This year I won't offer my own summary of 2013, given what we published on Ethicalcorp.com and in the print edition, did the job rather well. You can read it here.
In a general business sense you can also read the 2014 preview here.
The ongoing governance crisis in Bangladesh, and its sad results, notably highlighted by the NYTimes, is demonstrating how important institutions are in making sure pollution is minimised and people stay safe, amongst other key roles. 2014 will be another year in which the importance of institutions is increasingly understood by companies, consumers and governments themselves. More on this here.
As John Ruggie has often noted effective global regulation, if even possible, would take hundreds of years to get agreement on, without even considering enforcement. So in the last decade, we've seen more and more OECD countries, and some others, increase corporate responsibility related regulation. Whilst enforcement is still patchy, and much of it is 'name and shame' more than 'name and fine significantly/put executives in jail' the trend is only going one way. Look at China's experiments with carbon trading and environmental regulation/enforcement. The question of course is what does smart regulation and enforcement look like, I guarantee more debate about this in 2014.
I predict 2014 will be the year when more and more chief executives admit to themselves that the consumer behaviour change (I mean significant lasting change) idea is a canard that must be disregarded in favour of sectoral collaboration to set better standards. The lack of evidence that we can shop our way out of trouble will become more salient. The lazy pronouncements that "all we need to do is communicate with our consumers more effectively" will ring more and more hollow. This is a good thing, as when this happens we can focus on practical, realistic solutions, like these. More on all this here.
Greenpeace is head and shoulders ahead of the other big so called campaign groups in effecting corporate change.This lead won't be hugely eroded in 2014. This is partly for structural reasons but also due to the momentum they have been generating in recent years. Other effective groups, such as Global Witness and the Rainforest Action Network, do great, but more focused work. There's been a slow shift away from endless 'dialogue' towards more action, in groups such as the Sierra Club in the US, and other big green NGOs. This trend will continue around the world, and small, vocal and local campaign groups such as China Labor Watch will have a bigger impact as more companies take an interest in better managing supply chains and gaining some transparency.
What do I mean by this? I suppose I am suggesting that some of the woolly thinking in the sustainability/CSR world may drop away in favour of niche, specific solutions that solve problems which can be solved. This is a trend that's been happening for some time, slowly. I expect it to accelerate in 2014. These solutions can often make the most difference, fastest, in emerging markets. Think drip irrigation, or community solar, or community-based human rights governance. The desire to be more practical, more niche and to have a measurable impact when spending company money is an inexorable trend.
a) More and more companies are investing some resources in sustainability. I see this at Ethical Corporation conferences particularly, but also all over the world when I travel to speak, train, learn and discuss the issues.
b) Many of those companies are quickly devolving responsibility to operational roles, rather than just having a communications focused nominal head of sustainability or corporate responsibility. They are learning from how other companies have done this, faster. This trend will continue.
I've been worried for several years that the performance gap between the companies that 'get it' on corporate responsibility and sustainability and those which do not, is widening to a frightening degree. I'm less concerned about this now, given that more companies are opening up, sharing IP and knowledge, and understanding that as a leader, you have to take the sector with you, not just driving change in one company. This sharing trend via industry groups (here's one example) which are becoming more focused and are under (helpful) pressure to deliver will accelerate in 2014, and beyond.
Aside from the brief trend analysis above, specifically here's a few of the things I plan to do during 2014.
I'm teaching my Master's class at Birkbeck, University of London again from January 9th until March. Birkbeck now offers an MSc in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. More on that here. (Whether Universities and Management Schools should be doing this rather than focusing on integration is another debate!) Any reader interested in coming to talk to my students, just let me know. Guest speakers are welcome.
In mid-January I'll be in Barcelona, Spain for a day or two, doing some training work with a large companies on CSR. Any readers there who might like to meet up for a coffee, let me know. I'll be there on the 15th/16th.
At the end of January I'll be in Indonesia for a week looking at how large companies can stop deforestation in their supply chains. Looks like I'll be heading deep into some remaining forest. I'll report back on that in due course!
In April I'll be in Accra, Ghana (5-10) teaching on this executive education programme with my good friend and highly respected colleague Wayne Dunn.
Later in April I'll be in Shanghai, China for a week or so, and hope to meet some blog readers there.
I'll also be in Stockholm, Sweden in early September for a speech at a company management conference. Again any blog readers who'd like to meet up, let me know. Always interested to find out more about what's happening there. Here's a fascinating primer on the region.
I'll also be continuing my work with Mallen Baker on our online training course series. As of February this year, more than 130 executives will have been trained on our online system/courses. See more about that here. I/we also offer customised online training modules, designed on demand, and also face to face training for groups of managers.
On the Ethical Corporation front, the main focus will be the Responsible Business Summit in London on May 19-20. We're trying to take it up a level this year, with senior leaders not making speeches, but being quizzed on their progress and challenges and then using the audience to help solve problems they face. More about that event here.
There's a couple of other projects I'm also working on, more about those soon. Meanwhile, Happy New Year to all readers for 2014, and I hope to meet many of you in the coming year.


Another Great Week!- Tell Us What You Think!
Hour 1: Another Great Week!
This week on In The Market with Janet Parshall we were taken to the front lines of the battle between faith and Facebook. We learned how important it is to pray for those serving Christ in the entertainment industry. We examined the proposed "Green New Deal" and some of the suspicious "scientific" claims made by the supporters of this resolution. We discussed the neglected value of lament in the life of God's people. Now the phones are open for you to weigh in on the big news stories of the week.
Hour 2: Tell Us What You Think!
On the program this week we dug deep into God's word for the answers to some of those tough Bible questions. We learned about the blessings and the challenges of living with our emotions. We delved into the often avoided topic of abusive relationships in Christian marriages. We put the spotlight on a new major motion picture that tells the story of one Planned Parenthood clinic director who walked about from the abortion industry. Now we want to hear your thoughts on the big news stories making headlines this week.


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Researchers create 'Iron Man' suit for proteins
Breakthrough may aid treatment of diseases by transporting proteins in protective shells
Assistant Professor Chester Drum holding a 3D model of the first man-made protein folds made using a bacterium's exoshell. With him are researchers Siddharth Deshpande (left), 25, and Priya Desai, 42. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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There are more ways to fold proteins than there are atoms in the universe, says Assistant Professor Chester Drum of the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
But the assistant professor from the medicine and biochemistry departments has figured out a first - a way to fold a protein using a highly stable shell which wraps around the unfolded substrate, moulding it like hands mould clay, and then protecting it from harm.
Because a protein's shape influences what it can do, this potentially allows Prof Drum and his team to create a tough version of a protein that the body needs, and which could in future help in the treatment of a disease like cancer.
The breakthrough was published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications this month.
The researchers had experimented on a protein in an unusual bacterium - Archaeoglobus fulgidus - that is usually found in hot springs and deep-sea vents living in near-boiling water.
They modified the protein found in the bacterium, called ferritin, to make a nanometre-size exoshell. (A nanometre is one-billionth of a metre.) The protein's natural function is to store iron, but the team re-engineered the natural product to encapsulate a different protein .
This made a Russian-doll-type arrangement where one protein was encased within another.
"We knew that it would be very resilient to our experiments," said Prof Drum, who is also a consultant cardiologist at the National University Hospital. "It's essentially an 'Iron Man' suit, an armour that protects and transports the protein."
In the tests, the scientists first changed the pH level of the shell that they had engineered, breaking it apart. They then inserted the new protein into the shell before changing the pH back to close the shell.
The researchers did this on three different "proteins of interest", showing the technology can be used to fold and protect a variety of proteins over 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
The exoshells protected the proteins against a wide range of stressors, including extreme heat and harsh chemicals.
"Our highly engineered method means we can specifically guide the folding process, even in a test tube, outside of organs. This makes it more relevant to biological and therapeutic production," said Prof Drum.
The next step, he added, is to work with biopharmaceutical companies to make the exoshell faster and in large quantities. Prof Drum said the exoshell may have the potential to transport substances like antibiotic drugs, or target enzymes and proteins to disease sites in the body, such as an ailing liver or heart.
The team is now using the shell to treat cancer in an experimental animal model and expects to have results within the next year.
Commenting on the effort, Dr Swaine Chen, a senior research scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's Genome Institute of Singapore, said: "The research shows a very clever application of protein engineering in the realm of synthetic biology, especially with the ability to make these proteins stable."
While the research may not be clinically applicable instantly, it does solve problems with protein production, especially those that are tough to produce in big quantities, he added.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 29, 2017, with the headline Researchers create 'Iron Man' suit for proteins. Subscribe

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The sense when you land in another country and everything begins from zero is incomparable. The smell of the air, the warm wind… You just feel that is it. it is actually real. However, let´s start from the very beginning of the journey.
If you like me, decided to start your journey and to get a bull out of his horns, then you should choose Vueling. It is a Spanish airline originated from Barcelona which offers very affordable prices and pretty good time schedule to fly to Malaga or other city of Spain at least from some of the big European airports (ex Copenhagen). Although the branch is cheap I had no problem what so ever. If you are like me and you like to start everything from one suitcase I would recommend getting 23 kilograms check in luggage together with a ticket. You always can carry with you 10-kilogram small suitcase and some kind of small hand bag. The most important thing why I would recommend to choose Vueling is due to the language. From the second you step in into the plane, you will hear everything in Spanish. Nicely smiling stewardess will tell you, Buenos Dias, Bienvenidos… This is really nice. It puts you directly in the mood of starting to become newly Spanish.
Skipping few hours of flight, you are above Spain. beautiful lands, with mountains, grapes and oranges plantation, leaves unforgettable view in your mind. Maybe for some of you who come from Southern countries of Europe, it is nothing too special, but believe me for those who like me all my life lived in northern countries such as Lithuania, UK, Sweden, Denmark this is something really special. A bit more time passes and you reached Andalusia and an amazing coast of Malaga. Beautiful sandy beaches, sun high in the sky, the town, and its surroundings, mountains… All of it shouts to you, yey you made it! First thing what was in my mind was uhh I will definitely enjoy this. And believe me or not it was at the end of January.
Nice circle made by crew captain, became sort of the first and very unique tour of Malaga. 10- 15 minutes more and I am on the ground. Now for sure, this is happening. Adios heard from stewardess' lips and the first breadth of Malaga weather makes you excited and somehow nervous. It brings positivity and motivation to make this southern Spanish city your new home. Unfortunately, no one lets you stand outside the plane and stop this moment. You mentally force yourself to go to the airport and find the place to reclaim your baggage. The signs written in Spanish meets you nicely and gives first words lecture if you have not done Spanish before. Few steps and you are waiting for your suitcase to be returned. Here you will probably realise yes I am in Spain. No one rushes. For this reason, you might need to wait for 15 or 20 minutes although the airport is almost empty. After some time of standing and unconsciously moving around, the conveyor starts and the first suitcases show up. If you lucky yours is gonna be one of them. Fortunately, I was one of those so my waiting and nervous thoughts about my suitcase being lost were gone.
Now other questions with a word "How" started occupying my head. If you do not have who will take you from the airport then you will probably wonder how to get out from the airport to where I need. If you are going to for example Malaga or Madrid city center then you have three main options: bus, train or taxi. However, in my case, I had an amazing temporary host who offered to pick me up from the airport. So I was standing in the arrival hole for an hour until I started panicking and thinking about grabbing a bus. Thankfully he communicated with me and told that he is on his way. After one more hour of waiting here, he is in front of me. That moment I felt happy and relief but on the other hand told myself: welcome to Spain! You have to get used to this and learn yourself this style of living.
With this note, I would like to finish this Newly Spanish article and wish you all. who just planning to start this journey soon, the best positive experience. Also remember, this is Spain take it easy and install this laid back attitude as soon as possible to make everything easier and to start enjoying every minute of being newly Spanish.


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Klöckner Pentaplast announces Plans for new Lamination Facility
The Klöckner Pentaplast Group announced plans today to expand its high-barrier film lamination and coating capacities to reinforce the company's commitment to the global pharmaceutical and medical industries. Beginning in early 2017, Klöckner Pentaplast will use a state-of-the-art system to produce Aclar® laminated pharmaceutical films from its site in Montabaur, Germany, a trusted source of high quality kp films for many industries. The new Montabaur line will be fully operational for the entire kp Pentapharm® Aclar® product range by the end of 2017.
As a result of this investment, the Klöckner Pentaplast facility in Bern, Switzerland will also have added capacity available to produce PVdC-coated high-barrier pharmaceutical films, while continuing to be a backup site for Aclar® lamination. The plan strengthens kp's dedication to its global packaging customers by providing improved customer service and security of supply from multiple sites under a global drug master file (DMF).
"This capacity expansion is part of Klöckner Pentaplast's long-term strategy to leverage our global footprint to maximize improvements across the value chain, with a focus on being even more responsive to our pharmaceutical customers' needs now and in the future," says Markus Pischulti, Business Director, Pharmaceutical Films EMEA.


Gujarat Public Service Commission has invited application from eligible candidates for the post of Law Officer.
Should have about three years experience of continuous and regular practice on the civil side at the Bar.
Should have about three years experience of the legal side practice in the Government or Local body or Government undertaking Board or Corporation.
Candidate should have the basic knowledge of computer application as prescribed in the Gujarat Civil Service Classification and Recruitment Rules, 1967.


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by Greg Farries on August 17, 2009
Public Financing of Political Parties in Canada – Cut the Subsidy: Tom Flanagan
Tom Flanagan in today's Globe and Mail [argues for the end of the "per-vote" subsidy given to federal political parties in Canada](http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/cut-the-subsidy-then-make-it-easier-for-parties-to-raise-their-own-money/article1252643/?service=mobile&page=0#article).
> Third, Canada could consider a taxpayer check-off system of the type found in the United States at the federal level and in 41 states. The basic idea is that taxpayers, when filing annual returns, can tick a box indicating a political contribution.
> Third, Canada could consider a taxpayer check-off system of the type found in the United States at the federal level and in 41 states. The basic idea is that taxpayers, when filing annual returns, can tick a box indicating a political contribution. The systems vary in the limits they set and in whether taxpayers give from their own returns or assign the destination for money from a government fund.
One of the unintended (or perhaps intended) consequences of this type of campaign finance reform would be to severely undercut the revenues to regional parties, particularly the separatist party, Bloc Quebecois. More than any other party in the Canadian House of Commons, the Bloc Quebecois relies the heaviest on public financing – a [whopping 86 per cent of the Bloc's revenues comes from the federal subsidy](http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/27/getting-politics-off-the-dole/).
Chantal Hébert, at the Toronto Star, [argues otherwise](http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/682048):
> The per-vote subsidy makes each vote relevant, even in ridings where one's party of choice has no shot of winning. It helps emerging parties such as the Greens break into a system that is otherwise stacked against them.
> The regimen also levels the playing field between parties whose policies may be more attractive to affluent Canadians and parties whose primary appeal is to voters who don't have the means to back their support with donations.
The issue of public financing of political parties isn't going away anytime soon. To brush up on the specifics of public financing of political parties in Canada, make sure to read our newest feature, [*Federal Campaign Finance Laws in Canada*](http://mapleleafweb.com/features/federal-campaign-finance-laws-canada)


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'Dancing The With The Stars' Season 17 Dancer Karina Smirnoff Wardrobe Malfunction PHOTO, Side Boob Flash on Red Carpet
ABC's Dancing With The Stars' dance partner Karina Smirnoff stuns in revealing dresses every week on the hit competition show however, this week she revealed more than she intended on the red carpet.
'Dancing with the Stars' 2013 Season 17 Contestant Christina Milian's Wardrobe Malfunction & Bum Flash [PHOTO]
Dancing The With The Stars' Season 17 Contestant Christina Aguilera Wardrobe Malfunction PHOTO
Corbin Bleu PHOTOS, 'Dancing With The Stars' 2013 Contestant Personal Pics
Corbin Bleu has been showing off his incredible dance moves on this season of Dancing With The Stars.
'Dancing With the Stars' Season 17 Cast: Bill Nye Admits 'Disappointment' Over Premiere Dance [VIDEO]
One of the new celebrities on 'Dancing With the Stars' has expressed his disappointment over his performance on Monday night's premiere.
'Dancing With the Stars' Season 17 Cast: Amber Riley, Valerie Harper & More Reveal Their Excitement [VIDEO]
The cast of 'Dancing With the Stars' is weighing in on what they're expecting for the upcoming season.
'Dancing With The Stars' 2013 Season 17 Cast PHOTOS, VIDEO: Snooki, Leah Remini, Valerie Harper, Keyshawn Johnson, Amber Riley & More
View the photos of the cast of season 17 of DWTS here.
'Dancing with the Stars' Season 17: Christina Milian Not Returning to 'The Voice' Season 5, Heats Up Cast Rumors (VIDEO)
Christina Milian will not return to her hosting duties at The Voice for season 5 further speculating she will likely appear on season 17 o Dancing With The Stars.
'Dancing with the Stars' Season 17 Cast Rumors: Snooki, Christina Milian & Jack Osbourne Signed on? [VIDEO]
Snooki, singer Christina Milian and Jack Osbourne have reportedly signed on to join the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars.
'Dancing With The Stars' Season 17: Farrah Abraham 'Backdoor Teen Mom' Porn Star To Join Cast? [VIDEO]
Farrah Abraham is reportedly in talks to join the 17th Season of 'Dancing With The Stars.'
'Dancing With the Stars' Season 17 Cast Rumors: John Stamos, Farrah Abraham & Paula Deen Joining? [VIDEO]
'Dancing With the Stars' may be choosing some controversial celebrities for season 17.
'The Bachelor' 2013 Sean Lowe Returns For 'Dancing with the Stars' 2013 Season 16 Finale Group Performance (WATCH VIDEO)
The Bachelor 2013 star Sean Lowe returned to Dancing With The Stars during week 10 for the season 16 finals. On Monday, he shared his predictions on who would be this year's winner this year and performed with the rest of the cast for an opening group dance number.
Singer Kellie Pickler Jives To Victory On 'Dancing With The Stars'
Country singer Kellie Pickler won the 16th season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" on Tuesday night, winning over judges and TV audiences with her graceful style and high-jumping jives with partner and professional dancer Derek Hough.


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Or the way he effortlessly whipped passes around the pitch for Germany against Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals. Anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out said the "racist treatment" Ozil has faced in Germany since his country's World Cup exit was "disgraceful". After an immensely successful 3-year stint with Real Madrid, Mesut was loaned out to Arsenal for a transfer fee of £42.5 million, which made him the most expensive German footballer of all time. The extensive Gunners merchandise range includes official team tracksuits, club polos and other Arsenal training wear as well as accessories such as caps, scarves and pin badges. The Arsenal Kit is one of the most popular items of football merchandise in Europe. Despite the lack of trophies in recent years, support for Arsene Wenger and his unique brand of positive, free-flowing football is still strong, with sales of official Arsenal merchandise reflecting the club's popularity.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is desperate for Aubameyang to stay, but some fans may be erring on the side of caution in terms of shirt sales in case he doesn't. Fenerbahce will be hoping they can make up plenty of money through shirt sales while their SMS donation service has also seen a large amount of cash raised. That has freed up Partey to take on his lucky digit on the back of his shirt going forward. When he first joined the Gunners, however, Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos was in possession of the 5, arsenal jersey 2020 21 so Partey had to settle for 18. But with the Greek now departed. We have now concluded that the Official History is incorrect on this point and that the surviving photographs show shirts worn in 1892 when the team changed for a game with Nottingham Forest. Working to a tight budget, the Club decided the most inexpensive way of acquiring a strip was to kit out the team in the same colour as the ex-Forest players. Chapman's rationale for these innovations was he wanted to maximise player visibility, making it easier for his players to pick each other out on the field of play. But there are plenty more high profile players in the Premier League who need the same treatment ahead of next season, including two of Jones' own Anfield teammates.
Now, following Fofana's performance against Chelsea, some Arsenal fans have pointed out what can happen to young players if presented with the opportunity to shine. When Arsenal did turn out in the new design against Liverpool at Highbury on 4 March 1933, they wore conventional flannel shirts. In the first season with Arsenal we introduced something completely new to Arsenal. In 1886, before the Club became professional, a small group of Nottingham Forest players, Fred Beardsley, Bill Parr and Charlie Bates, joined Dial Square FC, (the Club's first name) and brought their old red kit along with them. The shorts are white with a red speed stripe. The classic design is inspired by the 1970's strips and boasts a clean, refined look with a block red body and white sleeves with red speed stripe detail. Either way, the 'look' inspired the manager to create a new strip combining a red shirt with white collar and sleeves.
We incorporated the diamonds into the glyphs and also added a small triangular "A" between the name and the collar. In that year white sleeves were added to the previously all-red shirt and blue hoops were also introduced to the socks. Die Welt commented that the commitment in wearing a German football shirt means "more than a good game". The origins of the blue (obsidian) design features lie in Chapman's innovative approach to the game. Arsenal's home kit for the 2012/2013 season features a blue hoop detail inspired by the home kit socks worn in the 1930s under legendary manager Herbert Chapman. Ever since the update to the clothing in 1993, AFC manufacturers have toyed around with the colour placement of the kit. As is traditional with the north London club, the world renowned red and white is the main colour way in the shirt, with a block red body and white sleeves. Davran added: "I think the main target for Mesut Ozil and Fenerbahce is on February 6. On February 6 Fenerbahce will play against Galatasaray. But Ozil has not accepted the agreement as he did not want to rush into a decision. Arsenal have officially confirmed that Mesut Ozil has taken over the club's number 10, which was formally vacated when Jack Wilshere left the Gunners as a free agent at the end of June.
Ozil was not registered in Arsenal's Premier League and Europa League squads this season and has been free to talk to other clubs since the beginning of January with his Gunners deal expiring in the summer. Sanchez and Ozil have both rejected new contracts at Arsenal but it's likely the club will keep the pair until next season regardless, risking losing them on a free transfer if they can't agree to a contract extension. Ozil admitted: "As a footballer I am fortunate and in a privileged position. Years later, while riding in a car with a journalist, Winkler remembers that Ozil said that the only time he truly felt freedom was as a kid on the same Olga Street pitch. The goalkeeper wore the same attire apart from the shirt, which was a hand knitted cream woollen polo neck jumper. Our direction with this successful Chapman era was not only combined on the golden alternate shirt, but also extended into the numbers. Can you tell us about the creative direction for the arsenal font? The creative direction for PUMA´s football collection was geometrical shapes. As far as goodbyes in football go, this has to be the best I've read.


Welcome to the Beyond Heroes web page, a site to dedicated to heroes of all ages from the mythological to superhuman. Inside you will find resources for heroic roleplaying of all eras including fantasy, pulp, modern and future with my own magic system and dimensions. All articles within maybe used with any RPG system. Providing to the community since 2001.
Click on any of the links below to go to the desired section.
Beyond Heroes Downloads Section Downloadable pdf copies of everything in this site.
Advantages Rules for adding physical, social, intellectual, superhuman, magical or other enhancements to a character.
Alien Devices Rules for deciphering and using alien equipment, including artifacts.
Alien Races A guide to 138 alien races for your invasion pleasure.
Alignments A more detailed reinterpretation of alignments.
Allies A guide to 7 groups to help your players, including the Femforce®.
Alternate Worlds Rules for creating your own parallel earths and travelling to them.
Aquatic A guide to all things aquatic including but not limited to; Races, Classes, Ocean Cities, Water Magic, Water Powers, Sea Encounters, Aquatic Terrain and the effects of water on combat.
Artifacts A guide to objects supernatural and alien, wondrous and horrifying, powerful and deadly.
Atlantis Long ago Atlantis was the prominent power on earth. However, like all empires, it eventually slipped into decadence. With even part of the island being allowed to revert to wilderness.
Attributes A guide to how attributes work and how much they cost.
A generic city for your superheroes to play in with 85 different locations.
A guide to Mythological monsters for any era or setting. Including Dragons, Elementals, Monsters, Mythical Animals, Undead and the Zodiac.
Rules for determining which country was your character born in.
Rules for creating and modifying your own super gadgets.
A summary of the various campaigns I ran over the years.
A guide to 79 special cities on the Beyond Heroes earth, and some off of it.
Civilians in Combat Rules for what happens when civilians get caught up in battles and riots.
Classes A guide to the various character classes available from the following eras; Ancient (68), Cosmic (6), and Modern (147). Also includes a Master Class list.
Combat, Mental Information on Psychic Agility, Psychic Armour Class, Mental Points, and rules for mental and psychic combat.
Combat, Physical An explanation of Thac0, AC and all the features of physical combat.
Combat, Starships With both board and cinematic rules.
Corporations Guide A guide to creating and running your own corporations.
Cosmic Beings A guide to deities from the Beyond Heroes, DCU and Marvel universes.
The Cosmic Creation Sourcebook Often ripped off but never matched; rules for generating your own Dimensions, Galaxies, Star Systems, Worlds, Life forms and Civilizations.
Creating a Character A complete guide to creating a character in my universe.
Creating Magic Items Tables for rolling up random common magic items.
Critical Tables Rules for Critical Hits, Fumbles and Catastrophic tables in combat.
Cursed Items A guide to how cursed items work and how to make your own.
The Cyberscape A guide to the Cyberscape, the Cybernet and net combat.
Frequently mentioned but never properly explained until now. A guide to everything involving the D'arque including its history, followers and what it is.
Dimensions A guide to 48 subdimensions and 343 alternate dimensions. Includes timetravel rules.
Disadvantages Rules for adding physical, social, intellectual, superhuman, magical or other adverse effects to a character.
Dispositions and Motivations Rules for determining the character's philosophy of life, likes, dislikes, and general attitude to the world and the people around him.
Enemies A guide to 39 despicable groups to torment your players.
The Equipment Locker Various guides to equipment and weapons from various eras.
Eras Detailed guides to each of the following eras; Atlantis, Ancient Rome, the Pulp 20s and 30s, Modern, Post Apocalyptic and the Future.
Experience Points Rules for experience point usage for both Heroes and Villains.
Fiction Something I wrote long ago for a contest.
Fright Tables Rules for Fear and Terror and a list of most phobias.
Tables for rolling up your own random gateways to other dimensions.
The GM's Guide Various guides on running a campaign along with some quick role tables.
The Grimmoire A guide to 1817 spells divided into 36 different schools of magic.
A Guide to Superhero RPGs A list of various superhero roleplaying games produced by different companies.
The Hangar Bay Examples of 12 different space vehicle types and 44 different ships.
Headquarters Creation Guide Rules for creating outfitting your own superhero or villain headquarters.
Heroic Names A table for creating your own names.
Heroic Women A list of various heroic women from around the world.
History of the Heroes World A massive timeline of Heroes through the ages, starting from the beginning of time through to the end. Divided into 10 eras.
Intelligence Agencies Intelligence Agencies from 32 different countries.
Kaiju Creation Rules Rules for creating your own giant monsters.
Life Path and Physical Characteristics Rules for adding more background with money and family, and for determining your character's height, weight, musculature and blood type.
Magic A netbook guide to playing magical characters including; an explanation of how magic works, a list of all magical classes, a guide to magical locations on earth, a guide to magical dimensions, magical monsters, mystical entities and NPCs.
Maps An index guide to all my maps of the earth, space and other dimensions.
Martial Arts A guide to 54 Martial Art Forms, special abilities and combat manoeuvres.
Mining Rules on the extraction and quality of minerals.
Mystical Materials Descriptions and costs for normal, fantasy and far future materials.
A guide to all things nature including; Ecosystems, Plants, Races, Bestiary, Fairy Paths, Classes, Organizations, Magic and Powers.
Stats for average NPCs of all types and eras.
Your character just died, but all is not yet lost..
A guide to the damage and effects of nukes.
A layman's guide to the universe and what we know about the stars and planets.
House rules, adaptations, revisions, and fixes to the Palladium rules system. This covers mainly Heroes Unlimited but does include other genres.
Rules for creating your own faith.
A guide to deities from 31 different pantheons.
Poisons A guide to poisons and their effects.
A guide to 514 powers broken down into the categories of; Alteration, Defensive, Mental Enhancement, Offensive, Physical Enhancement, Travel, and Cosmic.
Pulp Agencies A guide to the various Allied and Nazi agencies.
Races A guide to all the races on Earth, ranging from land based to undersea to subterranean.
Sight/Audio Ranges Tables on how far people can see and hear.
Skills A guide to 416 abilities based on the character's attributes and categorized by era.
The Sky A guide to all things aerial including; Races, Atmospheric Content, Levels, Weather, Classes, Flight, Air Combat, Magic and Powers.
Skyships A guide to all types of skyships from skimmers to transports to warships.
Space Travel Covering zero-g, acceleration, hazards and the vacuum of space.
Starship Construction Guide Equipment and rules for creating your own spacecraft and starships.
Superhero Gadgets A guide to various hi-tech gadgets used by superheroes and villains.
Superscience A netbook guide to playing hitech characters and all matters related to super science.
Swamps A subsection of the nature sourcebook, concentrating specifically on swamps including their races and bestiary.
Third Parties A guide to neutral groups to either aid or hinder your players.
Totems Spirit guides from 8 different animal species.
Travel Rules for and land and water movement.
The Underground A guide to all things subterranean including but not limited to; Races, Underground Cities, Natural and Unnatural Underground Locales, Underground Waterways, Hazards of the Underground, Mining, Plants and Fungi, Animal Life, Diseases, Magic, and Organizations.
The Underworld and Terrorists A guide to 11 major Criminal Organisations and 28 Terrorist groups from around the world.
Vehicle Creation Fantasy Rules for creating your own ancient era air, land and sea vehicles.
Vehicle Creation Modern Rules for creating your own normal and superhero style air, land and sea vehicles (including mechs).
Vehicle Guide Ancient Examples of 40 different ancient vehicle types.
Vehicle Guide Modern Examples of 128 different modern vehicle types.
What you would find in a Super Villain's Lair Your archenemy lies defeated or has fled. Now what did he leave behind?
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Refugee Farmers are Putting Down Roots in North Carolina
Transplanting Traditions Community Farm is helping Burmese farmers create new community.
By Stephanie Parker
Food Justice, Local Eats
Posted on: January 18, 2016 | Leave a Comment
The farmers' market in Carrboro, North Carolina is filled with local staples like lettuce, tomatoes, and eggs. But if you turn left after the welcome booth, you'll find a table that offers less common crops like pennywort, lime leaves, and kermit eggplant.
That table belongs to Tri Sa, a Karen refugee farmer from Burma, present-day Myanmar. Her stand is called "Mu Tar K'Paw Gardens," a Karen saying which translates to "everything comes from sunlight."
Tri Sa grows many traditional herbs and vegetables at Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, with 27 other Karen refugee families. The farm started as a community garden for low-income families in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, and it attracted many Karen farmers who asked for more space. Thanks to land donated by the Triangle Land Conservancy, the farm expanded into a five-acre operation.
The Karen are a Burmese ethnic minority group, many of whom fled agriculture-centered communities Burma to escape violence and persecution by the Burmese military regime in the mid-2000s. Thousands of the refugees went to camps in Thailand before ending up in the United States. There are now nearly 70,000 Karen living in the U.S., and over 1,000 reside just in Orange County, North Carolina, where the Transplanting Traditions farm is located.
While most Americans are now several generations away from farming themselves, a range of organizations—from the Brooklyn Grange to the International Rescue Committee's New Roots project—are finding ways to incorporate refugee farmers from places such as Syria, Burkina Faso, Iraq, and Afghanistan into their work.
"Culturally, our families have farmed for generations," says Kelly Owensby, the Transplanting Traditions project director.
Most of the farmers now make their living working at night for one of the nearby universities as custodians. But the farm offers them food security, the potential for extra income, and the opportunity to do work that they find fulfilling.
"[The] Farm is important to me," Tri Sa says. "We have community. It's important to me that we don't lose our tradition, that we meet each other at the farm. And some income for helping family."
Although there are 28 families farming at Transplanting Tradition, Tri Sa is the only one selling her crops at local farmers' markets. For many, American farmers' market culture requires a leap they are not quite ready to take.
"I remember going through training with Tri Sa, and she just would be so confused because people would be like, 'what's more nutritious, the green lettuce or the red lettuce?'" Owensby recalls. "Foodie culture is very strange, even to a lot of Americans. So trying to translate that is really tricky."
Instead, Transplanting Traditions runs a community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription service that allows 92 customers to buy produce directly from seven of the farmers.
Most farm families gravitated towards the CSA Owensby says. That's partly because it allows them to take out a lot of the uncertainty around what they're going to sell. "We help them figure out: How many seeds do you need? How many plants do you need for that?"
"After hearing that Transplanting Traditions grows a lot of South-East Asian vegetables, we were intrigued," says Becky Stanco, a CSA subscriber and mother of three. She also used the recipes offered on the group's website and says the Hakurei turnips were her favorite.
"The farmers work so hard to make the boxes look so beautiful," she adds. "We also really love Transplanting Traditions' mission."
The CSAs provide an important source of income for the Karen families, but the ability to grow and eat familiar foods may be just as important.
"You hear people say 'food is medicine,' but I've never actually seen it as clearly as I have with our families," Owensby says. In Burma, she adds, many of the Karen families didn't really have reliable access to Western medicine, so they often turned to food to cure various ailments.
"It's not just, 'Oh, I really miss eating bitter melon and turmeric,' it's also, 'This is how I know how to take care of my health and my family,'" she says.
The Karen farmers also like knowing where their food is coming from. For them, buying food in the grocery story is a new concept, and many have trouble trusting it.
The farm also provides a community space. The refugees are able to work together, gossip in their native language, and share food. A few of the farmers have also built small bamboo structures at the farm where families will gather and eat lunch together when the weather's nice.
Transplanting Traditions also offers weekly hands-on workshops, because most Karen farmers are not familiar with growing in North Carolina's temperate climate. Owensby and her team run programs and activities for the children and teens of these families, many of whom were born outside of Burma, or left when they were very young. The goal is to help these young people reconnect to their culture. The adolescents are also involved in the farm through summer jobs and paid internships.
Owensby hopes that in the future, the farm will be run more independently by the farmers themselves. As a first step in that direction, Transplanting Traditions hired five farmers last year to manage different aspects of the farm and supervise crews of farmers. The farm will also soon expand to be seven-and-a-half acres, allowing for more land on which to expand the farms themselves. The land is part of a much larger nature preserve that was donated to the land trust on the condition that it be used for educational farming activities.
Building the farm to its current state has taken time, and it hasn't been easy, says Owensby. "Farming is crazy. And then there's the nonprofit world, which is totally unpredictable. We are combining two very challenging and unpredictable models."
But despite the difficulties, Owensby says she's proud of what the Karen families have achieved.
"They do an incredible job," she says.
Photos, from top: Farmer in field by Ivan Weiss; Tri Sa selling at the farmers market by Jag Meet Mac.


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EU Threatens Turkey With Sanctions Over Maraş
[Visiting Maraş/Varosha]
The European Union (EU) has threatened to impose sanctions on Turkey if plans to reopen Maraş/Varosha go ahead, Yeniduzen reported on Tuesday.
The fenced off Famagusta suburb has been closed for the past 47 years. In October, 2020, the some streets in the town and a section of beach were reopened to tourists and locals
During his visit to North Cyprus for Bayram, Turkish President Erdoğan announced that 3.5 percent of Maraş would be handed back to the civilian government and opened up.
EU High Representative for Foreign Relations and Security Policy Josep Borrell responded by making a statement yesterday on behalf of the EU saying the following:
"The EU, regarding the unilateral steps taken by Turkey and the reopening of the fenced-off town of Varosha, strongly condemns statements made by the President of Turkey and the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community on 20 July 2021".
Borrell said that the EU welcomes the United Nations (UN) Security Council's decision to "condemn the unilateral actions" in Maraş. "The EU demands that these actions and all the steps taken in Varosha since October 2020 be immediately reversed. We are determined to use the tools and options at our disposal to defend EU interests and maintain regional stability", said Borrell.
He went on to say, "The EU continues to hold the Turkish government responsible for the situation in Varosha".
Borrell emphasised that unilateral actions violating international law and new provocations that could jeopardize the efforts to find common ground in the Cyprus issue should be avoided, "unless it withdraws its actions contrary to the UN Security Council resolutions 550/84 and 789/92".
He said that EU ministers will review the situation at the next meeting scheduled for 3-4 September in Slovenia.


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package net.violet.platform.journal;

import java.util.List;

import net.violet.platform.dataobjects.SubscriptionData;

/**
 * This interface describes the method that must be implemented by a class which can be used as persistence strategy by a SubscriptionLogger object.
 */
public interface LoggerPersistenceManager {

	/**
	 * Retrieves all the entries stored in the log attached to the given subscription.
	 * @param subscription
	 * @return
	 */
	List<JournalEntry> getEntries(SubscriptionData subscription);

	/**
	 * Writes the given entries in the log of the provided subscription. Actually, the provided entries fully replace the previously
	 * stored entries, therefor, after calling this method the given entries are the new entries stored in the log and the old ones are lost.
	 * @param entries
	 * @param subscription
	 */
	void writeEntries(List<JournalEntry> entries, SubscriptionData subscription);

}

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Rebekah Isaacs
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In the near future, space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored. Enter Christine Ocampos, inventor of the Star Shot teleportation device with a big idea: She'll travel to new worlds, engage—intimately—with local aliens, and film her exploits for a jaded earth populace trying to find something new on the internet. Now, Chris and her merry band of scientist-cum-pornstars explore th
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The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. The party is
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This November, New York Times bestselling writers SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, A.D.: AFTER DEATH) and CHARLES SOULE (CURSE WORDS, the forthcoming novel Anyone) will team up with artists GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Hellblazer) and DANIELE ORLANDINI (Darth Vader) and 2019 Eisner Award-winning colorist MATT WILSON (THE WICKED AND THE DIVINE, PAPER GIRLS) to embark on an epic ad
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