Today, Nick Redfern, as a guest blogger, reviews the new book from Mark A. Hall and Loren Coleman, True Giants: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive?
Countless books have been written about Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Yowie and the Yeren. A significant number of words have been written about the massive, presumed-extinct, ancient ape known as Gigantopithecus. And, more than a few of those words suggest that the many and varied unknown man-beasts that are said to roam amongst us are examples of surviving, relic populations of that very same Gigantopithecus.
But what if something else, something even more fantastic in its implications than the idea that Bigfoot is Gigantopithecus, is actually afoot? That's the scenario we are treated to in the new book from Mark A. Hall and Loren Coleman, True Giants: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive?.
This is a book that, if you're interested in Sasquatch and its hairy ilk, you'll definitely want to read. It may not, however, be the book you're anticipating or expecting. But, as I'll demonstrate, that's a very good thing.
The theory that Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Yowie (the list goes on) are indeed surviving pockets of Gigantopithecusis an attractive one. After all, at leastsome of the old stomping grounds of Gigantopithecus do broadly correspond to locales from where, today, we get reports of unknown, large apes. So, the theory does seem to make sense – at first glance.
The problem is that, for the most part, while Bigfoot and most of the rest of the hairy man-beasts among us are certainly big compared to the Human Race, they're not that big. Creatures of 7-, 8-, or maybe 9-feet in height are typically what we hear of from those who are fortunate enough to encounter such animals.
But, just occasionally, a rare, rogue case will come along where the witness is certain that the creature they saw is far larger – maybe, rather astonishingly, in the region of 12-to-15 feet in height.
I've heard people say words to the effect of: "Well, sometimes, we see humans reaching 7- or 8-feet, so why shouldn't there be a few over sized Bigfoot?" Fair enough, you might say. But, there's another explanation too: we may be looking at different animals, rather than simply enormous versions of just one type. And, maybe those rare and rogue cases are not so rare and rogue after all! Cue True Giants.
And it's with respect to this different genus of primate that we get to learn so much about the truly massive Gigantopithecus in the pages of True Giants. The reader is treated to an excellent account of how Gigantopithecus came to be discovered and classified; its place in both zoology and cryptozoology; how and why the assumption has been made that it, Bigfoot and the Yeti are one and the same; and most importantly, why that assumption suffers from some major flaws.
And as the authors detail extensively and authoritatively in their book: a significant number of worldwide cultures tell of huge giants that once lived among us – the 12-15-foot-tall entities, and maybe a few taller ones, too. They were a marauding, violent breed, with cannibalistic tendencies, but who also seemed possessed of a certain degree of intelligence that allowed them to fashion a degree of clothing, crude tools, weapons, homes and dens (very often in caves or underground) and perhaps even primitive rafts and boats.
Of course, much of this flies in the face of accepted wisdom that Gigantopithecus, the True Giant, was just a huge ape. The theory that it could have been something more – something much more – is a controversial one. But it's a theory that Hall and Coleman back up with a wealth of fascinating accounts from times past that encompass Asia, North America, Europe, South America and numerous other places, too. And, in doing so, the authors make a very good, thought-provoking case.
And it's with this viewpoint in mind that the pair provide us with some truly fascinating accounts that actually sit very well within just such a scenario. And it's a point of view that provoked a lot of graphic imagery as I was reading the book.
Indeed, one of the things that really hit home upon digesting True Giants is how much of our own history we appear to have lost and forgotten – or that we have simply chosen to relegate to the realm of fantasy. Priceless tales of times long-past when gigantic beast-men roamed the world, perhaps competing with us for food, water, and a place to call home, fill the pages of this book.
But, numerous cases from the last couple of centuries and even up to the present day suggest that these huge, lumbering beast-men have not gone the way of the Dodo, but may still be found deep in the ancient forests, and the hard-to-access, huge mountain peaks that continue to dominate the wilder parts of our world.
In conclusion, True Giants is a book that is as groundbreaking as it is thought-provoking and paradigm-challenging. Hall and Coleman detail a remarkable theory – and a rich history, too – that serves to explain the many and varied accounts of huge, hairy giants in our midst. In the process of doing so, they weave a complex and fascinating story of something gigantic, something definitively monstrous but equally definitively man-like too, and something that has lived alongside us for so long, carefully shaping and sculpting our legends and folklore as it does so.
And, it's very difficult to read True Giants and not come away with a deep sense of regret and loss, borne out of the probability that the full, fantastic history of these Goliath-like man-apes – and their ancient connections to, and interactions with, the Human Race – will likely never be known to us. However, unless or until we do learn more about not just the true nature of Gigantopithecus, but about our fog-shrouded history too, True Giants represents without doubt the best treatment we have thus far on this fascinating and engaging subject.
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Very good review by Nick. Looks as if I'm going to have to get a copy of True Giants to read.
I wanted to like the book more than I did. It is, as Nick says, the best treatment of the subject (really the only one), and he's right in commending Loren and Mark for having the nerve to face it head-on. And the authors are upfront about the animal posing some physiological difficulties (there's a reason humans never reach nine feet and healthy humans never reach eight feet). But even considering that we know little of Gigantopithecus, accepting its evolution into a primate as tall as a giraffe demands much better evidence than even Loren and Mark, prodigious researchers though they are, can bring to bear here. Any sort of True Giant seems a much greater reach than sasquatch.


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A Mom Is Being Charged After Appearing In Topless Snapchat Photos With Her Daughter
Business Insider reports:
A Missouri mother is finding herself in hot water after a topless photo of her and her daughter circulated through the school district via Snapchat this past weekend, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
The 50-year-old mother has not been identified in order to protect her daughter, who is a minor.
The photo was shot by the girl's sister, police told the Post-Dispatch.
It was taken Nov. 14 in a hot tub at their Wentzville, Mo., home, and circulated through at least two high schools via Snapchat, the here-and-gone photo-sharing app. Although, if you screenshot the photos when you receive them, they are as permanent as any picture you save to your phone.
St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar sent Business Insider the official court document, which stated the woman is being charged with misdemeanor child endangerment.
Oh puhleez. I wonder if Ludwig von Mises would have been arrested in St. Louis for carrying this picture of his wife in his wallet:
If anybody should be arrested for taking criminal pictures, it's this guy.
"misdemeanor child endangerment", because, according to the state - The State - is the true owner, and it alone gets to decide what is, or is not, child endangerment. [Next up: taking a bath while not wearing a foam helmet is child endangerment? After that: riding a motorcycle under age 25 is child endangerment? Where does it stop?]
Some people say the parents are the owners.
Other libertarian leaning people think the children own themselves. How can that work in the real world? A baby, as its own defender?
Someone told me Rothbard said self-ownership takes place in the womb. That seems reasonable,... and yet....
Is there no libertarian middle ground where a parent owns their child, and the children own themselves, simultaneously, or in slowly changing degrees?
Perhaps, 'belonging to' is a better phrase than 'owning'?
'Can 'belonging to' mean, a transitional period where ownership is transferred, along the lines of natural law a.k.a. when a bird gets kicked out of the nest?
"SB 248 was written under the socialist belief that children belong to the state and not their parents and that only government workers know what is best for them.
As reported last April by Kurt Nimmo, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry suggested that children don't belong to their families but are rather owned by the community at large.
"We have to break through our private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities," she said." ...
http://www.infowars.com/democrats-persecute-homeschooling-parents/
Some libertarian leaning guys I've encountered really hate the idea of a parent owning their children.
What's the solution when even libertarian leaning people don't think parents can decide for themselves on how best to raise their own children? Because without a claim of ownership, the stewardship and responsibility of a parent can be shifted anywhere, for any reason, by The State.
Seems to me this is the final peg being kicked out from under the chair the concept of family sits upon.
"They" are hacking at the root, too.
- RothbardianamericanHelot
Human beings can't morally be owned. That would be slavery. Parents have a responsibility to nurture and care for their children or not have them in the first place.
"Human beings can't morally be owned." So that means parents do not own their own bodies and that which they produce with them, i.e. their sperm and their eggs and that which results from the combination. How seemingly very anti-libertarian. You can own a building you create, but not a life? Why the inconsistency?
Why would parents be responsible for nurturing them and caring for them if the parents have no claim of ownership over their own children?
Why would people have a single care about having children in the first place if the state owns them?
How is a young child, who is throwing a tantrum saying they are unwillingly living in a home with their parents, considered a slave? Is a curfew from a parent to a child a form of kidnapping?
Interesting Debate on this issue of 'child ownership' between Walter Block and Stefan Molyneux:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgCmoVbdYtE&feature=youtu.be
Alaska3636 December 19, 2013 at 4:18 PM
Libertarians are always trying to institute one-size-fits-all libertarian solutions. Kind of ironic. In a true decentralized, libertarian world, there would be many creative, NAP-abiding solutions to choose from and if you didn't like them you could move to an area whose solutions you more agreed with.
Oh, yes, Alaska3636, I do like the idea of panarchy. Very much.
I was just trying to understand how certain ideas worked in the world we have now and how to successfully explain to others how it all related to libertarian thought.

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Anderson, Elizabeth. Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
2015, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Categories: Epistemology, Feminist Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy of Science, General Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics & Epistemology, Science and Values, Science, Logic & Mathematics, Sociology of Science
Keywords: empiricism, feminism, objectivity, science criticism, standpoint theory
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Abstract: Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science studies the ways in which gender does and ought to influence our conceptions of knowledge, the knowing subject, and practices of inquiry and justification. It identifies ways in which dominant conceptions and practices of knowledge attribution, acquisition, and justification systematically disadvantage women and other subordinated groups, and strives to reform these conceptions and practices so that they serve the interests of these groups. Various practitioners of feminist epistemology and philosophy of science argue that dominant knowledge practices disadvantage women by (1) excluding them from inquiry, (2) denying them epistemic authority, (3) denigrating their 'feminine' cognitive styles and modes of knowledge, (4) producing theories of women that represent them as inferior, deviant, or significant only in the ways they serve male interests, (5) producing theories of social phenomena that render women's activities and interests, or gendered power relations, invisible, and (6) producing knowledge (science and technology) that is not useful for people in subordinate positions, or that reinforces gender and other social hierarchies. Feminist epistemologists trace these failures to flawed conceptions of knowledge, knowers, objectivity, and scientific methodology. They offer diverse accounts of how to overcome these failures. They also aim to (1) explain why the entry of women and feminist scholars into different academic disciplines, especially in biology and the social sciences, has generated new questions, theories, and methods, (2) show how gender and feminist values and perspectives have played a causal role in these transformations, (3) promote theories that aid egalitarian and liberation movements, and (4) defend these developments as cognitive, not just social, advances.
Comment: A very detailed primer on feminist epistemology and philosophy of science. Covers a wide range of topics and issues, its length is such that it would probably be best to assign specific sections that are of interest rather than reading the whole thing. Useful as a preliminary introduction to the topics covered, and also offers a good summary of objections to the views presented.
Recommended use: Introductory reading
Collins, Patricia Hill. Transforming the inner circle: Dorothy Smith's challenge to sociological theory
1992, Sociological Theory 10 (1):73-80.
Categories: Epistemology, Feminist Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy of Religion, General Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics & Epistemology, Philosophy of Gender Race and Sexuality, Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy of Sociology, Science, Logic & Mathematics, Social Epistemology, Sociology of Science, Value Theory
Keywords: Dorothy Smith, feminisim, sociology
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Abstract: "Women have been largely excluded from the work of producing the forms of thought and the images and symbols in which thought is expressed and ordered," suggests sociologist Dorothy E. Smith. "We can imagine women's exclusion organized by the formation of a circle among men who attend to and treat as significant only what men say." In this male discourse, "what men were doing was relevant to men, was written by men about men for men . . . this is how a tradition is formed" (Smith 1987, p. 18). Smith's perspective aptly describes the outer circle that delineates sociology from other equally male-centered disciplines, but it also characterizes the important inner circle of sociological theory lying at the center of the field.
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Longino, Helen. The Social dimensions of scientific knowledge
2016, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2016 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
Categories: Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics & Epistemology, Science, Logic & Mathematics, Scientific Practice, Social Epistemology, Sociology of Science
Keywords: epistemology, knowledge, philosophy of science
Added by: Laura Jimenez
Summary: Attention to the social dimensions of scientific knowledge is a relatively recent focus of philosophers of science. While some earlier philosophers made contributions to the topic that are still of relevance today, modern interest was stimulated by historians and sociologists of science such as Thomas Kuhn and the growing role played by the sciences in society and, by extension, in the lives of its citizens. There are two main vectors of interest: internal relations within scientific communities, and relations between science and society. This article covers literature in both categories. It starts with work that functions as historical backdrop to current work. As a subfield within philosophy of science, this area is too recent to have dedicated journals and has only a few anthologies. Nevertheless, there are resources in both categories. The remainder of the article lists work in specific subareas.
Comment: A good introduction to the study of social dimensions of scientific knowledge. Recommended for anyone interested in the social direction of science. The paper is easy to comprehend so could be read by both postgraduates and undergraduates.
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Martin, Ursula, Pease, Alison. Mathematical Practice, Crowdsourcing, and Social Machines
2013, in Intelligent Computer Mathematics. CICM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Carette, J. et al. (eds.). Springer.
Categories: Collective Epistemology, Mathematical Practice, Sociology of Science
Keywords: global workspace, informal reasoning, mathematical community, mathematical practice, social machine
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Abstract: The highest level of mathematics has traditionally been seen as a solitary endeavour, to produce a proof for review and acceptance by research peers. Mathematics is now at a remarkable inflexion point, with new technology radically extending the power and limits of individuals. Crowdsourcing pulls together diverse experts to solve problems; symbolic computation tackles huge routine calculations; and computers check proofs too long and complicated for humans to comprehend. The Study of Mathematical Practice is an emerging interdisciplinary field which draws on philosophy and social science to understand how mathematics is produced. Online mathematical activity provides a novel and rich source of data for empirical investigation of mathematical practice - for example the community question-answering system mathoverflow contains around 40,000 mathematical conversations, and polymath collaborations provide transcripts of the process of discovering proofs. Our preliminary investigations have demonstrated the importance of "soft" aspects such as analogy and creativity, alongside deduction and proof, in the production of mathematics, and have given us new ways to think about the roles of people and machines in creating new mathematical knowledge. We discuss further investigation of these resources and what it might reveal. Crowdsourced mathematical activity is an example of a "social machine", a new paradigm, identified by Berners-Lee, for viewing a combination of people and computers as a single problem-solving entity, and the subject of major international research endeavours. We outline a future research agenda for mathematics social machines, a combination of people, computers, and mathematical archives to create and apply mathematics, with the potential to change the way people do mathematics, and to transform the reach, pace, and impact of mathematics research.
Comment (from this Blueprint): In this paper, Martin and Pease look at how mathematics happens online, emphasising how this embodies the picture of mathematics given by Polya and Lakatos, two central figures in philosophy of mathematical practice. They look at multiple venues of online mathematics, including the polymath projects of collaborative problem-solving, and mathoverflow, which is a question-and-answer forum. By looking at the discussions that take place when people are doing maths online, they argue that you can get rich new kinds of data about the processes of mathematical discovery and understanding. They discuss how online mathematics can become a "social machine", and how this can open up new ways of doing mathematics.


Countryside campaigners have expressed outrage over a decision by the environment secretary to give a prominent role on a body set up to protect wildlife to an ardent supporter of hunting.
Michael Gove has appointed Lord Blencathra, who once said it was essential to get pro-hunting MPs into Parliament, as deputy chairman of Natural England.
The Conservative peer, who as MP David Maclean was a minister at the then-Ministry of Agriculture, voted six times to scrap the fox-hunting ban.
After joining the board of Natural England five months ago, he has just received promotion.
The public body, which is expected to provide impartial science-based advice to the government on the environment, says its chief responsibility is promoting nature conservation and protecting biodiversity.
Natural England also issues licences for wildlife culls, and has come under fire this year for extending the badger cull in West Gloucestershire and Somerset, and for granting licences to shoot protected ravens in five counties.
But wildlife lovers are angry at the promotion of a politician who supports the Countryside Alliance.
Nick Weston, head of campaigns at the League Against Cruel Sports, said: "Natural England is a body set up to protect England's nature, so it's really disappointing that someone who actively lobbied against the Hunting Act – a law designed to protect England's nature – has been given such a prominent position.
The body, sponsored by the environment department but independent of it, says on its website that its top priorities for 2014-2019 are terrestrial and marine biodiversity, alongside nature reserves and wildlife management.
Mr Weston went on: "The government built up goodwill among animal lovers over the past 12 months with increased sentences for animal cruelty and recognition of sentience. They're in danger of tossing away that goodwill with dubious appointments of senior officials.
On Twitter Sam Shea compared the move to "appointing Jimmy Savile as head of children's services".
Another user condemned the move as "a total conflict of interest", saying the government "promised science-based animal laws and legislation but will never deliver".
The official announcement said Natural England's remit is to ensure the natural environment is "conserved, enhanced and managed for the benefit of present and future generations".
It said non-executive board members have collective responsibility for the body's strategic direction and overall performance.
Lord Blencathra, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, will continue to be paid £328 for each day he works and will increase his days from 36 days a year, although it did not say to how many.
In 2014, he was investigated by the Lords Commissioner for Standards for his work on behalf of the Cayman Islands, and was found to have breached conduct codes.
In 2015, Lord Blencathra challenged the then-attorney-general over charges brought against a member of the Melbreak Foxhounds that were dropped because of a lack of evidence.
In December, he told Parliament that after Brexit, Britain should not allow imports of food products produced under systems banned in the UK because they are cruel.
Another of Natural England's 13 board members, Teresa Dent, is chief executive of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Lord Blencathra could not be contacted for comment.


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       tamoc.ambient.Profile

       tamoc.ambient.BaseProfile

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.get_values

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.get_units

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.append

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.extend_profile_deeper

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.add_computed_gas_concentrations

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.buoyancy_frequency

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.insert_density

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.insert_potential_density

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.insert_buoyancy_frequency

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.plot_parameter

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.plot_profiles

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.plot_physical_profiles

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.plot_chem_profiles

       tamoc.ambient.Profile.close_nc

       tamoc.ambient.xr_check_units

       tamoc.ambient.xr_convert_units

       tamoc.ambient.xr_coarsen_dataset

       tamoc.ambient.xr_stabilize_dataset

       tamoc.ambient.xr_dataset_to_array

       tamoc.ambient.xr_array_to_dataset

       tamoc.ambient.xr_add_data_from_numpy

       tamoc.ambient.create_nc_db

       tamoc.ambient.fill_nc_db

       tamoc.ambient.fill_nc_db_variable

       tamoc.ambient.get_nc_data

       tamoc.ambient.get_xarray_data

       tamoc.ambient.add_data

       tamoc.ambient.extract_profile

       tamoc.ambient.coarsen

       tamoc.ambient.stabilize

       tamoc.ambient.compute_pressure

       tamoc.ambient.convert_units

       tamoc.ambient.get_world_ocean

       tamoc.ambient.load_raw

     Discrete Particle Module

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       tamoc.dbm

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.masses

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.mass_frac

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.moles

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.mol_frac

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.partial_pressures

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.density

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.fugacity

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.viscosity

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.interface_tension

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.equilibrium

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.solubility

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.diffusivity

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.hydrate_stability

       tamoc.dbm.FluidMixture.biodegradation_rate

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.masses

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.mass_frac

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.moles

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.mol_frac

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.partial_pressures

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.density

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.fugacity

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.viscosity

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.interface_tension

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.equilibrium

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.solubility

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.diffusivity

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.hydrate_stability

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.biodegradation_rate

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.masses_by_diameter

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.diameter

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.particle_shape

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.slip_velocity

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.surface_area

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.mass_transfer

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.heat_transfer

       tamoc.dbm.FluidParticle.return_all

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.density

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.viscosity

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.interface_tension

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.biodegradation_rate

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.mass_by_diameter

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.diameter

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.particle_shape

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.slip_velocity

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.surface_area

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.heat_transfer

       tamoc.dbm.InsolubleParticle.return_all

       tamoc.dbm.equil_MM

       tamoc.dbm.stability_analysis

       tamoc.dbm.successive_substitution

       tamoc.dbm.gas_liq_eq

     Discrete Particle Module – Properties Functions

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       tamoc.dbm_p

       tamoc.dbm_p.cubic_roots

       tamoc.dbm_p.eotvos

       tamoc.dbm_p.morton

       tamoc.dbm_p.reynolds

       tamoc.dbm_p.h_parameter

       tamoc.dbm_p.particle_shape

       tamoc.dbm_p.theta_w_sc

       tamoc.dbm_p.surface_area_sc

       tamoc.dbm_p.surface_area_sphere

       tamoc.dbm_p.us_sphere

       tamoc.dbm_p.us_ellipsoid

       tamoc.dbm_p.us_spherical_cap

       tamoc.dbm_p.xfer_kumar_hartland

       tamoc.dbm_p.xfer_johnson

       tamoc.dbm_p.xfer_clift

       tamoc.dbm_p.xfer_sphere

       tamoc.dbm_p.xfer_ellipsoid

       tamoc.dbm_p.xfer_spherical_cap

       tamoc.dbm_p.density

       tamoc.dbm_p.fugacity

       tamoc.dbm_p.volume_trans

       tamoc.dbm_p.z_pr

       tamoc.dbm_p.coefs

       tamoc.dbm_p.mole_fraction

       tamoc.dbm_p.viscosity

       tamoc.dbm_p.kh_insitu

       tamoc.dbm_p.sw_solubility

       tamoc.dbm_p.diffusivity

       tamoc.dbm_p.kvsi_hydrate

     DBM Utilities Module

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       tamoc.dbm_utilities

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.get_oil

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.load_tamoc_oil

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.format_dbm_data

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.mix_gas_for_gor

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.natural_gas

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.gas_fraction

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.set_mass_fluxes

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.load_adios_oil

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.load_simap_oil

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.sequence_names

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.get_solubility

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.get_henry_constant

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.get_preos_params

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.pedersen

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.compute_Vb

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.Vc_tuning

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.print_chemdata

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.print_composition

       tamoc.dbm_utilities.print_petroleum_props

     Dispersed Phases Module

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       tamoc.dispersed_phases

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.SingleParticle

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.PlumeParticle

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.SingleParticle.properties

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.SingleParticle.diameter

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.SingleParticle.biodegradation_rate

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.PlumeParticle.properties

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.PlumeParticle.diameter

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.PlumeParticle.biodegradation_rate

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.PlumeParticle.update

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.initial_conditions

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.save_particle_to_nc_file

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.load_particle_from_nc_file

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.shear_entrainment

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.hydrate_formation_time

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.zfe_volume_flux

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.wuest_ic

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.bf_average

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.get_chem_names

       tamoc.dispersed_phases.particles_state_space

     Single Bubble Model Module

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       tamoc.single_bubble_model

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.Model

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.ModelParams

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.Model.simulate

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.Model.save_sim

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.Model.save_txt

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.Model.load_sim

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.Model.post_process

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.calculate_path

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.derivs

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.sbm_ic

       tamoc.single_bubble_model.plot_state_space

     Stratified Plume Model Module

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       tamoc.stratified_plume_model

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.Model

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.ModelParams

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.InnerPlume

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.OuterPlume

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.Model.simulate

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.Model.save_sim

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.Model.save_txt

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.Model.load_sim

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.Model.plot_state_space

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.Model.plot_all_variables

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.InnerPlume.update

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.OuterPlume.update

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.inner_main

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.outer_main

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.err_check

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.particle_from_Q

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.particle_from_mb0

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.plot_state_space

       tamoc.stratified_plume_model.plot_all_variables

     Bent Plume Model Module

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       tamoc.bent_plume_model

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.ModelParams

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Particle

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.LagElement

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.simulate

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.get_intrusion_concentration

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.get_grid_concentrations

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.get_planar_concentrations

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.save_sim

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.save_txt

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.load_sim

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.report_mass_fluxes

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.report_surfacing_fluxes

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.report_psds

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.plot_psds

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.plot_state_space

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.plot_all_variables

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.plot_fractions_dissolved

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Model.plot_mass_balance

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Particle.track

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Particle.outside

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Particle.run_sbm

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Particle.point_concentration

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.Particle.grid_concentrations

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.LagElement.update

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.plot_state_space

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.plot_all_variables

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.width_projection

       tamoc.bent_plume_model.chem_idx_list

     Particle Size Model Module

    <input class="toctree-checkbox" id="toctree-checkbox-22" name="toctree-checkbox-22" type="checkbox"/>

       tamoc.particle_size_models

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model

       tamoc.particle_size_models.PureJet

       tamoc.particle_size_models.ModelBase

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.update_properties

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.update_z0

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.update_Tj

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.update_m_mixture

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.simulate

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.get_de_max

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.get_d50

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.get_distributions

       tamoc.particle_size_models.Model.plot_psd

       tamoc.particle_size_models.PureJet.update_properties

       tamoc.particle_size_models.PureJet.simulate

       tamoc.particle_size_models.PureJet.get_de_max

       tamoc.particle_size_models.PureJet.get_d50

       tamoc.particle_size_models.PureJet.get_distributions

       tamoc.particle_size_models.PureJet.plot_psd

       tamoc.particle_size_models.ModelBase.update_properties

       tamoc.particle_size_models.ModelBase.simulate

       tamoc.particle_size_models.ModelBase.get_de_max

       tamoc.particle_size_models.ModelBase.get_d50

       tamoc.particle_size_models.ModelBase.get_distributions

       tamoc.particle_size_models.ModelBase.plot_psd

       tamoc.particle_size_models.plot_phase

     Blowout Module

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       tamoc.blowout

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.simulate

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.save_sim

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.save_txt

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.plot_state_space

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.plot_all_variables

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_release_depth

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_orifice_diameter

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_substance

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_q_oil

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_gor

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_produced_water

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_vertical_orientation

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_horizontal_orientation

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_num_gas_elements

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_water_data

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_current_data

       tamoc.blowout.Blowout.update_track_particles

       tamoc.blowout.particles

       tamoc.blowout.get_ambient_profile

       tamoc.blowout.get_ctd_from_txt

       tamoc.blowout.create_ambient_profile

     Non-Dimensional Parameters Module

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       tamoc.params

       tamoc.params.Scales

       tamoc.params.Scales.simulate

       tamoc.params.Scales.save_txt

       tamoc.params.Scales.get_variables

       tamoc.params.Scales.h_T

       tamoc.params.Scales.h_P

       tamoc.params.Scales.h_S

       tamoc.params.Scales.lambda_1

       tamoc.params.Scales.u_inf_crit

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   Test Package

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     tamoc.test.test_ambient

     tamoc.test.test_blowout

     tamoc.test.test_bpm

     tamoc.test.test_dbm_f

     tamoc.test.test_dbm_objects

     tamoc.test.test_dbm

     tamoc.test.test_params

     tamoc.test.test_psm

     tamoc.test.test_sbm

     tamoc.test.test_sintef

     tamoc.test.test_spm

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   dbm_p.py

tamoc.dbm_p

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   dbm_p.py

tamoc.dbm_p#

dbm_p.py#

Recreate all of the functions in the Fortran files using Python

This module recreates all of the functions in the Fortran files dbm_eos.f95, dbm_phys.f95, and math_funcs.f95 using regular Python code.  This will not be as fast as the compiled Fortran code, but will make installing TAMOC easier in environments where a modern Fortran compiler is not available or not compatible with the f2py modules used in the setup.py module of TAMOC.

Functions

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coefs(T, P, mass, Mol_wt, Pc, Tc, omega, ...)

Computes the mixture coefficients for the P-R EOS

cubic_roots(p)

Computes the roots of a cubic polynomial with coefficients p().

density(T, P, mass, Mol_wt, Pc, Tc, Vc, ...)

Computes the liquid and gas density of a mixture from the P-R EOS

diffusivity(mu, Vb)

Compute the diffusivity of each component in a mixture into seawater

eotvos(de, rho_p, rho, sigma)

Calculate the Eotvos number per Clift et al. page 26.

fugacity(T, P, mass, Mol_wt, Pc, Tc, omega, ...)

Computes the liquid and gas fugacity of a mixture from the P-R EOS

h_parameter(Eo, M, mu)

Calculate H in equation (7-7) of Clift et al. page 176.

kh_insitu(T, P, S, kh_0, dH_solR, nu_bar, ...)

Compute the in-situ Henry's law constant

kvsi_hydrate(T_in, P_in, mass)

Determine whether or not hydrate is stable for the given conditions

mole_fraction(mass, Mol_wt)

Compute the mole fraction of a mixture from the mass

morton(rho_p, rho, mu, sigma)

Calculate the Morton number per Clift et al. page 26.

particle_shape(de, rho_p, rho, mu, sigma)

Calculate the shape of a fluid particle

reynolds(de, us, rho, mu)

Calculate the Reynolds number per Clift et al. page 26.

surface_area_sc(de, theta_W)

Compute the surface area for a spherical cap fluid particle

surface_area_sphere(de)

Compute the surface area for a spherical cap fluid particle

sw_solubility(f, kh)

theta_w_sc(de, us, rho, mu)

Compute the wake angle for a spherical cap bubble

us_ellipsoid(de, rho_p, rho, mu_p, mu, ...)

Compute the slip velocity of an elliptical-wobbling fluid particle

us_sphere(de, rho_p, rho, mu)

Compute the slip velocity of a rigid sphere

us_spherical_cap(de, rho_p, rho)

Compute the slip velocity of a spherical cap fluid particle

viscosity(T, P, mass, Mol_wt, Pc, Tc, Vc, ...)

Computes the viscosity of a petroleum fluid

volume_trans(T, P, mass, Mol_wt, Pc, Tc, Vc)

Computes the volume translation parameter to correct the density

xfer_clift(de, us, rho, mu, D)

Compute the mass transfer coefficients for a rigid sphere

xfer_ellipsoid(de, us, rho, mu, D, sigma, ...)

Compute the mass transfer coefficients for an ellipsoidal fluid particle

xfer_johnson(de, us, D)

Compute the mass transfer coefficient for clean particles

xfer_kumar_hartland(de, us, rho, mu, D, ...)

Compute the mass transfer coefficient for clean fluid particles

xfer_sphere(de, us, rho, mu, D, sigma, mu_p, ...)

Compute the mass transfer coefficients for a spherical fluid particle

xfer_spherical_cap(de, us, rho, rho_p, mu, ...)

Compute the mass transfer coefficients for spherical cap fluid particles

z_pr(T, P, mass, Mol_wt, Pc, Tc, omega, ...)

Computes the z-factor for gas and liquid of a mixture using the P-R EOS

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New Lunden: Glynn Seal always delivers
March 19, 2019 gamingballistic
A quick break from pitching my own stuff to pitching someone else's.
Glynn's a great cartographer and he writes well too. His third Midderlands Kickstarter is running now:
It's good, quirky stuff. Check it out. I'm a backer as well.
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The Blind Mapmaker Reviews Citadel
The Blind Mapmaker was a big backer – he got his own character – on Hall of Judgment. He also does great reviews.
His review of Hall of Judgment was complete, criticized where warranted and praised what he liked.
So I offered him the opportunity to get a preview of what was done already: This was his report.
Preview of The Citadel at Norðvörn powered by DFRPG
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Draugr Adventure Seed and Viking Weddings
So, today's Adventure seed features Draugr. Lots of them. Obviously, these would fit into Norðlond, because draugr. But did you know that (at least according to the Viking Answer Lady), it was expected for the groom to retrieve an ancestral sword from a barrow.
Let me quote the passage in full:
Originally by Viking Answer Lady
Since men did not wear a visible token of their bachelor status, the symbolic removal of their old identity followed a much different ritual from that being followed by the bride. The groom was required to obtain an ancestral sword belonging to a deceased forebear for use later in the wedding ceremony. There is a string tradition in the sagas of breaking grave-mounds in order to retrieve a sword belonging to a deceased forebear, to be given to a son of the family, and Hilda Ellis-Davidson finds evidence for the importance of such a sword at the wedding (Hilda R. Ellis-Davidson. "The Sword at the Wedding," in Patterns of Folklore. Ipswich UK: D.S. Brewer, 1978. p. 123). This would indeed be a powerful ritual of separation and destruction of the man's identity as a bachelor, with the descent into the grave-mound to recover the sword serving as a symbolic death and rebirth for the groom. If an appropriate barrow was not available, the ancestral sword may have been concealed by the groom's relatives in a mock-tumulus (Ibid., p. 109). This would provide an opportunity for the groom to be confronted by a man costumed as a ghost or aptrgangr of his ancestor, who might elaborate on the young man's instruction by reminding him of his family history and lineage, the importance of tradition, and the need to continue the ancestral bloodline. On the other hand, the sword which the groom had to obtain might instead be gotten from a living relative, complete with the lecture on family history: the sagas are not clear on this point and nowhere actually describe grave-breaking as a part of the wedding ceremony.
So, in order to get married . . . a vital part of the society . . . our young viking had to go on a dungeon delve. Sure, it's likely one a one or two room dungeon, but in Fantasy Norse Thegn Land, you have a very, very real expectation of finding a dead guy (or gal!) at the end of it, and that corpse was really possessive about their stuff.
If it is a true ancestor, perhaps you could get by with a test of mettle, or suffering through a lecture on marriage and the undead's expectations of his living ancestors. Or perhaps that was her favorite sword and she feels she needs it in Valholl, so get yer grubby mitts off of it.
Things like this, plus the deep mythology of the culture, some of which we're all familiar with (it's likely that the words wraith and wight came from raiðr and vaettr, pronounced, you guessed it, wraith-urr and vight-urr; not to mention Tiw's Day, Woden's Day, Thor's Day, and Freya's Day/Frigga's Day), were one of the reason that, after a quick playtest session using the Norse myths, I quickly settled on that culture as the basis for my future world.
It's DEEP. And between marriage customs, the expected behavior of its inhabitants, and that the Viking culture got its name from the practice of venturing out, killing people, and taking their stuff, and the deep pervasiveness of magic and rune lore . . . it made it simply a natural for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG.
Go back the Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 2/Boxed Set Reprint campaign, and while you're at it, throw in for The Citadel at Norðlond too, and put this particular seed to work for you immediately.
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Thursday is Back the DFRPG Kickstarters Day
March 7, 2019 March 8, 2019 gamingballistic
Today is an unusual "GURPSDay." Unusual because there are two Kickstarters going on that influence the future of the Dungeon Fantasy RPG specifically, and GURPS more broadly.
So this is going to be a bit of "rah, rah" and a tetch of hard sell.
Let's start with the big one.
Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 2/Boxed Set Reprint
This one's important. It's being used to judge latent demand for the game, and the boxed set does that. The Monsters book is something that we've all been asking for. For a long while. If you're neither following the campaign nor pledged, please do one or both.
The Citadel at Norðvorn
Thanks to beautiful synergies with the DFM2/DFRPG campaign, we got a much-needed and much appreciated kick in the pants these last few days, and are only $1800 from funding. There are 275 folks following the campaign who have not yet pledged. If 60 come in and pledge, we fund. If you ALL came in and pledged, we'd hit two stretch goals and the book would be 128 pages. We'd need 150 people past that to hit the offset print run goal.
The common denominator for both campaigns is (a) they haven't funded yet, and (b) early funding is actually really important. Once you fund, you can start confidently writing checks for things.
In my case: while I took a financial risk (but not a competency one!) doing so, I hired an editor last night. More on her in an update later today. But for my art, which is the lion's share of the cost of my book, I am not reaching out to artists, and committing their time, until we're funded. If we funded tomorrow, I'd start talking with my artists – and especially my cartographer! – immediately.
From SJG's perspective: I can't say. But once it funds, I have to assume that there's a bunch of folks that can be put on duty making the game happen. For now, they're working other things. Or so I speculate.
In either case: early funding is always important, and if you can manage to throw in early, please do so.
Share Early, Share Often
As noted above, the key to success for both campaigns is new folks. In particular, retail stores and bulk orders are really key. They are more likely to bring in new players, and they tend to order many copies, which helps push up the numbers for print runs, and large print runs are better on a marginal cost basis. That means more financial success for the line, which means we want to do more, better, and faster.
So, what can you do?
Reshare this post. Seriously.
Jump over to this thread on rpg.net, and let folks know about Citadel (the new set discussion starts on p. 88). Tell them about Hall of Judgment, if you have it or have played it, or point them to reviews if you haven't.
Share this Facebook or this tweet. The more folks see it, the more attention, and the more backers we can get. This has knock-on effects! More than one site, like Kicktraq, uses the number of comments and the general buzz about a project to decide how to feature it.
Do the same thing for the Boxed Set. I can't stress this enough: without the Boxed Set and continued interest and support from both backers and Steve Jackson Games, there's no product line for me to support. Share play stories. Talk to your local game stores this weekend. Both the Boxed Set and Nordvorn have retail levels where you can get more than one copy of the game at a significant discount.
Back to GURPSDay
GURPSDay is starting its sixth – GURPSDay started in February 2013, a year after I started Gaming Ballistic. Things have slowed down a bit, and I'll be considering how to revitalize this weekly activity. I'd like to see an average of 100 posts here per week – one per blog, ish – so we'll see what we can do to get creative juiced flowing.
If you just started a GURPS blog – and I know that some of you have – email me and get on the list! With the advent of the Dungeon Fantasy RPG, Powered by GURPS, there's even more reason to write.
How? Two action items: post more, recruit more. It's really that simple. More posters is more posts, and more interest in GURPS.
Below you can find the blog activity for the last week. There's a whole lotta awesome GURPS going on. Read all the posts.
Not every blog posts about GURPS every week, but some are ridiculously prolific! The list is randomized, so different bloggers will be highlighted at the top of the post each week.
As always, if you're interested in having your blog consolidated here, navigate over to The Instructions Page and drop me a line. Take special note of the RSS Settings Fix if you're on WordPress.
Continue reading "Thursday is Back the DFRPG Kickstarters Day" →
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Two podcasts featuring Gaming Ballistic
February 22, 2019 gamingballistic
Morning! As we head into what will be a heavy writing weekend for me on Citadel at Norðvorn, I wanted to leave you with two podcasts.
Roleplay Rescue (Che Webster)
Che and I talk for about an hour, and cover gaming stuff both old and new.
Game Night on Geek Gab
I return to their show for the third time. We cover what's gone on at Gaming Ballistic since HoJ, being nice to customers, and group stealth rolls . . . plus a bunch of Nordvorn sporadically through the show.
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Gaming Ballistic on RPG Breakfast Club Ep 1
January 15, 2019 gamingballistic
Gaming Ballistic was one of the hosts of the RPG Breakfast Club this past Sunday. It's a live podcast also rebroadcast on Anchor.
Topics covered in the 'cast were: Introducing Kids to RPGs/Marketing, and Introducing children to RPGs,Expanding the audience in general, and possibly pricing books and pdfs in the industry.
My voice is very quiet, for some reason.
https://anchor.fm/…/episodes/RPG-Breakfast-Club-Ep–1-e2urf1
Look for more episodes each week!
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Maps and Inspiration – Follow-up to Mailanka
January 14, 2019 January 14, 2019 gamingballistic
Daniel over at Mailanka's Musings has a nice post on Map-Making in Theory and Practice. In short: a million times yes. I have to echo his throughts on Maps and Inspiration: a good map is really, really inspiring.
Started with a Map
It works both ways, too. In my Torengar/Nordlond setting for Dragon Heresy and Hall of Judgment and Lost Hall of Tyr, the map came first. I set up a history using Microscope and another "game to play a game" kit that I can't remember anymore that helped set up the long prelude to the current state of the main realm. I drew up some key terrain features that appeared to be important, and then commissioned Cornelia Yoder to make me some maps.
I have since been leveraging those maps heavily in making the details of my setting sing. This is particularly true of the mini-setting I'm working on for what will hopefully be my first-quarter Kickstarter: The Citadel at Nordvorn.
Featuring the titular town of Nordvorn with its adjoining citadel, there are also three other important towns and villages of note, one of them destroyed.
The town of Ainferill (Riverbend) sits about 40 miles south of Nordvorn on the Jotunnain (a river; áin means river; I think properly conjugated it should be Jotunná, but I have it as "fun" that the northern areas use áin and the southern areas use á, as sort of a regional accent thing). It's a town of about 1,000 souls, or about 200 families, give or take. It's the seat of a Jarl, the second tier of noble, but they still have to get the king something like $10M per year in GURPS moneys, or about 200,000 gp in D&D moneys, as a Duty to keep the title.
Just north of Ainferill is the slightly smaller (750 people) town of Vegghofn (Sallyport), which marks the last easily-accessible break in Audreyn's Wall (think in between Hadrian's wall and the Great Wall of China) until the other side of a mountain range that the wall jogs around for Reasons.
Anyway, point is: I am detailing these three settlements. What are the important guilds? Why have guilds at all? What industries or products make each town unique? Why should there be a town here at all?
Gr eater Torengar/Nordlond
This is my realm map. What can I say about it? Well, it's got heavy forest, plains, and lightly wooded or intermediate areas. These divide out nicely into "logging and forestry," "grazing lands," and "farming" when it comes to surplus products for more than just surviving. It's a high-level thing, but it's informative.
The cities cluster densely in the farming area (blue). More food, better climate, more trade, higher population density. The capital is also there.
A Slice of Nordlond
Hey, what do we have here? A slice of Nordlond/Torengar, with Isfjall from Hall of Judgment in the west, and stretching to Midgard in the East.
From Isfjall to Midgard and beyond. Still copyright Cornelia and licensed to me.
Northwatch is Nordvorn – one means the other. But it's maybe 250 miles east of Isfjall, so it's a hike if you walk it. But why would you? Take a boat and sail down the Wodenain to Nethanfoss, then it's maybe 50 miles along the "Palisade Road," which isn't shown on the map. That should be an exciting trip, since the area to the Northwest of the Palisade is called The Hunted Lands, home to marauding faerie and more than its fair share of monstrosities, undead, constructs, and other things that wish to eat you.
But the map informs this. How long will it take to get there? Well, big rivers tend to move at a few miles per hour, 1-5 mph not being unusual. So the 200 mile trip on the river could be as fast as 40 hours, or two days, or as long as a week. Plenty of time in either case for a few encounters with river raiders or river-dwelling monsters, but not so long that the game will drag.
That last 50 miles to Northwatch from Nethanfoss is probably a few days hike as well, and while the path/road is guarded, it's still dangerous lands.
That makes Nethanfoss a very interesting market. It has access to both grazing lands, water, and abuts the Einmanna forest. And it's a crossroads, being the natural departure point for goods to come east from the settlements along the Wodenain.
All this from the map.
Ainferill
Now we venture south from Nordvorn, because there's been a rumor that the Jarl is hiring adventurers. Or maybe killing them. It's Nordlond: perhaps it's both.
In any event, what's going on at the Riverbend? Well, it's got woods. It's adjacent to a metal-rich mountain/range. It's got grazing land. And it's at a convenient stopping place for ships coming upriver to rest and get ready for a hard pull into the faster-flowing stretch of the river from Ainferill to Nordvorn.
If you do a bit of line work, you can see that the Jarl probably controls about 265 square miles of land, and about half of that is grazing land – ideal for sheep – that is mostly plains. The other half, to the north and west, is lightly wooded, leading to thicker woods in the Einmanna Forest.
OK. So we have wood, metal, wool, and cattle and goats. This is a shipbuilding town. It's also one of the towns (the two south of Ainferill and west of Jarngardr are two more) from which a whole lot of sheep are raised and turned into wool, cloth, clothing, and other products.
This is a jarl whose income depends on wool, cattle, ships, and trade. That's what he's going to care about, and that's where threats to his power – or extensions of it – will come from. Does he mine in the hills just across the river? Does the hajarl of Midgard resent this? Ainferill could sit in the demesne of either Northwatch or Midgard – are the jarl's loyalties solid, or being tested?
What about bandits? Or monsters? If you do the work, something that between some expert help and the Adventurer Conqueror King books domain rules make easy, you can see that monsters or monstrous people killing or taking livestock will really honk off our jarl, as as much as 25% of his Duty – maybe more – can come out of the income stream from wool and cloth.
But . . . karls (freeholders) own their own lands. How does that work? Well, that's where the guilds come in. That worked out nicely too.
I spent a lot of time last night working with the map, agricultural data, and conversing with some experts to turn this slice of Nordlond into a living world. Not only is it living and hopefully provides some immersive detail, but it becomes something from which you can really see how folks might wish to bring an adventuring party on board to deal with problems.
Suffice to say that the tie of personality, economics and trade are all made more obvious with a good map. A map, a knowledge of what can be grown and made with certain natural resources, a feel for the personalities of the leaders and citizens and what they care about . . . and the adventures flow easily. Especially when the area in question has recently undergone some . . . rather dramatic calamities.
Stay tuned. Hopefully you'll see this one pop up in the first quarter of this year!
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Glynn Seal: WIP on New Maps
January 4, 2019 gamingballistic
Glynn is hard at work on new maps for Lost Hall of Tyr (2nd Edition), and below you can find a bit of history on the old maps, how he and I got to collaborate, and some WIP he's willing to show.
Maps and Expenses
When Lost Hall of Tyr (1st Edition) was being made, I budgeted for a Kickstarter that equaled my first: about 300 folks. I also spent a bunch of money on a really prime piece of artwork that was (and still is) the most expensive single image I've yet procured.
(It is really awesome though.)
Even so, I couldn't afford bespoke maps. Bogie Maps – and Dan was a pleasure to work with – had stock maps in hand, and was able to mildly customize a few for me using assets he already had.
As an example, he created a generic location for "Rival Claim" using a stock map. The advantage was obviously cost. The disadvantage was that it had no real tie to the adventure description: it was just a big map.
That has its charm, as it's portable. And the full-scale combat maps are still part of the book package. But when I got the opportunity to upgrade content of the book for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG as Hall of Judgment, the project required more maps. Specific maps, that would let the linear convention-style demonstration adventure – Lost Hall's purpose was to demonstrate the concepts in Dungeon Grappling – turn into something much more non-linear and sandboxy. Not a true sand-box; it is a quest adventure, after all. But something with more geography, and a lot more detail and options on the approach.
Glynn Seal's The Midderlands
I got to know Glynn through his Midderlands kickstarter(s). I was impressed by his high production values on the book, and also with the quality of his cartography and artwork. Very evocative, and really brought the feeling he was going for to the work.
When I decided to produce new maps, and new locations, from the Village at Logiheimli to the Goblin Warrens (two of them!) to make mincemeat out of adventurers . . . um, provide a suitable challenge for adventurers . . . I reached out to see if he was available for commission.
Well, he was.
Logiheimli; an Easy Choice
He was (and remains) extremely easy to work with. I sent really, really coarse sketches of what I was looking for – I'm a stick-figure kind of guy when it comes to de novo art creation, though I'm a fair hand at digital compositing of existing work.
He turned it into something glorious, which is of course included in Lost Hall 2nd Edition.
So when it came time to upgrade the maps such as Rival Claim to something better as part of the Lost Hall 2nd Edition conversion . . . Glynn was the obvious choice.
I sent him some art notes, and of course he has a copy of Hall of Judgment since he worked on it (and super-easy to get it to him, since the books were printed in the UK).
Now that the New Year is here, he's already hard at work, and has documented his creation of the new Rival Claim map on his blog.
I can't recommend Glynn enough as a creator and a collaborator. You can see the first of seven new maps below . . . stay tuned for more, and of course please help steer your friends and Favorite Game Store folks to the Pre-Order page!
Thanks for staying with me!
Update on Surveys
The "Smoke Test," which vets the survey for effectiveness and function, is nearly complete. I will likely send it out to all backers shortly.
It will run for three full weeks, during which time I hope you'll help me get the word out, as the Pre-Order Store is open, and if we can hit extra stretch goals during that time, I'm all for it.
I should be seeing the initial Kickstarter campaign funds settle sometime between today and Sunday. That will allow me to, in earnest, get cracking on the finalization of text, maps, and printing.
That's it! Hope you guys had Holiday breaks that were eventful in only good ways.
Also, if you're curious to how 2018 treated Gaming Ballistic, read about it below and see what's coming next.
Gaming Ballistic 2018 Year in Review
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Lost Hall 2e Foreword (by Matt Finch)
December 21, 2018 December 21, 2018 gamingballistic
I got back into D&D after a long, long time with GURPS (though I did not, and will not, stop creating for that system) by joining Erik Tenkar, Peter Dell'Orto, Tim Shorts, Joe the Lawyer (I never actually got his whole name), and several others in Erik's "B-Team."
We played once a month, and compressed a whole lot of gaming into 2-3 hours. We used the Swords & Wizardry system, a retro-clone that showed me how much fun rules-light gaming can be, and helped me appreciate Fifth Edition a bit more when it came out.
S&W taught me to think simple, think fast, and think light. It helped me shape my grappling rules into something anyone would want to pick up, and could either "play easy" or add as much modular awesome as they could.
I got to know Matt Finch through Erik, and I believe other than the Wednesday night Tavern Chats, we started to get to know each other when he started "ambush interviewing" me for his D&D Neighborhood YouTube shows. While the first interview was me chatting with him about Dragon Heresy and related stuff, he tapped me for a few other shows like "How to write a player's guide." He's a good guy, drives a good interview (maybe the legal training), and runs a good game, which I got to experience at GameHole Con in November of 2018 (this past year).
When it came time to introduce this second edition of Lost Hall, I asked him if he would be willing to contribute a Foreword, and he agreed.
Here's the laid-out Foreword for your image perusal, followed by the text and a link to a PDF as well.
Foreword to Lost Hall of Tyr (2nd Edition)
by Matt Finch
Some longish time ago, I was talking with Doug Cole via Google Hangout. As the conversation went on, it started to dawn on me that he was sitting in the middle of what looked like a small armory of blades, axes, and shields—all of them made of wood. So after a while, of course, I had to ask about this clutter of weaponry piled up all around him. Now, anyone who knows Doug already knows that "enthusiastic" only vaguely succeeds in capturing the essence of Doug. Seconds later, I was looking through my computer screen at a sword-wielding, shieldbearing warrior in fighting stance, delivering an energetic lecture on the proper way to use a Viking-type shield. As the lecture evolved into methods of using the sword in concert with the shield, I started to realize why there's no furniture anywhere near his computer. Or, at least, what happened to it if there once was. As I've said, "enthusiastic" doesn't quite capture it.
Doug manages to infuse his writing with the same effervescent energy, making for a wild ride through his game world and the adventures to be found in it. Since I'm no expert on Vikings or Norse mythology I can't speak to how much of Doug's exploration into the wyrd, wild world of Viking adventure is based on history and how much of it is just a sheer, fantastic Norseplosion of adventure. It doesn't really matter, of course —this book is a mix of pure mystery and adrenaline for RPG gaming, and that's what counts in the long run.
One is always tempted to write a long foreword to a good book, sprinkling spoilers here and there in an effort to tell the reader how to enjoy what they're about to encounter in it. But I don't think that's the purpose of a foreword. A foreword is for setting the mood: giving the reader that last deep breath before the plunge into strange worlds and vivid imagery. I can assure you, even though the world of Norse adventuring might seem familiar on the surface, what lies beneath that surface is strange and mythic indeed. And so, consider that last, deep breath to have now been drawn—it's time to turn the page and let yourself go a-Viking in the rich sea of ideas you'll find beyond!
LINK TO PDF FILE
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OSR Dungeon Grappling: In the Wild
December 6, 2018 gamingballistic
Jason Hobbs, of Hobbs and Friends of the OSR, linked me in to a grappling duel that he was going to run in an ongoing game he runs. You can see it here, from about the 5 minute mark to about 10 minutes, maybe a bit longer. He used concepts from my book, Dungeon Grappling, to execute the duel.
Check it out. I'll wait.
A few things about it that struck me, or that I really liked:
First, Jason looked at the rules ahead of time, trimmed them to his needs, and clarified the function with the other player in the duel
He made them his own: dividing the HP of each fighter into a few bins of a size that made sense to him. There seemed to also be a "no effect" zone up to a certain level, too
He eliminated modifiers to the damage roll: "just roll your Hit Die for control damage."
He made the contest one-way: no way to counter-grapple. The player asked about it, and was informed not to worry.
It was fast, and especially in the duel, the "miss, miss, hit/damage, miss, hit/damage, etc" sequence was as fast as it should be, with no bizarre lookups.
That's the point, really: everyone who plays any version of D&D knows the hit roll vs AC/damage roll paradigm. It's basically in our blood. And with the relatively low number of HP in Old School games, using HP as Control Maximum is equally well understood.
The player was able to ask for things to do: "get in and take him down." That was glossed over, but it could have been attempted as soon as the fight moved from "grabbed" to "grappled." Make an attack roll, spend the CP to represent the effort of throwing him to the ground, and poof. He's now prone (and presumably embarrassed) on the ground. Easier to hit, harder to hit you, and worse Dexterity-type saving throws.
I liked what I saw, and as the players and the GM get used to it, I can easily see adding some of the optional detail for more fun.
For what it's worth: Dungeon Grappling is on sale until January 2, 2019!
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Encuentro Cartonero
By federicoAugust 28, 2018 Events, Meet Up
Barranca Gallery
April 1, 2018 - April 2, 2018
For this cartonera meet-up, we invited cardboard publishers from all over Mexico to come to Cuernavaca to network, share their work, and discuss the main themes that have emerged from the publishing movement. The meeting was attended by La Rueda Cartonera (Guadalajara), La Cartonera (Cuernavaca), El Viento Cartonero (Ecatepec), A Mí Me Vale Verga (Mexico City), La Biznaga Cartonera (Ciudad Obregón), htuRquesa Cartonera (Tabasco), Tegus: la Cartonera del Toro (Puebla), Cartopirata (Mexico City), Cohuiná Cartonera (Mexico City/ San Cristobal de las Casas), and Rey Chanate (Zacatecas).
The meeting took place in Barranca Gallery in the lush surrounds of the Chapultepec Park, as part of an exhibition to commemorate ten years of the La Cartonera, the first cardboard publisher in Mexico. Over the course of two days, cartonera publishers discussed the social and political role of cardboard publishers; the materiality of book-making practices; and the literary and political texts that the cartoneras published. In addition, we held a book-making workshop for the public, at which different publishers could showcase their techniques. In the evening, we heard music from Kristos, the rock musician whose lyrics were published in the first ever Mexican cartonera book.
The Cartonera meet-up in Cuernavaca allowed me to personally reflect about my work as the editor of El Viento Cartonero, as a writer, and as a cultural agent. Thinking about the collective, the possibility of finding out about the experiences of other cartoneras and exchanging ideas was very valuable, and will strengthen the national and world cartonera movement in the coming years.
Israel Soberanes, publisher, El Viento Cartonero
Personally, I really enjoyed the diverse foci of the different projects that participated, from those that have a clearly social focus to those who publish simply for the pleasure of doing it, with both representing acts of resistance in our daily lives. The themes approached seemed very pertinent, and the dialogue generated was very enriching, serving both to confirm our way of perceiving cartonera books and publishing at the Rueda, as well as to encourage a new personal project that will combine, in a well-thought out way, graphic design and literature as fundamental scaffolds of the cartonera endeavour.
Lorena Baker, publisher, La Rueda Cartonera
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'Supernatural' Brings Back Angel Zachariah for 300th Episode
Supernatural Brings Back Angel Zachariah for 300th Episode
Kevin Burwick
— January 7th, 2019
Supernatural is resurrecting Kurt Fuller's Angel Zachariah for its landmark 300th episode. The news comes after it was recently announced that Jeffrey Dean Morgan is also returning to play Sam and Dean's dad. Morgan hasn't been on the hit show since a brief voice cameo in Season 3 after sacrificing himself to save Dean's life in Season 2. Other than the cameos and the title, Lebanon, not much else is clear about what will happen for the 300th episode extravaganza, but it looks like it's going to be pretty big and fans are probably starting to get even more excited than they were previously.
Kurt Fuller as Angel Zachariah hasn't been on the show since Season 5, when he was killed off. Obviously, we don't know how Zachariah or Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character are going to be coming back, but the most logical assumption would go with some flashbacks, though logic doesn't ever really factor into Supernatural too much. Zachariah was a good villain who tormented Sam and Dean, so it will be interesting to see if he's back and still up to his villainous ways.
Not many people would have guessed that Supernatural would have made it to 300 episodes when the show first debuted on the UPN Network back in 2005. 100 episodes is a true milestone these days, but 300 is something special that puts the hit show in the same elite company as Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, ER, and CSI. The quirky show has a rabid following since its debut over a decade ago and that audience is more than likely very much looking forward to what the show has planned for its 300th episode.
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The cast and crew of Supernatural already celebrated the landmark episode back in November with a huge party. The red carpet event took place in Vancouver, Canada with the cast and crew all dressed in nice suits and formal wear. It's crazy to think that the show has lasted through 14 seasons, especially considering that only 21 shows in television history have made it to 14 seasons. It's even more crazy to think that Supernatural made it through the changing of networks. However, the show has done it, and it looks like there's still a lot more ground to cover after the rare 300th episode.
Supernatural Season 14 returns January 17th on The CW, with episode 300 airing on February 7th. That means we're less than a month away from seeing all of the craziness that will go down during the episode, which should be pretty exciting for long-time fans of the hit CW show. Let's hope that the show continues to flaunt its weirdness in the years to come with brand-new seasons and possibly even a 400th episode. For now, we'll just have to wait and see. Entertainment Weekly was the first to announce that Ben Fuller is coming back for Supernatural's special 300th episode.
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Poll results are in: Still no Cup title for Junior in 2009; NASCAR fan initiatives won't help
It may not exactly have the weight of Obama vs. McCain, but the first reader polls of 2009 here on Trading Paint! have closed -- and the results are somewhat surprising.
For all you Dale Earnhardt Jr. fans, I wish I had better news, but an overwhelming majority of readers feel the driver of the No. 88 will once again be deprived of his first career Sprint Cup championship in 2009.
The question posed was to the point: "Will Dale Earnhardt Jr. win the Sprint Cup championship in 2009?"
Of 122 votes cast, 85 percent (104 votes) predict Junior will once again end the season watching Jimmie Johnson or someone else get all the glory, adulation and yes, the Sprint Cup Trophy. Only 18 votes (15 percent) think Little E can break through to get that ever-elusive crown.
My take: While many people think I'm a Junior basher, I'm not. In fact, while I agree with the majority of voters that Junior won't win the title, I'm also including a big caveat in my analysis of his chances.
Frankly, I think Earnhardt has a good chance to have one of his best seasons ever in Sprint Cup competition. The first-year attention and pressure of his high-profile switch to Hendrick Motorsports is over, and now Junior has but one thing to do -- and the one thing he does best: to just drive.
Honestly, I think Earnhardt can very easily be a top-five finisher and I expect him to contend for the championship through most of the Chase.
As for results of our other poll, the question posed was: "With ticket prices and associated costs coming down at various venues, will more fans attend races in 2009 despite the poor economy?"
I thought the results would be a bit more even-handed, but an overwhelming majority of voters (91 percent) predict that NASCAR will continue to be vexed by the current economic crisis -- and that things like reduced ticket prices and concession stand costs simply won't lure fans back into the stands.
It's pretty clear by the voting -- 88 to only 8 -- that the attendance decline NASCAR has continued to see over the last two seasons will once again continue even further in 2009.
We plan on offering one to two new questions each week to pick your brains and get a true sense of what the average NASCAR fan is really feeling.
Check out this week's two new questions on the left side of the home page and get ready to cast your ballot:
1) How much do you like Darrell Waltrip's trademark line of "Boogity, boogity, boogity, let's go racin', boys!"?
2) With Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman together, will Stewart Haas Racing be a surprise contender in its first season of operation?
To those of you that participated in the first polls, thanks, and we look forward to your participation in future polls.
By Jerry Bonkowski at Friday, January 30, 2009
My responce to Dummy W's boogity thing, I can't friggen stand it!!!!! I turn off the volume every race before he says it.
I like Boogity, Boogity, but the (go racing boys) has to go
Jim from Delmont
Stewart Haas will be in the middle of the pack, so there will be no surprise.
I'll be very surprised if Jr. wins the cup in 2009. There's this small matter of Jeff Gordon getting back on track. And, after all, he is the lead dog at HMS. I'd look for Rick Hendrick to put the bulk of his resources toward getting JG back into victory lane and getting that elusive 5th (He should already have six) title.
The Old Guy.
Boogity, Boogity, Boogity???? Who cares.
Tony Stewart will probably do well in 2009. It is, after all, his team. Do the math!
Good to hear from you.
Me/ I look the unbridled enthsiasm of "boogiy, boogity" and SHR will make good noise. No title, but least one makes the Chase probably somewhere between 9th & 12th.
Write on Jerry,
Sure would be nice If Hendrick would get behind Jeff, but Mark didn't sing on to just race a full season again
But sure feel like one of the 4 Hendrick drivers will take home the Cup in 2009
To be honest, I will be surprised if Dale, Jr. ever wins a title. If everyone were completely honest, they would admit that he is a so-so driver at best. Another writer compared Junior's stats with Matt Kenseth and they are almost identicle. And Kenseth was extrememly lucky to win a title.
As for Stewart Haas Racing's season, I think they will be much more competative than Waltrip or Robbie Gordon ever has been. But I think they have a lot to learn before they really are able to compete with Hendrick, Gibbs and Rousch.
Petty, Gannassi-Earnhardt and others in that class need to watch their rear view mirrors though, because Stewart Haas will be nipping at their heels right out of the box.
Jerry, i listen to you on sirius, but his is my first visit to the website,i love boogity boogity boogity, think stewart haas will suprise a lot of people,and think jr has a good chance to win the title this year.i,m a long time nascar fan,and will not stop attending races just because of the recession.i just don't spend quite as much on souveniers. my husband and i camp out in a tent, and are planning on talladega this fall we,ve been saving up since martinsville last fall i will be a regular visitor here just like i,m a regular listener to your show
GinaV24 February 1, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Sorry, but boogity, boogity, boogity has outlived its usefulness. Its almost as annoying as the stupid gopher cam. Personally, I hope that Jr never wins a title and I'd like to see HMS get back behind Jeff Gordon instead of fawning over Jr., Johnson and now Mark Martin. Geez, didn't this guy say he was retiring? Years ago? I'm still planning to go to the tracks where I enjoy the racing, but I'll cut back on souvenirs. Honestly the TV broadcasts need to step up and start showing the actual races instead of just babbling on about stuff that has nothing to do with the action on the track. Otherwise, I'll turn the TV off and listen to the radio so I can "see" the race in my head and follow along on the computer. Too bad really that 8 years into the contract, the coverage has gotten so bad.


Happy V day everyone! Hope you are all having a great day. We are celebrating with a lamb roast and strawberry scones.. Yum!
Rub together the butter and flour to resemble breadcrumbs.
Mix in the milk, pepper and strawberries until combined.
Tip out onto a floured surface, knead lightly and form into a ball.
Put on a floured or lined tray, brush with milk and cook at 200°c for 12-15 mins.
Serve with butter and baby jam.