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US, India agree on military deal worth $3 billion: Trump
Tuesday, 25 February 2020 11:30 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 25 February 2020 11:44 AM ]
US President Donald Trump (L) speaks as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens during a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. (By AFP)
In India, US President Donald Trump has talked of an agreement between New Delhi and Washington for the purchase of American military equipment, including attack helicopters, worth more than $3 billion.
Trump made the remarks at a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday.
"Earlier today we expanded our defense cooperation with agreements for India to purchase more than $3 billion of advanced American military equipment, including Apache & MH-60 Romeo Helicopters — finest in the world. These will enhance our joint defense capabilities," Trump said on the second day of his two-day visit to the South Asian nation.
US President: Earlier today we expanded our defence cooperation with agreements for India to purchase more than US$ 3 Bn of advanced American military equipment, including Apache & MH-60 Romeo Helicopters - finest in the world. These will enhance our joint defence capabilities. pic.twitter.com/TD6xMTx20q
— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2020
New Delhi and Washington are yet to sign a trade deal, but the two countries would begin talks to strike a comprehensive agreement, both leaders said.
"Our teams have made tremendous progress for a comprehensive trade agreement & I'm optimistic we can reach a deal of great importance to both countries. Since I took office, US exports to India are up nearly 60% & exports of high quality American energy have grown by 500%," the US president said.
Modi, in turn, said, "Today we discussed every important aspect of the US-India partnership, be it defense and security, energy strategic partnership, trade or people to people ties. The strengthening in defense ties between India and US is an important aspect of our partnership."
Elsewhere, Trump said he had discussed with Modi, whom he called his "dear friend," the importance of a secure 5G telecoms network in India, ahead of a planned airwaves auction by the country.
India will 'not rush into deal' with US during Trump's visit to Ahmedabad
India says it will not "rush into a deal" with US during a visit by President Donald Trump to Ahmedabad next week.
"During our visit we discussed the importance of a secure 5G wireless network & the need for this emerging technology to be a tool for freedom, progress, prosperity, not to do anything with where it could be even conceived as a conduit for suppression & censorship," he said.
The US has banned China's Huawei Technologies, arguing the use of its kit creates the potential for espionage by China — a claim denied by Huawei and Beijing — but India, where telecoms companies have long used network gear from the Chinese firm, is yet to make a call.
Trump further said that India and the US were committed to protecting their citizens from terrorism, adding that the US was working productively with Pakistan to counter terrorists operating on its soil.
The US remains the top trading partner for India. The bilateral trade between the two countries is approximately 62 percent in goods and 38 percent in services.
India approves plan to buy US naval helicopters
It is a $2.6-billion deal for Lockheed Martin helicopters ahead of a visit by President Trump.
India, on the other hand, has been improving ties with Russia, in a move that aggravated Washington and prompted it to threaten New Delhi with sanctions earlier in January over a plan to purchase advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems.
India, however, said it can make its own arms purchases independently, with its external affairs minister stressing last November that New Delhi would "not be influenced by other countries on what we do in terms of our national security and defense."
Trump's visit to India comes following days of protests in the country over a new citizenship law which offers a path to Indian citizenship for religious minorities in neighboring countries, but excludes Muslims.
Trump was expected to bring up with Modi the issue of India's citizenship law that critics argue discriminates against Muslims.
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The book begins with the wedding of Jake and Alice, a couple seemingly well suited and happy. As a gift they are given a mysterious locked box and only when they return for honeymoon do they come to realise they have been selected to become part of The Pact, a club which comes with the promise that none of its couples ever divorce.
At first, it seems like a no-brainer. A club of very well connected and happy couples who will support Jake and Alice, through a series of rules and rewards, to make a success of their marriage.
But soon it becomes clear the rules have more power than the rewards and any infringement of the marriage codes can lead to stark and sometimes archaic consequences.
Oh, and did no one mention - the first rule of the marriage Pact is that you don't talk about the marriage Pact - and you certainly don't ask any questions about it, former members or what happens when marriages don't work out.
As Jake and Alice find themselves caught up in the increasingly claustrophobic world of the Pact - with each facing their own "rehabilitation spells" at the Pact's specialist facility (a former prison) they come to realise that no one leaves the Pact. Ever.
This is a book that had me gripped. At times it made for very disturbing reading and the feelings of claustrophobia were almost overwhelming. Even as a reader. It does require a certain wilful suspension of disbelief but not excessively. One could, perhaps, draw comparisons with the Pact as it is set up in the book and certain "religions" favoured by celebrities. The power of the cult is strong.
If ever a book was crying out to be made into a movie, this is it. Although I would hope it wouldn't lose the nuances of Jake's narration - and his snippets about research into marriage and what makes for a successful union.
This is a dark, compelling read which I highly recommend.
I think this Marriage Pact book is really an awesome book. I am very much interested in reading this book. I am thinking now if Jake and Alice have survived the marriage pact. Marriage is something we could cherish forever, but in this story, the marriage that everyone ever dreamed of having have become their nightmares. I just wished that this story has a happy ending. I think this will also be better if this book will become a movie because I am more into watching movies than reading books.


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Books on Harmful Sexual Behaviour
There are so many good books on this subject, I've restricted myself to those that I've read and use to inform my work, and that are very specific to this field, as opposed to books about related issues. I've included my view of each one to help you choose. Enjoy!
*** NEW *** Children as 'Risk' - Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Children and Young People - Anne-Marie McAlinden
'This book critically examines sociopolitical constructions of risk related to sexual offending behaviour by and among children and young people and charts the rise of harmful sexual or exploitative behaviour among peers, drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and primary research.
'The book examines the complexities of peer-based sexual behaviours in a range of settings, including within organisational contexts such as schools and care homes, within families and peer-based relationships, as well as online contexts, including sexting and cyberbullying.' (From the blurb)
I'm itching to get stuck into this.
Obviously haven't done a review yet, but I'll write more when I'm done! In the meantime, Get it here.
Working with Children and Young People Who Have Displayed Harmful Sexual Behaviour - Stuart Allardyce & Peter Yates
This is the latest volume on this subject and, if you're choosing only one to read, should probably be the one you buy.
I know Stuart and can vouch for his vast experience in this field, his commitment to children's rights (a strong message in this book), a rigorous intellect and the fact that he's from the U.K. (Scotland specifically) all sit behind this great read.
This is the definitive summary textbook on the subject at the moment – one you definitely want to read, especially if you're working in the field as a specialist or have children with HSB that you're responsibly for! Get it here.
Risk Assessment of Youth Who Have sexually Abused: Theory, Controversy and Emerging strategies - David Prescott
Jonny's view: This is a must read work on assessment. Belying it's name, it is a persuasive polemic on why "risk" is only one of the things we need to examine before we embark on treatment.
There is a refreshing emphasis on strengths and resilience, as well as discussion about actuarial assessment and dynamic risk. There is also a useful example of an assessment report.
This is a North American book, so Brits and others will need to allow for this, for example there's a chapter on civil commitment and some differences in terminology, but these are minor issues. A book well worth having. Get it here.
Juvenile Sexual Offenders: A Comprehensive Guide to Risk Evaluation - Phil Rich
Jonny's view: Everything you need to know about juvenile harmful sexual behaviour assessment, all in one place.
Definitely one for the shelf, particularly if you are working in the field. Chapters cover topics such as: heterogeniety; protective factors; distinguishing abuse from non-abusive sexual behaviour; HSB in younger children (pre-adolescents); risk instruments; conducting the assessment interviews and writing the report.
This is a truly excellent reference work as well as a handbook for practice. Get it here.
The Good Lives Model for Adolescents Who Sexually Harm - Bobbie Print (Ed.)
Jonny's view: This is not a book on assessment, per se, though it includes a chapter on it. Essentially this book outlines the G-map adaption and application of the Good Lives Model with adolescents who sexually harm – exactly what it says "on the tin."
Other than a summary of the G-map journey with the model, chapters address: good lives plans; therapeutic practice and motivating and engaging young people. As you'd expect from G-map, this is a well thought through book by well-respected authors and is refreshingly practical.
Should be on the shelf of anyone whose practice is committed to strengths based, motivational approaches. Get it here.
Attachment and Sexual Offending: Understanding and Applying Attachment Theory to the Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders - Phil Rich
Jonny's view: This is a real corker! Phil has a way of being so thorough it almost makes your eyes bleed! :0)
This book was ahead of its time, in that it emphasises the importance of attachment theory as it informs harmful sexual behaviour in teenagers. As such, what is now increasingly accepted-that adverse childhood experiences impact on later behaviour and have real explanatory power when it comes to problem behaviour generally, and offending specifically-is beautifully laid out in this book.
In my view, there are few things more helpful in giving insight into the source of problematic behaviour, than attachment theory. As such, the right treatment of children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour can only be truly understood and properly treated with at least one eye on attachment. Phil takes the theory and tells us how to mould assessment and treatment accordingly. Get it here.
Ricky has a Problem - Bill Vail
Ricky Has A Problem – a booklet about a young teenage boy with a sexualised touching problem.
Useful for kids in denial or who find it too difficult to discuss their own behaviour. Way too expensive for 32 pages, but is very useful!
Best suited to incest behaviour for specific treatment discussions, but good for a general approach to the subject. Get it here.
Working With Troubled Children and Teenagers - Book - Jonny Matthew
Web reading on Harmful Sexual Behaviour
There's some stuff well worth reading that's available free online – here are a few to start you off…
The ATSA blog
The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers is an affiliate organisation for those working to treat and prevent sexual abuse.
This is their blog – really useful for keeping up with current thinking in the field. Read it here.
Juvenile Sex Offenders.com (Awful title!)
A site set up by Tom Cleeremen as an online repository of information, resources and links.
Included on the JSO.com website is a FREE to download group work programme for adolescents with harmful sexual behaviour – here's the link (You'll need to sign up and get an account to access this – it's free though).
Visit the site here.
Key messages from research on children and young people who display HSB
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse has published it's "Key Messages' paper on children and young people displaying HSB.
It's a succinct and useful, zoomed out summary of the state of play on HSB in young people – a good first stop for someone with an interest in knowing more.
Download it – here.
See other publications from the Centre – here.
Other essential reading
This is stuff that may be of more interest to those setting up or commissioning services that respond to HSB…
The NICE Guideline
In September 2016 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published their guideline for 'Harmful sexual Behaviour Among Children and Young People.'
This guideline covers children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour, including those on remand or serving community or custodial sentences. It aims to ensure these problems don't escalate and possibly lead to them being charged with a sexual offence. It also aims to ensure no-one is unnecessarily referred to specialist services.
Get more info on the Guideline homepage or download it – here.
NICE Guideline interactive flowchart
NICE have also produced an interactive flowchart that links aspects of the guideline to more detailed information.
See the interactive flowchart – here.
Harmful Sexual Behaviour Framework
The NSPCC, RiP and Durham University have published 'an evidence-informed operational framework for children and young people displaying harmful sexual behaviours.'
The Framework 'provides an evidence-informed tool for developing coordinated, multi-agency local responses to children and young people's harmful sexual behaviour.' It covers: responses, prevention, assessments, interventions and development. Each section covers the relevant evidence/issues, provides an audit tool and key principles, including practice examples.
Download the framework – here.
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Video on consent
This is one of the best ways I've seen of communicating consent to teenagers. A simple cartoon line drawing that likens consent to making someone a cup of tea… Click the window below or see it on YouTube – here.
Short video about sexual consent
DVD & direct work resources
Click each of windows to access each resource…
"Offside" DVD & workbook from Barnardo's
The aim of the resource is to educate young people about appropriate teenage relationships and seek to challenge adversarial sexual beliefs that can be associated with concerning or harmful sexual behaviour in young people.
The DVD comprises a 15 minute drama depicting positive and negative examples of young people's behaviour in pursuit of relationships. The associated workbook contains individual and group exercises and discussions on themes raised in the DVD. As such, the resource can be used in individual or group settings. Via such exercises and discussions, young people are encouraged to examine issues relating to the formation of positive and healthy relationships and how age/power differences can affect relationships.
In addition, young people are asked to explore consent in relationships, issues of discrimination and sexuality. Victim impact issues associated with harmful sexual behaviour and the consequences for others involved are also highlighted. (Information quoted verbatim from the Barnardo's website)
Produced by Barnardo's Cymru Taith Service. More details and order form available here.
"Your Choice" DVD & workbook from Barnardo's
The DVD tells the story of Matt and Aiden who assault Ellie and focuses on consequences, motivation to address offending, sexual attitudes and relapse prevention. The powerful depiction of the impact on Ellie introduces the area of victim empathy.
The comprehensive workbook provides session outlines and varied exercises and worksheets, suitable for individuals and groups. 'Your Choice' will be of particular assistance to those working with young men who deny or minimise their behaviour and is suitable for boys of 12 years and above. The workbook is available in Welsh or English.The DVD is available in English only. (Information quoted verbatim from the Barnardo's website)
HSB worksheets & resources
These worksheets are ones I put together for my own work with young people. Feel free to download and use them if you think they'll be useful to you and the kids you're working with.
Worksheets for download (free!)
Just click on the title of the sheet to download it…
Anger diary – a sheet for recording episodes of angry feelings, the causes, responses and consequences
Consent – a few short scenarios exploring consent and legalities of sexual behaviour, for use in assessment or training
Consequences – some basic questions to help explore the consequences of sexual offending on self, victims and families
Cottaging – simply stated reasons not to go looking for sex in public toilets (originally written for a boy with a learning disability)
Denial – example reasons for denial of behaviour – to ease discussion and help children move out from denial to engagement
Excuses – easy to use excuses for offending, to save children articulating them. Option to go on and explore truthful alternatives
Excuses 1 – a sheet exploring what an excuse is, when people might use them; can be a gentle start to work on denial
Excuses 2 – scenario cards to use for discussing what excuses might be used in such situations (non-offending)
Excuses 3 – helps children to communicate the reasons for their behaviour
Excuses – internet – a version of the "Excuses" worksheet, specific to internet-based sexual offending behaviour
Faces photos – can be laminated and cut into cards to help discuss how emotions show in people's faces
Faces cartoons – as above but using cartoon faces
Feelings – one hundred feelings words to be cut in cards; extremely useful and versatile tool for direct work (one of my favourites!)
Fantasy crib card – simple rules reminder for appropriate sexual thoughts
Gains & losses – a balance diagram for discussing the positives and negatives of re-offending
Girls do want – sheet to list ideas about what girls DO want when choosing a boyfriend
Girls don't want – sheet to list ideas about the things girls DON'T want when choosing a boyfriend
Glass – half full or half empty; to illustrate that one thing can be thought of in different ways (cognitive re-framing…)
Head bubble – to help discussion about sexual thoughts and masturbation
Head bubble 2 – to help in the discussion about thoughts of any kind
Iceberg – to aid discussion about the interconnectedness of thoughts, feelings and behaviour
Ingredients of offending – for examining the things that caused or led up to an offence
Ingredients (1) – …of appropriate sexual thoughts and consent, a guide for young people
Ingredients (2) – …of "OK" and "not OK" sexual thoughts – preliminary discussion which can rounded off using the ingredients (1) sheet
Lifeline – three worksheets for mapping the young person's relationships
Masks – cut out cards to use to help young people identify the "fronts" they put on, or how they perceive themselves or others
Miracle day – the classic exercise in exploring what life would be life if we could change anything except ourselves
Miracle me – the classic exercise in exploring what it would be like if we could change anything about ourselves
Thoughts, feelings & behaviour – a sheet to begin defining and discussing examples of each (can be used with the iceberg sheet)
Thoughts, feelings & behaviour – triggers – looking at cognitive and affective antecedents to offending behaviours via an example
Values cards – almost a hundred values cards – can be used to put into priority piles (important, not important etc.) or applied to issues
Victim empathy – short module plan for a few sessions addressing victim empathy, using some of the resources on this page
Words about me – a sheet to help discussion about the negative things people say about sex offenders, to be balanced by positives
Words about me 2 – a sheet for general discussion of strengths and weaknesses, positives and negatives about the young person
HSB practitioner's toolkit
This toolkit is by the Children's Society, Victim Support and the National Police Chiefs' Council.
It contains some information and tons of links to resources, services and useful websites.
Download the toolkit – here.
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Resources for younger children
A number of free and 'for sale' resources for HSB work with younger children
A Guide for parents & professionals
This is a free, open-access resource written by Dr Toni Cavanagh Johnson – a guide for parents and professionals working with children. In my view, anything by this author is well worth a read.
Understanding the sexual behaviours of younger children
Here is a reproduced version of some of Dr Johnson's work, published by Prince Edward's Island in Canada – again, it's a free download: Children's Sexual Behaviour – A Parents' Guide.
Sex ed cards & more - from Big Talk Education
Photo ©BigTalkEducation
The set of 23 cards include topics such as: inappropriate touching, inappropriate language, unlawful behaviour (such as urinating in public or exposing the genitals) exposure to inappropriate images/TV/films, being photographed inappropriately.
Good for use with the younger ones, but also with those who have learning disabilities.
The pictures are A4 size, printed on card and come in a presentation folder. Guidance notes are included. Cost £19.99 (at time of publishing).
TONS MORE RESOURCES HERE – BigTalk Education here.
Brook Traffic Light Tool
Lists sexual behaviour by age group (0-5; 5-9; 9-13; 13-17) and rates them green, amber or red depending on how "normal" the behaviour is for that age of child. Good quick reference guide. The website also provides guidance on the use of the tool.
The tool uses a traffic light system to categorise the sexual behaviours of young people and is designed to help professionals:
Make decisions about safeguarding children and young people
Assess and respond appropriately to sexual behaviour in children and young people
Understand healthy sexual development and distinguish it from harmful behaviour
By categorising sexual behaviours as green, amber or red, professionals across different agencies can work to the same standardised criteria when making decisions and can protect children and young people with a unified approach.
Professionals who work with children and young people have told us they often struggle to identify which sexual behaviours are potentially harmful and which represent healthy sexual development. This is why it is vital that professionals agree on how behaviours should be categorised regardless of culture, faith, beliefs, and their own experiences or values.
Visit the Brook TLT website – here
NOTA & ATSA & ANZATSA (you need this if you're working in HSB)
Theses are professional affiliates organisations that do brilliant work in supporting colleagues and organisations, and in facilitating training and conferences in the field of sexual abuse work.
NOTA - UK & Ireland
NOTA stands for the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers. It does the following:
• Provide a support network for professionals involved in work with sex offenders through the national organisation and local branch meetings
• Publish a regular newsletter NOTANews publishing articles, information, news and book reviews
• Publish a tri-annual Journal of Sexual Aggression jointly with Publishers, Taylor and Francis
• Develop and extend professional knowledge of sexual aggression, assessment and treatment techniques and policy development. Initiate, conduct and disseminate research conducted by the members and others
• Contribute to practice and policy development, nationally and regionally, through drafting and publishing guidance
• Promote quality national and regional training events
• Publish briefing and occasional papers on Policy and Practice
Visit the NOTA website – here
ATSA - USA & Canada
ATSA stands for the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Here's the blurb…
The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers is an international, multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to making society safer by preventing sexual abuse. ATSA promotes sound research, effective evidence-based practice, informed public policy, and collaborative community strategies that lead to the effective assessment, treatment, and management of individuals who have sexually abused or are at risk to abuse.
ATSA's members include treatment providers, researchers and educators, victims' rights advocates, law enforcement and court officials, and representatives of many other stakeholder groups. The core values that guide ATSA are professional excellence, community safety, collaboration, and advocacy. ATSA promotes the philosophy that empirically based assessment, practice, management, and policies enhance community safety, reduce sexual recidivism, protect victims and vulnerable populations, transform the lives of those caught in the web of sexual violence, and illuminate paths to prevent sexual abuse.
Check out the ATSA blog – here. Visit the ATSA website – here
ANZATSA - Australia & New Zealand
ANZATSA stands for the Australia & New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse. Here's the blurb…
The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse is dedicated to community protection and safety through the promotion of professional standards, practices, and education in sexual abuse prevention, assessment, intervention and research. ANZATSA is committed to community protection and safety. When considering case management or intervention we hold the interest and safety of victims and potential victims, as always the priority.
ANZATSA recognises that the diverse indigenous cultures and people of Australia and New Zealand occupy a special place as the original cultures and people of both countries. Our members carry out their work in ways appropriate to and respectful of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and Torres Strait Islands and the Maori peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand). This includes consulting with, working alongside, and sharing resources with Indigenous peoples.
ANZATSA members do not discriminate against clients with regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual preference or disability. Instead, our members seek to perform professional duties with the highest level of integrity, maintaining confidentiality within the scope of statutory responsibilities.
ANZATSA has approximately 200 members across Australia and New Zealand who work for government departments, NGO's, or in private practice. Members work within the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, social work, child protection, abuse prevention, child education, community education, and professional education.
ANZATSA promotes collegial networks, knowledge sharing, and advancing work in the prevention of sexual abuse. ANZATSA offers regular professional development events for members and colleagues, including seminars, workshops, and a biennial conference.
Visit the ANZATSA website – here
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Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC. Permanent collection ranging from Ancient to Modern art plus changing exhibitions, programs and scholarly publications.
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. American art.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , San Francisco, CA. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's web site contains an astonishing database of over 65,000 images from the permanent collection. It also contains museum information on important exhibitions, tours, the collection, etc.
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Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Frick Collection, New York, NY. The Frick Collection includes some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major works of sculpture (among them one of the finest groups of small bronzes in the world), superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains, Limoges enamels, Oriental rugs, and other works of remarkable quality.
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. Changing displays of national and international artists, in addition to the permanent collection, regional artists,photography,children's, and rental/sales galleries, gift shop.
Guggenheim Museum, New York City. Art museum. Outposts in Bilbao, Spain and Venice.
Harvard University Art Museums, . Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA. The only accredited art museum in Contra Costa, offering diverse changing exhibitions. Permanent collection features the work of William Keith.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. Includes images of contemporary art, a decorative arts collection, American and European painting, African art, folk art, and photography.
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI. Founded early this century, ancient, modern, oriental.
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archeology, Memphis.
Iowa State University Museums, Ames, IA. Consists of Iowa State's Brunnier Art Museum and Gallery (decorative), the Farm House Museums (historic), and Art in State Buildings (campus/public art). The Brunnier exhibits temporary exhibits and items from permanent collection, the Farm House is a historical site with antique items, AiBS features art done for buildings on campus (sculptures, murals, etc.). All are free of charge.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is at once an intimate collection of fine and decorative art and a vibrant, innovative venue for contemporary artists, musicians and scholars. Housed in a stunning 15th-century Venetian-style palace with three stories of galleries surrounding a sun- and flower-filled courtyard, the museum provides an unusual backdrop for the viewing of art. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's preeminent collection contains more than 2,500 paintings, sculptures, tapestries, furniture, manuscripts, rare books and decorative arts. The galleries house works by some of the most recognized artists in the world, including Titian, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Manet, Degas, Whistler and Sargent. The spirit of the architecture, the personal character of the arrangements and the artistic display of the enchanting courtyard in full bloom all create an atmosphere that distinguishes the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as an intimate and culturally-rich treasure.
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Getty Museum collections, history, vistor services and information.
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. Wide collection of art from Europe and U.S. Among others, Monet, Manet Renoir and Degas are represented here.
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI. Located in Southwest Michigan, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts was established in 1924 with the primary mission to offer accessible art classes to the community and provide a lace for appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions, lectures and othe special events. The present building constructed in 1961 was designed by Skimore, Owings & Merrill and houses a collection of more than 3,000 objects.
Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC. The Kreeger Museum displays 19th and 20th century art in a building designed by noted American architect Philip Johnson. The collection includes works by Monet, Picasso, Miro, and Stella.
Loren Adams Museum of Fine Art, Lahaina, HI. Collection of original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, designs and objet d'art.
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Wa. The mission of Maryhill Museum of Art is to serve as an inspiring force for the advancement of art and history while preserving and building upon the Museum's unique legacy.
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Built by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay in the 1920s, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style home opened as Texas' first museum of modern art in 1954. Today more than 100,000 visitors a year enjoy works by 20th-century masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In June 2008, the museum opened the 45,000-square-foot Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions designed by internationally renowned French architect Jean-Paul Viguier. Nearly doubling the McNay's exhibition space, the Stieren Center includes three separate outdoor sculpture galleries, the first in South Texas.
Menil Collection, Houston, Texas. Antiquities, African, oceanic, modern and contemporary painting and sculpture.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. One of the largest art museums in the world. See the collections.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Established in 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum features 20,000 works from ancient objects to recent art. A 125,000-square-foot, $50 million building expansion project is underway, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota. Fine arts museum.
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN. Permanent collection features over 3,000 works of American Art beginning in the early 20th century, MMAA also hosts special exhibitions of American art.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , Fort Worth, TX. Oldest art museum in Texas exhibiting modern and contemporary American and European painting, sculpture, works on paper and photography. Most or all of the collections are ONLINE.
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ. The Montclair Art Museum has a respected national and international reputation for its fine collection of American art and Native American art and artifacts. The collection also encompasses works on paper, sculptures, and costumes.
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA. The only museum dedicated entirely to Southern art and artists. Houses the Center for the Study of Southern Painting.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA. Small but influential museum focused on new art, often by young artists. Bilingual wall texts, audioguides, Web site is bilingual (Spanish/English). MCA collects, exhibits and interprets the art of our time, focusing on the period from 1950 to the present. The Museum has two locations: the flagship facility in La Jolla, founded in 1941 and recently renovated and expanded by Robert Venturi (1996); and the downtown San Diego satellite space, which opened in 1993.
Museum of Fine Arts, University of Montana, Missoula.
Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA), New York City. See menu including the collection and current exhibitions.
Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA), Kearney, NE. Art of Nebraska ranging from the historic artistic reporting of the Artist-Explorers to contemporary regional work is emphasized in the Museum of Nebraska Art's permanent collection. The Nebraska Art Collection is designated by the legislature as the official visual art collection of the State of Nebraska.
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA. Housed in the beautiful Casa de Balboa in San Disgo's Balboa Park, MoPA presents both classic and contemporary works by internationally acclaimed artists. MoPA is one of the few museums devoted exclusively to the photgraphic arts, and collects and exhibits contemporary and classic work by internationally known artists.
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. Some of the best images on the net.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. The only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to the recognition of women in the arts, including a tour of their on-line galleries.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. A general art museum comprising objects from ancient times to the present, and all cultures, with special emphasis on Chinese art and English ceramics from the 17th century.
Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center, Casper, WY. A regional art museum focusing on contemporary art and traditional western art. Also a hands-on self-guided art-making place in the Discovery Center.
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Stockbridge, MA. World's largest collection of original art by Norman Rockwell. Changing exhibitions also feature works by other renown American illustrators.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. World art especially rich in old master European painting; also Egyptian, Greek, Roman, American, African, Pre-Columbian, from ancient to contemporary.
Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University.
Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. USA's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799. Maritime arts and history; American decorative arts; early American architecture; Asian export art; Asian, Oceanic, African arts and culture; natural history; native American arts and art.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is America's first art museum and school of fine arts. The Museum features one of the most renowned collections of American art–spanning three centuries.
The Pensacola Museum of Art , Pensacola, FL. Current exhibitions, classes, lectures, educational programs.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, founded in 1876, is unique among American museums in its integrated presentation of a full range of fine and applied arts from Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Spanning over 2,000 years, the collections include masterpieces of painting, sculpture, prints, and drawings displayed with a wide range of furniture, silver, glasswork, architectural elements, and entire furnished rooms from historic houses.
Pierpont Morgan Library Both a museum and a center for scholarly research, the Morgan Library is an extraordinary complex of buildings in the heart of New York City.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. Collections include native American and regional contemporary art.
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME. Provides an unparalleled look at fine and decorative arts from the 18th century to the present, representing the unique artistic heritage of Maine, a well as the major European movements. Housed in an award-winning building in downtown Portland.
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California. Designed in an authentic Egyptian architectural style. Large collections of Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities.
San Diego Museum of Art , San Diego, CA. The San Diego Museum of Art is the largest cultural institution in San Diego County with approximately 12,000. This website is our first attempt at a content-rich exhibition based on the Baldwin M. Baldwin Collection of the Posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Emphasis is on late 20th Century art, with a focus on Bay Area artists. Exhibits include scultpture, photography, multi-media/high tech, and paintings. Currently involved in a multi-year exchange with the Whitney Museum.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. The Seattle Art Museum offers the Seattle community a diverse and exciting collection. The downtown Seattle Art Museum houses a well-known collection ofthe arts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas; the original building displays the museum's extensive holdings in Asian art.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NE. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden web site resources highlight its collection of American art. Find examples of 19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism, geometric abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, pop, minimalism and contemporary art by a wide range of artists.
Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL. Located on the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus, the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations. The scope of its permanent collections, combined with groundbreaking special exhibitions, a focus on research and teaching by University of Chicago scholars, and distingushed outreach and educational programs geared to both adults and school age children, make the Smart one of the Midwest's most dynamic and innovative educational institutions in the visual arts.
See The White House Collection of American Craft exhibition. Includes much audio and video material.
Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN. The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame houses over 19,000 works of art from the antique through modern. The web site illustrates many works found on display and lists all works on display.
Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California. The Southwest Museum currently holds one of the nation's most important collections related to the American Indian.
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT. This museum is the oldest in Utah and is dedicated to the exhibition of Utah Art. American and Russian Art is also a part of the permanent collection and frequently displayed.
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO. Art from all periods of European civilization and from Africa, North America and Oceania, with an acclaimed collection of modern art.
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. Noted for it collection of late 19th and early 20th century European and American collection, it is also the home of the finest collection of photographs in the SE US. There is also an active music program and continuing educational activities for all ages.
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA. At The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, we offer the highest quality programs in art, history and science that both reflect and celebrate the diversity of our region such as the William Saroyan Gallery with over 700 objects from the Pulitzer Prize winning author's life, and more!
Timken Museum of Art , San Diego, CA. Timken Museum of Art in San Diego. Most of the collection is online with anotation, in an easy 'pamphlet' layout.
Toledo Museum of Art , Toledo, OH. The Toledo Museum of Art continues to grow in its facilities, its collection, and its relations with the Toledo community. A series of renovations to the interior of the original building from 1977 to 1992 was followed by the completion of the Center for the Visual Arts, designed by Frank Gehry. This building houses the Museum's Library and the Art Department of the University of Toledo.
University Art Museum, Albany, New York.
University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale , Carbondale, IL. This web site is dedicated to open communication, interactive problem solving, data gathering, resource sharing, and professional development.
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. Located at the gateway to the University's historic central campus, the University of Michigan Museum of Art is considered one of the finest university art museums in the country, with more than 17,000 works of art and an ambitious schedule of special exhibitions and programs. UMMA's extraordinary Western, Asian, and African holdings include masterworks by such artists as Dürer, Monet, Picasso, and today's avant-garde.Features an online searchable database of over 14,000 objects.
University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO. The Museum's collection, over 13,000 objects, is strong in classical art and archaeology, as well as European and American art from the 15th c. to the present. This site includes exhibit information, a virtual exhibit of Roman Coins and an extensive museum education page.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthroplogy, Philadelphia, PA. Has sponsored over 300 expeditions around the world and have artifacts from every inhabited continent.
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY. The UWAM is an educational institution with a mission to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret a broad spectrum of visual arts of the highest quality and of national importance that expands awareness and understanding of all of the visual arts and its impact on our culture for Wyoming's residents.
Vernon Wood Museum of Art, Dayton , NV. The Vernon Wood Museum is in the early stages of being built . The Web page Museum has been a big help in letting people know who Vernon Wood was .
Wadsworth Athenium Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut. One of the oldest public museums in the country.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. See also Hollywood Archaeology artist's WWW project.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Museum has been building its collection since 1898 and it has over 35,000 works in a collection that spans more than 5000 years of world art. Its strengths are American painting, Dutch and Flemish painting, Late Roman mosaics Japanese prints and European and American color-prints.
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. The YCBA holds one of the most comprehensive collections of British Art outside of London. The Center places special emphasis on art from the 17th Century to the present.
Yellowstone Art Musuem, Billings, MT. In 1984, with a major grant from the Montana Coal Tax Fund and generous donations from private individuals, the Yellowstone Art Museum began to build a permanent collection of significant contemporary art of the region. The "Montana Collection" represents the preservation of Western art relevant to today's West, and constitutes a living artistic heritage.
Glenbow Museum. A cultural museum, art gallery, and library and archives of western Canadian history.
McMichael Canadian Art Collection. A collection of Canadian art; including the Group of Seven, First Nations art, and Inuit art.
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent Museum, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. committed to both contemporary art and ethnology.
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Western Canada's oldest public art gallery.
Grafische Sammlung Albertina. Art museum founded in 1773. (In German, English and Italian.)on-line galleries and exhibits. (In English and German).
National Gallery in Prague, Center for Modern and Contemporary Art.
Prague. See also Museums and Galleries Image Tour.
National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. (Also in Danish.) See also related museums.
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvskyl. Specializes in architecture.
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Château de Versailles, near Paris. (In French and English.) Includes The Carriage Museum.
The Musée d'Art Contemporain of Lyon.
The Louvre, Paris. Widely regarded as the most famous art museum in the world with the most famous painting in the world.
Museums, exhibitions and monuments/museums map of Paris.
Giverny and Vernon museums. See also Claude Monet's garden.
Kunstmuseum, Bonn. German art since 1945.
Keat-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna, Rome. Visited by architects, painters, musicians and poets.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Includes QuickTimeVR Virtual Reality of some of the galleries and an index of artists with some images such as Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. (Also in Italian.) See also Virtual Uffizi (unofficial guide).
7th Museum, Amsterdam. A public art project.
Computer Museum, University of Amsterdam. Scientific and industrial computing. Electronic calculators, analog computers, core memory and paper tape.
Laboratory for Architecture (LAVA), Eindhoven University. Archectural Guide and Gallery including Museums.
Museums in the Netherlands, Netherlands Board of Tourism (NBT). Succinct information, comprehensive coverage.
Holland Museums from the Netherlands Board of Tourism supported by the Netherlands Association of Museums. See English information including a directory of all museums. An excellent, comprehensive resource.
De Museumserver. Dutch museums on the Internet. (Mostly Dutch, some English.) Good, but slowed by use of Java.
< font face="Arial">North Holland museums (also by city.
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo.
Museums in alphabetical order, by region, etc., from Museumsnet Norway. Comprehensive list, including hyperlinks where available.
An Lanntair, an art center of the Western Isles of Scotland.
MuseumNet, listings of UK museums.
Victoria and Albert, London. Specializes in decorative arts.
Indian Museum (unofficial), Calcutta. Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay.
Art Tower Mito. Contemporary Art Center. Edo -Tokyo Museum, Setagaya Art Museum and other buildings in Tokyo. Architectural information only, from Ellipsis.
Miyanomori Art Museum, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan The only museum in Hokkaido that represents the international and Japanese contemporary art scene. It has the largest collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Asia and Oceania.
National Kyongju Museum, Kyongju. Cultural assets.
National Museum of Korea, Seoul. See also architectural competition information.
Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum. Singaporean artist whose works incorporate images, sculptures, poetry and music.
National Museum of Singapore, National heritage Board. Includes Asia Civilisations Museum, Singapore History Museum and Singapore Art Museum.
National University of Singapore museums. Includes the Lee Kong Chian Art Museum of Chinese Art and the Ng Eng Teng Gallery of sculpture and art.
ArtPromote An annotated guide to art museums and museum exhibitions arranged by subject and region.
China the Beautiful, Guttenberg, NJ. Virtual museum of Chinese culture art painting calligraphy philosophy literature poetry. Possibly the largest on-line site for classical Chinese arts and literature with 20,000 visitors per month.
Florida Association of Museums, a listing. A website that includes a searchable directory of all museums in Florida, plus a listing of exhibits that can be searched by month.
Hands On Children's Museum, Olympia, Washington.
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. Largest US indoor/outdoor museum complex, founded by Henry Ford in 1929, presenting change and innovation in American life.
International Museum of Cartoon Art, Boca Raton, FL. World's largest collection of original cartoon and comic strip art (over 165,000 pieces of art). Founded by Mort Walker (of Beetle Bailey and Hi & Lois). PEANUTS (Snoopy & Gang), GARFIELD and many more "mainstream" cartoon and comic strips are represented at the Museum. First and only place where Disney and Looney Tunes characters have been "blended" in displays under one roof.
Los Angeles museums, a listing.
Museo Casasola, is one of the highly unique museums in the US devoted to the México-US history. The Casasola Museum archive special collections with more than 100,000 images of the US-México border from 1900-2009 and four generation of visual artists, representing the main source of our collective memory. The US-Mexico border is a line of 3 thousand km in length where there are over 350 million crossings per year.
National Park Service's Links to the Past, A site for all of the historical places, archaeology, museums and collections among other programs of the National Park Service.
New York City museums, a listing.
Paperless guide to New York City Museums New York City's art museums range from Impressionism to Avant Garde to Asian crafts. While the arts and crafts museums are the most famous, the city also claims top-notch museums in architecture, natural history, television, radio and technology. You can access a complete listing of New York museums, or you can browse through the museums using the categories provided. Interesting "virtual museum" called The Scope Gallery.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio. Includes multimedia audio, video and photographs.
San Francisco Bay Area museums, a listing.
The Discovery Museums, Acton, Massachusetts. See the Children's Museum and Science Museum.
Tigertail Virtual Museum, A north pole site. 1500 fine images from 1400 to the present each restored to try to create the original image. This is a VIRTUAL museum.
Truly Virtual Web Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV. Virtual reality galleries of digital art as contribution to indigenous Web cyberculture. This is a VIRTUAL museum.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, With links to other museums in Utah.
White House Virtual Tours, Washington, D.C.
WWW Virtual Library Museums page At least one museum is added per day, currently there are at least 56 museums with their own pages listed for Sweden alone, and the number in the US is more than in the rest of the world combined.


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Self-driving vehicles trialled in UK public space for first time
The Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) in Milton Keynes has successfully tested its self-driving vehicles in public for the first time in the UK. The demonstration of a UK developed autonomous driving system marked the conclusion of the LUTZ Pathfinder Project, which has been developing the technology for the past 18 months.
The project team has been running a number of exercises in preparation for the demonstration as part of the LUTZ Pathfinder project, including virtual mapping of Milton Keynes, assessing public acceptance, conducting the necessary safety planning and establishing the regulatory environment with the support of Milton Keynes Council.
The autonomy software running the vehicle, called Selenium, was developed at Oxford University and integrated by Oxbotica onto an electric vehicle. Selenium uses data from cameras and LIDAR systems to navigate its way around the environment.
The vehicle demonstration took place on pavements around Milton Keynes train station and business district. In the future it is expected that vehicles like those demonstrated in Milton Keynes will be used for local transportation in urban areas.
Neil Fulton, Programme Director at the TSC explained:
"This public demonstration represents a major milestone for autonomous vehicles in the UK and the culmination of an extensive project involving UK companies and experts. Oxford University's technology will go on to power automated vehicles around the world and the LUTZ Pathfinder project will now feed into a much wider programme of autonomous trials across the UK. Driverless vehicles are coming to Britain and what we have demonstrated today is a huge step on that journey"
Following the trial, the TSC's Automated Transport Systems team will continue to research the challenges and promote the benefits of increased automation in transport. Fulton commented,
"Through the LUTZ Pathfinder project we have started to create a world leading urban test bed for connected and automated vehicles. We can now capitalise on the unique position of having the environment and the development platform to conduct further research and trials.
To that end we have started work building an automated vehicle test and integration facility, which will enable other UK universities and SMEs to work with the Catapult on new self-driving technology."
Graeme Smith, CEO at Oxbotica said:
"This is a great example of Oxbotica's autonomy software leading the way for self-driving vehicles here in the U.K. Today's LUTZ pathfinder trial is a landmark step to bringing self-driving vehicles to the streets of the UK and the world. Our unique Selenium software gives vehicles the next generation level of intelligence to safely operate in pedestrianised urban environments. Our leading team of UK-based scientists, mathematicians and engineers have worked incredibly hard to develop this ground-breaking technology, which is bringing self-driving vehicles yet another a step closer to deployment across the world"


I've been toying with the idea of blogging again for a while. I like the idea of getting my thoughts out there and written down to give my head a rest (sometimes it hurts to have so many ideas bustling around in there!) but it has taken me a while to take the plunge. I don't plan to blog about anything particularly important .... well, I guess that should be anything particularly important to other people, however, it will be the little things that are important to me, family, craft and cooking.
So, if anyone is reading this, 'welcome'!


Welcome to the main Final Fantasy Dynamics thread. Dynamics is a heavily modified text-based version of FF1 whereby you play the role of a single light warrior and interact with other message board warriors. You have the ability to join and leave parties, challenge individuals and parties to duels, strategize during unexpected events, murder your wife, struggle to control rare vehicles and artifacts, and more.
You are welcome to join this game at any time! Simply select a class (fighter, black belt, thief, red mage, white mage, or black mage) and a RP name of reasonable length. If you wish to catch up on myriad aspects of the story to-date, the current players have graciously formed a wiki for this game at http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Dynamics.
Gameplay is as simple as entry. You merely need to read the thread every 48 hours or less and enter commands. Failure to act within the 48 hour window is no big deal in town but, if you do not react in a battle situation, your character may attack a random foe or simply do nothing. Depending on when I sign in, updates may occur faster than 48 hours if an individual or all members of the party enter their commands quicker. If you will not be able to check in for an extended period, you are welcome (and encouraged) to post conditional "if X happens then do Y" commands covering your absence and/or assign temporary control to one of your fellow party members.
() Mechanics and stats will generally mirror true FF except as noted in the inventory of core changes.
() Experience (doubled) and gold is divided equally amongst party members.
() New equipment, class skills, and enemies will be introduced.
() There will be scarcity among rare treasures, new puzzles, missions, etc.
() Shop inventories will be provided as you progress.
() You can carry a maximum of 12 consumables (potions, phoenix downs, etc.) and 8 non-consumables (spare equipment, reusables).
() You have three spell slots per level but can forget spells to make room for others.
() The penalty for death is based on the circumstances surrounding said death. Gold is only lost if the entire party is wiped out, in which case 50% of all party members' gold is forfeit. Experience loss is based on the resurrection approach: If you are resurrected immediately following the battle with a life spell, you will not incur an experience penalty for death. If your resurrection is postponed or you need to be carried to a clinic, you will lose 5% * <Death# for your character> of the experience needed for the next level. This will never lower your current level though your experience may fall below what was needed for the previous level.
() Quests marked with a * can be taken after their initial completion. Plot quests are generally not repeatable.
Rules may be added or modified as the game progresses, though I will frequently poll the player base beforehand.
This describes how the FFD engine differs from the NES engine.
Poison will now do 5% of max HP per round but will not land a killing blow.
Magic defense now stops growing at a certain level for some classes (FI 20, BB 20, TH 35).
Foes generally target allies based on a chance out of 16, based on party size (10/6, 8/5/3, 8/4/2/2, 7/3/2/2/2, 6/3/2/2/2/1, 5/3/2/2/2/1/1, 4/3/2/2/2/1/1/1).
SLO2 - Causes affected enemies to act last every round. Higher accuracy.
Dragoon - Jump (Leap from battle at the beginning of round to land an attack that ignores armor at the end of the next round) Can gain dragon mount.
Blood Mage - Pay HP to increase spell damage by HP paid/3 (max +100%), can cast spells without charge for Lvl*25HP.
- You infuse capital into a franchise of your choosing.
- The franchises affect purchases all over Gaia, not just a single city or shop.
- Going forward, you receive a percentage of all purchases and lose a percentage of all sales (rounded down).
- You can only sell your share for 50% of what it cost to purchase, so choose carefully.
- Only 100% share is available in total between all players.
- You can arrange trades assuming it does not violate above.
- Homes and additions are intentionally expensive and meant as luxuries; not as investments.
- Each home has a bedroom for you and three spare bedrooms up to three allies.
- For 10000g, you can have a home constructed in any city in Gaia.
- Homes cannot be sold. The Gaian real estate market is in shambles.
- No WARP or airship abuse to serve as immediate taxis.
You begin your journey in the city of Corneria. Wrapped within the protection of her city walls, numerous villages flank the path to the grandiose castle. Each village is similarly arranged with an inn near the entrance and separate sections dedicated to equipment, items, and spells. The pearl-white granite castle shines like a beacon for nearby adventurers and dares to challenge the sun in its brightness.
__(1) BBBQ Bash, bring your own BBBB.
The dwarven village represents a feat in functional subterranean engineering with little regard to aesthetics. To the casual passerby, it would appear a meager series of passages with occasional niches for dwellings and stores. To the knowledgeable adventurer, it was a well-organized hierarchical web of districts -- residential, commercial, and mining. There were smitheries and shops to the north, mining regions to the south, and residences near the entry. No Sacklunches. Ever.
Whereas Corneria depicts the cutting edge of architectural and technological living with a series of specialized towns under the dominion of a well-fortified castle, the mystical kingdom of Elfland is its counterpoint. In place of technology there is nature. In place of city walls, a thick and verdant forest. The elves vary greatly in their opinion of humans -- some treat you with curiosity, others bid you welcome, and a few leer at you with disdain. All in all, you accept the mild disdain at the benefit of being able to relax in an aesthetically pleasing crime-free environment.
Once the broken keep of the tyrant Astos, a newly-restored palace sits among lush greenery growing and blooming almost quickly enough to see with the naked eye. Tense dark elven sentries watch you nervously as you approach the ever-expanding circle of homes and other buildings being constructed, but when it's clear you're neither raider nor forest-dwelling monster, their bows lower and their expressions soften. Memories of war with Elfland are still fresh on both sides, but even so the people here are open about the changes to this once-desolate region - their former queen and two human heroes tapped into the Crystal of Earth, restoring life and vigor to the land. The dark elven people now sought to do the same within themselves.
__(1) What's in a Name?
The once proud warrior nation of Melmond has fallen into ruin and destrucity, yes I am making that joke again shut up darth. The outlying farms, once filled with fields thriving with various crops, now held only dust and tumbleweed. The city itself had undergone a vast emigration from the drought and other unearthly happenings. Those that remained lived in fear and the shallowest of hopes that the plague striking the land would be lifted. As you enter the town, the saddened withdrawn eyes of its inhabitants search yours. Their thoughts are clear. What sort of madness would drive someone to visit this nightmare?
Sheltered by the continent's clearest waters, Crescent Lake dominates the southeastern corner of the Aldi Sea land mass. While the beauty of the affluent sections are known as far as Melmond, the seedier neighborhoods still bear scars from the not-so-distant past. Meanwhile, the Council of Sages are ever-seeking to solve the world's problems with guidance from the city's various talented mages.
__(6) It's Getting Hot in Here!
The Cardia Islands pepper the ocean below, much like Bahamut did when he fell. Legends tell of a well-concealed settlement of dragons somewhere within, but many explorers have tried and failed to pinpoint its location. Once permitted entry by the settlement's reptilian denizens, Dragon's Haven reveals itself as an aesthetic tapestry of spacious caverns. Flowering moss, crystalline waterfalls, and neatly pruned fires highlight the relaxing environs.
Backed by mountains, surrounded by forest, and flowing into the sea, Onrac had been gifted with incredible natural beauty. The diversity of its denizens and constant influx of riches from its unrivaled naval merchant fleet would have made it a utopian city were it not for the troubling events of late. Half the tombstones in the cemetery were attributable to drowning, the once bustling shipyards had fallen silent, and even the shrine that once stood proudly overlooking the ocean had been engulfed by its vengeful waters.
Named for the planet itself but known only to those fortunate and/or rich enough to experience travel through the skies, Gaia claims to be the birthplace of humankind. It resides in a fertile valley encased between two mountains -- the mother and the father forever holding it in their protective embrace. Its quaint item shop had long ago succumbed to the local flora (isn't she in lefein?) which the owner took pride in accepting. The small community is protective of itself but learning to trust those from outside, slowly but surely.
Deep within an ancient forest and once host to an advanced civilization, Lefein is now merely a twinkle in the Hawk's Eye. The largely vacant city was once a work of symmetry through bridges, buildings, and canals. What little remains of its decimated populace recalled only pieces of their proud heritage. Most of its most advanced structures, once gleaming in the light of day and glowing brilliantly even at night, were now mere husks in whose shadows more modest buildings stood.
__(2) Welcome to Warp Zone!
Camped around an oasis in the northern reaches of a desert, the caravan holds a number of exotic treasures. The master of the caravan holds court near the crystal-clear waters of a spring, protected by well-armed guards. His smiling face bids you welcome, but the uneasy way his eyes regard your weapons makes it clear he understands how dangerous anyone who can make the trip here must be. As you browse the wares, he mentions that they will change from time to time. He yells at you, "I think my wares are different than what's listed here!" You look at him confusedly. His daughter takes you aside to explain that her father has gotten to be a few wagon wheels short of being able to ford the river being out here in the sun, but maybe someone would come along and give an accurate tally of what's available tomorrow morning.


The Tiger's Tail Cocktail at Bar Beau in New York City.
Some drinks in the cocktail canon just never get their due. And surely, the Lion's Tail qualifies to be counted among their number. It's a whiskey sour that doesn't quite follow the standard path, making use of lime instead of lemon, and with allspice dram to add a layer of rich, warming spice.
At the coffee shop-meets-cocktail den Bar Beau in Brooklyn, owner Claire Chan has taken the Lion's Tail and made it her own—the "Tiger's Tail," if you will—with aged cachaça and a salted honey syrup for depth and body. "This drink has yummy spice and everything nice," she says.
Bright with citrus but weighty with allspice and whiskey, it's the perfect cocktail for any season—including a season that can't make up its damn mind.
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled coupe.
*Salted honey syrup: Mix 1/2 cup of honey and 1/2 cup hot water and stir until honey is completely dissolved. Add salt to taste, approx. 1/4 tsp per cup of syrup.


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Mojave Desert Rivers:
The North Fork of the Virgin river begins north of Zion at Cascade Falls which comes out of a cave near Navajo Lake (elevation 9,000 ft). The East Fork of the Virgin River originates above Long Valley. Both the North and East Forks of the Virgin River run through Zion National Park, through the southwestern corner of Utah into the northwestern corner of Arizona, a portion of Nevada and then empties into Lake Mead (approx. 1,000 ft elevation), then into the Colorado River, which empties into the Gulf of California/Sea of Cortez. The total length of the Virgin River is about 200 miles.
The climate of the river are that of the Mojave Desert ecosystem with hot summers and mild winters. Flora and Fauna along the river are also typical of the Mojave.
The naming of the river according to some sources is attributed to Jedediah Smith who named the river after Thomas Virgin, a member of his 1827 party. Virgin was severely wounded by Indians during a battle in this area. Virgin was later killed in a fight on the Umpqua River. Another possibility, but not certainty, is that the Virgin River was named "La Virgen" by Spanish Catholic Missionaries in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Virgin River in Virgin Gorge, Arizona
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