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The Eldritch Isles: Kazaribet's Box
By Michael Pfaff
In Gaming, The Eldritch Isles
This is a short adventure I wrote for the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons open table game I ran for a while at the local game event every other Sunday. I call it Kazaribet's Box. I stole the map from a Google image search for "pirate cove" — my apologies to the original cartographer. Monsters are all taken from the Monster Manual or Adversaries & Allies.
The Eldritch Isles are plainly inspired by / stolen from Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique world, almost directly with some names changed slightly so that the players can't Google them easily. This adventure picks up from previous actions some players had taken, so NPCs may need to be changed / modified for your home campaign. For example, Magister Euroven should be someone the players' characters have interacted with before and trust for jobs. Zsath'rah should be a rival of the characters or the introduction of a new rival.
The party is hired by Magister Euroven of Izuz to transport a large, rectangular, obsidian box to the city of Zul-Kha-Nair on the island of Qaat (Isle of the Necromancers). Then, the party is to deliver it to an associate of Euroven's named Amnon. The party sets sail on the Sea Wraith, captained by Black Belle, toward the Isle of the Necromancers, but are waylaid by Saltfang, an orcish pirate ship captained by an orc chief named Magrot, who was hired to steal the box before it can reach Zul-Kha-Nair.
If the party deters the orc boarding party, Magrot will flee to the pirate's hideout and try to figure out what to do next. Amnon requests that the party find the orcs' hideout and determine who hired them to steal the box. Then, bring the orcs back for punishment – alive or dead (Amnon has ways to torture souls).
If the orcs manage to steal the sarcophagus, and the party survives the encounter, they have two options:
Continue on toward Zul-Kha-Nair. Amnon will not be pleased and command the party to find the pirate hideout and recover the sarcophagus before it can be taken away. The party will be on a time crunch before Saltfang sails off toward Nycropolis to deliver the sarcophagus to the ghoul-king known as Nurghal.
Try to chase Saltfang. Black Belle will not be keen to chase the orcs. She was paid to deliver the party to Qaat and that's what she intends to do. If the party can convince to her to give chase, Saltfang will outrun the Sea Wraith, but not before the party witnesses Saltfang slip into a sea cove where the pirates' hideout.
If the party are all incapacitated in the battle, the party will wash up on small, outlying islands with reefs off the coast of Qaat and must find their way to safety navigating the hazards of the Isle of the Necromancers. From where they wash ashore, they can spot a towering statue – the Colossus of Uruk – but no other landmarks.
Farak's Instruction
Farak (A&A: Warlord) escorts the party to the wharf, gives them a more detailed instruction, and introduces them to Black Belle, the Sea Wraith's captain. He will answer some of the questions the party may have as well.
JOURNEY: You are to take the box to Zul-Kha-Nair. Black Belle has been paid to sail to Qaat and return and your passage is secured both ways. The sea journey should take but a day of sailing.
BOX: The contents of the box are none of your concern. Under no circumstances open the box. If the box has been tampered with, your payment may be in question.
DELIVERY: Zul-Kha-Nair is a port city. The magister's associate will be expecting you and should have an entourage awaiting your arrival in port.
PAYMENT: In addition to Magister Euroven's favor, Amnon has agreed pay you once the box is delivered to his estate in the amount of 2,000 gold coins to be divided among your party. An exceptional fee for such a simple task.
AMNON: Amnon is the high priest of an order of necromancers called The Cult of Thasmudyan. He is very powerful. Do not insult him. And, definitely do not attempt to betray him.
ISLE OF THE NECROMANCERS: I have only been to Zul-Kha-Nair and back. I will leave the rest of the island and most of that place to nightmares. The living can move about easily enough thanks to the Necromancer Overlords and their interest in trade. But, that doesn't mean the place is inviting or safe. The place is designed for the undead. While you do your business, we stay at the Banshee's Whale, a place where the living gather in relative safety. While you're there, watch your back and don't go where you're not invited.
Black Belle & Crew
Black Belle is a seasoned ship captain (A&A: Swashbuckler) with experience traveling the high seas across the Black River to Qaat. She is calculated, cunning, and commands the utmost loyalty from the crew of the Sea Wraith. Her first mate is Benford aka "Big Ben", a strong-armed man (A&A: Warrior) with crude tattoos covering his body and face. Her crew is a dozen tough sailors (A&A: Sailor).
JOURNEY: The sea journey will take less than a day if the winds are with us, and they normally are. We'll cross the seas toward the Black River and navigate those harsh waters. When we cross, do not look overboard into the waters. There are spirits that dwell there and foolish sailors have been consumed by their wailing and thrown themselves overboard.
BOX: I don't know what's in the box, nor do I care. I have been told not to open it and I suggest you don't either.
TROUBLE: The sea is a dangerous place; pirates, sea monsters, and worse. If the ship goes down, the box goes down with it. You wouldn't want that to happen, now, would you? Otherwise, stay out of the way of my crew and we should be fine.
The box is actually an obsidian sarcophagus that contains the vampire princess, Kazaribet, paralyzed by a bejewelled stake. The sarcophagus has several advanced locking mechanisms that require a combination to open (though a high DC open locks check could open it). Magister Euroven acquired the princess and has brokered a deal to sell to Amnon, who lives on the Isle of the Necromancers (Qaat) in the city of Zul-Kha-Nair. If for some reason the party opens the box, they have a few options:
They could leave her be.
They could try to slay her.
They could try to awaken her.
She is easily killed in her paralyzed state. Merely engulfing her in the sun will do the job. However, this means the party has just burned some serious bridges along with Kazaribet. If they awaken her, she will attempt to negotiate her release. She may even negotiate a deal with the party to get vengeance on Amnon by feigning ignorance until they arrive and unleashing her awakened. Kazaribet doesn't know why Amnon wants her, but she certainly doesn't like being kidnapped. If necessary, she'll try to charm Black Belle and whoever leads the party. As a last resort, she'll murder everyone.
If the pirates get Kazaribet's box, they will most certainly open it and likely one of them will try and steal the bejewelled stake. This presents a fun opportunity to add some horror and a lurking vampire at the pirate's hideout (discussed below).
The ghoul-king known as Nurghal has commissioned a group of orcish pirates to attack the Sea Wraith, recover the sarcophagus, and bring it back to Nycropolis, where he rules as the high priest of Morddoth. The pirates' ship is called Saltfang and captained by an orc named Magrot (orc war chief).
The Saltfang distracts the Sea Wraith with a frontal assault while Magrot's first mate, Sargak (an orog), along with his best warriors (half a dozen max HP orcs) climb aboard the Sea Wraith and find the box. The orcs do not intend to carry the box back to Saltfang. Instead, their goal is to merely reach the sarcophagus and activate a teleportation sigil (gifted by Nurghal) to send the box to their ship. Once the boarding party has sent the box back, they will dive into the waters and swim to shore where a smaller boat awaits them. Then, they will row to the hideout.
Magrot will immediately sail Saltfang away in an attempt to flee after the box has been delivered. They will return to the hideout and await the return of the boarding party for 24 hours before they leave for Nycropolis.
Nurghal has also planted a doppelganger spy among the orcs to ensure their loyalty. The doppelganger (MM 82), Sieben, goes by Kharg in orc form, but she will shapeshift and assume any form necessary to survive. If the party raids the hideout or boards Saltfang, Sieben will assume the form of a captive and get the party to rescue her and look for opportunities to escape.
Qaat, Isle of the Necromancers
The island is long and slender, roughly 100 mi in length and 30 mi at its widest point. The southern half of Qaat is shadowed in darkness and twilight for the majority of the day due to an eldritch, planar connection to the Shadowfell, a twisted shadow version of the material world. It is said that there was a great battle between two wizards that created the rift to the Shadowfell and in the aftermath, the Order of Tasuun established their first libraries, which eventually became Zul-Kha-Nair.
The northern half of the island is covered in a dense jungle cut in half by a towering mountain range. Ancient ruins of a lost civilization lie in the heart of the jungle, vine-choked and demon-haunted. Though it is said ancient treasures and magic can be found by those daring and capable enough to survive the dangers of the jungle.
Zul-Kha-Nair
The seaport of Zul-Kha-Nair is a quiet, creepy place of shadow and death. The city was built atop a bog known as the Mere of the Dead. A great battle took place here and the many corpses can still be found in the muck below. Because of this, structures in the city are like smaller islands that are connected by bridges and the roadways are stagnant water navigated by skeletal boatmen. Most of the city inhabitants are undead (zombies, skeletons, wights, etc.) though there are humanoid visitors and the necromancers who rule here.
The following items unique to the isle may be purchased here:
Brittlebone (+exploding skeletons; 30gp)
Embalming Fire (+flammable zombies; 20gp)
Ether Oil (hit incorporeal 2 rds; 50gp)
Liquid Night (survive in daylight 1 hr; 150gp)
Gloomcandle (magical darkness; 200gp)
Ectoplasmic Ichor (turns item incorporeal; 500gp)
Dreambliss (blissful sleep effect; 2d6 x 100gp)
Mindshadow (hallucinations; 3d6 x 100gp)
All of these items are easily found for the listed price.
Amnon's Estate
Amnon's home is crafted from some sort of reflective black stone built atop a pile of humanoid skulls.
Amnon (A&A: Necromancer) is a grand wizard of The Order of Tasuun. He is brown-skinned, black haired, and darkly complected. Amnon wears a green and gold headdress set with a yellow jewel and is often wearing expensive, silken robes embroidered with mystical symbols. He is very cordial, pleasant, and friendly despite his penchant for the undeath.
Upon delivery of the box, Amnon will invite the party to watch as he opens the box (if it hasn't been opened already) for confirmation of delivery. If Kazaribet is within, he will grin devilishly and thank the party profusely. He invites them to dinner where he is attended by undead servants.
Dinner with Amnon
As the party enters the great banquet hall at Amnon's Estate for dinner, they realize there are other guests, including the wizard nemesis, Zsath'rah, who claimed the Illuminator from beneath the ruined plinths before some of the party could (in fact, he carries it with him). In addition, a pale, blonde-haired, noble-looking woman in royal garb named Myriem attends. She is, in fact, the apprentice of Amnon (as well as his betrayer to Nurghal — she informed him of Amnon's plan to purchase Kazaribet).
As the party enters, Amnon nods to have them seated and continues his discussion with Zsath'rah, who is now nervous as he recognizes one of the party members who was previously encountered.
Zsath'rah, let us finish the discussion of the Ruins of Tannoch later. The sword you have will most definitely permit you to activate the lenses.
Zsath'rah is not pleased this information was given. He gives an angry glare toward the character in the party he recognizes.
Then, Amnon gets down to business. He wants the party to find the orc hideout and figure out who exactly was behind hiring the orcs and how they knew the Sea Wraith would be transporting the box in the first place. He offers to double their reward if the uncover this knowledge. Plus, it's pirate's lair? Surely they have more treasures.
Shortly after Amnon gets the party's answer, he is pulled away from dinner as a guest whispers something into his ear. He excuses himself. The party can finish eating or talk with the other guests.
The Salt Cove
The pirates lair in a nearby cove with sea caves. The orcs have built a large chain net that acts as a blockade against ships and creatures entering through the waters at the main sea cave entrance. Visitors are required to enter at the beach entrance.
KEY to the Salt Cove
Defensive Ballista: The ballista (AC 15; 50 HP; +6; 120/480; 3d10 piercing) are used to defend against larger ships attempting to enter the cove. There are usually 3 orcs (MM 246) that man the exterior ballista and 2 orcs that man the interior ballista. One fires, one reloads, and one supervises.
Lookout Posts: Each lookout has 2 orcs on duty at all times. The lookouts are high above the ground level (20', 30' and 50' respectively).
Beach Entrance: The beach entrance is blocked by a wooden portcullis that is operated by winches in both lookouts above. Magrot prefers visitors enter through this entrance.
Guard Room: Four orcs are always stationed at the front guard room to question and search visitors (the other guard room is empty). There is also a horn here that can be blown in order to alert the rest of the hideout to intruders. Usually, one orc stays back near the table near the horn while the other three perform searches. Trap: Near the horn is a taut rope that can be sliced to activate a snaring trap (DC 15 spots the sand-covered net; DC 11 spots the taut rope if near the horn; DC 15 Dex to disable the snare) that collects up anyone in the area and lifts them 15' in the air. A creature can use its action to make a DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another creature within its reach on a success. The net has AC 10 and 20 hit points. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net (AC 10) destroys a 5-foot-square section of it, freeing any creature trapped in that section. The orcs will use this to prevent anyone from reaching the horn area. Treasure: There are 152 cp, 78 sp, and 15 gp on the table, being used to gamble with. There's also seven ivory dice (5gp each). The horn is made from a large prehistoric animal (30gp).
Prison Cells: The cells are empty except for a sahuagin, who has a small pool of water to submerge in. She happens to be a sahuagin priestess (MM 264) being held for ransom. If the party rescues her, she will repay them in the future (and can command the reef sharks in area 14 if she is freed). She will return to Yoharneth-Lahai, the seat of the sahuagin kingdom and tell of the party's favor. But, she hopes to return and recover the Book of Dagon. The party may also attempt to ransom her; another adventure for another day. Treasure: One of the cells has a skeletal form in a orange-colored jelly (MM 243). A fragment of a wand is embedded in the jelly. If held and activated, the fragment allows you to comprehend and speak any language until the next long rest.
Sleeping Quarters: During the day, most of the orcs not on duty will be here sleeping. There will be roughly a 12+1d12 here at any one time. During night, there will be half that, as the orcs become more active during the night. There are dozens of footlockers here, but most of them contain mundane equipment. The orcs will usually spend most of their take on carousing in port and be broke after. Treasure: There isn't much, but a thorough search of the area will reveal 1d100 cp, 1d20 sp, and 1d6 gp in loose coin. Plus, on a successful DC 15 Investigation check, a Potion of Healing can be found tucked in a nook high in the back wall.
Gathering Hall: During the day, the gathering hall will be empty or have a handful of orcs here (1d4-2). During the night, and especially after a successful raid, the orcs will be in full revelry here. They will drink, fight, play games, and be generally rowdy. Occasionally, Magrot or Sargak will give a speech or assign duties, respectively.
Kitchen Nook: A bugbear (MM 33) named Lurg and his two kobold (MM 195) sous-chefs Jing and Juck cook large pots of seafood stew, brew ale, and generally tend to the feeding of the crew of Saltfang. The nook has two fires roaring at all times, cook's utensils, brewer's supplies, barrels of fermented fish, pickled sahuagin heads, and spices – mostly salt. Lurg makes special meals that he personally delivers to Magrot. Often they will share a bottle of orcish whiskey together and discuss things. Sargak is jealous of this relationship. Lurg has a bed here and the kobolds sleep beneath it. Treasure: Hidden in a barrel of salt, Lurg keeps his personal stash of treasure. He has five jars of rare caviar (10gp each), a small collection of expensive herbs and spices (50gp), and a chainmail pouch filled with 200gp.
Magrot's Quarters: Two orcs are always on guard here and attend to Magrot, the captain of Saltfang. Magrot (orc war chief; MM246; has Spear +1, Mariner's Armor) will be here most of the time, resting or plotting his next journey. His chamber is well-furnished with a plush bed, a desk, and trunk. The bed has two half-orc concubines – Ghorka and Kharnis – chained to it. The desk has a map of the regional seas, marked with merchant routes and other points of interest. There is a treasure map and a letter from Nurghal with a promise of 5,000gp to recover Kazaribet's Box from the Sea Wraith. Treasure (trunk): 2200 cp, 800 sp, 100 gp, Carnelian (50 gp), Chalcedony (50 gp), Citrine (50 gp), Jasper (50 gp), Moonstone (50 gp), Quartz (50 gp), Star rose quartz (50 gp), Spell Scroll (Jump), Spell Scroll (Levitate), Potion of Climbing, Potion of Healing
Boat Landing: These sandy landings have large stelae with strange symbols carved into them that the orcs use the tie off boats. They don't know what the writings mean. Several giant crabs will come ashore on occasion (1/d6) but they are not aggressive unless approached or attacked from afar. The stelae are the first indication this cave was used for something else prior to the orcs inhabiting the cave as a hideout. A DC 15 Religion check will reveal that these stelae are holy monuments likely built by sahuagin in reverence to the sea god, Dagon. And, furthermore, they mark the location of a shrine or temple to Dagon — there must be one somewhere in this cove complex.
Natural Dock: This rocky dock has several empty crates and carts used to transport cargo throughout the hideout. The dock is usually empty unless the Saltfang has just arrived and the crew is unloading cargo.
Pirate Ship (Saltfang): When the ship is docked, it will usually be empty except for 3 roving orcs who patrol the deck to make sure no one comes aboard when they shouldn't.
Crossing: Two long, wide planks are against the wall here. They are clearly used to cross the pool of water here. The orcs use them to cross with cargo to the storage area.
Tide Pool & Captured Sharks: This pool is contains 4 reef sharks (MM 336) that are released if intruders are discovered falling into or swimming in the main cavern's waters. The sharks are hungry and will descend upon the swimmers quickly. The lever to release the sharks is actually at the interior ballista point (see area 1). And, there's a tunnel that goes from this pool to the pool in area 13, where the sharks will swim to and fro. Woe to anyone who falls into the waters.
Underwater Tunnel: These tunnels can only be discovered if a creature is moving in the waters. The first tunnel is undiscovered by the orcs thus far and leads to the secret save (21). The second is used to channel the reef sharks into the main cavern and is covered by a portcullis that is operated via a lever in the interior ballista area.
Cargo Storage: Stacks of crates; bolts of cloth; barrels of ale, wine, and whiskey; weapons, armor, and equipment. A secret door is hidden behind one stack of crates that opens to the secret temple. Treasure: Outside of the mundane stuff listed above (of which there is a lot that can be transported), there are a few notable valuables. Two bolts of fine cloth threaded with electrum (100gp each); four casks of fine brandy (200gp each); a case of rare books (500gp); a dozen ornamental jars of rare spices (50gp each); a large, heavy, copper statue of a god (600gp); a crate of porcelain-wares (150gp); and a create of ivory figurines (300gp).
Secret Sahuagin Temple: Very narrow, steep stairs lead to this secret chamber. On the far side of the pool of water is an altar to Dagon. There are narrow pillars that rise up out of the water toward the altar. The second one is trapped and will crumble if stepped upon (DC 17 Acrobatics or Athletics to leap to another pillar before falling in). Going into the water will disturb a chuul (MM 40) and Seaweed Blight (MM 32). A scaled book (The Book of Dagon; grants abilities but may cause madness if read by a non-sahuagin) rests atop the altar. If the book is disturbed, the party hears a rumbling behind them and the falling of rocks. Then, the room begins to fill with water. If the chuul is still alive, it will attack anyone who becomes submerged in the water. Treasure: The altar is covered in trinkets and baubles of gold, silver, gems, etc. All told worth 1,032gp. One of the trinkets is a blue-silver Ring of Protection +1.
Unfinished Boat: It appears Magrot is using his crew to build a second ship. He intends to give command to Sargak to expand his piracy operation. During night hours, a crew of 8 orcs work under the tutelage of the shipwright, Omak (see: Shipwright's quarters). During the day, this area is usually quiet.
Workshop Area: During night hours, Omak will be working here to measure and cut timber, and generally oversee the construction of the new ship. The area is littered with wood-shavings, stacks of timber, and tools. Omak keeps an axe near him at all times.
Shipwright's Quarters: During the day, Omak, an ogrillon (MM 238), will be found sleeping here. Omak can't swim and is terrified of the sea, so he prefers to stay on land. He does have skill as a shipwright though. His furnishings are meager, but well-maintained and orderly. He usually has food delivered to him (Lurg will send one of the kobolds to bring it). Omak doesn't have much treasure, but does keep his wages in a locked box hidden in a secret compartment in his tool chest. Treasure: 158gp; Omak found a ring while the Saltfang was out at sea and he was exploring some of the caverns. It is strangely made of coral and pearl and has strange markings on (sahuagin language; matches stelas). The ring is magical, but Omak doesn't know that. The Seaborne Ring: It must be attuned. It has 3 charges. While wearing it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge and polymorph yourself into the form of a sea creature. The first form each day is a hunter shark, the second a giant seahorse, and the third an octopus. The ring regains any expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the ring's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the ring transforms into a small bird and flies away.
Secret Cave: This cave is unknown to the orcs. Though, others have been here as the ground here is littered with bones and scraps of leather, bits of metal. Something shimmers near a large stalactite in the center of the cave. A roper (261) lurks here along with several piercers (MM 252) clinging to the ceiling 25' up. The roper will wait until the first few characters move into the cave before attacking to allow them to get close enough for the piercers to strike. A crevice in the ceiling can be scaled and crawled through and opens up above area 20, the Shipwright's Quarters. Treasure: the skeletal remains of an adventurer with a Ring of Swimming.
Weighted Rope Bridge: This rope bridge can be lowered or raised. A few boards have been weakened and marked by Omak to repair with an 'X'. He'll get around to it when the new ship is finished.
Individual Pirate Treasures
Here's a list of items an orc pirate might have on them. Roll 1d20 and if an item with a metal type comes up, scratch it off for future rolls.
1d10 bronze brothel token (1sp each)
Rabbit's foot
Silver buckled belt
Eel-skin gloves
Random gemstone with a hole in the center
A silver inlaid flask
Drinking horn
Silver tankard
Painted sundial
A cockatrice feather fan
Sahuagin electrum holy symbol of Dagon
Bosun's whistle (ivory)
Golden merchant's scales
Platinum filigreed navigator's tools
Spyglass with etched copper rings
Random trinket
Random cypher
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FOES RAMP UP ATTACKS IN RACE FOR SEMINOLE DISTRICT 3 SEAT
By Kevin P. Connolly of The Sentinel Staff
SANFORD -- In 1996, Dick Van Der Weide sailed unopposed into a second term on the Seminole County Commission, propelled by a huge campaign war chest that some say scared away potential competitors.
Though this re-election has been no cakewalk for Van Der Weide, he likely has survived his toughest challenge by defeating former Altamonte Springs Mayor Dudley Bates, his Republican opponent in September's close primary race.
Now, standing in his way to another term is former County Commissioner Win Adams, an unaffiliated candidate who is hoping his struggling grass-roots efforts can derail Van Der Weide's well-heeled political machine in the Nov. 7 general election.
Also in the District 3 race is the Libertarian Party's long-shot candidate, Zea Proctor, a 20-year-old University of Central Florida student promoting herself as a "fresh voice" for the county.
Despite having about four times as much campaign cash as Adams, Van Der Weide doesn't take any challenge lightly, and he's hammering Adams' history of party switching -- he's a Republican who joined the Democrats and returned to the GOP -- in hopes of painting his opponent as being erratic. Each is calling the other a political opportunist.
"My opinion of Win Adams is he'll say anything and do anything to further his cause," said Van Der Weide, 61.
As Election Day nears, the front-runners' campaigns are taking on an increasingly nasty tone, with issues seemingly taking a back seat to attacks on each other's voting records, character traits and private business dealings.
Adams, 58, was elected to the County Commission as a Republican and was turned out in 1998 after serving one four-year term.
"I don't like his tactics," Adams said of Van Der Weide. "I don't like his style. I don't like the way he manipulates things."
Just as Bates did, Adams is going after Van Der Weide for his former job as part-time executive director of the Volusia Hotel-Motel Association, a job Adams thinks conflicted with the commissioner's duty to promote Seminole County.
"That's just hogwash," Van Der Weide said.
Adams also is blasting the incumbent for a lawsuit he filed against the county's clerk after she docked about $1,000 from Van Der Weide's pay because he didn't provide enough receipts to back up all the expenditures from a travel advance for an economic development trip.
Van Der Weide, whose unresolved lawsuit has cost taxpayers $17,000 to defend, staunchly maintains he's entitled to the money because it was spent on county business.
And if Adams wants to rehash lawsuits, Van Der Weide is ready to bring up Adams' own legal woes that began after Adams was fired in 1991 as an executive of a company he founded with his sister, who now says all the issues with brother have been resolved.
In 1995, a judge ruled Adams used company cash for unauthorized loans and payments to himself and others and ordered him to repay $57,000.
Court records show his judgment was satisfied in February 1999, and Adams, who denies wrongdoing, said he paid it off with part of a insurance settlement he got after suing the firm that recommended a former lawyer Adams blames for losing the suit.
Also in 1995, Adams' sister sued him on behalf of their mother for allegedly defaulting on a 30-year, $10,000 loan he borrowed from her in 1975. A settlement in that case said Adams must repay his mom $10,500. Records show he owed $7,700 as of June 30.

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The image above comes from The Economist and shows the share of profits in the mobile phone industry, with the growing bright blue wedge representing Apple taking a big bite out of Nokia's profits. The Economist writes:
UNTIL 2007 Europe appeared to have beaten Silicon Valley in mobile technology for good. Nokia, based in Finland, was the world's largest handset-maker—and raked in much of the profits. But everything changed when Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, the first smartphone that deserved the name.
Obviously there are relative winners and losers in the marketplace, but apparently many economists don't think that countries are in competition for jobs or industry. Writing in the NY Times yesterday, Gerg Makiw dismisses the notion of countries in competition with one another, as suggested by President Obama in the State of the Union:
Achieving economic prosperity is not like winning a game, and guiding an economy is not like managing a sports team.
To see why, let's start with a basic economic transaction. You have a driveway covered in snow and would be willing to pay $40 to have it shoveled. The boy next door can do it in two hours, or he can spend that time playing on his Xbox, an activity he values at $20. The solution is obvious: You offer him $30 to shovel your drive, and he happily agrees.
The key here is that everyone gains from trade. By buying something for $30 that you value at $40, you get $10 of what economists call "consumer surplus." Similarly, your young neighbor gets $10 of "producer surplus," because he earns $30 of income by incurring only $20 of cost. Unlike a sports contest, which by necessity has a winner and a loser, a voluntary economic transaction between consenting consumers and producers typically benefits both parties.
This example is not as special as it might seem. The gains from trade would be much the same if your neighbor were manufacturing a good — knitting you a scarf, for example — rather than performing a service. And it would be much the same if, instead of living next door, he was several thousand miles away, say, in Shanghai.
Listening to the president, you might think that competition from China and other rapidly growing nations was one of the larger threats facing the United States. But the essence of economic exchange belies that description. Other nations are best viewed not as our competitors but as our trading partners. Partners are to be welcomed, not feared. As a general matter, their prosperity does not come at our expense.
Rob Atkinson of ITIF has a great post up which critiques such conventional wisdom among economists that nation's are not in competition for jobs and industry. Here is a lengthy excerpt from Rob's post:
When ITIF released our report Effective Corporate Tax Reform for the Global, Innovation Economy, I briefed a group of prominent tax economists on the report. The group included leading tax economists for Congress, Treasury, OMB and other government agencies. The report laid out 6 key principles to guide corporate tax reform efforts. When I got to the principle number 4 – "In a globally competitive economy nations need competitive corporate tax regimes," – several hands shot up. One economist reflected the group's consensus when he said "the corporate tax code doesn't have to reflect this because while Boeing may compete with Airbus, for example, the United States is not in competition with Europe. At this point most heads were nodding in agreement. I should reiterate that these were not academic economists, or junior GS 8's. These were senior USG economists charged with advising policy makers on tax policy.
When I share this story with colleagues, they look at me with jaws agape, in disbelief. I actually think many don't even believe me. For such a view is so patently out of touch with the reality of the 21st century global economy that most people just don't believe that top government advisors actually believe this. But they really do. Just look at a recently op ed by Paul Krugman where he argued that countries don't compete with one another, only companies, and therefore the entire enterprise of trying to make the U.S. more competitive in international markets is a fool's errand.
And when the top advisors to USG fundamentally believe that we are not in competition with other nations, they are not likely to push for policies that would make us more competitive. We see this is the current craze over corporate tax reform. President Obama, presumably on the advice of these "we don't really compete" economists reflected this view when he proposed in his State of the Union address to "Get rid of the loopholes. Level the playing field. And use the savings to lower the corporate tax rate for the first time in 25 years — without adding to our deficit." Sound good. Is actually not. This kind of corporate tax reform is exactly what the "we don't really compete" economists want: a corporate tax code that taxes every industry the same because the government shouldn't be picking winners.
This brings us back to the states. State tax codes pick winners all the time. By this I mean states try to lower taxes on companies that produce products and services, like manufacturing and software, which are "traded" outside the state. They know that lower taxes on barber shops and dry cleaners don't matter. The barber shops and restaurants wont' expand if their taxes are lower. But higher taxes on mobile establishments like a car factory or software firm can mean that that car factory or software firm will move to another state. It's also why from 1970 to 2008, corporate taxes as a share of overall state tax revenues fell from 8.3 percent to 6.2 percent. States realize that a competitive corporate tax rate, particularly on "traded firms" are essential.
In Washington, corporate tax "reform" would actually make U.S. competitiveness worse for three key reasons. First, as long as corporate tax reform has to be revenue neutral, it means that U.S. companies overall will still pay high taxes, unlike our international competitors (oops, I mean "other nations"), most of which have lowered effective corporate tax rates over the last two decades. Second, corporate tax reform risks cutting rather than expanding, tax incentives which are critical to growth and innovation, such as the R&D tax credit and expensing of capital equipment.
Third, reform would end up reducing taxes on industries that face virtually no international competition (e.g. electric utilities) and raising them on industries that are fighting every day for global market share (e.g. many technology-based industries). The end result would be further movement of U.S. jobs offshore. But again, if you believe that we are not in competition who cares. Indeed, some in power today appear to hold the view that since many U.S. firms in traded industries have moved some jobs offshore that we should instead lower taxes on "Main Street" barber shops and restaurants: after all these kinds of industries have remained loyal to the United States and created jobs. Amazing! They remained "loyal" because they had no choice.
Supercuts and McDonalds aren't going to move their barber shops and hamburger restaurants to India to take advantage of low-wage workers to serve American customers. But "traded" industries will because under with the current U.S. business and innovation climate they often have no choice.
The sooner Washington starts thinking like a state the better off we will be. States don't blame companies that move out of state. They work to make their business climate more attractive. States don't think they are entitled to jobs. They fight for jobs. States don't want their tax code to be neutral. They want it to directly support their economic development goals.
Lets take another look at Nokia and Apple -- The Economist explains why the center of gravity for mobile phones moved west:
The first generations of modern mobile phones were purely devices for conversation and text messages. The money lay in designing desirable handsets, manufacturing them cheaply and distributing them widely. This played to European strengths. The necessary skills overlapped most of all in Finland, which explains why Nokia, a company that grew up producing rubber boots and paper, could become the world leader in handsets.
As microprocessors become more powerful, mobile phones are changing into hand-held computers. As a result, most of their value is now in software and data services. This is where America, in particular Silicon Valley, is hard to beat. Companies like Apple and Google know how to build overarching technology platforms. And the Valley boasts an unparalleled ecosystem of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and software developers who regularly spawn innovative services.
Last week Nokia announced a new strategic partnership with Microsoft, with one implication being a loss of jobs in Finland.
Part of the announcement that Nokia has switched its primary smartphone platform to Windows Phone is that the Symbian mobile operating system is being slowly phased out. As a result, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop confirmed the company will be cutting jobs. In Finland, the numbers may be quite significant. "You're talking about 20,000 people, it's a big number," Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister for Economic Affairs, said in a statement. "We're talking about far and away the biggest process of structural change that Finland has ever seen in the new technology sector."
Google, which operates the rival Android mobile phone operating system, wasted no time reminding the world that they are hiring, tweeting to those displaced by Nokia.
The lesson to take from Nokia's experience is not at all unique -- So long as companies compete for the rewards of innovation, countries will have a stake in that competition, with the result being relative winners and losers. Nations put forward many policies that influence the short and long term outcomes of innovation and thus can work in the direction of their citizens interests or against it, with the implementation of successful innovation policies no easy feat. But make no mistake -- nations are in competition, despite what economists might say.


After a Dresslily haul, I have to make Dresslily wishlist because I always find new cute things I want to order from these web shops but before I get into the wishlist, definitely check out polka dot dress on Dresslily.
So let's see what's on my new wishlist from Dresslily web shop.
I'm mostly excited about these slippers because they are definitely the cutest! I am so happy I found them on this web shop and I needed to share them with you!
What you like the most from this wishlist?
Tell me in the comments down bellow!
Divna vislista, jako mi se dopadaju stvari, posebno ove patofnice (papuče), zaista sam odusevljena!
Love your wish list! Mt favorite item has to be the sweater mostly because of the lace up detail it has in the front.
Hi I´am fine and you?
Sviđa mi se wishlista, a posebno naušnice. Kliknula sam na sve linokve.


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Lakes & Beaches in Morgan City Louisiana
Lakes & Beaches
Wether you are a landlubber looking for the perfect patch of sun to set up picnic and play with the family, or you are die hard water lover who always has a few grains of sand clinging to your shoes, Louisiana's lakes and beaches offer spectacular views and plenty of activities to keep everyone entertained. Find the right lake or beach for your vacation.
Morgan City's unforgettably named Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival on Labor Day weekend is a dual celebration of its prime industries. But throughout the year visitors can easily see the impact of the oil and seafood businesses on this city in the middle of the Atchafalaya River's massive delta. Even in the heart of Morgan City's 19-block historic center, recognized as part of the state's Main Street Program, one can climb the flood barrier known locally as the Great Wall for a bird's eye view of the industrial vessels and shrimp boats plying the busy river before sampling a Cajun-style treatment of the fresh shellfish at a local restaurant. Tour a historic drilling rig and learn about Louisiana's ties to the industry at the International Petroleum Museum or get a close encounter with the area's natural heritage at the Swamp Gardens & Wildlife Zoo, which features alligators and black bears.
Top Restaurant and Culinary Experiences Outside Lafayette
The area outside of Lafayette, St. Martin Parish and Cajun Coast encapsulates so much of Louisiana's uniqueness, bringing together world-class seafood from the Gulf of Mexico, fresh produce and meats from local farms, and plenty of Cajun flavor to all of its dishes.
Top 10 Things To Do Along the Cajun Coast
Experience all the attractions near Franklin, Morgan City, Cypremort Point in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana
Journey to Grand Isle
Pack your fishing pole and birding binoculars for this simple beach getaway that offers a chance to get away from it all in the splendor of Louisiana's outdoors.
Don't Miss Dishes - Bayou Bounty Trail
Classic Cajun cuisine is on the menu in the Acadiana cities along the Bayou Bounty trail.
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Go Stand Up Paddleboarding on the Tchefuncte River in the Northshore area of Louisiana. ©Bayou Paddle Co.
Shrimp Boats at The Shrimp and Petroleum Festival ©Cajun Coast CVB
Sunrise at the Poverty Point State Park marina
Holly Beach near Lake Charles, Louisiana
You may never want to leave the newly renovated cabins at Fontainebleu State Park.
Wading in the shallows of Lake Bruin.
The kids will enjoy a day in a swimming hole at South Toledo Bend State Park.
On Bull Bayou, near Winnsboro, Louisiana, fishermen will find a variety of fish including smallmouth buffalo, pumpkinseed sunfish and smallmouth bass.
Fishing is one of the top draws at Lake D'Arbonne State Park.
Lake Bistineau State Park in north Louisiana is a scenic spot for family fun, fishing, camping and boating.
Fontainebleau, a popular Louisiana State Park, offers lakefront cabins.
Enjoy the beautiful beaches at Grand Isle.
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2020/02/11 LEGO2020, head, lowellsphere, moc, movies and tv, mr, potato, toy storybruceywan
Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story.
I originally made this in 2012 using dark tan for the body, but my 2020 version uses medium nougat, which I think is more accurate. I updated a lot of the internals due to better SNOT pieces being available now, and slightly updated the arms and hands as well.
2019/07/21 LEGObrucelowell, cartoon, disney, lego, mickey, mickey mouse, minnie, minnie mouse, mouse, movies and tvbruceywan
I started my Mickey Mouse (based off Paul Lee's, which was in turn inspired by the Lowell Sphere) with no intention to follow up beyond the original build, but it's morphed into seven builds so far. The last of those builds is this Minnie, which I originally wrote off as uninteresting and not possible with the color palette LEGO currently offers. I was wrong on both counts; once I found that there was an "official, non-standard" (red dress with white polka dots) version of Minnie, I decided to give it a go, and I'm really happy with where it ended up. My daughter is too.
2019/05/20 LEGObrucelowell, cartoon, disney, lego, lowellsphere, mickey, mickey mouse, mouse, movies and tvbruceywan
My friend (and amazing artist and builder) Paul Lee was inspired by the Lowell Sphere to build a Mickey Mouse back in 2011. I've always liked how it turned out and wanted to make my own. It ended up taking on a life of its own and has resulted in six different Disney character builds (so far); this is the first of them.
Banana Stand
2019/03/14 Kits, LEGO2019, arrested development, banana, bluth, brucelowell, brucelowell.com, bruceywan, kit, movies and tv, original, stand, storebruceywan
"There's always money in the Banana Stand!"
Since I posted my original Banana Stand in 2015, I've received many requests for instructions, sets, stickers, etc. Since then I've been able to refine the design and, more importantly, have some professionally printed and die-cut stickers made up for the MOC. I heard the calls for making this available loud and clear. I wanted this to be a special kit; my first publicly available kit that incorporated full color PDF instructions, custom figures, high quality stickers, all in a fun build and a nice package!
CLICK HERE or on one of the pictures to pre-order your Banana Stand today over at my Web Store!
Pre-orders will start March 14th 2019
All pre-orders will also receive a "Banana Man" mini-figure!
Kits are expected to ship on Cinco de Cuatro, May 4th 2019
Rathtar
2017/10/11 LEGO2017, 7, awakens, bruce, creature, episode, force, lego, lowell, lowellsphere, moc, monster, movies and tv, rathtar, sculpture, starwars, viibruceywan
Hello everyone! I've been pretty quiet in the last few months. I just realized my last post on the LEGO Ideas MMPR Project was just over 6 months ago… WOW! Life's kept me busy–not completely away from LEGO–just away from the internet.
Anyway, here's my latest: a rathtar from The Force Awakens. I've always loved making brick-built Star Wars creatures, and The Force Awakens offers several cool new ones. It was a fun build, and I'll admit it's always fun to use the Lowell Sphere as a base for any build but also incorporate different elements like the tentacles. My favorite little feature is that it fits a minifigure!
Wicket the Ewok
2015/06/01 LEGO2015, bruce, ewok, lego, lowell, movies and tv, starwars, warrick, wicketbruceywan
I'll blame the teaser trailers for the upcoming Star Wars – The Force Awakens for putting me back in full-on Star Wars nerd mode, and probably even more so than ever before. And with that, I'll admit I love the Ewoks, the original Ewok Celebration song (Yub Nub), and probably everything Return of the Jedi. Here's a little showing of that love.
Destroyer Droid
2015/03/08 LEGO2015, bruce, destroyer, droid, droideka, lego, lowell, moc, movies and tv, prequel, starwarsbruceywan
The Sentinels
2015/01/31 Commissions, LEGO2015, construction, elite, foot, lego, moc, movies and tv, sentinel, symphony, teenage mutant ninja turtles, tmntbruceywan
Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand
2015/01/07 LEGO2015, arrested development, banana, bluth, frozen, movies and tv, original, standbruceywan
I've wanted to make the Banana Stand from Arrested Development, and once I saw that the figure from 76026 Gorilla Grodd Goes Bananas is a dead ringer for a Banana Stand employee, I wanted to make it my first (published) build of the new year!
Han Shot First
2014/10/20 LEGO2014, a new hope, episode iv, greedo, han shot first, han solo, lego, moc, movies and tv, starwarsbruceywan
"Going somewhere, Solo?"
This Iconic Scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was recreated with figures from my birthday set (75052 Mos Eisley Cantina).
The lights used for the window and table were provided by LiteUpBlock. Their new selection of battery and USB powered mini LED lights are amazing, and caused me to finally take a picture of this vignette I've had sitting around for five or so years (albeit with the older versions of Han and Greedo).


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EARLY IDENTIFICATION & TREATMENT
Community and school-based screening programmes catch problems, for examples sight and hearing, before they become disabilities. Across our programme 1,269,697 people were examined and provided with treatment to prevent needless disability.
Vaccines can afford lifelong protection from devastating diseases. IMPACT both educates about and provides vaccines. Thanks to IMPACT's action this year 85,315 people were immunised, either directly or as a result of our motivational activities.
ENDING MALNUTRITION
Home gardens and nutrition supplements aren't luxuries; they are necessary to avoid disabling conditions. Across our programme 169,366 people benefited from our direct action to combat malnutrition.
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Free or low-cost surgery is brought to the people by boat, train, floating clinics and land-based community clinics. Across our programme 18,802 operations were performed to restore or repair sight, hearing, mobility, fistula, hydrocephalus and cleft lip.
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Kevin McGrath has a distinguished United Nations career having worked for both the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations Development Program. In his spare time he taught skiing to people with disabilities.
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A chartered accountant in the UK and CPA in the USA, as well as a financial comptroller for several companies. Robert worked for the ILO in Geneva and 40 countries on UN projects for management, finance, environment and health care.
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Yenlin has studied, worked and lived in China and in the USA. She became a full-time United Nations staff member in Geneva in 2002. Yenlin joined the IMPACT team in 2013 as our UN liaison. She a proud single mother of a son.
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Historical perspective of Impact Switzerland
Impact is an international organisation, the genesis of a unique partnership between WHO, UNICEF and UNDP as part of the United Nations Year of the Disabled, created in 1981. It is the brain-child of Sir John Wilson, himself blinded as a school boy and founder of Sight-Savers International of the United Kingdom. It's goal is that no one should become or remain needlessly disabled by disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of medical services in the face of the depressing scenario that 15% of the world's people are disabled, 80 % are living in developing countries, a third of whom are children. In 2013 Impact Switzerland was created to expand the financial network of theImpact federation. Today, Impact has 11 national foundations, supported by three financial Partners (Impact UK, Impact Norway and Impact Switzerland).
The archives of Impact Switzerland have been digitised, and are available via the link here. These are viewable via Google Drive, and contain information on the origin of impact since it's founding by Sir. John Wilson CBE.
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Gosh Ballroom!!! A lifetime ago and yet if I take myself back what a rush. The first time there was such great anticipation and the excitement bubbled over as we managed to find someone to drive us from the leafy suburbs of West London to Camden; we stepped out into the most vibrant place I had ever encountered after 10pm at age 16.
Oh my goodness!! Gary & Seymour had not exaggerated and we saw everyone imaginable from Covent Garden and the rest, I'll never forget looking down at those red carpeted stairs, the ones that I was to climb for the next few years every Friday night, without fail, sod the boyfriends and whoever else wanted to keep me from going.
The Electric Ballroom was to become my haven, a place where I finally belonged, even though I was in the midst of a few hundred strong young urbanites I felt at peace. I could express myself and I have never laughed so much. As for the all-nighters... I could go on and on and on, but you know what, you just had to be there, it's that simple.
When I recall those times nothing compares to the Electric Ballroom, perhaps because she was my first love, I don't know, Babylon, Dingwalls, The Wag, Zoo, Nightmoves, Mistry dances, I tried the lot but still, nothing could match the intangible quality of the nights passed at The Electric Ballroom.
We were a family, as nauseating as that sounds, once you were on the street anywhere in London and that connection was made you were in, you belonged, even with Head Bouncer Maurice (well in my case anyway)!!
Aahh, seeing Lisa Lisa, Full Force, Afrika Bambataa, Dougie Fresh 'live', then the jazz boys upstairs, the mad battles which I hardly understood, it was a different world, but one where individuality was revered not shunned. I remember the jazz dancers who always protected me, especially Seymour, my safety net. I mean I could just roll on, but I'm probably gushing.
From the initial euphoria and anticipation to the falling in love stage, getting familiar and increasingly deepening the relationship, to the day The Ballroom broke my heart and the love affair ended. I think I actually cried when they said they were stopping and moving it to Kings Cross.
Oh I've had good times since but there still remains that wistful feeling of what once was, that can never be again. I am glad and honoured that I was a part of what I believe to be the most exciting time both musically and creatively in London... the early 1980s.


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In 1931 the Empire State building was completed and construction of Rockefeller Center on Manhattan began. A gallon of gas was 10¢, monthly rent ran $15 a movie ticket was 23¢, and Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Most importantly, and never to be forgotten, Richard Sturtz was welcomed into the world on January 16th. We're so glad he was! Our diocese has received so much from Father Sturtz...as Priest, Teacher of seminarians, Chaplain, champion of missions, pilgrim and good friend. We thank God for you and pray that He will keep you, whose heart, hands and voice have been that of Jesus to us. God bless you on your birthday!
Mass for Life, January 24 at 11:00am
Live-streamed from the Cathedral at 11 am on Jan. 24, Diocesan Mass for Life - Celebrated by Bishop LaValley. Please join in person or virtually to pray for a deeper respect for human life. For more information contact the Respect Life Office at cminer@rcdony.org
Eucharistic Adoration on Fridays prior to Noon Mass
Adoration will begin around 11 am and conclude around 11:45 in order to prepare the Altar for Noon Mass.
Letter from the Bishop: It is time to return to Mass!
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PUBLIC MASSES at 50% CAPACITY
Parish Mass Schedule Welcome back, everybody! How good that we can gather, with precautions in place, to worship God and celebrate our faith. Here is the Mass schedule for now: Daily Mass 6:45am Monday through Friday at Notre Dame Church, 12 Noon Monday through Friday at St. Mary's Cathedral, Weekend Mass 4pm at Both Notre Dame and St Mary's, 8am at St. Mary's, 9:30am at Notre Dame, 11am at St. Mary's. The two added Masses are to allow for social distancing. We want you to feel safe when you come to pray. Those in the same household may sit together; others, please maintain a six-foot distance. Wear masks, except when receiving Holy Communion. Use the hand sanitizer provided at the entryways, as you enter and leave. When leaving, please allow those nearest the exits to leave first. Maintain the social distance then, too. Any parish donations/tithes may be left in the baskets at the front and rear doors. We can do this! Thank you to everyone for your patience and cooperation.
Vocations e-Newsletter
The Vocations Committee distributes a newsletter every Christmas and Easter. Just because we're separated from distributing a paper version, doesn't mean we can't share an electronic newsletter. We think you will enjoy getting to know four men soon to be ordained priests and deacons for our Diocese. You can read their stories on your PC, tablet or phone or print it! Click the headline to get started!
Livestream mass with Bishop LaValley and Other Resources
UPDATED: Until the Cornavirus crisis abates, Bishop LaValley will be privately celebrating Mass at the Cathedral at 8am each Sunday. This Mass will be livestreamed. For links to the livestream and other resources, click the header.
ALL PUBLIC MASSES SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Bishop LaValley has made the difficult decision to suspend all public Masses until further notice. During this time period, all the faithful are dispensed from their Sunday obligation to participate at Mass. Both Churches will be open for private prayer from 9 am until 3 pm. Please keep social distancing (at least 6 feet) a priority. The Church will be cleaned thoroughly every day.
Regular Offerings to the Parish
We're so grateful to those who are maintaining their giving during this Crisis! Several have asked about dropping off envelopes at the Office. We are requesting that envelopes be mailed to the office at 125 Ford Ave. Our mail is checked daily, and all monies received will be kept securely and processed regularly.
NO visitors to area Nursing Homes
Following State Directives, no visitors are allowed at area Nursing Homes until further notice. Mass Intentions for St. Joseph's Masses will be satisfied by Father Sturtz at whichever Parish Mass he concelebrates.
MARCH 19 SOUP SUPPER CANCELLED
Due to Public Health and Safety concerns, our soup supper has been cancelled. Be sure to celebrate St. Joseph's day in your own homes!
Our Lady's Outreach Store (Formerly SVdePaul) Closed until further notice
Our Thrift Store will be closed until further notice due to public health concerns.
Lenten Devotions and Events
Join us each Friday night at 7 pm in the Cathedral for Stations of the Cross. Join us for a study of the Book, Salvation, Wednesdays at 6:30 pm in the Brzana Hall, Cathedral. Our Parish Soup Supper is St. Joseph's Day, March 19th at the Knights of Columbus, and our Parish Penance Service will be Palm Sunday at 1:00 pm at St. Mary's Cathedral.
Lenten Mass Schedule
Changes to our Mass schedule: In addition to our regular schedule, there will be a noon Mass on Monday and a 8 am Mass on Saturday. Monday through Friday noon Masses are upstairs in the Cathedral. Monday Novena Mass at 7:30 pm and 8:00 am Saturday Mass are in the Cathedral Chapel.
MEN SHARPEN MEN 7 week series to begin February 15
Join with other men for a study focusing on the virtues of Fr. Kapaun. Series begins Saturday, Feb. 15 at 8:30AM in the Brzana Hall, St. Mary's Cathedral. For more information or to sign up, call or text Deacon Bill O'Brien at 315-528-0461. All adult men 18+ are welcome.
Bishop's Fund 2019 - Alive in Christ
Support of the Bishop's Fund Appeal will enable the Diocese to provide the vital ministries and programs that our parish could not provide on our own.. Our parish goal for St. Mary's Cathedral and Notre Dame Church is $97,681. We hope all our parishioners will participate! Members should have received envelopes and pledge cards in the mail. Extras are available at the entryways of both Churches. Thank you!
No Masses at Notre Dame Church
Due to the concrete and stone work to the front entrance and sidewalks at Notre Dame Church, all Masses will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral until further notice! Weekday and weekend Mass schedules remain unchanged.
Saturday, September 7, First Saturday Devotions, 8:30 a.m. in SM Chapel
Thursday, September 5 - Holy Hour for Vocations from 7 - 8 pm in SM Chapel
Feast of St. Lawrence Mass and Picnic
August 6 at 5 pm, come join us on the beautiful banks of the Saint Lawrence River, near the Dobisky Center. Bring your own lawn chair and a dish to pass. Hot-dogs, hamburgers and drinks will be supplied by Out Lady's Outreach Ministry. This year we will be recognizing our newly commissioned Lay Ministers. All are welcome!
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Professor Douglass received his BS in Physics from the University of Maine and his PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratories and MIT, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. At Chicago, he was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor. Professor Douglass joined the University of Rochester as a Professor of Physics in 1968. Professor Douglass was a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Award (junior) for four years, the Alfred P. Sloan Award (senior), and the University of Rochester's Bridging Fellowship to the Eastman School of Music. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Professor Douglass interests have been in the general area of experimental condensed matter physics. His work has involved experiments in the areas of liquid helium and superconductivity (both low temperature and high temperature). Significant contributions have also been made in the field of gravitational wave detectors. Professor Douglass has also worked on chaos and frequency drifts of spectral lines of extended sources. His interests for the last several years have been on climate change, in particular with the fundamental science issues underlying "global warming".
For further details, go to Professor Douglass' home page at: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~douglass.


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Naughty Pigs trying to steal the Birds egg's.
Which makes the Birds Angry.
Angry Birds, Naughty Pigs, and Star Wars.
Angry Birds, transforming into even Angier Birds.
Jan's Favorite – A really good Mahjong game.
My Favorite Game – Traditional Solitaire with the best-looking cards.


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Home » News » Superstar Scott Weiland's Death and Continuing Addiction Struggles Puts Another Face on Huntington's Battle
Superstar Scott Weiland's Death and Continuing Addiction Struggles Puts Another Face on Huntington's Battle
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 03:26 Updated 3 years ago by David Williams, HNN Freelance Correspondent
EDITOR'S NOTE: The author is Scott Weiland's second cousin. )
Superstar rock singer Scott Weiland, 48, of Wildabouts , Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fame, passed away in his sleep on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota. His death says volumes about the drug epidemic that is plaguing Huntington, WV and sweeping across our country. TMZ reported that Tommy Black, the band's bassist has been booked for drug possession. TMZ reported that a small quantity of cocaine was found on the bus.
Weiland has been plagued with drug addiction since his career began in the early 90's. Although friends stated the singer had earlier this year proclaimed himself drug free, his addiction has cost him time in prisons and at least twenty rehabs. Scott lost his only sibling, his younger brother Michael, to a heroin overdose roughly a decade ago.
In fact, it is fair to say that Weiland has been more famous as a drug addict than as a singer. His battles with drugs have been notorious. But Weiland himself has maintained that he has not used drugs in over a decade. This statement has been largely disputed because of performances in the last year in which he stumbled around and forgot the words to his own songs. But still, when word got out that Weiland had passed, everyone immediately assumed that it was due to a drug overdose.
Given Weiland's history, it is most likely the probable cause although there has yet to be any disclosure about drugs found at the scene or reports of him using drugs that evening. Locally, when an addict or ex-addict passes away at a relatively young age, it is automatically assumed that the cause of death was a drug overdose. Historically, celebrity deaths have turned out to be from drug overdoses. We have also seen around 60 overdose deaths in Huntington and most of them involved immediate speculation that drugs were the cause. So even though, Weiland has sworn he is sober, we have immediately assumed that the cause was drugs, which is the logical assumption that we hear when a younger person who we suspect has done drugs dies.
The internet was blazing with the news of Weiland's passing. The main reaction was one of sadness but not shocked. Grunge rock fans were devastated to learn of their hero's passing but were not surprised that it had happened, in fact; many figured that he would have died years ago.
This is the same reaction that people in Huntington have when they heard a friend or loved one has died from drugs. They are terribly grief-stricken but they are not shocked. Many times when a person slips into addiction, those around them accept the fact that the person is going to die from addiction. The person has usually struggled with their demons for years and the people around them lose faith that they will ever change. Instead of striving for a long period of time to get that person help, they realize that this person has served themselves a death sentence and will eventually die from the drugs. Friends and family members give up after a long pattern of lying and deception and just accept to themselves that they have done all they can do and the person will eventually die.
Some people also think that if a person does drugs long enough that they will build a tolerance and not die. Weiland's contemporaries Layne Staley, of Alice in Chains, and Kurt Cobain, of Nirvana, were brought down by addiction long ago, even though Cobain officially committed suicide. It was the drugs and lifestyle that led to their destruction.
Weiland had done heroin since STP's rise in the early 90's. Many thought he had become like Keith Richards: someone who just was not going to die from drugs; someone who had built a super tolerance. Many times this happens locally. Many think because they have done drugs for years that they know what they are doing and that it won't happen to them because they used to do much more.
With heroin, no one never knows exactly how strong the heroin is they are doing or how what is in the particular shot of heroin. Many addicts do not realize that their organs are damaged over time due to their constant drug use and eventually a lesser dose will kill them because their tolerance is not higher.
Hopefully, the tragic passing of an idol can send a lesson to other drug users. Perhaps, some will see themselves in Weiland's place and will try to get help before they die. Sometimes good can come when a high profile figure dies because others see stars as invincible. We really do not know if drugs caused Weiland's early demise but many of us have already accepted that he has died from drugs and hopefully, many will get help before the autopsy results are even released.
We will always have the memory of Scott Weiland and how he made us feel; this is often the feeling we in Huntington have when we lose a loved one due to drugs. We reluctantly accept their death and we let the good times live on in our hearts and minds of the past before drugs. But then again, drug addiction is a human condition and this is the only way that we have found to live with the damage drugs do. RIP, Scott Weiland...may your unfortunate death save others.


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Sarah Pemberton Harper
From: Leader; pub. May 30, 1929
Sarah Harper, the wife of John C. Harper was born in Hamilton county, Dec. 22, 1857; departed this life May 21, 1929 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. C. Thomas.
She was the daughter of B. T. M. and Mary Ann Pemberton, now deceased. Sarah was married J. C. Harper on March 4, 1890, and to this union three children were born: Terrell, Clyde and Eva. Besides these children, she was mother to three step children: Effie, Daisy and Edward Harper. Effie preceded her in death 29 years ago, and Terrell 10 months ago.
She filled her place as mother to the fullest extent, always having that ambition and desire that her children should become noble Christian men and women.
In her early womanhood, she was one of the best and most highly praised public school teachers of the county, having taught several years satisfactorily and efficiently.
Mrs. Harper had been a member of the First Christian Church in this city for a great number of years. It can be said of her as of old--"She hath done what she could in every capacity." She was always happy in taking her place in all activities of the church and will be greatly missed in the Sunday School and Ladies Aid.
Mrs. Harper had been a patient sufferer for several months and was always cheerful, saying "that she would soon be up again," but not so. The cares of life have been folded away, and she has passed into that life where suffering and trouble are unknown.
Her husband preceded her in death in April, 1918. In her passing she leaves to grieve for her gentle presence, one son, J. C. Harper of Evansville, Ind., one daughter, Mrs. M. C. Thomas, one step daughter, Mrs. A. Z. Pemberton, both of this city, one step son, Edward Harper of Alton, Ill., and one grandchild, Lillian Harper of this city, two sisters, Mrs. C. Cantrell of Hamburg, Ill., and Mrs. Nola McGhee of McLeansboro, four brothers, J. M. of Eldorado, W. T. and A. Z. of McLeansboro, and B. F. of Stigler, Okla. Besides these, there are many other relatives and a host of friends who will miss her.
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."-- "God's finger touched her and she slept."
Funeral services were held at the First Christian Church May 23, at ? p.m. Rev. Henry Kello of Carmi, delivered a very impressive sermon, paying beautiful tribute to motherhood. Interment took place in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Carol's Note:
John Cardwell Harper (b. Sept. 22, 1848 Putman Co., TN; d. April 10, 1918 Hamilton Co., IL) married 1. Sarah Frances Price (b. Dec. 22, 1857; d. September 3, 1888 Hamilton Co., IL) on October 30, Hamilton Co., IL and married 2. Sarah B. Pemberton March 5, 1890, Hamilton Co., IL. John C. Harper is buried in Ten Mile cemetery.


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Q: To split a json file.. Extracting data between curly braces I have a json file. I want to split that file into different parts..
Following is my file's content.
I want to split the content based on the curly brackets {},
"1010320": {
    "abc": [
        "1012220",
        "hiiiiiiiii."
    ],
    "xyz": "Describe"
},
"1012757": {
    "pqr": [
        "1013757",
        "x"
    ]
},
"1014220": {
    "abc": [
        "1018420",
        "sooooo"
    ],
    "answer": "4th"
},
"1019660": {
    "abc": [
        "1031920",
        "welcome"
    ],
    "xyz": "Describing&Interpreting"
},
"1034280": {
    "abc": [
        "1040560",
        "Ok..."
    ],
    "nop": "Student Question"
},

The output should be:
1)     "abc": [
            "1012220",
            "hiiiiiiiii."
        ],
        "xyz": "Describe"

2)         "pqr": [
            "1013757",
            "x"
        ]

3)         "abc": [
            "1018420",
            "sooooo"
        ],
        "answer": "4th"

plz.. help..

A: i think this will be useful for you
(?<=\{)\n\s+((?:[\n]+|.*)+?)\n\}

regex demo here  : http://regex101.com/r/rS3wI5

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Prospects are looking very good! 5m points and only around 500k were needed for gold in the 4 day KvK kill event. With three days to go I imagine I'll score quite a bit more.
I'll post more details at the conclusion of the event.


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The memorial is located at the Old Abe Veterans Memorial, on the grounds of the Park Falls Chamber of Commerce, and is accessible from southbound South 4th Avenue / Wisconsin Highway 13, at its intersection with 4th Street South, at or near 400 4th Street South, Park Falls, Wisconsin 54552.
The markers are at the base of the flagpole.
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"""Controllers for the story editor."""

from core.controllers import acl_decorators
from core.controllers import base
from core.domain import story_domain
from core.domain import story_services
from core.domain import topic_domain
from core.domain import topic_services
import feconf
import utils

class StoryEditorPage(base.BaseHandler):
    """The editor page for a single story."""

    @acl_decorators.can_edit_story
    def get(self, topic_id, story_id):
        """Handles GET requests."""
        story_domain.Story.require_valid_story_id(story_id)
        topic_domain.Topic.require_valid_topic_id(topic_id)

        story = story_services.get_story_by_id(story_id, strict=False)
        if story is None:
            raise self.PageNotFoundException

        topic = topic_services.get_topic_by_id(topic_id, strict=False)
        if topic is None or story_id not in topic.canonical_story_ids:
            raise self.PageNotFoundException

        self.render_template('dist/story-editor-page.mainpage.html')

class EditableStoryDataHandler(base.BaseHandler):
    """A data handler for stories which support writing."""

    GET_HANDLER_ERROR_RETURN_TYPE = feconf.HANDLER_TYPE_JSON

    def _require_valid_version(self, version_from_payload, story_version):
        """Check that the payload version matches the given story
        version.
        """
        if version_from_payload is None:
            raise base.BaseHandler.InvalidInputException(
                'Invalid POST request: a version must be specified.')

        if version_from_payload != story_version:
            raise base.BaseHandler.InvalidInputException(
                'Trying to update version %s of story from version %s, '
                'which is too old. Please reload the page and try again.'
                % (story_version, version_from_payload))

    @acl_decorators.can_edit_story
    def get(self, topic_id, story_id):
        """Populates the data on the individual story page."""
        story_domain.Story.require_valid_story_id(story_id)
        topic_domain.Topic.require_valid_topic_id(topic_id)

        story = story_services.get_story_by_id(story_id, strict=False)
        if story is None:
            raise self.PageNotFoundException

        topic = topic_services.get_topic_by_id(topic_id, strict=False)
        if topic is None or story_id not in topic.canonical_story_ids:
            raise self.PageNotFoundException

        self.values.update({
            'story': story.to_dict(),
            'topic_name': topic.name
        })

        self.render_json(self.values)

    @acl_decorators.can_edit_story
    def put(self, topic_id, story_id):
        """Updates properties of the given story."""
        story_domain.Story.require_valid_story_id(story_id)
        topic_domain.Topic.require_valid_topic_id(topic_id)
        story = story_services.get_story_by_id(story_id, strict=False)
        if story is None:
            raise self.PageNotFoundException

        topic = topic_services.get_topic_by_id(topic_id, strict=False)
        if topic is None or story_id not in topic.canonical_story_ids:
            raise self.PageNotFoundException

        version = self.payload.get('version')
        self._require_valid_version(version, story.version)

        commit_message = self.payload.get('commit_message')
        change_dicts = self.payload.get('change_dicts')
        change_list = [
            story_domain.StoryChange(change_dict)
            for change_dict in change_dicts
        ]
        try:
            story_services.update_story(
                self.user_id, story_id, change_list, commit_message)
        except utils.ValidationError as e:
            raise self.InvalidInputException(e)

        story_dict = story_services.get_story_by_id(story_id).to_dict()

        self.values.update({
            'story': story_dict
        })

        self.render_json(self.values)

    @acl_decorators.can_delete_story
    def delete(self, topic_id, story_id):
        """Handles Delete requests."""
        story_domain.Story.require_valid_story_id(story_id)
        topic_domain.Topic.require_valid_topic_id(topic_id)

        story = story_services.get_story_by_id(story_id, strict=False)
        if story is None:
            raise self.PageNotFoundException

        story_services.delete_story(self.user_id, story_id)

        self.render_json(self.values)

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ED EVENTS
Six designers from across the globe pool in their expertise to design The Camellias Club in Gurugram
JAN 4, 2022 | By Kashish Kaushal
The sculptural spiral staircase looms above a reflecting pool with glistening shallow water installation made of Moroccan black stone. It is finished in bronze. The monolithic RCC waist-slap structure is a free-flowing hanging form supported from top and bottom; Photographs by Karam Puri
The private party suite Intimo's lounge area has beautifully crafted furniture, platinum leafing in ceiling and glazed walls; Photographs by Karam Puri
Against the backdrop of a stunning crystal chandelier and mirror ceiling, the dining area has a large dining table inset with Italian marble; Photographs by Karam Puri
Kshetrimayum Johnson Singh hand-painted the east private dining room, furnished with a mural inspired by the Aravalli range surrounding The Camellias; Photographs by Karam Puri
The walls of Vitality Pool are adorned in Italian travertine marble; Photographs by Karam Puri
Blooming against a serene water body, The Camellias Club urges you to reanalyse the true meaning of grandeur. Hailed as the most ingenious bi-level social and relaxation space created anywhere in the world by Delhi Land & Finance, popularly known as DLF, it has been conceived for a relatively
small community of only 429 apartments in nine residential towers at their exceptional development—The Camellias.
Meaning'part' in Greek—Meros, the main restaurant is conceived by the Rockwell Group, New York, to be a series of restaurants under one roof; Photographs by Karam Puri
Covering a mammoth expanse of 1,60,000 sq ft, the club is a culmination of the innovative vision of six of the most celebrated design professionals from across the world—led by Shawn Sullivan, Partner and Studio Leader at the Rockwell Group of New York City for the architectural and interior design, Arnold Chan of Isometrix Lighting + Design of London for the lighting design, Jay Wright, CEO of The Wright Fit for the fitness centre, Ingo Schweder, founder of GOCO Hospitality for the spa design and Gerdo Aquino, Co-CEO, SWA Group, the landscape architecture firm. This swashbuckling team worked in close consonance with the principal architect of The Camellias, Hafeez Contractor.
The Piano Bar is crafted with a rich material palette. From upholstery to carpet and marble tops, the shelving design displays unique artefacts, bespoke wines, books and cheese; Photographs by Karam Puri
In a brief tête-à-tête, the maestro gave us an insight into the execution of this palatial project, "Backed by extremely proficient groups of designers from across the world, the Club became a reality only because of what all transpired in the past and what all is yet to come. The idea was not just to be different, it was to set a precedent to the world that this is not one of the best, but 'the best' clubhouse to exist in this part of the world."
In the lower level of The Camellias Club is an all-season indoor pool against a wall with graded travertine from Turkey; Photographs by Karam Puri
The best in design and living is defined by its sensorial play of material and textures, highlighted by voluminous compositions, rendering a striking backdrop for art and design at The Camellias Club.
Not only does this awe-inspiring space offer services surpassing that of any five-star luxury resort, it lays emphasis on planet friendly values at the core of the entire development. Be it transplanting over 100 mature trees or using a sewage treatment plant that produces water clean enough for horticulture, The Camellias Club exemplifies the virtues of well-being, sustainability and community living, which are even more relevant now in the backdrop of a global pandemic.
Website: thecamellias.dlf.in
Discover more about The Camellias Club in the December 2021 – January 2022 issue of ELLE DECOR India…
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*Mr. Tsuyoshi Takahashi, the owner of this company has been growing rice by natural farming method in Yamagata prefecture. The aim of the company is to promote organic agricultural food and processed products derived from organic agricultural .
*TTS is the official general distributor appointed by Japan Antioxidant Beverage Inc.. who is a manufacturer of " Balance alpha" , and the only company allowed to export their products from Japan to abroad. There is no capital tie up between Takahashi Tsuyoshi Shoukai Inc.(TTS) and Japan Antioxidant Beverage Inc. however , Mr. Tsuyoshi Takahashi who is C.E.O. of Japan Antioxidant Beverage Inc. is a board member of TTS.
*Takahashi Tsuyoshi Shoukai Inc.(TTS) was founded in January, 2004 by Tadashi Hiraki and Toshiyuki Meguro who were deeply moved by his agricultural philosophy.
*Quality life by eating good food and having a healthy body.
Food which Mr. Tsuyoshi Takahashi has produced, developed and supervised.
*The company or the person that agrees with the aim of our business.
*The company or the person that can manage business sincerely and honestly.
*We will not become partners with companies or persons that attempting to monopolize the business.


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Sandager-Holevad Sogne ligger i Assens Kommune. Holevad Sogn blev sammenlagt med Sandager Sogn i 1571. Det er en del af Assens Kommune i det tidligere Båg Herred. I sognene ligger Sandager Kirke, som har Sandager Præstegård, hvor præsten bor, samt Holevad Kirke.

I 1973 blev Sandager-Holevad sogn lagt sammen med Barløse Sogn. De tre sogne udgør tilsammen Barløse- Sandager Holevad Pastorat.

Sogne i Assens Kommune
Sogne i Fyens Stift
Sogne i Båg Herred

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