming about Dan, as Peyton and Brooke join her at Tric. Karen tells her that they've decided to spend the day together and try and cheer her up. Deb arrives at the club telling the girls she has a more positive outlook on life. As she finishes, Karen tells her about Jules and Dan due to Dan ruining her day, and Deb soon changes her mind, reaching for another drink.Dayota is in the car with the three boys teaching them as Nathan and Jarret stop paying attention. Dayota tells them that if they make a mistake at this speed, they'll kill themselves, but overconfident Nathan assures her that no girl will beat him, making Dayota speed up and shocking the three boys. The girls are at the club all wishing they had someone they lost, or in Brooke's case, her money. Deb is about to tell them what she does when she needs to feel better and Brooke asks if it's drink. But then she continues to say dance and she drags them all up on the dance floor. While the girls dance, Dayota shows them the speed they can go at and hardly watches the road, scaring the boys. She then skids on the track, scaring the boys even more. As the girls dance happily, Karen sees Andy come in and he tells her that he has to see the Dean due to a student relationship being reported. back at the track, they see Dayota camping out in the middle of the track, she plays them the guitar and she breaks into 'When the Stars Go Blue,' as she does, Nathan walks off remembering Haley and Lucas is forced to explain. Dayota tells him how kind he was before basketball.
Brooke drops off Deb at the house as she has had too much to drink, using her D.W.not I. to take her home. She then stops off to pick Mouth up who begs not to take him home as he is too wasted, but as Brooke refuses, he admits he isn't drunk and just wanted to spend some time with her. Brooke lets him sit with her. Karen meets Andy outside the college who has been given two options. He can either break up with Karen or quit the job, so he quit as he loves her alot more than teaching. At first reluctant to his decision, Karen eventually is overjoyed. Brooke picks up Erica next to find her upset as some guys felt her up. Mouth apologizes on behalf of those guys as she apologizes for calling but she was scared, but Mouth cheers her up by asking her to join them get some food. Nathan and Cooper are walking on the race track as Cooper tells Nathan that he was a mess when his wife left, but he got over it. Cooper says he would never have given up racing, but Nathan said he would have for Haley. Cooper tells him that might be why she left as when they first met he wouldn't have given up basketball. Cooper tells him that 200mph can be quite therapeutic. He continues to say that maybe it wasn't true love, but if it is he has to fight like hell for it, but one day he may have to face the fact it wasn't.
Dan goes to the dealership to find Andy sitting in his seat going through his stuff. As Andy tells him about how he lost his job, Dan kicks him out as Andy tells him how different they are as he is a big believer in karma, he says karma finds them all the time, but he likes to point it in the right direction. As he leaves, Dan offers him a job application. Peyton flicks through her address book and rips out all the different people's pages who have left as she stares at the drawing with the quote 'people always leave.' As Brooke, Mouth and Erica walk to the car, Erica is happy that she had a good night, she says she is going to walk home and asks Mouth to join her. Mouth checks with Brooke it's ok and Brooke tells him to go and they walk away together. Peyton calls Brooke so she can feel safe for the night, and Brooke heads straight over to help her. Mouth walks Erica home and asks her out on a date, she reveals she was pretending the night was a date. As he is about to leave, she kisses him and Mouth is thrilled with himself.
The following morning, Dan goes outside to find Deb asleep in the front garden. He goes and gets the paper off the garden and switches the sprinklers on to wake her up. Nathan, Lucas, Cooper and Dayota prepare themselves to race. They are warned no one goes to seven on the dial as it is too fast. They all prepare to race as Jarret leads them out on the course. As they begin to race, the competitive sides of the racers come out and they push the cars to the limits they are allowed. The race begins as Nathan overtakes Lucas, Cooper overtakes Dayota making him in the lead. Lucas goes to Nathan's left to overtake him as Nathan puts his foot down and overtakes Dayota and tails behind Cooper. In the final lap, Cooper blocks Nathan until he lets him go through eventually. The younger racers encourage him to speed in front of Cooper, so Cooper bumps him to scare him. Cooper moves Nathan out the way and wins the race. As they all bring their cars back in, Nathan puts his accelerator down and speeds through the track. The others begin to worry about him as they get off the track and Cooper tells him to pull in, but Nathan replies to tell him he needs some of the 200mph therapy and continues to drive. Nathan pushes his dial to 8, breaking the rules, and as he remembers Haley and his relationship so far, he loses his control and crashes against the sides as the others are forced to watch in distress. They all run up after him as his cars are covered in flames. Cooper manages to drag him out the car as a knocked out Nathan is comforted by Lucas at the side of the car.
Nathan is rushed to the hospital with Lucas and Cooper, as he is rushed in the OR, he makes Lucas promise not to tell Haley. Dan arrives home to find his bags packed. Deb tells him that she went to the chapel when he had his heart attack and wished for him to die. She also says she is leaving as if not one of them will die soon. As she does, the phone rings and Dan and Deb rush to the hospital. Deb is rushed away to give blood as Dan threatens Cooper to hope Nathan will be ok. Whitey visits Peyton, he tells her about a place in Florida that is perfect to raise a family, and that is where Jenny is being kept until Jake gets back. Peyton begins to cry with relief and tells him Jake has asked not to visit, but Whitey says he understands as he misses the two women in his life he loves. As the doctor comes to give his parents an update on Nathan's surgery, Deb finds out her blood was not enough for Nathan, as she asks if this is the case, the doctor asks her how long she has been abusing prescription drugs, as Deb looks down, guilty of her actions.
Meanwhile, Brooke arrives at the hospital to comfort Lucas. Deb tells Dan she has been abusing drugs since she quit her job as she is married to Dan. Nathan gets prepared for surgery as Dan begins a fight with Cooper. As he does, Andy restrains him and asks how the karma is. Lucas and Dayota are figuring out the crash and Dayota is sure he should have turned left as it will have been his reflex. As she continues she tells Lucas it is almost as though he aimed at the wall. Brooke begins to sort through Lucas' shreddings in her room. Peyton sits outside the jail in her car and restrains to go in as Nathan is prepared for surgery.
Memorable Quotes
- "I'm serious, what's wrong with her? Did you marry a blind girl? Unless, it, oh man, it's your gear isn't it, come on let's have a look...No I'm serious, drop your shorts, lets have a look"
- "Hey Brooke, are you decent?"
- "Dressed? Yes. Decent? I've never been decent"
- Lucas Scott pays a visit to Brooke Davis
- "This whole thing sucks for Jake and why can't I be bummed for a little bit?"
- "You can totally be bummed, you just have to do it with us and you have to do really fun stuff while you're bumming"
- Peyton Sawyer is told about her all girls day by Brooke Davis
- "Hey, how you doing? Boozy"
- "As a matter of fact, I'm turning over a new leaf. From now on I'm looking on the bright side of things, staying positive."
- "Oh, Dan paid Jules to seduce Keith"
- "Life sucks, I need a drink"
- "I miss Nathan"
- "I miss Keith"
- "I miss Jake"
- "I don't really miss Felix at all, or my parents that much, but I miss my money"
- "I am so wasted...You know I've just been partying all night, and like, drinking."
- "I can see that, urm, lets get you home"
- "No, no, no, no, no, I mean my parents are home and I'm a little wooooo"
- "I totally get it, but I have to take you somewhere cause I can only do one ride at a time"
- "Are you sure? Cause I am really messed up on the hooch, you know"
- "I'm sorry Mouth. Those are the rules"
- "Ok, here's the deal, I'm not drunk, I just, I knew your shift was tonight and I wanted to hang out"
- "Love is great thing, maybe the greatest. But it's got to be true love for the both of you."
- "What if it was, what if it is?"
- "If it still is, man, you fight like hell for it. But the harder question is, 'what if it wasn't?' Trust me, that one's a bitch"
- "Nathan, I love you, but I sure hope you brought a change of shorts!"
- Cooper Lee to Nathan Scott during the race
- "You know what I need Coop, some of that 200mph therapy you were talking about"
- "What's this for?"
- "I'm boiling water to throw on you"
- "What's the syrup for?"
- "Oh that's so it sticks to you"
- "He would of turned left, Nathan's an athlete. His reflexes would have been to turn left, but he didn't. It was almost like, he aimed for the wall, you know, like he tried to crash."
- "Joseph Conrad once wrote, 'Who knows what true happiness is, not the conventional word, but the naked terror. To the lonely themselves, that wears a mask, the most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion."
- - Lucas Scott (opening voiceover)
- "Stephen King once wrote, 'Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all, time bears it away.. and in the end.. there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometime we lose them there again."
- - Lucas Scott (closing voiceover)
- "Sucker" - Damien Jurado
- "Chemical Burns" - Every Move A Picture
- "On The 54" - The Dandelions
- "Son's Gonna Rise" - Citizen Cope
- "Irrelevant" - Matthew Ryan
- "Sucker Train Blues" - Velvet Revolver
- "Like A Man Possesed" - The Get Up Kids
- "Sunshine And Cinnamon" - Kid Lightning
- "Abilene" - Damien Jurado
This episode's title originated from the album I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, originally sung by Bright Eyes.
- Haley and Keith do not appear in this episode. This is the third and final episode of both the season and the series in which Haley does not appear.
- Jeff Burton appeared as himself as a special guest star.
- This is the first episode where Jenny Jagielski does not appear alongside her father, Jake.
Episode References
The Desperate Kingdom Of Love • Truth Doesn't Make A Noise • Near Wild Heaven • You Can't Always Get What You Want • I Will Dare • We Might As Well Be Strangers • Let the Reigns Go Loose • Truth, Bitter Truth • The Trick Is To Keep Breathing • Don't Take Me for Granted • The Heart Brings You Back • Between Order and Randomness • The Hero Dies in This One • Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows • Unopened Letter To The World • Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking • Something I Can Never Have • The Lonesome Road • I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning • Lifetime Piling Up • What Could Have Been • The Tide That Left And Never Came Back • The Leavers Dance


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It's hard to believe, but yesterday was mine and Frank's eight year wedding anniversary. Time really does fly. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from that day.
We married under a tree in the backyard of my childhood home.
We danced into the night with some of our best friends.
I keep this picture in a frame by my desk, it may be my favorite memory of that day.
Monday evening I saw a check that someone wrote at work with the date of October 15th and it dawned on me that the next day was our anniversary. Sure, I knew it was coming up and we had talked about it, but it really snuck up on me. It doesn't help that I'm on a nine day stretch of work before a weekend off. I'm a bit out of sorts, with days running together! We celebrated last night by making Green Curry for dinner, which was appropriate since we had our first date at a Thai restaurant.
I would say that we have come a long way, but really things are pretty much the same. We live in the same house and have the same friends. We lost a beloved dog and gained a silly cat. Besides growing older, and possibly wiser, I think we are about the same people that we were that day. We still love each other and get along awfully well. We have seen a lot of babies born and children grow like weeds, but none of them are ours. We have a happy home, and that is what matters.
Happy anniversary Frank, I still feel like one lucky lady to have you as my husband.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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FORCE rules at Bunbury
Bunbury ran its first 2 year old maiden of the year on Thursday, over 1016 metres. In the SW Autumn Racing Carnival Maiden, RULING FORCE was the popular pick after his promising recent run at Ascot.
It was a competitive race and, as in most 2 year old races, the early stages were rather muddling, with Cyclone Sophie trying to make all. After a tardy start, Troy Turner had RULING FORCE back in the field. Once in the home straight the runners spread wide across the track, and Troy made steady progress on the Fath gelding, to reach the lead 100 metres from home. But dangers were everywhere, and RULING FORCE had to be punched out to the line, to hold off the late challenge of Miss Sadi, who was only beaten a nose.
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Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) President Isha Johanson, and Secretary General Chris Kamara have been charged with abuse of office and misuse of public funds by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Johansen has been indicted on three counts, as has Sierra Leone FA (SLFA) Secretary General Chris Kamara.
The Commissioner of ACC, Mr. Ade Macauley told a news conference in Freetown that "on the 8th September, we filed two sealed indictment. As I speak this morning, we have unsealed one of them and that one has to do with the Sierra Leone Football Association matter."
Both were detained last year as the ACC investigated potential abuse of funds.
Johansen has denied the charges, which come two days after she announced her intention to stand for another term.
"This announcement by the ACC was inevitable and predictable - I am deeply saddened," Johansen, who is currently in Ghana, told BBC Sport.
"It's another sad day for justice, integrity and patriotism in Sierra Leone, another sad day for any woman who dares to pioneer change. I always knew that my announcement to run for a second term would provoke strong reactions."
In September 2016, Johansen, Kamara and SLFA vice-president Brima Mazola Kamara were arrested by the ACC and detained at the Criminal Investigations department after they failed to attend a hearing.
ACC officials and armed police subsequently raided the SLFA secretariat in Freetown and took away computers and documents to help their investigation.
Brima Kamara has no case to answer.
Their first appearance in court will be on 30 October.
Macauley said that the public funds include money the SLFA received from donors, with football's world governing body Fifa among them.
Due in Freetown next week to pave the way for new SLFA elections, Fifa has previously stated it is satisfied with the body's financial books.
Johansen took charge of the SLFA in 2013 and her reign has been blighted by controversy, infighting and the impact of the Ebola virus.
The SLFA was supposed to hold elections in early August but these were delayed by football's world governing body Fifa until integrity checks on current and potential SLFA executive members are carried out.


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The Piano Guys concert was awesome! Steve, the cellist, is a god!
The venue that we were at I have to say was nothing spectacular. I really wish that we could have been closer to the stage. Their expressions while playing are the best. And there is just something about being able to successfully play a cello like a drum that is fascinating to me.
I knew that the music was going to be fantastic. They played my favorite songs while I sat there in awe. What I wasn't expecting was how great their showmanship was. They are funny! And so comfortable on stage. I'm really hoping to get to see them again. Maybe I'll use it as an excuse to finally get out to Utah, their home state. Also home to some of the most breath taking landscapes on the planet.
In other news; This whole having the infusion in 5 1/2 weeks thing is BS. 4 weeks seems to be key. Maybe even 4 weeks and a couple of days. But an extra 10 days is no good. I have been so totally drained. And of course when I'm tired, I'm cranky. Unreasonably so. Armed with this knowledge I am trying to just let things roll off my back. People pissing me off may just be my brain saying "take a nap!". So I won't discuss all of the things that are pissing me off right now. I'm going to just sit back, listen to my newly acquired Piano Guys CD, and wait for Tyler to get out of school. 🙂


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The age of innocents
Having the know-how can be a huge advantage, but it can also hinder the flow of creative juices. Indeed, certain organisations actively seek the naivety of a novice to bring a spark to a project, says Peter Hall, outlining examples of work where inexperie
Experience can be a double-edged weapon. While those who wield it are equipped to fend off whatever fortune may throw at them, those who are unencumbered by it are often more fleet-footed and flexible.
As the juggernaut of the US presidential elections begins to fuel up, the most experienced Republican candidate, Bob Dole, encountered this very paradox when he volunteered a speech (in response to President Clinton's annual address) that backfired horribly and cast Dole in a tired, melancholy and unchanging light. Now Dole faces the prospect of a fight from a political novice, the multi-millionaire publisher Steve Forbes, for the Republican presidential candidacy.
As we know, the inexperienced candidate can bring a fresh perspective to a problem by blithely disregarding convention. The graphic design profession is full of instances where naive thinking brings innovative and influential results. Two of the most influential graphic designers around, David Carson and Wolfgang Weingart, in fact, claim to have started out with little or no formal training in design conventions.
At MTV, where the future of television graphics was changed irredeemably, new recruits are sought out with a key qualification: zero experience. In fact, such is the demand for fresh faces at MTV that no one even seems to know who works there.
Those employees who do stay for longer periods rely on the interns (students on work experience) to keep them abreast of what's in and out. It's a personnel structure that's easy to knock, but it is not easy to think of an area of programming on US television that MTV hasn't influenced.
Such instances aren't restricted to the idea-hungry world of TV. I recently talked to the San Francisco designer Bill Cahan about his consultancy's sudden foray out of its specialist area – annual report design – into the territory of beer packaging. The project, to package a forthcoming microbeer named Alcatraz, was received like a metal file in a birthday cake to a prisoner by the young design team at Cahan & Associates, all too used to doing annual reports day upon day.
More than 50 variations on bottle designs emerged from the enthused design team, including a bottle wrapped in fishnet, a sandblasted brown bottle with the appearance of sea-eroded glass, and the chosen design, a bottle made of shimmering aluminium, each cap stamped with a different number. The designers even turned copywriters, coming up with taglines like: "Alcatraz: Located behind bars everywhere".
Cahan reflects: "It was such a creative infusion in our office. I honestly believe that if you have a talented group of people it doesn't matter if they have no experience. In fact it helps. If we knew the restrictions on packaging, I don't think we would have come up with half of the ideas we did." He adds, pensively: "We approached Alcatraz with no restraints." No pun intended.
Do I think experience is always an encumbrance? No more than I think Steve Forbes will be the next US president. There are times when only the most experienced communicators can handle the politics and subtleties of a problem.
My respect for Milton Glaser and Walter Bernard – the veteran editorial designers – increased tenfold last week when I saw the work they'd done on the 131-year-old political journal The Nation, the last national left-wing voice in the US. This intelligent and refreshingly dissident magazine has for years worn an ill-fitting dreary grey suit, and its writers, being distrustful of graphic design – a "tool of the enemy", according to Glaser – fought tooth and nail to keep it.
Glaser and Bernard clung on to the project like unrequited lovers, battled resistance and ploughed on with their efforts to introduce colour, space and a sense of polemic into the journal, long after giving up the idea of it being a profitable collaboration. "It's only cranky people who would make a product like this," says Glaser, "because these are the people who care about injustice in the world."
As the US presidential elections roll on, The Nation will cast a different light on the circus, and will be better dressed to do so.
Leafing through its pages, I wonder if the "inexperienced" art director of a certain illegible rock magazine could have achieved the same level of tailoring.
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Chef Wars is the first food discovery RPG! Recruit chefs, source ingredients, and invent hundreds of recipes from around the world.
Then use those recipes to win themed kitchen battles! Become the most famous chef and stop the evil Baron von Pork from world domination!
INVENT: Collect 200 ingredients. Then mix and match to invent over 900 recipes!
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As of initial release, we have a huge world map covering Europe and Asia! We hope to add more features, regions, chefs and recipes over time!
The game is only available in English right now, but we plan to add more translations in the future.
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Chef Wars user reviews :
- Mindcake GamesApril 2, 2018
- Hello! The different training success depend on your chef attributes as well (some are tied to Skill, Creativity, or Tenacity). While recipe upgrades are tied to Tenacity and Skill! Thanks so much for playing!
- Mindcake GamesMarch 29, 2018
- Thanks so much for the feedback RebotiK! Yes, we can definitely optimize the game more in the future!
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- Thanks for playing and for the suggestion Myca!
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