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Montgomery Improvement Association 198
King, Coretta Scott 109
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church 82
Parks, Rosa 42
Smiley, Glenn E. 39
White Citizens Council 32
Nixon, Edgar Daniel 31
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 29
Rustin, Bayard 26
Ballou, Maude L. 22
King, Yolanda 22
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip) 21
National Baptist Convention of the United States of America 19
Boston University 17
Morehouse College 17
Powell, Adam Clayton 17
Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson 17
Montgomery, Ala. 76
San Francisco, Calif. 6
Ephemera 10
Segregation in transportation 24
Segregation--law and legislation 24
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Friends and Associates 14
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with other organizations 12
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Parents 11
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas 10
Montgomery Improvement Association--trials, litigation, etc. 10
Imperialism 6
Montgomery Improvement Association--Finance 6
Montgomery Improvement Association--fund raising 6
United States - Constitutional law 6
Plessy vs Ferguson, 1896 5
MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 10
EBCR-INP, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Miscellaneous Records, In Private Hands 6
FORR-PSC-P, Fellowship of Reconciliation Records, 1943-1973 , Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pa. 6
Audio Speech
Kennedy, Robert F
Watson, P. O.
Neal, Emory
97 records – page 1 of 10.
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)
Gomillion, Charles G. (Charles Goode) [Tuskegee Institute]
Brazeal, Brailsford R.
Draft, ''The Montgomery Story,'' Address at the Forty-Seventh Annual Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
[San Francisco, Calif.]
Lowell, James Russell
White, Walter Francis
Cowper, William
Holt Street Baptist Church
Montgomery Improvement Association--meetings
Church and Race Relations
City of Montgomery vs. Rosa Parks
Afro-Americans - Social conditions
Segregation in transportation
Exodus 9:18-28
The Negro?s Complaint
NAACPP-DLC
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Papers, 1909-1955, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Group III-B192
''The Montgomery Story,'' Address Delivered at the Forty-seventh Annual Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
[6/27/1956]
Watts, Isaac
Gray, Fred D.
Sellers, Clyde [White Citizens Council]
Gayle, W. A.
Holt Street Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Psychology
The Negro's Complaint
False Greatness
The Present Crisis
There is a Great Meeting in the Promised Land
DHSTR-WHi, Donald H. Smith Tape Recordings, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
UC 344A, Tape 2, sides 1 & 2, parts 1 & 2
12/5/2012 szwald
''The Montgomery Story,'' Address at the forty-seventh annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
San Francisco, Calif.
Sellers, Clyde
Plymouth, Mass.
MCMLK-RWWL
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta, Ga.
NAACPP-DLC, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
labc-MiU, Labadie Collection, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)
Smiley, Helen
Simms, B.J.
Lewis, Rufus A.
Montgomery Improvement Assocation
Montgomery Improvement Assocation -meetings
Letter to B. J. Fisher
[Montgomery Improvement Association]
Fisher, B. J.
Warsaw, N. Y.
''Non-Aggression Procedures to Interracial Harmony,'' Address delivered at the American Baptist Assembly and American Home Mission Agencies Conference
Green Lake, Wis.
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748
Paul, Saint
American Baptist Assembly
Afro-American Education
ABAC-GaAaABHS
American Baptist Archives Center, American Baptist Historical Society, Valley Forge, Pa.
Minutes, executive board meeting
Powell, W.(William) J.
Hilson, Ralph W.
Hubbard, H.H.
Cherry, J.H.
Palmer, H.J.
Murphy, A.W.
Lewis, G. Franklin
Bennett, L. Roy
Hayes, J.W.
Glasco, R. J.
Demos, Raphael
Lowe, Jimmie
West, A.W. (Mrs.)
Matthews, Robert
Pierce, J.E.
Lee, C.W.
Conley, P.E.
Taylor, R.M.
Montgomery Improvement Association--staff
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with other organizations
Letter to Homer Alexander Jack
Jack, Homer Alexander [Unitarian Church of Evanston]
Box 66, folder 30, 31


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Daryl Lee Lantz
Obituary of Daryl Lee Lantz
Daryl Lee Lantz, passed peacefully in his sleep on March 14, 2022, at the age of 83, in Lakewood, Washington after a prolonged illness.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia; his children, Jess, Laura, Daryl; and niece/daughter, Kelly; his grandchildren, Sarah, Jack, and Sheridan; and his grandnieces, Taylor and Olivia; his great grandchildren, Hudson and Colton; and his many other nephews and nieces. He is predeceased by his father and mother, Stanley and Verlee Lantz, his brothers, Rolland and Dewayne; his sister Pat; and his mother-in-law, Margaret (Peggy).
Daryl was born in Iowa on January 30, 1939. He graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1957.
He enlisted with the United States Airforce and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. On April 1, 1961, he married his wife, Patricia. They were married for almost 61 years. Between 1961 and 1965, he welcomed his sons, Jess and Daryl and his daughter, Laura and settled in Graham Washington. Daryl eventually, relocated his family to Steilacoom, Washington area, in 1972. He joined Bal Marine in Tacoma, Washington and became the Manager of the luxury boat dealership. In the 1990's, Daryl, his wife, and son, purchased the family farm in Roy Washington, where he cherished the gift of helping to raise his loving granddaughter, Sheridan, alongside his wife and devoted son, Daryl.
Daryl loved boating and skiing in the Puget Sound and American Lake, hiking at Mount Rainier, motorcycling, mechanics, and taking the grandkids on tractor rides. He loved spending time in Arizona, especially during Halloween, with his daughter, Laura; son-in-law and best bud, Keith and grandson Jack: He also enjoyed visits with his granddaughter, Sarah; and her beautiful family of four and with his loving niece Kelly and her awesome family. Daryl was devoted to his family and friends and loved helping everyone. He was handsome, talented, humble, friendly, kind, loving, and so incredibly generous. We will miss his beautiful sparkling blue eyes, heartwarming smile, kind heart, loving hugs, and his larger than life, fun- loving personality. He was truly loved by all who met him.
Daryl's family will honor him with a Celebration of Life at his home in Washington State this summer, 2022.

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SYS-CON Media (www.sys-con.com), the world's leading i-technology media and events company, has announced the winners of its Linux and Enterprise Open Source Readers' Choice Awards.
The awards recognize the best tools, solutions, and education offerings in 13 categories. Winners were selected through reader-submitted nominations, followed by online voting at SYS-CON Media's world-leading Linux and Enterprise Open Source online magazine sites (www.opensource.sys-con.com and www.linux.sys-con.com).
The awards were announced at the Enterprise Open Source Conference & Expo 2007, produced by SYS-CON Events June 25-27 in New York.
Winner – Sendmail, Sendmail, Inc.
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Opinion: As doctors and mothers, we're vaccinating our kids against COVID-19. You should, too.
Opinion // Outlook
Jill Ann Jarrell, Katherine Y. King and Mitra Misra
May 26, 2021 Updated: May 26, 2021 9:34 a.m.
Caitlin Hunt, 14, receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Lisa Icard at Baylor College of Medicine Wednesday, May 12, 2021 in Houston. Hunt, with her twin brother, Christopher, were in the group of first teenagers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the Houston area, less than two hours after federal health officials officially recommended the distribution of the vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds nationwide.
Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
As a pediatrician, a pediatric infectious disease doctor and a pediatric palliative care doctor practicing in a large, urban, academic children's hospital, we have been up close and personal with COVID-19 over the last 15 months. Although children are less likely to die from COVID-19 than adults, they can and do have serious and prolonged illnesses related to COVID-19 infection. We have personally cared for children with severe and devastating respiratory, neurologic and hematologic side effects of COVID-19 whose lives and families are forever changed.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently expanded the emergency use authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents between the ages of 12 to 15 years old. Moderna just announced that its vaccine is effective for 12-to 17-year-olds and will be seeking FDA approval as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that everyone ages 12 years and older should get a COVID-19 vaccination.
We have received many questions from our patients, families and friends about whether this age group should be vaccinated. The short answer is yes — in fact, we are vaccinating our own children. This is why:
It's effective
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Since late last year, 2,260 adolescents age 12 to 15 were enrolled in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. According to Pfizer, there were zero cases of COVID-19 in the vaccine recipients and 18 cases of COVID-19 in the placebo recipients. This type of study is considered the "gold standard" of clinical research and it yielded a statistically significant difference that proves the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in this age group.
In the aforementioned clinical trial, the side effects experienced by adolescents who received the vaccine were similar to those previously documented in adult studies, and included injection site pain, fatigue, fevers, chills, muscle aches or headaches. Some worry that these recommendations are being made too hastily. In the history of vaccine science, it is very rare that any serious side effect emerged beyond two months after a vaccine was administered. The COVID-19 vaccine trial in adolescents is well past the two-month mark. Additionally, almost 160 million doses of vaccine have safely been administered to people age 16 and older since 2020. Hence, we are assured that the benefits of vaccination far outweigh any safety concerns.
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The risk that children will have severe morbidity or mortality from COVID-19 is low, but children can serve as vectors to transmit the infection to others. The more that the virus circulates, the more chances there are for new, potentially more difficult to control variants to surface. Hence, the best way to achieve herd immunity is to get the vaccine now.
Vaccinating our children is an expression of love to our family, friends and community. As doctors, but more importantly as mothers, we urge you to vaccinate your sons and daughters.
To learn more about COVID-19 vaccines or to schedule a free vaccine at Texas Children's Hospital, visit texaschildrens.org/covidvaccine.
Jarrell is a pediatric palliative care doctor; King is a pediatric infectious disease physician scientist.; and Misra is an academic general pediatrician. All three are practicing pediatricians at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.
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Mayor Martin Walsh announced on Aug. 3 the creation of 175 additional youth summer jobs for nine community-based organizations, according to a press release. The jobs were created through $230,000 in corporate and individuals sponsorships to the Mayor's Summer Jobs Fund.
The nine organizations that received the additional funding are Action for Boston Community Development SummerWorks (91 jobs); Boston Youth Wrestling (3 jobs); Eliot Church (28 jobs); Mothers for Justice and Equality (6 jobs); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (7 jobs); Phillips Brooks House Association (10 jobs); Smart from the State (5 jobs); Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation (3 jobs); and Talented and Gifted Latino Program, University of Massachusetts-Boston (22 jobs).
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Fagan, E.J. (2018) Even if they don't win back Congress in the midterms, the Democrats may still be able to set the agenda. USApp - American Politics and Policy Blog (15 Aug 2018). Blog Entry.
Ahead of presidential elections, the Republican and Democratic parties signal their agendas by releasing policy platforms. But do parties' promises to focus on one issue over others remain credible following the election? In new research, E.J. Fagan examines party platforms and Congressional roll call votes, and finds that the party which holds the White House does keep its agenda-setting promises, but only until the next midterm elections, when attention snaps back to issues pushed by the other party.


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One of the primary goals of teaching and parenting is to create responsible adults. By this we hope to create individuals who make moral decisions, meet their obligations, are motivated by their own initiative, and are accountable for their decisions and actions.
Yoga's yamas and niyamas, often referred to as the commandments of yoga, are based upon developing responsibility for oneself, for others, and for the environment. This may be manifest through focussing on Ahimsa (non-violence) learning to live with peace, kindness and love, or Tapas (self-discipline) striving to better yourself through goal setting and hard work; Asteya (non-stealing) taking only that which is freely given, or Saucha (cleanliness) taking care of yourself and your environment. Each of these foundational 10 philosophies is based on living a life of responsibility.
I appreciate this quote by John D. Rockefeller, Jr for what it says about how responsibility is woven into our daily lives.
Small acts consciously repeated in regards to community, family, church, work, and self demonstrate responsibility. Caring for self and others, arriving on time, showing respect, following through, being honest, being accountable for actions, saying what you'll do, and doing what you say are all hallmarks of responsible kids and teens.
Seeing responsibility in action often assists in knowing how to act in this manner. The example set by parents and teachers is vital. You may also enjoy the series of one minute videos produced by NBC for Liberty Mutual's Responsibility Project which model living responsibly.
I hope we will create opportunities to develop responsibility. As we do so we are empowering our children to live pro-active, purposeful lives. Take action. Do what is right. Live responsibly.
Thank you Donna for this wonderful post. By referring to the yama and niyamas you really bring us back to our roots.


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StarLeaf is the first cloud vendor to enable Skype Meetings to accommodate non-Skype for Business video meeting room systems.
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StarLeaf, the leading cloud video conferencing and calling provider, has announced a range of services, that allow traditional video meeting room systems, such as Cisco, Polycom etc., to join a scheduled Skype for Business meeting. StarLeaf is the first to market with a solution that ranges from a free connectivity service - StarLeaf Medley - through to full integration services.
Available now, Medley can be accessed by any Skype Meeting organizer, who in one simple step can invite any number of internal or external third-party video systems to join their meeting. This is the first time video equipment from Cisco, Lifesize or Polycom, etc., can be invited and connected directly into a Skype Meeting.
Alongside the free Medley service, StarLeaf also offers premium services that incorporate an enterprise's existing video systems into the Skype for Business environment. These premium services make those existing systems integral to the Skype Meeting workflow, giving users a consistent and familiar experience when scheduling meetings in Outlook. Whether organizations choose to use the free option or go for a seamless integration, StarLeaf offers a simple and easy way to continue to leverage existing video meeting room systems without further investment in complex infrastructure or conference bridging services.
"There's no doubt that Skype for Business is fast becoming the enterprise's chosen Unified Communications platform, yet as video collaboration becomes pervasive across desktops, users soon hit the interop brick wall, where there's no connectivity with traditional AV meeting rooms," said Kevin Bernitz, StarLeaf VP, Product Management. "We've introduced StarLeaf Medley and a broad range of premium services that ensure that companies can continue to leverage their existing deployments and even scale them, if need be."
There are no plug-ins or downloads involved. All it takes to use Medley, the free service, is to simply forward your Skype Meeting invite to [email protected] or add [email protected] to your invitee list when organizing your meeting. The StarLeaf Medley service then automatically responds with third-party endpoint dial-in instructions.
"When organizations implement unified communications solutions, such as Skype for Business, they expect to both expand their capabilities and eliminate silos of communications that restrict information sharing. Unfortunately, certain UC solutions still create silos," said Robert Arnold, Principal Analyst at Frost and Sullivan. "StarLeaf, with a laser focus on interoperability, is enabling the connectivity that all organizations seek."
Available for both on-premise and online deployments of Skype for Business, users can learn more and try the beta version of Medley today at www.starleaf.com/medley.
StarLeaf is a service provider with a global platform that delivers secure, reliable and rich meeting and calling services to Fortune 500 companies all the way down to the smallest organizations around the world. Whether a company chooses StarLeaf meeting room systems or already has their own, StarLeaf removes the complexity and cost of management and enables users to call anyone, including those who use Microsoft Skype for Business as their client.
\"There's no doubt that Skype for Business is fast becoming the enterprise's chosen Unified Communications platform, yet as video collaboration becomes pervasive across desktops, users soon hit the interop brick wall, where there's no connectivity with traditional AV meeting rooms,\" said Kevin Bernitz, StarLeaf VP, Product Management. \"We've introduced StarLeaf Medley and a broad range of premium services that ensure that companies can continue to leverage their existing deployments and even scale them, if need be.\"
\"When organizations implement unified communications solutions, such as Skype for Business, they expect to both expand their capabilities and eliminate silos of communications that restrict information sharing. Unfortunately, certain UC solutions still create silos,\" said Robert Arnold, Principal Analyst at Frost and Sullivan. \"StarLeaf, with a laser focus on interoperability, is enabling the connectivity that all organizations seek.\"


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THE Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra is concerned that despite numerous reminders to the Provincial Education Advisors, a huge number of teachers supposed to have been suspended from the payroll on Wednesday, March 15, 201 7, are still been paid.
"Provinces were reminded at the end of 2016 and again this year of the deadlines for the submission of the resumption of duty summary sheets. To date nothing much has changed.
Teaching Service Commission have decided to extend the deadline for the last time to Wednesday, March 29, 2017," Dr Kombra said.


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Simone C. Uwan M.D. Releases Her New Book A Doctor In A Patient's Body: Dreaming Big With Sickle Cell Disease And Chronic Pain
Book becomes a #1 International Best Seller
ORLANDO, FL, November 15, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — In Simone's new book A Doctor In A Patient's Body: Dreaming Big With Sickle Cell Disease And Chronic Pain gain insight in the Sickle Cell both from a patient and a doctors perspective.
This book is a wonderful educational journey written by someone with Sickle Cell Disease who trained while being sick to become a medical doctor. The author uses humor to tell her story. She shares about many things including making it through school with usual and unusual disability accommodations, natural things and simple techniques you can use to protect your health that are not found in textbooks, her experiences navigating the healthcare system , and even how to attract people to you, to name a few. This is a book that everyone with a chronic illness, or who knows someone with a chronic illness, should have. It is especially crucial for those with Sickle Cell Disease and chronic pain, because it reads like a survivor manual.
Simone said, "I wrote about while being sick and studying to become a medical doctor. Going through school with my disease was a challenge. Many times I could have and thought about quiting, but I made it. I navigated my education and the healthcare system. Now I am sharing my story with you."
Steve Kidd, the Host of Thriving Entrepreneur said, "This powerful story of strength and success in the face of adversity is amazing. Often we don't think about the struggles other people are having with thing we just take for granted."
Simone's book is available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2B5Lrox
Dr. Simone Eastman Uwan was born in Guyana South America, and grew up with her young sister and mother until she was 13 years old when she immigrated to the United States in 1984.
She completed her education at Barnard College, Columbia University and attended Stanford University School of Medicine, continuing afterwards at an affiliated Family Practice residency. Her career over the years focused predominantly on caring for the underserved, working mostly in community clinics. She has been married to her husband of 21 years, and they currently live in Orlando, FL. While SickleCell disease has caused an early retirement from her medical practice, Dr. Uwan has chosen to keep her life vibrant by being active and giving in her nondenominational church community, where she also receives tremendous support. She also enjoys writing, counseling women and using social media to make a positive difference. She shows by example that people with chronic pain can still make a powerful impact as she does even from her bedside during her painful health challenges.
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Caribbean ABS Week: Advances and Challenges for Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
Three days of technical presentations related to accessing genetic resources and sharing of the benefits derived from their utilization, a Biodiversity Expo including cultural presentations on traditional knowledge by Indigenous Peoples and a School Debating...
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Caribbean ABS Week: From Global Goals to Local Implementation
Thursday, January 24, 2019, IUCN — Caribbean Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Week will take place within the framework of the multi country project, Advancing the Nagoya Protocol in the Caribbean Region, implemented by IUCN (International...
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Future Wetland Guardians of the Seychelles
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IUCN`s President stresses the importance of working together for conservation and sustainable development
March, 2018. During his first visit to the Headquarters of the Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC) located in San Jose, Costa Rica, the President of IUCN, Dr. Zhang Xinsheng, stressed the importance of Members, Commissions...
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Partnerships for integrated monitoring of coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean
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Significant advances in the review of the ABS legislative assessment in the Caribbean Region
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Caribe, 20 de junio 2017 (UICN) – La Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) y ONU Medio Ambiente enfocan sus esfuerzos en apoyar a los países del Caribe con el fin de promover el acceso a sus recursos genéticos y la distribución...
IUCN and UN Environment launch promotional videos on the Nagoya Protocol for the Caribbean
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Video in Arabic, Chinese, French, Hebrew and Spanish: Love. Not Loss.
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These days everyone wants a website–or believes that they need one to have a successful business. Certainly the internet has become a huge force in our lives, from basic information on just about anything to transforming the way that business and marketing are done in primary ways. And how the web is being used is growing and evolving at a dizzying rate.
So what's a business owner to do? It can be really overwhelming! I want to share with you a few tips that can make a huge difference in how you think about your web presence (or creating your web presence), and the difference that can make in your bottom line.
It's okay to start (most people do) but don't stop, with what I call a "brochure site." This type of site gets you on the web: who you are, what you do, where you are located, how people can find out more about you, and maybe some kind of on-line purchasing options, like registering for classes or purchasing a session or set of sessions. It's a start. It can give you some credibility, and you'll have a place to send people when they ask you for your website.
The best and easiest way to build your community begins with gathering email addresses of people who visit your site by offering them a free gift. You do that through a "splash page"–a single page website that offers a free gift in exchange for your name and email address. A splash page has only one option–to get your gift. Squeeze pages are also common. These are just like a splash page only there's a place where your viewer can click ("no thanks, enter the site") and get to your home page. The cool thing about a splash page (well, there's lots of cool things about a splash page) is that you really can develop a web presence with this page alone. I built a multiple-six figure business with a splash page and a few additional web pages promoting my programs and teleseminars.
Most people will not just sign up for a newsletter any more, or just to get your updates. They want something of greater value–probably you do, too (I know I do). Some people call this your compelling free offer or your pink spoon. I call it your freemium, where you offer the value up front. This could be an ebook, a special report, an audio or teleseminar recording, a video, or a mini-course that includes several mediums. Once you make this exchange, you can build your relationship with your people, letting them get to know you, providing them with value, and offering them ways in which you can work together.
The single most important thing your website should do–and you really only need a single page (splash page) to do it–is gather email addresses. This will make you money, provided you learn (and implement) what to do with those addresses once you get them (that's another topic altogether). The money is in the list, so say internet marketers. Because once you have an email list, and it grows to a certain size, you have an audience of people who have agreed to be part of your community and you can reach out to them over and over again. In the internet age, that's an effective, efficient, and win-win approach for everyone.
This strategy can build a foundation for you of people from around the country and around the world who you can serve, to whom you can provide value and express your point of view. Some of them will only hear the message from you. And when they do hear it, some of them will they will buy. In my Soul Signature Business Mastery Program I walk you through this process step-by-step because it is important to get every step in order for the strategy to work.
Step into your Soul Signature as you create your website. Allow yourself to be seen, to come into focus for your people. Embrace your expertise from your life, your story of growth and transformation, and use that as a guide to help lead others. Bring forth the gifts, talents and skills you've been developing for lifetimes–value them truly and offer them out. Refuse to hide behind the modalities you've learned and the schools you've attended. Bring all that you have learned and experienced under the rubric of YOU and Who You Are in the Village. Inspire your personality and your business from the core of your Being, from your Soul's Light, and you will bring warmth to the cool medium of email and the internet.
Because people buy YOU. They buy your belief in your solutions to their problems. And they when they get that knowing deep inside–not just from your words or your services, but from a sense of your Soul's vitality and offering, that develops trust and connection. Your website will make you money if you stand out in an appealing way in the marketplace. And there is no better way to do that than to be fully expressed as yourself–to be sold on yourself because of your genuine appreciation of all that you are and all that you bring to your service to other people.
Marketing means creating community — building your Village. Building your village of people who know who you are, who know what you do, and who are interested in you and your offerings, some of whom will buy from you now or in the future. Some will leave, and some will be your raving fans forever.
The best way to do this is to give first, and ask later. This is what I call the service model of marketing, or the Village Model of Marketing. Provide value and service in order to connect with your people, express your message, help them get what they want and need, and help get them to know, like and trust you.
The computers, software, and internet have made this so much easier than it ever was before. I remember when I was building my network marketing business 15 years ago, I was using index cards, a physical tickler file, my paper calendar and a phone. Now all of that can go on-line, and there are incredible ways of providing value to people through the internet. In this day and age you are really hurting yourself if you ignore or under-use the web.
But let me say this up front: the internet is a LONG-TERM strategy, rather than an immediate strategy for getting clients. You need to use it in order to build your community. Particularly to keep track of and build rapport with people who are interested in you and what you do, but who are not ready or willing to enroll with you right now. Using the internet is a foundational piece of your business and you want to use it ALONGSIDE your in-person outreach. Too many people focus on using the internet and don't develop their ability to meet and speak to people directly and in person. This is a huge mistake that will sink your business. You cannot stay behind your computer and build your business if you are in a service-based profession. That's just an unconscious strategy to stay invisible!
1. Let's say you go to an event (social, networking, women's, sports, holistic health, entrepreneurial, Goddess, art — wherever your people hang out).
2. You connect with people, find out about them, listen, and meet one or two people who you think are potential clients of yours.
3. You ask them for their contact information (phone and email).
4. You follow up by sending them an email, saying how much you enjoyed meeting them, and sending them a link to your free gift.
5. They go to that link and opt-in by giving their name and email address, get your free gift, and now they are in your Village (ie. database). You now have their permission to communicate with them (build the relationship).
6. You call them to (1) see if they've gotten the gift, and (2) explore your connection and then, if it's appropriate, ask them to schedule a complementary session with you.
7. If they say yes, you schedule the complementary session, meet them for that, and if it's a fit, ask them to work with you. If they say yes, then you have a new client. if they say no, they are still in your Village and you build the relationship as out-lined below.
8. If they are not ready to do a complementary session, but they have opted in, you send them valuable content on a regular basis (like I do with this ezine), and apprise them of ways they can learn more from you through teleseminars and workshops you are offering. This way they are in your Village, and they are learning about you.
9. Follow up with them later (a couple of weeks or a month or two, depending on their level of interest), to see if now they'd like to do that complementary session.
If you don't meet with people in person, your contacts with people through social media and the internet will be relatively cold, and will take more time to develop. You can do it, but it will take focus, intention, and time.
If you don't use the internet, then building your relationship with people takes much more effort and more time. You have to call them or email them directly, invite them to work with you or to your next workshop. It puts more pressure on them to make a decision immediately without knowing that much about you.
Using the two together creates a synergistic and dynamic outreach strategy that gets you in front of your people now, and provides ways for those who want to move forward to do so immediately, and those who are not ready to get to know, like, and trust you over time.
And that, my friends, is how you build your business by creating community , by giving service and value, staying in touch without being pushy, and keeping track of people so that you can be there to serve them when they are ready.


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Who was Liliʻuokalani?
You may have heard of Queen Elizabeth of England, or Prince Tut of Egypt, But have you heard of the great majesty of the islands you may not have known was a sovereign and literate kingdom, Queen Liliʻuokalani? Liliʻuokalani, her birth name being Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha was one of the greatest people who stood this earth, from her bravery, to her being imprisoned in her own estate, this queen was a brave and bright Hawaiian. I am going to talk about how she was well educated and how she inspired the Hawaiian culture to be literate and also be music-makers.
Liliʻuokalani was a hanai sister of the famous Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, founder of the Kamehameha Schools an indeed literate and educated scholar. One of the first academic events that happened throughout her life was when she went to the Royal School, although she did not wish to leave her home she did and she became well educated. Lili'u was at the top of her class, she was one of the smartest Hawaiian young girl at the time. Her sister Bernice Pauahi taught her how to play the piano and helped her throughout hard events during school, that was when Lili'u's musical life began.
As a teenager she became more into the Hawaiian politics, at the time the Kamehameha IV was the monarch of Hawai'i. Then Kamehameha IV has passed away and all of Hawai'i was mourning, then the next ali'i ascended Kamehameha V, whom Lili'u has a fine relationship with. Lili'u studied and studied, she wanted to know more about politics, and she was composing all kinds of music. She was finding a man with the same interests as her that she could marry, they loved to compose, write and just be in to politics. Lunalilo was about to marry Lili'u but they broke their engagement, she then fell in love with John O. Dominis. Lunalilo became king shortly after but short after he died and Kālakaua, Liliʻuokalaniʻs brother was elected into the heir. Liliʻuokalani was Kalākauaʻs heir apparent. To be a proper heir apparent, she changed her name to Liliʻuokalani. She filled a lot of files, composed music, it's almost like her day was filled with education. Her brother and she worked all day. She translated the Kumulipo, one of the longest chants of all time, and she even read the bible every day to be more connected with her Christian God, and Jesus. Soon after her brother Kalākaua passed away.
Liliʻuokalani was the new monarch of Hawaiʻi, with her new power and education she revived Hawaiʻi from the Bayonet Constitution that Kālakaua established with the United States. Soon after she became queen, unfortunately American businessmen came to Hawaiʻi, what did they do? Force the most educated queen to be locked in her own room, in her own palace, she did not have rights to the Hawaiian Kingdom. During Liliʻuʻs time locked in the palace she was restricted to do a lot of things. She was intelligent though, she read the newspaper, she wrote in a journal, and she most importantly composed so many songs, Aloha ʻOe, Kuʻu Pua I Paoakalani and so much more. She was an example of how Hawaiians are smart as well, even when were locked in a bubble with people surrounding us about how were so dumb and lazy.
She was a very educated and awesome Hawaiian, she showed how much the Hawaiian people could be dedicated to their people, how smart they actually are, and that were not just some fat and lazy humans that arenʻt meant to go to Ivy League Colleges and become dictors and lawyers, but instead supposed to be hula tiki bar hotel workers. She did so much for us.


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Home News Recognizing student artists and their work: COCC's 17th annual Student Art Showcase
Recognizing student artists and their work: COCC's 17th annual Student Art Showcase
Shadows in the Hall, a photograph taken by student Rachelle Jeffers, won first prize for photography as well as the Best in Show piece.
One hundred and fifty submitted pieces, over 60 selected pieces, seven categories, and one art show flooded the walls of Barber Library during the annual Student Art Exhibition.
Large ceramic pieces containing light bulbs [pictured**], small intimate handmade jewelry, detailed stippled surreal pieces, and large-scale traditional acrylic paintings were all displayed at the exhibition.
"Pieces are chosen based on individual merit, but at some point the pieces have to come together as a show. Thus, a work that might be juried into one exhibition will not fit into another show. Not happy news for an artist, but it comes with the territory," the juror for this years show, Lloyd McMullen, explained.
McMullen was invited by Bill Hoppe, Art Gallery Director, to jury the show.
The two have worked together on projects and shows in the past and McMullen will be showcasing her work in one of next years one-person exhibitions in Pence Pickney Gallery.
This year's juror has an expansive background with art, with many years of painting, as well as experimenting.
"Today my work mixes acrylics and mediums with found objects, image transfers, snatches of text, upcycled glass and metal. These scavenged materials lend their own stories to the narrative in two and three-dimensional paintings/constructions," McMullen explained.
Currently,McMullen is a member of ScaleHouse's Programming Committee and she has worked with local art groups like Central Arts Association, Atelier 6000, and The Regional Arts Council of Central Oregon and artists' co-op: 135 Up.
"This [being] a student show, I looked at each discipline for the work's evidence of technical skill, strength of composition and attention to detail. Second, I look for what the work reveals about the artist. I want work to go beyond the predictable or 'easy answers'. The artists need to push themselves and their work," McMullen added.
Students interested in all genres of art attended the annual Student Art Exhibition on May 11 in the Central Oregon Community College Barber Library.
Three dimensional, sculpture, ceramics, metals, film photography, water color, and painting/drawing were the categories that students could enter. To enter work to be judged, student artists had to have taken an art class at COCC within the last year.
This year, a large part of the exhibition contained pieces done by film photography students taught by Paula Bullwinkle.
Student, Ty Farrell,s, had a portraiture piece that made it into the exhibition [pictured***].
"Film photography I really didn't get into until I took a class with [Bullwinkle], and after that it changed my whole way of taking photos."
Prior to taking a class with Bullwinkle, Farrell wasn't very into film photography, but after her class it changed his whole perspective of taking photos.
"With film it really makes you look at the composition, the lighting, it really makes your mind think, it puts restraints on me," Farrell explained.
Most of the pieces that were in the exhibition were part of an assignment from earlier in the year in each of the categories.
Meghan Lummis, another film photography student, had entered a piece called Dream [pictured***].It was based off of her interest with the idea of madness and her love for psychology.
Lummis explained the process of making the piece explaining that her inspiration stemmed from the film photography classes double-negative assignment.
"I found netting, layered it over and it created this really cool effect. I tried to get one with just her doing something simple and one with her doing some crazy expression and I layered them. I want to continue doing more with them because I think it's really dream like and weird, " she stated.
The Best in Show Prize was given to one of Paula Bullwinkle's film photography students, Rachelle Jeffers, for a shadow assignment picture.
Out of the pieces chosen for the exhibition, there were first place winners, honorable mentions, best in show, and recommended for purchase prize winners who were announced by each art instructor.
Although not every piece that was entered was chosen for the exhibition, McMullen still wanted to encourage every student to be active with their art and keep going.
"The road to success is often built on lessons learned by gambles taken. There were some compelling and well done pieces in this show," explained McMullen.
By Katya Agatucci | The Broadside
Contact: katyaagatucci2@cocc.edu
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External font-face could be an issue in low-speed network. Texts with custom font-face is not rendered at all until the font file is loaded. In mobile device, user may need to wait seconds before they can read anything. So external font-face loading should be minimal.
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Some content may not be necessary for the main content. Take comment as example. Not every readers read commment. But they all read your main content when they load your web page. You might defer the loading of the comment area only after reader finish the content reading or request for it.
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Session 26 Summary
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David Roomes
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The Player Characters (aka the "Heroes")
Winlock – orc/dwarf barbarian, wearing heavy chain mail armor and wielding a big war hammer
William – the party's wizard, human male, robed and armed with a broad array of spells.
Belkor – the dashing human swordsmen/mariner wielding twin scimitars
Listig – the elven thief/archer equipped with several different enchanted arrows
Halimir - An elven archer/ranger. Good tracker. Expert archer. Has transitioned from NPC to PC.
The Current Non Player Characters
"Humble" Almahdi - A likable Padashani beggar with quick wit. Talkative. Funny. Fluent in several languages. Street smart, but somewhat cowardly.
Grim Rigor- A huge ogre warrior. A former slave and gladiator. Extremely tough. Good in a fight. Cured of a zombie infection by Belkor.
Session 26 started with the party still in the city kingdom of Herota. They had returned the star sceptre, freed the magrakian captain from prison and set everything right. They had also successfully looted the dragon's lair and retrieved the Star Scepter of Rashi.
To celebrate the return of the Star Scepter, the Khalizar decided to throw a lavish banquet to honor the heroes that had returned the cherished relic. The party graciously accepted the invitation.
As the banquet was the following night, the party had a full day of freedom. They spent the day harassed by a throng of people wanting to ask them about their adventure, the scepter, the dragon, its lair and so forth. They got numerous offerings from tailors for new clothes to wear to the banquet. Several local farmers offered up their daughters for marriage to the heroes.
Amidst all this, the party discovered a copy of the wanted poster on a public board. It looked like it had been up for many weeks. They took it down and asked the locals about it. Apparently, it was no secret that the party was the ones Anquar was looking for. The locals said that an Anquar Black Guard warship had stopped in their harbor a few weeks ago. They searched the city, planted a few flyers but then left.
That evening was the banquet. A courtyard was decked out in silks and sparkling jewels, enormous tapestries, colorful banners and flags fluttering in the wind. Minstrels on a raised dais in the corner played a lively tune as the guests entered. Tables groaned under the weight of food. The air was thick with the heady fumes of perfumed candles, scented oils and smoking braziers.
The party (including Humble Almahdi) were the guests of honor. Grim Rigor, uncomfortable with such social situations, had volunteered to stay with the wagon and guard it and all of the treasures, weapons and armor that were stored within.
The heroes came wearing new clothes that had been given to them, but only lightly armed. They socialized with the Khalizar (king) and the Khals (the nobles) of this tiny kingdom. Everyone wanted to meet the heroes and ask questions. Where were they from? Did they see the dragon? How big was it? How did they escape with the Star Scepter and their lives?
The party answered the questions as best they could without giving anything away about their true quest. For the most part, they stuck to their tried-and-true fictional narrative of being a "big game hunting party" exploring a new part of the world.
Amongst the crowd they spotted a familiar face, one of the thugs from the local gang of thugs that had tried to assault the party on the docks of this city weeks ago when they were stealing the ship. It soon became clear that he was here with several other thugs in various disguises. A brief but loud confrontation between Listig and the man soon had the thugs retreating and the palace guards arrested them.
The Khalizar gave a speech to the assembled crowd and then, much to the surprise of the party, knighted each one of them, giving them the title "Knight Commander and Defender of the Realm".
Following that was a magnificent banquet consisting of seven courses, each more elaborate and amazing: roasted lamb stewed in fine herbs, pork in pastries, capons filled with fig jelly, pheasant stewed in grapes and honey and chunks of herb rubbed meat skewered on a glittering spiral horn which the master chef insisted was "roast unicorn".
Finally, during dessert, the Khalizar asked to hear a full recounting of the tale of the Star Sceptre so that all could hear. Humble Almahdi (being central to the story of the scepter, fluent in the language and the most charismatic of the party) recounted the tale. Soon he had every lord and lady hanging on his every word. He embellished the story quite a bit. In his version, the party actually faced the dragon, fought it and escaped a fiery death by mere seconds.
After that, there was much dancing. The princess had softened her anger toward Almahdi and danced with him. A rather rotund noble woman grabbed Belkor and dragged him onto the dance floor. Listig and Halmir both found themselves getting a lot of attention from many lords and ladies who had never before met an elf.
With the Khalizar's blessing, the party stayed at the palace for another six days as guests. He invited the party to stay in Herota, but the party insisted they must leave. Although he and the princess had reconciled somewhat, Humble Almahdi was determined to see this quest through to the end, and so he opted to stay with the party.
During these six days, Belkor learned to evoke the last two functions of his Talisman. Assuming "water form" and summoning "ice armor". Both of which he experimented with and learned to control.
Meanwhile, William continued his studies into magic, like all wizards do. During his recent studies, he had unlocked two spells: The first was Delayed Blast Fireball [which could be used to recharge Belkor's fireball gauntlet] The six day delay allowed William to cast a single Delayed Blast Fireball spell each morning, fully recharging all six gems in Belkor's gauntlet.
The second new spell was called "simulacrum". This spell allowed a wizard to form, out of snow and ice, a crudely fashioned copy of a person. Such a simulacrum could accompany the party and even fight with them. William plans to make a copy of Winlock and use the simulacrum on the battle field, during particularly intense battles.
On the morning of the seventh day, the party packed up their wagon, bid goodbye to the Khalizar, the princess and the court, and began the long journey ahead of them.
William, using the Talisman of Dreams, scanned for the last Talisman before they departed. It's location was the same… somewhere in the Border Clans region that lies between the Padashan Empire and the Kingdom of Anquar. He would not be able to get a more precise reading until they got much closer to that area.
It took three days to reach the free city of Salhanrasha, which lies on the southern border of the Padashan Empire between Padashan and the Juenta Kingdoms.
[DM Note: I may have mentioned this before, but I'll repeat it anyway… the free city of Salhanrasha, the Padashani city of Qazadeen and the Juenta Kingdoms are all new material which are not on the current Khoras map, but which are being incorporated into the new Khoras map, which I am working on now].
The party was, in essence, retracing their path, heading back up into the Padashan Empire. Previously, the party had passed through Salhanrasha without stopping. This time, they decided to stop for a day, sleep in a proper bed, have a bath and perhaps pick up a rumor or two in a tavern. It was a large town with frequent traffic and caravans passing through. The party felt that they could "blend in" to this city without attracting much attention.
While walking through the city, Listig caught the eye of a young street urchin who had a sudden look of recognition on his face when he saw the party. When the young boy noticed that Listig saw him, he turned and fled. Listig alerted the others, slipped through the crowd and chased after the boy. Between his longer stride, his camouflage cloak and his invisibility ring, Listig had no trouble catching the boy.
"What are you up to, boy?" growled Listig in a threatening voice.
"M-my name is Gellesh. There's a man here in town… h-he told me and other street rats to keep an eye out for you. He told us what you looked like and your wagon… even had a wanted poster that he showed us. Said if you came through town to fetch him. Whichever one of us spotted you first, he would pay 1000 habans!"
"Why is he looking for us?"
"He said he needs to talk to you… that's all"
Listig thought about it. One thousand habans [padashani copper coins] was only about 11 Drakkellian gold. Listig took out a small pouch of gold coins and bettered the offer.
"I'll give you twelve Drakkellian gold coins if you forget all about us".
The boy readily agreed and took the gold.
Listig asked the boy where they could find this man who wanted to talk to them. The boy told them his name was Radik and directed them to a tavern.
The party went to the tavern, found the man and confronted him. The man was Padashani and did not seem threatening. He had the look of a thief about him. They agreed to meet privately in a back room.
The man introduced himself. "My name is Radik. I've been waiting for you here for weeks. I work for the Bellowguard. My master is Kalrotus, who now rules the Bellowguard. He bid me find you and give you this letter".
[DM Note: Just a reminder, the Bellowguard is the thieves guild in Qazadeen, the city that had the hidden tunnel, the plague, the zombie horde and the battle at the temple with the cult].
Radik handed them a letter sealed with a wax seal.
"And this" said Radik, "goes with the letter. He said you would know what it meant… proof that the letter was from him".
Radik set an iron ingot down on the table. It was imprinted with the standard of the Karoush Mining Consortium, the same type of iron ingot that the party had found at the destroyed caravan, the same caravan they had alerted Kalrotus to.
The party read the letter.
To Those Who Wander in the Wagon,
The Bellowguard has done well since your departure from the city. We recovered the wayward shipment of iron that you alerted us too. We have also been manufacturing and selling the antidote. From both of these endeavors, we have profited greatly. My thanks. I also thank you most deeply for your part in saving the city of Qazadeen.
Things have changed here since the plague. The civil war ended bloodily. Jhad Hassal, who rebelled against the empire, was defeated. He was publicly executed, as were the nobles who supported him. A new Jhad has been installed, one more loyal to the emperor. This change in government has been accompanied by an influx of new noble houses, new money, legions of imperial soldiers and many conscripted mercenary groups. All of this is to stamp out any remaining embers of rebellion.
Your actions in Qazadeen did not go unnoticed. Your battle at the temple, the defeat of the Death March cult, the antidote, the river. Stories of your deeds have spread in Qazadeen and beyond. They call you the Heroes of Qazadeen. The poor love you for delivering them from the plague. Countless families pray for you because the antidote gave their loved ones back to them. Children play mock battles and pretend to be you. As happens with stories oft retold, exploits become inflated, details become fuzzy. However, certain aspects of your group remain known to all – that among your party are two elves, a dwarf, an ogre – all races not common to this part of the world. Take care to conceal these four especially. If these four are seen travelling together, as a group, the chance of you being recognized increases greatly.
These same stories of the Heroes of Qazadeen have made you enemies. The new Jhad and his noble court feel such idolatry for outland commoners is offensive to the natural social order. If your journey takes you once again to Qazadeen, be very careful. Imperial solders march the streets with orders to arrest you on sight. I wanted you to know that before you marched up to the city gates unaware. If you do have need to enter the city of Qazadeen, you may use our secret entrance... the hidden path you used before. You know the one. Do you remember the name of the tavern?
You should also know that King Dalmoran has not stopped his relentless search for you. My own wizard has been unable to spy upon you even with his most powerful magic. I suspect you have somehow masked yourselves from such far seeing spells and that is good.
Dalmoran has scattered his soldiers far and wide. In every city and many a town throughout the Padashan Empire, there are small groups of his soldiers. In many places, they try to blend in with the common citizenry. They dress as we do, eat as we do, some of them even speak passable Padashi. But my men can sniff them out. Be careful. His agents are seeking you always.
I believe that Dalmoran has cast such a wide net because he has no idea where you are or where you are heading. That is your greatest advantage. Be careful if you take to the sea. His entire navy circles Qeshir, searching every coastline, harbor and port city. Ships are being stopped and searched by force.
When we first met, you told me you were searching for clues to the location of a lost treasure. I believe you withheld the full truth. I think you have found at least one of that which was lost, perhaps even more than one. Why else would Dalmoran search so desperately for you?
You are not alone in this fight. There is a group that opposes Dalmoran. Known simply as the Resistance, they number in the thousands. Mostly small groups that meet in secret and cooperate with each other. They work endlessly to overthrow him. They dwell mostly in Anquar, but they also have many agents in the Padashan Empire. The Resistance is searching for you also. They seek you so that they may ask you to join their cause. If you have truly found what you were looking for, then your aid to the Resistance could change everything. I, for one, would like to see my empire triumph over the Mad King. If you ever wish to speak to the Resistance, get a message to me or any Bellowguard agent (such as the one who gave you this letter). The Bellowguard can arrange such a meeting.
Wherever your wandering path takes you, I will pray to great Hram to watch over you. May you find that which you seek.
The party thanked Radik, took the letter and went on their way. They discussed it at length as they ate that night. The next morning, they were back on the road heading north, into the Padashan Empire, leaving Salharasha behind them.
They decided to avoid Qazadeen. No reason to go there. Better to continue on to the next Talisman. There was a brief discussion of which way to go. Sea? Too long of a voyage and not a good idea according to the letter. Cut west directly through the Tanlur Mountains? That would take too long and they would most likely have to leave the wagon behind and go on foot. In the end, they decided that the best route would be to follow the imperial roads... from the Broadlands up to Ankan and over to Ikemar. Ikemar stood at the western border and held the only easy pass through the mountains into the Border Clans.
The party started the journey. It was 15 days travel from Salhanrasha to Ikemar.
Kalrotus' letter had warned them about the Blackguard leaving teams in every town, disguised as locals and the way two elves, an ogre and a dwarf/orc stood out. They decided that, from here on out, whenever it seemed necessary, they would use the Talisman of Blood to alter the appearance of those four to look like Padashani.
The journey north was uneventful until day 10. On the morning of that day, they came upon a group of bandits in the processing of attacking a caravan. Some caravan men were still fighting, but several lay dead. The women were being rounded up and thrown into a cage wagon.
The party sprang into action. Listig handed Winlock one of the teleport arrows and fired the other. The arrow arced high and hit dirt. With a flash, Winlock was in the middle of the fight, swinging his new hammer. [An enchanted hammer he looted from one of the defeated undead knights last session].
The rest of the party charged in. Among the bandits was a very big one, standing almost ten feet tall. Possibly a small giant. And the giant had a huge ten foot scorpion that he was treating like a pet. Those two proved to be very difficult to kill.
Belkor used his magic boots to race into battle and then used one of the more powerful functions from the Talisman of Sea. Water enveloped him and took the form of a giant humanoid body, made of water, with him riding inside. In this form, he was able to swing huge fists of water and deliver devastating blows. In this form, Belkor and the giant began trading blows, back and forth.
Listig and Halimir kept up a constant barrage of arrows into the fray while Grim walked into battle swinging his sword and William fired spells.
The battle raged for only a minute or two before the tide of battle was turned. Very quickly, a dozen bandits lay dead along with the giant and the scorpion. Another dozen bandits were fleeing. The party noticed that once they were well away from the battle, the fleeing bandits were all heading in the same direction, up into the hills. Their cage wagon was facing that direction too.
After mopping up the battle and stabilizing some of the wounded caravaners, the party charged up the hill in pursuit of the fleeing bandits. About a mile into the hills, they came upon the bandit's camp in a narrow box canyon with only one way in, a narrow path barricaded by a crude palisade and spiked gate. A cluster of bandits were just inside the gate, arguing with each other, grabbing weapons and making quick repairs to the gate.
William cast fly on Belkor who immediately took to the air. Belkor flew over the gate and the surprised heads of the bandits and dropped a fireball [from his gauntlet]. Ten of the bandits died screaming. Two others managed to dive out of the way, only getting singed a little.
The party quickly destroyed the gate, subdued the two remaining bandits and searched their camp. It seemed the bandits had been at this for months and had amassed a small fortune in stolen goods, partial cargos and so forth. Casks of wine, various foodstuffs and crates of cargo were piled high. They also had several prisoners, a mix of men and women.
A quick scan for magic revealed little. There were a couple of potions and scrolls hidden among the booty, but no major magic items.
While searching through the stolen goods, the party discovered three sets of weapons, armor and helmets of Blackguard soldiers. Immediately, they realized that three of the prisoners that the bandits had put in cages were Blackguard. It was easy to sniff out which three.
The party released the other prisoners and sent them down to join the caravan. The three Blackguard soldiers were kept in their cages. The party questioned them. Two were cooperative, wanting only to live. The third simply spat at the party.
It turned out that these three had become separated from their unit in the midst of a terrible sand storm. Afterwards, they had wandered the desert for three days, almost dying of thirst until they stumbled upon the road and a caravan. They joined the caravan and travelled with them for only two days before the bandits attacked it and captured them.
The three men were just troopers, the most common type of soldier in the Anquaran Blackguard. When asked about the Blackguard army, the men were only able to confirm what the party already knew… that Anquar had lost track of the party and cast a very wide net… that they had small units of soldiers stationed at dozens of cities and towns on the lookout for the four "Knights of Endroad Keep".
The party discussed it, but decided they had no choice but to kill the three soldiers. If these three somehow found a way to reunite with the Blackguard army, the enemy would have an exact date and pinpoint position of the party. So they killed them. Three unarmed men. A difficult choice, but a necessary one.
Having freed all the prisoners and finding nothing else of interest in the camp, the party resumed their journey.
A few hours later, they reached the city of Ankan. They stayed only one night in Ankan. While in this city, they realized that they needed to return the bones of the man they found in the Juenta fortress weeks before. These were the bones of the man whose sword, Fate Breaker, Belkor now carried. The note found with the bones and the sword had asked the finder to return the bones to his family in the capital city of Aramanda.
The party had been in the empire long enough to learn of its imperial postal system – a network of caravans and horse messengers that connected all the major cities of the empire. The party gave the bones to the imperial messengers along with a note and enough payment to ensure it got to Aramanda.
Having done that, Belkor felt he had earned Fate Breaker.
The party continued on. The rest of the journey to the city of Ikemar was uneventful.
Although the party had been in the Padashan Empire now for many weeks, they had not set foot on the far western side. None of them knew much about this region or the city of Ikemar.
When Ikemar finally appeared on the horizon, they saw that it was built around a huge, central fortress. There were mountains a few miles away to the north and to the south. A tremendous wall stretched from one mountain to the other, a distance of about 40 miles. The city of Ikemar lay exactly in the middle. The fort, the city and the wall guarded the pass between the two mountains.
The party entered with other caravans going into the city and did their best to blend in. They noticed that, despite the intense summer heat, there were dozens of buildings with huge chimneys churning out black smoke. They soon found out that these were kiln houses baking bricks for the wall and that the construction of the wall was not finished, but ongoing.
The party chose a tavern at random, one called the Horn of Plenty. (They liked the name… it sounded less threatening than the Gaping Maw, the Sand Viper's Den, the Broken Spear, the Desert Dog and others).
Within they were greeted by a hugely obese, bearded padashani dressed in silk robes and covered in rings and jewels. His lustrous black beard was braided and adorned with gems.
Come in my friends, come in! Ah, by the look of you, you have traveled quite some distance. And you have the look of wealth about you. I am Babook ibn Hashan and YOU are my guests.
He snapped his fingers at a mostly nude servant girl who brought out goblets and began filling them with wine.
My elven lords! Welcome! It has been a long time since I have had any of your noble race grace my humble establishment!
Now, all of your… how may Babook bring a smile to your dusty and road weary faces today? May I interest you in a platter of roasted sand lizard? Scorpion surprise? Honeyed fire cakes? Perhaps some hashish? Or a girl? Ask and it shall be yours!
The party began asking questions about the wall and the lands and people beyond. Babook said that, if they were really interested, they should speak to a man who was in the back. Babook had one of the servant girls fetch him.
Not long after, as the party ate and drank, a roguish human appeared. He was an Ithrian southerner, by the looks of him. He was wearing a mix of Padashan and Drakkellian clothing and reeked of ale.
He introduced himself as Kulvarim. He was a mariner on leave while his ship was undergoing extensive repairs. He had travelled to Ikemar to see the wall and see a real live mandalar. He had been living in Ikemar for six weeks. He sat with the party and answered their questions in exchange for ale.
What can you tell us about the city?
The Great Fortress of Ikemar and its city protects the western border of the empire. There are more than a thousand soldiers stationed here. There's another, smaller fort at each end of the wall.
Why have they built a wall here?
Wall's not finished yet, but they're getting close. Another year, I've heard. The wall is mainly to stop mandalar raiders from coming across the border and attacking Padashani villages and towns. But also it's to keep padashani civilians from wandering into clan territory. The jhad, that's the local provincial governor… he's declared no one goes across the border without permission. Other than the occasional well armed caravan or military patrol, no one goes into clan territory. It's pretty much suicide. The mandalar kill everyone.
Tell us about the lands beyond the wall and the mandalar.
It's known as the Border Clans region. Some ancient empire held sway there a few thousand years ago. Now, nothing but ruins. Lots of ruins. It's home to the mandalar clans. Big brutes, horns. If you ask the locals, they''ll tell you all kinds of stories about how the mandalar are vicious, blood thirsty, primitive barbarians. They'll even tell you stories about the mandalar eating their prisoners. In truth, I think their view is a bit skewed. They've been fighting the clans for years. War has a way of brewing hate. I've spoken to a mandalar. There's one living right here in the city. And he didn't seem like a mindless savage. You should talk to him if you really want to understand the mandalar. He could probably tell you all kinds of things about the mandalar and the lands beyond. He'd know better than anyone. But I'll tell you this… the mandalar are tough. Tough as iron and strong as an ox. Just one mandalar is worth five padashani soldiers. But what really scares the piss out of both Anquar and Padashan is the horns.
Horns?
Yeah, a mandalar's head is crowned by two huge horns. Something about the horns makes it so magic don't work right on them.
How do we get beyond the wall?
Why would you want to go beyond the wall? All you'll find is battle and blood. Well, there's a lot of ruins. But if you're tomb raiders, give it up. It's not worth it. They say there are hoards of treasure out there, but there are also a hundred thousand mandalar warriors who are as likely to butcher you as talk to you. The only people crazy enough to go out into clan territory are the caravans and the soldiers. But they do so in groups. Large, heavily armed groups. And sometimes they don't come back. Well, except for the Iron Dragon. I think that one has survived the journey a dozen times.
Where do the caravans go?
They trade with Anquar. While the Kingdom of Anquar and the Padashan Empire are technically still at war, they do still trade. The wagon caravans are politically neutral and make the occasional trading run.
What's the Iron Dragon?
A very large and well known wagon. Well, actually, more like a land ship. You'd have to see it for yourself.
The party asked where they could find the mandalar he had mentioned. Kulvarim said the mandalar was a slave working in the brick district. They went there and found the mandalar easily enough. He was a tall, well muscled humanoid covered in grey black fur. His two great horns had been sawn off of his head, leaving only stumps. He limped on a mangled left foot and his back was covered in old whip scars.
There was a confrontation with the slave owner, but after a tense standoff, they came to an agreement. The party would get to speak to the mandalar for 10 minutes and the slave owner got to keep his health. However, the mandalar refused to tell them anything unless they purchased his freedom. The party ended up buying the mandalar's freedom for 100 ujan (padashani gold coins) in exchange for the mandalar serving as a guide for them.
Having procured a guide, they decided the best way to get into the Border Clans was as guards on one of the caravans. They thought about sneaking through the unfinished part of the wall or hiking through the mountains, but the former could result in capture and arrest and the latter would take a very long time.
They went to the caravan plaza inside the main city gates that face the Border Clans territory. This huge stone plaza held hundreds of wagons. One stood out… a massive contraption of wood and steel. It was as large as a small ship, three stories tall and had eight giant wheels.
They approached the enormous wagon and heard one man yelling at three others saying "don't come back until you find him!". The three scattered and the party approached the remaining man. He was a big man with a mane of white hair and a moustache. He didn't look Padashani, more like an Ithrian who had been living here a long time. He introduced himself as Kaizan, Captain of the Iron Dragon.
The party said they wanted to get across the border and asked if they could hire on as guards for part of the trip or as passengers. Kaizan explained that there were only certain guards spots available and they had to be approved. There were also strict laws against smuggling anyone over the border. They discussed a bribe, but Kaizan said doing so would risk his license. For that, he wanted no less than 100 gold coins for each of them and 300 to transport their wagon. They were unable to barter him down.
The party was reluctant to part with more than a thousand gold ujan (which was almost all of the wealth that they had in Padashi currency). They decided to ask him what he had been yelling about when they walked up and he explained that his dog had gone missing three days ago and none of his men could find the animal.
The party said they would find his dog for him and asked if the dog would be worth the price of smuggling them across the border. Kaizan agreed emphatically. If they could find his dog, he would get them and their wagon across the border and into Clan territory, no charge. He would need to come up with some cover story to explain why they were towing a wagon behind the Iron Dragon, but he said he could do that. Kaizan gave them a description of the dog and told them the last place anyone had seen it.
The party walked out of the plaza and William pulled out the Talisman of Dreams. Finding the dog was a trivial matter for the ancient relic and it quickly pointed them to the Desert Dog tavern.
When they arrived at the tavern, it was immediately obvious that this was a cover for the local thieves guild. A number of shady looking characters were scattered about the dimly lit drinking room. William used his Talisman to mentally "encompass" the whole building and probe it. He sensed a secret door in the back with stairs leading down to a subterranean room with three people and a dog.
They asked the barkeep about the dog downstairs and several faces at a nearby table looked up from their card game with alarmed expressions. One of the men got up and growled at threat at the party, telling them to leave. Tensions rose as strong words flew back and forth. The party refused to leave and the thieves threats got more dire. Finally one of the thugs drew a blade and bellowed "Enough talk!". He charged.
Listig fired two arrows as William cast a disintegration spell. The arrows sunk into the man's chest a split second before a sizzling green ray struck him and vaporized him on the spot. Stunned silence swept the room.
"Give us the dog".
The youngest thief at the card table stumbled toward the secret door at the back of the tavern and ran downstairs to fetch the dog.
Ten minutes later, the party was walking back into the caravan plaza with the dog licking their faces. A tearful reunion followed between Captain Kaizan and his dog, "Saffron".
The Iron Dragon was set to depart at noon the next day. The party laid low the rest of the day and that night, staying off the streets and out of sight, not wanting to attract any more attention than they already had. Early the next morning, they hooked up their wagon to the back of the Iron Dragon and all of them spent the morning hiding inside the huge vehicle.
That morning, as the crew of the Iron Dragon was preparing for departure, the party finally saw what propelled the massive thing… six huge rhino-like creatures, very similar to the beast of burden they had used in the land of the secambru giants. These six enormous creatures were yoked into harnesses beneath the vehicle between the front two and rear two axles. The creatures were completely inside the vehicle and protected from attack.
The party stayed out of sight, hidden in a small cargo compartment inside the Iron Dragon, when a group of city officials came by inspecting things.
At noon, onlookers clapped and cheered as the enormous city gates slowly swung open and the Iron Dragon rolled forward, heading out into the realm of the Border Clans.
And so the adventure continues…
« Last Edit: March 25, 2018, 04:16:23 PM by David Roomes »
David M. Roomes
Creator of the World of Khoras
Re: Session 26 Summary
Happy Birthday, Tanis.
Damn, that was an excellent session!
I particularly liked the casual disintegration. That'll get people moving quick. XD
I'm excited for the rest of the campaign.
Definitely a good birthday present, man. Thanks.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.