Playing with Fire is triggered by reading a letter next to a corpse that lays southwest of the Upper Lake. There is a path that links the Upper Lake to the Grand Forest Villa, and the corpse is about halfway along there.
Read the letter, and a rock will be marked a bit southwest of where you found the body. (The rock sits directly next to a landmark for easy reference.) When you reach it, you need to walk clockwise around the rock as close as you possibly can. Circle it three times, and demon will spawn in nearby. Kill it to resolve the quest.


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Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison
Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison Inmate Search and Prison Information
846 NE 54TH TERRACE SUMTERVILLE, FL, 33521
Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison inmate locator: Criminal Records, Release Date, Bond, Statute, Arrests, Current Housing Section, Charge, Court, Status, Last Name, Bond Amount, Probation Sentences, Mugshots, Criminal Records, Inmate List, Statute, Who's in jail, Booking Date, Charges, Bookings, Charges, Current Location, Criminal Records, Bond Amount, Booking Number.
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison is situated in Sumterville, Florida. The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison is one of Florida's administrative security detention facilities.
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison opened its doors back in December of 1988. Shortly after the Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison became the 5th largest federal prison.
The entire point of the Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison was built was to help relieve the overcrowding issue that was going on in the Federal Correctional Institution.
As a result of the Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison opening, it has saved the United States Marshal's over $200,000 per year along with the trouble of transporting inmates.
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison is known for its innovative design. The facility decided to not put iron bars on their cell doors. The facility even refers to the cells as rooms as it makes it a more pleasant experience.
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison is home to both female and male inmates. The facility was designed to house up to 1345 inmates comfortably.
Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison - General Information
How to Find Someone in Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison is under the management of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
You will be able to find information on inmates who are currently housed in the Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison in the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate roster.
To search the database, please have the following information handy:
BOP Number
Inmate Full Name
Want to keep in constant contact with an inmate, but do not know the most cost-effective way to do that?
You can write letters like the olden days! Inmates love to receive and send out letters. Letters is the most economical, yet cost-effective way to keep in contact.
To send a letter to an inmate in the Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison, you will want to use the following mailing address:
Make sure all mail you send to this address has your return address on it.
Inmates will be required to have money in order to use the telephones in the Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison.
To put money on an inmates account, you can either choose to send a money order to the following address:
Insert Valid Committed Inmate Name
Insert Inmate Eight-Digit Register Number
You can also opt-in to use Western Union or MoneyGram. These two options will be the fastest options. However, you will pay a service fee, but you can deposit money in person, over the phone, or online.
Inmates in the Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison will be permitted 300 minutes every calendar month between the months of January to October.
Inmates will get an extra 100 minutes every calendar month in November and December due to the holidays.
Inmates will be responsible for having money in their account to use the telephone service.
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison does their visiting hours a little bit different than most of the other facilities.
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison does their visiting hours solely based on the floor level that the inmate is housed in.
The Coleman 1 High-Security Federal Prison visiting schedule goes as follows:
All visits will have a limit of 90 minutes. Within these visits, there will be 3 visitors at one given time. Visitors over the age of 16 years old will be required to have a government photo identification card to be permitted into the visitor's area.
Coleman Low Federal Prison
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In recent years, Bayesian methods have been proposed as a solution to a wide range of issues in quantum state and process tomography. In this talk, we make these methods practical by solving three distinct problems: numerical intractability, a lack of informative prior distributions, and an inability to track time-dependent processes. Our approach allows for practical computation of point and region estimators for quantum states and channels, and allows tracking of time-dependent states.


Energy Efficiency Certificate for buildings.
Energy Efficiency Certificate came into effect on 14 April 2013 and approves the basic procedure for the Energy Efficiency Certification of buildings. It makes the Energy Certificate obligatory for all sale or lease transactions signed from 1 June 2013.
The text defines the technical and administrative conditions for performing the energy certifications and the calculation methodology for the rating given.
The calculation considers the factors that most influence energy consumption in buildings and the text also defines the energy efficiency label, the common symbol used for the whole of Spain.
The Energy Efficiency Certificate will be a factor in making purchase or lease decisions that supports the promotion of highly energy efficient buildings and energy saving investments.
What is the Energy Rating?
The Energy Efficiency Rating of a building or part of a building (commercial premises, apartments, offices, etc.) quantifies the energy consumption required for normal conditions of functioning and occupation (heating, hot water, refrigeration, lighting…) and is represented by a scale of six letters (A to G). Spanish Royal Decree 235-2013 does not define a specific minimum requirement for the degree of energy efficiency.
In addition to the rating, the Energy Efficiency Certificate includes information about the procedure, description of the energy characteristics and recommendations for technically viable improvements, and may also include an estimate of the time to recoup any investment required in improvement works or the return on such investments.
The Rating must be recorded by an official agency, appointed by each regional government, which endorses the nature of the certificate. The owner or developer must present the certificate to this regional agency to register it. This agency will use random selection techniques to control at least a significant proportion of the certificates issued every year. It must also create and maintain a statistical inventory of the actions taken.
Who can issue Energy Efficiency Certificates?
The Energy Efficiency Certificate of an existing building will be issued by a competent expert freely chosen by the owner. This expert is someone that holds an academic and professional qualification for drafting building works and management projects or for carrying out thermal installation projects.
This Certificate (duly issued and registered by the competent agency of the corresponding regional government) must be presented or shown for all property sale and lease contracts signed from 1 June 2013.
Whenever buildings or units of buildings are constructed, sold or leased, the Energy Efficiency Certificate, or a copy of the certificate, must be shown to the buyer or the new potential tenant and shall be provided to the buyer or the new tenant. In the case of a lease, it is sufficient to simply show the tenant the certificate or a copy.
Certificates will also be obligatory for public buildings or parts of public buildings that occupy a useable floor area of more than 250 square metres and are regularly used by the public.
The following are excluded from the scope of application: officially protected buildings and monuments, places exclusively used for worship or for religious activities, provisional constructions (with an expected use of two years or less), the non-residential parts of industrial buildings, the non-residential parts of defence and agricultural buildings, detached buildings with less than 50 square metres of useable floor area, buildings acquired for significant refurbishment work or to be demolished, and buildings that are used for less than four months per year.
The Certificate will be valid for a maximum of ten years. The owner will be responsible for renewing or updating it according to the conditions established by the competent regional government agency. The owner may voluntarily update the certificate when it believes that variations have occurred in aspects of the building that may modify the energy efficiency certificate.
The Spanish Royal Decree 235-2013 establishes a system of sanctions for breaches of the provisions of the basic procedure that constitute offences against consumers and users. Sanctions range from €3,000 to €600,000 according to the degree of severity (light, serious or very serious).
We always endeavor to offer the best of services, and can provide you with a list of professionals that could, if you require, prepare this new Spanish Royal Decree 235-2013 legal certificate requisite for any transaction with your property.


There are so many ways to give. With your help we can transform many more lives, and rebuild and strengthen our community, one victim at a time.
It's easy in life to get caught up with distractions. But we should not let those distractions take our focus away from what really matters– the personal relationships that give life meaning.
In our shelter, a single room can serve up to 6 families a year. Due to every day wear and tear and turnover, our rooms need updating often. Often when the families leave we let them take the bed linens with them as part of their fresh start. Frequently the room needs refurbishing from painting to new furniture. You can polish up the room yourself, with a group, or with your family. You can also simply make a financial contribution and we will do the work for you.
To adopt a room fill out the form below or call (813) 645-7874 for current hands on project needs.
An opportunity to have fun doing a rewarding hands-on project.
You can help ensure that Mary & Martha House will be able to continue to help change women's lives for years to come.
You will need to consult your tax adviser regarding your personal situation. In many cases a gift of securities or other assets would provide you with a tax deduction for the fair value of the assets as opposed to the cost you paid. It is a much better choice to give the asset as opposed to selling them and paying a tax on the gain.
Please call your financial advisor or Mary & Martha House at 813-645-7874 for further information.
One of the best ways to give is with appreciated assets.
We have numerous volunteer opportunities with jobs ranging from cashiers to front desk, to maintenance support.
Amazon Smile – Designate Mary & Martha House as your charity and everytime you shop at Amazon the organization will receive a % of all your purchases. There is no cost to you and you will be helping to support Mary & Martha House programs.
Mary & Martha House helps dozens of individuals every year. The financial impact of pulling a family out of homelessness and rebuilding their lives is exponential. There is a huge multiplier effect when you have families who can now send their children to school, and mothers who are confident and fully employed.
'I thought I was stuck for life. I saw no way out. And then I heard about Mary & Martha House.


This Inwood one bedroom, on the market for $359,000, was recently renovated.
$400,000 would easily buy you a house in other parts of the country, but in much of New York City at the moment, that amount will more realistically get you a one bedroom.
Here are five one-bedrooms, one from each of the five boroughs, that are currently listed for less than $400,000. The apartments are of all shapes and vintages, and in locations you may not have yet considered if your apartment search is confined to a particular area.
This 800-square-foot co-op (also pictured at top) has recently been renovated. It has a large living room, a kitchen with Cherrywood cabinetry, black granite countertops, and ceramic floor tiles, and a double closet in the bedroom. The original hardwood floors have been refinished. The apartment is in the Daniel Apartments, a 1946 building with storage lockers, bike storage, a laundry room, a live-in super, and a new elevator. It's listed for $359,000. Maintenance is $786 a month.
Priced at $379,000, this co-op has nine-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, a windowed kitchen, a windowed bathroom, and lots of closets. It's located in a pet-friendly, self-managed building with a common backyard, a live-in super, a laundry room, and a bike room. Each apartment has its own private storage room. Maintenance is $481 a month.
This is a 865-square-foot, top-floor co-op with views of the Jackson Heights Historic District. It has a long entryway, a raised dining area that's open to the living room, a large bedroom with five closets, and oak floors. Priced at $375,000, it's in the Carlton House, a building with a part-time doorman, a garage, and a garden area. Subletting and dogs are not allowed. Other pets require permission from the board. Maintenance is $840 a month.
This 825-square foot co-op has been renovated recently. It has hardwood floors, crown molding, recessed lighting, and an open kitchen with a large breakfast bar and stainless-steel appliances. The is in a pet-friendly building with a parking garage (which has a wait list). It's listed for $285,000. Maintenance is $775 a month.
Listed for $309,000, this 826-square-foot condo is on the first floor and opens onto a small outdoor area. It also has a pass-through in the kitchen, Brazilian cherry wood floors, a washer/dryer, and a walk-in closet. It's in the Foxwood Square Condominium, a mid-rise complex across from the Staten Island Mall with basement storage, a pool, tennis courts, a playground, and parking. Common charges are $400 a month. Taxes are $210 a month.
A renter wonders: Can I afford to ditch the roomies and get a one bedroom?


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M. Goldmann, C. R. Mirasso, I. Fischer, and M. C. Soriano.
Learn one size to infer all: Exploiting translational symmetries in delay-dynamical and spatiotemporal systems using scalable neural networks.
Physical Review E, 106:044211, Oct 2022.
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B. Vettelschoss, A. Röhm and M. C. Soriano.
Information Processing Capacity of a Single-Node Reservoir Computer: An Experimental Evaluation.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 33:2714–2725, Jun 2022.
J. Nokkala, R. Martínez-Peña, R. Zambrini, and M. C. Soriano.
High-Performance Reservoir Computing With Fluctuations in Linear Networks.
S. Ortín, M. C. Soriano, I. Fischer, C. R. Mirasso, and A. Argyris.
Optical dendrites for spatio-temporal computing with few-mode fibers.
Optical Materials Express, 12:1907–1919, Apr 2022.
X. Porte, D. Brunner, I. Fischer, and M. C. Soriano.
Nonlinear Dynamics of a Single-Mode Semiconductor Laser with Long Delayed Optical Feedback: A Modern Experimental Characterization Approach.
Photonics, 9:47, Jan 2022.
D. Brunner, L. Larger, and M. C. Soriano.
Nonlinear photonic dynamical systems for unconventional computing.
Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE, 13:26–35, Jan 2022.
P. Mujal, J. Nokkala, R. Martínez-Peña, G. L. Giorgi, M. C. Soriano, and R. Zambrini.
Analytical Evidence of Nonlinearity in Qubits and Continuous-Variable Quantum Reservoir Computing.
Journal of Physics: Complexity, 2:045008, Nov 2021.
R. Martínez-Peña, G. L. Giorgi, J. Nokkala, M. C. Soriano, and R. Zambrini.
Dynamical Phase Transitions in Quantum Reservoir Computing.
Physical Review Letters 127:100502, Aug 2021.
M. C. Soriano and L. Zunino.
Time-Delay Identification Using Multiscale Ordinal Quantifiers.
Entropy, 23:969, Jul 2021.
P. Mujal, R. Martínez-Peña, J. Nokkala, J. García-Beni, G. L. Giorgi, M. C. Soriano, and R. Zambrini.
Opportunities in Quantum Reservoir Computing and Extreme Learning Machines.
Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2100027, Jun 2021 (arxiv 2102.11831).
S. Scardapane, C. Gallicchio, A. Micheli, and M. C. Soriano.
Guest Editorial: Trends in Reservoir Computing.
Cognitive Computation, Jun 2021.
G. B. Morales, C. R. Mirasso, and M. C. Soriano.
Unveiling the role of plasticity rules in reservoir computing.
Neurocomputing, 461:705-715, May 2021 (arxiv 2101.05848).
J. Nokkala, R. Martínez-Peña, G. L. Giorgi, V. Parigi, M. C. Soriano, and R. Zambrini.
Gaussian states of continuous-variable quantum systems provide universal and versatile reservoir computing.
Communications Physics, 4: 53, Mar 2021.
R. Martínez-Peña, J. Nokkala, G. L. Giorgi, R. Zambrini, and M. C. Soriano.
Information Processing Capacity of Spin-Based Quantum Reservoir Computing Systems.
Cognitive Computation, Oct 2020.
A. Argyris, J. Cantero, M. Galletero, E. Pereda, C. R. Mirasso, I. Fischer, and M. C. Soriano.
Comparison of photonic reservoir computing systems for fiber transmission equalization.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 26(1): 5100309, Jan 2020.
A. Cunillera, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
Cross-predicting the dynamics of an optically injected single-mode semiconductor laser using reservoir computing.
Chaos, 29(11): 113113, Nov 2019.
P. Amil, M. C. Soriano, and C. Masoller.
Machine learning algorithms for predicting the amplitude of chaotic laser pulses.
F. Olivares, L. Zunino, M. C. Soriano, and D. G. Pérez.
Unraveling the decay of the number of unobserved ordinal patterns in noisy chaotic dynamics.
Physical Review E, 100(4): 042215, Oct 2019.
I. Estébanez, I. Fischer, and M. C. Soriano.
Constructive Role of Noise for High-Quality Replication of Chaotic Attractor Dynamics Using a Hardware-Based Reservoir Computer.
Physical Review Applied, 12: 034058, Sep 2019.
M. Alfaras, M. C. Soriano, and S. Ortín.
A Fast Machine Learning Model for ECG-Based Heartbeat Classification and Arrhythmia Detection.
Frontiers in Physics, 7: 103, Jul 2019.
T. Jungling, X. Porte, N. Oliver, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
A unifying analysis of chaos synchronization and consistency in delay-coupled semiconductor lasers.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 25(6): 1501609, Nov 2019.
S. Ortín, M. C. Soriano, M. Alfaras, and C. R. Mirasso.
Automated real-time method for ventricular heartbeat classification.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 169: 1–8, Feb 2019.
G. Garau Estarellas, G. L. Giorgi, M. C. Soriano, and R. Zambrini.
Machine Learning Applied to Quantum Synchronization-Assisted Probing.
Advanced Quantum Technologies, 1800085, Jan 2019.
A. Morán and M. C. Soriano.
Improving the quality of a collective signal in a consumer EEG headset.
PLoS ONE, 13(5): e0197597, May 2018.
T. Jüngling, M. C. Soriano, N. Oliver, X. Porte, and I. Fischer.
Consistency properties of chaotic systems driven by time-delayed feedback.
Physical Review E, 97(4): 042202, Apr 2018.
K. Hicke, D. Brunner, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
Role of dynamical injection locking and characteristic pulse events for low frequency fluctuations in semiconductor lasers.
Chaos, 27(11):114307, Nov 2017.
M. C. Soriano, G. Niso, J. Clements, S. Ortín, S. Carrasco, M. Gudín, C. R. Mirasso, and E. Pereda.
Automated Detection of Epileptic Biomarkers in Resting-State Interictal MEG Data.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 11:43, Jun 2017.
G. Van der Sande, D. Brunner, and M. C. Soriano.
Advances in photonic reservoir computing.
Nanophotonics, 6(3):561–576, May 2017.
L. Keuninckx, M. C. Soriano, I. Fischer, C. R. Mirasso, R. M. Nguimdo, and G. Van der Sande.
Encryption key distribution via chaos synchronization.
Scientific Reports, 7:43428, Feb 2017.
J. Bueno, D. Brunner, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
Conditions for reservoir computing performance using semiconductor lasers with delayed optical feedback.
Optics Express, 25(3): 2401–2412, Feb 2017.
X. Porte, M. C. Soriano, D. Brunner, and I. Fischer.
Bidirectional private key exchange using delay-coupled semiconductor lasers.
Optics Letters, 41(12):2871–2874, Jun 2016.
M. Hermans, M. C. Soriano, J. Dambre, P. Bienstman, and I. Fischer.
Photonic delay systems as machine learning implementations.
Journal of Machine Learning Research, 16:2081–2097, Oct 2015.
S. Ortín, M. C. Soriano, L. Pesquera, D. Brunner, D. San-Martín, I. Fischer, C. R. Mirasso, and J. M. Gutiérrez.
A unified framework for reservoir computing and extreme learning machines based on a single time-delayed neuron.
Scientific Reports, 5:14945, Oct 2015.
M. L. Alomar, M. C. Soriano, M. Escalona-Moran, V. Canals, I. Fischer, C. R. Mirasso, and J. L. Rossello
Digital implementation of a single dynamical node reservoir computer.
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 62(10):977–981, Oct 2015.
D. Brunner, M. C. Soriano, X. Porte, and I. Fischer.
Experimental Phase-Space Tomography of Semiconductor Laser Dynamics.
Physical Review Letters, 115:053901, Jul 2015.
J. Martínez-Llinàs, X. Porte, M. C. Soriano, P. Colet and I. Fischer.
Dynamical properties induced by state-dependent delays in photonic systems.
Nature Communications, 6:7425, Jun 2015.
T. Jüngling, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
Determining the sub-lyapunov exponent of delay systems from time series.
Physical Review E, 91(6):062908, Jun 2015.
M. C. Soriano, D. Brunner, M. Escalona-Moran, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer.
Minimal approach to neuro-inspired information processing.
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 9:68, Jun 2015.
M. A. Escalona-Moran, M. C. Soriano, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Electrocardiogram classification using reservoir computing with logistic regression.
IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 19(3):892–898, May 2015.
G. Gomez-Herrero, W. Wu, K. Rutanen, M. C. Soriano, G. Pipa, and R. Vicente.
Assessing coupling dynamics from an ensemble of time series.
Entropy, 17(4):1958–1970, Apr 2015.
N. D. Haynes, M. C. Soriano, D. P. Rosin, I. Fischer, and D. J. Gauthier.
Reservoir computing with a single time-delay autonomous boolean node.
Physical Review E, 91(2):020801, Feb 2015.
M. C. Soriano, S. Ortin, L. Keuninckx, L. Appeltant, J. Danckaert, L. Pesquera, and G. Van der Sande.
Delay-based Reservoir Computing: Noise Effects in a Combined Analog and Digital Implementation.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 26(2):388–393, Feb 2015.
X. Porte, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
Similarity properties in the dynamics of delayed-feedback semiconductor lasers.
Physical Review A, 89:023822, Feb 2014.
X. Porte, O. D'Huys, T. Jüngling, D. Brunner, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
Autocorrelation properties of chaotic delay dynamical systems: A study on semiconductor lasers.
Physical Review E, 90:052911, Nov 2014.
M. Escalona-Moran, M. C. Soriano, J. Garcia-Prieto, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Multivariate nonlinear time-series estimation using delay-based reservoir computing.
The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 223(13):2903–2912, Dec 2014.
M. C. Soriano, J. Garcia-Ojalvo, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer.
Complex photonics: Dynamics and applications of delay-coupled semiconductors lasers.
Reviews of Modern Physics, 85:421–470, Mar 2013.
M. C. Soriano, V. Flunkert, and I. Fischer.
Relation between delayed feedback and delay-coupled systems and its application to chaotic lasers.
Chaos, 23(4): 043133, Dec 2013.
H. Kato, M. C. Soriano, E. Pereda, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Limits to detection of generalized synchronization in delay-coupled chaotic oscillators.
Physical Review E, 88(6): 062924, Dec 2013.
N. Oliver, M. C. Soriano, D. W. Sukow, and I. Fischer.
Fast random bit generation using a chaotic laser: Approaching the information theoretic limit.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 49(11):910–918, Nov 2013.
D. Brunner, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
High-Speed Optical Vector and Matrix Operations Using a Semiconductor Laser.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 25(17):1680–1683, Sep 2013.
S. Heiligenthal, T. Jüngling, O. D'Huys, D. A. Arroyo-Almanza, M. C. Soriano, I. Fischer, I. Kanter, and W. Kinzel.
Strong and weak chaos in networks of semiconductor lasers with time-delayed couplings.
Physical Review E, 88(1):012902, Jul 2013.
L. Mashal, R. M. Nguimdo, G. Van der Sande, M. C. Soriano, J. Danckaert, and G. Verschaffelt.
Low-frequency fluctuations in semiconductor ring lasers with optical feedback.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 49(9):790-797, Sep 2013.
D. A. Arroyo-Almanza, A. N. Pisarchik, I. Fischer, C. R. Mirasso, and M. C. Soriano.
Spectral properties and synchronization scenarios of two mutually delay-coupled semiconductor lasers.
Optics Communications, 301-302:67–73, 2013.
K. Hicke, M. Escalona, D. Brunner, M. C. Soriano, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Information processing using transient dynamics of semiconductor lasers subject to delayed feedback.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 19(4): 1501610, Jul 2013.
D. Brunner, M. C. Soriano, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer.
Parallel photonic information processing at gigabyte per second data rates using transient states.
Nature Communications, 4:1364, Nature Publishing Group, Jan 2013.
M. C. Soriano, S. Ortin, D. Brunner, L. Larger, C. R. Mirasso, I. Fischer, and L. Pesquera.
Optoelectronic reservoir computing: tackling noise-induced performance degradation.
Optics Express, 21(1):12–20, Jan 2013.
D. Brunner, X. Porte, M. C. Soriano, and I. Fischer.
Real-time frequency dynamics and high-resolution spectra of a semiconductor laser with delayed feedback.
Scientific Reports, 2(732):doi:10.1038/srep00732, Oct 2012.
L. Larger, M. C. Soriano, D. Brunner, L. Appeltant, J. M. Gutierrez, L. Pesquera, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer.
Photonic information processing beyond Turing: an optoelectronic implementation of reservoir computing.
Optics Express, 20(3):3241–3249, Jan 2012.
M. C. Soriano, G. Van der Sande, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Synchronization in simple network motifs with negligible correlation and mutual information measures.
Physical Review Letters, 108(13):134101, Mar 2012.
J. Tiana-Alsina, K. Hicke, X. Porte, M. C. Soriano, M. C. Torrent, J. Garcia-Ojalvo, and I. Fischer.
Zero-lag synchronization and bubbling in delay-coupled lasers.
L. Zunino, M. C. Soriano, and O. A. Rosso.
Distinguishing chaotic and stochastic dynamics from time series by using a multiscale symbolic approach.
Physical Review E, 86(4):046210, Oct 2012.
L. Appeltant, M. C. Soriano, G. Van der Sande, J. Danckaert, S. Massar, J. Dambre, B. Schrauwen, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer.
Information processing using a single dynamical node as complex system.
Nature Communications, 2(468):doi:10.1038/ncomms1476, Sep 2011.
R. Modeste Nguimdo, M. C. Soriano, and P. Colet.
Role of the phase in the identification of delay time in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback.
Optics Letters, 36(22):4332–4334, Nov 2011.
Dynamics of a semiconductor laser with polarization rotated feedback and its utilization for random bit generation.
Optics Letters, 36(23):4632–4634, Dec 2011.
M. C. Soriano, L. Zunino, L. Larger, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Distinguishing fingerprints of hyperchaotic and stochastic dynamics in optical chaos from a delayed opto-electronic oscillator.
M. C. Soriano, T. Berkvens, G. Van der Sande, G. Verschaffelt, J. Danckaert, and I. Fischer.
Interplay of current noise and delayed optical feedback on the dynamics of semiconductor lasers.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 47(3):368–374, Mar 2011.
M. C. Soriano, L. Zunino, O. A. Rosso, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Time Scales of a Chaotic Semiconductor Laser With Optical Feedback Under the Lens of a Permutation Information Analysis.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 47(2):252–261, Feb 2011.
L. Zunino, O. A. Rosso, and M. C. Soriano.
Characterizing the Hyperchaotic Dynamics of a Semiconductor Laser Subject to Optical Feedback Via Permutation Entropy.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 17(5):1250–1257, SEP-OCT 2011.
A. Jacobo, M. C. Soriano, C. R. Mirasso, and P. Colet.
Chaos-Based Optical Communications: Encryption Versus Nonlinear Filtering.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 46(4):499–505, April 2010.
L. Zunino, M. C. Soriano, O. A. Rosso, I. Fischer, and C. R. Mirasso.
Permutation-information-theory approach to unveil delay dynamics from time-series analysis.
Physical Review E, 82(4):046212(1)–(9), Oct 2010.
F. Ruiz-Oliveras, M. C. Soriano, P. Colet, and C. R. Mirasso.
Information Encoding and Decoding Using Unidirectionally Coupled Chaotic Semiconductor Lasers Subject to Filtered Optical Feedback.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 45(8):972–978, Aug 2009.
M. C. Soriano, P. Colet, and C. R. Mirasso.
Security Implications of Open- and Closed-Loop Receivers in All-Optical Chaos-Based Communications.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 21(7):426–428, Apr 2009.
L. Zunino, M. C. Soriano, A. Figliola, D. G. Pérez, M. Garavaglia, C. R. Mirasso, and O. A. Rosso.
Performance of encryption schemes in chaotic optical communication: A multifractal approach.
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LEE YOUNG-CHOON
Born in June 23, 1958
Born in Haeundae-Gu, Busan, Korea
Address: 657-177, Hannam 1-Dong, Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Korea
Debuted in 1982 through a singing constest "A New Singer"
of the national broadcasting station KBS
(Korean Broadcasting System)
Dubuted by winning a singing contest "A New Singer" of KBS for five weeks in a row(1982)
Hit song "the lost 30 years" through a program of KBS "Reunion of dispersed family members between South and North Koreas"(1983)
Chosen as one of "The Best Seven Singers of the Year" of KBS(1983)
Released the 2nd album "Compass"(1985)
Released the 3rd album "The Starting Point"(1986)
Released the 4th album "Cause I Feel Sad"(1989)
Released the 5th album "Leave Me alone"(1990)
Chosen as one of "The Best Ten Singers of the Year" of the Munwha Broadcasting Company (MBC)(1990)
Released the 6th album "Let's Dance the Cha Cha Cha"(1991)
Participated in a consolatory performance for Korean residents in Tashkent in commemoration of founding of MBC(1991)
Released the 7th album "Woman, woman, woman"(1992)
Participated in a consolatory performance of MBC for Korean residents in Sakhalin in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the Independence Day of Korea(1992)
Participated in a performance casting South and North Korean entertainers for the first time (1992)
Chosen as one of "The Best Ten Singers of the Year" of the Hankuk Daily and Daily Sports (1992)
Chosen as one of "The Best Singers of the Year" of KBS (1992)
Chosen as one of "The Best Singers of the Year" of MBC (1992)
Completed the Mater's of Business Administration program at Kunkook University, Seoul (February, 1993)
Organized Dinner Show celebrating the 10th anniversary since his debut "the lost 30 years" at Ramada Renaissance Hotel Seoul (February 14, 1993)
Won the "Best Male Singer" in a singing contest cherishing the memory of a deceased singer Nam, In-su (April 6, 1993)
Won the "Most Popular Song" in a singing contest "This is the most popular song!" of MBC (April 23, 1993)
Won the "Most Popular Song" for the second time in a row in a singing contest "This is the most popular song!" of MBC (May 7, 1993)
Won the "Most Popular Song" for the third time in a row in a singing contest "This is the most popular song!" of MBC (May 28, 1993)
Released a new song "You are the only woman I loved" (November 1st, 1993)
(Released a Golden Disk celebrating the 11th anniversary of his debut, including new songs)
Chosen as one of the "Best Male Singers of the Year" by the Entertainment Information Newspaper Inc. (November 3rd, 1993)
Chosen as one of the "Best Ten Singers of the Year" of Moving Image and Music Award organized by Hankuk Daily and Daily Sports (December 12, 1993)
Won the Korean Music Award of MBC (December 31, 1993)
Won the "Best Male Trot (a genre of Korean pop music) Singer" of the 1st Korean Entertainment Award (February 28, 1994)
Won the "Best Singer" of the 2nd Korean Art Performer Award (June 16, 1994)
Participated in a charitable activity organized by the Korea Entertainment Association (September 8, 1994)
Organized Dinner Show at Lotte Hotel Seoul (1994)
Won the "Distinguished Service Medal" of the Korea Entertainment Association at a charitable Dinner Show (October 18, 1994)
Won the first prize (two times) and "Best Male Singer" (one time) organized by the Entertainment Information Newspaper Inc. (November 11, 1994)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singer of the Year" of the 5th Seoul Pop Music Award organized by the Daily Sports Seoul (December 2, 1994)
Chosen as one of "The Best Singers of the Year" of KBS (December 30, 1994)
Performed at the MBC Song Festival (Decemebr 31, 1994)
Won the "Best Male Trot Singer" of the 2nd Korean Entertainment Award (February 28, 1995)
Invited as a guest singer at the "Paeksang Arts Awards" (March 23, 1995)
Released the 8th album "A Woman Dancing Samba" (April, 1995)
His mother Kwack, Su-ja was chosen as one of the five art performers by "1995 Great Mother of Art Performer Award" at the National Theater of Korea (May 2, 1995)
Invited as a guest singer of MBC Miss Korea Contest (May 13, 1994)
Performed the "KOREA M-TV Super Solo Concert" (June 8, 1995)
Participated in a consolatory performance of KBS for Korean residents in Japan in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Independence Day of Korea (August 14 to 17, 1995)
Participated in a consolatory performance for Korean residents in Japan organized by the Korea Entertainment Association (1995)
Participated in a unveiling ceremony of a monument built in commemoration of the 13th anniversary of his debut, "The Lost 30 Years" at Paju, Gyeonggy Province, Korea (October 1, 1995)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singers of the Year" of Moving Image and Music Award organized by Hankuk Daily and Daily Sports (December 10, 1995)
Chosen as one of "The Best Ten Singers of the Year" of MBC (December 29, 1995)
Participated in a performance celebrating Korea-Japan entertainment exchanges (December 1 to 5, 1995)
Chosen as one of the "Today's Young Art Performer Award" organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (October 19, 1996)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singers of the Year" organized by Korea Broadcasting Journalist Club (December 6, 1996)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singers of the Year" of Moving Image and Music Award organized by Hankuk Daily and Daily Sports (December 8, 1996)
Won the "Golden Glove Award" organized by Hyundai Broadcasting System (HBS) (December 11, 1996)
Invited as a guest singer of the 1996 New Year's Eve Night Festival organized by MBC (Decemebr 31, 1996)
Performed the "KBS-TV Big Show" (January 18, 1997)
Released the 9th album "Let's Twist"
Won the "Best Male Trot Singer" of the 3rd Korean Entertainment Award organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Korea Entertainment Association (March 10, 1997)
Performed the "KBS-TV Big Show" for the second time in a row (April 29, 1997)
Participated in a show celebrating the founding of KBS-TV satellite broadcasting system "Let's Go Together" (May 15, 1997)
Participated in a performance in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the founding of Hyundai Corporation" (May 17, 1997)
Performed the "KBS-TV Big Show" for the third time in a row (July 22, 1997)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singers of the Year" of the Korean Broadcasting Award organized by KBS (September 3, 1997)
Invited as a guest singer in "MBC-TV Asia-Pacific Film Festival" (October 6, 1997)
Chosen as one of "Genuin Workers of Society Award" organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (October 29, 1997)
Invited as a guest singer in "Nam, In-su singing contest" (November 2, 1997)
Won the "Special Prize" of "1997 SBS TV Seoul Song Award" (December 4, 1997)
Invited as a guest singer in the "Blue Dragon Film Festival" aired by MBC-TV (December 12, 1997)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singers of the Year" of the Moving Image and Music Award organized by Hankuk Daily and Daily Sports (December 14, 1997)
Invited as a guest singer of the New Year's Eve Night Festival organized by MBC (Decemebr 31, 1997)
Released the 10th Album "Reunion"
Won the "Best Male Trot Singer" of the 4th Korean Entertainment Award organized (March 10, 1998)
His story as a singer was aired by KBS Star Special "My Songs" (July 3, 1998)
Chosen as one of "Genuin Workers of Society Award" organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (September 11, 1998)
Invited as a guest singer in the Korea-Japan performance marking the 50th anniversary of the Japanese Resident Women's Group (1998)
Invited as guest singer in a performance in commemoration of establishing the diplomatic relationship between Korea and China (November, 1998)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singers of the Year" of Moving Image and Music Award organized by Hankuk Daily (December 5, 1998)
Recognized as Prime Minister's Citation Ribbon by his good deed (December 18, 1998)
Released the 10th album "Sister"
Participated in the South-North Joint Performance at North Korea organized by SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System) (December 1~8, 1999)
Chosen as one of the "Best Singers of the Year" of Moving Image and Music Award organized by Hankuk Daily (Decemebr 16. 1999)
Chosen as one of "The Best Ten Singers of the Year" of KBS (December 31, 1999)
Opened his official web site (www.sulwoondo.co.kr) connected with several portal sites such as LYCOS, YAHOO and EMPAS (March, 2000)
Contracted a 6-month Commercial Filming of Pizza Hut (April 12~13, 2000) aired in May through public and cable networks.
Performed his concert in commemoration of the founding of Korean regidents in Sim-yang, China, and participated in a singing contest held in China (August 26, 2000)
Chosen as a promotion director of Busan Asian Game (October 9, 2000)
Won a "Special Award" of MBC's New Year's Eve Singing Awards (December 31, 2000)
Participated as the judges of 2001 Miss Korea Contest (May 27, 2001)
Participated in a charitable performance in Beijing as promotion director of UNICEF and Won the "Golden Disk Award" of Moving Image and Music Award held in Beijing, China (June 1st, 2001)
Chosen as one of "The Best Ten Singers of the Year" of KBS (2001)
Chosen as one of "The Best Ten Singers of the Year" of MBC (2001)
Participated in a concert cherishing the memory of Lee, Su-hyun in Tokyo, Japan (2002)
Released "Gull's Love" (2003)
Released "Chun-ja" (2004)
Chosen as the most popular song of "Hall of Fame" by winning firs prizes in CJB "Top Ten Show" for five consecutive weeks.
Currently the host of a SBS Love FM radio program "Sul, woon-do's Cha Cha Cha"
Chosen as the most popular song of "Hall of Fame" by winning firs prizes in CJB "Top Ten Show" for five consecutive weeks (March, 2005)
Chosen as one of "The Best Ten Singers of the Year" of KBS (December, 2005)


Wycombe vs Burton Prediction. Adebayo Akinfenwa is ready to lead his brethren as they take on a scrappy Burton team at Adams Park.
Wycombe wanderers are 21st on the League one table with 9 points from 11 matches, they are candidates for relegation. They have 1 lone win 6 draws and 4 losses overall with 0 wins 3 draws and 2 losses at home.
Their last game out was a 1-1 away draw to 13th ranked Fleetwood town.
Burton are 16th on the league one table with 11 points from 10 games. They have 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses overall. With 0 wins a draw and 3 losses on the road.
Their last game out was a 1-2 home loss to Southend United.
These two teams have met 8 times with Wcombe winning 3 times and Burton winning 5 times, they've never drawn.
The last time that they met was in April 6th 2018 with Burton winning 1-0 at home.
Who to watch: J. Jacobson is the leading goal scorer for Wycombe with 2 goals. The 31 year old wales international has logged the most minutes for this club and is their undisputed leader.
Who to watch: L. Boyce – The 27 year old Nothern Ireland international has 5 goals for his club and is inline for another top showing in this game.
The three headed monster of J. Jacobson, C. Mackail-Smith, A. Akinfenwa who both have 2 goals apiece shows this team can beat you from so many angles and it would be foolish to concentrate on just one striker.
3 clean sheets in 11 games shows their defensive prowess. Boyce with 5 goals in 11 appearances speaks for a balance between offense and defense that could drive them to a win here. 5 straight h2h wins vs their opponents could also indicate a favorable outcome for this team.
On paper Burton is the superior side, the have the better offensive as well as defensive capabilities. They have also defeated their opponents 5 games in a row in the past, Although their last meeting was in 2015. Current trends also point to Burton who have one loss in the last 5 games.
Having said all that, we cannot discount Burton lack of winning and their terrible form on the road where they have yet to win in 4 tries (1 draw and 3 losses). Wycombe on the other hand are yet to win a home game, with 3 draws and 2 losses in the last 5 home games.
This is the quintessential battle between 2 struggling teams and in this case the margin between the two is so low that we cant favor either team.
We believe that they will share points or Burton will have a narrow away win.


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Tracking Unruly Plot Threads
Brass Tacks /	Anna Prosser Robinson, backstory, campaign management, Chris Perkins, Curse of Strahd, D&D, D&D fifth edition, D&D Next, D&D5e, DnD, dungeons and dragons, Greg Bilsland, Holly Conrad, James D'Amato, Jared Knabenbaur, Nadja Otikor, outline, Richard Zayas, roll20, Roll20Con, Rudy Basso, world building, worldbuilding /	7 comments
Note: This article first appeared in the Roleplaying Tips Newsletter.
At the end of a long campaign, I want my players and I to feel totally satisfied. I mean the sort of satisfaction one gets when a story wraps up with no question unanswered. The kind of story that ends with every major character's arc finished and accounted for.
This is a challenge when there's only a single person telling a story – just think of all the novels that have left you hanging in one way or another over the years. But when a group of friends gets into collaborative tale-spinning one chapter at a time with long breaks between, it is almost impossible to wrap up everything with a tidy bow.
All that said, it can be done. With a little prep work at the start of your campaign, and by jotting down just a few notes each session, you can stay organized and tie up all your plot threads. As the finale approaches, you'll weave those threads into a seamless story that will have your players feeling like they just finished watching all of Breaking Bad.
All you need to do is create two simple documents – a campaign outline and a list of plot threads.
Outline Your Campaign
Before your campaign begins, create a loose outline of your story. This outline can take you from the campaign's first session to its final, or it could simply be the first story arc or adventure.
Map out where you think the characters will be headed, any major NPCs or villains they might encounter, and the quests they are trying to complete.
You know your gaming group best, so plan in as much detail and as far into your campaign as you feel comfortable while outlining.
If your group plays the kind of game in which the game master dictates a majority of the story, feel free to outline in detail if time allows.
If your players are the kind who surprise you and drive every session off the rails, just keep your outline to the big bullet points of your story and the names of important people. I imagine most groups fall somewhere in the middle.
Here's an example of what an outline looks like at this stage.
The young dragon Melicharo the White has kidnapped Duke Wellington and ransomed him
Duchess Fiona, Wellington's wife, is looking for adventurers to save him
Wellington was targeted by Melicharo because the duchess has several magic items the dragon wants
Fiona will give one of her magic items as a reward to the adventurers who save Wellington
The adventurers will go into Melicharo's lair to save Wellington
The lair is a floating glacier that does not melt
Melicharo is allied with a tribe of kobolds who worship him as a god
Duchess Fiona contracts the adventurers to recover more items for her collection
Duchess Fiona is a member of The Shields, a small secret society that keeps dangerous relics out of the hands of evildoers.
Duchess Fiona warns the adventurers that The Society of Genius, an organization of wizards bent on world domination, might be trying to get the same magic items they're seeking
The party retrieves several items for the duchess and sometimes has run-ins with the Society of Genius
As part of a massive coordinated attack against The Shields, The Society of Genius kills Duchess Fiona and steals the items the adventurers have gathered for her
The adventurers must seek help from the last remaining members of The Shields who have gone into hiding
The adventurers must take on The Society of Genius
In this case, the further I delved into the outline the less detailed it got. The details and the connective tissue of the campaign can be worked out later as you will see below. The characters' first adventure is most detailed since I need to be ready to roll for the first session.
If you have a specific idea you don't want to forget (e.g. Duke Wellington is secretly a member of The Society of Genius), add that in your outline too.
If you're running a sandbox style adventure, your outline will look a little different. Each Roman numeral might be a different event, adventure site, or influential NPC in the area. It could just be a list of those things in bullet points rather than a formal outline format.
How your outline looks is up to you, as long as you know what it means.
Add PC Backgrounds
If you're running a longer campaign with a lot of plot threads, odds are your players might create some sort of backstory for their characters. It might be built into the system you're playing, it could be something you ask the players to write, or you could send them a questionnaire with prompts.
Many players use this as an opportunity to introduce new plot threads into your game. A backstory thread could be a task the PC is trying to complete, such as hunting down a sibling's murderer or garner enough money to bail a loved one out of jail. Likewise, a character could be running from something in a backstory like a cult or jilted lover.
After you get these backstories it's time to begin a new document: a list of plot threads. This one is easy to create. Just list all the open plot threads you have at the start of a campaign.
Here's what the plot thread document for my sample campaign might look like after receiving the PC backstories:
Duke Wellington has been captured and ransomed by the dragon Melicharo
Duchess Fiona works for The Shields and will ask adventurers who impress her to recover relics
The Society of Genius is seeking the same items as The Shields
Thog (half-orc barbarian) is searching for the necromancer who killed his brother
Rhea (human wizard) needs enough gold for a diamond to raise her old mentor from the dead so she can learn the location of his old spellbook
Tippy Shortstockings (halfling rogue) is running from her old thieves' guild after she stole the thief queen's crown
Grimbeard McShandy (dwarf cleric) lost track of his husband years ago after he disappeared mysteriously in the night
After I gather these threads I incorporate some or all of them into my outline. As the threads are worked in, I cross them off. The first three are already crossed-off, since they are included in the original outline. If I can't find a place for a new thread in the outline, I let it remain uncrossed. I'm going to revisit the list after each session to see what's changed (more on that later).
See how the outline looks now that I've added some of the backstory plot threads? Note I've added a side quests section to the outline now, as not every thread applies to the overarching plot of the campaign. I can work those side quests in as I see fit.
For a sandbox campaign, there really is no such thing as a side quest, so the outline would be different as each quest would be its own category with a Roman numeral.
The young dragon Melicharo the White has kidnapped Duke Wellington and ransomed her
Melicharo has a large diamond in his hoard that could be used by Rhea to bring her old mentor back to life
Duchess Fiona is a member of The Shields, a small secret society that keeps dangerous relics out of the hands of evildoers
During the course of these adventures, Tippy's old thieves' guild strikes while the characters are away and steals one of the recovered magic items
The guild threatens to sell the item to The Society of Genius unless the thief queen's crown is returned
The party must find the thieves' guild and decide how to deal with them
At night Grimbeard McShandy keeps receiving prophetic dreams of his missing husband screaming in pain
As you can see, there's still room for more detail and side quests. Thog's thread has yet to be incorporated into the outline. After this it's a quick cross-off of the Rhea, Tippy, and Grimbeard bullet points on the thread list. Thog's bullet point remains uncrossed as it has yet to be worked into the plot.
It helps if you keep both these documents in some sort of digital form, preferably in a cloud-based storage system like Google Drive. If your campaign takes years and you change devices or move, it helps these all-important campaign tracking documents remain intact.
Once you've worked all the backstory threads you want into your outline, you're ready to start playing. When the campaign gets underway, a few notes each session will go a long way.
Whether it's during the session or right after, take note of any new threads that have opened up during your game. If you want to bring back the goblin who managed to run away as a magically enhanced megavillain seeking revenge on the party for the death of her friends, you should write that down before you forget. A quick note will do, just something to jog your memory.
Sometimes you'll get an idea for a new plot thread totally outside the realm of gaming. You might be grabbing a cup of coffee in the break room, watching a child's soccer game, or playing a video game and think, "I should bring that into my game." Take note of these ideas too. Gone are the days of needing to have a piece of paper and something to write with in order to remember a great idea. If you've got a phone, you've got a note-taking application.
When you sit down to plan your next session, take a minute and add your new ideas into the open plot thread document. Our updated sample looks like this after the first session.
Duke Wellington has been captured and ransomed by the dragon Melicharo.
Duchess Fiona works for The Shields and will ask adventurers who impress her to recover relics.
The Society of Genius is seeking the same items as The Shields.
Thog (half-orc barbarian) is searching for the necromancer who killed his brother.
Rhea (human wizard) needs enough gold for a diamond to raise her old mentor from the dead so she can learn the location of his old spellbook.
Tippy Shortstockings (halfling rogue) is running from her old thieves' guild after she stole the thief queen's crown.
Grimbeard McShandy (dwarf cleric) lost track of his husband years ago after he disappeared mysteriously in the night.
The kobold shaman Skull-Skull in Melicharo's lair escaped after watching his friends die at the hands of the adventurers and promised revenge.
In Grimbeard McShandy's dreams, his husband is being tortured by an otherworldly creature called a feldyra, a monster that slowly steals the life force of others and lives in a literal nightmare realm.
Rhea has the diamond to bring back her mentor.
Tippy is trying to seduce Duke Wellington and he seems into it...
Duke Wellington is tired of playing second fiddle to his wife and is secretly a member of The Society of Genius.
Melicharo's mother, Brindratharix, is out there and coming for the adventurers. When she learns The Society of Genius is searching for them, she joins forces.
After that, take a few minutes and update your outline just like you did with the character backstories. Check the old uncrossed threads too. You might be able to incorporate those. Just like last time, it's fine to leave off any threads you can't work into the outline. Leave them uncrossed. Here's our sample with the new information.
The lair is a floating glacier which does not melt
Melicharo has a large diamond in his hoard which could be used by Rhea to bring her old mentor back to life
Duke Wellington is gone. As a secret member of The Society of Genius, he got the inside information from his wife and helped plan the attacks.
The adventurers must take out the allies of The Society of Genius to weaken them
Brindratharix is supporting them and in her son's old lair
Tippy's old thieves' guild may align themselves with The Society of Genius after interacting with them
At some point Thog will face his brother's killer
Grimbeard McShandy must find a way to enter the nightmare realm to save his husband from a feldyra
If he does not rescue his husband in 90 days, his husband will die from the feldyra's constant feeding
Rhea brings her mentor back from death
His old spellbook was rigged to teleport into a secret underground prison for vampires in the event of his death
The prison used to be run by lycanthropes friendly to the mentor, but since his death the vampires broke free and control the place
The head vampire found the spellbook and is currently using it to keep his leadership position
The mentor is familiar with the necromancer who killed Thog's brother
Necromancer is a member of The Society of Genius
Was a former student of the mentor
Skull-Skull will return with his Ettin friend to stomp the party
Once you start playing, a single plot thread can spawn a lot of ideas. Some are side quests and others take place further down the road. But now you've got an idea of how the story can be connected and how to work it into your game. You won't leave anything hanging unless you want to.
Tie Up Threads As You Go
Weave threads together over the course of the story. Do not save every thread for the final session. In the early days of running games, I kept all threads, major and minor, open until the very end of a campaign. It made for an almost comical finale.
Until the last session, every recurring villain got away, the characters never fully confronted their shady pasts, every missing person important to the party stayed missing… you get the idea. It felt like the final episode of a television series canceled mid-season. There was a hasty wrap-up.
If you close threads along the way throughout the campaign, you'll be surprised at how much richer your story becomes.
Tying up many threads earlier will create new ones for you. As you can see in the example above, the party's wizard raises her mentor and it leads to new revelations and quests. This gives the story extra layers of plot and creates a deeper tale that's more satisfying when all is done.
It may seem overwhelming at first, but if you take a few notes each session and a few minutes to update your outline between games, you're going to accomplish telling a spectacular, complete story.
End the Campaign
When it comes time to start bringing your story to a conclusion, you'll need to start tying up plot threads. I know my game master brain can't stop introducing new ideas, which is totally fine, but at some point you need make sure you're closing down more plot threads then you're adding to have everything wrapped up by the story's conclusion.
It's cliche, but true – all good things must come to an end. Some campaigns continue on until the gaming group breaks up and the story just fizzles out, but to get the most out of this method, you need to bring it home. If you outline at the start, take notes, update, and tie up threads throughout, your gaming group will want the campaign to end. The satisfaction of completing an epic story together will propel you into your next adventure together.
Roll20CON Wrap-Up!
I also just wanted to thank everyone who made the Roll20CON livestream awesome. Your support, views, and encouragement mean more than you know!
You can checkout both our games in the links below. The first Dungeons and Dragons game with Rudy Basso, Nadja Otikor, James D'Amato, Richard Zayas, and Greg Bilsland starts in the first video around the 03:09:10 mark. The second game with Anna Prosser Robinson, Holly Conrad, Jared Knabenbaur, and Chris Perkins starts in the first video around the 12:20:25 mark and continues into the second.
https://player.twitch.tv/?video=v70242239
Thanks to everyone involved. All players were amazing. Roll20 folks were amazing. The audience and community were amazing. The other games and panels were amazing. I was amazed.
Two announcements to come out of this…
Roll20 will be putting out a FREE starter adventure designed by yours truly with maps from Russ Hapke and Gabriel Pickard, puzzle tiles from Stephen Shomo, and tokens from Phillip Wright. If you've never played on Roll20 or if you've never played fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons or if both of those statements apply to you, this is the adventure that will teach you how. If you're an expert with both it's still a fun time. We played through the adventure in the first game I DMed.
During the second game we played Merric Blackman's adventure Death in the Cornfields (with a little Tarokka Expansion mixed in). It is an awesome mystery that can be played in one session. Do it.
One-Hour Worldbuilding
Brass Tacks, Inspiration /	brainstorm, campaign, ideas, maps, outline, roll20, undead, world building, worldbuilding /	14 comments
Recently I found myself in a situation where I had to submit an original medieval fantasy TRPG setting for some work. Ultimately I did not get the job, but my submission got me in the door and helped me make it to the final round of interviews. I'm pretty proud of it. The best part about the rejection is that now I get to share my work with all of you.
I only had an hour or so of free time between the time I got wind of the assignment and the time I had to submit. No problem. Creating, outlining, and describing an original world in a short amount of time is exactly what I do. Let me show you how.
1. Get An Idea
This does not have to cut into your designated hour of worldbuilding. Sure, you could sit down and have a quick brainstorm but you could think about it while you go about the mundane. Instead of watching Netflix while you do the dishes or catching up on your favorite podcasts while showering or working out, let your mind wander about the world you want to create. Think of a strong central idea like, "Dragonborn run an evil empire and are more numerous than any other race in my island world," or, "A century of warfare has changed everything," or "There are huge blank spots on the map and everyone wants to be the one to fill them." Feel free to start by stealing an idea from somewhere else to get inspired, and then twist the idea to make it your own. While running a cool five miles I came up with my central idea for this pitch, "Monsters rule the world below, the undead rule the surface, the civilized races are trapped in the sky."
2. Outline in Bullet Points
Now that you've got a good idea it's time for a rough world outline. If you're limited on time, just write out your big ideas and any details you're afraid you'll forget while writing the rest of the world's description. Then go back and quickly put the details of your world in some sort of chronological order. My world outline for this pitch looked like this.
In the beginning humans, elves, half-elves, halflings, and dragonborn ruled the surface in 13 cities.
13 cities form a nation ruled by a council of 13 mage governors.
In the beginning dwarves and tieflings lived together in one massive city underground.
A mage governor fears death, becomes a lich, makes undead army.
Undead army takes surface city, many dwarves and tieflings get away, undead have harder time chasing them down in the monster infested tunnels.
6 remaining surface cities are lifted into the sky by their mage governors and now float safe above the undead.
3. Come Up With A Campaign Arch Outline
Once your bullet point outline is ready, make another. Think of your campaign's potential arch within the world. The story might change as your game goes on since it hinges on the actions of the PCs, but it's good to think about your campaign's overall arch before you put meat on the bones of the world outline. Why? Because your campaign's outline could affect the world outline. Maybe your campaign calls for a villain or earthshaking event you haven't included in the world outline. If you add details to from you campaign outline to your world outline, those details will feel less tacked on (e.g. suddenly wand theory is a huge plot device which shows up in the final book of the Harry Potter series). Here's what my campaign outline looked like for this pitch.
PCs start transporting goods for a mage governor and have to fend off sky pirates.
PCs find sky pirates which attacked them part of some greater plot.
PCs slowly uncover the secret plot – the pirates and others (including high-ranking public officials) are feeding intelligence about the people living in the sky cities to the undead below, but why?
PCs investigate plot by exploring the surface world of the undead and are aided by the dwarf and tiefling survivors who have evaded the undead by living a nomadic life underground.
PCs discover the undead are building their own airships and making dracoliches to attack the sky cities.
PCs return home to defend against the attack and discover the attack is only half the plan. If the undead get close enough to the cities they can enact a ritual that will crash the sky cities into the ground, killing many. Battle may be won or lost depending on the actions of the PCs.
After the battle PCs discover the location of the leader lich's phylactery.
PCs must go back to the surface to destroy leader lich once and for all.
Once I outlined this possible campaign arch, I went back and added these bullet points to the world outline:
After being in the sky for 50 years, resources for the sky cities are limited and a large economic gap forms between the wealthy and the poor.
Some of the poor turn to piracy for money and others enlist to fight the pirates and protect the goods of the rich.
4. Describe the World (and the Campaign Arch)
Now that you've got your outlines, that may be all you need to run your first session. If you want to share the world information with your players, post it on Obsidian Portal, or submit it for a job, you're going to need to flesh it out a little more. With an outline in chronological order, it's easy to throw down a few paragraphs to describe your world.
There is one main hang-up I have that stops my writing cold – coming up with proper names. I like to keep my flow while I'm writing so I use simple placeholders. Then I go back and replace those placeholders after I'm done the lion's share of writing. This seems to make everything go a lot faster since I can be focusing on fleshing out the outline and then switch over to proper name mode. I simply write NAME in all capital letters when I need a proper name I haven't thought of yet. This makes it easy to find later when revising.
Write no more than 5 – 10 paragraphs. Time is of the essence, pitches should be short, and if you're writing this for your PCs or Obsidian Portal, know that most folks won't read pages and pages of description.
Here's the description of the world I created for the pitch.
Six floating cities hover above the darkness of Enora in Bound Sky. Once a prosperous nation, Enora was home to humans, elves, halflings, gnomes, and dragonborn. The country was run by the Dordune, a council of mage governors, each acting as the leader of one of Enora's thirteen major cities. Beneath Enora's surface, the nation's dwarf and tiefling allies lived happily in the kingdom of Drakefire. Except for the occasional marauding gnoll pack or angry dragon, all was well in Enora. Any threats which appeared were dealt with swiftly and efficiently by the Dordune.
Fifty years ago Governor Kira Vae, an elf wizard, was nearing the end of her long life. Some say fear of death gripped the governor, others say it was an unsatiated lust for power. Whatever the reason, Vae transformed herself into a lich. The transformation warped her mind, seeding a dark hatred of all life in her heart. The lich declared herself Empress of Enora. Empress Vae turned the citizens of her city, Cambor, into an undead army. The rest of Enora tried to stand against the threat, but so sudden and severe did the undead strike that seven of Enora's cities fell to Vae.
Every victory added more soldiers to her undead ranks. Messengers were sent to Drakefire, asking for military against the undead legions, but the underground kingdom was already over run by Vae's minions. Any survivors from Drakefire had already fled even deeper underground by the time the messengers arrived.
As the armies of Empress Vae closed around Enora's six remaining cities, the Dordune made a decision to enact a powerful ritual which raised the cities and their people into the sky away from Vae and her undead. Away from a fight they knew they could not win. As the cities rose, Vae swore to eradicate the rest of Enora's living. She is eternal as is her hate for all people who defy her.
Now the six floating cities of Deldoroth find themselves safe from Empress Vae's undead, but they have their own troubles. With limited land to produce resources, the six cities have begun treating each other more like separate countries than one cooperative nation. The Dordune have disbanded and each governor acts as a city's monarch. As competition for food, water, and shelter grows each day, many less fortunate turn to a life of crime or legal savagery to survive. Airships transporting goods from one city to another are wary of pirates, and many make a killing or die trying in the cities' gladiatorial arenas (which were introduced by the governors to help control population growth).
Beneath Deldoroth, dead Enora can no longer be seen. Thick layers of black clouds hang between the floating cities and the surface. The undead built massive stoves and constantly pipe ash into the sky to blot out the sun they hate so much. Sometimes at night the victorious howls of the undead can be heard through the blackness by the people of Deldoroth. It is an unsettling reminder that Enora is no longer their home and what drove them out long ago still hungers for them.
If you have the time, go ahead and flesh out your campaign outline too. I wanted to do this for the pitch to give an idea of the adventures I'd create, but even if you're not pitching it will be helpful to have a fleshed out description of your potential story to refer to. This is less necessary for home campaigns since you won't be sharing it, but still helpful to you as the GM.
Over-the-top action and sprawling mysteries will be the hallmarks of Bound Sky. The campaign opens with a massive airship battle. The players, hired as merchant guards, encounter pirates and battle for their lives. After the battle the heroes discover a mysterious message to the pirates from a higher power. These aren't your normal pirates. They're part of something much bigger.
The story unfolds in Deldoroth's soaring cities as our heroes uncover a conspiracy. The first learn that some of the pirates and then that some of the officials in Deldoroth have been working with the undead armies of Empress Vae. She's planning something big, but to learn what will require closer investigation.
The heroes journey down to the undead-infested Enora and navigate the dangerous territory by disguise or by stealth. Diving into old ruins, gathering intelligence from enemy-infested cities, and aided by the nomadic survivors of Drakefire, the PCs discover Empress Vae has begun building airships of her own and converting dragons to dracoliches. She is planning an enormous attack on Deldoroth.
It is up to our heroes to convince the people of Deldoroth to work together to defeat this incursion. As they work to negotiate with various leaders, the PCs uncover another mystery. Empress Vae has discovered the source of the magic which keeps the cities of Deldoroth afloat. She plans to disrupt this magic and crash the cities. If she succeeds, the death toll will be catastrophic.
The heroes stop Vae's forces from destroying Deldoroth, but the victory is costly and the empress could return at any time with more forces. Thanks to a captured dracolich lieutenant, the PCs learn the location of Vae's phylactery. The heroes must make another perilous journey into Enora, this time into Vae's stronghold in Cambor. It is up to them to destroy the phylactery and slay Empress Vae once and for all to save their homes.
Check it out! I've even got a description of my first encounter in there. There's enough information I could improv my way through the first session or possibly the entire campaign if I have no more free time to dedicate to preparation.
5. Got a Little More Time? Map it Up!
If you have some more time, maps are great worldbuilding resources that help make your setting come to life for both you and your players. They're also a good tool for judging travel obstacles and distances from one place to the next. I created the two maps below in less than hour using roll20.net, but you can checkout any number of easy to use resources to create a map quickly.
So there you have it! One-hour worldbuilding. Simple stuff!
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Talia's original music has brought her to perform at venues such as The Mint, On the Rox, The Viper Room and many others in the Los Angeles area. Talia has recently opened for the legendary Linda Ronstadt and the Little River Band at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix.
While she performs regularly in Scottsdale at the Phoenician Resort and elsewhere around town; Talia also has a global audience with fans purchasing her music in Europe, Latin America, Asia and more. Talia has performed for corporations such as Toyota, Target, Chase Financial, BMW, Mesa Arts Center, Cadillac and many more.
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Crate & Barrel's light and bright home furnishings pair perfectly with the herbaceous, fresh menu at the brand's new full-service restaurant.
Why Crate & Barrel's Restaurant Concept Has National Potential
Crate & Barrel has always been at home in the kitchen, but now it's pushing into foodservice with the help of a seasoned chef.
December 2019 Rachel Pittman
Crate & Barrel is synonymous with nicely appointed kitchens and perfectly set tables. It makes sense, then, that the brand would push into the restaurant space with the Table at Crate, a full-service, chef-driven, all-day concept that opened inside its Oak Brook, Illinois, location in July.
A joint effort from the longtime purveyor of housewares, Chicago-based Cornerstone Restaurant Group (crg), and CRG partner and chef Bill Kim, the restaurant runs on cross-industry collaboration. Crate & Barrel has been in retail since 1962, but 2019's Table at Crate is its first venture into the foodservice industry. Similarly, since its inception in 1993, CRG has achieved success within the restaurant sphere, backing Kim's Urbanbelly, ENO Wine Bar, and the Michael Jordan–brand concepts, yet steering clear of the retail category until now. This is also the first retail-restaurant combo that Kim has helmed.
TAKE A LOOK INSIDE CRATE & BARREL'S RESTAURANT
The Table at Crate operates thanks to a symbiotic relationship between these parties, with each bringing its own set of skills to the table—figuratively and literally. The restaurant's namesake is a 13-foot maple table set to inspire convivial group dining.
The result is a seamless combination of retail and fine dining. The space is fully furnished with Crate & Barrel goods, visually melding the restaurant experience into the shopping one. The flavors are inspired by the way Kim and his wife, Yvonne Cadiz (both are loyal Crate & Barrel customers) cook in their home kitchen. The lunch-and-dinner menu is augmented by afternoon tea offerings and a coffee and pastry bar to service all-day shoppers or guests who visit in between meals.
Thanks to the new success of the Table at Crate's first location, the brand announced its plan to open up to 15 additional full-service restaurants in its top stores in the future. Crate & Barrel CEO Neela Montgomery and Kim discuss the Oak Brook location ahead of what could be a nationwide expansion.
What can those involved gain from this collaboration? What are the takeaways from both the retail and restaurant sides?
Neela Montgomery: Food and beverage is a natural extension of the Crate & Barrel brand. Our customers share our passion for entertaining, and we created the Table at Crate to provide them with an immersive brand experience that goes beyond traditional shopping touchpoints. We created an inviting place for our customers, existing and new, to experience this location as a lifestyle destination.
Chef Bill Kim (himself a crate & barrel customer) found inspiration for the Table at Crate menu at home in his own kitchen, where he and his wife cook.
Bill Kim: This partnership is exciting because it melds the restaurant business and CRG with the retail space. We try to constantly reinvent how we participate in the restaurant industry, and this was an exciting first experience for us in retail. Through the collaboration with Crate & Barrel, we're able to apply our shared expertise to this new challenge.
How was Bill Kim selected as chef of the Table at Crate?
NM: In our conversations with CRG, we found there was a shared focus on the customer between our two teams. Knowing that Kim is a notable figure within the Chicago dining scene, we knew we would love the menu and that he would bring a unique culinary experience to our customers.
How is the menu influenced by the Crate & Barrel brand and customer demographic?
BK: Much of my inspiration for the menu came from the brand's wide variety of serving pieces, plates, flatware, and glassware, as well as the design of the restaurant and its colors, which then pair to the bright, fresh ingredients we're using.
When thinking of marketing toward what a Crate & Barrel customer would like, it was a simple because my wife and I, and our friends, are Crate & Barrel customers. As a result, the menu reflects the personal notes of what I typically cook in our kitchen at home, is inclusive of the many different eating lifestyles that people live by, and features many plant-based, herbaceous, light dishes we often have at home. The flavors on the modern menu are both recognizable and accessible while still being complex and surprising to guests.
How do the retail store and the dining areas work with each other to produce a seamless space?
NM: The Table at Crate is fully outfitted with Crate & Barrel furniture and the interior was designed by Crate & Barrel's in-house product design, architecture, and brand experience teams. We view the restaurant as a great opportunity to showcase our products, as well as our design and entertaining expertise, within an immersive and engaging setting that showcases the form and function of products.
How was the menu designed to accommodate periods of store traffic throughout the day?
BK: Our regular menu provides a variety of options for a light or filling lunch or dinner, but afternoon tea is perfect for a lighter pick-me-up after or before shopping. We also provide a full-service coffee bar for grab-and-go items and delicious pastries for a quick snack.
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On the journey to adopting internationally, there are many steps. Beginning with your home study, assembling your dossier, and filing an I-800 or I-600, each form brings you one step closer to becoming a family. The last step to bring your newly adopted child home; is to receive a visa for your child so they may enter the United States.
Whether you are adopting from a Hague or a non-Hague country or pursuing an immediate relative adoption process, all internationally adopted children who enter the United States are required by law to have visas. Here's how it works:
Upon completing the adoption process, the adoptive parents will file for an immigration visa on behalf of their child, with the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where the adopted child lives. Often times this requires traveling, from your adopted child's province to the city where the Embassy or Consulate is based.
There are typically two types of visas issued for internationally adopted children: IH-3 and IH-4, for children adopted from Hague Convention countries, and IR-3 and IR-4, for children adopted from non-Hague Convention countries.
The IH-3/IR-3 classifications are for the adoptions completed within the child's country of origin. In this case, upon entering the United States, the child automatically becomes a U.S. citizen.
The IH-4/IR-4 classifications are for the adoptions completed in the United States. In this case, upon entering the United States, the child will be considered a permanent resident. The child will become a U.S. citizen once the adoption finalizes in the United States.
During the visa process, the Embassy or Consulate will ask for a variety of documents including your new child's passport, a written court order for the adoption, the child's birth certificate, the child's medical report, vaccination records, and if you adopted from a Hague Convention country, Article 23.
Passport size photos of your child as well as country-specific adoption documents may be required. The consulate will conduct a short interview with the adoptive parents and child, and after the consulate will issue a decision. Typically, parents can pick up their child's visa 2-3 business days later, but timeliness will vary from country to country, so be sure to consult your adoption agency.
It's important to remember that the final decision to enter the United States lies with the USCIS port of entry—typically passport control at the airport where you first land in the United States. Be sure to keep all important documents in your possession so your entry in the United States can be as smooth as possible.
Still curious how the visa process will work for your family? Visit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for more country-specific information.
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Born in 1925 at Winnipeg, Tom Bjarnason was the last of eight children. His love affair with airplanes began the moment he got close enough to touch one. He remembers being six or seven years old—walking for hours to get to Stevenson Field, now the location of Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. "I could see these airplanes…sitting right there, and I was touching the fabric. It was a thrill I never, ever got over."
For years Bjarnason had dreamed of becoming a pilot, but a vision problem in his right eye ensured his dream would never come to pass. He was conscripted in the army as a signalman and was then sent to England in January 1944. Within a year he was returned to a Winnipeg hospital suffering from pleurisy. "In England I was never warm once. It was like living under cold, wet water for us. I ended up with pleurisy and was stuck in a hospital. I hate to say it but I was there for two years in bed. They gave me up for dead."
His mother, an artist, suggested he take a course by mail and learn how to draw. His future was set.
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After his release from hospital he studied commercial art at the Winnipeg Art School, then spent three years at the Meinzinger Art School in Detroit, Mich. He returned to Toronto to begin his lifelong career as a commercial artist.
His love of flying and planes never left him, and his aviation paintings were published in popular Canadian magazines. It was one of these articles that came to the attention of the Department of National Defence's Canadian Armed Forces Civilian Artists Program (CAFCAP). From 1968 until 1995 this program recorded the forces in their peacetime roles both at home and abroad, and Bjarnason was commissioned to go to West Germany in the summer of 1970.
Baden Soellingen 1970.
For the artist, this was manna from heaven. He was free to explore the Canadian Forces bases in Lahr and Baden-Soellingen and he took hundreds of photographs for later use as reference and inspiration. Eleven years later he was once again working under the CAFCAP program, this time at CFB Cold Lake, Alta.
Hornet Scramble.
Bjarnason's paintings are unusual in both style and composition. He layers on transparent ink and acrylic (often white) and renders outlines as part of the work. Although he has created lovely oil pastels, he avoided oil paints because of the drying time required to finish a canvas. Traditionally, aviation artists compose their craft in flight, with clouds and endless blue backdrops, but Bjarnason had a different vision. The majority of his planes are on the ground or just lifting off and juxtaposed with the people who work on them. His background in commercial illustration is apparent in his lines and strong original compositions. He is not afraid of space in a canvas and so the finished design is sophisticated and unusual.
CF-104 in Dispersal-Baden Soellingen.
He enjoyed a busy career as a commercial artist which included the design of 21 stamps for Canada Post. He has nine paintings in the collection of the Canadian War Museum, three of which will be part of a travelling show highlighting the work of CAFCAP and Canadian Forces Artists Program (CFAP) artists, titled A Brush With War: Military Art From Korea To Afghanistan. This exhibit opens at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, a gallery in Kleinburg, Ont., in January 2009.
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