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New data suggests the four-hour epic has made for challenging quarantine watching.
By David Wolinsky on April 8, 2021 at 11:54AM PDT
After a very lengthy internet and social media push to make director Zack Snyder's version of Justice League a reality, and then a lengthy runway of it actually going into production and then being marketed, numbers are starting to come out about how the movie has actually been landing with audiences. It's only one metric, but Smart TV viewer-tracking application and audience aggregator Samba TV has recently released data showing that both in the US and the UK, less than half of those who started watching the four-hour epic stuck around for the whole thing. It's a problem that, of course, most theaters would not see if this was the film originally released.
Luiz Fernando, a data and box-office enthusiast, dug deep on the data in a Twitter thread and revealed that of the 2.2 million households that started watching Zack Snyder's Justice League on HBO Max, only 36% in the US finished it--whereas in the UK, of 954,000 households only 48% finished. The thread excerpted below has other contrasting data, like the fact that this information means that Wonder Woman 1984 performed better both in its full week debut and after its opening weekend--with 3 million and 400,000 viewers respectively in those categories.
Also according to #SamaTV's report, from the 2.2M households who started watching #ZackSnydersJusticeLeague on #HBOMax, only 36% (around 792k households) actually finished it.
In the U.K. the rate was better. From 954k households, 48% (around 458k) finished the #SnyderCut. 5/ pic.twitter.com/IYDkCIztTu
— Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) March 29, 2021
Some other data also worth reflecting on is the recent report that HBO Asia had reportedly crashed as a result of apparent demand for Zack Snyder's Justice League. In a self-reporting Facebook post on the outage, HBO Asia said its HBO GO service experienced "an unprecedented surge in traffic for the exclusive premiere of Zack Snyder's Justice League."
All of this information may point to there being wisdom in Snyder's pre-release, but still very publicly discussed plans to have multiple theatrical and home releases of the DC movie. It's unlikely a black and white version--which Snyder has hyped the most--would offer a different result, but it's also a safe bet others are either waiting in the wings or being worked on as of this writing.
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Definition of Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein
Unbelievably, the drumbeat is beginning for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to run for President a third time. The man who lost twice for President is now being encouraged by many party leaders to give it another try.
Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) recently told MSNBC, "I think he's proven right on a lot of stuff. I happen to be in the camp that thinks he's actually going to run and I think he will be the next President of the United States."
Chaffetz is not alone; commentator Ann Coulter, Internet titan Matt Drudge and many others are on board the Romney 2016 bandwagon. In addition, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Governor's running mate in 2012, told reporters yesterday that he would "love to see Mitt Romney run for president again."
Mitt Romney is the darling of the establishment wing of the party. He is a moderate from the Northeast who is not known for strong positions on social issues. For example, he has changed his stance on gay marriage and abortion multiple times.
While he is for a secure border and opposed to amnesty, he is the worst possible candidate to address the dangers of socialized medicine. As Governor, Romney championed a Massachusetts version of government operated healthcare. President Obama used Romney's plan as a model for the disastrous Affordable Care Act that was foisted on the American people.
Even with all of his baggage, Romney was positioned to defeat Barack Obama in the last election. He won the first debate and needed strong performances in the final two outings to seal the deal with the American people.
Instead, he listened to his advisers and played it safe. The result is that Romney missed many opportunities to blast the President on the Benghazi terrorist attack and wound up agreeing with Obama on a number of issues.
In the last election, his comments on the "47%" of Americans on government assistance and his remarks about "binders full of women" were manipulated by the media and misinterpreted by voters.
His successful background as a Bain Capital executive was easy fodder for Democrats to attack him as a rich, heartless businessman. Sadly, his leadership position in the Mormon Church was an issue for some evangelical Christian voters who were not comfortable supporting a candidate who did not share their religious faith.
For reasons both fair and unfair, Mitt Romney was not a particularly good presidential candidate in two nationwide elections. Despite this track record, insiders in the Republican Party are obviously in love with the idea of another Romney campaign. According to Ryan, he should run because "the third time's the charm."
Fortunately, Romney has not taken the bait so far. He has been adamant that he is not running again. Hopefully, he will continue to hold off these misguided requests and spend his time supporting good GOP candidates across the country.
Mitt Romney can certainly play a role as a fundraiser. He should be a respected elder statesman, but not subject the Republican Party or the country to another presidential campaign.
The bottom line is that Romney cannot win. He does not unite the wings of the Republican Party and is not an effective candidate to reach Independent voters.
Like moderate presidential candidates Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole and John McCain, Mitt Romney was unable to win, even after two attempts.
Now, it is time for the Republican Party to start a new chapter and nominate a reliable conservative who can articulate a positive message to the American people. This type of candidate can win in 2016. Clearly, Mitt Romney cannot.
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As the U.S. Senate moves forward on an immigration bill, critics of the legislation have charged the bill won't stop illegal immigration while rewarding people who came to the United States without proper permission.
Sometimes in making their case, though, they've distorted what's actually in the bill. Here, then, is a summary of some of our recent fact-checks. (We'll be adding to this list as we find new distortions.)
"Obama cars." Bloggers and the website Breitbart have promoted the absurd notion that teenagers will get free cars under the immigration law. In reality, the Senate bill includes a provision for a youth jobs program that includes transportation services. Typically, that means bus passes. Given the program's many safeguards and regulations, the idea that free cars would be given away is laughable. We rated this statement Pants on Fire.
Optional fence building. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., criticized a recent amendment that mandates a certain amount of fencing for the border. Sessions said the bill "has a specific provision that says that Secretary Napolitano does not have to build any fence if she chooses not to." Actually, that provision gives Napolitano discretion about where to build 700 miles of fence along the nearly 2,000-mile border. It doesn't give her the discretion not to build at all. We rated Sessions statement False.
Border security timetable. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned that the bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being." Cruz is right that people will soon qualify for a provisional legal status, though they'll have to wait for permanent legal status. But he's not correct that the border security will never come into being. In fact, significant spending for border security is in included in the bill. We rated his statement Mostly False.
When legalization occurs. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., has accused Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., of saying one thing to English language media and another to Spanish language media. Rubio "all along has been saying, 'We have to have border security first,' " Rohrabacher told conservative WND Radio. "And then, he, you know, when he gets on Spanish TV, he ends up saying, 'No, no. That will never get in the way' or, 'Legalization status isn't contingent on border control.' Well, this is outrageous, and no one should believe him." We looked closely at Rubio's remarks and found he made distinctions between provisional legal status and permanent legal status, in both English and Spanish. We rated Rohrabacher's statement Mostly False.
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18 Calistril
The Old Beldame's Hut; H4
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The crone grinned (or sneered, it was hard to be sure) at Kyrie. "Well, it sounds like your ma's are smart people, then. You do well to listen to them."
Zeran added his commentary, recalling the machinations of Grigori, the bard from Fort Drelev.
"I don't know about any of that business. When it comes to the game of politics and land grabbin', pretty soon you find just about everybody fancies him or herself a king of this-or-that and is happy to stick a knife in you to get it, with or without all kinds of otherworldly forces scheming about. All the same, mightwise could be."
Elga yawned. She rose from her chair and rubbed the stiffness from her knees. "All right, that's enough. Time for bed, then. Get out, please. You're welcome to camp by the house, just don't go spooking my scarecrow." The Beldame flicked her hand at the door, which opened of its own accord. She turned to her bed without further ceremony, but stopped short.
"Right. One more thing." She turned to where Giles was only too happily moving for the door. "You," she announced. "I wanted to take a closer look at that magic robe you're wearing.
Giles 42/42 – 16 arrows, 20 bolts
Kyrie 55/55 –
Miguel 41/41 – 18 arrows
Zeran 42/42 – 28 bullets
Cat: Uninjured, Tied Up, Dozing, Still Grumpy
(Also, welcome to page 38 of Kingmaker and the first time this game has updated in over half a year! With three posts in a row, no less.)
Edited on 2016-09-02 at 04:14:20 by Sibelius Eos Owm
Nyrodine Ezayo
Veteran Visitor
Giles froze in the doorway, a wave of fear washing over him as he gripped the hilt of his sword more firmly now. His legs screamed at him to run out the door and onto the wagon and ride through the night as far away from here as he could, but his mind, or perhaps his pride told him to stay to turn and face the withered old crone with a confident face and to bury his fear for his own sake. With a reluctant and begrudging sigh, Giles removed the cloak, turned and slowly walked toward the krone and at a good length with his off hand presented it to her.
"Here you are"
He paused for a moment before pulling it back slightly from her reach and tightening the grip on his swords hilt once more.
"May I ask why you wish to see it"
I can't even find where the robe first activated anymore. I think I missed it.
The Beldame's bony fingers closed on empty space. Her mouth twisted with mild annoyance. "It ain't nothing worth the drama," she said, jutting her chin in the direction of Giles' sword hilt. "I happen to be something of an experienced thaumaturge. I noticed something on your robe that didn't seem like it had any right being there."
Elga held out her hand again, this time palm up. "If you let me see the robe, I might be able to tell you if somebody wove a curse into the fabric when they enchanted it."
(assuming Giles recognises the biting insects as potentially related to this 'curse' and hands over the robe)
The crone accepted the black robe with one hand, then with the other she pointed two fingers at her eyes and muttered an incantation. She held the robe up at arm's length, pinching here and there with her bony fingers.
"Hmm… yes… that would be what the necromancy is for…" She hunched in to peer at the robe closely, hardly an inch from her face. "Hrmm… I see… there you are you little devil."
Elga looked up from the robe sharply. "Yup. This robe is cursed." She handed the robe back to Giles. "It looks like the whole thing is magically infested with insect-forms that come out to bite and sting whenever you need to concentrate. Figure either somebody intentionally laid this curse on your robe, or else whoever made it done buggered it up spectacularly."
"Fortunately, you don't have to worry about it killing you, and remarkably it looks like the original enchantment intended still functions as normal. If you bought it recently, like as not the merchant is already long gone. What you do with it is none of my business, but you're probably best off getting what use you can out of the thing, then burning it, 'less you know someone you don't particularly like. An in-law, perhaps."
Apostasy means 'defection or revolt' usually associated with renouncing one's religion
Traveling Home
19-20 Calistril 4702.
After departing the hut of the swamp witch, the party continued to map the lakeshore on their way back north. The following day they crossed the Skunk River back into Volga.
Viridian City; G5
Capital of Volga.
The wagon cut fresh tracks through the recently snow-dusted streets. The returning barons had one stop before retiring to the old fort. They had nearly forgotten about the red-stained waterskin that they'd shoved beneath the driver's seat to avoid having to look at, but now it was time make a delivery.
The eccentric alchemist's shop was on the way back to the fort. Though it was later in the day, she was still bustling about. She was pleased finally to be able to test her theory—whether troll blood made a good catalyst to bind the magical energy in potions.
The party laid out their order for the potions (the half-elf assured them that they 'probably wouldn't even taste the blood at all' in the final draught) and made an additional request to buy out her stock of fire oil. The alchemist estimated that she would be able to deliver the full crop up to Fort Viridian in one week's time.
No sooner had the party returned their horses to the stable and settled into their fort than a familiar scaled face appeared at their door.
"I wish one of these days I could be waiting for you with good news when you got back." Spymaster Sootscale's eyes held a grim humour as he stepped into the room. "Allow me to catch you up on what has transpired this time."
"In the last few weeks it has become apparent to us that the city of Viridian has become host to a secret mystery cult dedicated to the goddess Gyronna*. The elk-priest assures us these rumours are very troubling. With Baron Frodrick and his squire in Olegton on business as of last week, it has been left to myself, the priest, and the general."
"At present we are not prepared to combat this threat ourselves. My network is already stretched thin chasing rumours, and it is only thanks to the agent Frodrick left in charge of the investigation that we know these rumours have any foundation in the first place."
The ash-scaled kobold walked to the door as he spoke. He knocked three times. The door opened and a tall, broad man in his late thirties, wearing a chain shirt and cloak stepped in from the cold. The crooked-nosed, sour-faced guardsman was bound with solid muscle, wearing a placid expression somewhere between thoughtful and dour.
"This is Clay, one of Frodrick's guards. I have brought him so that he can work with you directly in this matter. His efforts thus far have proved invaluable in the short time since we have become aware of this problem."
Clay 46/46 –
Cat: Uninjured, Has a Room of Her Own, Less Grumpy
*Gyronna – Knowledge (religion) also called the 'Hag Queen' and 'Sacred Heretic', Gyronna is an unpopular deity who embodies hatred, heresy, and despair. Her unholy symbol is a bloodshot eye and she is worshipped primarily by hags (the monster species), heretics, and predominantly female castoffs from society and outcasts from other faiths. Her clergy is notorious for turning communities against each other and fostering hatred and apostasy.
Zeakol
Why. Why does this always happen?
Zeran sighed after the kobold delivered the news. His shoulder slumped and his hat went crooked as he rubbed at his forehead. "Why is it every time we leave some other shmuck decides to try and crop up and start something." He muttered a few curses under his breath before giving the guardsman and kobold a nod. His eyes glanced back towards the party. "Any suggestions? Because to be honest I'm going to scream if you all suggest we find and put these cultists on trial." It sounded like a joke but something in the man's eyes said he was serious.
His attention turned back to the guard and he nodded his head. "Welcome aboard. I'm Zeran, resident shoot man." He thumbed over his shoulder to the rest of the party. "They are a courteous bunch and can introduce themselves. Let me know when we start discussing courses of action. For now." Without any hesitation Zeran went to the nearest wall and started to very gently headbutt muttering 'why' under his breath repeatedly.
time to turn this into a detective noir
Giles yawned removing his friendly cursed cloak giving it a shake and a brush off while listening to sootscale deliver his report and introduction and sighed as he watched Zeran wander over and being to beat his head
"Really I'm really in no way surprised giving the information we gained from our last guest this is really nothing more than a step up from his attempts to derail this empire, but with no solid leads we cant really go on a witch hunt either we only know where one of those is after all and for the moment she seems.... friendly. This is troubling all the same and we should attempt to nip it in the bud. Sootscale Id like a full report on all the rumors floating about these days as well as an account of any new citizens to the town since we dealt with Grigori as soon as possible a copy for here and you may send one to my office"
With that Giles re-dawned the cloak and made his way toward the door pausing briefly by Clay
" I'm sure you'll have much to tell us after we all get some a bit of sleep and rest as well"
Giles waved his hand to the rest of the party and took his leave
Kong of the Belt
Capital of Volga
Littel Mans.
You burn 2 TROL
Us SKOGTROL demand Wergild
You pay Tribute
-4 heds of Kow
-4 heds of Pig
-10 hands of GOLD
FOR EECH TROL BURN!!!
…Or TROLS CRUSH 8 Littel Mans for Every TROL
Littel Mans submit to TRU KONG of BELT and STAY OFF SKOGTROL LANDS!
HARGULKA
KONG of BELT
QUEEN of GREEN.
The crude message was apparently written in blood on a dirty, untreated sheet of elk hide as big as a cot. According to the messenger who brought it to the capital that morning, the note was found by Falchos, the satyr, near the edge of the barony, wrapped around a boar-hunter's spear. The spear stood like a standard, sticking straight up out of the corpse of the unlucky hunter.
Jhod rubbed his balding forehead, absorbing the contents of the message. Kesten regarded the note with a sour expression. "I wonder if the Stag Lord ever had to deal with this kind of bullocks?" he mused out loud.
"I doubt it," said Tanya from her chair across the room. She chewed on a bowl of almonds at the recommendation of her midwife, Niska, as spring drew nearer. "I don't know what it was like down here before he died, but the way things were at Kressle's camp, it was mostly just us, a few kobolds, the odd fairy, and your standard wild creatures. We were mostly small enough to escape notice of anything bigger or meaner."
"At least the trolls are out there, not already inside the city." Jhod added with a sigh. "This cult business has me second guessing every face I see come to temple services."
Cat: Uninjured, Less Grumpy
(Just wanted to get this extra bit of information out there. I consider that troll note to be a true work of art. Bask on my works, ye humble travellers. Maybe after this we can get started figuring out what we're doing about this cult business. It's getting late now.)
Cults, Trolls, what's next an owlbearcentaur?
Zeran sat at the table sneaking a couple of almonds for himself as he looked at the large [very amazing work of art] crappy note the trolls had left them. "They can write? I'm, impressed." He says shaking his head a bit. "See this is what bothers me. Living out here on my own yeah I never had to deal with creatures like these. But they can read- maybe -write at the very least!" He laughed a bit as he munched one of his two almonds between his teeth. "If they weren't so bloody aggressive we could have probably been...okay?....neighbors."
Shrugging his shoulders a bit he looked at the rest of the party. "We did TRY to say hello and the two we killed just outright tried to slap us." Looking back at the note he cocks an eyebrow slightly and sighs. "So now we not only have a bloody cult to root out. But apparently a troll queen, queen of green...Heh I like that..anyways. Queen of green to deal with." Looking back to the occupants of the room he thinks for a moment. "Maybe...we should pay them this time? Just to buy us some time so they don't go slaughtering townsfolk or other people, then after we deal with this cult we can go...maybe root THEM out? Hell I don't know, but I know we can't divide our manpower or leave while this cult is in the area."
Second almond now the former river pirate snaps his fingers for a second. "Speaking of cults! I have a plan! On that doesn't involve inquisition." Swallowing his final snack he smiles a bit. "Disguise. We're obviously to well known to get into the cult, but what if we disguised ourselves or someone we trust or could convince, get some inside information on the cult." He holds his hands up to stop any argument for the moment. "Now, I know it's risky and might not work. But consider it as an option, we can't just go strong arming everyone. It'll play right into the cult's hands I'm sure." His hands go down and he looks at Jhod now.
"Jhod, don't get frazzled. Please. You're a beacon to the good people of this town who follow you. If you start to show signs of paranoia and suspicion it'll only make things worse." Zeran's face grows serious for a moment. "Even if you have to fake it. Keep up a strong front and show these cultists that you won't waver and believe that everyone here is a good person and belongs. Give them NO ground to exert any more influence then they already have. You'll be as integral to our efforts in this way as we will be trying to find the roots and dig them out."
Zeran flashed Kyrie a small 'did I say that right?' look after he finished, even going so far as to take the older make's hands and give them a reassuring squeeze. "Besides. If you learn anything from people seeking temple services, you showing strength could sway them off this cult's path, and maybe provide us with some leverage we need. All it takes, is one member to turn back to the good to give us information we could use."
Settling back into his chair Zeran regarded the note again with a mixture of amazement, and disgust. He went to grab an almond, only to realize he had none left from his pilfering, simply shrugging and taking a drink of his water.
Nobody expects the Giles inquisition
Giles stumbled into the meeting looking even more tired and then he had left the night prior. Taking his seat that the table and staring blankly at the trolls message and then listening to Zeran talk (about being a second almond?).
"It's tempting just to just pay them off to buy us some time while we deal with this cult gubbins that said we do and we may be seen as weak... on the other hand were doing it in the best interest of the town... maybe use it to try and open negotiations with the trolls... not that they will be much for negotiating since we killed two of them already"
Giles sighed and rubbed his eyes muttering under his breath that it's too early for this s***
"Oh speaking of out little cultist problem my little ravens have set me on a lead that I'll be following up on once were done here possibly nothing but giving the circumstances we can't risk leaving any stone left unturned"
NPC chat
Zeran and Giles mused aloud about the possibility of paying the trolls to buy some time while they were busy dealing with rooting out the cult.
General Kesten grunted. "Hrm. I don't like it. Trolls are nothing but savage monsters. They don't think like normal folk—they don't care that we killed two o' theirs except that it gives 'em an excuse. Paying this weregild of theirs won't stop them from killing anybody who stumbles across them, and the only message it shows them is that we'll give in to their demands."
(Zeran's Plan)
"That would be a risky plan, but it might just work to help us catch all of the cult, rather than try to hunt them all down one by one," Jhod commented. "But let's not put the cart before the horse. Before we can do anything, we have to find them."
~Push~
20 Calistril - the night before
Giles pulled his cloak tight against the late winter chill as he turned down the familiar streets to his typical evening residence. Viridian's first and most successful brothel had ruffled some feathers of the more conservative-minded, but the bawdy house had never lacked for business in the fledgling capital.
He doffed his hat as he approached the brothel. The door girl recognised him immediately and called out to him. "Giles! Welcome back!"
Giles bowed, kissing the back of her hand. "Thank-you," he said, rising. "Is Lizzie about? I need to speak with her."
The escort led him to the common room. "Mistress Lape is out right now—she should be back in an hour."
The common room was quieter than Giles would have expected for the season—normally the chill saw many driven to seek warmth and comfort. Nevertheless, these conditions suited his purposes. A few idle girls occupied one corner of the room, lounging in wait for customers. The door girl called to one of them. "It's your turn to stand out there," she said.
She caught sight of Giles and waved him over. "Look who's back in town!"
Giles spent some time chatting with the escorts—some disregarded the rumours of cultists as pure gossip, but others were quick to share what little they knew or had heard from clients. Word on the street was frustratingly basic—that a mystery cult of Gyronna had taken root, and that her followers were practicing dark, blasphemous rites in the night while upstanding townsfolk lay asleep in their beds. Those who had come from the River Kingdoms reiterated Zeran's story of Heibarr, a town in Pitax, where the Sacred Heretic's cultists were blamed for turning public discontent over river taxes into an open revolt that tore the town apart. Others added their stories of Gyronnans swapping newborns for deformed, human-like monsters and nurturing hatred in those around them.
Later when Giles got his chance to speak with the madam, she told him how the whole month had been slightly slower than usual—especially for Calistril, named after the goddess of lust—since the rumours began, though not enough to seriously hurt business. After all, their line of work was always in demand. Nevertheless, everybody knew that Gyronna's cultists were fallen and destitute women, so regardless whether any of her seamstresses actually fit the profile, the stereotype remained.
Inside her office, Lizzie set her whip on the table with a sigh. "All right, so level with me. If a baron is down here poking about for information about the latest rumour mill chatter, there's got to be something going on. Is there any truth to these rumours?"
"It is our duty as your leaders to investigate any and all concerns the citizens may have, no matter how farfetched, and if they turn out to be true, to deal with them to ensure the safety of our people. That's all. Given the severe implications of such a cult, if the rumours are true, that's all the more reason for us to take care of it sooner than later wouldn't you agree, Lizzie?"
"I'll take that as a yes, then."
Giles allowed himself a rare smile. "You know me too well."
"I've seen my share of politics. Anyway, the reason I ask is because I may have something for you. It could just as well be nothing, but as you say, 'if the rumours are true' it could mean a lead. One of my girls got into a bit of a dispute with one of my boys recently. That itself isn't uncommon, sometimes my staff can be a bit territorial, but things escalated when she attacked him. Normally she's not like that, but besides giving her a timeout for a while to cool her head, I didn't put much thought into it. In light of these cultist rumours, though, I have to wonder if it might not be worth looking into—delicately. My goddess stands for vengeance, but the wise do not allow unchecked malice to be their own undoing."
Giles arranged to meet the escort the next day during off-hours, when they would be less likely to be observed should sensitive matters be aired overly loudly that might scare off customers or bring harm to the brothel's reputation. Finally, he retired for the night to pray to his lord.
After the meeting regarding the trolls' demands, the party split into two groups. Giles returned to the brothel, accompanied by Miguel on the insistence that nobody go investigate too deep without backup, should the trail lead them to a trap. The remaining three drew up a list of names based on Clay's knowledge of the town and of people most likely to be swayed to the cult's teachings.
(Giles+Miguel)
Mistress Lape showed the barons to the girl's room. Giles had Miguel wait outside in the even that he needed to pull a 'good baron/bad baron' out of his hat. He soon realized he needn't have gone to the trouble.
Estela sat on the bed in her room. She was one of the newer faces in the brothel, so Giles didn't recognise her right away, but she knew who he was. Her eyes darted from the madam to the baron in doe-like alarm. "H-have I done something wrong, m'lord?"
(Kyrie+Zeran+Clay)
The three arrived at the residence of the first woman on Clay's list. According to what the guard knew of her, she lived with her family and worked as a laundress. She regularly got into heated arguments with her neighbours that sometimes devolved into empty threats, but coupled with her fondness for the drink resulted in the occasional night in the drunk tank.
Before they left, Jhod had cautioned them to take care—they didn't need to add to the rumours that the barons were interrogating random, possibly innocent women in town, with no substantial evidence to back them. Even worse, they didn't need to give these women further reason to resent their society and possibly fall in with the evil eye.
(In a moment of inspiration I modeled both of these women after people I know/knew in real life. The details are totally different, but the personality is the same. If need be, parts of these interrogations can play out on Discord/Skype, and I can help jog your memory what you're looking for again.)
When stuck, introduce a character with a gun.
Jhod Kavken burst into the fort's front hall. He gasped for breath, face was red with cold and exertion. There was panic in his eyes.
"Tanya's gone," he said.
It took a moment to get full sentences out of the middle-aged man, but the party learned that he had left Tanya with her midwife, Niska, to fetch something for her fever, and when he got back the both of them were missing.
Hardly a moment later, silent as a shadow, Sootscale stepped in the door Jhod had left open. "I hope this isn't a bad time, my lords. The mark was last seen headed toward the edge of town. My agent is moving as we speak. I advise you get ready quickly."
Jhod stared at Sootscale, horrified. He turned to the party. "It—no. It can't be a coincidence. You—you don't think… My wife?"
(Since it's been more than a year since I last posted, I thought it would only be fitting to have a small in-game timeskip to keep things moving. If you want to flesh out how exactly you guys came about tracking down a suspected cultist, by all means we can nail it down a bit, but I wanted to re-open with a bang.)
(It is evening, just before dusk. The sky is mostly grey and a light snow is falling.)
BONUS: For a mash of notes from Giles' questioning scene and some new material cooked up on the spot for the other team, see below:
(Giles + Miguel)
Giles sat across from the girl. "My dear even if you have done something wrong as far as it goes its nothing illegal as of yet, so you have little to worry about. Tell me what you know of these rumors of this cult floating around."
"Cult? I don't understand, what does this have to do with a cult? If I haven't done anything wrong, why are you here?" It didn't take an inquisitor to see the girl was not hiding anything. She earnestly had no idea what was going on.
"Well, aside from the fact that I basically live here, Liz... erm, the Madam has said you got into a fight with one of her boys the other night, is this so? What was all that about?"
Estela eyes widened. "I didn't mean to hit him!" she blurted. "Well, I guess I kind of did. I was just so angry with him. That smug asshole is always talking about how much money he charges for each trick, then he turns around and steals one of my clients! It's not fair!" There was a flash of genuine pique, but she sunk back into her bed in defeat.
"Moll always says people like that are going to get what's coming to them in the end. When I saw him the other day, I just couldn't take it anymore. I wanted to wipe that stupid smile off his face."
Here was something, perhaps. "And who might Moll be, then?"
She shrugged. "Moll's just—somebody I know. Kind of took me under her wing. She used to be one of Mistress Lape's long ago, I heard. What's any of this got to do with her?" Giles saw something click in her head. "Oh, no, sure Moll talk bit about getting back at people for all they've done to her, but it's just talk. That's just how she is. She's actually kind of nice once you get to know her."
"Never fear, my dear. It is simply a baron's duty to understand his people and their drives. You can rest assured that you are not in trouble, though do try to avoid such… overt retribution in the future."
Giles put his hat back on and stepped out of the room. Miguel's eyes shot up, relieved. He rose from one of the common room cushions to meet Giles, awkwardly extracting himself from the idle affections of a few of the brothel's unoccupied staff. "So, did you find anything?"
"Only one way to find out."
"You can lie to your husband and you can lie to your priest, but you can't lie to your laundress," said the laundress from Clay's list.
It had taken a bit of patience, but once they firmly established that they weren't here about a noise complaint from her neighbours or to ask for money, she grew more talkative. While she was highly opinionated on virtually all matters, not much of it was of any use to the investigation until she began to rant on moral hypocrisy (as she called it).
"Only thing I can't stand," she said, adding another thing to the list, "is when people go around looking down at people around them, but they ain't better than anyone else, like that Coleson woman up the street. Takes her two seconds to make anything about her and how patiently she suffers while her husband is away. But I told, you, you can't lie to your laundress, and that woman's cloak always comes back with fresh dirt on it, smelling like a barn. Who does she think she's kidding with her pious homebody act, anyway?"
Reralae
Dire Dust Bunny
Karma: 121/12
Kyrie is as Kyrie does... she's Kyrie
Kyrie shook her head, the motion giving a few cascading metallic clinks with her armour, as she looked between Jhod and Sootscale, "This is not like Tanya. And if the midwife has left as well, I'd think it was to take care of Tanya. If we treat a guest or a patient, we don't leave them if they need us," She reasoned, "No reason to leave, so something made her leave. And if she needs protection, I am not going to stop until I get between her and whatever she needs protection from," She nodded in resolution, clapping her armoured gauntlets together.
"Sound good?" She asked with an earnest smile.
Usually in-game time in Kingmaker flows *much* quicker than out-of-game time, buuut...
Surrounding Farms; G5
Viridian Outskirts.
Snow was falling. Again.
It did nothing to slow the band of adventurer-barons. They followed the signs left by Sootscale's agent to the edge of Viridian, then beyond it into open country. Though the humans could only just see by the half-light of the grey dusk, they made no light to give away their approach, trusting in Sootscale's guidance.
The trail led to a lone barn not ten minutes outside of town. Together the Greenbelt Party met Sootscale's agent—Adela herself—behind one of the ubiquitous stone kames that dotted the hills.
"The target entered that barn about half an hour ago. At least three other women have followed, and I don't know how many more before I got here. Nobody has come out since."
Kyrie fixed her eyes on the door to the barn. No sense wasting time. She glanced back to the others, their weapons were drawn and ready for a fight.
Without further ado the four descended on the barn, snow crunching under the heels of their boots. She paused only for a moment to throw open the barn door.
Inside the barn was dark and empty.
She stepped into the barn. Miguel threw up some spell-lights to get a better look. A skiff of snow tracked in the door, but the hardpacked dirt didn't reveal any trace of the Gyronnan cultists.
The party swept through the barn, wary of any surprises. At the far end of the barn, Kyrie spotted something. She met Miguel's eyes. He saw it too. The ring of a trap door, concealed by dirt and straw, set into the floor.
(You now have a moment to prepare any buffs or abilities you want to activate before you go storming into the cellar. Technically, you can have cast anything you want to back at the rock, but I found an arbitrary cut-point here so I took it so I don't end up staying up to 4am posting again.)
Looks like maybe we were expected...?
At the ready, Miguel threw open the trap door. Rather than take the ladder into the cellar, Kyrie simply dropped down into the dark pit. She landed with a clatter of metal plates, dropping hard to one knee to absorb the fall (-6sub Kyrie).
Acrobatics: 5-6 = -1, Failed.
It took her a second for her eyes to adjust to the dim light. Standing across the cellar stood no less than half a dozen women wearing black, tattered smocks, each holding a dagger and looking at her.
"Attack!" The order came from a dark figure in the back, who radiated with multicoloured energy. "Sacred Heretic, bless us with your rage!"
The women in front surged at Kyrie, surrounding her quite suddenly. Three of them lashed out with savage cries, thrusting their daggers from the darkness at the paladin, but none found their way through her armour.
Giles 42/42 – Heroism, 16 arrows, 20 bolts
Cultist A: Uninjured, Rage Cultist B: Uninjured, Charge
Cultist C: Uninjured, Charge
Cultist D: Uninjured, Charge
Cultist E: Uninjured, Rage Cultist F: Uninjured, waiting patiently
Cult Leader: Uninjured, Magical?, Concealed
(I rule that there is enough illumination coming from above that all 5 cultists in melee range of Kyrie are not concealed by dim illumination. I'll hit you up with an initiative order once I remember to roll it)


Jonathan C Clarke, Cosme Lavin-Dapena, Tomasz Zarnowski, Norbert Pfeiffer, Jean Philippe Nordmann, Ingeborg Stalmans; Efficacy and safety of a new preservative-free fixed combination latanoprost-timolol (T2347) for open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2017;58(8):2102.
Purpose : To compare the effect on IOP and safety of unpreserved fixed combination latanoprost-timolol (T2347) to established benzalkonium chloride (BAK)-preserved latanoprost-timolol (BPLT, Xalacom®) in patients with ocular hypertension (OHT) or open-angle glaucoma (OAG).
Methods : Phase III, randomised, parallel-group, investigator-masked study conducted in 10 countries. Male or female patients aged ≥18 years with OAG or OHT in both eyes controlled with BPLT were randomised at Day 0 (D0) to receive T2347 (N=127) or BPLT (N=115) each evening for 84 days. Efficacy on intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured in the morning of D0, D42, and D84, and non-inferiority of T2347 to BPLT was tested statistically based on the change in IOP from D0 to D84. Safety parameters were also reported.
Results : The mean change in IOP from baseline to D84 was -0.49±1.80 mmHg for preservative-free T2347 and -0.49±2.25 mmHg for preserved BPLT. These results met the limits set for non-inferiority. Similar results were observed at D42. T2347 was better tolerated than BPLT in terms of ocular irritation/burning/stinging on instillation on D42 (p=0.003) and D84 (p<0.001), and itching on D84 (p=0.010). Itching throughout the day was also less severe for T2347 than BPLT on D84 (p<0.001).
Conclusions : Preservative-free fixed combination latanoprost-timolol formulation showed similar efficacy and better tolerability than BPLT, suggestive of a therapeutic advantage of the preservative-free formulation for chronic use in patients with OAG/OHT.


Since September of 2012, Fr. Michael Peeters has been on mission in Tilburg where he is a college chaplain. "Maranatha" is the name of the university's chapel, as well as the name of the community of students from around the world that gatheres there to study and to have meetings, to organize outings and cultural encounters, in addition to passing their free time together. All of these activies have the scope of responding to a single question: what is the meaning of everything?
In this video, the students of Maranaha share about their experience there.


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Washinton State: A bear walks into a 'burb, but state's new bear dogs scare him out again Montana legislature's idea of fairness — a law to protect polluters from angry neighbors
Another Idaho Anti-Bighorn Attempt Falls
By Brian Ertz On March 25, 2009 · 12 Comments · In Bighorn Sheep, Politics, Wildlife Disease
Rancher and Idaho state senator Jeff C. Siddoway
Yesterday I posted a review (with a little help from the Idaho Attorney General's Office) about Idaho Senate Bill 1124, an anti-wildlife bill sponsored by rancher Monty Pearce that seeks to punish bighorn-sheep conservation efforts.
Today, the Idaho state Senate Resources & Environment Committee considered another anti-bighorn sheep attempt. RS18882 was draft legislation, introduced to the committee by another domestic sheep rancher and Idaho state senator Jeff C. Siddoway.
Idaho not liable for sheep rancher losses – AP
RS18882 :
provides that domestic sheep and livestock operators will be held harmless from adverse impacts by the State of Idaho; provides for control of certain bighorn by the Director; and the shared veterinarian program between IDA and IDFG be dissolved.
The exact language of the legislation is not available because the draft legislation was rejected by the committee before becoming a bill.
Tagged with: Idaho • Idaho legislature
Brian Ertz
12 Responses to Another Idaho Anti-Bighorn Attempt Falls
I am an outside salesman for a building wholesale company and cover all of Idaho. I have brought this issue up to 100s of individuals and have yet to find anyone who has heard of this isssue! This issue needs to have a lot more publicity to inform the public! It is absolutely amazing this has even turned into an issue. The simple fact is to do away with welfare ranchers and alleviate the MAIN problem!
it's pretty incredible how much there is to this story that doesn't get scratched by the idaho media. perhaps this lack of backbone (or interest ?) contributes to why people move away from the papers and more and more we see them going out of business.
The Payette Forest is currently deciding on an alternative that it will choose for the final decision of its Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The preferred alternative (the decision that the Forest was leaning toward when it published the SEIS) would reduce domestic sheep on the forest by over 60%, which still has the potential to expose bighorns to disease contrary to what the Forest's own science clearly shows as necessary, but it's a remarkable improvement – and I understand that the public comment was highly supportive of outright elimination of sheep grazing on the Forest. And rightly so, by every measure bighorn sheep are more valuable to the people of Idaho, the tribe, and the country than these few politically connected domestic sheep operations, which do little more than attract federal subsidy while trashing the landscape and wildlife for the rest of us.
From what i've heard, Forests all over the West will be looking at the Payette Decision as precedent setting – they will follow suit. The Payette has done a remarkable job – the science is sound – we hope that the decision will keep to it.
Idaho lawmakers, and their domestic-sheep lobby interests, understand this. That's why we see this flush of bills. They want to politically intimidate the Forest, and conservation/sportsmen group/tribal advocates, with these threats of repercussions before the decision is made with the intention that it will influence the Forest's decision and the rippling effect of the precedent set across the West will be stymied to some degree. All eyes remain on the Payette.
If you look at the popularity of the "Idaho Anti-Bighorn Bill May Backfire" post you will see that people are watching this issue. The bighorn posts seem to be getting a lot of views according to statistics. I know that people who are involved in both sides of this issue are watching this blog.
We have put up a "share link" on the article. By using it, the story could become viral. You can win the fight to conserve Idaho's bighorn sheep by doing this.
I'm sorry – where is the "share link"?
At the bottom of:
http://wolves.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/idaho-anti-bighorn-bill-may-backfire/
and also at the bottom of the right high column of the blog, where links to the "Top Posts" are.
I've told all these individuals to come here and and see what's going on. The news papers just don't seem to care. Again this site is a great sorce of information that just doesn't get out to the people by the standard news papers.
Wasn't domestic sheep rancher Siddoway an ex-Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner who then went into canned elk ranching, or something???
I also recall something about him having fenced in BLM lands along with his canned elk/bloody antler-aphrodisiac-sawing-off undertaking.
from the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Thursday, April 20, 1995:
"Idaho Gov. Phil Batt took a measured step toward balancing the Idaho Fish and Game Commission Wednesday, appointing two ranchers to the six-member panel.
Batt's choices also reflected a balance among what were, historically at least, opposing forces. He added a sheepman, Jeff Siddoway of Terreton, and a cattleman, Jack Leroy Brown of Soda Springs.
Siddoway, 46, is president of Siddoway Sheep Co. The company has been in the family four generations, raising sheep and farming. He is a University of Idaho graduate and president of the SEBS Corp., a feed business, and president of the Fremont Wool Growers Association.
The outspoken Siddoway ranked as a major figure in several controversies swirling around Fish and Game Department related issues in southeastern Idaho. He favored building the Egin-Hamer Road and once threatened to fence off the path of a migratory elk herd."
And from an AP article, Thursday, December 19, 2002:
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Prominent eastern Idaho rancher Jeff Siddoway says he has lost money raising sheep and may fence off his land as a pay-to-shoot hunting preserve.
The Terreton sheepman said Monday he is considering enclosing 5,000 acres of his private property with an 8-foot-tall fence, despite the protests of biologists who fear that could devastate the region's deer herd.
The ground covers the Juniper Hills north of St. Anthony. As a former Idaho Fish and Game commissioner, Siddoway said he does not like the idea of closing off the ground where elk and deer survive the winter, but he has to for financial reasons…..
But now he gets really bizzare:
By Dean A. Ferguson (Lewiston Morning Tribune) Saturday, February 2, 2008
BOISE – The Idaho Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to make organized dogfights a felony. A few senators argued the penalty was too harsh.
"It's no secret that Idahoans don't have much sympathy for animal cruelty," said Sen. Brad Little, R-Emmett, the bill's sponsor….
But elk rancher Sen. Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton, made a lengthy statement the state's priorities are skewed.
"There were 1,810 abortions last year and we seem to sanctify them," Siddoway said.
People enjoy watching large carnivores killing animals, he said.
"We go to the local arena and watch human beings pound the heck out of each other," he added.
By elevating dogfighting to a felony, the state puts the crime on par with rape, murder, treason and drug trafficking.
"What if your teenage son decides to go have a dogfight out back in the alley?" Siddoway asked.
KT,
Yes and yes!
DB – Oh wow. That is bizarre and twisted.
I sure missed ever seeing rancher and bighorn-hater Siddoway's views on the dogfighting Bill. It is sickening.
Kudos to the Lewston Tribune for reporting what he said.
State Senator Siddoway might have killed the tag fee increase so actively sought by Idaho Fish and Game Department, and he would seem to have a financial incentive to see Fish and Game fail because of his canned elk hunt operation.
It is significant too that he used to be an Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner.
This is another reason why Idaho Fish and Game's claim they will manage wolves well can't be taken seriously. There are many livestock people in Idaho like Siddoway who are more powerful than the Department. As a result the Department can't seriously promise anything, and USFWS should recognize the fact.


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Home Match Previews Waasland-Beveren vs Anderlecht Predictions & Match Preview
Waasland-Beveren vs Anderlecht Predictions & Match Preview
Tom Rogers
Waasland-Beveren vs Anderlecht
Belgium – First Division A
Date: Sunday, 4th November 2018
Kick-off at 17.00 UK/ 18.00 CET
Venue: Freethiel Stadion, Beveren.
Beveren a lower-tier team in the Jupiler League takes on heavyweights of Belgian Football, Anderlecht.
Beveren is at the 13th position with just 11 points from their 13 matches so far. They have recorded just one win. They lost four of their matches and drew a mammoth 8 of their 13 games. They have scored a total of 15 goals while conceding 18.
Anderlecht has put on 24 points on the table from 13 matches. Their record reads 7 wins, three losses and draws apiece. They have scored an impressive 25 goals from their league matches in this season while letting 15 balls past their net.
Beveren will be in high spirits after they came back against a two-goal lead in an away match. Against Kortrijk, they conceded two first-half goals. But they shifted gear in the second half and put back two goals, thus equalizing the score.
Anderlecht will be disheartened as they couldn't take advantage of a match against the worst team in the league, Lokeren. The first half remained goalless. In the second half, Lokeren scored one goal. And later Anderlecht equalized. But they couldn't procure the win.
Waasland-Beveren vs Anderlecht Head-to-head (h2h)
Anderlecht has recorded the last two wins against Beveren. The totals stats read 11 wins for Anderlecht and just two losses.
Beveren is winless in their last five matches and has just one win in their last 15 matches.
Beveren is on an eight-match winless streak at home and has just two wins in their last 19 home matches.
Anderlecht is unbeaten in 9 of their last 13 matches on the road.
Waasland-Beveren vs Anderlecht Prediction
The away team has all the chance in the world to win the match and take home the available 3 points. They have been very consistent against Beveren and has dominated them well at home as well as on the road.
Beveren has a very poor overall record and an almost equally poor record at home. They are currently on an eight-match winless streak at home. They have registered just two wins in their last 19 matches at home.
Whereas Anderlecht is on fine form while away from home. They are unbeaten in 9 of their last 13 matches on the road.
Expect Anderlecht to totally control the match. They will win this match at the least with a two-goal margin.
Waasland-Beveren vs Anderlecht Betting Tips
Anderlecht to win @ 1.60 (3/5)
EH (+1 for Waasland-Beveren) : Anderlecht to Win @ 2.75 (7/4).


It was in the week before Christmas. An older friend of mine dropped by, as he does so every few weeks. He is a university employee, not faculty, with whom I struck up a passing friendship shortly after starting at Oregon State.
We chatted for a while. He asked me how a recent work trip went. I told him that it was okay – not wonderful – it was a little tiring. He asked why. I explained that while I knew many people at the workshop, I didn't feel at ease with many. I rambled mildly and idly about how I thought that it was a side effect of there being few women in the field, that I may feel more at ease if I had more female companionship on such work trips.
Well, he says, it won't change.
Well, I counter, I hope it will.
No, he continues, it shouldn't. You [points at me] should be at home, raising children. That is what women are good at.
My jaw drops. I pause. Hoping for him to chuckle. That it's all a joke. It's not a joke though. He went on to say that he's old fashioned, but he thinks that engineering is for men. That women shouldn't be doing this work.
I was caught off guard. What I expected to be an uplifting social visit, of the type that I had quite enjoyed in the past, resulted in my being on the defensive. My stunned state prevented me from making a commanding speech about equality and sexism. I did manage to say a few things along these lines. But I hardly made an impact. In the desire to not deal with this at present, I made it clear that he needed to leave.
That's really kind of appalling. It's pretty easy for me to forget, sometimes, that there are lots of cultures existing side-by-side in this country, and that ideas that are really unthinkable in one culture may be common currency in another.
I do think that time is on the side of progressive thinking, but it is taking far too long.
It sounds like you handled a difficult situation well, though. I wouldn't expect you to change his mind in that situation, but just making it clear that you disagree may get him to start thinking about his assumptions.
Ugh. I don't have a lot to add, except for some reassurance that not all men think this way, and my hope that it can and will change.
I saw several other pictures of international conferences in physics in the early 20th century, and they're all the same: Marie Curie is the only women on the pictures.
Things have changed and they will change further.
My first thought is that there will always be these errant freaks in the world that find a reason to discriminate, and changing their individual minds and hearts doesn't change a thing. Yes, it is in this one person. Yes, it is probably in others in the work environment. But the larger problem is the institutionalized patterns of racism and sexism in the system. It may feel useless to challenge the errant sexist, but how to we challenge the institutionalized sexism?
Conversely, it is we individual women that are the victims of the individual AND institutional sexism. But we do not have our own institution to counter it, so we feel alone. The weight of the problem is on each of us. Is the only solution that each of us put our shoulder into it and batter in that glass ceiling? Will it take a million tiny cracks to finally do it in? Can we finally shatter it, as long as these errant sexist individuals remain?
Your experience raises questions that none of us have the answer to. Keep your shoulder down, sister. We are all taking our own cracks at it too. You are not alone. Other comments are right: things have changed, and will continue to change.


From November 1 doctors will be able to prescribe patients medical cannabis, the government has announced today.
The new law will apply to England, Wales and Scotland.
It means those suffering from epilepsy, nausea and chronic pain - due to chemotherapy, could be given the option of getting the drug from a doctor.
The new law follows several high-profile cases, including those of young epilepsy sufferers Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid said: "Having been moved by heartbreaking cases involving sick children, it was important to me that we took swift action to help those who can benefit from medicinal cannabis.
I'm grateful to the expert panel – who have been considering cases in the interim – and to those who've worked hard to bring about this change at the earliest possible opportunity."
The recreational use of cannabis will remain illegal.
The penalties for unauthorised supply and possession will also remain unchanged.


text:
package example;

import lejos.hardware.BrickFinder;
import lejos.hardware.Button;
import lejos.hardware.Keys;
import lejos.hardware.ev3.EV3;
import lejos.hardware.ev3.LocalEV3;
import lejos.hardware.lcd.TextLCD;
import lejos.hardware.motor.EV3LargeRegulatedMotor;
import lejos.hardware.port.MotorPort;
import lejos.hardware.port.Port;
import lejos.hardware.sensor.EV3TouchSensor;
import lejos.hardware.sensor.SensorMode;
import lejos.robotics.RegulatedMotor;
import lejos.utility.Delay;

public class SquareMove {

    static RegulatedMotor mR = new EV3LargeRegulatedMotor(MotorPort.A);
    static RegulatedMotor mL = new EV3LargeRegulatedMotor(MotorPort.B);

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        EV3 ev3 = (EV3) BrickFinder.getLocal();
        TextLCD lcd = ev3.getTextLCD();

        lcd.drawString("Mikolaj S", 20, 1);
        Keys keys = ev3.getKeys();
        keys.waitForAnyPress();

        mR.setSpeed(400);
        mL.setSpeed(400);
        mR.stop();
        mL.stop();
        for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
            if(Button.ENTER.isDown()) {
                break;
            }
            for(int j = 0; j < 4; j++){
                mR.forward();
                mL.forward();
                Delay.msDelay(1000L);
                mR.stop(true);
                mL.stop(true);
                mR.rotate(180, true);
                mL.rotate(-180, false);
                //Delay.msDelay(1000L);
                mR.stop(true);
                mL.stop(false);
            }
        }
        mL.close();
        mR.close();
        lcd.drawString("KONIEC", 1, 1);
        keys.waitForAnyPress();
    }

    public static void forward(long time, int power) {
        mR.setSpeed(power);
        mR.forward();
        mL.forward();
        Delay.msDelay(time);
        mR.stop(true);
        mL.stop(false);
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Little Eagles Preschool is a licensed preschool located at Richmond Christian School's Elementary Campus – "Your Little One's Nest Away from Home." We value play and exploration as the work of a child. Children learn by experience and hands-on activities because when they are playing, they are actually working. This "play- work" model is the core for future academic development. Playing plants the seeds of future academic skills, complex motor skills, attention skills, organized behaviour and self-esteem while having fun doing it! At Little Eagles Preschool, children will learn to love the Lord, their God, with all their heart, soul and mind, to love their neighbour as themselves and learn about the awe and wonder of creation. Last, but not least, they also learn that they are uniquely created in God's image.
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Christian parents/guardians will attend the two orientation meetings (RCS 101) as part of the requirement for membership to the Richmond Christian School Association.
Families enrolling only a Preschool 3 or 4 child will pay one month's tuition upon acceptance (based on current year's rate). This is a non-refundable tuition deposit and will be deducted from the following school year's tuition.