All I can say is, 'Wow'. What a trip.
I recently got back home from a long weekend trip to Nashville, Tennessee where I attended the BlissDom 2012 blogger conference. I thought it'd be fun to share some of the fun things we did and some of the valuable information I took with me.
So, first things first. I'm an organized person, so I'll show you my schedule for each day…then show you in pictures.
3:30pm – Blissfully Domestic meet up! Officially in love with my editors & fellow writers.
It was a whirl wind of a first day and of course I didn't include all of the amazing details, but you get the idea.
Oh and just so you know, it was my first time flying Southwest airlines. It was a pretty neat experience not having an assigned seat. I actually REALLY liked it. I got a window seat every time…just how I like it…and an empty seat between me and the next passenger. I will, however, comment on how uncomfortable I thought the head rest portion of the seats were. They made your head go forward. Awkward.
P.S. Don't you just love the description of the carrot cake that we tasted!?!?
Go to concrete to shoot people….not the pretty little park complete with grass. The lighting will be much better in a parking lot.
Be willing to miss shots to get great shots.
You need to be an expert on light.
If you only had two rolls of film, how would you spend them? i.e. don't take 20 shots of the same thing.
In the day of the facebook 'like', being likeable is more important than ever to being successful.
Women in social media can be likeable and successful.
N – Nourish – Do something that'll make you happy! i.e. For me, foodgawker, pinterest, twitter, baking, etc.
T – Track – How did you do today? Write it down, make lists and visually cross things off to make you feel accomplished!
2:30pm – Food Blogger meet-up for dessert tasting (Amanda, Kristan, Shelly, Molly, Stephanie)!!!
If you make money off of your website, you need to form a company.
Have a disclosure policy written in your own words on your site.
Watermark your images, or even place a white bar at the bottom of every image listing the URL and a statement saying Don't Use Without Permission.
There's an automatic copyright to original work of authorship when something is published or emailed (images or words).
They want to see your world.
I hope you enjoyed my recap of my extended BlissDom weekend!
I'm so glad we got to connect at Blissdom…I enjoyed getting to know you!!
awesome recap, caroline! it was so wonderful to get to hang out while you were in town – thanks for making time to see me!
Mine went something like this…wake up, eat, eat more, get free stuff, go to sessions, eat again, dinner, have a snack and go to bed. Pretty much my entire weekend was made up of eating!
What a fun trip! And, I love all of the little tips that you found helpful at each session that you attended. Thank you so much for sharing!
What fun!! And you look super!!


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How will Brexit affect parcel deliveries to the EU?
With October 31st fast approaching, we understand that our customers will have questions regarding Brexit and how it will affect the shipment of parcels between the UK and EU countries.
We have been working closely with our courier partners and although there is still uncertainty over how the UK will be leaving the EU, Parcel Monkey has a strategy in place to respond to any changes required and keep your parcels moving whatever the outcome.
As soon as we have further information, we will share this with our customers. In the meantime, we've outlined what we know so far and what the potential outcomes could be in a deal or no-deal scenario.
Brexit – what we know so far
On the 11th April this year, the EU agreed to extend the deadline for Brexit to October 31st 2019.
During this time, negotiations have been taking place to reach a deal. One of the objectives of this deal is to ensure the UK can continue to trade freely with the EU outside the EU's Single Market.
To date, there has been no-deal made, so it is very much business as usual. Goods can still travel between the UK and the rest of the EU without the need for declarations or customs checks.
However, in preparation for Brexit, we've outlined how a deal or no-deal Brexit could affect the way you send parcels to EU destinations going forward.
If a deal is made before October 31st, the UK will leave the EU with a deal in place which will outline how we'll trade with the EU going forward. The details of this deal are unknown at this stage, however, there will be a transition period, which will enable businesses to prepare for Brexit. During this time, trading will continue as normal. The transition period is likely to last until December 2020.
How could this affect parcel deliveries to the EU?
Customs declarations: Currently, when you send a parcel to an EU destination, such as France or Germany, no customs declaration form is required. This may change post-Brexit.
Duties and VAT: You may be required to pay customs duty and VAT on goods travelling to and from the EU.
Inspections: Goods may be subject to inspections during the customs process.
Delivery times: Additional checks at customs could lead to an increase in delivery times.
Delivery rates: Our courier partners may change their rates as a result of customs handling.
Information: Further information may be required regarding the goods you're sending. E.g. country of manufacture, reason for export.
No-Deal
If the UK leaves the EU with no deal, this could leave the UK trading with the EU under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, the same way we trade with other countries where we have no formal trade agreement.
How could a no-deal Brexit affect parcel deliveries to the EU?
Customs declarations: You will be required to provide a customs declaration when sending parcels to EU countries
Duties and VAT: Your parcel will be eligible for customs duties.
Inspections: Certain goods will be subject to inspections during the customs process.
Delivery times: The additional time added for goods to clear customs will have an impact on delivery times, especially for road services.
Delivery rates: It's likely our carriers will increase their rates as a result of customs handling.
Information: Further information will be required regarding the goods you're sending.
If you're an individual who sends a couple of parcels a year to family and friends in an EU country, you don't need to do anything differently at the moment. We will update this page as and when we get more information, so for now just keep shipping as normal.
It is likely that both Brexit scenarios may result in the requirement for a customs declaration to be provided when shipping from the UK to the EU, but this is very simple and already included in our booking process for shipping to international destinations, like the USA, Australia and China. When we have more information on this, our booking process will be updated to ensure you remain compliant.
Brexit advice for eCommerce businesses
For eCommerce businesses, it's best to have a strategy in place for both a deal and no-deal scenario. We will provide additional information for eCommerce businesses once a resolution has been reached, but for the time being, here are a few things you can do to prepare your eCommerce business for Brexit:
It's likely that it will become mandatory for importers and exporters to have an Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number. If you don't already have one you can register for this online at https://www.gov.uk/eori
To minimise delays in customs, you should ensure all your products are classified with the correct commodity code and a clear description of the item. These product codes are recognised by all countries trading under WTO rules and will ensure the correct duties are applied. You can find more information on commodity codes here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/finding-commodity-codes-for-imports-or-exports
Find out what duties and tax will be due on your products and put a plan in place for how those duties will be paid.
For more advice on how your business should prepare for exporting goods from the UK post-Brexit, visit https://www.gov.uk/prepare-export-from-uk-after-brexit

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San Jose, CA — March 19, 2019 — eigoMANGA and Molot Entertainment have joined forces to publish "First Squad - The Moment of Truth" as a manga and graphic novel series. "First Squad - The Moment of Truth" was adapted into a 2009 award-winning anime feature film produced by Studio 4°C and directed by Yoshiharu Ashino.
The story is set in the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front and centers around a Soviet teenager who possesses supernatural abilities to commune with the dead. Nadya has been recruited by the Red Army to fight the invading German army and is tasked to journey into the spiritual realm of the dead.
There Nadya must recruit her fallen comrades and form the First Squad in order to oppose the evil Baron Von Wolff, who is raised from the dead by the Nazis, and his occult army of 12th century Crusaders. The First Squad and Crusaders engage in a spiritual battle known as the "Moment of Truth". Whomever wins the supernatural battles within the spiritual realm dictate the outcome of physical battles waged between the Red Army and the Germans.
The manga and graphic novel series was produced by Aljosha Klimov, Misha Shprits, and acclaimed manga artist Enka Sugihara. "First Squad - The Moment of Truth" is projected to circulate to retailers in the Fall of 2019.
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Brighton to Ulaanbaatar - 3 weeks, 10,700 miles and 1 Sinnis Apache 125!
Anthony says. "When I suggested this gruelling trip, everyone thought I was joking, I planned it in just 6 weeks and decided to raise money for Leukaemia Research. "Many thought I wouldn't make it on a 125cc let alone one 'built in China' so to finish 1st in record time with zero failures says a lot about Sinnis and what we are about".
Anthony's trip was far from smooth with long waits at border crossings, bribery, long hot days and very difficult, demanding roads where he rode for 14 hrs a day crossing Western Europe, Ukraine, Russia through to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to reach the finish line 10,700 miles away.
Anthony's Sinnis Apache took him to Mongolia in just over 3 weeks riding through as Anthony put's it 'horrific, dangerous roads' down into valleys, crossing desert basins to mountains at 10,000 ft. He even crossed ten rivers one of which he fell in, submerging his bike and all 40 kg's of his gear… Anthony explains "there was no other way to cross & a local insisted I could do it, so I followed him across but it lead to another river and another then he fell in and I had to shut off my throttle so I got washed away by the current and the bike fell in 4 ft of water… I thought it was over but after I drained the airbox and carb she fired up once again; it was an amazing feeling when I thought my Apache was dead".
"I rode alongside camels, children on horseback and met so many locals along the way all mesmerised by me and this bright orange motorcycle; I ate goat, swam naked, got attacked, bribed and threatened… I fell off 9 times one morning in sand and even went over the handlebars; it really was the adventure of a life time…"
Asked about his best and worst moments…
The best moment was in the Altai Mountains sweeping through the beautiful scenery, scraping my engine bars on the tarmac with jade green rivers and snow topped mountains all around to the worst being stuck in a Russian city for 7 hours lost in 37 degree heat… I just ended up back where I started! My exhaust manifold was glowing red hot, I was exhausted and dehydrated; I thought my engine would melt but she just kept going!
Anthony's Apache never failed him or let him down… "It was quite incredible the abuse the Apache was subjected too; I carried a spare shock mounted to the front and the front tyre touched it so much it wore through 10 layers of wrap and wore the spring down to the bare metal! Mongolia and its corrugated tracks killed many cars and bikes on the rally yet I had zero problems or failures… I didn't even replace a cable and the standard tyres took me 8000 miles! I easily could have washed it and rode her home again, quite remarkable and all on a machine that cost less than £1800! "I donated the bike to charity at the end and although happy I left the Apache with a heavy heart as we had been though so much together!"
"I hope that people will see that they don't need a huge £10,000 motorcycle to go on a real adventure; I did this in record time on a 125cc and there's no reason why others can't do the same… So grab a Sinnis Apache, throw on your luggage and enjoy the ride!


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In the absence of the experienced stumper, Rishabh Pant, has become an automatic choice for the two ODIs as no replacement was named for Dhoni.
It is the first ODI series' win for Australia since January 2017 and the fourth on Indian soil.
India suffered a 35-run defeat against Australia in the fifth and final one-dayer to lose the series 2-3 here Wednesday.
Besides a decision on the ongoing series, the 5th ODI will provide significant pointers as to where India stand ahead of the World Cup.


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Asti, the Duomo District
For those who love to capture even the most subtle aspects of a city, the rarefied atmosphere and hidden details, Asti's cathedral district has endless pleasant surprises in store.
This Gothic-Romanesque masterpiece, the heart of the old town, is in fact the most faithful testimony to the district's history and traditions.
Therefore, it is not difficult to picture the actual, teeming life of this city in the 14th century: from Piazza della Cattedrale we turn onto Via Cardinal Massaia where, past a turnout, we immediately spot the imposing Palazzo Mazzola, which still looks like a fortified house but with Renaissance windows, staircases and loggias and, inside, some remarkable coffered ceilings. Today it is home to the invaluable Archivio Storico (Historical Archive), with the famous Codex Astensis "Malabayla" and the fundamental Codice Catenato which contains the city's statutes). The ground floor rooms house the Museo del Palio (Palio Museum).
Next we turn onto Via del Varrone: at number 54 we find Palazzo Pelletta, also known as "Pilate's House", perhaps because it was the site of a processional station during the popular re-enactment of the Passion; three polychrome Gothic windows are still on display on the top floor. The Pelletta family, bankers in Valle d'Aosta, Savoy and Cologne as early as the 12th century, were one of the town's richest families, as is evident in the side portal of the cathedral, dating back to the first decades of the 14th century, which was donated by them. At number 30, Via del Varrone, you can also see the remains of a Roman domus, with its splendid mosaic floor, a legacy of Hasta Pompeia. The name of the street is also reminiscent of the Roman Varroni Castle (castrum vallonii) built to guard the western gate. A stroll through the maze of narrow streets which unexpectedly unfold behind the medieval walls is highly recommended, both along Via Testa and the romantic, circular Via Gabiani.
Via del Varrone leads to the paved Corso Alfieri, the old Contrada Maestra, once the city's decumanus and still the heart of the city centre. The western gate of the castrum was here, as can be seen by the 16-sided Torre Rossa (Red Tower), one of the most beautiful in Asti, of Roman origin (it is entirely reminiscent of Turin's Porta Palatina), later raised in a delightful Romanesque style and finally used as the bell tower of the nearby Church of Santa Caterina. The church is a fine example of Baroque with an elliptical plan, built on the former site of San Secondo (the city's martyred soldier, imprisoned here in 119 AD, as the statue inside the tower reminds us). A little further on, the remains of the city's mighty walls (14th century) are clearly visible, walls which continue beyond Porta Torino behind Viale dei Partigiani, up to the ancient castrum episcopi (or Castel Vecchio, Old castle). The ancient walls can be walked along a pleasant pedestrian path immersed in the greenery up to the Partisans' Wood, from where the walls and path descend towards Piazza Alfieri down to Via De Gasperi.
But it is time to enter the monumental Corso Alfieri. To the right, at number 422, was the Mocambo bar, a tribute to the great artist Paolo Conte, the lawyer from Asti who started out as a young provincial jazz musician and went on to have an extraordinary career in theatres all over the world. Nearby, at number 381, is Palazzo dell'Ex-orfanotrofio Michelerio, with its delightful courtyard, the bare but impressive Chiesa del Gesù and the fascinating Museo dei Fossili - Parco Paleontologico Astigiano (Fossil Museum - Astigiano Palaeontological Park), which tells the story of the prehistoric sea and its fossils, hidden beneath the Monferrato hills: especially the legendary whale "Tersilla".
Beyond Piazza F.lli Cairoli, known by the people of Asti as the "Piazza del Cavallo" because of the monument to King Umberto I in the shade of the imposing plane tree, is the first work by the great architect from Asti, Benedetto Alfieri, one of the fathers of Piedmontese Baroque, who "renovated" the 13th-century house of his cousin Vittorio, namely the imposing Palazzo Alfieri.
Asti's most illustrious citizen was born here in 1749, at number 375 on the street that now bears his name, and then travelled all over Europe with his travels and writings. The palace, which was later donated to the city by Count Ottolenghi, now houses, as a museum, Alfieri's private rooms and the immense bulk of the archives of the Centro Studi Alfieriani (Alfieri Studies Centre): the rediscovered mediaeval tower, with a free open plan in the latest restoration work, is quite fascinating. The labyrinthine cellars house the surprising Museo Guglielminetti (Guglielminetti Museum), with a unique collection of works, sketches and models by the great stage designer from Asti.
Once past Palazzo Alfieri, everything is back to the Middle Ages: the tall Torre Comentina (Comentina Tower) stands out on the horizon along Corso Alfieri, while the thirteenth-century octagonal Tower of the Ghibellines De Regibus appears on the right, opening onto an esplanade that has always been called "Angolo dei Tre Re" (Corner of the Three Kings); it consisted of three towers: an octagonal one that used to be nearly 40 metres high, a triangular one that is now inside the houses and a square one. This last tower was probably the one which today is called "del Quartero", set on the corner of Via Roero and Corso Alfieri, which looks clearly "cut" along the Corso side. Opposite, just beyond the Astense Library, you will find the aristocratic 19th-century Classical High School, which was built on the remains of a large convent. The huge basement of the high school is another pleasant surprise: today it houses the Museo Lapidario - Cripta di Sant'Anastasio (Lapidary Museum - Crypt of Sant'Anastasio), one of the city's most charming museums (soon to be joined by the Archaeological Museum relocated from San Pietro in Consavia), which provides access to the magnificent Lombard-era crypt (dating back to the 11th century, with capitals from earlier periods) of the long-lost church of Sant'Anastasio, one of Asti's greatest artistic treasures.
Benedetto Alfieri's baroque style appears again in the next stretch, where he "signs" two of the richest palaces in Asti: at number 357, he created the sumptuous Palazzo dei Mazzetti di Frinco,which over the centuries hosted popes, kings and Napoleon I and today is home to the Pinacoteca Civica (Civic Art Gallery); opposite is Palazzo Ottolenghi (at number 350), where, in its splendid frescoed rooms, are preserved rediscovered masterpieces of the Renaissance, which can be seen in a dedicated museum, and that also hosts the Museo del Risorgimento (Risorgimento Museum). Next, you get to Piazza Roma, between the beautiful Alganon Gardens and the monument commemorating the Unification of Italy. Here, almost everything reflects the work of the great benefactor Leonetto Ottolenghi. The very tall Torre Comentina (or San Bernardino Tower, the highest medieval tower in Piedmont, with its 38.5 metres) is an intact 13th-century masterpiece, it has not to be confused with the early 20th-century neo-Gothic building, Castello Medici, that surrounds it.
Then turn left onto Via Rossi to cross Via Carducci, at the corner of which stands the massive Palazzo Bunej, which has been the seat of the Bishopric since 1400; Opposite is the Seminary (also designed by Alfieri) and between the two, under the trees of the small square, stands a stone column which is called the "mercy column" at whose feet the tools used in capital punishment were burned. Palazzo Bunej was one of the city's most powerful fortified houses (on the façade, three of the towers that have been severed are still visible today). It is perhaps worth remembering that the bishop of Asti was very powerful for a long time, since, as well as representing religious authority over the diocese, he was also the holder of civil power, as he was appointed count by the emperor. Via Carducci takes us, after a few steps, to the only surviving building of the Solaro family: a late tower from 1350. The Solaros were the noblest and richest of Asti's families. We stroll along Via Carducci to reach the tree-lined Piazza Castigliano, where the front of Palazzo Amico di Castell'Alfero stands out (the main façade overlooks Piazza della Cattedrale). Opposite is Palazzo del Collegio, home to the Lapidary Museum - Crypt of Sant'Anastasio. On the square, beyond the remains of a crenellated curtain wall, there is also the imposing Palazzo dell'Opera Pia, after which the street is named.
We continue along Via Carducci to finally reach Palazzo Zoya (at number 65), one of the best preserved in Asti. The side facing the street has six Romanesque windows surmounted by a cornice featuring three rows of rare hanging arches; the ogives of the ground floor show the pavement of the street used to be much lower, whereas the back boasts a magnificent Renaissance loggia with stone columns. We enter Via Borgnini to come out again in front of the Cathedral and then walk across the square, from the Pelletta Portal towards the magnificent bell tower, and then pass by Palazzo Amico in the narrow Via Cattedrale, one of the quietest and most romantic streets in the city. When you reach Via Giobert, if you turn right to return to Corso Alfieri, you will see Palazzo Della Rovere to the right, a 13th-century fortress that is almost intact, and Palazzo Strata to the left, almost at the corner with Via Carducci, featuring mullioned windows with two lights and polychrome ogival arches in sandstone and brick. If, on the other hand, from Via Cattedrale you turn left, at number 15 you will find another historic fortress: Palazzo Falletti. Today, it has a simple brick façade enhanced by a Renaissance portal, but it was here that Marquis Giovanni I of Monferrato settled in 1303, in defiance of the Guelph Falletti family, after they fled the city (the Falletti family then branched out into the Langhe and Roero: Barolo, Castiglione, Serralunga, Pocapaglia and La Morra).
Next, we turn onto Via Natta to find first Palazzo Verasis-Asinari, which mixes medieval ogives with Renaissance cross-shaped sandstone windows and presents a 16th-century loggia in the courtyard, then the Palace and Tower of the Natta family, as well as the already mentioned other Palazzo Pelletta. The Natta family was one of the most ancient in the city, and legend has it that they were descendants of Numa Pompilio. This tower was commissioned by Guglielmo Natta in 1300 and it was much taller than the present one. We continue on to the Church of San Giovanni (9th-14th century), which houses the fascinating Museo Diocesano (Diocesan Museum) and preserves an ancient crypt; the church, with its cloisters and sacristy buildings, forms an integral part of the Duomo complex.
And it is right to the Cathedral that we finally return: the project was started by Guido di Valperga in 1309 and completed in 1354 by Baldracco Malabaila. It is only the last of three older buildings and the 13th-century bell tower (1266), as well as the baptismal font and holy water fonts, are proof of this. The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and San Gottardo stands on the site of Roman temples and is still an archaeological site. The church was therefore for centuries a "factory" in which many of the city's treasures ended up (the last major work was done by Vittone on the apse in 1764): magnificent and imposing, it is one of the best examples of Piedmontese Gothic style. Apart from the façade, which has three large rose windows near the three old entrance portals (of which only the central one still exists), the south façade with its narrow, very tall windows, the Romanesque bell tower (1266) and the already mentioned Pelletta Portal in flamboyant Gothic style, which is today's entrance to the church, are also worth visiting. In the centre of the tympanum, which features a large ogival arch surrounding the statue of the Assunta, appears a small female head, the Madama Troyana who married the eldest son of the Pelletta family, who donated the portico for their wedding. Inside there are works by Gandolfino da Roreto (or d'Asti), Giancarlo Aliberti and Moncalvo; a rare gem is the beautiful "Compianto sul Cristo Morto" (Lamentation over the Dead Christ), a complex 16th-century polychrome terracotta statue of poignant expressiveness.
And so we explored the heart of the city which, in the silences of the night, still really knows how to combine history and fantasy.
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Cathedral of Asti
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Palazzo Mazzetti
Fossil Museum
Bike Touring Routes
Roero Wine Tour 1 on a MTB
Partenza: Canale
Arrivo: Canale
3:30 hours
The Walks of the High Shady Hills and Clear Hills – Leg 3
Partenza: Soglio
Arrivo: Corsione
Tour of the Five Towers on a MTB – Leg 1
Partenza: Canelli
Arrivo: Monastero Bormida
Pathway 1
Partenza: Treiso
Arrivo: Treiso
The Moscato Trail
Partenza: Monastero Bormida
RBT - Variant 7A
Partenza: Sotteri (Guarene)
Arrivo: Guarene
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Art and design in the hills.
On the tracks of history.
Pedalling with taste.
Family adventures.
The plin that changes your life.
Aromas and Flavours
Scent of Wine
Excellence for the Palate
His Majesty the Truffle
Nature and Wellness
Drive into the Landscape
Visiting Villages
Have Fun with Taste
Learn by Playing
Adventures in the Green
Landscape Itineraries
The Langa of Wine
The Alta Langa
Romanesque Style
Outdoor Trails
Trekking Itineraries
Motorbike Touring Routes
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Between "Astesana" and Monferrato
Between Langhe and Roero


ESC has shared 2; Alan at Precision Auto Service which is a foot over the border in San Bruno and a former South City resident owns a shop in San Mateo Tango. Any other suggestions friends? Thanks.
San Mateo; South Claremont Ave.
Dino Fontana If it's a European car, try European Car Service in San Bruno.
Agustin Agu Gu Goo Yes, Alan at Precision Auto is a good and honest mechanic. He's been working on my cars for many years.
Genevieve Trombley Not South City, but close enough – Daly City Auto on Reinier by Colma Bart.
Jim Chazer I've had good luck with All Transmissions in South City. They don't just do transmissions. Ask for Jim (not me), he's a good guy.
Jc AndLyn Chico's on linden and miller ave.
Jenny M. Montañez Second Ditos Motors!
Armando Leigh D and J Auto in San Bruno. Danny and Johnny are the best. Good rates and honest people. Very good reviews on Yelp.
Colleen Ryan Crespo Highly recommend Broadmoor Auto in Daly City – Aaron owns it and he is the most honest mechanic ever!!! Never disappoints and trys to save you money! Imagine that!
John Kevranian David who owns Tony's auto repair is the best. Read the yelp reviews.
Angelica Morales Ford Terra Nova Autobody on Linden.


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Foscarini Birdie 6 Ceiling Light
Material AMARANTO ORANGE WHITE GREY
AMARANTO ORANGE WHITE GREY
Designed by Ludovica E Roberto Palomba for Foscarini.
The frame is finished in white and the shades are available in a choice of four colours. Either White, Grey, Orange or Amaranth.
This model is the six arm ceiling mounted version. See below for a range of matching items.
A range as slender as the branches of a tree, support small coloured diffusers, whose shape is a reinterpretation of the classic shades. Birdie ceiling lamp, whose elements spontaneously coalesce to give life to a friendly lamp, that combines a smooth and familiar structure with a boldly character. The choice between several versions, with one, three, six or nine arms, makes it possible to choose from the simplest model and gradually work up to the most elaborate ones with a larger amount of lights, which multiply like flames, achieving even the scenic appeal of a modern chandelier.
Made with sturdy yet lightweight materials, always, Birdie has a different character depending on the colour: in white, it can be discreet and almost invisible, but in amaranth, orange or grey it becomes more of a prima donna capable playing the starring role in a room.
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There are big questions that haunt each one of us.
What happens when I die? Where will I spend eternity?
The simple truth is God wants all people (including you) to know how to have eternal life and go to Heaven!
Our biggest mistake is when we don't known our way and don't want to admit that we are lost!
Romans 3:23 says "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"
we must admit we are lost because of our personal choice to sin.
Since Adam and Eve, the first man and woman on earth, a sin nature has been present in all people.
The "wage" or payment for our sin is spiritual death, and eternal separation from God.
Religions try to create their own ways to God.
Their systems may seem logical, but they cannot overcome the distance between us and God created by our sin.
In other words, our thoughts and ways are not what ultimately matter when it comes to our eternity. God's Word, the Bible, provides true answers of grace and forgiveness.
The Good News—Only Jesus Christ Provides the Way!!
God sent His Son to die for our sins on the Cross and He was physically raised from the dead three days later.
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"
Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, He became the payment for our sin.
Now, we do not have to pay for our sin ourselves. By His grace, salvation is provided.
his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
Through His death on the cross, Jesus Christ paid for our sins.
The way to eternal life in Heaven and forgiveness of sin is only thru Jesus.
In order to have a relationship with God and an eternal home in Heaven, we must stop trusting ourselves, our works, and our religions.
We instead need to place our full trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of our sin and eternal life.
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
and give you the free gift of eternal life.
We must turn to God and place our full trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of our sin and eternal life.
Dear God, I know that I am separated from You because of sin. I confess that in my sin, I cannot save myself.
Right now, I turn to You alone. I ask you to save me as I believe your Son, Jesus Christ paid the penalty of my sin.
I believe He died for me, was buried, and 3 days later came back to life.
I am only trusting only Him to forgive me my sin and give me eternal life. Thank You for saving me.
Please help me to live my life in a way that is pleasing to You —Amen"
You'll never regret this decision!
If you have just trusted Christ, we would love to know about your decision.


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By: Carol Lynch Williams
Thirteen-year-old Kyra Leigh Carlson has spent her entire life inside the isolated compound of a religious cult. Until recently she hadn't really questioned the fact that her father has three wives and that she has twenty brothers and sisters. But ever since a new prophet took over, following the old prophet's death, things have been different. More things are forbidden, and there are rumors of violence, including murders. Kyra often goes on long walks into the desert surrounding the compound and on one of these occasions, she happens across the Ironton County Mobile Library on Wheels. After discovering all the wonders of the stories and other reading materials inside it, she starts to be more curious about the outside world and doubt the way things are done inside her own little world. She's also been secretly seeing Joshua, a boy she dreams of one day being able to choose as her husband rather than having one chosen for her. But when the prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle who already has six wives, Kyra's entire world implodes. She knows that it's wrong and she doesn't think she can do it, but all efforts to prevent the marriage only lead to violence and threats against her and those defending her, leaving Kyra to make a desperate choice that may mean losing her family forever.
The Chosen One is a stand-alone YA contemporary novel about Kyra, a thirteen-year-old girl who's spent her whole life in the insular compound of a polygamist cult known as The Chosen Ones. For the most part, she's been content with her life and hasn't questioned it much. However, the group's elderly Prophet somewhat recently died and after that his son stepped into the role. The new Prophet Childs is far more strict than the old Prophet. He forced all the cult members to burn every book they owned with the exception of the Bible, and members' visits to the nearest town are now pretty rare. He also has a God Squad, brutish bullies who enforce his commands with violence. There are even whispers of them committing murder. Kyra is old enough to remember better days, so she doesn't like the Prophet much. The story opens with her family preparing for an honored visit from the Prophet, during which he declares that he's received a vision that Kyra is to become the seventh wife of Brother Hyrum, her own blood uncle who is fifty years her senior. From the moment the declaration is made, Kyra is resistant. She's been secretly meeting with a boy named Joshua for a while. She's fallen in love with him and was hoping that he would be the one she would marry. However, both her father's and Joshua's pleas to the Prophet on her behalf fall on deaf ears, eventually leading to harsh "discipline" for Joshua and Kyra and threats against her family. Throughout all of this, Kyra often likes to take walks through the desert surrounding their compound, and on one of her wanderings, she comes upon the Ironton County Mobile Library on Wheels. This bookmobile and all the wonderful stories in it become an escape from her troubled life, while showing her a window into a world she didn't know existed. With her wedding date looming closer every day and with no other escape in sight, Kyra begins to consider leaving her beloved family behind and trying to escape, but The Chosen Ones won't let her go easily.
Kyra is the first-person narrator and a strong, smart girl. It's clear from the opening line where she tells her baby sister she wants to kill the Prophet that she has a major beef with the guy. As all the atrocities he's committed allegedly in the name of God are revealed, I certainly couldn't blame her for her animosity. She tries to be a good, obedient girl, but between her own bright mind and the things she's learned from the reading materials in the bookmobile, she knows there's something inherently wrong with being told to marry her own uncle. She also knows other things, too, such as the fact that there's medical treatment that could help her mother who's having a difficult pregnancy that's left her sick all the time. Yet the Prophet has declared that modern medicine is of the devil and any woman who dies in childbirth is sinful. Kyra, like any girl her age, has started to notice boys and is sweet on one in particular, Joshua. He likes her, too, and they engage in a number of late-night rendezvouses in dark, quiet places around the compound where they share innocent kisses and make promises to each other that the Prophet makes impossible for them to keep. When the Prophet declares that Kyra is to marry her uncle, I admired her for fighting back even though she's bombarded from all sides by people trying to "put her in her place" and eventually by being literally beaten down. Even though inside she's incredibly frightened and sometimes uncertain about the course of action she's taken, she simply doesn't give up on forging her own destiny.
Since The Chosen One is classified as a YA novel, I'll discuss potentially objectionable content in this paragraph. There are a handful of times that hell is used as a profanity, but no other language issues. There's no drug or alcohol use. Although the term adultery is briefly discussed and Kyra thinks of how she can't even stand the idea of her uncle touching her, there's also no actual sexual content. So the most concerning things would be violence and an overarching sense of fear. There's a feeling of suspense surrounding whether Kyra will ever be able to escape her fate, which eventually leads to some nail-biting moments that I can't say too much about without giving away spoilers. Then there's the violence, which overall isn't rendered too graphically. It's more the fear that leads to a psychological response. However, there is a scene where an infant is "disciplined" for crying in the presence of the Prophet, nearly leading to her death. There's talk about murders that have taken place in the past, both of infants and girls, and the implication of a supporting character being killed in the story. There are other abuses, including Kyra herself being beaten, although after the first blow, it fades to black with the story taking up again afterward with the mention of all her injuries. There's also the twisted nature of the things the cult believes and how the Prophet keeps everyone under his thumb, which can be rather disturbing. So while the thirteen-year-old age of the protagonist might draw the interest of middle-grade kids, I'm not entirely sure if they would be old enough to handle the subject matter given that this isn't some fantasy world but one that really exists for some people. It would probably vary depending on the maturity of the child and whether they have parental or educator guidance available to help process it. That's why I would only recommend the book for older teens who I believe would have the maturity level to handle the more realistic nature of the story.
Overall, The Chosen One was a great read. It's by turns powerful, thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and anger-inducing. IMHO, the ability to elicit all of these emotions from the reader is the mark of good writing. Kyra is a strong, admirable heroine who eventually figures out that she must be her own hero no matter the cost. The Prophet and his God Squad made me want to jump into the story to give them a taste of their own medicine. Then there are Kyra's family members, who drew a certain sympathy from me. Her father seems like a good man who genuinely loves his family, while her mothers are generally good people as well, particularly Kyra's biological mother. Her siblings just try to please their parents, but I admired her sisters who share the same mother for standing up for her. On the one hand, I sometimes wanted to be angry with her parents for not doing more to protect her, but at the same time, it was obvious that deep down, they had some doubts of their own which they'd stuffed away. They're simply a product of their upbringing, never knowing another life besides the cult compound, and they've had fear-fear of the Prophet, losing everything, and/or going to hell-instilled in them from a young age. So they're stuck as well and perhaps unable to dredge up the courage Kyra has. The story is at times, tense and suspenseful, making me wonder if Kyra was going to find a way out. It was on track to receive five stars from me right up until the ending, which while hopeful, was a little too open-ended for my taste. I like everything wrapped up in a neat bow, but this one left me with many questions, which I'll have to answer on my own in a way that will satisfy me. I begrudgingly admit that real life isn't usually neat, so in that way, the book was sticking to it's more realistic tone. Otherwise, it was an excellent read, my first by Carol Lynch Williams, but most certainly not my last.
Carol Lynch Williams


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Garden Gnomes From Hell
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A foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one.
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A foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.
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Lex Luthor has horns; Ursa appears to wield a whip; General Zod looks like a garden gnome. Besides these villains. so if you simply try flying just for the hell of it, you'll be treated to a scene.
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Dark rooms can be good for sleeping in during the day and they might just be a little cooler than other rooms in the house during the hot summer months, but that's about it when it comes to listing the pros of a room which doesn't get enough sun.
They can get particularly chilly during the colder months and it doesn't help that dark rooms look and feel gloomy, even on a perfectly sunny day. So, how is one supposed to perk up a room that's naturally dark all throughout the year without expensive renovations such as installing new windows and skylights? Let's find out the answer with the help of the following three simple solutions to the problem.
Wall mirrors reflect light and, therefore, they are going to come in very handy here. Hang a particularly big mirror opposite the largest or brightest window in the room and it will inevitably make the room a lot brighter by reflecting the sunlight that's coming in through that window. In fact, a properly placed giant mirror can actually be the next best thing to installing a new window.
Alternately, you can choose to use multiple mirrors of different sizes in the room for both decorative purposes and for reflecting the little natural light that is available. It's an age-old trick to light up dark staircases by using small mirrors along the staircase and it holds just as strong today, as it did back then.
A paint job may not be the cheapest option, but if you do it yourself, it definitely can be. In any case, a fresh coat of paint will still be a lot cheaper than restructuring the entire room and, by connection, your house. The general idea is to colour your walls with a light palette and to then paint the ceiling a shade lighter. This will help the available light in the room to reflect off the walls and will make the room shine brightly. However, make sure that you go with matt finish and definitely not a glossy finish. Glossy walls only help to cause glare, while matt walls are perfect for reflecting light equally.
Every room has ceiling lights, but you should not have to turn them on during the day unless the room in question doesn't even have a single window. You will have to augment the naturally available light in the room just enough so that the room looks well-lit, elegant, and you don't get an unnecessary bump on your next electricity bill.
It is possible for you to dot a few standard lamps around the room, in order to make up for the darker areas in the room, and on websites such as Pagazzi you can select what power of bulb you want for your light, and therefore find an appropriate strength for your room. You could put a floor lamp or two in the corners of the room and use a dimmer to keep the light as soft and unnoticeable as possible during the day.
Ambient lighting works great too but may not be enough in very dark rooms. Nevertheless, ambient lighting should be used in addition to other forms of lighting, to create a nice welcoming, homely atmosphere.
Keep in mind that one cannot really replace having a new window installed with any of these tricks, but until and unless it seems absolutely necessary, the three methods mentioned here should be able to light up most light-deprived rooms in no time. However, if we are talking about something like a closet or a windowless basement or attic, you will just have to rely on artificial lighting systems to perk up those spaces.


The Senate Intel Committee has found no direct evidence of conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to BOTH Democrats and Republicans on the Committee, NBC reported.
After over two years, 200 interviews and reviewing hundreds of thousands of documents and wasting money, Senate investigators are now saying what we've known all along — there was no Trump-Russia collusion.
The President tweeted his support for Richard Burr on Sunday and asked, "Is anybody really surprised by this?" after the Committee found zero collusion with Russia.
According to NBC, even the Democrats on the Committee admit there is no Trump-Russia conspiracy.
"We were never going find a contract signed in blood saying, 'Hey Vlad, we're going to collude,'" one Democrat aide said.
What does that even mean?? Again, no crimes were committed and the Democrats blatantly ignore Hillary Clinton's contact with a British spy who compiled a fake dossier from Russian intel sources to spy on her political opponent.
The House Intel Panel also began a parallel 'Trump-Russia' probe in January of 2017, but concluded in April of 2018 that they found zero evidence of collusion.
Mark Warner, the Democrat working along side of Senator Burr as Vice Chairman of the Senate Intel Panel has made numerous media appearances over the last two years complaining about Russian Twitter trolls and vaguely suggesting there are new developments in his committee's Russia probe as evidence Trump may have conspired with Russia.
Although Senate Intel Chairman Burr doesn't speak to the media too often, he publicly stated over the summer his committee still had found no evidence of Russian collusion and reiterated that statement once again in the Fall.
According to NBC, it is going to take about 6 or 7 months for the Senate Intel Committee to write their final report — JUST IN TIME FOR ELECTION SEASON! How convenient!
As the Senate Intel Committee and Robert Mueller wind down their investigations into 'Trump-Russia collusion,' House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) is ramping up a massive investigation into President Trump's finances and personal life, also known as presidential harassment.
The post JUST IN: Senate Intel Committee Finds No Direct Evidence of Conspiracy Between Trump Campaign and Russia appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.


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Nellie Mayshak serves as the president and principal consultant at Canaf Consulting Associates. Nellie founded Canaf Consulting in 2004 and has applied her expertise in public administration and civil service reform to the organization's clients since that time. In addition to her leadership at Canaf Consulting, Nellie has more than 30 years of experience in helping nations around the world create systems of efficient and accountable public administration.


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Man pulled from burning trailer dies
Jeff Wright @jeff_s_wright
CRESWELL � Despite a landowner�s efforts to save him, a 49-year-old Creswell area man died after his camp trailer caught fire Tuesday night, South Lane County Fire Chief Dean Creech said Wednesday.
Creech said 25 firefighters and six vehicles responded to the fire, which was reported at 8:22 p.m. Tuesday at 80930 Highway 99 south of Creswell. En route, firefighters received a report that a man was trapped in one of two camp trailers that were on fire, Creech said.
Firefighters arrived to find a landowner pulling a man from one of the trailers, Creech said. The man was taken by ambulance to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, where he later died, Creech said.
Burns and smoke inhalation may both have been factors in the death, Creech said. The victim has not yet been identified, pending notification of kin, he said.
�The landowner did a really good job� of trying to save the man, Creech said. The landowner was treated and released for minor injuries, he said.
The cause of the fire is unknown and remains under investigation, Creech said.
The fire destroyed the two trailers, but a nearby barn was spared with minimal damage, Creech said. He placed the damage loss at around $25,000.
Firefighters happened to be attending a volunteer training night when the fire was called in, Creech said.


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Hailing from Denver's thriving metal scene, Khemmis captivated fans with their latest album Desolation, which was released in June via 20 Buck Spin and Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Combining traditional doom with Thin Lizzy-style hard rock, the band has honed their craft to blend both extreme and old-school influences more seamlessly than ever before. Ill-omened melodies alongside chugging, galloping riffs set the tone of the album, and in a new playthrough video, dueling axemen Phil Pendergast and Ben Hutcherson play through the track, "Flesh To Nothing."
"With Desolation we wanted to make a record that celebrated our love of the metal that got us into heavy music in the first place while still adding our own spin on that sound," explains Pendergast. "For me, 'Flesh to Nothing' is the song that most explicitly captures that spirit. My vocals were very inspired by both Rob Halford and Nick Holmes here, and the riffing has a lot of heavy metal swagger, making it one of my favorite tracks to play. The vocal climax into the dueling guitar solos is one of my favorite moments on the new record."
Hutcherson adds, "We chose 'Flesh To Nothing' for this guitar playthrough because it covers a lot of ground -- a somber, downtempo chorus gives way to a galloping bridge early in the song, while the vocal interplay during the black metal pre-solo break alludes to the dueling guitar leads near the end. Oh, and let's not forget all the harmonized guitar lines -- we channeled Iron Maiden quite a few times in this track! Over the years, lots of fans asked how we write and play these songs, so we felt that 'Flesh' would serve as an ideal introduction to playing our brand of doomed heavy metal.
Khemmis is preparing to perform several new live performances this month and next in support of the LP, beginning with a Western US run in late November where they'll play alongside the likes of The Black Dahlia Murder, Pig Destroyer, Power Trip, Ghoul, Gost, Skeletal Remains, and more with shows in Fort Collins, Portland, and Berkley on their way to play the first night of Decibel Magazine's Metal And Beer Festival in Los Angeles December 1st with Testament, Pig Destroyer, The Black Dahlia Murder, Necrot, Pounder, Trappist and more. Later in December, Khemmis plays Two Nights of Doomed Heavy Metal - two back-to-back hometown Denver shows, each night performing different and unique sets drawing from all the band's releases. The first night, A Night of Doom, sees support from Dreadnought and Green Druid, while night two, A Night of Heavy Metal, will see Of Feather And Bone and Nightwraith opening.


On February 26, Neal hosted friends and family for a party to say thank you and to watch the election returns. There was charcuterie, laughter, a few tears, and a lot of love. Not too shabby for a candidate who was never expected to get on the ballot. The first election may be over (Chicago is headed to a run-off in April), but the work is just beginning.


One of the most common causes of truck accidents is a commercial driver's failure to check his or her blind spots. The consequences of a trucker's moment of distraction can be extremely severe. At the Hartsoe Law Firm, truck accident attorney Mark Hartsoe is committed to serving Knoxville residents who have been involved in collisions with commercial vehicles.
Tractor-trailers are often four times the size of a passenger car, and if a double trailer is being pulled, the size difference is even greater. Tractor-trailers also have enormous blind spots just behind and on both sides of the truck, but particularly the right rear side. These blind spots are called "no zones." Truck drivers may not see vehicles that stay in these spots, particularly if they stay for a long period of time in a no zone. A driver who cannot see a mirror on the side of the tractor-trailer should be aware that the driver likely will not be able to see them.
Some commercial drivers do not receive adequate training on their blind spots. Others may be fatigued and forget to pay attention to a blind spot. A truck driver whose negligence in connection with blind spots results in an accident may be liable to a victim. As in other accident cases, the injured driver would need to establish four elements by a preponderance of the evidence: the truck driver's duty, a breach of that duty, causation, and actual damages. Failing to check a blind spot or make a safe lane change may be a breach of duty.
The damages in a tractor-trailer accident may be substantial, due to the likelihood of catastrophic injuries or even a wrongful death. Often, victims of these accidents are left with permanent, lifelong injuries. They may never be able to work again, or they may need to switch careers. Sometimes a tractor-trailer driver's own insurance is insufficient to fully compensate or make whole an accident victim. In some cases, it may be necessary to pursue compensation from the tractor-trailer driver's employer. Usually trucking companies carry a greater amount of coverage than individual drivers.
A trucking company can usually be held vicariously liable for a truck driver who failed to operate a vehicle safely if the driver was in the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident. Moreover, a trucking company may be held directly responsible if it was negligent in hiring, supervising, or training the driver.
After a blind spot accident, the truck driver's and trucking company's insurers may claim that you were at fault for lingering too long in a blind spot. Tennessee follows a rule of modified comparative negligence. This means that if a jury evaluates your degree of fault for a blind spot accident at 50% or more, you would be barred from any sort of compensation. As long as your fault is 49% or less, however, you can potentially recover damages. The total damages would be reduced by your own percentage of fault.
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The Big Finish: ending your game
"GAME!"
The shout goes up and everyone cheers and collapses into hugs, eager to tell their friends stories of their epic adventure. But hold on, let's wind back a few minutes–not far, just a few–how did we get here? Today we're going to talk about one of the hardest parts of gamewriting: endings.
Like all stories, every game has to end somehow, and there's an art to it. In this post I'm going to lay out some ideas as to the philosophy of endings, run through the various types of game endings, talk about some common pitfalls to avoid, and give you some practical pointers.
Philosophy of Endings
So what makes a good ending? What makes an ending satisfying? Think of your favorite story climaxes, grand finales. They're a summation of everything that came before, everything that built up to that point. The hero confronts the villain. The traveler accomplishes their goal. The tragic atoner finds redemption. Endings bring together the themes, setting elements, characters, and goals, combining everything into a grand climax.
The unifying idea underlying all of these endings is that they revolve around two things: choice and change. The protagonists make a choice about some kind of change, and then strive to enact that choice to see the change made manifest–or not! Of course, those ideas run through just about every part of most stories, but the ending is the moment when that choice is forced and the change is determined. This is absolutely true of Wayfinder games, or at least the ones with satisfying conclusions.
"Hold on," you say, "what are my day camp PCs choosing to change when they defeat Dark Lord Maximus?" In most Intro Games, the villain is the one seeking to change the world (usually by conquering it), and the PCs are making the choice to reject that change and stop it. To enact their choice, they'll have to confront the villain and prevent them from manifesting their change.
Many game endings are more complex than that, with less literal changes. In advanced games, characters are often fighting each other over different ideas of change. Sometimes they're changing the world, sometimes they're changing themselves, sometimes they're changing others. Often it is only through the act of self-sacrifice (choosing to change oneself) that the players can emerge victorious. Even heroes who seem to emerge from their journey unscathed have had a drastic change of perspective, which is why returning home after an adventure can be so difficult (see: every fairy tale ever). Some games are more about personal change, and others are more about changing the world–both are totally okay, but you should have a clear idea about where in that philosophical spectrum your game falls, and that should be reflected in your game's final choices.
Games with satisfying endings foreshadow that choice throughout. That might mean telling the PCs up front that they'll have to choose, or it might mean showing examples of similar choices. It's important to give an alternative choice, otherwise it's not really a choice at all, is it? In the case of intro games, that often takes the form of making it clear exactly what the villain's victory would mean for the world.
It's also important that the PCs understand their choice. If the players make a choice that they think is right, but then in a twist find out that the choice they made is something totally different, they'll come away unsatisfied, with a bitter twist in their mouths. It's possible to do this well if you're doing it intentionally, but in general you should be pretty explicit with your PCs about the choice they're making, and its consequences.
What Actually Goes Down
Alright, with all that philosophical mumbo-jumbo out of the way, how does your ending actually play out? What do the PCs actually do? Let's run through a few different common types of endings.
The Final Battle
Probably the most common ending type! The two sides gather up, give some speeches, then charge and have an epic battle. Last one standing gets to call game! More detail on this later, because there's a lot to be said about final battles.
Everyone stands in a circle and says some stuff in unison. We joke about these being overdone, but they're used so much for a reason–they work really well. It allows everyone to participate, it can be beautiful and moving, and it forms a nice parallel to the intention circle we start every game with.
Someone or something has to be rescued! Grab what needs to be grabbed, and get outta dodge. This is often a component of or motivation for a final battle.
EVERYTHING WILL EXPLODE! BOOK IT! This is tricky, because you need to give yourself a set destination to jump to. The docks? The helicopters? The train?
The Philosophy Debate
Let's choose our fate! This is common when there's an object of great power, and everyone disagrees on how to use it. These can be important, but often get bogged down in mechanics, bickering, and can be hard to draw to a satisfying conclusion, especially when a single answer has to be reached for the game to conclude.
This is similar to the Debate, but more individual. Some people have to do a thing, and others don't. Who will step forward? This includes moments like people volunteering to stay behind to guard a tomb forever, using up their lives to power a spell, returning to the human lands, or giving up their magic forever. Each player has to make the choice for themselves.
The Redemption
Someone (or something) messed up! But they now repent, and are offered forgiveness for what they've done.
The Departure
The time has come for us to leave this place, and we will do so. Everyone bids farewell to the world they know (or the world they're visiting), and gets on the boat/steps through the portal/etc.
We've finished this quest, but another awaits! Prepare yourselves, everyone, because we've got plenty more work to do. Done poorly, this is an unsatisfying cliffhanger. Done well, this is an exciting open-ended quest hook, that gives the players room to imagine the next chapters of their characters' lives.
The chained god is unleashed, and everyone is consumed in fire for all eternity! The bomb goes off, and everybody dies! The monsters eat everyone! This ending doesn't happen very often, but it… does happen. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes less so. It can be really cool, when done well! Last year's Golden Blade ended this way, but it came about because one PC made a choice based on the way she had changed during the game, so most players came away satisfied.
Something Else Entirely
There are probably more and weirder ways to end a game, that haven't happened before, or that I just forgot about! Push the limits, experiment!
As you were reading through these, you probably saw your game's ending in half a dozen of those. That's totally reasonable! Few games end with just ONE of those endings. To make a good ending, feel free to mix, match, and combine from those. It's not at all unreasonable to have an ending in which the heroes have an epic final battle with the Big Bad, then after defeating her, take her powers away in a ritual, after which she is redeemed, and the heroes must then depart back to their homeland. Totally reasonable ending.
The important thing is that the elements of your game have led up to this point. The players should feel like they're using what they've learned and accomplished over the course of the game to pull off this finale. If they acquired artifacts, have those be useful in a big ritual! If they got sweet new powers, make them use those to defeat the villains! If they were forced to have intense moral dilemmas, bring those up again at the end!
It's also vitally important to keep momentum going into and throughout your ending. An ending should be a big rolling climax, that sweeps up the PCs and carries them into a grand finale. If you have big plot twists, reveal them before your ending or after it–but not during. A big twist will cause momentum to grind to a halt as people react, and as information spreads through the PCs. It might seem like a cool idea to have your villain be dramatically unmasked mid-climax, but the reality of it winds up being a little impractical. It's hard enough getting PCs to focus on their quests, and keeping that focus throughout an ending is even trickier.
The Grand Showdown
On that note, let's talk about final battles. They happen in most games, but as often as not people don't put much thought into them. Why not? Make your final battle interesting! Don't just make it a bunch of people with swords fighting one big tall person with a monster weapon. At the same time, though, an overly complicated final battle can dissolve into incomprehensible chaos, which is just as unpleasant for the PCs. Here are some things to consider as you think about your final battle.
Balance. How big is the villain's army? How many people have they recruited? Who has more powers? Do you want your PCs to feel like epic heroes rolling in and overwhelming the villains, or should it be a desperate and dangerous contest? Do you want to give your Big Bad unlimited spellslinging and tons of protections to make them a bigger threat? Or would you rather give them more backup to give the PCs more people to fight?
Objectives. Consider giving your PCs specific goals within the larger battle. This can be a fun way to make specific groups feel empowered. Does each PC team have a dedicated enemy they have to overcome? Will all the monsters respawn indefinitely until the Kaiburr Crystal is destroyed? Do the rogues have to smuggle a bomb onto the enemy's shrine?
Tactics. Are your PCs a rag-tag band of heroes, or are they an army? What about your villains? What kinds of battle plans are the characters to use? If your PCs do have specific objectives going into the final battle, make sure they know exactly what they're doing and how to do it, in order to avoid more and bigger chaos.
Length. How long do you want your final battle to last? Should it be a brief climax in which the PCs murder the villain? Should it be a long, knock-down drag-out brawl that leaves everyone exhausted? Should it happen in multiple stages, with changing objectives? This winds up mostly being a question of balance, but is still an important consideration on its own.
The End Button. What determines when the battle is over? Is it when the Big Bad falls, or do the last few monsters need to be mopped up? You should make sure there are one or two people who are standing by, ready to yell a lot and gather everyone as the battle reaches its climax. Transitioning into the wrap-up is a place where a lot of final battles lose their momentum.
Now, with all that said–it's still totally okay for those questions to have simple answers. There's nothing wrong with ending a game by having the PCs roll in swords drawn, stab the heck out of a person in a black cloak, and then celebrate with a cheesy speech. Of course, if your final battle is PC vs. PC (as occasionally happens with advanced games), then you need to give these questions some very serious thought, especially the last one.
"Hey," you say, "I have this sweet super complex advanced scenario game, where all my PC teams want totally different things! How do I pull that off?"
Hoo boy, what a big can of worms. LET'S OPEN IT AND DIVE IN.
It is totally possible to write a game with multiple possible endings–it's even possible to have a bunch of them happen simultaneously! Here's how you do that. First of all, figure out what each group wants. What do they want to accomplish? What is the change they want to see enacted? Is it a personal change? A political one? A global one? Now, how do they go about accomplishing that? What is the practical way they can achieve their goal in-game? Do they send a message? Perform a ritual? Kill someone? What steps do they need to do to accomplish that?
Once you've figure out what your different groups are trying to do, figure out what specific thing they can do to trigger endgame. You generally want to make sure this is something that involves lots of people! A common trick is to have them need a certain number of people to complete their ritual, or need to get everyone to agree on a thing to do something, or kill an entire enemy group to satisfying their blood god. That way you don't just get a group going off on their own in the woods and calling game.
But hold on, what if they do? What if that's not the worst thing in the world? It's actually totally possible to have your different groups have goals that aren't mutually exclusive. I've run games where one group accomplished their goal, decided they were satisfied, and called game for themselves, while the rest of the game did something totally different for the ending. That's totally fine! It's up to you to decide if your multiple endings are mutually exclusive.
You do need to make sure that everyone does get SOME kind of ending, though. An easy to make sure this happens is to at some point force everyone to gather at the same place. Maybe each group trying to achieve their ending needs to use the same altar for it. Maybe there's a crystal that everyone needs, but can only be used once. If you want your groups to fight over whose ending reigns supreme, this can be an effective way to do it.
Branching narratives and multiple ending possibilities are really tricky to juggle, but if done well, it's one of the most intense ways to empower your PCs. If they feel like they were the ones to bring about the ending of the game–and they're aware that it actually could've gone differently!–they'll feel awesome afterwards. But of course, then you run the risk of disempowering the PCs who failed to cause their ending. It's a tricky art, and there's no one tried-and-true method! Good luck, though.
Common Pitfalls
There are lots of ways to have an unsatisfying ending. The most common one is to just have a lot of people miss the ending! I was once in a game where someone grabbed a few props and ran into the woods with two people, and then came out of the woods five minutes later having called game. Uh, what? Turns out he was secretly the Big Bad in disguise, and had a nuclear bomb waiting in the woods, which he detonated. Well, that was sure thrilling. In order to avoid this, make sure your ending can't happen unless a large number of PCs are present! Sometimes that can require a bit of silly shoehorning (especially if it results in your villains delaying their ascension ritual indefinitely until the PCs show up to interrupt it), but it's still necessary.
Another common issue is when the PCs don't actually understand the ending. This can take a lot of forms! Maybe they don't get who the Big Bad is. Maybe they don't really get who they're supposed to kill in the final battle. Maybe the twist hinges on some big secret that was revealed while they were in the bathroom. Maybe your philosophical choice gets too esoteric and goes over the heads of the ten-year-olds. While some of these aren't really your fault, you should do everything in your power to spell out the ending for the PCs, both during the leadup to the climax and in the resolution of it. Sometimes that can be a little ham-handed, but better that than the PCs coming away confused and unsatisfied.
It's also very easy for endings to lose momentum. People get caught up in debating what to do with the crystal, or whether or not to execute the Big Bad for their crimes. Suddenly everyone has an idea about what to do, and people are bickering, and the focus is gone. The best solution to this is to have one or two people whose job it is to make sure things keep moving. Sometimes that means the leader who keeps the discussion moving smoothly and brings things to a consensus… and sometimes that means the angry militant who's going to get bored of talk real quick and just resort to weapons. Either way, it's better than just standing around waiting for plot to happen.
A common rookie mistake is to have your ending totally revolve around your SPCs. The PCs sit back and watch while their SPCs beat the evil SPCs! Then the SPC gives a sad speech and dies dramatically and the PCs cry. Okay, sure, cool, but what did the PCs actually do there? Did they fight a few monsters maybe to clear a path? Booo. Make sure the PCs are directly involved, and are the ones making the choice! If you've currently got some SPC sacrificing their life/magic to seal the Big Bad, consider–why not have a group of PCs do that instead? Much cooler.
An Ending to Endings
PHEW. That sure was a lot of words about endings! Let's see if we can sum all that up…
Satisfying endings usually center on a moment of enacting choice in order to manifest or prevent change.
Figure out how to have everything in your game build up to your ending, so it doesn't just come out of nowhere.
Make sure things keep flowing smoothly and that momentum doesn't drop as your game ends.
Final battles are crazy and chaotic and awesome! Put some actual thought into how yours goes.
Be sure to think about who actually triggers endgame buttons, and how those play out mechnically.
Ensure that however your game ends, that ending is primarily PC-driven! It's okay to have SPCs providing guidance, but your PCs, as always, should be doing all the work.
If you've done all of those things, sit down, pat yourself on the back, and then hit the submit button on your game! Are there things we left out? Further questions? Our askbox is always open! For now–good gamewriting, friends.
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"The Future": It's About Time
For the young artist in quest of achievement, the limited time available, in the face of day jobs, is a classic obstacle, real or perceived. (Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig aptly called the film they co-directed about young artists "Nights and Weekends.") One of the many twists this pressure puts on behavior is isolation—the sense that every extra minute that might go into seeing friends or seeking adventure should go into the work, even if what that work consists of, at the moment, is amorphous. Add the humiliation of failure, and see that frustration and isolation are mutually nourishing. Miranda July sees this, in her film "The Future," in which she captures, wisely and poignantly, the way that a do-it-yourself artist can, unawares, lock herself into a cage of her own making. And in doing so, she does something more: she represents the passing of time, with cinematic devices of rare originality and exquisite ingenuity.
I'm thinking, first, of a scene that occurs after Sophie (an aspiring dancer) has quit her job teaching dance to toddlers and slinks back to the school to get her old job back—but takes the only available opening, as a receptionist. We find out that she has also cut herself off from her two best friends, Tammy and Sasha, who come to the school to ask why. Here's the sequence: in a series of quick shots, we see Sophie, as she ever is, at her desk—then Tammy and Sasha come in again, pregnant; then they come in with children; then their grown children, now adults, come in with their own children to register them at the school where Sophie, unchanged and un-aged, is still behind her desk. The movie leaps twenty-five or thirty years in a few simple shots, and wittily yet devastatingly captures the stasis, the loneliness, the waste of an unrealized life spent in head-down pursuit.
Then there's the anguish of her boyfriend (or husband—it's not clear), Jason (Hamish Linklater), whom she's about to inform of her affair with a suburban businessman. He can't bear to hear the news, and, as she's telling him she'll move out, he stops time—he puts up his hand and literally freezes her and the world. It's an old cinematic trope—René Clair did it in "Paris Qui Dort" (literally, "Paris, Asleep," also called "The Crazy Ray"), in 1925—and July updates it with some splendid twists. One is that July's world runs on parallel times—Jason's is frozen but everyone else's clock keeps running, which means that he (like Sophie in her own fantasy) has merely missed out on a chunk of it (and his absence, as it turns out, has significant consequences). Another is that, when Jason is ready (after a discussion with the Moon, who has the voice of an old man he has befriended) to restart it, he must go to the beach and relaunch the tide. The scene, done with simple but startling special effects, is both a photographic marvel and a grand, moving dance that yields up a pair of shots, without effects and in bare natural light, that evoke, powerfully and gloriously, a moment of harmony with nature and a link of the mere and modest individual to the universe. It's as colossal and symphonic as anything in "The Tree of Life" or "2001" or name-your-cosmic-epic.
July's small-scale film reveals cinematic smarts—an awareness of how images evoke emotions and ideas—of a precise and rare mastery, and they're yoked to a bracingly perceptive, nuanced, and unified worldview. "The Future" is a major work of art.
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NATALIE CRAVENS
Teachers have reinvented their classrooms in all kinds of ways this year and continue to be an integral part of keeping communities moving. Margaritaville believes it is time to pay it forward. The global lifestyle brand is celebrating all educators, from teachers to school counselors, who have helped families navigate a difficult year with their first ever "Educators: Our Everyday Heroes" Giveaway. Fifteen educators, plus one grand prize winner, was nominated from May 3 to June 24 from around the U.S. to win an escape to a Margaritaville destination.
Natalie Cravens, third grade teacher at West Chester Elementary, was one of the educators that won a getaway.
She won a 5-night stay for up to 4 people at Margaritaville Island Reserve Cap Cana all-inclusive resort.
Winners were selected based on a range of criteria including earned votes and sharing activity as well as insights from Margaritaville's selection committee on originality and overall story.
Her father, Dr. Mike Cravens, nominated her for the award.
His nomination said: "Natalie is currently a third-grade teacher. She was diagnosed with cancer at 17 and decided while a patient at St. Jude to choose a career in serving children. She is now pursuing her doctoral degree in Behavioral Health to help students she believes are falling between the cracks at school and home."
"He is also a teacher, and he understands the stress educators are dealing with. I have truly learned from the best and wouldn't be the educator I am today without the teachers that have taught me," Natalie said.
She was amazed by how many other people voted for her and shared the posts that helped her win this trip.
"I was absolutely blown away by how many people voted, shared and said kind things about me with their posts," Cravens said. "The dedication people showed in voting everyday for a month was incredible. I'm shocked that I was chosen for such an amazing trip.
All educators deserve something like this."
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Ciara Wows In Plunging Red Gown At 2020 AMAs In 1st Awards Show Appearance Since Giving Birth
Ciara is back on the awards show scene after giving birth to son Win in July. The singer slayed in super sexy red gown as she presented at the AMAs.
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Ciara came to play at her first major awards show appearance since welcoming son Win Wilson with husband Russell Wilson on July 24. The "Thinkin Bout You" singer had us thinking about her amazing look at the 2020 American Music Awards! The 35-year-old beauty looked radiant while wearing a red gown that featured a plunging top and high slit up the skirt that showed off her thighs and knee-high black boots. The frock featured billowing sleeves and a line of vertical black fabric down the front for a dramatic effect.
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Ciara looked stunning while presenting an award at the 2020 AMAs. Photo credit: AP.
Our girl @ciara stopped by to present the award for Favorite Album – Soul/R&B! #AMAs pic.twitter.com/HdiysEQXPP
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Her dewy skin was glowing and hydrated thanks to tha DRx SpecatraLite FaceWare Pro by Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare, along with the Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel. Ciara dyed her long brunette locks a pale blue color on Nov. 12, and had been loving the look via Instagram posts ever since. She still had the shade as of Nov. 18, and she did not stay with the color as she presented at the AMAs on Nov. 22, opting for wearing her locks in dark cornrows. The singer presented Favorite Album for the Soul/R&B category. The Weeknd won, beating out Doja Cat and Summer Walker.
CiCi's post-baby body looked amazing, and she's been working hard yet sensibly to drop the pounds. On her Oct. 25 birthday, she told fans she was "35 & 35 more lbs to go…and I feel good! Loving the process and progress!" By that point she had lost 13 pounds after giving birth, and has been letting fans in on her journey to get back to her pre-baby weight.
One month after Win's arrival, Ciara revealed to fans in an Aug. 24 Instagram post that she was starting a program to lose almost 50 pounds of baby weight. "48lbs to go! Starting the game plan tomorrow!! P.s. don't know how easy it's going be considering 3 baby's now! Going to work really hard at this! Let's go Mamma's," she shared in the caption. In addition to Win, Ciara is the mom to Future Zahir Wilburn, 6, whom she shares with ex Future, and her daughter Sienna Princess Wilson, 3, with Russ.
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While CiCi began working out after giving herself a month to recover after Win's birth, she realized that raising three kids while trying to get her body back was a tough task. On Sept. 24 — two months to the day after Win arrived — the new mom announced that she had become a Weight Watchers ambassador.
"I've always appreciated being in shape — I'm ready to get back at it and lose the baby weight," Ciara said in a statement with WW. "But I'm also very aware that my life is more eventful with three kids, so a restrictive lifestyle doesn't work for me anymore."
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The "Freak Me" singer said that with her first two pregnancies, she'd been a bit of an "extremist" when it came to shedding the baby weight right away. But that this time around she was welcome to "learning how to make the best choices for a sustainable, healthy lifestyle." With how great she looked as the AMAs, her mission is paying off!


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