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We love April Fool’s Day here at 101.9 AMP Radio! One of the props lying around the AMP studios is a life-size figure of Jason Voorhees, the scary monster from the Friday The 13th movies.
Soooooo, for April Fool’s Day we decided to put an actual person in the same clothes worn by the figure to have it come to life. Lots of people streamed by the figure in the hallway to get a scare today, but our office manager Renee was the best. Led down the hall by 101.9 AMP Radio program director Bobby Smith, she was not prepared for the scare at all! Take a look above!
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It’s simply known as the “The Library Tree,” a gigantic Moreton Bay Fig on the west side of the South Pasadena Library, yet its roots go deep – way, way deep – in terms of its significance to the local community.
Make that 80 years deep, for at least one person in particular who knows its origin, and the man responsible for planting it.
Bill Kloezman was among a group of speakers at a ceremony last Thursday afternoon celebrating the tree for being added to the city’s Historic Landmark Register last December by the South Pasadena City Council. Prior to the start of the program, which included remarks made by the town’s mayor, Dr. Marina Khubesrian and a handful of other dignitaries, Kloezman was asked if he thought the towering fig would receive this kind of attention when he discovered his father, Wellem Kloezeman, had planted it about 80 years ago.
Bill Kloezeman quietly said, “no, not really, it was just a tree.”
No longer is it just a tree. Today, it’s perhaps the most beloved in South Pasadena, gaining enormous status over the years, especially now as an official landmark.
Willem Kloezeman, a former local city worker, responsible for putting it into the ground in 1930, had no idea it would someday bring so much joy to the community. Kloezeman has long passed away but not before leaving one of the City of South Pasadena’s most honored attractions, a tree cherished by the thousands who have walked and driven past it, and even played on it, evidenced by the number of kids romping around its sprawling roots on a daily basis.
Working in South Pasadena all his life, the elder Kloezeman worked for the tree department from 1925 to 1940 before going to the local fire department until 1950, and finally to the water department to1972, ending a 47-year career, perhaps the longest in city history.
According to Bill Kloezeman, his dad, using a pick and shovel, planted half the camphor, jacaranda and palm trees during his time working for the city. He recalls driving along El Centro Street with his father as a teen and saying, “We’ll, there’s a pretty ugly looking tree,” talking about the Moreton Bay Fig. The older Kloezeman quickly responded: “It should be, I planted it,” recalls his son, now proudly saying before Thursday’s ceremony, “It’s pretty interesting, knowing your father planted it.”
South Pasadena Library Director Steve Fjeldsted, talking to the gathering in attendance at the celebration, squashed rumors that the Moreton Bay Fig was either the largest or oldest in the city, but pointed out one bit of local lore he claims is true. “If you stand near this tree it will increase your imagination and benefit your life in many magical, fantastic ways,” he said. “People all around South Pasadena know that, and that’s why all ages gather here to read, to meditate, to study and have fun.”
In her remarks, South Pasadena Mayor Dr. Marina Khubesrian called it “an amazing gorgeous tree,” referring to the Moreton Bay Fig, now known as Landmark No. 55 in the city’s historical archives. Other trees in the local registry include the Ashbourne-Chelten Hybrid Oak Tree, which died in 1988, the Cathedral Oak, now marked with a monument, and is also gone along the Arroyo, and a 200-year-old Clokey Oak currently in the backyard of a private residence on Laurel Street.
Mark Gallatin, chair of the Cultural Heritage Commission, said he couldn’t think of a more fitting landmark that is representative of “all the great things about our town” than the magnificent tree behind him as he spoke. “With its massive, extensive root system, representing the roots that each and everyone of us have put down here in South Pasadena, with it’s sturdy and strong trunk, it represents the stability and certainty that comes from a community that values and protects its historical and cultural heritage. And, with its expansive canopy reaching skyward, symbolizing the aspirations we all have for our town and as individuals, all mighty tree, I salute you. I hope you continue to stand and inspire South Pasadenans for generations to come.”
The City of South Pasadena remains committed to preserving its neighborhoods, significant landmarks and important cultural heritage.
“This particular tree is among the memories of our kids and our families as we walk through the park, especially watching the little ones climbing through the roots,” explained Steven Lawrence, president of the city’s Preservation Foundation, who raised his family in a home across the street from the library with a good view of the tree. “It speaks a lot for the city and the community from a preservation standpoint that we can earmark this tree and set it aside and make sure it’s protected and recognized appropriately and truly becomes a memory of the fabric of our lives.”
David Uwins, president of the Library Board of Trustees, thanked the City Council and responsible commissions and organizations, for making the tree a historic landmark, noting, like others, it has become a place for kids to frolic and families to picnic, especially on Thursday’s during the city’s farmers’ market.
“When someone makes an appointment by saying, ‘Please meet me at the Library Tree,’ it’s not necessary to say which tree,” he explained. “We all know it.”
Spanning multiple generations, many people have wedding, baby and even first date pictures taken at the site.
It now has a poem written about it by Joyce Kilmer as described by the city’s Poet Laureate Ron Koertge reading “Trees:”
“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.”
Singer Goh Kurosawa concluded the tree ceremony with an acoustic guitar performance while famed artist Pete Morris showcased his talents, with a painting of the tree that means so much to so many.

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Steven Doody is the latest anti-herbicide warrior to mobilise against the use of weedkillers on the city’s streets and green spaces. And the student of fine art is having some success.
Last Thursday, Dublin Institute of Technology’s (DIT’s) student union passed a motion to include as part of its mandate the banning of herbicide on the new Grangegorman campus. This was Doody’s handiwork.
He got into the campaign through his involvement in DIT’s Green Campus Society. It was one of the issues the society took up and, Doody decided, one of the most pressing.
“We were working on a range of projects last year . . . but I decided to reduce the number of projects I was trying to do, and I decided the one that was most important was herbicide,” he said on Tuesday.
Doody said he chose to focus on herbicide, because of its detrimental effects on the city’s biodiversity. But it may also have detrimental effects on the city’s people.
The World Health Organisation declared earlier this year that weedkillers containing glyphosate are probably carcinogenic. Dublin City Council uses them throughout the city, and there’s been some debate about whether that should end.
The Green Campus Society is trying to develop a new, green ethos for Grangegorman and this anti-herbicide drive is part of it. Doody says it would benefit the 20,000 students who will arrive on the campus over the next few years, as well as the children who will use the playground and attend the Educate Together school that’s being built.
“So it’s not just me standing there going, ‘Stop spraying’. Now there’s 20,000 students behind me,” he says.
On the Agenda
Doody believes Grangegorman could be a herbicide-free campus by the end of the year. He says he has spoken with the college’s health-and-safety officer, who has started to look at the issue. On top of that, the parent-teacher association of the new primary school seems to be on board too.
Student union president Graham Higginbotham says the issue wasn’t on his manifesto, but after Thursday’s meeting, he will do his best to introduce a ban on herbicide at the college. “We will definitely work proactively on it for the year,” he said.
“There’s a lot of support in DIT from staff members,” says Doody. “It’s a brilliant opportunity for DIT.” As he sees it, DIT teaches environmental management and environmental science and this is its chance to lead the way in encouraging biodiversity.
It’s about changing the way people are used to doing things, and that can be done through education, he says.
“We need to re-educate and really show people that a weed is actually a flower, it’s just not where it’s supposed to be,” he says. “As soon as they stop spraying, biodiversity will return. Bumblebees will return.”
Doody would like to see DIT become a biodiversity haven, with meadow areas and grass-management plans too. If herbicide is banned in DIT, he plans to research its effects on the area’s biodiversity.
Open to the Idea
DIT is using herbicide on the new sports pitches while the grass establishes itself, and on noxious weeds like giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed. These legally require treatment on an annual basis, says a spokeswoman for DIT.
However, DIT management is still open to the proposal. “We will certainly review the research they [DITSU] bring forward and will also take advice from our health and safety office, estates management, and the landscaping contractors to ensure that everything we do is environmentally sustainable,” she adds.
Doody says herbicide is poison. He is clearly passionate about his cause. Though there is still some debate over the World Health Organisation’s research, he doesn’t doubt it.
“They haven’t backed down on their stance,” he says, comparing the issue to past disagreements on the cancer risks of cigarettes.
Determined, he plans to continue to lobby Dublin City Council and hopes to convince other colleges to follow DIT’s example. He has spoken to Green Campus Societies of Trinity College, IT Blanchardstown and IT Tallaght, in the hope that they might lobby their student unions on the issue as well.
If they successfully did so, he estimates this would result in 150 acres of Dublin being herbicide-free.
In Other Herbicidey News
A couple months ago, we reported on another minor success for anti-glyphosate campaigners just down the road from Grangegorman.
Residents in Stoneybatter managed to opt out of having their streets sprayed with Roundup weedkiller. But the council has since given the residents an ultimatum, saying that if the weeds there weren’t cleared, they would have to spray them with herbicide.
“There was an enthusiastic community response and seven streets got involved,” says Kaethe Burt-O’Dea, who originally fought to end the council’s use of herbicide in Dublin 7.
But there’s still hope, and she continues to be enthusiastic about the campaign. She is happy to see some progress in DIT, and has also been speaking with Uplift about supporting the cause too.
Last month also saw the publication of the All Ireland Pollinator Plan. This recommends that local authorities “reduce or eliminate” the use of herbicides (as well as insecticides and fungicides) on public land.
Dublin City Council – which uses 3,500 litres of herbicide each year – has committed to introducing the recommendations of this plan over the next five years.


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Canadian Lawmakers to Discuss Possible Changes to Sports Betting Bill Thursday
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Last updated on: March 25, 2021, 11:44h.
Thursday stands to be a big day for those interested in seeing the expansion of legalized sports betting in Canada. A parliamentary committee is scheduled to hold a key meeting to discuss a bill that would give provinces the right to allow single-game wagering.
The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights will meet Thursday at noon ET to hold a “clause-by-clause consideration” hearing on Bill C-218. The in-depth review of the proposal takes place between the second and third readings of a bill.
It’s possible the committee may offer amendments to the legislation before that third reading. At that time, the House of Commons would decide whether or not to accept the amended bill. The deadline for lawmakers to submit amendments was Tuesday afternoon.
Once a bill gets a third reading in the House, it then goes to the Senate.
Currently, Canadian law allows only parlay sports betting, meaning bettors must wager on multiple games. The bill allows provinces to legalize single-game betting and issue licenses to sports betting operators.
Kahnawake Seek Inclusion in Sports Betting
On Tuesday, the committee received testimony on the bill from several interested parties, including Canadian indigenous people.
Chief Mike Delisle Jr. of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake told committee members that reports of single-game sports betting being controlled only by only offshore and organized crime interests in Canada were untrue. The Kahnawake operates an online sportsbook in Canada that offers single-game betting as part of its gaming operations.
Delisle and Chief Gina Deer said the Kahnawake see C-218 as a “positive step” for the country’s gaming interests. However, they urged lawmakers to use the bill to undo decades of injustice instead of exacerbating them. They want the bill to recognize indigenous gaming rights and allow them to partner with sports betting operators in a similar fashion as the provinces.
“You have the power to accommodate and reconcile the interests of the crown with those indigenous peoples,” Deer said. “You have the power to urge Parliament to balance the interests of the wealthy and the powerful with the interests of indigenous communities.”
Gaming is a major source of revenue for the nation, and critical for its self-sufficiency. Since 2016, its Mohawk Online gaming operations have doubled its workforce to 60 employees. Those jobs are split evenly between nation members and outsiders. Plans call for hiring 15 more workers this year.
Horse Racing Amendment Sought
Others who spoke Tuesday include representatives of the National Hockey League and the country’s horse racing industry.
Racing stakeholders pushed for an amendment to C-218 that would mirror a similar bill filed by Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti (Liberal, LaSalle—Émard—Verdun). Lametti’s single-game sports betting bill included a provision that excluded Canadian sportsbooks from taking fixed-odds wagers on races.
Horsemen make their living off the takeout from pari-mutuel wagering at tracks. In other words, they receive a percentage of the betting pool to put toward purses for races. However, if sportsbooks offered fixed-odds betting on races, they would not be guaranteed a cut from that.
“I’m counting on the government to recognize the industry,” retired jockey Sandy Hawley told the committee. “Its hardworking people, its value, and make the right decision on the amendment… without the exclusion, it would kill the revenue string that supports the sport, all the people and the business that depend on it.”
That amendment also received support from theScore CEO John Levy.
Levy also urged members of Parliament to act quickly and pass the bill. He said millions of Canadians want to use a “safe and trusted” sports betting product, such as theScore’s app. The Canadian-based media company currently holds licenses in four US states.
Previously, Levy estimated the annual gross revenue for the online Canadian sports betting market to be upwards of US $5.4 billion.
“These gaming revenues represent a significant boost to a recovering economy, incenting job creation and regional economic development in many communities that will see direct and immediate benefits,” he said.
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There’s always some iconic photos taken at the Varsity Match but perhaps in recent times two taken off the field have been the best.
Chris Bell, 2017’s man of the match, didn’t get his Blue in 2016, but still managed to end up with blood pouring down his face after a celebration-related injury.
And then there was Nick Koster. The former Bath and Bristol second-row was snapped at full time, again bleeding heavily from a facial wound, eyes blackened and the archetypal photo of rugby player sent into battle, contrasted with holding his young child in his arms.
And this man has been elected captain of the Cambridge University rugby team after captain Charlie Amesbury stepped down following the Light Blues’ defeat to the Army last week.
And despite having what most would see as an illustrious career in the game, stretching from Bath to the Western Province, the Queens’ College student said he hadn’t achieved all he wanted to in the game and hopes he can bring the curtain down with a victory at rugby HQ.
“I always wanted to come to Cambridge and finish off my rugby career, but of course the tough part of that was getting in and I had to work really hard on my application,” he said.
“I didn’t achieve all I wanted to in rugby, and I thought coming here and playing rugby with a bunch of ambitious and energetic youngsters trying to be their best would be a good way of finishing my playing.”
It’s not an uncommon path for professional players to do this, of course, with both Amesbury and Ollie Phillips ending their playing days at Cambridge last year.
And, like those two, he has spoken about the history, how honoured he is to be leading the Light Blues into one of sport’s oldest fixtures and having to manage the hype surrounding it. And, whisper it, but he may be leading his side into the fixture as favourites for the first time in many years.
It was a heavily disrupted pre-season this year, with head coach James Shanahan unable to select his strongest pack until the last few warm-up games, but with 11 returning Blues and the likes of Jake Hennessey and Archie Russell only in the their first year, they already have a spine of a very good team.
Koster says he can’t really remember much of the game, but on the day it was an incredible display from the pack, with most of their tries coming as a direct result of the forwards’ work.
“It’s a huge honour [to be captain],” he said. “We all know the history behind this place. But also it’s a really big honour to be able to lead the calibre of the guys here. It’s a great squad returning for next year of 11 Blues, some good youngsters and if we can add one or two pro players it could be great.
“We always knew a large part of our results was down to how disrupted the team was and we knew we would have a chance if we could get the best players on the pitch.
“Leading up to the game it felt like a pro game, it was right up there with the huge game I’ve played.
“I don’t really remember much and that’s the state you want to play rugby in but at full time it was one of the best feelings that I’ve ever had. I put a lot of pressure on my family moving to Cambridge and it paid off with the win.”
And now he has just shy of 11 months, with a break in the summer, to prepare his team to defend their Varsity crown for the third year running.
But it’s more than that for the captain. Of course the Varsity is the ultimate aim but it’s the Superbowl. It’s a bounce of a ball. It’s a refereeing call, and you could lose on the day.
It’s difficult to forget sometime that you are just watching students, and the 28-year-old said while winning is important, he wants to foster a mentality among his players above the game.
“The main thing I want to do with my time as captain is create a culture of excellence where people are accountable to each other and it’s easier to do that when you’re friends with someone.
“When you’re friends with someone you’re willing to work for them. Off the field is so important, remember it’s a university team. The guys need to get away from rugby and studies and have a beer, or a few beers as is often the case, when we can promote cultural inclusion.
“It’s one game and we don’t play with a round ball unfortunately, we play with an oval one so you can never predict what’s going to happen.
“But we want to create incredible memories. This will be the biggest game most will play in their lives and I want it to be some of the best times in their life too.”
You can catch Cambridge University’s second game of the Lent term against Wooden Spoons AAs at Grange Road tonight (7.30pm).


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I read cozy and historical mysteries, a bit of Paranormal/UF, and to mix it up, I read science and gardening books on occasion.
I truly meant to make it to the end of chapter 2, which in the original serial format is where the first instalment left off with the somewhat famous quote:
"Mr. Holmes, they are the footprints of a gigantic hound!"
But I passed out asleep 3 pages short. I did read the introduction of my edition though (Illustrated Folio Society), written by Julian Symons and I thought it one of the better, more insightful introductions to a classic I've ever read. Most of the time I think the writer sounds pretentious, arguing as facts things that can only be speculated about.
Symons sticks to the facts. For example, this is the only Holmes novel that does not use a flash-back, but instead uses Holmes' absence to finish another case to the same purpose; it seems that Doyle felt that a full length novel that kept Holmes at center stage the entire time would be entirely too much Holmes.
Symons also talks about the gaps in Holmes' arsenal: fingerprints are only ever mentioned in one story; ballistics are never mentioned at all, and passing reference is only ever made twice in regards to Bertillon who was at the height of his fame for his anthropometrical method. These are all fair points, although I think Symons is unfair when he criticises Homes for not being at all aware of Lacassagne's achievement in forensic medicine: If dead bodies were involved in the stories, they were generally, um, fresh. Holmes never had to identify a skeleton, after all.
I'm hoping to get a bit more read this afternoon, although I did not sleep well last night and might do the book the gross injustice of falling asleep over it again. Obsidian Black Death already posted the best quote so far in her status update, although I'm equally fond of this one (it made me snigger):
'Has anything escaped me?" I asked, with some self-importance. 'I trust that there is nothing of consequence which I have over-looked?'
'I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous. When I said you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth.'
I'd say "poor Watson" but really, he should be used to this by now...

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How one takes care of their organic garden can say a lot about them as a person. An activity that focuses on working in the dirt and relying on nature and time is what makes organic gardening enjoyable. That can sound intimidating to a new organic gardener, which is why they should read the list of tips below.
Be sure that you have earthworms in your soil. Earthworms are vital to good organic gardening, because they aerate the soil. Also, the by-products of earthworm digestion are actually great plant food. Earthworms encourage soil bacteria that provide needed nutrients to your plants while competing with harmful insect pests, reducing the need for chemical pesticides and fertilizers.
A great first step to having a successful organic garden is to test the acidity of the soil in your garden. The ideal number is 6.5, if your soil is on the low end, it’s too acidic and if it’s on the high end it’s too alkaline. Neither of those situations lends itself to a successful garden. So by purchasing a soil testing kit before planting, you will assure yourself a beautiful organic garden in the summer.
To keep air flowing through your compost pile, stand a large PVC pipe with punched holes in the center of your pile so the air flows up and down the pipe, and then through the holes directly into the pile. The air movement helps your soil decomposers create the heat needed to jumpstart the decay process.
Sometimes when you are growing vegetables or fruits, it can be helpful to cut off newly formed buds or other non-fruit bearing areas. This will stimulate the growth of heavier fruit because the plant re-routes nutrients to where its growth should be navigating. When taking care your garden, it’s important to make the distinction between harvesting the plant, or encouraging its growth.
Use soap on your plants. Not much is worse than a bad aphid infestation. Your plants will look terrible, and eventually die, if the bugs continue to work on your plants. To get rid of them now, fill a spray bottle with dish soap and water. Spray thoroughly, and repeat as needed.
A great tip when starting your own organic garden is to sprinkle milled sphagnum moss on your seeds in order to prevent damping-off. Damping-off is a fungal disease that will cause your seeds and seedlings to rot. If your seeds need light, you should sprinkle this moss before dropping your seeds in the moss.
A great tip when opening up your own organic garden is to mist your mix with a spray bottle. If you do not have a spray bottle, then set your trays in water. This is needed so that your mix will get the proper amount of moisture from below the surface.
Organic gardening really is a time and labor intensive activity, but that does not mean it is only for serious organic gardeners. This relaxing activity can be enjoyed by anyone with any kind of gardening skills. These tips were constructed to help those of all skill sets find out how to grow their own organic plants.


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Posted: Mar 23, 2013 10:34 PM
Updated: Mar 23, 2013 10:35 PM
KINGSVILLE, Texas - The Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball team fell in both games of a doubleheader Saturday to Abilene Christian dropping 3-2 in the first game and 4-0 in the second game.
The Javelinas, who entered the weekend ranked 10th in the nation, move to 19-8 overall and are 3-4 in the Lone Star Conference. Abilene Christian improves to 18-10 and 6-1 in the LSC.
In the opening game, all of the scoring was done in the first three innings.
The visiting Wildcats took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first as they began the game with three singles in a row. The third hit by Taylor Schuetze drove in the first run, while the second run scored on a 2-out single by Kyle Giusti.
The Javelinas clawed out a run in the bottom of the first. After Dustin Aguilar was picked off first base following a lead-off single, Ben Villafuerte tripled to left-center field and scored on a wild pitch.
ACU made it 3-1 in the top of the second as Chuck Duarte led off with a single and went to second on a sacrifice bunt. After moving to third on a grounder, he scored on a single by Tyler Eager.
Villafuerte's second home run of the season pulled Kingsville back to within 3-2 in the bottom of the third. Kingsville's Taylor Taska followed with a single, but it was the last hit of the game for the Hoggies.
Zachary Pettiford suffered the loss for the Javelinas dropping to 3-2 on the year despite giving up just three earned runs. Pettiford, who settled down and allowed four hits in the final five innings, struckout six hitters and walked two in 6-1/3 innings.
Carter Hahn allowed two runs on four hits in six innings of work to move to 4-2. Brady Rodriguez tossed a scoreless seventh for his fifth save.
In the second game of the afternoon, the Javelina offense could not figure out Aaron Lambrix. The ACU starter threw a 1-hit shutout striking out five and walking just one in the 7-inning game.
Rodge Macy provided all the offense the visitors needed with a 2-run single in the first inning. ACU added a single-run in each of the third and fifth innings.
Villafuerte had the lone hit for Kingsville with a double in the fourth but was stranded with Matt Perez, who walked. He extended his streak to 26 games reached safely this season.
Cody Williams was charged with the loss as he gave up four runs on eight hits in 4-2/3 innings. He walked three and fanned two. Denver Diefenbach and Tres Tyler pitched the 2-1/3 innings combining to no-hit ACU.
The two teams will meet in the series finale tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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The MTV Video Music Award held on Monday, August 20, at York’s Radio City Music Hall.
Childish Gambino clinched three wins for “This is America”.
Camilla Cabello took home two wins and Cardi B won Best New Artist of the Year.
Performing on the MTV Video Music Awards stage for the first time since 2001, Jennifer Lopez made this year’s ceremony an awards show viewers won’t soon forget.
And she also walked away with a Moon Person: best collaboration with DJ Khaled and Cardi B for “Dinero.” Other big winners include Camila Cabello for video and artist of the year, Post Malone and 21 Savage for song of the year, and Cardi B for best new artist.
Logic, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Panic! at the Disco, and Travis Scott were among the performers, while Madonna remembered Aretha Franklin while presenting video of the year.
Update On The List Of Winners:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry”
Bruno Mars – “Finesse (Remix)” [ft. Cardi B]
WINNER: Camila Cabello – “Havana” [ft. Young Thug]
The Carters – “APES**T”
Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
Drake – “God’s Plan”

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There was disappointment for Sark-born dressage rider Carl Hester at the Rio Olympics today.
He was bidding to become the most decorated Channel Islander, but missed out on a medal, finishing in 7th place in the individual competition.
He’s already won two medals: team gold at the London Olympics in 2012, and a team Silver on Friday.
Going into today’s competition Hester tweeted: “A well earned day off yesterday for Barney means today he is fit, fresh and ready for the Kur tomorrow!” Barney is Nip Tuck's stable name.
Despite not making it on to the podium there was some consolation for Hester. Britain’s Charlotte Dujardain took Gold on Valegro, which is owned by Hester and stabled at his yard in Newent, Gloucestshire.
If Hester had been successful his medal haul would have taken him ahead of fellow dressage rider, Jersey-born, Simon Laurens. He also has two medals: a gold in the team dressage, and a silver in the individual freestyle grade III event at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.
Only one other Channel Islander has won an Olympic medal. That was Guernsey-born athlete Percy Hodge who picked up gold in the 3,000m steeplechase in the 1920 summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Hester went to his first Olympics almost a quarter of a century ago. In Barcelona 1992, he was 25-years-old, and his website says he “was the youngest British rider to ever compete in an Olympic Games.”
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text: The Bromfield Library and Information Commons, serving the faculty, staff, and students of The Ohio State University at Mansfield and North Central State College, occupies the ground floor of Bromfield Hall. The Library provides traditional library services, as well as various audio-visual, non-book services. The reference librarians will help faculty develop research strategies, locate sources, interpret citations, and assist in the development of on-line searching techniques for computer-based indexes. Staff can also assist faculty in obtaining materials not available in our collection. Materials that are requested can be sent to the faculty member’s office. The circulation staff will assist faculty in checking out materials from our collection and help faculty place materials on reserve (books/videos) in the library for controlled use by students. Books circulate to faculty and staff for 17 weeks, provided no one else requests use of the materials. Books circulate to students for six weeks. Audio-visual materials, including videos, DVDs, audio books, and CD-ROMs, circulate to faculty, staff, and students for one week. All periodicals and newspapers are non-circulating.

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The skill system presented in the Core Rulebook has a lot of versatility. It allows characters to overcome various challenges related to their diverse talents, with simple rules for dealing with beneficial or adverse conditions. Though many players simply spend their skill ranks on the same skills at every level, it is also possible for a character to diversify his investment in order to gain access to more skills overall or to remedy a shortcoming.
However, not all skills provide the same benefit to characters. It's difficult to argue that a high bonus in a Profession skill has the same value as a high bonus in a more general skill such as Perception. Yet Profession is an important skill for nonplayer characters, as well as for players who wish to show that adventuring isn't the only thing their characters care about.
The background skills system recognizes that skills such as Craft, Knowledge, and Profession serve an important role in the game. Though these skills don't directly affect the careers of typical adventurers the same way that Bluff, Perception, and Stealth do, they are useful means for characters to interact with and explore the world outside of combat. You shouldn't have to choose between having the knowledge to understand the world and the ability to survive in it!
These skills are called background skills because they reflect the non-adventuring interests and passions of a player character, or the skills more important to NPCs. All other skills are called adventuring skills.
In a campaign that uses the background skills system, each character gains an additional 2 skill ranks per level, which must be spent on background skills. More details appear in the Gaining Background Skills section below. These new rules make characters and their skills more versatile, but because they boost non-adventuring skills, they're unlikely to unbalance a campaign.
Skill Changes Gaining Adventuring Skills Gaining Background Skills Monsters and NPCs New Skills Expanded Skill Uses Converting Characters
Appraise, Craft, Handle Animal, Linguistics, Perform, Profession, and some Knowledge specialties are all background skills. While all of these skills can be useful, or even necessary, in certain types of campaigns (such as Profession [sailor] in a nautical-themed campaign) or for certain types of characters (such as Handle Animal for a druid or ranger), they are often of less immediate value than sneaking up on a foe using Stealth or journeying through the wilderness using Survival.
This system also adds two new background skills: Artistry and Lore. A counterpart to Craft and Perform, Artistry is about developing a creative work that isn't necessarily an object or a discrete performance. This skill can be used to write plays, musical compositions, poems, and all sorts of other works. Lore, on the other hand, functions like an especially specific Knowledge skill. A character might know Lore (elven history) without being trained more generally in Knowledge (history), or could be well versed in Lore (artistic masterpieces) without having ranks in Appraise, Artistry, or Craft.
New skill descriptions can be found on the following pages. These include entries on the new skills and expanded entries on existing skills that are now background skills.
The table below lists the new and redefined skills, separated into adventuring and background skills.
|Adventuring Skills||Background Skills|
|Disable Device||Knowledge (engineering)|
|Escape Artist||Knowledge (history)|
|Knowledge (local)||Sleight of Hand|
|Use Magic Device|
Adventuring skills are those skills that are most relevant for characters while they're actively adventuring. Adventuring skills are purchased with the standard skill ranks each character class receives, modified by a character's Intelligence (and sometimes by race or other factors). No adjustments need to be made to these skills when using the background skills system.
Most adventuring skills are related to training and practice, and each has a clear and specific application to the everyday challenges that face a professional adventurer. Adventuring skills get used for the majority of skill checks, so most skill ranks should be devoted to those skills.
In addition to their normal allotment of regular skill ranks, all characters gain 2 background skill ranks each time they gain a level in a PC class. The character's Intelligence modifier doesn't adjust this value. Background skill ranks can be used to gain ranks only in background skills, not adventuring skills. Characters can expend their regular skill ranks on background skills if they desire.
Even the most dedicated adventurers have other things they enjoy doing in their spare time. Some pursue business interests during their downtime between adventures, and though these can be modeled with the downtime rules in Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Campaign, players who aren't interested in such a robust system still might wish to include elements of those interests on their character sheets.
In the background skills system, classes use their standard class skill lists. Any class that gains Craft or Perform as a class skill also counts Artistry as a class skill. Lore is always considered a class skill for all characters.
For example, a wizard has Appraise on his class skill list normally, so a wizard has the Appraise background skill as a class skill. Craft is also on his class skill list, so Artistry is a class skill for him as well (even though Perform isn't on his class skill list).
Typically, monsters don't gain access to the background skills system from their racial Hit Dice. The Game Master might decide that certain types of monsters might have extensive lives as workers and crafters (such as storm giants, for example) and therefore gain background skills, but this is optional.
NPCs gain background skills in the same fashion PCs do, but only for PC classes they possess. This also applies to monsters with levels in PC classes. NPCs don't have to spend their background skill ranks, and these skills rarely affect combat. Characters with only NPC classes—especially aristocrats, commoners, and experts—often spend their adventuring skill ranks on background skills.
The section presents full entries for two new skills: Artistry and Lore. Even if you're not using the background skills system, you can still incorporate these skills into your game as normal skills.
You are skilled in the creative arts, following your aesthetic sensibilities to bring to life the wonders of your imagination. Like Craft, Perform, and Profession, Artistry is actually a number of separate skills. You could have several Artistry skills, each with its own ranks. The most common Artistry skills are choreography, criticism, literature (including poetry), musical composition, philosophy, and playwriting.
Like Craft, an Artistry skill is focused on creating something. However, what it creates is not necessarily a physical object; it could be a pattern or blueprint for an item, or a better method for crafting a type of item. Thus, an Artistry (musical composition) check could be used to create a new song, but the important act of creation is the song itself, not the paper on which it is written or even the performance. An artist is not necessarily a skilled performer, though she might be. An artist's province is the creation of ideas and concepts, and the realization of those ideas in a way that can be enjoyed by others and contribute to the broader culture of the arts. Some art forms (such as painting or sculpture) skirt the line between Artistry and Craft. It's up to the GM to rule whether certain Craft skills can be taken as Artistry skills instead.
Check: You can create works of art and try to earn a living by impressing possible patrons with your talent and ideas.
|10||Pedestrian work. No one buys your original work, but you get a few odd jobs using your skills—often just repairing or copying someone else's work. You earn 1d10 cp per day.|
|15||Pleasing work. In a prosperous city, you find a few who wish to purchase your work, and earn 1d10 sp per day.|
|20||Impressive work. In a prosperous city, you earn 3d10 sp per day, and may receive an artistic commission from a wealthy or public figure. As a result, you gain a local reputation.|
|25||Memorable work. In a prosperous city, you earn 1d6 gp per day, and you are likely to attract the attention of wealthy patrons and to develop a national reputation.|
|30||Masterful work. In a prosperous city, you earn 3d6 gp per day. In time, you may draw attention from distant patrons, or even from extraplanar beings.|
Since works of art are products of imagination, masterwork tools are of no use in their creation.
Creating a Commissioned Work: If you are creating a specific commissioned work, determine the value of the work you wish to create by looking at the table below, then follow the listed steps. You must have a patron willing to pay this value to attempt to create a commissioned work. The amount earned from trying to make a living using Artistry is for works that are distributed among many people and publications, not bought by one patron.
|Quality of Work||DC||Commission Fee|
|Pedestrian work||10||1 sp|
|Pleasing work||15||25 gp (250 sp)|
|Impressive work||20||50 gp (500 sp)|
|Memorable work||25||100 gp (1,000 sp)|
|Masterful work||30||200 gp (2,000 sp)|
To determine how much time and money it takes to complete a work of art, follow these steps.
Step 1: Find the DC and price corresponding to the quality of the work you intend to create.
Step 2: Spend 1/4 the price of the work you intend to create. This represents buying supplies such as parchment and ink, hiring the services of musicians, paying for research materials, and the like.
Step 4: If you didn't complete the work of art, you can either continue working or call it done and cut your losses. If you continue working, you must spend 1/4 the price again for each week you work. Record the result of your check from the first week, and add your progress for each subsequent week to the total until you either complete the item or cut your losses. If you decide to cut your losses, you gain the commission of the highest-quality level that your total could have completed. For instance, if you were trying to create a memorable work (a commission price of 1,000 sp) and have made only 600 sp worth of progress, you can cut your losses to gain a commission fee for an impressive work (500 sp, or 50 gp). You can't earn the value for a higher quality than you were aiming for, so if you aimed to create a memorable work but ended up creating a masterful work, you couldn't gain a commission price higher than 100 gp. When you cut your losses, you don't gain back any money you spent on supplies and services. So if you spent 250 sp when trying to create a memorable work, selling an impressive work would net you only 250 sp total if you spent 1 week of work, and would cause you to break even if you spent 2 weeks. It's possible to lose money working on a commission.
Action: Varies. Trying to earn money by creating minor works of art typically involves a full week's work. If you work less than 1 week, you earn the daily average amount appropriate for your level of workmanship. Creating a commissioned work typically takes a week or more.
Try Again: Yes. Retries are allowed, but they don't negate previous failures. If you're trying to earn a living as an artist in a city where the public hasn't been impressed with your work (because you failed a DC 15 Artistry check in the previous week), you have a hard time breaking into the marketplace with future artwork (increase the DC by 2 for each previous failure). If you leave the area for a month or more before trying again, this increase resets to 0.
You possess a specialized area of knowledge, generally narrower than that of a full-fledged scholar. Lore acts as a catchall skill for information, similar to how Craft handles artisanal skills and Profession handles professional skills.
The category of a Lore skill can vary widely from that of another Lore skill. It could be regional (such as a city or country), about a discipline (such as cryptography), or related to a narrow set of people (such as famous musicians). The scope of region-based Lore skills can also refer to specific subcategories, such as taverns in a particular region.
A Lore skill must be narrow—far narrower than the most relevant Knowledge skill. The broader the scope of a given category of Lore, the shallower your knowledge is on that topic. If you know about taverns in a wide region, you know less about each of them than you would if you had Lore in taverns of a specific city. Lore skills normally can't be used to identify monsters the way Knowledge skills can, unless they refer to a specific type of monster (such as owlbears or vampires). If Lore involves a common, broad category of race or monster, it needs to be more specific. Lore (elves) would be too broad, as would Lore (dragons).
Check: Lore skills use the same DC scale as Knowledge skills: DC 10 to answer easy questions, DC 15 for basic questions, and DC 20 to 30 for really tough questions. In many cases, Lore can substitute for a Knowledge skill, such as Lore (elven history) filling in for Knowledge (history) in a check involving elves. At the GM's discretion, a player might be able to apply a Lore skill that's only partially related to a subject with a –5 penalty, such as using a Lore skill about a region to recall information about a particular city in that region or applying knowledge of distilling to winemaking.
The table below describes some examples of Lore skills alongside examples of skills that would be too broad. This is by no means a comprehensive list, and the GM has final say on whether a particular Lore skill is appropriate.
|Appropriate Lore Skills||Inappropriate Choices|
|A particular small city (or smaller settlement)||Settlements|
|One district of a large city or metropolis||An entire large city or metropolis|
|A particular monastery||Monasteries|
|Taverns in a region||Taverns|
|Bandits in a region||Banditry|
|Famous battles in a region||Famous battles|
|The spice trade||Commerce|
|Silver and mithral||Metals|
Bards: Lore is treated as a Knowledge skill for the purposes of bardic knowledge and lore master, as well as similar abilities found in other classes, creatures, and archetypes. This applies only to Lore skills in which a character is trained. In other circumstances, use the more relevant Knowledge skill.
Skills such as Craft, Perform, and Profession already include basic uses, such as crafting objects and making money. However, they can also be useful for other tasks related to practicing those skills. Further uses are expanded upon here, with sample DCs for common tasks. These expansions are meant to include additional uses to help these skills work into the framework of a regular game, and can be used separately from the background skills system if desired. These uses, particularly those that allow you to aid another at a lower DC, are at the GM's discretion. For more in-depth subsystems to replicate crafting and running a business, see Alternate Crafting and Profession Rules.
An understanding of the properties and quality of an object comes part and parcel with the ability to craft it. Some of these checks could take extended periods of time, especially involved tasks like restoring a mural, as determined by the GM.
This entry also includes two useful Craft skills not specifically listed in the Core Rulebook: Craft (blacksmithing) and Craft (musical instruments).
|Determine what culture (e.g., elves, frost giants, etc.) made an item||By item type||15|
|Identify a famous maker's mark||By item type||10|
|Identify an obscure maker's mark1||By item type||20|
|Identify the creator of an item with no mark1||By item type||30|
|Determine the hardness and hit points of an item1||By item type||20|
|Determine the items an alchemist makes with substances from his lab1||Alchemy||15|
|Etch metal armor plates with decorative designs||Armor or paintings||15|
|Identify a suit of masterwork armor on sight||Armor||15|
|Determine what type of environment a basket's material came from||Baskets||10|
|Determine the specific region a basket's material came from||Baskets||20|
|Smelt ore and refine the metal||Blacksmithing||15|
|Create armor spikes or shield spikes without Craft (armor)1||Blacksmithing||+5|
|Determine a book's approximate age||Books||10|
|Identify a composite bow on sight||Bows||10|
|Identify a masterwork bow on sight||Bows||15|
|Determine a writer's experience level and handedness1||Calligraphy||10|
|Write an invitation that matches appropriate social conventions||Calligraphy||10|
|Create a makeshift barrel or crate||Carpentry||10|
|Create a rudimentary raft from found materials||Carpentry or ships||15|
|Carve fine woodworking||Carpentry or sculptures||15|
|Create wooden armor or a wooden shield without Craft (armor)||Carpentry||+5|
|Correctly dye a garment or bolt of cloth||Cloth||10|
|Mend a sail||Cloth, clothing, or ships||15|
|Tailor a garment to another size or body shape||Clothing||10|
|Create temporary cold-weather gear (grants a +2 bonus)||Clothing||20|
|Create padded armor without Craft (armor)||Clothing||+5|
|Locate or identify naturally formed glass||Glass||10|
|Identify the work of famous jewelers||Jewelry||15|
|Create a fake gemstone1||Jewelry||Opposed2|
|Identify the sort of creature from which a piece of leather came1||Leather||103|
|Skin an animal and tan the hide||Leather||15|
|Create a high-quality item from the hide of a nonstandard creature1||Leather||20|
|Create leather, studded leather, or hide armor without Craft (armor)||Leather||+5|
|Aid another on a Disable Device check to open a lock1||Locks||5|
|Tune a musical instrument||Musical instruments||10|
|Create paint or other pigments from scratch||Paintings||10|
|Re-create someone's likeness from memory||Paintings||15|
|Re-create someone's likeness from an eyewitness account||Paintings||20|
|Create a temporary or makeshift kiln||Pottery||20|
|Make a mold of an object or part of a body||Sculptures||10|
|Alter shoes to a different size or foot shape1||Shoes||10|
|Recognize a famous ship and where it likely came from||Ships||10|
|Identify whether a stone wall is entirely stone or a veneer||Stonemasonry||10|
|Create a temporary stone support or small rampart with found supplies||Stonemasonry||15|
|Determine the age of a mechanical trap||Traps||15|
|Identify a masterwork weapon on sight||Weapons||15|
|1 A character must be trained in the listed skill to attempt this task.|
|2 With a successful opposed Perception or Craft (jewelry) check, a character identifies the work as a fake.|
|3 This DC is for items made from the hides of common animals, such as cattle, and increases by 5 for other types of creatures.|
The table below lists which craft skills to use for certain prominent items and adventuring tools. The list omits obvious items—outfits are made with Craft (clothing), keelboats with Craft (ships), and so on. More specific skills can also be used instead of the listed skill, such as using Craft (tattoos) instead of Craft (paintings) for a tattoo.
|Artisan's tools||Blacksmithing or carpentry|
|Backpack||Clothing or leather|
|Bedroll||Cloth or leather|
|Cart or carriage||Carpentry|
|Chain||Blacksmithing or traps|
|Chest||Carpentry or locks|
|Disguise kit||Alchemy or paintings|
|Flint and steel||Blacksmithing or stonemasonry|
|Grappling hook||Blacksmithing or weapons|
|Gunslinger's kit||Alchemy or blacksmithing|
|Healer's kit||Alchemy or cloth|
|Hemp rope||Baskets or cloth|
|Lamp||Blacksmithing or glass|
|Manacles||Blacksmithing or locks|
|Musical instrument||Musical instruments|
|Scroll case||Carpentry or leather|
|Silver holy symbol||Blacksmithing or sculpture|
|Spell component pouch||Leather|
|Tent||Cloth or leather|
|Thieves' tools||Blacksmithing or locks|
|Wood holy symbol||Carpentry or sculpture|
The following table indicates which Craft skills are typically used to create common worn items. While the normal system for creating magic items doesn't incorporate Craft skills, such skills could reasonably be used while creating a magic item to make it appear especially ornate.
|Worn Item||Craft Skill|
|Belt||Leather or clothing|
|Bracelet||Blacksmithing or jewelry|
|Bracer||Armor or leather|
|Cape or cloak||Cloth or clothing|
|Circlet||Blacksmithing or jewelry|
|Crown||Blacksmithing or jewelry|
|Girdle||Clothing or leather|
|Glasses or goggles||Glass|
|Glove||Clothing or leather|
|Hat||Clothing or leather|
|Headband||Cloth or clothing|
|Mask||Clothing or leather|
|Necklace||Blacksmithing or jewelry|
|Phylactery||Leather or carpentry|
In addition to being able to put on a show, a performer knows the prominent works of her chosen type of performance.
|Mimic the style of a famous performer||Varies||15|
|Recall or recognize all the notes, lyrics, or lines of a popular work||Varies||15|
|Recall or recognize all the notes, lyrics, or lines of an obscure work||Varies||20|
|Improvise a routine on a specific subject||Act, comedy, oratory, or sing||20|
A profession often encompasses many smaller areas of expertise, and these auxiliary skills can come in handy in situations beyond just making money or answering trade-specific questions. Below are some sample additional uses for Profession skills, and GMs are encouraged to create their own.
|Determine hardness and hit points of a structure||Architect or engineer||20|
|Prepare trail rations (takes 1 hour per day's worth of rations)||Baker or cook||10|
|Obtain a legal permit||Barrister or clerk||15|
|Get someone released from jail who has been imprisoned for a minor crime1||Barrister||20|
|Ask a special favor from a judge (such as arresting someone)||Barrister||30|
|Brew alcohol of exceptional quality||Brewer||20|
|Notice poison in a beverage||Brewer||25|
|Skin an animal and tan the hide||Butcher, shepherd, or tanner||10|
|Slaughter and butcher an animal||Butcher, cook, or shepherd||15|
|Reduce a legal fine or tax by half the result of the check in gp2||Clerk||20+|
|Cook a meal of exceptional quality||Cook||20|
|Notice poison in food||Cook||25|
|Find potential clients within an establishment or large group||Courtesan||10|
|Assess a social hierarchy||Courtesan||15|
|Continue steering a vehicle when you take damage||Driver or sailor||5|
|Take cover (as the Ride skill) while steering a vehicle||Driver or sailor||15|
|Identify a non-creature plant||Farmer or gardener||10|
|Rejuvenate dying plants||Farmer or gardener||15|
|Provide 1 day's worth of food for yourself and others in the wild||Fisherman or trapper||153|
|Recall the rules of a game of chance||Gambler||10|
|Get a hunch regarding whether a game is rigged||Gambler||20|
|Reduce an average or lower cost of living by 50%||Innkeeper||153|
|Sate hunger or thirst for 1 day||Herbalist||10|
|Identify common medicinal herbs||Herbalist||10|
|Identify rare medicinal herbs||Herbalist||15|
|Aid another on a Knowledge check using reference material||Librarian||5|
|Recall the name of a rare book||Librarian||15|
|Determine where an item was manufactured||Merchant||104|
|Recall where a common good fetches a higher price||Merchant||15|
|Safely deliver a child||Midwife||15|
|Safely deliver a child despite complications||Midwife||20|
|Grind a small piece of a nonmagical substance into powder||Miller||10 + hardness|
|Identify common metal orsemiprecious stone||Miner||5|
|Identify rare metal or precious gem||Miner||15|
|Ignore half hardness when attacking a stone or metal object||Miner||20|
|Increase carrying capacity for 8 hours as if Strength were 2 higher||Porter||15|
|Unload a vessel in half the normal time||Porter||20|
|Navigate a ship in fair conditions||Sailor||20|
|Pilot a ship safely through a hazardous seaway||Sailor||25+|
|Determine which scribe wrote a document||Scribe||104|
|Copy a document (30 minutes per page; requires a blank book)||Scribe||10|
|Illuminate a manuscript (1 hour per page)||Scribe||20|
|Determine the quality of woolen textiles||Shepherd||10|
|Determine whether a weapon or armor is of masterwork quality||Soldier||10|
|Estimate the size of a military force||Soldier||15|
|Identify advantages and disadvantages of a military formation||Soldier||20|
|Keep horses fed in the wild||Stable master||10|
|Fit or remove barding in half the normal time||Stable master||15|
|Recognize damaged or sabotaged horse tack||Stable master||20|
|Determine the quality of leatherwork (and tell if it's masterwork quality)||Tanner||10|
|Aid another on an Escape Artist check to get out of a trap or snare||Trapper||5|
|Reset a trap in half the normal amount of time||Trapper||20|
|Scavenge wood suitable for campfire or shelter||Woodcutter||5|
|Ignore half hardness when attacking wooden object||Woodcutter||20|
|1 A major crime typically requires a trial involving a series of Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, Profession (barrister), and Sense Motive skill checks, as well as appropriate Knowledge checks.|
|2 To a minimum of 25% of the original value.|
|3 Provide this benefit for yourself plus one other person for every 2 points by which your skill check exceeds the DC.|
|4 Increase the DC by 5 if the item is from a region the character is unfamiliar with, and by another 5 if it's more than 20 years old. Exceptionally rare or ancient pieces can't usually have their origin identified in this way.|
Implementing background skills in an established campaign is easy. To convert a character's skill ranks into this system, first determine the total number of background skill ranks she has—this is equal to 2 × the PC's character level. Next, find out how many ranks she has already spent on skills that are background skills under this system. The character gains that number of regular skill ranks to spend on any skills—essentially refunding the regular skill ranks spent on background skills. Finally, subtract this number from the character's total number of background skill ranks to determine how many background skill ranks she still has to spend. For example, a 5th-level rogue would have 10 background skill ranks. If she had already put 5 ranks into skills that are now background skills, she would spend 5 of her background skill ranks on those skills, freeing up the original 5 ranks to spend on any skills, and she would still have 5 background skill ranks left to spend on background skills.
The GM might want to allow some amount of retraining to factor in the new background skills. A character who took Profession (poet) might prefer to put those ranks in Artistry (poetry) instead, or a character who took Knowledge (geography) to represent the time she spent traveling a specific river might take Lore in that river instead.

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Volume 5 Number 9
Perspectives on DL'99: Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries
National Library of Australia
DL'99: The Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries was held on August 11 - 14, 1999, in Berkeley, California, and was attended by over 120 persons from a wide range of countries and representing different disciplines. Roxanne Missingham attended DL'99, and she has graciously contributed to D-Lib Magazine a description of the conference as seen from her perspective as Director of Reader Services at the National Library of Australia. Please click here to see "Perspectives on DL'99: Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries".
IFLA and OCLC Announce New FellowshipContributed by:
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) announce the IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship. This program, announced recently at the 65th IFLA General Council and Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies.
On an annual basis, the program will select up to four individuals to come to OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA, for a four-week period to participate in an intensive program of lectures, seminars and mentoring. Topics and issues will include information technologies and their impact on libraries, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship.
A full description of the program, including eligibility and application information, is available at <http://www.oclc.org/institute/ifla/index.htm>.
Please direct inquiries to Erik Jul, Associate Director, OCLC Institute, [email protected].
Electronic Information: Purchasing, Access and Copyright Issues for the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH)Press Release from:
LITC, South Bank University
A team from Learning and Information Services and Library Information Technology Center (LITC), South Bank University (SBU) led by John Akeroyd has won the contract to carry out a three month scoping study of the issues relating to the purchase of electronic information for the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH).
The project will aim to:
- Identify core electronic content and publishers
- Define appropriate licensing models
- Evaluate national level purchasing experience in other sectors, e.g., Higher Education
- Consider the issues raised by authentication of users, security and privacy
- Define the technological prerequisites for users
- Identify the management, support and training issues
On the National Health Service (NHS) side the project is being led by Veronica Fraser, NHS Library Adviser, working with Louise Jones, Jane Mackenzie and Pam Prior of the NHS Regional Librarians Group (Purchasing Panel). SBU are represented by John Akeroyd, Liz Fairclough, Sally Brock and Andrew Cox.
If you have comments or an interest in the project please contact Andrew Cox, LITC, [email protected], phone 0171 815 7058. The project home page is <http://www.sbu.ac.uk/litc/NeLH/>. LITC is a self financing centre within LIS, dedicated to publishing and researching ICT applications in libraries and information services.NeLH was announced in Information for Health, the Government's Information and Technology Strategy for the NHS
The NeLH web site is located at <http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/>.
- to provide easy access to best current knowledge;
- to help improve health and healthcare, clinical practice, and patient choice
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I've created and have been maintaining/updating a multipurpose USB stick with all the software I need on it, given that I'm a computer technician and may need to install windows, or boot to a program to test the hard drive, etc. My question is about UEFI and whether or not it's possible to boot into Grub4Dos or Grub or Grub2 under UEFI, so as to install Windows Vista or later in UEFI mode and not something else. Everything I have set up currently is an iso map, no loose files. It's not really necessary for me to load anything else through UEFI other than my Windows installations that are Vista+.
Is there a way to do this? Can I set up a menu entry and be able to do both? Would it be better to switch from Grub4Dos to Grub or Grub2 for my purposes?
I hope to hear something soon.


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Police and Crime Panel
A Police and Crime Panel will be established to scrutinise the work of the Police and Crime Commissioner. This Panel forms a key part of the checks and balances within the new model.
The Panel will not scrutinise the performance of the Chief Constable – that is the role of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The Panel will scrutinise the actions and decisions of the Commissioner.
The Panel will be made up of ten local Councillors, representing the four Borough Councils in Cheshire, and represent, as far as practicable, the political make up of the four Councils taken as a whole. Two co-opted Members will also be appointed by the Councillor members of the Panel. The Panel may co-opt additional members including extra councillors provided the Panel does not exceed 20 members and the Home Secretary agrees to the increased size of the Panel.
The responsibilities of the Panel include:
- the ability to review the police and crime plan and annual report;
- veto the Commissioner’s proposed council tax precept for policing;
- veto the Commissioner’s proposed appointment of a Chief Constable;
- request reports and call the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable to attend its meetings.
Read more on our factsheet about the Police & Crime Panel
It is the responsibility of the four Borough Councils to establish the Panel and Warrington Borough Council has been appointed to lead on this work in Cheshire.
The Local Government Association has published guidance on the role and composition of a Police & Crime Panel


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A filling machine that is ideal for potting nursery garden plants with very large clods, with bare roots, for phytocells and for large containers.
Designed and built for processing of fibrous products (coconut coir, etc.). Two people can work on the machine at the same time with separate pedal controls or, on request, it is possible to instal blade cycle microns placed directly on the worktop.
The vase is filled by a cup chain and vibrated at the same time to spread the sub-stratum around the plant clod until it is perfectly compact.
It also has a timer installed to continue vibrating after the vase has been filled.
The original hopper capacity is 2,5 m3 and can be increased by adding the side flips to give a capacity of around 3,7 m3.
Accessories on request:
-FLOOR STANDING VIBRATOR WITH SINGLE OR DOUBLE CHUTE
-SOIL LOADING BLADE MICRONS
-VARIABLE SPEED BLADES
-VIBRATION INTENSITY ADJUSTMENT

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You have heard countless methods or diets to get rid of regional fat depositions and excess weights. Particularly regional fat deposition has been the most
annoying issue. Such excess weights require different application techniques. Laser liposuction has become the most popular method in body fat depositions to date. Liposuction is a technique that resect the fat underneath the skin and then remove it with vacuum.
The laser liposuction technique uses a laser-assisted technique to melt the fat under the skin for the purpose of conversion to the olive oil consistency and remove it from the body. Application of this method does not ever harm the skin. It can be applied to any part of the body. It is a method used for stubborn fats and the regions that do not take shape even though sports may be practiced.

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